A Mario and Luigi Brothers Short Story: The game's beggining, the misfortune

The two brothers landed on the opposite side of

the pipe. The scenery around them had trees, which

looked like coconut trees, but smaller. In front of

them lay a long winding path that split to the left

and the right, at the middle, and went deeper into the

trees.

"Ok" said Luigi. "Now we need a referee to make

sure were each timed fairly."

"Whatever" said Mario

Luigi took a short flute from his back pocket and

blew a few notes on it.

"He should be here any minute now."

"Who should be here?" asked Mario confused.

"Oh, a friend" said Luigi with a smile.

Mario turned around at a loud rustling sound

coming from a small bush behind them. A small figure

jumped out of the bush. The figure looked like a ball

of root with a blue flower on its head and two short

legs on the bottom of it.

"III'm here!" said the litle thing while running

up beside Luigi's right leg.

"Is this your friend?" Mario asked.

"Yes, this is Blue, he'll help time us." Luigi

looked down to where Blue was standing and bent

down. "Blue, we need you to get on a high up cliffe

and time my brother and I on how long it takes us to

stomp ten goombas."

"Alrighty, I can do that" said Blue

enthusiastically.

Blue scurried into the forest and no sooner had

he went in, then he re-appeared on a ledge above Mario

and Luigi.

"Ok you guys, I'm ready!" said Blue.

Luigi turned to his brother and said, "Now, I'll

go second, which gives you the honor and prestige of

going first, and remember, the goal is to stomp ten

goombas as fast as you can. Blue will time us from up

on the ledge."

"This will be all too easy." said Mario coolly

while getting down into a position like he was about

to run a marathon race. "Just say when to go."

"You ready Blue?" Luigi asked, looking up to

where Blue was standing.

"Ready and waiting" Blue yelled back.

"Go!" Luigi yelled at the top of his lungs.

Mario dashed straight off down the path and then

took the right path into the woods. No sooner had

Mario gone into the woods, then he spied two goombas

side by side ahead of him. Mario immediately squatted

down and like a spring, shot straight up and towards

one of the two goombas. Mario squashed the goomba to

the left and when the other one saw Mario, it tried to

turn and run away, but Mario was already going towards

it and then with a thud, the goomba was stomped flat.

"Easy" Mario said with a smirk and a glint of

confidence in his eyes. Mario raced towards his next

target.

"How many has he stomped now Blue?" Luigi asked.

"Two" Blue replied dryly.

"Two already!? How in the world did he stomp two

goombas already!? Dang!"

Luigi was kicking the ground and complaining his

brother had all the luck when Blue said, "Five now"

"Momamia!" Luigi yelled angrily, scaring a few

birds out of the trees near them.

"He-he, sounds like Luigi knows I've hit five,

but man, this is harder than I thought, my legs are

getting tired from all the running and jumping." Mario

was running towards another goomba when he felt

something grab his leg and then fell flat on his face,

knocking him out. The thing that grabbed him, pulled

him into thew bushes and they were gone.

"Luigi, Luigi!" Blue had begun yelling

frantically.

"What is it Blue? Luigi asked curiously.

"Mario disappeared, I don't see him anymore!"

Blue yelled, while jumping up and down.

"Whaaa! How could that happen, I thought you were

watching him?" Luigi's voice had a hint of fear in

it. "Do you remember where you saw him last when he

disappeared?"

"Yeah, I saw him fall and then it was like his

body just vanished."

"Fall? The vanish? What the heck is going on?"

Luigi pondered to himself. "Take me to the spot where

he disappeared last Blue, please."

"Ok" Blue replied sympathetically. He knew Luigi

was concerned for his brother and wanted to help any

way he could.

Blue jumped down from the ledge and landed beside

Luigi. He ran past him and called to Luigi, "Comon,

follow me Luigi" Blue lead Luigi down the straight

path, then took the same right path Mario had taken

and passed the two squished goombas on their way. They

continued forward till Blue stopped and looked down.

"What is it Blue? There something there?" Luigi

walked up beside Blue and looked down to where Blue

was looking. "That looks like the impression of a face

in the ground." Luigi remembered Blue said he saw his

brother fall and came to the conclusion that this was

his brother's face, after all, it had a mustache, and

only Mario and Luigi himself had one in all the

Mushroom Kingdom.

"Look Luigi, the face is smeared across the

ground to the bushes over there." said Blue, while

looking to where the smear trail lead.

"Forget the contest Blue, it looks like my

brother may have been captured, and were going to find

him, lets follow the smear lines through the bush and

see where they lead us."

"Good idea" replied Blue, following closely

behind Luigi's footsteps.