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"I'm-a Luigi, Number One!"
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Part 4
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Luigi made his way down the castle path. Where would he even _find_ Bowser? He didn't know where he would be, how far away, or how to defeat him. Luigi was already off to a bad start.
What would Mario do? Luigi tried to think, but it had been so long since he had come with Mario. Besides....wait, what was he doing trying to do things like Mario?! Wasn't the whole idea of his being here to prove that he was as good or better than Mario was? And even if he wasn't capable of defeating Bowser, at least he'd fail doing it his _own_ way.
Actually, the more Luigi thought about this, the dumber it sounded. "Who am I kidding," he said out loud, "If I'm-a doomed to fail, why try?" Luigi sat down beneath a tree, out of the castle's view. "Well, Momma Mia always loved me-a best, right? She-a said that-a I could do what ever I dreamed of, and...I want to save-a the Princess! I can do it! I am-a capable!" After a moment, though, Luigi realized that he sounded like an after-school special on TV. "Well, anyway...I think I can-a handle it, if-a Mario can!" He stood up, and resumed walking.
Luigi could remember a few things from traveling Mushroom Land with Mario. First, there were many lands and castles that he and Mario had gone through and beaten to save the Princess, though it wasn't until the last one that they had always found her. Luigi had always seen the fault in his...what was the point in going somewhere distant and defeating a castle when the Princess wasn't even there?
But something seemed different now. Well, maybe the difference was that Luigi had no clue where to go.
The tall Italian sighed as he walked on. Why was this always to easy for Mario? Probably because he went the same way every time. The same way, similar castles, enemies, lands...would Luigi have to do the same thing?
Luigi continued down the dirt path, hoping that it would lead him in the right direction. But, of course, there was soon a conflict.
It wasn't long before Luigi could see a fork in the path. Actually, the path split into four different paths, all headed in four different directions. There wasn't a sign anywhere. Luigi groaned.
"Oh! Moma Mia, now what?! There's-a no way I'll pick-a the right one!" And with that, he fell to the ground in the middle of the four paths.
"Huh?" Luigi was suddenly looking intently at the dirt on the second path.
The green-clad plumber crawled closer to it. There was something there, all right...
"Marks! Foot prints, scratches in the dirt!" he cried out. "This-a looks like Bowser's foot print...and-a the Princess...musta been a struggle..."
He stood up, dusting the knees of his overalls, and nodded. "This-a way, then!"
Luigi began down the second path.
Soon, the other three paths disappeared behind Luigi, and after about a mile, green trees began to clutter around the path. He had reached a forest.
Luigi had no clue where he was--he knew he had never been here before. Mushroom Land was huge, but obviously even bigger than Luigi had ever thought. This forest was strange to him, but even so, he at least had the feeling that he was going in the right direction now.
The path grew darker before Luigi as more trees, ever taller, loomed above. He was in the heart of the forest, and all he had to rely on was the path.
Suddenly, there was a noise. Luigi stopped dead in his tracks.
The noise was just ahead, at least a few feet into the forest.
Luigi wasn't at all sure what it could be, but he was ready to face it.
"Show yourself!" Luigi cried, "Or-a face the consequences!"
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"I'm-a Luigi, Number One!"
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Part 4
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Luigi made his way down the castle path. Where would he even _find_ Bowser? He didn't know where he would be, how far away, or how to defeat him. Luigi was already off to a bad start.
What would Mario do? Luigi tried to think, but it had been so long since he had come with Mario. Besides....wait, what was he doing trying to do things like Mario?! Wasn't the whole idea of his being here to prove that he was as good or better than Mario was? And even if he wasn't capable of defeating Bowser, at least he'd fail doing it his _own_ way.
Actually, the more Luigi thought about this, the dumber it sounded. "Who am I kidding," he said out loud, "If I'm-a doomed to fail, why try?" Luigi sat down beneath a tree, out of the castle's view. "Well, Momma Mia always loved me-a best, right? She-a said that-a I could do what ever I dreamed of, and...I want to save-a the Princess! I can do it! I am-a capable!" After a moment, though, Luigi realized that he sounded like an after-school special on TV. "Well, anyway...I think I can-a handle it, if-a Mario can!" He stood up, and resumed walking.
Luigi could remember a few things from traveling Mushroom Land with Mario. First, there were many lands and castles that he and Mario had gone through and beaten to save the Princess, though it wasn't until the last one that they had always found her. Luigi had always seen the fault in his...what was the point in going somewhere distant and defeating a castle when the Princess wasn't even there?
But something seemed different now. Well, maybe the difference was that Luigi had no clue where to go.
The tall Italian sighed as he walked on. Why was this always to easy for Mario? Probably because he went the same way every time. The same way, similar castles, enemies, lands...would Luigi have to do the same thing?
Luigi continued down the dirt path, hoping that it would lead him in the right direction. But, of course, there was soon a conflict.
It wasn't long before Luigi could see a fork in the path. Actually, the path split into four different paths, all headed in four different directions. There wasn't a sign anywhere. Luigi groaned.
"Oh! Moma Mia, now what?! There's-a no way I'll pick-a the right one!" And with that, he fell to the ground in the middle of the four paths.
"Huh?" Luigi was suddenly looking intently at the dirt on the second path.
The green-clad plumber crawled closer to it. There was something there, all right...
"Marks! Foot prints, scratches in the dirt!" he cried out. "This-a looks like Bowser's foot print...and-a the Princess...musta been a struggle..."
He stood up, dusting the knees of his overalls, and nodded. "This-a way, then!"
Luigi began down the second path.
Soon, the other three paths disappeared behind Luigi, and after about a mile, green trees began to clutter around the path. He had reached a forest.
Luigi had no clue where he was--he knew he had never been here before. Mushroom Land was huge, but obviously even bigger than Luigi had ever thought. This forest was strange to him, but even so, he at least had the feeling that he was going in the right direction now.
The path grew darker before Luigi as more trees, ever taller, loomed above. He was in the heart of the forest, and all he had to rely on was the path.
Suddenly, there was a noise. Luigi stopped dead in his tracks.
The noise was just ahead, at least a few feet into the forest.
Luigi wasn't at all sure what it could be, but he was ready to face it.
"Show yourself!" Luigi cried, "Or-a face the consequences!"
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