Chapter 3: New Arrivals
The next morning both of the Mario brothers were up around 8 am. They both were all dressed and ready to go and were, at the moment, eating some breakfast. The creature was laying on the cool kitchen floor and was quietly gnawing on a mushroom. It's shiny lime green pelt, glistened the sunlight. It's blue eyes sparkled as it eyed them from the corner of his eyes. It had quickly gotten used to both of the brothers and seemed happy when they woke up. He was hopping from the couch to the floor and back onto the couch. He had slept on the couch the night before, but seemed to have been up a little earlier than when the brothers woke up. Mario and Luigi were eating some eggs and bacon when there was a knock at the door. The sudden noise startled the creature and it dashed under the table. Luigi looked at Mario, who just shrugged.
Luigi stood and walked to the door. When he opened it he was surprised to see Princess Peach standing there. Usually if there was a problem or the Princess needed his brother, she would send a note or a toad, but today she stood there, on their porch. "Princess?!" he exclaimed. "What are you doing here?" She smiled sweetly at Luigi and answered, "There was something I wanted to talk to you both about. Is Mario home?" Right on cue, Mario turned the corner to see who was at the door. "Oh, hello princess," he said in surprise. "Hi, Mario," she said. "I wanted to talk to both of you about something that happened last night…" At that moment, the creature had come out from under the table and poked its head around the corner of the doorway to see the Princess. He nervously approached and hid behind Luigi. "Oh, you have one too?" Peach said looking down at the line green creature. Luigi looked at Mario and then back at the princess in confusion. "What do you mean by that?" Peach gestured for something behind her and what came forward surprised the three boys.
A pink and white creature came out from behind Peach and smiled at all of them. It was obviously a girl, it had a ribbon on her ear and on her neck and it wore a small crown on top of her head. The crown looked almost identical to Peach's crown. At the sight of her, the creature behind Luigi, stepped out and bowed to her. She smiled and rubbed his head with one of her ribbons. Mario just blinked in pure confusion. Peach had just stared at the whole interaction and sighed. "This just gets more confusing by the second," she said, putting her hand to her forehead. Both the creatures looked up at them and blinked slowly. "If you were going to ask us about what these creatures are…" Luigi said, "We have zero clue." The princess knelt next to both of the creatures to examine the green one, who hid behind the pink one. It rolled her eyes and looked back thoughtfully at the creature. Peach looked at the hat on top of its head. "One just like this one showed up at my castle last night," she said. "What?" Mario asked, helping the princess to her feet.
"About three hours after this one," she gestured toward the pink creature, "appeared in my garden last night, there was a scratching noise at the castle doors. When I opened it an orange dog like creature stood there. It had yellow collar fur and a yellow tail that was in the shape of a flame and it wore a red cap that looked identical to yours, Mario. It was badly burned and scratched up, it practically fainted on the porch!" The green creatures face paled significantly. It looked at the dirt road and ran. The pink creature turned and called after it with a bark like cry and gave chace. The princess and Mario brothers looked at each other and ran after the creatures.
The green animal leapt into the green warp pipe next to the brother's house. Luigi had no idea how the creature knew how to use a warp pipe but they all jumped in after it. After they climbed out of the pipe, Peach grabbed the pink creature in her arms(the pink creature had slowed down), and the brothers gave chase to the green creature. It dashed toward the castle and didn't let up on its pace, though, neither did the Mario brothers. The toads stared in confusion as they watched their heroes run down the street chasing an animal. After running a little bit further the creature reached the castle doors and started to scratch the base of the door, trying to get in. Luigi picked up the creature, who simply whimpered at the door. Princess Peach, holding the other creature walked up behind them and put her hand on Mario's shoulder. "Since your here maybe you should see the other poor animal," she said and opened the door to the castle. The green creature struggled to get out of Luigi's grip but failed miserably.
The group walked down the long hallway toward the throne room where Princess Peach usually sat for important meetings and other political stuff. She turned to a door that was marked, "Guest Room" and opened the door. Inside was a pink bed surrounded by cream colored walls. In the center of the bed was an orange creature that was exactly like how it was described back at the brother's house. The creature in Luigi's arms wriggled free and hopped onto the bed and laid next to the other creature. The orange creature stirred in its sleep and blinked open its eyes. Both creatures stared at each other for a minute before nestling their heads together.
"How will we ever figure out what these creatures are, and where they came from?" Peach asked, putting the pink creature next to the other ones. The pink one laid next to the orange creature and licked its cheek. It blushed slightly before licking back. "We were going to see Rosalina and see if she knew what these things are," Luigi said watching the small exchange. "Would you mind if I came with you?" Peach asked, grabbing hold of Mario's hand. Mario eyed the orange creature on the bed. That creature looked back at him and they just stared at each other, analyzing each other. "Mario?" Luigi asked, a bit worried. "Wha… Oh yeah. Of course princess," he said, taking his eyes off of the creature. "Well, let's go to Captain Toad Spaceship, shall we?" Peach asked, smiling.
