Sonic gets the cat bell

Chapter 1: The arrival

"Where are they?" A short plumber asked. He was dressed in usual red shirt, denim overalls and red cap with an 'M' logo on it.

"Mario, be patient." A beautiful princess in a puffy-ish dress said calmly.

"Sorry, Princess Peach." The plumber apologized. A taller plumber in green next to him flicked his cheek multiple times, and soon Mario turned swiftly and slapped him.

"Would you-a stop that?! Seriously, Luigi, that's a little annoying." He grumbled.

"Why should I-a have to?" Luigi asked. "I am your brother."

"My younger brother."

"So?"

"So, since I'm older, you don't-a get to do that!"

"Pfft, whatever." Suddenly, a purple and black portal opened in front of them, and a few creatures fell out from them. A handful of them were hedgehogs, one was a fox, another was an echidna, two were squirrels, one with a short tail, one was a small rabbit with a small blue Chao beside it and seven were cats-well, regular cats.

"Hey everyone! Welcome back-a!" Luigi greeted. Mario gave him a little death stare, and said angrily, "I was supposed to do that."

"Does it even matter?" A blue and peach hedgehog commented, a hint of annoyance in his voice.

"Hey, at least I don't-a have anger issues."

The hedgehog looked away and growled, then turned his head back to the plumber. "You're lucky I can't hurt you…." He grumbled.

"Don't worry about him, Sonic." Luigi assured. "Mario's always been a bit bossy." Mario gave him a 'seriously?' look, and that just made Sonic nearly burst into laughter.

"Um, Sonic? Aren't we gonna introduce everyone else to them?" A white female hedgehog reminded.

"Oh, right! Guys, this is Shadow, Silver, Amy, Tails, Knuckles-I like to call him Knucklehead-Ray, Sally, Manic, Sonia, Cream, Cheese, Scourge, Bluestar, Swiftpaw, Snowfur, Hollyleaf, Lionblaze, and Jayfeather." Sonic introduced. "Everyone, this is Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach."

"Just call me Peach, please." Peach added.

"Hey, um, what's-a wrong with Jayfeather's eyes?" Luigi asked. The silver tabby medicine cat curled his lips in a snarl and hissed, "I'm blind."

"I didn't-a know!" Luigi defended, hands up to his chest.

"Sorry, Jayfeather's always been a little grumpy." Hollyleaf apologized. "It annoys him when others tease or ask about his blindness."

"Can we go to Peach's castle now?" Swiftpaw asked impatiently.

Mario looked at the little black and white cat and remarked, "Hmm. Looks like his-a name is Swiftpaw for a reason."

"Mario." Peach said sternly, yet calmly.

"Sorry."

"And yes, we can go. Follow me." The princess led the small group back from the small Toad Town back to the castle.

Along the way, Sonic mentioned to Luigi, "It's funny that Peach isn't captured yet."

"I know." The plumber responded. "It's almost-a like Bowser doesn't-a feel like capturing her today."

"Maybe he just wanted a break?"

"I dunno."

"Sometimes even villains want their days off."

"How could you-a say that if yours-a constantly tries?"

"He doesn't know I'm here, so he's taking one as we speak."

"So you snuck here?"

Sonic facepalmed, then continued. "No! Did you forget I told you my best friend is a scientific genius?"

"Oh, yeah…..sorry…"

"We're here!" Peach announced, stopping the conversation. The castle was an enormous masterpiece built with bricks and painted white in the middle of a plot of land with grass forever green, and strong healthy trees, with a moat around it.

"Wow!" Tails exclaimed. "This a really cool castle!"

"Thank you."

"Wait till you see inside." Joshua whispered in to his ear. When they got in, he was right. It was beautiful, decorated; a very good living space for royalty.

"Dang! Peach, this is awesome." Manic complimented.

"Thank you again."