Mamma mia! Bowser just-a doesn't know when to stop! :( Just this morning, he invaded the kingdom again on his airship, and snatched-a Peach!! I did all I could to try and get her back, but unfortunately, I got kicked off the airship! I-a fell for what felt like hours, and honestly - I felt like it was-a the end for me... FOREVER!

All I could remember was the fight on the airship, and-a the scary fall... then everything went pitch black. When I-a opened my eyes again, there was a ghostly white fellow holding my-a cap (which Bowser had absolutely DESTROYED! Mamma mia, my Papa had given me the hat back in Italy when I was-a small :( )

 I-a wondered "AM I DEAD? "  After all, it-a was a long, dangerous fall and now this-a little ghost guy was standing in front  me. Not only that, I was in this weird place I'd never seen before, with a dark sky! I decided to follow the peculiar fellow in the hopes of finding the-a truth of the matter. He-a seemed to be afraid of me! Whenever I got close enough to him, he flew off further away...

I hoped he didn't think that I wasn't one of Bowser's-a minions, or something like that... To my surprise, he eventually stopped dashing away from me, and instead glided towards me. He was sorry that he had made me chase after him. He-a explained it was because he had never seen me before and wasn't sure of my-a motives.

I can assure you all, I am the-a friendliest guy ever!! XD

I learnt that fellow's name was Cappy. It turned out that not only was Peach captured by Bowser; but also his-a younger sister Tiara! What a brute! If Bowser took Weegie away, he'd have to CATCH THESE HANDS! Nobody messes with-a my friends or family! I thought it was good that we were both in the same situation: We both had someone we really cared about who was kidnapped!

Cappy came up with a brilliant suggestion: "It seems like we're after the same thing. We should team up." 

I put my hand on my head. Oof! I had forgotten that my hat was absolutely shredded... :( There's-a plenty of replicas of my hat online, but they come NOWHERE close to this original one. I felt a bit 'empty' without the cap, not-a gonna lie...  Cappy noticed my dismay and transformed into a big top hat on my head!

Eh... Nah bro... This ain't it! XD

I-a don't know, top hats aren't really my thing. I-a mean, maybe I wouldn't mind them if I was getting married or something!

Before my eyes, Cappy spun around in a circle, and my cap was as good as new again! This made me so happy! Besides Peach and Tiara being held captive, my brain really hurt from seeing my beloved cap in such a nasty state.

Cappy seems really amazing! It's definitely nice to have a buddy to travel with! Our journey is gonna be epic!! 

-Mario

30.1.2021