Sweet! The next chapter is here!

Just a quick note: the bottom half of the previous chapter was from Daisy's point of view. I never intended to that in the first place, but I thought it might strengthen the mood or something. I'll most likely keep it that way for a while.

Disclaimer: You should know by now.

Chapter 10

Just looking at his face disgusted me, and yet he was calm about it. Every time I would give him a death stare or something equivalent, he would just smile and continue doing what he was doing- like today, or whatever day it was, he was at a desk writing on a piece of paper.

"You know what this letter is for princess," he asked me. I disliked it when anyone called me a princess even though I am, but coming from his mouth I hated it very much.

"I could tell you what it could be used for," I snapped back, feeling good to vent off some off my anger.

He only smiled of course, "I love your aggression princess, do you ever think of using it to your advantage?"

What kind of question was that? Before I could even reply he spoke, "Whatever it does not matter," he began to stand up and walk toward the door, "This letter will be reaching your loved one soon."

"Luigi," I blurted out, "What do you know about him if you never left this place?"

A dark portal suddenly appeared in front of the door Mr. L was heading for. A cloaked figure emerged from it as well and Mr. L seemed pleased, "There you are."

The cloaked figure walked slowly to Mr. L, "He was defeated by Bowser."

Mr. L nodded, "I figured as much," he handed the figure his letter, "Take this to him promptly." The cloaked figure nodded and accepted the letter; as he turned to leave, his/her/whatever gender slowly turned to face my direction- it was pretty much creepy to me.

"Is that her?"

Mr. L smiled and nodded, "Yes, that is my guest: Princess Daisy Floral."

The cloaked figure looked at me one more time before motioning his/her/whatever gender hand and summoning another portal to walk through.

It is too bad really, because now I was still stuck with a paranoid freak of nature.

"Luigi...Luigi." Was someone calling my name? "Luigi, you must come back to your senses."

I must have been knocked out because I could feel my eyes slowly adjust to the light. As I came to, I noticed that I was in the hospital directed by Dr. Toadley himself. The person who was trying to arouse me to my senses appeared to Merlon himself, "Luigi, thank the Star Spirits you have come to." I sat up on the bed and looked around, all the other beds were completely filled with other residents of Toad Town; some okay, some mortally wounded, some paralyzed, some...dead.

And the more I look at it, the more I feel like a failure.

Merlon beckoned me to come with him out the room, in which I complied to do. He led to the room next to the infirmary, which was also Dr. Toadley's office.

"Does the Luigi fare well now," he started, "Why yes he is."He turned to me to give me his full attention, "Does Luigi need to seek out Bowser? I am sure he still needs to."

I could not believe what I was hearing, they still expected me to save everyone? Save everyone that is supposedly dead now?

"I cannot," I cried, tears forming as well, "Look at what happened when you all decided to trust me! Look at what happened when I failed! Are you two too stupid to realize that I cannot be the hero everyone wants me to be?" I think I might have caught them off guard with my sudden outburst, good then maybe they would just leave me alone and let me crawl under a rock and die there- however all they did was shake their and once again Merlon beckoned me to follow him and Dr. Toadley out the hospital.

We later went through the castle gates that led to Princess Peach's castle...only that...

"Were is the castle," I shakily asked, fearing for the worst.

"You are standing on it," Merlon grimaced stepping over mass rubble of what remained of the now demolished castle, "While you were away, Bowser was merciless. He stopped at nothing to destroy anything and everything," he stopped talking to pick up two distinct items, "You see this green vest and cane," he asked me while he offered them to me, "These are all that remain of the Chancellor and Toadsworth." He paused yet again to let it sink all in; my mind began to race- wanting to mourn yet will not come out, and yet here are two more significant people gone from my life and of course it is all my fault.

"Do we have a reason we expect great things from you," Dr. Toadley broke the silence, "I suppose we do."

"Luigi we know that you can accomplish great things, you just have to believe. Believe what you are fighting for and grow with it; you are more powerful than you really think you are." Merlon's words spoke deeply to me, maybe he was right- maybe all this time, I lost focus and was scared to live up to what people expected of me.

Merlon believes in me.

Dr. Toadley believes in me.

And I know from wherever they are, Mario and Peach believe in me as well.

And so does Daisy, and she is waiting for me somewhere out there.

Then it suddenly hit me, "Wait, what about Yoshi, Birdo, Birda..."

"The well-being of your friends, you ask? That...we are not sure of."

"We could not find any clue regarding Yoshi, Birdo, Birda, Birdette, nor Boshi. We would like to say they escaped, but we cannot be too sure."

Just as I was about to interject, a paper breezed by and landed right on my feet. I picked it up and read the letters scribbled on it:

So I heard you lost,

And do I dare say at a pricey cost?

You wish to find me to find Daisy,

But I refuse to see you because you are crazy.

You need to become stronger Luigi, then we will be seeing

Which one of us is the true being.

But currently you want to stop Bowser now,

Whom is heading for the place he is vowed.

I clutched the paper in my hand, feeling angry all of a sudden, "I am beginning to hate these games, Mr. L. But mark my words," I dismissed myself from Dr. Toadley and Merlon and promptly headed out the gate again, "I will become stronger."

So what do you think? Do you think Luigi will actually become stronger or remain a coward and fail to save the day? Only future chapters can tell you that and, to a certain extent, your own beliefs. ;)

Later ciao!