Hello, viewers. This is Pikmin-Volt back here again... this time with the sad news of where we left off... Kaleb's imminent demise. The poor thing. He's scared out of his mind and dying as the seconds pass! Of course, if you looked at the chapter title, not ALL hope is lost. Seems like Kaleb's getting some last second help! Nintendo owns all characters and elements of its own, not me.
Chapter 3: The Hero
Not long after that tragic incident, another person could be seen walking by the forest. This person was rather tall, taller than the last one. He had brownish-green eyes and had brown hair. He had come here in hopes of finding Yoshis, for he was gathering berries among other fruits to analyze for his latest project. Yes: this young child was an aspiring scientist, carrying the wish to help mankind wherever and whenever he could. There was more to this visit than just that, however. This person wanted to explore Yoshi's Island in an effort to meet the inhabitants, not only so that he could be given some directions, but so that he could make some new friends as well. He was an avid Yoshi fan, so much that he would talk about them all of the time without cease, much to the ire of his peers. They would, at times, laugh at him for this, insulting his liking for the creatures, but he never let up from all of this prattle. He would continue to marvel at how happy the Yoshis always were, no matter what the problem. He wanted to see how they did it, and NOTHING would stop him, which is why he ventured out here to find some friends in the form of these dinos. He took two entire days to arrive, and he was NOT going to back down now.
He had entered the forest at around 11:30 in the morning and had been there for an hour or so. He tried denying it earlier, but at this point, he admitted to himself that he was lost. With no map either, he ended up traversing the forest in circles, much to his annoyance and slight fear. He wanted to cry out for help, but he was afraid that the first thing that would find him if he did so would be a ravenous creature, waiting to eat him alive.
As he hopelessly circled around the area, he suddenly felt hungry. Deciding that he was getting nowhere, he looked for some food, anything that looked edible enough to sate him for the moment.
He looked for about ten minutes or so before finding a plum. As he happily ran over to it and picked it up, he was about to eat it, when he noticed that something was… off about the fruit. It was discolored in some areas and looked rotten. He examined it for a while or so, wondering what could have happened to it, when all of a sudden, he heard something.
"Heeellllp…" he heard. "Anyone… Please…" he noticed a weak voice cry out. Jumping into action, he tossed the fruit inside, renewed with a sense of emergency, and looked to find who needed assistance. He wasted no time in trying to pinpoint the call, becoming increasingly worried as to why this poor soul need a hand. He was approaching a pile of leaves, when he suddenly realized that he was listening to the voice of a Yoshi…
"Oh no!" he gasped. "A Yoshi? Where are you?" he asked desperately.
"I-In the leaves…" he heard a reply.
Frantically digging his way through the pile, what he found next struck him with so much shock and horror…
Before him lied a purple Yoshi that was pale-looking, trembling in fear and clinging on to life. Looking closely, the boy could see that this Yoshi was drooling some sort of yellow sickly substance, something he saw in the fruit he found. Putting two and two together, he deduced that this unfortunate dinosaur had consumed this poisonous fruit, but why would he have eaten it? Unless… maybe that fruit wasn't poisonous initially. Maybe there was… an outsider.
Without a second thought, he lifted up the Yoshi into his arms, cradling him while begging him to hold on before scooping up the fruit he tossed aside earlier for analysis purposes.
"No more games…" he thought. "Now, I HAVE to find my way out of here! This creature's life rests in my hands now!"
He tried rushing to his left, only to find that there was a dead end. He tried going south, only to find that the path looped back to the center. He tried numerous routes, but none had any progress associated with them. He started to cry in fear that he might never be able to save this soul, when, much to his surprise, he found his very patient pointing in a direction with all the strength he had left. Instantly heeding his advice, he ran the way the Yoshi pointed, switching directions whenever he would point in another way. With all the speed he could rush with, he kept moving in the direction that the Yoshi pointed. He continued making his way out of the forest, until he saw a bright light ahead of him. It was the exit! With hope, he bolted out of the woods with the Yoshi in tow, frantically looking for the direction his lab was in. As he recalled it and ran towards it, he looked down at the Yoshi, who looked all the worse for wear, having become paler as well as motionless. Seeing this, he tried shaking him.
"Hey, hey!" he cried. "Don't go on me now! We're going to my lab where we're gonna get you fixed up! Please! Don't go!"
The Yoshi looked at him with weary eyes, giving him a weak but loving smile. He knew that he would be all right under this boy's care. Yoshis may not have had omnipotence, but they knew who had a heart of dirt and a heart of gold. This person… he clearly had a heart made of platinum. He had absolute trust in this person. He couldn't go now! His friends were certainly worried for him!
Well, it looks like things are brightening up for our prehistoric protagonist! Can he hold on long enough for Olly to save him? Or will it all be in vain? I surely hope it's the former... Well... until then, folks. Bye bye!
