Norman Whitesmith back again to bring you another chapter of the story nobody really cared too much about! It underwent a name change from "Luigi's Wacky Adventure" to "A Giant Problem" because I shortened the plot. Also, the first title just admittedly sounds really stupid. Right now, I'm trying to finish the shorter stories I have going so I can focus on finishing what I have before adding more to my plate. Either way, I'm not going to delay you any longer, so without further ado, bros and dudes, chapter three.

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Chapter Three- We Were Kind of Asking For Things to go Wrong, Weren't We?

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The morning birds chirped around him as Luigi's eyes slowly fluttered open.

"Morning already..." murmured Luigi aloud to himself as he smacked his lips together sleepily.

Suddenly, Luigi's eyes jerked open as he sat up. All of the events of the previous day came flooding back into Luigi's mind. Was it just a dream? Upon inspecting the area he was in, Luigi found he was sitting on the couch currently, which lined up with his memory of him falling asleep on the couch the previous night while watching a movie with Mario.

Wait, if that all actually happened, then that meant... Mario was to be king!?! Luigi felt panic surge through him. Mario was going away to live in a castle, abandoning Luigi to be all alone! Mario, a peasant in status, was to be king. While Mario may be kind and gentle and sure to be loved by his subjects, he was too naive and would most likely be assasinated within a week!

Luigi felt a strong tingle go through him, making Luigi remember another crucial event of yesterday. In a rushed panic, Luigi quickly shoved away the feeling before too much damage was done and felt a small spasm go through him as he grew an inch taller, making his clothes slightly tighter.

This was not going to be an easy day to get through, especially with Mario's wedding.

Speaking of Mario, where was he? Luigi had fallen asleep up against him, so where did he go? Luigi got to his feet and began quietly searching the house before he heard a slight rasping snore from the direction of the office. Upon pulling back the sliding door, Luigi saw Mario face-down on the desk, snoring away on top of what appeared to be a tuxedo. Open next to Mario was a spell book Luigi had bought from an antiques shop long ago. Inspecting the page, Luigi found it to be opened to a page explaining how to make material more durable.

Things clicked in Luigi's mind when he saw the tuxedo had a green tie on the top of it. Mario must have been making it so Luigi could make it through the wedding without destroying his clothes if he had a growing incident. A tear came to Luigi's eye. He didn't deserve such a caring brother as Mario.

A sudden snort in the snoring interupted Luigi's thoughts as Mario sat up groggily.

"Hey, lil' bro, it's the big day," Mario said as he stretched, revealing he was in a tuxedo that had stayed surprisingly fresh looking despite Mario sleeping in it. "I managed to find an enchantment that'll make the tuxedo grow with you. As long as you don't grow too much, it should keep on you and not rip. But even if it doesn't rip, good luck explaining why you're suddenly nine-feet tall to everyone." Mario playfully punched Luigi's shoulder as he walked by.

"Let's get ready and head to the castle."

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Luigi stared at the crowds surrounding him. This certainly was the wedding of the century, with people from all countries of the world there. Even Pauline had temporarily left her mayor's chair in order to wish the new couple luck and to witness the matrimony. Luckily, Mario was no Victor Quatermaine and everyone thought he was to be a very good king unmotivated by greed, so he'd be given power almost immediately.

Luigi, on the way over, had a few small incidents, but luckily nothing too noticable. Before Mario was eye-level with Luigi's nose, but now Mario was eye-level with Luigi's neck. Luigi luckily managed to shake away all feelings of dread on the way to the wedding and avoided any more issues. What mostly worried Luigi was that he grew proportionally (as in when he got bigger, it affected all of him in proportion, not making him some super skinny and freakishly tall bean-pole that could put Waluigi to shame) and that someone might notice he was taking up more space than he should.

The wedding was taking place in the courtyard of a church that was attached to the castle, the stainglass windows visible from inside the courtyard, setting a nice backdrop to the small stage set up where the vows would be said. Mario and Peach were inside the church preparing to say their vows, currently out of sight of everyone else.

A sudden tap on the shoulder brought Luigi back to the present as he wheeled around to be face to face with the woman of his dreams in a wonderful cream-colored dress. Daisy's hair was done up in braids that were laced with flowers.

"Hey, Luigi, excited for Mario's big day?"

"Y-yeah," Luigi stuttered, feeling embarassment come out of every fiber of his being.

"What do you think about Mario becoming king?"

"I really don't know. It worries me."

"Well don't worry about it so much!After all, I hope to make you my king one day." Daisy playfully poked Luigi on the nose before quickly rushing past the last statement. "And what are you going to do the speech about?"

THE SPEECH!?! Luigi had completely forgotten about that and forgot to write one! Already being socially awkward as is, how was Luigi going to survive.

Luigi didn't realize he was hypreventilating until Daisy gripped his shoulder. "What's wrong, Luigi," she asked firmly.

A sudden burning feeling filled Luigi and he felt a twitch go through his body. Luigi felt the hand on his shoulder falter. Luigi realized he was eye-level with Daisy's chin instead of her collar bone like usual.

"Luigi, what was that and why did you suddenly get bigger?"

"What-" another wave of tingles hit Luigi and he suddenly was eye to eye with Daisy, "are you talking about?"

Luigi gave a nervous grin to Daisy who was staring at him with a mix of befuddlement and concern. Luigi twitched once more, making him taller than Daisy.

"I'll see you later," Luigi said quickly as he rushed behind the curtain that separated the main area from backstage.

Luigi breathed a sigh of relief that he was out of sight before realizing that he was already getting freakishly big. Though his hands were already considered big, he could now fit a watermelon in the palm of his hand like one could a baseball.

A sudden burst of feedback from the microphone, made Luigi realize the wedding was starting.

"Friends, family, we are gathered here together to witness-"

Luigi stopped listening as he thought to himself about what he was going to say. Maybe from the stage people wouldn't notice anything out of the ordinary with how much taller he was, but that was the least of his issues at the moment. What was he going to say?

"Mario is a great guy?" No! "He's an awesome brother?" No! Mario was deserved more than an "awesome brother" title.

Luigi sat down on a folding chair that was set up, noting how uncomfortably small it was for him, and continued to think. He had to make an appropriate speech for the new king, not just some run-of-the-mill roast or a "he is a really rad dude". Luigi felt himself getting poked in the shoulder and turned to see a Toad dressed in black.

"It's time for you to go up, Mr. Segale," said the Toad.

He wasn't prepared, but was out of time. He could only pray that God would show mercy on him and somehow put a complete and eloquent speech inside his head with the right level of wit and intelligence for this event... Even Luigi stopped believing that could happen about half-way through thinking the thought. He would have to settle for God at least giving him some words that wouldn't make him look like a total ignoramous.

Luigi exited the curtain and looked at the rows upon rows of people in the courtyard, all there for seeing this wedding, yet their eyes ripping into Luigi's very depths. Luigi reached the microphone.

"H-h-hiya, guys."

Terrible start.

"We're here to celebrate my brother."

Obviously.

"And I know many of us here never thought him to be capable of nabbing a girl due to him being so gosh-darn adorable..."

A few laughs indicated that that particular joke was alright, but the problem of a brother calling their twin adorable remained.

"And I-I-I..."

Luigi froze. He had no idea of what to say next. It seemed a cricket had somehow gotten in the courtyard and decided to start its song, the sound only worrying Luigi further. Seconds seemed to last for hours as the worst feeling in the world came over Luigi: The dreaded tingles.

Not now. Anytime but now. Not in front of all these people!

The tingling quickly turned into pain as Luigi fell to the floor, the once silent courtyard errupting into yells of concern as they saw the man pass out. Toad medics rushed on scene and ran up to the man before realizing something.

"He's... growing..." one flabergasted Toad said as he noticed the man slowly growing in size.

The stage let out a sudden crack as Luigi's weight was starting to become too much for the planks he was laying on. Luigi, fighting the pain, sat up again, realizing that people were now screaming and running, as well as pointing at him with a horrified look on their faces.

"Wait!" yelped Luigi, his voice suddenly much louder than normal, making people clutch at their ears in order to block out Luigi's noise, Luigi also still growing along with the people's fear.

A large cracking sound made everyone stop in their tracks. It hadn't come from the stage Luigi was on, but rather one of the walls to the courtyard. A large spray of dust went through the area as the outline of a Klown Car came into view from the dust.

"Gather up the bride and groom! I want them both!" Bowser yelled as he took in the courtyard, staring at Luigi for a moment before moving on, as if he had more important things to do than deal with a giant terrified man.

Peach and Mario were brought out of the church, both gagged and tied up, making them useless. Their struggling and muffled screaming was futile.

"Mario!" Luigi yelled, his voice almost shattering all glass within a 244 mile radius.

Luigi tried to move towards Mario before he suddenly twitched again, making another surge in growth, the straining and cracking stage finally giving in, snapping and splintering, sending Luigi to the ground beneath it, as well as lodging some two by fours in his arms much like giant splinters. Luigi went out like a light.

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Luigi woke up to a poking sensation. What a bad dream. Growing giant in the middle of his brother's wedding ceremony to a princess, while his brother got kidnapped, leaving Luigi helpless. What a story. Luigi opened his eyes to see a tiny crowd of Toads in front of him... were they tiny or was he giant? The Toads in front of him were about double the size of his nose. Luigi got his answer as he looked at the rest of the courtyard that was tiny in comparison to him. Luigi struggled to move, but upon looking behind himself, he realized his was tied to the ground with rather large braided rope.

"We have captured the beast, but alas, it is still alive." Said one Toad positioned next to Luigi.

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And that's that. What did you think? I hope you enjoyed. I have nothing really to say about this at this point except please review. I live to see those. While explaining the process of extracting vital calories from reviews would take too long, I will simply say that I have nothing else to say, so Norm out. And remember, you will most likely get below a passing grade if you take a quiz based on Homer's Odyssey without actually having read the book and only playing the Mario game.