Chapter 1: The Invitation

I was running through the woods as fast as I could while holding something. Link was following me. "Hurry up Link!" I said, "We're gonna be late!" "I can't run as fast as you," said Link. I finally stopped. "You got the goods?" asked Link. "You bet," I said. I saw someone's shadow and pulled out a water balloon. "The ultimate finisher," I said, "On my mark." Link watched the shadow. "1, 2…" I said, "3!" I threw the water ball and it hit someone. "Yipe!" said Saria. Link and I laughed. She saw us. "That was so choice!" I said, "You should've seen your face!" "Are you serious?!" she said. We kept laughing. Saria shot a gust of wind at us and we both fell. "Will you two stop messing around?" she asked, "We have to find those herbs for Princess Toadstool." "He can't help himself," said Yoshi, "He's chock full of energy and has a carefree life if you catch my drift." Saria looked at him. "I always catch your drift Yoshi," said Saria, "In fact everyone does." We kept walking.

"So why does the princess need these herbs?" asked Link. "Old wizard Kammy is making a potion that can heal any battle scars," said Saria, "After that battle in the last story, who knows what'll happen in this one?" "Saria, you're breaking the 4th wall again," I said. "Whatever," said Saria. I smelled something. "We're getting close," I said as I got out my staff, "But I think someone's there." I kept walking. I looked and saw some puppet like knights. One of them saw me. "Uh oh," I said. One of them grabbed me, but I quickly broke free. "You want a piece of me, well come on!" I said. I whacked one of them with my staff. It got back up. It tried to attack me, but I dodged and kicked it in the face. The other one grabbed me. "Put me down!" I said. Saria shot a gust of wind at it. "Take that puppet creep!" she said. They ran off. "And stay out!" I said. I found the herbs. "Mission complete," I said.

We were back at Orphan Town's new Castle. "Here you are Princess Toadstool," I said, "Fresh like the roses of this town." "Thank you," she said, "Now Kammy can create the potion." "I'm glad I could help," I said. "Zelda, we have what we need," said Toadstool. "I told you my name is Link," said Link. "Not you," said Saria, "Her." Link was looking at a brunette haired girl. Brick house was playing in his mind. Actually on a radio. "For Nayru's sakes Robin, I can't hear myself think!" he said. Robin turned it off. "Wait," I said, "I thought Robin…" "Robin switches genders a lot," said Link. "I see that," I said, "Well at least we got the herbs." Later I was looking out at the sky. Toadstool joined me. "Do you ever think about your parents at all?" she asked me. "A little," I said, "But I've been caught up with all the adventuring and stuff that I almost forgot them."

"I understand they haven't done the best they could," said Toadstool, "But you should understand that they love you no matter what." "Yeah," I said, "But they don't appreciate me for what I can do like you guys." "You may not understand now, but as time goes you'll start to," said Toadstool, "Get some rest. You'll need energy for tomorrow." "Oh yeah," I said. I started to head to my dorm. The next morning I heard screaming. I woke up and saw a puffball and a snail heading this way. It was Kirby and Escargoon. I jumped from the window. "What's wrong?" I asked. "You gotta come quick!" said Escargoon, "The king's gone mad!" "Gone mad?" I asked. "He's gone crazy tearing down the castle going after some girl!" said Escargoon. Kirby said something in gibberish. "Oh boy," I said, "Here I come!" I followed them. I hit an item block and got a raccoon suit. Toad, Lucina, and Saria followed me. The guy with the red mushroom is Toad. He's a newcomer. We made it to the castle and saw it was surrounded by puppet soldiers. "Those are the same creeps I fought yesterday," I said. I flew around and fought them off. "If you have any sense, you'll run for your life!" said a voice. "I never run from a challenge!" I said as I got out my staff.

I saw a King Dedede puppet and it tried to attack me. "Come on," I said, "You want a piece of me?!" It tried to attack me and I dodged it. Kirby grabbed a hammer and gave me a hand. "I better get outta here," said Escargoon. He tried to run but some puppets surrounded him. The Dedede puppet kicked me and I fell. "No fair!" I said. I tried to hit it and it avoided my ranged attack. "This guy doesn't quit," I said. Kirby tried vacuuming it into his mouth but it was too strong. "This guy is strong," I said. Suddenly a giant ball of gold fire flew by and turned some puppets into gold. "Nice fireball kid," said Escargoon. "That wasn't me," I said. A person with a cloak looked at the puppets. "Its show time," she said. She took off her cloak and jumped down. She then took out a Pokeball and threw it. "Give me a hand Greninja," she said. Greninja went around fighting his apponents. The girl went around throwing gold fireballs and taking down more puppets.

"Whoa," I said. Soon all the puppets were taken care of. We all just looked at the girl. "What?" she asked, "You never seen a girl hold her own against puppets?" I went over to her. "I'm Nicholas Shay," I said, "And we're the….." "Mushroom Kingdom Warriors!" said the girl as she shook my hand, "Rock on, its cool to meet you guys." She let go. "I'm Luna," she said, "And you're, Saria, Lucina and…" "Todd," said Toad, "No… Toby… I mean…" "Toad?" asked Luna. He just hid in his mushroom. "Dude, he's so funny," said Luna. "Funny?" he asked, "Me?" She winked at her. Saria came to her. "I'm just curious," said Saria, "Where do you come from? How did you get here? What's your favorite Pokemon type? Would you like to be our friend?" "Here, walked, Water, and… sure," said Luna. "Hello new friend!" said Saria as she hugged her.

We headed back to Orphan Town. "We heard there was an attack," said Toadstool, "Are you ok?" "We're fine," I said. Luna showed herself. "What is your name?" asked Toadstool. "I'm Luna," said Luna. She saw a flower. "The legendary gold flower," said Lucina. "That's right," asked Luna, "That's how I turn anything I want into coins. You could imagine I'd be rich as hell." "Pretty much," said Robin. Someone screamed. I went outside. "What's wrong?" "G-g-g-g-ghost!" said Saria. "A ghost?" I asked. I looked. "I don't see anything," I said. It appeared behind Saria. "There it is!" she said as it disappeared and reappeared, "No there it is! And there!" "Pull yourself together!" I said. Suddenly I saw it. "Holy crap!" I said. Soon we were all seeing it. "Greetings sirs and madams," said the ghost, "I give you greetings from mistress Natalie." "Who are you?" asked Saria as she hid behind me. "I am her chancellor," said the ghost, "And my name is Bootler." "So you're like a butler," I said. "Sort of," said Bootler, "Anyway, I have came to deliver some invitations to a party." He handed them to us. "It will be located in a mansion on the west side of this town," said Bootler, "And many ghosts and ghouls will attend also." "What?!" asked Saria, "There is no way I'm going anywhere near that place if its crawling with ghosts!"

"What's got her spinach in a twist?" asked Toadstool. "I get it," I said, "When it comes to ghosts, Saria's a chicken." She stepped on my leg. "Who you callin' a chicken?" she asked. "What was the question?" I asked. She let go. "Good," she said. "We hope to see you soon," said Bootler. He disappeared. "Looks like something new is happening," I said. Later we were in Robin's headquarters discussing everything. "I see," said Robin, "Then we know where the puppets came from." "Puppets?" asked Saria. "They must be coming from the mansion," said Robin. "Um….. are you sure they aren't coming from another source?" asked Saria shivering. "What's with her?" asked Lucina. "She's scared of ghosts," said Toad. "I am not!" said Saria. "You're not scared of a little ghost are you?" asked Robin. "No," said Saria. "Good," said Robin.

"But don't you think you should check and see if its from a different place?" asked Saria. "Just get going," said Robin. "No job too big for the warrior," I said. "Ok," said Robin, "You, Saria, Toad, and Lucina will go to the mansion." "Got it," I said, "Just tell us how we get there and we'll be there faster than you can say Goomba." "In order to get to the mansion you'll have to go through the dangerous path of Kossestu forest," said Robin. "Kossetsu?!" said Saria, "Doesn't that translate to Broken Bone?! This is crazy, I knew this was gonna be trouble!" "MORON, A WARRIOR DOESN'T GET SCARED BY THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT!" said Robin, "NOW GET GOING ALREADY!" "I'd… I'd rather take my chances with the ghosts," said Saria. "Good," said Robin, "Now get out." Lucina, Toad and I started heading out. "Yeah but… are you sure you can't make one more check?" asked Saria. "OUT!" shouted Robin. She followed us.

Luna followed us. "Hey," she said, "Where are you guys heading?" "The ghost mansion," I said, "We got invited to a party." "I got one of those too," said Luna, "Why don't I tag along." "Sure, the more people to protect me from ghosts, the better," said Saria. "Don't be scared," I said, "We're right by your side." "But I hate ghosts," said Saria, "Ever since I was 3 I got scared of spooky things." "Saria, how scary could the Kossestu forest be?" I asked. Soon we were looking at a giant forest where trees and plants looked like they would scare the hell out of somebody. "Oh shit," I said.