The Ultimate Heroes
Chapter Two:
And So The Journey Begins!
A skeleton claw crashed through the door, three skeleton-like creatures crawling through the hole in the door. They had quite a humanoid appearance. "Mamma mia!" Mario shouted, as he placed his hands on his cheeks. "What are they!"
"Stalchildren. They're pretty common back in Hyrule." He said, as he reached for his sword; however, it wasn't there. "Oh my god... My sword... It's gone!" He gasped, as the Stalchildren cornered the group, slowly walking over to the corner of the room. "We're done for!" Link worried, "I don't think I can kill those things without my Master Sword! We're finished!" Link screamed, just as they started to hear small, tattering footsteps. "Uh... what was that?" Link asked, as a strange creature jumped through the hole in the door.
It resembled a dinosaur, with a green colouration, a white chest, and brown shoes. "It's Yoshi!" Princess Peach said happily, as the green creature whistled, and the three Stalchildren turned around to see who made the call. Yoshi ran over to one of the Stalchildren, and plucked out his tongue, grabbing one of the skeleton creatures and plopping it in his mouth. He swallowed, and then egg came straight out of Yoshi's backside. "Yoshi made quick work out of that Stalchild!" Peach said, "And I am unanimous in that!"
Just then, one of the Stalchildren started to creep towards Toad, who was cowering in the corner along with the others. "Ahh! Get away from me!" Toad croaked, as he ran over to another corner of the room, giving a quick sigh of relief that he was safe again. However, the same Stalchild turned around, and started heading for Toad again, and then picked up Toad, holding him up in the air as if he was taken hostage. "Oh dear god! It's just kidnapped me!" He shrieked, as he tried to hit the enemy with his weak fist.
Yoshi was in the process of running over to the Stalchild to save Toad, but Link politely placed his hands on Yoshi's shoulder to stop him. "Oh, no need to worry, Yoshi. I'll save Toad." He said, bringing out his boomerang from his tunic. It was white with thin blue stripes over it, and was held proudly in the air by its owner. "I knew I had at least one of my weapons with me!" He exclaimed, as he pointed the weapon at the Stalchild, which just watched in curiosity. Link threw the boomerang, which flung into the Stalchild, which made all the bones crumble into a pile, and then it circled round to hit the final Stalchild, killing it the same way, finally returning to Link. Yoshi then left the room, walking out the door sorrowfully.
"Oh, Mr. Link! You saved my life! I am eternally grateful!" Toad cheered, as he ran over to the green tunic-wearing boy, hugging him with huge gratitude. "Oh Mr. Link, there must be some kind of way for me to return my thanks to you, Mr. Link!" Toad swiftly ran out of the dining room, and headed up the stairs, and finally rushed over to King Kiwi's bedroom. He rummaged through the golden brown chest underneath the window, and found a longish sword. He then ran down the stairs again, and returned to Link, handing him the weapon. "Here you go, Mr. Link! I told you I would find something! Here's a sword! I'm useful!"
The sword's handle was blue with an orange jewel in the middle of it, which appeared to be a light coloured ruby. The sword was about three foot tall, with the actual blade being two foot and a quarter tall. The blade was very cleanly cut, and the tip glistened brightly like the morning sun. He waved it about safely to try it out a bit, and he seemed quite pleased with how it fought. He tried to place it in his sword case for his old Master Sword, and it appeared that luckily, the sword fit perfectly in the case. "Hmm… not bad, I suppose." He asked Toad, "Has it got a name or anything? Because I want to what the sword's actually called…"
"It's called a Gargantuan Sword, master Link." Toadsworth said, interrupting Toad somewhat rudely, although he would probably give a better answer than Toad would, anyway. "Apparently it was created by a giant named Gargantua. He created the sword from a monster's tooth, and got the jewel from a volcano. Or at least, that's what King Kiwi told me. Spiffing!" Toadsworth chuckled, as he walked off jollily, still laughing crazily, his shoulders bouncing up and down as if he found something funny.
All of a sudden, Yoshi ran into the dining room, holding an envelope with little wings flapping on top of it, and handed it over to Princess Peach happily. "What's this, Yoshi? Is it a letter?" Peach asked, as she opened up the envelope, finding a letter printed on cream paper inside it. "'Dear Princess Peach… We are glad to announce that we have found your father. He was last seen at the Forest Tower. Please go there straight away. Thank You.' Oh my! I'd best reach the Forest Tower as quick as I can, then…"
"Oh no, Princess. That is completely out of the question. I mean, Princess, what if you're kidnapped, or something?" Toadsworth replied, as Princess Peach made a sigh of anger. "I know! Mario and Link can go, instead! Perhaps Yoshi can travel with you as, well!" Toadsworth decided, as Princess Peach clapped and smiled in joy. Mario and Link were nervously shaking initially, but they then decided to go on the journey together as Princess Peach definitely couldn't. The pair were about to walk off, but Toadsworth stopped them. "But don't bother leaving yet, m'boys. Have a nice long rest and get ready to leave tomorrow morning."
The next morning, Toadsworth, Princess Peach, and Toad were facing Mario, Link, and Yoshi, who were in front of the entrance to the Grassy Woods. "Well, this is it, m'boys. You're leaving on your quest to find His Majesty, King Kiwi Toadstool. It'll be a hard journey, but gee, it'll be sure worth it! You're going with your wee friend Yoshi, too. Well, goodbye, boyos. Have a safe journey, and as soon as you find the King, remember to escort him to the castle straight away. Well, adios, amigos!" Toadsworth waved the group off, along with Peach and Toad, as Mario and Link started on the path through the Grassy Woods. And so, the journey continues…
A ravenous plant with a purple head, huge gaping teeth, and a long slimy pink tongue, bounced its head up and down when it saw the shapes of three creatures walking through the woods. It licked its lips, and it signalled for its friend, a plant with a red head with white spots on it, and big lips, danced around in its green pipe when it also noticed the same three creatures. The two carnivorous plants were getting ready to eat their opponents…
To be continued in Chapter 3
Author's Notes: If you guys don't mind, I'll try to stick to having one new character in every chapter from this one onwards. But don't worry, the main team won't become huge with 10 or so members, most of the characters will be recurring ones or villains. And I know that this chapter was about 300 words shorter than the last, but that was because I didn't want this chapter to get too far into the next location.
