Chapter 3
The next day, Mario and Luigi were watching the news.
Reporter: It has been clarified that another death happened in the Kingdom. Ms. Mowz, age 17, was burned to death after some sort of explosion in her car. Witnesses, Luvbi Purei, Mistress Bow, Silvia Starr, Bombette Boom, Vivian Shyde, and Jojora Icadora said to us that they had no idea how the car exploded as it all happened so suddenly. More news on this coming up next.
"WHAT!?" Mario yelled. "That's the second death already!! This can't be!"
"I'm as shocked as you are, Mario. Ms. Mowz was one of our best friends...but she died right after Goombario...I have a feeling whoever this killer is, is either one of our friends, or knows a lot about us and our friends." Luigi spoke with a shiver.
"You're right." Mario replied. "It has to be someone who knows a lot about us or one of our friends...do you think the killer is Wario and Waluigi?"
"Nah, it's too obvious if they did it. Same thing with Bowser and his kids. It most likely has to be someone who is purely innocent..." Said Luigi while obviously thinking.
"Like Peach and Daisy?" Mario suddenly asked.
"Well...no...I mean, maybe Peach because she's always the victim and-"
"What!! She is not always the victim! What are you talking about!?" Mario yelled.
"Sorry!! I'm just pointing out some stuff...anyways, what about Yoshi? He's always innocent in the bad stuff." Luigi remotely asked.
"Yoshi? No...he doesn't seem like the type to kill people. He's too happy." Mario answered quickly.
"He could have a bad side, you know..." Luigi suddenly thought out loud.
"You're right but the same thing can be applied towards Toad and Toadette. They seem helpless, but you never know." Mario replied.
Suddenly, 2 recognizable people came in through the door.
"Hey guys!!" Said Peach and daisy.
"Hey! Knock before entering!!" Luigi warned.
"Sorry, we were kind of in a hurry to come over here." Peach apologized.
"Did you guys hear the news about Ms. Mowz and Goombario being killed?" Daisy asked.
"Yep, we were pretty shocked to hear about it. I hope we can go to their funerals..." Luigi said.
"Oh! The funeral! That's what we came to tell you guys about! The funeral for Goombario and Mowz will be at 2 o' clock PM in the cemetary!" Peach finally spoke.
"We'll be there...but, I'm scared that the killer is out there, you guys...I mean, who knows who will die next?" Daisy said with a shrug.
"I can tell you're scared, but we'll be there though. I'm not gonna announce the news that Ms Mowz died to everyone I know, because I'm sure gossip will take its toll. I'm concerned about all of our friends' safety. I'm afraid I may be able to cancel the party. Who knows what could happen?" Mario replied.
"What!? But...Mario..." Luigi cried.
"Well...I guess he can still have the party, I mean it IS just 2 deaths, so it wouldn't be affecting much." Peach responded to both of them.
"I suppose you're right. But, if another death takes place, then I'm just gonna have to think about canceling the party." Mario replied.
"Darn...our best friends had to die at the best time of the year..." Said Luigi with a sad expression.
Meanwhile in down town Mushroom Kingdom, Yoshi, Birdo, Dixie, Diddy, DK, Bobbery, Lakilester, Lakilulu, Kooper, Sushi, Parkarry, Paper Yoshi, and Watt were at the casino, trying to strike gold (AKA get tons of money)
"OH MY GOD!! LIKE I AM SO ON A ROLL HERE!!!!!" Birdo screamed. She was playing poker, but the whole game was starting to go to her head. She was playing with, DK, Lakilester, Bobbery, Kooper, Sushi, and Parkarry.
"How the heck is this girl in first place? All she did was toss a couple of tokens here and there, and BAM!! She's automatically in the lead!" Lakilester complained.
"Lady luck is with her tonight!" Cheered Yoshi, who was only a foot away from the table.
"Don't worry about them! Just keep going at it! I'm with you all the way!" Lakilulu cheered. Lakilester blushed.
"Oh please...I call fifty!!" Dk said as he tossed a bunch of random tokens everywhere.
"What the hell was that about!? You can't just throw tokens in the air like that! That's not how you play poker!" Bobbery complained.
"Monkey Man got fifty!!" Said the server with a cheesy smile.
"What? Please tell me that was a joke!" Bobbery complained again.
"well, I call one hundred!" Kooper cheered. He got a bunch of tokens and threw them at everybody else.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!?" Bobbery shrieked.
"Koopa Troopa got 100!" Said the server with her cheesy smile.
"Oh come on! How can you get one hundred by throwing tokens at everyone!?" Bobbery yelled.
"I think he's taking this a little too seriously..." Lakilulu whispered to Lakilester.
"My turn!! I call 200!!" Said Sushi. She grabbed a bunch of tokens and threw them at Birdo!!
"Oh snap!!" Birdo shrieked as she tried to dodge the tokens.
"Fish girl got two hundred!" Said the server with the cheesy smile.
"WHAT!? THAT'S CHEAP!!" Bobbery yelled.
"Wow, never play a game that involves money with Bobbery." Yoshi whispered to himself.
"My time to shine now!" Said Parakarry. "I call one thousand two hundred ninety five!"
"Oh boy!" DK said.
Parakarry threw the tokens at Lakilester.
"Ouchies!! Those tokens are like, mini frizbees! (Don't know how to spell it)" Lakilester said.
"Paratroopa got...seven!" Said the server.
"HAHAHAHAHA!! YOU GOT SEVEN!!" Bobbery laughed, but accidentally fell over his chair.
"Okay, that was really weird." Lakilester spoke out loud.
Diddy and Dixie were sitting inside a starbucks cafe.
"So...are you sad that Ms Mowz and Goombario got killed?" Dixie asked.
"Well, of course I am! They were our best friends...and I was about to see them today until I heard the news too..." Said Diddy.
"Well, we definitely have a murderer among us, that's for sure. But of course, you'll be there to protect me, right?" Dixie plainly asked.
"Of course I will! And DK will be there too. We just need to watch our steps. A murderer can be as sly as a...well, you know!" Said Diddy with a laugh.
"Ha! That's true. But, we have to lock all the doors and windows in our house tonight. I don't want to lose neither you or DK..." Dixie responded.
"Dixie, sometimes you can be so overprotected. We live in a cabana, okay? High up in the tree. The only people who know we live there is us...unless you told our friends where we live, did you?" Diddy faithfully asked.
"Well...I DID tell them we live in a cabana, but I didn't exactly say where." She answered.
"Oh. That's okay then. So, basically all three of us are safe from harm." Diddy said, trying to cheer her up.
"I guess you're right. But, who do you think is the murderer?" She asked. For some reason, she felt a feeling of nervousness come over her.
"Yoshi. No doubt about it." Diddy hesitantly replied.
"Huh?" Was all Dixie replied. She couldn't believe what she had just heard. "Um, why would Yoshi want to kill Goombario and Ms Mowz? And which Yoshi are you talking about?"
"The non-paper one. I think it's Yoshi because he is too innocent. He never gets blamed for anything so I'm pretty sure it's him." He replied.
"There's no proof to say Yoshi committed the crime...but it's still possible." Said Dixie with a sigh.
"Not to mention, aren't him and Ms Mowz like, enemies?" Diddy asked.
"Well, they fight a lot, but Ms Mowz usually wins because of her flirty style." She answered with a giggle. She actually thought of re-considering that Yoshi "may" be the killer. He could have a dark side for all she knows.
"I'm gonna go talk to him. You won't mind if I told him you think he's the murderer, would you?" She asked in a normal manner.
"Nah, he probably wouldn't care what I think." Diddy answered. Dixie got up and walked out of the restaurant.
Meanwhile, Paper Yoshi and Watt were playing at the slot machines.
"Darnit!! I always keep missing the jackpot by one! This is messed up!" Watt complained.
"Watt, please don't yell. I'm already freaked out enough by Ms Mowz's and Goombario's death." Paper Yoshi responded.
"I know. I'm sorry. I just have to keep my mind off of all this. I mean, it just happened so suddenly." The electric ball replied in a sad tone. Paper Yoshi paused.
"Watt? Do you believe there is life after death?" Paper Yoshi asked. After he asked that, he felt very weird, as if something made him say that.
"Life after death? I believe it. Although, I think that once you die, you come back to life in a new form. Like, you are reborn. I also beleive in ghosts...but I can't be sure cause I haven't died, obviously." Watt answered with a slight laugh.
"Heh, well you might find out real soon." Paper Yoshi replied. Watt did not laugh or even smirk. She seemed a bit insecure of what he said. Paper Yoshi realized what he had done, and repented on what just happened. It only proved how "smart" he was with girls.
"I'm...I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that." Paper Yoshi quickly apologized. His face grew unbearably hot.
"It's...okay. I can;t hide from the truth." Watt replied. They both shrugged.
"Yoshi!!" Dixie yelled.
"Huh?" Yoshi said. He turned around and saw the monkey girl walking towards him.
"Oh. It's you. What do you want?" Yoshi drowsily asked.
"Hey. Um...about Goombario's and Ms Mowz's deaths...who do you think was the murderer?" She calmly asked.
"Hmm...I don't know to be honest with you. It could be anyone with an innocent look, or someone who we know would do criminal acts." Yoshi answered in a vague way.
"Uh...huh...well, Diddy says your the murderer, because you supposedly never get blamed for anything and that you could have a dark side." Dixie told him. Actually, she felt like a total snitch after that.
"WHAT!?" He yelled. "Why would he think that? This just makes no sense...plus, there's no proof that I did it."
"I know. I don't think you are the murderer but of course, anything is possible..." She replied with reassurance.
"I can see why you think that. But, thanks for sticking up for me, Dix." Yoshi thanked.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! OH MY GOD, DIX!??!?!! THAT'S FUCKING HILARIOUS!!!!!" Bobbery laughed and rolled on the floor.
"Sigh...that bomb is another story." Dixie spoke. They both laughed.
"Come on you guys, we have to leave now. We gotta go to Ms Mowz's and Goombario's funeral." Sushi gestured.
"Aw, man! I didn't even get the money I wanted!" Parkarry grunted.
"That's cause you only got seven! HAHAHAHA!!" Bobbery laughed yet again.
"I think Bobbery drank a little too much Chuckola Cola today." Said Kooper.
The group left the casino and walked their way towards the cemetary.
"Hey guys, let's take the Light Rail!" DK pointed. There was a flight of stairs that lead to a long rail that went past a railroad track and to a hill.
"Sigh...you always want to go on the scenic routes!" Said Birdo.
"Weird how you some how say that. Not to mention, DK never took us on a trip somewhere going to a random place!" Lakilester pointed out.
"It was just an exaggeration!" Birdo replied.
"Hmm...that sure was odd. It almost looked as if Birdo wanted us to be late to the funeral for some reason...but of course I am exaggerating as well. But, it's fun to think of reasons anyone could be the murderer." Watt thought.
"Let's just go. It's a short cut anyways." Dk responded. The group went up the stairs.
"Oh jeeze. Do we have to walk over the creepy forest?" Kooper complained. The forest he was talking about was Forever forest.
"Why are you so worried? We're 20 feet above the whole place anyway!" Parkarry answered.
"Easy for you to say. You have wings!" Diddy responded.
"So true." The paratroopa replied.
The group was walking over right above the railroad tracks.
"You sure this is the right way, DK? Something just doesn't feel right..." Paper Yoshi struggled to say.
"It is the right way. I'm positive. I go on here all the time." DK replied.
"He goes on here all the time? That is definitely suspicious." Yoshi thought.
"Alright...I just feel something is gonna jump at me." The paper dino replied. There was a loud noise in the distance.
"Ooh! The mushroom train! Can we go on there!?" Bobbery shouted.
"What the heck is it with him!? He's acting like a total retard!" Lakilulu said out loud.
"He drank too much Chuckola Cola." Kooper answered. The group heard the train come closer.
Paper Yoshi jumped and turned around. He was sure he had heard noise behind him.
"What was that? It sounded just like- AHHHH!!!!" The paper dino screamed as somebody pushed him hard against the gated fence that was surrounding the bridge. Unfortunately, the fence's bolts were incredibly loose and so, the part of the fence gave way.
"HELP MEEEEE!!!!" He screamed. The rest of the group turned around and saw the fence starting to fall with the yoshi on it. Everyone had shrieked at the sight. But, it was too late for anyone to do anything.
The paper dino had eventually fallen off the fence and to his death. The train came at the right time, and it rammed into him in midair. His blood swept acroos the whole front of the train.
"NOOO!!!!" Yoshi screamed. Birdo and Lakilulu fainted while the others just stared in shock and fear.
C is for Choo Choo Train. (Creative name, huh?)
End.
Okay, I lied, the rest of the characters weren't gonna appear here (Toad, Waluigi, Wario), but they will come next chapter. (If you didn't already know, everyone who is gonna appear in this fic, is on the list Luigi mentioned in Chapter 1)
Anyways, the third death has occured for the poor paper dino. Who will die next? And by what?