Disclaimer: I don't own Carmen, break dancing, the Truffle Towers, or the S. S. Brass. I do own Lakisteven, though.
World 1
Toad searched for a boat that could take them across the creek. Finally, he found a little wooden rowboat with a good supply of paper and pencils in it.
"That's for you, Mario," Toad said as he passed the paper and pencils to Mario.
Mario immediately wrote, "Isn't this a rowboat? Why doesn't it have oars?"
"We dance in it instead of using oars," Toad replied. "Besides, who's dancing?"
"Can I?" Mario wrote.
"Yes, you may," Toad responded.
Mario started dancing a slow waltz.
"We'll never get across at this rate…" Toad complained.
Mario switched to break dancing.
"That's more like it," Toad commented as the boat sailed across the creek and landed on the other bank. Then the boat hit a stone, tipped over, and flung Mario into a hollow stump. Toad also got hurled, but he landed in the creek and swam ashore.
Toad looked down at the hollow stump that Mario landed in. It was as deep as a well, and Toad was worried that Mario could never get out.
"How deep are you?" Toad asked, afraid that Mario broke some bones or something.
Mario signalled his reply back.
"Well, at least you haven't injured yourself," Toad sighed in relief.
Mario showed Toad a new bruise.
"Oh, sorry," Toad replied. "Listen, do you think you can dance your way out?"
Mario started climbing the bark for his response.
"No? Well, try anyway. There's a nice mushroom platform you can dance on."
Mario changed his mind and started ballet dancing. Soon, Mozart's Romantic Symphony started erupting out of the stump.
"Hey, aren't they supposed to be playing another one of Mozart's pieces?" Toad wondered.
When Mario finally jumped out, he felt exhausted. He managed to scribble, "It all started so suddenly!"
"People say that about this symphony," Toad remarked. "How about we rest and go to this shop over there?"
Mario agreed, and the duo headed for the shop.
In the shop, Toad saw a key.
"Isn't that the key to the Truffle Towers?" he muttered. "I've been locked out ever since Waluigi took the Music Keys!"
"Yes, but you're not buying it," the Lakitu shopkeeper responded.
"What's your name?" Toad asked.
"Lakisteven," the green Lakitu replied. "And you're not buying it because you'll need to do something else in order to get it."
"What is it?" Toad asked Lakisteven.
"You'll need to do a favour."
"What sort of favour?"
"You'll have to help me get a decent carrot crop. Those darn Koopa Troopas always pull them out before I can harvest them. Can you please chase them out?"
"Is it harvest time?"
"Coincidentally, yes. And I think they're coming right now!"
Some Koopa Troopas headed for the carrots and started uprooting them.
"That's what I'm talking about," Lakisteven commented. "You want to solve this?"
Toad and Mario nodded, and Mario started doing a scary dance. The Koopa Troopas weren't fazed.
Toad turned on a recording of Carmen, and suddenly all the Koopa Troopas scurried out of Lakisteven's farm.
"Classical music always drives teenagers out," Lakisteven proclaimed. "Why hadn't I thought of this before?"
"It's Romantic music," Toad corrected.
"Close enough," Lakisteven responded. "Anyway, for your help, you get this!" He handed Toad the key to Truffle Towers.
"Thank you," Toad thanked.
"You're welcome," Lakisteven replied. "Anyway, want to buy something?"
"No, thanks," Toad answered.
"Well, goodbye!" Lakisteven waved.
"He's one Lakitu that's on our side," Toad murmured when they left the shop.
The two of them soon arrived at the Truffle Towers. Toad used the key and they entered through the doors. Waluigi was surprised to meet them.
"Who expected anyone to live here, let alone me?" Waluigi asked.
"Me," Toad answered.
"Oh sorry," Waluigi responded. "If anyone wants my Music Key, they'll have to face me in a dance-off! And I always win! Wahahahaha!"
"I vote Mario in to represent us," Toad said.
Mario didn't disagree, so he started dancing against Waluigi. Soon, they two of them were dancing decently—until Waluigi got out his secret weapon.
"It's a Bob-omb!" Waluigi announced. "And you can't dance with this exploding in your face!" He set it off, and it exploded—back in Waluigi's face.
"Okay, I can't dance with this in my face," Waluigi took back his last remark. "You win—for now! I'll get that back! Wahahahaha!"
Mario and Toad left with one of the Music Keys.
"Hey, you did know that we have to get three more of those Music Keys, right?" Toad asked Mario.
Mario nodded.
"We'll have to catch the S. S. Brass. At least it's over there," Toad pointed out.
Toad and Mario soon hopped into the weird plane-ship and soared off to World 2.