It was about half an hour since our heroes landed on Fury Volcano, but for both Peach and Perry, it felt like two hours. As they were traveling through the hot, dry, rocky path, neither one of them could help but be lost in thought.

Ever since Perry had his dream in the last chapter, he couldn't get it out of his mind. Was this a memory coming back to him, or was this just a horrible nightmare? No matter what it was, it felt very real to him. But as real as the dream was to him, he had to know.

Peach knew that Mario and Luigi could take care of themselves, especially against Bowser, but she just could not help but worry. Are they alright? How is Bowser treating them now that he has his two greatest enemies in his clutches? Are thinking the same thing for her? Throughout most of her adventure, Peach couldn't get it out of her system until she saw her closest friends, especially Mario alive and well.

It wasn't long before they realized they stumbled upon a tiki looking temple.

"Uh, I don't remember seeing a temple here, do you?" Perry asked Peach.

"I don't think so. I guess neither one of us was paying attention." Peach chuckled nervously.

Just then Peach heard someone's voice, calling out to her.

"Peach…" It echoed as Peach instantly recognized its high pitched, Italian accent.

Perry sensed Peach's hopefulness as Peach tried to listen for that voice.

"Peach? Are you OK?"

"Shh! I hear something. I think it's Mario."

"Peach...help me!"

"It is Mario! And he's in trouble!"

"It came from that temple! " Perry shouted.

"Hang on, Mario! I'm coming!" Peach yelled as she ran impulsively into the temple, not knowing the dangers ahead.

"Mario?"

Before they knew it, the temple door shut behind them, locking them in.

"And, we're locked in!" Perry yelled as Peach turned around behind her.

"Never mind that, Mario could be in danger!"

As she ran further and further into the temple, Peach was still looking for Mario's voice. And Perry became suspicious. Mario was locked up high up in a mountain where Bowser's Castle was. How in the world did he end up here?

Little did either party know, that "Mario" was actually Kamek in disguise.

"This is gonna be good. She's falling for it."

Kamek had used a voice shifting spell to turn his voice into Mario's. Now that Peach and Perry were trapped inside, it was time to put his plan in action.

He used his Magic scepter to take the form of Mario and turned around to a couple of Sledge Brothers, who were dispatched by Bowser.

"Time for the second phase of my plan! You two will grab me and take me to Fury Volcano on my signal. Understand?"

"Yes sir!"

Back with our unsuspecting heroes, Peach was still searching for Mario through his voice calling out for her.

"Mario?! Can you hear me?!"

"Yes! I can hear you to your right. But I'm badly hurt, and I don't know how long I can keep it up. Please hurry!" The fake Mario cried as Peach's anxiety went up.

"I'm coming!"

Suddenly, Perry noticed that she is about to set off a booby trap from below her.

"Peach, look out!"

Before Peach knew it, she accidently set off a booby trap that shot spears at her from the walls.

But, thanks to Perry's forcefield, Peach survived the one trap. But there were plenty more to come.

"Whew! That was a close one!"

"Before you go rushing off, try to be careful."

"I would, but I have a friend to rescue."

Peach looked around and noticed that the walls seemed a bit tighter than she remembered.

"Wait a minute. Either the room looks tighter than I remember or..."

"The walls are closing in!" Perry screamed as Peach bolted toward the exit, trying to exit the death trap that was the entire room.

Though in the process, Peach had to deal with a few more booby traps, such as suspended axes and spike balls falling from the ceiling, but thanks to Peach's athletic skills, she managed to dodge all of them.

However, the walls were getting closer and closer, to the point where it seemed that our beloved heroes wouldn't make it.

"I don't know if we're gonna make it!" Peach cried.

"I have an idea! Cry!"

"Wait, what?"

"You'll see."

Peach wasn't sure about this, but she had no time to think.

Once Peach started to feel upset, Perry used his powers to make her cry a stream of tears, and also to run faster, rocketing past the other booby traps.

Once she was at the exit, Peach then jumped and then exited through the door, escaping the trap.

It was such an odd sentiment, but they managed to escape, and that was what mattered.

Peach returned to normal, obviously baffled by her experience, but then directed her attention back to rescuing "Mario".

Back with Kamek, he saw that Peach had escaped the booby trap, now he had to act on plan B.

Kamek gave signal to the two Sledge Bros, and they grabbed him and took him to Fury Volcano.

Back with Peach and Perry, they were still frantically searching for Volcano, all over the dark temple.

"Mario? Are you still around?" Peach called.

"Yeah! A couple guards got me, and now I'm in Fury Volcano. You've gotta hurry!"

"It came from from the tunnel." Perry told her as they entered the tunnel to enter the extremely hot Fury Volcano.

When they entered, they found the fake Mario tied up to a pole, on a bridge across the volcano's base.

Peach ran up to "Mario" to untie him, still unsuspecting of Kamek's disguise.

"You have no idea how glad I am to see you right now." Peach remarked as she untied him.

But, Perry sensed through the trap using his empathy, and realized something.

"Peach, don't! That's not Mario! It's Kamek!"

Kamek revealed his true self as Peach jumped a few feet backwards.

"Wow, princess. I can't believe you fell for that one. Still think I'm foolish?" Kamek taunted as Peach clenched her fists.

"Now that was just unfair!"

Kamek simply shrugged his shoulders and smirked.

"You still fell for my trap, and I still have a trick up sleeve."

Kamek then held out a Wiggler in his hand, and set it on the bridge. Kamek then cast his infamous magic powder spell on the wiggler, and it grew to be twice Peach's size.

"Now, I'm going to make this easier for you. You either surrender the umbrella to me, or this Wiggler will be so angry, he will cause an earthquake that could erupt the volcano. Your choice."

"Do you seriously think I would sell out Perry to save my own skin? Not on your life!" Peach snapped.

"Fine, have it your way! Wiggler, see if you could make bug food out of them."

Kamek deliberately hit Wiggler with his wand, infuriating Wiggler to the point of turning red.

"That can't be good." Peach gulped as Wiggler blew steam from the flower on his head, and started to charge toward our heroes.

Peach then got into angry mode and as Wiggler rocketed toward them, she grabbed Wiggler from underneath him and flipped him over on his back using brute strength. Then once Wiggler was immobilized, Peach stomped him on his gut, bringing him.

But Wiggler wasn't quite done. Using the flower that was on top of his head, he released very toxic gas all over the air. Peach felt the effects for a bit until she turned happy and blew the gas and Wiggler away from the volcano.

"So Kamek, do you give up?" Peach taunted.

"Not exactly."

Kamek spread the same magic powder on the lava in the volcano, causing it to slowly fill the volcano.

"Since you clearly won't surrender Perry, let's see how you like a volcano eruption! See you later!"

Kamek flew away on his broom as the volcano exploded.

But luckily, since Perry used his powers to protect Peach from the lava's intense heat, our heroes survived, being sent flying southwest of Vibe Island.

Using Perry, Peach slowed down their rough landing and she floated down to their next destination.

"Whew! That was a close one!" Peach exclaimed as she looked around to find thin fog surrounding her.

"Where are we, anyway?"

"We're in Area 3, which is Shriek Mansion." Perry replied.

"Oh no! We were in the right direction, until Kamek set of that volcano. Now we have to travel more Areas to get to Bowser's Castle!" Peach exclaimed,

"Well, you never know. All good things come to those who wait."

"True, at least we live to fight another day. I guess since we're now southwest of here, we should go northwest to get to Bowser's Castle instead of northeast."

"That's a good idea, but let's see if we can get out of Area 3 first."

Suddenly, thunder struck and it started to rain.

"Wow, what else could possibly go wrong today?!"

"We better find shelter before we catch a cold!"

Peach took out her jacket out of her backpack and put it on her to keep her warm before setting off to find shelter from the bad weather.