Dry Bowser was observing the magma flowing out of the grey stone pillars within the Grumble Volcano, noticing that they were flowing slower. He noticed this as he jumped onto the pillar right in front of him, glancing at the other pillars to see them slowing down as much.
"What the... hmmm... something is not right here," Dry Bowser commented as he fell into the hot molten magma below, resisting the heat as he swam to the bottom. He then noticed a strange blue orb placed down there, much to his surprise. "So, someone is trying to make the volcano act up, huh?"
Outside the volcano, Wario was laughing it up with Waluigi and Donkey Kong, the trio having pulled a prank on the racecourse. Suddenly, the blue orb was tossed from the top of the Grumble Volcano, landing right on Wario's head. Waluigi and Donkey Kong glanced at each other as Wario grabbed the blue orb and looked at it, screaming as he tried tossing it away. Instead, it exploded in a huge fiery fashion, sending the trio soaring across the dark sky, completely in red and yellow flames. Dry Bowser walked out of the entrance to the Grumble Volcano, chuckling as he folded his skeletal arms together.