//------------------------------// // A Very Awkward Meeting // Story: Super Mare-io Odyssey: A Story Untold // by Cool_Quick //------------------------------// "Is he ever going to wake up?" the impatient Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she hovered over Luigi's unconscious form. "Darling," Rarity tried to soothe. "He needs some time to recover. After all he looked like he'd had a rough journey here. And apparently the mere sight of us was a bit unnerving as well. Wait... is it... my MAKEUP???!!!" The white pony immediately dashed upstairs for the nearest mirror. I sighed, and poured another cup of coffee, necessary for a plumber who didn't sleep at all that night. It was about 4 in the morning now, and wasn't worth going to bed, even if my brother wasn't here. He was though, for better or worse. "Wait, I saw a twitch!" Twilight remarked. But Luigi simply rolled over and started snoring. Apparently he had just gone from being unconscious to being asleep. Only Luigi. I cleared my throat. "Should I pour some of my coffee in his ear?" "No..." Fluttershy said. "That wouldn't be nice at all." "Well, what else can we do?" Fluttershy clopped over to Luigi and said gently "Um... please wake up Mr. Luigi." Luigi seemed to snore even louder. Rarity returned from her excursion at the mirror and said loudly "Well darling, I had an eyelash facing the wrong direction and completely ruining my entire…" she noticed Luigi still asleep. "Has our guest still not been awoken?" Spike suddenly came up behind her with a horn. "Leave that to me." We watched as Spike walked up to Luigi's head, put the horn to his lips, and let out a blast. Luigi suddenly jumped into the air like a sloppy Spider-Man, and hit his head on a ceiling rafter. He came back onto the couch with a loud thunk, blinking to rid his sight of the constellations. "You awake now?" Rainbow asked, rolling her rose colored eyes. Luigi blinked at her, apparently trying to make his eyes a bad Sony camera that takes thirty seconds to focus on something. When he finally did focus, his eyes widened. "You all are po… you're all po… po…" "What?" Rainbow Dash asked, crossing her forelegs in the air. Luigi simply sputtered for about another minute, before I finally came over and said "Luigi, can you please not speak like that? You sound like a broken tea kettle." Luigi finally took a breath in, and said "Well, I'm talking to technicolor ponies. Not exactly unusual for us." "Sounds like the name of a play," Rarity declared. "'Mario and the Amazing Technicolor Ponies.'" I laughed, having heard of a play similar to that name back in Brooklyn. "You're probably wondering why I decided to come here as a vacation destination," Luigi began. "The truth is..." We all leaned in. "Well, you see..." We all came even closer, making Luigi start to feel a bit claustrophobic. "Well... I... uh..." "WHAT?!" Rainbow Dash finally exploded, making Luigi jump. "I have no idea," Luigi finally squeaked, making us all break out of our little circle with groans of irritation. "Well, seeing as you are here..." I said in a tone which made Luigi stare at me with a very confused expression. By confused, I mean raised eyebrow almost up his hat, the other eye wide with interest, head cocked like a dog listening for a rabbit, and his whole body tilting almost in the shape of a half moon. Very strange. As I fought back laughter, I began explaining what Button Mash told me about Bowser. As I explained things, Luigi's face grew less confused, and more scared. By the time I'd finished, it looked like I'd need to put buckets under him to stop the sweat. "Well..." was all he could manage before he rushed to the restroom to release a suddenly very tight bladder. Twilight shook her head and laughed a bit. "Your brother is quite bizarre, Mario." I laughed too. "One thing's for certain, Twilight, he never ceases to entertain." As we waited for Luigi to finish his panic attack, I began pacing through the kitchen. Despite my laughter, I still felt unease. I tended to laugh more when I was uneasy. I hated feeling uneasy, because to me it felt like weakness, but nevertheless, it persisted. So, I did the one thing I knew helped my feelings. I went to Twilight's cookie jar and snuck about five cookies into my pocket. I picked up a sixth, and began munching on it. Chocolate chip. The best cookie. As I ate, I made some coffee as well, while also continuously looking around to make sure Twilight wouldn't sneak behind me and see me stealing her cookies. It made me feel like a soldier sneaking into an enemy camp to steal the sacred cookie. When the coffee finally finished, I turned around and suddenly found myself staring into two rose colored eyes. "What in the hay are you doing?" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. I jumped, and the coffee in the mug flew in the air, somehow once again landing in the cup with a sploonk or however it's spelled. I stared at her, slowly chewing with what must have been a very humorous expression on my face, as Rainbow suddenly started laughing. I laughed too, and we chuckled quite a bit, until soon, we were full blown hysterical. Unfortunately, this attracted Twilight. "What in the..." "Run!" Rainbow said, her voice cracking. I stuffed another cookie into my pocket, and fled upstairs, closing the door behind me and locking it. I heard Twilight yelling at Rainbow downstairs, and heard the blue Pegasus laughing. I smiled, and ate another cookie, looking out the window at the descending moon. For some reason, it made me feel uneasy again. "Peach, I hope you're okay," I whispered to myself. "She won't be for much longer," a voice said. From behind me appeared Luna, which made me drop my cookie onto the street below, almost hitting a gray mailpony with rather bizarre yellow eyes. She descended upon it, sniffed it, and then moved on, muttering something about muffins. "Is Bowser...?" "Yes." Luna clopped beside me, and I thought she looked a bit uncertain herself. "He is getting almost insane with the thought of destroying you. In two days, he plans to find his way here to Equestria, and destroy us all." Lovely stuff, huh? Why are you here again? This chapter is on my 17th birthday. Just pointing that out. Nobody even has a party hat. Did someone say party?!?!?! Pinkie, you may be able to break the fourth wall, but there's no way you can... INEEDTOFINDMYPARTYCANNONBYE! ………………. Should I get back to the actual story now? ……………………… Yeah... I figured. Everyone reading is probably very confused right now. "Who art thou talking to?" Luna asked. I shrugged. "My inner voices?" "Anyway," Luna continued. "We don't have much time. And by the way, this is a dream you're in." "Well, I fell asleep fast then." "I made you fall asleep." "Oh," I said. "Could I borrow you on Friday nights? Luigi always has issues with insomnia then." Luna ignored me. "Good luck Mario. Remember that you're not alone. And even if the darkness descends, light will rise again. " I opened my eyes, and found myself lying on the floor with my cookie still in my hand. I put the rest of it in my mouth, and looked out at the rising sun. Even if the darkness descends, light will rise again. I smiled. "Very poetic." I plopped down on my bed, and finally around five in the morning, I found a peaceful sleep.