//------------------------------// // Chapter Eleven: Romantic Complications // Story: Mario & Luigi: Adventures Through Equestria // by NoGoodUsrNames99 //------------------------------// Mario and Luigi walked through Toad Town, witch was now calmed down. They walked through mainstreet and made their way towards the boarding docks, hoping to catch a boat to Pappiapine Islands. They found a Blue Toad who was waiting by a boat, wearing a sailors outfit. But he had his face in his hands, quietly sobbing. Mario and Luigi gave each other a nervous glance. "He looks upset!" Luigi whispered to Mario. Mario then looked around, seeing that there where no more boats in sight. "Well, I don't see anymore boats anywhere else, plus the nearest dock besides here is all the way over at Bubble Lake...and we don't have time to make that journey!" Mario whispered back. "I guess we'll just have to...interrupt his sobbing session!" Luigi replied, scratching the back of his head. Mario nodded as the Bros. walked up to him. "Umm...excuse me?" Mario asked, raising his hand up. No reply. "Umm excuse me! We really need your help!" The Toad then revealed his fave, and wiped the tears away from his eyes, "What can I do you for, Mario?" He asked, through his tears. "Well, we really need to catch a boat to a place called the Pappiapine Islands!" Mario replied. "Well...I've never heard of these 'Pappiapine islands' you speak of...plus...I can't even think about giving a ride...BECAUSE I'M SO SAD!" He sobbed, putting his face back into his hands, and started sobbing again. Starlow came out of Mario's pocket and the three gave each other a glance. "Uhh, what if we where able to fix whatever problem you're having?" She asked. "You'd really do that?" He asked, giving a sniffle and looking up at them. "Uhh..." Mario scratched the back of his head. "Well, If it get's us that ride, than it's worth it!" Mario exclaimed. "What is your problem, anyways?" Luigi asked. The Toad just paused for a second, "My Girlfriend broke up with me yesterday...and I miss her so much!" He mumbled, getting all worked up again. "All I want is her back, so if you can convince her to go on a date with me...than you can get all the rides you need for free!" The three looked at each other, wondering what to do. They could walk all the way to Bubble Lake, or they could get involved in some complicated romance. "Uhh..." Mario thought fora second, "I guess we could try!" The Toad's face lit up with glee. "Oh, thank you! Thank you!" He exclaimed, rapidly Shaking Mario's hand. "By the way, my name is Toadlee!" He then pulled out a card and a pencil and wrote something on it. "Here's her name and her address!" He yelled, handing the card to Mario. "Run along now!" He said, practically pushing them out. The Bros walked through Toad Town, looking for the address. "Toadlee is nuts!" Luigi said to Mario. "I know right? we have to get him back together with some girl we don't even know!" "Yeah, but it's our only chance!" Luigi replied. They then followed the card, but the address didn't appear anywhere in town. Until they realized that there was a dirt road, leading into Toadwood forest, right outside of Toad Town. "I think she lives down there!" Luigi exclaimed, pointing down the path. "It's the only way I can think to find her!" Mario replied, they then made their way down the path, and into the forest. It was dark and creepy, much like the Everfree forest. They continued down the path, until there was fork in the path. "How the hell are we supposed to know witch path to take?" Luigi yelled, throwing his arms into the air. Mario then used his pointer finger and thumb to grab his chin. "Well, if we go left...there's absolutely positively NO way of knowing!" Mario exclaimed, getting immediately furious. They then heard a scream come from the right path. "WHAT WAS THAT?!" Mario yelled, the Bros then ran down that path until they reached a small house. "This must be the place!" Luigi exclaimed. "HEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!!" They heard the scream again. They rushed inside and saw a Pink Toad, apparently named Toadmiss, being attacked by five Changelings! They had her cornered, and she was huddled up. "SOMEBODY HELP MEEE!" She screamed again, as the Changelings approached her. "We gotta save her!" Mario yelled, running up and jumping on a changeling, and knocking it out. The others took notice and fixed their attention on Mario. He pulled out his hammer and knocked another one out. One of them turned into Fluttershy, one turned into Toadmiss and the last one turned into Mario. "You wouldn't attack yourself...would you?" it asked Mario, looking him right in the eye. "You're...not...ME!" He exclaimed, charging at it. Meanwhile Luigi stood on the other side of the room with the other two. "Would you attack your dear friend Fluttershy?" It asked, in the soft voice she has, and hiding behind its mane. "Or attack the person you came to save?" The other one asked. Luigi then looked between the two, and pulled out his hammer. "You aren't the real ones...you're those Changeling things Celestia mentioned!" He screamed, pulling out his hammer and doing a spin attack, knocking both of them out. Meanwhile Mario fought himself, and it was mimicking all of his moves and attacks. "See? I really am you! I know your every move!" He said, with an evil attitude. "You...aren't...ME!" Mario screamed, jumping up in the air, but the Changeling Mario moved, and laughed as Mario hit the floor. The out of nowhere, Luigi came at him with his hammer, knocking him out. Mario then looked up, and rubbed his head. "Nice one, Bro!" Luigi then reached his hand out. "Thanks!" He exclaimed as he helped Mario up. The Bros then hugged each other, then looked at Toadmiss who looked confused, as if trying to collect her thoughts. "Toadmiss, you're safe now!" Luigi exclaimed, putting a smile on his face. "I-is that...Luigi?" she mumbled. Barely able to hear her, Luigi replied with, "Uhh the one and only!" He said, using his thumb to point at himself. "MY HERO!" She yelled, running up to Luigi and hugging him. "Uhh...hey! I helped too!" Mario exclaimed. Luigi then looked at him with a mischievous expression, "How does it feel to be in the hero's shadow?" Luigi asked, with a clever look on his face. Mario then crossed his arms and scoffed. "Luigi...I just wanna say...My heart has always belonged to you!" She yelled. The house went silent. "Uhh...what?" he asked. "You heard me! I recently dumped my Boyfriend to make room in my heart for you!" Suddenly, everything became clear. Starlow then came from Mario's pocket. "Uh...No. You can't! You need to get back together with Toadlee!" She said. "No I don't! he's annoying and rude!" She said, braking the hug from Luigi and crossing her arms. "He's also a weak coward, and he's a big baby!" She said exclaimed, getting fired up. Mario and Luigi look at each other, with nervous expressions. "Uh...is there, uh, any way you'll ever go out with him again?" Luigi asked, raising an eyebrow. "Nope! He has no manly side, he never challenges me or speaks his mind! he's a nightmare!" She yelled, clenching her fists together. "Unless I could see him be manly and brave...But I don't need him! I have Luigi!" She said, gazing into Luigi's eyes. "Um...okay, but we uh, gotta go!" Mario said. "Alright..Bye my green hunk!" She said, waving as they walked away. "Wait a minute...what am I gonna do with these Changeling bodies?!" SOME TIME LATER: Mario and Luigi walked back to the docks, to see Toadlee sitting there, looking bored. "Uhh, hi Toadlee!" Mario said, waving. "Hi...did you do it?!" He asked, with pure glee in his voice. "Uhh yeah...about that..." Mario mumbled, scratching the back of his head. Toadlee's expression went from pure joy to a huge frown. "Oh well *sniff* I guess I'll just..." "Ugh...Cut it out!" Discord yelled, warping in. "Whu..." Toadlee mumbled at the sight of Discord. "Stop whining like that! She said she doesn't like you because you fail to challenge her!" "Who is this?" He asked, looking terrified. "This is Discord!" Mario explained, pointing at Discord. "So, we need to prove how manly you can be!" Discord exclaimed. "It's no use, just forget it..." Toadlee mumbled. "I'll just go home and cry into my pillow..." The group walked away from the docks, and started talking as they walked through Toad Town. "We have to do something!" Starlow said, popping out of Mario's pocket. "We have to go back and try to convince her!" Mario said. "Yeah, but she never will with mister green shirt here..." Starlow said, looking at Luigi Mischievously. "Yeah, the girls just can't resist my charms!" Luigi exclaimed, doing a pose. Behind his back Discord made a gagging impression, causing the others to giggle. as they walked through town, they heard another scream coming from the woods. "That was her again!" Mario yelled. The group then ran into the woods, as Discord warped away and Starlow went back into his pocket. They ran through the woods until they found the fork in the path, and saw the five Changelings carrying her down the left path. "HELP!" She screamed. The bros chased them all the way down the path until they stopped, at a very familiar place: the old broken-down Shroob Vim factory! "wait...it's still here?" Mario asked, in shock. "HELP ME!" She screamed as they brought her inside. The bros then followed them in, through the old broken halls, until they got to the core room to see Queen Chrysalis? "Chrysalis..." Discord mumbled, warping in. "Ahh yes, Discord and the two plumbers who have been getting in Fawful's way!" She said. "Stop this!" Mario yelled, pointing at her. "Uhh well...you know what? You guys have been a burden for far too long!" She said, "Changeling...deal with them my dears!" She said, as she used her magic to make them grow bigger. She then warped away. The five and familiar Changelings then fixated their gazes on the group, and growled as they dropped Toadmiss on the ground. "Uh oh..."Luigi mumbled. The Changelings then flew towards the group, and Mario deflected them with his hammer, causing them to fly back...but do no damage? Mario then jumped up and tried to hit them but it wouldn't do anything. "How are we supposed do defeat them?!" Luigi asked, right before being headbutted by one of them. "Let me try!" Discord then used his magic to try and hit them, but it wouldn't do anything either. "What?! My magic won't even work?!" Discord was now almost freaking out, a Changeling then turned into Giga-Bowser, and was about to crush the entire group, until it disintegrated. The group then looked towards the entrance and saw...Toadlee with a plasma gun? "GET OFF OF MY FRIENDS YOU STUPID SCUMBAGS!" he screamed, charging in and hitting two at the same time, doing a barrel roll in the air and hitting one, leaving only one that came up behind him and was about to attack, but he turned around and shot him. "T-Toadlee?" Toadmiss mumbled, completely dumbfounded. "That's right!" he then walked up to her, and helped her up, followed by a hug. "B-But you're a big baby!" She exclaimed, again completely dumbfounded. "I got this plasma gun from my Dad before he passed away, he told me to only use it when I need it...and I knew you where in danger, so it was worth risking my life for you!" He said. "Oh...Toadlee!" She said, giving him another hug. "and I also know I wasn't challenging you like you would've liked...but that stops today...if you'll have me!" He said, giving her a kiss on her hand. "Oh of coarse I will!" She said. BACK AT THE DOCKS: "Alright...the boat is set up!" Toadlee exclaimed, jumping into a boat. "Good!" Mario said "And we know Chrysalis hasn't made it to the Temple yet, so maybe there's still time!" Mario exlaimed, as him and Luigi jumped into the boat. "Ahoy!" Toadlee yelled, as Toadmiss watched as they floated into the sunset, towards the Pappiapine islands...