Eternal Shadow Of Derma
Prologue:
Through out the land, there was an eternal shadow that never seemed to stop stretching. No one knew how this shadow was made. What was casting it? It was stretching all over the globe. The shadow was making everything dark, for, the airplanes could not fly, and the ships could not sail. There was only one person who they called that was always set for a job like this.
"Will you go get Mario or what Toad!" shouted a frightened Chancellor. "Hurry Toad! Get a move on!"
"Yes sir, but its too dark outside! I'm scared!" responded Toad dramatically.
"Oh, come now Toad! You can see everything! It's just like the evening! You had left out in the evening before, haven't you! Now go! Hurry!" shouted back the Chancellor. He knew, though, that it was dark enough outside to frighten anyone, especially at one o'clock at noon! It had gotten dark pretty early, and the Chancellor knew it was a bad idea to let Toad out, but he panicked. So did everyone else in Mushroom Land.
The air grew thick and cold, and it started blowing against the trees and flowers, as the sky grew dim. Around Mario's pad, though, everything was the same for him.
"Luigi, check this out! I rolled the meatball from my shoulder down to the table! Check it out!" said a very exited Mario, performing the "trick."
"Congratulations, Mario. Another accomplishment, like the time you actually tied your shoes!" said Luigi. Mario frowned.
"Eh, like your talented enough to see the worth of this trick." Said Mario as he placed the meatball back in the bowl. "I'm not hungry anymore, anyway." Mario said, and got up out of his chair and sprung to the window.
"Mamma Mia!" he then shouted.
"What is it Mario? Another Goomba chewed the vegetable patch?" Luigi smirked.
"No, worse! Look outside! Its dark!" Mario shouted. Luigi put down the dishes and walked toward the window where Mario was. Luigi peered over Mario's shoulder, and his mouth dropped in awe.
"Leaping lasagna! What's going on? Daylight savings time suddenly changed to eight hours back instead of one!" Luigi shouted. Mario then ran to the door and approached his front yard gate. Suddenly, he hears something running towards the gate, but due to the darkness, he could not see who it was.
"Hello? Whose there?" he shouted out, but he got a shocking response. A shrill scream startled both him and Luigi, who was walking in back of Mario.
"Ma-ma-ma-rio…what the heck was that?" Luigi asked Mario in a frightened voice. They both looked around, seeing objects only three feet in front of them, but it was too dark to see anything beyond that. Suddenly, something gripped on Mario's blue overalls, and started pulling him. It was followed by a scream.
"Yaaaaa!!! Luigi! Help!" Mario shouted. Luigi was frightened looking about. Then he lunged and grabbed Mario's arm.
"Don't worry big bro, I got you!" Luigi shouted gripping Mario's sleeve. Then, the person, or thing, stopped grabbing Mario and let go, dropping both Mario and Luigi.
"I think it's safer if we go inside the house!" Mario said startled, and Luigi started running to the door.
"Mario, come on! Hurry!" Luigi shouted to his brother. As Mario started running to the door, something called him.
"Mario stop! It's me! Toad!" the voice shouted. Mario looked back and saw the little mushroom boy bobbing behind him with an unhappy look on his face. 'I'm sorry if I startled you, but Mushroom Land, and the world, needs your help!"
Chapter 1: The Secret Behind the Shadow
Mario, Luigi, and Toad all sat down at the table in Mario's Pad. There was a pause of silence, and then Toad shot up remembering the Chancellor.
"Mario! Luigi! I forgot to tell you…the Chancellor sent me here to bring you guys back to the castle!" The little mushroom said. Mario looked at Luigi, and nodded.
"This can't be good, huh Luigi?" asked Mario.
Luigi looked down to his feet, then he raised his head again. "Let's do it"
Mario, Luigi, and Toad started walking through the dark, thick fog towards the Mushroom Kingdom. It was so dark, that Mario and Luigi gripped each other and Toad walked in front of them.
"I wonder what is the cause of all this." Mario said to himself. He followed Toad as they made there way through the path. Luigi tapped his shoulder.
"What happens when something is following you?" Luigi said frightfully. Mario pondered.
"What are you talking about Luigi?" Mario asked. Luigi shivered and looked in back of him.
"That thing! What is that?" Luigi said. Mario stopped in his tracks and looked at the figure. It looked like a regular person, but it had something that looked like horns, or a hat. Toad then noticed they stopped walking.
"Guys! What are you doing!" said Toad. He looked where their eyes were staring. Then his mouth dropped open, and pulled on Luigi's shirt. "I think we should go… now!" Luigi and Mario nodded and they ran off. Before they turned, Mario looked back one more time, and the figure disappeared. He then ran away.
Toad had to catch his breath, for he kept on running and running. He stopped by a tree. Mario and Luigi came and stopped by him, as well as losing their breath too. "Where are we now Toad?" Mario said taking a couple of breaths. Toad looked around nervously. Mario starred at him, and Toad's sweat dropped. "You don't know where we are, do you?" Mario asked. Toad starred around nervously once again.
"I know where we are…we are in the Mushroom Kingdom!" Toad said. Mario raised his brow.
"Mushroom Kingdom? Since when did it look like a dark forest?" Mario asked with a frown. Luigi starred at both of them.
"Were lost, aren't we?" he said starring at Toad.
"Well, yes." Toad said. He covered his face so no one hits him, but he peered through his fingers seeing that nothing is happening.
"Well, it's not anyone's fault. It's so dark out here anyway." Mario said looking at his brother and Toad. They were all wondering where they could be.
"Well, we just have to find a way to get out of where we are. Come on, let's keep walking." Toad said. Luigi then remembered that shadowy figure.
"But what if that "thing" comes back, guys!" Luigi said nervously. Mario looked at him.
"Then we probably just have to find out what that is." Mario said, and turned around to start walking again.
"Have to? No, not have to! Mario! Toad! Wait up!" Luigi said, scurrying after them. The three were on a journey in the darkness, not knowing where they are going. Only god knows where they will end up in…
Back at the castle, the Chancellor was worried. He had no idea why Toad was taking so long. He called his other assistant for help, Tao. Tao was a respectful and noble Toad, always pleasing the Chancellor and doing favors for him. He didn't mind at all, and as soon as the Chancellor had called him, he came running to the throne room.
"Sir, I heard that you wanted me here, what would you like?" asked Tao politely. He looked up to the Chancellor trying to make eye contact, but the Chancellor was too worried.
"Correct, Tao. I would like you to go out and find Toad. I sent him to go get Mario and Luigi, and none of them had shown up! Can you go please find them? I have to find out what's going on!" responded the Chancellor, with a worried face. Tao was afraid, for everything was dark, but he wanted to please the Chancellor.
"Sure thing, sir! I will get right on it!" the mushroom boy said, and headed for the door.
Peach looked through the keyhole from the stair well. The stair well had a door that led to the Throne room, and that's where Peach was spying. She finally got up from her knees and let out a sigh, and crept up the stair well and back to her room.
Once she had gotten to her room, she slammed the door, turned on the television and tossed herself onto the bed.
"What's going on, all this darkness everywhere, and Toad is missing. I think I'm going to have to do something about this!" Peach said to herself, and grabbed her pink parasol from her closet and opened the window. She took a lantern with her, and she starred out into the darkness. The wind blew through her blonde hair, slapping the trees against the castle walls. She opened up her parasol, and she glided down from her window. When she touched the ground, she lit her lantern and closed her parasol. She started creeping through the trees, so the guards would not see her, but it was too late. The guards saw the little lantern, and fled from their spot towards the trees with their own lanterns in hand.
"I saw something gleaming, someone was here. You go through the mushroom fountain, I will keep looking around here." Said Rin. He was the head guard, and was very protective of the castle. He had much courage. His brother, on the other hand, Kin, was a coward. He became a guard because his brother became one, and he wanted to impress people.
"The fountain? Rin, isn't that where those Koopa's were once invading?" said Kin trembling. Rin glared at him.
"Affirmative. Is there a problem? Your not scared are you? Just go, Kin! Hurry!" Rin shouted. Once he shouted, Kin ran off.
Peach listened to them talking as she hid behind a boulder. Rin was standing in front of the boulder, unaware that the Princess was right behind it. Peach panicked, but then she had an idea. She took a pebble, and threw it across the grass. Rin was not very bright, so he didn't look at where it came from, anyway, he just ran to the pebble.
"Who's there?" he shouted out expecting a reply. Peach scurried out of behind the rock and ran. As she made her escape, she ran right into Kin. Kin got knocked over with Peach as well.
"Princess? It's you? Oh, we thought it was someone else. Let me just tell Rin that it was…" but before Kin could finish the sentence, Peach took her parasol and knocked Kin out to the cold floor.
"I'm sorry, Kin. But no one is supposed to know I'm out here…" Peach said with an unhappy look on her face, and without hesitation, Peach ran off with the lantern forgetting the parasol on the floor.
At the time, Mario, Luigi, and Toad were still looking for a way out of their path. They looked everywhere, but to their dissapointment, it was too dark to see anything. Mario ran around looking for something, when finally he bumped into something hard and solid. "Owch! What was that?" asked the plumber. Luigi and Toad touched the solid stone.
"It feels like a wall, maybe their is something here after all!" shouted Luigi. Mario and Toad were over joyed. They found their way towards the door, and slowly opened it. The door creaked, as if it wanted them to get out. Mario shushed the door, and tip toed inside. Mario and Luigi looked around in amazement while Toad was puzzled to find this place.
"This was never here before! I have seen all of the land in Mushroom Land and this place was never here!" shouted Toad. He looked around. "Something fishy is going on here..." Mario and Luigi starred at him.
"You could of missed this, Toad. Are you sure? I mean, there are many houses in Mushroom Land...it's not likely to see all of them..or at least remember all of them!" Mario told him, but Toad looked away into the darkness. Suddenly, the sound of an engine roared in the room, and the smell of oil and other displeasent stenches filled up the room. The three quickly covered their noses in horror.
"Wha-wha-whats going on?" Luigi shouted with a frightened look on his face. Then, it seemed as they beginned to rise. Mario jumped up and looked out the window...they were flying!
"Guys! Come quick! Were rising above the ground!" Mario shouted with his eyes widened. Toad and Luigi hurried and rushed towards where Mario was standing. Luigi looked out the window and was ready to faint.
"Let's not panic..guys. We have to look around here and find out whats going on." Toad said trying to stay calm.
"There are no lights!!!! What do you mean look around!" shouted Luigi, but just then, the lights in the room turned on. They all looked up to see cameras hanging from the walls. With no hesitation, they ran to hide. Toad looked up once more, and saw they were not turned on.
"It's ok, guys, they're off. We should look around." Toad told them. Mario and Luigi looked around to see lots of gadgets and computers and fancy equipment. They saw a round metal table and lots of shiny silver chairs. There were lots of doors, all carved with an engraving of a creepy looking "D". Mario walked toward one of the doors and touched the engraving.
"I wonder what this means..." Mario said with shock. Luigi looked out the window once more with disbeleif. Where were they? What is this place? Why are they flying? These questions ran all around Luigi's head like a relay race. Toad made a angry looking face once more.
"Well are we going to look around or what!?! We need to find out whats going on!" he shouted. Mario nodded. He walked towards a door.
"Are you guys coming, or are we going to split up?" Mario asked. Luigi's eyes widened.
"Split up? Are you crazy! I'm not wandering around this crazy flying thing alone!" he exclaimed. Mario gestured his hand for Luigi to come.
"Fine then, but I'll go alone! It's better cause we can search more." Toad said with a determine look. Mario nodded again, and he opened the door. He entered first and Luigi followed. Mario's eyes ran down the long hall ahead of them. Luigi pulled back.
"I don't think so! Why can't we just stay in that other room and pretend we searched!" Luigi cried. Mario looked back at him.
"Luigi, don't act like such a scaredy cat! We will go down this hall and you will come with me!" Mario shouted at Luigi. Luigi was upset, but followed his brother down the hall. They saw a turn, and when they passed this, a huge pair of double doors stood in front of them. A giant "D" was once again carved on them. Mario approched slowly. He could hear Luigi whimpering in back of him. Mario gazed through the keyhole, and saw two men in long, black cloaks sitting down, piloting the aircraft. They had cloaks covering their faces, and they were talking.
"Luboori, we have seen the success our team of Derma's had done, we should ask King Derma on what we shall do next..." said one of the men. The man called Luboori, replied.
"Yes, Rujor, we shall. This aircraft shall take us directly to King Derma to ask him. Derma Island will be our next stop. This darkness is perfect to cause all the mushroom morons down there to be scared and puzzled, and since...it helps us.." Luboori had gotten cut off by Rujor.
"We musen't say it! Anything or anyone might be listening, just like everyone says. Turn on the cameras! We have no time to lose!" demanded Rujor. Luboori had gotten right on it and switched them on.
Mario and Luigi were shocked at this. "They were behind this the whole time! This doesent solve anything, though. We need more.." Mario whispered to Luigi. Luigi looked scared.
"Oh Mario, don't say it, please.." Luigi said frightened.
"Were going to search Derma Island, we will search and find out whats going on!" Mario said with a gleam in his eye. Luigi then heard one of the men shout.
"What is this!! A disgusting mushroom boy on our ship!" Luboori shouted. The two cloaked Derma's were looking into what their camera caught, and they saw Toad searching around the aircraft. Rujor smacked the screen.
"We must send robots to bring us that little mushroom boy! It will be enjoyable to kill it.." Rujor smirked. He pressed a button which seemed to realese robots to search the craft. Mario and Luigi got up, and set out to find their friend before they do.
Meanwhile, Peach was searching through the dark like a confused puppy. Her mind kept on thinking about the darkness that is enveloping her as she walked. She held her frying pan tight, just in case anything threatful comes her way. She finally had stopped after her long walk, and sat down a top something hard.
"What's going on here? Am I lost? Will I ever get home?" she said to herself as she looked around. Suddenly, a hand grasped her brooch and pulled her. She let out a shuttering scream. The hand pulled her close to its face.
"Shh! Come on Peach be quiet!" spoke a familiar voice. Peach's face looked puzzled. She squinted her eyes and made out the face she saw. She then gasped.
"Mallow! What are you doing here?" Peach shouted filled with delight. Mallow smirked.
"Well, Nimbus Land dissapeared! I just came down Bean Valley for a while, and the beanstalk led to no where when I climbed back up!" Mallow said with a worried voice. Peach's eyes widened.
"Are you serious? Strange things are going on Mallow!" she said to the fluff ball, "and we have to figure out what's going on." Mallow nodded and took out something from his pocket. It was a flashlight.
"I have this that we could use after the lamp goes out.." he said to Peach, and placed it back in his pocket. Peach then stood up and gestured Mallow to follow her. Mallow then ran to her and they were off to find out what is going on.
Suddenly, a large roar of an engine hollered behind them, and a strong wind hit their backs making Peach's hair blow furiously. Mallow held on to Peach's dress as he started to blow away. She grabbed him and they both looked up, seeing a huge airship hovering over them. Mallow's eye's widened.
"What is that Princess??" Mallow tried shouting over the sound of the engine. Peach looked up with determination, and ran to the nearest tree. She started to climb up while Mallow watched. He then ran to the tree. "What are you doing Peach?" he shouted once more, but she kept on climbing. She then reached the top and looked down.
"Climb up! I wanna jump and hang on to that airship! Are you coming?" Peach shouted with pride. Mallow's eye's widened even more.
"Are you crazy? I'm not hanging on to an airship! Count me out! We could get killed!" he shouted back. Peach's eyebrows fell.
"Fine then, stay here all alone in the dark, not knowing where your going." she told him, trying to trick him. Mallow then looked around unhappily, and took a deep breath. He then climbed up the tree and stood next to Peach. She smiled, and then jumped up, with Mallow holding on to her. She floated, then jumped higher, and grabbed the wing. Mallow gulped as he looked down into the darkness. He then held on tighter as if he was falling down, but he was really terrified. Peach then stood on the wing, and slowly crept towards the window. Mallow crept behind her, and his sweat dropped as he looked down once more. She jammed the window open with her frying pan, and fell inside. Mallow followed. They looked around in amazement, because they have never seen anything like this before.
Prologue:
Through out the land, there was an eternal shadow that never seemed to stop stretching. No one knew how this shadow was made. What was casting it? It was stretching all over the globe. The shadow was making everything dark, for, the airplanes could not fly, and the ships could not sail. There was only one person who they called that was always set for a job like this.
"Will you go get Mario or what Toad!" shouted a frightened Chancellor. "Hurry Toad! Get a move on!"
"Yes sir, but its too dark outside! I'm scared!" responded Toad dramatically.
"Oh, come now Toad! You can see everything! It's just like the evening! You had left out in the evening before, haven't you! Now go! Hurry!" shouted back the Chancellor. He knew, though, that it was dark enough outside to frighten anyone, especially at one o'clock at noon! It had gotten dark pretty early, and the Chancellor knew it was a bad idea to let Toad out, but he panicked. So did everyone else in Mushroom Land.
The air grew thick and cold, and it started blowing against the trees and flowers, as the sky grew dim. Around Mario's pad, though, everything was the same for him.
"Luigi, check this out! I rolled the meatball from my shoulder down to the table! Check it out!" said a very exited Mario, performing the "trick."
"Congratulations, Mario. Another accomplishment, like the time you actually tied your shoes!" said Luigi. Mario frowned.
"Eh, like your talented enough to see the worth of this trick." Said Mario as he placed the meatball back in the bowl. "I'm not hungry anymore, anyway." Mario said, and got up out of his chair and sprung to the window.
"Mamma Mia!" he then shouted.
"What is it Mario? Another Goomba chewed the vegetable patch?" Luigi smirked.
"No, worse! Look outside! Its dark!" Mario shouted. Luigi put down the dishes and walked toward the window where Mario was. Luigi peered over Mario's shoulder, and his mouth dropped in awe.
"Leaping lasagna! What's going on? Daylight savings time suddenly changed to eight hours back instead of one!" Luigi shouted. Mario then ran to the door and approached his front yard gate. Suddenly, he hears something running towards the gate, but due to the darkness, he could not see who it was.
"Hello? Whose there?" he shouted out, but he got a shocking response. A shrill scream startled both him and Luigi, who was walking in back of Mario.
"Ma-ma-ma-rio…what the heck was that?" Luigi asked Mario in a frightened voice. They both looked around, seeing objects only three feet in front of them, but it was too dark to see anything beyond that. Suddenly, something gripped on Mario's blue overalls, and started pulling him. It was followed by a scream.
"Yaaaaa!!! Luigi! Help!" Mario shouted. Luigi was frightened looking about. Then he lunged and grabbed Mario's arm.
"Don't worry big bro, I got you!" Luigi shouted gripping Mario's sleeve. Then, the person, or thing, stopped grabbing Mario and let go, dropping both Mario and Luigi.
"I think it's safer if we go inside the house!" Mario said startled, and Luigi started running to the door.
"Mario, come on! Hurry!" Luigi shouted to his brother. As Mario started running to the door, something called him.
"Mario stop! It's me! Toad!" the voice shouted. Mario looked back and saw the little mushroom boy bobbing behind him with an unhappy look on his face. 'I'm sorry if I startled you, but Mushroom Land, and the world, needs your help!"
Chapter 1: The Secret Behind the Shadow
Mario, Luigi, and Toad all sat down at the table in Mario's Pad. There was a pause of silence, and then Toad shot up remembering the Chancellor.
"Mario! Luigi! I forgot to tell you…the Chancellor sent me here to bring you guys back to the castle!" The little mushroom said. Mario looked at Luigi, and nodded.
"This can't be good, huh Luigi?" asked Mario.
Luigi looked down to his feet, then he raised his head again. "Let's do it"
Mario, Luigi, and Toad started walking through the dark, thick fog towards the Mushroom Kingdom. It was so dark, that Mario and Luigi gripped each other and Toad walked in front of them.
"I wonder what is the cause of all this." Mario said to himself. He followed Toad as they made there way through the path. Luigi tapped his shoulder.
"What happens when something is following you?" Luigi said frightfully. Mario pondered.
"What are you talking about Luigi?" Mario asked. Luigi shivered and looked in back of him.
"That thing! What is that?" Luigi said. Mario stopped in his tracks and looked at the figure. It looked like a regular person, but it had something that looked like horns, or a hat. Toad then noticed they stopped walking.
"Guys! What are you doing!" said Toad. He looked where their eyes were staring. Then his mouth dropped open, and pulled on Luigi's shirt. "I think we should go… now!" Luigi and Mario nodded and they ran off. Before they turned, Mario looked back one more time, and the figure disappeared. He then ran away.
Toad had to catch his breath, for he kept on running and running. He stopped by a tree. Mario and Luigi came and stopped by him, as well as losing their breath too. "Where are we now Toad?" Mario said taking a couple of breaths. Toad looked around nervously. Mario starred at him, and Toad's sweat dropped. "You don't know where we are, do you?" Mario asked. Toad starred around nervously once again.
"I know where we are…we are in the Mushroom Kingdom!" Toad said. Mario raised his brow.
"Mushroom Kingdom? Since when did it look like a dark forest?" Mario asked with a frown. Luigi starred at both of them.
"Were lost, aren't we?" he said starring at Toad.
"Well, yes." Toad said. He covered his face so no one hits him, but he peered through his fingers seeing that nothing is happening.
"Well, it's not anyone's fault. It's so dark out here anyway." Mario said looking at his brother and Toad. They were all wondering where they could be.
"Well, we just have to find a way to get out of where we are. Come on, let's keep walking." Toad said. Luigi then remembered that shadowy figure.
"But what if that "thing" comes back, guys!" Luigi said nervously. Mario looked at him.
"Then we probably just have to find out what that is." Mario said, and turned around to start walking again.
"Have to? No, not have to! Mario! Toad! Wait up!" Luigi said, scurrying after them. The three were on a journey in the darkness, not knowing where they are going. Only god knows where they will end up in…
Back at the castle, the Chancellor was worried. He had no idea why Toad was taking so long. He called his other assistant for help, Tao. Tao was a respectful and noble Toad, always pleasing the Chancellor and doing favors for him. He didn't mind at all, and as soon as the Chancellor had called him, he came running to the throne room.
"Sir, I heard that you wanted me here, what would you like?" asked Tao politely. He looked up to the Chancellor trying to make eye contact, but the Chancellor was too worried.
"Correct, Tao. I would like you to go out and find Toad. I sent him to go get Mario and Luigi, and none of them had shown up! Can you go please find them? I have to find out what's going on!" responded the Chancellor, with a worried face. Tao was afraid, for everything was dark, but he wanted to please the Chancellor.
"Sure thing, sir! I will get right on it!" the mushroom boy said, and headed for the door.
Peach looked through the keyhole from the stair well. The stair well had a door that led to the Throne room, and that's where Peach was spying. She finally got up from her knees and let out a sigh, and crept up the stair well and back to her room.
Once she had gotten to her room, she slammed the door, turned on the television and tossed herself onto the bed.
"What's going on, all this darkness everywhere, and Toad is missing. I think I'm going to have to do something about this!" Peach said to herself, and grabbed her pink parasol from her closet and opened the window. She took a lantern with her, and she starred out into the darkness. The wind blew through her blonde hair, slapping the trees against the castle walls. She opened up her parasol, and she glided down from her window. When she touched the ground, she lit her lantern and closed her parasol. She started creeping through the trees, so the guards would not see her, but it was too late. The guards saw the little lantern, and fled from their spot towards the trees with their own lanterns in hand.
"I saw something gleaming, someone was here. You go through the mushroom fountain, I will keep looking around here." Said Rin. He was the head guard, and was very protective of the castle. He had much courage. His brother, on the other hand, Kin, was a coward. He became a guard because his brother became one, and he wanted to impress people.
"The fountain? Rin, isn't that where those Koopa's were once invading?" said Kin trembling. Rin glared at him.
"Affirmative. Is there a problem? Your not scared are you? Just go, Kin! Hurry!" Rin shouted. Once he shouted, Kin ran off.
Peach listened to them talking as she hid behind a boulder. Rin was standing in front of the boulder, unaware that the Princess was right behind it. Peach panicked, but then she had an idea. She took a pebble, and threw it across the grass. Rin was not very bright, so he didn't look at where it came from, anyway, he just ran to the pebble.
"Who's there?" he shouted out expecting a reply. Peach scurried out of behind the rock and ran. As she made her escape, she ran right into Kin. Kin got knocked over with Peach as well.
"Princess? It's you? Oh, we thought it was someone else. Let me just tell Rin that it was…" but before Kin could finish the sentence, Peach took her parasol and knocked Kin out to the cold floor.
"I'm sorry, Kin. But no one is supposed to know I'm out here…" Peach said with an unhappy look on her face, and without hesitation, Peach ran off with the lantern forgetting the parasol on the floor.
At the time, Mario, Luigi, and Toad were still looking for a way out of their path. They looked everywhere, but to their dissapointment, it was too dark to see anything. Mario ran around looking for something, when finally he bumped into something hard and solid. "Owch! What was that?" asked the plumber. Luigi and Toad touched the solid stone.
"It feels like a wall, maybe their is something here after all!" shouted Luigi. Mario and Toad were over joyed. They found their way towards the door, and slowly opened it. The door creaked, as if it wanted them to get out. Mario shushed the door, and tip toed inside. Mario and Luigi looked around in amazement while Toad was puzzled to find this place.
"This was never here before! I have seen all of the land in Mushroom Land and this place was never here!" shouted Toad. He looked around. "Something fishy is going on here..." Mario and Luigi starred at him.
"You could of missed this, Toad. Are you sure? I mean, there are many houses in Mushroom Land...it's not likely to see all of them..or at least remember all of them!" Mario told him, but Toad looked away into the darkness. Suddenly, the sound of an engine roared in the room, and the smell of oil and other displeasent stenches filled up the room. The three quickly covered their noses in horror.
"Wha-wha-whats going on?" Luigi shouted with a frightened look on his face. Then, it seemed as they beginned to rise. Mario jumped up and looked out the window...they were flying!
"Guys! Come quick! Were rising above the ground!" Mario shouted with his eyes widened. Toad and Luigi hurried and rushed towards where Mario was standing. Luigi looked out the window and was ready to faint.
"Let's not panic..guys. We have to look around here and find out whats going on." Toad said trying to stay calm.
"There are no lights!!!! What do you mean look around!" shouted Luigi, but just then, the lights in the room turned on. They all looked up to see cameras hanging from the walls. With no hesitation, they ran to hide. Toad looked up once more, and saw they were not turned on.
"It's ok, guys, they're off. We should look around." Toad told them. Mario and Luigi looked around to see lots of gadgets and computers and fancy equipment. They saw a round metal table and lots of shiny silver chairs. There were lots of doors, all carved with an engraving of a creepy looking "D". Mario walked toward one of the doors and touched the engraving.
"I wonder what this means..." Mario said with shock. Luigi looked out the window once more with disbeleif. Where were they? What is this place? Why are they flying? These questions ran all around Luigi's head like a relay race. Toad made a angry looking face once more.
"Well are we going to look around or what!?! We need to find out whats going on!" he shouted. Mario nodded. He walked towards a door.
"Are you guys coming, or are we going to split up?" Mario asked. Luigi's eyes widened.
"Split up? Are you crazy! I'm not wandering around this crazy flying thing alone!" he exclaimed. Mario gestured his hand for Luigi to come.
"Fine then, but I'll go alone! It's better cause we can search more." Toad said with a determine look. Mario nodded again, and he opened the door. He entered first and Luigi followed. Mario's eyes ran down the long hall ahead of them. Luigi pulled back.
"I don't think so! Why can't we just stay in that other room and pretend we searched!" Luigi cried. Mario looked back at him.
"Luigi, don't act like such a scaredy cat! We will go down this hall and you will come with me!" Mario shouted at Luigi. Luigi was upset, but followed his brother down the hall. They saw a turn, and when they passed this, a huge pair of double doors stood in front of them. A giant "D" was once again carved on them. Mario approched slowly. He could hear Luigi whimpering in back of him. Mario gazed through the keyhole, and saw two men in long, black cloaks sitting down, piloting the aircraft. They had cloaks covering their faces, and they were talking.
"Luboori, we have seen the success our team of Derma's had done, we should ask King Derma on what we shall do next..." said one of the men. The man called Luboori, replied.
"Yes, Rujor, we shall. This aircraft shall take us directly to King Derma to ask him. Derma Island will be our next stop. This darkness is perfect to cause all the mushroom morons down there to be scared and puzzled, and since...it helps us.." Luboori had gotten cut off by Rujor.
"We musen't say it! Anything or anyone might be listening, just like everyone says. Turn on the cameras! We have no time to lose!" demanded Rujor. Luboori had gotten right on it and switched them on.
Mario and Luigi were shocked at this. "They were behind this the whole time! This doesent solve anything, though. We need more.." Mario whispered to Luigi. Luigi looked scared.
"Oh Mario, don't say it, please.." Luigi said frightened.
"Were going to search Derma Island, we will search and find out whats going on!" Mario said with a gleam in his eye. Luigi then heard one of the men shout.
"What is this!! A disgusting mushroom boy on our ship!" Luboori shouted. The two cloaked Derma's were looking into what their camera caught, and they saw Toad searching around the aircraft. Rujor smacked the screen.
"We must send robots to bring us that little mushroom boy! It will be enjoyable to kill it.." Rujor smirked. He pressed a button which seemed to realese robots to search the craft. Mario and Luigi got up, and set out to find their friend before they do.
Meanwhile, Peach was searching through the dark like a confused puppy. Her mind kept on thinking about the darkness that is enveloping her as she walked. She held her frying pan tight, just in case anything threatful comes her way. She finally had stopped after her long walk, and sat down a top something hard.
"What's going on here? Am I lost? Will I ever get home?" she said to herself as she looked around. Suddenly, a hand grasped her brooch and pulled her. She let out a shuttering scream. The hand pulled her close to its face.
"Shh! Come on Peach be quiet!" spoke a familiar voice. Peach's face looked puzzled. She squinted her eyes and made out the face she saw. She then gasped.
"Mallow! What are you doing here?" Peach shouted filled with delight. Mallow smirked.
"Well, Nimbus Land dissapeared! I just came down Bean Valley for a while, and the beanstalk led to no where when I climbed back up!" Mallow said with a worried voice. Peach's eyes widened.
"Are you serious? Strange things are going on Mallow!" she said to the fluff ball, "and we have to figure out what's going on." Mallow nodded and took out something from his pocket. It was a flashlight.
"I have this that we could use after the lamp goes out.." he said to Peach, and placed it back in his pocket. Peach then stood up and gestured Mallow to follow her. Mallow then ran to her and they were off to find out what is going on.
Suddenly, a large roar of an engine hollered behind them, and a strong wind hit their backs making Peach's hair blow furiously. Mallow held on to Peach's dress as he started to blow away. She grabbed him and they both looked up, seeing a huge airship hovering over them. Mallow's eye's widened.
"What is that Princess??" Mallow tried shouting over the sound of the engine. Peach looked up with determination, and ran to the nearest tree. She started to climb up while Mallow watched. He then ran to the tree. "What are you doing Peach?" he shouted once more, but she kept on climbing. She then reached the top and looked down.
"Climb up! I wanna jump and hang on to that airship! Are you coming?" Peach shouted with pride. Mallow's eye's widened even more.
"Are you crazy? I'm not hanging on to an airship! Count me out! We could get killed!" he shouted back. Peach's eyebrows fell.
"Fine then, stay here all alone in the dark, not knowing where your going." she told him, trying to trick him. Mallow then looked around unhappily, and took a deep breath. He then climbed up the tree and stood next to Peach. She smiled, and then jumped up, with Mallow holding on to her. She floated, then jumped higher, and grabbed the wing. Mallow gulped as he looked down into the darkness. He then held on tighter as if he was falling down, but he was really terrified. Peach then stood on the wing, and slowly crept towards the window. Mallow crept behind her, and his sweat dropped as he looked down once more. She jammed the window open with her frying pan, and fell inside. Mallow followed. They looked around in amazement, because they have never seen anything like this before.