Chapter Sixteen
"Well, there's the castle, but how will we get in?" Toad asked worriedly.
"We need a distraction." Black Ninjakoopa replied. The entrance to the castle was heavily guarded.
"How do we distract them?" Toad wondered. They didn't have much to work with. Then an idea hit him. It was ridiculous, but it just might work. "Black Ninjakoopa?"
"Yes?"
"I need your shell."
It was a boring day for guardwork. The koopas guarding the castle entrance were bored. Very bored. There was no point to this. After all, Mario and Luigi had been captured. Who was left to come after the princess? One koopa stifled a yawn.
Then a yoshi appeared, which in itself was unusual. But even more unusually, it was riding a black shell in circles. Was it performing?
With nothing else to do, the koopas gathered around to watch the yoshi. So intent were they upon the show, that they failed to notice a toadstool and koopa sneaking by.
"Well," whispered Toad, "we're inside. Now what?"
"We have to find the Princess."
"How are we going to do that?"
"She's probably in a tower."
"Why's that?"
"Princesses are always kept captive in towers."
"Oh."
"This way."