A/N: Another long chapter! Today, I'll be revealing the identity of the shadow figure. And our main character will be seeing some surprises that will 'shock' him.

And for those who didn't see the note in the last chapter, uploads for this story will be posted every Monday (unless I'm busy with college). Also, Hidden Bravery has reached over 1000 views! Thank you guys so much!

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Chapter 11: The Epiphany

Luigi, Mario, Sonic, Tails, and the rest of the gang, who defeated the Koopalings, Jr., and Bowser moments ago, were standing on the bridge in front of Peach's Castle. They were in awe as they gaped at the evil figure who floated in between the enchanted bubbles which held their friends and their fallen foes. Shadow was the only one who recognized the villain while the other eight allies were curious.

"Mr. Mario! Mr. Sonic! Please help us!" begged Cream.

Her Chao partner, Cheese, also pleaded for assistance. "Chao, Chao Chao!"

"Hey! You better let them go, right now!" Sonic commanded.

"Who are you anyway?" asked Amy.

The purple-skinned entity looked down at the group in silence. After a few seconds, he finally spoke. "Shall I introduce myself? I am a Shadow Spirit known as Myster Edge. But please, call me Edge if you want."

"Well from the looks of it, you don't look like someone who would hold a title like 'Mister' or even 'Master'," Mario retorted.

"No, it's not 'Mister' with an 'i'. It's MYSTER with a 'Y'!" the villain boomed. "It's supposed to be a play on the word 'mystery'!"

"I can come up with better puns than that. But does it look like we care?" Sonic questioned. "Because you don't look like a mystery at all."

"More like a poor fashion designer named José," criticized Silver.

"Will you imbeciles STOP mocking my name as well as my clothing?"

"Why are you holding them hostage?" asked Knuckles as pointed to the bubbles.

"When these guys ran into me, I had a feeling they had some more friends, and now here I am in front of you. For now, these individuals mean nothing to me. But it will be a matter of time until they become part of my plan," Edge answered sinisterly.

"Yeah, well I didn't sign up to be captured and listen to your ratty, little mouth," hissed the flower princess causing Edge to shoot a glare at her.

"Daisy, please calm down," Peach urged with a calm tone. "Now's not the time to lose control of your temper."

"Well, princess, if you haven't realized, we're stuck inside a barrier and we can't do anything about it. This thing is impenetrable," Rouge complained.

"I hate being stuck in confined places like this," muttered Blaze.

"I wanna go home!" Charmy cried as held onto Espio's shoulder.

"Will you knock it off?" the purple chameleon shushed him.

"I really wish we this bubble was bigger. I think my claustrophobia is kicking in…" Toad whined.

"And this situation is very unhealthy for Toadsworth's being," Toadette sighed.

"Oh, don't fret about me. I'm more worried about the princess," the elder Toad replied.

"Please, Toadsworth. This isn't a good time to think about just me," Peach persisted.

"Overall, we're all stuck in this stupid barrier. But can you let us out?! Or do I whip some sense out of you with these chains?" Vector threatened, holding his gold chain necklace.

Tails turned his attention to the villain's scepter which contained the red and white Chaos Emeralds. He widened his eyes as he looked at the black hedgehog. "Shadow, is that the guy you talked about earlier?"

"Yes, he has the Chaos Emeralds that Eggman originally held, according to Orbot and Cubot."

"Now if only we could get out of here this impermeable prison," the red orb-shaped android responded.

"And if only we could find our boss. I'm actually worried about him," said the yellow cube-shaped bot.

"What exactly are you going to do with them?" Luigi asked directly to the purple shadow.

Edge looked at the man in green with an interested glance. He then turned to the one in red and compared the similarities: same clothing style with the matching colored hat and shirt, overalls, and shoes, thick mustaches under their large noses, and dazzling blue eyes. He gazed his attention back to Luigi.

"Well little fellow, I heard from your friends here that it's your birthday today. And I heard your party was crashed by this ridiculous beast," he pointed, referring to Bowser.

Luigi raised an eyebrow in suspicion. "Uhh, yeah… What's your point?"

"Forgive me for interrupting your festivities even further, but I've heard some 'great things' about you," he apologized with a slight change in voice when he let out that particular phrase. "Now, allow me to give you a present, from yours truly."

Mario narrowed his eyes. "Where are you going with this?"

"And you hardly know him. Unless… he knows you," Tails hesitated, turning to Luigi.

"Don't look at me! I have no idea who he is!"

"Regardless, what do you mean by 'present'?" Sonic wanted this guy to get straight to the point. However, the Blue Blur would soon regret asking that.

"I'm so glad you asked." Raising his Chaos-powered staff, Edge hurled a large electric orb to the younger Mario brother. Without a chance to react, Luigi was instantly shocked by the strong impulse.

"EEEYAAAAAAH!" he screeched in agony. He fell on the bridge, barely losing consciousness.

"LUIGI!" Mario and Daisy both reacted. Everyone else went wide-eyed when the villain dared to hurt their friend.

Later, Myster Edge sent another attack. This time, he summoned a powerful shock wave that surprised the others. They all fell back several feet. Tails, Sonic, and Mario all landed in front of the large castle doors. Yoshi, Amy, Shadow, Silver, and Knuckles went flying into the grass and tumbled near the Mushroom Warp Pipe.

Luigi was also part of the impact, but his bad luck got the short end of the stick. He ended up falling into the moat that surrounded the exterior of Peach's Castle. But because he was barely sentient, he had little to no energy to even try to flail his arms and keep his head above water. Instead, his body sunk halfway deep. His face remained motionless, his eyes were still closed, and his lungs started to fill up drastically.

Mario managed to get up with all his might. He stumbled a little as he felt terrible now that he's in worse condition. His stomach and the front of his clothing was still covered with blood and he seemed to have hurt his left calf from the fall. Carefully watching his injured leg, Mario rushed over to the bridge's edge and peaked his head over to see Luigi's immobile body floating in the flooded trench. His first instinct was to jump into the water and carry his brother back to land; he would do anything to help Luigi, even if he had to risk his life and grieve from excruciation.

But before he could make his move, Edge directed another shock wave to him. "Don't interfere with me, pest!" After his warning, he came flying in his direction.

Mario barely leaped over it and landed awkwardly. As he turned to what was in front of him, he didn't have the time to react as he got whacked in the head with the villain's staff.

"WAAAH!" he yelled and landed on his back in front of Tails and Sonic who were on the ground, lingering from the first shock wave. The captives from above were frightened and concerned for the Mario Bros. and the rest of the team.

"No! Mario!" Peach cried when she witnessed Mario getting hurt even more. To say the princess was extremely worried was an understatement. Once she saw the blood seeping through his red shirt and blue overalls and his leg twitching, a tear escaped from her right eye.

For Daisy, the flower ruler was nervous that Luigi was stuck in the moat, continuously immobile as his face was unseen. She couldn't bear to realize at what her significant other went through: from having his birthday party being disrupted by Bowser, to receiving an unexpected jolt from some unknown figure, to possibly drowning while everyone, including herself, were helpless to rescue the man in green. Then, a thought popped in her head. Where was Colombo? The ghost dog didn't run with the others in the castle, and he never joined Luigi's side when he and the others fought Bowser and his troops. All of these thoughts put Daisy in an uncomfortable position.

Toad, Toadsworth, and Toadette were also on board as they feared about Luigi and Mario's predicaments. They were also apprehensive of Yoshi as he remained unconscious.

The Sonic team was also stressed out that Sonic and the other fighters were down. Cream and Cheese were scared for Tails and Amy the most. Blaze was anxious about Silver and Sonic. Rouge had negative thoughts about Shadow and Knuckles. Vector, Espio, and Charmy were worried about everyone in general. Orbot and Cubot were also sympathetic; they may be Eggman's loyal henchmen, but they couldn't help but feel terrible that Sonic was attacked, especially by someone they rarely know, someone who wasn't their leader.

Edge looked at the scene below him. He saw that Luigi was still underwater as a few bubbles made it up to the surface. Regardless, the birthday man was in peril. With his magical staff, he used the power to carry the drowning Mario brother from the moat. When Luigi finally had air to breathe, he choked as water came out from his mouth.

"Aack, ppbth! Huff, ugh! That was horrible!" he coughed irregularly.

"How dare you harm Luigi like that? You're gonna regret trying to hurt him in the first place. If I wasn't in this damn barrier…"

"SILENCE!" Daisy was interrupted by Edge's loud comment.

Luigi observed his surroundings and found out that he was floating in mid-air. "Hey! What am I doing up here?"

"Aah, Luigi. Such a fascinating name for an Italian plumber like you. A very scared Italian plumber," he commented.

"W-Who are y-you? Really?" he cowered with fear.

"Your worst nightmare," snickered Edge.

Back at the bridge, Mario, Sonic, and Tails recomposed themselves, shaking their heads from the dizziness and pain they severed.

"Ugh, what the hell just happened?" Sonic asked drowsily.

"I… I don't know. Do you know, Mario?" Tails turned to the red-clad man.

"Ugh," he started, feeling the aches in his left leg. "I tried to help Luigi because he's still stuck in the water. But then that bastard randomly hit me with his magic rod or whatever it is."

"Wait, he's in the water?" the fox queried.

"Yeah, he is." Mario finally took in the situation, as if he mentally facepalmed himself. "Oh, shit! He's still underwater!"

"But that doesn't make sense."

Mario gave the blue hedgehog a glance. "What do you mean?"

"If you said he's underwater, then how come I see him up there?!" Sonic pointed high causing Mario and Tails to look in his direction. The trio saw Luigi face-to-face with the purple-skinned figure.

"Luigi!" Mario exclaimed.

Luigi turned his back around to see his buddies back on their feet. "Mario!" he yelled back.

However, it was the wrong move. Edge pointed his scepter and gave Luigi another shock, this one being more powerful and agonizing than the first one.

"AAAAHHHHH! PLEASE! STOP!" Luigi's screams were loud enough to wake up Yoshi and the other fallen heroes of Team Sonic. With everyone in the middle of the scene, they all cringed as they saw the green hero endure the shocking torture.

Daisy started banging her fists on the barrier. "Stop! Why are you doing this to him?"

"Please! We want you to leave Luigi alone!" Peach begged.

"He didn't do anything wrong!" shouted Tails.

"Don't make me spin dash into your ugly face!" threatened Sonic.

More comments and pleading cries came from Luigi's friends telling the shadow entity to stop the suffering the green plumber was experiencing.

"Let my brother go!" demanded Mario.

"You want me to let him go? If you insist…" he responded with a bit of venom and an evil smirk on his face.

He pulled his staff away from Luigi's damaged body as the plumber was in more pain than his older brother. The screaming stopped, but his eyelids were halfway open as tears fell down to his red cheeks. His entire body felt numb; he couldn't feel his hands, arms, or legs. The force that kept him in the air was about to disappear which would cause Luigi to descend. But Edge didn't let him off easily. Rather than leaving him to free fall, he clutched the scepter with his two hands and slammed the orb into Luigi's face which made him plummet at an alarming pace.

"NOOO!" everyone screamed. They all had enlarged eyes as they witnessed the man in green accelerating towards the ground.

Luigi, who was about to pass out completely from all the injuries and shock waves that disabled him, had one thought in his mind.

"Am I… going to die… on a day like this? On my birthday?"

As he closed his eyes, there were tears still streaming down his face as he approached what seemed to be his doom, his end, a game over.

"Mario… Daisy… Everyone…"

His vision turned to black and everything around him felt obsolete. His entire body that he couldn't feel. Every person that he couldn't see. All sounds that he couldn't hear. Except for one last cry.

"LUIGIIIIIIIII!"

Location: ?

It was dark. There was nothing there but pure blackness that was in this surreal, yet questionable area. There was someone lying supine on the ground who was a part of this darkness. But soon, the region shimmered and there was purple all around. Staggered rocks and shards glistened in the shadows. But where was this place?

The person finally opened his eyes and blinked. After he regained his vision, he rose the upper half of his body to convert into a sitting position with his legs extended outward and his knees unbent. He looked around to the view in front in him and to his sides. He observed the various purple shards that gleamed in the dark area.

"Where am I? What is this place?" he thought, stroking his chin with his right thumb.

As he got up on his feet, he heard a familiar noise. "Huh? W-Who's there?" he stuttered. The mystery man looked around, but there was no trace of another being or entity nearby. His hands clenched into fists as they shook in front of his torso. His shoulders shrugged inward, and his legs started to rattle. The expression on his face had his mouth slightly open as his teeth chattered, his eyebrows raised in a cowardly fashion, and his eyes bulged with fear.

He heard the same noise again; it was very recognizable to his ears. It sounded spooky, yet energetic.

"BARK! BARK!"

"Aah!"

The man turned 180 degrees to find a ghost dog. Actually, it was a Polterpup. Luigi's Polterpup! (1)

"Oh, Colombo! You're here!" he replied with relief.

The canine ran up to the man (confirmed to be Luigi) and tackled him to the ground. As he fell, he got licked in the face playfully and started to laugh.

"Hahaha, calm down, boy! I'm okay! It's good to see you again!"

The mustachioed plumber patted Colombo's head, causing the spectral dog to wag his tail happily. As he held his pet in his hands, he stopped momentarily. Colombo whimpered as a sign of wondering what his owner was thinking about.

"Colombo, where were you at the time the party was crashed?" he asked with concern. "You weren't with us when we fought Bowser. Didn't you hide with the others?"

The pooch tilted his head at first before he nodded softly.

"But if you were with Peach, Daisy, and the rest of our friends, then why weren't you captured with them?"

Colombo whimpered and nudged his head in Luigi's lap.

"Did you… turn invisible to hide yourself?"

He whined, but it was his way of saying 'yes'.

"Well, I'm glad that you're safe. But I can't help but worry about them. Not just Mario and Daisy, but everyone else, too. They're like family to me." He paused and realized something odd was going on. He happened to take in some of the information based on the questions he asked his dog. Some of his memory was coming back as a visual played in his mind.

He reminisced the moment when Bowser's Koopa Clan invaded Toad Town and tried to attack the castle to take Peach away that night. Mario, Sonic, and some of the other guys fought with him to defeat the Koopalings, Jr., and the Koopa King himself. (Surprisingly, they all managed to endure the fights despite it being dark outside. Luckily, the festive lights were bright enough for the heroes to combat.) Luigi also remembered the remaining members of the party who hid in the castle, or at least tried to before they got kidnapped… by Myster Edge.

Edge. The mysterious figure he saw. The one who attacked him on the bridge. The one who nearly drowned him, unintentionally. But he was also the one who shocked him thoroughly before he passed out and sent him to a plunge, above ground though.

Now, Luigi was looking at the current situation. He and Colombo were nowhere near Peach's Castle, nor were they in the Mushroom Kingdom it seemed like. They were sitting in a dim spot with blackness covering the sky and purple shards that shined on the ground. There was no sign of Mario. No sign of Peach or Daisy. No sign of Sonic or Tails. Not even a sign of Bowser. There was no one except around the lone pair. At this point, Luigi could only wonder where the hell they were anyway.

Then, Colombo felt a strange presence. He popped his head up and sniffed the air. The ghost barked twice before jumped from Luigi's lap and ran away.

"BARK! BARK!"

"Colombo! Wait! Where are you going?" Luigi rose to his feet and chased after his pet. He could barely see the paw prints be left from the energetic Polterpup before they started to fade away from the ground. Since he ran so fast, Luigi was falling behind to the point he was about to lose track of him. If only he had his Dark-Light Device from E. Gadd… (2) Nevertheless, he never lost sight of him Colombo, but he was about twenty feet ahead.

After a few minutes of running, Luigi finally reached Colombo only to see him all tensed up. The Polterpup leaned back as his eyelids lowered and his teeth were visible as he growled.

"Colombo? Calm down, boy. What's the matter?"

He got his answer when he looked up and a twinkling light floated down from the sky. As the light descended, Colombo growled louder than before. Luigi took a slight glance at the angered Polterpup before going back to the small glimmer. Then, the light grew and shined bright that it almost blinded the plumber. He squeezed his eyes shut as he used his right hand to cover the enlarging source. Once the light dimmed, he lowered his arm and saw a figure in front of him.

But it wasn't just an ordinary, random figure.

No, it was… Myster Edge.

The cloaked villain was amused at Luigi's facial expression; his eyes were widened, his mouth was agape, and his jaw was trembling.

"Hello there… Luigi…" he grinned.

Luigi hesitated when he spoke. "I-It's… y-y-you! W-What are you doing here?! Where are we?!"

"Listen well, plumber boy… We are in the heart of a dark labyrinth known as the Oblivion. As you can see, there are tons of shards everywhere," he explained raising his hand as a guide for Luigi to look around.

After Luigi observed the region, he turned back to Edge. "Okay... But what about my friends? Where are they? And why did you attack us back at the castle?"

"You're very persistent, you helpless little worm." Luigi was taken aback by the comment that it made him angry on the inside, but he couldn't overshadow the fear he expressed. Colombo, on the other hand, was irate at Edge for offending his master.

"BARK! Grrrr!" he growled in response.

Edge glanced at the red-collared Polterpup. Raising an eyebrow, he blurted out, "Hmm, what do we have here? Another ghost? Except this one's a canine?" The purple shadow slowly approached the duo which Colombo growl louder.

"If you think you're gonna try hurting my pet, then you are one sick asshole!"

Edge turned to Luigi, baffled that he apparently swore at him. "Odd," he simply said.

"What's odd?"

"I've heard much about you from your friends. How you are a professional ghost catcher. How you're generally a sympathetic person. Someone who is easily frightened. Someone who isn't belligerent or cold-tempered. But to hear you cuss like that, it seems… uncharacteristic of you."

"How old do you think I am, six? I'm not a fucking child you know," Luigi muttered.

"But you weren't born yesterday, considering you were celebrating your pathetic birthday today."

"Shut up! Now tell me! Why did you hurt me and everyone else? What happened to my friends?" he repeated crossly.

"Fine. If you're so interested with what's going on, I'll tell you." Edge floated away from Luigi and Colombo to be distant from the tension. "As I said before, we are in a zone called the Oblivion. But technically, you're in a dream."

"W-What? What do you mean… a dream?"

"This is what you're imagining in your slumber. This dark place, my presence, even that ghost pup of yours."

Luigi looked down at Polterpup who shot a confused look at him. "So this isn't the real me? This isn't real life?" Luigi thought, thinking he could be in the mind of his dreamy self. He tried to take this information in, but it started to give him a headache.

It was when he tried to pet him that indicated that Colombo wasn't with him. Technically, he's a ghost, so it seemed normal if Luigi were to reach his hand through his transparent body (albeit that sounds weird). But he'd always 'pet' him by rubbing his stomach and head and nothing can go through his body, even though he can walk through walls. So when Luigi reached for his ghost dog, his hand went through him! Taken back by the discovery, Colombo started glitching as if his body waved around like a hologram. And before he knew it, the Polterpup disappeared.

Luigi gasped. "Colombo! Why is this happening?" he asked, looking up to Edge.

"What you are seeing is an interpretation of what is imminent. The Oblivion may not be real in your mind. But it will come to life very soon. This is the future for me, you, and everyone you know and love. Including that fat brother of yours."

Luigi had enough his insults. "Don't you DARE talk about my older brother like that."

"Well, 'Mr. Young Mario Brother', he happened to be the same guy who got captured by that humongous ghost king; not once, but twice, and you had to rescue him from a painting both times. He's also the same guy who left you hanging at the house when he left with his princess lover and her subjects on a tropical vacation. He was the one to leave you behind as a shadow, like a nonexistent, worthless being. He-"

"ENOUGH!" he bellowed with fury. Luigi never felt this enraged before. First, the figure was talking smack about Mario. Then, he ridiculed him for making his little bro feel isolated and depressed. He characterized the red-clothed Italian to make him look like he was the worst older sibling out of any family, like he didn't care about the green-clothed man. Luigi had a teardrop falling from his right eye.

After letting Luigi regain his composure, he talked again. "Besides, he's not going to be that important. You are."

"M-Me? Why me?"

"Because you're gonna be the reason why my plan will be complete."

"What plan?"

He pulled out his magical staff and pointed to the orb. "You see these valuable objects?"

Luigi's eyes bulged wide. "Th-Those are Chaos Emeralds! Wait a minute, you used their power to attack us! And you used it to shock me! Is that why I'm here? I'm unconscious because of you, and I'm seeing you as some sort of hologram?"

"Think of it as telepathy. Anyways, I have two of them and my minions are searching for the rest of them back in that blue rat's world. But as they were searching for them, I needed to take care of some business in your pretty mushroom world."

"What kind of business?" he lowered his voice with a hint of curiosity.

"Remember that vision of that dog of yours?"

"Colombo? Yeah. I mean, as long as he's okay, then that's fine knowing that he's back in the real world."

"I find it strange, because I thought he would be possessed, even if he was a hologram."

"Possessed? What makes you say that? He's a ghost. He can't possibly be controlled by some evil spirit."

"Oh, you are so innocent, mustachioed one. He should have been possessed. Not by an evil entity. But by a different reason. He should have acted hostile or at least mischievous. Yet for some reason, he wasn't like the others."

"The others?" Luigi paused to think of what Myster Edge was referring to. "The ghosts in Evershade Valley… But, the only way they would act aggressive or cheeky…" Then, it all clicked together. "THE DARK MOON!" The green-hatted plumber glared at the purple villain. "YOU broke the Dark Moon?!"

Edge smirked. "Now you've figured it out."

"But why did you do that? To all those poor ghosts? And what do you need the Chaos Emeralds for?"

"I'll be utilizing both sets of these powerful artifacts for my personal gain. When I get my hands on the Emeralds, they will be my power source. As for the Dark Moon pieces, they will be vital to what you see here. But I think you can figure that on your own. And as for the ghosts, they will be under my bidding, just like the robots in the other world."

Luigi somewhat understood Edge's scheme. He knew his intentions were to find and retrieve collect the remaining five Chaos Emeralds since the red and white ones were in his possession. But he thought it seemed fuzzy on why he needed the Dark Moon to be destroyed and how they tie in with the gems from Sonic's world. And he expected the celestial body to be broken into six separate fragments, just like what happened the first instance when King Boo shattered it.

"You're not going to get away with this, you evil, twisted bastard!" Luigi leered.

"That's what you think. And to reiterate, you will be the one that will make my plan work. To destroy all worlds…"

Luigi was getting a sense of déjà vu, making him mentally groan. He and Mario had to deal with 'the end of all worlds' cliché too many times in the past. But the fact that the antagonist is referring to him to be part of the evil plot gave him uncomfortable flashbacks. He reminisced the time when Nastasia brainwashed him back in Castle Bleck to transform into Mr. L and was considered 'the man in green' that was indicated in both books of the Prognosticus, the Light and the Dark, to be the one who determined the fate of all worlds and dimensions. (3) Now, he was told that he was a vital piece to Edge's master plan, which made him visibly upset.

"I know you have collected the Dark Moon pieces back on that ghost quest with your nutty professor friend. But don't even bother looking for them a second time if you hate fighting ghosts. And if you and your friends try to search for the Chaos Emeralds, then I won't hold back the consequences you will suffer. Basically, if you try to be the hero, you'll never live up to that title. You're nothing but a pushover. A pacifist. A loser," he scolded.

Luigi ran another tear down his face from his harsh speech. He thought solemnly to himself about the dilemma. "I'll have to capture those poor ghosts again. And they'll be as reckless like before, or even worse. As for the Dark Moon, they must be held by those Possessor Ghosts again. But who knows where they are hiding. And the Chaos Emeralds, Sonic and Shadow each have one. He has two. So, there's three left in their world. But… am I even worth it to restore everything back to normal? Or is this strictly for Mario and Sonic to deal with? Am I really just a pathetic human being?" The green-clad man was conflicted.

Edge looked at Luigi one last time. "Well then, there's no time to waste. Your real form will be awake very soon. But when you do wake up, just know that you'll do nothing to stop me. Not even your friends as well."

With that, he clutched his large scepter as an ominous aura glowed from the Chaos-powered orb. Immediately, he whipped the weapon towards Luigi as another light blinded him.

"AAAHHHH!"

The brightness flowed throughout the imaginary vision of the Oblivion. Luigi's eyesight then faded from white to black in a matter of seconds. There was complete silence. Not a sound could be heard.

But then, a name was called, followed by a whimper. There were some distinct phrases heard nearby. They all came from some familiar voices.

"Luigi… Luigi…"

"Please…wake up… We need you…"

"Bro… are you okay?"

END OF CHAPTER

Talk about a horrible way to end someone's birthday. And this dream Luigi had made him realize of the events that spiraled to where he is right now. But where exactly is he since we got a view of Luigi in the epiphany while meeting the villain?

Also, I hope you guys like the name 'Myster Edge'. I described his appearance back in Chapter 2, but I didn't know what to name him at that time. While I was writing this chapter, it just popped in my head and I stuck to it.

So now, we know about most of the antagonist's scheme, and Luigi is stuck in the middle of it. Where will this story go next? Stay tuned for Chapter 12.

Thanks for reading! Please review, follow/favorite, and I'll see you guys next time!

Post-Chapter Notes:

(1): Frankly, I forgot to add Colombo to the scene where Bowser invaded Peach's Castle and from there, I didn't know what role to give him. I tried to make up the fact that he went invisible (because he's a ghost) throughout the course of Chapters 8-10. If you were wondering what happened to Luigi's Polterpup, then there you go. Hopefully this clarifies everything.

(2): The Dark-Light Device is an accessory attachment to Luigi's flashlight in Dark Moon. This fixture shines a rainbow-colored light that uncovers invisible objects and pathways that the Boos have hidden throughout the mansions. It could also be helpful to find the runaway Polterpup(s) in the Dark Moon Quest and the ScareScraper mode.

(3): (SPOILERS!) In Super Paper Mario, Luigi was one of the key figures, referenced in the books of prophecies (Light and Dark). Count Bleck mentioned that 'though the man in red shall wield formidable powers, one shall stand against him. The man in green shall use the Chaos Heart's power to bring darkness to all.' This indicated that Luigi was the perfect host for the Chaos Heart for the Void to consume all worlds. In the Light Prognosticus, Merlon explained to the 'legendary hero', Mario, that he was the one to stop the Dark Prognosticus from becoming true, yet the 'man in green', Luigi, was the one to determine which prophecy will overpower the other.