Shortly after their encounter with Bowser, Peach and Perry were continuing their adventure, trekking across the green grasses of Ladida Plains.

"OK, so we survived and made it to Vibe Island. Before I can rescue Mario and Luigi, I need to figure out a way to get to Bowser's castle. How do we do that?" Peach asked Perry as she continued walking along the trail.

Suddenly, she could not help by notice a Koopa guard, just sleeping on the grass.

"What's one of Bowser's minions doing sleeping?"

"Bowser really needs to discipline his minions better..." Perry muttered.

"Wait a second," Peach whispered. "What's that sticking out of his satchel?"

Peach quietly tiptoed toward the guard and gently pulled the piece of paper from the guard's satchel.

Peach then opened the paper up. It turned out to be a map of the whole island.

"Would you look at that? A map!" Peach jumped gleefully.

"Exactly what we needed!" Perry exclaimed.

"We better get out of here before that guard wakes up."

So Peach ran off quietly with Perry in hand.

In Bowser's castle, Bowser and Kamek were in the throne room, discussing the events from the last chapter.

"I was going to grab her," Bowser related to Kamek. "But for some reason, she literally bursts into flames and kills my minions by running over them. What the heck was THAT about?"

"That's just weird. You have the Vibe Scepter, she doesn't. It doesn't make sense how she's able to do stuff like that. Unless..."

"Unless what, Kamek?!"

"Unless those powers have something to do with both the environment, and Peach's magic."

"So, basically, it's the island giving her those powers?! That's messed up! It should be ME!" Bowser shouted as he instantly came up with a plan in his head.

"You there!" Bowser pointed at a nearby koopa guard that was standing by the door.

"Tell Army that I want Peach, dead or alive, and to make sure she doesn't interfere with my plans! Tell him to send for Petey Piranha!"

"I will tell him, your rottenness!"

The koopa guard ran out the door to do what he was told.

"There's absolutely NO way, that a princess is going to ruin MY evil plan!"

Back in Ladida Plains, Peach and Perry were trekking across the fresh green grass with the map on hand, trying to come up with a plan to get Mario and Luigi out of Bowser's castle.

Peach gazed at the map and was flabbergasted.

"There are two ways to even get to Bowser's castle! Which way do we go?"

Perry looked very closely at the map.

"Well, we could east to go through Area 2, which is Hoo's Wood, and carry on toward Area 4, or Fury Volcano, which would lead us to Areas 7 and 8, Giddy Sky and Bowser's Villa." Perry suggested.

"Or," Perry started. "We could go west and go through Area 3, which is Shriek Mansion, and go toward Area 5, or Wavy Beach, and travel to Area 6, or Gleam Glacier all the way to Areas 7 and 8."

"You know what? Since we are heading west toward Hoo's Wood, we probably go west toward there. It's closer, and we want to get to Bowser's Castle as soon as possible."

"You got a point, Peach. Let's do that."

Suddenly, a loud roar rudely interrupted our dynamic duo.

"What was that?!" Perry screamed.

Peach turned around behind her to find Petey Piranha, drooling in front of her.

"What the heck is that thing?!" Perry shouted.

"It's Petey Piranha! Run for it!" Peach yelled.

Peach and Perry screamed as Peach ran for her life with Perry in hand.