Paper Luigi X

Epilogue: Perhaps Not the End?

A few Weeks Later-

"…Oh, wow, that's crazy, Bro.! You had a pretty rough time of it, didn't you? That's harder than my own adventure!"

Mario and Luigi were sitting at their table, just like they had before both of then were whisked off to their own adventures. Mario had decided to bore Luigi with his own story, but as usual, Luigi was fascinated and looked up to his bro. Mario admitted maybe he should quit falling asleep during people's stories…

"But I guess that now Peach is safe, everything's okay. Really though, how amazing is it that you saved the world again? AGAIN, Bro!…and say, it's been a little while since then. Are you ready for a new adventure?"

Mario just shrugged, but then decided a little action wouldn't hurt.

"Yeah, you the man, Bro! I wonder what everyone who traveled with you is up to?"

As if on cue, Mario's Mailbox SP went off for a final time. Luigi nearly jumped out of his seat.

"Whoa, what was that, Bro? Was that your newfangled mail gadget?"

They jumped out of their chairs so both Bros could see the message.

Dear Mario,

What's up? Goombella here! I'm still here working with Professor Frankly. We beat the Shadow Queen, but there's still tons of Rogueport lore that we still don't get…so, my research with the professor goes on and on. With the info I gathered with you, we have lots of great leads now though! Mario…like I said, every myth has a kernel of truth-

"Hey! That's what Monterey Jack told me on my adventure…" Luigi recalled. Mario gave him a look. "Sorry! Continue…"

Luigi only started to half listen now. His recent thought had sparked one of a letter he had received from Éclair a few days ago. He had read it over and over, and he pretty much had it memorized now…

My Dear Luigi,

How have you been? It's Princess Éclair, you know. Well, I'm Queen Éclair now, but, between you and me, I think princess sounds a lot better. I've been doing the usual queen-like things, but I figured it would be nice to send you a letter on what's been happening, since I need to break out from this new rut I'm making… I've checked up on all the partners that traveled with you, you know! You remember Blooey? Well, it turns out his burn is permanent. The good news is that his tan has snagged him a few magazine covers, a modeling job, and even becoming mayor of the Pudding Continent! Isn't that cool? I'm so happy for him!

"What do you know? That is pretty cool! I wish I could be mayor of Something…"

Mario: Luigi…

"Sorry! Sorry…"

Then there's Jerry- he went from random bomb in a forest to Strudel's top body guard! Now that all the women have been returned to the village, the mayor THERE has been as busy as ever! So he hired Jerry, now a respectable hero, to guard Strudel when he isn't around. Luckily he and Strudel are close friends now, she doesn't mind seeing him every so often. That girl is quite a catch- if any guy turned her down, they'd be CRAZY! Then there's Torque- he knew that you'd never be able to pay him off, so he swallowed his pride and fixed up the Big Green 01- and it's better than ever! He's actually glad that that you didn't pay him back, otherwise he would've never built the Big Green 02! He claims that the new kart can almost go as fast as Sonic!

"Ah, I've always liked Sonic…oh wait, I'm interrupting again, aren't I?"

Hayzee, as he told me, was "serious about doing his Paper Mario play". I even went to go see two of his new plays with Charles. The first is called, "Paper Mario", which I hear is based off your brother's adventures? It was outstanding! It even had real people from the adventure, and the famous actor Madame Flurrie! The person who played Mario himself had an uncanny costume too! Then there was this other play that was some sort of spin-off of the other one…Hayzee told me that he got most of his info for that play from these "Super Luigi" books they're selling, and the rest from his own experience. Paper Mario had over 500 people in the audience while…the other play whose name escapes me got over 200. He did pretty well, huh?

"Longest e-mail ever…"

Screamy…oh Luigi, he was like the Ring Bearer at my wedding! And Jerry devoured my cake…but anyway, apparently Screamy was meant to deliver the Marvelous Compass back to me, now that it lacks power, since I'm technically the last living descendent of the Luffs. As the real Ring Bearer walked up to hand us our rings, Screamy jumped out of his seat, bowed in front of me, and said, "Screamy presents you with this Compass, with hopes that it keeps the memory of the once strong Luff Empire alive through you." It touched me deeply… as soon as it was in my possession (I now wear it around my neck like a necklace) Screamy gave me the same smile Huckleberry did as he started to fade away too…I nearly broke down in tears again because he reminded me so much of Huckleberry…no wonder they were best friends 1,000 years ago. But now there's no original Luffs (or Luff Spirits) in the Waffle Kingdom anymore…kind of makes me sad. I can at least smile knowing that Huckleberry, Cranberry, and Screamy were able to go happily, and Crepe didn't succeed with his evil intentions. All thanks to you, of course.

"This is a pretty tenacious message…"

Ha, I should probably wrap this up, shouldn't I? Well, I suppose I should finish off with myself. I've finally changed a ton of Crepe's old rules, and now the Waffle Kingdom is much, much happier. I am happy with my wonderful king of a husband, and who knows if they'll be a little prince or princess in the future, ha ha! Oh, and one last thing…apparently some old man named Bosco wanted to wish you luck with everything, since it would be very likely that you'd never meet again. But perhaps, as he said, you and his granddaughter may reunite? Odd…and what's weirder, he reminds me of Pepper Jack, a famous biker that was close friends with my father! Ah, coincidences. Well, anyway Luigi, I once again thank you for all that you've done, and no matter how hard you try, even if you fail, never, ever, give up.

Yours Truly,

Princess Éclair Chestnut

"Hey! That's awesome Bro! Sounds like everyone's doing great over there!" Luigi exclaimed, realizing that Mario was wrapping up. "Oh, by the way Bro…I remember something kind of important…"

He pulled out a red watch-like device out of his pocket and handed it to Mario.

"It's a communicator, so that you can still talk to the rest of your team- and even mine and Peach's! Except I'll give Peach hers later…" he pulled down his sleeve and revealing the exact same watch, except Luigi-green. "Yeah, I got one too. Tails designed them. He figured that if there was ever a huge universe-wide emergency, we should stay in contact!"

Mario nodded and slipped it on his right wrist.

"Yeah, Malon was supposed to give Link his, Tails was going to give Sonic one, and Meta Knight Kirby's…but we had no way of finding Samus, so Tails made it so we could sync with the communicator with her suit just in case. He's such a clever kid…but remember- emergencies only!"

Mario nodded in understandment, admiring the fancy watch and wondered if he'd ever need it while the SP in his pocket buzzed again. Luigi just smiled at his brother as he continued to stare at the SP.

"He's probably reminiscing again…" he thought to himself. He brought up his wrist and felt the shiny watch. "If only I could see my friends again…but I think it's fate that we meant once…and perhaps…to never meet again."

But Luigi was wrong.


*strums guitar dramatically*

Anywho, I had another heck of an Author's note...but I screwed up and never saved it and I can't remember what I said. DX Basically what I said in PMX2 applies here, though. :3 I'm so going to miss this story...so many memories...here's to hoping we can make some more with SPMX! Which reminds me that Team Luigi is hardly seen next time-*BOO!*- but I pushed a few things around to give them a tad more screen time because thay totally deserve it. ;) *YAY!*