My Little Player 2: Mushrooms are Magic, too!

by Ponykiin


World 1: First five minutes on the job!

After a little moment of what Luigi thought was waking up, he saw nothing but darkness. He yawned, as he felt around to see if he truly was awake. After a moment, Luigi came to the conclusion that his face was covered. He quickly kicked off the blanked and jumped out of the bed he was resting in. Strange, he could have sworn he was supposed to be shoulder deep in a crater he made in the ground. Maybe THAT was a dream, too...

He looked around the small area. There happened to be multiple things in the house he was staying at, which ranged from normal furniture to lots and lots of animal care items, which ranged from food to beds. Luigi just so happened to be sleeping in a...somewhat human bed. Or perhaps it was a bed for some kind of bear? Luigi shook his head. It was best not to think too much about it. He quickly grabbed his cap from the ground and placed it on his head, before heading out. He opened the door and left the small cottage he had been placed him. Someone must have been real nice to take care of a stranger like that!

Luigi tipped his hat in the direction of a small village, and made his destination just as so, as he began waking down the path that hugged the edge of a very dark forest that loomed over Luigi with a certain...eeriness. Good thing Luigi wasn't going in there anytime soon! He looked around, a small smile on his face, as he observed the wildlife that roamed the area. It was a very calm sight, and it sent joy through Luigi to know that Mario will always keep it this wa-...

Wait a second....

Luigi stopped in his tracks, and looked around, his hand on his chin in thought. He can still remember that dream so clearly, that pony, those final words that were uttered upon him. Is Mario even here? Is this the mushroom kingdom, or 'Equestria'? Luigi looked to the town he was walking to. No mushroom house in sight...Perhaps that dream really was the real deal...

But if that's so then...where are all the ponies?

The only life that Luigi could see was only the wildlife that pranced around him. He had to get to town and see what was going on, and he probably had to get there fast! Luigi quickly dashed down the dirt road, determined to keep this world safe...Implying he is in another world...

It didn't take too long for Luigi to run into town. He slowed down to a walk, and looked around the almost barren town. Ever house look completely empty of any toad or pony. What happened here?

He looked across the road, and squinted into the distance of the town, barely seeing a thing....

Until he found something move in the corner of his eye. There, he could have sworn he had seen something fluffy and pink move behind a building. Luigi quickly went to investigate, but found nothing. He couldn't give up though. This may mean that there just might be someone, or something, hiding around! Luigi took it upon himself to investigate the insides of the houses for any sign of life!

He decided he would start with that bakery on the corner of the street, which looked like the most suitable place to hide in. It had food, and that meant that if someone had to hide for an extended period of time, they could! He readied himself, as he went over to the door, and opened it, taking a walk inside.

The inside was very lively, and had the smell of burnt cake batter coming from the back. "Hello?" Luigi called out, as he continued to look around. That's when he heard it. Coming from upstairs was a bunch of rattling, and then a crash, followed by screaming! Luigi jumped, and quickly made a dash up the stairs, hoping to find the source of the screaming. After hearing one plea for help coming from behind a door, he quickly smashed it down, hammer ready, and he saw three ponies, cornered by one large....thing!

Luigi couldn't tell WHAT that was! It seemed to be a large mix between multiple things, including a dragon, a lion, and peach knows what else!

It reared its face to Luigi, with a smile, which turned into mad cackling, as Luigi was punched into a nearby wall. Dazed and confused, Luigi stumbled around, before regaining his bearings....

And then he got smacked through the wall.

He was followed out by the strange creature, which chuckled. "If Celestia thinks some kind of hairless monkey in green and defeat me, she has a whole 'nother thing coming!" It said, as it cackled in laughter.

Luigi jumped up, and cussed him out in protest! Green is an excellent color! This only made the strange creature laugh even more. This pushed Luigi over the edge, as he jumped high into the sky. Hammer ready, he fell, executing a perfect plunging attack on the beasts head, dazing it. Luigi wouldn't show it any mercy after it made fun of him, and he stomped on the beasts head, which them trampolined him into the sky. He did a neat little trick in the air, and whipped out his hammer again, attacking the beast with yet another head shot for maximum damage!

The monster waddled back, hands over his head in pain. He was hearing all sorts of ringing, bells, whistles and all! "Argh! Why you little..." It grunted in anger, as it snapped its fingers, a magic cannon popping up in front of it. The beast lit the fuse, and before long, a three cannon balls erupted from the end, all headed towards Luigi!

Luigi was clever though, and with his hammer in hand, he hit those cannon balls back at the beast, all of them hitting it dead on!

"Whoo! Get 'em!" Said a voice behind Luigi. He quickly looked back, and saw a small orange pegasus, cheering him on with a little green flag. Luigi tipped off his cap in its direction, and then returned to the battle at hand. The beast had smoke coming out of its ears, and it charged forward, its hands clenched into fists. Just before it could hit Luigi, it was sent flying into the sky with an uppercut delivered by Luigi's hammer!

This was Luigi's chance to finish him. The beast had begun falling down, and Luigi sent it flying up higher, before dropping his hammer to ready a fireball in his hands. He mustered up all the power he could, turning it into a large green flame in his hands. He looked up at the beast, which was still in an upwards motion, and he blasted it even further into the sky, sending it spiraling into the horizon with a magnificent dark green smoke trail following behind it.

"Bye bye!" Luigi said, waving the beast goodbye, as he smiled at his victory.

"It actually did it..." A voice said. Luigi turned, and saw a very small group of ponies. There was a maximum of fourteen ponies there, and about four of them looked like fillies. This must have been quite a small town. A Pegasus stepped out from the crowd, a Blue one, with a rainbow mane, and its wings were bandaged to its body. "Who do you think you are taking my glory like that?! Do you even know who I am?! Basically, kind of a big deal!" It protested. Luigi scratched the back of his head in confusion, his eyes nervously darting to the left.

"Sorry..." He said sheepishly, with a comical shrug.

"You better be! I have half a mind to-"

"Rainbow, will ya stop pesterin' the thing? It helped us and we should be grateful!" An orange pony said as it swayed its yellow, and ironic ponytail mane, as it made its way out from the crowd.

"I agree! You should be friendly to the thing! It singlehoofedly took out Discord!" A white pony said from the back of the group, as it adjusted its curly purple mane. "Or...is it 'handedly'?"

Luigi looked at all the ponies, scratching his head in awkwardness. Mama Mia, noone said these ponies would be so...fascinatingly oblivious. Do they even notice how different Luigi is to them? Or is this something they all see on a daily basis?

Luigi stood there, fiddling with his thumbs, and barely noticed that it was very quiet, and all the ponies were looking at him in an odd way. "Huh?" He questioned, looking back at the group.

"Wow! Thats super duper amazing!" A pink pony said, jumping out from behind Luigi. "So he's like, Super L guy or something! Wow! He must be out of a comic book! I've never seen a super hero! I've only seen one super hero and that's you! Hey, can I have your autograph? Oh, wait right there! I'll get my notebook! Oh, and I'll get a party planned just for you! It's gonna be the 'Super hero super party'! And, hey, what's your name anyway? I bet it's something super cool! Like Lombardo! Or even better, Luigi! Oh, that would be so sweet if your name was Luigi! That's the best name that begins with an L, ever!"

Everpony just stared at the overly energetic pony. This was going to be a looooong day....