True love, as in, well… romance, of course. The sort of thing that, according to Da Book of Rules (Fairly OddParents! Yay!) can't be interfered with. And, as Cloudfluff had mentioned earlier on, everyone has someone they love. Well, not everyone, but a lot of people. Yoshis, too. Which, of course, included –
Lila!
Yes, you heard -- sorry, read -- me right. Lila liked somebody.
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The Yoshi chieftainess was sitting at the edge of a cool, calm river, staring at her reflection in the water. Her face shimmered before her, thinking, pensive. She looked confused as well, but that didn't bother the green Yoshi as she pondered her problems. She had things to think over, and this was Lila's way of doing it.
Unsurprisingly, as Lila was twenty-two in her years and I don't know how much in the Mushroom Kingdom's, she was considering having a mate. On the island, things were generally as they were with humans – the Yoshis, thought it was appropriate to mated once fully grown. And, Lila, of course, was a few years past her teens, still rather like a kid in some ways, so – she did like someone her age. And yes, she was considering mating with him.
But who, though? Yes, I know, for all you romance fanatics out there – the thought is on your mind. Yes, so I shall tell you.
His name was…
Name was…
Was…
Thildon!
On the outside, Thildon was just your normal, average-looking Yoshi. His hide was a shade of one of the most powerful and vivid reds out there -- like a million blood-tipped rubies, Lila fancied thinking. His ridged scales were deepest black -- dancing shadows on the midnight air. But Thildon was, on the inside, one of the most gentle and caring Yoshis ever known.
Man! Lila was, like, crushing on this dude so much!
What? Oh, yeah… I can talk kinda like a hippie when I want to. Anyway…
She also thought Thildon liked her. At least – no, was that even possible? It was a crazy notion -- far-out, wild. But he did give her an awful lot of gifts…
He had given her one every year, around wintertime, when snow was lightly dusting the tips of the palm trees and even the blue jewel peacock's magnificent plumage was a thick, cottony, snow-like shade of white. It was traditional for every Yoshi to give their family and friends presents around that time of year (their form of Christmas, lol!), but Thildon struck Lila's heart the most.
Her favourite present from him, especially, was the one he had given her last winter… It was a beautiful, soft, snow-coloured satchel made out of the same material the gigantic Fuzzies in the jungle used to store the herbs they collected for their cooking. No one actually knew what the material really was, but it was the softest thing to be found on the island. Thildon, using a special paste made from crushed Tinkleberry roots, had then just lightly covered the bag with blue jewel peacock feathers. They formed a kind of glossy plumage, like an almost fluffy blue coat that surrounded the small satchel, was now -- as it had for almost a year -- hung from her shoulder. When Thildon had presented it to her it had been filled with fruit – Tinkleberries, of course, as well as the many other different types of fruit that the island was famous for.
Lila patted the satchel reflectively now, feeling its smooth curves and curls flatten under her touch. She was thinking – Thildon was older than her by two of their years. He was shy, gentle, caring – they had never courted before, so she would have to be careful…
But Lila, being who she was, knew that Thildon and she were meant to be together. She was sure about it too, in that assured, positive way. She would start the easy way…
Lila finally pushed herself away from the riverbank, spitting once into the river. The ripples undulated away from the soft ball of saliva, distorting her peaceful reflection and streaking dappled light across it. But she was who she was, and she knew that.
It was time to begin courting.
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"Who ever knew playing matchmaker could be so much fun?"
"We haven't even started yet." Rainbow gave Mera coy yet sly and mischief-filled smile. "And I'm glad I'm not with Canberra right now."
Mera grinned to herself. Rain was Rain – had he been with Berra right now, his cheeks would have resembled the colour of Mario's favourite pasta sauce. And with a shy guy like Rainbow, that could be disastrous.
It had been Violet's idea about playing the game of matchmaker; she had calmly noted the number of couples-to-be on the island and imagined the possibilities of settin' 'em all up together. No thanks Mera's overactive imagination, of course – though as to why she had chose Rain to be her partner in matchmaking, the yellow Yoshi was sure he had no clue.
(The actual reason was because he was shy and timid; once she got him into this, Mera was sure, the aura of shyness would slowly begin to fall away. She hadn't known him for too long – those, in addition to the fact that he could keep a secret, were the reasons. No joke, seriously.)
"And plus, how do we start?"
"Wha?" said Mera, her thoughts roused from those crazy, happy memories. "How do we start?" She suddenly jumped down from the large seaside stone they were both perched on, shaking the thick ridge of blue scales behind her head. "What do you mean, how do we start?" She gave Rainbow the world's most confused look. "With Lila, of course!"
And with that, she bounded into the mist.