Luigi's POV

My mind was a blank. What was going on...? I felt some water falling down my forehead. I groaned as my eyes opened...or at least I thought I did. Apparently, I was in darkness. But how could that be? Didn't Mario and I just defeat that possessor ghost? Wait...where was Mario?

"Malleo...?" I called, a bit worried.

"I'm here, Weegie." I heard Mario, sounding like he was a bit away from me. "But where are we?"

I checked my pocket as I saw the last Dark Moon piece was gone.

"Crap!" I swore.

"What's the matter?" Mario asked, sounding closer.

"The Dark Moon piece! It's gone!" I answered, seeing that Mario had found me. I saw his gaze of concern and felt my blood going cold. Did he find my scars? "What?" I asked, deciding to take a chance.

"Your forehead is bleeding." Mario pointed out, softly. He knelled down to my side as he started to say, "Let me treat that..."

I jumped to my feet, faster than Mario could have blinked.

"Thanks but no thanks. I much rather see where we are." I protested, looking around with the Stroboscope. The ground was made out of purple blocks and the rest was in darkness. That's when we heard some evil cackling. I shivered, "D - did you hear that?"

Mario nodded as he responded, sounding a bit scared, "Yes..." We both knew that evil laughter anywhere. Though I didn't know why Mario was scared, I continued to shiver as some windows appeared. A shadow was going by them...and it was King Boo. "The devil himself..." I heard Mario breathed.

I saw his Firebrand activate almost immediately. Why was he doing that? King Boo wouldn't be effected by it. That's when I saw something that made my heart stop cold. There, right in front of me, was Violet's portrait.

I mumbled, "Vi..."

I was about to take the painting, ignore Mario's warning, and run. But it vanished instantly as King Boo appeared out of nowhere. My heart skipped a beat out of fear. He looked at me with pure rage, anger, and pretty much any evil emotion I can think of.

King Boo raged, "Mwahahahaha! Now what do we have here? Why, if it isn't my old pal Luigi and Mario? Or is it Baby Luigi and Baby Mario? I can't tell the difference. Hey, remember when you and Violet trapped me in that painting for eternity? Good times. But guess what? I GOT OUT! And now I'm panting the town red!"

I stammered, "S - s - s - so that means..."

King Boo explained, "Yes, it was I who broke the Dark Moon! This power-enchasing jeweled crown of mine made it easy. And now that all the ghosts of Evershade Valley are under my control...it's time to take my rightful place as the supreme ruler of your world!"

Mario stepped in front of me as he hissed, shaking in his shoes. What was he doing?!

He stated, "Listen here, you big marshmallow! I remember what you told me the last time you and I met." I perked up at this as Mario's fear started to turn into anger. He added, his whole body shaking, "That everyone knows what I think of my own DNA? That I think Luigi is a poor excuse for a human?!"

My heart instantly broke. He thought of that of me? Or was another way for King Boo to get to him? King Boo seemed to have been listening, however. I decided to listen too. I wanted to know. He looked at me with a smile. That's when I realized something. He never thought of me that way. He then looked back at King Boo.

He replied, "I love Luigi. He is a kind, compassionate soul. He made Mr. L respect him. I do realize that I was awful to him but that will never happen again!"

There were tears in my eyes. I knew he meant it. King Boo didn't look all impressed.

The master of illusions stated, "What can I say? A Boo has to do what a Boo has to do. And now it is time for you, your brother, his girlfriend, your girlfriend, that annoying scientist, and all your friends will look great hanging from the wall of my throne room!"

With that, he laughed evilly as the gem on top of his crown started to glow and spark of electricity. The wind picked up as Mario and I hung on for dear life. Suddenly, there was a purple electric fence around us and we were floating in a dimension. I gulped as I thought, 'Here we go...'

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The battle started out with King Boo slamming down on the ground. Both Mario and Luigi quickly got out of the way of a few spiked balls. That's when Luigi got an idea. After flashing his flashlight a few times, King Boo evilly smirked. Luigi had no idea how to defeat him. Even Mario's fire attacks were doing nothing at all. But that couldn't have been further from the truth. They both knew exactly what they were doing. King Boo slammed on the ground and threw the spiked balls into the air. Mario studied the ground and saw incoming shadows.

Luigi smirked and shined his flashlight on King Boo as one of the spiked balls hit him on the head. Luigi was slightly hurt on his right leg but not that badly. Mario, however, managed to evade it. That's when Luigi started to suck up the master of illusions. Just when King Boo looked like he was caught, he came out of the Poltergest 5000. 'Damn it,' Luigi thought. 'So close,' Mario thought, cringing. The master of illusions slammed down on the ground, making the platform that they were standing on smaller.

With that, they went through a window. As they ran through the mansion like setting, King Boo came out of nowhere, hitting Mario with full force. Luigi saw this as Mario fell onto the ground, bleeding badly. Luigi started to shake Mario, worried.

"Malleo..." He whimpered, worried.

"Weegie..." Mario whispered.

Luigi closed his eyes, truly worried. That's when a voice caught his attention.

"Hello Junior."

Luigi look around as he saw that he was in a grassy field. There, wearing a dark green long sleeved blouse, torn black jeans, black dress shoes, gray gloves, his dark green hat with the "L" backwards...was Mr. L.

"L? What are you doing?" Luigi asked, sounding worried. "Mario needs me!"

"He needs both of us." Mr. L answered, touching his forehead. "You take out King-of-the-Marshmallows. Mario will be okay."

"W - what are you doing...?" Luigi questioned, concerned. Luigi opened his eyes again, looking around. Mario had been patched up and he was looking worried. "H - how did you get patched up?" Luigi asked him.

"Mr. L did it." Mario answered.

Luigi's eyes widened in shock. Mr. L was helping them again? Luigi looked over at the master of illusions, activating his Thunderbrand. That immediately got King Boo's attention, especially when he was on the receiving end of a rather powerful green electrical attack. Mario was surprised about the strength and the bravery of his brother. What he said next really got to Mario.

"YOU LEAVE MY BROTHER ALONE!" Luigi hollered.

"Weegie..." Mario breathed.

Luigi ran towards King Boo, with his green electricity surrounding him. He made a fist, making a thunderpunch. He wailed on King Boo while the master of illusions screamed. The scream was horrifying. Mario was watching in awe, not believing his strength. After a matter of minutes, he captured King Boo. That gave him the victory and the much needed confidence boost.

The only thing that remained of King Boo...was his power-enchasing gem. Luigi went over to Mario, celebrating.

"We did it, bro!" Luigi squealed.

"Yeah, we did." Mario replied, barely standing.

"You okay Malleo?" Luigi asked, worried.

Mario smiled proudly as he answered, "You know it, Weegie."

Suddenly, the green clad ghost hunter and the red clad hero was sent out of the illusion and back to the Terrace of the Treacherous Mansion. There was Violet's portrait as Luigi instantly ran over it, even though he was still hurt. Suddenly, Elvin was pixelated in. Elvin instructed Luigi to shine the Dark-Light onto the painting so Violet could be freed from her prison.

The green clad ghost hunter nodded and shone the Dark-Light device on the painting. Instantly, Violet was out as she looked up and saw Luigi. Her eyes widened as she smiled wide and hugged him tightly.

Violet gushed, "Weegie, you did it! You saved me!"

Luigi returned the hug as he showed Mario to her and he replied, "We saved you, Vi."

Violet hugged Mario too. Mario returned the hug, smiling. The Toads were the next to be pixelated in. Luigi went over to them with the last piece from Henry as the Dark Moon re-assembled magically. Mario, Elvin, Violet, and Luigi all watched as they saw the Dark Moon float into the sky. It then created a pulse, making all of the ghosts friendly again. Elvin let go of the ghosts with this done.

The ghosts celebrated with the Toads, Mario, and Elvin. Mario, Luigi, and Violet were watching in awe. All of their fear of ghosts were long gone as Polterpup came over, whining. Obliviously, the ghost pup felt bad for all the things that he did to Luigi while the Dark Moon was broken. Luigi waved at Polterpup.

He said, "Hey, doggie."

Polterpup jumped on Luigi and licked his face. Violet laughed as Polterpup did the same to her. Polterpup also jumped Mario, licking his face too, making him laugh. This time, Elvin laughed as the ghosts took their picture, which Luigi and Violet saved as a memento. The couple cuddled onto the couch as Polterpup licked both of their faces. Luigi and Violet both laughed as they 'cuddled' with their ghost pup. In an instant, the couple and the ghost pup were asleep.

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AK1028: Things might be over with the story but we still have a few loose ends to tie off before we end this story all together! For right now, please read and review! And always think outside of the box!