Quick AN: I was really bored and so I decided to post another chapter up so I hope you enjoy the double upload today!

Mario was on a mission. It wasn't supposed to be a very difficult one. He was just supposed to take care of some petty bandits. He thought it wouldn't be too hard and that he wouldn't need backup.

Boy was he wrong. What he had thought to be a small group of bandits, turned out to be highly underestimated. There had to be ten of them at least and all of them had magic. Powerful magic too, not just some run of the mill magic.

So here he was, dodging left and right, trying not to get killed. He dodged one mage's blow, only to basically walk into another mage's attack. He was knocked onto his stomach. He looked up and noticed the mages approaching him, ready to kill.

No. No! NO! He couldn't go out like this. He couldn't be killed like this! This was not how he wanted to die! He couldn't leave his family like this! He couldn't leave Daveed like this! He couldn't! He couldn't!

As the mages approached to kill him, Mario felt a strange force growing inside him. He closed his eyes and a light surrounded him.

The enemy mages backed up even as the light died down. On Mario's face was what looked to be a pale brown tattoo with a complicated but clearly dragon like design. His hair was streaked with brown and dark green.

His eyes opened and instead of his usual black eyes, his eyes were a mix of green and brown.

All the mages were suddenly blasted back by a wave of earth. Mario stood up, growling. Blocks of earth and stone rose from the ground and with a simple jabbing movement, they rammed into the opposing mages. A couple were knocked out just from that while others were able to shake it off.

"Cavern dragon roar!" Mario let out the powerful attack.

This one knocked out all but one of them. With a furious roar, Mario lunged at the last one standing and the two exchanged blows. The fight lasted for a little bit but whatever force was crawling through Mario's skin was able to take down the other mage quickly.

Mario stood in a ring of knocked out bandits, power still coursing through him. He felt like he could take something and destroy it and it would be just that, destroyed, completely and utterly. He also knew he shouldn't go back to the guild until he had worked the power off, so instead, he tied up the bandits before going to a nearby mountain side to work off his energy.