This chaps. really long since I fudged you all on updates. I got really sloppy with grammar, more so than usual... you have been warned.
Bowser's, heavy, footfalls sounded throughout the halls of his keep as he and his dinner guest made there way swiftly to the dinning hall where a grand feast of only Eldestar knew what awaited them. Bowser grunted softly with each new step the rhythmic pattern of "Flop, flop; grun" was almost a catchy beat. Princess Peach had to work a little harder to keep in tow with Bowser's long strides. Peach noticed the many doors lining either side of the halls as they passed through them. Making mental notes and maps of everything that she saw. Any information that she could gather about Bowser's castle would be invaluable for when she attempted her escape.
"King Bowser..." The princess started casually
"What is it?" He grunted, never stopping his walk through the halls and never looking back at his company.
"Where does that door lead to?" Peach pointed to a seemingly random door in the hallway. Asking lazily as if she didn't really care and was just trying to make conversation.
"The laundry room..." The king answered, Peach blinked and mouthed the words "laundry?" Other than the spiked bracelets and armbands that Bowser was wearing Peach couldn't recall having ever seeing a Koopa wearing clothes. As if knowing what the princess was thinking Bowser quickly added "the linins need to be washed daily..." "Ahh" Peach said while mentally shouting "Big fat DUH, Peach!"
"And that one" Another random door...
"Just a room, most of the doors in this hall lead to bedrooms." "And that one"
"That door leads to the tearoom I think? The servants would know more about it that. I don't go in there." The king answered as the pair continued their trek through the corridors.
"Oh..." Peach noticed a door that didn't look quite like the others; this door probably didn't lead to a normal room. The doorknob was made of crystal and some kind of weird looking charm hung above the doorway. Even weirder was the door itself, while all the other doors in the hallway were made of wood this one was made of a soft metal. Peach couldn't be sure just which one of the many metals native to the "Valley of Bowser" but it was of the most beautiful rose gold color.
"What is in that door, is that also a bedroom?" Bowser stopped and turned around to face Peach who almost bumped into him for stopping so unexpectedly.
"Do you take me for a fool princess? Do you think for one second that I don't know what you are doing" He said coolly
"I... was just..." ~Oh boy, I was just what?? Of all the important things they teach a princess you'd think they'd teach me to lie! He's smarter than I gave him credit for... Not good! ~
"Princess... if you wanted a tour all you had to do was ask..." Peach breathed a sigh of relief. ~Ok maybe not -_-! ~
"I will personally show you around the castle after dinner." Bowser gave the young girl a toothy grin and they continued on their way.
~Well that worked out better than I thought... Now all I have to do is survive dinner what do Koopas eat anyhow? ~
"Is anyone there?" Mario called, backing away from the, creaky wooden, stairs; and looking around. Nothing, just him and the cold dark silence that filled the area and no one else...or so he thought.
"Luigi?" Mario called again, something whizzed past the plumber's ear making him jump.
"Who's there?" A mischievous giggle from behind him made Mario spin around.
"Ok, Weege very funny but I'm in no mood, come on out so we can leave!" "This place is such a pigsty Luigi must feel right at home..." Mario muttered to himself
An eerie moan fluttered to Mario's ears, and even though Mario was normally very brave even he couldn't help but be creped out by this unearthly sound.
~W~o~O~o~O~o~O~
"Cut it out! You're really askin' for it Weege!" Mario threatened
There was no answer, Mario frowned, if Luigi was going to do this then so be it; but Mario was not going to stick around so his brother could play childish pranks.
"Ok, fine have it your way! I'm leaving you here all by yourself and I'll bet this place is hunted and full of ghosts and they're all goanna come out and eat you up!" Mario's yell echoed throughout the halls of the manner. He felt a bit guilty about trying to scare Luigi but he just wanted to find his brother rescue Peach and go home.
"Eat me?!? No, don't let them eat me please!!" A small Boo flew right into Mario's face. Or rather right through it.
"What the...?!" Mario tried to fallow as the little ghost flew in circles around his head wailing. However all Mario managed to do was get very dizzy.
"Calm down! I was just kidding there's no such things as..." The Boo floated into Mario's line of vision. It floated there and the two just stared at each other for some time. For some reason the Boo felt as thought it had known this fellow all its life...err...afterlife. But that couldn't have been possible, could it?
Mario slowly brought his hand up to touch this, this, what ever this was but as his hand made contact with the Boo it went right through. Mario wiggled his fingers while his hand was enveloped by the Boo's body to Mario's surprise the Boo started giggling
"Stop it, stop it, that tickles something awful!" The Boo wiggled trying to get away but it seemed to be immobilized by Mario's so-called "Tickling" Mario quickly pulled his hand away from the Boo as if it would bite him for his act.
"G~G~h~o~s~s~t?!" Mario tripped over his tongue more out of pure shock than fear.
"Ghost where?!" The little Boo looked around franticly.
Mario was stunned to say the least. All those years he made fun of his little brother for fearing ghosts and they turn out to be real?
Though this ghost didn't look all that scary, in fact it was almost sorta cute in Mario's opinion. Made of a substance that Mario couldn't even begin to describe, a gas maybe, two small oval blue eyes amidst the strange floating ball. A green aura surrounded it. It did have two small fangs but even they didn't look very menacing. It wore the most ridiculous grin that his brother Luigi was accustoms to having. Mario got a really funny feeling as he watched this specter.
"Please don't let the ghosts eat me! I'm sorry for trying to scare you; it seemed like a good idea at the time." The Boo pleaded; Mario had to try hard not to laugh A ghost that was afraid of ghosts? It was just too funny; but Mario felt sorry for the creature it's no fun being scared.
"But you are a ghost..." Mario stated, the Boo inspected it's self "Oh!" It changed from a pale green to a bright red.
"I'm still afraid though, please don't leave me here alone." The Boo begged clasping its two little fin like hands together. Mario nodded in agreement and the Boo flew around happily waving its fins.
" Say what's your name?" Mario asked. The Boo looked puzzled.
"Name?"
"Yeah you know a name, what others call you." Others? The Boo couldn't recall seeing any others except this one person who it was talking to right now
The Boo thought about it for a moment. It could only vaguely remember ever having a name.
"Someone called me little one once." The Boo said thoughtfully "Can't remember who though"
"That's not a name, it's a description, so are you going to tell me your name or are you goanna make me guess."
It looked up sadly "I ...I don't remember" Again it changed color, turning blue. Mario was intrigued at how this entity changed color as it changed emotions, the thought of something that wasn't even supposed to be alive having emotion was a bit puzzling though.
"You don't remember?" The Boo shook its head. Mario was baffled how one could forget their own name. He had heard of cases where people who've hit their head forgetting things like their name, but Mario seriously doubted that this was the case here.
"Try to remember"
The Boo clutched its head in an attempt to remember this long since forgotten word that it had once been called
"Lu...Lu..." It started "Yeah, go on" Mario encouraged
"Boo!"
"Your name is Lulu Boo?" Mario cocked a questioning eyebrow
"Um...ye...yeah? Lulu Boo that's my name so don't ware it out!" The ghost flew happily around in circles sing it's own name
"Lulu Boo, Lulu Boo, I have a name and it's Lulu Boo!"
"Well... Lulu Boo I'm--"
"Mario!" Lulu Boo blurted out
"Yeah, how did you know my name?" Lulu Boo shrugged as best as one with no shoulders can. Mario thought it was best not to try and figure out a ghost, and let the subject go.
"Say Lulu Boo can you help me find someone?" Mario figured with two on the job finding Weege would be a snap. That is if he was still in the house somewhere.
"I can find anybody as long as they're afraid!" What in the world was that supposed to mean Mario wondered.
"Huh? What can you smell fear or something?" Mario chuckled
"No, see it..." "So ghosts can see fear?"
"Uh huh, that's how I knew you were in this house, it was a tiny fear but it was there, so tiny I almost missed it." Mario was astounded to say the least.
"Lulu Boo..." Mario winced that name just had to go
"I think I'll call you Lu for short." That reminded him of why he was there, in all the excitement of meeting a real live dead ghost Mario had almost forgot about Luigi.
"Say Lu have you seen a boy about as tall as I am?" Lu looked at Mario for a moment and thought
"I think you have to tell me more about your brother than how tall he is..." Mario's shocked look gave Lu a weird feeling
"What? Why are you staring at me like that?" He whimpered
"I didn't tell you that he was my brother, how could you have known that?" Mario's expression changed from dumbfounded to angry
"What have you done to my brother?!"
"I didn't do anything to your brother..." Lu backed away from Mario as if it was afraid of the plumber
"Then how did you know that's who I was looking for?" Mario shook an angry fist. It had become quite apparent that Lu was more afraid of Mario than Mario was of him. Lu backed away even further from the plumber with a fearful look on his Boo face.
"I...I don't know.... Mysterious Boo Power?" Lu said softly. It was the truth though, Lu wasn't sure how he knew that Mario was looking for his brother, or how he knew Mario's name, for that matter Lu just had a feeling a very strong feeling.
"What?! What the heck is that?! If you don't tell me where Luigi is I'm goanna, goanna..." What kind of threat works well on a ghost Mario wondered?
Before Mario could finish his thought or his threat Lu flew away wailing.
~What's he yelling at me for I didn't even do anything...~
"Hey get back here!" Mario gave chase as Lu flew up the stairwell and on to the second floor.
Mario looked around the dark cobweb filled hallway to of the second floor there was no signs of life or Lu anywhere.
"Where'd he get off to?" Mario muttered under his breath, Then he spotted a green glow at the end of the hall that could only be Lu.
Mario took off down the hall to catch Lu not being totally sure of what to do if he happened succeed in his efforts.
At the end of the Hall Lu hovered in front of a door it was almost as if he was afraid to enter that room; but the arrival of a very cheesed off Mario removed any doubts that Lu might of had.
Lu passed through the closed door just as Mario got there.
"You come out of there!" Mario grabbed the doorknob only to find that the door was locked
"Go away, I didn't do nothing to your stinky ol' brother!" Mario paid minor attention to the obvious hurt in Lu's familiar sounding voice.
Mario banged on the door; but it did little good. Mario hung his head in defeat. "I just want my brother..."He sighed after a moment of silence Lu poked his head through the door and spoke up
"Hey Mario, what does your brother look like?" Mario looked up
"What?"
"You brother, what does he look like?" Mario didn't answer at first. He wasn't sure if he could trust Lu anymore, Mario decided that he really didn't have many options so he answered Lu's question.
"He has brown somewhat curly hair..." Lu went back into the room and emerged a few seconds later
"Go on"
"Blue eyes, um...large nose; and he was wearing a green long sleeve shirt, cap with the letter "L" on it; and blue overalls the last time I saw him." Mario continued. Once again Lu popped back into the room though he was in there a little longer this time. Finally he came out again
"I have good news and I have bad news..." Mario looked at Lu "What is it?"
"The good news is I think I found your brother...The bad news is he's not moving." Lu went on
"Not moving?!" Mario sputtered. Mario's heart raced and his breathing became quick
Mario banged on the door with an open palm shouting his brother's name praying that Luigi would open the door
"Luigi...Luigi, it's me Mario, open the door" The was no answer and Mario's pleas for his brother to answer became more frantic
"Luigi please open the door, Luigi?!" Still no answer
Mario turned to Lu "Can you pass through the door and unlock it?"
"Um, I don't know I've never tried to pick up or move any thing that's solid before..." Mario looked like he would pass out when Lu said that. Lu knew that Mario was in a bad way and figured there was no harm in trying.
"I'll try, cross your fingers and hope I can do it" Lu disappeared into the door
"Well..." Mario called "Keep your overalls on, I gotta see what I'm dealing with here!"
on the other side of the door Lu inspected the lock.
the lock on the door was that customary to many bedrooms. the button in the center of the doorknob was pushed in so all Lu had to do to unlock the door was turn the knob.
"Hmm... looks simple enough..." Lu made a grab for the knob but his fin passed right through it.
"Maybe not."
"Um..." Lu called
"Don't tell me you can't touch the lock..." Mario asked
"Uh huh." Lu was startled when a loud thump, that could only be Mario's head connecting with the door, sounded through the room.
Lu poked through the door to see Mario's head resting against it.
"Don't do that you'll hurt yourself" Mario looked up "I'm goanna hurt you if you don't get in there and find a way to unlock that door!" Lu frowned
"Sorry, I--" Lu was through the door again before Mario could finish. Mario had really stepped in it now, Lu probably wouldn't help him now, not like he was that much help to begin with, but 'beggars can't be choosers'
Mario had nearly worked himself up pretty good before he heard the glorious sound of the lock clicking over and the door creaking open.
"Lu you did it! I could kiss you if you weren't a ghost!" There was no answer from Lu. as the door opened even further Mario could see Luigi lying in a heap on the floor.
"Oh my God Luigi!" Mario rushed over to Luigi's spot on the floor
Luigi was laying somewhat on his side, one arm was partially tucked away under his side the other was crossed over that. Mario turned Luigi onto his back and began to check for signs of life
This is where Mario's three years at med school were going to pay off, very few people knew that Mario only did plumbing jobs so he could work his way towards being a doctor. The plumbing shop wasn't even his, it had belonged to Mario and Luigi's uncle on their fathers side.
Mario grabbed Luigi's wrist and checked for a pulse, there was none. Luigi's hands were cool, far cooler than they should be. He checked again at the neck as if he would find one this time; but sadly he did not. Needless to say Luigi was not breathing either.
"No..." Mario whimpered "No, this, this can't happen, it just can't!" Mario slammed a fist down hard on the old rotting wood floor. Warm tears formed in his eyes, he shut them tightly not wanting them to fall. Mario moved a little closer to Luigi and hugged his brother, the purple jewel that dangled from the chain around Mario's neck gently lay on Luigi's chest. It began to glow, though this action went unnoticed by the grief stricken Mario.
The glow got brighter and then slowly started to fade until the mysterious light was gone.
"I am sorry little brother..." Mario Slowly and carefully picked his brother up and laid him on the bed in the center of the room. Mario grabbed a sheet lying on the floor next to the bed and used it to cover up Luigi . Mario sniffled a little. "Luigi I have to rescue Princess Peach if I don't a lot of people are going to get hurt..." Mario spoke as if Luigi could hear him. " So I'm goanna leave you here for now; but I'll be back... don't worry." Mario scowled Kemak is going to pay for what he has done Luigi I swear it I won't you down again." With a heavy heart and a new found determination for beating Kemak into a bloody pulp, Mario left the mansion and his brother for the time being. Mario in his state of grief had forgotten all about "Lu" which is just as well he was no longer the Boo that Mario had known, "Lu" was just about to make his triumphant return to the land of the living.
Luigi shot up into a sitting position gasping for breath as if he'd just awoken from a bad dream. He struggled against the sheet covering him until he was finally able to brake free of the cloths hold shivering terribly due to the fact that his body temperature was about 15° lower than it was supposed to be.
~Whe where am I?!~ Luigi jerked his head around frantically before realizing where he was.
"Oh no... not here, anywhere but here..." He moaned softly. Luigi tried to get up and to his surprise he did it effortlessly... his injuries were no longer bothering him. Not that he was unhappy about this mind you... as a matter of fact all of Luigi's cuts and bruises were gone. He couldn't explain it...but then again explaining things had become very difficult since he'd gotten to the Mushroom Kingdom.
Luigi had come to the conclusion that now was a good time to leave. as he got off the bed he made his way to the door and once again noticed the sun shinning through the bathroom window. For some reason Luigi felt drawn to the room he couldn't explain it or resist and against better judgment he went into the bathroom
"What on earth am I doing?!" Luigi made his way to the window opened it and stuck his head out and looked around not having any idea why he ran his hand along the underside of the outside windowsill until he felt something hard. he grabbed it gave a little pull but what ever it was that he had a hold on refused to come from it's resting place. Luigi gave another tug and the loud "crack" of the rotten wood of the windowsill being split rang in his ears as he plucked his mystery item from where it had been caught. he looked at what he had found.
A jewel pale yellow in color and cut in a somewhat diamond shape... he looked at his bobble for a moment seemingly vexed by it snapping out of his stupor he tucked the jewel away in a pocket and made his way down stairs.
~So you're back?~ The ominous voice that had been tormenting Luigi earlier had returned
Poor Luigi jumped about a mile high at the sound. ~Not again~
"B-bb-back?" Luigi uttered softly
~Your presence, your fear we lost it for a while but now you are back and we won't lose you a second time.~
Luigi couldn't figure what in the Mushroom Kingdom the ghost was talking about but he didn't care.
Luigi covered his ears not allowing the sound in but he could hear in his mind.
He whispered as he closed his eye tight. "I w...w...want to Leave!!" He shouted.
when Luigi once again opened his eyes he nearly had a heart attack... he was no longer in the dark foyer. he had been transported to a weird place there was nothingness as far as the eye could see a purple mist shrouded everything making it nearly impossible for one to see their hand in front of their face. Purple blocks lined the floor but there was a small stack of them by what appeared to be a door.
Not even "The Flash" couldn't have beaten the frightened boy to as he made a break for that door, even if Luigi had been wearing led shoes.
The door however disappeared in the strange fog.
~So you want to leave huh?~ The large Boo from earlier materialized right in front of Luigi making the trembling fellow jump.
~If you leave we will all be so sad~ The Boo mocked Luigi, malicious giggling filled the area ticking the petrified plumber off to no end.
Finding a small bit of courage from only the lord knows where Luigi spoke up without fearful stuttering for the first time since he learned that this house was haunted.
"Yes! I want to leave your crummy house! I won't be your eternal punching bag, someone to torture and scare like some little kid! I am not afraid!" Luigi declared. The Boo's features contorted in pure anger at Luigi's brave words. Luigi's new found bravery however was short lived.
~ ENOUGH!! ~ Luigi resumed his shaking and whimpering
~ You are afraid a scared little boy who would like nothing better than to have mommy come and save you from the big bad Boo! Your fear tastes like sweet nectar finer than any other. you are not a punching bag you are our meal!~ Boomed the Boo
~ Our me~e~e~a~a~l ~ The call of the other specters of the manor
Luigi cringed ~ That Boo and all the others in the house are feeding off of my fear! The more afraid I am the better it tastes! Well I'm goanna sour baby's milk! ~
With all the courage that Luigi had he bolted passed the Boo . It was only by pure will alone that Luigi was able to get work up enough nerve to do so.
"I not afraid of you! You're nothing but a big bed sheet with eyes!" The Boo grew even angrier
"I should cut you up and make dust rags outta you! Nayh, that's to good for you, you'd make better toilet paper!" The Boo erupted with anger
~Why you annoying little... Fellow Boos, come forth, we will teach this jerk the true meaning of fear!~
On command dozens of Boos encircled Luigi whose bravery was starting to wear a little thin at this point. Trying his best to stay calm, Luigi started to form a plan in that wily ol' brain of his. Glancing around the room quickly he spotted a stack of purple blocks through the fog.
~Hmmm... I wonder...?~ Luigi couldn't help but feel that the presence of those blocks in a room that was otherwise empty was of some significance.
How could he get to those blocks with all these ghosts around?
"Hey look over there it's Evils!" All the Boos turned around taking their gaze away from Luigi.
~Who?~ The big Boo scratched the top of it's bulbous head. ~I don't see any...~ All the Boos turned around ~...One...Shoot!~ Luigi was nowhere to be seen.
~Spread out and find him!~ The big Boo ordered ~He shouldn't be hard to fi-- Ouch!~ The Boo flew around erratically holding its nose. or at least the place where a nose might be.
~Oww!~ It whined ~Which one of you idiots hit me?!~
"Looking for me?" Luigi was at the far end of the room sitting on the stack of blocks looking pretty darn smug. "Well here I am, come and get me." A cocky grin crept up onto Luigi's faces as he tossed a purple block from the stack at a smaller Boo nearby, Knocking the little poltergeist out cold. Luigi had come to the conclusion that theses ghosts were tangible...well at least when it came to these strange purple blocks anyway.
"Here's the wind up and the pitch..." Luigi let one block fly right after the other his aim was impeccable despite the fact that seeing in this room was like trying to eat soup with a fork, darn near impossible.
in no time at all Luigi had cleared the room of all the smaller Boo lackies until there was only one Boo Left
Noticing it was out of help the large Boo backed away slowly
~Uh...eh heh, heh you didn't take our you didn't take any of what I said too seriously did you?~ The Boo gulped as Luigi playfully tossed the last purple block up and down in one palm.
"What, you mean all that stuff about being a scared little mama's boy and being the meal for a bunch of worthless dust rags that aren't good enough to donate to the Salvation Army?" Luigi's voice just dripped with aggravation.
~eh...ye...ah that stuff, you're not sore about all that are you?~ The Boo looked at Luigi hopefully.
"You better believe I am!" Luigi let the block fly, the monstrous Boo covered its face with its fins to offer a bit of protection for something that was really, really, goanna hurt.
Luigi's block sailed true in a strait line... and about 2 inches to the left of where the Boo was floating.
Luigi's heart sank into his shoes as he saw the block disappear in the purple mist and heard it hit the floor at what sounded like miles away. "I...missed..." he uttered apparently the gas of which the Boo was made of must have been very dense because it took the creature a good moment to figure out what had happened. slowly removing it's fins from its face the Boo realized
~ Hey, you missed!~ The Boo said cheerfully
Luigi fearfully nodded
The Boo noticed some thing else that Luigi really wished that it hadn't
~And you're out of ammo too~ A grim smile, an evil smile, an 'oh the humanity, won't someone PLEASE think of the children!' kind of smile spread across the Boos face.
~Now what was that about worthless dust rags?~ Luigi's mouth went dry as the Boo was right on top of the petrified plumber in training.
~You WILL know the meaning of the word fear!~ The Boo wave a fin and Luigi felt his feet leave the ground.
If ghosts really did feed on fear then this one was getting a 7-course banquet! Luigi went stiff as he and the Boo came face to face Luigi's Blue eyes went wide with terror as he and the Boo locked gazes. Those eyes, those terrible black eyes Luigi wanted to look away but couldn't. so afraid that the boy would have burst into tears if he had been capable.
Luigi lost in the Boos dark eyes went limp as if he was in a trance
Luigi at the mercy of the Boo just floated there several feet above the floor the Boo's mysterious power keeping him aloft.
~Dinner is served~ the Boo chuckled menacingly
~Booford!~ A loud voice echoed throughout the room
~Booford where are you? You come here this instant!!~ Luigi snapped out of his trance as the Boo looked away from him. An even larger Boo became visible through the purple fog in the room. Luigi nearly passed out at the site of this massive Boo.
~Booford, What have I told you about snaking in between meals?~ The ghost snapped
~Aww but moooom I'm hungry!~
~Not only are you snacking; but you're playing with your food on top of it! You are grounded!~
~But ma~ The little Boo when compared to the other one whined
~No buts no go to your room!~ Luigi fell to the floor in a heap as the smaller Boo floated out of the room. muttering something to the effect of ~Aww man she never lets me have any fun!~ The mist disappeared with the Boo and Luigi found himself in the foyer of the house once again.
~ may I ask what you are doing in my house?~ The giant Boo asked
"I...I...I" Luigi stuttered
~I'll bet you got lost and wandered on in looking for help didn't you?~ The Mother Boo said answering her own question. Luigi just nodded to choked up to speak.
~ We get a lot of foo...err...em visitors that way, where are you headed maybe I can help you out?~
Luigi thought about it for a moment and figured that if he were to find his brother he would have to go to Bowser's castle and beat Mario's whereabouts out of Kemak.
"B...Bows-ser's c...castle" he stammered
~Hmmm... you're some ways away from the "Valley of Bowser" I'm not quite sure how to get there myself. but there is a town just north of here you can probably get directions there. now if you don't mind I must insist that you leave. I have a whole house full of very naughty Boos that all need a serious talking to.~
with that being said 'Mommy' Boo pushed Luigi out the door. The door slowly shut behind him. He turned around and stared at the door for a moment totally flabbergasted.
"Well...that was anticlimactic" He uttered scratching his head beneath his cap. though he was no less overjoyed to be out of that horrible place.
"North huh?" Luigi left with no other options headed in the direction of this unknown town.
Toad eyed the jewel as if it were a meal, licking his at the thought of getting his hands on it. It had been quite the feat getting into the treasure room of Bowser's castle without being seen. Toad had more than his fair share of close calls in getting there. He had to dodge many a guard to make it in unnoticed including the one guarding that very room. only making it in because he had the good fortune to catch them during a shift change where for two minutes the door was left totally unattended to. but he did make it in; and the fruits of his labor were right in front of him ready for the taking. upon a pedestal surrounded by glass sat the jewel. amongst unimaginable amounts of gold diamonds, rubies, emeralds and all other manor of treasures. though this particular jewel was all that the little mushroom was interested in. quietly he took a glasscutter from his pack and made a small oval cut in the glass, just large enough for him to slip his hand in. Carefully and quietly Toad slipped his tiny hand into the hole and gently pulled the black jewel out replacing it with one of the jewels from the floor. "They won't know it's gone until it's too late" Toad uttered quietly.
"Oh really now, is that a fact?" Before Toad could react a hand covered his mouth.
Next chapter: Untitled as of yet: Luigi makes a new friend on his way to the nearest town. Mario is not having a good day to say the least; and maybe I'll stick Maria in there somewhere... maybe. As for Toad well who cares about Toad? I know I sure don't!
Toad: Hey!
Jes: Shut up!
Toad: Yes ma'am :(
To quote Luigi: "Well...that was anticlimactic." Yeah see I was trying to decide if Luigi should fight his way out of the house or get out in a humorous way. I couldn't so I did both and well... it came out... well let's just say it came out and leave it at that ok? But at least I got him out that was driving me batty! Anyway here it is the REAL 10th chapter to Pawns of Destiny: A Tale of Two Heroes. As always send me your reviews and your flames~ Jes :)