Mario, Luigi, and Peach stepped out of the blimp.

The sun shined brightly overhead. Glitzville floated high above the clouds, so it was always sunny. A large propeller under the floating city held it up. The fact that Glitzville floated was nothing more than an expensive gimmick to make the visit more fun. The blimp was in the small plaza in the middle of the floating isle. The Glitz Pit arena was by far the largest building in Glitzville, and with its flashing lights and colorful banners, it truly was a sight. To the right was a small restaurant and a small hotelthey would be staying in the hotel overnight, and would leave again at noon the next day. To the left was a souvenir shop and a hot dog vendor. Other than a few plants and a telephone booth, there really wasn't anything else here.

"Ooooh, free balloons!" Luigi ran over to the cheerful woman handing out free balloons.

Peach and Mario still stood right outside of the blimp.

"Wow," Peach said, this place is marvelously colorful! She and Mario looked around. Huge posters of Rawk Hawk were plastered all over. Mario suddenly got butterflies in his stomach. He still wasn't sure that he wanted to battle Rawk Hawk.

Luigi returned with a handful of colorful balloons. "The balloon lady said we can sign Mario up inside the Glitz Pit."

"Splendid!" Peach said. "Let's go!" She grabbed Mario's wrist, and pulled him along. When they reached the entrance to the Glitz Pit, the glass doors automatically slid open for them. "Wow! What interesting doors!"

They had difficulty walking though the fancy lobby because there was a huge crowd in the way.

"I wonder what this crowd is here for," Luigi said.

"I don't know," Peach said. "I can't see."

"Mario," Luigi said, "let me climb up on your shoulders and see what everybody's looking at."

"Okay," Mario said. He was very nervous about being signed up.

Luigi climbed up onto Mario's shoulders. "Oh, it's Rawk Hawk! He's signing autographs!"

"Nobody ever asks me for an autograph..." Mario moaned.

"Well, that's because you haven't beaten up thousands of people," Peach said reassuringly.

Rawk Hawk broke through the crowd and came face-to-face with Mario.

"Do you want my autograph too, little mustache man?"

"I hate you!" Mario shouted.

"Oh? You hate me? Do you want to take this outside?" Rawk Hawk suddenly seemed very big to Mario. Especially the humongous muscles.

"No," Mario said weakly, backing up.

Rawk Hawk nodded. "I see." He walked out of the interesting automatic doors, and the crowd of fans followed him.

"Come on, Mario, let's go sign you up!" Peach began running to the door in the back of the lobby with a sign above it labeled "Registration".

"Mario," Luigi said, "come on! Let's follow Peach!"

Mario groaned as Luigi pulled him, following Peach.