A semi-loud jingle echoed across the confined wooden walls of a modest and quaint store, followed by a deeper jingle the same volume.

"Come in-a!" a man said in a high pitched Italian accent.

A man entered the small lumber store to see two short and chubby men with black unruly mustaches dressed in red and green shirts and caps, with dark blue overalls covering each greeting him. The man in green was slightly taller and thinner than the man in red, but if it were not for that, then the colors they wore and the way their hair was styled and their height would be the only ways to distinguish the two.

"Welcome to Jumpman Plumbers!" the one in green said in a deeper Italian accent. "How can-a we help you today, sir?"

"Hi, sirs, do you have any plungers for sail?"

"A-Yes!" the shorter man said as he grabbed one from the wall. "Newly-a made. That'll be-a five hundred dollars-a!"

"WHAT!? I'm not paying that much for a damn plunger!"

"A-sorry, sir, but this is the-a cheapest price we have-a."

"Well, I'm not buying," the man said angrily. "Good day sirs!" But his tone gave away he didn't really mean it. He slammed the door behind him with a slight 'hmp.'

The one in red sighed.

"Luigi, maybe we should-a try lowering the a little prices," he suggested. "Selling stuff for so much isn't-a working."

"We a-need the money, Mario." Luigi sighed. "Maybe we should-a go back to college," he said. "At least we got-a food there."

Mario moaned and leaned back in his fragile chair with a hand on his stomach.

"What I would-a give for Mama's old spaghetti."

"Don't-a talk about her! We can't-a go home."

"Sorry... I a-know how you-a feel about them."

"Yes, so don't-a talk about them. Please," Luigi said, doing his best to soften his paranoid tone.

Their faint doorbell rang again.

"Come in-a!" Mario called quickly.

Their mouths dropped open when they saw their new costumer. It appeared to be a yellow turtle standing on its hind legs, with green shoes on its feet. Its shell was the same color as its shoes, and it appeared to have hands. Small white wings were perched on its back, and pilot goggles were covering its eyes.

"... Hello, hello! Can I get some service?"

"M-Mario," Luigi stuttered quietly as he hid behind his older brother. "I-it talks...!"

"You're-a seeing it, too...?"

"Hello!? Do you not speak English, or something!? A little service, please!"

With a gulp, and his blue eyes still wide, Mario held up his hand and slightly waved with a nervous smile underneath his mustache.

"H-hello, and uh, w-welcome to-a Jumpman Plumbers."

"You two are the plumbers here, right? We need your help." The yellow turtle flew over to them. "We would have called, but our phone lines wouldn't reach your country," it said as if it expected them to know what it was talking about. "Our Princess' toilet is clogged, and we're having trouble cleaning it out. Can you come over with me now?"

Mario turned his head to look at Luigi, who was still trembling and refusing to blink.

"A-sure..."

"Wonderful!" The turtle flew out the door. "Are you coming?" it called.

Nervous, the plumbers stepped out of the small house to see a basket attached to strings being held by the yellow turtle. It motioned them to step in, and they hesitantly obeyed.

Once they were secured in the basket, the turtle flew into the sky with outrageous strength to get the two overweight men off of the ground.

Luigi screamed and clung to his brother, who looked up at the winged turtle in awe.

"... What-a are you?"

"Hmm? Me? I'm Kyle. Kyle Koopa."

"A 'Koopa'?" Mario repeated as his eyes sparkled in amazement. "Awesome..."

"Huh? How is it 'awesome'?" Kyle asked. "We Koopas are very common. Or are they rare over here in your country?"

Mario didn't know what to say to the odd creature, so he only nodded slowly.

"Mario," Luigi whimpered, "help me...!"

"Are you-a kidding? This is-a so exciting!"

In about an hour, the brothers were soon flying over the most gorgeous thing imaginable.

A Kingdom with threes covered in red and green leaves, a blue and white flag with a mushroom on its center placed right where they had come in, and a town with giant mushrooms acting as roofs.

As they were flying over it, another yellow creature with goggles that looked different from the Koopa passed them by on a cloud. It shot a solute their way, earning back a timid wave from Luigi and a wave with both hands from Mario.

The most eye-catching attraction was the pink castle with a spiral on each side, and a bigger one in the middle. A picture of a crown was on the one in the middle, and two large brown doors with stars on each one's center were right underneath it.

"That's your client's castle," Kyle said as he slowly placed them in front of it.

"M-Mario," Luigi stuttered, "is this a dream?"

"I don't-a know."

"Please, come in," Kyle said as he opened the door for them. "Mr. Toadsworth, the plumbers you asked for are here."

"Good."

A small creature that went up to Mario's belly came into the room. He had a white, smooth mustache covering his mouth, and an old expired-seemed mushroom placed atop his head. A cane with a mushroom on its tip supported his tiny old body clothed in a purple tuxedo. Small pebbles it seemed were used for his feet, which had no legs attached to them.

"What are you?" Mario breathed.

"I'm Toadsworth, might I have your names?"

"No, I mean, what are you?"

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Toadsworth asked. "You mean what species am I? I'm a Toad. I'm also the caretaker of our beloved Princess Peach, and I'm here to give you a sincere welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom." He gave a slight bow to them. "So, as I said, might I have your names?"

"M-Mario Jumpman. This is-a my little brother, Luigi Jumpman."

"H-hi..."

"No need to look so nervous, boys, the Princess won't throw you in the dungeon just for doing a nasty job on her damn toilet," the elder toad laughed. "Now come, her royal highness's toilet needs fixing." He started walking further into the castle until he noticed the plumbers weren't following. "Don't just stand there, we need help right away!"

The brothers looked at each other, and decided to go along with it and follow the Toad.

"I had-a no idea such a place existed," Luigi said.

"Oh yes, the inside of this castle does contradict many peoples' ideas." Toadsworth quickly gave a more exaggerated and respectful bow than from earlier as he opened another pair of doors. "My dear Princess, the Plumbers are here," he said respectfully.

Descending from the stairs was the most gorgeous creature Mario had ever seen.

Her wavy blond hair was an inch above her ankles and covered her forehead and ears. Her skin wasn't pale, but she most certainly did not have a tan. Her nose looked like a tiny button sewn onto a doll, and her wide blue eyes were decorated with dark black eyelashes that one couldn't tell had no mascara on them.

Was she even human, Mario wondered. No, she couldn't have been. Such beauty was not worthy of a human like himself.

"Hi there!" she cheered as she skipped down the stars and towards them. "I'm Princess Peach. Are you the ones here to fix my toilet?"

Mario and Luigi were too focused on her beauty to respond, all they could do was nod simultaneously.

"Bow," Toadsworth whispered.

"It's alright, Toadsworth," Peach giggled. She took both of the plumbers' hand. "Come on, I've got a tea party waiting for us!"

"Um, Princess," Toadsworth said, keeping the respectful tone, "wh-what about your toilet?"

"Come on, Toadsworth, I'm bored, that toilet can wait," the princess pouted as if she was a little girl.

"A-anything you wish, your highness." His tone changed from respectful to demanding as he turned to the Mario Bros. "You two! Go play with Princess Peach!"

"Y-y-yes-a, sir," the brothers said in unison.

"Mmm! Now come on to my room, I'm sure Toadette has made enough tea to go around!" She pulled them both away with a goofy grin across her face.

Peach's room was entirely pink and had flower stickers on almost every wall. Sitting at a table in the middle was a creature that looked like Toadsworth, only younger and more feminine, with pink pigtails coming out of her mushroom.

"Welcome back, Princess Peachy!" she greeted, she was clearly the Princess's best friend. "Are these the plumbers?"

"Yes, but that stupid toilet can wait." Peach pulled the boys into a sitting position across from Toadette. "Boys, this is Toadette, my best friend. Would you mind introducing yourselves?"

"Mario Jumpman."

"L-Luigi Jumpman."

"What adorable names," Toadette said kindly as she poured tea into two separate cups. "Here you go, boys. I made it myself~"

"Th-thanks."

Luigi took a sip. His eyes rolled back in his throat, and his face turned blue. After choking for a few seconds, he fell over on his side.

"Luigi!?" Mario cried.

The Toads standing guard sweat dropped in embarrassment. They knew that would happen.

Peach and Toadette seemed oblivious to Luigi's fainting, and instead seemed to be watching Mario with keen interest.

Mario looked at them nervously. He couldn't disappoint the owners of those innocent and puppy dog-ish eyes begging him to drink the tea. He bravely took a sip, then an immediate other one, and kept gulping it down until it was all gone.

"Ahh, it's amazing-a. You're a-wonderful at this, Toadette. Don't-a mind my-a brother, he-a passed out from amazement-a."

Toadette giggled and put a hand on her pink face, waving the other at the brunette.

"Oh, you."

Peach wrapped her arms around Mario and shook him slightly.

"Oh, Mario, you're such a gentle man! I'm so glad we have someone like you to play with, the guards are always so serious."

Luigi raised his shaking arm towards the table and slowly pulled himself up.

"Lady Peach..." He looked up with large dollar signs replacing his eyes. "How much are you willing to pay us for fixing your toilet?" he asked.

"Oh!" Peach let go of Mario and put her finger to her cheek. "Hmm... Well, I've got quite a lot of money stored up. How does three hundred million dollars sound?"

Luigi's mouth dropped open in joy, making a ca-CHINE noise. He quickly closed it as his eyes returned to normal and said in a gentlemanly tone,

"In that case, I'd be more than honored to have another cup of Ms. Toadette's divine tea."

Toadette giggled and blushed harder.

"Oh, stop! Hee hee!"

Mario scooted closer to his brother and whispered,

"I definitely really did taste that-a tea. This isn't a dream, brother."

"I know," Luigi whispered. He turned his head back up to Mario, regaining the dollar signs in his eyes. "And I'm-a so glad! We're-a gonna be stupid-a rich, Mario! Stupid-a rich!"

A loud crash came from outside the door, followed by several screams which were quickly muted by an ear piercing roar.

"What's-a going on!?"

The guards rushed to the throne room, followed by Peach and Toadette, Mario close behind.

"Wh-what're you-a doing!?" Luigi cried. "Don't-a go out there!" He ran after them to see if he could stop them.

In the throne room breathing fire everywhere was a creature that resembled the Koopa that carried the plumbers to the Mushroom Kingdom, only instead of wings on its green shell, it had spikes. And it was ten-times bigger than the small Koopa, and it had chains on its large wrists.

"The Koopa King! Bowser!" Peach cried. "What's he doing here!?"

"Princess! Flee!" Toadsworth cried.

Bowser tackled down the guards and slammed the Princess into the wall. She screamed in terror as the Koopa King's fangs closed in around her.

"PRINCESS!" Mario and Toadsworth cried.

The fangs stopped short, just inches away from the Princess's face. Bowser moved his head back and closed his mouth, then moved his snout into her blond hair.

"Eep!"

Toadette started swiping at his spiked shell with a broom.

"Put her down, you Koopa bastard! Put down Princess Peachy!"

"Peachy," the Koopa growled gently, showing a sign of affection. He looked up to reveal dark pink hearts replacing his once menacing looking eyes. "Peachy!" His hand formed a grip around her before he jumped out of the hole he'd created into a large black ship with his face on it.

"AHH!"

"PRINCESS!" Toadsworth screamed in terror. "BRING HER BACK!"

Peach struggled in the Koopa King's large hang, but proved unable to escape his extremely tight grip.

"HELP MEEEEE!" she screamed with clear fear in her voice.

Mario stretched out his hand towards her.

"PRINCESS PEACH!"