Hard to believe, I know, but YES, Livi is really THAT stupid… It's okay though, we love her anyway, stupidity and all!

Regarding the fandoms… originally, I was totally planning to have this epic scene with Dimentio, concerning all these awesome angsty flashbacks and junk… but, my main source of inspiration was being a JERK… so, that never happened… (glares at ceiling)

BUT, on the plus side, I think I like the chapter a whole lot better this way… What do you guys think?

Anyway, who am I to keep you waiting? ON WITH THE STORY!

Livi slumped up against one of the many black trees in the dense forest she found herself running through. She stood there a moment, gasping for breath. She always hated running like that, as she had never been in the best of physical conditions, but she simply couldn't risk Luigi catching up to her.

The fangirl glanced around to reassure herself that the others had given up chasing her. However, seeing nothing but endless forest in every direction she turned was not very reassuring. She had no idea where she was, or even from which direction she had just come.

"Craaaaaaap…" Livi moaned. "This is gonna be tougher than I thought…"

For a fleeting moment, Livi considered going back to find the others and give up this crazy little solo-mission. However, her thoughts returning to the vanishing jester, she quickly dismissed that, and took off running into the darkness yet again.

Finally, after running around for a while, the forest began to thin out a bit. Livi found herself in a clearing of sorts, at the entrance to a large cave. The air coming out of the cave was much colder than the air in the Underwhere. The inside of the cave was so dark, Livi could hardly see past the entrance. All she could tell, by observing the dirt floor, was that it slopped downward. She assumed the majority of the cave was located deep below the Underwhere.

"Whoa…" Livi whispered, slowly approaching the mouth of the cave, enchanted by the dark mysteries it held. "Wonder where this goes…"

Resting her hand lightly on the cave wall, she sharply drew it back, yelling out in pain. "Holy freaking crap! It's like ice!" Upon closer inspection, she couldn't have been more correct—a few sections of the wall were covered in small patches of a blueish ice.

"Ya know… Weegee wouldn't be able to find me down there…" Livi thought to herself.

"No, no, no!" She argued against herself, shaking her head stubbornly. "Weegee doesn't like me to go messing around with things on my own…"

"Yeah… 'cause he doesn't want me to have any fun…"

"No. I know that isn't true. Weegee's only trying to protect me…"

"Then again, if I stay up here much longer, Luigi's sure to find me… he'll never let me chase Dimentio down then… Then what'll I do, huh?"

"Well… it's possible… maybe I actually want him to find me… I'm in the Underwhere… Do I really wanna separate myself from the only fandom I can trust worth crap?"

"Of course not… but, I do need to find my favorite fandom… Dimentio needs me… and Grambi knows none of the others are going to help him… I'm his only hope…"

"No." Livi firmly decided, turning to walk off, still rubbing her hand in an attempt to circulate blood. "Dimentio wouldn't have wandered down there… there's no chance Mr. L would be there either… I've got no business exploring a dark, none-game cave, all on my own, with no help from Luigi…"

There was a long period of silence as Livi stopped dead in her tracks.

"Then again…" Livi thought, turning around with a devious smirk. "It couldn't hurt to check…"

Luigi paced worriedly back and forth outside of the chamber doors, ignoring Kamek and Fawful as they idly chattered off to the side. He was too distracted to take part in any of their conversations. So many questions clouded his mind; Where had Livi run off to? Is she alright? And what could Dimentio possibly be planning? Why did he run off? Could he be afraid of Mr. L like Kamek said? If that's the case, then where is Mr. L? How are we going to find him? How are we going to find any of them?

This was most troubling. How had Luigi gotten himself into this mess? When he and Mario had been sent off in search of Luvbi, they had found the bothersome Princess and returned her safely back to the Overthere with no problems at all. This time around, not only was he incapable of locating his evil self, but he had lost two members of his search party in the process!

Luigi only hoped Jaydes would be able to at least point them in the right direction. If she could, they were about to find out, because at that moment, the Queen herself stepped outside to join the odd group, shutting the door carefully behind her.

"Luigi?" The Queen mused, seeming a tad surprised. "The D-men told me you were waiting to see me, but I didn't believe it… what brings you down here?"

Luigi took a nervous breath as Kamek and Fawful came over to join him. "We need your help with something… we came down here on… on a mission, of sorts, and things have been going a little… wrong…"

Jaydes laughed under her breath. "I see… and what, dare I ask, is this mission of yours?"

Luigi sighed, hanging his head a bit. "It's Livi… she's a fangirl, and she's on some mad quest to hunt down five of us in this world… we're her favorites from the games…"

"Ah… hunting you down, is she?" Jaydes mused, smiling. "And what does that have to do with you exploring my kingdom?"

"She's looking for Mr. L…" Luigi said bluntly. "He's the last one she needs to find…"

"Mr. L?" Jaydes asked, looking surprised.

"Yeah…" Luigi said. "Look, I know it's kinda crazy… and maybe you can't help us a—"

"Why didn't you just come to me first?" Jaydes interrupted with a sly look, placing one hand on the ring used to open and close the stone door. "Such a problem could be easily remedied."

Before Luigi could open his mouth to wonder why she thought it was so simple, Jaydes gave a firm yank, throwing the door open. And, having had his ear pressed up to the other side of the door, who should come crashing to the ground with a scream of surprise but the Green Thunder himself.

"OI!" Mr. L yelled, rubbing his sore head. "What the hell, Jaydes?"

"What have I told you about eavesdropping on me?" Jaydes said with a glare.

Mr. L pointed to the inside of the castle. "It was Luvbi's idea! She made me do it!"

Jaydes smiled smugly. "Luvbi has been outside of the castle all morning…"

Mr. L growled, looking away as he pushed himself up off the ground, brushing off his clothes. "Of course she has… I get locked up in the castle for no reason, right when all the action starts, and mommy's precious little nimbi gets to wander around all she wants…"

"I have my reasoning, Mr. L…" Jaydes said. She held up a hand to silence him when he opened his mouth to say something else, instead turning back to Luigi. "There. That is one problem solved…"

"Whadda ya—" Mr. L was about to say something, then caught Luigi staring at him, mouth agape, and suddenly took on a similar expression. He stood there a moment, then quietly murmured, "Holy shit, it is Weegee…"

Jaydes glanced from one to the other. "That's right… the two of you have never met the other before, have you? Well, there's a first time for everything, I suppose…"

Mr. L narrowed his eyes, smirking. "You don't even know who I am, do ya, Weegee?"

Luigi finally recovered from shock, taking on an expression not unlike anger. "I've had nightmares… Dimentio haunts them, and you do too…"

Mr. L was stunned. "…oh…" was all he said.

"So… you are really being the one who is Mr. L?" Fawful questioned, looking up at the final fandom.

Mr. L gave an arrogant smirk, gesturing proudly to himself. "The Green Thunder—The one and only, Mr. L!"

"Someone's a bit full of himself…" Kamek whispered to Luigi, making him laugh lightly under his breath.

"Anyway…" Jaydes said, pushing Mr. L away from the others. "You have more problems you would like me to solve?"

"Oh, right… well, um… Livi sorta… went missing…" Luigi sheepishly admitted.

"Went missing?" Jaydes questioned, raising an eyebrow.

"Well… by 'went missing'… I mean 'ran off and we have no idea where she went or how to find her'…" Luigi said, rubbing the back of his neck uncomfortably.

"Hm…" Jaydes mumbled. "I do hope she's alright… I'm not quite finished with…" The Queen trailed off so Luigi couldn't hear her. Mr. L must have heard her, however, because he shot her a rather nasty glare.

"What was that?" He spat.

"None of your concern." Jaydes stated, waving him off.

"It is too my concern if you're gonna—" Mr. L was harshly cut off by Jaydes clapping a clawed hand over his mouth, making him mumble something unintelligible at her.

"Now then…" Jaydes said, ignoring him as he attempted to pry her hand off. "How should be go about finding—"

"Mother! Mother!" Luigi spun around at the sound of a high-pitched female voice behind him, searching for whoever could have interrupted Jaydes. He was almost surprised to see Luvbi fluttering out of the forest, looking very panicked.

The young nimbi came to a stop just in front of her mother and Mr. L, ignoring the fandoms as though they were not present at all, and panted for breath, her heart-shaped wings drooping low to brush the floor. "Mother… there be… a girl…" Luvbi said between gasps, gesturing with one wing out into the forest. "…near thy cave… the one thou… hast locked away… thy monster in…"

Luigi felt his heart drop to the pit of his stomach. "Oh no… Jaydes… surely she doesn't mean—"

Jaydes nodded, cutting him off. "Your friend is in trouble…"

"Wooooow…" Mr. L said as Jaydes' hand fell away from his mouth. "That is a really stupid fangirl…"

"What?" Kamek finally asked. "What are they talking about?"

"Livi's on her way down to Bonechill's Prison…" Luigi whispered, trembling with fear.

Kamek's eyes widened a fraction. "Are you serious?"

Luigi silently nodded as Jaydes spoke up again, remaining surprisingly calm. "Well, this is certainly a problem… Bonechill has been rather temperamental lately—I don't know what's gotten into him…"

"He's probably cranky because you took his favorite prisoner and set him—mmmph!" Mr. L was cut off again by Jaydes' hand clapping over his mouth.

"Thank you, Mr. L." Jaydes spat, quickly taking her hand back as soon as he was silent. "Now, if you are though making an idiot of yourself, we are in dire need of a way to assist the young fangirl…"

"Well, why don't you send me off after her?" Mr. L suggested, dripping with sarcasm. "You make me do all your dirty work anyway—and that's the only way you'll ever let me out of this stupid castle." He paused a moment in his bitter rantings to sarcastically give a dramatic bow to the Queen. "The Green Thunder at your service, your majesty! I would be honored to go off on a daring mission to rescue the fair damsel in distress!"

Jaydes pursed her lips, looking for a moment like she was considering raking her claws across Mr. L's face. Finally, she smirked, and said, "Alright."

Mr. L's head shot up, looking very stunned. "…what?"

"Alright." Jaydes repeated. "You may go search for the fangirl."

Mr. L straightened up, an eager grin spreading across his face. "Are you serious? I can go? Really?"

Jaydes nodded. "Knowing I'll regret this—yes, you may… the girl should be near—"

"Inside." Luvbi corrected.

"—Inside the cave leading down to Bonechill's prison." Jaydes amended. "You know the location. She is a young human girl, about fifteen years in age. She goes by Livi—best of luck to you."

"Alright!" Mr. L shouted, throwing his fist in the air. With that, he jumped off the platform everyone was standing on and took off into the forests. "Don't worry, Jaydes—I'm all over it!"

Jaydes sighed to herself, shaking her head as he disappeared. "That's kind of what I'm worried about."

"Ay. Methinks this be a most unwise decision, Mother…" Luvbi said bluntly.

"Hush, dear…" Jaydes said, waving her off. She turned back to Luigi and said, "Was there anything else you needed my assistance with?"

Luigi thought for a moment, then decided, "No, that's it. Thanks for yo—" The hero was cut off as Kamek jabbed his elbow into his gut. Luigi glared at him, then saw the way Kamek was glaring right back, and instantly gave in. "Actually… we've got a real problem… Dimentio's missing…"

There was a period of silence. Finally, Luigi felt Kamek's hand wrap around his forearm. He wondered for a moment what the Magikoopa was doing, then winced painfully as he felt Kamek's claws digging into his skin. Luigi took the hint. "And we need to find him." He said quickly. Kamek didn't let go, still glaring at him, so Luigi had to keep talking. "We're really worried about him—all of us are, and we don't know what he could be up to—Ow!" Kamek clawed a little harder to cut him off. Luigi gulped nervously, noticing the patch of red beginning to appear on his sleeve. "We really need him here with us… we have to find him… last we saw, he slipped off into one of the forests, but—"

"Oh!" Jaydes suddenly interrupted, surprised. She looked out into the forest, looking scared, with one hand over her mouth. "Oh yes… that's why I didn't want him out there…"

Luigi didn't even have to ask. He and Kamek had more than likely been correct in their assumptions; Mr. L still carried a grudge. And, thinking back to the way Jaydes was constantly cutting him off, the way he had said things like "Bonechill's favorite prisoner…" and "…it IS my concern…", no doubt Mr. L was well aware that Dimentio had been released, and he wasn't happy about it.

Jaydes turned to Luvbi, who was floating worriedly at her feet. "Luvbi, dear, would you be kind enough to go and fetch Dimentio for me?" The Queen extended a claw to gesture towards the River Twygz. "He's just on the outskirts of that clearing in the forest over there… tell him he's to meet his friends at the entrance to Bonechill's Prison."

Luvbi simply nodded to her Mother and started off in her assigned direction. About halfway down the hallway, she stopped abruptly as Jaydes called out to her. "Oh, and Luvbi? Would you deliver a message for me?"

Luvbi nodded, looking confused. "Tell Dimentio… he's almost through…" Jaydes said, smiling. Luvbi smiled in return, nodded eagerly, and fluttered off a bit quicker. When she was gone, Jaydes turned back to the fandoms and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Luigi shook his head, breathing a sigh of relief when Kamek released him, rubbing his arm. "No, that's it…"

"Very well then…" Jaydes said, nodding off towards the forest. "I'd suggest you lot tail after Mr. L; he's been known to get himself into trouble. Dimentio will meet you at the cave's entrance."

Luigi nodded, though he was having a few doubts that Dimentio would listen to Luvbi. "Alright, and thanks for all your help!" He said, running off after the other two.

"Not a problem at all, Luigi! And best of luck to you all! You're going to need it!" The Queen called after them, smiling fondly as they disappeared.

"Well then? …Are we going to go down after her, or stand around like rather indecisive statues all day?" said the eerie, melodic voice.

Luigi spun around to see Dimentio floating over to join the group. All the fandoms were gathered outside the entrance to the cave—the gateway to Bonechill's Prison. Upon arriving, Mr. L had been nowhere in sight. The others had assumed they had been too late to catch him—he must have gone in ahead of them.

Kamek and Fawful immediately started explaining the situation to Dimentio, taking turns interrupting each other. Dimentio seemed slightly amused at this, smiling airily as he floated before them, his gaze shifting from one to the other to follow their story. Luigi was hardly listening to them—rather, he was observing the jester. Dimentio's smile had been restored to the creepy way he remembered it, but there was something off in his voice. Usually so confident, the jester's voice now seemed strained, as though he struggled to speak.

When Fawful and Kamek reached the part about Livi disappearing down the cave in search of her mysterious jester (they had neglected to inform him on their run-in with Mr. L), Dimentio interrupted them, still smiling. "If our dear fangirl is in trouble, I must wonder what we are doing here, gossiping to one another, when we could be heading down to rescue her…"

Everyone nodded in agreement, widening Dimentio's smile as he nodded his head. "Very well then… I surmise it's time we were off." The jester floated to the cave's mouth along with the others, but paused, floating in place as the others continued down.

Luigi cast him a glance over his shoulder. "Coming, Dimentio?"

Dimentio hesitantly nodded his head, smiling again. This smile seemed weaker, slightly off… as though he were making considerable effort to maintain it. "Yes… of… of course…"

Luigi paused as the jester drifted down into the dark passageways, following the trail of light from Kamek's wand. As Dimentio passed him, Luigi gently caught his shoulder, making his head snap up to face the hero. "Hey… Are you alright?" he quietly asked, trying to look sympathetic.

Dimentio glared at Luigi, harshly shrugging him off. "I'm perfectly fine, thank you…" he growled, floating ahead. Luigi felt his hand clench into a fist. Resisting the urge to slam his fist into the back of Dimentio's head, he just ran ahead to catch up with Kamek.

When he caught up to the Magikoopa, Dimentio already a ways ahead and Fawful lagging a bit behind him, Luigi noticed that Kamek was shivering slightly. "You alright?" Luigi asked.

Kamek shook his head. "Too much magic…" He mumbled.

"What is?" Luigi asked. "There shouldn't be anything down here."

"Dimentio." Was the blunt reply as Kamek tried to suppress a heavy shudder.

"Dimentio?" Luigi hissed under his breath. "What is that little sneak doing now?"

Kamek shook his head. "Nothing… The magic's coming off of him… he isn't doing anything…"

"…what does that mean?" Luigi asked, taking Kamek's still-glowing wand to allow him to fold his arms over his chest.

"Did you hear… what Jaydes… told Luvbi?" Kamek asked slowly, trying to warm up to the sickening feeling the magic was giving him.

"…something about… 'he's almost through…'" Luigi said, thinking carefully. He turned to Kamek, raising an eyebrow. "Through with what, though?"

Kamek finally looked up at Luigi over the rim of his glasses. "Something's very wrong with him… I think it's his curse…"

MR. L LIVES! SQUEE! HE'S FINALLY HERE!

This is so insanely crazy AWESOME!

…and NO I DON'T know what Kamek's talking about… so don't ask…

I'll try to update soon! I really will! We're finally to the good stuff!

L-ater!