Mushroom Kingdom Anew - Book 1

Chapter One

"FUUUUUU-Oof!"

A rather tall teen with a bright yellow sweater and shaggy brown hair suddenly comes flying from a green warp pipe, landing roughly on his front. The teen groans and slowly gets up, dusting off his navy jeans and looking around. "What the hell...?"

His green eyes scanned the area around him. Floating question mark blocks... green pipes... hills and clouds with eyes. "Am I having another acid trip?" The teen inquires sarcastically.

Thinking for a moment about what to do next, the brunette finds no better solution then to wander around. Perhaps he'd be able to find a town, or some sort of civilization where he could ask questions. As the teen walked around, he couldn't help but notice this place seemed less and less like Earth, and more and more like the Mushroom Kingdom from the video games he used to play as a kid. This was really odd...

"What kind of place did I stumble into? I doubt I'm in Kansas anymore..." The teen muttered sarcastically to himself, looking around at the curious boxes floating in the air. This was seriously starting to freak him out, but he knew better than to show fear on the outside.

"Kansas? Nah, I'd say you're a little far from home." A gruff voice sounds behind the teen, causing him to turn around. A couple small brown mushroom creatures, known to him as Goombas, were making their way up to him, grinning maliciously. The teen backs up slightly, counting six of them in total.

"Where ya goin', kid? The party's just starting'!" Another voice says. The teen turns around again, only to find he was now surrounded by six more of the strange brown creatures. The brunette sighed, now thinking about how exactly he was going to get out of the tough situation he was just thrown into.

"Sorry for showing up uninvited, guys. I'll just be going." The teen grumbles, attempting to push past the Goombas. Even though they were smaller, they were definitely tough, one of them brutally attacking him to the ground. He grunts as he falls to the grass, the creatures cackling at him.

"Nah, nah. You ain't leavin' anywhere, kiddo. You's is stayin' here with us." Another Goomba chuckled, moving in closer to the boy. In response, the teen quickly stands up and pinches the bridge of his nose. "What a bother... fine then, let's do this the hard way. Sorry in advance."

Half of the Goomba laughed, whilst the other looked confused. The confusion was immediately terminated as the teenager came flying at the first Goomba, delivering a flying side kick straight into its face. The Goomba, shocked and in pain, was sent flying into a green pipe behind it, smashing directly into it and falling to the ground out cold.

Surprise and shock stung violently through the Goomba troup as they stood in silence, attempting to figure out what just happened. The brunette landed softly on his left foot, flicking his thumb across his nose cockily and grinning. "Alright, who's next?"

The troup regained their senses and charged directly at the teen. The third Goomba tried to tackle the teen, but he dodged swiftly to the right, quickly delivering a side kick to the creatures head. As the second Goomba came charging loudly behind him, the boy turned his head and delivered a brutal back kick, knocking the Goomba out cold right where it stood. The others were either circling the teen or out of sight. They were planning something.

The brunette reassumes a defensive pose, huffing and puffing. Now, while he was a good fighter, taking on twelve tough and small creatures was a bit of a chore. He takes in a quick sitrep of how he was doing so far. There were twelve Goomba to begin with, and he's already taken out three. "Okay... quarter way there..." His bliss was momentarily interrupted as a Goomba tackled him from behind.

"Haah-!" The teen grunted, but before he could recover from the tackle, a second Goomba tackled him at the front, colliding perfectly with his stomach once again. Since he wasn't given the time to defend himself, the boy fell to the ground on his hands and knees, grunting in pain. Mercy wasn't in the cards as a final Goomba came from above and threw his entire body onto the boy's back, causing him to collapse on the ground. How the hell did they jump so high and hit so hard for such small creatures? The boy coughed blood as one of the Goomba stepped confidently in front of him, sneering at the boy's now broken form.