Mario's New Adventure

Chapter 4: Town of Ghosts

3 chapter info- Previously in Mario's New Adventure… Peach was kidnapped by the Fire Princess and treated badly… She got in rage and was convinced that she was becoming evil. Mario and his friends Luigi and Yoshi set off to save her… First they head to Rogue Port, then Bone's Cave. There Yoshi eats a Goomba, Mario defeats Dry Bones, and Luigi goes missing… The heroes have to run away from a giant Dry Bones…. While Bowser and his party are located at Rogue Port heading for Bone's Cave… What will happen? Find out in the next chapter of the story: Chapter 4: Town of Ghosts…

The heroes proceed… running away from a Dry Bone. Mario jumped over a pit of lava, as did Yoshi. "How long do you think this cave is?" Mario asked while panting furiously.

"I don't know…" Yoshi replied. Then Yoshi fell down exhausted.

"Yoshi! No!" Mario yelled. But he was too far back. Yoshi rolled to the side, and the Dry Bones charged right past him, as well as Mario. "What was that about?" Mario yelled. "We wasted our time running, when it wasn't chasing us…" Mario fell to the ground. It was a given fact, the heroes needed rest.

"Hey Mario, that wasn't chasing us… it was running away," Yoshi explained.

"Oh… From what?" Mario asked. Just then he saw something in the distance… he squinted to see. It was a giant Boo! "Run! Giant Boo is coming!"

So the heroes ran some more.

Luckily, they had reached the end of the cave, but it was blocked by the giant Dry Bones.

"Quick, do a triple jump!" Mario shouted.
"Right," Yoshi replied.
They jumped in the air screaming, as if they weren't going to make it… But they did, right over the dead koopa's head. They ran out of the cave into the dark.

"We made it!" Mario shrieked. He ran around in circles and Yoshi joined him.

"YAY!" Yoshi shouted.
"Woo hoo!" Mario yelled.

"Yipee!" screamed a familiar voice. Mario stopped and turned around.

"Luigi!" Mario yelled.

"Uhh yeah! I was waiting for you guys out here since the afternoon. I got a good nap!" Luigi said indeed sounding refreshed.

"Are you serious?" Yoshi growled.

"Yep, turns out that there was a door near where you found that Goomba," Luigi stated.

"Oh, for the love of…" Mario said. He was mad… but then he laughed, and soon the other two joined him. Good times indeed. "Now, we must move on to Blooper Harbor," Mario said reading the map.

"Yes, but I found a city… or a town," Luigi said.

"Oh okay… well lead the way then. We may as well get stuff there," Yoshi remarked.
"Yeah good thinking," Mario agreed. The heroes set off, following Luigi to the town. They finally arrived. "Here we are," Mario said.

"Yeah, let's rent a hotel and rest. Then tomorrow explore the town," Yoshi suggested.

"Okay," Mario replied. They headed for an inn, and found one… called the Inn. "Creative name," Luigi said.

"Ha-ha, let's go!" Mario said, sounding bored, and not amused by his bro's statement. They walked to the counter… A koopa greeted them…

"Hello welcome to the inn… Would like to rent a room?" he questioned them.

"Sure, the most expensive one ya got," Yoshi said.

"No prob… here's your key, now have a good time."

"Thanks," Luigi said.

"Yes," Mario added.

"No problem man," the turtle replied.

The heroes walked away, and up a huge set of stairs… Then, Mario heard a noise… a laugh of some kind. A sinister one. He looked around but saw nothing. So he nodded and resumed walking. Until he heard it again… louder. He became furious… Then the stair he was on collapsed, and he fell… a long fall. Everything was black and the plumber kept falling. Luigi and Yoshi looked down. "Mario!" Yoshi shrieked.

"No use, he's gone," Luigi stated. Then a crack was heard and the other two fell through. They yelled, and heard Mario in the distance… then a splash noise. Mario landed in water! So he wasn't hurt. Eventually the other two fell in the water and swam to the surface gasping for air.

"Where are we?" Yoshi asked, not being able to see his companions.

"I don't know, a layer of some sort," Mario assumed.

"COOL!" Luigi yelled. Then dim lights turned on, and Mario saw a huge room.

"Let's go in there," he said pointing in the direction.

They entered, only to find themselves in an empty room with a bed… and a picture of a ghost. Mario stared curiously at the photo.

"Weird," he remarked.

Then a laugh was heard again.

"That same laugh," Mario said to himself. Then a ghost appeared. It laughed and smacked Mario.

"A Boo!" Mario shouted. He charged at the ghost and jumped. He performed a ground pound and the ghost vanished. "HAHAHA! He's history." But then it appeared again, and smacked him in the face. Then it turned invisible again. Mario looked around, ready to hit the ghost. Then he saw a chair levitate. It soon turned invisible.

"Mario, it's got a chair!" Yoshi yelled.

"This is gonna hurt," Mario muttered to himself.

Bowser's Part….

"Sundown… We just arrived at the cave… Now do we enter?" Bowser asked his allies. They all gave clueless shrugs. "Whatever. Now who wants to lead?" Bowser questioned. Nobody raised their hand. "Fine, then I'll do a random choice. You! Yes, the Boomerang Bro, named Moe. You lead!" Bowser roared.

"But sir I don't want to," Moe complained.

"Bah you are a big baby!" Bowser laughed.

He pushed the bro in, and he led the way. Bowser looked around. "Hey, it's not bad here," he remarked. Then he heard a large roar. "What was that?" he demanded. Now he was afraid. The big old koopa himself, he was very frightened. Then a large Dry Bones appeared.

"You are intruding our cave! Begone!" it yelled.

"No way," Bowser yelled back. Bowser punched the Dry Bones and it shattered into pieces. "You are a weak foe," he laughed. Then the Dry Bones came back together, and it darted towards Bowser. He immediately ran. "Follow me… if you want to live!" Bowser yelled. The Dry Bones roared again, and then a huge army of regular sized Dry Bones stopped the enemies in their tracks. "Fight your way through!" Bowser ordered. So they punched the Dry Bones away, one by one. Bowser tore through a lot of them, yet the giant Dry Bones was gaining on them. "Quickly, there… through this tunnel," Bowser said.

The villains scurried along, following him. Eventually everything was pitched black, Bowser felt pain, he was being hit by the enemies he couldn't see. He was going to fall down soon, until he saw it… the exit. "Come on!" he urged his crew. He continued punching, although he couldn't see his foes. The light got closer and closer… until, it was starting to go away. "Oh no! The exit is closing! Hurry it up!" Bowser bellowed with all of his might.

He continued running, he was almost there. Bowser leaped and made it out to dry land. He was relieved, but then he turned around. The exit was closing faster and faster. Quickly, although out of breath, Bowser ran to the wall closing down, and held it up with all of his might. Sweat drizzled down his face. "Come on, I can't hold this thing forever!" Bowser yelled. One by one, starting with Kamek, his crew ran out. Then the Hammer Bros came, and Bowser ran out of energy. He let the wall crash down, leaving more than half of his crew imprisoned.

"Bowser, how many were trapped?" Kamek asked.

"Well, maybe half of the Hammer Bros, and every Dry Bones."

"That's not good!" Kamek growled.

"Yes, but the Dry Bones will be fine. They are trapped with their own kind. What could happen?" he asked.

"I guess that's true… We need to rest. Our whole crew is wiped out."

"Yes, good job crew. Ya made it, but some of the others were not so lucky. Rest up, tomorrow, Mario is our main victim," Bowser said. He laughed a heavy laugh. Mario is going down, He thought. This thought made him sleep immediately, and he snored heavily.

Peach's Part

It was midnight, and Peach was starved. She had eaten her stale bread an hour or so earlier. It was cooler at night, but still fairly warm. Peach got up and walked to the sealed door. "If only I could figure out how to open this door," she told herself. Peach tried typing many sinister words: death, dread, hate, dark, shadow, foe, and so on. None of them worked, until she thought of a word…. She typed in Princess Fire. The door made a beep noise, confirming the password. Then the door opened. "Yes," Peach whispered to herself. She crept through the he hallway she really didn't recognize. Until she found a room, with food. She walked inside, and grabbed an apple. As she bit into it, she grinned, it was fresh.

After an hour or so, Peach was stuffed to the brim. She grabbed some fresh fruit and crept back to her room. She pressed a button and the door shut. "Simple," she told herself…. Or so she thought it was simple. As she turned around, she saw… the Fire Princess.

"Ah, had a little bite to eat did we?" the princess asked her. Peach was silent. The fire princess approached her and smacked her. Peach fell to the ground. "Do that again, and you will suffer a death penalty. Get some sleep… your penalty now is to do some work… that way you will suffer more than you already did."

"I'm sorry," Peach apologized.

"No! I won't forgive you, just get some sleep, you have a long day awaiting you." The fire princess did her hand gesture and she vanished again. Peach buried her face in her hands and cried herself to sleep….