Toadstool89's Truth or Dare Show!
By Toadstool89
Chapter 9: Greetings, Magic, and Tazer Misuse
Toad Town Studios, Toadstool's Awesome Office, 7:18 AM
Toadstool Eighty Nine stared into the mirror. She had a theory: If the studio really was magic, the mirror would be able to talk...wouldn't it?
Toadstool was about to find out once and for all. She took a deep breath, and hoped. "Mirror, mirror, on the wall..." She pondered over what to ask it. "What's the coolest TV show of all?"
"...Dang." she said after she had waited a bit. She was about to walk off, when the mirror made her reflection move in a different direction than she was looking.
Toadstool's reflection opened her mouth. "The coolest one, you'll be proud to know..."
"Is Toadstool89's Truth or Dare Show?" Toadstool asked hopefully.
Her reflection smiled. "Yes. It's the best."
"I knew it!" Toadstool high fived her reflection.
"Anything else you wanna ask me?" asked the reflection.
"Actually...yes. Well, two things...one, is this entire studio magic and two, aren't you supposed to speak only in rhymes?"
"The entire studio, magic? It's true. Speaking in rhymes? Not what I must do," the reflection replied.
"But...you just rhymed," said Toadstool.
"I'm only supposed to rhyme if I've been asked a question."
"Oh, okay. Hey, shouldn't I be going to the stage right about now?" asked Toadstool.
"Look at the time, it's 7:22! Away to the stage, off with you!" The reflection paused. "Oh, and don't forget...next episode's another Elimination Ceremony!"
"I'll remember!" Toadstool went towards the stage.
Toad Town Studios, Main Stage, 7:25 AM
Darrel and Purple Yoshi were already on the stage when Toadstool arrived.
"Hey, where you been?" asked Darrel.
"In front of the mirror," Toadstool replied. "Purple, you never showed up last time. Where the heck were you?"
"I was raiding all the fruit markets in Toad Town," Purple replied.
"Oh..." Toadstool turned toward Tails. "How's your Android expedition coming along?"
"Fine," Tails replied. "I looked into it, and I think I can make it fire lasers..."
"That would be so awesome if you could! Please say you'll make it happen," Toadstool pleaded.
Tails shrugged. "I'll see what I can do."
"Thanks, Tails." Toadstool sat back down in her seat.
There were a few moments of nothing.
"Uh, Toadstool? We're live," said Darrel.
"Oh!" Toadstool tried not to look so startled. "Hello, and welcome to another episode of Toadstool89's Truth or Dare Show, the coolest show in the Mushroom Kingdom! With me are the same people as always, except for Wario who got voted off. I'm saying that because, next episode, someone else is getting voted off. Yep, next episode's another Elimination Ceremony!" Toadstool paused. "But let's not cross that bridge until we get to it. For now, let's focus on this episode." Toadstool whipped out her smart phone. "Let's get this party started! Let's see..." She stopped short as she heard someone knocking on the door.
"We're back!" Mario, Viper, Knuckles, Flora, and Peach walked onto the stage.
"Welcome back!" said Toadstool. "Nice to see all of you in one piece."
"Bro!" Luigi ran to Mario and hugged him.
Mario smiled. "Nice to see you too, Luigi."
"Flora!" Bloom and Stella hugged their friend.
"I know you want to know what happened, so I'll tell you." Flora began to tell her friends about everything that happened.
"Viper." Tigress smiled (sort of). "I'm glad you're back."
"I'll tell you everything later," Viper promised.
"Knuckles!" Sonic slapped him on the back. Knuckles received various other greetings from the rest of the gang.
"Princess Peach!" Toad ran up to her and hugged her.
"I'll admit, I was a little shocked when I saw Mario not rescuing me alone..." Peach began to tell Toad her story.
Back in her seat, Toadstool twirled a mushroom braid on her finger. "You know," she said to herself, "seeing them return...I feel like I'm forgetting something..." She stared at her smart phone. The screen was black. "I wonder...Glass pane, glass pane, on my phone...am I forgetting something?"
Toadstool's reflection began to waver. "I dunno. That's not for me to recall. Maybe it's got something to do with a waterfall?"
"Water...?" Toadstool thought hard. "Water...pool! I forgot Leafpool! I was supposed to get her today! Aw man, but I've got a show to run..." She turned to Darrel and Purple. "Keep an eye on things, will you? I gotta go get Leafpool." She went to the back of the room and jumped through the warp pipe.
Lake, WindClan Territory, 7:34 AM
Toadstool exited the warp pipe. As soon as she touched the grass, she turned into a brown she-cat. She headed toward the WindClan camp. On the way there, she spotted a patrol of two. She decided to call to them. "Excuse me!"
The WindClan patrol rushed over to her. "What are you doing on WindClan territory?" the first cat challenged.
"I'm Toadstool. I'm here to get Leafpool," Toadstool explained.
"Thank StarClan," said the second cat. "Come to our camp...I think she's chatting with Kestrelflight."
Toadstool and the patrol began to head for the WindClan camp. "So...what's your name?" she asked the first cat.
"I'm Crowfeather," he replied. "And this is Breezepelt." Crowfeather motioned toward the other cat.
"Oh, God..." Toadstool muttered.
"What?" asked Breezepelt.
"Nothing."
The three of them walked on in silence until they approached the camp.
"Follow us." Crowfeather padded toward Onestar's den. He started to go inside, but then he popped right back out. "Huh. He's not here."
"So what should we do?" asked Breezepelt.
Toadstool sighed. "I can't wait for him to get back. I got a show to run!" She took a deep breath. "Leafpool!" she called to where the entire camp could hear her. "Leafpool! You can come back now! Moon's over!"
Leafpool popped out of the WindClan medicine den. "Toadstool! I was beginning to think you wouldn't come back for me."
"Oh...Well, let's get back to the studio." Toadstool and Leafpool began to pad off.
"Thank StarClan those two are leaving," said Breezepelt, loud enough for both of them to hear. "I couldn't stand another heartbeat with Leafpool in the camp. And that Toadstool she-cat is just a mangy little kitten whose fur looks like the fur on a mouse's butt."
"Leafpool," Toadstool said in an angry/calm sort of way, "do you still have that tazer on you?"
"Yeah...why?"
Toadstool grabbed the tazer and used it on Breezepelt.
"Oh..." Leafpool sweat dropped. "That's why."
Toadstool shrugged. "One of us had to do it." As if she was going to take crap from Breezepelt.
Toadstool and Leafpool raced back to the warp pipe.
Toad Town Studios, Main Stage, 7:39 AM
The two of them exited the warp pipe. Upon touching the studio's hardwood ebony floor, Toadstool turned back into a humanoid Mushroom person.
Leafpool walked back to the ThunderClan bunch and was greeted with happy meows.
Toadstool went back to her seat. "Man, we're almost out of time," she mumbled. "But let's see what we can squeeze in." She got out an air horn and pulled its trigger. Everyone covered their ears.
"Okay, people! Now that I have your attention...We have a dare from dragon19kyoshi for...Mario!"
"What?" asked Mario.
"Dragon dares you to eat a cheeseburger in one minute while blindfolded. Oh, and Luigi's the referee."
Luigi took a blindfold out of his pocket. "How'd that get there? Oh, well." He put the blindfold on Mario.
"Where's the cheeseburger?" asked Mario.
"Right here, Mario." Luigi put a cheeseburger that had come out of nowhere into Mario's hands. He pulled out a stopwatch. "Ready...set...go!"
Mario ate the cheeseburger in 30 seconds flat.
"Congratulations, Mario!" Luigi slapped his brother on the back.
"Well, that's all the time we have for today," said Toadstool. "See you next time on...Peach?"
"Toadstool89's Truth or Dare Show!" Peach said.
Hey, everyone! Sorry I couldn't get more dares in this episode, but there was a lot going on in this episode that I couldn't ignore. Anyway, I'm always looking for more truths and dares, so keep sending them in! Here's the roster again.
Princess Peach
Bowser
Toadsworth
Mario
Luigi
Toad
Toadette
Rosalina
Shy Guy
Princess Daisy
Waluigi
Sonic the Hedgehog
Omochao
Amy Rose
Miles "Tails" Prower
Silver the Hedgehog
Shadow the Hedgehog
Blaze the Cat
Rouge the Bat
Knuckles the Echidna
Espio the Chameleon
Cream the Rabbit
Cheese the Chao
Tigress
Viper
Firestar
Leafpool
Squirrelflight
Brambleclaw
Jayfeather
Bloom
Stella
Flora
I won't be able to use them next episode, because next episode's an Elimination Ceremony. But after that? Definitely.
Just to confirm how far I am in the Warriors series...I just finished reading Fading Echoes so I'm on Night Whispers.
Happy truth and daring!
-Toadstool89