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I'm relatively disappointed on how thins the plot to my story is, I plan to make it thicker as the story progress.
Chapter 8: Meeting the superstar
KABOOOOOOOOOM
The front doors to Bowser's castle were blown to splinters by a not yet identified source. The explosion left a large layer of dust.
"That's-a odd, usually it takes a-more than a-one bob-omb to blow off-a Bowser's gate" said a male voice in a thick Italian accent.
"It's probably a horrible trap of some sort" said another male voice with a much more subtle Italian accent.
"Yoshi no afraid, we beat Bowser's traps and minions before diner just like we always do, speaking of diner I could use a snack right about now." This voice sounded younger, like that of a child's.
"Enough already let-a go" jumping out of the dust cloud into the middle of the castle foyer was none other than the superstar of the mushroom kingdom- Mario Mario.
BGM: Super Mario Theme
Mario appeared to be a short plump human (about 5 feet tall to be specific). His outfit consisted greatly of blue overalls along with a red shirt. His outfit also consisted of white gloves, brown shoes, and a red hat with a white circle with an "M" in its center. Strangely the hair on his head was brown yet the hair for his moustache was black.
Mario carefully inspected the castle foyer (constant attacks into Bowser's castle taught Mario to be cautious). The foyers grounds and walls were made of gray bricks, there was a blood red carpet leading to a staircase which lead deeper into the castle, over top there was the flag of the dark lands- a black background with a red silhouette of Bowser's face.
The foyer was empty of any enemies.
"Okay, the coast is-a clear"
By now the dust caused by the exploding door had settled. If one were to look through the doorway one would see a green, dinosaur like creature.
The dinosaur creature resembles a more "kid friendly" velociraptor. As well as being green in color it also had a white under belly, as well a comically big nose and a small red shell on its back that look suspiciously like a saddle, its only form of clothing would be a pair of simple brown shoes.
This was one of Mario's closest and dearest friends-Yoshi, a creature named after his species.
The Yoshi's were a species of reptiles that lived on a tropical island off the coast of the mushroom kingdom. Like the Toads they had a cheery child like nature.
This specific yoshi was found as an egg when Mario went on vacation, since its hatching it has joined Mario on many of his adventures and has become a brother in arms.
"Yoshi thinks Bowser's losing his touch, first we beat up his army with less trouble than usual, then we blow up door with only one bob-omb. Usually it takes many."
If one were to look outside the doorway one would see the Bowser's army lying down unconscious. A lot of the soldiers were incapacitated in comical positions.
"Never mind lets-a continue on, Yoshi"
Yoshi continued forward
"You-a to Luigi"
Peeking timidly from the door way was another one of Mario's comrades, his younger brother- Luigi Mario.
Although Luigi and Mario were quite identical in appearance, the major difference was the fact the Luigi was slightly taller than Mario (not to mention slightly thinner). As opposed to Mario's red shirt and hat, Luigi wore a green shirt and hat; it's worth noting that Luigi had an "L" on his hat as opposed to Mario's "M".
Luigi moved timidly into the center of the foyer alongside Mario and Yoshi.
"You sure there are no traps in this room?" Luigi asked nervously.
"I'm-a sure, me and-a Bowser have been-a archenemies for years now. If I know-a Bowser, and at this-a point I know-a him quite well, then if he had any traps in this room they would-a have been activated by..."
END BGM
The doorway leading outside was suddenly closed off with an iron wall that came out of the ground.
"Now"
The doorway leading deeper into the castle opened suddenly, some smoke spewed out.
"HEHEHEHE you're so used to traps being activated automatically that you didn't expect the trap to be activated by a push of a button" said a cackling voice.
"Yeah, this way we can wait for everyone to come in before we start. This way we can play with all of you, Mario, Yoshi and uhhhhh, the guy in the green hat" said a bratty child-like voice.
Luigi was trembling in fear, Yoshi was awed by the spectacle and Mario was rubbing his temple in annoyance.
"Uh-a no, not-a these two"
This time both voices spoke in unison, "That's right, prepare to meet your doom from..."
Flying out of the smoke on a broomstick doing aerial acrobatics was a regular sized Koopa wearing a blue wizard robe and a pair of large round glasses. He also had a sceptre with a red gem on its top "Royal advisor and former caretaker of King Bowser Koopa".
The blue garbed Koopa landed his broomstick then stuck a pose, "Kamek" he exclaimed ostentatiously.
Charging out of the smoke was another Koopa, slightly taller than average, he was mostly yellow in color, but was green on the top of his head as well as having a green shell (the shell had little spikes on it), he also had a small tuft of red hair. His only clothing was some metal armbands and a white bib with a snarl drawn on (with crayons by the looks of it).
His "act" consisted of him twirling a large paintbrush like a baton "Heir to the Koopa kingdom" He then struck a pose "Bowser Jr."
The two Koopa's then struck another pose as a colourful explosion happened in the background.
After that everything was quiet for a while, the only sound coming from Yoshi's enthusiastic clapping. Eventually even that stopped.
"Are-a these theatrics really-a necessary"
"Aside from Bowser we are the highest ranked officials in the Koopa army, don't you think that earns us the right to show off a bit" said Kamek in slightly annoyed voice.
"Uh Mario maybe we should try to find a way to escape" said Luigi while cowering behind his brothers back.
"Don't worry Luigi; we beat up old man and kid. Then we go through Bowser's death course, then we fight Bowser rescue the princess then go home. Just like we always do." Said Yoshi
"Not this time" said Bowser Jr. "Me and Kamek have developed some new moves that are going to grind you stinky heads into dust."
"And even if you defeat us, I used a special "space compression" magic on the death course making it big enough for 5 castles" said Kamek "first you'll have to avoid getting crushed by the Thowmps, then you'll have to avoid getting cooked and eaten by our army of ravenous fire breathing Piranha Plants, then you'll have to navigate through a field of bob-ombs while avoiding the heat seeking bullet bills into a haunted Boo infested mansion, past the Starbucks, and onto floating platforms suspended over boiling hot lava while at the same time avoiding fireballs spewing out from the lava then into the kings throne room where he awaits to pummel you guys into paste."
The two Koopa's began to laugh manically. Yoshi started stretching as if preparing to engage in some friendly sport, Luigi timidly struck a flimsy martial arts pose and Mario surprisingly had his hand on his chin as if in deep thought.
"Space-a compression magic you say"
"Yeah what of it" said Kamek
"I think I'll take-a short-a cut"
Everyone in the room looked confused.
"Super Jump Punch" with that Mario used his signature jumping to soar towards the ceiling with a fist raised above his head. Mario's incredible strength and jumping ability allowed Mario to jump through the ceiling and onto the second floor.
"OH NO, THE DEATHCOURSE IS ONLY BIG INSIDE THE ROOM ON THE OUTSIDE ITS NO BIGGER THEN A NORMAL ROOM, BY GOING TO THE SECOND FLOOR MARIO CAN WALK OVER THE DEATHCOURSE STRAIGHT INTO BOWSER'S THRONE ROOM!" said Kamek in shock.
As the two Koopa's panicked, Yoshi shot his long tongue onto the ceiling of the second floor. Yoshi's species were known for having amazing tongues, they were super strong, super sticky and able to stretch incredible distances.
This Yoshi's tongue was an exception however.
It was stronger, stickier and able to stretch even greater distances. With that in mind Yoshi "reeled" himself onto the second floor.
As Yoshi "reeled" himself onto the second floor, Luigi jumped towards the second. Like his brother Luigi was also an incredible jumper, in fact his skills were second only to Mario's.
BAM
His strength not to mention accuracy were another story as Luigi missed the hole to the second floor and banged his head on the foyers ceiling. He then fell headfirst onto the cement floor.
Luigi's tough body (the result of years of accidents caused by his clumsiness) allowed him to survive both bumps with no prominent injury, save for his hat being squished to the top part of his head.
While Luigi tried to get his hat of his head, Kamek and Bowser Jr. Recovered from the shock. "QUICKLY JUNIOR SEAL THAT HOLE"
At that Bowser Jr. Swung his paintbrush, from out of the paintbrush came a blob of multicoloured paint that sealed the hole leading to the second floor.
Bowser Junior's paintbrush wasn't an ordinary paintbrush (as one may have surmised by the fact it was a tall as he was, plus the fact he carried it into battle), it was crafted by Kamek's magic for Bowser Jr. It had the ability to shoot out toxic globs of paint, it also acted as a wand for Bowser Junior's magic (like Kamek he knew how to do magic though not as well Kamek).
"Now Junior you stay here and deal with what's-his-name, while I intercept Mario and Yoshi" before Bowser Jr. could argue Kamek used teleportation magic to go where he believed Mario and Yoshi would end up. Kamek knew the castle inside and out, so he knew just where to intercept Mario and Yoshi.
By now Luigi had got his hat back to normal. He turned to find Bowser Jr. looking angry and on the verge of tears.
"IT'S NOT FAIR, I WANTED TO FIGHT MARIO, INSTEAD IAM STUCK WITH YOU." Bowser Jr. then started to tantrum yelling things along the line of "ITS NOT FAIR".
"Well since you don't want to fight me, I guess I should just go" with that Luigi turned to try and find a way out. However shortly after he turned around, a blob of toxic paint flew past him splattering on the wall.
"You're not going anywhere Mr. Green-Hat-Guy" Bowser Jr. started to wear his bib like a mask "I need something to take my anger out off so it might as well be YOU" Bowser Jr. then prepared his paintbrush like a spear.
"Are you ready?"
"No" Luigi answered meekly.
"TOO BAD" with that Bowser Jr. charged towards a screaming Luigi.
Meanwhile...
BGM: Inside the Castle walls (Super Mario 64)
At the Mushroom Kingdom Palace, the royal attaché Toadsworth was giving Crazy Hand and Master Hand a tour of the palace.
The tour included introducing the hands to the palaces rooms as well as discussing the Mushrooms Kingdoms history, politics and current events.
Around the hands the castles staff were busy cleaning the castle as well as repairing damages from Bowser attack on the palace.
"And this is the dining room where the princess and company eat on special occasions, as you can tell by the furnishing..." as Toadsworth continued to explain details of the room the hands looked around.
The dining room consisted of things one would normally expect to see in a dining room, a large chandelier, a large rectangular table made from fine polished wood, etc. On one side of the room contained many large windows so one could see outside the palace, one of the windows was apparently being put into place. It most likely the original window was destroyed during Bowser's attack on the palace.
On the wall adjacent to the windows were many framed pictures. The pictures consisted of multiple sporting events, such as racing, soccer, golf etc. The contestants of the various sporting events included Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser and many more not yet identified characters.
"I see you are enjoying are wall of fame" said Toadsworth with a hint of pride "The mushroom kingdom prides itself on having hosted a multitude of sporting events over the years, the contestants consists of not only the best athletes in the Mushroom Kingdom but from nearby nations as well. The princess from Sarasaland has become a solid contender not to mention some apes from Kongo Bongo; the princess is nice enough to even let's denizens from the dark lands compete."
"WAIT A MINUTE" said CH "The princess lets the guys who constantly try to kidnap her, into her kingdom to compete in possibly dangerous sports?"
MH on the other hand was very interested in the photo's.
"Although he may be rough on her during kidnapping and sporting events, Bowser would never inflict serious harm onto the princess" Toadsworth explained "Though most join the event hoping for a good time, Bowser joins hoping to humiliate his enemies and impress the princess."
"Impress the princess?" CH asked
"Yes, although Bowser originally only kidnapped the princess so he'd have a hostage, Bowser has become infatuated with the princess" Toadsworth then smiled with pride "not that I can blame him, in both body and soul the princess is a truly beautiful person"
"How about mind" CH asked
Toadsworth made an "eh" motion.
MH was still staring at the pictures.
"You know, I heard a rumour that the princess and the superstar of the mushroom kingdom are a couple. Is that true?"
Toadsworth looked to his left then his right, and then made a "come closer" gesture. CH obliged.
"Although Peach and Mario are quite taken with each other they have not yet formed a more stable relationship, for politeness sake we've never asked why." Toadsworth whispered to CH's "Ear".
CH nodded in understanding.
"However after much research and detective work..."
"Yes"
"We the Toads have determined..."
"Yes"
"That the reason Peach and Mario have not formed a more stable relationship..."
"YES"
"Is because..."
End BGM
"Excuse me" MH interrupted "But I'm correct in assuming that Mario and his friends are currently at Bowser's castle?"
Toadsworth nodded sceptically in response.
"Could you tell me exactly where Bowser's castle is?"
"Why do you want to know?" Toadsworth asked curiously.
MH planned to tell Toadsworth the reason behind his visit after the tour. As it was MH had not yet explained the true reason why he was there in the first place.
"I promise I will explain it in full detail later, but right now I need to get to Bowser's palace."
Toadsworth pointed his cane towards the windows "Just fly in that direction and you'll eventually reach the dark lands, from that point it should be easy to find Bowser's palace."
"Thank you, Crazy lets go"
"Okey dokey big bro, TALLY HOOOOOOOOO..."
CH then charged through the recently replaced window
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo"
MH offered a brief apology then went after his brother.
Toadsworth meanwhile had a "WTF" expression on his face.
To be continued...
My chapter are getting longer; I suppose that means I'm improving as a writer.
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