Two young friends, Karl the Koopa and Belle the Boo, were extremely bored and playing hide and seek. I know, sounds crazy, but that's what they were doing. Karl was hiding on top of a wall, crammed between two houses while Belle was searching for him. His concentration on sitting still and remaining very quiet was thrown out the window though when his ears caught a few words that sparked his attention.
"A Koopa who travelled the world alone learned of the darkness covering the land. He went alone wherever evil dwelt and banished it with shell and sheer bravado."
He could see it, a brave koopa…
"The monsters grew to fear this scar-riddled Koopa who thwarted them at every turn."
Walking through the land, unharmed, because the monsters feared him. They dared even approach him, fearing that he would just strike them down again. He was free to explore, despite the evil that lurked around every corner. The monsters merely turned and fled at the sight of him.
"But the brave Koopa was finally taken in a trap set for him by the monsters."
Everyone was caught eventually, and here he was, he had walked right into it. 'A hundred coins this way!' the sign had said, and he believed it. "Idiot" he told himself. He was now stuck in a dark and dreary cage, with nothing but the lone, dying, flame on the other side of the room to comfort him.
"But then, a Boo who fought with the monsters came and used her magic to free him."
There she was! The Boo had fought him in the front lines. She was probably here now to torment him and laugh, torture him for the rest of his life, but no… what was she doing now? He cringed back as she started to use her magic, but was shocked to find that she merely used it to break the bars of the cage.
"Hurry!" she said "we don't have much time!"
With that, the two of them began to head to a safer spot in the castle.
"The brave Koopa's spirit melted the heart of the cold Boo lass..."
"That's a bad way to end a story" Belle said from next to him "it doesn't even sound like an ending! Who's telling this story anyways? I want to go knock some sense into him!"
"Want to go find out?" Karl asked "he should be right above us"
"Oh, I don't want to have to carry you" she whined. But never the less she picked up the Koopa and floated up to the rooftops above them, and then dropped him quickly. They were greeted by three people. An old man, a Toad, and a Goomba.
While the Toad and Goomba were shocked by the sudden arrival of the two new people, the old man merely said: "another five coins and I shall continue the story."
Before anyone else could say anything, Belle pulled out five coins and handed them to the storyteller. "Yes please!"
"Hang on, hang on!" the Toad said "you don't know what's going on! You don't know about the demon, or the dragons, or-"
"Shush Tim!" the Goomba said, glaring at the Toad
"I can tell the tale from the beginning if you like" the storyteller said
"Okay" Belle said, and the storyteller began to do just so.