Happily Ever After? (Working Title)

by Pinkrtons

So this is my very first fanfiction. I've never written one before so please bear with my terrible writing. This is a Super Paper Mario AU where Mario and Luigi were separated at one point in their early adventures and Luigi has always been Count Bleck's minion. Summary sucks but it will make sense as story progress. Also posted on AO3 under the same username.

1. Prologue

"WWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

A little boy was crying all alone in the middle of the sidewalk at night in Brooklyn, looking for a way back home from school.

CRACK

Suddenly the boy stopped crying and turned to the noise, frightened for his life.

"...H-hell-oo?" the boy said, quietly.

Just then, a shadow appeared in front of him, roughly about the same height, and said

"!$*^*?"

"... Is-is that really you?"

" Ya of course it's me, who else would it be, a gorilla?"

The boy rushed towards the other and hugged him, silently crying on his shoulder

"I was so s-scared. I thought I would never see anyone again!"

"Don't be weird, obviously you won't be alone! I will protect you no matter what."

"Do you really mean that, # %^&?"

"Of course I do, we're a team! Now come on, Let's find mama before dinner! She's making pasta again!"

"O-oh, ok...Ya, let's-a-go!"

And so the two ran together and managed to find their way home, holding each other's hands the entire time.