Toad's appointment with Dr. Shwibberwigins had finally arrived. They were going to find out what parts were missing from Toad's kart that made it go faster. They had to hurry up though, because Toad and Toadette were going to race at DK Pass at 6:00 P.M.
At 1:30 P.M., Toad entered Dr. Shwibberwigins office.
"Excuse me, Dr. Shwibberwigins, but I have an appointment today," Toad said, as he walked in.
"Ah yes, the king of the minor-league, also known as Toad. Come on in," Dr. Shwibberwigins said. Dr. Shwibberwigins was an old man, very old, but he knew a lot about go-karts, and was willing to help Toad with his problem.
Toad and Dr. Shwibberwigins sat and talked about the kart. Toad had brought the kart to be worked on, so Dr. Shwibberwigins examined it, wrote down the parts it was made of, then did some repairs to make it faster. The whole appointment took a while, but they finally finished at 5:00.
"Okay Toad, that shall solve all of your problems. Good luck with the races!" Dr. Shwibberwigins said at last.
"Thanks, Dr. Shwibberwigins!" Toad said, as he walked out the door.
"Call me Shwibby."
"Um, okay… I'll see you… later." Toad slipped out the door.
As Toad got into his newly-repaired kart to go to DK Pass, he realized how late it was. "Oh no, Toadette's probably wondering where I am! I have to hurry!"
Toad stepped on the gas pedal, and the kart blasted forward. Toad slammed on the brakes, thrown off by the speed of the kart.
"Wow, that was almost the top speed of my old kart! This is gonna be great!" Through many starts and stops, Toad finally arrived at DK Pass on time.
Finally, it was time for Toad's next race. The kart looked good and ready to go. All the karts lined up. "Ready, set...GO!" the traffic light signaled the start of the race. Dr Shwibberwigins' knowledge proved to be very helpful, and Toad sped into first place, just the way it worked outside of ' office. Toadette was nearly thrown off the kart, but she managed to hang on and continued the rest of the race trying to get used to the kart's speed.
Then, as Toad and Toadette entered Lap 2, the crowd's attention was drawn away from the speeding karts. Instead, the crowd was focused on the two men, who were light sa- uh, beam sword dueling in the middle of the race track. Several racers swerved left and right, and some crashed. One of the men was dressed completely in black, with his face covered by a mask.
"Holy crap! It's Darth Vader!" Toad yelled out loud. "What the Fawful is he doing here?"
Chaos ensued throughout the track. The fans screamed as TIE fighters flew overhead. By the end of the race, everyone was in a panic. Even the Star Wars characters, who had somehow gotten into the Mushroom Kingdom, were confused.
"It's the Barrier of Worlds. Something's gone wrong in the Barrier of Worlds," Toadsworth told Toad later on. "It's the barrier between all fictional worlds."
"Hey! You callin' me fictional?" Toad said.
"Shut up. Anyway, without the Barrier of Worlds, everything from different worlds would cross paths, leaving the whole universe in chaos, as you saw during the race."
"But, who could've done this? And how?"
"I don't know. And I don't want to find out. Messing with the dimensions is an unthinkable crime."
"Wait a second. Dimensions?"
TOAD'S FLASHBACK:
Toad stood trembling outside the gates of Mushroom Castle, while Mario and Luigi went inside to save Princess Peach. Thanks to Toad, Mario and Luigi heard about Princess Peach being captured by Bowser, and went to save her. The front gate was open, so Toad stepped in. Inside the following room, he heard Bowser's voice.
"THOSE IDIOTS! IF YOU'RE THE LAST ONE IN, SHUT THE GATE!" Bowser yelled while stomping his feet on the ground. Then, Toad heard someone appear and call himself "Count Bleck". Count Bleck started to explain some plan about destroying all the dimensions in the universe. Toad then heard Mario hit the ground hard as he tried to save Princess Peach; Then after a long time, he heard someone wake Mario and call herself "Tippi". Finally, after a short conversation between Mario and Tippi, which Toad couldn't hear, everything was silent.
Toad didn't want to hold back any longer, so he rushed into the room. But he found nothing. Just an empty room. And so Toad stood there, unsure of what to do.
BACK TO PRESENT TIME:
"Worlds, dimensions, they're almost the same. Count Bleck is usually found messing around with the dimensions. Aha! It was Count Bleck! I gotta find Mario and tell him about this, before it's too late!" Toad said out loud. Before Toadsworth could say another word, Toad rushed out to find Mario.
