Yoshi's Story: The Quest for the Super Happy Tree
The Beginning
Once upon a time there was an island. And on that island lived a race of fruit eating dinos called Yoshis. The Yoshis lived in peace and harmony, laughing, playing, singing. But little did they know their fun was soon gonna end...
Off in the distance lay another island like the Yoshis', but only this island was dark and gloomy, not bright and happy like the Yoshis'. On that island lived only one main resident, a toddler koopa named Bowser. Every day Bowser looked out his castle window and saw the Yoshis' island. He hated how they always were cheerful, and he envied it. So Bowser came up with a plan, a malicious one... (Well, actually, Kamek did.)
"Kamek!" Bowser yelled.
A shell-less, purple robed koopa zoomed down the castle corridor on a broomstick.
"You called, Your evlish-ness?"
"Kamek, I want you to use yer wand to cast a spell over dat island over 'dere!"
"Why?" Kamek questioned.
"'Cause I said so! And 'cause it's too bright and cheerful. Giving me a headache! ...Hey! You're not sup'posta question me!" Boswer barked.
"Forgive me, Your wretched-ness." Kamek bowed. "What type of spell would you like for me to cast on them?"
"I dunno. Sumpin' evil, sumpin' that'll make the Yoshis regret ever livin'! Now you go do that, I gotst some impor'ent things to do!"
Kamek sighed. I hate that whiny little brat. I hate having to be his babysitter. I should've listened to my mom when she told me to be a lawyer! NOW what am I supposed to do?
As Kamek started to leave the nursery of Baby Boswer, he noticed Boswer looking at a pop-up book.
That gives me an idea... He thought.
Kamek hopped back on his broomstick and zoomed off to his workshop.
"Now where is that book?! I know I have in here somewhere!" Kamek said angrily while searching his desk full of books and papers.
"Ah-ha! I found it!" Kamek pulled a leather bound book from under a paper pile and propped it up on a table next to his cauldron.
"Short, sweet, and (hopefully) devastating!" He snickered and began adding the ingredients. Plus, it's just the thing to make that brat think he has the control, before I use his own antics against him!
In a matter of minutes his concoction was done and ready to be cast. Kamek took his wand and dipped it in the cauldron swirling the mixture around.
He took it out. The tip of his wand glew a purplish color.
"Heh, heh, looks like it came out how I wanted it." Kamek said as he hopped on his broomstick.
He zoomed back to Boswer's nursery. It was quiet. Way too quiet.
The brat must be asleep. Kamek thought.
Kamek carefully slipped in Bowser's room. It was a mess! Toys and books everywhere. Kamek searched the room with his eyes trying to find the pop-up book. It laid right where it was before. Carefully, he made his away through the mess of toys and picked up the book.
"Inanime obje' contl lif." He whispered. The book glew a purple also and started to levitate out of his hands. He flicked his wand at the book and it stopped in midair. He reached out and grabbed it, then set it back in the place it was before.
Bowser began to stir and mumble something.
That's my queue to leave! Kamek thought startled.
He summoned his broom and hop on it, zooming back to his workshop.
Back on the Yoshi Island...
As usual the Yoshis were dancing, singing, and playing. It was a very sunny day. Over in a small part of the Yoshi village, Niji, were a couple of expectant parent Yoshis. There was the Magma family, the Sky family, the Swam family, the Sento family, and the Grey family. They were all exited about their new arrivals into their family.
The Sento's had only one egg, the Magma had 2, the Sky's had 1, the Swam had 2, and the Grey had 2 also.
Although, little did they know their excitement was soon gonna come to a halt...
The next day.... ("Baby Bowser's castle")
"RRYAWN!" Baby Bowser yawned loudly.
Heh, heh. The brat's up. Kamek thought slyly. His plan was about to unfold.
"KAMEK!!!!" Bowser bellowed.
Kamek raced to Bowser's nursery on his broomstick.
"You called, Your malevolent-ness?" Kamek sucked up.
"Kamek. You was told to make the Yoshi's lives miser'ble. Did ya do my wittle task? Or do's I gotsta make heck?!"
"Oh yes, Your evilest-ness. I did what you have asked me to." Kamek levitated the pop-up book to Bowser.
"Wha? Dis is only my stupid pop-up book! Are you playin' games wit me? 'Cause, only I make up da games we play aroun' here!"
"No, no game, my evil lord. You see this is an enchanted book. I enchanted your book with-"
"WHA?! You played with one of MY toys?! You ain't supposta touch 'em! Your gonna be so-"
"Now wait a second, Your evilish-ness. With your pop-up book you can make the world any way you want it. Just like in a storybook. Including making the Yoshi's lives miserable. You can do anything with it!"
"Ooo." Said Bowser in awe. "Lemme try it." Boswer took the book and opened up a page in it and started to scribble.
The sky grew dark and the thunderclouds filled the air with lighting.
"Hehehe. Bye, bye Kamek!" said Baby Bowser innocently.
"What?! You can't do this to me. Why you little-"
And with that Kamek disappeared into thin air. Kamek's plan backfired, and very badly too.
"Ha! Now I gotst no one to boss me around. 'Sides, I saw what Kamek was doin'. He was gonna trick me into giving him the power so he'd be the most powerful. Nya, nya! Ain't gonna happen! I'm the ruler and dis is MY world now! Whahahaha!"
Back on the Yoshis Island...
Everything fun came to a halt. The sky turned a grayish color. Every Yoshi was frightened. And then, the most horrible thing happened, the only thing that kept them cheerful and happy (or so they thought), the Super Happy Tree, disappeared!
The Yoshis stopped their dancing, laughing and singing, and became depressed. Nothing seemed to matter anymore. Everything was hopeless. They could do nothing.
Back at the village Niji, the Yoshi eggs stirred. One by one the eggs started to hatch. First the green egg of the Sento family, then the dark blue egg of the Swam family, next the red egg of the Magma family, and then the light blue egg of the Swam family, then the yellow egg of the Sky family, and last but not least was the pink egg of the Magma family. All the Yoshi's were boys except the pink one, she was a natural girl.
All Yoshi, when born, are naturally smart, so the little ones were fully aware something was wrong.
"Hey!" said the green one. "Why's everyone so sad? Shouldn't we all be happy?"
"It's so grey..." said the dark blue Yoshi.
"Hey! Why's no one paying any attention to us?!" said the red one.
"Are you my brother?" the light blue asked the dark blue.
"I think so." He replied.
"Do we have any names?" asked the yellow one.
"No, how about we give ourselves some names since no one seems to care?" said the green one.
"I concur." Said the yellow.
"Hmm." Thought the green one. "My name's gonna be Green."
"Oh. We're gonna give ourselves our name colors." Realized the yellow one. "Okay, I'm Yellow."
"Nmm, I'm Blue, I guess." Said the dark blue one.
"I'll be the super-duper strong Red!!" said the red one.
"Mmm, you're just gonna be Red, okay?" said Green.
"Hmphf, fine. Gotta spoil all the fun, dontcha?" complained Red.
"What's my name gonna be?" asked the light blue one.
"Oh right. We already have Blue here, and you're blue too, so we gotta give you a different name." said Yellow. "How about LB? it stand for light blue."
"Okay. Sounds okay to me." Said LB.
"What's my color?" said the pink one.
"You're pink, so you'll be Pink." Said Yellow.
"Oh, okay!" Pink said cheerfully. "Pink, Pink, Pink, Pink."
"According to my calculations, Pink and Red are siblings and so are Blue and LB." said Yellow.
"What about us?" said Green.
"No, we're not siblings. Nor do we have any."
"Hmm, uh. We're there any others with us?" asked Blue.
"No, that I can think of." Said Green.
"Hmm, then those 2 egg imprints over there must be nothing." Said Blue coolly.
"Wha?! Nothing?! There are 2 lives here at stake and you say it's nothing?!" panicked Red.
"Woah, you've just gotta relax, Red. Just keep it cool and calm." Said Blue.
"Hey! Are you just gonna stay there and do nothing?!" Argued Red.
"Hey, hey! Stop fighting you two! We're supposed to be friends!" Yelled Green.
"Hmphf, I'll show him cool and calm." Muttered Red under his breath.
"Okay, let's see why everyone is so sad around here. We'll all meet back here. Blue and LB will go together, Red and Pink will go together, and I'll go with Yellow." Said Green.
"Hey! Who made you leader. If anyone should be the leader it should be me." Said Red, accusivly.
"Let's take a vote." Said Yellow. "All in favor of Red say 'Aye'"
Silence.
"Okay then, all in favor of Green say 'Aye'"
"Aye!" said all the Yoshis.
"Okay, then it's anonymous. Green is our leader."
"Good thing too." Said Blue. "With someone as hot-headed as Red we'd get nowhere or all end up killed."
"What was that?!" yelled Red.
"Okay, okay, cool-it you two. Now let's go by my plan, 'kay? We'll all meet back up here."
"Okay." They all said.
In LB and Blue's group...
I sorta wish I was in Pink's group. Fantasized LB. She's kinda cute.
"What're you so happy about?" asked Blue seeing his brother ginned wildly.
"Nothing, nothing." Said LB embarrassed. Phew, that was close.
Back in Pink and Red's group...
"Stupid Blue, makin' me look all stupid in front of everyone." Mumbled Red.
"Don't be mad brother." Said Pink cheerful and assuringly. "We're all supposed to be friends."
"Just 'cause we hatched out of our eggs in the same nursery at almost the same time doesn't mean we're friends!" yelled Red irritated.
Pink sniffled and started to shed tears.
Red saw her and felt bad about yelling. "Look I'm sorry I yelled. I'm just mad at Blue right now. I didn't mean to take it out on you."
"Thanks!" said Pink. "I forgive you big brother! You're the best!"
"Aw shucks, you don't haveta get all mushy and stuff." Said Red kiddingly.
In Green and Yellow's Group...
I wonder how Pink's doing. She seems awful nice. And kinda cute too... Thought Yellow, fantasizing also.
"Hey Yellow! Snap out of it. We're supposed to be finding out what happened."
"Oh yeah. Sorry Green."
A couple minutes later...
"Is everyone back here?" asked Green.
"Looks like it." Said LB.
"So, tell us what you found out, already!" said Red impatiently.
"Well, it seems the source of all our happiness lies in a tree called the Super Happy Tree. All the other's looked grey and dim in color. I wonder if that's a side-effect?" said Yellow.
"Same here." Said everyone else.
"So, what're we gonna do now?" asked LB.
Everyone looked at Green. Green paused.
"I know!" blurted out Pink. "We should go look for the Super Happy Tree!"
"Good idea Pink, but how?" said Green.
"What if we use our noses?" asked Yellow. "It's a tree, so that means it must bear fruit."
"Yeah, and if we stay all happy and not sad we should be able to not become like the others!" said Pink cheerfully.
"Okay then, gang." Said Green. "Let's move out!"
And so the Quest for the Super Happy Tree began. And so begins a new chapter...