Well, you can bet that, while Rudolph, Luigi, and Wario were off on their little adventure, the folks back at Christmastown were in a bit of a dither. After all, they really never had anyone run away before! Donder was particularly worried, since he felt mostly responsible for Rudolph running off. Therefore, he decided he had to go out and find his son. In fact, Mrs. Donder wanted to go along too, but Donder refused, claiming it was a father/son thing. Of course, that didn't stop her. As soon as Donder left, Clarice came over to see Mrs. Donder, and the two of them agreed to go look for Rudolph on their own. Unfortunately, they would have little luck finding him, as that little iceberg our heroes were on had now just entered a really big patch of fog...

"Let's see..." Wario began, "I spy something---"

"Fog," Luigi replied in a deadpan voice.

"Hey! Let me finish my sentence before you guess!"

"All we've seen is fog for the last two hours!" Rudolph explained, "How do we know where we're going?"

All of a sudden, as if on cue, the iceberg shook violently, and the trio was dumped from their perch onto dry land! Wario immediately pulled his head up off the ground.

"LAND, HO!" Wario shouted.

"No duh, Sherlock," Luigi mumbled, slowly getting onto his feet.

"Hold on... Where are we?" Rudolph wondered.

Looking around, the group noticed a castle built into the side of a mountain overlooking the area! As Luigi was observing the structure, he slowly backed up to get a better view, not noticing the suspicious-looking jar with a crank behind him. When he accidentally bumped into it, the crank began to turn, and suddenly, a giant snake popped out of the top! This startled Luigi, causing him to leap into the air and land in Wario's arms for protection. Wario, on the other hand, quickly dumped Luigi onto the snowy ground.

"Halt!" the serpent hissed, "Who goes there?"

"Uh... Us?" Wario suggested, "Who'd ya think?"

"Oh, well, that's ok, then... WAIT A SECOND! Let me rephrase that: Who, may I ask, are you?"

"Well, I'm Rudolph," Rudolph introduced, "the elf's Luigi and the big guy's Wario Cornellus. Who are you?"

"I," the snake began, "am the official sentry of the Island of Misfit Toys."

"Island of Misfit Toys, eh?" Wario repeated, "And what toy are you supposed to be?"

"A Jack-in-the-Box," the serpent answered.

"But you're a snake..." Luigi muttered, "... In a jar..."

The toy suddenly got a saddened look on his face and began to sob.

"Exactly! That's why I'm a misfit! I'm not Jack, and I'm not in a box! What kid wants to play with a Snake-in-the-Jar on Christmas? Sob... That's why I had to come here, to the Island of Misfit Toys!"

"I see..." Rudolph replied, feeling sorry for the toy, "Are there any other misfits here?"

"Oh, sure! Here, let me introduce them to you..."

As soon as the serpent said this, a bunch of other misfit toys came out of hiding. The first to appear was a Pikachu plushy.

"Aw, how cute..." Luigi complimented, "Does he know how to summon lightning?"

Suddenly, the plushy let out a scream.

"YIKES! LIGHTNING? WHERE?... Oh, wait, there isn't any lightning... Sorry about that, I'm just petrified of lightning! Scared stiff of the stuff! I hate it!"

"I see..." Luigi moaned.

Next, a Shy Guy wind-up toy walked up to Wario and shook his hand... a lot.

"Hithere!Howareyoudoing?" The Shy Guy greeted at an incredibly fast speed, refusing to let go of Wario's hand, "I'maShyGuy,butmyproblemisthatI'mnotveryshyatall!Infact,I'mreallysocial!Icouldtalkforeverifitwasn'tforthefactthateventuallyI---"

The Shy Guy's voice began to slow down to a craw before stopping completely. Actually, his entire body stopped! Finally freeing his hand from his grip, Wario noticed that there was a giant wind-up key on the Shy Guy's back which had stopped moving. Apparently, the Shy Guy needed to be wound up again if he was to continue not being shy at all.

Soon, another toy came up and wound the Shy Guy back up, who then walked away to talk the ears off another misfit. The new toy looked like an action figure of someone in an orange spacesuit.

"Hello there. Who might you be?" Rudolph asked.

The figure didn't reply.

"Um... Hello?"

"Oh, that's Samus. She doesn't talk much," the Snake-in-a-Box explained, "Samus, go ahead and show him why you're a misfit."

The action figure obliged. She kneed down and, complete with a small light show, curled up into a little block!

"See? She's supposed to turn into a ball. Instead, she can only become a Morph Cube!"

"Hey, guys! Wait up!" called out a voice. Slowly, a Sonic Doll came walking out from behind a hill.

"Sorry to keep ya waiting! I know, I know... I'm supposed to be the fastest thing alive, but I can barely manage a crawl! Way not past cool, huh?"

Finally, a green, elf-like hat hopped over to the quickly increasing in size group. Oddly enough, on the tip of the hat was a bird's head!

"Hello," the hat began, "I'm Ezlo, otherwise known as the Minish Cap. Just one problem..."

Suddenly, the hat began to grow until it was as big as Wario!

"I can't make anyone tiny, I can only become really big!"

Looking at this crowd of misfits, a light bulb went off in Rudolph's head.

"I know!" Rudolph exclaimed, "We're misfits, too! Right, Luigi?"

"Um... You better not be thinking what I think you're thinking..." Luigi shuttered.

"Why don't we live here as well? I mean, this is an island for misfits!"

"Well..." the serpent began, "If you want to stay, you'll have to check with King Wart."

"Who in the blazes is King Wart?" Wario demanded.

"He rules this island from that castle," the snake explained, using his head to point towards the structure the trio had looked at when they first arrived, "Every night, he sends Fly Guys out to search the world over for misfit toys. If they find a toy that no one wants, they bring it back here to live in peace until someone wants it. I suggest you go see if he'll let you guys stay. He's holding court right now!"

As it turned out, Wart was a bit of a misfit himself: He was a giant frog! However, besides that, he seemed like a rather wise fellow. As Rudolph, Luigi, and Wario entered the throne room of his castle, he began to address them.

"Welcome to the Island of Misfit Toys," Wart greeted, "What can I do for you?"

"Well, we're from Christmastown, and we'd like to stay here," Rudolph answered.

"Are you misfits?"

"Me and Rudy are," Luigi specified, "Wario's just plain nuts."

"HEY!" Wario shouted, beating Luigi over the head with the blunt side of his pick-ax.

"Hmm..." Wart pondered, "I'm afraid you can not stay here."

"What? Geez..." Wario grunted, "You guys can't even catch a break on an island full of misfits!"

"Unlike toys, living things can't just hide on an island for the rest of their lives," Wart explained, "I'm sure you have family and friends that are probably worried about you, correct?"

"Yeah..." Rudolph muttered, thinking about his parents and Clarice.

"However, since you are from Christmastown, perhaps you can help us!"

"Huh? How?" Luigi asked.

"When you return to Christmastown, could you please tell Santa about our island? I'm sure he could find a home for all of these poor toys! After all, a toy is never truly happy unless it's loved by a child."

"Don't worry," Rudolph assured, "The next time we return to Christmastown, we'll tell Santa!"

"Good. For that, I will let you stay for the night. Sonic will show you to your room."

Turning around, Rudolph, Luigi, and Wario saw that Sonic was standing there the whole time, and he began to lead them to where they'd be staying for the night... moving as slow as molasses for the entire way.

"Of course he chooses the slow one..." Wairo groaned.

When they eventually reached their quarters, the trio climbed into three separate beds that had been conveniently set up for them.

"Well then, that settles it!" Luigi proclaimed, "We leave for Christmastown tomorrow... together!"

"But... But... If we go together, DK will see my nose again and get all of us at once!" Rudolph protested, "I have to go alone, separate from you guys!"

"Nonsense!" Wario retorted, "We're gonna do this together! It's all for one and two for tea!... I mean... Two by four!... Erm... Oh, heck with it, let's just go to bed!"

"Alrighty then! Good night, everybody!" Luigi said as he turned off the lights. While Luigi and Wario quickly fell to sleep, Rudolph stayed awake, thinking to himself, while his nose made a soft, red glow inside the cabin.

Well, poor Rudolph knew that he couldn't keep threatening his friends' lives anymore. So, that night, he set off on his own, sacrificing his own safety so that Luigi and Wario could reach Christmastown. He didn't know how long he'd have to a decoy for the Abominable, but he understood it was the least he could do for his friends. Just one question remained: What would happen to him now?