An Unexpected Family (With us, it was bound to happen eventually.)

Chapter 2: First Holiday (December 25)

It was fairly quiet this morning. The glittering night sky was fading as the golds and pinks of the early morning sunrise began to come. The halls were dark and quiet, saved for the occasional snore or two. Rabbid Mario had the great idea of staying up all night, but with the lack of sleep, he couldn't remember why he had stayed up at all. It was so silent.

Rabbid Mario decided that he didn't like the quiet. So he gets out of his bed and steps out of his room.

There wasn't anything in particular that came to mind when he thought of something he could do. It was probably 5 in the morning, and nothing exciting usually happens until at least 6 on a good day. He was going to have to find something to entertain himself with. Maybe, someone. Someone who would agree to whatever insane idea he would come up with.

Rabbid Mario clung to the shadows as he crept down the hallway, being careful not to wake anyone up. He passed by Luigi and Mario's room, and had to take a brief pause in fear of accidentally waking up Luigi. Those floorboards should probably get checked out.

With that done, he makes it to the first stop in his quest to execute his plan. He slowly opens the door to Rabbid Luigi's room.

Now, if you were to ask Rabbid Mario, you'd put something in your room to decorate it. Painted walls, trinkets, plants, any kind of decoration. But Rabbid Luigi's room was a bit messy. Messy in the sense that it was boring. There was a bed, a window, a door, a shelf. Nothing that stood out. Nothing that really defined him, like how Rabbid Mario had his strength and Rabbid Peach had her diva-ness.

Tip-toe-ing, he creeps up to Rabbid Luigi's bed. The Rabbid was snoring a storm, reminding Rabbid Mario of the strange contraption a few other Rabbids had built once. A leaf blower, was it? With this noise, he could wake the whole castle! Rabbid Mario should take a more delicate approach in waking him up at this hour.

So he slaps him. Hard.

With a startled bwah, Rabbid Luigi shoots up, jumping at a height that could rival Mario, and falls face first to the floor. Rabbid Mario shushes him immediately, softly but intensely bwahing about how he could have woken up everyone else with the noise. Rabbid Luigi pulls himself off the floor, and waves his Bworb in front of Rabbid Mario's face, preparing to fire, in a wobbly stance that clearly showed he was still half asleep. Rabbid Mario snatches it, and shakes the Rabbid in green to wake him up all the way.

Rabbid Luigi blinks, looks at Rabbid Mario, and bwahs as a hello, giving him a hug. Rabbid Mario gives a relieved sigh, and hugs him back.

Rabbid Mario pulls back, and gestures to the door. Rabbid Luigi nods eagerly, hurrying out. Rabbid Mario follows, a bit worried about if they could hear his obnoxiously loud footsteps. A loud banging freezes him in place. He looks and sees Rabbid Luigi banging on a bedroom door.

Rabbid Peach's bedroom door.

Disregarding any warning he'd given himself, Rabbid Mario screams, and rushes to Rabbid Luigi too late. The door opens as Rabbid Mario grabs Rabbid Luigi to try to pull him away.

Rabbid Peach's grip on the door sends shivers down both of the Rabbid's spines. Her hair was tousled, the crown nowhere to be found, and she was glaring daggers on them. Probably calculating the best way to maximize damage dealt to them with her sentry. Rabbid Mario chuckled, bwahing a weak hello.

And then the Rabbid Mario Brothers were being chased down the castle hallways by the Rabbid Princess.

All three were screaming at the top of their lungs. They kept screaming as they ran out the castle into the frosty air, kept screaming past the Battle HQ, and kept screaming past glowing lights on trees. It's only when Rabbid Luigi tripped that the chase finally came to an end. They were trapped. Cornered. Finished. Rabbid Mario never even got to say goodbye to anyone, and never got to write his last wishes or will.