Disclaimer: See the prologue for my disclaimer
Super Mario RPG:
Legend of the Seven Stars
Chapter 3: Panic in the Mushroom Kingdom
When Mario and Mallow arrived in the Mushroom Kingdom, the streets
were filled with strange bouncing creatures. Almost no Mushroom People
were outside their homes, and the creatures, which looked like
mechanical Shy Guys riding pogo sticks, were attacking what few people
were around. One such creature was chasing the town guard. Mario and
Mallow defeated the monster, and the guard gave them ten coins.
Another Shyster, as the guard called the creatures, was attacking a
young man. When Mallow and Mario defeated it, the man noticed the
wallet they had. They gave it back, and he rewarded them with a Flower
Tab. Yet another Shyster was bouncing repeatedly on and off the roof
of a house, causing it to shake. This one went down as quickly as the
other two. Mario and Mallow went inside to check if the people there
were all right. The people inside were Raz and Raini, friends of
Mario, and a young couple who had lived together for a while.
"Hi, Mario," said Raini "Raz and I are finally engaged to be married.
We even decided to have the wedding in Marrymore,"
"That's great, isn't it? But no one can go outside because of the
monsters," said Raz. Then he noticed Mallow, "Hello, what's your
name?"
"This isn't the best time to introduce right now, but my name is
Mallow," the puffy would-be frog said.
"Do you think you can get rid of the monsters, Mario?" asked Raini
"I think Mallow and I can handle them," said Mario.
"I hope you're right," said Raini. "Good luck, though."
Mario and Mallow headed out until they heard screams coming from the
two- story house south of the castle. A family was being terrorized by
some Shysters were bouncing around in the kitchen. Mallow's
Thunderbolt attack destroyed them all, but somehow didn't harm the
house. The mother, the father, and the older son were relieved until
the mother realized that the younger son was still upstairs. The
father, Mallow, and Mario ran upstairs and found another Shyster
bouncing on the little boy's bed. The father was too scared to do
anything but hide in the corner, so it was up to Mallow and Mario to
defeat the creature. When the Shyster was defeated, the father gave
them a Flower Tab and told his son to grow up to be just like Mario.
The boy, who had always admired Mario and practiced jumping on his
bed, has thrilled.
Outside, Mario and Mallow saw a trail of Shysters coming from Peach's
Castle.
"We've got to hurry, Mallow!" Mario said. "Toad and the others are in
trouble!"
Inside the castle, there were Shysters everywhere. They headed for the
hallway between the guest room and the vault and found the guest room
servant being attacked by two Shysters. After Mario and Mallow rescued
him, the servant complained about the vault guard.
"I came out here to save him, and he ran inside the guest room." They
found the vault guard cowering in a corner. When they spoke to him, he
muttered something about a gold coin. As they left, he yelled, "Wait!
Here's something you can have, Mario." And he gave him a Wake Up Pin.
After they left, they saw Toad running from a Shyster. Mario flattened
the Shyster's head with his Hammer.
"Thank you very much Mario, " Toad told him. " Everyone else except
the Chancellor is in Peach's room. I tried to escape those monsters
but one caught me. Let me take you to the others."
Toad lead the two to the stairway to Peach's room, where two Shysters
where waiting. Mario and Mallow took care of them and the three
continued up the stairs. However, two Shysters were guarding the door.
They stopped bouncing when they saw Mario.
"Not so fast, pal!" the first Shyster said, bouncing as he spoke.
"Look at him, can't even bounce," said the second one. "Hey, maybe we
can bounce on his head!" Mario ducked as Mallow sent a Thunderbolt
their way. With the guards defeated, Toad, Mario, and Mallow walked
into Peach's room. The other servants and Peach's maid, Grandma,
greeted them.
"Toad! You came back!" one said.
"Thanks to Mario, of course," said Toad.
"What about the Chancellor?" a second one asked.
"He's still in the throne room."
"But now that Mario's here, he'll save the Chancellor from that big
monster, right?" the third one asked.
"Don't worry, leave him to me and my new friend," Mario reassured
them.
"All right!" everyone cheered. Then Toad spoke up.
"Wait a minute, Mario, I want to give you something. He ran to Peach's
dresser and pulled out a Flower Tab. He then brought it to Mario.
"Peach would be glad to give you this," he told him. Mario took the
Flower Tab, and then asked Grandma to heal him and Mallow.
"Okay, just as long as you don't try to sleep in Peach's bed, because
that would be rude" she said as she gave him the special type of
Mushroom that healed wounds and restored Flower Points. After that
Mario and Mallow went to the throne room, destroying any Shysters
getting in their way.
In the throne room they found six Shysters, the Chancellor shaking in
the upper-left corner and the big monster the servants were talking
about.
"Well guys, it looks like that, Thanks to Master Mack, we have a new
home," one of the Shysters said.
"Yeah! And everyone here is too scared to stop us," a second one said.
"That means that we can bounce around all day and all night," said a
third.
"And no one will dare to stop us!" said a fourth.
"Yahoo! Let's bounce the night away!" a fifth said. And they bounced
up and down contentedly until Mario and Mallow walked up to them. Two
of the Shysters tried to bounce on Mario's head, but he ducked and
they crashed into each other. The other four Shysters bounced around
Mario and Mallow angrily. Then the huge monster addressed them.
"Listen up!" Mack announced. "These two are trying to put an end to
our party. What do you think about that?"
"Oooh, you're in for it now!" the first Shyster said to Mario and
Mallow as he bounced towards them.
"You two are in real trouble!" said the second Shyster as he did
likewise.
"No one messes with Mack and gets away with it!" said the third.
"How'd you like a fat lip to go with that ugly moustache?" threatened
the fourth. And Mack and the four Shysters attacked.
The Shysters bounced on Mario and Mallow's heads and Mack chanted a
spell. A fireball flew above him and landed on Mallow. Mallow fell
unconscious form the attack, so Mario had to use a Pick Me Up. When
Mallow got back up he used his HP Rain to heal Mario. One Shyster
bounced on Mario's head, another on Mallow's. Then the other tow sent
Drain spells at Mario, which sent a small fireball at the plumber.
Mack jumped up and disappeared. Mario pounded one with his Hammer, and
Mallow used his Thunderbolt attack. The Thunderbolt destroyed them
all. Mack reappeared and used his Flame spell at Mario. Mario used a
Mushroom and Mallow used another Thunderbolt. Mack was stunned and
took a Fire Orb and another Thunderbolt before recovering.
"Let's see if you can survive this. FLAME WALL!" the spell sent a huge
wall of fire, which burned both Mario and Mallow. Mario ate a Mushroom
while Mallow cast HP Rain. Four more Shysters came from the ceiling.
Mario used Fire Orb on Mack and Mallow used Thunderbolt on them all.
When the four Shysters died, four more replaced them. Mario and Mallow
each drank some Honey Syrup. Mack jumped up and disappeared and the
Shysters attacked. Mario realized that if they killed the Shysters
while Mack was fighting him and Mallow, he would have to wait until
they stayed alive before he disappeared. He told Mallow to kill these
Shysters, so Mack would reappear and to keep killing them when more
came. Mallow used Thunderbolt on the Shysters, and Mack reappeared and
cast his Flame Wall Spell. Mario and Mallow healed. And four more
Shysters came. Mario used his Fire Orb while Mallow used Thunderbolt.
Four more Shysters appeared and Mario and Mallow repeated their
attacks. Mario used a Honey Syrup when their Flower Points became low.
Mallow used his Thunderbolt one last time and not only did the four
Shysters die, but so did Mack.
Suddenly, a light blue star appeared from behind the throne. It flew
around the room, stopped above Mario, and spun around rapidly before
landing in Mario's hands. The last two Shysters in the front of the
room saw this and spoke to each other
"This is not good," the first one said.
"This is not good," the second one repeated.
"The mustachioed one in strong"
"Strong, yes."
"We must warn Lord Smithy."
"Let's get out of here." And the two Shysters bounced out of the
castle, and out of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Mario walked up to the Chancellor, who jumped up when he felt him.
"Egad!" the Chancellor exclaimed. Then he turned to see Mario. "Oh,
it's you! Did you just get rid of those monsters?"
"Yes, I did,' said Mario.
"Saved by Mario again. How can we ever thank you enough?" said a very
relieved Chancellor.
The next day, everything in Peach's castle went back to normal. Except
for the fact that Princess Peach was still missing. The Chancellor
paced around worried. "First, Miss Toadstool gets kidnapped, then
monsters come and take over the Kingdom. Whatever are we going to do?"
"I know!" said Mallow.
"Excuse me, but who are you?" asked the Chancellor.
"I'm Mallow form Tadpole Pond, sir. I think Mario should come with me
to ask my grandpa, the great sage Frogfucius, for advice. He knows
everything."
"Very well, then. If you're Mario's friend, you're our friend as well.
Please, Mario, please bring the princess back to us as soon as
possible."
"Well, that's settled. Let's go Mario. But why did I come here in the
first place?"
"Did you have an errand to do?" said Mario.
"Oh, yeah! Let's stop by the store now."
At the store the shopkeeper asked Mallow, "So, did you get your coin
back?"
"Sure did, with Mario's help," answered Mallow.
"That's great. Now keep this pie in a safe place so it won't be stolen
or eaten or whatever, Okay?"
"Okay, I will. Thanks again Mario. Grandpa will be delighted. Next
stop, Kero Sewers." And with that the two travelers left the Mushroom
Kingdom.
******************************************************************
Could Mack, the sword-like creature who invaded the Mushroom
Kingdom; have anything to do with the star that Mario found? Our
heroes
move on to Kero Sewers
Super Mario RPG:
Legend of the Seven Stars
Chapter 3: Panic in the Mushroom Kingdom
When Mario and Mallow arrived in the Mushroom Kingdom, the streets
were filled with strange bouncing creatures. Almost no Mushroom People
were outside their homes, and the creatures, which looked like
mechanical Shy Guys riding pogo sticks, were attacking what few people
were around. One such creature was chasing the town guard. Mario and
Mallow defeated the monster, and the guard gave them ten coins.
Another Shyster, as the guard called the creatures, was attacking a
young man. When Mallow and Mario defeated it, the man noticed the
wallet they had. They gave it back, and he rewarded them with a Flower
Tab. Yet another Shyster was bouncing repeatedly on and off the roof
of a house, causing it to shake. This one went down as quickly as the
other two. Mario and Mallow went inside to check if the people there
were all right. The people inside were Raz and Raini, friends of
Mario, and a young couple who had lived together for a while.
"Hi, Mario," said Raini "Raz and I are finally engaged to be married.
We even decided to have the wedding in Marrymore,"
"That's great, isn't it? But no one can go outside because of the
monsters," said Raz. Then he noticed Mallow, "Hello, what's your
name?"
"This isn't the best time to introduce right now, but my name is
Mallow," the puffy would-be frog said.
"Do you think you can get rid of the monsters, Mario?" asked Raini
"I think Mallow and I can handle them," said Mario.
"I hope you're right," said Raini. "Good luck, though."
Mario and Mallow headed out until they heard screams coming from the
two- story house south of the castle. A family was being terrorized by
some Shysters were bouncing around in the kitchen. Mallow's
Thunderbolt attack destroyed them all, but somehow didn't harm the
house. The mother, the father, and the older son were relieved until
the mother realized that the younger son was still upstairs. The
father, Mallow, and Mario ran upstairs and found another Shyster
bouncing on the little boy's bed. The father was too scared to do
anything but hide in the corner, so it was up to Mallow and Mario to
defeat the creature. When the Shyster was defeated, the father gave
them a Flower Tab and told his son to grow up to be just like Mario.
The boy, who had always admired Mario and practiced jumping on his
bed, has thrilled.
Outside, Mario and Mallow saw a trail of Shysters coming from Peach's
Castle.
"We've got to hurry, Mallow!" Mario said. "Toad and the others are in
trouble!"
Inside the castle, there were Shysters everywhere. They headed for the
hallway between the guest room and the vault and found the guest room
servant being attacked by two Shysters. After Mario and Mallow rescued
him, the servant complained about the vault guard.
"I came out here to save him, and he ran inside the guest room." They
found the vault guard cowering in a corner. When they spoke to him, he
muttered something about a gold coin. As they left, he yelled, "Wait!
Here's something you can have, Mario." And he gave him a Wake Up Pin.
After they left, they saw Toad running from a Shyster. Mario flattened
the Shyster's head with his Hammer.
"Thank you very much Mario, " Toad told him. " Everyone else except
the Chancellor is in Peach's room. I tried to escape those monsters
but one caught me. Let me take you to the others."
Toad lead the two to the stairway to Peach's room, where two Shysters
where waiting. Mario and Mallow took care of them and the three
continued up the stairs. However, two Shysters were guarding the door.
They stopped bouncing when they saw Mario.
"Not so fast, pal!" the first Shyster said, bouncing as he spoke.
"Look at him, can't even bounce," said the second one. "Hey, maybe we
can bounce on his head!" Mario ducked as Mallow sent a Thunderbolt
their way. With the guards defeated, Toad, Mario, and Mallow walked
into Peach's room. The other servants and Peach's maid, Grandma,
greeted them.
"Toad! You came back!" one said.
"Thanks to Mario, of course," said Toad.
"What about the Chancellor?" a second one asked.
"He's still in the throne room."
"But now that Mario's here, he'll save the Chancellor from that big
monster, right?" the third one asked.
"Don't worry, leave him to me and my new friend," Mario reassured
them.
"All right!" everyone cheered. Then Toad spoke up.
"Wait a minute, Mario, I want to give you something. He ran to Peach's
dresser and pulled out a Flower Tab. He then brought it to Mario.
"Peach would be glad to give you this," he told him. Mario took the
Flower Tab, and then asked Grandma to heal him and Mallow.
"Okay, just as long as you don't try to sleep in Peach's bed, because
that would be rude" she said as she gave him the special type of
Mushroom that healed wounds and restored Flower Points. After that
Mario and Mallow went to the throne room, destroying any Shysters
getting in their way.
In the throne room they found six Shysters, the Chancellor shaking in
the upper-left corner and the big monster the servants were talking
about.
"Well guys, it looks like that, Thanks to Master Mack, we have a new
home," one of the Shysters said.
"Yeah! And everyone here is too scared to stop us," a second one said.
"That means that we can bounce around all day and all night," said a
third.
"And no one will dare to stop us!" said a fourth.
"Yahoo! Let's bounce the night away!" a fifth said. And they bounced
up and down contentedly until Mario and Mallow walked up to them. Two
of the Shysters tried to bounce on Mario's head, but he ducked and
they crashed into each other. The other four Shysters bounced around
Mario and Mallow angrily. Then the huge monster addressed them.
"Listen up!" Mack announced. "These two are trying to put an end to
our party. What do you think about that?"
"Oooh, you're in for it now!" the first Shyster said to Mario and
Mallow as he bounced towards them.
"You two are in real trouble!" said the second Shyster as he did
likewise.
"No one messes with Mack and gets away with it!" said the third.
"How'd you like a fat lip to go with that ugly moustache?" threatened
the fourth. And Mack and the four Shysters attacked.
The Shysters bounced on Mario and Mallow's heads and Mack chanted a
spell. A fireball flew above him and landed on Mallow. Mallow fell
unconscious form the attack, so Mario had to use a Pick Me Up. When
Mallow got back up he used his HP Rain to heal Mario. One Shyster
bounced on Mario's head, another on Mallow's. Then the other tow sent
Drain spells at Mario, which sent a small fireball at the plumber.
Mack jumped up and disappeared. Mario pounded one with his Hammer, and
Mallow used his Thunderbolt attack. The Thunderbolt destroyed them
all. Mack reappeared and used his Flame spell at Mario. Mario used a
Mushroom and Mallow used another Thunderbolt. Mack was stunned and
took a Fire Orb and another Thunderbolt before recovering.
"Let's see if you can survive this. FLAME WALL!" the spell sent a huge
wall of fire, which burned both Mario and Mallow. Mario ate a Mushroom
while Mallow cast HP Rain. Four more Shysters came from the ceiling.
Mario used Fire Orb on Mack and Mallow used Thunderbolt on them all.
When the four Shysters died, four more replaced them. Mario and Mallow
each drank some Honey Syrup. Mack jumped up and disappeared and the
Shysters attacked. Mario realized that if they killed the Shysters
while Mack was fighting him and Mallow, he would have to wait until
they stayed alive before he disappeared. He told Mallow to kill these
Shysters, so Mack would reappear and to keep killing them when more
came. Mallow used Thunderbolt on the Shysters, and Mack reappeared and
cast his Flame Wall Spell. Mario and Mallow healed. And four more
Shysters came. Mario used his Fire Orb while Mallow used Thunderbolt.
Four more Shysters appeared and Mario and Mallow repeated their
attacks. Mario used a Honey Syrup when their Flower Points became low.
Mallow used his Thunderbolt one last time and not only did the four
Shysters die, but so did Mack.
Suddenly, a light blue star appeared from behind the throne. It flew
around the room, stopped above Mario, and spun around rapidly before
landing in Mario's hands. The last two Shysters in the front of the
room saw this and spoke to each other
"This is not good," the first one said.
"This is not good," the second one repeated.
"The mustachioed one in strong"
"Strong, yes."
"We must warn Lord Smithy."
"Let's get out of here." And the two Shysters bounced out of the
castle, and out of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Mario walked up to the Chancellor, who jumped up when he felt him.
"Egad!" the Chancellor exclaimed. Then he turned to see Mario. "Oh,
it's you! Did you just get rid of those monsters?"
"Yes, I did,' said Mario.
"Saved by Mario again. How can we ever thank you enough?" said a very
relieved Chancellor.
The next day, everything in Peach's castle went back to normal. Except
for the fact that Princess Peach was still missing. The Chancellor
paced around worried. "First, Miss Toadstool gets kidnapped, then
monsters come and take over the Kingdom. Whatever are we going to do?"
"I know!" said Mallow.
"Excuse me, but who are you?" asked the Chancellor.
"I'm Mallow form Tadpole Pond, sir. I think Mario should come with me
to ask my grandpa, the great sage Frogfucius, for advice. He knows
everything."
"Very well, then. If you're Mario's friend, you're our friend as well.
Please, Mario, please bring the princess back to us as soon as
possible."
"Well, that's settled. Let's go Mario. But why did I come here in the
first place?"
"Did you have an errand to do?" said Mario.
"Oh, yeah! Let's stop by the store now."
At the store the shopkeeper asked Mallow, "So, did you get your coin
back?"
"Sure did, with Mario's help," answered Mallow.
"That's great. Now keep this pie in a safe place so it won't be stolen
or eaten or whatever, Okay?"
"Okay, I will. Thanks again Mario. Grandpa will be delighted. Next
stop, Kero Sewers." And with that the two travelers left the Mushroom
Kingdom.
******************************************************************
Could Mack, the sword-like creature who invaded the Mushroom
Kingdom; have anything to do with the star that Mario found? Our
heroes
move on to Kero Sewers