Hi guys, I am back with a brand new story! This time, it is going to be based of the Paper Mario series. Though I may include characters that never appeared throughout the Paper Mario series.
Anyways, the first chapter is up and I hope you all enjoy it.
Chapter 1: Out In The Desert
"Professor Frankly, I've packed up all the equipment; we can head back to Rougeport now!" A female Goomba with a ponytail called out.
As her professor packed up his final belongings, the two of them made their way to one of the many trailers, which was waiting on the only road back to the capital.
The two of them, along with a group of aspiring archaeologist students, had travelled to a desert to conduct experiments for a class assignment. They had all camped out at the desert for two days, carrying out their own work. Now that all has been done, it was time for everyone to head back to Rougeport.
The winds were mild and the desert was far and wide. For distances, there was nothing but sand and occasionally, some wild cactuses. After spending the last forty eight hours or so out in the location, everyone was ready to head back to their hometown.
As the trailers started on their journey, many students discussed with one another on the results they had obtained.
In the last trailer, which was the most behind, only four people were inside. They were the driver, Goombella, Professor Frankly and another one of the teachers. Having just won a prestigious award for outstanding achievement in her field, Goombella was successfully progressing with her career, and was now working as one of the researchers in one of Rougeport's highest acclaimed universities.
As she took out her bottle to quench her thirst, her professor made his way towards her.
"I really liked the way you helped out the students during their class trip," the professor praised.
"It was nothing; just wanted to help educate the future archaeologists who would be working towards a career similar to mine," Goombella explained.
As the two chatted on, the elder professor brought up a deep topic.
"It sure has been a long time since the huge incident broke out back in Rougeport," he said.
"How could I not forget?" Goombella replied.
Instantly, images of the events started to flash in her mind. She remembered the moment when she was confronted by Lord Crump. She remembered when Mario first saved her from the X Nauts. She remembered how the Shadow Queen rose out of the thousand-year door and plunged the city into darkness. And she remembered fighting alongside the heroes to defeat the Shadow Queen and protect the town and the people she cared about.
"Well," the professor's voice snapped her back into reality. "All of that is in the past; we just have to move on with the present."
Goombella nodded her head in agreement.
"Sorry Frankly, but could you come over to help me out? I have just too many essays and quizzes to inspect," the other professor called out.
"Well, I guess I better go lend a helping hand, you may want to take a rest while you can; it will take us another forty minutes or so to reach the city," Professor Frankly recommended.
"Sure thing, I have a lot of research back at the lab left to conduct, so it is best that I take every moment I can to rest my mind and body; after all, I would like to be fully recharged when I return home," Goombella agreed.
As Professor Frankly made his way to help out the other professor, Goombella laid down on the sofa bed and calmed her mind. Pretty soon, she had drifted off to sleep…
Soon after, she opened her eyes. When she did, the first thing that caught her attention was the helmet over her head and the magnificent cosmos that surrounded her.
Instead of panicking, Goombella simply rolled her eyes.
"Must be dreaming of outer space again," Goombella shrugged.
After having had a successful career, such as having received numerous awards and certifications for her findings, Goombella had come up with another goal: To explore outer space.
While it seemed like a long shot, Goombella still kept the hope alive.
"After all, if you can defeat a powerful spirit whom has been sealed away from a thousand years, you can have the potential to accomplish much more," she said to herself.
As she floated around in space, she thought of all the limitless boundaries and large variety of findings that she could locate out in the galaxy, until…
"Ow… wha…" Goombella stuttered, almost like as if she was having a split headache right on the spot.
Despite trying to shake off the headache, it simply got worse and worse. As she closed her eyes to try to ease the pain, she heard something that shocked her.
"Take the first one…"
"Goombella, wake up!"
The startled Goomba propped up and saw the professor standing in front of her.
"We have arrived at the city," Professor Frankly told her.
"What happened?" Goombella asked.
"Well, I tried calling you to tell you that we were about to arrive at the city but you seemed to be so deep in sleep that you did not hear me, so I came over called you too wake you up, my apologies if I was too loud," Professor Frankly explained.
As Goombella and the two professors exited the trailer, Goombella thought about what had just happened.
"Well, I guess it was simply just a bad dream; probably must have been due to a lack of rest," she shrugged it off.
Not long after, all of the students and professors were aboard a bus heading towards the airport and Goombella had forgotten about the incident earlier on.
Still feeling tired, she once again drifted off to sleep…
"Wake up!"
The pink princess fell off her bed and landed on the floor.
"Finally, it sure is about time you woke up!" Toadette exclaimed.
Peach just looked up to her friend in confusion.
"Toadette, what brings you here so early in the morning?" Peach asked.
"Uh, do you not remember the conversation we had on the phone yesterday afternoon? We had agreed that we would go out together," Toadette explained.
"Oh, how could I have forgotten about that? Guess I must have been too busy yesterday that it simply slipped through my mind," Peach said. "But why are you here right now, it is only 7.30AM."
"Well I was so excited about today that I simply just could not fall asleep last night; so I woke up early today and came to your castle and figured that I could discuss a plan for today," Toadette cheerfully replied.
"Well then, I guess I can't reject your enthusiasm; I am just going to go wash up and then we can plan our day while eating breakfast," Peach said.
As soon as she was done with her sentence, Toadette opened her mouth and was about to say something but was quickly interrupted by the sound of a phone ringing. Peach turned to her dressing table and saw that her phone was ringing.
"Better go and answer that," Peach said as she went towards her phone.
"Who is that on the other end?" Toadette asked.
"Oh, it is Mario," Peach said.
"Well tell him that you are not free today as you have a day planned with me, your second best friend, behind Daisy of course," Toadette told her. "Oh yeah, mind if I use your bathroom?"
Peach nodded her head and Toadette went towards the bathroom. However, she did not need to use the bathroom; she simply just wanted to view the beautiful interior and decorations. Upon stepping in the bathrooms, her breath was taken away. Toadette had always enjoyed the majestic and peaceful feeling that she got whenever she set foot in Peach's bathroom. As she took in the final sights, she went back to the bedroom to talk to Peach, whose back was facing her.
"Man, just imagine how much fun we could have today!" Toadette exclaimed. "Think of all the stores we get to see, as well as all the clothes and shoes we get to try on, and with all the merchandise we could find, think of how awesome today is going to…"
Before Toadette could finish her sentence, Peach turned to her with a serious expression on her face.
"Toadette, we may need to reschedule our appointment," she said seriously. "One of my friends needs help."
So that is all for Chapter 1, I sure hope you enjoyed it.
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Stay tuned for the next chapter!
Goodbye for now!