When Mario arrived at the tree his eyes widened as he consumed the scene. One koopa laughing historically and the other started heading toward him.
"This chump threw the boy in a portal." He told Mario pointing to the koopa who was now only giggling hearing this conversation.
"He was my only hope of finding the princess." Mario complained.
Just then, Mario spotted a glint of golden, blonde, hair going into a garden maze. He ran not caring what he'd find. The koopas just jumped through another swirl of light. Mario ran and ran until he came upon the maze.
"My best chance is to guess my way through." Mario considered this then put it to action.
He came across many dead ends and fought many unexpected enemies. (That Mario found it harder without his powers) Mario came to a stop when he saw a redheaded girl. He sat with her for a minute as she taught him a song on the ocarina he never knew he had. He asked her which way the blonde went. She pointed to her left where Mario saw a little opening in the bush. He pushed his way through then found a temple waiting.
"A temple?" Mario asked. "She lead me to a temple!?" Mario yelled in a troublesome voice so the girl could hear him.
He gazed up at the old thing and wondered what was inside. Something told him that going into this temple would make him one step closer to princess. He cautiously walked in the temple to find something he has never seen in is whole life. A big huge space with three golden triangles carved in the middle, Mario remembered Link told him it was called the Triforce. He saw a sword in a stone with the exact same symbol. Mario tugged and tugged at the sword but found if you gently pulled it slid right out. When Mario had the sword in his grasp everything turned into a slur. Mario's field-of-vision was now white. When he could see again everything seemed more ancient. (Mario didn't change because he was from a different video game) Mario had no idea what was happening. He excited the temple and dropped the sword.
"Don't need this foo." Mario said to himself looking at the sword.
Mario finally found his way out of maze after that encounter with the sword. He saw a familiar field and ran across it to a castle. A sheikah waited for him under a tree.
"To save her." The sheikah began. "You must find the fire stone in those mountains." She pointed to mountains that Mario had mistaken for volcanos.
"Are you sure those are moun—" Mario turned and saw the lady had vanished.
Mario set off to begin his journey. Of course, he didn't know what was going to happen later on those volcanos. (whoops, mountains)
