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The sounds of Mario's blood, softly hitting the hard surface of the castle grounds. Peach sat there in horror, yet, I felt her pain too. Why? I could not answer that. Which brings me back to my first question: Why me? Was I born to kill...

I used to be just an ordinary creature, remembering the agonizing cries of Mario: "Bowser Let me go!", I didn't want to kill him. But recently, an unpleasant feeling entered my body. It unleashed a side of me I never seen before. My skin cracked and fell off, revealing a new layer, more rough and thicker than the other. My face? Like none other...Hideous, disgusting, gruesome and not wanted to be seen by any humans. And all I could say to Peach was," I'm sorry..."

She could not respond. I have finally noticed that I'm just a killing machine, made to kill and surpass any obstacles that came in my way. Instead, all I've done is hurt whom I love, Princess Peach. It's true. I never wanted to hurt her. I was jealous of Mario, jealousy turned to anger, anger turned to hatred, which killed Mario. So hatred prevailed, and took over me. How? Or...Who? The Devil himself. I was responsible for my own actions, but I could not control the evil that dwelled within me. It was so pure, only God himself could stand against it. If I had listened to my heart, and not with my corrupted soul, I wouldn't be in this situation now...

I wiped Mario's blood off my claws, hoping that this is just one big nightmare, but it wasn't. It was reality. I killed Mario, it should be the happiest day of my life, but it isn't. I just can't stop thinking about Mario's last words:" Live like you'll die tomorrow, learn like you'll live forever." Mario was right, he knew the day would come, and like always, he was prepared. He expected the unexpected. He lived his life to its full potential, and all I ever did was kill.

I had a good view of the Mushroom Kingdom as I stood upon Peach's balcony. I took another look at Peach's innocent face and roared. I have killed Mario and I've hurt Peach, what is the point of going on in life? I didn't even notice that the people from the Kingdom were outside underneath the balcony. Some of Mario's blood dripped or the side of the balcony and landed on a guard. He screamed and ran into the castle to see if everything was alright. At this time, Peach ran to open the doors and let the guards in.

This was followed by a long period of silence. Nobody dared to come near me, for they all feared me. Peach fled, leaving me motionless in front of a bunch of guards...That won't stop me. Mario was the only thing that ever got in the way in my life, and now he's dead, making me free to kill anything or anyone. I wasn't sure if I wanted to. I've killed enough people, do I dare kill more?