Chapter 4: Welcome
Ahh...it's time to enter the castle. But where is the princess? Looks like Toadette has got some work to do.
Toadette entered the castle, but was greeted in an ominous way.
"Welcome, no one's home. Now scram...and don't come back! Gwahahaha!" said a strange voice.
"What was that?" Toadette said. She was creeped out and slowly walked into the castle. She looked around the place, and it looked really nice. The walls and ceiling were decorated in a sky blue pattern and there was a sun-like pattern on the rug in the center of the room. There were also several doors in the room which lead to certain rooms. Some of them had a star with a number on them which Toadette had no idea what they meant. There was also a staircase leading to the second floor with a few more doors.
"It's a me! Someone came to save me!" said another voice.
"Wha!" Toadette was startled.
"Didn't mean to startle you, but who are you?" Toadette then turned around to see a plumber wearing a Mario cap, red shirt, blue overalls with yellow buttons, and brown shoes.
"My name's Mario! I used to be a hero at saving the princess and you! Nice to meet you!" Mario said to Toadette.
"Hi, Mario, I'm Toadette, and I came here to find Toad. He's a servant of the princess, and also my friend. You know him?" Toadette asked.
"Who doesn't? He's the one who protects the princess from Bowser. He came to the castle along with some friends of his to get some cake. Sadly, I would've defeated Bowser." Mario said, frowning. "Too bad Bowser locked Princess Toadstool and all of us inside of the walls."
"But you're standing right here." Toadette told Mario. Mario's body suddenly turned transparent for a moment. "Eek!" Toadette shrieked.
"Yeah, I'm actually inside the wall, but the hologram is allowing me to communicate with you." Mario said.
"How did Bowser even do this to you?" Toadette asked Mario.
"Well, he stole the Power Stars in the castle." Mario replied.
"That invincible power-up?" Toadette asked again.
"No, a different kind of Power Star. He's using them to create a world of evil within the castle's walls and paintings" Mario said.
"What about Toad? Is he OK?" Toadette asked.
"He and his buddies went to retrieve the Power Stars, but they haven't returned yet. The last time I saw them, they were heading towards that room with the Bob-omb painting." Mario said.
"Thanks, Mario, I'll go after them!" Toadette said, cheerfully.
"Good luck, Toadette, we're all depending on you!" Mario told her.
Toadette walked into the left most door with a star upon it. It led to a small room.
"Toad? Hello, anybody there?" Toadette called out.
No answer. Toadette walked over to the painting.
"Gee, this looks like a pretty good painting. It looks like I could go inside it." Toadette said.
Toadette then touched the painting to reveal a wavy effect.
"Woah!" Toadette then got sucked inside the painting. "Whaaaa!"