"And so, now that Twink has come of age, he shall take my place as a star spirit…Thank you, all…" Eldstar pronounced in front of several stars.

Twink flew up to the stage, and thanked Eldstar. In a sudden surprise, Luigi jumped up to the star hall.

"Luigi?!? What is the matter?" Eldstar asked, in a shocked voice.

Mario jumped into star hall next. "Eldstar! This is an emergency!"

"An emergency? My, my…" Eldstar was somewhat concerned about the emergency.

"Bowser's son, Iggy koopa is planning on destroying everything! We need the star rod to defeat him!"

Eldstar grabbed a piece of paper and gave it to Mario. "We have the star rod, but its powers are gone. Whoever stole its power left this."

The paper was read:

"Your enchanted light is missing, but it is not gone,

But if you listen, it will be obtained not long.

The lava is mean, and clue 2 is hot,

So if you want it, give the volcano a shot!"

Mario, Luigi, and Waluigi tried to think about what this meant.

"Lava and volcano…Lava-lava mountain, lethal lava land, mount coronet, all three have lava and a volcano. There must be a way to narrow it down!" Mario complained.

"It is rather strange that they used the word mean to describe lava. Bullies are mean. and jerks." Waluigi sighed.

"Mario! He's on to something!" Luigi cheered.

"Lethal lava land has lava everywhere…flames jump over bridges, there are those monsters called bullies, and there is a volcano you can climb inside. You have to be right! Waluigi, was that a lucky guess?" Mario asked.

"Ahem! Who do you think built the Wario bike? Who made the sinister plans? I may not look like it, but I can solve all sorts of riddles. Every word has its own meaning, and you two overlooked that word too many times." Waluigi was still just laying around as he said this.

Mario and Luigi just stared at him, impressed and shocked.

"Wah ha ha! What are you three waiting for? We have got a volcano to raid!" Wario was revving his Wario bike, signaling them to get on. They got to lethal lava land, and the volcano was standing, taller than ever.

"What is that?!? It was not that big is super Wario ds!" Wario gasped.

"It's called super Mario ds, you idiot! You were an optional character! Yoshi and Mario were the only two required to beat Bowser!" Waluigi yelled.

"Why are you yelling at him?" Mario asked.

"No duh! I work at the factories that make those games! We are almost done with our new game, Wario ware D.I.Y.! I consider those games my art! You do not just go in to an art museum and call the Mona Lisa painting the Maria Leaky painting!" Waluigi was ranting on and on.

Mario, Luigi, Wario, and yoshi all jumped in the volcano, ready to find the second clue.

"And now you know why pronunciations are important!…Wario? Mario? Anybody?!?"

The four searched through the volcano, and Wario found the clue under a giant boulder.

"You are clever, after all. Unless you guessed out of luck,

This test will give you the power and on your shoes, lots of muck!

Two arrows lead out. One leads an area back. Only one arrow leads forward to them,

But be careful of the purple monster with a shining gem!"

"Waluigi will have to help us again…" Wario groaned. The three wondered at first why he groaned, and then they saw him carrying a large sack filled with money he took from the volcano.

They got outside, and Waluigi was gone. In the place he stood earlier, was a letter laying on the ground.

"Waluigi is probably mad that we left, and wrote a letter to us." Wario sighed.

"It's from Rougeport! And it has an ominous symbol on it…" Mario gasped.

"What's the matter? Going to read it or what?" Wario asked.

"This letter is written with someone's blood. Iggy may have attacked someone else…" Mario said.