Yoshi's Island
Yoshi dimension
Yoshi stirred on his tree stump, the morning sun's rays reflecting off his green skin. He had been asleep for a while now, not wanting to be disturbed.
A small boom shook the earth, but did little to disturb the green dinosaur, who only cracked an eyelid before closing it again. Rolling onto his back, Yoshi yawned and stretched out his arms… before being shaken awake minutes later.
A light blue Yoshi had woken him, looking slightly panicked. Frantically, it jabbed a finger in the direction of a meadow. As the light blue Yoshi rushed off to the meadow, the green Yoshi rubbed his eyes groggily. Five more minutes would have been nice…
Upon reaching the meadow, all signs of sleepiness vanished as Yoshi noticed something unusual. An entire herd of Yoshis were gathered around in a circle, staring down at a large hole. Or rather, something in the hole.
The green Yoshi carefully moved through the other Yoshis, ending up at the front with four other Yoshis: a red one, a blue one, a yellow one and a pink one. All of them were gazing at a shiny blue crystal with wonder.
The green Yoshi was also intrigued. Slowly, he and the other three Yoshis reached out to the crystal with the rest watching in suspense.
The four of them laid their fingers on the crystal.
Instantly, the four Yoshis were blasted by lightning and, within three seconds, vanished.
The Yoshi herd recoiled in shock, noticing that the crystal was also gone. They began to look around the area for any signs of the four that were missing. As a black Yoshi shrugged, the herd began to show signs of confusion and nervously scattered away from the crater. They would have to look around the entire island… if not further.
…
Yoshi landed in a forest. Whining painfully, he stood up and shook his head before opening his eyes. First off, he was alone. The other three Yoshis were nowhere in sight. Second, this wasn't the forests he was used to back on the island. Some of the trees looked… weird.
His stomach began to grumble. Realizing he hadn't eaten in a while, Yoshi decided to find some breakfast. But there was just one problem. The fruits and berries he saw were unrecognizable. He feared some of them may be poisonous.
After nervously taking a bunch of berries in his hand and sniffing them, Yoshi recoiled in disgust. He was definitely not eating that. Before he could continue his search, his nostrils flared. Turning towards the direction of the scent, Yoshi ran towards the source… unaware of two pink and yellow figures tailing close behind.
Pushing his way past some undergrowth, bushes and logs, Yoshi entered a sunlit clearing… and his eyes widened upon the most amazing fruit pile he had ever seen. Some of them were dropping off the trees every ten seconds, forming the aforementioned pile. Licking his lips and rubbing his hands together, Yoshi stepped forward towards the pile…
…only to see some of them vibrate and shoot off towards his left.
Yoshi whirled to see the precious fruit fly into the gaping maw of some round, pink creature who was forming some miniature vortex with his mouth. As the last of the fruit vanished, the creature swallowed, satisfied with himself.
The pink puffball only noticed Yoshi when it noticed the dinosaur glaring at him with a low growl. Confused, the creature glanced to the fruit pile and back… before glaring back with realization of a rival.
The two stood silently, staring silently at each other. Yoshi thought he saw a yellow ear twitch just out of sight. For a full minute, the only sound was the gentle blowing of the wind…
…then they both took off running at full speed towards the pile.
Yoshi panted as his shoes thudded the grass repeatedly. The pink, round thing was already ahead of him, running with determination. Desperately, Yoshi caught up with him and stuck out a leg, tripping the creature. At last! Breakfast was just within-
Yoshi yelped as something tugged back on his tail.
The dinosaur slammed to the ground with the pink thing rushing past him again. Angered, Yoshi climbed to his feet and ran directly towards the pink thing just as it reached the pile. It barely had time to make a face of surprise as Yoshi tackled it to the ground, engaging in a classic dust brawl that only showed parts of themselves as they punched, pulled and tried to beat themselves to a pulp.
The dust cleared as the two of them tumbled across the forest floor in a blur of green and pink. Yoshi was so busy fighting he didn't even notice a small, yellow creature climb on top of a rock, red cheeks sparking with electricity. "Piiiiiiikkaaaaaa…"
Yoshi only had a split second to see the yellow creature surrounded in a yellowish aura that crackled with lightning.
"CHHHHHHUUUUUUUUUU!"
Yoshi's body surged with electricity as a blast of lightning struck him in the torso, sending him flying and smacking into a tree. The second he hit it, he nearly blacked out.
Groaning, Yoshi weakly opened his eyes to smell electric burns all over him and to see the pink and yellow creatures standing near the fruit pile. The yellow one turned to him with concern. Yoshi snapped into consciousness, scooting away from it in fear. The pink stood with his jaw dropped, staring at the yellow one in awe.
The yellow one backed away, getting into a protective stance between Yoshi and the pink creature, its cheeks sparking again. The pink creature continued staring.
Yoshi quickly stood up and raised his hands in surrender, indicating he had no chance against these two. "Yoshi, yoshi." He said. The yellow creature stood at him curiously before smiling. "Pikachu." It said proudly as the pink one walked over to Yoshi, holding out a fruit in both hands.
Nervously, Yoshi took the fruit as the pink creature smiled, urging him to eat. Complying, Yoshi popped the fruit into his mouth as the pink creature snapped off a twig and wrote the word "Kirby" into a patch of exposed dirt. When he was finished, he waved and spoke a delightful "Hi." Yoshi only raised a hand back while brushing himself of the lightning burns.
Moments later, the trio exited the forest in search for clues about their location, with Pikachu on high alert for any signs of danger. After a few minutes of walking and encountering some strange ruins, Kirby noticed a flapping red banner wielding a crossed circle. He pointed to it and Yoshi shook his head, meaning he didn't understand it either.
A distant "Hee-yah!" startled Yoshi, making him dash off to a ledge to get a clear look of the area. Kirby and Pikachu followed him in confusion. Yoshi scanned the surroundings in search of the voice… until noticing a red and green figure engaged in combat. The red one was somersaulting over the green one's sword strikes…
…and that cap held a very familiar "M" on it.
Shouting in realization, Yoshi leapt off the ledge and slid downwards, rushing off to the duo with Kirby and Pikachu in hot pursuit. The green figure had just whacked Mario with a boomerang and was about to pierce him with the sword…
…but Yoshi intervened just in time by ramming himself headfirst into the green figure's side. The figure crashed to the ground as Yoshi helped Mario up with a concerned expression. Mario shook his head before recognizing Yoshi and shaking his hand.
But Kirby and Pikachu caught him by surprise, jumping back upon seeing the two. Yoshi held out a hand, telling them to stay back. To Mario, he assured the plumber that they weren't a threat. "Hello!" he said, waving a gloved hand and pointing to himself. "It's-a me, Mario!"
To his surprise, Kirby and Pikachu just stared and turned to each other, shrugging. Mario sighed upon realizing they didn't know him.
The swordsman grunted, catching everyone's attention. Upon recovering, he noticed that he was outnumbered. Yoshi and Kirby took up defensive positions on either side of Mario. Knowing he couldn't take them all, the swordsman sighed and stabbed his sword into the ground. They probably had the same questions he did.
Everyone relaxed their guard as the swordsman pointed behind them towards one of the banners. Everyone shrugged, indicating they knew nothing about it. Nodding, the swordsman strode past them after retrieving his sword, motioning for them to follow him. They had answers to find here…
