I have edited this chapter again! So enjoy!
Disclaimer- none of these characters are mine, as if you didn't already know. Except for one character I made up, Introducing Frog
A/n- WARNING! From this point on people will be killed off!
Mario felt his shoes sinking through the muck on the ground as his sapphire eyes stared at the heap below him that was a painful recollection of many of Peach's most joyous memories. He may not have been the richest or handsomest fellow, but the now lifeless being that lie before them had made the princess smile even on the dreariest of days.
The energetic little retainer, Toad, was now no more than a sack of flesh empty of a soul, waiting for a proper burial spot worthy of his presence.
Mario felt a small sting of lonliness in the pit of his heart as well. Toad had helped him and his brother rescue peach numerous times. He might have played a small role, but he always offered valuable information to help save the kingdom, and the little mushroom-capped boy would most certainly not be forgotten.
"Who could have done this?" Peach sobbed as she collapsed onto the ground, not the least bit concerned that her dress was quite obviously destroyed.
Mario walked over to the fair-haired beauty and touched her porcelain-like cheek gently. It seemed hard to think of words that could console her. Mario wasn't poetic and in some cases couldn't handle times of sorrow very easily, all he could offer through his voice was, "I'll miss Toad too! I'll be certain whoever did this will not go unpunished"
For the first time that day, Peach let a portion of a grin shine through, and then she enclosed her arms around Mario and their lips met.
After the intimate moment at the crisis scene, Peach and Mario laced fingers and slowly walked back to the Mushroom Kingdom, both of them beginning to let it dawn upon them that that their beloved, bright eyed friend would not be waiting to usher them inside.
An hour or so before Mario had arrived at the kingdom, word had circulated that the youngest and most beloved retainer had been murdered, and even though he was but a mere servant, all the residents under the castle roof were devastated.
Especially one young boy who had just arrived at the castle earlier on, hired as a Toad replacement, even though he didn't have the same loveable spark in him.
The young boy stood against a wall, while people whispered rude things about him. It was painful and unbearable, he hated life in the kingdom, as a matter of fact he hated life all together with out his bigger brother.
The new rookie retainer's name was frog. As impossible as it may seem, he was even smaller than his elder brother, and his polka dot head was brown and white as opposed to Toad's signature red and white.
Frog sniffed, trying to hold back tears that he needed to let out miserably.
He wanted to express his deep sadness and love for his brother, but he knew he'd make an even worse impression on the other retainers if he made an image for himself as a crybaby.
He shuddered to think how much more hideous he'd make matters for himself. Imagine it, he'd earn the title of weakling or sob factory, and have to add that with being The Princess's new assistant.
It was too much pressure; Toad had been a great friend to the princess, now Frog would have too much stress filling his young life.
"I wish you hadn't died big brother." He said solemnly in his girly, squeaky voice.
At that moment Peach walked in by herself as Mario journeyed back to his house. The princess saw Frog standing there and sighed "another trainee for becoming a retainer."
~
Mario walked through the streets soaked in darkness; the only noticeable light was the moon hanging above like a baby's mobile.
He kept envisioning the dead body of toad in his mind, and knew sleep would be a troubling event for him this evening.
As he scuffed his feet through puddles of murky water, everything in sight reminding him of the abrupt end of Toad's life, he couldn't help but wonder what Luigi would say.
Would he care? Would he think his older brother was lying? Would he not even remember who Toad was?
Mario bit his lip and corrected himself. The proper word was IS not WAS. Saying, "who Toad was." Only made him remember this was all reality.
"Something bad is bound to happen, I have a feeling," he thought as he finally arrived at the small shack he and his brother shared.
The red clad plumber walked in through the front door and saw Luigi in the living room, watching a t.v show.
"Luigi, I have to tell you something." Mario said, his voice sounding hoarse. Luigi looked up at Mario, knowing something horrible had happened before his brother even mentioned a word of the day's events.
Mario decided he could no longer hold it in any more. He blurted it out quickly, which wasn't hard considering it had been imbedded in his brain.
"Toad has been murdered!" At first Luigi looked dazed and emotionless, as if he didn't even know who Toad was.
"Peach and I saw his dead body lying out in the yard, covered in blood and muck!"
Luigi rose from the couch he had been sitting on and looked his brother in the face. He was about to say something, when suddenly the phone rang.
Both brothers felt morbid and depressed, solemn forces over powering them from continuing all pleasant aspects of life. How they longed the ringing would stop, but the phone continued to ring so to silence it, Luigi picked it up, a afraid of what the voice on the other end would say.
"Hello?" he asked.
Mario couldn't hear what the man on the other end was saying; he could only hear his brother's contribution to the conversation.
"What? This is a joke! What happened? I'm coming down there!"
Luigi instantly smashed the phone down and grabbed his jacket.
"What's the matter?" Mario asked.
Luigi's back was facing Mario as his face shook and his eyes grew damp. He didn't want his more courageous sibling to see him shed droplettes from his eyes, but he reluctantly turned around and said, "Daisy's hurt! And I'm going down to sarasaland!"
Mario didn't know what reaction would be soothing or polite enough for his brother, so he simply replied, "I'm coming with you!" and together the Mario brothers raced out of their home and off to find the sarasaland warp pipe.
Kinda boring I know. Sorry if you like toad (sorry if his killing didn't have any impact on the story.) but I had to get another chapter and I couldn't think of another character to kill. I was thinking of the chancellor or king or queen, but you ever really see them and everyone believes different things about who else rules tmk. So anyway r+r!
Disclaimer- none of these characters are mine, as if you didn't already know. Except for one character I made up, Introducing Frog
A/n- WARNING! From this point on people will be killed off!
Mario felt his shoes sinking through the muck on the ground as his sapphire eyes stared at the heap below him that was a painful recollection of many of Peach's most joyous memories. He may not have been the richest or handsomest fellow, but the now lifeless being that lie before them had made the princess smile even on the dreariest of days.
The energetic little retainer, Toad, was now no more than a sack of flesh empty of a soul, waiting for a proper burial spot worthy of his presence.
Mario felt a small sting of lonliness in the pit of his heart as well. Toad had helped him and his brother rescue peach numerous times. He might have played a small role, but he always offered valuable information to help save the kingdom, and the little mushroom-capped boy would most certainly not be forgotten.
"Who could have done this?" Peach sobbed as she collapsed onto the ground, not the least bit concerned that her dress was quite obviously destroyed.
Mario walked over to the fair-haired beauty and touched her porcelain-like cheek gently. It seemed hard to think of words that could console her. Mario wasn't poetic and in some cases couldn't handle times of sorrow very easily, all he could offer through his voice was, "I'll miss Toad too! I'll be certain whoever did this will not go unpunished"
For the first time that day, Peach let a portion of a grin shine through, and then she enclosed her arms around Mario and their lips met.
After the intimate moment at the crisis scene, Peach and Mario laced fingers and slowly walked back to the Mushroom Kingdom, both of them beginning to let it dawn upon them that that their beloved, bright eyed friend would not be waiting to usher them inside.
An hour or so before Mario had arrived at the kingdom, word had circulated that the youngest and most beloved retainer had been murdered, and even though he was but a mere servant, all the residents under the castle roof were devastated.
Especially one young boy who had just arrived at the castle earlier on, hired as a Toad replacement, even though he didn't have the same loveable spark in him.
The young boy stood against a wall, while people whispered rude things about him. It was painful and unbearable, he hated life in the kingdom, as a matter of fact he hated life all together with out his bigger brother.
The new rookie retainer's name was frog. As impossible as it may seem, he was even smaller than his elder brother, and his polka dot head was brown and white as opposed to Toad's signature red and white.
Frog sniffed, trying to hold back tears that he needed to let out miserably.
He wanted to express his deep sadness and love for his brother, but he knew he'd make an even worse impression on the other retainers if he made an image for himself as a crybaby.
He shuddered to think how much more hideous he'd make matters for himself. Imagine it, he'd earn the title of weakling or sob factory, and have to add that with being The Princess's new assistant.
It was too much pressure; Toad had been a great friend to the princess, now Frog would have too much stress filling his young life.
"I wish you hadn't died big brother." He said solemnly in his girly, squeaky voice.
At that moment Peach walked in by herself as Mario journeyed back to his house. The princess saw Frog standing there and sighed "another trainee for becoming a retainer."
~
Mario walked through the streets soaked in darkness; the only noticeable light was the moon hanging above like a baby's mobile.
He kept envisioning the dead body of toad in his mind, and knew sleep would be a troubling event for him this evening.
As he scuffed his feet through puddles of murky water, everything in sight reminding him of the abrupt end of Toad's life, he couldn't help but wonder what Luigi would say.
Would he care? Would he think his older brother was lying? Would he not even remember who Toad was?
Mario bit his lip and corrected himself. The proper word was IS not WAS. Saying, "who Toad was." Only made him remember this was all reality.
"Something bad is bound to happen, I have a feeling," he thought as he finally arrived at the small shack he and his brother shared.
The red clad plumber walked in through the front door and saw Luigi in the living room, watching a t.v show.
"Luigi, I have to tell you something." Mario said, his voice sounding hoarse. Luigi looked up at Mario, knowing something horrible had happened before his brother even mentioned a word of the day's events.
Mario decided he could no longer hold it in any more. He blurted it out quickly, which wasn't hard considering it had been imbedded in his brain.
"Toad has been murdered!" At first Luigi looked dazed and emotionless, as if he didn't even know who Toad was.
"Peach and I saw his dead body lying out in the yard, covered in blood and muck!"
Luigi rose from the couch he had been sitting on and looked his brother in the face. He was about to say something, when suddenly the phone rang.
Both brothers felt morbid and depressed, solemn forces over powering them from continuing all pleasant aspects of life. How they longed the ringing would stop, but the phone continued to ring so to silence it, Luigi picked it up, a afraid of what the voice on the other end would say.
"Hello?" he asked.
Mario couldn't hear what the man on the other end was saying; he could only hear his brother's contribution to the conversation.
"What? This is a joke! What happened? I'm coming down there!"
Luigi instantly smashed the phone down and grabbed his jacket.
"What's the matter?" Mario asked.
Luigi's back was facing Mario as his face shook and his eyes grew damp. He didn't want his more courageous sibling to see him shed droplettes from his eyes, but he reluctantly turned around and said, "Daisy's hurt! And I'm going down to sarasaland!"
Mario didn't know what reaction would be soothing or polite enough for his brother, so he simply replied, "I'm coming with you!" and together the Mario brothers raced out of their home and off to find the sarasaland warp pipe.
Kinda boring I know. Sorry if you like toad (sorry if his killing didn't have any impact on the story.) but I had to get another chapter and I couldn't think of another character to kill. I was thinking of the chancellor or king or queen, but you ever really see them and everyone believes different things about who else rules tmk. So anyway r+r!
