Halfway Through the Ocean

Back with Mario, he was halfway through the Mushroom Ocean. Using a set of binoculars he had brought with him, he saw many dolphins and Cheep-Cheeps jumping out of the water and transformed Phoenician hawk laguz flying through the sky. Then, Luigi suggested that Mario check his bag to make sure he brought some battle items with him. So, Mario did just that.

"Well, it looks like I have everything, Luigi." Mario said. "I've got some fire and ice flowers, super mushrooms, boomerangs and hammers, and even the legendary Mushroom Sword that Princess Peach entrusted to me. Oh, and I should mention that I brought myself a pizza lunchable to eat on the way there."

"But Mario, there's no microwave!" Toadette exclaimed. "How are you expected to heat up your own pizza lunchable?"

"Toadette, don't worry. I brought myself a small toy oven to heat it up on." Mario said.

"But Mario, that thing requires batteries!" Luigi said.

"Luigi, I have batteries with me!" Mario said. The captain of the ship laughed the joke all off until he saw the batteries.

"Jeepers, Mario! You actually have everything with you!" the captain said.

"Yes. I do, Captain." Mario responded back. Then, he placed six D Batteries in his miniature oven, made his pizza, and waited about three minutes for it to cook. Then, it was ready to be consumed.

"See, not such a complicated process, Captain." Mario said. Everyone was so silent as a bug; Mario was the one who didn't know what was going on!

"Oh, what the hell is all of your problems?" Mario asked. Then, something strange was happening. The waves were growing bigger.

"Could a storm be headed this way, Captain?" Mario asked.

"Possibly, Mario. We'd better hold on to our goods here." The captain said.

"Huh?" everyone asked.

"It… it just means that we have to protect everything." The captain said. Then, Bowser's laugh was heard out of nowhere. No one knew it was him. They all thought it was a weird monster of a terrible species.

"No!" Toad yelled.

"It's a monster!" Luigi exclaimed.

"Bowser, possibly?" Mario asked himself. Then, Bowser appeared.

"MARIO!" Bowser exclaimed. "What have you gone and done now?!"

"Shut up, Bowser." Mario said. "It's this I have to say: what have you gone and done now?" Bowser was confused on what was going on.

"Oh, yeah, right." Bowser said. "I know exactly what you're about to say next. About the blitz of the wyvern masters. Well, heh heh… I started that blitz with a random noble from the Leicester Alliance. He's now working for me."

"What the hell, Bowser?! Why the hell would you seriously start a blitz that killed innocent people and blew up their houses?!" Luigi asked as he hollered at Bowser.

"Listen, greenie." Bowser said. "I started that blitz because of the depression Mario put on me! He was the one that made me like this!"

"Bowser, please! You must stop! Leave us alone! We're trying to go to Garreg Mach Monastery!" the captain said.

"Oh, going to the monastery, eh?" Bowser asked. "Hah! You wait until that stupid and damned Church of Seiros finds out about you guys coming!"

"Shut the hell up, Bowser!" Mario hollered. "The Church of Seiros knows we're on our way there!"

"Oh, really? Heh. You wait until they hear the lies I have to tell!" Bowser said. "Well, ta-cheerio, Mario! I'll see you soon! IN HELL!" Bowser soon left.

"Hmph! Stupid Bowser! Doesn't even know what the hell he is talking about!" the captain said.


Hours later after Bowser had left Mario, nighttime fell. Mario was in the land of the Adrestian Empire, which meant he was finally in Fódlan. However, when Mario and his friends made it to the port, they completely found out that Garreg Mach Monastery was in a landlocked position, meaning that no water was surrounding the land it was occupying. Mario thought that he and his friends were incorrectly labeled. Then, a horse drawn wagon was heard. Driving the wagon was one of the members of the renowned Knights of Seiros. That member was a single generic paladin. Mario walked up to him.

"You are a member of the Knights of Seiros, I presume?" Mario asked.

"I'm afraid so, Mario." The paladin said.

"You know my name?" Mario asked.

"Yes. I know you, Luigi, Toad, and Toadette." The paladin said. "Princess Peach of the Mushroom Kingdom told me that you four were coming to stay at the monastery for a long period of time with some citizens of a place called Toad Town. Is that not true?"

"Sir, it's true." Luigi said. "Princess Peach wanted to evacuate citizens from Toad Town thanks to a wyvern master blitz. In fact, we know who caused the blitz in the first place. It was that damned Bowser."

"Really? Well, tell me more about it on the ride to the monastery." The paladin said.

"Just to clarify one thing. How far away is the monastery?" Mario asked.

"It's at the center of Fódlan, Mario. Not far from here, where we are standing now." The paladin said. "Come on, hop in." And so, Mario and his friends all hopped into the wagon, and the wagon later went through a thick forest. That path in the thick forest would later lead to Garreg Mach Monastery.