I travelled through many pipes, it was a maze. But eventually, I popped up out of a toilet in a small house. The house was very colourful but I didn't have time to look around, I had to get out of there before someone found me. I ran out of the bathroom and kept running in the hope of finding the front door.
Suddenly, I crashed into someone. He wasn't exactly a man; he was a mushroom-like midget with a red polka dotted hat.
"Who are you? And what are you doing in my house?" the mushroom-midget-person-thing said.
"Sorry, I was just looking for my brother, he disappeared down a toilet and I tried going after him but I ended up in here," I explained in a fluster.
"Looking for your brother eh? Well earlier I saw a feller that looked a lot like you. Red hat and overalls, was that him?" the mushroom-midget-person-thing asked.
I nodded. "That's him! Where is he now?" I said.
"Last time I saw, he was heading towards Bowser's castle."
"Is Bowser that guy that keeps kidnapping princesses?" I asked.
The mushroom-midget-person-thing nodded. "That brother of yours says he's going to save her," he said.
"Oh no," I sighed. "Bowser's a giant; umm... what is Bowser anyway?"
"A koopa."
"Oh, but that's not the point! The point is, Mario's gonna get stomped into oblivion, I have to save him!"
I burst out the door and sprinted off towards Bowser's castle.
It took me about and hour or two to get through the castle. Why was Bowser's castle so big anyway? Finally, I made it to the final room where Mario and Bowser were having an epic face off.
"Mario!" I yelled bursting into the room.
"Who the heck is that?" Bowser asked.
"Louis!" Mario exclaimed.
"Luigi," I corrected.
"Sorry, Luigi. But what are you doing here?" Mario asked.
"Trying to stop you getting killed," I replied.
"Killed? Are you kidding? I've still got 20 HP left, and Bowser's almost defeated, look."
I didn't know what HP was but I watched Mario as he leaped on Bowser's head and Bowser collapsed to the floor.
"OK fine, I guess you win this time Red," Bowser grumbled. "But I'll be back."
"My name is Mario," Mario replied. "Don't forget it."
I figured that now wasn't the time to mention that Mario had forgotten his own name only two hours ago.
"Come on Liam, let's go find the princess," he said and left the room.
I followed, grumbling about the fact that Mario kept getting my name wrong.
Mario somehow knew the exact way to the room where the princess was being imprisoned. He led us there without hesitation and soon, we were standing in 'The prison room'.
There, inside a huge metal cage, stood a princess in pink. Princess Peach.
"Princess, I've come to save you," Mario announced.
Peach's eyes widened. "Really?" she said. "But, who are you? Did my Dad send you?"
Mario shook his head, and then suddenly, he came over all shy. This was a turn up for the books! Mario is never shy, I'm the cowardly one.
"Nope. I'm Mario and this is my brother Leonard-"
I scowled. "Are you doing that deliberately?" I interrupted.
"What?" Mario asked, oblivious.
"Getting my name wrong," I replied. "My name is Luigi. Not Louis or Liam or Leonard, Luigi."
Mario tried to look innocent but I saw the flicker of a smile and I knew he was winding me up.
"Well anyway," he said trying to get back on the topic of what we were doing here. "We heard about you being kidnapped on the news and… well… we've come to rescue you."
Peach smiled. "Oh, thank you! I've never been rescued before, my Dad always has to pay Bowser to get me back," she said.
"I guess we'd better find a key then," I said.
"Pfffffft," Mario announced. "Who needs keys?"
He drew a hammer out from his pocket (Don't ask how) and smashed the lock off. The door swung open and Peach walked out. She kissed Mario on the tip of his nose. I thought this was nice but I couldn't help being a little jealous. I didn't have a gilfriend yet but it looked like Mario did.
"You'll have to meet my dad," Peach said. "He'd be delighted to know that there was a new hero in town."
"Ahem," I said.
"Two new heroes," Peach corrected herself.
Mario and Peach headed towards the door.
"But Mario, shouldn't we be getting home?" I asked.
"Home? Are you kidding? We should stay here forever. Back at home, we're just normal kids, but here, we're heroes, Luigi! Heroes!"
I grinned, I couldn't argue with that.
So Mario had out of the blue, turned from a selfish and sneaky teenager into a hero! He went on to rescue Peach (and other princesses too) again, over a dozen times. It was all thanks to that knock to the head. Does that mean that I was to thank for all of Mario's heroic deeds? Probably not, but I like to think so. The new Mario is A LOT different to the old Mario. He actually cares about other people which is a change and he's a much better brother to me, always kind and caring. I still miss the old Mario sometimes though, not often, but it's a bit weird having your brother have a sudden personality change.
The End
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