Prologue
Our story begins one day on an island inhabited by creatures called yoshis. There were quite a few herds of them living in different areas of the island. They are generally friendly and laid-back creatures. There is one particular herd that lived near one of the island's many beaches. This story is about them...and their non-yoshi leader.
One day, an odd creature visited this herd. Being the friendly yoshis that they are, the herd welcomed it with open arms. After all, they had done so with a human that had nearly drowned in the sea, and it was now their best friend.
But after a few days, the herd's greetings of welcome quickly became cries of fear when the newcomer turned it's back on them and cast a spell which turned them into eggs and scattered them all over the world of Plit. A handful of the herd members survived the trial however, One of them did the first thing that came to mind. They hurried to tell their leader of the terrible disaster.
Meanwhile, our hero and leader of the herd, as well as his brother, were doing some spring cleaning at home in a different area of the planet, completely unaware that they will soon embark on a grand adventure...
Chapter I: Beginning of Adventure
(It was a beautiful spring day in Toad Town. The birds were singing, the insects were buzzing about, and if you were walking past Tayce T.'s house, you'd be able to smell a batch of Kooky Cookies cooking. The Mario Bros. had just begun to do some spring cleaning. Starting with the outside. Luigi was washing the windows and Mario was bringing out his collection of lawn gnomes.)
Mario: Beautiful day, isn't it?
Luigi: Indeed. I've been wanting to do some cleaning around here for some time now.
Mario: Where do you think I should put my Goomba gnome? I think I'll trim the bush a bit and put it there.
Luigi: Trim the bush? I think not. Did you forget what's in the bush?
Mario: Uh...I guess I did...
Luigi: The warp pipe to Yoshi's Island, remember? You put it there yourself. And I really don't want anyone to know about it. Though come to think of it, I can't remember the last time I saw the herd. That last blizzard probably kept them from coming here.
Mario: Why not pay them a visit right now? I'm sure I can handle everything here on my own.
Luigi: Alright. I will.
(Luigi was about to climb into the pipe when one of the yoshis came out. It was Purpley the purple yoshi. Normally she's always overjoyed to see Luigi, but this time she seemed to be scared out of her mind.)
Purpley: Luigi! The herd! They...!
Luigi: Huh? Wha?
Purpley: Gone! They're all gone!
Luigi: The herd's gone? Gone where?
Purpley: I...I don't know!
(Purpley tugged on Luigi's arm and urged him to go into the pipe with her.)
Luigi: I'm gonna go to Yoshi's Island and try to figure out what's wrong with Purpley. Okay Mario?
Mario: No problem. Ooo..I bet my Shy Guy gnome would look good over there...
(Luigi shrugs and goes into the warp pipe with Purpley. After traveling thousands of miles in a matter of minutes, the two come out at the other end, which is at Purpley's home on Yoshi's Island.)
Luigi: What gives, Purpley? Please don't tell me you and the rest of the herd were playing Hide and Seek and you can't find anyone.
Purpley: The herd! We were on the beach! And!
Luigi: Er...the herd's at the beach? You're not making any sense, Purpley.
(Purple tugged on Luigi's arm again and led him to the beach.)
Purpley: They were...turned to eggs...and went...
(While Purpley was rambling on, Luigi gazed around the beach. His sharp eyes detected some movement by a large rock. Luigi walked over to it and saw Pinky the pink yoshi behind the rock, trembling with fear.)
Luigi: Pinky? What's going on?
Pinky: Huh? Luigi? Oh, thank goodness you're here! Something terrible has happened!
(Purpley ran up to Luigi and Pinky.)
Purpley: One went that way! And another went that way!
(Purpley pointed to two seemingly random places. Luigi, who still can't make any sense of what the purple dino is saying, just tilted his head to one side.)
Luigi: Uh...you wouldn't happen to know where Oshi and Yosheta are, would you?
Pinky: The children! That's right! I think they got away from him! They're probably in Blacky's cave!
Luigi: Let's go there then...
(Luigi and the two yoshis started to make their way to the cave.)
Luigi: Pinky, you seem to be calmer than Purpley. Could you tell me what's going on?
Pinky: It's horrible. Something's went and turned most of the herd into eggs and sent them away.
Luigi: What? Really? What was it?
Pinky: I...don't know...
(When they got to the cave, Luigi went inside and quickly found Yosheta the sea-green yoshi sitting in a corner and crying. Next to her was Oshi the orange yoshi, who didn't look too happy either.)
Oshi: Don't even try to turn us into eggs, you big meanie! I'll beat you up just like-
Luigi: Oshi! What's gotten into you?!
Oshi: Uh oh. Is that you, Luigi? I thought you were the fat thing that turned everyone into eggs.
Luigi: Okay, I still have no idea what's going on, but as your leader, I order you come home with me, so you can chill out and try to explain this to me a bit better.
(All four of the yoshis hugged Luigi at the same time.)
Yosheta: Please! Take us with you!
Luigi: I see there are no gasp objections. cough Oh no...suffocating...
(After leading the yoshis back to Purpley's home, they all went into the warp pipe. Mario was in the middle of repairing a damaged porch step when Luigi and the four yoshis arrived.)
Mario: So...figure out anything?
Luigi: Not quite. The yoshis are obviously too scared to think straight. I'm gonna try to calm them down and ask again.
(It wasn't until nearly nighttime when Luigi and Mario finally got some info from the yoshis.)
Luigi: Okay, let's see if Mario and I have this right. A fat brown frog thing-
Purpley: Green.
Luigi: Uh...that's what I said. Green. A fat green thing with something on his wrist.
Oshi: It was on his neck.
Luigi: Gah. A fat green thing with something on his neck and red thing on his head-
Pinky: It was yellow.
Luigi: D'oh! A fat yellow thing-
Yosheta: The thing on his head was yellow, not the fat thing.
(Luigi just grits his teeth in frustration.)
Luigi: A green thing with...
(About half an hour later.)
Luigi: Okay. So a fat GREEN frog thing with a YELLOW and POINTY thing on his head, something on his NECK and a long TONGUE came to the island turned EVERYONE into EGGS and sent them flying ALL OVER THE PLACE.
yoshis: That's right.
Luigi: Whew...finally. What do you think Mario?
Mario: I think it's past our bedtime...
(The next morning, Mario was the first to wake up. He silently went into the kitchen and started making pancakes. However, when he wasn't pouring batter into the pan or flipping the pancakes, he drew a few little pictures. Probably to help pass the time. Eventually, the four yoshis woke up and came to eat the pancakes. Mario had just finished drawing a picture when Luigi finally came in.)
Mario: Sleep in a bit, did we?
Luigi: I didn't mean to. I think I had a weird dream last night. Not really sure though.
(Luigi went and made a cup of coffee for himself, then he noticed what Mario was doing.)
Luigi: What are you doing there, Mario?
Mario: Making police sketches. I'm trying to figure out just what attacked the herd.
(Luigi looked through the pictures and picked up one of them.)
Luigi: What in the world is this one?!
Mario: That would be a morbidly obese yoshi. You know. Like the one on Lavalava Island.
(Luigi just gives Mario an odd look.)
Mario: Yeah. I was running kinda low on ideas when I drew that one.
Purpley: You know. Maybe it was a wanderer.
Luigi: A wanderer. What's that?
Purpley: A wanderer is any yoshi that doesn't belong to a herd. In fact, Redy and Orangey were once wanderers.
Luigi: Ah. I see now.
(Pinky takes the picture from Luigi and looks at it.)
Pinky: Hmm...it looked a little like that, but it had claws on its feet and the thing on its back was completely different.
Oshi: So how are we gonna get the herd back Luigi?
Luigi: I'm not sure. My guess is that we have to find the eggs, but we have no clue where they went.
Mario: So very true. Besides the fact that Purpley said that she saw them fly off in different directions, we have no idea exactly where they landed. I mean, it's not like we have a magical map or compass or something to point out the locations.
(Luigi takes a sip of coffee.)
Luigi: Oh creator of StarBeans Coffee...how I love thee... Er...my point exactly, Mario. If all the eggs were just on Yoshi's Island, it'd be easy to hunt them down. But! If they're all over the planet, then that's a totally different story. If that is the case, we're gonna need transportation. Something fast and flexible.
Mario: Where are we gonna get something like that?
(As if answering Mario's question, the telephone rings. Luigi picks it up.)
Luigi: Hello?
Waluigi: Gaaaah you're a stupidhead and don't take my work cause I know where you live and I'll eat your babies and your refrigerator's running and-
Luigi: sigh Hello Waluigi...
Wario: Is this Luigi? Sorry bud. Waluigi's gotten into my stash of Chuckola Cola again.
(There was a thump sound on Wario's end, but Wario keeps talking.)
Wario: Waluigi, you moron! How many times did I tell you to stay out of there?! Now get the Wario Car warmed up so we can take my new ship and get outta this dump! Oops. I missed the receiver...
(Wario hung up the phone, then Luigi does the same.)
Mario: What was that about?
Luigi: Beats me. But apparently Wario and Waluigi got a new ship and... Wait. I have an idea!
(Luigi quickly picks up the phone and dials Wario's number. Wario picks up after the third ring.)
Wario: Yo.
Luigi: Hey Wario. I think I overheard you saying you got a new ship.
Wario: Yeah?
Luigi: Were you going anywhere in particular?
Wario: No, not really. Lemme guess. You wanna come along, right? Cause if you do, what makes you think I'll take you along? What gives you the right to invite yourself to my-
Luigi: Shut up for a second, will you? The yoshi herd that I'm the leader of got attacked yesterday and I need to find some things and-
Wario: Hold the boat! This is a rescue mission, eh?
Luigi: Yeah. Yeah, I guess it is.
Mario: Give me that thing, Luigi!
(Mario shoves Luigi and takes the phone from him.)
Mario: What does it take to convince you to take us and four yoshis with you?!
Wario: Four yoshis?! Ho ho! Wow! If that's the case you have to say...it.
Mario: I'm not saying it!
Wario: I demand you say it!
Mario: Absolutely not!
Wario: Say it, or your brother and his little dinosaur friends are stuck right where they are!
Mario: sigh Fine. (quietly) Warios rule and Marios drool.
Wario: I can't heeeear you.
Mario: Warios rule and Marios drool, okay?!
Wario: Thank you for your cooperation. We'll come and pick you up. Have a nice day. Waluigi! Get the Waluigi Racer ready!
(Mario hangs up the phone.)
Mario: Well, I got us the ride, but I really hate it when they make us say that.
Luigi: Yeah. I know. Waluigi made me say it last week when he beat me at Speak Up. I still think some of his answers were lucky guesses.
Mario: Well, we might as well pack our bags while we wait for them to get here.
(And so Mario and Luigi pack various items for the trip. Mario packs some mushrooms, syrups, peppers, a pair of binoculars and a change of clothing for Luigi and himself. Purpley had been carefully looking at Mario's drawings and, while he was looking for his hammer, she quietly slipped one into his bag.)
Mario: Got a good weapon, Luigi?
Luigi: How about the hammer I got from the Beanbean Kingdom?
Mario: That'll work just fine.
(Luigi packs his hammer, money, a portable CD player and some CDs, and...I'm not sure what the rest of that stuff is...)
Mario: What the heck is that?!
Luigi: It's a universal phone that E. Gadd made and he wanted me to test it.
Mario: Ah. That reminds me. I better pack my Mailbox SP.
(Mario goes and packs it. Then the familiar sound of a car horn was heard.)
Mario: Sounds like Wario's here.
Luigi: Let's go...