M.T.Y.L------ THE THIRD AGE OF STARDOM

Link frowned at the open wall. He thought for sure he would be met by Mario here for the briefing of capturing Walsh Gawlden, a renegade Goron that used explosive items to avoid the law and commit crime. Then a fiery tornado was seen and its place stood the Mushroom hero, Mario. "You are patient Link." He said quickly while walking toward him, a crime card in his hand. "But our enemy has none." "I am aware master Mario" Link said almost sarcastically and grabbed the card from his hand. "Gorons cannot stand one thing. Speed." Mario stated coolly. Link pushed the thought to the back of his mind, but there happened to be no room. He was thinking about how he would get along with Ash in his M.T.Y.L strike for they had just had a very harsh oral fight. They both fancied Misty Waterflower, but her decision was unknown. Link turned his attention back to Mario who had just mentioned something about striking him in the neck with his bow, and Link nodded dismissively. "With that Link, I wish you good luck." Mario turned and summoned another fiery tornado and he vanished. Link paced toward Town Square, where the Goron criminal was.

Link was heading toward the hideout of the Goron criminal, and many people were staring at them, including Misty who he had met on the way over. They conversed, but then something caught his eye. Walsh's Arch Vault. Link dismissively said goodbye to Misty. Link reached for a bomb and blew open an Arch Vault containing Walsh's secret hideout. The Goron flew out with a Dodongo skin grenade and threw it at Link. Link quickly caught it and tossed it back to which Walsh Gawlden threw a bomb at to meet the grenade in mid air. Link whipped out his bow and fired three quick blasts to which the Goron fell to. An eruption of cheers came from around Link, but he had heard it all before. He walked back to the New Shroom M.T.Y.L office to get some rest.

Toad and Mario sat staring at the blueprints. "You are certain these came from the wreckage of Bowser's final keep?" Asked Mario. "I would bet my life on it." Toad said with an uncertain amount of confidence as he said it. "Then we must prepare." Stammered Mario. "Our Goombia forces alone cannot stop such a plan." Toad's face sank and guessed that he was the one to seek allies with his social skill. "Wake up that lazy pokemon trainer and tell him to amass a pokemon army." Mario said jokingly. Toad ran into the room next door and threw open the window sash and the sun glared in. Some nasty words were heard as the pokemon trainer rose from his bed. "Wha-what?!" Ash stammered as he rose from his bed in pure confusion. "Mario has commanded more pokemon allies for the next show down of Bowser and Ganondorf, and all those other evil dudes." Toad said slowly as not to confuse the dazed trainer. "Alright, alright." Stammered Ash as he slapped on a shirt and pants. "The master will be pleased." Toad said cheerfully as he dashed into the next room. Ash sighed and stared for a good minute at the picture of Misty on his bedside table. He felt somewhat incomplete without her at his side. He set out into the country side in look for more pokemon or pokemon trainers he could hire. He could wrestle a Rhydon to the ground with the skill training he had gotten from the M.T.Y.L squad. Seeing an Electabuz he dashed after it.

Well, you're probably wondering about the fifth member of this strike- force. Yoshi Frutie, the fun and very naive Yoshi from the native Yoshi colony of Chaibis. Well, he was quite a normal Yoshi, except for the fact that he was embedded by more star power than any other member of the M.T.Y.L force, making him a highly hated target by enemies. His fighting skills weren't all the greatest, so he was not to leave the house alone. One day he was so incredibly bored with himself he took it to himself to take a walk. This proved to be a bad idea when he was stopped outside his favorite fruit shop by the lanky baseball player Bill McKoopa, who was his greatest rival and probably would be for the rest of time. Yoshi did his best to ignore McKoopa, but his long whipping tail (no other yoshi had such a tail) tripped him. "Well, well, well, Frutie has left the house." He said smugly. "Not wise Frutie." Yoshi sucked up his pride and came back with "Well I is old enough!" Yoshi blushed at the silly grammar mistake. Snorting, McKoopa gave him another nasty thought. "Think about it Frutie. You could end up biting the dust with all the lackeys. I don't wanna loose my rival." He said it with a somewhat fake reassuring smile. Yoshi frowned. "I am quite aware of what I am dooooooooooooing!" He said it with a very funny slur. McKoopa laughed again. "You're a strange one Frutie. Maybe you should just stay away from these missions." Yoshi's mouth dropped and said "My friends need my star power!" McKoopa snorted. "Look after yourself, Frutie." With that, he leaped the building and disappeared from sight. Yoshi brushed himself off and walked off with a huff and a puff.
Now, there's something McKoopa is up to that would be interesting for you readers to know. McKoopa had been a reformed Bowser spy since he was so agile. He claimed he gave it up for professional baseball. Why is paying so much attention to Yoshi? Think about it...

As Mario paced through the halls of the darkened cavern he noticed several re-deads close towards him. He kept running as more evil figures closed in on him. Mario was met at the end by a blackened Bowser holding the... Star Rod? Mario woke up in sheer terror hoping this was but a dream of his fear rather than a vision. As he got up to fix some mushroom to help him to get back to sleep, he heard some stirring from Toad's room, as well as Yoshi and Link, but Ash remained silent. Toad has also gotten up and walked from his room to the kitchen. "Oh, no..." Thought Mario, as he dreaded the thought of Toad having the same dream traced his mind. Toad was a very powerful psychic, and Mario's faced grew grimmer as Toad appeared with an unhappy face. "Mario..." he started, but Mario had filled in the rest with the explanation of the dream. Toad shook his head. "If Bowser has really gained possession of the star rod, then we must urgently contact the guardian, Kirby.

The journey was long and hard, and the path to The Fountain of Dreams was driven by Bowser and Ganondorf's minions and even a few of Giovanni's. Tired and discouraged as they finally reached Dreamland, Ash had totally forgotten about even where they were going. "Wait up a sec." he said with a downward slur in his voice. "Where the hell are we supposed to be going?" "You can't be that idiotic." Link said rudely. "The Fountain of Dreams!" "Oh, right." Ash said. He had wondered why he couldn't take Misty with him, and ironically, Link was thinking about the exact thing. On entering the village around the fountain, people lay around with depressed looks. They looked up at the M.T.Y.L members are stared at them longing fully. Puzzled by the expression of the small village, Toad tried to peer into the minds of the villagers, but their minds were clouded with such negative thoughts, Toad could not enter. They had at last reached the lift. One by one they stepped up it and at the top they were greatly saddened to see the tragic scene. The fountain lay in ruins. As they poked around, Yoshi saw something that made him squeak loudly. There was Kirby lying in a Bowser cap. "Kirby!" Yelled Toad as he tried to shake Kirby awake, but his efforts were futile. Only Link who force fed a red-potion to Kirby could bring him back to his senses. He started stammering in his own language, and Toad translated that he did his best to stop Bowser, but he and King Dedede fell to the strength of Bowser's allies. Mario decided to bring Kirby back to the M.T.Y.L headquarters because he would be a powerful ally against the demons of Bowser and Ganondorf. Sighing because he knew the future looked dark, Mario headed back.
Meanwhile at the Bowser Keep... Bowser laughed manically as he held the dark star rod high above his head. Ganondorf stood beside him. "The daring plan is ready." He said. Bowser smirked. "Excellent. Why don't you do that." "Very well." Said Ganondorf with great reluctance in his voice, but he knew he would have to complete the mission in the first place.