Ch 2 Attack
"Oh geese, what happened?" Toad woke up from his previous collision with the tree. "Oh! The celebration."
Toad grabbed his bike and rode the rest of the path towards the castle. He hoped hadn't missed anything, fortunately and unfortunately he had. When Toad made it on the bridge to the castle Toad found that no one was there, all the decorations had been put up like there never was a celebration.
"Am I that late?" Toad scratched his head. He began to wonder though, he may have missed the celebration but Toad had never been in the castle. He thought that maybe he could make up for his loss by exploring around the castle.
Toad opened the door and the castle seemed to be in the middle of renovation. The original red carpet was being taken up and replaced by green carpet. The walls had lost the sky blue likeness in favor of a dark green color. Pictures of Luigi were all over the place and the door to the next level the castle had the making of an L above it.
"I never though it would look like this." Toad wandered in.
"Hey you, what are you doing here?" Toad had neglected to notice a guard toad at the top of the stairs. "Are you here to apply for the position of vacuum cleaner maid?"
"Me? No" Toad said, "I didn't even know the castle had maids."
"Prince Luigi requisitioned them a few hours ago." The guard pointed his spear at Toad.
"Prince Luigi?" Toad was confused. "Since when was Luigi prince?"
"Blasphemy, everyone knows of prince Luigi's greatness." The guard was sounding aggressive.
"Not me" Toad mumbled.
"What?" The guard screamed "you shall be thrown in the dungeon for this." He advanced towards Toad.
"Look I'm sorry." Toad said, "I didn't mean to offend you"
"It's too late for that" The guard grabbed him.
Toad sighed, "Crap, you must have had a bad day."
Moments later Toad was thrown into the dungeon; he thought he would be alone. However, there were two Yoshi's in the dungeon.
"You think about what you said about prince Luigi" The guard threw Toad in the dungeon
"Geese, I'll never be late again" Toad stood up.
"Hey look dad, finally someone else." Lee appeared out of a dark corner.
"Hold on, we don't know if he's friendly." Yoshi held Lee back.
"Come on, what could I do. I don't even know what's going on." Toad defended himself. "I got knocked out and when I woke up Luigi became a prince, I mean what happened to princess Peach."
"He remembers" Lee gasped.
"Amazing I thought we were the only one left" Yoshi said
Toad was confused. "Did I miss something?"
"Apparently you missed the turnover of the kingdom." Yoshi began to elaborate.
"But why Luigi" Toad asked.
"It wasn't his fault really, we were all just at the wrong place at the wrong time." Yoshi replied clearing his throat. "Allow me to explain"
Flashback…
Bowser's device had gone off erasing everyone's memories, but he hadn't taken into account that his device would also make everyone forget who rules mushroom kingdom. Though the remembered all their basics, they just forgot who was who and what was what. This was really bad considering how the scene looked near the castle. Luigi had been standing in front of the entrance as though he just left, Peach was lying down in front of Mario, and Bowser stood in front of Luigi as if defending him. Toadsworth was running around in circles trying to remember what he was freaking out about.
"What the" Bowser glanced around noticing the pain in his knuckles "Did I just beat someone up?"
"I think so," Luigi pointed at Peach who was lying on the ground
"But why?" Bowser asked.
"Uh, wow I feel like I got hit by a train" Peach woke up.
"Your awake" Mario said, "Maybe you can make sense of what's going on."
Peach saw her crown at Luigi's foot and instantly felt attracted to it. "That is mine!" she yelled pointing at the crown.
Due to the confusion of the crowd it looked more like Peach was pointed at the castle itself.
"She wants the castle!" someone shouted
"But the guy in green is already there" someone else shouted.
"You," Mario pointed at Luigi. "You must be the prince of the kingdom."
"Me?" Luigi stuttered taking a moment to absorb the fact. "That's right, I am the prince."
"I get it." Bowser figured it out. "The girl in pink must of attacked the guy in green hoping to take over the kingdom, but I appeared to save the day. But what was the guy in red doing."
"He's my" Peach paused for a second "My second hand man, he came with me to make sure the plan was a success."
"Well too bad I'm here" Bowser took a fighting stance.
"Bring it" Peach also took one.
"Wait" Mario interrupted. "We should wait and come back when no one expects it. There are too many supporters here."
"Good point." Peach agreed.
Mario and Peach took off into the crowd and ran off to the distance.
"Bwahaha" Bowser laughed, "Good always wins."
"that was way to easy" Luigi commented
"All hail prince…" The crowd began to say.
"Say what is your name?" Bowser asked.
Luigi pondered for a minute "I like, Luigi"
"All hail prince Luigi!" The crowd shouted.
End Flashback
"And that's how it happened." Yoshi finished. "It seems like a fairy tale gone awry"
"I don't know, it sounds strange for a fairy tell. I wouldn't believe you, but then again I'm here," Toad said. "But what bothers me is why didn't you stop the whole thing."
"I tried afterwards, but Luigi accused me of heresy and threw me in here" Yoshi replied.
"And how did you avoid losing your memory?" Toad asked
"Me and my son went into our shells which are capable of defending us against anything, but we can't leave at any instant. It takes a while to break through the shell," Yoshi explained, "so tell me, how did you escape amnesia?"
"I don't know. The last thing I remember is crashing on my bike and slamming headfirst into a tree" Toad said.
"Too me, it sounds like you caught amnesia before the amnesia bomb went off which negated your amnesia" Lee said
"So you mean, we're the only ones in the kingdom who know everything has gone awry." Toad began to freak out
"It could be possible that other people still have memory" Yoshi replied.
"I say we do something about this." Lee sounded ambitious.
"Like what?" Toad said, "We're 2 yoshies and a toad."
"I don't know, but we can't sit here and let everything fall to pieces." Lee argued
"You're right, but I'm too old to do much. It'd be up to you two." Yoshi said.
"What!" Toad exclaimed. "I have no skills to offer."
"I bet you can do something" Lee punched Toad in the arm.
"No, none that would help in something like this. Besides, what could we do anyway" Toad rubbed his arm.
"Well, it's too late to convince the public that Peach is really princess, so we'd have to reverse the whole thing." Yoshi rubbed his chin.
"Then the only option is getting everyone's memory back," Lee said.
"But Bowser said their memories are gone forever" Yoshi replied.
"Am I missing something" Toad asked "Doesn't amnesia normally go away."
"Not this time, Bowser's amnesia bomb is permanent" Yoshi explained "meaning it will never stop."
"Hmm, what if we made another? I mean Toad remembers and it sounds like he should've had amnesia" Lee sat down.
"You're saying that the amnesia bomb can cause amnesia and stop it." Toad smiled. "We're looking at the greatest invention since sliced bread"
"Yeah, the one we don't know how to make" Yoshi replied.
"Well, where did Bowser get it?" Lee asked
Before anyone could guess the answer the whole castle began shaking as if it was bombed. Toad ran and hid in the corner and cowered like a little girl. Lee and Yoshi hid in their eggs while hundreds of footsteps could be heard upstairs.
"See if there is any prisoners in the dungeon" Mario's voice could be heard upstairs. "Maybe they can stir some mischief, making our job easier"
"Yes sir" someone said.
"Oh geese" Toad murmured.
The door opened, and Toad could see an armored koopa carrying a mace out of the side of his eye. The koopa saw Toad and approached him. Toad tried not to move but was trembling all over, but before the koopa could make a move Yoshi launched an attack and knocked the koopa out.
"You okay" Yoshi said.
"Yeah, he never touched me" Toad pretended to be brave.
"Alright then, Lee get out of your shell and let's get out of here" Yoshi ran out of the dungeon.
"Hold on" Lee was struggling inside his egg "I can't get out."
Toad, Yoshi, and Lee tried to get out of the Castle but found themselves confronted with an army of minions. Yoshi pulled Toad and Lee into the kitchen where he didn't think anyone would look. On the top floor Luigi was just receiving news of the attack.
"Prince Luigi" A guard ran into Luigi's room "There has been an attack upon the castle, it is going on as we speak.
"Well, who is it?" Luigi stuttered.
"We think it's the same girl who tried to kidnap you a few hours ago." The guard said.
"That wasn't long" Luigi looked at the clock on the wall. "Take me to the hiding spot and have someone summon Bowser."