My Little Paper Mario

by Codex92


Invasion of the Fuzzies

Mario and Goombario strolled down Pleasant Path, but as much as the name of the road sounds peaceful, it was anything but. The same Goombas from Goomba Road were around, under Bowser's orders to stop Mario, along with Koopa Troopas that tried to hurl themselves at them in their shells. They were a bit more difficult to deal with, but knocking them on their backs easily made them completely defenseless after bouncing on their heads. If the Koopa Bros. own soldiers working under them couldn't get themselves back up off their rounded shells, then they couldn't be just as difficult to take out. There was a point where they needed to bring up a drawbridge, but the switch was hidden in a nearby tree next to the river they had to cross.

After making it halfway down the not so Pleasant Path, the duo reached a crossroad, the path across a wooden bridge leading to the Koopa Bros. Fortress while the lower path lead to Koopa Village. "Hmm...Koopa Village. Merlon did say we might need help from a Koopa with a blue shell down here. And we'll also meet up with Twilight, right?" Mario nodded, having a good feeling they'll see the alicorn in the village of friendly Koopas. "Might as well check it out and rest a little."

Mario and Goombario went down the right from the crossroad and toward Koopa Village, passing underneath the bridge into the town entrance. Instead of expecting peaceful Koopas minding their own business, the whole village was in an uproar of panic and chaos. The two gaped in shock as they saw fuzzy black balls with eyes and a mouth bouncing around, some of them stealing the shells off of the Koopa Troopas' backs and taunting them. Outside of their shells, the Koopas wore undershirts, desperately chasing after the quicker creatures as their decency was taken by the ungrateful infestation of Fuzzies.

"Mario? Is that really THE Mario!?" One of the Koopas nearby, managing to keep his shell, ran up to the plumber. "Thank goodness you're here! As much as I'd like to welcome you to Koopa Village, we're kind of in the middle of an infestation."

"Yeah, we can see," Goombario said. "Where did all these Fuzzies come from?"

"I have no idea," the Koopa said. "We heard a scream come from Kooper's house, then, all of a sudden, dozens of these mischievous pests came out of his house and began causing all sorts of trouble!" An odd-sounding screech came from above them as a Fuzzy dropped down on them. It landed on the Koopa, popping his body out of his shell, and snatched it. The shell-less inhabitant flushed heavily in embarrassment, tears welling up in his eyes as he turned to the Fuzzy, sticking its tongue out at him. "No! My shell! Give it back!"

"Meeeeeeooooooork!" the Fuzzy cried, teasing it as the Koopa chased it to get back its shell.

"This is really out of control. Mario, let's help the other Koopas out!" Goombario took the words out of Mario's mouth as he pulled out his hammer, slamming it down on the Fuzzy who took the welcoming Koopa's shell.

While assisting the Koopas who had their shells taken, they both bounced on the Fuzzies' heads, making them flee and quit harrassing the peaceful reptiles. Some Fuzzies were so cruel enough to place shells up in high places where the Koopas couldn't reach, utterly humiliating them as their pride was snatched away and left naked to the world. Being the helpful hero he was, Mario retrieved the shells, jumping up into blocks where they were placed or shaking the trees with his hammer to knock a shell down. He didn't wish to be rewarded for helping them, knowing they got their decency back and ridding the village of the infestation was enough for him.

While Mario and Goombario dealt with the Fuzzies in the second area of the village, they could hear a feminine scream come from the middle house, the whole building looking like there was some kind of scuffle inside. "Get off! Get this weird things off of me!"

"Where did all these things come-OW!" another voice cried out inside. "Oh, come on! You sick black parasites! Give me back my shell!" The duo quickly ran toward the house and knocked on the door. "Oh for the love of-Hang on a sec!"

"Kooper, you're seriously answering the door!?" the female voice shouted, the voice sounding familiar to Mario. "Ahh! Hey! Noohohoho! Stop! That tickles! Cut it-MMPH!?"

"Hey, get off of her!" the male voice said, which must have been Kooper. With no time to waste, Mario barged into the house, watching a Fuzzy jumping on top of a shell-less Koopa with a red bandanna and blue shoes while another mocked him by holding his blue shell. What caught him off guard wasn't the blue-shelled Koopa Merlon told them about; it was the tied up alicorn mare being carried by several Fuzzies, her body, mouth, and horn covered with sticky white webbing. At the sight of the plumber, the Fuzzies retreated out the back door, carrying Twilight and Kooper's shell with the as the mare's muffled screams cried out for help. "Augh! Stupid little fuzzballs! Get back here with my shell!"

Goombario snapped out of his daze after seeing Twilight, helping Kooper up on his feet with Mario. "What happened!? You ok!?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," Kooper said. "Just my pride. Don't worry about me! Twilight's in trouble, and those things took my shell!"

"We'll stop them! Come on, Mario!" Mario and Goombario ran out the back door and chased after the Fuzzies while Kooper recovered from getting jumped on.

As they chased after the miscreant thieves and kidnappers, other Fuzzies from the bushes down the pathway behind Kooper's home to stop them. They latched onto the human and Goomba, trying to suck the life out of them, but they were batted away and either met with a hammer, a foot, or a headbonk as soon as they were pulled off. They kept going further and further down off the beaten path until they reached a large glade of a forest.

The Fuzzies climbed or leapt up onto the nearby trees, taking their stolen shell and alicorn up to the tops of their branches. Twilight couldn't see anything with the leaves and branches blocking her view, her vision now obscured by the strange web the Fuzzies were able to excrete from their fuzzy bodies. They then hung her upside down on one of the branches, only able to hear them making their screechy noises and the sound of footsteps running to where they stopped.

Mario and Goombario skidded to a halt as they spotted Twilight hanging upside down in a webbed cocoon, the only parts of her not covered up were her nose and ears. She could have escaped, but with the web constricting her wings to her sides and covering her horn, it was so thick that she couldn't break out on her own or even cast any spells to burn it away. One of the Fuzzies held up Kooper's shell, apparently the ringleader behind their attack as he bounced on one of the four trees lined in a row.

"Meeeeeoooooork!" he cried out. "Can't get us!"

"Give back Kooper's shell and release that pony!" Goombario said, Twilight's ears twitching as she heard a different voice.

"'Pony'?" The rest of the Fuzzies hiding poked their heads out of their hiding place and looked at the trapped mare. "...Weird animal name." Twilight's ears pressed down to her head, her growling muffled. "Well, if you want shell and odd animal back, then you must find me!"

The Fuzzies all hid back in the leaves, confusing Mario and Goombario. The leader and three other Fuzzies began bouncing around, each on one separate tree as they alternated positions. Twilight had no idea what was happening and tried to free herself, but their web was stronger than normal spider silk. After they stopped bouncing, Mario approached the second tree from the left and smacked it with his hammer. The leader fell with the shell from a string of web as he guessed right.

"Hah! Too easy!" Goombario said.

"Mee-ooh. Not bad, but that was just a warm-up!" The Fuzzy climbed back up with the shell, the four Fuzzies jumping around again, only a bit faster this time. They stopped after a while, but Mario knew where he was hiding. Picking the far right tree, he smacked it with the hammer, revealing the leader Fuzzy with Kooper's shell again. "Meeoork!? You got me twice!? You must have just gotten lucky! You won't get us this time!"

"It's not luck if we can see you bouncing around," Goombario muttered.

They began jumping again, only this time really quickly. None of them missed a beat as they tried to confused Mario, but he kept a close eye on the blue shell out of the black balls of fuzz leaping from branch to branch. The moment they stopped, he moved to the first tree on the right and struck it, guessing correctly for the third time.

"Meeeeeooooooh, nooooo!!!" the Fuzzy cried out. "I give up! Take the stupid shell and stupid winged, horned, animal thingie!" Twilight growled even louder, struggling about in her binds, wanting to lash out at the Fuzzy for saying she wasn't smart. "You're to tough for us. We'll be good. We promise...Maybe..."

The Fuzzy leader dropped the shell, he and his horde of black fuzzy creatures bouncing off into the woods. Goombario took the shell while Mario walked up to the only tree he didn't hit, where Twilight was hanging in her web cocoon. He jumped up and landed on the branch, hanging upside down on the limb with his legs as he tore the string keeping her connected to the branch. As soon as he ripped it off, he quickly grabbed her before she landed on her head, flipping right side up as he landed, laying her down on the ground. He started tearing off the web around her mouth to help her breathe and finally talk.

"Thank you for saving me," she said. "Ungrateful black arachnid-like mammals saying I'm stupid. I'll have them know that I was a scholar ever since I was a filly, and I have more brains than all of those things combined by a thousandfold!" Mario wasn't able to tear off the web around her body as it was thick with layers and layers of webbing. If only he had a Fire Flower, he could easily burn the web off, and he wasn't sure if Koopa Village had any to sell. "Look, whoever's untying me, just take off this stupid web around my horn. This web's also like some kind of dampener keeping me from using spells. And before you ask, yes, I can use magic, and I am not dangerous like those...whatever those things are."

"Those things are called Fuzzies," Goombario answered while Mario easily pulled apart the web around Twilight's horn. "Hopefully, Mario and I took care of the ones in the village and the rest really hightailed it out of here."

"Wait...Did whoever said that just say 'Mario'?" As soon as the last of the sticky web was freed from her horn, Twilight's aura immediately lit up around it. She ripped her bindings to pieces using her telekinesis, standing up and shaking herself of any strands remaining on her fur. When she got a look at her saviors, she gasped when she saw Mario standing before her with Goombario. She was shocked to see him still alive after watching him get slashed, burned, and fall from several thousand feet above the earth. "Oh my gosh...Mario. You're alive!"

"Yeah. He wound up outside my family's house a couple days ago," Goombario said.

Twilight looked down at the Goomba, finally meeting one of the sentient mushroom peoples she had read about in the books with Goomba history. "Who are you?"

"Name's Goombario," he said. "And you must be Twilight Sparkle. Mario told me about you...Well, at least what he knew before he go KO'd by Bowser." Goombario walked around the alicorn, getting a better look at her features, a huge contrast compared to the illustrations on just a unicorn or pegasus in the Mushroom Kingdom's myths. "Wow. You're nothing like what's illustrated in 'Mythical Mysteries of the Mushroom Kingdom'. A bit smaller than the estimated height, having both wings and a horn, markings on your flank in the shape of stars, and a different muzzle length."

"You've read that book?" Twilight asked.

"Several times when I was a kid," Goombario admitted. "But don't be around my little sister. She would go nuts if she saw you."

"How...interesting," she said. "And, by the way, these 'markings' on my flank is called a cutie mark. They show a pony's special talent."

"I'd like to call it a tattoo. Sounds a bit more masculine for males back in your world, right?" Twilight just shook her head, making the Goomba groan in disappointment. "Well, that's a downer for any guy born in...Equestria? Was that right, Mario?"

"Yes, that's the world I came from." She looked up at Mario, grateful to see him alive, but she had so many questions. "Mario, what happened to you? Do you know what happened to my friends?" He told Twilight what he knew and his main goal for now is before he could rescue Princess Peach. At least she knew her friends were still ok, but the fact that they were split up in different areas meant they could have ended up in dangerous territory. What did confuse her was how Mario managed to safely land by Goombario's home, the Star Spirits they were off to rescue sensing her and her friends' magic around the plumber. "Our magic saved you from the fall?"

"That's what we think," Goombario said as Mario nodded.

"But that's impossible. My friends and I blacked out after Bowser shocked us to unconsciousness, our rainbow power saving us and helped us escape." Twilight brought a hoof to her chin as theories began formulating in her head. "Could our combined magic as we were sent to different parts of the Mushroom Kingdom sensed Mario and helped him as well?"

Before she could ponder on the subject more, Kooper ran up to them, ready to fight even without his shell on. "Alright, where are those Fuzzies!? Come and take my shell and kidnap my new friend, eh!? I don't need a shell to kick your-!" The naked Koopa paused, seeing Twilight perfectly unharmed and Goombario carrying his shell on his head. "...Oh. So, you guys got them?"

"More like played an annoying game of 'Hide and Seek' that wasn't as intense as it sounded," Goombario stated. He walked up to Kooper and gave him back his shell. "They ran off after losing three times. Doesn't look like it got damaged or too messy from their webbing."

"Oh, thank goodness." Kooper put his shell back on like it was a sweater, his limbs and head poking through the holes. "Without our shells, we Koopa Troopas wouldn't be who we are. Wished I could have done a bit of damage to those Fuzzies. How'd they even get in my house in the first place?"

Twilight giggled nervously, scuffing her hoof against the ground as her eyes darted everywhere. "Well, I heard a knock come from the back door and I thought there was more of the village out there. I guess...it's my fault. Oops."

Kooper sighed, but he shrugged off Twilight's curiosity as an honest mistake. "Well, at least everyone got their shells back, including me." He looked at Mario, giving him a gratifying handshake. "Thanks for the help, Mario! It's an honor to have you here in Koopa Village! And I thought you kicked the bucket..." He looked at Twilight, thinking she had been yanking his tail when she said Mario was down and out. "Guess nothing really can bring you down, huh?"

"No doubt about it," Goombario agreed.

"Well, since you're here, do you by any chance know Professor Kolorado?" Kooper asked.

"He's that famous Koopa archaeologist, right?" Goombario guessed as Mario didn't seem to know him.

"Yeah. And, ever since I was little, I had always dreamed of going on an adventure. Explore the land, find cool stuff, and solving mysterious of the unknown." The Koopa gushed over his idle, quickly stopping himself before he embarrassed himself further. "I've lived next door to him for a while, and I was wondering...Can you let me come along with you?"

Mario thought it over, though it was obvious they had to take Kooper along. Merlon said they would run into a blue-shelled Koopa who would help them get to the Koopa Bros. Fortress, and now that Mario had found Twilight, he had to help her find the rest of her friends. After waiting enough to nearly give the Koopa a heart attack, he finally nodded his head, Kooper letting out a celebratory cheer.

"We can always use the help," Goombario said. "Welcome to the team, Kooper!"

"Thanks! I won't let you guys down!" Kooper gave Mario a mock salute, his excitement turning to shock as he saw the Fuzzies bounding back toward them. "Uh oh. The Fuzzies are coming back!"

Mario, Goombario, and Twilight turned around, the alicorn yelping as she flew up and behind the guys. "Keep those furry things away from me! I don't even know how they excrete their web, but I pray it comes from their mouths!"

"What are you Fuzzies doing coming back!?" Goombario questioned as he and Mario prepared to fight.

"We changed our minds, suckers!" the leader Fuzzy said. "Let's have a fight!"

The black furballs yelled out their unique cry as they rushed the group. Twilight wanted to do nothing more than blast these Fuzzies far away from her and Koopa Village, her horn lighting up to send them all flying out of this grove and into the next continent. Before she could use an attacking spell, saw Kooper hide in his shell, but instead of hiding in self defense like normal turtles and tortoises, he began spinning around in place, whirling faster and faster.

"Kooper? What are you-?" The blue-shelled Koopa suddenly sped off and leapt into the air, ramming straight through the pouncing Fuzzies, scattering them around the field.

He bounced off a tree and flew back to Mario, Goombario, and Twilight, coming to a stop in front of them, slowing his spinning as he stood back on his feet. "Let me handle these Fuzzies," Kooper said, cracking his neck while the Fuzzies recovered from his Power Shell shot. "I need some payback for these miscreants taking my shell after catching me off guard."

"...How did he launch himself like that?" Twilight asked.

"Koopas are able to do that," Goombario responded. "But that was a faster acceleration speed than a normal Koopa Troopa. And he mowed through the Fuzzies like nothing. Looks like we're going to see just how special Kooper is if Merlon thinks he's important."

Mario nodded in agreement, though Twilight's question still wasn't answered. "That doesn't explain how he could shoot himself like that from a stationary spot with no force to push him! And it shouldn't help if he spins around that fast! There's no way he can retain his balance spinning that quickly! And speaking of, how was he able to-!?"

The plumber gently placed his gloved hand over the alicorn's mouth, silencing her questioning until they were out of harm's way. Twilight had to remind herself that they were in a new world, and how each species does what they do isn't like how she knows what she believes is logical and illogical. It was like trying to discover how Pinkie Pie functions with her Pinkie Sense, only with less headaches and nothing heavy falling on her head and leaving her gravely injured.

The Fuzzies shook off their dazes, staring at the Kooper who's shell the leader stole earlier. "Oh! So you want to lose your shell again!?"

"I'd like to see you try now that I'm fully alert!" Kooper countered, ducking back into his shell and spun around again. "See if you can avoid this!"

He flung himself out into the group of Fuzzies, leaping up and flipping around. Now upside down, he popped out of his shell, slamming his feet into one of the fuzzy creature's faces, then bounced off and retreated in his shell, continuing his spinning as he bumped off several more. Some of them tried to jump on top of him, but Kooper moved too fast for them, not allowing them to pop him out of his shell like before. While sliding by the enemies, he occasionally poked an arm or a leg out, smacking some Fuzzies on the side of his path, causing them to spin about and get dizzy.

Flipping back onto his belly, he slid across the ground with his limbs and head out of his shell. Once he skid to a halt, the Fuzzies that were conscious or not delirious charged forward, the Koopa Troopa holding up his fists in a boxer's stance. Kooper showed he could fight with his bare fists even if he didn't have his shell on, punching down the bouncing balls of fur with faces away, smacking them aside, and throwing in a kick or two. Once the attacking Fuzzies were down, he went back in his shell and spun again, shooting off and bouncing off each one like a pinball in a pinball machine's bouncing bumpers. After connecting with the last one, he returned back to his new friends, stopping in front of them as he continued spinning. He popped back out of his shell, still spinning rapidly, until finally coming to a complete stop, standing in a triumphant pose, his back facing his fallen foes.

"Meeeeeeooooooouuuuch," the Fuzzies cried out, bouncing away into the forest in defeat.

Kooper let out a relieved sigh, flexing his muscles as he grinned at Mario, Goombario, and Twilight. "So, what do you think about my fighting skills?"

Mario's jaw hung open, unable to express any words. Goombario was just as awestruck, seeing how handy he can be, especially toward enemies he couldn't bounce on. Twilight was speechless, her eyes twitching as the scientist in her demanded answers as to how he was able to do all that without show any signs of dizziness and how he did all that in general. She approached him, sat down in front of him, and placed her hooves on his shoulders.

"...How?" she asked.

"How what?" Kooper asked back. "...How long have I been doing that? For a while. Koopa Troopas can fling themselves at foes to defend themselves, our shells being a bit tougher than rock. But, with what I can do, it took a lot of practice. Sure showed those Fuzzies not to mess with me, huh?"

"No...I mean...How?" Twilight asked again. "With the...the spinning...and the whooshing...You defy the laws of motion when you launch yourself! How are you able to do that without any opposing force smacking you with that speed!? And you should be dizzy at this point, not standing perfectly still!"

"...Well, like I said, we're able to launch ourselves at enemies," Kooper explained. "And spinning around doesn't make us dizzy. It helps get us that speed to launch ourselves, and even maneuver about if we need to change course."

Twilight blinked, processing the information. "...Ok..." She then groaned, needing to stop using her smart brain to question logic in a world that has different rules and creatures she doesn't know. "Turtles can't do that in Equestria. In this world, there's one who can breathe fire and has spikes on his shell, and Koopa Troopas can use their bodies as projectiles to smack into their enemies and conk their skulls..." She rubbed her head, already feeling a headache. "I think I've had enough excitement and learning for one day..."

"Maybe you should take a break from learning everything," Kooper suggested. "You kind of had a pretty stressful day when you appeared in my backyard, and you kind of mumble your missing friends' names when you slept the last couple days."

"But I really want to learn more about the Mushroom Kingdom: its flora, fauna, weather patterns, history, math and science, everything," Twilight said. "I always had Spike constantly remind me to stop stressing and take a breather, but he's not here...I'm glad he isn't after what happened to us. He's like a little brother to me..." She shook away those sad thoughts, turning back to Mario. "So, what should we do first?"


After heading back to Kooper's house to relax a little bit, they brought the Koopa up to speed with what Mario's mission was in order to save the Mushroom Kingdom. At first, hearing the Star Spirits needing rescuing excited him, a grand adventure across the kingdom to rescue seven powerful stars from Bowser's clutches, but when they told him where the first Star Spirit to save was, that gleam in his eyes faded and he frowned miserably.

"What's the matter, Kooper?" Goombario asked. "You were so hyped when we wanted you to come with us and save the Star Spirits, but now you look like someone told you your pet died."

"I know...but, do the Koopa Bros. really have a Star Spirit held in their fortress?" Kooper asked, needing more clarification to what he had just heard.

"Yeah. They tried to stop us back in Toad Town wearing Toad disguises." The Koopa let out a heavy sigh, staring down at his feet. "...Kooper, do you know those four Koopas?"

"...I guess you could say that." Kooper moved one of his arms into his shell, looking around for something inside. He then pulled out a blue bandanna, a bit small for his head and worn out. "They used to be good friends of mine, ever since we hatched from our eggs...But, as we got older, we had different goals in mind for our futures."

"They were your friends?" Twilight asked.

"And you were a part of the Koopa Bros.?" Goombario questioned, feeling a little bit skeptical at the sight of the bandanna.

"We called ourselves that when we were little; pretending to be ninjas and running around the village, fighting the invisible bad guys with our shell tossing teamwork." Kooper tightened his grip on the old accessory as the memories came flooding back to him. "I always wanted to be an archaeologist like Mr. Kolorado over playing our pretend games. But, the others...they wanted to work for Bowser the moment they heard he was recruiting soldiers for his army a few months ago. I didn't want to go along with them since Koopa Village was already peaceful enough as it is, but they called me a pathetic loser and went on without me.

"Ever since they built that fortress further down Pleasant Path, they've gotten so arrogant to the point where they think they can do whatever they want in this area...They're not friends of mine anymore." Kooper let out a sad laugh, running his hands over the old bandanna he used to wear with the Koopa Bros. back then. "I sometimes wonder why I ever became friends with them if all they wanted was to show off...I'm the only one who seemed to have grown up while they're stuck in imagination land."

"Define 'grown up' after watching you cheer in excitement when we allowed you to join and showing off yourself after beating the Fuzzies." Mario and Twilight chuckled at Goombario's comment. Kooper grinned sheepishly in embarrassment, his cheeks turning a light shade of red as he rubbed the back of his neck. "So, you're not in any way associated with them anymore, right?"

"For a long while when they still act like they're 'the coolest of cool' and wear those bandannas over their heads." Kooper shook his head, putting his old blue bandanna back in his shell. "They're my enemies now. I'd actually like to knock some sense into them, and even if I can't, then beating them up would help alleviate some anger against them for ditching their leader."

"Wait, YOU were the leader!?" Goombario asked in surprise, Mario just as shocked as the Goomba.

"It was my idea to pretend being ninjas, and I was the strongest out of us," the Koopa explained. "But, that was in the past. I'll help you guys out and save the Mushroom Kingdom. And help find Twilight's friends."

"Well, if Merlon was right about his vision, then we'll put all our trust in you, Kooper." The four of them stood up, ready to head out and rescue the first Star Spirit. "Let's gear up on supplies and make our way down to their fortress."

"I think the store has some helpful items we can use...but how are we going to carry them?" Kooper asked.

Mario and Goombario really didn't think much about that. If they were going to be on the road, and if they ever wound up in dangerous territory, they were going to need food, water, and any helpful items they find to combat against Bowser's patrolling soldiers. Twilight noticed an old rucksack Kooper had lying in the corner of his house, still in good condition. She levitated the backpack, though seeing how Mario, Goombario, and Kooper would be fighting quite a lot outside of safer environments like the village, one of them could damage the supplies if they get hit.

"I think this will do, but I want to make a just a little change to it." Using her magic, the alicorn shrouded the bag in her aura. Before Kooper could ask what she was doing, a small flash of light from the levitating bag shone brightly in the house. Now the backpack turned into a pair of saddlebags, suitable to wear for Twilight as she placed them on her back. "I'll hold onto any provisions for the road ahead since I can use magic to attack from a distance, providing less of a chance of them getting crushed when you three end up in a battle. Plus, with a little extra magic, it can hold a lot more than it looks for any longer trips from town to town where we'll be needing a lot of supplies. It's not as great as my saddlebags back home in Equestria, but I can make due."

"...I guess that answers that question," Goombario said after a long moment of silence. "That was some pretty cool magic."

"Magic is my talent," Twilight gloated. "I've learned many different spells when I was a filly, and some of them sometimes came in handy...or caused a few problems. My friends and I had some wild adventures back home."

"Let's just hope that luck is on our side and your magic always comes in handy," Kooper said. "Time to storm the Koopa Bros. Fortress. Let's head down to the store and get what we can."

Kooper lead the way, ready to get themselves geared up to march their way through the fortress and save the first Star Spirit. Koopa Village was peaceful again now that the Fuzzies were gone, the villagers going back to their everyday lives. When they arrived at the shop, Mario picked out which items would be helpful to fight back against their foes on the road and in the Koopa Bros. Fortress while Kooper and Goombario got plenty of food and plenty of canteens to store. It was pretty costly, but they still had plenty of coins to spare. Twilight would also keep hold of any money they earn, though she did find it odd the currency Mario finds either came from enemies he beats or in floating blocks that float around the world. She didn't bother asking about the latter and how they hovered in place above the ground, focusing her thoughts on saving her friends and this world.