It was already getting late when Peach's plane landed roughly on the runway. It was a rather rough landing, jostling the furniture around violently. The fangirl, of course, loved this, so when the heroes, fandoms, and fangirl all finally arrived at Mushroom Castle, Livi was still ranting about it.

"…wasn't it just the coolest thing ever?!" Livi was screaming. "I always wanted that to happen! Didn't I, Weegee?" Here, she elbowed his arm roughly.

Luigi sighed, running a hand through his hair. "Yes, Livi… you've told us eight times now…"

"I know, but it was just so cool!" She screamed.

"Not that cool…" Kamek grumbled, glaring at Livi.

Fawful tugged on Luigi's sleeve and whispered, "You are sure I cannot have killing of her?"

"I heard that!" Livi said, whipping around to glare at Fawful. She then grabbed Dimentio, making him yelp in surprise, and ducked behind him. "You can't kill me if Dimentio's protecting me, right?!"

Luigi rolled his eyes. "Right, because Dimentio would protect anyone…"

Dimentio looked stunned for a moment, then forced himself to smile and shrugged. "Who knows? I just might protect the little fangirl…"

Livi threw her arms tighter around the jester. "Aw, see?! Dimentio is changing! He totally loves me!"

"Ah ha ha ha…" Dimentio laughed nervously. "Let's not get carried away now…"

"Aw, you're mean." Livi said flatly. "You won't protect me—KAMEK!!"

The fangirl launched off of Dimentio and slammed into the Magikoopa, who, being caught off-guard, tumbled down to the ground with Livi on top of him.

"Yay!" The fangirl screamed. "That was fun!"

Kamek sighed, rolling his eyes. Luigi pulled Livi off of him, and took his hand to help him up. Livi stared at them a moment, then screamed her head off and threw her arms around Luigi. "Omigosh you two are such cute friends!!"

Luigi and Kamek stared at Livi, then at each other, then back at Livi. "What?" They said at the same time.

"You two are such cute friends!" The fangirl repeated, stepping back from Luigi. Suddenly, her attention snapped away as she realized they had reached the castle. "Oh, we're here!"

Livi ran up ahead, catching Dimentio by his poncho on her way and dragging him with her. Other than a short choking noise with her first yank, he made no effort to resist her. Fawful perked up slightly, then got a devious smirk (apparently making up his mind that he was going to kill her again) and took off after them.

Luigi and Kamek were left standing on the same spot, still looking rather stunned as they watched the others run off. They stood there a moment, neither saying anything, until Kamek broke the silence.

"She's right, you know…" He quietly murmured.

"Hm?" Luigi turned to face Kamek, snapping out of his daze. "What do you mean?"

"You know what I mean…" Kamek sighed. "She's right. We've become friends… haven't we?"

Luigi looked away and shrugged. "I dunno… maybe…"

Kamek sighed again, running a hand over his face.

Luigi bit his lip, looking uncomfortable. "Well… that's not… it's not such a bad thing, is it?"

"Yes, it's a bad thing!" Kamek snapped. "We're supposed to be enemies! We have been since you and Mario were babies!"

Luigi was silent for a moment. "…but… we're not… we're not enemies here… or, we don't have to be, at least." He said slowly.

Kamek turned to face him, looking confused. "What?"

"Well… I don't know if you've noticed… but with Livi around… there is no 'heroes and villains'… there's no 'good and evil' or 'light and dark'… As long as you're here… maybe we could be friends…"

Kamek thought about that for a while, staring off into the distance. Finally he turned back to Luigi and smiled slightly. "Would you be alright with that?"

Luigi shrugged, smiling a bit to himself. "Even if I wasn't, it's a little too late now…"

Kamek sighed, though he was still smiling. "I guess that's a good point… So, we'll just have to stay friends for now and… see what happens…"

As much as she would have loved to hear the conversation between Luigi and Kamek, Livi was already running over the bridge to the castle, still pulling Dimentio behind her with a tight grip on his poncho. "Omigosh, Dimentio, this is going to be great isn't it?!"

Dimentio sighed heavily as he floated after her. This was the tenth time since the airport that he'd been asked that. "Yes, Livi, I'm sure it will…"

"It will be great!" Livi said. She stopped abruptly, whipping around to face Dimentio. If he hadn't been paying attention, he would have run right into her. "It's going to be so much fun! You can stay in my room with me and Fawful! Mario moved down to Peach's end of the castle when we started gettin' crazy, so Luigi and Kamek are sharing that room down the hall…"

She continued on for a while concerning the rooming situation, but Dimentio really wasn't listening to her anymore. He was staring off to the side, watching the blooper and cheep-cheep swimming around in the moat.

Livi took notice of the fish as well and pulled Dimentio over to the edge of the bridge. She finally let go of him, leaning as far over the railing as she could without falling in, laying on the thick wall so her feet were up in the air. "I love bloopers, don't you? They're just so cute… look at 'em down there… Bloo-oop! Bloo-oop!" She mimicked, cupping one hand around the side of her mouth.

Dimentio folded his arms and leaned on the railing beside her, staring down into the crystal-clear waters. "You're a very strange girl…" He mused.

"Aw, thanks!" Livi said, beaming at her reflection.

Dimentio sighed and rolled his eyes. The two stayed like that a moment, leaning over the rail side-by-side, watching the fish swim around in the calm, still waters. Well, the waters were calm, until Livi flipped head-over-heels into the moat with a loud splash.

Dimentio jumped back, surprised, and immediately saw Fawful, standing right where Livi had been, doubled over with heavy laughter. Kamek and Luigi came running up at the sound of the splash, both looking panicked.

"What happened?!" Luigi asked. "Where's Livi?!"

Kamek leaned over the rails slightly. "Did you push her in?!"

"Yessing!" Fawful screamed, finally able to breathe. "It was possessing hilariousness! She had no idea I was being here!"

"Fawful, that isn't funny!" Luigi screamed. "She's not coming back up!"

Fawful waved them off. "Oh, do not be worrying. She has had much the worsing—she will be possessing fine-ness."

Kamek stared down harder. "Fawful, Livi isn't coming back up…"

Fawful finally turned around. "…whating?"

Luigi searched the water, looking scared and panicked. "Oh no… oh no, no, no…"

Fawful's face fell. "Whating? No!" He ran over and jumped up on the wall as well, looking down into the water. "That stupid fangirl of stupidness! I did not mean to be killing her! I thought she would be possessing alrightness!"

"Well, you thought wrong!" Luigi snapped. "Now she's going to drown!"

Suddenly, there was a light sound from behind them. It sounded like a quick, gentle breeze.

Everyone turned around just in time to see Livi fall right out of the sky and into Dimentio's arms. She immediately clung to him, choking and gasping for breath. Her hair and clothes were dripping wet and stained with blooper ink.

Fawful breathed a heavy sigh of relief, slumping against the wall. Luigi, however, wasn't so thrilled at the rescue.

"What are you doing?" He snapped at Dimentio, taking Livi roughly away from him. "Get away from her!"

Dimentio looked stunned for a moment, but quickly turned angry. "Hey! You could say 'thank you'! I just saved her life!"

"I don't care what you did!" Luigi yelled. "Don't you ever touch her again! You hear me?!"

Livi somehow found the strength to smack Luigi's arm. "Stoppit, Weegee… he was jus… tryin' ta help…" She said between coughs.

"I don't care what he was trying to do…" Luigi said, shooting a glare at Dimentio.

"What is the matter with you? I did you a favor! You could at least be thankful, but instead you keep insisting that I've done something wrong!" Dimentio yelled.

Well, since the jester does NO wrong in the fangirl's eyes, Livi had to step in. "He's right, Luigi. Dimentio saved me… don't be so mean…"

"I'm not being mean…" Luigi said angrily. "I've already told you I didn't want you anywhere near him…"

"Well, why not?" Livi asked.

"Because he's a monster!" Luigi yelled. "He's an evil, sadistic demon! He's murdered people, he tried to destroy the worlds, he turned me into a monster! Have you forgotten all of that?!"

"He's not like that anymore!" Livi shrieked, close to tears. "He's changing!"

"Open your eyes, Livi! He can't change! He's Dimentio!"

"He could change just fine if you would let him!"

"No he can't! I know you want to believe he's sweet and funny and adorable, but he's not! It wasn't anything like the game! He's evil! Pure, dark, horrible, evil, and that's all he'll ever be!"

Livi and Luigi were standing about an inch apart, glaring at each other. Neither said anything for a very long time. Then, suddenly, Livi turned around to Kamek and Fawful.

"You two. Take Dimentio upstairs to my room. Get him settled in, show him the games, talk to him, I don't care, all of you just go away." With that, she turned around, grabbed Luigi's arm, and pulled him away. "You are coming with me. Now."

As he was dragged off, Luigi cast one final glare over his shoulder at Dimentio. Then, he and Livi disappeared into the gardens.

The jester blindly followed Fawful and Kamek inside, his thoughts tailing elsewhere. He could feel himself sinking into a deep depression at Luigi's remarks. But, the oddest thing was that throughout his argument with Luigi, Dimentio hadn't felt the slightest bit of pain from his curse. What could have been the cause of that?

Change… is good… the voice echoed in his mind. Defend… yourself…

Dimentio smiled slightly. At least he was doing something right for once…

Back upstairs in the fangirl's room, after about an hour or so, Livi had just stormed in, still wringing the ink out of her hair (it was now streaked blue in a few spots) grumbling to herself that it would take forever to get out in the shower that night. As soon as she was back in the room, she immediately started yelling and screaming at Fawful. He simply ignored her, with a pleased smirk on his face at the sight of her, which only made her more mad, which made her tackle into the unfortunate young bean and send them both into yet another fight.

Luigi then entered the room behind Livi, noticing that she and Fawful were fighting again, but making no attempt to stop them. The green-clad hero instead walked over to Dimentio, who was reclined on the couch, staring out the window. He caught the jester's attention and said, "Sorry I yelled at you… thanks for saving Livi…"

Dimentio looked surprised for a moment, then smiled, relaxing a bit. "You're only saying that because the fangirl told you to."

"Yeah, I am." Luigi said flatly, turning to walk off. "Don't expect it again."

Dimentio watched Luigi walk across the room and flop down on the bed beside Kamek, who was playing a game on the TV while trying to ignore Livi and Fawful. The jester finally turned back to the window, staring outside miserably. He had been with these freaks for three hours, tops, and he was already painfully missing Castle Bleck.

It wasn't so much that he wanted to go home, it was wanting to get away from Luigi. Mario and Peach had also disappeared to the far ends of the castle, and Dimentio couldn't help but wonder if they always stayed so far away from Livi's fandoms or if they were like Luigi; scared of the newest edition to her collection.

Either way, Dimentio was miserable. He was a shell of the man he once was, and most unfortunately, Mario, Peach, and Luigi all assumed he was still that same man. Luigi still hated him, yet Dimentio was expected to be on his best behavior, lest he risk the wrath of Queen Jaydes and that silly curse of hers.

Oh well… Dimentio thought with a heavy sigh. At least, in a situation like this, I know it couldn't possibly get any worse…

Then, as if on cue in a cliché movie, the thunder sounded as the rain fell:

"Omigosh!" Livi shrieked, suddenly springing off of Fawful. "We have to go find Mr. L!!"

There was stunned silence around the room.

"Whating?!" Fawful finally yelled.

"Mr. L!" Livi shrieked again, as if that clarified something. "We have to go find him!"

"And… why would we do that?" Kamek asked.

"Because! He's my final fandom! If we find him, that's everyone! I win!"

"Mr. L is the fifth fandom?" Kamek asked.

"Does that really surprise you?" Luigi asked. "He's an evil version of me. Yes, he's a fandom."

Of course he is… Dimentio thought bitterly. He was already panicking at the mere thought of seeing Mr. L again, and the painful stabs of his curse certainly weren't helping.

"But, how are we going to find him?" Kamek asked.

"Aren't he and the Fink-rat of Green being the same persons?" Fawful asked, pointing at Luigi.

"Well, not anymore…" Livi said. "After Mr. L's…death…" Livi handled the word carefully, casting an anxious glance at Dimentio. "his spirit separated from Weegee's, since he had become his own person in those few weeks. He went down to the Underwhere and, as a Game-Overed soul, he got trapped! Gasp! Then, Dimentio teleported Weegee down there still alive so Mario could rescue him so they could both get out and go save all the other little heroes!"

"Well…" Luigi started. "Maybe not… exactly like that…"

Livi's face instantly fell. "Whadda ya mean? That's what happened, right?"

Luigi said nothing.

"Well, either way, Mr. L's in the Underwhere, right?"

Again, Luigi said nothing.

"…where is he then?" Livi asked, looking a little unnerved.

Luigi shook his head. "I'll tell you later."

"We don't have time for later!" Livi yelled, switching right back to spaz-mode. "We gotta go find Mr. L NOW!!"

"No, Livi." Luigi snapped, pushing himself off the bed. He was obviously still angry from their last fight. "I'm not telling you right now. If you want to know so bad, go ask Mario."

"I'M NOT ASKING STUPID-FACE MARIO TO HELP ME!!" Livi screamed, stomping her foot on the ground. "YOU tell me where he is NOW!!"

"No!" Luigi said, starting towards the door and looking away. "Not now, Livi. Leave me alone."

Luigi reached out for the door handle but just before he could grab it, he was blocked by a clear wall with shifting yellow spots springing up right in front of him. The hero instantly felt panic shoot through him as he placed his both hands on the wall. Looking around, he found his worst fears to be absolutely correct… he was trapped in one of Dimentio's boxes.

Spinning around, Luigi saw Livi throw herself at Dimentio, squealing like crazy. "Omigosh, that was amazing! Way to go, Dimentio!" With that, she left the jester, running over to the box's wall to see Luigi. "Ya see? This is what you get for picking on him! Now, Dimentio's on my side, and you're the one in trouble!"

Luigi glanced around at the other fandoms. Dimentio had his old, creepy, spine-tingling smile back, though Luigi could see him clawing anxiously at the arm of the couch. Fawful had pulled himself up on the bed beside Kamek, who was shivering slightly, no doubt from the high levels of magic around the room.

Finally, Luigi's gaze returned to the confident-looking fangirl smirking up at him. "Livi, please, don't do this. I don't want to see you get hurt."

"Hurt?" Livi threw her head to one side. "How will this hurt me? If I get Mr. L, I win, and that's a good thing, last I checked. Besides, you're the one in the bomb-box, so I wouldn't be worrying about me if I were you." Livi thought about that last sentence for a moment. "Wait, yes I'd worry about me… that didn't make any sense…"

Luigi groaned impatiently and thumped his hand lightly on the wall. "Livi, please!"

"Look, you're the one makin' everything complicated! Why won't you just tell me?!"

"I don't… want you… to get… hurt…" Luigi said slowly, knowing he would have to practically beat it into Livi's thick head.

Livi glared at him, poking her lips out like she was scheming. Then, suddenly, she turned around to the jester and said, "Dimentio!" She jerked her head towards Luigi. "Do me a favor and show Weegee we mean business, will ya?"

Dimentio was stunned for a moment, then grinned evilly and snapped his fingers. Now, Luigi could have been imagining things, but he could have sworn he saw Dimentio wince in pain just before the explosions began to… well… explode.

When it finally stopped, Luigi found himself lying on the floor of the box. He managed to pull himself into a sitting position as his aching limbs screamed in protest. He looked up at Livi, who was smirking, looking very pleased with herself. "Strike one. Care to try that again?" She asked sweetly.

"You're insane." Luigi spat, glaring up at her as he gasped for breath.

"I told you…" Livi said, smiling a bit wider. "I'm Obsessive Fangirl… when it comes to my fandoms… I always win."

Luigi glared at her. "You're making a mistake."

Livi waved him off, leaning against the box. "Says you. Now why don't you do yourself a favor and just tell me? Just get it over with…"

"No." Luigi said. "Livi, please, I—"

The hero tried to beg her for mercy, but it was too late. With a flick of her wrist in Dimentio's direction, there was another snapping of fingers and the painful bursts of flames erupted from all around Luigi yet again. When it finally stopped, Luigi was lying down on his stomach, hardly able to look up at Livi. When he did, however, she wore a tight frown—she obviously wasn't having fun with this anymore.

"Strike two." She growled. "Let's try this one more time… Where… Is… Mr.… L?" She said, very slowly and carefully. Her voice had something dark and sinister in it. Like any other wump-loving fangirl, she was on the fence between getting her answer or hurting Luigi again.

Either way, she got what she wanted. The fangirl always wins.

Luigi sighed, looking down at the ground. He realized how hopeless it really was, so like the coward he was famous to be, he gave in to her. "Alright… you win…"

Livi perked up at that, smiling brightly. "Well? Where is he?"

"When Dimentio… separated us… li-like you said…" Luigi's voice was cracking from his tired lungs. "He d-didn't… go to the Underwhere… like… like you thought…"

Livi looked a tad disappointed, but quickly shook it off. "Okay, fine, so where is he?"

Luigi sighed heavily. "Livi…"

"…yeah?" Livi seemed to key in that something was wrong. She could see it in Luigi's eyes when he turned to look at her. Then, with a deep breath, even though he knew it would hurt her like hell, Luigi delivered the fangirl's fatal blow…

"…Mr. L… doesn't… exist anymore…"