Dark Mario's arrival, Mario's captured friends, an annoying Luigi clone, is all the latest bugs on Mario's windshield of life. Mario has a lot on his hands. Mario must make his next step fast, before Dark Mario takes everything away.
Dark Mario walked down the hall of his dungeon, looking at all the poor suckers he had caught. Wario, Waluigi, and Toadsworth each had their own cell. Dark Mario was surely planning to take more prisoners and fill his dungeon up. Black Yoshi was looking forward to this plan almost as much as Dark Mario was. Black Yoshi had been Mario's sidekick since the beginning and he was ready to finally set Dark Mario's long planned plan into action. Today would be an interesting day for the duo because they had an unexpected visitor. The visitor started to knock on the door.
"Black Yoshi, please go open the door" said Dark Mario. "Get some Luigi bots to cover you."
Black Yoshi opened the door to Dark Mario's castle. The visitor was a huge guy with a large hood.
"I come to make a deal with the boss of this establishment" said the stranger.
"Come on in" said Black Yoshi.
Black Yoshi led the stranger to Dark Mario's throne room, where Dark Mario was sitting. Dark Mario was ready to hear what this guy had to say.
"I would like to speak with you about your plan to overthrow the Kingdom. I have been a rival of Mario's for years, and although I have never successfully defeated him, I can tell you everything about him" said the stranger.
"What makes you think I need your help?" said Dark Mario.
"Because, I am the infamous King Koopa, Bowser!" said the stranger, revealed to be Bowser.
"You had your chance to defeat Mario. No wait, several chances to defeat Mario. What makes you think that you can assist me in my plot?" said Dark Mario.
"Like I said, no villain knows Mario like I do" said Bowser. "I would be a great use to your team."
"The era of the Koopa carnage is over. Time for a new era of Dark Mario!" said Dark Mario. "If you wish to join me, you are under MY command. I am not about to let some bumbling tyrant take away my life's work!"
"Fine, whatever, I just want in! I am seeking revenge on the plumber!" said Bowser.
"It is settled, then. Welcome to my side, King Bowser!" said Dark Mario.
Toad, Peach and Daisy drove for hours until their van ran out of mushroom fuel. Luckily for them they weren't too far from a nearby village. Toad and the Princesses were even more relieved to find that the village was a Mushroom village. Mushroom men, women, and children were everywhere. The mushroom people, upon seeing both the princesses, immediately knew who they were and welcomed them with hospitality.
"Princess Peach and Princess Daisy, welcome to our village!" said the Village Leader.
"Thank you very much" said Peach.
"We were wondering if we could buy some mushroom fuel" said Toad.
"No need to buy, we will gladly give you fuel. Royalty is treated like, well, Royalty here in this village! If you also need a place to stay, we have pleanty of unused shroom houses around here. Choose any one you like" said the Leader, who went by the name Fungiman.
"That is so kind of you, thank you very much!" said Daisy.
"Don't mention it" said Fungiman.
Within minutes, five mushroom guys had pushed the van up to the village for them. The village was ready to celebrate the arrival of their royal visitors.
"We shall feast at sundown!" said Fungiman. It didn't take long for the mushroom people to get stirred up again.
Toad then noticed a pink female mushroom looking at him. Once he saw her, he too couldn't help but look back. He couldn't wait until he got a chance to talk to her. She then went back to doing her work, so she could go to the feast as well. Peach and Daisy were already looking to get their house all ready for their stay. The village would be a safe place for them to stay for now.
Mario drove the van into the forest to try and avoid any of the Luigi bots. So far Mario had done a good job of avoiding them. Yoshi and Tuigi were arguing in the back seat and Luigi continued to complain to Mario about his driving. But Mario was just focused on finding out who this guy was who was causing all the trouble. Mario's thoughts were then neutralized due to the fact that he had gotten stuck in mud.
"Oh this is just great!"said Mario. "Now what are we going to do?"
"Don't give up yet, we may be able to push the van out. You just stay in the drivers seat, and Yoshi, Tuigi and I will push" suggested Luigi.
"It's worth a try" said Mario.
The idea worked for a minute, but they could only get half way out of the mud before the tires dug deeper. The van was now officially stuck.
"Oh rigatoni!" said Luigi.
"What else can go wrong?" said Mario. Just then it started to rain.
"I guess that" said an annoyed Luigi.
"Oh shut up!" said Mario.
Mario, Luigi, Tuigi and Yoshi had to walk to find shelter. They didn't have to walk far; they soon found an old cabin. It looked like someone still lived there. Mario ran up to the cabin and knocked on the door.
"Hello, is anyone home?" said Mario.
The door slowly opened up, and an old man with a long white beard walked out the door.
"Hello, the name is Randolf. How can I help you?" said the old man.
"We were wondering if we could get shelter here from this rain" said Mario.
"Of course you may, I have pleanty of room in here. I never get guests!" said Randolf.
Randolf then opened his door and invited the four inside. He then set them up a place by the fire, and had some hot tea made for them.
"What are you youngsters doing out here anyway?" said Randolf.
"We are looking for a bad guy who took our friends. He controls an army of robots that look like Luigi here, and for some weird reason, he looks like me, but with black clothes" said Mario.
"Oh you must mean 'Dark Mario'" said Randolf.
"You know him?" said Mario.
"Know him? Ha, I trained him when he was a young lad. Very gifted young man, but he was so corrupted. His real name is Dario. Why he decided to go with the name, Dark Mario is beyond me" said Randolf.
"I'm Mario, protector of the Mushroom Kingdom. He must have been watching me this whole time. But why he wants to take over the Kingdom, I can't figure out" said Mario.
"Most likely for power, like your adversary, Bowser" said Randolf. "I'm afraid that I trained him so good that he may be too good for you, at least in the state of mind you are in."
"Can you train us?" said Mario.
"Me? Uh, well I don't see why not, at least for you anyway. I'm afraid your friends cannot learn these techniques, because they don't have near the experience you do. Your reputation precedes you Mario" said Randolf.
"Pickles" said Tuigi randomly.
Yoshi rolls his eyes. Yoshi was getting mighty tired of Tuigi already. Tuigi always said stupid random things and always poked Yoshi.
"So when can we start?" said Mario.
"Tomorrow morning when it's not raining, sounds good" said Randolf.
"Is their anything that you can teach me?" said Luigi.
"Yes, my boy. I can teach you plenty of things" said Randolf. "Well, I suppose it is time for me to hit the hay. I'll see you boys bright and early in the morning."
Mario and the others made themselves comfortable, and went to sleep. Tuigi had to sleep next to Yoshi, and apparently clones snore, so Yoshi was in for a long night if he couldn't fall asleep. All night Tuigi would say random foods and animals in his sleep. Yoshi didn't know if he was going to live with this guy around. Mario and Luigi were more focused on the training in the morning, but they were able to fall asleep.
The feast had already started, and Peach and Daisy wore their best clothes. Toad had plans of his own, other than raiding the snack table. He wanted to talk to that girl. She walked up right behind him and told him to follow her. As the others partied and played music for the princesses, Toad and the girl started to talk.
"I am so glad that you wanted to talk to me" said Toad.
"Yes, I like you already. You are very funny and you have an adorable laugh" said the girl.
"Aw, thanks!" said Toad. "Your eyes are pretty."
Toad had to think of SOMETHING nice to say to her. Mario had told him once that comments about their eyes, always work.
"So you travel with the princesses?" said the girl.
"Yeah, me and Princess Peach go way back" said Toad. "You got a name?"
"Toadette" said the girl.
"Hello Toadette, I am Toad" replied Toad. "Have you always lived here?"
"Yes, I originally came with my father, but he was killed trying to defend our home from an evil gang of Koopa Troopas" said Toadette.
"Koopas are the worst!" said Toad.
"Why are you here?" said Toadette.
"We are being hunted by some guy who wants to overthrow the Princesses. Mario is trying to find a solution right now" said Toad. "I have no idea how long we will stay."
"I hope that Mario can once again bring peace to the Kingdom. I have heard some things about this new bad guy, who has popped up. No one else around here keeps up with this kind of thing, I have inside information" said Toadette.
"I've got to go" said Toad, due to the Princesses calling him. "I look forward to talking to you again Toadette."
Toad then joins the Princesses at the table. The Princesses were planning on dancing. "Want to dance with me, Toad?" asked Peach.
"Sure" he replied.
The partying continued for hours. The mushroom village hadn't had a royal visitor before so they tried to make the princesses feel as much at home as possible. It seemed to be a success.
Meanwhile back at Dark Mario's castle, Wario and Waluigi were having a hard time adjusting to their cells. Wario couldn't sleep on his bed because it was too small, and Waluigi was too tall to stand up in his.
"Hey Black Yoshi, why don't you hook us up with some better cells, man?" said Wario.
"You do not make demands of me! You are slimeballs! You will not get anything from me! Now shut up and sit in your cells!" said Black Yoshi.
"Five bucks says we can make this guy get so mad that steam comes out of his ears" said Waluigi.
"Bet on!" said Wario.
"Will you blokes get over yourselves?" said Toadsworth. "Arguing and making bets isn't going to make our situation any easier to handle! I suggest you hold tight and try to find a way out of here!"
"He's right" said Waluigi.
"Shoot, there has got to be someway to get out of here!" said Wario.
"Oh bother!" said Toadsworth as he rolled over in his bed.
"Hey shut up, all of you!" said Black Yoshi.
Dark Mario and Bowser were talking in the throne room about new ideas to destroy Mario. Bowser had a lot of things to tell, and Dark Mario was listening to everything. Them two partnering up was turning out to be a good thing for them. It will make it much harder for Mario when he has to face them though.
"Remember who is in charge here, Bowser. I suggest you listen to me" said Dark Mario. "Things will be easy for you if you simply obey me!"
"Yes Dark Mario" said Bowser.
The only reason why Bowser was there, was to learn how Dark Mario was planning on defeating Mario. He would continue to stay on his good side for the time being.
Things are starting to make more sense for everyone. Tune in for the next Chapter, coming soon! What can Randolf show Mario and Luigi? Will Yoshi ever get along with Tuigi? Will Toad and Toadette start dating? Find out next time!