Yoshida laid in her bed wondering why Sir said the creatures were her enemies. She sat up and looked out her window as the festival gave way again.
"I look nothing like daddy. I look like those guys," She said to herself. "Daddy says they are our enemies, but they look just like me." She was confused. She wanted answers.
The little Yoshi hopped out of bed and walked into the den. She had many questions that she needed answered. She stood behind the couch, holding her only stuffed animal, that was ripped in many areas.
"Daddy?"
"Yoshida, what are you doing up! I told you to go to bed!" Sir said. He was angry she wasn't listening to him.
"Daddy!" Yoshida said again.
"What Yoshida? You see I am in the middle of a show!" Sir said turning back around to the television, showing a movie where koopas, like Sir, were chasing and attacking helpless Yoshis. It was a comedy to him.
"Daddy. What are those guys doing to those guys who look like me?" Yoshida asked referring to the show. Sir started to get annoyed, and a little worried.
"They are protecting themselves. Those creatures, who look nothing like you for your information, were first attacking them." Sir lied.
"Daddy. I been thinking."
"What about Yoshida?" He asked.
"Why am I different? I look nothing like you!"
Sir was shocked. His plan seemed to be disintegrating slowly right before his eyes.
"Don't worry about it. You are one of us. Now, go back to bed."
Yoshida didn't like that. She wanted answers now. She started getting demanding.
"I wanna know now, daddy!:" She shouted at him. He became infuriated. He picked up a bat that was in the corner of the room, and began swinging at the now frightened Yoshi. She ran and hid behind a bookshelf. Sir came after her and swung again, hitting her in the arm. She cried, holding her arm.
"Don't EVER talk to me that way! When I tell you to do something, you DO it!" He roared.
"Daddy. Please! Don't hurt me!" She cried. She dodged him and ran up the stairs into her room, slamming the door and locking it. Sir ran up the stairs, and began banging on her door.
"Don't you run from me! You will pay for your attitude towards me, Yoshi!"
Yoshida cried the rest of the night, rubbing her soar arm, and watching the other Yoshis having a good time.
***
Yoshida grew older, and she became more interested in the island across the bay and the inhabitants there. She was now positive that she belonged over there, but Sir kept a close eye on her, to make sure she didn't get as close to the island as she did a few years earlier.
Things became harder on Yoshida, including her treatment from Sir. She became his guinea pig in many of his experiments, and also a slave in the house. He beat her regularly, and she was full of black and blues, and scars. She had become aware of her status in that house, and she wanted out. She wanted nothing to do with anything there. She sat up in her room, that now became her cage, and stared out the window, daydreaming, holding the beat up stuffed animal.
"Someday, Buddy, I am going to be on that island, living the life a Yoshi should." She said to her only friend. "You and me, alone, with no torment, no Sir, no Erick, nothing evil at all!" She looked at the stuffed animal, then hugged it with tears.
Sir over heard her.
"Well, well, well. Daydreaming of escaping again, huh? Sorry, but just don't even bother bringing your hopes up. It'll never happen" Sir said with a chuckle. He walked through the bar doors and locked it behind him. Yoshida stared at him, still with tears in her eyes.
"Just you wait, Sir! I'll be free, and there is no way you can stop me!"
"Do you think you will make it out there, alone? You and that mess you call a plush? Let me remind you of a little something," He said circling the Yoshi like a predator to its prey. He lifted up a sleeve on Yoshida's shirt, revealing the diamond-shaped burn on her arm. "This is proof that you won't make it. As long as you have this on your arm, you are dangerous to those on the other island. You will not be welcomed there. You may even be killed. It's also reassurance to me that you will be returned to me if you ever did run away." Sir said. Yoshida looked at the floor. "You're stuck, hunny."
"I will make it! I am just like them! I will not be like you at all. My true character will show more than this burn!"
"Alright. If you think so. Go ahead, go to the other island! I'll bet you won't make it! If you wanna prove me wrong, go ahead!" Sir challenged her. Yoshida looked up at him.
"Really?"
"Yeah. Go ahead. Try to stay alive!" Sir said. He walked out the door, leaving it open. Yoshida took her few possessions, wrapped them up, and walked out. Sir even escorted her, happily, out the door. Yoshida looked back at the only world she knew. Sir waved her on. She took a deep breath of fresh air, and headed onto a world unknown.
"Good luck" Sir said at last, and shut the door.
Yoshida walked to the edge of the island. There was a little boat on the side, and she pulled it over. She hated little boats, but she wanted to get across before Sir changed his mind. She rowed to the other side.
Freedom at last! It was actually happening.
Yoshida landed on the soft sand of the other island. She took a step out of the boat and headed through a small group of trees outlining the perimeter of the island. Ahead was a little path leading to the main city. She slowly traveled down it, taking in her surroundings.
"Well, buddy! We are here!" She said to the stuffed animal, who was wrapped up with everything else.
***
The main city was full of colorful Yoshis. Some little ones playing tag, and hopscotch, throwing a little berries on the squares, and then eating them when they passed. Yoshida smiled at them.
She traveled through the city, till she got to a path to village. Some Yoshis stared at the unfamiliar, beat up Yoshi. Yoshida waved with a little smile, and continued on.
She finally got to the village, and knocked on the first house. A bright blue Yoshi opened the door.
"Yes? May I help you?" He said. Yoshida froze. She never talked to anyone else besides Sir and Erick, and whomever else entered that house. The blue Yoshi looked Yoshida over, and realized that she might be hurting. "Are you ok? Do you wanna come in?"
Yoshida looked down. "May I?"
"Definitely! I'll get some ice to help those black and blues." He said, making room for Yoshida to enter the house.
"Thank you!" Yoshida said with her head still down. She sat on a nice comfy sofa and waited for the other Yoshi to return. A few minutes passed and he did return with a pouch of ice and was ready to place it on Yoshida's upper arm.
"I'll do it. Thanks" Yoshida said, taking the ice thankfully. She didn't want him to see the burn.
"I don't recall ever seeing you here before. Are you from this island?"
"No. I come from another one."
"OK. So what happened to you?"
"I rather not talk about it." She pulled the ice off her burned area and moved it, but the sleeve didn't fall down that much, revealing the bottom of the symbol. The blue Yoshi stared at it, then realized it was Sir's symbol. He got upset.
"Get outta here!" He shouted, snatching the ice pouch from her. He picked up her stuff, threw it out and pointed out the door. "Get out, you con! Your not going to swindle me in any scheme of that koopa!" Yoshida looked at him with tears in her eyes. She got up and walked out, jumping at the loud slam of the door.
Yoshida wondered over to the next house. She knocked, and the door was opened slightly.
"Go away. I don't have anything you want here!" A female voice said. She over heard the blue Yoshi next door. Yoshida's heart sunk at the each word. She walked away. She tried a few more houses, but got similar treatment.
"I guess Sir was right. I am not welcomed." Yoshida said, taking out the stuffed animal. She sat at the foot of a tree, by a pasture next to the village. "Oh buddy. I dunno what to do!" She squeezed the stuffed animal and began to cry, alone, just like before.
"I look nothing like daddy. I look like those guys," She said to herself. "Daddy says they are our enemies, but they look just like me." She was confused. She wanted answers.
The little Yoshi hopped out of bed and walked into the den. She had many questions that she needed answered. She stood behind the couch, holding her only stuffed animal, that was ripped in many areas.
"Daddy?"
"Yoshida, what are you doing up! I told you to go to bed!" Sir said. He was angry she wasn't listening to him.
"Daddy!" Yoshida said again.
"What Yoshida? You see I am in the middle of a show!" Sir said turning back around to the television, showing a movie where koopas, like Sir, were chasing and attacking helpless Yoshis. It was a comedy to him.
"Daddy. What are those guys doing to those guys who look like me?" Yoshida asked referring to the show. Sir started to get annoyed, and a little worried.
"They are protecting themselves. Those creatures, who look nothing like you for your information, were first attacking them." Sir lied.
"Daddy. I been thinking."
"What about Yoshida?" He asked.
"Why am I different? I look nothing like you!"
Sir was shocked. His plan seemed to be disintegrating slowly right before his eyes.
"Don't worry about it. You are one of us. Now, go back to bed."
Yoshida didn't like that. She wanted answers now. She started getting demanding.
"I wanna know now, daddy!:" She shouted at him. He became infuriated. He picked up a bat that was in the corner of the room, and began swinging at the now frightened Yoshi. She ran and hid behind a bookshelf. Sir came after her and swung again, hitting her in the arm. She cried, holding her arm.
"Don't EVER talk to me that way! When I tell you to do something, you DO it!" He roared.
"Daddy. Please! Don't hurt me!" She cried. She dodged him and ran up the stairs into her room, slamming the door and locking it. Sir ran up the stairs, and began banging on her door.
"Don't you run from me! You will pay for your attitude towards me, Yoshi!"
Yoshida cried the rest of the night, rubbing her soar arm, and watching the other Yoshis having a good time.
***
Yoshida grew older, and she became more interested in the island across the bay and the inhabitants there. She was now positive that she belonged over there, but Sir kept a close eye on her, to make sure she didn't get as close to the island as she did a few years earlier.
Things became harder on Yoshida, including her treatment from Sir. She became his guinea pig in many of his experiments, and also a slave in the house. He beat her regularly, and she was full of black and blues, and scars. She had become aware of her status in that house, and she wanted out. She wanted nothing to do with anything there. She sat up in her room, that now became her cage, and stared out the window, daydreaming, holding the beat up stuffed animal.
"Someday, Buddy, I am going to be on that island, living the life a Yoshi should." She said to her only friend. "You and me, alone, with no torment, no Sir, no Erick, nothing evil at all!" She looked at the stuffed animal, then hugged it with tears.
Sir over heard her.
"Well, well, well. Daydreaming of escaping again, huh? Sorry, but just don't even bother bringing your hopes up. It'll never happen" Sir said with a chuckle. He walked through the bar doors and locked it behind him. Yoshida stared at him, still with tears in her eyes.
"Just you wait, Sir! I'll be free, and there is no way you can stop me!"
"Do you think you will make it out there, alone? You and that mess you call a plush? Let me remind you of a little something," He said circling the Yoshi like a predator to its prey. He lifted up a sleeve on Yoshida's shirt, revealing the diamond-shaped burn on her arm. "This is proof that you won't make it. As long as you have this on your arm, you are dangerous to those on the other island. You will not be welcomed there. You may even be killed. It's also reassurance to me that you will be returned to me if you ever did run away." Sir said. Yoshida looked at the floor. "You're stuck, hunny."
"I will make it! I am just like them! I will not be like you at all. My true character will show more than this burn!"
"Alright. If you think so. Go ahead, go to the other island! I'll bet you won't make it! If you wanna prove me wrong, go ahead!" Sir challenged her. Yoshida looked up at him.
"Really?"
"Yeah. Go ahead. Try to stay alive!" Sir said. He walked out the door, leaving it open. Yoshida took her few possessions, wrapped them up, and walked out. Sir even escorted her, happily, out the door. Yoshida looked back at the only world she knew. Sir waved her on. She took a deep breath of fresh air, and headed onto a world unknown.
"Good luck" Sir said at last, and shut the door.
Yoshida walked to the edge of the island. There was a little boat on the side, and she pulled it over. She hated little boats, but she wanted to get across before Sir changed his mind. She rowed to the other side.
Freedom at last! It was actually happening.
Yoshida landed on the soft sand of the other island. She took a step out of the boat and headed through a small group of trees outlining the perimeter of the island. Ahead was a little path leading to the main city. She slowly traveled down it, taking in her surroundings.
"Well, buddy! We are here!" She said to the stuffed animal, who was wrapped up with everything else.
***
The main city was full of colorful Yoshis. Some little ones playing tag, and hopscotch, throwing a little berries on the squares, and then eating them when they passed. Yoshida smiled at them.
She traveled through the city, till she got to a path to village. Some Yoshis stared at the unfamiliar, beat up Yoshi. Yoshida waved with a little smile, and continued on.
She finally got to the village, and knocked on the first house. A bright blue Yoshi opened the door.
"Yes? May I help you?" He said. Yoshida froze. She never talked to anyone else besides Sir and Erick, and whomever else entered that house. The blue Yoshi looked Yoshida over, and realized that she might be hurting. "Are you ok? Do you wanna come in?"
Yoshida looked down. "May I?"
"Definitely! I'll get some ice to help those black and blues." He said, making room for Yoshida to enter the house.
"Thank you!" Yoshida said with her head still down. She sat on a nice comfy sofa and waited for the other Yoshi to return. A few minutes passed and he did return with a pouch of ice and was ready to place it on Yoshida's upper arm.
"I'll do it. Thanks" Yoshida said, taking the ice thankfully. She didn't want him to see the burn.
"I don't recall ever seeing you here before. Are you from this island?"
"No. I come from another one."
"OK. So what happened to you?"
"I rather not talk about it." She pulled the ice off her burned area and moved it, but the sleeve didn't fall down that much, revealing the bottom of the symbol. The blue Yoshi stared at it, then realized it was Sir's symbol. He got upset.
"Get outta here!" He shouted, snatching the ice pouch from her. He picked up her stuff, threw it out and pointed out the door. "Get out, you con! Your not going to swindle me in any scheme of that koopa!" Yoshida looked at him with tears in her eyes. She got up and walked out, jumping at the loud slam of the door.
Yoshida wondered over to the next house. She knocked, and the door was opened slightly.
"Go away. I don't have anything you want here!" A female voice said. She over heard the blue Yoshi next door. Yoshida's heart sunk at the each word. She walked away. She tried a few more houses, but got similar treatment.
"I guess Sir was right. I am not welcomed." Yoshida said, taking out the stuffed animal. She sat at the foot of a tree, by a pasture next to the village. "Oh buddy. I dunno what to do!" She squeezed the stuffed animal and began to cry, alone, just like before.