Two Worlds Combined

Who Are You?

Suddenly, you hear something rustle. "H-Hello?" You call out. No one answers. You jump up from your sitting position, only to bump your head on a branch above from the Acorn Tree you were under. You hear suppressed laughter from the same bush. You find a random stick on the floor and arm yourself as you slowly start advancing. When you get close enough, three Goombas pop out, but since you reacted fast enough, you managed to swing and hit them. Only one of them remained conscious. Although something was different about him; He was a bit shiny, had yellow eyes, and sparkled with every movement.

"My name is Shinx, and I haven't seen you around before!" He prompts. A very straight foward Goomba, he was. "O-Ok? and why do I need to know that? Why should I even care?" You taunt. Goombas have short tempers. Especially Shinx. "Wha- How dare you!?" He shouts in frustration.

"I mean, I've never seen you either, so you don't really need to say that..." You explain. "Hmm..." He pauses. "Another human... Another trouble to deal with, I'd better tell Bowser!" He thinks aloud. "I can hear you..." You point out. "Wha?? Oh, right you're here. I almost forgot!" He taunts back. "If you're already forgetting about me, then I guess I'm free to go! Man, Goombas must be really stupid or something..." You come back.

"Ok, that's IT! RAAAHH!!!" He charges at you. Right as you get ready to dodge, someone familiar shouts, "Yahoo!" Mario appears from above and stomps on Shinx. "GRAH! Now the plumbers are here too!? This can't get any worse..." He grumbles. "Mario?" You exclaim. "I-It's ok, I got this!" You assure. "No, you haven't dealt with Goombas before!" He disclaims. "He technically has..." Luigi adds. "Look!"

They glance at the other two Goombas KO'd on the floor. Then Mario sighs. "Fine, but anything goes wrong, I jump in. You mentally laugh as "Jumpman" made that statement, then turn to Shinx, who just snapped out of his daze.

"Hey, I bet you won't try and attack me again! I bet you're too scared!" You call to him. He took the bait and charged again. This time, you trip him last second sending him flying into the tree. An acorn lands on his head, knocking him out as well. You glance around, to see that Mario and Luigi were glancing at you, talking in Italian.

Finally, they turn back to you. "Wow, that was great!" Luigi says. "Yeah! You handled that very well. Say, have you dealt with Goombas before, uh..." "(Y/N). And no. Well, kind of." You tell him. "Oh. Well (Y/N), what do you mean by 'Kind of'?" Luigi asks. You then regale your dream and that you were from Earth and that you were a human who played many Nintendo games.

After that, they stare quizzically at you. "So what you're saying," Mario starts. "Is that Eldstar visited you in a dream, and told you that you were to go on a mission you don't know about?" He restates. "Pretty much. I know it's kinda weird, but it's true..." You shrug as you rub the back of your head. "Let's take (Y/N) to Toadsworth and Peach!" Luigi suggests. "You do know who they are, right?" Mario asks.

"Of course I do!" You say, feigning offense. "Princess Peach, and Toadsworth, Her godfather and assistant!" You answer. Luigi nods, and Mario just glances at you before turning away again. You stay silent the rest of the way there.

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When you approach the castle, it blows you away. It seems even bigger than in the games and even has some gold lining scattered here and there. It also looked way better in general. You wonder why Nintendo didn't make it look that way, but you keep it to yourself. As you three walk inside, many Toads look in your directions, gaping at the sight of a new human.

You three then walk up to Peach's throne, ignoring their staring. "Mario!" Peach's face lights up. "It's good to see you too..." Mario blushes. "Anyway," He continues. He then leans in and speaks in Italian to Peach, who frowns while you cross your arms and look away. "I didn't know you spoke Italian!" Luigi whispers to you. "I don't, I just heard "(Y/N)" and "Iffy"..." You stubbornly reply. "Oh." He awkwardly says back. "Well, don't listen to him, he thinks anyone new could be dangerous, he's paranoid like that." He jokes. "Oh, ok!" You smile back at him.