Writer's Note:

So what happens if you take a silly plumber like Mario, drop him in 1940s Scotland in the universe of The Water Horse Legend of The Deep and he meets the legendary Water Horse?

Well, you're bound to get a bit craziness...

It all started on what seemingly looked like a regular day a week after Mario fell through the weird looking wormhole leading him here, in the time since his arrival, the fat Italian plumber had taken up residence in Scotland.

The sky was bright blue with very little clouds and the air was warm as Mario sat in his rowboat, his fishing pole in hand as he sought to catch a fish for his next meal. As he grasped the pole tightly with the line in the water, the plumber hummed a quiet yet familiar tune.

"Na da da da mm hm hmm." Mario hummed, "La la la! Mmm hmm hm hmm hmm La la la la! Na da da la la la lah hmm hm hmm." He loved humming the famous World 1-1 overworld theme that he heard somewhere.

Mario sat back in the boat, being patient as an Italian plumber like him could be as he waited for when a fish would come and bite his bait. He had his hook in the water for a few minutes now, so far, nothing big had happened... yet.

"Oh, mama mia." The plumber muttered, he'd stopped humming and was leaning on his side while still grasping his pole. In fact, Mario felt bored and was longing for something to happen.

KRK! Suddenly, Mario's fishing rod jerked and the Italian's eyes widened, he'd just gotten a bite. Sitting up as his lightning reflexes kicked in, the plumber worked on the reel, reeling in the line and hoping his fish was the best catch he'd gotten in Super Mario Fishing history.

Yup, he often called his activities 'Super Mario' related. It did annoy some of his friends, who could blame them? After all, Mario was a bit mentally challenged and wacky. However, he still had a good heart and was willing to help people.

Mario cranked faster, noting that his catch was heavier than any other fish in the water. He leaned over the edge and watched as a shadow beneath the waters grow, whatever it was down there was getting closer and closer...

WA-SPLASH! Water sprayed everywhere, waves scattering in various directions and the boat shook. Mario yelped and looked up, gazing upon something he would never forget until the day he breathed the last of his breath when he was a tired old man...

The creature that emerged from the water was humongous and stood at 15 feet tall, taller than a giraffe, it had gray-skin, flippers, a sturdy body and a cute horse-like face with nearly human-like eyes, ogre Shrek-like ears and a mouth lined with teeth.

Gulping nervously, Mario stared into the eyes of the creature, confused as he'd never seen something almost like this before. Even the animal was looking down at him curiously, tilting its head back and forth, making a bizarre animal noise unheard by man.

Unable to resist the urge, the plumber drew his camera, turned it on and snapped a photograph. Before Mario could check to see if the picture had come out clearly, the creature let out an angry roar. Obviously, it did not like the flash.

"WAH HA HA HA HA HA!" The Italian cried in terror and made a break for shore as the Loch Ness Monster lunged, its jaws open and its teeth gnashing. At this point, Mario had just provoked 'Nessie' into attacking him.

His arms spun like wild as the heroic plumber rotated the oars, desperately trying to get back to land as fast as possible. Water splashed as the Loch Ness Monster chased Mario, eyes stinging from the flash and blazing with rage.

Concentrating with all his will, his determination staying strong, Mario successfully steered his boat back to shore and jumped up on the pier, racing to the top of a small hill. He turned to see the creature give up the chase and was about to dive back underwater.

Just before the mysterious Loch Ness creature vanished, Mario snapped one more picture of it with his camera, examining the first before examining the second. He'd heard of the legend of the Loch Ness Monster many times, could this somehow be the actual one?

That night, a weary and confused Mario made his way into town, feeling bummed that he never caught a single fish. He breathed in the night air and gazed upon the stars in the sky, seeing the half-moon glow with the twinkling stars as well.

Mario walked into a nearby pub and headed over to the counter, the bartender took notice of him and asked what he'd like. "I'd go for some spaghetti." The plumber said with slight tiredness in his voice as he scratched his moustache.

"Oi." A Scottish man with a hat named Jim, said, noticing Mario, "Ya look tired and downtrodden, anything happen today?" The plumber nodded, "I had an encounter with-a this creature while I was-a out fishing in-a the Loch, was quite-a the encounter and I got-a pictures."

"Can we see pictures of the bloody thing?" Jim's associate Joch asked. Nodding again, Mario brought out the two pictures he'd taken of the animal with his camera and gave it to the two Scotsmen, who's eyes widened when they got a good look at the creature.

"Bleedin' 'el!" Joch exclaimed, he and Jim looked at each other, Mario noted that they seemed to recognize the beastie as he judged their facial expressions, "Th-That's the creature we saw just the other day and we... we got pictures of it."

The next thing Mario and the other occupants of the pub knew, the two fishermen were jumping up and down, hugging each other as they shouted, "We're rich, we're rich! We got pictures of the actual monster; we got the creature! We're rich! Ha ha! Let's rejoice!"

Someone tapped the plumber on the shoulder and he turned to face a man in a white shirt, a brown sweater and jeans with brown eyes and a bit of stubble on his face. "Can we talk outside?" The man asked warily, he looked very uneasy.

Mario followed his new friend outside the pub as Jim and Joch began discussing what to do since they had pictures of the creature, the man introduced himself as Lewis and asked the Italian what his name was, leading to Mario telling him his name.

As he continued following Lewis all the way through the town to a safe and secure location in the countryside that was safe enough for them to talk, Mario wondered if his status as an Italian would land him in trouble, due to what was going on with Italy in the war out there.

In fact, in the days since he landed here a, Mario had tried to be very careful and he'd been worried if people were gonna freak out over him being Italian. Heck, he was trying hard to make sure he didn't run into anyone who thought he was a Fascist spy.

The intrepid adventurer and plumber knew about Benito Mussolini and his regime along with the fact that Fascist Italy were allies with Adolf Hitler and his regime of Nazi Germany, that certainly spelled bad news for everyone just as the war itself was bad news.

Besides the sounds of crickets chirping, fountain water running and townsfolk talking, silence existed between Mario and Lewis all the way until they were as far away from the village and out of anyone's earshot as possible.

Once the two were in a secluded location in the countryside, surrounded by only grass and trees and bushes, Lewis stopped and so did Mario. "So, Mr. Lewis?" The plumber asked, "What seems to be the trouble in regards to me and Nessie?"

"Mr. Mario," Lewis said warily and cautiously, "That creature living in the Loch is no ordinary 'beastie' or 'monster', you encountered what folks call a 'Water Horse.'

Hearing the words 'Water Horse' made the plumber raise an eyebrow, "A 'Water Horse'? That thing did not look like a horse, what kind of name is that?"

"Long story, but it's a legend from the Celtic past and, er, I know that thing is not a horse but its what many call the creature living in the waters of Loch Ness itself."

This made Mario scratch the back of his head, "Yeah, I'm just gonna call it a Nessie for the sake of simplicity. Do some folks call it too? Do they say Nessie? Or does this 'Water Horse' creature have another name?"

"I know a lad who raised the creature from an egg," Lewis explained, "His name's Angus and he calls the creature 'Crusoe' after the legendary marooned sailor Robinson Crusoe. Yes, the 'beastie' came from an egg, almost every animal comes out of an egg."

Hearing Lewis divulge a tidbit like it made Mario think for a while, knowing this may as well almost be one of the craziest pieces of Scottish lore that he ever heard, especially when it came to Loch Ness and the creature living in the loch itself.

Plus, until today, the Italian had never ran into the Loch Ness Monster, mostly because it probably never existed in his world. Until tonight, Mario never thought in twenty years of his life that he would be hearing from a Scotsman everything about "Crusoe the Water Horse."

"Mario," Lewis said, "The reason why I had you come with me to this area wasn't just to tell you everything about the creature, I also want to say that the whole world is not supposed to know about it. Because the two men have the photo, its gonna cause problems."

"Darn," The plumber muttered, "I didn't plan on proving to the world that the Loch Ness Monster aka 'The Water Horse' exists, I encountered the creature and photographed it out of shock for memory and I didn't know what those two fishermen might do."

Later that night, after talking with Lewis and heading back to his apartment room, Mario lay upon his bed as he thought over everything. If there was one thing that almost made no sense, it was the Loch Ness Monster's name.

Out of all the things that the creature could've been titled over the years, the term "Water Horse" was the most absurd and slightly lazy name choice ever. Add to the fact that a boy had named it "Crusoe" and the creature was genderless, things were even more... confusing.

Mario eventually fell asleep, his mind still processing everything. The very next morning, the plumber woke with an idea boiling in his mind: He was going to capture that 'Nessie' with a humongous rubber container and show it to a bunch of people.

He headed down to the Loch and found a yacht-like fishing boat just conveniently waiting for him, it looked like the ones from his world even though they weren't supposed to exist for another several decades, yet it was a welcome sight. There was one thing missing...

SNAP! The Italian snapped his fingers and a giant wide rubber container appeared, attached to the fishing crane. With that taken care of, Mario got out some keys and started up the boat, driving out into the Loch, and turned on the boat's sonar system to find his "Water Horse".

'One way or another,' The confident and intrepid Mario thought, 'I'm-a gonna get that Nessie and-a show him off for so many to see, no more will folks debate on the existence of-a the beastie living in the cold waters of Loch Ness tself. I can see the looks on people's faces.'

Mario steered the boat deep into the heart of the loch, as far from shore as possible. The sonar system did its job, scoping for any signs of the creature. Seven minutes after the boat had well left shore behind, the device started to ping, showing a blip on the radar screen.

'It-a must be-a the creature.' The plumber speculated and began working on the catcher, the crane lowered the container deep into the water, all the way down to the lake floor. Mario sat patiently, waiting for his catch, a jolt signaled that something had been caught.

Mario raised the trap and a smile made its way onto his face when the big plastic container surfaced, sealed shut with the struggling Water Horse inside, bellowing in terror over being caught. "Gotcha!" The plumber cried triumphantly.

Thrilled with his catch, he drove the boat back to shore and picked up the humongous container with all his strength before racing up the hill, making sure not to trip on anything and drop his prize. Mario felt proud of himself, knowing that this was history in the making.

He ran along the dusty road and through town where folks looked on in shock at the sight of the fat Italian carrying a water-filled container with a huge gray-skinned creature inside, Mario dashed into the countryside along a hillside, approaching a mansion close by.

As he got closer towards the big house on the small hill ahead, the plumber noticed that the area was occupied with uniformed and armed soldiers, a British army regiment of course. Mario made it onto the house grounds and many looked up in shock to see what was before them.

A woman in a hat and dress was just coming out of the house, accompanied by a young boy and a teenage girl in a button up shirt and jeans, when the family along with a military captain and more soldiers spotted Mario holding up the container and the captured Nesse Water Horse.

While many were in shock, one was terrified and that was the young boy. "NO!" The boy shouted, running forth, his freckled face stricken with panic. Seeing the young man led to Mario guess this was Angus, whom Lewis had mentioned the previous night.

Just as Mario was setting down the container, he was tackled by the panicking Angus. "Are you mad?!" Angus protested, "What are you doing? Don't do that? You're putting him in danger, he's supposed to stay in the loch unseen by anyone."

The woman, apparently the mama, stepped forward. "Angus, what is going on?" She asked firmly and calmly. Mario covered his ears as Angus launched into a rapid-fire explanation of the situation as well as who and what the creature was, at this point, he started to doubt everything.

"Oh, Angus." Anne groaned, "What did I tell you about keeping pets around here, you're not supposed to have pets? Why, Angus, why? Why didn't you say something in the first place?" A bald man ran forward, face filled with shock, "I KNOW THIS THING, I SAW IT BEFORE!"

Several armed soldiers came forward, guns ready. One man was smirking as if he had gone on a hunt and brought back a worthy catch. Inside the container, Crusoe was bellowing and struggling to break free, causing his prison to shudder and shake as water sloshed around.

'What have I done?' Mario thought, his eyes widening as he finally realized his own stupidity. He knew the possibilities of what was going to happen next, especially with the soldiers around and the look on the creepy sergeant's face slightly confirmed one of the many possible outcomes.

Before anything else could happen, the plumber jumped up on the container, knowing what he had to do in order to fix the mistakes he was making, and performed a ground pound that made the container poof, freeing Crusoe inside.

People scattered as the still wet Water Horse scrambled and crawled its way down towards the Loch, seeing that the beastie needed help, Mario ran forth and picked up the creature, holding on tight as he ran towards Loch Ness.

Right behind the plumber, soldiers went into pursuit, even as their captain ordered them to stand down and the sergeant countered the orders. Mario dashed down the hill, trying not to drop Crusoe in fear of getting smashed under the creature's weight.

The race down to the loch didn't take too long, the plumber jumped over fences, wove his way around trees, bushes and a couple holes in the ground until he made it to the Loch and threw the screeching Nessie into the water with all his strength.

'Splash', Crusoe hit the water and swam off as soon as he did so. The Water Horse let out a howl before it dove back into the water as many watched with Mario feeling happy...

The End