Sorry for the long delay. Marching band + school + other stuff / Luigi's Mansion fanfic writing.

Luigi and co. to Nintendo

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Ignoring the fungi friend of his, Luigi trekked back up the right staircase. He now believed he could do anything in this haunted mansion, as he just fought some ghost that tried to eat him, or something to that extent. For one, he was definitely not expecting to have the moves he pulled off to evade the monster, but he did. Luigi had overcome his fear of ghosts. Though, he knew there was still going to be some frights in store for him. Heck, it's a haunt mansion he's in.

He grabbed the doorknob, turned it, and it was locked,

"WHAT THE HECK?! I ALREADY UNLOCKED THIS DOOR, IT SHOULD BE OPENED!"

"HEY, LUIGI ARE YOU O—"

"SHUT UP TOAD!" Luigi barked.

A faint whimper could be heard from the bottom of the left stairwell.

Then a thought occurred to Luigi, he still had the key. So felt around in his back pocket trying to find the piece of metal. He whipped out the rusted gold and put it in the keyhole. He turned the key and it stopped turning midway,

"O COME ON!! I'm ready to fight these ghosts and I can't even open a door!" Luigi banged his fist on the wooden barrier.

He took a closer look at the key and noticed there was something inscribed on it, "Mushroom Kingdom Budget Apartments - Room #2." Luigi gripped the key furiously and brought it up to his burning eyes. He gritted his teeth, turned around and threw it at the far wall above the front door of the mansion with all his might and anger. The key bounced off the wall and landed with a thunk on the lower level.

"HEY?! WHAT WAS THAT?! WHAT'S THAT SHINY THING?? HEY, LUIGI!!"

"I have to get out of here…" Luigi said to himself quietly.

The green capped man quickly went through his back pocket again and pulled out the real key in a flash. He jammed it in the keyhole and opened the door. Before trudging inside, he said,

"It's going to be a looong night…"

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Luigi closed the door behind him and turned on his flashlight. He surveyed the room and saw no signs of life coming from any where. Off to his right was a table with a dimly lighted candle on it. Beyond that was a sofa with an end table and over in the nearby corner was a lamp. To his left was a small table with what looked like a whine glass and some playing cards on it. Two chairs sat at either side of the table. A hutch filled to the brim with dishes was in the far corner. In front of Luigi on the wall was a low, knee level bookcase that stretched the entire middle section of the far wall. Upon that sat some candles, lit with a purple flame. Anything else in the room was too dark for Luigi to see even with his flashlight (as channeling power from soul to machine required some process to boot back up to).

Luigi walked over to the lamp to see if electricity still pumped through the place, but alas it just clicked without any reaction. The green man paced over to the table with the whine and playing cards. He felt a chilling sensation from touching the cards and thought it would be better to not mess with them,

He walked over to the bookcase and opened one of the glass doors on it. Money seemingly popped out of nowhere and onto Luigi's face, "Haha! There may be more to this mansion than I thought!" He said while dancing around and shoving the money into his pocket.

Luigi opened up the hutch and more money came out of it, which went all over the floor. The Italian shot right down onto his stomach, trying to gather the cash as fast as he could. He was giggling with glee as his pockets were getting thicker and thicker from the booty. Luigi was trying to get to one last coin that had rolled under the hutch. It was just out of reach and Luigi still tried to get it, despite being too large to fit under the hutch,

"Perhaps I should get Toad up here to get it," he said in his money-crazed stupor.

Luigi got to his feet and backed up from his position. He backed up a bit too far, as he knocked over the table behind him, sending wine and cards to the floor,

"O geez,"

The wine bottle did not suffer any damage, nor did the cards take on an evil form. Luigi reluctantly went around the mess towards the door back to the foyer. That was, until a rumble shook the room. Luigi shot his head around and looked to see the cards floating in mid air at eye level. One of the cards revved forward and hit Luigi on his nose.

"Ow! Hey! What was that for?!" Luigi said angrily, rubbing his large nose.

The rest of the cards follow suit and all hit Luigi square in the chest. The overalls Luigi was wearing kept him from harm and the cards fell in defeat to the floor,

"Well, that was an easy victory for me. Now then, back to that coin…" Luigi turned around to the door.

"I wouldn't be so sure," a group of voices thundered behind him.

Luigi froze and turned his head around to see a number of blue ghosts that had appeared from seemingly nowhere. The playing cards were nowhere to be found on the floor, giving Luigi a hint to where these ghosts probably came from. Luigi had his back against the door in fright, as if these were just like the one in the foyer he versed; his life was going to come to an end pretty soon if they were.

The ghosts loamed over Luigi's general area and began circling him over and over, laughing manically as they went around. The glow in their eyes showed hatred toward the plumber, trying to get him to let his guard down. Luigi though, was strong in holding up against the foes as they circled him like hyper-sonic-speed-vultures. Our hero was unable to see any break in their formation as they spun faster, and faster. Soon, Luigi himself was becoming dizzy from them and wanted to sit down. But he could not do that knowing these ghosts would probably kill him in a second if he did.

The blue poltergeists kept going faster and faster non stop, making an entirely blue ring around the scared plumber. Luigi had unknowingly closed his eyes to hide from the evil and stayed standing. Wind was going around Luigi in all directions; his mustache was flinging every which way constantly from the gust. It was almost like being in the center of a tornado with the winds coming at you from all directions. The green man did not know how much longer he could stand up before being knocked down from the force of air. It seemed hopeless to try and keep balance anymore, as the ghosts would not stop their spinning. But where there is a will, there is a way.

One of the blue ghouls was becoming a bit tired, using his spiritual energy to just spin around some guy he did not even know. Little to this ghost's knowledge was that he was actually slowing down. Soon, he had stopped completely, causing all the other blue ghosts to collide against him (as ghosts were in a somewhat solid state with each other all the time). The spooks fell to the floor as the rest of them were tired as well. All hearts were exposed.

Luigi cracked an eye open after feeling the waves of air go away and saw the site of the blue poltergeists strewn about on the floor. Taking his merry old time, Luigi waltz around the pile of dead souls and twirled the Poltergust 3000's hose on one finger with a smirk on his face,

"AH…….HA!" Luigi yelled fiercely.

A strong beam of light emitted from his hand, encompassing the lost souls. Stunned. Luigi went straight for them with the Poltergust turned on. Sucking time. The heap of ghosts all screeched at once and all flew about the room wildly. There were five of them, all being downed by the Poltergust 3000. As Luigi looked down at his grip on the machine, he noticed five sets of numbers scroll across what looked to be an LCD screen implanted on the nozzle. He oddly never noticed that before in his training or being in the mansion. He put his attention back on the five fiends flying about the room.

Being that there were five of the ghosts, Luigi was being pulled about in different directions in a matter of seconds, but he had to keep his ground. He pulled the nozzle upwards in attempt to keep them all in one spot, but the sheer force on it already was overwhelming. Luigi was struggling to move the nozzle even an inch, the ghosts had some power over him. Finally, one of them went in the tube; another one went and then another one. There were only two left, and their fate's looked grim. Luigi glanced at the small LCD screen on the Poltergust 3000 and saw only two rows of numbers left, both at about "4." That number shot down to "1" in a few seconds and the two blue enemies went down the tube with their brethren. Luigi thought to himself what this could mean,

'Perhaps this little screen here shows me how much life these things have left? Well, that'll be easier on me so I know when to try.'

The room was quiet yet again and Luigi was still left in darkness, besides the dim candle on the table and the six purple-glowing ones on the bookcase. The light coming from the purple ones showed him a door in the corner of the room. He flicked his flashlight on and saw it was covered with thorns, just like the one in the lower Foyer,

'This has to be a puzzle, I know it. Ghosts don't like light, do they?' a smirk appeared on the green man's face.

He walked over to the purple candles, inhaled some air and blew them all out. A lock and click came from behind him. Luigi then saw thorns race up and down on the door to the Foyer, covering it and locking him in. Suddenly a painting of a man front of him shook vigorously,

"WHO PUT OUT MY CANDLES?! Was it you, green man?!" the painting barked at Luigi without have any joints on its 2D face move.

"O dear, it isn't safe in the dark around this place," another painting, but of a woman to Luigi's right stated.

"O they like the dark, you could be killed in here…or worse," a painting of a man said in the back of the room.

"Just like little red cap before you…" A painting to the upper right of the room said.

"Uh oh, here they come! What, are you scared? Well, you better get ready as here they are!" the painting in front of Luigi said again.

Just then, a banshee-like yell was heard in the corner of the room. There floated an orange ghost that looked like the ones Luigi fought in the training room. But our green hero knew these things were anything but friendly. As the ghost crept towards him, he felt dejá vu in his mind. He realized this was the ghost that led him in this room earlier; this was the ghost that dropped that key; this was the ghost that tried to get him; this was the ghost that was going to perish. Immediately, as the ghost was nearing him, Luigi flashed his torch upon it,

"You stupid son of a…" the Poltergust 3000 clicked on.

In seconds, the ghost's energy dwindled from "10" to "0" in a matter of seconds according to the LCD screen. And another poltergeist of the same design burst into the room from the wall. Soon three more of them flooded the room with screams and yells in effort to scare the plumber for their taking. But alas, these ghosts had the brain power of an ant. Being created from something to do one job and just mindlessly doing the task, like an ant or an artist slaving over paintings at night. Luigi had them all in his grasp and made sure every last one of them suffered as much as the next as he ripped their own souls away.

The last of the group went down the tube and into storage. Luigi stood in victory for catching them all, as none dared to enter the room afterwards. Then, the thorns on the door of the Foyer and the ones of the door in the corner of the room eroded and melted into the wall. Luigi swore he heard a slight jingle of some sorts, as the lights in the room came on and a chest appeared on the right side of the room. Being a bit confused on how a chest magically appears, he decided to try to the door first to go deeper in the big house. Locked. So he was left with either the chest or to put up with Toad. Luigi liked the chest idea more,

'Well, this place has ghosts so I guess chests can appear from nowhere too,' he thought while walking over to the small decorative capsule.

He lifted the latch and out popped a key, similar to the one he already had,

'Heh, must be the key to that door.'

Luigi picked up the golden object and went over to the de-weeded door. He placed the key in the hole; low and behold it fit and the tumblers turned. Luigi was off to take on his next enemy in a flash.

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The next room was again pitch black, besides the shine from Luigi's flashlight. The door behind him shook and he saw vines encompass it yet again. There was no turning back at this point. Just has he had taken his first step a pink ghost appeared from a cloud of dust and a shriek. This ghost was new to Luigi, as he had only come by evil blue and orange ones. This spook was a taller version of the two, but thinner and pink. The ghost raised its fist and charged at the plumber. Luigi was taken by surprise and was knocked onto the floor. The ghost simply pointed and laughed and vanished from sight,

"Stupidlousyidiotghost," Luigi mumbled as he got back on his feet.

He waited and waited for the ghost to reappear, but it did not so he was left holding his flashlight in the dark. He shined it across the room and took notice that there were simply three high quality vases on small wooden tables in the room and two chandeliers adorn the ceiling. All was quiet, but Luigi had to make some noise. He walked a few steps and the pink ghost appeared right behind him. Spinning around fast enough, Luigi stunned the pink glow and started up the Poltergust 3000.

Luigi noticed that the LCD screen showed a number of "20" instead of "10," probably meaning this was a much stronger entity than the others. It still put up the same amount of fight as the orange ones and was quickly sucked up. Just as the pink one entered the nozzle, two more spooks appeared in the room. This time it was a combination of a stubby orange ghost and tall pink ghost. The orange got to Luigi first and was about to hit the plumber, but Luigi was fast enough to stun the creep with his torch. As he was killing off the orange ghost, the new pink ghost was still coming after him. Thus, a bit of movement was required for Luigi to avoid pain.

Luigi simply went in whatever direction the orange ghost fled over too and managed to miss the pink punches being rocketed at him. The orange ghost was down and the pink one was next. Stun and suck, and the pink colored being was done for. Two more of each color appeared in the room, but our hero pulled some quick tricks and had them in his pack. The lights flickered on as a small victory jingled play from the corner of Luigi's head, as he felt proud.

Though this time no chest appeared and an echo of Luigi's breathing filled the room. The thorns died off the door, so passage was again possible for the plucky plumber. The looked inside the vases and found nothing in all of them, but in the drawers of the tables gold bars popped out and clunked Luigi on the head. Recovering from the three hits, he put the golden treasure in his pocket. Though, gold bars could not really fit in a pants pocket. The Poltergust 3000 kicked in and absorbed his treasure right before his eyes. He stared at the machine, thinking that prized money was now with some ghosts. The Gameboy Horror made a beep in his left hand and it showed his current balance of cash. So, the money was still his.

With that, Luigi walked past the three vases, and a plant, into the next door on the west side of the room.

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Luigi stepped inside what looked to be a room full of wardrobes and a door on the other end of the room. Three wardrobes were on the north wall and some coat racks amongst other clothing items were in the corners of the room. Just then, a large green colored ghost descended from the ceiling. The ghost was rather large and looked like some kind of demented trash can, not too mention it was carrying what looked to be bananas. Upon some closer inspection they revealed to be ghost bananas, not just any kind of banana. Luigi starred in confusion at the monster, which seemed to be paying absolutely no attention to the green hero at all. The ghost simply took a yellow fruit, ate it right out of the peel and tossed the leftovers on the ground. The banana peel lost the eerie ghost glow it once had and looked like something that was thrown at Luigi earlier before he got to the mansion. With that, the fat ghost lunged back up into the ceiling.

Moments later, the usual orange ghost appeared and was promptly sucked up. The room fell into a silent mood as nothing was happening, except for Luigi's life,

'What am I supposed to do now? I already knocked off the orange idiot, what else is there? That green ghost may provide some answers; that is, if that thing ever comes back,' Luigi started walking backwards toward the wardrobes.

Luigi mistakenly forgot about the banana peel left behind by the green poltergeist and stepped right on it. The plumber flew off his feet and flipped onto his back, landing with a thud. Coins fell out of his pockets and a faint laughing could be heard from above. Luigi got up and grabbed what dropped from his wallet and stood in the center of the room with his arms crossed,

"Alright, I'm done playing games, come out of where you're hiding!" Luigi said aloud.

As if on cue, the green ghost appeared and proceeded to eat more bananas. With some quick thinking and reflexes, Luigi stunned the ghost with his flashlight and started downing the beast with the vacuum. The little LCD read that the green thing had "40" points of life,

'Eh, no matter! These ghosts are as easy as pie to bring down,' Luigi thought triumphantly.

Though, the banana eating ghost was not going down without a fight. As Luigi was pulling him in, banana peels were being thrown in every direction. Luigi had to be careful not to slip on any, or else the ghost would disappear again. Luckily, from being in the Mushroom Kingdom all his life, Luigi was capable of doing just that. He's already been on many quests and has faced worse things than banana peels, so he felt up to the challenge. The green man was being dragged about the room, slowly draining the ghost's life. After a few minutes (as Luigi was multitasking all too much at this point to be fast) the ghost went down the pipe,

"Well, at least that is over," Luigi said to himself.

Then, two more of the green monsters came from the ceiling.

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The last of the two green goofs went into the Poltergust 3000. The battle was rough with two banana throwing maniacs, but Luigi stayed strong. Though, the room was still dark and Luigi figured that once the place was rid of spooks, the lights would come on. He went about searching the room for clues. The first place the plumber looked was the a wardrobe, the closest one to the door he came in earlier. Grabbing the handles on the blue cabinet, he ripped it open and,

"BAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!" yelled a ghost from within.

The ghost then raced out of the wardrobe without any objections, leaving Luigi still stunned from yell in front of the wardrobe. The ghost itself was a blue color, but was in the form of a stubby orange one. Thus, Luigi was confused at the new sub-species he uncovered. He also guessed the poltergeist was a bit retarded, as it just went around the walls at lightning speeds. Luigi stepped near where it was, and it darted in the opposite direction. Luigi followed it again, same thing,

'The thing must be avoiding me, but why? I guess this'll take some skill to capture,' Luigi thought to himself.

Luigi ran toward the ghost and then he went to his left. The ghost had to take some time to figure out which way to go, and in a flash it was stunned and the Poltergust 3000 was turned on. The blue creep screamed in terror and was soon sucked down into the depths. As the ghost went inside, money also shot out of the Poltergust's nozzle,

"YAHOO! This is so my day!" Luigi said as he sucked up his earnings.

Though, the room was still left in the darkness,

'So, if there was a ghost hiding in there, couldn't there be one in one of the other wardrobes?' Luigi walked over to the middle one.

More money came out and Luigi felt happier,

'Haha; I guess that must be the last of it,' Luigi went over to the last wardrobe, closest to the other in the room.

"BAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!" yelled the orange entity inside of it.

Luigi was not expecting it, and jumped away from the wooden storage unit. His senses came back and the flashlight and Poltergust 3000 tag teamed to take it down; and did. The lights clicked on a key feel on top of a coat rack on the north side of the room,

'Heh, I was hoping another chest would appear; maybe filled with money,' the greedy plumber thought.

Luigi grabbed the key and head towards the new door. He checked the handle to see if it moved, and it moved all the way. This door was not locked so Luigi opened it and went through to the other side. Upon walking through, he heard a familiar, horse voice,

"HEEEEEEEY LUIGI!" screamed a little fungi figure.

"Hello, Toad…" Luigi replied.

"I ACTUALLY WENT FURTHER AHEAD THAN THAT OTHER SCARED TOAD IN THE FOYER! HAHA! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! HE WAS AFRIAD OF GHOSTS!" Toad yelled in Luigi's direction.

"That's just great, Toad," Luigi said as he surveyed the new room he was in.

Though, it was not actually a room, rather a balcony. There were a few dead plants to his right and an annoyance right in front of him. A dim light sprouting from the side of the mansion lit the area,

"LUIGI WE ARE ON A BALCONY!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?! THERE'S SOME WEIRD PERSON OVER IN THAT WINDOW," Toad pointed to the south where the mansion was, "SOME DOGGY DOWN THERE," Toad pointed over the edge and down toward a dog house, "AND SOME GLOWY GRAVESTONE!!" Toad point down over to the north where there was a small graveyard; Luigi did not look or care.

"You know, why do you Toads talk in such a loud voice?" Luigi suddenly quizzed the mushroom headed kid as he brought his hand to his chin.

"I've never really thought about it," Toad said in a quieter, smarter tone.

Luigi stood stunned. Not from a ghost, but simply by the fact Toad was not loud and annoying,

"You mean, you just mindlessly shout things unless people ask you why?"

"Yeah! Ever try being nice to someone before and just ask why, maybe even ask not to do it?" Toad said to Luigi.

"I guess not," the plumber said sheepishly.

"Don't you have a brother to save?" Toad smiled over at Luigi.

"Heh, you're right. See ya," Luigi turned around and opened the door back to the dressing room.

"BYE LUIGI!"

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Luigi walked back into the wardrobe and clothing filled room. He felt this place was not done with just yet, but he pressed on. Seeing no extra doors, he walked through to the next room,

'No more doors here either! How do I know where I'm supposed to go?' He thought in confusion.

Luigi made it back to the Parlor and walked out to the Foyer,

'Hmmm… Where am I supposed to go?' He thought again.

Just then, a ring tone of some sort came from the Gameboy Horror. Luigi brought the tiny handheld up to his face. E. Gadd sat in his lab and was displayed on the 'Horror's screen,

"You do remember what I told you about the Gameboy Horror, correct?" Gadd asked Luigi.

"Yes?..." Luigi replied in a confused tone.

"Well then I'm sure you remember that the GBH displays a map of the mansion, right? And that it also displays what doors go with which keys you pick up, right?"

"…Huh?"

"Heh, remember when I patted you on the leg after training? I also stuck a small scanner in your back pocket that scans the key's signature and compares it to locks in the mansion until it finds a match. Thus, making your search much easier."

"How do you know where all the keys go and stuff?" Luigi said back.

"…Magic."

"Sure…"

"Anyway, just open up the map screen of the GBH and you'll know where to go. Goodbye," Gadd waved through the pixels and the screen went back to the treasure inventory.

"Alright map screen button, map screen button," Luigi said while hunting for the correct button.

"Let's try… 'Y'," low and behold, a simple map of the mansion appeared, "according to this, the door is right next to me," Luigi turned to his right.

There was the door he tried to get in earlier before being tricked into the Parlor,

"Well, here we go."

That same ring tone came from the Gameboy Horror again. E. Gadd sat in his lab and started yapping to Luigi, again,

"Luigi! I'm picking up signals stronger than anything we've seen before! These must be my precious portrait ghosts up ahead!" Gadd clapped his hands together, "These ghosts are much different than those other ones you've come across. Making them show their heart will be a bit tricky. Try using the examine function on the GBH. It should help you."

"Will do," Luigi simply replied and saluted at the screen.

"Goodbye for now and, Good luck!" The screen on the Gameboy Horror went back to its treasure count.

Luigi got the key from his pocket and put it in the door. He trembled slightly, knowing there was worse than those cursed blue ghosts ahead of him. He turned the key and heard the lock click open. Grabbing the doorknob he muttered,

"Mario, you better still be alive…"