Chapter I: Destiny Island and the Toad Town Part I
The sun shined brightly as the boy sat up, rubbing his head. He yawned and looked around, noticing he was on the island from his dreams. He heard the waves of the water lightly hit the sand. The seagulls flew over his head, squawking lightly. He noticed the sun was shining brightly in his eyes. He looked back down and rubbed his face, trying to fully wake up
"This dream better be over." he yawned tiredly. He lied back and screamed upon seeing the same girl with the red hair, looking down at him. He turned around to see the girl giggling at him "Kairi, do you always have to sneak up on me like that? Give me a break!"
"Sora, you lazy bum! I kinda figured you would be snoozing around somewhere." Kairi giggled. "Anyone can hear your snoring from a mile away!"
"I wasn't sleeping!" Sora protested. He then lowered his eyes. "Or snoring for that matter. This weird, huge black thing tried to swallow me, I couldn't move, I couldn't breath, I couldn't- OW!"
Sora rubbed his head feeling pain from it. He groaned from the pain in his head and shook it off.
"You're still dreaming again, aren't you?" Kairi smirked.
"I'm...not sure." said Sora in disbelief. "It was this strange place. There was this weird voice and these strange creatures. It was so bizarre."
"Sure, it was." Kairi said sarcastically, giggling.
"Hey, Kairi, since you're not from here, do you know what your old hometown was like?"
"Well, I can't really remember." Kairi said uncertain. "I don't remember anything at all."
"Nothing at all?" Sora asked.
"Nothing."
"Do you ever want to go back?" Sora asked.
"Of course not silly!" She giggled to Sora. "I love it here. Every day the three of us always play fun games. There's no reason to leave. I love it here too much. But maybe I would like to go visit it."
"That's not all." Sora said, standing up with excitement. "I want to see every single world out there. It's been a life long dream of mine. I'll travel to the end of the world, just to see them all. I'm not coming home until I visit every single one."
"So what are we waiting for? We have a raft, so let's go then!"
"Hey! Aren't you guys forgetting about me?" called a voice. The two turned to see the white-haired boy holding a log around his arm. "Besides, the raft isn't even done yet guys."
"Sorry, Riku." Sora chuckled in apology. "I guess we got too excited."
"You're goofing off, while I get stuck doing the dirty work." Riku joked. "How sad." He threw the log to Sora who caught it, but fell down. "And you're just as lazy as he is, Kairi."
"Well, so you've noticed." Kairi chuckled. "Come on guys, we'll finish it together! How about a race?"
"Huh?" Sora asked in surprise.
"What? Now?" Riku added.
"Ready...GO!"
Sora and Riku both stood up and ran side by side. All three of them laughed as they ran under the bridge. The wind blew in their faces from all the excitement and laughter. Their spirits were lifted as they continued to run with full energy. Little did they know that a mysterious brown robed figure with a hood was watching them. He especially looked at Sora, who aroused some curiosity. He then turned and walked away. Later that day, Sora walked over to Kairi who had her back against a wooden door.
"Sora, do you think you can gather up the rest of the equipment?" Kairi asked. "Riku is already doing his share and I've done mine."
"Sure." Sora complied, nodding.
Kairi handed him a list and he walked off. Sora walked ahead of him and noticed a log and picked it up. He knew he wouldn't be able to carry it all, so he looked for a place to put everything. He then walked over to a wooden cabin area and observed it. He thought it would be a perfect place to put everything.
"Hmm..I'll make a pile over here." Sora said to himself.
Sora put the log on the ground near the wooden cabin area. He then left to go find the remaining items when he heard a familiar voice.
"Hey, man!" called a voice. Sora turned and saw Wakka waving to him. "What's up, ya?"
Sora walked up to Wakka and greeted him, "What's up, Wakka?"
"You want to spar for a little bit man." Wakka asked.
"But you know, I'd kick your butt again." Sora said, rolling his eyes. "Besides, I've got things to do."
"Aw, come on man!" Wakka said upset.
"I guess I could take a break for a few minutes." Sora decided with a smile.
"Then, let's rumble!" Wakka shouted.
Wakka took out a ball and threw it as Sora, who jumped out of the way.
"That's why he never wins, he does the same strategy." Sora groaned, rolling his eyes.
Sora ran at Wakka with his wooden sword ready to strike. Wakka threw another blue and white colored ball at Sora again, but Sora knocked it back, hitting Wakka in the head with the ball.
"Ugh, my head hurts!" said a dazed Wakka.
With Wakka confused and throwing balls in random areas, Sora attacked Wakka, hitting him with his sword constantly. Wakka finally regained full control of himself and punched Sora in the face, sending him back and making him fall to the ground.
"Well, he's gotten better." an impressed Sora said. He then saw another ball coming at him. "Whoa!"
Sora dodged the attack again. Wakka continued to throw balls at Sora, who dodged them all. Some almost hit him, but he narrowly missed the attacks. Sora sweated nervously, those were too many close calls he thought. He knew it was time to get serious against Wakka.
"Now for the big finish!" Wakka shouted.
Jumping up into the air, he threw a ball super fast at the boy, but he deflected the attack back with his sword, hitting Wakka in the head, making him fall onto the ground. He weakly tried to get up, but he felt dizzy from the blow and fell down again.
"Um, maybe we should stop." Sora said, worryingly. He ran over to Wakka and bent down to him "Are you okay, dude?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, bruda." Wakka said exhausted. He then stood up and smiled at Sora. "You've gotten a lot stronger, ya?"
"Well, I've been training." Sora blushed, rubbing his head. "I have some things to do so I'll catch up with you later."
Sora said good-bye to Wakka and walked off to continue his mission.
"Take care man!" Wakka shouted to Sora.
Sora climbed up a few ladders until he reached a small little room. It was a very small squared room and very old. Some grass stuck out from the structures. Sora noticed a white cloth hanging on the side of the room. He walked over to it and felt it. It was sturdy enough, so it could be useful.
"No one will mine if I borrow it." Sora nodded with assurance. He took the cloth and added it to the pile. He then checked off the list with a pencil. "Check!"
Sora walked onto the dock and then noticed Selphie sitting there, watching the water. Her eyes were closed as the gentle breeze embraced her face.
"Ah, the breeze feels so great." she sighed with relaxation in her voice. She turned around and noticed Sora. "Hey, Sora!"
"What are you doing, Selphie?" Sora asked, trying to establish a little conversation..
"Just hanging out and enjoying the breeze." she replied standing up. "By the way, did you hear about the legend of the paopu fruit?"
"What legend?" Sora asked, intrigued.
"They say that if two people share it, they'll be apart of each others lives forever" she explained. "Isn't that romantic?"
"Actually, I was looking for one myself." Sora remarked.
"To give it to Kairi, huh?" Selphie teased.
"Well...I...uh..." Sora stuttered, blushing.
As a boy, Sora has always felt strongly about Kairi. He couldn't stop looking at her with her beautiful blue eyes, he glowing red hair, and her smile. They were always together, no matter what.
"Only kidding with you.." Selphie giggled. "You do what you want with it. It's not my concern."
Sora then remembered had a task to complete, "Shoot! If I don't get going, Kairi's going to kill me!"
"I won't keep you waiting, Sora." Selphie said. "You should get going."
Sora said his good-byes and left. Sora headed up towards another wooden area where he saw a rope and Tidus swiping his red stick.
"Hey, Sora!" Tidus called out. "You want to spar? I'm getting kind of board at swatting at the wind."
"I'm kinda in hurry," Sora said with haste. "I need that rope."
"I'll tell you what," Tidus smirked. Sora knew he was planning something for him. "You beat me and I'll give you the rope."
"I guess I have no chose." Sora moaned, complying.
Sora and Tidus walked down to the beach area to fight.
"You're going down!" Tidus cried, getting his stick out.
The battle began as Sora ran at Tidus with his sword out. He tried to attack, but Tidus did a back flip and countered, hitting Sora in the head.
"Ouch!" Sora shouted as he fell down. He quickly got up, rubbing his head. "That hurt!"
"Get ready for more pain!" Tidus yelled as he charged at Sora again. Sora did the same maneuver again at Tidus which got him annoyed. "You're so predicable."
Tidus back flipped again from Sora's attack. When he tried to countered this time, Sora rolled out of the way of his attacked and hit Tidus in the side, countering his counter. Tidus ran at Sora and they both clashed their weapons together. They struggled against each other trying to push back. Riku watched from a smaller island connected from a bridge. On it were palm trees, one which was bent side ways. Riku sat on the island, impressed with Sora's fighting skills.
"Sora has gotten better." Riku said, impressed. "But he needs to be really strong for this journey."
"Give up, Sora!"
"No way! I need that rope!" Sora shouted.
He pushed Tidus back who fliped and charged at Sora again. Sora and Tidus clashed again and Tidus attacked Sora with fury hits. Sora defended a bunch of blows, but couldn't defend them all and got knocked down again. Sora weakly tried to get up, but the blonde boy knocked him down with his stick.
"Man, you should just quit." Tidus said, laughing at the boy. "I mean, I'm kicking your butt!"
Tidus ran at Sora again, but he tripped on his sandals and stumbled. Sora then violently hit Tidus with his sword. Sora finished his move with a roundhouse kick, sending Tidus spinning into the water. Tidus screamed as he fell into the water. Tidus sat up in the water and rubbed his head.
"Oops! Sorry!" Sora chuckled sheepishly. "I guess I got carried away it."
'Don't worry about." Tidus chuckled. Sora ran over and helped him up. "Man you've got stronger! But chances of beating Riku are extremely slim. Wakka, Selphie and I took on him three to one last time and he creamed us!"
"Yeah, Riku is pretty strong." Sora commented. "I had many spars with him, but could never win. But I will beat him one day."
"Good luck doing so!" Tidus joked. "By the way, you beat me fair and square so here's your rope."
Tidus handed Sora the rope and smiled saying "Thanks! Hope to spar with you again soon!" Sora then left, waving good-bye to his friend.
"You too!"
Sora returned to the pile and placed the rope down. Looking at his list, he saw there was only one more to go.
"Only one more log and that should do it." He said to himself.
Sora walked across the bridge and noticed Riku sitting on a tree. He was faced away from him and watching the sun slowly make its way towards the horizon. Sora walked up to greet his friend.
"Hey, Riku!"
"Hey, Sora! Did you gather everything yet?" Riku asked his friend..
"I just need the log and I'll be done." Sora responded.
"Hey, want to battle for a little bit?" Riku asked. "I'm getting kind of board of sitting here." He then teased Sora. "That is unless you're chicken."
"No way!" smirked Sora with a tough attitude. "I'll beat you this time! I'm ready for you!"
"The tough guy attitude? You're hopeless!" Riku chuckled as he jumped off the tree. He turned to Sora and took out the same wooden sword Sora had. Sora also took his sword out and got ready. "This one will decide the champion! Are you ready?"
"Bring it on!" Sora shouted as he charged at Riku.
Sora swiped at Riku, but Riku jumped out of the way and begin mocking Sora saying "Don't tell me your giving up already?" Or "What are you afraid of?" Sora tried to attack Riku again, but he blocked the attack, countering and hitting Sora in the face and sending him flying into a tree. Riku attacked Sora again, but Sora rolled out of the way and kicked Riku knocking him on the ground.
Riku looked like he was down for the count as Sora charged at him again. Riku then bent his back and his feet and kicked up and hit Sora. Sora jumped back and clashed his sword with Riku's sword. They both struggled for a bit but Riku pushed Sora back and he landed on his feet. Sora ran at Riku again and swiped at him. Riku bent his back and pushed Sora over his himself. Sora recovered and charged again. The two clashed again and Sora tripped Riku, but Riku quickly caught himself and jumped over Sora's next strike.
"Well, you've gotten better!" Riku smirked impressed. "I'm not holding back anymore!"
Riku clashed with Sora again, and this time Sora pushed Riku back and he knocked Riku's sword out of his hand. Sora smirked and swiped at Riku again, but the white haired boy spun out of the way and slid on his knees across the floor and grabbed his sword and jumped up. Sora and Riku got into a sword fight clashing and dodging their attacks for a bit. Sora then saw an opening on Riku and he rammed Riku, causing him to go flying off the edge, but he grabbed onto it.
"Are you okay, Riku?" Sora said, hurrying to help his friend.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Could you give me a hand?" Riku asked, extending his right hand to Sora.
"No problem!" Sora smiled warmly.
He extended his hand to Riku who grabbed on who then pulled Sora over him and he landed in the water. Riku began laughing at Sora who made an angry look at Riku.
"Sorry, man, I couldn't resist!" Riku laughed. He then jumped down and helped his friend up. "You can't help your opponent out, not until they're beaten. Remember that, Sora."
"I'll try." Sora chuckled. "Come on, let's go see, Kairi!"
"Yeah, let's bring the supplies to her!"
The two friends left and Riku helped carry some of the supplies back to Kairi who was waiting for them.
"It's about time!" she giggled "I've been waiting for hours!"
"Sorry, it took so long. We had a few interruptions while we were searching." Sora explained "But we got everything."
"You lost to Riku again, didn't you?" Kairi asked with a giggle.
"Yeah." Sora chuckled. "But I'll beat him someday!"
"Hm, I wish you luck on that." Riku smirked.
"Oh, by the way Sora, this is for you." Kairi said handing him a bottle. "It should make you feel better if your hurt."
Sora received an Hi-potion pocket it for later. For the rest of the day the kids played all sorts of different games and had lots of conversations. Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie talked about Blitzball, while Kairi, Sora, and, Riku worked on the raft. Later that night, Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie got on their row boats and headed home while the others were on the little island. Sora and Kairi sat on a tree while Riku leaned against it.
"So, do you think Kairi's home is out there?" Sora asked Riku.
"It could be." Riku replied. "But we're not going to know by staying here."
"But, how far could a raft take us?" Sora asked again. "Do you think it's even strong enough to make this journey?
"You're full of question today!" Kairi giggled to Sora.
"Well, I'm not sure, Sora." Riku responded to Sora's question "If it doesn't work, we'd think of something else. There are other possibilities, not just a raft."
"What would you do if you got to another world?" Kairi asked Riku with curiosity.
"Well, I don't really know." Riku responded unsure. "I thought about it, but I'm quite not sure. I've always wondered why we're on this island. If there are other worlds, why were we born on this one? Let's just say there are other worlds, that means that our world is a little part of something even greater. We would have easily ended up somewhere else, right?"
"I don't know." Sora said laying on a branch.
"Exactly. That's why we need to go out there and find out." Riku explained. "If we stay here, we'd never know about what was out there. It's just been the same old thing on this island, day by day. So let's go."
"You've been thinking about this a lot lately." Kairi commented to Riku.
"It's all because of you." Riku said turning to Kairi.
"Me?"
"When you came to our island, I realized that you weren't from this world." Riku explained. "That's when I knew that there were other places out there. If it wasn't for you, I would never have thought of the idea. Thanks, Kairi."
"You're welcome." Kairi smiled.
"Let's head home, guys." Sora said jumping off the branch.
"Yeah, it's getting pretty late." Kairi added.
Kairi ran ahead of the boys and headed towards her boat. Sora began walking when Riku called to him.
"Sora!"
"What's up?" Sora asked.
"Catch!" Riku called, throwing a star at Sora. The yellowed shoed boy caught it and looked at it. "I noticed you wanted one, right?"
"A paopu fruit?" Sora asked in surprise
"Legend has it that; if two people share it, they'll be a part of each others lives forever." Riku explained. "I know what your thinking, give it a shot."
"Huh?" said Sora with a blush "What are you talking about?
Riku laughed and headed towards his boat. Sora threw the fruit away and headed towards his boat. The three friends said good-bye and headed off for home. Sora rowed his boat in the water and looked up at the sky. He wondered to himself what was out there.
Separated through space and time were hundreds and hundreds of other worlds. One world in particular was occupied by a small town with a giant castle. The town was very colorful and full of mushroom like creatures. The town had a garden, tons of shops, and a postoffice. The castle in the back was guarded by a giant blue gate with a yellow star printed on it. Behind the town was a small house near by a green pipe.
The house was made of wood with a red roof top, and near by it was a little mailbox. There was a path that connected from the stairs to the house and to a green pipe. A turtle like creature came floating down carrying a pouch full of mail. The creature itself had wings, a red scarf, a red baron type of helmet and had a brownish type of shell. The creature then put the mail inside the mail slot.
The creature flew looked at the house and called to it, "Mail call!"
It then left the area, knowing he has done his job. The door opened and a tall and skinny man with a black moustache and white gloves, walked out of the house humming a tune. (The Super Mario Brothers Theme) The man wore blue overalls, a green shirt underneath it and a green hat with a green letter "L" on it.
He opened the Mail Box and took out the letters and headed into his house. The house itself was pretty simple with a kitchen, a bathroom, and a bedroom. The man entered the bedroom and sat on the bottom of a bunk bed. The blankets on the bottom bed are green, while the ones on top are red. The man looked through his letter with disappointment.
"Bills." The man grumbled in his Itallian accent. "Why does my brother always go away on missions, while I get stuck at home with the bills? Mama-mia! But, he was pretty quite about this new mission. I don't think he even told the princess." The man then gasped at one of the letters. "It's from my brother!" He quickly shred open the letter and read it. As he read it, his eyes widen and he got nervous. "On, no! This is terrible! I've got to tell Yoshi!" The man quickly got up and left his house.
He ran to the green pipe and jumped into it.
"Yahoo!"
He slid through the pipe and arrived in the small town. The sign next to the entrance of the town said "Toad Town" Under it in small letters it said. "Home of the Mushroom Kingdom's great ruler, Princes Toadstool" The man quickly ran through the town, heading towards the giant castle which was in the distance. As he ran through town, many of the mushroom creatures waved to him and called his name.
"Hi, Luigi! Good morning, Luigi!" The townsfolk greeted.
"I can't talk right now!" Luigi said, making haste.
He quickly bolted through the rest of town and arrived outside the two giant doors. There, two mushrooms guarded the entrance.
"Ah, good morning, Luigi." one of the guards said, greeting Luigi
"Listen, I need to get through! Something urgent has come up!"
"Of course sir!" the guard complied.
The guards moved out of the way and the giant door open. Luigi ran through and arrived at a giant castle. The castle itself was made out of stone and had a red roof. The castle was in front of a giant field with a yellow path. The path would reach a fork where there were two other yellow paths that went left and right. Straight ahead was a stone bridge that lead to the castle's entrance. In the middle of the castle was a glass portrait of a blonde woman, wearing a pink dress, and it looks like she is praying. Luigi ran down the path.
"Where is he?" Luigi said with panic in his voice. He then turned to his left and noticed something. "Aha! There you are!" Luigi ran over to the grassy fields to where a little dinosaur was sleeping. The dinosaur skin was green, with his front part white from his neck to the back of his tail. He also has red scales on his back. Also on his back was a red saddle and he wore red shoes and he had oval vertical eyes. He snored softly in a cute tone. Luigi then began shaking him. "Yoshi! Yoshi! Wake up! We've got a big problem!" Yoshi however was still asleep. With that Luigi sighed saying "Looks like I have no choice."
Luigi's hand began glowing green and he shot a fireball out at Yoshi's bottom, burning his tail. Yoshi jumped up and screamed and waved his hand at his tail, trying to cool himself off. Yoshi was still a little sleepy as he sat back down and yawned. He then turned to Luigi
"Good morning, Luigi." Yoshi said sleepily. "Why did you burn Yoshi's tail?"
"Listen kid, we've got a big problem!" Luigi told Yoshi. "But you can't tell anybody about it."
"So, Yoshi can't tell Princess Peach?" Yoshi asked.
"Not even Peach!"
"Daisy?"
"No one!" Luigi snapped.
"Oh, Yoshi see! Luigi want to tell secret to Peach and Daisy." Yoshi realized. "Luigi can them now. Good morning ladies!"
"Uh-oh." Luigi said nervously. He turned slowly around and noticed the young woman with the pink dress and another young woman that wore a yellow dress and had brown hair and also wore a crown. "Good morning, Princesses Peach and Daisy." He then lowered his voice. "Um, how long have you been standing there?"
"Long enough to hear everything" Peach said, a little disappointed. "Luigi, if there is something important going on, then I deserve the right to know."
Luigi gulped nervously, "Well...I..."
"Come on, Luigi." Daisy said softly to Luigi. "You can tell us what the big secret is. Can't you?
"Well, I guess I can tell you guys." Luigi said, blushing at Daisy.
"How about we talk about it over Tea and crumpets?" Peach offered.
"Ooh, Yoshi love crumpets!" Yoshi said excitedly.
The four headed into the castle, not a where of the horrible events that were to come.
To Be Continued...