Gamer4 in. Yes, it's Summer! Well, since school's out, I'll probably be updating more often. So, that said, here's the next chapter!

Disclaimer: I'd say I own the Warriors series instead of Erin Hunter, or the Smash Bros. franchise instead of Nintendo, but I don't want to get sued.

Chapter 8

Luigi

"So that's a brawl?" Firestar asked as the four walked down the hall.

"Yeah," Zelda said.

"What were those things that they were breaking?" Graystripe asked.

"The ball?" Mario asked.

"Yeah."

"We call those Smash Balls. When they appear during a brawl, we can break them open, and use them to get a boost in power that lets us do a very powerful move."

"What's yours?" Graystripe asked curiously.

"Me?" Mario asked. "I let loose a gigantic column of fire that burns every smasher in its path. Zelda pulls out an arrow made of pure light, and fires it. Anyone hit by it gets instantly killed."

As Firestar and Graystripe looked at each other, Mario looked ahead and said, "Oh, there's Luigi." The two looked forward and saw a man that looked almost exactly like Mario hurrying towards them. There were only small differences. He was taller and thinner. His moustache was a little more even, and he was dressed in green.

"Hey, bro!" Luigi said as he got to them. "How's it going? Who are these two?" he asked as he saw Firestar and Graystripe.

"These are, um," Mario said, trying to decide whether to tell Luigi or not. He decided to tell him. It would feel wrong to lie. "Well, do you remember that book series I read? You read it once?"

"Warriors?" Luigi asked. "Yeah, it was good, but what about it?"

"Do you remember the main characters, Firestar and Graystripe?"

"Yeah."

Mario hesitated for a second. It might weird Luigi out. Then again, if going through a haunted mansion to save his brother, who had been turned into a painting, didn't make him insane, than this would probably be okay. "Zelda accidentally brought them into the real world when she was trying to bring Midna into this world."

Luigi looked at them for a second, then turned back to Mario. He gave a small smile, and said, "Does this mean that-"

"One word about the cake being a lie and I will kill you," Mario cut him off, knowing what he was about to say. "This is serious. I mean, how would you like it if we were, say, a video game franchise?"

Luigi, done trying to laugh about it, said, "Ah, that's impossible. What would it be, some kind of platformer?"

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Meanwhile, in another dimension, a gamer was putting New Super Mario Bros. into his DS.

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"It would suck," Luigi said. "But, Mario, I need to tell you something."

"What is it, Luigi?"

"Last night, when you were asleep, I was watching a movie, and I saw someone walking by our room. And he wasn't a smasher."

"What did he look like?" Mario asked curiously.

"Well, he had white skin-"

"And black everything else?" Zelda asked.

"Yeah," Luigi said. "Black clothes, black hair. And on his hands, he had claws. Like-"

"Freddy Crougar?" Zelda asked.

"Will you please stop that?" Luigi asked. "But yeah, he had claws like Freddy."

"Do you know something about this guy?" Mario asked Zelda.

"Yeah, he came through with Firestar and Graystripe," she answered grimly. "I thought he was unconscious, but when I brought back Master Hand, he'd gone. Where did he go, Luigi?"

"I didn't follow him, but if I had to guess, I'd say he left the mansion. There's not much reason for him to stick around, is there?"

"I guess not," Zelda said. "Does that sound like anyone from Warriors?"

She was looking at Mario, but Firestar answered. "The claws sound like Tigerstar, but he was killed not that long before you pulled us out. It couldn't be him. Besides, he's not the right color. He's not black."

"Was that racist?" Luigi asked, looking at him.

"No, it wasn't," Mario answered for them. "I doubt they even know what that is."

"What is racist?" Firestar asked.

"Never mind," Mario said quickly. "Well, we're showing them the mansion, Luigi, care to join us?"

"Sure," Luigi said. "Their book is about cats, right?" Mario nodded. "Well, I can't wait to show them the race track."

Well, that's it for that chapter. As usual, please R&R. Just no flames, please. Gamer4 out.