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Chapter 9: Silver Stars Down Deep
Ever since Sonic landed in Spin-Dig Galaxy, Mario was the next one who just landed there. However, at the platform where Mario landed, there was a Bill Board telling him to watch out for the Cosmic Clones.
"Wait-a, Cosmic Clones?" Mario raised an eyebrow in confusion.
The Bill Board wasn't kidding; once Mario left the platform, a dark wine-red cloud showed up behind him and a sinister laugh came, which sounded like Mario's voice, but high-pitched.
"What was that-a?" Mario questioned as he looked behind him. "UH OH!" he gasped as he noticed the Cosmic Clones of himself chasing after him and copying his movements.
To get rid of them, he had to destroy a crystal on the planet's bottom, containing a Sling Star. Once he does, the Cosmic Clones disappear as they scream in defeat.
"That was close-a! Good thing I got rid of them-a." Mario sighed in relief.
He used the Sling Star, taking him to the highest platform, with a Piranha Plant. He defeats it, revealing a long vine, taking him to a purple tower. There was a pipe there.
The pipe took him to the inside of the tower, all filled with dirt. Mario spotted a Spin Drill at his front.
"Hmm, maybe this drill can help me navigate through this maze." Mario said as he picks up the Spin Drill and carries it above his head with both hands.
He goes to where a Digga was and drills inside the dirt and after rebounding to the left, he emerged out. He drills again, doing more rebounds and reaching another pipe, taking him deeper into the area.
This time, he had to time the use of the Spin Drill because there were electric balls under the dirt layers. He did that successfully and at the end was an orange pipe.
It took him to the tower's underside, where there was a Launch Star trapped inside a crystal. Mario frees it, and uses it.
The Launch Star took him to a red Starshroom, where a green Toad was standing. He startled at Mario's sudden arrival:
"GYAH! It's you… Mario, right?! Like this new ship? It's called a Starshroom! We're shoving off soon!"
"That's great-a! But, where is your captain?" Mario asked.
"That's the problem! We were all looking for our captain, but he's nowhere to be seen here. So once you find the Power Star, we'll follow you to where you're heading!" the green Toad said.
Then, a blue Toad wearing glasses came in, and told Mario:
"According to my investigation, there are Silver Stars over there!" he pointed to the next planet. "My analysis suggests that if you get five Silver Stars, they'll merge into a Power Star! Hmmm…"
Mario understood and used the Launch Star over the Starshroom, taking him to the next planet that the blue Toad mentioned.
This planet was shaped like a square and there was a lot of Diggas. Mario ran around the planet until he found a Spin Drill and dug under the planet's underground to locate the Silver Stars.
To get the five Silver Stars, Mario had to locate the dirt marks on the ground, which were the ideal places to dig. Four of the Silver Stars were underground, and only one was aboveground.
Once Mario got all of the Silver Stars, which kept following him every time he moved, they all fused together into one, shining, golden Power Star. It showed up aboveground.
Mario got out of the underground area and made his way to the Power Star. He touches it, and it glowed in a bright light as the Spin Drill disappears in his hands.
Once back at the Starship Mario, he met with Lubba.
"Oh! One of my little guys is back! I was wondering what happened to the little feller after he fell off…" she said. "He built a ship to get back, huh? That's my crew for you!" she then noticed the Toads at the Starshroom. "Uh… Those guys are all friends of yours, right?" Mario nodded.
He decided to visit the Starshroom by going to a Warp Pad. Once there, he met with the Toads from the Toad Brigade; all of them were worried about their captain.
Mario wondered if he was going to find Toad, which is the captain of the Toad Brigade, right at the next Galaxy…
To be continued…
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