The Super Mario Bros. Movie: AU Swap

Between Brothers

Sorry for not writing anything yesterday. My rhinitis has attacked me so hard this past week that I have been oversleeping, tired and fatigued. But I managed to take some medication and find enough strength to write today. Hope you like it.

Somewhere in Bowser's Castle, two Koopa Troopa guards were walking down a corridor, talking about the upcoming wedding. In that corridor, there was a specific big door.

Inside that room, the prisoners found themselves resting and eating a little, while others assembled and sharpened the weapons that were inside. - "♪Life is sad. Prison is sad. Life in prison is very, very sad.♪" - Lumalee hummed happily as he swayed and played with bubbles.

While the others tried to ignore the depressing Luma, Mario had his head leaning against the door, trying to hear the conversation of the two Koopa Troopa guards, who passed by.

He could hear them talking about a wedding, which Mario assumed was between the princess and the giant turtle. He also heard something about prisoners, army and sacrifice. At no time was his brother Luigi, or human with a mustache for them, mentioned. Was he okay? He didn't know how to say it.

After taking as much as he could from the guards, who moved away completely, Mario turned to the other prisioners and delivered the news. - "Attention, everyone. It looks like there's going to be a wedding at the castle. I believe everyone will be there!"

"Ah, I see. And that's when we're all going to attack Bowser and his army. You really are very strategic, Mario." - Penguin King declared, in a stoic and proud tone.

The red plumber smiled at him, and continued, with a serious expression. - "However, it seems that they captured more other prisoners. It seems that it was an army or something. Fortunately, they must not have realized that we escaped, however, this army will be sacrificed at the wedding."

The others were shocked by that revelation. - "Ooh! Fresh meat for the grinder. But how lucky they are... " - Lumalee commented, a smile on his face.

"Oh my, my king. Imagine if we were still in those cages? We would be condemned to die, too..." - one of the penguins muttered, slightly disturbed.

"Relax, my subject. Thanks to Mario, we've escaped that same fate. But we'll still have a fighting chance, save those others, and we'll all see sunshine once more." - Penguin King declared again, only to hear Luma's voice again.

"There's no sunshine. Only darkness."

"Shut up, shut up, shut up!" - the king could take no more, being followed by the other prisoners. Seeing that the screaming was increasing, Mario decided to silence them. - "Shhhhhhh... Quiet, everyone, now!"

His stern tone was loud enough to make the other prisoners stop and listen. - "If you all continue like this, we will be discovered and our whole plan will go down the drain. We have to be discreet, and arrive at this wedding to attack all of them by surprise. But this way, we will just die at the first opportunity. So, everyone calm down."

With that, they all fell silent. Mario took a deep breath, and spoke again. - "Listen, by the looks of it, the wedding will start in 15 minutes, we'll have enough time to deal with some guards on the way and reach the place. So, we'll take about 10 minutes to prepare, and start the attack. Understood?"

The prisoners nodded, determination on their faces. With that, everyone went back to preparing for battle. The red plumber also started to prepare the weapons, at the same time thinking about his brother.

At no point was he mentioned by the guards. Was he well or had he been captured with that army? Mario wanted to believe that Luigi was safe and well, but the thought of Bowser having captured him and waiting to see Mario and kill his brother in front of him made he angry. He wasn't going to let Bowser or anyone else hurt him or worse.