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Mario found himself getting a headache running all over the place. Everywhere he went he would find a dead end.
'You would think they would have a map for a place this huge.' Mario thought, annoyed.
He jumped up and hit a Koopa Troopa. The Koopa went inside his shell, leaving Mario to kick to a wide array of red Koopa Troopas walking towards him. All the enemies were wiped out, leaving Mario a clear path ahead.
'But nooo. Grambi's probably laughing at my misfortune up in the Overthere.'
Mario grumbled, and jumped up, hitting a yellow question block with his fist. He expected a coin, or some sort of power-up to come from out of it. What he didn't expect was a green polka dotted egg popping from out the block, and landing on the ground.
The egg shook a bit, and began to crack.
Mario backed away, not knowing if the creature in the egg was friend or foe. The egg finally shattered, revealing a green dinosaur in its' place.
The dinosaur shook his head a bit, trying to adjust himself from his newfound freedom. He looked at Mario, and grinned.
"Thanks for rescuing me!" The dinosaur thanked Mario shaking his hand quickly.
Mario felt himself flail like a doll. That green dino sure had a strong grip on him.
"My name's Yoshi. I was on my way to rescue my friends, but Bowser trapped me in that egg!" Yoshi scowled a bit at the memory of Bowser trapping him as it was playing over his head.
"Wait. You mean Bowser was already here before we came?" Mario asked.
"Uh...yeah." Yoshi responded, unsure of what this stranger standing before him was even talking about.
'He seems a bit familiar though.'
Mario was thinking over this new information given to him. 'So this was just a lucky factor on Bowser's part. When he noticed our arrival, he took the opportunity to hit two birds with one stone.'
"Hmm.."
"Uh...are you okay Mr. Mustache Guy?" Yoshi asked, getting weird out by the man's antics.
Mario stopped pondering, and looked at Yoshi, who had a weird out look on his face.
"Where are my manners? My name's Mario. It's a pleasure to be your acquaintance."
"Mario.." Yoshi muttered to himself, feeling that name was familiar.
Who was this Mario guy and why did he feel like he knew him?
Yoshi shook off the weird feeling, and glanced at this "Mario."
"So..why are you here Mr. Mario? Are you one of Bowser's spies?"
"No!" Mario shook his head. "On the contrary, I work to stop Koopa from his mad schemes of conquest. You could say the two of us have some sort of history together."
"Hmm." Yoshi looked intrigued.
"I was on a vacation with my brother and a friend of mine." Mario explained to the green dinosaur.
"The minute we left our eyes off of our friend, she was already missing, her whereabouts unknown. I had a gut feeling it was Bowser knowing his slight obsession with her, but your comment of him capturing your friends as well confirms it."
"You're going to go after him then?" Yoshi asked.
"That's what I do." Mario said.
"Take me with you." Yoshi replied.
Mario looked confused. "Why?"
"Koopa has my friends captured as well, and I'm not just going to let them be trapped in egg forever! I already know how that feels like." Yoshi shivered at the memory of being trapped in a cramped, dark place.
Mario saw the sincerity of Yoshi's tone and thought about it.
Both of them were going after Bowser. For different reason, but both had the same end goal. Defeat Bowser, and make him run with his tail between his legs.
"Do you know your way around this place?' Mario asked, throwing his hands up in the air.
Yoshi snorted, rolling his eyes. "I've known this place since I was a kid. I practically could find my way around this place like the back of my hand."
Mario grinned. "Welcome aboard buddy."
He held his hand out towards the green dinosaur.
Yoshi stared at if for a bit before enveloping Mario in a loose hug.
"Thank you!" He squealed, jumping up and down.
Mario laughed, seeing the green dinosaur act so childish. It reminded him of a old friend he used to have when he was younger.
His memory was fuzzy, so he couldn't remember him exactly, but he could never forget how happy and innocent his old friend acted in their days of school. So damn jolly that he walked with a bounce in his step.
Mario wondered...could Yoshi have some relation to his old friend?
"Ride on my back so we can get to Bowser faster!" Yoshi shouted excitedly, turning himself around, and motioning Mario to hop on.
Mario raised an eyebrow at the dinosaur, but nevertheless hopped on.
"By the way where is this brother you were talking about earlier?" Yoshi asked, looking at Mario.
"He's back where we first landed. Keeping watch to see that no more of Bowser's underlings come back, and cause more damage."
"I really like to meet him. He seems like a nice guy."
"Trust me." Mario chuckled. "He is."
