"Believe it or not, you two aren't here by accident. At this time in your lives Mario has actually just met you, Wario, and Luigi hasn't met you at all. Neither one of them has met Waluigi."
"So?" snarled Waluigi. "What makes you think we care?"
"You have to sabotage Bowser's Castle."
Wario glared with rage and surprise. "Right. Sure. What-a makes you think we have any interest in doing that?"
"I didn't say you had an interest. I said you have to do it. You and Waluigi must find a way to disable the locks on the doors to the castle. That's the only way Mario and Luigi can get inside."
"Who cares if they get inside?"
"If they don't, rescuing the Princess will be next to impossible."
"What makes you think Bowser locks his doors?" snapped Wario.
"Don't be silly, Wario. If you had a dungeon full of treasure would you leave everything unlocked?"
Wario's eyes widened. "You mean there's treasure here?"
"Now hold on, I didn't say-"
"Where is it?" As Wario edged closer to the slightly nervous looking Yoshi, Waluigi gazed at the orb he held. It shone like a beacon in that dark dungeon, and suddenly Waluigi had an extreme urge to seize it. He grabbed at it but their dinosaur companion spotted the move and jumped over the duo's heads, landing safely a few feet away.
"I'm quicker than that, fellows. You'll need to try harder if you're going to outsmart Bowser and his minions. It's just as well," he added, looking at the orb, "that you didn't touch it, Waluigi. It would have hurt quite a bit if you had."
"You tell us where we find treasure," said Wario, "and we'll blow this castle up if that's what it takes."
Now it was the Yoshi's turn to look stunned. "NO! For heaven's sake, don't blow up anything! This castle collapses, and everyone inside goes with it. You, the Princess, Bowser, the Koopa Troop the whole shebang will go sha-BOOM!"
Waluigi sneered at him. "So, Yoshi, you won't tell us anything about treasure, or the castle, or why you brought us here? You just want us to spring you out! That's it, isn't it? You aren't worried about Mario or Luigi or Peach or anyone but yourself!"
The Yoshi looked at Waluigi, his eyes suddenly flashing with anger, and opened his mouth as if to speak. The room filled with a blinding light that seemed to come from nowhere and everywhere at once. The two stared at their Red companion fearfully, only he seemed to have turned golden. Then, just as suddenly, all the light suddenly went back out, and the again Red Yoshi paused a moment, whispering to himself. "That's not what I was taught, was it? Never strike without need and never be cruel...those are the lessons I learned. I doubt he'd like it if I it forgot on the very first try." With an effort he straightened himself and looked at the two, the rage gone from his eyes and replaced with a quiet kindness. "Believe me," he said in a gentle tone, "I can leave here whenever I want. I'm not trying to fool you. I'm trying to help you. For your sake, as well as everyone else's, you've got to break this castle's locks."
The two looked at one another. Neither one liked the idea of rampaging around Bowser's castle in broad daylight, but the idea of staying around this strange Red Yoshi was just as unsettling. With a shared nod they turned back to him.
"We'll do it. Where do you want us to start?"
"That is up to you. By disabling the locks in the castle you will gain your freedom from this dungeon, and as soon as you're back in the daylight this orb will take you back where you came from. See that you complete your task! Stray from your course, and I cannot say what will happen- but it will be terrible!" He shuddered, then looked at them again. "I can not stay longer- the danger increases the longer I remain here. I will hand you the orb, Waluigi. I wish you both the best. Farewell!"
They blinked, and he was gone.
"When I said we needed to get going, Mario, I forgot to ask where we would go."
The Mario Bros. were running in the opposite direction from which they'd come, trying to make space between them and the Bros. they knew would appear any minute at the point where they had placed the block.
Mario didn't answer. He was distracted by the sound of the same wheezing, groaning noise he'd heard on the island once before.
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