Mario Short story

Mario couldn't believe it

Why? Why was this happening?

Were his eyes fooling him?

Was this some dark, twisted dream?

He didn't know as Before him,

was the key he needed in order to continue on his way and yet...

He couldn't bring himself to move to get it.

It would be easy to get the item but he was scared and unsure of what may happen if he did reach for it at this moment.

How was this possible?

He knew he had a problem at times but this, he never thought This would be the outcome of such actions.

Yoshi and his friends used to help Mario on his quests to save Peach or what have you but things have dwindled since Yoshi's fall some years ago. Mario felt bad of course but life went on as usual and though Yoshi found a way back fine and dandy before, Mario knew that those times, those times were different and Yoshi knew those areas.

It was just that jump that he didn't know in an area he never been in that did him in.

Now though,

The dinosaur stood before Mario as if fine

only things Weren't fine, not at all

It was plain as day, plain as the bloodstained and bones showing on the being before the Plummer.

The very image made sick just looking but Mario just couldn't look away nor could he speak a single word. He just watched in frozen terror, flinching each time the once happy, friendly dino would move in any way. Be it a sway or a simple head turn or a boney paw twitch.

The thing groaned a few times already as it tried to talk before yet Mario had the feeling it couldn't speak if, if the dried blood around its throat was any hint. The mouth of the dino held the same rotten yet somehow dried out fruit it had before he died and in the hole that was visible was the key... it sat next to Yoshi's left eye that moved and seemed to blink at him, moving to face Mario directly as the dino stood patiently before the man before at last deciding to limp forward towards Mario.

The man stumbled backwards, tripped and fell on his backside. He groaned as he sat up, having fallen back enough to lightly smack his head. Mario opened an eye as he rubbed his sore head and tensed as the single eye was right before his face.

How can that thing move so quick?

Mario's head moved away a bit from the eye in the Apple, he could see farther inside and he wasn't sure what he was really seeing or if he was gonna be sick about it.

The inside of that apple was rotten and moldy as it was dried out but there were old, dried bloodstains in it, even around the eye itself that could still see clearly and was so focused on him. Though in the very back of the Apple, Mario though he could see into Yoshi's mouth or what was left of it.

He gave a shudder and focused back on Yoshi's good eye still watching him as it moved a bit away from the hole, showing the key to the man and the dino's head moved a bit closer then back, as if gesturing in a way.

Almost like it wanted Mario to take the key....

Even in death Yoshi still seems to want to help?

Was he really gonna take it?

Did he also want to continue his current mission or risk seeing if this thing had a temper?

Mario gulped and reached out to take the Key....