Deep in a dark, higher place, Master Hand looked down upon the many worlds that were beneath him. They floated in infinity before him. He could destroy them all in one fell swoop if he had chosen to. Be rid of all the pesky heroes that plague all of existence once and for all…
…No…That wasn't the mission. His goal was to create chaos and show the worlds who their maker are. Hope would become non-existent and terror will reign. He formed a fist and powered up. The bubbles surrounding the worlds began to shift.
Mario and his younger brother, Luigi, were walking a dusty path in Mushroom Kingdom when the ground beneath began to shake violently. Cracks broke through the surface and trees fell. "Mario, what is going on!" Luigi yelled, pulling on his brother's arm. "I don't know! Just hold on!" Mario yelled back.
Back in infinity, Master Hand released his grip and a surge of power was let loose. The worlds all rotated around him and collided together in a burst of light! Letting out a blood-curdling laugh, Master Hand disappeared back into the darkness…
"…Is it over?" Mario whispered. He looked over at Luigi, who had his hands covering his eyes. "I don't know. I think I've gone blind! Help me Mario!" Mario walked over to his brother and snatched his hands from his eyes. "Stop being stupid, Luigi." The red-hatted plumber scanned the area. The whole area was demolished. How could this happen? It seemed like a normal day just a few moments ago. Who could have done thi…
"BOWSER!" Mario yelled out loud. His face grew red and he made a dash for Princess Peach's castle. This was no doubt that ugly monster's doing and he was not going to get away with this. Obviously, he was after the princess and he would go to such crazy lengths to get her. "Mario, wait!" Luigi called out. He started running after his brother, but was stopped by uneasy feeling like he was being watched. He looked around him…nothing…
He was about to start running again before a hand reached out and grabbed his shoulder. "AHHHHH!" He screamed and turned around. He saw a hole in the middle of the space with creepy arms and legs trying to come out. "MARIOOOOOOOOOOO!" Luigi screamed. Hearing his brother's despair, Mario turned back around to see the horrifying sight. They had Luigi by the neck and he couldn't move. Mario charged up a fireball in his palms and shot it at the limbs that constrained Luigi! The released Luigi ran behind his older brother, gasping for air.
A loud scowl was heard from inside the hole. Suddenly the creatures stretched their heads out from the dark abyss and soon they surrounded the two brothers. "Alright Luigi! Time to fight, okay?" Mario encouraged. Luigi nodded and gulped. They both clasped hands and started to spin. Once they let go, they spun faster and knocked many of the creatures out of the way. They stopped at once and gave a group of them an uppercut to the face, sending them flying.
Landing on the ground, they eyed their fallen enemies. "I think we did, Mario." Luigi smiled. Mario nodded until he saw the horrifying sight of them getting back up on their feet. In addition, more were coming out of the hole. "It's not over yet. Let's try it again!" Mario said. They start to send multiple rounds of fireballs towards the monsters, knocking them down with each blow. However, when one falls another takes their place until they were soon overwhelmed.
"Mario, I can't…I can't keep this up!" Luigi exclaimed. "You have to try, Luigi! We can't stop now or we'll lose!" Mario yelled back. That distracted him unfortunately and one creature managed to get ahold of him. "Damn. Get off me!" He suddenly felt weak in his knees and didn't think he'd be able stand up much longer. The enemies started to circle around him. Luigi, noticing his brother's predicament, managed to escape his attackers long enough to clear out the ones torturing Mario. Helping him to his feet, They smiled at each other and clasped hands one more time.
"This is going to take you all out." Mario warned. Green and red fire started to envelope their hands. Their eyes shone brightly amidst the heat. "1..2..3..fire!" they both yelled. An inferno was let loose upon the monsters, scorching the path it was on to a crisp. Once the smoke cleared and the dust settled, there was no sign of their attackers. "Now we did it…Great job little brother." Mario panted, falling to his knees. Luigi smiled as he looked onto the horizon.
The sky was mixture of red, orange, yellow...and strangely purple and black towards the end of it. An ominous sense of foreboding haunted him all of a sudden…
A hand grabbed him from behind him and covered his mouth from speaking. He let out a loud shriek however, catching Mario's attention before more hands grabbed him and pulled him into the hole they came from. The last sight he saw was his brother struggling to reach for him before everything went dark…
Mario was about to jump into the hole after them before he was stopped by a creature who resembled him almost, but not quite. It looked like the ones who took his brother, but shorter. He braced his self for the battle when he was shocked to see it was charged what looked like to be a fireball into its hand. "No…it can't be…" he mumbled before being sent flying into a nearby fallen tree.
…He awoke to find himself all alone…stuck in the debris of the fallen tree. What happened? Oh yeah…his brother was taken away. Those monsters…they couldn't have been Bowser's doing. They were too strong to be Bowser's henchmen. What in the world was happening? He had to find out.
Looking into the horizon, he knew that in order find Luigi, he had to follow the darkness…