After the heroes went out from the warp pipe, it led them to a nice, serene beach. It's calming and there is a sunset towards the waves. You can even hear the seagulls chirping away as they fly to their homes. To Mario, this was way better than facing Antasma and that crab demon Him in that really horrifying... nightmare world. Everyone's fears were completely washed away.
The red plumber took a moment to look at the orange sky and nice sunset. When you're at a beach or anywhere similar to this place, the sunset is always nice to look at: it gives you a sense of calming thoughts.
"Nice sunset, eh bro?" Luigi said.
"Oh yeah, definitely," Mario replied, nodding. "It's really nice out here."
"Yeah, let's just relax for a little bit."
The girls and the Mario Bros sat down at the sand and watched the waves crash by the others gracefully. The sounds of the ocean waves soothed Mario's soul. Despite everything the heroes had gone through, They'd only gone so far yet so close to saving Princess Peach and the professor.
"You know what would make this even better?" Buttercup asked.
"What's that?" Luigi said.
"CANNONBALL!" Buttercup jumped in the ocean and splashed the others again but this time nobody even screamed. Instead, they just laughed at the lime clad's crazy antics as she swam around. This time Bubbles jumped in the water shouting "Wait for meeeee!" and the two girls started splashing each other. Blossom shrugged and eventually joined in with her sisters as they laughed freely.
"Aren't you coming in Luigi?" Bubbles asked as she giggled.
"Oh yeah definitely!" Luigi answered. He looked really nervous though; afraid he was gonna get kidnapped by a blooper. Then again... why not give my bro a little push? Mario thought. The red plumber walked behind Luigi with a smirk. "Uh Mario, what are you-"
Before he could even finish his sentence Mario picked his twin brother up and threw him into the water with a splash. Buttercup started laughing at him and just seconds later a random blooper appeared and then grabbed Luigi with its tentacles. He started crying out for help out of fear; then Bubbles saw the blooper and started hugging it because she thought it was a cute little animal. The blooper then let go of Luigi and swam away to its home.
Luigi heaved a sigh of relief but it didn't last for long. A cheep cheep came up and kissed Luigi on the cheek. He yelped but Blossom just plucked it off his cheek like it was nothing at all and threw it in the water.
"Hey wait a minute, bro," Luigi says, "aren't you gonna get in? The water's nice!"
"Ehh maybe," Mario said, shrugging. "I'm thinking I could just lay down and-"
All of the sudden, Blossom picked Mario up and threw him in the water with a splash. After the plumber realized what she'd done, he laughed.
"Oh you clever girl," Mario said as he laughed. She only gave him a small smirk as she jumped back into the water. On that note, everyone relaxed and swam in the water until it got dark at night. Then they got out and set up the campfire and the tents with some interesting plans in mind.
After Mario gave the others towels for them to dry off, they sat near the campfire to stay warm; Blossom and her sisters had gotten a bunch of sticks to gather a fireplace and she used her laser eyes directly at the sticks to start the fire. The fire was crackling bit by bit and it gave out a warm feeling to everyone's bodies.
It all felt really nice. Everyone told scary stories; Mario tells the story about a girl who loves stalking her "boyfriend," Luigi tells the story about a devil boy named Lincoln Loud but not the traditional red winged demon you see; he was in a fancy suit- you gotta hand it to Luigi, he's a good story teller- Blossom tells a story about a haunted house that the family stayed in but they all lost their sanity thanks to it, and Bubbles tells a story about a horse that drugged other ponies to make her "cupcakes..." except that it wasn't that scary, she just made it so that it was cute. And then came Buttercup's turn.
"Hey... you wanna hear a REAL scary story?" Buttercup said.
"Oh boy, this ought to be good," Mario remarked.
Buttercup gave out a creepy grin, which unnerved Luigi, but he kept on a brave face.
"In the Simpsons house..." Buttercup began in a creepy tone, "things have changed for the family. A mad scientist, Lisa Simpson... began creating human experiments using animal genes. A little kid named Milhouse had snail eyes stitched to his eye sockets, Edna the school teacher was a ghost woman, Nelson finally got what was coming to him... he got ALL of his FAT taken away! And now he's a skinny and hungry boy."
Bubbles squeaked and started shaking. Luigi looked scared out of his wits. Mario seemed unfazed to the whole thing. Blossom rolled her eyes at Buttercup. She just kept going. "And then she has her favorite experiment... her dear brother Bart Simpson. He struggled and struggled against his own will, but Lisa tied him up to a chair TIGHTLY. Tight enough so he wouldn't even cry out for help. This was Lisa's most favorite experiment to work on, it was just... so... horrifying. Horrifyingly satisfying. She worked on him for DAYS. WEEKS. Every single MINUTE of the day!
"His mother and father couldn't find him anywhere until one day... they heard their precious daughter laughing out of pure insanity. Homer just found it as sheer happiness while Marge had her suspicions. As the duo went upstairs to Lisa's room, they opened the door to find MULTIPLE EXPERIMENTS. Humans fused with animals! Homer was shocked and Marge repressed the urge to lose her lunch as she ran for her life, calling the mental hospital in the process.
"Minutes later, they took the mad scientist away and off she goes to the mental asylum as she laughs all the way! And you know what her last words were...?"
The others looked at Buttercup with pure anxiety, not knowing what's going to come next... then they heard maniacal laughter and humming to Little Fugue in G Minor as a pair of light green eyes came up behind Bubbles. "The last words that were uttered..." Lightning flashed. "'Mommy... you...'" A devil like silhouette appeared... "'are... NEXT!'" And then Buttercup appeared, scaring Bubbles and Luigi to death. Mario and Blossom screamed at her devil like presence and Bubbles jumped and clutched onto Luigi.
"STAND BACK!" Luigi shouted, grabbing a shovel nearby. "I got a shovel and I'm not afraid to USE it!"
"LUIGI NO!" He was about to hit Buttercup with said shovel but Mario grabbed it straight away before he could do so. Blossom was about to tell Bubbles that it wasn't real, but the blue clad too was gone.
"Where'd Bubbles go?" Buttercup asked. Luigi shrugged. All was quiet for a few seconds until...
"OOGA BOOGA BOOGA!" Bubbles came out shrieking with a Tiki mask on and scared Buttercup. She screamed out of pure terror and hid behind Blossom for support. As Bubbles took her mask off, the Mario Bros and Blossom laughed at Buttercup and praised Bubbles for her clever trick. She just responded with "That'll teach her not to scare me again!"
"Where did you get that mask anyway?" Mario asked.
"Some old guy was complaining about a mask he needed and then he got eaten by that naval piranha," Bubbles replied.
Buttercup came out from behind and apologized to Bubbles who only shrugged in response.
"Alright guys, I think we should probably get some sleep eh?" Mario said.
The others nodded in agreement. As they got ready, Mario said that Buttercup had to sleep with Bubbles and Luigi.
"What? Why?" Buttercup protested. "That story's not even real!"
"I'm pretty sure you know why," Mario replied.
As Buttercup lit up in realization she groaned. "Fine." She then went over to the tent Bubbles and Luigi were standing at.
"Blossom, you think you'll be okay sleeping with me for the night?" Mario asked.
"Yeah," Blossom replied. She trusted him enough for him to be there for her in case anything went wrong; he and Luigi had babysat Blossom and her sisters after all.
Mario nodded and then as the heroes exchanged their good nights, Mario and Blossom went inside the tent and laid down as they exchanged their good nights once again. He had already gone to sleep and the pink clad stayed awake for a few minutes before her drowsiness took over and she went to sleep as well. Little did she know that something was going to go wrong in her mind...
A/N: Well the heroes definitely needed a break from the last world's terrors... so what better way to relax than swimming in the beach, watching the sunset and telling stories around the campfire? :P I know I certainly might need it. What will happen now? This is the only question... Find out in the next chapter! And do not forget to read and rate~
