I know you don’t want this to be over. You want just a little more to read, huh? Welll, I won’t disappoint you. There’s just a little bit more to read; a teaser for the second Mario Story. If you’re dieing to know the title, here it is…

The Mario Story 2: Darkness in Delfino

You probably shouldn’t known the title by now, considering I’ve put up some ads. So without further ado, here it is, the first chapter of the second Mario Story…

Chapter 1

Home Again

          SLAM! Luigi enters the house and collapses on the couch. Mario is at TV, playing Gamecube.

          “Not so easy is it.” Mario says.

          “How in the world do you do it?” Luigi asks as he grabs a soda from Mario’s “secret” stash. “You’re so fat! I’m in much better shape than you!”

          “I’M NOT FAT! I’M BIG BONED!”

          “But I thought that you wanted to be fat. Remember the last adventure.”

          “That was then, this is now.”

          “You go ahead and tell yourself that.

          “Okaaay. Then I guess you don’t want to see my seeecrrreet.”

          “What is it.

          “Take back what you said.”

          “(sigh) Fine. I’m sorry.”

          “Okay.”

          Mario holds up two plane tickets.

          “We’re going on a vacation!”

          “You’re joking. Let me see those.”

          Luigi grabs the tickets and tests them with his vacation plane ticket tester that he got by sending in proof-of-purchases. They’re real. Even better yet, they’re plane tickets to go to the island of Delfino, the most relaxing place on earth (kind of).

          “How on mushroom kingdom did you get these.”

          “Your “secret” stash of money.”

          “Oh. WAIT A MINUTE!”

          A brief food-fight followed until Luigi threw an Olive into Mario’s eye.

The Next Day…

          Mario and Luigi arrive at the airport. Luigi is surprised to see that Peach is also there.

          “Hello Peach. I didn’t know that you were coming.”

          “Hello Luigi. I haven’t thanked you enough for rescuing me. Here, take this.”

          Peach hands Luigi some Gas-X.

          “?”

          “Mario said that you’d like this.”

          Luigi turns to Mario and gives him…

Pure Evil Stare of Death!

       Mario shudders.

       “Did you get anything for me Peach?” Mario asks.

       “Ummm. You already got your reward.”

       “When?”

       “We’ve got to go.”        

       They talk for a bit longer, then head over to Peach’s privet jet. They reach security. Peach walks through without any problem. Same with Luigi. Mario sets it off, but keeps walking. Security immediately tackles Mario and gives him a personal search. They find a couple coins, a safety pin, a hand grenade, Excalibur, a paper clip, the Holy Grail, a piece of the True Cross, Soul Edge, the Ring made by Souron, Soul Caliber, The Master Sword, Harry Potter’s wand, and a rubber duck. Peach uses her amazing diplomacy and makes the security let Mario through. They stop to get a four Cinnabuns (Mario complained that their wasn’t enough frosting on the first one), then finally reach their Gate, number 27.

       “Wow,” Luigi says as he looks at the plane, “it’s so small, and so pink.”

       “Your favorite color Luigi.” Mario says.

       Luigi glares at Mario. Mario shudders and looks over at another gate and sees someone familiar sitting in one of the seats.

       “Hey Luigi, isn’t that that stupid writer Michael?”

       Michael looks up, grins evilly, and writes something down on his notepad. Mario’s rubber chicken comes alive and starts attacking Mario. Security comes and tackles Mario, shoots the rubber chicken, and then takes Mario’s hat. Mario starts crying. He then goes over to a vending machine, and inputs the number AA-24. A hat pops out of the machine.

       “How’d that vending machine get there?” Luigi asks.

       “What vending machine?” Mario replies.

       The vending machine had vanished.

       “Spooky.” Peach says.

       “Very spooky.”

       Mario leaves the vending machine (that doesn’t exist) and goes over to the phones.

       “What are you doing!? We’re boarding in five minutes!”

       “Hold on just a sec, I just need to make a quick phone call.”

       Mario looks over at the phones to see ET making a phone call home.

       “Then again…”

       A voice sounds over the intercom.

       “Now boarding flight TK-427, all passengers get on board or slowly die one thousand painful deaths. Thank you.”

       They all board the plane. The safety video thing goes on in the plane, but Mario turns it to the Mushroom Bowl XXV, Fearsome Goombas VS the Dive-bombing Paratroopas. Peach slaps Mario, and changes it to the Dollies with Ashley and Kate. Luigi pokes them both, then changes it to Plant Life with Ms. Spore. A flight attendant comes, punches all three of them, and puts the safety video back on. All three punch the flight attendant and put on Most Extreme Elimination Challenge.

       When they are about fifteen minutes away from Delfino, a video plays. The island inhabitants are talking about the sun-drenched island of Delfino. It’s great five-star resort hotels, it’s amusement parks, and it’s succulent seafood. Mario starts drooling at the sound of seafood. Luigi starts drooling at the sound of amusement parks. Peach gives an excited squeak (You didn’t think she would drool, did you?) at the sound of the hotels. Peach notices something strange though. In the background of the video, there is a figure that looks exactly like Mario, but it is shadowy and watery.

       “Mario? Luigi?” Peach asks. They both just sit there and drool.

       The video shuts off and Luigi looks out of the window to see a disturbing sight. There is goop all over the runway. A toad gets sucked into it because he thought it was Jell-O. The rest of the toads jump in to “go for a swim”, then start screaming for help.

       “Mario, don’t you think that it is odd that that there is goop all over the runway and that a toad gets sucked into it because he thought it was Jell-O and also that then rest of the toads jump in to “go for a swim”, then start screaming for help?”

       “No.”

       “Don’t you find it odd that Jason and the Argonauts are fighting skeletons?”

       “Not at all.”

       “Don’t you find it odd that Elvis Presley is doing a performance and has just been abducted by aliens?”

       “WHERE!” Mario screams as he tries to get a better look.

       A voice sounds over the speaker.

       “Ladies and Gentlemen, due to “technical” problems, we are unable to land on the runway, prepare for a crash landing…”

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