(A/N: Sega owns Amy Rose. The characters Biggs and Wedge are owned by
Square. Pac-Man is owned by something. Nintendo owns Mario and co. as well
as the Mushroom Kingdom and anything else related to the Mario universe.
That should be it.
Also, in the Chapter 2 I wasn't saying that Super Mario Bros., Duck Hunt, and Pac-Man were boring games. I just needed some games to use.)
*****
"OW!"
"OOF!"
"OH!"
[I wish I hadn't done this.]
"AAH!"
"OW!"
"AIEE!"
[I wish I had something more than a raccoon leaf in my pocket.]
"OOH!"
"OOF!"
"UURGH!"
[Or that I at least had a raccoon leaf that worked.]
Mario usually had a back-up plan for when he fell from places in the sky. It was just his luck that he had a raccoon leaf in his pocket. He would've powered up the leaf and sailed through the sky with his tail, landing safely onto the ground.
Unfortunately the leaf gave out after a few minutes (which is unusual for a raccoon leaf) and sent Mario speeding into a forest within the castle grounds. It was there that he slammed into about 1,423 branches and finally got stuck on a branch nine feet above the ground.
"They don't grow raccoon leaves like they used to," groaned Mario. He quickly closed his mouth upon seeing two guards walking towards each other on a path that went through the center of the forest. The two guards stopped and stood not too far from where Mario was hanging
"How's it going?" asked one of the guards.
"Alright," said the other, "A quiet night as usual."
"Same here. It's always so boring around the castle grounds!"
"Yeah I know. Just once I'd love to catch somebody and beat the $#!% out of them. Anybody would do, even that Wario guy."
"I hate Wario! I hate him and anyone that looks like him!"
Mario gulped and prayed that they wouldn't see him.
"You know what I would do if I found someone trespassing around here? I'd take a huge pipe and beat them with it!"
"Whoa."
"And then I'd take a piranha plant and a chain chomp and let them munch on the trespasser. Then, I'd go to the lava lakes and pour boiling hot lava over..."
"Wait. Did you just hear something?"
Mario froze.
"Yeah I did."
The two guards looked at the direction opposite from where Mario was hanging from.
"I don't see anything."
"Me neither, it's probably nothing. How about we go to the royal golf course and play some golf."
"Sounds like a plan."
The two guards leave the area.
"Phew," said Mario.
"Hey!"
"Ack!" choked Mario. The plumber tried to keep as still as possible so that the guards would not notice him. They didn't come back though. Instead a figure arose from the other side of the forest path. The figure started to walk towards Mario until he could clearly see who it was.
"Amy!" exclaimed Mario.
"Mario," said Amy, "I've missed you so much!"
"I missed you too!"
"Umm....why are you hanging from a branch?"
"Oh yeah that. I fell from hundreds of feet above the ground and landed here."
"Hm."
"How did you get out of the torture room?" asked Mario.
"Well the guards there were trying to find a boring game to torture me with. So I asked for a cartridge that had Super Mario Bros., Duck Hunt, and Pac-Man on it."
"Wait, I know Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt can be on a cartridge, but Pac-man? That's from a completely different company. They'd never find.........oh, I think I get it now."
"Yeah, I'm just glad THEY didn't get it," said Amy. She looked up and down the forest path. "Now how are we going to get out of here?"
"I think I know of a way. All I need to do is get off of this branch," said Mario.
"I'm on it."
Amy threw rocks at Mario until he fell down.
"Owwwww! Was that the only way of getting me down you could think of?"
"It got the job done, didn't it?"
Mario sighed and started down the path with Amy behind him. They walked for a little while before they reached a large lake right behind the back of Peach's castle. Looking at the lake they could see the last bit of sunlight reflect off the water from the late afternoon sun. It's almost ridiculous how much has happened before night could even settle in.
As the sun set behind the trees, Mario and Amy slowed their paced. Mario suddenly stopped. "Someone's coming," he whispered loudly, "hide!" Both he and Amy jumped behind a bush as a mushroom guard ran down the path next to the lake. When the guard ran past the bush they stood up again.
"Why is he running?" asked Amy.
"Forget about it, let's go."
Mario grabbed Amy by the hand and they themselves started running towards the castle. They couldn't afford to get caught and face Peach again.
*****
Biggs and Wedge returned from their search for the Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/Pac-Man combo.
"We could only find separate cartridges of each game," said Biggs, "That SHOULD still be a problem, right?.......Uh oh."
Biggs and Wedge stared at a torture room with Amy nowhere in sight. Wedge muttered something under his breath. Biggs ran over to the interdepartmental phone and called Peach's chief mushroom assisstant.
*****
The door opened just slightly. Mario peeked at the surroundings before he finally stepped in. After giving the place a couple of quick glances he motioned Amy to come in. She walked as quietly as possible so as not to disturb anything. When she started to look around though, she was amazed to see how huge and spacious the place was.
"Where are we?" asked Amy.
"We're in the Royal Hangar," said Mario, "this is where we keep planes, airships, UFO's and other flying objects. To be honest with you I never get bored of this place." They both looked around the hangar, as if they were sightseers in a strange, new city. The weird machines Peach has collected over the years rested on the floor, walls, and even the ceiling. Grey planes with red wings sat in neat, straight rows near the center of the hangar. Rusty rocket ships were abandoned in a corner. Flying blocks floated around the ceiling lights. Amy thought that these objects were odd, but not half as odd as the stuff Robotnik has thrown at her friends.
"Here we go," said Mario.
Amy turned around to watch Mario pull a sheet off of something that looked like a giant cup. When it was completely uncovered she stared at the machine in horror.
"This is Peach's Clown Copter," announced Mario, "Yeah I know, it's a monstrosity but hey it was Peach's idea."
"Didn't you say that there was some guy named Bowser that had a clown copter?"
"Yep, and this was Peach's answer to it. She wanted to have one of her own, but sort opposite to the one Bowser has. So instead of it looking humorous and fun it looks ugly, scary and disheveled. But enough about that."
Mario jumped up the side of the copter and pulled himself up into the seat. He reached his gloved hand out for Amy, "Come on". She hesitated at first but eventually took Mario's hand and climbed in with him. Mario punched a whole bunch of buttons that seemed to turn the contraption on. Next he pushed a large green button. This opened the huge hangar doors. Finally Mario pulled the levers that sent the clown copter into motion.
The clown copter slowly exited the hangar and hung suspended in the air as Mario spun around 180 degrees. He pushed the same large green button to close the hangar doors and waited until it was back the way it was. But even after the doors were closed Mario still did not move. He stared at the hangar, the royal grounds, and Peach's entire castle.
"I guess this is it," he said.
Mario spun the copter around again and he and Amy flew off into the night sky. Everything was so dark outside that it was unlikely that anyone saw their escape and flight from the castle. Amy noticed that the only lights around were the random streetlights that lit the town below them. Seeing the streetlights lilt as if they were too tired to work made her want to lay down in the clown copter and fall asleep.
*****
To Be Continued...
Also, in the Chapter 2 I wasn't saying that Super Mario Bros., Duck Hunt, and Pac-Man were boring games. I just needed some games to use.)
*****
"OW!"
"OOF!"
"OH!"
[I wish I hadn't done this.]
"AAH!"
"OW!"
"AIEE!"
[I wish I had something more than a raccoon leaf in my pocket.]
"OOH!"
"OOF!"
"UURGH!"
[Or that I at least had a raccoon leaf that worked.]
Mario usually had a back-up plan for when he fell from places in the sky. It was just his luck that he had a raccoon leaf in his pocket. He would've powered up the leaf and sailed through the sky with his tail, landing safely onto the ground.
Unfortunately the leaf gave out after a few minutes (which is unusual for a raccoon leaf) and sent Mario speeding into a forest within the castle grounds. It was there that he slammed into about 1,423 branches and finally got stuck on a branch nine feet above the ground.
"They don't grow raccoon leaves like they used to," groaned Mario. He quickly closed his mouth upon seeing two guards walking towards each other on a path that went through the center of the forest. The two guards stopped and stood not too far from where Mario was hanging
"How's it going?" asked one of the guards.
"Alright," said the other, "A quiet night as usual."
"Same here. It's always so boring around the castle grounds!"
"Yeah I know. Just once I'd love to catch somebody and beat the $#!% out of them. Anybody would do, even that Wario guy."
"I hate Wario! I hate him and anyone that looks like him!"
Mario gulped and prayed that they wouldn't see him.
"You know what I would do if I found someone trespassing around here? I'd take a huge pipe and beat them with it!"
"Whoa."
"And then I'd take a piranha plant and a chain chomp and let them munch on the trespasser. Then, I'd go to the lava lakes and pour boiling hot lava over..."
"Wait. Did you just hear something?"
Mario froze.
"Yeah I did."
The two guards looked at the direction opposite from where Mario was hanging from.
"I don't see anything."
"Me neither, it's probably nothing. How about we go to the royal golf course and play some golf."
"Sounds like a plan."
The two guards leave the area.
"Phew," said Mario.
"Hey!"
"Ack!" choked Mario. The plumber tried to keep as still as possible so that the guards would not notice him. They didn't come back though. Instead a figure arose from the other side of the forest path. The figure started to walk towards Mario until he could clearly see who it was.
"Amy!" exclaimed Mario.
"Mario," said Amy, "I've missed you so much!"
"I missed you too!"
"Umm....why are you hanging from a branch?"
"Oh yeah that. I fell from hundreds of feet above the ground and landed here."
"Hm."
"How did you get out of the torture room?" asked Mario.
"Well the guards there were trying to find a boring game to torture me with. So I asked for a cartridge that had Super Mario Bros., Duck Hunt, and Pac-Man on it."
"Wait, I know Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt can be on a cartridge, but Pac-man? That's from a completely different company. They'd never find.........oh, I think I get it now."
"Yeah, I'm just glad THEY didn't get it," said Amy. She looked up and down the forest path. "Now how are we going to get out of here?"
"I think I know of a way. All I need to do is get off of this branch," said Mario.
"I'm on it."
Amy threw rocks at Mario until he fell down.
"Owwwww! Was that the only way of getting me down you could think of?"
"It got the job done, didn't it?"
Mario sighed and started down the path with Amy behind him. They walked for a little while before they reached a large lake right behind the back of Peach's castle. Looking at the lake they could see the last bit of sunlight reflect off the water from the late afternoon sun. It's almost ridiculous how much has happened before night could even settle in.
As the sun set behind the trees, Mario and Amy slowed their paced. Mario suddenly stopped. "Someone's coming," he whispered loudly, "hide!" Both he and Amy jumped behind a bush as a mushroom guard ran down the path next to the lake. When the guard ran past the bush they stood up again.
"Why is he running?" asked Amy.
"Forget about it, let's go."
Mario grabbed Amy by the hand and they themselves started running towards the castle. They couldn't afford to get caught and face Peach again.
*****
Biggs and Wedge returned from their search for the Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/Pac-Man combo.
"We could only find separate cartridges of each game," said Biggs, "That SHOULD still be a problem, right?.......Uh oh."
Biggs and Wedge stared at a torture room with Amy nowhere in sight. Wedge muttered something under his breath. Biggs ran over to the interdepartmental phone and called Peach's chief mushroom assisstant.
*****
The door opened just slightly. Mario peeked at the surroundings before he finally stepped in. After giving the place a couple of quick glances he motioned Amy to come in. She walked as quietly as possible so as not to disturb anything. When she started to look around though, she was amazed to see how huge and spacious the place was.
"Where are we?" asked Amy.
"We're in the Royal Hangar," said Mario, "this is where we keep planes, airships, UFO's and other flying objects. To be honest with you I never get bored of this place." They both looked around the hangar, as if they were sightseers in a strange, new city. The weird machines Peach has collected over the years rested on the floor, walls, and even the ceiling. Grey planes with red wings sat in neat, straight rows near the center of the hangar. Rusty rocket ships were abandoned in a corner. Flying blocks floated around the ceiling lights. Amy thought that these objects were odd, but not half as odd as the stuff Robotnik has thrown at her friends.
"Here we go," said Mario.
Amy turned around to watch Mario pull a sheet off of something that looked like a giant cup. When it was completely uncovered she stared at the machine in horror.
"This is Peach's Clown Copter," announced Mario, "Yeah I know, it's a monstrosity but hey it was Peach's idea."
"Didn't you say that there was some guy named Bowser that had a clown copter?"
"Yep, and this was Peach's answer to it. She wanted to have one of her own, but sort opposite to the one Bowser has. So instead of it looking humorous and fun it looks ugly, scary and disheveled. But enough about that."
Mario jumped up the side of the copter and pulled himself up into the seat. He reached his gloved hand out for Amy, "Come on". She hesitated at first but eventually took Mario's hand and climbed in with him. Mario punched a whole bunch of buttons that seemed to turn the contraption on. Next he pushed a large green button. This opened the huge hangar doors. Finally Mario pulled the levers that sent the clown copter into motion.
The clown copter slowly exited the hangar and hung suspended in the air as Mario spun around 180 degrees. He pushed the same large green button to close the hangar doors and waited until it was back the way it was. But even after the doors were closed Mario still did not move. He stared at the hangar, the royal grounds, and Peach's entire castle.
"I guess this is it," he said.
Mario spun the copter around again and he and Amy flew off into the night sky. Everything was so dark outside that it was unlikely that anyone saw their escape and flight from the castle. Amy noticed that the only lights around were the random streetlights that lit the town below them. Seeing the streetlights lilt as if they were too tired to work made her want to lay down in the clown copter and fall asleep.
*****
To Be Continued...