Toadsworth intently made his way to Waluigi's cell. "What's the matter now?" he asked a guard.

"The prisoner's sick."

"Of course he is; it's Waluigi, man!"

"No, sir, I mean he's ill."

"Oh."

The old mushroom man approached the cell cautiously. Waluigi, twice as pale as usual, was lying on the floor, shivering violently. He was holding his stomach and staring out into space, his pupils half their normal size. "My, this is peculiar," Toadsworth muttered to himself. At that moment, the royal doctor Toad arrived. "Where's the patient?" he asked.

"Right here," Toadsworth answered. The doctor got a good look at Waluigi. He put on medical gloves and reached for the villain's wrist. The doctor looked at his watch. "His pulse is irregular," he finally concluded. He then proceeded to take Waluigi's temperature. "Thirty degrees Fahrenheit," he announced. He shined a light into Waluigi's eye. "It doesn't look good," he said.

"Well, what's wrong with him?" Toadsworth asked.

"He has… Dungeon Disease."

At this, all gasped in horror. All except Waluigi, who was still shivering uncontrollably. "Can you cure him?" Toadsworth questioned. The doctor shook his head. "There's only one cure for this, and I don't have it with me," he said. Toadsworth sighed and hobbled out of the cell, deep in thought. "This may be the end for this man. Now everyone, we must remain calm. And most importantly, do not tell Rosalina-"

"Do not tell Rosalina what?"

All turned and saw the princess standing right behind them. "Oh, uh, princess! We were just, um, discussing how, um…" Toadsworth pathetically tried to answer. Rosalina pushed her way through the men and saw Waluigi on the ground. She gasped and put her hand to her mouth. "He is sick, and you did not want to tell me?" she asked. Toadsworth backed away slightly. Shame hit him like a bag of bricks.

Rosalina approached the doctor. "Can you not help?" she asked. The doctor then explained how he did not have the cure. The princess reached into her sleeve and pulled out three mushrooms. "Will these help?" she offered.

"Where did you get those?" Toadsworth asked.

"The races. I did not know what they were for, so I kept them."

The doctor quickly grabbed one. "Yes, I do believe this will help tremendously. The cure to Dungeon Disease is this mushroom!" he exclaimed. Toadsworth raised an eyebrow skeptically. "You mean to tell me you don't have mushrooms?" he asked. The doctor smiled nervously and scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, well… I haven't been to the market lately, okay?" he said pathetically.

The doctor approached Waluigi with the mushroom. "Open wide," he ordered. He tried to feed Waluigi the mushroom, but the villain swatted him away, screaming like a banshee as he did. "If he won't take this, he'll only get worse," the doctor sighed. Rosalina took the mushroom back. "Let me try," she offered.

The princess approached the sick man and knelt down by his side. "Open," she said in a calm whisper. Waluigi, now sweating while shivering, shut his eyes in pain. For a second, Rosalina could've sworn he was crying. "Open," she repeated. Then, almost by a miracle, Waluigi's mouth opened slightly. Rosalina delicately fed him the mushroom. Using what little energy he had left, Waluigi chewed and eventually swallowed it. Almost instantly, the shivering stopped.

Rosalina stood and rejoined Toadsworth, the doctor, and the guards. They closed the cell and watched as Waluigi sat up. "Ugh, my head. W-what happened?" he asked in a dazed state. The others looked to each other, then Rosalina spoke. "You were sick, but you are better now," she said. Waluigi rubbed his head. "So much for better. My head is killing me," he countered.

"That shouldn't last long. It's a mere side-effect to curing Dungeon Disease," the doctor said. "But how did you get it? What have you eaten recently?"

Waluigi thought a moment. "I ate the same stuff they feed me here everyday," he answered.

"WHAT?! ARE YOU INSANE?! DON'T YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE?!" Toadsworth exclaimed. All looked at him. "Well, that slop is pretty awful," he offered.

The group began to leave. "Wait. Toadsworth, I have a favor to ask of you," Rosalina said. Toadsworth turned and looked at her. "What is it, Your Majesty?" he asked.

"Let me take Waluigi outside."

"Out of the question!"

"Listen to me, Toadsworth. He needs fresh air. If he stays in this dungeon any longer, he could get sick again."

Toadsworth furrowed his moustache in deep thought. "Fine," he finally agreed, "but if anything goes wrong, he is your responsibility."

One guard unlocked Waluigi's cell and let him out. The group left, leaving the princess and the villain alone. He looked at her in confusion as she began to exit. She stopped and turned to face him.

"Well, are you coming?"