Tails and Luigi's Mansion prolouge

It was a beautiful, bright, sunshiny day in the city of Station Square. Bird were singing. Kids were playing. People were doing their daily things as going to work, or even working at their jobs. Cars were running on the roads in an orderly and neat fashion. Station Square was the kind of city where everyone was considerate of each other and people were not mean spirited to one another. Kind of like a small, friendly neighborhood. It was the perfect day for a walk or a jog through the town, where people would probably say 'how do you do?' or give one a friendly 'how's it goin'?'.

And it's also the personal favorite city of a particular blue hedgehog hero, known to them as Sonic. He's had good connections with the people, in particular the Mayor, after it was rebuilt from a giant water monster's destructive rampage. And he was now walking though the city with three friends of his. Mario, an Italian plumber who has yet to actually plumb something in his entire life, Luigi, another Italian plumber, and the younger, but taller, brother of Mario, and Princess Peach Toadstool, Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom.

The four were on their way to the movie theater in the city to see Chao In Space III: The search for Tikal. It was the third installment of that series, obviously, and Peach had wanted to see it. Mario and Luigi were coming along to make sure that no one like Bowser came along and kidnap her, and Sonic did it mainly because he was kinda bored and a bit tired.

"So, is there anything we need to know about the first two movies, Sonic?" Princess Peach asked.

"Besides the fact that the Chao are In Space..." Sonic said, putting a dramatic sort of voice on the 'in space' part of his sentence, "I think you'll be good."

"Okay then." She replied.

"It's not too scary, is it?" Luigi asked.

"Don't be such a baby, Luigi." Mario teased.

"It's a movie about little adorable creatures that go into space, Luigi, I think it'll be alright." Sonic reassured him.

"Is this the theater?" Peach asked as she saw a very large, flashy building. It had many lights on it, most of which were red, but there were still plenty of yellow ones to. It also had neon lights that seemed to be in the shape of a bag of popcorn and a beverage of some sort.

Sonic looked up at it, "Yep, this is the place. Station Square Cinemas. One of the best theaters I've ever been too."

"Also, where Chao In Space III: The search for Tikal, is currently playing." Mario pointed out as he looked a the poster for the movie they were going to see. The poster had a single Chao standing over what appeared to be a large blue planet with a giant robot with a mustache behind it. Below it appeared to be a small white sign that explained the movie ratings system, from G to NA-17. The poster was located in between two others for two other movies, Saw VII and Hey, Daddy, Look, It's A Man Wearing A Goat Head.

"What is that one even about?" Peach said looking at the other poster.

"Saw 8, or the other one?" Sonic asked.

"The one with a long title." She responded.

"Dunno. All I do know is that people say it's really stupid."

Luigi inspected the poster for Hey, Daddy, Look, It's A Man Wearing A Goat Head, "Something tells me it's also incredibly disturbing."

"Probably is."

Mario looked behind them and said, "Sonic, we might want to get in there now..."

Sonic turned to look at Mario and said, "What are you talking about we've got plenty of-Oh shoot." Sonic went from a really upbeat voice to one that was really deadpan. His eyes widened to their max and his mouth shrunk to it's minimum. Running up to them was the one thing that he hoped he wouldn't see today. The one thing that he couldn't deal with. One of his worst nightmares in such a situation.

"Sooooniiiic!"

Amy Rose on a Tuesday. Tuesdays were the days she went on a shopping Spree.

"Hi, Amy." Peach waved.

"Guys, come on, let's get inside, like, two minutes ago." Sonic said quietly to the others.

"Why don't we ask Amy to join us at the movies?" Peach asked.

Sonic looked at her and said quickly, "Look, Peach, we need to get in there now, if we don't then Amy'll join us and when we get out she'll continue on her shopping spree and I will be dragged along and forced to carry all of her stuff, so for the love of all that is decent and speedy can we please-GAK!" Sonic could not finish his sentence as Amy had quickly embraced him in a bear hug that nearly choked him. How she was able to get him from behind, he had no idea.

"Sonic! Oh, it's so good to see you!" Amy said to him.

"GAK! Good... to see... you too... Amy..." Sonic replied, not being able to breath.

Amy had let go of Sonic, who immediately fell on the floor and took deep breaths. "So, what are you all up to?" She asked.

"We were just about to see, Chao in Space." Luigi explained.

"Would you like to join us?" Peach politely asked.

Sonic's eyes widened upon hearing her offer.

"Chao in Space? Really? You wanna see that kiddie movie?" Amy said in a slightly disappointed voice.

Sonic sprang up from the floor and said in a quick tone,,"Yes, yes we are, but it looks like you don't wanna see it, and we aren't choosing anything else, so run along and shop or whatever you do on Tuesdays."

"Well, we could see something else, if you would like to join us for a movie..." Peach said to her innocently. This made Sonic give her a look that could only be descried as 'dirtyly upset.'

"Well, if you'll let me pick... then I say we go see... that one!" Amy pointed to one of the posters. The others looked at the poster that Amy was pointing to, which just so happened to be Saw VII.

"You want to see that movie?" Peach asked.

Amy nodded happily.

"Are you sure? I hear 'Saw' is a scary movie franchise." Mario asked.

"And it's rated R. We can' go and see. it. Rated R movies cannot be view by someone under 18." Sonic quickly explained. He really didn't want Amy to come to the movies.

"Ah, ah, ah," Amy replied waggling her finger, "You can't see an R rated film unless you're 18, OR with an adult over 18, which we have right here with Mario, Luigi, and Peach."

"Really?" Peach asked.

Mario looked over to the sign under the posters, "Mhm. Yep. She's-a right." Mario explained.

"Yay! We're gonna see Saw 8!" Amy shouted with glee.

"Um... M-m-mind if I-I-I s-s-sit this one out, B-b-bro?" Luigi asked.

Amy looked at him and said, "Hold up there, Luigi, if you're scared about the movie, then I know exactly what to do!" She pulled out her phone and looked on the screen. She opened up her speed-dial menu and quickly shifted through it. She had Sonic, Peach, Tails, Cosmo, Ah! Here she was. Daisy's number. She pressed it and puled the phone up to her head.

Daisy's phone rang on the table, though it was next to a corded one on a yellow counter. A gloved hand quickly reached over it and grabbed it. The person who owned the gloved hand answered the phone.

"Waluigi's Bridal Boutique! Waluigi's gonna get you married! Waluigi speaking!"

"Waluigi?" Amy voice spoke through the phone.

Waluigi's eyes widened in curiosity. He pulled back the phone and looked at it, seeing that he picked up Daisy's phone. His eyes widened and he pulled the phone back up to his head as Amy spoke,

"Why do you have Daisy's phone?"

Waluigi looked shiftily from side to side, "Uh, well, Waluigi stole her phone, and he plans to give her a stupid messaging machine and annoying ringtone. Just as a question, what did you think about that?"

"About what?"

"That. 'Waluigi's gonna get you married!' That's gonna make people make funny faces in response, right? You know what? Your reaction enough was enough to tell me that it's good, so yeah, Waluigi's gonna change it and give it back to Daisy. She's currently in her Dressing room, so Waluigi's gotta be quick otherwise she'll catcg me and she'll punch Waluigi in the face, so Waluigi's got to go, see you later."

And with that, Waluigi hung up the phone.

Amy looked at the phone after he hung up, "Well that was weird."

Waluigi sighed in relief. "That was-a close."

Out of one of the booths in the Bridal Boutique came Daisy, wearing a yellow wedding dress. "What do you think? Do I look nice?" She asked, twirling around, "Do you think Luigi will like it?"

"It looks fantastic, Waluigi can see Luigi now in his gree-no, wait, his purple suit. Purple is much better then green, trust me on this one. Waluigi knows what he's talking about."

"Well, it looks like we can't get Daisy to come along with us. Oh, well. Come on guys, let's get in the theater." Amy said, pulling along Sonic into the theater, followed by Peach.

Mario looked at his brother, "Luigi, if you don't want to go and see it, I'll-a stay here with-a you."

Luigi looked back at his brother with sullen eyes, "No, no, it's okay. You go and see it. I'll just go over and see what Tails is doing."

Mario looked back at Luigi with a sad face and nodded. He knew that his brother felt depressed over this, but he would feel guilty if he made Mario miss out on a movie. Mario didn't even wanna see Saw VII. He just went along for Peach. He wanted to make sure she was okay. He patted his brother on the back and walked into the movie theater.

Luigi sighed. He started to walk down the sidewalks of Station Square.

He looked down at the ground as he walked. Seeing his shoes go up and down on the pavement. 'You're nothing but a big coward, Luigi.' He thought to himself. He never was as brave as his brother. He always was scared to do all of the things that Mario did with him on their adventures. Mario's faced giant, fire breathing turtle dragons without the slightest look of fear. Why couldn't he be brave like his brother? He sighed. 'Probably the reason I'm in his shadow all the time.' He thought to himself.

"Whoawhoawhoa, watch out!" Said a voice from above. Luigi heard the voice a little to late, as the source of the voice had already crashed right into him.

"Oh..." Luigi moaned.

"Ow... I'm sorry, ah! My letters!" Said the voice. Luigi opened up his eyes and lifted his head. He saw a Paratroopa with a Cyan shell and what appeared to be flight goggles on his head. He was also picking up letters that were now scattered on the ground and putting them into his bag.

"Parakarry?" Luigi asked.

The Flying turtle looked at Luigi, ow seeing who he ran into. "Ah, Luigi! Good to see you." He greeted him. Luigi picked up a few letters and handed them to the Paratroopa.

"Thanks there, Luigi."

"No problem." The plumber responded, "You delivering mail?"

"Well, I just have one stop outta town, and that's Tails' place in the Mystic Ruins." Parakarry said to him. Parakarry was the kinda mail carrier who knew everyone who he delivered mail to. He was a really friendly guy.

"Oh, well, I'm going there right now." Luigi said to him, "If you want, I could take his mail to him."

"Really? Oh, that'd be nice. Save me a trip."

"Yeah, it's no trouble." Luigi said to his mailman-er, mailkoopa.

"Perfect." He said, reaching into his bag. He pulled out a few things from his bag and gave them to Luigi, "Thanks, Luigi, really appreciate it."

"No problem." Luigi said, holding the mail in his hands.

Parakarry flew up into the sky, "See you later!"

"Bye." Luigi said, waving with his free hand. He continued to walk down the road of Station Square, still quite melancholy over his cowardice. He sighed to really shouldn't be acting so depressed right now. Life was going good for him and his friends right now, and he didn't want to ruin it for everyone else.

"The train leaving for the Mystic Ruins will be departing soon." "Whah!" Luigi screamed, startled by the loud Feminine voice. He looked up and saw that he was right in front of the Train Station that led to the Mystic Ruins.

Luigi walked up the stairs to the Station. He opened the door and walked into the building. He noticed that it wasn't very crowded. He saw a few people in the lobby, all of them walking up another flight of stairs to get to the train. There were no staff members waiting to sell tickets to the people because the train was a free service, which was nice. That meant that Luigi didn't have to pay any money in order to see his friends in the Mystic Ruins. He walked through the lobby and up the stairs. When he got to the top of them he saw that the train doors were closing... without him in the train!

"Wait!" He screamed as he ran to the train in a panic. He jumped into the closing doors of the train just before they closed shut for the ride. This ended up with him flat on his face on the floor of the train. "Oh..." He moaned. He put his hand on a nearby seat in order to get himself back on his feat. He noticed that the floor of the train felt different one one of his feet. He looked down to see why. For some odd reason, he only had one shoe on. Which was weird because he was wearing two a minute ago. He noticed a slight breeze beside him. He looked and saw that his shoe was actually caught in the doors of the train and was keeping them from closing.

He laughed to himself for a minute. He looked on the ground and saw the mail he was carrying for Tails. He picked it all up and sat down on the bench next to him. He looked at his shoe in the door awkwardly., He decided to wait for the train ride to end before trying to get it back. He didn't want it to accidentally snap his hand off if he tried to get it. He sighed again, 'Wait to think like a coward, Luigi...' He thought to himself. He looked down the train cart to see some of the other passengers. Not that many, other then what appeared to be a mother and her 4-year-old son, an architect, and a guy in a business suit. This last one made him curious, but he decided to not ask him why he was on a train to the Mystic Ruins. He looked down at the mail for Tails and decided to look through it. Not in it, just through it. See what Tails looked like he was going to get.

The first few things were a couple of bills for things such as electricity, cable, basic things like that. He then looked around and saw a couple of magazines. He skipped looking through those. He noticed two letters in envelopes that seemed more personal then from a big old company. One of them was addressed from someone named Professor Pickle, and the other was simply a yellow envelope with the words, "You Have Won!" printed in bold. He looked at this yellow envelope for the rest of the trip, which wasn't too long.

"You have arrived in the Mystic Ruins." Said a male voice through loud speakers.

"Mystic Ruins? Aw, crud, I'm not supposed to be here. I thought this was the train leading to the other side of town." Said the man wearing a suit on the train. Luigi noticed this. He felt a little bad for the guy. For all he knew, because of this, he might be fired from a job. Maybe it was the only job he could have. Maybe now his family wouldn't be able to pay the bills and he'd have to be forced out on the streets. Maybe if Luigi had spoken up on the train, all of that could've been avoided. Luigi shook himself. He needed to stop thinking like that. Going to the worst case scenario there. The doors of the train opened and Luigi's shoe fell to the floor. Luigi walked up to it and picked it up. He lifted his foot and tried to put his shoe back on, while he hopped out of the train. Unfortunately for him, the train exit was on a very tall, wooden structure, with a bunch of stairs leading down to the ground. And Luigi failed to realize this before falling down each flight of stairs in a comical fashion.

"Ah! Oof! Gak! Owie! Oof! Gak! Arg!" He exclaimed in pain as he fell down the stairs. When he got to the ground he laid there for a few seconds.

"Hey, mommy, look, it's Mario!" Said the little boy who was on the train. "No, sweetie, that's his cousin, Louie." Said the mother to her son. "Aw... I wanted to meet Mario..." He replied, disappointed. This really didn't help out for Luigi's self esteem. "Oh..." He got up and picked up the mail that fell out of his grasp again and started to walk. The Mystic Ruins were a wonderful place. Beautiful, really. Luigi could understand why Tails lived here. It was so nice and peaceful and beautiful. He looked out to the open sea beside the Ruins. He could only imagine watching the sunset on those wonderful waves. Something that Tails probably has done before, with his beloved, Cosmo. Ah, young love.

Luigi walked up to a fairly large plateau with some stairs carved out on the side. He looked at them while he made each step up, making sure he didn't make a mis-step. When he got to the top of the plateau he looked over to see Tails' workshop. It was quite large, big enough to act as a house for two, which it sorta did. He looked right outside the house and saw Cosmo tending to her garden. "There ya go, Deloris. All nice and watered. You're growing into such a beautiful flower." She said, talking to her plants. Luigi smiled at this. "Hey, Cosmo." He greeted.

Cosmo looked behind herself to see Luigi standing behind her. "Oh, hello, Luigi. What are you doing here?" She asked politely.

Luigi answered her, "I just thought about visiting you and Tails today."

Cosmo smiled, "Well, it's good to see you today" She looked at the letters in his hands and asked him, "What do you have there, Luigi?"

Luigi looked in his hand and said, "Oh, I ran into Parakarry and told him that I'd take your mail to you guys."

"Oh, how thoughtful of you, Luigi. Tails is in his work shop right now, if you want, I could go get him."

Luigi raised his hands and shook them, "Oh, no, there's no need to do that. If he's busy I can come another time." Luigi looked to the ground in a slightly disappointed manor. Cosmo noticed this.

"Nonsense," She said to him, "I'll go and get him. I'm sure that he can pull himself away from tinkering to spend time with a friend." She grabbed his hand and walked him up to the front door. After opening it, the two walked into the workshop, which seemed to look more like a living room. There was a couch, a coffee table, and two comfortable chairs. There was also a large, hi-def, flat screen TV over on the wall in front of the couch. Behind the couch was a doorway that led to the kitchen. Over to the side there was a set of stairs, leading to a door in the wall.

"I'll go and get Tails, you feel free to make yourself at home, Luigi." Cosmo said, walking through the living room.

"Okay." He responded. Cosmo walked up to the door that the stairs ended at and opened it up, then walked inside the room.

Luigi walked into the kitchen. There were a number of cupboards, a counter with draws, a pantry, and a fridge on one wall of the food preparation room. In the middle of the kitchen there was a round, wooden table, with about four chairs surrounding it. There was also a window in the kitchen, which gave a look to the cliffs of the Mystic Ruins. Luigi walked over to the fridge and opened it up. Then, looking inside he saw that many different foodstuffs were inside it, like any normal refrigerator. He noticed, however, that there was no Coke inside the machine, only Pepsi. He sighed to himself. He, along with his brother and a few of his friends, preferred Coke, but Sonic and a some of his friends preferred Pepsi. 'Oh, well." He said in his head. He pulled out a can of the beverage. Now, with both of his hands full, he used his foot to close the refrigerator door and walked over to the table. He placed the mail on the table and pulled out a chair, sitting down in it. He opened his can of Pepsi and took a drink of it.

He then looked outside the window, spacing out for a couple of seconds, letting his mind wonder around aimlessly.

"Hey, Luigi." Said a voice that snapped Luigi back into the real world. He looked over to see his friend Tails walking into the kitchen, with Cosmo behind him.

"Hi, Tails. How's it going?" The plumber asked the fox.

"Pretty good. How are you doing?" He responded.

"I'm okay." Luigi said, looking down at the ground. He looked on the table and said, "I brought you your mail."

"Thanks." Tails replied. He pulled out a chair and started to look through his mail, while Luigi took a fairly large gulp of his can of Pepsi. "Bill, bill, bill, magazine, magazine... What's this?" He said, getting to the yellow envelope, "You may have already won?" He opened the yellow envelope and puled out the piece of paper inside. He studied it carefully, while Luigi was still gulping down his Pepsi with his eyes closed.

"What is it Tails?" Cosmo asked her boyfriend, walking up to him.

"Whao! Sweet! We won a free mansion in the Boo Woods!" Tails exclaimed. Luigi's eyes shot open and he spit out the Pepsi he was drinking. The soda had just passed Cosmo, who almost was in Luigi's spitting range. Tails looked at Luigi with a surprised expression. Luigi looked at Tails and grabbed the piece of paper out of Tails hands, "Lemme see that." He inspected the paper. His eyes widened as he looked at it.

"We don't want to go here." He said bluntly.

Tails looked at him, "Why not?"

"Just trust me on this one."

Cosmo and Tails looked at each other with confused faces. Tails looked back at Luigi, "Okay... um..."

"What's the other letter, Tails?" Cosmo asked, looking at the only other letter on the table. Tails looked at it and picked it up, "Oh! It's from Professor Pickle!"

"Who?" Cosmo asked.

"An old friend of mine from Spagonia University." Tails explained as he opened up the letter. He pulled out the paper and read it aloud, "'Dear Tails, How are you? How are your projects coming along? I am doing fine. But, apparently, my assistant here had ordered a mansion to be built for me and my research. Unfortunately, the builders of this house seemed to have actually built it on the wrong continent.'"

Both Cosmo's and Luigi's face crumpled up in confusion, "How do you do that? How do you build a mansion on the wrong continent?"

Tails continued reading the letter, "'However, it appears that the mansion was built near your local area. I have no use for a mansion that's nowhere near close to me right now, so, it is for you to have. Feel free to go and spruce it up to your liking. The address is on the other side of this letter. Sincerely yours, Professor Pickle.'"

Cosmo looked at Tails and said, "So, wait, we got another mansion."

"Apparently." Luigi said.

"But... that doesn't make any sense. Professor Pickle wants to keep in touch with me and Sonic. Jason said that they'd move here the second they could get something to open up." Tails said, scratching his head.

"Well, maybe he has important business to deal with. Research, or something like that." Luigi suggested.

"I guess..." Tails said, looking at the floor.

"Well, maybe we can spruce it up for Professor Pickle if he decides to come here at another time." Cosmo suggested brightly.

"Yeah, you're right Cosmo. It wouldn't hurt to go check it out." Tails responded.

"Where is it?" Luigi asked. Tails looked at the back of the letter, "Huh. It's actually really close by. We could walk over there right now."

"Alright, then. Let's go." Cosmo said, smiling. Tails nodded and walked out of the kitchen, followed by Cosmo and Luigi. The three walked out the door of the house, on their way to their new mansion. Little did they know, that that letter wasn't being quite accurate...

"Thanks for coming to Waluigi's Bridal Boutique." Waluigi said, waving goodbye to Daisy, "Ah, another satisfied customer." Waluigi heard the flapping of wings above looked up and saw Parakarry floating down to him, "Mail call!"

"What do you want, Paratroopa?" Waluigi asked him.

"I've got mail for you." Parakarry said, pulling out mail from his bag and handing it to Waluigi. Waluigi took the letters from the Paratroopa, "Alright, my Alimony check has arrived!"

"You've been married?"

"No."

Parakarry looked at him with a face of confusion while Waluigi sorted through his mail. Which consited of looking through it and throwing the letters behind his back, "Let's see, Bill, bill, junk mail, bill, jury duty, restraining order, bill, Ooh, what's this?" He looked at this letter closely, studying it. He read aloud, "To Miles Prower from Profe-sur Pee-kel. Stupid name he's got there."

"Wait, what? That letter's addressed to Tails?" Parakarry said, looking over Waluigi's shoulder.

"Yeah. Why'd you give this to Waluigi?" He asked.

"I didn't mean too. I must've not seen it when I was giving Luigi Tails' mail." Parakarry said.

"You gave Luigi Tails' mail?"

"Yes, he said he was headed there, and Luigi's trustful. But now I have to go take that to him. So I'll be taking that back." Parakarry reached his hand to grab the letter from his hand.

"No!" Waluigi said, jerking his hand away from the Paratroopa, "You gave this letter to me, It's Waluigi's mail now!"

"Look, you can't keep that mail, it doesn't belong to you,"

"It belongs to Waluigi now."

"Look, you can't keep it, it's against the law, so please hand it over."

Waluigi looked back at the letter and sighed, "Oh, okay... Waluigi will give you-HUT HUT HIKE!" At that moment, Waluigi brought his foot back and kicked the Paratroopa in the shell. Reflexively, he brought his head, arms and legs into his shell for defense. Unfortunately, he was kicked into a nearby city mailbox and was now trapped inside. Waluigi smiled at his victory and ran back inside his bridal boutique.

He ripped open the envelope and read the letter in his head, the voice that he read it in in his head was the same as professor Pickle's.

'Dear Tails

I am sorry that I have not been in touch with you for a while. I've been working on some arrangements around Spagonia and Shamar, as well as a friend in your area. A man named Elven who I was roommates with back in my early days at Spagonaia University. Though, he was a little... wacky. He says he's found a mansion near your location and I'd like to check it out. He says that he's studying it for supernatural poltergeists, but it's a perfectly safe place.

I don't 100% believe that, but I will be coming to Station Square. I plan to meet up with my old friend when I get there. He says he's got just the thing to do to deal with these spectral beings, and once he's done, he can study those and I can move in there. I'll be coming to visit soon. By the first of next month, if I'm correct.

Sincerely, yours, Professor Pickle. P.S. Could you prepare some cucumber sandwiches?'

"Well, that wasn't a very good letter. But isn't the first of next month tomorrow?" Waluigi thought to himself.

"HEY!" Shouted a voice that had just entered Waluigi's Bridal Boutique. Waluigi looked behind himself and saw Parakarry behind him, covered in paper cuts from mail letters.

"YOU GIVE ME BACK THAT LETTER, WALUIGI!" He shouted.

"No! It is Waluigi's letter now! Even if it isn't all that interesting!"

Parakarry growled as he flew into the Boutique.

The sounds of Parakarry chasing Waluigi were much louder then one would expect them to be. Many loud crashes and bangs could be heard from outside the store. Waluigi bolted out the doors at a fast pace, screaming out, "You'll never take Waluigi alive, Mailkoopa!" And with that, Waluigi escaped Parakarry's chase... somehow.