Mario The Music Box (Fanfiction)

Chapter 38: A Thirst For Revenge

The elder rose his eyebrows and asked,

"My, my. You didn't know? Riba is a demon. We're not necessarily sure how though. We don't know where he came from, but after plenty of investigations of the mansion and studying him, we realized he is very invulnerable to normal physical attacks. And our witches here realized he had a demonic aura. That's when we realized he was a demon. We wanted to take him here, so that he could be a part of our cult and potentially, a great leader." Dorothy exhaled with disbelief and whispered to herself,

"How is that even possible.....?" The elder then waved his hand and spoke,

"But, enough about that now. Let's settle on the matter in front of us right now. Now that we've sided with Riba, I suppose we should all start heading to the forest right now, correct?" Dorothy widened her eyes and looked down, nodding.

"Yes....." One of the council members called out,

"Everyone, file out through the exit!" Everyone obeyed and walked out, taking their weapons and supplies with them. Helena then went up to the elder and asked,

"Master, can I have my weapon now?" The elder sighed and nodded, replying,

"Your dress and weapon is waiting for you in your room. The others finished cleaning and repairing your dress." Helena smiled wide and she ran back to her room, a wild blush on her cheeks. As soon as she saw them on her bed, she said,

"Yes!" She quickly changed back into her dress with eagerness, frowning at her cult's traditional wear. The elder then called out,

"You still have to wear your cloak! Don't think I'll let you off that easy!" Helena rolled her eyes with a huff and whispered,

"Yes, dad." After putting her cloak over her dress, she grabbed her chainsaw and ran after the other cult members, the elder following behind.

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Mario yelped and immediately ducked, Alice yelling,

"Watch out!!" The spirit flew right over his head in a flash. He quickly looked behind him, as he saw the spirit get back up in a spider-like position. Mario was very disturbed by her appearance and she yelled,

"It was you!! You killed me!!! For your selfish reasons!!! I was innocent you greedy pig!!! Bastard!!!" Mario was taken aback and replied,

"Wha- I never murdered anyone-!!!"

"Don't bother reasoning with her you idiot!!! Run!! She doesn't care!!! You probably look like someone that killed her back then!" Mario widened his eyes and sighed, replying,

"Ok...." Mario looked towards the woods, then back at the woman. He then quickly dashed into the woods the woman calling out,

"Don't try to run from me, you insidious man!!!" Mario panted as he ran towards the forest, dodging trees and branches.

'It's ironic I'm in this same situation again.....' Alice then retorted,

"Hey, hey!! Why did you go into the forest? Why not go down the path?! You'll get lost-!!!" Mario replied, thinking,

'Alice, she has every intent to chase me down and kill me! I have to somehow shake her off. If I went down the pathway, how would I shake her off?' Alice huffed with no reply. Mario looked behind him to see the woman still trailing at ridiculous speeds. He looked back in front of him and an idea came to mind. He remembered how he defeated the wolfs back then. He focused on one tree and jumped on it. He planted his feet on it and swiftly spun on it, so that he was facing the spirit. He pushed himself off of the tree and sent himself flying back at the spirit, his right hand engulfed in flames. He clenched it into a fist and landed it on the spirit with a yell. The spirit shrieked and it was sent backwards with force. Mario landed on the ground panting and sweating. He looked over at the spirit, as she laid on the ground, unmoving. He huffed and whispered,