Chapter Eight: The Flashback

The two Mario Brothers followed their dino pal. Eventually, the three got tired. They sat on a rock near the lake.

"So how did you come across this gem anyway?" Luigi asked.

"Oh. About that. Yoshi tell whole story" Yoshi said.

Yoshi was sleeping peacefully in his bed. He was woken up by screaming.

Yoshi ran outside to see Roshi, a red Yoshi, getting kidnapped.

"Uh oh. Yoshi better save Roshi"

Yoshi followed the dark figure that was holding Roshi, who was tied up. He followed it up the mountain of the Yellow Switch Palace, to the top. He hid behind a rock once there and saw three more figures mumbling something to the one with Roshi.

Soon, the four started a fire. One took out a book and was saying stuff really loud.

"He who was foolishly kidnapped will be the source. The source of power, he will be. The great one will rise again with his energy. Let lightning strike down onto the foolish one. The foolish one that was kidnapped. His energy will be the great one's energy. The great one will rise. Foolish people will run, terrified. We thank this foolish one and now his energy is the great one's," the figure said, reading from the book.

It started raining. Thunder roared and lighting was everywhere. Roshi was tied onto a poll, sitting over a campfire. Lightning struck. Roshi screamed as the electricity entered him, and stole his energy.

"That enough!" Yoshi yelled, coming out from behind the rock.

"Another foolish one comes," said the figure who had kidnapped Roshi.

"Hehehe. These fools will be terrified," said a figure.

Soon, lightning struck the mountain. A terrifyingly ugly Koopa stood where the lightning had struck. The figures fled the area.

"If memory correct, this..." Yoshi began.

The Koopa laughed as he stomped over to Yoshi.

"...Morton Koopa Senior," Yoshi finished.

"Wa ha ha ha! You fool! You're going to be sqaushed like a bug!" yelled Bowser's father, Morton.

"Yoshi think not," said Yoshi, with a grin.

He grabbed the book and began to read the reverse spell.

"NO!" screamed Morton.

Morton chased Yoshi as the dino read the words.

"The great one who rose will fall again. His energy will return to the foolish one's body," Yoshi said.

"NOOOOOOOO! You can't be doing this to me! NOOOO-" Morton was struck by lightning. He vanished.

Roshi got hit by lightning again. His energy returned. Yoshi untied him.

"Let hope this never happen again!" said Yoshi.

"Roshi agree with Yoshi. Roshi also thank Yoshi" said Roshi.

"Roshi welcome," said Yoshi.

Yoshi's foot was then grabbed.

"You ain't doing that to me, you fool!" said the figure that had revived Morton. It seems that it had climbed back up.

"Let go!" said Yoshi, just as he was pulled down.

All Yoshi could see as he was falling was Roshi kicking the figure, and then his head hit the ground and he lost consciousness...

Yoshi woke up. He had no idea where he was. He was just on some side of the mountain. He got up and saw a cave ahead of him. He entered. There were a few Swoopers flying around. Yoshi made it to a bridge over a dark pit. Yoshi walked across and entered a room. Up high was an emerald. It sparkled. Not even Yoshi's jump could reach it, though. Maybe some other day he would try again...

Yoshi left the cave. He wandered around. He suddenly tripped and began rolling off a cliff. Well, what do you know? The ground wasn't far below. Yoshi found a familiar path and took it down. He passed the lake and made it down to Yoshi Village...

"Interesting story," the two brothers said at the same time.

"Yup. Everyone like story. We aren't far from cave," Yoshi said.

After a while, they were ready to continue. Yoshi led the way