Chapter 9

The Forever Forest

      

       Mushroom Kingdom is swarming with Boos. For those of you people who are Nintendo impaired, Boos are ghosts. Luigi looks around and notices that the Boos are coming from the Forever Forest . “Mario! It looks like the Boos are coming from Forever Forest ! Let’s go check it out, Mario! Mario?” Mario is hiding behind a bush. He is shaking all over.

       Luigi goes over to him and taps his shoulder. “EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! DON’T HURT ME! I’M TOO YOUNG TO DIE!” Mario screams.

       “Mario you wuss. You’re scared of a couple Boos!? Oh. Now I remember. You got captured by them. And I had to rescue you! You were the one you was captured. And you weren’t the star, I was. HA! What do you say to that!?”

       “Ummm,” Mario says shakily, “I ain’t afraid of no ghosts.”

       “If you’re not scared, then let’s go into the Forever Forest .”

       “Um, you know what? Do we really have to rescue Peach? I mean, someone else might rescue her…”

       “MARIO!”

       “Oh, fine. Let’s go.”

       The Mario Brothers go into the forest. The first fifteen minutes of walking are okay. The sun is still overhead, the trees are green, and there are cute little animals near the path. But then the trees start looking more old and withered. The branches on the trees are bare. The branches start to loom overhead and form a web. The path is dark, even though it is still daytime. Then the sun starts to sink and the path ahead of them is impossible to see. But Luigi brought a flashlight (The one he used in the GCN game “Luigi’s Mansion). They continue their journey. The vegetation around them looks like from a different planet. Mario tries to run away about every ten minutes but Luigi stops him. About 11:00 at night, they cannot travel anymore. They drop on the ground exhausted. Mario fell asleep right away, but Luigi stayed awake. He knew about the trees. He had read ‘Lord of the Rings’. He knew about those devious trees, snatching up travelers and all. He couldn’t fall asleep. He didn’t. Mario wakes up at 6:38 and looks at Luigi. Luigi’s eyes are completely bloodshot.

       After a quick breakfast, the-. WHAT DO YOU MEAN ‘where did they get food?’! DON’T YOU KNOW MARIO’S TRADEMARK THINGY! THE MUSHROOMS?! THEY ARE IN A FREAKING FOREST . MUSHROOMS GROW IN FORESTS! THEY PICK THE MUSHROOMS THEN EAT THE MUSHROOMS. DON’T SAY STUFF LIKE THAT AGAIN! Okay. Now where was I? Oh yeah. After a quick breakfast, they (don’t start that again) continued their journey.

       After about another hour of traveling on the dark path, Mario turns to Luigi and says, “Hey Luigi. Is it just me, or has Bowser stopped having enemies intercept us? They stopped all of the traps too.”

       “Hmmm. You are right. But maybe he’s just doesn’t feel like doing that yet and will do it every once and a while.”

       “Yeah. That sounds about right.”

       The castle looms in the distance. But wait. It’s not a castle! It’s a mansion. Boo Mansion.

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