Phew! What a crazy day it has been...but I made it. I got my chores done, and I should get back to my fanfic. How long has it been since I updated?
I see it's been over today and I should update now.
So anyway, here's the next chapter.
Chapter 19: Stand Tall on these Four Pillars
The three Toads came out of the painting.
"Alright! Just one more star before the next Bowser level comes!" Toad said. "There has gotta be another portal around here somewhere."
The three kept on trekking through the shallow water hoping to find some portal, but they were met with a brick wall with nothing on it.
"Dang it! A dead end. Let's move on." Yellow Toad said.
The two Toads were about to walk away, but Toadette stared at the wall suspiciously and started to walk towards it.
"What are you doing, Toadette? Come on!" Toad said.
But Toadette didn't listen. She just kept walking towards it. There was something strange about this wall too. She touched the "wall" and it showed a wavy effect.
The two Toads had gasped.
"Oh man, Bowser. You think you're SO clever." Toadette said.
"Nice one, Toadette! I don't know what we would do without you." Toad said.
"If it weren't for me, you boys would've been stuck in Bowser's clutches...forever! Come on, let's get that star!" Toadette said.
The three then jumped into the disguised painting which was...
Shifting Sand Land
Our heroic Toads landed in a vast desert full of desert sand, desert hills, quicksand, tornadoes, and a huge pyramid with a door on it.
"Gee, I was expecting a dark castle because of this painting." Yellow Toad said, looking around.
"Too hot here..." Toadette said.
"Well...we're not gonna get the star standing here. On to adventure!" Toad said.
The three Toads started trekking through this large desert with some enemies getting into their way such as Flying Shy Guys, Exploding Bob-ombs, and Prawlin' Pokeys. But they were no match for these three superstars. Then they made it to an area with lots of quicksand which may sink them, and these large boxes with faces painted on called Tox Boxes. Yellow Toad was terrified of this.
"Um...you two go ahead. I'll just go check out the pyramid." Yellow Toad told them.
"Okay. Good luck, Yellow!" Toad told him.
Yellow Toad seperated from the other two and headed towards the pillars.
"Hmm...I wonder if these pillars are connected to the pyramid somehow." Yellow Toad said as he climbed up the pillar and stood on the flat surface.
"Gee, what a nice view! This desert isn't all that big after all." Yellow Toad said. Just then, he slightly noticed a little crack in the pyramid.
"Did I do that?" Yellow Toad asked himself. He looked down to notice the pillar he was standing on started to glow. "Whoa!"
Yellow Toad looked toward another pillar, but it was standing over a quicksand pit! Yellow Toad took a leap of faith, and he just barely made it. He noticed the pyramid cracking even more with a glowing light protuding from it.
"Oh, I see. I have to step on all of these." Yellow Toad said to himself.
Meanwhile, Toad and Toadette were on metal platforms above quicksand where Tox Boxes were patrolling the area.
"Gee, I can see why Yellow was afraid. Those boxes look like they could squish us in one piece." Toad said.
"Those faces look like they were painted on. I wonder if they're alive or not." Toadette said.
"I don't know, Toadette. But we have got no time to stick around to find out." Toad said. "Let's- OH NO! TOADETTE, LOOK OUT!" Toad screamed.
It was too late. Toadette was crushed underneath the Tox Box. But when it moved out of the way, she appeared unharmed.
"I'm alright, Toad. There was a hole in that block that I was able to squeeze through." Toadette said.
"Oh, I didn't notice. Whoever designed it that way must have rushed it. Anyways, I'm glad you're safe, Toadette! What do ya say we move on?" Toad said.
"Oh yeah!" Toadette said.
The duo made it across the metal platforms and back to the desert landscape once again. But then a vulture named Klepto swoops in and steals Toad's mushroom hat.
"My hat! Hey, give me back my hat!" Toad said.
Toad climbed up a pillar and tried to jump and grab it, but he fell into the sand, and he was alright.
"Hahahahaha!" Klepto laughed at Toad, which made him angry.
"Grrr!" Toad growled.
Toadette tried to grab Toad's hat with a jump, but that made Klepto too quick. He was too persistent to notice Yellow Toad spinning like a tornado and hitting him, knocking the hat out of it's beak. Yellow Toad landed on the third pillar.
"My hat!" Toad giggled. "Thanks, Yellow!"
"No problem, Toad! I discovered some sort of connection with both pillars and the pyramid. It might help us find the star." Yellow Toad said.
"Then let's get to it." Toad said.
As Toad put his hat back on, Yellow Toad jumped over to the final pillar. Then they witnessed an interesting event. The top of the pyramid then came off, spinning around and around, and exploded, leaving open a new path.
"Whoa!" Toad, Yellow Toad, and Toadette were amazed.
"I think that opened up a new path. Nice job, Yellow!" Toad said.
"Thanks!" Yellow Toad said.
The three climbed up the now topless pyramid to see a hole where the top was. They jumped in to land on an elevator that descended to a secret passage. They slowly creeped in to land on a large slide.
They landed in a small chamber. It appeared to be a tomb. There wasn't much to it besides a set of stone-made steps and a coffin with a star on top of it.
"Let's claim our prize, everybody!" Toadette said.
"Well...it's too easy. There must be some sort of trap or something." Yellow Toad said.
Toadette went on the steps, and just as she was about to grab the star, the "steps" started to rumble revealing large stone hands with a blue eye on each palm. Toadette fell over them.
"Who walk here?! Who break seal?! Wake...ancient...ones?!" said the two hands known as Eyerok. "We no like light...rrrrrrrrrummmbbble...we no like...intruders! Now battle...hand...to...hand!"
Eyerok proceeded to try to push the heroes off the platform. Though as the left hand attacked, the right hand opened its eye, leaving it vulnerable. Toad assumed the ey was its weak point and punched it. And surely enough, he was right. It knocked both of them back,
"Their weakness is their eyes! Punch 'em when they're exposed!" Toad said.
Both fists closed and Eyerok proceeded to attempt to squish heroes as if its fists were Thwomps. Once they opened, the right hand tried to crush the heroes while the left one exposed its eye. Yellow Toad punched the eye to knock both hands over. As they once again tried to squish the two Toads, Toadette spotted a torch and had an idea. As both hands opened their eyes, Toadette burned them with flames.
"Our...eyes!" Eyerok said as it exploded, leaving behind the star.
"And that, my friends, is why you never look directly at the sun. Your eyes will burn and you'll regret it." Toadette said to the viewer.
"It's also why you should never play with fire. Don't do this at home, kids." Toad told the viewer.
"Grrrrrumbbbbble! What...happen? We...crushed like a pebble. You so strong. You rule ancient pyramid! For today...take Star of Power...we sleep...darkness." said Eyerok's spirit.
The three Toads then grabbed the Power Star.