"What do you mean? I've been speaking english right now, so was yellow!" I said. "Are you two crazy?"

Yellow tilted her head at me. "Um, could you translate that? Please? I hate being left out of a conversation."

I stopped. Smiled. And gave a bitter laugh.

"Ha, I see! Really funny guys, you got me. You can stop making me worried now."

Mario shook his head at me.

"Look, Yoshi, I'm not the type of person to make jokes like this. I never met your friend before! Hell, I've never even been to this island before as well! How could we have arranged this when I can't even understand what she says?"

"Yoshi..." Yellow placed her hand on my shoulder. "I can't understand what you are saying, but I assume you think this is a joke."

"Exactly." I brushed her hand off. "And it isn't funny."

"It's not funny because it isn't a joke." She said. Yellow wasn't trustworthy in this regard, as she loved to prank everyone else, but she did have a few tells when she was lying and I couldn't notice any of them right now.

"From what I'm noticing..." We turned to look at Mario. He was looking at the ground, arms crossed. "You automatically change languages depending on who you're talking to. And when you are talking to both of us simultaneously, you use english." He rubbed his chin with the back of his hand. "What is the native language of your kind?"

"I'm telling you, it's english!" I immediatly answered.

"Can you confirm that with your friend?"

"Why? You don't trust me?"

"I just think it would be nice to confirm it."

With a long sigh, I turned around and faced Yellow.

"Yellow, do you know what language we speak?" I said in the flattest tone I could manage.

"Of course, silly!" She swung back and forth. "We speak Yo'ster language!"

The phrase took a while to sink in, and when it did, my blood went cold.

"...wait, what?"

"Oh, and before you ask, it's a completely different language from what you and your friend are speaking right now!"

"But..." I felt as if the world was spinning around me. "You mean, we don't speak english?"

"Nope, we never did!" She said in such a happy tone that it almost felt like it was mocking me. "Speaking about it, is this "english" you're talking about the language you and your pal are using?"

My knees were weak and I was dizzy, so I sat down. The three of us stayed silent for what seemed to be a few minutes. Yellow walked in circles, Mario was thinking and I was just silently sitting down.

"So, um, I think I'll be going right now... Thank you two for saving me!" Yellow dashed off, leaving me and Mario alone.

I didn't say goodbye to her. Not to be rude, I was just lost in thought. I didn't understand anything... After all these years, I was speaking another language entirely without me or anyone else realizing it?

I felt Mario place his gloved hand on my head and clear his throat.

"So, you want to talk about this?"

I nodded. We needed a break anyways. He sat down in front of me and we just looked at the ground for a while. Mario lifted his hat and began combing his hair with his hands. I don't know why, but that made me smile.

"Alright, let's start." He clapped his hands. "So, you can speak two languages: english, and Yo'ster. Is that right?"

I just shrugged. "I guess. I don't even remember speaking Yo'ster though. Just english."

"Never? Not even when you were very young?"

"No. Even my writing is in english, yet none of the other yoshis ever commented on it, so I guess even those were in another language."

I shook my head. This sounded so absurd.

"Can I ask you something? So, you think you were born with this ability, right?"

"Seems like it. I don't know if I would call it an 'ability', though."

"Why not? It means you were born able to speak two languages. I also was born with special abilities."

I lifted my head up to look at him. "Really? You too?"

He nodded and smiled at me. "Yeah. Didn't you notice how high I can jump, despite me being a bit overweight? And that's not all!"

He opened his hand and a small flame appeared on it.

"Whoa!" I slowly leaned in closer to him. "Pyrokinesis? You know that?"

"Yup. But my fire attacks aren't very powerful without the aid of a fire flower unless I really charge them up."

I touched the small flame with my index finger. Obviously, it felt hot, and I ended up burning my finger.

He chuckled. "Careful! Just because they're weak, doesn't mean they don't hurt."

I shook my hand to alleviate the burning while he continued talking:

"And I'm not alone. My brother's abilities are similar to mine, and Peach even knows magic!" He moved in closer to me and patted my nose. "I can understand you're confused, and maybe scared as well, but there's no reason for that. Instead of thinking of your talent as something bad, why don't you think of it as something positive?"

I tilted my head and gave him a quizzical look. "But... how would I do that?"

"Try thinking about it like this: you can speak two languages, maybe even more! With so much ease you don't even notice it! I think that's pretty cool."

He was right. Sure, the fact I don't even notice it is rather unsettling, but being able to speak english without even needing to learn it is a really sweet power.

"I'll leave you here to think for a while. I'll get us some food."

He got up and walked into the woods, leaving me alone again. I twiddled my thumbs for a few minutes, then a few more minutes, then half an hour.

'Why is he taking so long?'

I looked at the forest again.

'He didn't leave me behind, did he?'

As I approached the woods, I heard quick footsteps running my way. Surprised, I took a few steps back and got ready in case I needed to fight.

The footsteps got closer, and Mario appeared out of foliage.

"Yoshi, come here, you gotta see this!"

He quickly turned around and ran back into the woods again. I hesitated for a second, but quickly dashed after him to keep up.

After about 10 minutes of running into the same direction, he slowed down. I could make out the sound of water in the distance. We finally walked out of the woods and were treated to the sight of a huge lake.

"Oh, this? We call it Soda Lake."

"That's not what I wanted to show you." He took my arm and pulled me along for a few more minutes. He then stopped and pointed to the other edge of the lake. "Look over there."

I noticed the rather large stone castle.

"Well, I'm sure that wasn't there before."

"You think that might be another one of Bowser's kids?"

"For a castle to suddenly appear there, I'm pretty sure it isn't a coincidence."

We both looked down at the water.

"Do you think we can cross it?" He asked me as he leaned a bit closer to the edge of the cliff we were on.

"Are you nuts? Swim here and you'll probably be eaten alive by the fish!"

"What about one of those Cape Flowers?"

"Possible, but too risky."

"We need to get to the other side somehow."

I thought for a second.

"Well... if we head that way," I pointed northeast. "we will run into Cheese Bridge. We can use it to get to the other side."

"'Cheese Bridge'? 'Soda Lake'? Really? Who named this place?"

I giggled and began walking.

"Just wait, we haven't even gotten to Chocolate Dome and Donut Plains yet."

Yoshi: And thus, the brave knight and his loyal steed venture forth, rescuing the poor innocent citizens from the vile clutches of the turtle outlaws!

Mario: This... sounded very cringy.

Yoshi: Wow, sorry for trying to segway us to the end due to nothing interesting happening.

Mario: There was that one time where you sacrificed yourself for me.

Yoshi: Hey, I don't die when I fall down pits. You do.

Mario: How DON'T you die? I mean, I know you teleport away to safety but how?

Yoshi: Magic. *winks* Anyways, hitting that fast forward button...

The giant stone fortress completely towered over us. Clouds have covered the blue sky and thunder boomed in very short intervals.

The name "BOWSER" flashed over the entrance gate in neon letters.

"Hmph, what a narcissist!" I commented. "Do you think he'll be here this time?"

Mario got off my back and walked closer to the gate. The wooden gate slowly lowered, forming a path across the lava moat beneath it.

"You know, if you want, I can try to help you." I placed my hand on his shoulder. He turned to me and smiled.

"Don't worry, I got this. But..." He looked into the dark entrance, then back at me. He then embraced me, making me turn red. "Thanks for the help, I probably wouldn't have gotten here without you." He gave me a few pats on the back and released me.

I awkwardly rubbed my shoulder as Mario walked inside the fortress.

"I'll be back soon!" He yelled as the gate closed behind him.

Again, I could do nothing but sit down on the rocky, hot ground and wait. I noticed my cheeks were still warm, so I rubbed them to try to hide my blushing.

"What's been going on with me?" I thought to myself. I've always been embarassed and awkward around new acquaintances, but this was a little too much.

This day has been full of weird stuff.

I decided to just stare at the gate until it opened. And after about 20 minutes, it finally did. I was expecting the worst and got ready to run-

Mario: Wait, you were going to run away?

Yoshi: Oh? Uhm, no, of course not! I was going to run inside the castle!

Mario: ...

Yoshi: ...Sorry... Anyways...

I was on fight-or-flight mode, but out of the open gate came Mario, with a blonde lady alongside him and another egg in his hands.

He waved at me and introduced us to each other.

"This is Princess Peach, ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom." Mario told me about the lady. I immediatly kneeled down, but she just giggled and patted my head. "No need to be so formal, my dear."

We heard a rumbling noise and turned around to see the giant fortress collapsing into the ground. A large piece of rubble fell out of one of the towers and nearly crushed us. We exchanged scared looks for a second before we ran away as fast as we could.

We spent the whole trip talking. Mostly Peach, who explained me everything about the Mushroom Kingdom and her royal duties. Mario had fallen asleep on my back and I sung quietly to myself to kill time. After a few hours we finally arrived at my house again.

"I missed you so much..." I said, hugging one of the palm trees.

"I'm so tired..." Mario said as he stretched himself. He got off me, placed the egg he was carrying on the ground and walked away. "I'll check on Luigi to see if he's alright. You two want to tag along?"

Me and Peach nodded and we followed Mario to the shore of the island (but not before I checked the egg again for any signs of hatching). Scattered around the sand was a deflated hot air balloon (according to Peach. I've never seen a hot air balloon before), the discarded remains of a few fruits, and a man.

"Luigi!" Mario yelled as he ran over to the man ready to hug him.

The man looked back in surprise. He was very similar to his brother, except he was a bit taller and wore green instead of red. He lifted his hat, got up and the two hugged. Not letting go of his brother, he casted a look over to us.

"I see you rescued the princess. I was worried you might've gotten lost in this place!"

"You know me, I always find a way."

"That's only because you're so stubborn." He gave his brother a noogie.

"At least I'm not a coward." Mario gave his brother a light punch on the arm.

Peach walked over to him. "So, how's the status on the balloon?"

Luigi looked to the sunset, then to the balloon, then back to us and sighed.

"It's not done. Not yet. I'll probably won't finish repairing it until tomorrow."

I inched closer. The huge gap in the balloon was being tied together using things like fibers and twigs. About 1/4 was still open.

"And don't even get me started on the gusts of wind here! I had to chase this thing around so many times!"

"Well, in that case, looks like we'll have to spend the night here, yes?" Peach told the group and they nodded together. Luigi pulled them together and whispered "Who's that?"

Mario beckoned me and I introduced myself.

"Ummm, hi there, my name's Yoshi."

"He helped me get through this entire island. He even threw me off my back to safety when I fell down a chasm. I'm only alive thanks to him." He wrapped his hand around me and pulled me close to his face. Oh boy, I felt like I had swallowed 20 peppers.

"Heh, that was nothing. You were the one who beat Bowser anyway."

"I wouldn't even reach Bowser if it wasn't for you!"

"Yes, but Bowser wouldn't be defeated if it wasn't for YOU!"

Luigi pulled me away by my saddle.

"Sorry, my bro tends to be very stubborn and set-in-his-ways sometimes." He cleared his throat and extended his hand to me. "Anyways, pleased to make your acquaintance! I'm Luigi." We shook hands.

"Wow. Mario told me you're usually awkward meeting new people."

"Yeah, I usually am." He rubbed the back of his head. "But... You saved my bro's life. And I'm pretty thankful for that. But what's this about you throwing him off your back?"

"Oh, that? I pretty much gave him a ride across the entire island."

"...Pardon?"

"Not like that!" Mario said with an awkward blush. "He literally carried me around on his back."

"Oh, alright. In that case, I'm sorry for any back damages my brother's weight might've caused. If you want I can pay for any necessary surgeries."

Mario walked over, furious and with his face red as a tomato, but his taller brother just held him back by putting a hand to his forehead.

"Being the taller one is pretty useful sometimes." Luigi told me and we all laughed (except for Mario, he was still trying to get his bro).

I turned around and saw a bunch of curious eyes staring at us from behind some bushes. It didn't take long for the rest of my new friends to do too.

"Hello? Who is there?" Peach asked.

Noticing their cover was blown, one of the pair of eyes slowly started to rise, revealing a big yellow nose. The rest followed its footsteps, revealing large noses of different colors. The yellow nose jumped over the bush.

"Yellow!" I said in surprise.

"Hey there!" She waved, and turned to the others telling them it was okay.

The others jumped over the shrub as well, revealing yoshis of multiple colors.

"Yay, you're alive!" Said White with a large smile on his face.

"And you rescued everyone, no less!" Said Red.

"To be honest, I just helped..."

"Come on, don't put yourself down!" Yellow gave me a big hug.

"S-Seriously! It was Mario who saved you all!" I pointed at him. All the others looked at him for a second before swarming the short plumber.

He was soon surrounded by a cicle of happy yoshis who threw him up in the air repeatedly.

"Thank you, thank you!" Blue shouted.

"It was so horrible inside those eggs!" Said Black.

"Can we repay you somehow?" Said Orange.

I asked the crowd to put him down safely, then translated their lines to Mario.

"Repay? Well, I think we know just the right thing..."

- 30 minutes later -

With everyone's help, the balloon was fixed in only half an hour. The humans examined and tested the impromptu stitches we made while my dinosaur friends high fived each other after a job well done.

"I do believe this will be able to fly. A lot of materials we utilize in the Mushroom Kingdom are imported from here and they have been shown to be of surprising reliability." Peach affirmed, giving her friends a sense of relief.

"Well, so much for a day off, huh?" Mario dusted off his cap and looked over to me. He smiled and waved and I awkwardly waved back.

Luigi climbed into the basket and tried to lightly inflate the balloon without it taking off. It worked, the thing puffed and there were no sounds of leaking air or anything. As he did so, Mario walked off towards my direction and stood beside me.

"That basket can hold four people max." He told me.

"Really? Cool."

"And while we used the free space to carry food, which we already ate, that leaves it vacant."

"Ooookay..." I didn't really know where he was going with this.

"So, what do you say about visiting the Mushroom Kingdom?"

My eyes widened and I quickly looked at him.

"Wait, really?" I clapped like a little girl.

"Yup. You stuck with me throughout this little adventure, and your friends even fixed our transportation. Were square since we had already rescued them, but I still owe you. And to be frank, I really like you as well."

I blushed deeply.

"S-seriously...?"

"Yeah. You're a pretty great person... Um, dinosaur, sorry..."

"You can call me whatever you want, I don't mind it."

"And I... wanna spend more time with you."

"Really?!" My pupils were the size of dinner plates.

"Yes, really. I don't wanna leave a great friend like you behind after just one day."

Almost as if on cue, the balloon deflated (not due to a malfunction, mind you, Luigi was just testing it).

"Oh..." I rubbed my arm. "I... feel the same. I wanna spend a lot more time with you."

"So, you up for it? Because, if you need to, like, say goodbye or pack things up, we're leaving in a few minutes."

"Well, what can I pack? My palm trees? My mailbox?"

We both chuckled.

"Do you really want me to go with you guys?"

"Uh-huh."

"Then I better tell the others about it."

I rounded up my tribe and told them about the news.

"Really? Ohmigosh, this is so cool!" Yellow exclaimed giving me another big hug.

"You all are fine with it?" I asked, struggling for air as I felt Yellow maybe crushing some of my bones.

"We wanted to go to. Well, at least I do." Blue said. "But there's no space for us, and you guys saved our lives, so we're not really upset about it."

"Promise you'll have a lot of fun there! If we can't go, we want you to enjoy yourself there for us, 'kay?" Yellow loosened her grasp allowing me to breathe much needed oxigen.

"Y-yeah, I promise."

She immediatly held me tighter again.

"Yellow... Please... I've got... to go!" I managed to actually push her off. She nodded and shed a single tear.

"We'll miss you..."

This time I gave her the hug.

"I'll be sure to visit when I can."

I walked towards the balloon, still looking back at my tribe as they all waved me goodbye. I did the same.

Mario and Luigi helped me climb into the basket.

"So, ready to depart?" Peach asked me. I looked back again.

"Yeah, I'm ready."

Luigi used a fire flower and threw a fireball inside a little metal cage filled with wood. The balloon began to inflate, slowly and slowly lifting up.

I heard all the yoshis yell one final goodbye, to which I responded. Soon enough, i watched as Yoshi's Island disappeared into the horizon and there was only sea.

"What's wrong, bud? Homesick already?" Mario placed his hand on my shoulder and looked at the horizon as well.

"Kinda."

"Come on, turn that frown upside down!" He pinched my cheeks, which made me smile.

"Okay, okay, happy now?"

"Yes."

We stood in silence. No one really said anything for most of the trip. The view more than made up for it, however.

HOOOOOOOOOOOOH BOY

WHAT THE **** IS THIS?

A NEW CHAPTER! *pulls out a vuvuzela and starts making vuvuzela noises*

Sorry and thanks for putting up with my lazy ass, guys. You're all great and I love you.

So, I was torn between this ending and making Yoshi stay on the island, depending on me choosing whenever Super Mario 64 or the DS version were canon.

In the other one I was going to have him stay there. Peach opens a warp pipe connecting the island to MK and Yoshi then waits on the top of the castle for Mario's next visit. I eventually opted for this one as I consider the DS as the canon game (at least in this story).

So yeah, I guess that's it. Sorry for making you wait months, everyone. If you donate to my I'll hire people to make a game where you beat me up for being a lazy ass. (htttp.:\\ /) (that's actually not a real site I think if you access it and get a virus please don't sue me kids, I'm just a disgusting 17 year old furry living in a nice apartment complex who plays videogames all weekend like a total loser)