Chapter 7: The code. Luigi was transported into a small room with a chalkboard. He thought it was gonna be easy. His brother had beaten a Pit of 100 Trials before him. If Luigi couldn't beat this, then he might as well have given up his hero days. Anyway, on the chalkboard, a riddle had been written. " A mother had one child, but ten of these were born." The plumber was puzzled. All of a sudden, Bob's voice rang out. " Luigi, you must answer the riddle within three turns. Every wrong answer gets you an electric shock. Get three wrong, and it's off to the bottom! Oh, and your timed, too!. In thirty seconds, if you haven't answered, it will count as one wrong answer. Good luck, Luigi! Go!" Luigi thought. One child, but ten were born? The more he thought, the more confused he became. After thirty, he got shocked! " OUCH! That stings! At least I've got two answers left." He thought again, but decided to guess. " Err....children?" Luigi got shocked again. One more and it would be his last. Then, he got a great idea. " Whem we are born, we have ten fingers and ten toes! But which is it? It could be either one! I guess I'll take my chances! TOES!!" It was silent. A warp pipe appeared. Luigi was in luck. He traveled down, to the next pit. All of a sudden, he was in a stadium. In front of him? A big, ugly ogre, and a tiny little fluff bunny. Bob spoke again. " This time Luigi, you pick a fighter, and face off! No more to say. Go!" Luigi thought this was a trap. If he picked the bunny, it would become large and deadly. So he picked the ogre. And got wacked by his mallet. Hard. He fell down. " Crud! I picked the bad choice! I thought this was a trap! He flew up, and hit the ogre. The ogre didn't feel a thing. It got mad. And it swung out again! It missed Luigi, but only by a hair! " Gosh, this guy must have a weakness! He almost punched the ogre, but fell on accident. His palm scrapped across the ogre's belly. Then, the ogre began to laugh. And it rolled on it's back, as well. Luigi began to rub it's belly again! The beast kept laughing. After this, the bunny transformed into a horrible creature. It was a trick! Just, not like he thought. Luigi fell down the warp pipe. And as soon as he landed, a gigantic Shy Guy came out of nowhere. It demanded that Luigi feed him. And if he didn't, he would eat him instead. Luigi got nervous. No food around. Luigi noticed that he was outside. At the top, was a full moon. It reminded him of the code Yoshi told him before he fell to his death. " Uhhh...the Shy Guy walks at midnight? Was that it?" The Big Shy Guy walked back. " Yes, I supose I should present to you, the second part of the code. He raised his hands. The big man did the strangest dance. It looked like the walking pattern of a goomba. Then, he fell on his back, like a koopa. Finally, he farted himself into the air, like he was riding on a cloud. A warp pipe appeared, and Luigi went down. " What was that all about? Whatever it was, it must have been a code! I've got to remember that dance! " At the beginging of the Pit of 10 Trials, Bob spoke to himself. " Yes! This is the one to free us! The bandits will soon be free! If Luigi completes the trials, are hopes will be restored! Come on, you can do it!"
Luigi had made it to level four. He thought this was too easy. But his next challange, would be a powerful challenge indeed. Just wait.....TO BE CONTINUED!!!
I'm a-Luigi! Number-a one!