Author's Note: crap…I can't believe I chose to update my other fanfic instead of this. D: Also, the band and chorus teacher are taking away my life: 5 festivals to go to, 2 out-of-state trips and 3 recitals. WTH? Don't worry my readers! I'm still alive, I just have SOO much to do in my life that is ridiculous! DX I don't even have time to read fanfics! I still don't mind offers to read your fanfics, but that is just a warning. :p I would like to thank Julie and Feld0 for doing a nice job editing this chapter! My life is getting so busy that I don't even have time to revise it myself. :p I hope you guys enjoy the story! ^^
Chapter 9: Yoshi Tower
"Hurry up! I gotta pee!" Carl cried out as he banged on the door with his fist. He ground his teeth and jumped up and down, struggling to retain control of his bladder with his other hand. No response came from the other side of the door.
"Hey Carl! What are you doing?" asked Bob, flying up to Carl.
"I gotta pee!" cried out Carl.
"Is someone in the bathroom?" asked Bob.
"Yes! I was waiting for four hours and that person still won't come out!"
Bob walked up to the bathroom door. He turned the doorknob and pulled it open. Peering inside, he confirmed,
"There is no one in the bathroom."
Carl pushed Bob out of the way and dashed inside. He quickly slammed the door shut before relieving himself.
An hour later, a large line of koopas had gathered in front of the bathroom door. Bob once again passed through the same hallway. He flew up to one of the koopas in the incredibly long line.
"Have you seen Carl?" he asked.
"I haven't seen him. Sorry sir."
"We need to continue looking for the baby or Kamek 's gonna kill us! I need to find him!" angrily yelled Bob. "I would help you find him, but the person who is using the bathroom is taking waaaaay too long," said the koopa with a growing frustration, "HURRY THE HELL UP!" he shouted, shaking his fist in the air. The other koopas began to join in.
"Get out of the bathroom!" one of them shouted, and similar exclamations followed from the others in the long line.
"What about the other bathroom?" Bob asked.
"We lower-ranked minions don't get paid one coin a week for nothing. There's barely enough money to pay for repairing the other bathrooms," replied another random koopa.
"I thought it was because Kamek hogs all of the paychecks."
"He does!?" cried out a koopa behind Bob, "We must rebel, but first I gotta pee!"
"Hurry up in there!" shouted the koopa at the front of the line, banging his fist hard against the door. The koopa growled and kicked it.
"What is going on here!?" shouted Kamek. He was on his broomstick, hovering over the long line of koopas.
"Someone is hogging the bathroom!" shouted the koopa standing next to Bob.
"How long have you guys been waiting there?" asked Kamek.
"For more than an hour," replied Bob.
Kamek sighed, "I'll take care of this. I think the door is just broken."
Kamek flew to the bathroom door and jumped off his broomstick. He grabbed the handle and tried to pull the door open, but it remained firmly shut. Kamek balled his fist and growled. He took a couple of steps away from the door and charged towards it. The magikoopa broke through the door, but as soon as he entered, Carl screamed and began to throw rolls of toilet paper at Kamek.
"That was just going too far," muttered a koopa standing by the door.
Kamek ran out of the bathroom and slammed the door shut. He slid to the floor, breathing heavily, "It was Carl…I guess you guys have…no…choice but to wait."
"You saw that it was Carl!? That is just SO wrong! Man, you really are a pervert!" cried out a koopa.
Kamek sighed.
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Ebony walked through the flowery field; the sun was already halfway through the horizon. The stars had begun to appear in the crimson sky above and the goonie flocks flew towards the direction of the sun. A tall, dark figure loomed in the distance. As Ebony approached, the figure slowly came into view and was soon revealed to be a large volcano.
"Have those things ever erupted?" asked the stork.
"Not that I know of…I've never seen a volcano erupt in my entire life and I don't think I will be seeing one anytime soon," replied Ebony.
"I hope so. I don't want to be fried chicken if we pass through it."
"Don't worry, Mr. Stork! You'll be fine, but can't you fly anyways?"
"The flying fireballs! Hey, it's my job to protect myself and the baby. I TRY to avoid going over the volcanoes. It's okay to be a wimp once in a while."
"Oh come on! My parents said that most of the volcanoes on this island are dormant anyways. They won't erupt for more than a hundred years. Besides, I wanna go see the inside of the volcano!"
"I refuse to go!"
Ebony sighed, "Please?"
"No."
"Come on!"
"I said no!"
Ebony lowered her head, "Fine, let's take the long way and go AROUND the volcano."
Before she took a step forward, though, she looked up and saw Shino standing right in front of her. She flinched and caught her breath.
"Shino! Don't scare me like that!"
"Oh sorry Ebony, I just wanted to ask you if you've seen Sirius around."
"No I haven't, Shino."
"Where are you going?"
"I wanted to go to the volcano but the stork won't let me!"
Shino turned his head and glared at the stork. The stork broke a sweat and smiled nervously while Baby Mario stared confusingly at the yoshi.
"You better let Ebony go into the volcano or I will tear all of those feathers out of your body and shove it into your throat!" threatened Shino.
"Okay! Okay! Let's go to the volcano Ebony!" cried out the stork.
"Yay!" squealed Ebony, clapping her hands in glee.
Ebony waved to Shino as she and the stork began to walk towards the volcano.
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Kamek dragged himself into his room and slammed the door shut. He sat on his table and stared at the crystal ball. An image of a Koopa failing to hit the baseball was seen. Kamek waved his hands over the crystal ball and the image changed to show a black yoshi carrying a baby. A stork was flying over its head.
"I wonder what the yoshis are up to," mumbled Kamek, trying to forget his embarrassing encounter with Carl not too long ago.
The crystal ball showed the yoshi and the stork heading towards the dormant volcano. Kamek yawned. This didn't interest him. He slammed his face on his desk and groaned.
"Kamek?" said a voice at the door.
"You ruined my reputation enough," mumbled Kamek, instantly recognizing Carl's distinct tone.
"I just wanna say sorry for trying to hit you with the toilet papers. I thought you were a monster and I was scared."
"How do I look like a- oh never mind! Don't worry about it! Just get to work!" shouted Kamek.
"Oooh! What'cha looking at!" exclaimed Carl as soon as he spotted the crystal ball revealing an image.
"Nothing," sighed Kamek.
Carl flew up to the magical sphere and got a closer look at the image.
"Hey! That's a volcano! What if it erupts? The Yoshi and the stork will burn up! I probably would if I flew too close."He grabbed Carl's shoulder and shook the toady.
"That's it! If the Yoshi and the stork are heading straight towards the volcano, I can use a spell to make the volcano wake up! Thank you Carl!"
A koopa guard passed by the door right at that moment.
"I knew Kamek was having an affair with Carl," he said to himself softly.
Kamek hopped onto his broomstick and flew out of the window.
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Ebony and the stork stopped at the entrance to the cave. The stork's eyes grew wide and his heart began to race. He could feel the intense heat coming from inside. On the other hand, Ebony and the baby looked rather calm. The stork gulped and followed Ebony into the entrance.
As soon as Ebony and stork disappeared into the cave, Kamek appeared. He flew above the volcano and sprinkled his magic dust into it before flying away snickering.
Ebony and the stork emerged into a large bright room.
"Whoa, who knew this place was livable?" said the stork.
"Well this is proof that the volcano is extinct! There is nothing to be afraid of, Mr. Stork," said Ebony.
The stork sighed in relief, "I guess you're right."
Suddenly, the entire room began to shake.
"What was that!?" cried out the stork.
"I don't know, but did the room get much warmer?" questioned Ebony.
The stork spotted a small pit at the other side of the room. Lava began to pour out.
"Uhm…Ebony? I think the volcano is gonna erupted! Let's get out of here!" shouted the stork. He began to fly back to the entrance, but it was blocked. He then flew back to Ebony.
"Any ideas how to escape!? I don't want to die!"
"We can just go up. I can jump onto those platforms and you can just fly up ahead," suggested Ebony.
The stork quickly flew up. Ebony jumped onto a higher floor. A group of Shy Guys were running in circles, screaming at the top of their lungs.
"The volcano is gonna erupted!" cried out a red Shy Guy.
"Quick! To the emergency exit on the first floor!" shouted a yellow Shy Guy.
"Uhm…I don't think it's a good idea," mumbled Ebony.
"Move out of the way!" The two Shy Guys pushed Ebony to the side and jumped to the lower level.
"Do you think they're gonna live?" Ebony asked the stork.
"Yeah, like someone can fall into melted rocks that are about 2400 degrees and live," he replied.
Ebony jumped onto a platform and used it to reach another, higher floor. She ran to the other side and jumped up. Suddenly, a bandit snatched the baby off the yoshi's back. Ebony turned around and spotted it. As soon as it reached a dead end, Ebony approached it.
"Stay away! Don't make me use this!" threatened the bandit, holding Baby Mario as if he was some kind of deadly weapon meant to be thrown at the Yoshi.
"But didn't you take the baby and now you-"
"Silence you fool! I said stay still!" The bandit threw the baby at the Yoshi's face and jumped down to the lower floor, unaware of the lava below.
"I do wonder how no one notices the lava rising," said the stork.
Ebony and the stork continued to ascend the volcano.
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Ebony jumped up and entered a room with a large spiked ball rotating in the middle of it. She jumped over a group of wingless goonies and onto a tiny platform. She quickly jumped onto another, similarly-sized platform and onto another one above it. The spiked ball approached her now, but the yoshi jumped onto yet another platform to avoid getting hit.
Ebony looked up and saw a platform she could jump through, but it was out of reach. She looked ahead and saw a goonie pass over her head. Another one approached after it. Ebony jumped onto the goonie, then onto the platform.
She grabbed an egg and tossed it at a small, hovering cloud. It popped and a tall red button fell to the ground. The yoshi stepped on the button, which caused a staircase to appear. Above the staircase stood a trampoline-like ball which Ebony used to reach a platform even further up. The platform began to tilt as soon as it felt the yoshi's weight.
Ebony threw an egg at the enemies in her way and jumped across a series of platforms before reaching the door. She opened it and went outside. As soon as she saw Ebony emerge from the volcano, Ivory called her. Ebony looked ahead and spotted her white sister. She ran straight towards her and gave her a bear hug.
"I missed you so much Ivory!"
"I missed you too sister!"
Ebony handed the baby over to Ivory. The stork flew above Ivory's head.
"Good luck sister!" said Ebony.
"Thanks, I hope it won't be too bad."
"I know you'll do great! Don't worry!" said Ebony, smiling at her sister.
Ivory turned around and walked to the next yoshi in the relay: Cameo.
Color of the day: Black
"Black is the color of the hidden, the secretive and the unknown, creating an air of mystery." Based on that quote alone, Ebony will be a very interesting character! Right now, she is simply normal, as in I hadn't developed her character yet. :p As the story progresses, Ebony will become shrouded in mystery with lot of secrets around her. She just tends to hide it by acting normal and such, but what is this mystery the quote speaks of? You'll find out…hehehe…
I did do a time skip and here is the reason why: I didn't want to make this chapter too long. I know, a long chapter would be nice, but that is not my goal for now. I just want to make it nice and short for it to be easily enjoyed for those with short attention spans like moi! :3 I just want to emulate my style from the prequel. xD
I hope you guys enjoy this chapter! ^^ Wow, I hadn't realized how much I missed typing this story. :p I hope this doesn't happen again, but I have SOO much going on. Feel free to threaten me to update. I would like to thank Feld0 for threatening me to type this fanfic a few days ago! =D
I hope you guys review, I'm still alive people! xD
Cookies for all reviewers! =D
Boshi: I want a cookie!
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Boshi: ;.;
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Boshi: *munches on the cookie* Yes and thank you!