As I promised, another chapter. This one has some insight into the past. Also, check some earlier chapters- I have changed a few things. For instance, I've decided to put Mario and Luigi back at the same age - 18. It doesn't matter much, anyway, but I think it's a bit better this way.

EVERYONE: I just wanted to say that I did research before starting this story, found out what various characters were capable of. Contrary to popular belief, Mario can, in fact, run faster than the speed of sound. In Super Paper Mario, there's an enemy that shoots a sound wave at Mario. He, along with Luigi and Peach, can outrun it. I decided to look back at older games and see if anything supported this. A lot of stuff, from the main series, to official songs based on the series, to quotes from Shigeru Miyamoto, even MARIO KART, support it, but it's never been stated outright how fast Mario can run.

DanceDrea: You forgot the m. Why? Because Amy's excitable. I was thinking of the girls finding them first, actually. Thank you for pointing that out, I usually spell those right. Bowser's actually pretty smart, but I know he's not quite that smart.

EDIT: This chapter has undergone slight changes.

Super Mario Colors

Flashback

"So..." Sonic said, as the four heroes sat around on the road to rest, "Any stories to share?"

"Nope," Luigi said

"Not really," Tails agreed.

"I have one," Mario said, "I want to tell the story of how me and Luigi came to the Mushroom Kingdom."

"Let's hear it," Sonic said.

"Well... It all started on our fifteenth birthday..."

3 1/2 Years Earlier, Brooklyn

Mario knocked on the door of the woman who needed her drain fixed. Standing at 5'1", Mario had messy brown hair, blue eyes, and the beginnings of a messy mustache. He was wearing his iconic cap, red overalls, a blue shirt, white gloves, and brown work boots.

"Hey bro!" Luigi shouted, running up to Mario, "I was just finishing something up." Luigi, though he was Mario's twin, looked very different. He was eight inches taller, had green eyes, and his hair and mustache were neater. He wore the same clothes as Mario, though green rather than red.

Mario was about to say something to Luigi when a woman with orange hair that stuck straight up, a blue dress, and purple high-heeled shoes opened the door.

"Oh, the plumbers. I suppose you're here to fix the bath?"

"Yes, we're here to fix the bath. Can you show us?" Mario asked politely.

"It's right upstairs. I must bathe for my party tonight."

"Okay. Come on, Luigi."

They walked up the stairs, and into the bathroom. "Your turn, Luigi," Mario said, as he sat down on the closed toilet, "If you need help, ask in five minutes."

"Fine," Luigi said, getting his plunger, "I don't see why we take turns, though." He climbed into the bathtub, and started to plunge the drain. After a few minutes, he finally felt the clog coming loose. With a loud watery squishing noise, a giant ball of blue... fuzz... came out.

"Good job, bro." Mario said, "I'll go tell her we're done, while you pack up."

Luigi nodded, and tried to get out of the bath. However, something was pulling him back. He grabbed onto the sides of the tub, and looked behind him to see his foot being sucked into the drain. "Help! Mario!" Luigi shouted.

Mario ran into the room, knowing that something was wrong. Luigi never said his name unless something was wrong. By the looks of things, they were very wrong. "LUIGI!" Mario shouted, rushing to his side and grabbing his hand, trying to pull him out. Unfortunately, all that did was cause them both to be sucked in.

The woman walked into the room just before Mario was out of earshot. She looked around a bit. "Well, I guess I don't have to pay them."

Mario woke up laying in a patch of grass. He sat up, looking around at the strange, colorful landscape. He spotted something a little ways away, and walked over to it. 'It' turned out to be a sleeping person, with rather cartoony proportions. His oddly-shaped head was easily the size of his torso, he had a huge nose and eyes, and a black mustache that was almost too neat. That wasn't what was strange about him, though. What was strange about him was the fact that he was dressed exactly like Luigi.

Mario prodded him, in hopes of waking him up. He sat up quickly, and looked at Mario. Then he ran behind a bush and screamed in a very familiar voice: "Go away weird cartoony thing that looks like my brother!" Mario looked into the pond they had woken up by to see his reflection, and saw that he looked cartoony as well. "Luigi?" he asked.

Luigi poked his head up from behind the bush, recognizing the voice, "Mario? You look like a cartoon!"

"You do too!"

"So I do..." Luigi said, "Hey! Our mustaches are full now!"

"... YAY!"

Mario and Luigi danced around, until Luigi tripped over a fallen sign.

Focus the power of the stars into your legs and run to Dash!

"From there, we became the heroes of the Mushroom Kingdom. We faced many dangers, but that's how our story began."

"What about your parents?" Sonic asked.

"... I don't know," Mario admitted, "We were found as babies by someone we thought was our mother, but we found out later that we were born in the Mushroom Kingdom. I'm not sure why we didn't look cartoony in Brooklyn, because the few times we re-visited it we still did. We don't know our real parents."

"Neither do I," Sonic said, "The first thing I remember is splashing into water. I can't remember anything before that. All I knew was that it was my eighth birthday, my name, and I couldn't swim."

"Seems like a bad experience," Luigi said, concerned.

"Yeah," Tails said, "My first memory is similar. I woke up on a tree stump on my fourth birthday. I knew the same sort of things you did: I was four, my name, and I could fly."

"Weird," Luigi said, "Well, it's late. We should get some sleep."

Everyone agreed, and soon fell asleep.

Now, I'm gonna go to bed.