Author's Note

Chapter 6! Coolness. I really don't have much to say…

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You know the drill…

CHAPTER SIX

The Dividing Factor

"Ha ha ha, did you wet your pants, little luigi?" Zane asked in a mocking tone of voice, grinning from ear to ear. A translucent, emerald force field had protected them from the flames. Luigi tinted a slight pink-ish hue for a moment, which only resulted in Zane laughing.

"Ahhh, s'okay lil' guy, we all have accidents now and then…" He addressed Luigi as though he were speaking to a two year old. Luigi frowned, but ignored him.

"What did you do, exactly?"

Zane gave him a look, pointing up with one finger to the slightly shimmering emerald magic field above.

"Well, Sherlock, I saved our asses, is what I did. You got a problem with that?"

Luigi shook his head slowly, getting up from off the ground.

"What…happened to Mario?" Luigi asked, a sense of worry evident in his voice.

"Ah, yes."

The two looked around the area, which was not where they had been prior to Zane's force field was put into effect.

The young man's eyes widened slightly with revelation, and he chuckled somewhat nervously.

"Well…sometimes my spells have odd side-effects…" He scratched his head.

"…Zane…what did you…?" Luigi asked, his eyes narrowed dangerously, his face slightly flushed.

"Don't worry too much, compadre! I didn't blow up everything or nothing of the sort…naw, all that happened was we got transported to god-knows-where. No worries." He smiled in a ridiculously optimistic manner, given the situation. Luigi gaped at him.

A moment of silence followed.

"…What?" Zane inquired innocently.

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"Errr…Lord Bowser…are you sure this is a good idea?"

The oversized Koopa grunted in return, making his way across the winding stairs before him, slowly. The flames had risen for a full five minutes before finally sinking back into the depths.

"Kammy, listen. There's a treasure chest up there, with my name on it. I have to get it. You see Kammy, when I was a boy, I often dreamt of adventure…" The lord trailed off into some pointless story about how his pet fuzzy had died.

Kammy cleared her throat, finally intervening.

"But sire…"

"SHUT UP!" Bowser roared, silencing her.

"I'm gonna get that treasure…"

"But sir…never mind." Kammy gave up with a defeated sigh, floating away.

"Ha ha…Old Hag…teach her to tell ME what I should…"

At that moment the stair before him crumbled beneath his feet, and he found himself spiraling into the darkness below before he could utter a word.

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Hmmm…I'm sorry, but I've hit writer's block. .

lol…wow. Well, uh, you'll have to make do with this for the moment. XD

I'll try and upload again soon. Uhhh…peace for the moment.