Chapter 1 Meet Shy

Ever heard of Shy Guys? Those mischievous, cloaked, masked creatures of the Mario world? Yes? Good because otherwise you'll NEVER know what I'm talking about. Anyways this day was like any other day in the mushroom kingdom, where money is limitless, the sun tries to kill you once in a while, plants spit fire, hills and clouds have eyes, the usual. And in a certain part of the kingdom, a red robed Shy Guy was standing at a bus stop This certain Shy Guy wasn't very much like most Shy Guys you would know. He was very serious, cold, yet a very hard worker yet something particular happened. Though this was all about to change very soon.

"Hey there! What's your name?" a perky female voice asked.

The Shy Guy turned to the voice revealing a young human girl with long black hair, a long white shirt, black string tie, green plaid skirt, round glasses and black shoes. The Shy Guy was confused as a random girl was asking him such a simple question.

"Er… my name's Shy", he answered a bit uncomfortable.

"Shy the Shy Guy, huh? Neat! Name's Alice, Alice Edwards!" Alice smiled.

"Um…yes, of course". Shy mumbled. "Look, kid, I really don't have time to talk right now".

"Why not? You're waiting for the bus so you have at least a LITTLE time to talk" Alice asked, tilting her head. The Shy Guy just sighed at her response.

"Say, aren't you one of Bowser's minions?" the girl noticed.

"Uh, yeah. How did you know?" Shy asked bewildered. "All Shy Guys that work for Bowser wear red, or probably in your case, WORKED for Bowser", Alice explained. Shy was starting to get creeped out from that moment.

"Okay, first of all, not ALL Shy Guys that work for Bowser wear red and second, how in the world did you even know I got fired?"

"Just a hunch" she simply smiled. Shy stared blankly at Alice.

"How did you get fired anyways?" Alice asked curiously.

"Well, it's really none of your business, but if you must know…" Shy started scratching the back of his head.

FLASHBACK

Shy was sleeping peacefully, well there was no blanket, no sheet, the pillow was barely even a little fluffy, so he wasn't sleeping peacefully, when an extremely loud and booming voice from the speakers.

"SHY GUY NUMBER 8896! REPORT TO MY THRONE ROOM IMMEDIATELY!" Bowser's voice roared from the speakers. This was enough to send Shy off of his bed and into the wall. This day wasn't going to end well, he just knew it. Shy had to go through a load of obstacles. Lava pits, fire bars, Thwomps, Spike crushers, now that he thought of it, a lot of Bowser's obstacles included fire or crushing. After going through life-threatening courses, he finally entered the throne room, gasping, wheezing, and sweating.

"8896! YOU'RE THREE SECONDS LATE! EACH AND EVERY SINGLE SECOND THAT YOU'RE NOT HERE COUNTS! FOR THAT, YOU CAN KISS YOUR SALARY GOODBYE!" Bowser angrily yelled.

''You don't even pay me" Shy muttered. "WHAT WAS THAT?!" Bowser questioned.

"N-n-nothing, your greediness!" Shy stammered in fear.

"That's what I thought" the koopa king huffed. "All aside, you were called here as you are needed for a plan to capture Mario".

"Oh joy" the Shy Guy thought annoyed. "Here's what you need to do".

The plan sounded simple: When Mario was through with defeating the Koopalings, he would likely arrive at Bowser's Castle. What Shy had to do was wait for Mario to come to the battle arena, and when he does, he had to switch of the lights so Mario wouldn't have any idea where Bowser would be, tackle the plumber and inject him with knock-out potion. Sounds foolproof, right? Wrong. When Shy switched off the lights, he couldn't see either. He tackled the first body he bumped into and injected the body with said potion. When he switched the lights back on, he was horrified to see it wasn't Mario he injected, but the king of all koopas!

"Y-you…" Bowser managed to speak before he blacked out. Shy just stared at his unconscious boss with his jaw dropping as Mario escaped with the fair princess, Peach. Shy knew it. This day did not end well. At all.

FLASHBACK OVER

"And then after that day, Bowser said I was a complete disgrace to Shy Guys everywhere and kicked me out of the castle" Shy sighed, obviously not enjoying that memory.

"Geez, you must have had a rough time, huh?" Alice spoke softly.

"Yep, and because of that, I'm waiting for my bus at my new job at McDonalds". Shy grimaced at the thought of working at a restaurant rumored to not use real food.

"Well, if you need help or anything I'm always open for service" Alice happily offered.

Shy shook his head, "As sweet as that is, no thanks."

"Hello! What's going on over here?" a voice asked curiously. Shy and Alice located the voice to a brown Shy Guy with a propeller on his head.

"Hi there! My name's Phillip, but you can just call me Phil! In case you haven't noticed, I'm a Fly Guy and I'm a Shy Guy that can fly and I'm really good at it too! Say, whatcha two doing? Are you two having a conversation? Is it about waffles? Pancakes? French toast? Huh? Huh? Is it? Is it?".

Annoyed, Shy yelled, "QUIET!"

"Well THAT wasn't quiet. Quiet is when you talk REALLY softly." Phil dumbly stated. He then noticed Shy's robe. "Hey, aren't you one of Bowser's Shy Guys" he asked.

"Was it the red robe?" Shy groaned. "OMG! How did you know?!" the Fly Guy gasped. "Lucky guess?" Shy asked sarcastically. "Totally! Say, what are you doing here? How did you get here? When did you get here? So many questions!"

"Oh for the love of Toadstool…" Shy groaned, face palming.

ANOTHER FLASHBACK LATER

"WOAH! I never EVER heard a story like that before in my LIFE!" Phil gasped.

"Yes, it's a good story, blah blah blah" Shy sighed, tired of talking.

"By the way, I never got your name or that girl's name over there".

Shy sighed. "Might as well" he thought. "Name's Shy and yes that is my actual name, get over it" he introduced coldly.

"And my name's Alice! Nice to meet you, Phil!" Alice cheerfully greeted.

"Shy and Alice. Cool names!" Phil stated. Suddenly, a blue bus came to a stop in front of the three.

"Well, here's my ride. Gotta go" Shy sighed unhappily.

"Aww, already? Well it was nice seeing ya" Phil said as Shy went on the bus.

"Yeah, and good luck on your new job, Shy!" Alice wished for her new "friend".

Shy didn't respond to either of them and took his seat. As the bus drove away as people were constantly asking if he used to be one of Bowser's Shy Guys or not, he couldn't seem to get Phil or Alice out of his head.

"What is it with me and those two and why can't I just forget about them? Is it possible I actually made some…friends?" he wondered. These thoughts of the two folks stayed with him all the way to work, sparking an adventure of a lifetime.

What did you guys think? First fanfic and all and I think I did surprisingly well! What's going to happen with Shy will have to stay tuned until the next chapter, if I can learn how to MAKE a chapter. Anyways, every single rights of Mario stuff goes to Nintendo. That way I can't get sued. Maybe. Well, read and review guys! Don't be a hater and leave nice reviews, okay? JoVay, out!