AU: Hello, again. I know that this is a very short chapter and I apologize. I'm mainly just posting it to tell you that I'm alive and writing, although not much. I've been doing a role play with a friend, and I've become more involved in that than in my stories, and again, I'm sorry. I'll try to write more often for this, but I'm not promising. I have commitment issues... hehe...
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"Um… ma'am?" I stare at the woman in pink, sleeping before me. Her blonde hair is a slightly brighter tint than Zelda's. There's a crown perched atop her head, but I've never seen her before. Is she in costume? Perhaps she's one of the town performers from Castle Town.
"M….Mario…." She says, still fast asleep. Poor girl… She must have lost her lover, or someone close to her during the takeover. I look up from her, and inspect the room. Why is there so much metal? I see a door over near the corner…
"Just… take it easy." I say to her, although I know she doesn't hear it. I need to see where that door leads. I have a lady of my own to worry about. Maybe Zelda's here somewhere, too.
Suddenly, a wave of panic rushed over me. Zelda is dead. Wait a second… I should be dead. Why aren't I dead? Unknowingly, a smile formed in my lips. If I'm not dead, Zelda isn't either. I look out of the doorway. A dimly lit hallway with multiple paths branching out of it lies in front of me. For one last time, I look at the girl in a princess outfit lying nearby. She looks a little older than me, yet much more naïve and innocent. It's almost as if she somehow kept her childlike sense of wonder. She looks healthy, so I won't feel bad leaving her on her own. I have to find Zelda.
So many paths, twists, and turns… Which way is correct? It feels like the Lost Woods back at home, but only worse. I decide to go right on my first turn, and then left on the next. The hallways look identical to each other, with no signs of normal rooms. How am I supposed to find the right way?
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The nightmare won't stop. Seeing the entifoes take me over and over again… Maybe this is what it's like after you die. Seeing your final moment over and over again, wishing you could have done something to stop it. Something that could've saved you and your loved ones. Something that could make you a hero. Who am I kidding? I'm no hero. I let my kingdom get totally consumed by these things, and at the final moment, I run over to Mario's house for help. Seeing that helpless look in his eyes is what is haunting me the most in these visions. If Mario is scared, then it's all over. I wake up with a tears running down my cheeks.
"Crying again…" I mumble to myself. I really need to stop this.
Is this hell? I finally look around. It seems like my version of hell. I can't believe that not so long ago, I was out golfing with Mario and all of my friends. Life is so much different now. I guess this isn't life, though, is it? I'm all alone again, just like whenever I'm kidnapped by Bowser. I think I'd rather Bowser over this fate, though. Because this time, as pathetic as it sounds, I know Mario can't rush in to save me. He's dead, too, probably in his own hell. There's no hope, is there? It's not like anyone else is here. I'll probably go crazy within a month, if there's even a concept of time here…
I think of everyone back home. Mario, Luigi, Daisy, Rosalina, all my toad friends, and even Wario and Waluigi. How I'd love to see their faces again. Before I know it, I find myself with my face buried into my skirt, sobbing.
I really need to stop this.