To Spyro999: Poor Yoshi once he sees Palutena? What do you mean by that?

Excess Express at Day (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

Mario woke up and got up from his bed as he noticed Donald and Goofy not in the room. "Huh, where did they go?" He wondered as he walked out of the cabin.

When he got to the dining car, everyone was eating breakfast. "Oh, that explains it." He said.

"Good morning, sleepy head." Goofy teased as Mario rolled his eyes.

"Ah, Luigi. Come to my cabin when you're done having breakfast, Roxas is already in my cabin with Lightning and Vivian." Pennington said.

"Alright." Mario said as the waitress set down pancakes and milk.

"Here you go!" She smiled.

"Thanks." Mario said as he started eating.

A little while later...

Sora was leaning on a wall, talking with Lightning and Vivian until Mario walked in. "Good, you're here." Pennington said as he looked at a Businessman rat. "Now that we're all here, you can tell what's going on."

Pennington (Paper Mario: The Thosaund Year Door)

"Well, I am travelling on this train for business reasons and I always keep my briefcase with me. So when I woke up this morning, IT WAS GONE! It has the recipie of Nitro Honey Syrup. If you add some shells to it and then add some gold to it...well...THE RESULTS ARE EXPLOSIVE...and quite sticky too." He explained.

"Slow down." Pennington said, pacing around the cabin. "You had your briefcase yesterday, but now it disappeared. That obviously means someone on this very train stole it but they couldn't have gotten off of this train considering how fast it's going, so they must be on this train still." Pennington said. "Have you four noticed anything different from a waitress and this passenger Toad named Toodles?" He asked.

"Well, yesterday, I noticed the waitress wearing shell earrings but today, I noticed they were gone." Lightning pointed out.

"When I noticed a female Toad looking depressed when I walked in the dining car, I asked her why she was so sad. She responded that she was missing her gold earrings." Sora explained.

"Interesting..." Pennington said, rubbing his chin in thought. "And this explosion you mentioned, this could be the sticky syrupy explosive surprise that was left in Luigi's cabin." He muttered and then opened his eyes.

"Luigi, go check in your cabin to see if there's anything else in your cabin." He ordered as Mario nodded and walked off with the others.

"Should we tell him that you're name is NOT Luigi?" Vivian asked.

"Believe me, I tried but he denies it." Mario muttered as they walked across the dining car.

As soon as they walked in Mario's cabin, Donald and Goofy weren't in the cabin. "I wonder where Donald and Goofy are at." Sora wondered.

"Probably hanging out with Yoshi." Vivian said

"Guys?" Lightning said, getting their attention as she pointed to a piece of paper.

"A piece of paper?" Mario asked.

"...Thanks for that, captain obvious." Lightning muttered as she picked it up.

"This is your last warning, if you don't get off of this train, it will lead to...sticky consequences." Lightning read.

"Oh great, how are we ever going to figure out the culprit?" Sora wondered as the door opened.

"Okay, just need to lay down another threat." He said...it was Zip Toad.

"A threat, huh?" Sora asked.

"Yes, a threat." Zip Toad said as he walked passed them and put down another piece of paper. "...WAIT A SECOND!" He yelled as he turned to them.

"So you're the culprit who left the note?" Sora asked.

"I...uh...YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME!" He yelled as he ran passed them.

Rowdy Rumble (Kingdom Hearts II)

"GET BACK HERE!" Mario yelled.

"NEVER!" Zip Toad yelled as he ran in the dining car...and collided into the waitress.

"OOOF!" They both yelled as the briefcase he was holding was sent flying and then landed in Chef Shimi's pot.

"What the?" He wondered as he looked at the pot. "Odd, I don't remember adding a briefcase to my chicken noodle soup." He said, looking at it.

The waitress looked at Zip Toad. "Oh! Zip Toad!" She smiled...and then noticed something in his pockets. "ARE THOSE MY SHELL EARRINGS?!" She yelled.

"Uh oh." He said as he got up, but was tackled by Sora.

"Gotcha!" He exclaimed.

"Get off of me!" Zip Toad said, kicking him off as he got up, but Vivian karate chopped his neck.

"What in blazes is going on in here?" Pennington asked as he and the businessman looked at Zip Toad, the shell earrings, the gold earrings and the briefcase.

Laughter and Merriment (Kingdom Hearts II)

"AAAH! WHY IS YOUR SOUP IN MY BRIEFCASE?!" The businessman asked.

"Why is your briefcase in my soup?" He asked as the businessman took it out and opened it up.

"Oh good, everything is intact." He smiled.

Zip Toad got up, only to get slapped really hard by the waitress.

"And to think I had a crush on you." She said, putting her shell earrings on and walking away.

"Oh! My gold earrings!" Toodles exclaimed as she put them on. "Ah, much better."

"Once we drop off at Riverside, you'll have a lot of explaining to to." Pennington said.

Riverside Station (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

The train stopped at Riverside Station, as Pennington walked out with Zip Toad.

"You know what, slick? I don't think so." Zip Toad said as he transformed...into Doopliss.

"WHAT THE HECK?!" A conductor exclaimed in shock.

"Beldam would not appreciate me going to jail from the likes of you. Later, losers!" He said as he ran off.

Pennington blinked a few times. "What just happened?" He asked when everyone else walked out.

"So, where's Zip Toad?" Mario asked.

"Gone...he transformed into this...weird sheet thing and said something about Beldam and took off." Pennington explained.

"DOOPLISS?!" Yoshi exclaimed. "Damnit...take ONE nap and you miss out on all the fun." He sighed.

"Oh great..." A Toad said as they walked up to him. "This bridge is NOT SUPPOSED to be up!" He exclaimed as he turned to them. "So uh, can you manage to go find the switch and flip it so this bridge can go down?" He asked.

"Sure." Mario said.

"Here's the key to the station." He said as he gave them a key as they walked off.

A heavenly light appeared behind the train as Palutena and Pit landed. "Give me a boost, will ya?" She asked as she jumped up while Pit was holding her by the feet.

"I think breaking into this train is a bad idea..." Pit muttered.

"Right now, the bad thing is that Toad hasn't come to Skyworld FOR TEN FREAKING YEARS!" She yelled as she climbed up and then helped Pit up.

"Take it easy...i'm sure he'll be around here somewhere." Pit said.

"I know, I'm just frustrated, that's all." She said as they walked in the passenger car.

"Wow, it looks like this place has been abandoned for years." Sora said, looking around.

"Besides refueling, I don't know why anyone would flip the switch in this dump." Koops said as they walked around the station.

"Hey, what does that switch do?" Sora wondered as he pointed to it.

"I got it." Vivian said as she went underground and punched it, as stairs suddenly appeared.

"Whoa, nice." Sora said, high fiving Vivian as soon as she came back to them.

Lots of boring exploration later...

Mario walked through a door and then fell to the ground, faceplanting. "Ow..." He muttered as everyone else did the same thing, landing on Mario while Flurrie just floated down.

"Would you kindly get off of me?" Mario said, his voice muffled as everyone got off.

"The landing was quite soft if you ask me." Bobbery said as they looked at a treasure chest.

"I wonder what's inside." Goombella said as Mario opened it up, revealing to be shoes.

"Huh..." Mario said.

Meanwhile...

Toad Town (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)

Toadette walked around, glaring at Wario and Waluigi who were just messing with a Toad. "Oh brother..." She muttered...and then she teleported.

Riverside Station

She kept walking and then walked right into a wall. "OW!" She yelled, getting their attention. "Seriously, why do I always bump into walls?" She asked, looking at them. "Oh hey guys!" She smiled. "What are we doing in this dump?" She asked.

"Well...I found these shoes..." Mario said.

"Oh my god...THOSE ARE ULTRA BOOTS! When you wear them, you can easily jump to higher places!" She exclaimed.

"Don't I already do that?" Mario asked.

"Yes...but HIGHER!" She smiled as Mario put them on.

"I'll try it." He said...as he jumped up...only to hit his head on the ceiling. "Ow."

"It may take a while to get used to." Toadette said as Sora used Curaga on Mario. "So! Care to explain where we are now?" She asked.

"We're at Riverside Station; we're trying to find an elevator key so we can throw the switch to get the Excess Express moving. We're heading to Poshley Heights to get a Crystal Star." Sora explained.

"Oh cool. WAIT A SECOND...THE EXCESS EXPRESS?! OH MY GOD, I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE IN THE EXCESS EXPRESS!" She screamed.

"Is there something you DON'T fangirl over?" Mario asked.

"Nope, not at all." She smiled. "Hey, can I ride with you on the train? I always wanted to be in the train, I heard it's really-" She then suddenly teleported.

Toad Town

"-Luxiourious and the food is fabulous." She said as she looked around as her eye twitched. "OH COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!" She yelled, as a lot of Toads looked at her.

"I don't even want to know." Toad muttered.

Riverside Station

"So...shall we find that elevator key now?" Sora asked as they nodded.

One elevator key finding and backtracking later...

"I wonder...does this elevator hold us all?" Lightning asked as they walked in.

"One way to find out." Yoshi said as they walked in, and then the elevator went down.

"Slow elevator..." Sora said.

"It hasn't been used in years, that could explain it." Vivian said as she was right next to Sora.

The elevator landed on the bottom floor as they walked out. "What is that annoying noise?" Yoshi asked.

"I'll give you one guess." Lightning said as she pointed to some odd looking black enemies.

"What ARE those things?" Koops asked.

"I dunno, but I guess they're blocking the switch." Sora said, taking out his Ultima and used Firaga on some of them.

Bobbery ran right towards them and exploded while Flurrie blew wind at some of them.

The things that were blocking the switch got scared off and hopped away, revealing the switch. "That was kind of random." Goombella said as Lightning walked over and pulled the switch.

"Huh?" The Toad wondered as he turned to see the bridge lowering. "Took them long enough." He muttered.

"Alright, let's go!" Sora exclaimed as they ran back in the elevator.

Once they were outside...

They walked outside and ran back to the train. "Oh there you are! Go on in!" The conductor said as they ran in. "ALL ABOOOOARD!" He yelled as the train took off.

Pit and Palutena were still in the luggage car, looking for Ghost T. when the sudden jerk made them fall. "WHOA!" Palutena yelled as she landed on some luggage...and then a whole pile of luggage fell right on top of her.

"Whoa!" Pit exclaimed, leaning on the box. "You alright, Lady Palutena?" He asked as he threw the luggage off of her...as she was knocked out, as he sweatdropped.

"Might as well get comfy because I think we'll be here for a while." He said, sitting down. "Though I seriously doubt the ghost is in here." He said.

Ghost T. was outside of the luggage car and smirked. "There's no way SHE'LL be getting me to Skyworld!" He chuckled and flew off back to his room.

I was lazy when they got to Riverside, so I just went "lots of boring exploration later".