Chapter 1: The Beginning To A New Start
It was peaceful. It was always this way in the Mushroom Kingdom. All the residents of this spectacular place were all so friendly and caring to one another. If anyone had a problem, someone was generous and kind enough to help out.
When you first moved here, it was weird to see everyone so nice. The last place, everyone was either annoyed or didn't like being bothered much. But overtime you got used to this lifestyle easily and loved it since then. Another thing, no one here minded that you were a human either and they were fine by it. The local heros Mario and Luigi, were humans just like you. Pretty cool huh?
As you first got here you began a friendship between you and Princess Toadstool, Peach. She is the sweetest being in the entire Kingdom. She cares about her people and would do anything to keep them safe.
Peach would always invite you over for tea time or a "party" she was throwing. She always thought "banquets or fancy balls" were too formal. So she throws parties whenever she's in the mood for one. The whole Kingdom is always invited along with you.
There are times where it's a simple party or times it gets crazy. It creates many fun memories and you enjoy them of the good times, you hope she throws another one soon.
You drink the last of your tea and bid the Princess a "Thank You" and "See you later" as you leave the castle. Today's morning tea time was pleasant, as per-usual.
Walking through the town of the Kingdom is always great. Like today. A nice breeze flowed through your (h/c) hair. The sweet smell of pasteries wafted and filled your senses as you passed the bakery. The sound of the Toads and other residents chattering and laughing together put you in more of a good mood.
Well, a nice mood and other senses. A sense of...dread? Anxiety and nervousness...? Where, were these feelings coming from all of a sudden? You shrugged and shook the feelings off and ignored them. You were feeling great and you didn't want to ruin it. So you continued walking home.
Your beloved house sat between trees, providing the perfect amount of shade and sunlight together. It's great for days like this, to relax and enjoy the summer's breeze. It was a ten minute walk, over a bridge in front a mini field of beautiful smelling flowers.
But walk way further past your humble abode, was the most dangerous darkside of the Mushroom Kingdom. When were talking dangerous, I mean it's fataly dangerous.
It was once a thriving area of the Mushroom Kingdom. Until the rejects of Darklands and other beings throughout the entire eight worlds attacked the place. Demolished and made the place into any enemies personal playground. Just the thought of it made you shiver in fear.
But it was at least nine hours away from the Kingdom, so you didn't worry much. Just the thought alone was frightening.
Once again, the weird feelings returned and started to sink in. This time, your not able to ignore them.
You tried not to worry as you were almost home.
You smiled at the thought, a desire to relax made you want to get home more. But, your desire would have to wait.
The sound of footsteps behind you drew your attention. There was no sign of them being known, plus you had no idea who they belonged to. It sure wasn't any of the residents. Even if it was, they always hollar or say a greeting to everybody.
There was silence and the only thing that was heard was your footsteps and the unknown being's. They grew closer and began moving a faster pace. You shivered and got a pang of nervousy in the pit of your stomach.
Thankfully, you reached the bridge. Yay, almost there. The footsteps however never stopped following.
You slowed your pace down and the being behind slowed as well. You came to a complete stop as the steps ceased behind you.
Courage built up as you planned to confront whoever it was.
You breathed as you quickly spun around.
But...there was no one there.
Relief swept over you as you began to relax. There was no way you imagined any of that. Or did you? Maybe you were going crazy. With the shake of your head, you turned to continue on your way.
As you turned, a sharp pain was felt as you began to black out and your vision faded to nothing...
30 minutes or so passed it seems. Your head greeted you with a painful ache as your vision focused back. Fully opening your (e/c) eyes, you wondered.
Where the fuck am I?
From the movement and the dark surroundings, seems like your in a vehicle. More likely a murderers vehicle. From how your tied up and the tape over your mouth explains somewhat, also it seems cliche as well.
It may be dark, but your eyes adjusted and you started to inspect the area more.
Wait...what is that?
You squinted as you saw a figure across from you. Oh great.
Looks like they're asleep, napping more like. You didn't want to make a sound and give away that you were fully conscious. The determination of you wanting to get out took over all of your other senses and put you in survival mode.
Only the galaxy above knows what might happen to you. Wiggling and shifting gave no luck of escape. The ropes were tied well, limiting your chances. You huffed as you started getting a bit frusterated.
You looked over at the figure. Hmm, they're probably some sort of guard. Wait, don't guards have a type of weapon or defense object? You leaned and shifted towards the random being, inspecting to see if they had anything.
After a few moments you spotted it. Attached to they're waist, had a handle and a dial...a knife? Hopefully. A glint of escape gave you a pang of joy. Question is, how am I supposed to get a hold of it...?
You pondered and thought deeply about a plan or any way to escape from this soon to be death trap.
After what seemed like an eternity, you were confident enough to give this a go. Nervousness settled in, pray to the goddess this will work.
You breathed in and out, readying yourself and getting into position. You shimied onto the floor quiet as can be.
Yes, your hands are tied but that doesn't stop you from trembling of fear.
You counted down. Get ready
3...2...1
You brung your leg up and kicked the figure in the stomach as hard as your able to.
The figure jolted awake with a wheeze and a pained cry. Time to get this plan moving. You shifted backward as the figure started to collect themselves.
They breathed out and they sounded unhappy.
"Fucking hell! You bitch!" They shouted and you heard the weapon click and assemble.
The figure dashed forward as you moved out of the way in time. They ended up scraping the wall of the vehicle instead.
You fell on your side, the guy in front of you.
Think quick!
You swung your foot and kicked they're leg, bending it in an unusual way. They screamed in pain as they dropped the weapon and fell to floor below.
Your hands quickly searched the ground, hoping to get a hold of it in time.
After a few mintues you found it!
Yes, it was a knife! You grew eager as you started cutting the ropes.
The figure kicked behind you, making noise. Oh no, they're trying to get someone's attention.
Well it worked because the vehicle came to fast stop. You squealed and ceased cutting for a moment. You heard the vehicle doors opening.
You grew frantic as you started cutting again much faster. The sounds of the doors closing...The cruching of shoes walking on the ground...Slowly growing closer...
Tears welled up in your eyes but the feeling of joy returned as you sucessfully broke free from the ropes that held you back.
You tore the duct tape from your lips and breathed out a sigh of relief. But then you braced yourself in front of the door, knife in hand.
The click of the doors gave you a sense of worry. Whoever they were, just hope they don't have any firearms.
The figure on the ground whispered,
"Your gonna get it." In such a chilling voice. The feeling of dread made you tremble.
The doors opened as you dashed out of the vehicle. The blinding sunlight poured over you and the breeze wafted against your form. Freedom!
You didn't look back as you threw the knife and heard the yelling of your captors as you got further away from them.
Well, so you thought.
You panted as you ran fast and something wizzed by.
The fuck? What was that?!
You looked over your shoulder as you saw one of the masked figures chasing after you. They were holding something sharp.
Zoom!
Oh great. They were throwing daggers. You were determined to get far away as possible. You quickly looked around to see if there was anywhere to go.
Fuck! Another one passed by you, barely missing you. You franticly looked around and saw a barriered gate. A sense of hope.
You suddenly cried in pain. One of the daggers struck one of your arms, creating a fresh wound that started to bleed. Dammit
That didn't stop you from running. You continued on as you grew closer!
The barrier was within reach. As you were about to cross it, you gave another shriek of pain! A dagger now stabbed and lodged in your leg, forcing you to limp. Desperate, you ignored the pain and hopped over and fell to the ground in agony.
You cried in relief, the figure nowhere to be seen...Guess he gave up. Tears pricked your eyes. Finally, safety.
You carefully but painfully stood up, wincing. Dammit, they started bleeding again. I need to get help
You held your arm as you looked around. There was a road, guess this is the only way. Who knows where it goes to but this is your last shred of hope.
You started to jog a little, but limped as well. Yes, it was painful but what can you do?
At least a few minutes passed and you noticed a great castle come into view. Oh thank the Goddess.
You jogged a bit more as you became happy.
As you neared this great structure, you suddenly started getting dizzy. Your vision started to blur as well.
What? No, please no.
The salted water started to stream down your cheeks, fear replaced your temporary feeling of happiness you had moments ago.
You reached the protective wall but collapsed right in front of it...Your wounds bled more, making you feel sore and pain. You felt dizzy as your vision started fading away again for the second time that day...But...You felt a force pick you up as your only sight of seeing faded...You blacked out...
Hey, Turtle here. Yes, the story seems outta whack but I will be fixing it shortly. Plus a touch of remastering will be accompanied as well. So just a heads up, as you might notice, Chapter 2 is missing. Yes, I realized & will fix that too. So just stayed tuned until I fix the error I caused. Heh heh. Also, THANK YOU to any new story followers & favorites. Means a lot. Anywho, toodles for now. Turtle over & out ( /•u•)/