Toadette whimpered as she had her hands on her face, trembling with fright as she had no idea what she was getting into. NCS the blue colored Auroro tapped her on the back with his right wing, reassuring her.
"Don't worry, Toadette. We got out of that mess, just like I told ya!" NCS reassured as she chuckled.
Toadette lowered her hands from her face, though she still frightened, her eyes closed as tight as possible. "Is... is it all right to look?"
NCS nodded as he smiled. "You're going to be surprised to see where we are."
Toadette took in a deep breath as she opened her eyes, her mouth opening wide as she looked around, seeing pleasantly orange and yellow colors abound. Autumn leaves everywhere, the delicious smell of maple syrup in the air, and several wooden cottages, not to mention a large brown barrel cannon. Toadette instantly recognized where NCS took her.
She was in the Autumn Wonderland that was the Maple Treeway.
"Oh NCS... how..." Toadette was in tears again as she sniffled, though it was out of happiness as opposed to sadness, holding her hands together again, this time by her chin. "How did we get to this beautiful place?"
NCS chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head with his left wing. "Well, the toilet you and I went down into from the Cookie Canyon led us all the way here." He shrugged. "I figured that you would enjoy this place since you raced here before..."
Toadette turned around, her mouth opened wide. "Of course! This is a great pit stop on my adventure to help others!" She then hugged NCS, who in response hugged her back.
Little did either of the two know that they were being watched in the shadows of the maple trees...