New Generations
Chapter Two
"Something evil is amidst." said a figure, watching down from the cloud land of Nimbus.
The figure was apparently made up of wood, and wore a blue hood, which blew in the strong winds of Nimbus Land. Another figure approached him from behind, this one was smaller, and more poofy looking, almost like a cloud with blue pants.
"Geno, are you sure?" asked the cloud.
The simple answer given was; "Yes, Mallow, I am."
"Well maybe we can get Mario and-" Mallow began, but was cut off.
"Mario's been captured, the Mushroom Kingdom as well as the Dark Lands have been attacked. Many other dimensions are being attacked as we speak, and if this path is what the universe is following, we can only wait for the end of us all." Geno says, no emotions in his voice.
"But...isn't there anything we can do?" Mallow asked, hopefully.
"I believe the Crystal Stars are the only things that can save us at this point." Geno answered Mallow's question.
"Then what're we waiting for? Let's go!" Mallow declared, getting ready for another adventure.
"It would mean travelling through the different dimensions, the Crystal Stars have been lost in..." Geno stated, plainly.
"Then I guess we should prepare for a long journy!" Mallow shouted, running off.
"Hm. Yes, we should..." Geno followed the Cloud Prince.
The little boy was crying, he knelt beside a dead body. They were surrounded by the ruins of what once was Princess Peach's castle. The boy was short, and wore a blue vest, white shorts and a hat that resembled a mushroom.
"Why?" the boy sniffed, "Why did they do this to you, Toadette?"
"Now Toad, what will crying solve?" asked an elderly man, very short and resembling the boy in many ways, though his preferred colors were brown.
"N-nothing.." Toad answer glumly, wiping the tears from his eyes.
"Are you crying about the Princess' capture?" the old mushroom man asked.
[I]What? Is that all he thinks about?[/I] Toad questioned, before realising that the old man's sight was probably going, and could not see the bloody body behind him.
Toad shook his head "no" and moved off to the side, so the older one could see.
"Oh my..." answered the fungus as he now saw the body that was sprawled on the ground.
The body was also a toad, her mushroom hat was pink and her hair was tied in two, long pigtails with mushroom braids. She was wearing a red dress with an open red vest around it. Blood dripped out of the open mouth and from many wounds.
"See? Toadsworth? The Princess isn't the only living being around here!" Toad says, somewhat angry at the old fungus, for not thinking of anything else.
"I understand, but the Princess is more precious to the kingdom then a servant girl." Toadsworth asnwered.
Toad snapped, his final nerve was pulled. He rose quickly from the ground and shoved Toadsworth backwards.
"You old toad! Just because there's a Princess here, doesn't mean you can't show compassion to others!" Toad shouted, his eyes began to water and his nose was running, "I miss Peach too but...there's more people here then just her!"
"Toad! Show respect to your elders!" Toadsworth ordered, "For showing signes of rebellion towards the royal family, you are now banished from the Kingdom until you convince me otherwise!"
"FINE!" Toad shouted, storming off the castle grounds and walking to where he did not know.
Hours later, Toad found himself staring down a large green pipe. It was large enough to consume even Bowser in it's darkness, and still have extra space.
"Well...one way ticket to Subcon..." Toad stated and hopped onto the edge.
But just before he jumped in he saw something rushing up out of the pipe. Something large and pink. Toad jumped backwards and landed on the grass just as a pink blur blasted out of the warp pipe.
"Birdo!" Toad greeted when the blur had landed.
The blur was actually a pink, dinosaur-like creature. It's snout was long and had a hole at the end, which was an apparent mouth, it looked something like a miniature cannon coming from the face. The dinosaur was also wearing a bright, red bow atop her head.
"I heard something happened! Something terrible! Is it true?" Birdo frantically asked.
"It is, but I can't show you...I was banished for 'showing signes of rebellion'." Toad said, mocking Toadsworth's voice as he did.
Back in Nimbus Land, Genon and Mallow are leaving the Land of Clouds. It's night, and stars are brightly illuminating the sky. A shooting star flies by.
"Hey Geno! Did ya see that?" Mallow asked, excited.
"I did...but I don't think it was a normal star..." was the monotonous answer.
"Then what was it?"
"Someone's ticket to another land."
Birdo and Toad were speaking still. Toad was telling her about the destruction caused to the Mushroom Kingdom and how the Mario Bros. had gone missing. As Toad continued describing everything that happened, something caught Birdo's eye, something bright and something fast. Something very fast, falling very fast. Falling...
Birdo shoved Toad out of the way and jumped herself away just in time. Where they once sat talking was a star, a large star. Looking at the star closer, it seemed to have a painting on it. The painting showed a bright sky in a deep grassy field.
"Wow.." Toad muttered, mysteriously drawn to the star, he began to crawl towards it.
"Toad...what are you doing? Toad?" Birdo asked, but no asnwer came.
Toad reached out with his hand and touched the star shaped object. As he did it began to glow a bright white.
"Toad, I have a bad feeling about this.." Birdo began, but noticed the star begin to glow.
In a matter of seconds the light from the star became blindingly bright. Soon the light became so bright that you could not see anything but a white glow around you, the light had consumed Toad and Birdo. A magical force quickly made them pass out...
They awoke in the grassy field that was in the painting on the star. The grass blew in a gentle breeze, and a bright happy sky was above.
"Wh-where are we?" Toad asked, holding his head.
He looked over and saw that Birdo was still unconsience. He heard rustling behind him. He turned his head sharply to see if anything was there. At first there was nothing, then a little pink ball drifted out from behind the tall grass. The ball had a face, and a curious expression was on it.
It waddled up to Toad and in a cute little voice said; "Iggly?"