Hearts Be True: Under the Dark Moon

Chapter 1

It was another beautiful day in the Mushroom Kingdom. The sun was high and the birds flew freely throughout the breeze. Princess Peach was outside, walking in her beautiful rose garden. She took a yellow rose, sniffing it. She couldn't believe how wonderful it smelled. Toadsworth watched her, smiling. The old Toad was really happy that Peach was safe yet again.

Peach looked at him and asked, "What's on your mind, Toadsworth?"

Toadsworth answered, "I'm just so glad that you are safe, Mistress Peach."

Peach smiled as she stated, giggling, "Aside from the fact that I helped Mario, Luigi, Violet, and Bowser save the world from the void?"

Toadsworth shook his head and replied, "I still can't believe that Luigi turned into such a scoundrel. It just doesn't seem possible."

"I know you didn't see the whole thing but it is true," the Mushroom Princess protested. "That's why Mario wanted to spend sometime with Luigi in his house out in Boo Woods."

"And what about Violet?" The old Toad inquired.

Peach looked at her watch as she told him, "Well, she was supposed to be here by now. I invited her over for a sleepover." She got worried as she pondered, "Where could she be?"

...

Meanwhile, Luigi and Mario had returned to Luigi's home. Luigi flipped on the lights, making the house brighten up.

"I'm surprised you wanted to stay the night with me, Malleo." The green hunter stated, going into the kitchen.

"Well, I wanted to make sure that you were okay after the Chaos Heart incident, Weegie." The red clad hero replied, following his baby brother.

Luigi opened the fridge, taking out two cans of Mushroom Pop. He gave the one to Mario, who then opened his. Luigi also opened his can, taking a sip of the fizzy pop. Mario watched his brother, slightly worried. Luigi looked down as he sniffled.

He confessed, "Honestly bro, I am not okay. I almost killed all of you because of that brainwashing."

Mario put his pop down and hugged Luigi instantly. Luigi accepted it, near tears. Mario rubbed his back soothingly. He didn't blame Luigi for wanting to cry. Mario felt the tears coming from Luigi, hitting his shirt. Mario didn't care as he continued to rub Luigi's back.

Mario whispered, "It'll all be okay, bro. We still have each other..."

Luigi only hiccuped as a reply. Mario kept Luigi close until the phone rang. Mario hugged Luigi's shoulders, going for the phone. Luigi took out his Kleenex from his top left hand pocket, wiping his nose and eyes. He left the kitchen, joining Mario in the living room where the phone was. Upon seeing Mario's worried gaze, Luigi got worried.

He asked, "Malleo? What's wrong?"

Mario turned to his baby brother and answered, "Weegie, where's Violet? Peach said that she should have been at the castle by now but isn't."

Luigi's eyes went wide as he stated, "Well, she isn't here. Otherwise, we would have known by now!"

Mario went back to the phone as he told Peach, "Did you hear that?"

Peach sighed sadly as she stated, "I'm afraid so..."

Luigi was panicked now as he looked around for a note - anything from Violet. Seeing nothing got him more worried. Luigi thought, 'Oh please don't tell me that she left me!' Luigi ran upstairs to the room he shared with Violet but saw that all of her stuff was still there. Luigi got worried instantly as he thought, 'Please don't tell me that Bowser or Fawful got her! Violet, where are you?!'

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Meanwhile, Luigi and Mario weren't the only ones having a strange night. In the distant Evershade Valley, Professor Elvin Gadd was studying ghosts yet again but this time, all of the ghosts were friendly. In the sky and responsible for all of that was an enchanted stone called the Dark Moon. It was in the shape of a crescent moon and glowed a dark purple light. The ghosts in the mansion were helping Elvin with research. It was a peaceful and quiet night.

That was until all of the sudden, a shadow destroyed the Dark Moon, shattering it. The ghosts then went hostile, scaring Elvin out of the mansion. Elvin ran all the way to the Bunker and sealed it. Elvin panted, he was much older than the previous mansion incident. Elvin looked up at the picture from a few years ago. In the picture were: Luigi, Mario, Violet, and him. Luigi and Violet were holding hands and giving victory signs. Mario was giving a thumb up.

Elvin knew in that moment what he had to do. He rushed over to his new invention, the Pixelator. He had to get in touch with Luigi and Violet after he finished his research, he needed to find out what was going on. Elvin thought, 'I wonder if they are still living in that house in Boo Woods.' There was only one way to find out, that he knew, and he had to take a chance. Elvin tapped into the television's frequency and hoped that he would reach either Luigi or Violet...

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Back in the house, Luigi was looking very worried. Mario had turned on the television, trying to get some noise in the house.

Mario reassured, "Don't worry baby bro, Violet will be okay. She can take care of herself, believe me."

Luigi sighed with worry as he replied, "I know, I just can't help it."

Just then, snow came onto the television. Luigi was puzzled by this as he slowly walked over to the television and was about to push the button...until Elvin's face appeared on the screen.

Elvin shouted, "Luigi! Mario!"

Luigi freaked out, fell backwards, and crawled on his hands and legs until his back to the chair. His heart was pounding in his chest. Mario came into the room as both of them saw who was on the screen.

Luigi breathed, still scared, "Elvin?!"

Mario repeated, "Professor E. Gadd?!"

Elvin nodded as he stated, "Sonny, I need your help, both of you! It's an emergency! The ghosts have gone hostile!"

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Wishmaker1028: Dun, dun, dun! What is going on this time around? We're going to find out! Cause this is being re-written from the original version. So, please read and review! And always think outside of the box!