Mandy had explained everything to Mario, how she was on a field trip, the stolen Nightmare Ruby, and how she, Grim and the other kids were on a dimensional crossing train before it exploded during a fight against Boogey and Scythe 2.0. She explained thoroughly on how dangerous the Nightmare Ruby was and what it did to Boogey.

Mario had then explained what he was doing and what Mandy was unfortunately dragged into. A Princess by the name of Peach Toadstool, had requested Mario to meet her in Rogueport to join her in a treasure hunt, Mario even had an oddly drawn map to show for it. Mandy examined it, but all it had was set pieces, no details, no clues or anything. She felt a little suspicious on the legitimacy of it, but considering it was all they had to go with, other than a destination. She hardly felt the need to complain.

Soon enough the two made it to the harbour of Rogueport, Mandy and Mario walked up to the small bridge the boat left out for them. "Sorry for the delay there, bit of a rough weather and whatnot." Said the Captain whom was on the other side of a window, Mandy could hardly see him. "Are you sure you wanna depart here, sir? I did mention of all the hoodlums and trouble makers, didn't I?"

"Of course, a Princess is waiting for me here, and I'm not one to deny such a request." Mario replied with confidence as he tipped his hat slightly.

"A Princess? I… see. Well if you're certain, I won't delay you any longer, you just be careful you two."

The two watched as the boat left, they then turned to the harbour and looked around. Mandy herself took notice of the civilians of this world what she saw were round creatures in sailor-like clothing, stubby feet and wind-up handles on their backs. But there were also strange short human-like creatures with no legs, only feet and had large white hats with coloured polka dots on them, one had red, another had blue and one had green and so on, with their heads with the strange hats, it made them look like mushrooms with bodies wearing sailor-like clothing as well, this wasn't too much of a surprise since they were at the harbour so it was likely the citizen wore sailor clothing here.

"Ahoy laddie and lassie!" said a strange sounding voice, Mario and Mandy turned to their sides to see one of the round creatures, but was a bigger verity with dark purple colouring, with two large brown boots for feet, it had beady white eyes with one of them covered by an eye patch and a yellow and purple bandanna, it also had a set of bones on its back looking like a wind-up handle, "Welcome to Rogueport, we don't often get humans 'round these parts."

"Yeah, it's our first time here." Mario responded. "I'm Mario, and this is Mandy."

"So… what exactly are you?" Mandy asked.

"Ain't seen a Bob-Omb before have ye? No matter, the names Pa-Patch!" he said, "Where are ye from?"

"We're from the central part of the Mushroom Kingdom. Toad Town specifically." Mario responded. "Mandy here is also looking for her friends who got separated, have you seen any other humans like us?"

"Well about a day ago I saw a beautiful lass in a pink dress with an old Toad following her around, but I ain't seen her since." Pa-Patch replied.

"I see, thanks for your help."

"EEEK! GET AWAY FROM ME YOU FREAK!" shouted a teenage girl's voice, running down the set of stairs and ran to the centre of the harbour was a strange mushroom shaped creature just a little shorter than Mandy with big feet, large blue eyes, big eyebrows and eyelashes, pink blushes on her cheeks. She wore what looked like a yellowish-greyish outfit with a red tie and a large explorers helmet with a light on it and a long golden ponytail hairstyle, that reached to the back of her feet.

But next to this mushroom girl was someone who looked very familiar, it was a young boy wearing a black jacket under a school uniform, he wore thick glasses with green lenses. Mandy's eyes widened slightly, it was Nergal Junior.

As they reached the centre of the harbour, three goons slightly bigger than Junior who had been chasing them had also arrived looking as if they cornered them. Two of the goons wore red bodysuits with strange white masks under blue goggles and had large black Xs on their chest, the middle one was much larger and rounder, 6.5ft to be exact, he wore a black and purple body suit with a purple horned mask under darker blue goggles, a red spiked cape and black curved shoes, their appearances caused every other citizen to back off to the walls and watch looking nervous, except for Mario and Mandy who began to walk closer to the scene.

Junior actually looked a bit weakened, but it didn't stop him from throwing two of his tentacles out towards the bigger goon. From how Mandy was seeing it however, the tentacles moved much slower compared to what he had done against Boogey. And because they were moving slower, the two smaller goons reacted on time and caught each of them, while the larger one charged forward with his head down like a bull. And because Junior's tentacles were holding him down, he suffered a full body blow from the larger goon's charge and was sent flying after the smaller goons let go. Junior hit the wall hard causing it to crack in places and he fell unconscious.

The bigger goon laughed loudly as the mushroom girl stepped backwards in fear. "Man! That kid is something, but he ain't got nothing on me!" He then turned to the smaller goons. "Alright boys, we're taking this little Firebrand back to our fortress!"

"And the tentacle boy?" asked one of the goons.

"Leave that loser. He's got good tricks but he ain't worth the hassle."

"At once Lord Crump!"

"Back away!" the larger goon named Crump turned around and the moment he did, he was struck in the face with a strong punch from Mario, Crump was forced back by about ten feet, only being stopped by the smaller goons who caught him.

Mario stepped forward preparing his fists while the mushroom girl ran back to Junior, whom Mandy walked up to.

"That was a cheap shot ya jerk!" Crump shouted as he rubbed his left cheek.

"You shouldn't go bullying kids like that." Mario replied with a fierce tone to him. "Now beat it!"

"Oh, I'm SO SCARED!" Crump said sarcastically. "Whattaya gonna do!? Hit me with that big stupid hammer of yer's!? I'm quaking in my boots!"

"I don't even need my hammer to KO you, you giant talking egg." Mario responded. "If anything, I'd rather not dent it on your big stupid thick skull!"

Crump immediately got furious and stamped his foot. "Why you! No one smack talks Lord Crump and gets away with it! I think it's time for you to get a taste of the ol' CRUMP-A-BOMB!"

Lord Crump charged forward, much faster than last time, but instead of dodging, Mario planted his feet down firmly and caught Crump by the horns and was pushed back by about five feet before stopping completely. Mario then thrusts his right knee directly into Crumps face sending him up slightly, then Mario did a 360-turn throwing Crump into the two goons sending them all into the wall at the back. Crump quickly recovered and jumped up high trying to land on Mario, but he quickly dodged and threw a spinning kick into his face sending him back a few feet, then he tried to throw a punch into Crump, but he quickly caught it and tried to throw one back, but Mario dodged, quickly grabbed the arm that was holding Mario's hand, spun and threw Crump over his shoulder and landing on his back.

Before Crump could get up, Mario quickly grabbed his horns again and began to spin rapidly, going faster with each spin, he then threw Crump high up into the air, and while Crump began to scream and flail around while falling back down, Mario bent his knees down and looked to have been building up power. Mandy and the mushroom girl both looked surprised, wondering what he was gonna do. Just as Crump almost hit the ground, Mario quickly jumped back and threw both his feet into Crump's back, rocketing him back into the wall smashing through it leaving only a large cloud of dust where he was.

Mario let out a sigh as he turned back to Mandy and the mushroom girl, Mandy had Junior over her shoulder who only just began to regain consciousness. Mario dug into his overalls and took out a small treasure chest no bigger than his thumb, then in seconds it quickly grew larger, Mario opened it with his free hand, dug into it and took out what looked like a red mushroom with white polka dots on it. The treasure chest then closed itself and shrunk back down.

Mario handed the mushroom to Junior as he placed the size changing treasure chest back into his overalls. "Here, open wide." Junior opened his mouth wide and he placed the mushroom in. After eating it, Junior suddenly got a jolt of energy as his wounds quickly disappeared, he then stood up properly looking at himself.

"Wow, I feel good as new." He then turned to Mandy, taking notice of her new outfit. "Mandy? What happened to you?"

"Long story, I'll explain later."

"Urgh!" The four quickly turned around to see Lord Crump climbing out of the hole he went through as the two smaller goons kept him supported, but he then pushed them back and moved forward himself. "Ok, you got a couple good shots in I'll give you that. But unfortunately for you, that means… IT'S GO TIME!"

There was a sudden rumble and in seconds, Mandy, Mario, Junior and the mushroom girl were all surrounded by hundreds upon hundreds of smaller goons that came out of nowhere. "Well crud!" exclaimed the mushroom girl.

"PUNISH THEM!" Crump screamed, and the smaller goons suddenly jumped up and began attacking the four in a giant pile of jumping goons.

But little did they know, they were all missing, as the four quickly snuck from the crowd. "Let's get outta here." The mushroom girl said.

"With pleasure." Junior replied as all four of them quickly ran up the stairs and further into the town.

A few seconds of the army attacking the same area. "BUH-HUH!?" Crump exclaimed. "STOOOOP!" soon the entire army stopped and realised the four they were attacking were gone, Crump looked around quickly. "Where did they go!? You, Johnson! Did you see them, d-did anyone!?" All of them tilted their heads to the side having no idea where they went. Crump growled furiously. "Urgh! Crud! They bolted!"