The Demon: A New Enemy (A Mr. L Story)

Sweet Dreams

Mario POV

I looked at the figure in front of him.

How could I not have seen it? How could I be so foolish?

The figure started to speak.

???: Your end has come. Your sins have been determined... you will not go to the Overthere or the Underwhere... rather... you shall be a bodiless soul seen by no one.

The figure lifted the axe, and then let it swing down onto me.

Mario: Noooo!!

-----------

I woke up in a cold sweat. It was just a dream... just a dream...

 I looked at the clock. 

7:30 am.

I slipped out of bed and put on my usual outfit; a red shirt, blue overalls, brown shoes, and my trusty red hat with my first initial on it. 

I peeked into Luigi's room. Luigi is my little twin brother, and (somehow) we are 82 days apart. 

Luigi is still fast asleep. 

Strange. He normally wakes up at this hour.

I went downstairs to make breakfast. 

While the pancakes were cooking, Luigi came downstairs, his hair a mess and his pajamas twisted. 

Mario: Hey, Weeg! Want some pancakes?

Luigi: No, thanks...

Luigi plopped onto the couch. 

Lately, Luigi had been acting... weird. He didn't want to eat, he was always sleeping, and he was terribly shaky. I'm worried about him.

Mario: Well, you have to eat something! I don't want you to starve! 

Luigi groaned. He used to be all for eating. Now, a few months after he was kidnapped, he was beginning to become sickly.

Luigi: ... I guess I'll have a pancake.... but only to make you stop talking. 

Mario: Uh... okay...

Luigi: I'll be right back. I'm gonna get ready for the day.

Mario: Alright, see you.

Luigi sulked up the stairs. How is he still tired? 

There was a knock at the door. 

Mario: Hello?

There was nobody there. Just when I was about to close the door, an arrow whizzed past my face, with a note attached to it.

It read:

𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐, 𝑨 𝒘𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑨 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝑨 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝑮𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅, 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆... 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒔, 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆. 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 3 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓. 𝑰𝒇 𝑰 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 - 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝑳𝒖𝒊𝒈𝒊 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐 𝑱𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒐 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑫𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔. 3 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒆𝒕. 𝑵𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.

𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎, 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑬𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒓 

I was trembling with every word it said. My brother was influenced? How?

Then I remembered. Luigi was mysteriously sick. 

I came to one conclusion:

The kingdoms will fall either way... unless I put a stop to this new enemy.