Thanks for the review GG! My cousin and I are writing this together, and I get the feeling we have no idea what we're doing! Anyway, on with the next chapter!

The Proposal

The little bald dude started to make a racket with some new fangled machinery, which caused Luigi to clench his fists in annoyance. Now what is this wacko up to? The annoying little man reminded him of when he was younger and Mario used to give him wedgies. He spun around, ready to yell at the annoying little man only to be pulled forward by a great suction.

Luigi started to grab frantically at things, trying to fight the force. In his panic he grabbed a wall panel, which slid open to reveal a secret room. The old man turned off his machinery realizing that Luigi wouldn't fit in his contraption.

Luigi stared into the room in wide eyed wonder as the memories came back to him in full force. He stared mesmerized at the portrait that hung on the wall.

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Luigi handed his lover an oddly shaped gift, praying she'd like it. She tore the gift open in her excitement. In awe she pulls out the one thing every girl wishes for.......an engagement plunger. "Could this be," she gasps. He looks into her mildew colored eyes and she knows it's real. She flings her arms around him and gives him a sloppy, wet kiss, which he returns. After turning blue from lack of oxygen, they finally break the embrace.

They ran into the parlor room, anxious to tell her family the good news. The whole family except the father rejoices in the news. The father disliked the idea of his youngest daughter marrying the hired help. However, the family's joy was short lived.

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The old man reaches out to Luigi, and Luigi, forgetting the old man was there jumped and clung to the light fixture. Luigi sighed in relief, realizing it was just the old man, and climbed down from the fixture, blushing slightly due to his embarrassing reaction.

"I know why this place is so familiar," Luigi spoke softly to himself, but the professor heard him and looked at Luigi inquisitively. Luigi sighed and began to explain what had taken place in this mansion so many years ago.

This was the story told to the old man:

Luigi and his finance exited the store as they finished their Christmas shopping. The short, familiar looking Santa reached out to them, ringing his bell expectantly. Enraging Santa, they walked by with their noses stuck up in the air. The volunteer Santa stared after them, feeling anger and want of revenge overcoming him. Luigi and his soon-to-be bride walked home, unaware to their stalking Santa. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Santa's Revenge up next!