Noises of coins can be heard popping out from metal yellow boxes with white question marks elegantly etched upon them with such precision and craftsmanship. The sky is a lovely shade of blue with fluffy cotton clouds floating in above the strange land, below we can see a man hitting his head upon the blocks frantically searching for something. What is it he is searching for one can only wonder, not to mention how his head is not hurting. Maybe we should zoom in a bit closer just to hear what he is saying to the man in green who is watching as well as the strange toadstool that is almost human like. The man with blue overalls, brunette hair and mustache, with ice cold blue eyes, and a red hat upon his head pauses and loudly shouts back to his onlookers, "HEY! Guys I feel these blocks have nothing but coins!" The taller man with blue overalls, brunette hair and mustache, with warm welcoming blue eyes, and a green hat responds, "Mario, we got to keep going brother if we want to find the Power Flower. We got to save the princess, I know this war has been draining on us all but we must get her back." Then the mushroom like humanoid vocalizes words as well, "He's right Mario we need to find it to save Peach because without her the Mushroom Kingdom has been in chaos these past few months. The people are rioting in the streets, there is panic, and people are starting to allow Koopa's troops into their homes rather than deal with no sense of security because the rest of the royal guard have been dispatched to fight on front lines." Mario walks towards his companions and says " Toad, Luigi, I know you guys have your worries and concerns but hitting my head on blocks is getting tiresome shouldn't we just storm the castle without it?, It has been 4 weeks I have been searching for this Power Flower, time is being wasted!" Luigi responds to his brother, "No, we can't just storm the castle this time, Bowser has a new weapon he has hired the greatest Magic Koopa in all the land!" Mario with a bit of a egotistical tone in his voice says, "Well, I got the most strongest of legs and the best stomping boots in this whole kingdom! Magic Koopa can't beat this." The short but fierce plumber then throws some punches in the air ending with a uppercut punch and then says, "Look at this bro, now lets just storm the heck out of that dumb overgrown turtle's castle!" The taller plumber in green and his fungus friend let out a sigh they then respond in harmony, "Fine, let's go then but we both think you are underestimating the enemy and making a huge mistake!"
The three continue to walk up a long winding path as the strange trees with faces stare down upon them from their leaf covered gaze just smiling with a bizarre squiggle face that it is somewhat disturbing. Luigi shivers with slight fear in his eyes as he looks up back at them he then lets out a slightly tremble in his words, "M-ari-o…. I don't likkke this forest… ehhhhh" Toad then says, "Yeah I am not sure what is more freaky the daze in their eyes or that dead man's curb they have for a smile!" Mario stops and turns around looking at his two companions and then up at the trees shrugs his shoulders with arrogance and responds, "Guys, there is nothing to worry about this is called the Illusion Forest for a reason the only thing we should be worried about is Wigglers and that bubble coming out of their nose." Toad then with a slight widening of his eyes goes "But ummm Mario those guys are usually just sleeping?!" Mario then says while balling up his fist and hitting the palm of his hand, "Exactly Toad! The enemy sleeps so it's the best time to strike before they strike us with their blind rage and fury!" Toad then smacks his forehead and says "But Mario, they wouldn't attack in the first place if you just step around them man.." Mario interrupts Toad and says in a egotistical manner "But they are usually in the way where I am walking. See like this guy!" Mario then jumps off to the side of the path and starts bouncing on the gentle sleeping yellow caterpillar dawning a beautiful white flower behind it's ear, the creature then turns a blood red and its eyes begin to burn with a rage of fire. Mario then says "See look at this!" Toad and Luigi look on shocked and both state "But he wasn't even on the dirt path….. He was like 10 feet away….."
Nightfall starts to fall and settle in on the forest as the moon makes her lovely appearance known shining down we find our strange band of heroes starting to set up camp in where else the middle of the path way. Toad and Luigi roll out the tents and get them set up while Mario starts a fire. They then gather around the now lit fire and a conversation begins among the friends. Mario says, "So tomorrow morning we should reach the castle that's when I am going to whoop some Bowser ass!" Luigi responds nervously, "Yeah Bro, you are going to do just that…." Toad randomly spurts, "Its marshmallow time!" Toad pulls out from underneath his mushroom cap a bag of marshmallows and starts poking them on some nearby sticks and hovering them over the fire. Luigi grabs one and does the same. Mario grabs one and looks at it he decides it is missing something he looks long and hard at the fluffy marshmallow he then pulls out randomly a jar of tomato sauce and noodles and shouts, "PASTA MALLOWS!" Toad and Luigi turn and look at him with a shocked expression as the gooey mess somehow roasts into the perfect spaghetti combined with marshmallows. Mario then puts the amazing spectacle in his mouth and consumes it and with delight in his eyes turns to his companions and says "Man, that was delicious do you guys want one?" Toad and Luigi look at each other and say "No thanks we are good last time you ran out of pasta on the trail we had to make a pit stop at a village and make more." Mario then says, "Yeah guess you guys are right, anyways I am done eating so I am going to hit the hay." Mario walks into his tent that is red and brightly displays a white circle with a red letter "M" in the middle of it, where he settles down in his sleeping bag for the night. Luigi and Toad both decide to retreat to their tents too, which Luigi's is similar to Mario's except it is green with the letter "L" and Toad's is just decorated with red and white spots on it resembling a mushroom and has the royal crest on the side of it a symbol of the house of Toadstool.
As our heroes snore into the night, a pair of eyes has been watching them from the green fluffy bushes and is now making it's way towards the tent its feet sound like the silent march of a thousand soldiers and it's skin is a pale yellow under the moonlight it's body covered partially in bandages. The form slinks its way swiftly to Mario's tent where suddenly we hear a loud yelp, this awakens Luigi who runs to Mario's tent to find a wiggler pouncing up and down on his body the now awake plumber shouts to Luigi "MAMA MIA! Yeooow! Get this thing off of me Brother!" Luigi responds with a slight snicker but shakes his head to try and mask it, "Well, Bro I think this is karma you did stomp on him in his sleep." Mario then responds with a slight annoyance, "Yes, Luigi I did just that but he was in our path way! Now please do something!" Luigi then says with a sigh "Fine…." Luigi then walks closer to the wiggler and taps him on the shoulder, which causes the wiggler to pause and look at him while still standing on Mario pinning him down to the ground.
The wiggler suddenly vocalizes to the brother in green, "What do you want green man?" Luigi then with a gentle reasoning tone in his voice says, "Well, Mr. Wiggler I was wondering if you could stop stomping on my brother I think he has had enough…. And besides why stoop to his level and do this?" The wiggler responds, "Because he has done this for years to my people and he needed to see how it felt! But I guess you are right I'll stop stomping if you give me that supply of jarred spaghetti over there." Luigi questions, "All of it?" The wiggler answers, "YES! All of it, I am going to take it home and feed it to my wife and kids tonight since your brother also last time while in this forest decided to let his green horse eat most of our apples, that we have been surviving off of acorns!" Luigi then says with a kind look in his eyes, "Well, take it then and I am sure my brother will no longer bother you or your people again as he has learned his lesson, right Mario?" Mario while still crushed lets out a winded response, "Yes, ouch, I will never mess with them again…. Now please get off me!" The wiggler steps of the red hatted plumber and walks off with the supply of spaghetti swiftly disappearing into the forest from whence he came. Mario then with a sigh says to Luigi, "Looks like we are stopping off at the next village to make some more spaghetti." Luigi then responds, "But brother there isn't another village for miles, we mind as well press on." Mario with dread in his eyes, "NOOOOOOOOO! Sigh, I guess we will have to hurry up and get Peach back, dang that wiggler!"