Mario The Music Box (Fanfiction)

Chapter 27: Illusions

                    "Luigi!" Marchionne exclaimed, as he ran towards the two. The phantom seemed to take the appearance of a small girl, with disheveled black hair and a maniacal laugh. She rose the scissors that she had in her hand, with the intent to stab Luigi. Luigi dropped the ball of light he had in his hand and it disappeared. He held her off, and he saw Marchionne running towards him with his peripheral vision. Marchionne put up his hand, and the phantom went flying to the side. Marchionne rose his cleaver, and quickly plunged it into the phantom's chest. It made no sound, and it went still. Panting heavily, he removed the cleaver, blood staining the blade. He looked back at Luigi with a concerned look.

                  "Were you hurt?" Luigi widened his eyes, then shook his head quickly.

                  "No, she wasn't able to. Thanks," he replied. Marchionne nodded, and studied the phantom.

                  "Seems this was the mansion's second attempt. Talk about it being restless....." He then set his cleaver on the floor gently, and walked over to where Luigi was.

                  "She was in the chest, right?" he asked. Luigi nodded. They both looked at the treasure chest in front of them and peered inside. There were two sheets of paper inside. Luigi placed his hand inside and took them out. He skimmed it, his eyes widening with a smile.

                  "This is it!" In his hands were the music sheets Aria was talking about. Marchionne looked at Luigi, replying,

                  "I read an entry that Alice had written about Aria's music sheets. She had hid them to prevent her from remembering her death. She would then be a mindless spirit. It seems this is where she kept them." Luigi nodded and they both stood up. After Marchionne retrieved his cleaver, they walked back to where Aria was, and she widened her eyes, looking at the sheets of music.

                 "Here. We found them," Luigi told her. Aria shakily reached out her hands and took the sheets. She held them tightly, waiting for something to happen.... but nothing happened. She frowned, looking at them.

                "M-my memories.... how come they're not coming back....?" Marchionne frowned as well. He then took the sheets from Aria and studied them.

                It was a simple piece which seemed to have a soft tone with a slow tempo. Luigi thought as well, putting his fingers on his chin. His face then lit up. He quickly looked at Aria saying,

                "Wait! Why don't you try playing it? Maybe simply touching and looking at it won't be enough to help you remember. Maybe playing the piece will help bring back your memories." Aria looked up at him with widened eyes. Marchionne seemed to agree as well, nodding.

                "I like that idea. Let's try it." Aria nodded and she took back the two sheets of music. She placed them on the small stand and sat back down on the piano seat. She placed her hands on the keys and scanned the sheets. She began to play the notes. Almost immediately, memories flooded her mind. With every chord that she played, a different scene took place. At one point, she even flinched, scrunching her face. Finally, tears fell from her eyes when she finished remembering everything. Finishing the piece, she took her hands off the piano keys. She looked back at Marchionne and Luigi, with tears falling from her eyes. She then said,

               "Alice killed me."

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              "What is it that you want us to do?" one of the spirits asked. Anna smiled, explaining,

              "My father plans to kill the one person who will be a hindrance to his plans. Not only that, but this person has Alice possessing him." The spirits gasped and looked at each other. They started to talk amongst themselves again. Anna then continued,