Chapter Five...
Yoshi's Island
The road to Yoshi's Island was not hard at all, but it would have been easier if they could have taken Captain Falcon's F-Zero ship, or Fox's Arwing, but mysteriously they were both out of fuel.
Gwen had taken the lead and behind her was Roy and Zelda, deep in conversation, Link and fox, surprisingly a good match as well. Mario, riding Yoshi, Pikachu behind them, Samus and Captain Falcon fighting, and Peach and Daisy bringing up the rear.
"Ugh! O-M-G! This is totally unfair! Roy has not flashed one glance in my direction. And neither has Link and he isn't even talking to a girl!" Peach wailed. Daisy didn't dare say anything but sadly patted her back.
"I mean, what is it that guys like anyway?! I flaunted all my stuff and I get stuck with Mario, a plumber! I mean, come on! Don't I deserve better then that?!?" She flicked her blond hair behind her shoulder. The people who heard in front of her all rolled their eyes.
"What business do you have in Yoshi's island?" The Yoshi gatekeeper asked, apparently trained to speak English. Zelda had to admit, they must have looked awfully silly; 12 people all at the gate of Yoshi's island. Gwen stepped back and allowed the gatekeeper to see Yoshi. He gave a dinosaur squeal as if approving, and opened the gate.
Fox hung back from all the others, curious. First, he went up to the gatekeeper.
"Sir. Could you tell me well, what's been going on at Yoshi's island. Any strange people you let in?" The Yoshi looked suspicious of why Fox wanted to know but answered him.
"I didn't let them in." The gatekeeper said innocently. "But they came in anyway. pushed this old gate right over." Fox narrowed his eyes.
"Who? What did they look like?"
"There were six of them. One a fair lady, I remember that. One was green with spikes out of it's stomach, another was like a purple winged thing, and another one was simply huge, and stupid. It was too dark of a night to see, but I could have sworn. that it was Bowser that came and knocked down the gate."
"And this is the attack on Yoshi's island everyone is talking about?" The Yoshi nodded. "What exactly did they do?"
"Now sir, you are asking too much of this old Yoshi," The gatekeeper said. "Go up to the inn and get comfortable."
"Sir!"
"Enjoy your stay." Fox didn't want to but he went up to his cabin where he was sharing with Link and Roy.
"Hey Fox! What were you doing? Were there some hot Yoshis' out there you wanted to talk to?" Link chuckled at his joke. Fox smiled.
"No Link, actually there is barley anyone in Yoshi's island."
"What do you mean?" Roy asked. Fox told them what the gatekeeper told him.
"Huh." Was all Link said, but Roy said nothing for a while, and had a puzzled look on his adorable (Peach said when gossiping) face.
"We have to ask around, we have to get to the bottom of this. This is, after all, the reason we're here in the first place," Roy said looking out the window at the night sky.
"Yeah, yeah, okay Roy, relax a little," Link said, examining his master sword. Roy glared at Link and opened his mouth.
"Roy," Fox interrupted, "What Link is trying to say is. we have a long road ahead of us, and he thinks it's best if we rest up before we get to the harder parts-"
"Where we will not have a nice comfortable bed to sleep on." Link grinned at Fox.
"I know, I know. Look, I've never done this "leader" thing before, but I really feel that we should just. check it out."
"All right, all right man, I'll go get Zelda to get everyone." Link got out of his chair and headed towards the door, but Fox caught his arm.
"Why don't we not make a big thing about this and have to get everyone up. Let them rest, we'll do it."
"The three of us?" Link blinked.
"Yeah. Let's go.." Fox bolted out the door in his fox-like manner and Roy followed. Link however looked back out the window at the gloomy dank atmosphere. Then he quickly grabbed his sword and put it in his sheath.
"Just in case.." He breathed.
Just as Roy suspected, no one was around, except one or two strange characters. Fox bravely went up to one of them.
"Excuse me." The Yoshi turned around. It was a woman, and she glared through her glasses and looked the three boys over.
"If I looked like you three, I could run a different kind of business." She giggled. Fox narrowed his eyes and opened his mouth as if to say something inappropriate.
"We were wondering if you could tell us anything about what's happened to Yoshi's island," Roy cut Fox off. You don't want to get on the wrong side of lunatic Yoshi's.
"Oh. Well young men, if you will just step inside to my store, I can tell you." She motioned with her hand and started mumbling to herself as she went inside. Fox and Link exchanged glances. Roy took a step forward as if he was following.
"Man Roy, are you sure you want to do that..?" Link pulled him back. "I feel like we're in Hansel and Gretel or something. Do you really want to get eaten by the old bat?"
"Link! How else are we supposed to find out? This is what you agreed to when you decided to come with me!" Roy protested.
"Maybe he's right Link. If she does try anything, all three of us could beat her up with our eyes closed." Link reluctantly nodded eventually.
"She's a sweet old Yoshi guys." Roy said as he went up to her store. Roy went inside, then Link, then Fox.
"Oh! I'm so glad you came! It's not often I have men over." None of the boys said anything as they looked around her store. She sold all sorts of strange, demented things.
"This old nut is off her rocker," Fox muttered under his breath as he went past a series of disturbing pictures.
"Well, sit down. Have a drink, I made my special recipe!" All of them shook their heads no, but agreed to sit down. "I insist, have a drink! One of you must be thirsty!" All of them shook their heads again, but then she got angry. "DRINK!" She said in a loud intimidating voice. Roy took one to make her happy but he did not drink it. Fox and Link followed suit.
"Now. What was your question again, young man?"
"You must know what happened the night the intruders came and took over Yoshi's island. Could you tell us?"
She narrowed her eyes. "You aren't reporters are you? Come to tell the police about my store?! Have you? HAVE YOU?" She had a crazed look in her eye. Fox waved his arms frantically.
"No! No, we are not and we would do nothing of the sort! Just please, can you recall that night?" Her crazed look subsided and she looked at Fox and nodded.
"It was about three days ago they passed through here, and it was a night much like this night. They paraded through Yoshi's Village, burning, and killing as they went."
".Killing?" Link looked at Roy and Fox.
"DO NOT INTURUPPT!.... Yes burning and killing as they went. I was with my daughter in this very store down in the cellar waiting for it to all be over when a woman burst in. She was very attractive I hate to add. She had a light completion with a red and black dress, and auburn hair was flowing down her back. Oh we ran. We ran for a very long time, until I finally could go anymore. My daughter. My sweet, sweet daughter. she hid me quickly from the evil witch and then. from where I was hiding. In the closet. I heard a boom, a squeal from my daughter, and a woman walking triumphantly away." The old Yoshi sobbed and then continued through tears.
"I called the Yoshi hospital, but with so many Yoshi's dying, they did not take her away in time. My daughter died that night and I will never forgive humans for that!" Her crazed look came back into her eyes. "Now drink up!" Fox looked at the glass and threw it on the floor. The Yoshi was cackling as they bolted threw the door.
"She was. trying to. kill us!" Said Fox out of breath. "None of you drank any did you?" Roy shook his head and so did Link. "Well, that's a relief."
". You know who that Yoshi described, don't you?" Roy said. "Princess Guinevere! She killed her daughter!"
"How many Yoshi's do you think she killed?..." Link asked. Fox pointed to the graveyard.
"Are you sure you want to know?" Link had only taken a step when he noticed something.
"What was that? Did you see that?" Fox nodded and looked around him.
"I didn't see anything guys." Roy said shrugging. They started toward the graveyard again but Link stopped after a short while.
"There it is again, someone is definitely following us guys." Link was two steps closer to the grave yard when someone grabbed him around the middle and covered his mouth. She held him like that until she got her way. Roy and Fox raced to him.
"Gwen?" Roy said in surprise.
"Are you boys done playing now? Would you come inside? It's getting late, and I don't want anything to happen to you." She said sweetly although she tightened her grip on Link. Fox gave a quiet growl.
"We'll come inside when we're ready. Shouldn't you be asleep?"
"It's too dangerous out here for you boys." She said, squeezing Link so he could not breathe at all. Suddenly Sheik swooped down.
"Let him go Gwen." She said forcefully. Gwen savagely threw Link on the ground and said: "Get inside." She pursed her lips and turned on her heal.
"Who are you?" Fox turned to Sheik.
"My name is Sheik-" Sheik said, and suddenly threw her hands up in the air, she transformed right before their eyes. "-And it's also Zelda."
"Whoa! I had no idea you could do that Princess!" Roy said in amazement. Fox nodded. Zelda smiled and helped Link up.
"Are you okay Link?" She gave him a quick hug and helped him to his feet. "Guys.. I don't know about Gwen." Zelda said walking towards the Yoshi inn with them.
"I know what you mean. Who is this person we're letting talk us into going back into the inn?" Link shook his head.
"Well. maybe she's right." Roy said looking on the bright side. "We do have an early day tomorrow and."
"Well, yeah Roy! But did she have to strangle Link to tell us to get some sleep?!" They walked in silence the rest of the way, all pondering the same question, "What's going on?"
Yoshi's Island
The road to Yoshi's Island was not hard at all, but it would have been easier if they could have taken Captain Falcon's F-Zero ship, or Fox's Arwing, but mysteriously they were both out of fuel.
Gwen had taken the lead and behind her was Roy and Zelda, deep in conversation, Link and fox, surprisingly a good match as well. Mario, riding Yoshi, Pikachu behind them, Samus and Captain Falcon fighting, and Peach and Daisy bringing up the rear.
"Ugh! O-M-G! This is totally unfair! Roy has not flashed one glance in my direction. And neither has Link and he isn't even talking to a girl!" Peach wailed. Daisy didn't dare say anything but sadly patted her back.
"I mean, what is it that guys like anyway?! I flaunted all my stuff and I get stuck with Mario, a plumber! I mean, come on! Don't I deserve better then that?!?" She flicked her blond hair behind her shoulder. The people who heard in front of her all rolled their eyes.
"What business do you have in Yoshi's island?" The Yoshi gatekeeper asked, apparently trained to speak English. Zelda had to admit, they must have looked awfully silly; 12 people all at the gate of Yoshi's island. Gwen stepped back and allowed the gatekeeper to see Yoshi. He gave a dinosaur squeal as if approving, and opened the gate.
Fox hung back from all the others, curious. First, he went up to the gatekeeper.
"Sir. Could you tell me well, what's been going on at Yoshi's island. Any strange people you let in?" The Yoshi looked suspicious of why Fox wanted to know but answered him.
"I didn't let them in." The gatekeeper said innocently. "But they came in anyway. pushed this old gate right over." Fox narrowed his eyes.
"Who? What did they look like?"
"There were six of them. One a fair lady, I remember that. One was green with spikes out of it's stomach, another was like a purple winged thing, and another one was simply huge, and stupid. It was too dark of a night to see, but I could have sworn. that it was Bowser that came and knocked down the gate."
"And this is the attack on Yoshi's island everyone is talking about?" The Yoshi nodded. "What exactly did they do?"
"Now sir, you are asking too much of this old Yoshi," The gatekeeper said. "Go up to the inn and get comfortable."
"Sir!"
"Enjoy your stay." Fox didn't want to but he went up to his cabin where he was sharing with Link and Roy.
"Hey Fox! What were you doing? Were there some hot Yoshis' out there you wanted to talk to?" Link chuckled at his joke. Fox smiled.
"No Link, actually there is barley anyone in Yoshi's island."
"What do you mean?" Roy asked. Fox told them what the gatekeeper told him.
"Huh." Was all Link said, but Roy said nothing for a while, and had a puzzled look on his adorable (Peach said when gossiping) face.
"We have to ask around, we have to get to the bottom of this. This is, after all, the reason we're here in the first place," Roy said looking out the window at the night sky.
"Yeah, yeah, okay Roy, relax a little," Link said, examining his master sword. Roy glared at Link and opened his mouth.
"Roy," Fox interrupted, "What Link is trying to say is. we have a long road ahead of us, and he thinks it's best if we rest up before we get to the harder parts-"
"Where we will not have a nice comfortable bed to sleep on." Link grinned at Fox.
"I know, I know. Look, I've never done this "leader" thing before, but I really feel that we should just. check it out."
"All right, all right man, I'll go get Zelda to get everyone." Link got out of his chair and headed towards the door, but Fox caught his arm.
"Why don't we not make a big thing about this and have to get everyone up. Let them rest, we'll do it."
"The three of us?" Link blinked.
"Yeah. Let's go.." Fox bolted out the door in his fox-like manner and Roy followed. Link however looked back out the window at the gloomy dank atmosphere. Then he quickly grabbed his sword and put it in his sheath.
"Just in case.." He breathed.
Just as Roy suspected, no one was around, except one or two strange characters. Fox bravely went up to one of them.
"Excuse me." The Yoshi turned around. It was a woman, and she glared through her glasses and looked the three boys over.
"If I looked like you three, I could run a different kind of business." She giggled. Fox narrowed his eyes and opened his mouth as if to say something inappropriate.
"We were wondering if you could tell us anything about what's happened to Yoshi's island," Roy cut Fox off. You don't want to get on the wrong side of lunatic Yoshi's.
"Oh. Well young men, if you will just step inside to my store, I can tell you." She motioned with her hand and started mumbling to herself as she went inside. Fox and Link exchanged glances. Roy took a step forward as if he was following.
"Man Roy, are you sure you want to do that..?" Link pulled him back. "I feel like we're in Hansel and Gretel or something. Do you really want to get eaten by the old bat?"
"Link! How else are we supposed to find out? This is what you agreed to when you decided to come with me!" Roy protested.
"Maybe he's right Link. If she does try anything, all three of us could beat her up with our eyes closed." Link reluctantly nodded eventually.
"She's a sweet old Yoshi guys." Roy said as he went up to her store. Roy went inside, then Link, then Fox.
"Oh! I'm so glad you came! It's not often I have men over." None of the boys said anything as they looked around her store. She sold all sorts of strange, demented things.
"This old nut is off her rocker," Fox muttered under his breath as he went past a series of disturbing pictures.
"Well, sit down. Have a drink, I made my special recipe!" All of them shook their heads no, but agreed to sit down. "I insist, have a drink! One of you must be thirsty!" All of them shook their heads again, but then she got angry. "DRINK!" She said in a loud intimidating voice. Roy took one to make her happy but he did not drink it. Fox and Link followed suit.
"Now. What was your question again, young man?"
"You must know what happened the night the intruders came and took over Yoshi's island. Could you tell us?"
She narrowed her eyes. "You aren't reporters are you? Come to tell the police about my store?! Have you? HAVE YOU?" She had a crazed look in her eye. Fox waved his arms frantically.
"No! No, we are not and we would do nothing of the sort! Just please, can you recall that night?" Her crazed look subsided and she looked at Fox and nodded.
"It was about three days ago they passed through here, and it was a night much like this night. They paraded through Yoshi's Village, burning, and killing as they went."
".Killing?" Link looked at Roy and Fox.
"DO NOT INTURUPPT!.... Yes burning and killing as they went. I was with my daughter in this very store down in the cellar waiting for it to all be over when a woman burst in. She was very attractive I hate to add. She had a light completion with a red and black dress, and auburn hair was flowing down her back. Oh we ran. We ran for a very long time, until I finally could go anymore. My daughter. My sweet, sweet daughter. she hid me quickly from the evil witch and then. from where I was hiding. In the closet. I heard a boom, a squeal from my daughter, and a woman walking triumphantly away." The old Yoshi sobbed and then continued through tears.
"I called the Yoshi hospital, but with so many Yoshi's dying, they did not take her away in time. My daughter died that night and I will never forgive humans for that!" Her crazed look came back into her eyes. "Now drink up!" Fox looked at the glass and threw it on the floor. The Yoshi was cackling as they bolted threw the door.
"She was. trying to. kill us!" Said Fox out of breath. "None of you drank any did you?" Roy shook his head and so did Link. "Well, that's a relief."
". You know who that Yoshi described, don't you?" Roy said. "Princess Guinevere! She killed her daughter!"
"How many Yoshi's do you think she killed?..." Link asked. Fox pointed to the graveyard.
"Are you sure you want to know?" Link had only taken a step when he noticed something.
"What was that? Did you see that?" Fox nodded and looked around him.
"I didn't see anything guys." Roy said shrugging. They started toward the graveyard again but Link stopped after a short while.
"There it is again, someone is definitely following us guys." Link was two steps closer to the grave yard when someone grabbed him around the middle and covered his mouth. She held him like that until she got her way. Roy and Fox raced to him.
"Gwen?" Roy said in surprise.
"Are you boys done playing now? Would you come inside? It's getting late, and I don't want anything to happen to you." She said sweetly although she tightened her grip on Link. Fox gave a quiet growl.
"We'll come inside when we're ready. Shouldn't you be asleep?"
"It's too dangerous out here for you boys." She said, squeezing Link so he could not breathe at all. Suddenly Sheik swooped down.
"Let him go Gwen." She said forcefully. Gwen savagely threw Link on the ground and said: "Get inside." She pursed her lips and turned on her heal.
"Who are you?" Fox turned to Sheik.
"My name is Sheik-" Sheik said, and suddenly threw her hands up in the air, she transformed right before their eyes. "-And it's also Zelda."
"Whoa! I had no idea you could do that Princess!" Roy said in amazement. Fox nodded. Zelda smiled and helped Link up.
"Are you okay Link?" She gave him a quick hug and helped him to his feet. "Guys.. I don't know about Gwen." Zelda said walking towards the Yoshi inn with them.
"I know what you mean. Who is this person we're letting talk us into going back into the inn?" Link shook his head.
"Well. maybe she's right." Roy said looking on the bright side. "We do have an early day tomorrow and."
"Well, yeah Roy! But did she have to strangle Link to tell us to get some sleep?!" They walked in silence the rest of the way, all pondering the same question, "What's going on?"