Chapter 18: The Legend Of The Jewel Tribe
First,
before I begin I'd like to thank Silver Yoshi for letting me use half
of the stuff in this chapter.
(It was morning now. Luigi woke up
and saw Pinky, Yosheta, Mini Bluey, and Blacky talking by the river.
Everyone else was asleep.)
Blacky: It's not true! It's just a mere
myth!
Mini Bluey: No he isn't! He's real!
Pinky: There's no
such thing!
Mini Bluey: But me and Whitey saw him with our very
own eyes!
Luigi: What's up?
Yosheta: Dad says he saw a silver
yoshi, but mom and Blacky say there's no such thing.
Blacky: I
didn't say there's no such thing. I said it's part of a myth.
Luigi:
Myth? I didn't know there were yoshi myths.
Blacky: Here. Sit down
here. Mini Bluey, wake up everyone.
(Mini Bluey does as he was
told. Now everyone was sitting around Blacky.)
Blacky: Mysterious
music please.
(Mario took out his CD player and replaced the
headphones with a pair of speakers, then he pressed a button. The CD
player starts to play the cave theme from Super Mario 64.)
Blacky:
I...ahem...suppose this works. Thank you.
Mario: You're
welcome.
Blacky: And now I shall tell you the legend of...the
Jewel Tribe...
(Luigi paid very close attention to
Blacky.)
Blacky: Ahem...one day long, long ago there were four
Yoshi Gods.
Luigi: There are Yoshi Gods?
Blacky: It is said
that there is. Anyway, they were Whitedust, Blackdust, Stardust, and
Rainbow. They made a herd or tribe of beautifully colored yoshis.
They weren't basic colors like yellow or blue...
Yellowy &
Bluey: Hey!
Blacky: Sorry. No offense or anything. Back to where I
was, they were colors such as ruby, pearl, and, as Mini Bluey claims
to have seen, silver. As beautiful as they were, Rainbow believed
they were too powerful and wanted them to be destroyed.
Luigi: Oh
dear...
Blacky: The Jewel Tribe were native to Crystal Island. The
kings of the island were Goldendale the gold yoshi and Silverstone
the silver yoshi. Compared to us, the Jewel Tribe had hard lives.
Their main goal was to find the Yoshi Gods that created them.
Luigi:
That's a pretty big goal...
Blacky: But Crystal Island can be a
dangerous place. Chaos, the black diamond yoshi, keeps trying to
steal their precious crystal that they need.
Luigi: Black diamond
yoshi? Crystal?
Blacky: Um...the crystal is their food supply.
Instead of eating fruit, the Jewel Tribe eat crystals. The crystal
gives them food. If it is taken, they die.
Luigi: So that's why
they can't let Chaos have it. They starve without it. But what
happens when they find all the Yoshi Gods?
Blacky: Alas...even I
don't know. Like I said, it's just a myth so I'm not sure if it's
true. You may now turn the music off, Mario.
(Mario pushes a
button on the CD player and the music stopped.)
Mario: Got
it.
Sushie: (to herself) Wouldn't da yoshis on Lavalava Island
love to hear that story...
Mini Bluey: Well, back to the
search.
Luigi: Huh? Where are you going?
Mini Bluey: To find
Silverstone. I know I saw him. I even touched him. I know he's not a
myth if I can touch him. I'm going now. Bye.
(Mini Bluey left the
cave.)
Pinky: Oh no! Mini Bluey's being foolish again.
Mario:
Hmm...looks like a yoshi version of Kolorado.
Sushie: Ya got the
right, Mario.
Luigi: I'm going after his light blue tail whether
he likes it or not.
Purpley: Oh Luigi. Before you go...
(Purpley
kissed Luigi.)
Luigi: Purpley, do you mind... (quickly) Here I
go!
(Luigi dashes out of the cave. Everyone looks at
Purpley.)
Purpley: What? I thought it might help.
(Mini Bluey
was climbing up the mountain, following the river. Luigi was just
behind him.)
Mini Bluey: (muttering) Blacky thinks he's so smart.
I'll show him! I'll show all of them! Silverstone is real. I even
touched him. I'll find him and-
Luigi: (quickly) Hey Mini Bluey!
Wait up!
Mini Bluey: Huh?
(Luigi climbed up to where Mini Bluey
was.)
Mini Bluey: What are you doing here?
Luigi: (quickly)
Obviously, I'm trying to get you back to the cave.
Mini Bluey: You
don't believe me either, do you?
Luigi: (quickly) I dunno. I'm
just doing what's best for you.
Mini Bluey: I don't believe this!
You don't think I'm telling the truth either! I'm gonna find
Silverstone and bring him to the cave so everyone can see him.
Luigi:
(quickly) Where was the last place you saw him? Maybe that will
help.
Mini Bluey: He was at the beginning of the river. C'mon!
This way!
(So Luigi and Mini Bluey hiked upstream, heading to the
top of the mountain. They passed a few cascades along the way and
soon they came to...a...huge...waterfall. By now, the effect of
Purpley's kiss had worn off.)
Luigi: Is this where the river
starts?
Mini Bluey: Yes. Silverstone should be right up
there.
Luigi: I hope you're right...
(Luigi and Mini Bluey
started to climb the steep rocks by the waterfall. Mini Bluey, being
the determined yoshi that he is, climbed quite quickly while Luigi
tagged behind. Mini Bluey climbed onto a ledge and disappeared from
Luigi's sight. When he climbed up the ledge himself, he looked around
in awe. There was a rather large lake of water that eventually turns
into the waterfall. Standing near it were two yoshis. One was Mini
Bluey, but the other one was new to Luigi. It had a silvery color to
it and it shone when the sunlight hit it just right. When Luigi
walked up to them, they both saw him and waved.)
Mini Bluey: Oh
there you are, Luigi. This is Silverstone.
Silverstone: Greetings.
You appear to be pleasant. My name is Silverstone and I come from
Crystal Island.
Luigi: Holy crap...
