Darkness-Aura:
Thanks to your ever so appreciated reviews, I am now doing the third chapter of my story; I sure hope that this installment might be even better than the first two chapters, as I wish to make my fans as happy as I can keep them. So without any further Delay, I shall plot this story, and do all I can to make you all very entertained.
Chapter Three: Day one…..Enter, the thief.
After the very interesting debate on what they should do as a compromise for the Mario, Vivian was entirely confident that she would have a good chance with Mario, although it wouldn't be easy, because the others were just as much as a threat to her attempts as she would be to theirs, she knew that it wouldn't be easy to out due them fairly, Beldam warned her that some women would do anything, even cheat, to get their happily ever after, the potato chips she had been munching on had suddenly become a poison.
"I better watch my figure…." With this, she dumped the bag in the garbage next to her.
With nothing else to occupy her, she figured it would be a good idea to check on the object of her affections, perhaps her first move should be somewhat of a subtle one, not too flashy, but nothing that would make her look like she didn't care for him.
"Perhaps connecting with him on a common like might be the best thing for me to do, just as Beldam told me…a great conversation between a couple usually begins with common ground, wow….I guess she must have had some experience before…."
Getting up from her rooms bed, Vivian walked over to the door and decided now was better than never, but before her attention could focus on that, a rustle in the closet made her suspicious; she knew someone would try and cheat their way to Mario, but she didn't think they would spy on her moves.
"Hmm…I got an idea for this one…better not be mean to them." With such a statement, she disappeared from view, and reappeared behind the perpetrator, whom appeared to be a lot shorter than Vivian expected.
"Alright, small one, state your blasphemy!" Vivian tried not to sound like a priest on drugs, but she could not help that line from coming out, the situation was simply too perfect, and the reaction she received was exactly what she had wanted, surprised out of wits.
"My life for the lord, spare me!" The thief of tactics shouted, throwing its paws up.
"Frowning Vivian soon realized whom she was speaking to, none other than Ms. Mowz herself, which surprised Vivian, because Vivian didn't think she had any interest in Mario until now." A voice narrated from behind her.
"Turning around with a start, wondering who could possibly be in here with her, Vivian sees a man dressed in a tuxedo with matching black shoes and a red tie!" The voice continued to narrate.
"Who are you?" Vivian jumped up into the air, pointing at the man, not only was she confused and embarrassed, but so was the Thief who was revealed to be Ms. Mowz herself.
Bowing before replying, the man smiled a toothy shining smile, and began to reply to Vivian's question.
"My name is not important, what is important, is that you know, that you didn't see a thing." With the order placed onto their minds, he disappeared with out another word.
"…"
"…"
"Umm, what the heck was that about Vivian?" Ms. Mowz asked.
"I'm…not sure….but I think we had better leave this closet and forget everything that happened for now." Vivian then began backing out, not turning around, afraid that perhaps he might jump out and hurt them with his top hat or something weird.
Once they were out of the closet, Vivian turned her attention to the devious mouse, which appeared to be trying to escape from being interrogated. This not only annoyed her a little, but made her lose some trust for the women; after all, she wasn't used to being spied on that way. Even though she had a good guess as to what she was doing in her closet, Vivian had to ask anyway, she was taught that a wrong doing expressed is better than being kept within.
"Ok, so what were you doing in my closet with a note pad and some tranquilizer shots?"
Turning around, Ms. Mows sweat dropped, knowing this might not end too well, a shadow siren wasn't something anybody should mess with, especially if it's a self conscious one.
"Well….you see, I was also coming to visit Mario, as usual, I didn't expect company, but when there were visitors besides me, I knew I had to investigate….so after finding out whom the guest were, and what their purposes where…I decided to study you guys one by, one, and eliminate you all, making it look like an accident!" Finishing her sentence, Ms. Mowz decided it was best to take off the extra black she had been wearing, since it was no use now she had been caught.
Surprised, Vivian's mouth dropped a little and for the first time in awhile, she moved her head up a little, revealing her red and purple shaded eyes; in order to examine the mouse a little better revealing a face of not confusion, but of pure surprise.
"You were going to knock me out just so you could have Mario?" She received a nod of unsure approval.
"…Ms Mowz….I think you should…um go ahead and leave now, I think I need to contemplate right now." Vivian asked, once again covering her eyes and turning around, expressing her uncomforting situation.
"Uh…yeah…sure." With a move of her whiskers, she left Vivian to herself, and decided to visit the others for now, this time without trying to tranquilize them.
Floating over to her bed, after Ms. Mowz left, she began to review over the things she had just seen, just how cruel can life be anyway? To tranquilize, no…to possibly even try to kill over something like this…was she at all safe anymore? Is this how people act when they want something? Will they do anything to get it, even kill? Vivian knew the world could be cruel, but even now, that doesn't excuse the way people act. Vivian knew that if she were to survive, she would have to be stronger than normal; she would have to do her best to keep herself concentrated, kind and as focused as possible.
"This world, doesn't take prisoners….maybe it's time I decided to get a little stronger…." With such a commitment, Vivian could forgive Ms. Mowz for the selfish act she tried to commit, but no longer would Vivian let the world walk over her to get the things they must earn, not steal, she knew that if she were to do her best for Mario, she would need to play fair, and deflect all the others attempts at subduing her.
"I'm glad I gotten rid of some of that ignorance, it could have cost me Mario…" With such a realization in mind, Vivian slowly rose from her bed, and floated out of the room, closing the door behind her. Taking a breath of fresh air, Vivian looked around, seeing none too many unusual things, except Goombella having gotten to the dishes first, Flurrie mowing Mario's lawn, and Peach…well, she didn't see her anywhere. Ms. Mowz was sitting down, polishing Mario's badges, which seemed like something she would do for herself, rather than Mario, but of course…she didn't know for sure.
"Hmmm….I wonder where Peach and Mario are…" Before Vivian could leave the front of her door to look around, a dart whizzed past her ear, causing her to stand still with fright, and yelp a little.
"Eeep!" She yelped, turning behind her, she noticed that a dart of some sort, with the words: "Be gone, you swine!" written on it in bold black letters, which confused her, because no one was around to have sent the dart at her, that is until she turned around, and seen a pair of eyes staring at her from behind the drawer, where no one could see her well, seeing it was in the corner of the house, the person narrowed their eyes, and ran away quickly.
"…Well…I should have guessed Peach would be the one responsible for the Shroom launcher ammo I found in the garbage…" Vivian sighed and sat down on the couch, now knowing where everyone was, and being next to one of the newer competitors, this helped her a little more, although Vivian didn't quite know where she would stay, seeing as there were no more guest rooms.
"If you're wondering where I might be staying, I quickly visited Mario a few seconds ago while you were thinking to yourself a bit, and he said he had an extra bed in his room, said it was Luigi's but he won't be back for a long time!" Ms. Mowz turned to Vivian and smirked vividly, almost trying to tease her.
Looking away Vivian pulled her hat down father over her face, thinking some more to herself, and how lucky she was to get a room with Mario, she would have to be a little more cautious now than ever, even if it meant she would have to compromise a little without cheating.
"Don't worry Vivian, I'm here to play fair, once I seen just how you were affected by my actions, I decided that playing fair this time, for once in my life, just might be the right kind of way."
Surprised, Vivian turned to Ms. Mowz, her eyes widening a little.
"Oh don't look so surprised! …Hm! You have beautiful eyes, you know that? Why do you hide them under your hat so much dear?"
Noticing that her startled reaction must have revealed her eyes, she quickly turned around, the sound of the wind from outside being the only comfort in this embarrassing situation.
"Well I…you see…"
"Come now, you can tell me, I may be a thief of badges, but that doesn't mean I am not just as much a person as you are!"
Seeing her point, Vivian guessed it would be alright to tell her why she covered her eyes. "Well….back when….I was little, I used to keep my hat above my eyes all the time, but when I decided to look through a telescope once as a little child, I looked at the sun….and it hurt my eyes, I was later told that I could have lost my vision….I began to study eyes and how they work, and I found out that light, lasers, too much of anything that is visually harming could make me blind after awhile…so I became fearful of losing my sight, so in order to prevent myself from losing it…I kept my hat down, remembering that the less strain I put on my eyes, the better off I am, but pretty soon, I began to rely on my hearing, because of my fears."
"So you keep your hat over your eyes because of that?"
"Yes…" Twiddling her thumbs, Vivian spoke up again. "You must think I'm a coward…"
"No, no dear, of course I don't, I have my fears too, but I don't let them keep me from doing what I want to do, and you shouldn't either, sight is a beautiful gift….you shouldn't let fear of losing it get in your way, especially if you like Mario, don't you think he might want to see your eyes?"
"Well…I guess…." She blushed.
"Well then don't let it harm your life girl! Do what I do…charge head first into the fear, and conquer it!"
Smiling at the encouraging words, Vivian guessed it would be alright, maybe it was time to stop being so afraid…you only get one life, and she shouldn't worry about her vision, after all….all she needs to do is be careful, just as anyone else is, with her sight.
"Alright Ms. Mowz….I'll do it!" Grabbing her hat, she took it off slowly, and shook her head, to reveal once again, except this time much more vividly beautiful Reddish purple eyes and…a serious case of hat hair.
"Well, you got really nice eyes, I'll give you that girl, but one problem here…" Ms. Mowz hopped from the couch, and walked to face the sitting Shadow Siren, a questioning look on her face.
"What?"
"You've got some serious hat hair!"
"Eh!" Dropping her hat to the side, she grabbed a mirror from the table next to her and looked at her matted hair.
"Oh…"
"Yep, I think you need a serious hair treatment….you are in luck though, I'm good with hair, I could make you hair long and wavy in no time! And I could even modify you hat, so you won't get any hat hair next time."
"Really? You'd do that for me?" She asked excitedly.
"Sure! Just think of it as a sorry and thanks for my recent actions."
"Thanks? For what? I didn't do anything…"
"Yes you have…you've taught me to care for someone other than myself." She said with a smile, Vivian returning the same.
"Oh…ok…"
"Shall we go to Mario's room, I have some hair supplies there, when I'm done with you, you'll be good looking enough to rival Princess Peach!"
"Really? What about Mario, won't he see us?" She asked worriedly,
"Nope! I got him to go out shopping; I gave him enough coins earned from the baddies I fought; to keep him occupied for a day!"
"Well, alright!" Vivian smiled, now she would have an even better chance with Mario, now that she had finally gotten her self to handle her fears, all it took was a friend….she guessed that's all she needed.
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Getting up from behind the couch, Peach tugged off the ski mask she was wearing and snarled with jealousy, she knew that Vivian had nice eyes and hair, along with a pretty mystifying body as a shadow, but she had no idea she was hiding such beauty under that hat! Even with the hat hair, she was still a looker! Peach was very jealous, and she knew that she had to bring down this threat, no matter the cost.
"It's a good thing Mario went shopping, because it's go time!" Throwing down her hat, she stomped off to her room and began to plot how to bring down Vivian; she knew it would take even more now than before, especially if she was going to have Mario marry her.
"Well, I may have even tougher competition, but that's not going to stop me…" She chuckled. "This time I will take down my competition, without them even knowing what hit them!" Walking over to the beside of her room, she pressed a button on the wall, and waited as a door from no where appeared and opened to let her in, once inside, she closed it again, and walked down the stairs to another room, where a bunch of weapons, blueprints, enemy tactics and even computers sat everywhere, walking over to the table, where she had been plotting on how to take down all the girls one by one, she lifted a file with Vivian on it, the file listed her as a b-class threat to her chance with Mario, but now that she had improved herself, she crossed out the letter and written an S-class below it.
"…S-class threat…extremely dangerous. Heh…all she did to make the mission a little more challenging; is improve her looks." Rolling up the parchment like paper once again, she brought out a new piece of paper and began to plot other strategies for getting rid of Vivian emotionally.
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Combing Vivian's hair a few more times, and moisturizing it with some shampoos, Ms. Mowz knew she had created a master piece.
"Well Vivian, you hair is all fixed, I fixed the swirl on your hair, turns out it was actually a bunch of bangs….matted together, so know you've got some beautiful bangs!"
"Oh…really?" Putting her gloves up to her face as Ms. Mowz continued to work.
"Yep…just one more thing…" Ms. Mowz grabbed a bottle of Conditioner, and put it in her hair one more time, then washed it out and let her hair dry for a few moments, after her hair was done, Ms. Mowz took off her glove, and ran her fingers through Vivian's hair, which was now silky smooth and very healthy looking.
"You're done! All you have to do now is look in the Mirror!" Ms. Mowz turned off the sink they were using in the bathroom, and hopped off from the chair she was using to get to Vivian's hair, smiling as Vivian slowly got up, and looked at herself in the mirror.
"Wow…I never knew my eyes looked like that! And my hair…it's so long and….wavy."
"Yep, do you like it?" Ms. Mowz asked.
"Like it? I love it! Thank you ever so much Ms. Mowz!" Vivian hugged her mouse friend, sighing as she remembered the last time she had ever hugged someone.
"You're welcome, just remember, don't wear you hat until the vitamins set in your hair…which will take a day. Ok?"
Nodding her head, Vivian obeyed. "Alright."
"Good, now show you're new look off to Mario!"
"I will Ms. Mowz, thanks for you help …I have to repay you some how you know…" Vivian smiled.
"Oh no….like I said, this is a sorry and a thanks between friends! But be warned, I won't hold back in playing for Mario!"
"I understand, thanks Ms. Mowz…oh and here…I have this badge here, I wasn't really planning to keep it, since I am not really a badge collector, so I guessed that you might like it! I found it during one of my hiding spells; it supposed to render people invisible, I think." Vivian handed the badge over to Ms. Mowz and smiled broadly.
"OH wow…you didn't have to, you know….I really didn't need a reward." Ms. Mowz reminded her.
"I know…think of it as a seal to strengthen our friendship!"
"Ok….to our new found strength!" She held out her hand, and Vivian shook.
"Yes, our new found strength!" Smiling, Vivian and Ms. Mowz both left the room, going back to the Living room to talk for awhile, for the first time in ages; Vivian actually had someone she could relate to.
End Chapter!
Heh, I bet you liked this one eh? Now that Ms. Mowz and Vivian are friends, do you think their friend ship will hold when it comes to Mario? What are Peach and the others planning to do once Mario comes back from shopping? Find out, in the next chapter!
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