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The Death of a Hero (Fire Mario's Backstory)

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Mario opened his eyes. What had happened earlier? The red capped plumber looked around. Darkness. All Mario could see was utter darkness surrounding him. Where was he? He recalled what had happened.

Bowser did this. Bowser had transformed into an abomination of a koopa king, and created a black hole. Mario had to be inside it, waiting for his doom. Mario began to wonder about Luigi. Did he escape? Is he in here too? Is...everyone in here, waiting for death?

There was a loud, massive explosion by Mario's shoulder. Mario screamed in pain, it hurt so much. He was in a black hole, and each individual atom of his body was exploding, slowly, ensuring Mario suffered. He wasn't the only one crying in pain. Many voices screamed around him, suffering a slow, gruesome death. He couldn't see anyone in the darkness. He wanted so bad to call out to them, to help them, but...he can't. He couldn't move through the darkness. The pain of the explosions were already crippling him. But the worse pain, the pain of guilt, in which he couldn't help the people he'd sworn to protect, was the most deadly. He wanted this to end! "Why wouldn't this end? Stop the pain, please, I can't take it!" Mario cried, unable to sanely bare this burden.

Death flicked him with every explosion, and taunted him, making the cries of.... Princess Peach...the most audible. Mario heard his princess, calling, SCREAMING in horror and pain. His lovely dear, the girl of his dreams, suffering so close, but still could not be seen. Mario wanted to reach out to Peach, he wanted to comfort her, but his aching body refused to move, as the pain on both ends grew ever worse. "Finish me off already! Make it stop! MAKE IT STOP!!" Mario wailed, the chorus of screams seemed to imitate him, as hundreds of thousands of civilians cried for it to end.

Mario's life flashed before himself. His brother, his princess, his friends flashed before his eyes. The pain, the ungodly, unbearable pain! He wanted it to stop, he plead for it to end, but it would not stop, it would NEVER stop. It only got worse, the physical and mental pain draining his life force, slowly through a strainer. Mario's consciousness began to slip. Mario shut his eyes, but nothing changed, it was still dark, gruesomely dark. Mario let out one last breath, before his chest heaved no more..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Mario then awoke. There was a faint red glow around himself. Finally, light. He could actually see something in here. And he could move! He wasn't hurt anymore! No more pain, finally. He wasn't suffering anymore. Mario looked around. He then looked behind him. There, Mario finally saw something in the red light imbuing him. Though, it wasn't pretty..

Behind him, was a body, beaten and missing parts. A loud explosion rang off of it, an atom blew up on the body. The most terrifying this was, the body behind Mario, was that it was HIS body. The broken, explosion burned corpse hung behind Mario, unmoving, dead. Realization sunk in. Mario finally had a good look at himself as a whole. His whole "body" was the source of the red light. Mario also observed his new form, his overalls had darkened to a dark red, his gloves a lighter red. His hands were also clawed, and he had a tail. His hair was now bright red also, but his shirt and hat retained their normal design. Mario didn't have a mirror for his face, but looking upon his face would show his same black mustache, and blue eyes, but the whites of his eyes were now red. Mario observed his features. He was a ghost now. Dead. Mario is dead. He couldn't believe this revelation, but it was true. Mario had to accept that and move on.

He floated around the darkness more, seeing not only his own corpse, but many others, dear friends, great partners... his princess, so close to his own body... Mario looked at her dishevelled form the longest. Saddened at her death. He leaned in close and kissed the lips of the body... uttering..."I had to do that at least once..." before continuing to float into the foreverness, leaving his dear sweetheart behind.

Soon, the red, ghostly plumber found a way out. Mario was met with deep space and more darkness. He floated through the new born stars, created probably after that really loud explosion that hurt the most. Mario saw new planets and new stars, recreated from the destruction of his universe. "Well, it's better than nothing..." The ghost uttered, floating steadily along. After what seemed to be forever, Mario found a brand new version of the Mushroom World. He floated toward it, hoping to find someone to talk to.

That didn't go so well, as another version of him chased him off! This Mario seemed somewhat less violent then him, and a bit more scared. Mario obliged and floated away, to avoid scaring others. He flew into a dense forest. Mario was mindful of his tail, as he soon discovered he was made of fire. He made sure not to touch anything, floating steadily. He then heard footsteps. Mario listened to the pattern closely. Why, he recognized this pattern, that was unmistakably the awkward walking pattern of his younger brother!

To be sure it was his brother, and not some other Luigi, Mario followed the footsteps to a clearing. Sure enough, this Luigi had a gold medallion around his neck, with a red star engraved in the center and black strings. His medallion! Luigi was alive! Mario was so overjoyed in floating to his brother, he forgot one teensy, tiny detail about his brother... His fear of ghosts.

"Luigi!!" Mario called. Luigi turned around, only for Mario to receive a very shocked and spooked expression. "G-g-g-g-g-g-g-g..." Luigi started, staring at Mario. Luigi, what's wrong, It's-a-me! "G-g-g-g-g-g GHOST!! BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!" Luigi screamed. He takes a deep breath in and does it again, and again, until eventually he loses his voice. Mario tries to comfort his brother. "Luigi, little bro, calm down. It's-a-me, Mario!" He tells his younger, who finally perks up and actually notices who it is. "And I think my eardrums would've broke if I wasn't a ghost..." Mario mumbles. Luigi suddenly was sucking on something to get his voice back. Where'd he get it from? "Bro, is it really you?" Luigi asked, still a bit shaky. "Yes Luigi, I'mma back, and I'mma blazin'" Mario trumpets happily. Luigi then walks closer and begins to bawl.

"Big bro! I thought I was never going to see you again!" He cried. Mario warmed his brother with his fiery heat. "It's ok, little bro, I'm here now.... I'll always be here"
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OMG!!!!!!! BROTHERLY LOVE OVERLOAD!!!!!!!!!!!:squee: :squee:  WAY TOO SAD AND SWEET!!!!!!Eyepopping Eyepopping Waaaah! Waaaah! La la la la La la la la  I actually cried a bit during this one. You seriously are a talented writer kudos to you! Clap Clap Clap