Sorry it's taken me so long to upload this chapter, christmas and birthdays were occupying most of my time!
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all! And I hope you enjoy!
The sun shone through the window in the large bedroom, waking Trucy and Athena.
Athena looked at Knisa who was already awake. "Morning" Athena said, to both Trucy and Knisa.
"Morning" Trucy replied.
"Morning Mum" Knisa said softly, she smiled.
Athena smiled back at her daughter, knowing she probably hadn't slept that night, Knisa often had trouble sleeping, this concerned Athena.
The three dressed into what they'd been wearing the day before as they had nothing else to wear.
They walked out of their room and headed towards the main hall.
Samus was sitting by the opening, looking out at the sea of clouds when they entered.
Upon hearing the three enter, Samus turned and greeted them. "Sleep well?" She asked.
Trucy and Athena nodded in reply.
"How about you?" She asked Knisa softly
Knisa nodded.
Samus smiled "I'm glad to hear that"
At that moment Palutena walked in, she seemed to be nervous about something and she started to pace, not even noticing the four other people in the room.
"Morning Palutena" Samus called over to her
Palutena seemed shocked that other people were in the room "M-morning, you all alright? Did you sleep well?"
They told her that they had, and asked why she was so nervous.
"Oh it's nothing really," she replied "We just have two important guests arriving today, and I'm a bit nervous about meeting them"
"Who's coming?" Trucy asked
"The Mario Brothers"
"Who are they?"
"Plumbers"
Athena thought about the conversation that Trucy and Palutena had just finished, "Why are you nervous about meeting a pair of plumbers?" She asked
"They're not just a pair of plumbers" Palutena replied "Many in this world consider them to be heroes, or even gods."
""They must be very good plumbers" Athena giggled.
"Something like that" Palutena confirmed absent mindedly. Before walking slowly out of the room.
"They're not just plumbers" Samus said, seemingly to no-one although it was obvious she was talking to Athena, Trucy and Knisa. "In their lifetime they've managed to defeat an evil dinosaur, save a few princesses, travelled many galaxies, won many races across the worlds, and a few other things as well."
The three were slightly taken aback by this.
"Does plumber have the same meaning here as it does in our world?" Trucy asked.
"If plumber in your world means something along the lines of 'toilet man who fixes other water appliances as well' then yes.."
"Then I'm pretty sure these will be the two most interesting plumbers I've ever met" Trucy declared.
"probably" Samus agreed.
Then two men flew through the opening in the room, each was wearing a suit which made them look like giant squirrel like beings, after a few seconds their suits disappeared and the were both left standing holding a brownish coloured leaf, which appeared to have a smiling face on in their hands. Both men were wearing smiles under thick, bushy moustaches.
The first of the men was short and rather round, he wore red and blue overalls and a red hat with a big white letter M printed on the front. The other was tall and skinny, he wore blue and green overalls and a green hat with a big letter L printed on it.
"Welcome" Samus said cheerily, standing up to greet the two. "I'm sorry, I'm not sure where Lady Palutena is right now, she seemed a little… overwhelmed a while ago when I last saw her."
"Don't-a- worry" said the man in red with a really thick Italian accent "There's plenty of time to catch up with her later, how you been doing Samus?"
"Alright thanks, you?"
"Good thanks, Luigi and I have had a surprisingly uneventful couple of weeks, it's nice not having to do much for a change"
Samus nodded. "You guys do always seem to be busy"
The man in red then looked over at Athena, Trucy and Knisa "I don't believe we've met before" He announced "I'm Mario and this is Luigi, it's nice to meet you"
"It's nice to meet you too" Athena replied "I'm Athena, this is Knisa" she said gesturing to Knisa "and-"
"I'm Trucy" Athena was expecting Trucy to cut in so she wasn't very surprised.
Then Palutena walked into the room, she greeted the plumbers and apologised for being absent when they arrived. She asked to have a word with them in private, and the four of them left the room without another word.
"They're supposed to be Plumbers?" Trucy asked after Mario and Luigi had left with Palutena.
"Yup." Samus replied
Trucy pictured the two unclogging a toilet… It was funny, maybe they'd be able to help Apollo.
"I'm glad you made it" Palutena told the brothers. "Things aren't going so well"
"What's been happening" Luigi asked, his accent just as thick as Mario's although his voice was higher pitched.
"Not much… yet, but I think we're in for something. Numerous cities, towns and villages are being destroyed, countless people are losing their lives and we can't find anything to give us a lead!"
"Hmmm" Mario pondered.
"And... I fear that this is just the beginning." Palutena finished worriedly.
"Have you collected the weapon yet?" Mario inquired.
Palutena nodded, "we have 'the weapon' but she is a living person with feelings and everything, I don't think we should use her for our advantage."
"I understand" Mario said" but the time might come when we don't have a choice"
Palutena didn't like this idea at all.