Banjo felt the warm breeze of Spiral Mountain. The flowers that were planted everywhere created an aroma that no bear could describe. He straightened his shark tooth necklace, and was on his way. He saw Bottles against the mountainside.
"Bottles! Hey! Wake up! Bottles!" Banjo was frantic.
"Come on, Four-Eyes, wake up!" Kazooie and Bottles were lifelong rivals. They always called each other names (to Banjo's dismay. Banjo was kind-hearted). Bottles woke up slowly, then stood up with a jolt.
"I'm sorry, Banjo! I couldn't do it! I tried! I…" Tears started to trickle down Bottles' face. They glimmered in the sun, but that wasn't what Banjo cared about.
"Hey, Bottles," Banjo pat his friend's back. "you tried! I would be mad at you if you did nothing at all! You risked your life to save my sister, and I am happy because of that." That made Bottles feel better.
"Come on, let's go!" Kazooie shouted. Kazooie was not a polite bird, so to speak.
"Wait!" Bottles jumped in front of them, preventing them from going anywhere. "I can help you on your journey and teach you new moves! You guys can't take down the witch who took your sister without any tricks up your sleeve." Bottles insisted.
"We need all the help we can get!" Banjo said happily.
"Find my molehills. Every time you see one, just knock on it. I will come out and teach you something. See ya!" Bottles dug into a molehill, which was not suspected to be one of the move-hills, so Banjo and Kazooie walked up the sandy slope. They saw the monument of Spiral Mountain right in front of them. It was a colossal hill, with spiral roads twirling down from its peak. There was a just as circular moat around the hill, which caused a fork in the road. Banjo decided to go left. He immediately saw a horde of logs. In the midst of these hills was a small molehill. Banjo ran up to it, and rapped his knuckles against it. Bottles sprang out.
"You both ready?" Bottles asked.
"What, wearing stupid goggles and a jacket, standing in the same spot like a doofus?" Kazooie mocked. Bottles rolled his eyes. "Hell yeah I'm ready!" Kazooie shouted eagerly. Bottles pulled out a slip of paper. "That's not a restraining order… is it?"
"This fell out of the witch's pocket when she flew away. It explains that with the power of two Spiritual Onis, the bond of two people can make their skills unbeatable." Bottles explained, ignoring Kazooie.
Bottles examined the paper carefully. Then he chanted, "Hear the spell that makes this true: spirits raise the power of two. When these words have been spoken, friendship bonds will be unbroken."
Banjo began glowing a shade of blue, and Kazooie glowed slightly more red. They were now bonded.
"Do you know how to jump?" Bottles asked.
Kazooie gave Bottles a confused look. "Do you think we're stupid?" Banjo jumped with ease.
"Okay, you need to go a bit higher. Why not assist him, birdbrain?" Bottles suggested.
"But I'll look silly…" Kazooie complained.
"You always look silly. Help him." Bottles was normally kindhearted, but he knew Kazooie would be hard to teach.
Banjo jumped, and Kazooie added to it by flapping her wings. That went surprisingly well, Banjo thought.
"On your journey, you will meet very, very high places to reach. Can you show me a high jump?" Bottles said.
Banjo crouched down. With the power of Kazooie's oni, she caused Banjo to spring up while doing a flip, using her wings.
"Very good! Now go see my other mole hills." Bottles dug inside of his molehill.
Banjo walked up to the waterfall. It was crashing down, sending a mystic roar around the mountain. Trees were lined up everywhere. Banjo saw a molehill right next to the moat. He knocked on it, and Bottles came out.
"Do you know how to swim?" Bottles asked Banjo.
"Seems difficult, and I don't want to get my fur wet!" Banjo complained. Banjo jumped in the water anyway. With his blue oni, he waded in the water.
"Banjo, you can kick, and Kazooie, you can use your wings to push him through the water!" Banjo dove into the water with great elegance. Kazooie pushed him through the streams of water while he kicked. Bottles went back inside his molehill.
There was a bridge connecting the two sides of the area, since the waterfall caused a river, which made the moat. Banjo crossed it, and he saw a molehill by a tree. He knocked on it again, and Bottles came out.
"You can climb by digging your claws into a surface, and digging straight up." Bottles watched as Banjo climbed a tree using this method. He went back inside.
Banjo was very near to the bridge that connected to Spiral Mountain, but he wasn't down yet. Banjo was very tired from all this work, but he kept on going. He saw giant boulders in a small cave with a molehill inside. He did the usual procedure, which caused Bottles to spring out.
"Kazooie, you can cause great destruction with your mighty beak. Try on these boulders!" Bottles commanded.
"But wouldn't that, you know… BREAK MY BEAK?!" Kazooie fumed.
"It's fine!" Bottles insisted.
Banjo walked up to a boulder, and Kazooie reluctantly slammed her beak onto the surface of it. The boulder shattered.
"Having fun, worm breath?" Bottles laughed.
"Shut it! I'm doing it on you next, Jamjars!" That name made Bottles stop laughing instantly. He cleared his throat sadly as Kazooie shattered more boulders. He reluctantly climbed inside of his molehill without a trace.
Banjo continued on. There was a slope which led to a plot of farmland guarded by a fence. There was a final molehill. Banjo knocked, Bottles came out. "You can't take down the hag without attacks. Banjo, show this carrot who's boss by punching it." A carrot popped out of the hole that was in the center of the farmland.
"Hey, what about me?" Kazooie asked. They ignored her. Banjo punched the carrot. There was a snapping sound, and the carrot broke in half.
"Great! Banjo, you can also somersault into enemies to beat them up!"
"What about me?!" Kazooie was ignored again.
An onion popped out of the hole. Banjo somersaulted into it, and the onion collapsed.
"Stop rolling, Banjo! You're making me sick!" Kazooie protested.
"Banjo can jump up to enemies, and Kazooie can rap her beak against them."
"WHAT ABOUT M- oh."
A floating cauliflower jumped out of the hole. Banjo jumped up, and Kazooie hit it with her beak.
"Good! Meet me on the top of the mountain!" Bottles said.
Banjo mounted the bridge to the mountain, and began climbing the spiral road. He had to take several breaks because the mountain was so huge. He finally reached the top of the hill. Bottles was there, right next to another molehill.
"I fixed up the bridge for you. Now, show that witch who's boss and kick her butt!" Bottles dug inside the molehill. Banjo turned towards the bridge, which was connected to the mountain's peak. Connecting to… Banjo gasped in horror. Gruntilda made her lair in the shape of her head. The lair towered the mountain with the rising hat, which contained the many floors of the lair. The lair's eyes were emeralds, which illuminated the peak of the mountain, and the only way to enter the lair was through its mouth. Banjo walked across the bridge, unaware of the horrors that awaited him inside of the lair. He reached the mouth of the lair. Banjo and Kazooie held their breaths as they stepped inside.