Mario's Quest for the Chaos Hearts

Chapter 18: Luigi's Warning

Mario and his friends were staying at the inn, exhausted fromtheir battles with the unknown force. As Mario drifted off to sleep,he heard a faint voice calling out to him. At first, he thought itwas just his imagination, but the voice grew louder and moreinsistent.

"Mario... Mario... Help me, Mario..."

Mario sat up in bed, rubbing his eyes. He looked around the room,but there was no one there. He was about to dismiss the voice as adream when he heard it again.

"Mario... You have to stop them... They're going to use me...Please, Mario..."

Mario recognized the voice now. It was Luigi's. He jumped out ofbed and ran to the door, hoping to find his brother outside. Butthere was no one there. He turned back to the room, searching for anyclues, when he saw a strange vision.

It was Luigi, but he was glowing with a strange energy, and hiseyes were wild with fear. He reached out to Mario, but then he waspulled away by an unseen force. Mario tried to reach out to him, buthe was powerless to stop him from being taken away.

Mario woke up, covered in sweat. He knew it wasn't just a dream.Something was happening to his brother, and he had to find out whatit was.

As Mario jolted awake, he found himself in a cold sweat. He lookedaround and saw that he was still in the inn room, and the sun hadalready set outside. He rubbed his eyes and tried to calm down, buthis heart was still racing.

Just then, he heard a soft knock on the door. "Mario, are youalright?" It was Peach's voice.

Mario got up and opened the door, relieved to see her and Daisy."I'm fine," he said, though his voice was still shaking.

Peach looked at him with concern. "You were tossing andturning in your sleep. Was it a bad dream?"

Mario hesitated for a moment, but then decided to tell themeverything. He told them about his dream of Luigi, and how he hadtried to warn him about the leader's plans but was pulled back by thepower of the chaos heart.

Peach and Daisy looked at each other with worry. "We have todo something," Daisy said.

"But what can we do?" Mario asked. "We don't evenknow where Luigi is."

Peach put a hand on Mario's shoulder. "We'll figure somethingout, Mario. We're in this together."

Mario nodded, feeling grateful for his friends' support. "Thanks,guys. I don't know what I would do without you."

They sat down and discussed their next move. They knew they had tofind out where Luigi was being held, and they also had to stop theunknown force from getting any more chaos hearts. But how?

As they talked, Mario couldn't help but feel a sense of dread inhis stomach. He couldn't shake the feeling that time was running out,and that they had to act fast if they wanted to save Luigi and stopthe unknown force's plans.