Chapter 4 Purple Coins on the Space Walk

"What?! That's against the rules!" Yoshi suddenly yelled while he and Mario were flying towards the Space Junk Galaxy. "What's against the rules?" asked Mario. "The title of this chapter! I said back in chapter 1 that Purple Comet Stars weren't allowed!" Yoshi replied.

"...Did you just break the fourth wall again?!" Mario shouted at Yoshi.

"Well, technically, he didn't" said a mysterious voice. "W-who was that...?" asked Mario. "Oh, don't worry, it was just the author of this story" Yoshi calmly replied as he pointed above them.

Sure enough, there was Blinx The Time Sweeper, standing on an interdimensional portal. "Actually, I'm breaking the fourth wall" Blinx told Mario. "Grrrrrr...! I'm going to get you!" Mario yelled as he threw a Golden Hammer at Blinx.

"Oh no! See ya!" Blinx said as the portal opened and Blinx fell into it, the Golden Hammer missing by centimetres. "Darn him!" Mario yelled. "By the way Mario, are you watching were you're going?" said Blinx's voice.

Mario looked in front of him and saw the ground too late. He slammed into the small Metal Platform, causing it to shake violently. "Hey, watch it Mario, I'm trying to figure out a way to get all of those Purple Coins in less than two minutes!" Yoshi yelled over to him as he dodged the shock wave from Mario's crash and landed perfectly.

"Wha-?" suddenly, a timer in his head rang 'Time 2:00'Then, he looked over a certain area of empty space surrounded with floating pieces of metal/crystal/magnet and saw 100 Purple Coins, all in groups of 10 and all spread out over the spatial area. Plus, there was a Black Hole under the area.

"How are we going to get the coins?!" Yoshi exclaimed. "Oh, this is easy, I've done this before. Let me show you" Mario said. He then walked over to the edge of the metal platform that was facing the area and took a step out into the empty space.

Before his foot could fall under the height of the platform, one of the Crystal/Metal/Magnet Pieces quickly replaced the empty space where Mario was just about to step into. "See, with these platforms, we'll get those coins in no time!" Mario reassured Yoshi.

So, by the time the clock had reached 'Time 1:30', Mario had collected 50 Purple Coins, while Yoshi still stayed on the platform. "C'mon Yoshi! The Space Walk's amazing!" Mario said as he collected another 10 Coins, bringing the total to 60. "Well, I guess I've put this off for long enough! Time for me to Space Walk!"

And with that, Yoshi walked off the wrong side of the platform and fell into the Black Hole. "Oh my God! Yoshi!" Mario yelled. Then, as quickly as he had disappeared, Yoshi reappeared at the Metal Platform. Mario, who was completely confused now, said "What happened to you?!"

"Well, I was falling through the Black Hole, then I heard the author's voice asking if I wanted to continue. I said yes, then I was teleported back here." "...Oh...Kay...Well, that's nice and all, but we only have 30 seconds to get the last 10 coins, then to get the Fake Star!" Mario exclaimed.

(Time 0:30)

Mario ran up and down the Space Walk paths, since he already knew the paths and collected the last 10 Purple Coins.

(Time 0:15)

Yoshi Flutter Kicked over to Mario, much to his annoyance. "What do you think you're doing? The Star's back on the Metal Platform!" "Oops, sorry!" So, Yoshi Flutter Kicked back to the Metal Platform.

(Time 0:05)

Yoshi jumped at the star...

(Time 0:03)

...reached out to grab it...

(Time 0:01)

...almost got it and...

...just got the star with 1 microsecond to spare! "Phew, that was close! Hmmm... I'm feeling Déjà-vu all of a sudden, like I've come this close to losing a Star before..." Then, next to Yoshi, a Launch Star appeared. And there's our ride. Let's-a go!" shouted Mario as both himself and Yoshi jumped into the Launch Star. Then, they were both shot out in the Direction of their next Galaxy.