Chapter 15 - Landing on a 1-Up

The rolling of a green mushroom. The throwing of a shining star. It all went to one thing. Saving the best out of all of them. Making sure that he didn't die for something that wasn't his fault. At first his body just lay there. Nobody was sure whether he was alive. Then he twitched. The twitching became shaking and the shaking became a sonic blast. It shattered the illusion and King Boo's crown. Luigi was back.

"H-how? I KILLED YOU! I WATCHED YOU DROP!" King Boo was raging, despite feeling pain, somehow.

"Because my friends and family are here. They care. And because of them, I landed on a 1-Up." Luigi replied before making a dash at the boo. The light had consumed him and all that remained were the remnants of his golden crown. It was finally over.

The star wore off. The Mushroom and Koopa armies began to find their bearings.

"Luigi, I-" Mario was about to say something until he was embraced in a tight hug, feeling a damp spot forming on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Luigi's shaking voice was muffled but still clearly heard by his older brother.

"We're back now. That's all I care about," Mario was crying into his brother's shoulder as well. They were back together. That was all he wanted.

Everybody had healed a few days later. Bowser and Peach had some kind of peace after the recent events. Luigi was taking a walk around, inhaling the fresh air. Daisy then approached him, as energetic as usual.

"Hi, uh, how's things?" Luigi fumbled with his words.

"Yeah, they're good. You?" Daisy replied.

"Not bad."
"Ok, well I need to tell you something."

"Ok."
"So you know when this whole thing started and you had just left my house?"

"Uhhhh, yeah."

"I had this feeling that I needed to tell you something, but you had already gone and I didn't know if I was gonna see you again. So we're here now, so I might as well not delay this further."

"Sure, uh, what is it?"

"Um, do you, I dunno, wanna go, uh, somewhere? Together?" Daisy managed to say and Luigi realised that this was awkward, even for her.

"I guess, sure. Why?"

"I guess I kinda have feelings that were definitely confirmed once you left. Feelings for you."

"Oh, uh, funny. I've kinda wanted to say that for a while now."

"So are we going or not?" Daisy looked ecstatic

"Lead the way!" Luigi replied with enthusiasm. He landed on a 1-Up. His life is allowed to continue because of his friends. And he's going to live it fully.

FIN

That is it! My first fanfiction is now officially complete. Thank you to everybody that has viewed, reviewed and followed the story. My next project will probably be something Avengers related. Once I start that, I will link it in here.

For now, I'm Boid Man, and this has been Landing on a 1-Up. THANK YOU!