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Jeshi: *dances around excitedly* OH-JOY-OH-JOY-OH-JOY-OH-JOY-OH-JOY!!!!!!! ^.^
Larry: O_O? What?! What is it?!
Jeshi: GUESS-WHAT-GUESS-WHAT-GUESS-WHAT-GUESS-WHAT??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!!?!???!??!!
Larry: O_O..you're uh…starting another chapter?
Jeshi: NO, EVEN BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GUESS-WHAT-IT-IS!! ^.^
Larry: O_O? Uh…Jeshi doesn't own Mario! ^_^ There, is it me doing the "moose" right and without you having to ask me or hit me?
Jeshi: NO-BUT-YOU'RE-CLOSE!!! ^.^
Larry: O_O? How?
Jeshi: IT'S-GOT-SOMETHING-TO-DO-WITH-YOU!! ^.^
Larry: O_O?! WHAT IS IT ALREADY?!
Jeshi: THE-GREATEST-PERSON-IN-THE-WORLD-REVIEWED-THE-LAST-CHAPTER!!! AND-HE-TOLD-ME-THE-KOOPALINGS'-AGES-FROM-OLDEST-TO-YOUNGEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^.^
Larry: O_o….that's it?
Jeshi: YEAH, ISN'T-IT-THE-GREATEST??!??!?!?
Larry: -_-; I could have told you that stuff..
Jeshi: _ YOU wouldn't…EVERYONE THANK DR. HANNAH! NOW I DON'T LOOK SO STUPID!! ^.^
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Larry's stomach was still aching even after he had filled it with food, and it remained like that all day long. For most of the rest of the day he just sat around staring outside of Sheila's window, wondering what he was going to do. He couldn't just LEAVE, could he? He'd probably get lost even more…no..he wasn't going to admit that..he was NOT lost…or was he?
He didn't want to consider himself as 'lost'..more like…what would Ludwig say? "Misplaced"…that's it…no…wait…that wasn't right…well how was 'misplaced' supposed to work? How did Ludwig put it?
He remembered when he had lost his favourite book. He had searched around frantically for it, claiming, "It's gone! I lost it, it's lost forever!" and then Ludwig had come by and told him that he didn't 'lose' it, because it really wasn't gone, but that he had simply 'misplaced' it.
Hmmm…that still didn't sound right, but he decided that he too, was not lost, but 'misplaced'.
It wasn't until later that he went outside and realised that there were more people around than usual. Everyone seemed to be setting up tables and decorating. Why? It was only the mid-afternoon…mid-afternoon?! He hadn't even been here that long!!
Either way, the people all looked really cheerful for some reason. But what could it be? He looked and found Sheila standing around the front of her house, watching everyone intently. He walked over to her.
"Hey, what's going on here?" he asked. She raised an eyebrow at him.
"It's a celebration here that happens every so often, actually. Usually once every two weeks," she replied, "we celebrate because we are unknown to anyone."
"What do you mean you celebrate because you are unknown to anyone?!?!??"
"I mean, we celebrate the fact that no one knows that we exist…" she answered, smiling. Larry gave her an odd look.
"You celebrate because no one knows WHERE you are?!?! That's crazy!!" Larry exclaimed.
"Yes, it sounds insane, doesn't it? But that's the way it's always been," she said, "and it doesn't necessarily mean that no one knows us or where we are…we have friends and family who come visit often, people from other towns and cities come here all the time for the festivals."
A festival…that's the LAST thing he needed at a time like this. He needed to get home, and everyone was going to be celebrating, being happy, and with THEIR families?! THAT was just as insane as the whole fact that this town wasn't on a map!!
But still he watched as the crowds began to come in and people started running around having fun. He wanted to run around and have fun…but he had to find his way back home first. But where was home from here?!
He sat around away from the crowds and by a small pond. He stared down at the reflection of himself. Then more thoughts came to him. What if he WAS… 'lost'?…what if he didn't find his way home? What if…what if he never saw his brothers or sister or his dad again?!
He looked up and stared at the sky. He was homesick..he missed his family…he even missed being picked on by everyone. With his deep longing for his family, he started to get tears in his eyes. He missed them so much already. He felt so helpless without them.
"Koopa!" cried a small voice. Larry jumped suddenly and looked around. Someone knew him?! Who?! He turned and saw a small girl standing there, watching him. She tilted her head from side to side.
"Heehee…koopa!!" she exclaimed happily. He quickly wiped his tears away and glared at her.
"What do you want?" he asked as rudely as he could.
"Whatcha doin', koopa boy?" she asked curiously. He continued his glare, and added a growl to it..though it sounded more like a purr.
"Grrr…go away! Don't know what you're doing here with a koopa anyway!" he snapped. He continued his growling in hopes of scaring her away, but she just kept smiling, and then she came up and sat down right beside him.
"Heehee! Silly, koopa boy!" she said. He glared at her some more.
"HOW do you even know me, anyway?!" he demanded. She giggled.
"I come from far away place! We hear about koopas lots!" she replied.
"Just….get out of here, girl," he said. He looked back into the pond again.
"Heehee! Koopa boy, where is your family?" she asked.
"Not here…they're at home.." he answered, not looking at her.
"Ooooh..where is home?"
"Dark World…"
"Where is that?"
"…….I don't know…."
"Koopa boy is lost???" she gasped.
"NO! 'Koopa boy' is NOT lost!!" he yelled. He could feel tears reappearing in his eyes again, and he quickly turned away from the girl who gave him an odd look.
"Koopa boy is crying?" she asked.
"NO… 'Koopa boy' is NOT crying…" he frantically wiped at tears, and fought to keep more from coming. The girl looked at him sympathetically.
"Koopa boy IS lost…koopa boy misses his family…koopa boy is sad," she said softly. He shook his head violently.
"Koopa boy wants to cry…he's sad," she said thoughtfully. He shook his head again.
"No…koopas don't cry," he said, still fighting his tears.
"Koopas can cry..everyone can…we all have feelings..and when your feelings are hurt, crying helps…it makes you feel better."
She rested her hand on his shoulder and smiled at him again. He stared at her until finally he couldn't take it. He sat there and cried like she had told him to do. She hugged him.
"See? Koopa boy feel better now. Everything will be okay," she assured him. She then got up.
"I have to go now, koopa boy. I'm staying for the festival, then I'm going home, and home is a long ways away for me. You'll find your home soon, don't worry," she said as she turned and ran off.
He sat around there for a while after that. He then realised that it actually DID make him feel better to cry. And the girl had given him encouragement to find his home, though she knew that he was bad and could probably hurt her, she still helped him. He found that quite odd indeed.
He got up and walked through the brightly lighted 'nameless' village where the people were dancing and having fun. If he was going to find 'home', he had to first leave this village and find a town or something that had a name and was on a map somewhere.
Even though Sheila had offered him to stay for the night, he left the crazy 'nameless' town that was not on a map.
If he was going to find the castle again…he had to actually start looking.
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Jeshi: Okies, chapter 5 is done! ^.^
Larry: _ that wasn't very much!
Jeshi: T_T I know, and I'm VERY sorry…but it'll get longer…I think…O-o…*sigh* -_-; you know what? I have reason to believe that Morton Koopa Jr. and I would be like…best friends…
Larry: O_o? Why is that? *is afraid to find out*
Jeshi: I need someone to talk to who's like me! (hint: CHATTERBOX)
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Morton: And then he threw the troopa shell at me!!
Jeshi: Poor you!! ^.^ Hey, I hit Larry with a hammer!
Morton: Wendy once got bitten by a Cheep Cheep!!
Jeshi: REALLY?! O-O? I HATE those things!
Morton: Yeah, they're sooo annoying!
Jeshi: HOW can anyone stand them?! *
Larry: How can anyone stand you two?! *Morton and Jeshi ignore Larry and continue their very… 'interesting' Cheep Cheep conversation*
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