"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-oof!" Waluigi grunted as he landed, almost face-first, on a hardish surface that felt like frozen grass. He slowly stood up, rubbing his nose, and gaped at the humongous building that loomed out of the night's darkness in front of him. It was definitely a mansion; that was for sure. Just then, a strange gust of wind blew, so powerful it blew him straight through the grim-looking doors and into a dark, gloomy foyer. There was a click as the doors behind him locked. Growling to himself, Waluigi once again sat up and found himself face to face with a ghostly figure that looked like a vampire. He yelped in fright, though the ghost did a double take at seeing him. Then suddenly the ghost's green eyes glowed with anger.

"What are you doing here, Waluigi?" it said. Waluigi blinked.

"How do you know my name, you vampirey-thing?!" he yelled and the ghost scowled, if that was possible.

"I am not a vampire, thank you very much!" it said, seeming offended. "I am a butler. Now answer my question, if you please. What are you doing here?"

"What's going on here, Shivers?" A ginger-haired ghost floated through the double doors at the end of the foyer, clutching a book and looking slightly annoyed. The butler, Shivers, simply gestured to Waluigi.

"This, Neville." The book-holding ghost took one look at Waluigi and reacted in the same way as Shivers.

"What?! How did you get here?" He hissed. Waluigi got to his feet, trying to use his height to his advantage, but the ghosts just floated higher.

"I don't know!" he shouted "It's not as if I want to be here!"

"Oh do be quiet!" Shivers snapped "There's no need to shout; we're dead, not deaf." Then he turned to Neville. "Someone will need to tell Master he is here." The other ghost groaned.

"Oh whoopee." He said sarcastically, then glared at Waluigi. "He's in the studio with Van Gore."

"Good luck then" Shivers winced as if this was bad news.

"I know." Neville sighed as he floated upwards, towards the balcony that overlooked where Waluigi stood. "Times like this, I wish I could knock."