The Monster

Chapter 1

Normal POV

Luigi, one of the famous Mario brothers, stirred in his sleep. Tossing and turning, he threw the blanket off his body. His eyes shut tight, and he screamed. "No! Stop it!! I won't do it!!" He jerked up and clutched his ears. "Stop it!!!"

Luigi POV

"No...Stop...I won't do it!" That little part of me, the evil side, kept whispering, demanding me to kill Peach. Bowser. Everyone that had something to do with Dementos death. "Kill Peach first, Luigi.." The voice kept saying. "Do it..you know you want to..you have to..." I jumped out of bed. "No! No I don't! Leave me alone, damn it!" I looked in the mirror and froze. It was there-HE was there. Staring at me...his eyes burning into me. His smile twisted into a sick evil grin, his teeth poking out from his upper jaw. "Get away from me! NOW!!" I punched the mirror and it shattered, scattering on the floor like water. I dropped on my knees sobbing. Unable to stop the anger of the past from flowing inside me like a river of lava, I slammed my gashed, bloody fist onto the ground. "I won't do it..." I looked at a glass shard laying in front of me, which only showed half my face. "Never...."

Mario POV

I couldn't stand it. Laying in bed while Luigi screams and fights his old self. The first time it happened, I tried to help, but he just shoved me away, yelling and screaming at me to stay away, attacking half of the guards and nearly killing himself. Hearing him yell and fight like that hurts. It hurts like hell. But there's nothing I can do. I decided to get up and check on the Princess. Slowly opening the door, his yells got louder and I can hear things getting opened and smashed. Looking around the hallway seemed like a dream...but hearing the things coming out of Luigi's mouth and hearing things smash and break seemed like a nightmare. "Damn it Luigi..." I whispered walking past his room, wincing as I heard glass shatter on the floor. "Why won't you let us help you?" I sighed and continued walking to the princesses room. Standing in front of it, I heard faint crying. Taking a deep breath I opened the door. "Princess...?" Looking inside, I saw her sitting on her bed cross legged, her beautiful hair a mess, and she was sobbing into a pillow. "Hey... hey what's the matter? Peach, talk to me..please." I walked over to her and sat on the edge of her bed, the springs shifting under my weight. "Mario!!" She tossed her pillow to the side and launched herself at me. "Wah!" I caught her and we both fell on the floor, her on top of me. I sat up, clutching her to me like our lives depended on it. Moving her hair from her face I looked into her blue eyes. She looked up at me, sobbing. "L-Luigi..." She choked out between sobs. I held her closer and kissed her head. "I know Princess..." I said darkly. "I know."

Normal POV

The sky was dark, even though it was morning. Mario stepped out of his room dark and sleepy eyed. He had stayed in the princesses room until she fell back asleep. He sighed and slowly made his way to Luigi's room in case he decided to attack. He cautiously approached the door. Clearing his throat, he raised his hand to knock on the door, which was slightly ajar. "L-Luigi...Luigi, ya in here?" He put his hand on the door knob and slowly opened it. "L-..." He froze and his skin turned pale. He tried to talk but his voice got caught in his throat. "W-what..." The room, once organized and and clean, was an absolute mess. The bed sheets were thrown on the floor and lay in a wrinkled mass next to the bed. Drawers were open and clothes were strewn all over the place. The full length mirror was shattered and the remains lay all over the floor like deadly water. In the middle of it all sat Luigi. He had his head in his hands and he was sobbing. Blood, new and metallic, leaked slowly from his left arm. His right fist was clenched and decorated with healing gashes and dry specks of blood. A guard poked his head in. "Master Mario..." He laid eyes on a distressed Luigi and quickly ran. "Medic! We need a medic!!" His voice snapped Mario back into reality. "Luigi!" He ran to his younger brother. "Luigi!...Crap...What--" He reached out and touched his brothers hand, but Luigi jumped back. "No...Mario...don't..." His eyes were bloodshot and swollen. Mario looked at his arm and clenched his fist. Blood was slowly leaking out from several gashes and at his feet was a mirror shard, the edge covered in drying blood. "G-get away from me, Mario. Please..." He backed away. "Luigi...please..." Mario stepped forward slowly. "Y-you need help...come with me and we can take care of your arm and hand..." "NO!!" Luigi shoved his older brother out of the way and ran out of the room, his bare feet crushing the shattered glass scattered on the floor. "Luigi--" Mario tried to call his brother but it was to late. He walked to the doorway and sighed. "Huh?" His foot hit something on the floor. Bending down to pick up the object, he realized it was a picture frame. The glass and the wood frame was broken, but the picture was intact. It was a picture of Mario and Luigi, in front of the castle for Luigi's birthday. "Mario...?" He looked up with tears in his eyes to see Peach there. "What's that?" Mario laughed darkly as the tears slowly rolled down his face. "Its Luigi..." His voice was hoarse. "Before that son of a bitch Demento changed him..."