Mario The Music Box (Fanfiction)

Chapter 8: A Little Girl's Wish For Revenge

                    Mario went back down the stairs, and back into the previous room. Now he understands how Luigi felt when he explored that creepy mansion on his own. He had no idea what would wait for him beyond the next the room. And as if to prove his point, he saw a knife right in front of him. His nerves felt a bit rattled when he saw it on one of the tables.

                    'Was that knife always there?' he thought, fear overwhelming him. He glanced around. No one was here. He hesitantly took the knife in his hand, studying it. Had someone left it behind? Well, it could be of use, should he run into some maniac. He put it in the pockets of his overalls. He continued searching the mansion, then he remembered the study Riba showed him. Should he? Riba could still be there..... but he did feel a bit guilty for just leaving him like that. Maybe he could apologize to Riba, and help him escape. But, would he even listen? He almost decided not to go back to the study, but he then realized how ridiculous he was acting. He decided to suck it up, be a man and confront Riba already. He went back to where the study was, and twisted the doorknob...... only to find it empty.

                    Darn. He could scrap apologizing to Riba now. He sighed, then looked back at the records he had looked at earlier. He took the book in his hand, and flipped back to the picture. He never studied it well enough, and wanted to look through it. He sat on the ground, set down the lantern, and looked at the picture once more. Alice was standing next to Riba, and the both of them were in the middle. He looked to the bottom, and to his surprise, found two little girls standing in front of Alice and Riba. One was blond-haired with a blue bow on the back of hair, and the other girl had long red hair.

                     He then remembered Alice saying how she had a daughter, but there were two girls here. A second one then? Seems Alice didn't like to elaborate much..... He then flipped to some earlier pictures. He then saw a certain picture that caught his eye. There were a lot more people in this picture. Alice and Riba were in this one as well.

                      The two girls that he saw in the last picture were in this one as well. There was also a maid, along with some other women and some other children. It was another family picture, but bigger. Was this Alice's side of her family? Seemed like it. He then flipped to earlier records, and to his shock, it was titled The Evangelisti Era. He then looked at the records there and to his surprise, it had Marchionne here too. It also read Birino Evangelisti and Eva Evangelisti.
                        According to this, they used to own the mansion, and even ran a clergy in the town...... Evangeline.

                        Once again, Mario's vision went white, and he was brought to bright setting. Shouting and mayhem was present along with commotion. There was a big house, and a woman was there, shouting. And in front of her, there was a small blond-haired girl with eyes like lime.
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                        "Hey!! Who do you think you are, huh?!? This is our home!!! We live here!! You can't just-!!"

                        "Miss, please. We don't want any trouble. We're only doing Sir Marchionne requested. He told us that apparently, you were causing some chaotic issues within the town, and that you need to find somewhere else to live. You're even lucky he didn't exile you and your family," said the guard, dressed in a white-collared shirt, buttoned down. Another guard accompanied him to his right.

                        "What are you talking about?!?! What issues?!" exclaimed the woman, whose hair was in a ponytail. Like Alice, she also had dirty blond hair, but with blue eyes. There were others with her as well. A man with dark brown hair and green eyes was with her, along with another little girl beside him. She had yellow eyes with brown hair, and was hiding behind the man.

                         "Your daughter miss. She's been spreading rumors of, *clears his throat* witchcraft? That Sir Marchionne and his cousin were witches? She's been incredibly repulsive to them non-stop." The woman froze. She then looked at Alice.

                         "What? Alice, is this true?" she asked in a menacing tone. Alice just stared at the ground. The man started to sweat a little as he looked away as well. The little girl beside him just stared with a worried face.

                         Alice's mother just sighed with annoyance, and grabbed Alice's arm. She then turned back to the guards.

                        "I see. I..... apologize for the inconvenience. I will punish her well. Come on Issac, Mercy. We can rent an inn for the time being." she said, in a bit of a demanding tone. Issac and Mercy looked at each other, then they followed her just as she said. The guards shook their heads with sympathy.
  
                         "Poor woman. I didn't think Marchionne would have to choose that alternative....." he said to the other guard, as he nodded in agreement.

                        "Indeed......"

                         The scene then cut to a small inn, somewhere in the middle of Evangeline. The woman then threw Alice on the floor with force, and Alice yelped in response.

                         "You little rat!!! I knew having you was a gift from the devil himself!!! You managed to get us kicked out of our own home!! The Evangelistis gifted that house to us!!! Us!!!!" She slapped Alice hard across the cheek after that sentence. Mercy was watching secretly from a corner, and tears were streaming down her face. She was scared for her sister.

                          "I don't know what demons were possessing you to do such an act, but today young lady...." she grabbed Alice's locks of hair and hissed in her face, "you will suffer hell from me. And you can forget about having dinner tonight." She dragged Alice to one of the small rooms, as Alice screamed and kicked, flailing her arms around.

                           "No!! Stop!! I'm sorry!! I'm sorry!!" Alice's mother paid no attention to her, and continued to drag her daughter to the other room, as Mercy watched with horror.

                           The scene then cut to Alice lying on the floor crying to herself. Moonlight was shining through a nearby window, indicating it was night. Alice then looked up with tear stained eyes filled with boiling anger.

                           "Marchionne. I know you're hiding something with that "cousin" of yours. You'll pay..... for everything."
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                           Mario blinked. He was back in the study. He glanced back at the book. Did he get the vision from the record book?

                           "So this is a thing now, huh?" he, muttered to himself, exhaustion in his voice. He then reviewed back the vision in his head. It seems Alice was kicked out of her home, and she hated Marchionne for it...... but that seems to be only the piece of the puzzle itself. Mario then took out his journal which he had kept in his other pocket. He took out his pencil, and wrote down notes of everything he learned up till now, using the lantern's light to help him. After writing, he put the pencil and journal in his pocket. He stood up, taking the lantern with him. Well, if the town was really the epicenter for all of this, then that was where he needed to go next. He looked out the window of the study room. He could see Evangeline in the distance.

                           Mario knew where to go next.

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                             Issac was sitting in another small room of the inn as he could hear Alice's cries in the distance, as guilt washed over him. He had agreed to let Riba take care of her, heck, to even marry her, but this? Had he done this? No. He shook his head, regret piling up inside. What had he done, as a father himself?