~No one's PoV~

-Somewhere far away-

Mugman was falling from the sky, screaming in fear from the fall.

Some time later, after about five minutes of falling from the up above, he ended up in a big and loud splash into a fountain in a plaza, near a white castle with red roofing.

The people that were walking there, that most of them were short and had a mushroom-like white with big and red dots head, were scared and ran away from the fountain.

Eventually, a green dressed and mustached plumber noticed the boy and helped him up, out of the fountain.

"Are you okay kid?" The green dressed plumber kindly asked.

"Kind of, but thanks for helping me, mister" Mugman replied.

"Aww, now I'm all wet too..." the boy thought.

"My name's Luigi, you can call me that by the way. I've never seen you around" Luigi said curiously.

"I'm Mugman, in fact I'm not from here... I-I come from Inkwell Isle... and... a-and... I-I t-think that... I-I'll never s-see... m-my b-brother a-again..." the little Mugman started crying, causing Luigi to comfort him by hugging the blue mug.

"Hey, don't cry... we can always find you a way home... you know, I have a brother too, his name is Mario. You can come and stay with us until we find your way home, if you'd like to"

"B-But E-Elder K-Kettle said... t-that after e-entering a-a portal... there's n-no way b-back..."

"I'm sure we can find it somehow! Also, we should go to my house, you'll need a change of clothes too, because they're all wet and you might catch a cold"

"O-Okay!" Mugman said wiping off his tears, he was starting to hope about getting back and meet his brother and Elder Kettle again.

Soon they both were walking towards Luigi's house, that was slightly outside the small plaza where the two meet, while Mugman told him how he got here and stuff.

Suddenly the blue mug asked his new friend a question.

"What's this place called by the way?"

"This is the Mushroom Kingdom, and it's ruled by the Princess Peach"

"Wow, a princess? I only heard of them in fantasy stories"

"Yeah and speaking of her, tomorrow afternoon there is her birthday party"

"That's great! Will there be a huge party?"

"More likely, yeah. Anyways, we arrived to my house"

As Luigi opened the door, Mugman hid behind the green plumber and looked at his shorter and rounder brother inside the house.

"He's dressed in red... just like Cuphead..." the blue mug sadly thought.

"Mario! I'm home!"

"Welcome home Luigi"

The red plumber however, didn't notice his brother's new friend, that was hidden behind his taller and more slim brother.

"Mario, I brought here a new friend. He doesn't come from the Mushroom Kingdom"

Mario noticed the boy and lowered down to his height, since he was about just a bit more half the height of the green plumber.

"Hey kid, what's your name? My name's Mario"

"I-I'm Mugman..."

"Nice to meet you Mugman. May I ask where are you from?"

However the blue mug shook his head.

"It's fine if you don't want to tell me" Mario smiled.

"Mugman, you can go to the bathroom and use my bathrobe while you should take off those wet clothes or you'll catch a cold. The bathroom is in the next room over there" Luigi suggested, pointing out the room.

"I guess you're right, thanks... but, are you sure I should use your bathrobe?"

"Yeah, don't worry"

While the boy went to change, Luigi was preparing his bed to let the kid sleep in it, while the green plumber chose to sleep on the couch.

As the blue mug got out with the big robe surrounding him, Luigi spoke up.

"So Mugman, I prepared the bed so you can sleep in it, I'll take the couch until you stay here"

"Why are you giving your bed to me? Shouldn't you use it?"

"Because first, you are the guest, and second, I think you need some good sleep after all what happened to you"

"Uh, alright"

And after some good hours talking about the princess' birthday and other things and after dining with homemade spaghetti al ragù the plumbers and the blue mug went to sleep.

~Time skip~

-Inkwell Isle-

A day have passed and Cuphead didn't sleep well, probably not slept at all, worried for his brother and for the thought to go rescue him.

After he woke up and prepared himself, said bye to Elder Kettle, quickly ran outside his house and went into the grotto, in the same big and dark room of the day before.

"Hey! Stupid monster! I'm here!" Cuphead yelled.

Suddenly the giant silver dragon appeared and roared, making the red cup step back in fear.

"Well, well, well... who do we have here? Look at yourself, kid, you're shaking!"

"I-I don't care!"

"Oho! Since you disturbed yourself to come here, you will be sent into another dimension, just like your beloved brother!" The beast said firing a projectile that created a cyan portal with blue swirling lines.

"It has the same colors and pattern than the one I saw yesterday... maybe? It could be the same one?" The red cup thought.

"I'll get in with great pleasure!" The boy smiled, jumping into the portal and ended up somewhere else.

"Argh! You fooled me! Darn you, little brat!"

"He may have fooled me, but I have more important things to do, like teaming up with that turtle guy in that other dimension to beat up a red and a green mustached guys..."

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UpriseDragon

Published the 18/02/2020