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Chapter One
It’s-A-Me
Keith had recently found a game called Friday Night Funkin’. The rhythm game was really fun, and so were the mods for it. He had just downloaded a mod called “MARIO’S MADNESS”.
Keith double-clicked the file for the app, and a message popped up with the usual sound Windows notification sound that played whenever a popup appeared.
NOTICE
Please confirm your opening of this file.
Confirm Cancel
Keith clicked “Confirm”, and another popup appeared.
Answer processed. Allowing system access to User M.
“Wait, what?” Keith asked. “No! Cancel!”
His computer froze, and wasn’t responsive. Suddenly, the screen turned to red static, and a bloody, white-gloved hand shot out of his screen and grabbed his shirt!
Keith struggled to escape, but it didn’t work, and he was pulled into the computer screen!
“AAAAHHH-“
…
Keith slowly slowly opened his eyes. He was in what resembled a place from Super Mario games, but everything seemed more… demonic.
Keith started walking around, looking for any clue as to how he got here.
Eventually, he bumped into someone. From behind, they looked like… Mario?
“Hm? You looking for someone? You seem you don’t-a-recognize me.”
He had an Italian accent.
The figure gave a small chuckle.
“It’s-a-me…”
The person turned around, and gave a terrifying smile while holding a meat cleaver.
“MARIO!”
That startled Keith enough to fall backwards.
“…Almost.”
Keith’s heart started pounding.
“Aww, you seem a bit-a-scared. Well, don’t be. I’m-a-not-a-gonna kill you.”
“Mario” raised his cleaver. “…Yet.”
Whoever this was, it clearly wasn’t Mario.
“I’m looking for-a-some fun with you before I end-a-your life.”
Keith looked around and found a sharp rock. He picked it up, and brandished it.
Mario looked unamused, with his arms crossed and a sarcastic look.
Suddenly, the rock blinked out of existence!
“Oh, don’t-a-bother trying anything like that here.”
Mario got close to Keith.
“This is MY WORLD.”
Mario backed up a little again.
“I’ve heard so-a-many stories about you! You’ve defeated lots of creatures, some like myself; Monsters, Angels, Demons, Freaks…”
Keith thought about what Mario meant.
Then it hit him.
All the mods he had played! He had done that in mods, rap battled against creatures and won!
But…Keith couldn’t do that in reality!
“So how’s about we make a deal?”
Mario held up 3 fingers. “Three songs. Just three. Beat me, and I’ll-a-let you go. Lose, and you perish-a-by my hand.”
A Parabones flew down from the sky, holding a microphone which it dropped in front of Keith before flying off.
‘Okay, I may not be able to do rap battles in real life, but it’s my only shot.’
Keith picked up the microphone.
“Okay.”
“Very well,” Mario said. LET’S-A-GO!”
Music started playing from nowhere in particular.