At 6:54, the morning after Peach was kidnapped, Toad was awakened by the loud screaming of a scared man. Toad was equally scared by this, so he turned towards the man & prepared to scream right back at him. However, just then another man came out of the pipe, calling out, "Luigi, are-a ya here-a?" "M-Mario, where are we?," went the scared man, who indeed was Luigi. "This is the Mushroom Kingdom," Toad began to explain. "Who are you?," both Mario Brothers asked simultaneously. "My name is Toad, I'm a Toad, and I work as a Mushroom Retainer," Toad explained some more. "W-Wait," Luigi stammered, "W-What does a Mushroom Retainer do?" Toad replied, "Well, there are seven of us, & we protect the Princess. Well, we would have, if it weren't for Bowser's magic." Mario was sceptical of the Toad's statement. "There-a is no such thing as magic," he hypothesised. "M-Mario," Luigi started to object, but was interrupted by Toad's next statement. "We need you to save Princess Peach," he stated. The Mario Brothers were both surprised. "Tell us more-a, Toad." Toad told them everything he knew, about how Bowser stepped in, kidnapped everyone, & turned many Goombas against them. When he was all done, Mario & Luigi took in what he said. Finally, Toad said one last thing. "I'm sure it's because she has magic that rivals his own in power," he guessed. Just then, everyone decided to look outside. There, they saw a monstrous beast next to a silly, clownish vehicle. "What's-a that?," Mario whispered into Toad's ear. "AAAH! It's Bowser!," Toad screeched loudly for everyone to hear. Bowser turned around at Toad's cry. "Aha! I knew I missed one yesterday!," Bowser went, stomping towards them. They all rushed out towards Bowser. "Who are ya friends?," Bowser inquired. Toad and Luigi chose to remain silent, but Mario proudly stated, "It's-a me, Mario!" Of course, Bowser didn't really care. Instead, he punched the brothers in their faces, grabbed Toad, used his magic on Mario & Luigi, & left. Two hours later, when they woke up, they were surprised to find that they were small! "Mamma mia, Luigi! Now we need to beat that Bowser & rescue the Princess!," Mario ordered Luigi. Luigi reluctantly replied, "Okie-dokie," & they went off on an adventure that would change their lives significantly...
(AN: Thanks for reading to Chapter 3! I decided to have Mario be a sceptic so that he could undergo character development later. Again, thanks!"