Megavolt and Quackerjack’s Sad Past/Going Through the Trench

*(Peach’s group, having themselves and Popple and the Fearsome Four already introducing each other and learning of their dreams already, continued to trek along down the Yellow Brick Road through the forest, but then they noticed a huge trench in the way with the other side very far away)*

Mario: What’s that trench?

*(Link and Aryll realized what it is)*

Link: That’s Tamatoa’s lair below.

Aryll: Without a doubt.

Peach, Daisy, Mario, Luigi, and Rockruff: Tamatoa?

Aryll: A giant crab-like monster.

Link: He is really greedy for anything that sparkles and treasure-like that he could get his claws on.

Popple: (Agreeing) He even prefers to be beautiful on the outside instead of on the inside.

*(Peach and the group then turned to Zelda and Silver hopefully)*

Peach: Do you think you can fly us across, Zelda and Silver?

Zelda and Silver: Yeah.

Silver: But with this trench being limited with magic using, we could only carry you guys one at a time.

Tiger: I can go first.

*(The group got surprised)*

Liquidator: That’s very brave of you, Tiger.

Quackerjack: But shouldn’t ladies first be fair?

*(A short pause, then the group disagreed on the ladies first idea)*

Peach’s group: Nah.

*(Tiger seated with Zelda and Silver on the broomstick and got ready to fly across. Suddenly, a gust of wind from the broomstick blew at the group, and the powerful gust knocked Megavolt and Quackerjack down)*

Megavolt and Quackerjack: Hey!

*(They recovered when upon patting themselves from the dirt….)*

Megavolt: What the…? Where is it?

Quackerjack: Where is he?

*(The group got confused)*

Cait Sith: Where’s what?

Vector: Your marbles?

Megavolt: No, my lucky charm!

Quackerjack: And my Mr. Banana Brain doll!

*(Noticing a gold locket-like charm and the Mr. Banana Brain doll on the ground, Peach picked them up. Megavolt and Quackerjack noticed them and sighed in relief as Quackerjack accepted his Mr. Banana Brain doll back)*

Quackerjack: Thanks!

Megavolt: You found them!

Peach: No problem, but what’s the charm and doll about?

*(Megavolt quickly snatched his charm back in embarrassment while Quackerjack got embarrassed)*

Megavolt and Quackerjack: None of your business!

Quackerjack: (In high-pitched voice with Mr. Banana Brain) Don't ever ask that, mat.

*(Suddenly, just when they were gonna resume flying across, Megavolt and Quackerjack tripped on a rock on accident and dropped the charm and Mr. Banana Brain doll, making them roll quickly towards the trench, much to the two's horror and the group’s shock. They run after the two objects and tried to grab them until….)*

Megavolt and Quackerjack: No, no, no, no!

*(But too late, the charm and Mr. Banana Brain doll fell deep into the darkness of the trench. Megavolt and Quackerjack stared in disbelief and got sad as they collapsed on their knees)*

Megavolt: (Sadly) That charm was the only thing I had to remember her by….

Quackerjack: (Sadly) Same with Mr. Banana Brain for her....

*(The group got concerned for Megavolt and Quackerjack and went up to them and sat next to them)*

Daisy: Who’s her?

*(Megavolt and Quackerjack just stayed quiet. Popple then tried to cheer them up)*

Popple: It’s alright, Megavolt and Quackerjack. We’ll find you a new….

*(But he noticed Megavolt and Quackerjack getting sadder)*

Popple: Sorry.

Bushroot: He's just trying to help.

*(Charmy suddenly brightened up and tried to tickle them)*

Charmy: Here comes Mr. Tickle Monster to brighten up your day!

*(But that didn’t work either)*

Charmy: (Confused) That usually works.

*(He tried again)*

Charmy: Hey, Megavolt, Quackerjack!

*(He makes goofy faces with his fingers, but then stopped slowly when Megavolt and Quackerjack still remained depressed)*

Shadow: Charmy, something *has* to be bothering Megavolt and Quackerjack.

*(Peach, Daisy, and Zelda then spoke up)*

Peach: Sorry about your charm.

Daisy: And your Mr. Banana Brain doll.

Zelda: I bet they were really precious to you both, huh?

Megavolt and Quackerjack: (Sadly) Yes, they were.

*(Wanting to cheer them up, Daisy and Zelda then tried to speak up)*

Daisy: Just what’s going on?

Zelda: What have the doll and the charm do for you?

*(Megavolt and Quackerjack remained quiet)*

Peach: Quackerjack, Sparky, why can't...?

*(Megavolt and Quackerjack finally snapped in anger, shocking Peach’s group while Popple, Bushroot, and Liquidator remained calm, as if they knew Megavolt and Quackerjack’s problems)*

Megavolt: Don't call me "Sparky!" And you have no idea what it’s like to lose someone when you’re little!

Quackerjack: That's right! So drop it!

*(The two crossed their arms in anger. Peach’s group remained silent and confused. Megavolt and Quackerjack looked at Popple, Bushroot, and Liquidator and got agitated when they gave him an annoyed “I insist you tell them” look)*

Quackerjack: What's with those looks?!

Megavolt: Don’t give us those looks!

*(They still stared with that look. Megavolt and Quackerjack then melted their anger away and finally confessed)*

Megavolt: That charm and doll were a dedication for our late mothers.

Quackerjack: They died on separate days.

*(Megavolt and Quackerjack went glum immediately)*

Zelda: How did your mothers die?

*(Megavolt and Quackerjack sighed sadly)*

Megavolt: Mine died from tuberculosis.

Quackerjack: And mine from cancer.

*(The group looked at Popple, Bushroot, and Liquidator)*

Fievel: Tuberculosis?

Yoshi: Cancer?

*(Popple, Bushroot, and Liquidator nodded in agreement)*

Popple: Yeah.

Liquidator: Tuberculosis is a deadly lung disease that makes you cough up blood from your lungs from too much drug addiction.

Bushroot: Megavolt's mother really did try to quit.

Liquidator: But the consequences, she got it.

*(Megavolt nodded sadly in agreement)*

Megavolt: Quackerjack and I were children then. The last thing she said to me was to get a chocolate cream pie for her, because she and I loved chocolate.

*(Peach and Daisy got surprised)*

Peach and Daisy: Chocolate cream pie?

Rockruff: Did you get it for her?

Megavolt: Yes. But by the time I got back….

*(He sighed sadly)*

Megavolt: She was gone already.

Luigi: When did that happen when you were little?

Megavolt: Around the middle of June, a week after my sixth birthday.

*(They looked at Quackerjack, and he explained his side as well)*

Quackerjack: My mother died from stage four cancer in her throat. When I was eight years old. And as she died, she gave me Mr. Banana Brain as my belated eighth birthday gift. And just when she died, we shared a chocolate cream pie of our own as well.

*(Feeling sorry with the group, Peach then spoke up)*

Peach: Sorry to hear that. It’s just that we were planning on having a bite to eat when we rest upon reaching the other side.

*(Megavolt and Quackerjack got confused)*

Megavolt: What kind of food?

Quackerjack: Something delicious?

Peach: Apples, chocolate chip cookies, potato chips, sandwiches, and yes, two slices of chocolate cream pie.

*(Megavolt and Quackerjack didn’t react to that)*

Peach: Bet you don’t want the slices, huh?

Megavolt: Actually, I still love to eat a chocolate cream pie slice at times when depressed, especially when I remember my mother.

Quackerjack: So do I.

*(Realizing Megavolt and Quackerjack aren’t scarred by the chocolate cream pie incident, the group calmly got relieved)*

Popple: Then go ahead and eat those slices, if you're hungry.

*(Megavolt and Quackerjack looked in calm surprise)*

Megavolt and Quackerjack: Right now?

*(Peach nods in agreement)*

Peach: I’m sure you'll always keep your mothers in your memory.

*(She pulls the two slices of chocolate cream pie out of her backpack and after removing the plastic wraps, held them out to Megavolt and Quackerjack)*

Megavolt: That looks delicious.

Quackerjack: Mouth-watering even.

Peach: I wish I shouldn’t mention it, but….

Megavolt and Quackerjack: (Guessing) Your mother made them?

*(Peach nods sadly with a smile)*

Peach: Yeah.

*(She changes the subject)*

Peach: Anyway, go ahead and eat them.

*(Megavolt and Quackerack took their own slice gently as Popple, Bushroot, and Liquidator looked at Peach in confusion)*

Bushroot: Are you sure giving them a slice of pie of their own will…?

Peach: That’s what they say cheers them up.

Popple: Really?

Liquidator: But what if...?

Yoshi: (To Popple, Bushroot, and Liquidator) Yep. Never doubt Peach. *(To Peach)* Right?

*(Peach nods at Yoshi in agreement. Megavolt and Quackerjack looked at Peach in silence, then they sighed sadly while looking at their own slice they’re holding. Then they both took a bite on their own slice, chewed, and then swallowed. They narrowed at Peach sadly)*

Megavolt: It is delicious.

Quackerjack: Just like how she made them.

*(They then took another bite of their own and ate them as well. Then after their own third bite, chewing, and swallowing, tears flooded their eyes and spilled out of their eyes, much to the group’s calm concern. Despite fighting the urge to cry, they finished their own slices off and swallowed them as more tears streamed down. Suddenly, Megavolt and Quackerjack started to cry their eyes out, letting their bottled emotions out)*

Bushroot: (To Peach in concern) That pie trick didn’t work.

Liquidator: We knew that'll....

*(As Megavolt and Quackerjack continued to cry, Peach and Zelda then hugged them respectively in comfort while Rockruff nuzzled them in comfort and Midna, Bushroot, and Popple patted them on the back, surprising them, despite that they’re still crying)*

Zelda: There, there, Megavolt, Quackerjack.

Peach: We’ll just brave that trench instead and get your charm and Mr. Banana Brain back.

*(The group and even a sympathetic Tiger agreed)*

Megavolt and Quackerjack: (Crying) Thank you.

Megavolt: (Crying) And actually, Bushroot and Liquidator are wrong. *(Sniffles)* Quackerjack and I are starting to feel better from those pie slices.

Quackerjack: (Crying) Even if we are crying, *(Sniffles)* it really brought back happy memories of our mothers!

*(They sobbed some more as they hugged Peach and Zelda back respectively. After their crying calmed down and they began wiping tears away with their hands while sniffling, Popple, Bushroot, and Liquidator suddenly got surprised calmly, seeing Megavolt and Quackerjack starting to feel better. Peach then pulled a light pink handkerchief out of her dress pocket and held it out. Even Zelda pulled a mint green handerchief out of her skirt pocket)*

Peach: Here.

Zelda: Go ahead and blow.

*(Megavolt and Quackerjack calmly accepted the handkerchiefs and blew their noses on them. Afterwards, they wiped the last of their tears away from their own eyes with them and were about to hand them back to Peach and Zelda, but Peach and Zelda stopped them politely)*

Peach: (Smiles) No, it's alright actually, you keep them. You need them more than us.

Zelda: (Smiles) Exactly.

*(Megavolt and Quackerjack smiled softly at the offer)*

Megavolt: Okay.

Quackerjack: That's very kind of you.

Megavolt and Quackerjack: Thanks.

*(Megavolt and Quackerjack then put their newly-acquired handkerchiefs in Megavolt's jumpsuit pocket and Quackerjack's pants pocket. They get up, feeling better already as Popple, Bushroot, and Liquidator watched in surprise)*

Megavolt: I feel better already.

Quackerjack: Me too.

*(Then he went back to being happy again)*

Megavolt: Let’s brave that trench, find my lucky charm and Quackerjack's Mr. Banana Brain, and get to the other side!

Quackerjack: That we guarantee!

*(They walk away to find the way down. Popple, Bushroot, and Liquidator then turned to the group in confusion)*

Popple: Wow. One minute they were depressed, then they cried their eyes out, and now they’re happy again.

*(He turned to Peach)*

Popple: How were you able to do that?

Bushroot: Without upsetting them more?

Peach: I did it with Mario and Luigi after their granny passed away.

*(The group looked at Mario and Luigi in surprise)*

Liquidator: Is that true?

*(Mario and Luigi nods)*

Mario and Luigi: Yeah.

Liquidator: (Impressed, to Peach) Wow. You're like a professional psychiatrist, cheering them up.

Peach: Thank you.

*(Suddenly, Megavolt and Quackerjack called out to them)*

Megavolt and Quackerjack: Hey, guys!

Megavolt: We found the way down!

*(They went over to him and saw a staircase leading down to the trench. The group became impressed)*

Popple: Good job, you guys.

*(The group piped their congrats as well)*

Megavolt and Quackerjack: Thanks.

*(They then walked down cautiously, entering the trench. They looked around carefully, avoiding strange-looking coral and jumped across streams. Suddenly, they see a dragonfly fly by and suddenly a tongue of an eel snatched the dragonfly into its mouth and ate it, much to their discomfort)*

Tiger: Um, maybe we should’ve not lost Megavolt’s charm and Quackerjack's doll and fly across instead.

*(He chuckles nervously a bit)*

Fievel: Don’t be scared, Tiger. We’ll find them and get out of here.

*(Realizing Fievel’s right, Tiger then took a deep breath and the group continued on. Suddenly, they noticed a ball of light floating in the air)*

Peach’s group: Whoa….

Cosmo: It’s so…. Pretty.

Bushroot: I feel…. Happy.

*(Cait Sith and Yoshi reached his index finger towards the ball of light)*

Cait Sith: I want to touch it.

Yoshi: Me too, Cait Sith.

*(Suddenly, they touched it and the light moved a few inches. Suddenly, it started to move slowly away from them and the group playfully followed it slowly)*

Aryll: We’re gonna get ya!

Popple: Hey, come back here.

Charmy: We’re gonna get ya!

Midna: (Sing-song) I wanna be your best friend.

*(The light suddenly stopped and they caught up with it. At first, they didn’t notice some menacing sharp teeth silently curling its lips at them. They giggled a bit at the light at first, but then noticed the teeth upon hearing a quiet growl)*

Bushroot: Good feelings are gone.

*(Suddenly, the body where the lips came from lit up by the light, revealing itself to be a giant flying, yet blind, angler fish. The group screamed a bit and quickly ran away just when the angler fish bit at them. They ran as quick as they can, when they see something in the distance)*

Daisy: What is that?

Link: That must be Tamatoa’s place!

*(Getting it, the group quickly ran and secretly took shelter in Tamatoa’s lair, which is a giant clamshell, causing the angler fish to search around clueless like and then fly away. The coast all clear, the group sighed in relief and noticed a huge pile of gold and treasure in the clamshell)*

***Coming up: Peach’s group awakens Tamatoa while getting Megavolt’s lucky charm and Quackerjack's Mr. Banana Brain doll back as part of a distraction and just when Peach nearly gets eaten, she rescues herself with her group's help and escape, when they realize they made a mistake, accidentally forgetting four certain companions in the form of Rockruff, Midna, Cheese, and Froggy.***