Chapter 5: "Toad Helps Out"
Once again, Luigi found himself before the same pair of double doors at the top of the stairs. The professor had told him that he thought he should search in there for Mario first, since all the other doors in the foyer were locked. Luigi turned the knob and the door swung inward with a moan. A blast of cold air shot out as he entered the room.
It was still dark in there, but now it was lit by an eerie purple light. A pair of candles stood on a mantle at the end of the room, their purple flames casting a glow on a portrait of a man who wore a nice suit and had an oddly large nose. The eyes of the painting were the most alive thing on it, however. They seemed to follow Luigi around the room.
A beeping came from Luigi's Game Boy Horror. He pulled it up and pressed the flashing button. E. Gadd's face popped up on screen. "Luigi, my machine says there is a lot of ghost activity in this room." he said. "Be careful! You never know what you'll run into."
Luigi gulped. "Uh...O-Okay…"
Luigi noticed something glinting in the beam from the flashlight. Looking closer, he saw it was a coin, lying at the foot of the mantle where the candles stood. "Hmm? A coin? I think the Poltergeist 3000 can suck it up!" Luigi said as he flicked the switch on the nozzle.
"Luigi! Wait!" E. Gadd yelled, but it was too late. The suction pulled the coin in, but it also blew the candles out. Luigi wasn't paying attention until the room began to fill with an unearthly red light.
"Who did this!?" said a voice. "Who blew out my candles?! Was it you!?" Luigi noticed that the portrait over the mantle's lips were moving, and the portrait was shaking like mad. "How DARE you!"
Luigi stood, eyes locked in fear as the painting continued. "You made it awfully dark in here, little man! When it's dark, THEY come! They'll get you! Just like little red cap before you! Ah Ha ha ha!! What's the matter? Are you scared of the dark? Well, here they come!"
Suddenly, the room went black again. Luigi had time to click his flashlight on before, quite suddenly, the room was filled with ghosts!
Ghosts of all shapes, sizes and colors drifted around Luigi. All had the same gleaming eyes and the same devilish grins on their faces. Luigi screamed and ducked under a couch, only to find the couch picked up and hurled across the room by the ghosts while hiding under it.
"Use the Poltergeist 3000 Luigi! Quick!" E. Gadd cried."
Luigi regained a little of his senses and grabbed for the vacuum, only to find empty air in it's place. He groped around for it in the dark until a ghost flew down and punched him in the face, sending him sprawling.
"Looking for this?" a pink ghost jeered, holding up the vacuum. "Let's finish him off, boys!"
Luigi backed into a corner as the ghosts began to advance on him. He thought he would faint again. "I'm doomed!" Luigi thought.
Then Luigi heard a high, squeaky voice just beyond the ghosts.
"You leave him alone!" it cried. The ghosts turned around to face this new intruder, but were blinded as a bright light shone from the other end of the room. Luigi had to cover his eyes due to the brilliant light. When he looked up again, the ghosts had vanished. The Poltergeist 3000 lay at his feet, and at the other end of the room, holding a Star aloft, was…
"Toad?" Luigi looked in awe at his little friend. "You just saved my life!"
Toad stood there, looking triumphant, but then he dropped the star, plopped onto the floor and started bawling.
"WAAAAAAAH!" he cried. "I thought you were a g-goner for sure! I've never been so scared! WAAAH!!"
"Sheesh, Toad!" Luigi said, bending down to the little mushroom's level. "Calm down. It's okay." Toad looked up at Luigi. "There. That's better. So, what are you doing here?"
Toad sniffled. "W-Well, Mario stopped by the castle and told us you had won a big mansion in a contest. So I followed him here." He started shivering, looking like he was on the edge of crying again. "T-Then when we got here, they're were lots of g-ghosts. They grabbed Mario and...And...TOOK HIM AWAY!! WAAAAH!"
Luigi wasn't listening to Toad's racket. He was too busy thinking of what cruel fate had befallen Mario. Was he okay? Was he even still alive? Luigi made up his mind right there and then that no matter how scared he got, he would scour this mansion top to bottom until he learned what fate had befallen Mario.
Toad finely calmed down a little. "Anyway," he sniveled. "I found a key in this room. Maybe you can use it." He handed Luigi a key with letters along it reading "Upstairs Hall"
Luigi smiled. "Thanks, Toad. If you don't like it in here, there's a nice old man living in that hack just outside the mansion. He'll let you stay."
Toad perked up. "Really? I'll do anything to get out of this spooky place! You've made my dark and stormy night!" And with that, Toad dashed out of the room, leaving a trail of dust in his wake.
Okay. Sorry about the delay. I hit a bit of writer's block. But anyway, thanks for all the kind reveiws. If you think this chapter was kind of boring, I promise chapter 6 will be much better!
Once again, Luigi found himself before the same pair of double doors at the top of the stairs. The professor had told him that he thought he should search in there for Mario first, since all the other doors in the foyer were locked. Luigi turned the knob and the door swung inward with a moan. A blast of cold air shot out as he entered the room.
It was still dark in there, but now it was lit by an eerie purple light. A pair of candles stood on a mantle at the end of the room, their purple flames casting a glow on a portrait of a man who wore a nice suit and had an oddly large nose. The eyes of the painting were the most alive thing on it, however. They seemed to follow Luigi around the room.
A beeping came from Luigi's Game Boy Horror. He pulled it up and pressed the flashing button. E. Gadd's face popped up on screen. "Luigi, my machine says there is a lot of ghost activity in this room." he said. "Be careful! You never know what you'll run into."
Luigi gulped. "Uh...O-Okay…"
Luigi noticed something glinting in the beam from the flashlight. Looking closer, he saw it was a coin, lying at the foot of the mantle where the candles stood. "Hmm? A coin? I think the Poltergeist 3000 can suck it up!" Luigi said as he flicked the switch on the nozzle.
"Luigi! Wait!" E. Gadd yelled, but it was too late. The suction pulled the coin in, but it also blew the candles out. Luigi wasn't paying attention until the room began to fill with an unearthly red light.
"Who did this!?" said a voice. "Who blew out my candles?! Was it you!?" Luigi noticed that the portrait over the mantle's lips were moving, and the portrait was shaking like mad. "How DARE you!"
Luigi stood, eyes locked in fear as the painting continued. "You made it awfully dark in here, little man! When it's dark, THEY come! They'll get you! Just like little red cap before you! Ah Ha ha ha!! What's the matter? Are you scared of the dark? Well, here they come!"
Suddenly, the room went black again. Luigi had time to click his flashlight on before, quite suddenly, the room was filled with ghosts!
Ghosts of all shapes, sizes and colors drifted around Luigi. All had the same gleaming eyes and the same devilish grins on their faces. Luigi screamed and ducked under a couch, only to find the couch picked up and hurled across the room by the ghosts while hiding under it.
"Use the Poltergeist 3000 Luigi! Quick!" E. Gadd cried."
Luigi regained a little of his senses and grabbed for the vacuum, only to find empty air in it's place. He groped around for it in the dark until a ghost flew down and punched him in the face, sending him sprawling.
"Looking for this?" a pink ghost jeered, holding up the vacuum. "Let's finish him off, boys!"
Luigi backed into a corner as the ghosts began to advance on him. He thought he would faint again. "I'm doomed!" Luigi thought.
Then Luigi heard a high, squeaky voice just beyond the ghosts.
"You leave him alone!" it cried. The ghosts turned around to face this new intruder, but were blinded as a bright light shone from the other end of the room. Luigi had to cover his eyes due to the brilliant light. When he looked up again, the ghosts had vanished. The Poltergeist 3000 lay at his feet, and at the other end of the room, holding a Star aloft, was…
"Toad?" Luigi looked in awe at his little friend. "You just saved my life!"
Toad stood there, looking triumphant, but then he dropped the star, plopped onto the floor and started bawling.
"WAAAAAAAH!" he cried. "I thought you were a g-goner for sure! I've never been so scared! WAAAH!!"
"Sheesh, Toad!" Luigi said, bending down to the little mushroom's level. "Calm down. It's okay." Toad looked up at Luigi. "There. That's better. So, what are you doing here?"
Toad sniffled. "W-Well, Mario stopped by the castle and told us you had won a big mansion in a contest. So I followed him here." He started shivering, looking like he was on the edge of crying again. "T-Then when we got here, they're were lots of g-ghosts. They grabbed Mario and...And...TOOK HIM AWAY!! WAAAAH!"
Luigi wasn't listening to Toad's racket. He was too busy thinking of what cruel fate had befallen Mario. Was he okay? Was he even still alive? Luigi made up his mind right there and then that no matter how scared he got, he would scour this mansion top to bottom until he learned what fate had befallen Mario.
Toad finely calmed down a little. "Anyway," he sniveled. "I found a key in this room. Maybe you can use it." He handed Luigi a key with letters along it reading "Upstairs Hall"
Luigi smiled. "Thanks, Toad. If you don't like it in here, there's a nice old man living in that hack just outside the mansion. He'll let you stay."
Toad perked up. "Really? I'll do anything to get out of this spooky place! You've made my dark and stormy night!" And with that, Toad dashed out of the room, leaving a trail of dust in his wake.
Okay. Sorry about the delay. I hit a bit of writer's block. But anyway, thanks for all the kind reveiws. If you think this chapter was kind of boring, I promise chapter 6 will be much better!