Chapter Seven...
Mushroom Village
Peach, Daisy, Zelda, Samus, Yoshi, and Pikachu were on the run for their lives. Pikachu was up front as if to guard the girls and Yoshi was in back for the same reason. Zelda looked back and suddenly stopped.
"What are you doing Zelda?" Samus yelled. "We have to go!" Zelda shook her head and smiled.
"Link was sweet to try to get us out of here. But right now he needs our help! I've gotta go back and help him!"
"Um, excuse me!" Peach scoffed. "I was the messenger there and um, if I remember right, he said don't look back!" Zelda ignored Peach and started to run back to the inn but Samus caught her.
"Zelda, if you go in there, you know what's going to happen don't you? You're just offering yourself to them! There's no way you stand a chance in there!" Zelda pulled away.
"But look, look what they're doing to them!" Everyone turned around to look through the window and saw Roy with a bloody arm, Fox with a nasty bump on his head, and Link clutched by Guinevere, with a knife to his throat. Samus let out a low whistle.
"Where is that good for nothing Captain Falcon, and Mario? Why aren't they helping?" Samus said with her hand clenched.
"So we're going to help them?" Zelda asked hopefully.
"No. The boys are smart, they can vend for themselves. I know they'll be all right, don't worry." Peach was still looking through the window with her hands over her mouth, when suddenly, Ganon looked over and saw them. Then he yelled something to Guinevere, and then looked at them again slyly.
"GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!" Peach wailed and ran as fast as she could into the forest. Daisy followed suit.
"What?! What?! Come back here!" Samus yelled. Pikachu shrieked and pointed up to the sky, where they saw a purple winged, Ridley come flying at them with Ganon on his back. Zelda ran as if she had never run before. But Zelda also ran fast for Link, because she was stalling for them since Ganondorf and Ridley weren't after them. Samus was fast of course, she was behind Pikachu. Yoshi was next, then Peach and Daisy, since they had a head start, and Zelda was last, running for her life in her Princess Hyrule dress. Suddenly she wasn't running anymore, something had lifted her off the ground, and looking up she saw the ugly face of Ganon flying on Ridley. She let out a scream.
"ZELDA!" Link cried. Guinevere simply laughed. Fox had an idea and took his blaster out. He shot threw the window and made a series of shots towards Ridley who, as before, reared up and let go of Zelda, except now Fox had no mercy. He shot Ridley until he was down. Of course, he couldn't kill him with only his blaster but, he was unconscious. Zelda scrambled off the ground and started to run again. Ganondorf jumped off the unconscious Ridley's back and chased after them. Fox blew on the top of his blaster.
"Ahem." Guinevere cleared her throat. "I thought I told you not to move or-" She nicked Link's neck.
"Guinevere. don't..." Roy looked at her hopefully with his deep brown eyes.
"Hm. what am I going to do here?... I am in this room alone with two adorable guys. Sorry Fox, if I were a vixen then I would mean you too. And I'm supposed to watch over you. What should I do in the meantime?...." Link looked up at her, startled.
"We didn't know you were a slut," He said quietly. Gwen laughed.
"Oh please babe, didn't Roy tell you what fun we had last time?" She cackled. Link and Fox both looked at Roy who was blushing, but he still looked hateful towards her. Guinevere threw Link on the floor. Link touched his neck and then looked at his hand. It had blood on it.
"Where the hell are Mario and Captain Falcon." Link muttered wiping the blood on his sleeve. Gwen started towards the boys, when suddenly their prayers were answered. Captain Falcon appeared with a rope and Mario had a needle in one hand. Captain Falcon ran to Guinevere and did not let her fight him off. He wound the rope around her and she fell on the floor not having any support to stand.
"Mama Mia, we 'a found this 'a in your room 'a. I hope 'a you weren't planning 'a to do 'a this 'a!" Mario took out the needle. "What did you say?" Asked Guinevere not understanding his accent. "Night, night." Mario said and stuck the needle into Guinevere
"Mario!!! Captain Falcon!!! You don't know how glad we are to see you guys!" Roy said. "What took you so long?"
"Mama Mia, we had to wait for the opportune moment! We 'a couldn't get 'a caught by 'a Guinevere too! . Mama Mia boys, look at your cuts!" Link's neck was bleeding so furiously it was dripping down his chest. Roy's cut was turning black for some reason, and Fox's bump was swelling up pretty bad.
"That can't be good," Captain Falcon said looking at them with disgust.
"Let 'a me 'a go get 'a something for 'a it," Mario said.
"That would probably be the best thing to do for the cuts, but we need to get out of here as fast as we can."
"Right," Fox said agreeing with Link. "Let's get a move on."
"Mama Mia, are you 'a sure 'a?"
"Yeah." Said Roy getting up off the ground holding his arm. "Let's just get out of here." Captain Falcon and Mario agreed and broke out into a run for the back door.
"Where do you think the chicks are?" Captain Falcon asked.
"Hopefully they're all right." Link sighed.
"Hey, where's Samus? Shouldn't he be with us?" Captain Falcon asked. Link looked puzzled.
"No, she's with the girls.."
"What? Why?..... Whoa...... Wait..... Samus is a girl?!?" Fox rolled his eyes and tripped Captain Falcon. They all laughed and continued to run.
Pikachu, Yoshi, Samus, Daisy, and Peach were all hiding, in a dank dark cave. Finally Samus threw her hands up.
"We've been sitting here forever, and Zelda is never going to find us, no matter what you say Peach! You're just scared to go out and look for her! We'll I'm not letting her down. I'll be back." She said with a determined stride.
"ZELDA!" Her voice echoed through the woods.
"SAMUS?" Zelda's musical voice rang out. Samus ran to the voice and eventually found Zelda. Her hair still perfect and face unscratched.
"Zelda, you have to teach me your trick of still looking so great after all of that." She only laughed.
"Where is everyone else?"
"They're all in a cave, hiding, but I think the cost is clear now. Let's go to Mushroom village."
"Have you heard anything from the boys?"
"No. But I'm sure they're fine Zelda, don't worry." They got the gang and set off to Mushroom village. At one point Peach tripped over a tree root and claimed she "twisted her ankle", so she had to ride Yoshi the whole way there. It was actually, Yoshi thought, a nice change from Mario. Most of the conversation was done by Peach, complaining about how horrible she looked, and how bad her ankle hurt, and how much she needed her hair and nails done. Samus finally told her to shut up. Mushroom village was quite a nice little village. It reminded Zelda of the market place in Hyrule, and that made her homesick, so she refused to think about it. At the entrance, Zelda spotted a notice for the ball in Mushroom Kingdom.
"Hey guys!" Zelda gushed. "Look!" She read it aloud for them.
"Hear, hear! Next Wednesday, is November 14th, that special day that only comes once a year. Five years from Wednesday, at this very village Bowser took over our Kingdom. A kind dashing young plumber by the name of Mario saved the Kingdom and saved our lives. He vanquished the evil and now we are free! On November 14th , join us at Mushroom Kingdom, with your gown and dancing shoes and we will celebrate as we have every year!" All the girls had stars in their eyes. Even Samus.
"As a little girl, I always dreamed to wear a gown and go to a ball. Like Cinderella." She gushed. They all nodded and sighed. Yoshi squirmed under Peach as if to tell them to get going and they snapped out of it. Zelda looked back at the sign.
"Well, it was a nice thought."
"Maybe we can talk the boys into going!" Daisy squealed.
"We have more important things at hand." Zelda sighed. It really was a nice idea though. Peach was the Princess of Mushroom Kingdom, and was recognized all over town. Therefore, someone invited them into his inn to get some rest and wait for the boys. Peach was thoroughly disgusted with the place, being the Princess, but Zelda wanted to keep a low profile and not move into Mushroom Kingdom just yet.
Captain Falcon was certain they were going the right way. Mario was not. But who did they listen to? Captain Falcon. Fox was certain that this was the adventure from hell. Link threw his hands up.
"Where are we?" He glared at Captain Falcon.
"Um. I think near Mushroom Kingdom." He gave a weak smile.
"Mama mia! You think 'a!?! Oh boy." Mario was even fed up! Roy was the only one who stayed quiet. "You 'a do know 'a that the gates 'a to Mushroom Kingdom 'a close 'a at 11:00." Link looked at his watch. He looked at Mario.
"Do you know where we're going?" Mario looked around the surroundings and suddenly a light bulb went off. He nodded.
"Let's run!" Fox grinned. They raced neck and neck, Link was carrying Mario, asking him to point which way, since he doubted he could run as fast as them. When they got there Link looked at his watch.
"What time is it?" Fox asked, out of breath.
"10:59," Link said proudly. The gates slowly started to close. "Okay, now 11:00. Let's go!" They all squeezed though the gates, Roy being the last one in. The gatekeepers peered at them strangely, but when they saw Mario, they rejoiced. After many hugs and kisses from people they didn't know, Captain Falcon, Link, Fox, Mario, and Roy were led to a hotel. Link raced up stairs ahead of the guys.
"Zelda!"
"Link! I was so worried!" They hugged and Link looked her over. A few cuts here and there, but she was all right. He hugged her again. Captain Falcon and Samus continued their usual bickering and Mario ran over to Yoshi. However, Roy decided to head off to his room. Fox curiously followed him.
Roy was spread eagle on his bed when Fox came in.
"Are you okay? You don't seem. yourself."
"Fox." Roy sat up. "I can't do this. That encounter with Guinevere, Bowser, and Ridley. I should have known, I should have gotten up when Link had told me too. All because of me, Link was hurt by Ridley, and Bowser got you too." Fox crossed his arms amused.
"Roy. You can't blame that on yourself. There was no way you could have known why Link was trying to get you up-. Look. We all think you're a great leader and-"
"But we couldn't even fight Guinevere off alone! Mario and Captain Falcon had to come and save us! How in the world are we supposed to fight all the villains?" Fox shook his head.
"The circumstances will be different Roy! We'll be prepared, we'll be the ones barging in on them. We'll have the girls with us, and we will not be still asleep while we are trying to fight. It will be different. I promise you." Roy sighed, and Fox left his room.
"I don't know Zelda." Link raised one eyebrow. Peach, Daisy, Zelda, and Samus were around him.
"Come on Link! Just ask Roy about it! Going to a ball is not going to hurt anyone. It will just bring up our spirits!" Samus argued. Zelda nodded next to her. Peach and Daisy were tugging on his sleeves.
"Okay. All right. I think I know what he's going to say though."
Mushroom Village
Peach, Daisy, Zelda, Samus, Yoshi, and Pikachu were on the run for their lives. Pikachu was up front as if to guard the girls and Yoshi was in back for the same reason. Zelda looked back and suddenly stopped.
"What are you doing Zelda?" Samus yelled. "We have to go!" Zelda shook her head and smiled.
"Link was sweet to try to get us out of here. But right now he needs our help! I've gotta go back and help him!"
"Um, excuse me!" Peach scoffed. "I was the messenger there and um, if I remember right, he said don't look back!" Zelda ignored Peach and started to run back to the inn but Samus caught her.
"Zelda, if you go in there, you know what's going to happen don't you? You're just offering yourself to them! There's no way you stand a chance in there!" Zelda pulled away.
"But look, look what they're doing to them!" Everyone turned around to look through the window and saw Roy with a bloody arm, Fox with a nasty bump on his head, and Link clutched by Guinevere, with a knife to his throat. Samus let out a low whistle.
"Where is that good for nothing Captain Falcon, and Mario? Why aren't they helping?" Samus said with her hand clenched.
"So we're going to help them?" Zelda asked hopefully.
"No. The boys are smart, they can vend for themselves. I know they'll be all right, don't worry." Peach was still looking through the window with her hands over her mouth, when suddenly, Ganon looked over and saw them. Then he yelled something to Guinevere, and then looked at them again slyly.
"GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!" Peach wailed and ran as fast as she could into the forest. Daisy followed suit.
"What?! What?! Come back here!" Samus yelled. Pikachu shrieked and pointed up to the sky, where they saw a purple winged, Ridley come flying at them with Ganon on his back. Zelda ran as if she had never run before. But Zelda also ran fast for Link, because she was stalling for them since Ganondorf and Ridley weren't after them. Samus was fast of course, she was behind Pikachu. Yoshi was next, then Peach and Daisy, since they had a head start, and Zelda was last, running for her life in her Princess Hyrule dress. Suddenly she wasn't running anymore, something had lifted her off the ground, and looking up she saw the ugly face of Ganon flying on Ridley. She let out a scream.
"ZELDA!" Link cried. Guinevere simply laughed. Fox had an idea and took his blaster out. He shot threw the window and made a series of shots towards Ridley who, as before, reared up and let go of Zelda, except now Fox had no mercy. He shot Ridley until he was down. Of course, he couldn't kill him with only his blaster but, he was unconscious. Zelda scrambled off the ground and started to run again. Ganondorf jumped off the unconscious Ridley's back and chased after them. Fox blew on the top of his blaster.
"Ahem." Guinevere cleared her throat. "I thought I told you not to move or-" She nicked Link's neck.
"Guinevere. don't..." Roy looked at her hopefully with his deep brown eyes.
"Hm. what am I going to do here?... I am in this room alone with two adorable guys. Sorry Fox, if I were a vixen then I would mean you too. And I'm supposed to watch over you. What should I do in the meantime?...." Link looked up at her, startled.
"We didn't know you were a slut," He said quietly. Gwen laughed.
"Oh please babe, didn't Roy tell you what fun we had last time?" She cackled. Link and Fox both looked at Roy who was blushing, but he still looked hateful towards her. Guinevere threw Link on the floor. Link touched his neck and then looked at his hand. It had blood on it.
"Where the hell are Mario and Captain Falcon." Link muttered wiping the blood on his sleeve. Gwen started towards the boys, when suddenly their prayers were answered. Captain Falcon appeared with a rope and Mario had a needle in one hand. Captain Falcon ran to Guinevere and did not let her fight him off. He wound the rope around her and she fell on the floor not having any support to stand.
"Mama Mia, we 'a found this 'a in your room 'a. I hope 'a you weren't planning 'a to do 'a this 'a!" Mario took out the needle. "What did you say?" Asked Guinevere not understanding his accent. "Night, night." Mario said and stuck the needle into Guinevere
"Mario!!! Captain Falcon!!! You don't know how glad we are to see you guys!" Roy said. "What took you so long?"
"Mama Mia, we had to wait for the opportune moment! We 'a couldn't get 'a caught by 'a Guinevere too! . Mama Mia boys, look at your cuts!" Link's neck was bleeding so furiously it was dripping down his chest. Roy's cut was turning black for some reason, and Fox's bump was swelling up pretty bad.
"That can't be good," Captain Falcon said looking at them with disgust.
"Let 'a me 'a go get 'a something for 'a it," Mario said.
"That would probably be the best thing to do for the cuts, but we need to get out of here as fast as we can."
"Right," Fox said agreeing with Link. "Let's get a move on."
"Mama Mia, are you 'a sure 'a?"
"Yeah." Said Roy getting up off the ground holding his arm. "Let's just get out of here." Captain Falcon and Mario agreed and broke out into a run for the back door.
"Where do you think the chicks are?" Captain Falcon asked.
"Hopefully they're all right." Link sighed.
"Hey, where's Samus? Shouldn't he be with us?" Captain Falcon asked. Link looked puzzled.
"No, she's with the girls.."
"What? Why?..... Whoa...... Wait..... Samus is a girl?!?" Fox rolled his eyes and tripped Captain Falcon. They all laughed and continued to run.
Pikachu, Yoshi, Samus, Daisy, and Peach were all hiding, in a dank dark cave. Finally Samus threw her hands up.
"We've been sitting here forever, and Zelda is never going to find us, no matter what you say Peach! You're just scared to go out and look for her! We'll I'm not letting her down. I'll be back." She said with a determined stride.
"ZELDA!" Her voice echoed through the woods.
"SAMUS?" Zelda's musical voice rang out. Samus ran to the voice and eventually found Zelda. Her hair still perfect and face unscratched.
"Zelda, you have to teach me your trick of still looking so great after all of that." She only laughed.
"Where is everyone else?"
"They're all in a cave, hiding, but I think the cost is clear now. Let's go to Mushroom village."
"Have you heard anything from the boys?"
"No. But I'm sure they're fine Zelda, don't worry." They got the gang and set off to Mushroom village. At one point Peach tripped over a tree root and claimed she "twisted her ankle", so she had to ride Yoshi the whole way there. It was actually, Yoshi thought, a nice change from Mario. Most of the conversation was done by Peach, complaining about how horrible she looked, and how bad her ankle hurt, and how much she needed her hair and nails done. Samus finally told her to shut up. Mushroom village was quite a nice little village. It reminded Zelda of the market place in Hyrule, and that made her homesick, so she refused to think about it. At the entrance, Zelda spotted a notice for the ball in Mushroom Kingdom.
"Hey guys!" Zelda gushed. "Look!" She read it aloud for them.
"Hear, hear! Next Wednesday, is November 14th, that special day that only comes once a year. Five years from Wednesday, at this very village Bowser took over our Kingdom. A kind dashing young plumber by the name of Mario saved the Kingdom and saved our lives. He vanquished the evil and now we are free! On November 14th , join us at Mushroom Kingdom, with your gown and dancing shoes and we will celebrate as we have every year!" All the girls had stars in their eyes. Even Samus.
"As a little girl, I always dreamed to wear a gown and go to a ball. Like Cinderella." She gushed. They all nodded and sighed. Yoshi squirmed under Peach as if to tell them to get going and they snapped out of it. Zelda looked back at the sign.
"Well, it was a nice thought."
"Maybe we can talk the boys into going!" Daisy squealed.
"We have more important things at hand." Zelda sighed. It really was a nice idea though. Peach was the Princess of Mushroom Kingdom, and was recognized all over town. Therefore, someone invited them into his inn to get some rest and wait for the boys. Peach was thoroughly disgusted with the place, being the Princess, but Zelda wanted to keep a low profile and not move into Mushroom Kingdom just yet.
Captain Falcon was certain they were going the right way. Mario was not. But who did they listen to? Captain Falcon. Fox was certain that this was the adventure from hell. Link threw his hands up.
"Where are we?" He glared at Captain Falcon.
"Um. I think near Mushroom Kingdom." He gave a weak smile.
"Mama mia! You think 'a!?! Oh boy." Mario was even fed up! Roy was the only one who stayed quiet. "You 'a do know 'a that the gates 'a to Mushroom Kingdom 'a close 'a at 11:00." Link looked at his watch. He looked at Mario.
"Do you know where we're going?" Mario looked around the surroundings and suddenly a light bulb went off. He nodded.
"Let's run!" Fox grinned. They raced neck and neck, Link was carrying Mario, asking him to point which way, since he doubted he could run as fast as them. When they got there Link looked at his watch.
"What time is it?" Fox asked, out of breath.
"10:59," Link said proudly. The gates slowly started to close. "Okay, now 11:00. Let's go!" They all squeezed though the gates, Roy being the last one in. The gatekeepers peered at them strangely, but when they saw Mario, they rejoiced. After many hugs and kisses from people they didn't know, Captain Falcon, Link, Fox, Mario, and Roy were led to a hotel. Link raced up stairs ahead of the guys.
"Zelda!"
"Link! I was so worried!" They hugged and Link looked her over. A few cuts here and there, but she was all right. He hugged her again. Captain Falcon and Samus continued their usual bickering and Mario ran over to Yoshi. However, Roy decided to head off to his room. Fox curiously followed him.
Roy was spread eagle on his bed when Fox came in.
"Are you okay? You don't seem. yourself."
"Fox." Roy sat up. "I can't do this. That encounter with Guinevere, Bowser, and Ridley. I should have known, I should have gotten up when Link had told me too. All because of me, Link was hurt by Ridley, and Bowser got you too." Fox crossed his arms amused.
"Roy. You can't blame that on yourself. There was no way you could have known why Link was trying to get you up-. Look. We all think you're a great leader and-"
"But we couldn't even fight Guinevere off alone! Mario and Captain Falcon had to come and save us! How in the world are we supposed to fight all the villains?" Fox shook his head.
"The circumstances will be different Roy! We'll be prepared, we'll be the ones barging in on them. We'll have the girls with us, and we will not be still asleep while we are trying to fight. It will be different. I promise you." Roy sighed, and Fox left his room.
"I don't know Zelda." Link raised one eyebrow. Peach, Daisy, Zelda, and Samus were around him.
"Come on Link! Just ask Roy about it! Going to a ball is not going to hurt anyone. It will just bring up our spirits!" Samus argued. Zelda nodded next to her. Peach and Daisy were tugging on his sleeves.
"Okay. All right. I think I know what he's going to say though."