Disclaimer: I don't own DDR: Mario Mix's intellectual property, but I do own a copy of the game!

Note: This is a rather short prologue. All the chapters will also be shorter than average (I think).

Note 2: This is a parody. In this story, there are no minigames, video game stereotypes will be ridiculed, and there will be some humour (I hope).

Prologue

Five worlds floated above the Mushroom Kingdom, all set up to illustrate one of the more bizarre storylines of the Mario franchise. By then, Mario was already highly paid by Shigeru Miyamoto and whoever else did the Mario games. So were Bowser, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Wario, and Peach. The others didn't get paid so highly, as they didn't show up as often.

Mario was currently setting up temporary residence in World 1, along with Toad and Waluigi. Toad was told to guard the Music Keys in the Truffle Towers in World 1, but he was supposed to leave a fatal flaw: Waluigi could immediately gain entry at any time. And you know what Waluigi's intentions are like…

…Well, actually, you don't. Waluigi was coming to the Truffle Towers for a legitimate reason: the Music Keys were offered in his dead great-uncle's will. Waluigi just desired to get what was rightfully his, after all.

Anyway, Waluigi entered the Truffle Towers and got all four of the Music Keys out. He kept one for himself, gave one to Wario (his brother), and left the two others with a Blooper and a Freezie that Wario owed money to.

Unfortunately, as expected, Toad was very upset. "MARIOOOOO!" he screamed. "You've got to hear about this!"

Mario raised his head, but was still silent.

"Did you hear me?" Toad asked.

Mario nodded, but still stayed mute.

"Can you speak?" Toad bothered further.

Mario wrote about non-speaking protagonists as a reply.

"Can you dance?" Toad asked meekly.

Mario nodded again.

"Good, because we need to call up the S. S. Brass. It only replies to dancing. Then again, everything does," Toad explained.

Mario soon did a tarantella, and the S. S. Brass quickly arrived…and demolished Mario's temporary house.

"Oops, sorry," Toad apologized. "Well, at least we can get the Music Keys back now…but we need to cross this very inconvenient creek."

Mario figured he could dance across it.