A moving van rolled in the day I came back from a big case. It said Mushroom Movers on the sides in big, bold letters composed of bricks and grass.

It almost made me laugh, and if I hadn't seen the look on the drivers face, I would have.

A blank stare behind big black sunglasses. His Toadstool cap marking him as a royal bodyguard to Princess "Peach" Toadstool. However that was impossible, because the Princess was off in the Mushroom Kingdom, ruling over her subjects.

A chill went through my body, and I knew it wasn't from the Snow Biome Portal I had just exited.

Something was wrong. . .

. . .very wrong.