Chapter 4: Shy Guy Mayhem
Sora, Mario, Donald, Goofy, Goombario, Kooper, Bombette, Parakarry, and Bow make their way back to Toad Town and return to the town but then they hear a scream.
"What was that?" Goombario asked.
"Something not good, I bet." Sora said and Mario nods.
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh...NO! My favorite frying pan!" A voice cried.
"What?" Bow asked and coming out of a house is a Shy Guy carrying a frying pan.
"What's going on?" Parakarry asked.
(Field Theme: Toad Town-Shy Guy Attack)
The group go into the house and they find a elder female Toad sad.
"What's the matter?" Goofy asked.
"Oh, hello, dearies... Thank you for coming, but I'm afraid I can't cook now. That Shy Guy stole my frying pan." The elder female Toad said.
"Why?" Kooper asked.
"I don't know. He just came and stole it." The elder female Toad said.
"Guess we'll have to find out ourselves." Sora said and Mario nods.
The group return outside and explore the town.
"Mario! Sora!" A voice called and they see Twink flying down to them.
"Hiya, Twink." Sora said and Mario waves.
"Good to see you guys! We found out you just defeated Tubba Blubba! I knew you could do it!" Twink said.
"Yeah, he wasn't so tough." Sora said.
"Anyway, I've got new info about the honorable Star Spirits, who are still imprisoned. Have you guys heard of Shy Guy's Toy Box?" Twink asked.
"Shy Guy's Toy Box?" Goombario asked.
"Is that where another Star Spirit's bein' held captive?" Goofy asked.
"That's right! Although, I have no idea where it's at." Twink said.
"Guess finding that Shy Guy's Toy Box is our next prioity." Parakarry said.
"Time is short and I gotta get back to the Princess. Good luck, guys!" Twink said as he flies off.
"Where's that Shy Guy's Toy Box?" Donald asked.
"We'll have to ask around town to get that info." Sora said and Mario nods.
The group explore the town but then they hear a scream.
"STOP! THIEF!" A voice shouted.
"That came from the shop." Bombette said as they go into the shop.
The group find a Shy Guy carrying a key and leaving the shop.
"That blasted Shy Guy stole my key to the storeroom! I'll be out of business!" The shop owner Toad said.
"C'mon!" Sora said.
The group continue moving through town but they more Shy Guys.
"Stop! Give me back my calculator!" A voice yelled as a Shy Guy steals a calculator.
"This is outta control." Donald said.
"Why're Shy Guys stealing items?" Kooper asked.
The group then see Shy Guys trampling on flowers.
"Okay, that's it!" Sora said casting Thunder on the Shy Guys making them leave.
"Oh, thank you! The flowers give you their thanks too." The female Toad gardener said.
"No problem." Sora said.
"What're we gonna do about this?" Goombario asked.
"If we don't stop this, Toad Town will continue in a state of panic." Sora said and Mario nods.
"And we still gotta find that Shy Guy's Toy Box." Kooper said.
"Do ya think Shy Guy's Toy Box and the Shy Guys runnin' around are somehow connected to each other?" Goofy asked.
"Probably. Where do you think the Shy Guys are going to after stealing stuff?" Parakarry asked.
"My dictionary!" A voice cried as a Shy Guy is running off with a dictionary.
"Hmm, maybe we oughta find a place a Shy Guy's gonna go to tryin' to steal somethin'." Goofy said.
"Then it should lead us right where they're going to?" Sora asked.
"That might work." Bow said.
"But where?" Donald asked.
Mario finds a yellow house and points at it.
"Hey, that might work. Good eye, Mario." Sora said.
The group enter the yellow house which is almost empty and Bow uses her invisibilty to make the group invisible and coming in the house is a Shy Guy who goes for the wall and flips part of the wall open entering the wall.
"Did you see that?" Goombario asked.
"Yeah, that Shy Guy just went through that wall!" Donald said.
"C'mon." Sora said as they go through the wall and they find what looks like a big box.
"A box?" Kooper asked.
"I think we know where this is going." Bombette said.
"In we go." Sora said as they go into the box.
(Field Theme: Shy Guy's Toy Box)
(Shy Guy's Toy Box)
The group are now in the box which has various toys.
"Wow. This must be this toy box Twink was talking about." Sora said.
"C'mon, let's try and find that Star Spirit." Goombario said and Mario nods.
The group begin moving through the toy box.
Meanwhile Kammy Koopa flies around and casts a spell to summon a Mushroom.
"I'm not sure if this will work, but anything is worth a try. Still, just to be sure." Kammy said casting a spell to summon Heartless that look like Shy Guys but have black and red evil smiling masks, wearing black hoodded robes, carrying blue lanterns, and Heartless emblems on their masks. "Hear me, Heartless, if Mario and Sora come around here, destroy them!" Kammy ordered as the Heartless start moving. "Nyeh, heh, heh, heh, heh! That'll show 'em!" Kammy said as she flies off.
The group continue to move around the toy box but then Shy Guys attack the group but Sora attacks with his Keyblade while Mario delivers jump attacks while Donald casts Blizzard while Goofy uses Tornado while Goombario uses Headbonk while Kooper uses Shell Toss while Bombette uses Body Slam while Parakarry uses Sky Dive while Bow uses Smack and they defeat the Shy Guys and continue moving and they find something that looks like a train station with two Toads.
"Hey, a train station." Sora said as they go for the blue Toad who is sad.
"What's wrong?" Kooper asked.
"Oh, welcome to Blue Station, we'd gladly give train rides, but we don't have a train and the tracks are broken." The blue Toad said.
"That's too bad..." Goofy said.
The group continue going through the toy box and they find an area with boxes and so Mario uses his spin jump to make the boxes open sending the group upward taking them over to the next area but they find more Shy Guys with balloons and slingshots and they shoot slingshots from abaove but Sora casts Gravity to bring them down allowing Mario to attack with his hammer to defeat the Shy Guys and continue to explore the toy box and they come across an area with buildings made of blocks and they go up the block buildings to reach the other side of the area but then they find Heartless that look like Shy Guys.
"Heartless!" Sora said taking out his Keyblade while Mario gets ready to fight.
"Let's get rid of them!" Bow said.
The Heartless known as Mask Lanterns unleash blue flames from their lanterns to try and burn the group but Sora uses Sonic Blade and dashes all over getting the Heartless and then delivers the final dash attack while Mario uses Power Bounce and jumps on one of the Heartless many times but the Mask Lanterns shroud themselves in shadows and unleash blue fireballs to attack but Bow uses Smack while Donald casts Thunder while Parakarry uses Shell Shot but the Mask Lanterns create four blue fireballs and send them to attack only for Goofy it uses Charge while Kooper uses Power Shell while Bombette uses Bomb but Mask Lanterns unleash jets of blue flames but Goombario uses Headbonk while Sora uses Strike Raid and throws his Keyblade and they defeat all the Heartless who disappear.
"Those Heartless looked different." Donald said.
"No doubt they must have appearances of this world..." Sora said.
"Hey, look!" Kooper said pointing at a chest.
Mario goes for the chest and opens it revealing something which is a key.
"Hey, it's that storeroom key that was stolen." Goombario said.
"Let's give it back to the store owner." Bombette said.
"And look, a Mushroom." Goofy said picking up a Mushroom.
"Lucky us." Sora said.
The group make their way back to the entrance and return to town and go back to the shop to return the storeroom key.
"Here's your storeroom key back." Sora said giving back the key.
"Oh, thank you! Now I can get back into the storeroom!" The shopowner Toad said unlocking the door.
The group go back to Shy Guy's Toy Box and they go to a different area where they find a Shy Guy wearing a black hooded robe blocking a chest.
"Um..." Sora stops talking.
"Huh? Whaddya want? Stay away from my chest, pal! It's MINE!" The black Shy Guy said.
"Well, we want it!" Donald said.
"Are picking a fight with me? Are you nuts? You don't wanna mess with me! Better think twice." The black Shy Guy said.
"Here's the deal; if we win, we get that chest!" Sora said taking out his Keyblade.
"Fine, I love a challenge. Don't say I didn't warn ya!" The black Shy Guy said.
"Are ya sure this is a good idea?" Goofy asked.
"Uh, Goombario, do you have any info on this guy?" Parakarry asked.
"Let's see..." Goombario takes out his book and gets the info. "Hmm, his name's Anti Guy and...he's really powerful. No joke! His attacks'll pack a punch!" Goombario said.
"We should reconsider." Donald said.
"It's okay. We're just as powerful too!" Sora said.
"Oh, brother... He's such a show off!" Donald said.
"We fightin' or what?" Anti Guy asked.
"Yeah!" Sora said.
The group confront Anti Guy.
"Tell you what, I'll giva ya the first move." Anti Guy said.
Sora uses Sonic Blade on Anti Guy and delivers many dashing attacks damaging Anti Guy and then delivers the final dash attack while Mario uses Power Bounce and jumps on Anti Guy many times while Donald casts Fire while Goombario uses Headbonk while Bombette uses Bomb while Bow uses Outta Sight to make the group invisible as Anti Guy charges to deliver an attack but misses allowing Goofy to use Charge while Kooper uses Shell Toss while Parakarry uses Shell Shot but Anti Guy jumps on Sora dealing excellent damage but Sora casts Cure on himself and then casts Thunder while Mario uses Power Jump dealing great damage and then Bow uses Outta Sight again to make the group invisible again as Anti Guy attacks but misses and then Bombette uses Bomb while Goofy uses Tornado while Kooper uses Power Shell but Anti Guy delivers an attack on Mario dealing great damage but Donald casts Cure on Mario while Goombario uses Headbonk while Parakarry uses Sky Dive but Anti Guy delivers an attack on Sora dealing great damage again.
"Heh, giving up yet? Last chance to call it quits." Anti Guy said.
"I'm NOT giving up!" Sora said and Mario nods.
"Awww, do we have to keep fighting?" Donald asked.
"Okay, but what happens next is on you guys." Anti Guy said.
Sora delivers three attacks at Anti Guy with his Keyblade while Mario uses Power Bounce and jumps on Anti Guy many times and then Bow uses Outta Sight to make the group invisible and Anti Guy attacks but misses and then Goofy uses Tornado while Parakarry uses Shell Shot while Kooper uses Shell Toss but Anti Guy attacks Mario dealing great damage but Donald casts Cure again and then casts Blizzard while Bombette uses Bomb while Goombario uses Headbonk but Anti Guy delivers an attack on Sora dealing great damage but Sora casts Cure on himself and then casts Stop to freeze time freezing Anti Guy and then uses Sonic Blade while Mario uses Power Bounce and jumps over and over while Donald casts Stop as well to freeze Anti Guy allowing Kooper to use Shell Toss while Bombette uses Power Bomb but Anti Guy delivers an attack dealing great damage but Goofy uses Charge while Parakarry uses Shell Shot while Bow uses Smack while Goombario uses Headbonk but Anti Guy attacks Mario dealing great damage but Mario uses Power Jump while Sora uses Strike Raid and throws his Keyblade four times and they finish off Anti Guy.
"Nothin' to it!" Sora said while Mario gives a thmbs up.
"NOOOO way! You beat me! I can't believe it! You got lucky!" Anti Guy said as he disappears.
"We did it!" Goofy cheered.
"You're just lucky we managed to beat him." Donald said.
Sora goes for the chest and opens it and they obtain a Power Plus badge.
The group continue exploring the toy box while dealing with more Shy Guys in their way and they arrive at a different section of the toy box and they find many Shy Guys carrying stolen items.
"Hey, it's those Shy Guys with the stolen items!" Goombario said.
"We gotta get 'em back!" Goofy said.
The group fight against the Shy Guys with Sora attacking with his Keyblade while Mario attacks with his hammer while Donald casts Fire while Goofy uses Charge while Goombario uses Headbonk while Kooper uses Shell Toss while Bombette uses Body Slam while Parakarry uses Sky Dive while Bow uses Smack and they defeat the Shy Guys and Sora picks up a calculator.
"It's that stolen calculator." Parakarry said.
"Let's give it back. I think it belongs to a shop owner outside." Bombette said.
Later the group return to town and they find a dog like shop owner.
"I think this is yours." Goombario said giving the calculator.
"My calculator! You got it back from the Shy Guys? Thank you! Now I can open my shop again!" The dog said.
The group return to the toy box and then Mario throws something into the box which is a toy train and the train lands on the train tracks next to the station and then the group return to the toy box and talk to the Toads.
"YAAAAHOOO! We're back in business! This train just dropped out of the sky and onto the tracks! Public transit's up and running!" The yellow Toad said.
"Glad you're happy. Think your train can take us somewhere?" Sora asked.
"You bet! Just use the station's switches to choose which way you wanna go." The yellow Toad said.
Mario uses the switches to change to pink arrows.
"So, where do you wanna go?" The yellow Toad asked.
"The pink station." Sora said.
"All aboard!" The yellow Toad said as the group get on the train.
The train starts leaving taking the group to a different station which is pink.
"Here we are, Pink Station!" The yellow Toad said as the group get off the train.
"Let's go see what else we'll find." Bombette said.
The group explore around the pink station and they find a chest and Sora opens revealing a bag full of mail.
"Hey, that's a bag full of mail! The post office needs that." Parakarry said.
"Don't worry. We'll bring them back." Sora said and Mario nods.
The group continue to move and go to the next area.
Meanwhile Kammy is in a different section of the toy box and casts a spell to summon a Thunder Rage.
The group are now in an area full of toy blocks where they find Sky Guys trying to fire from their slingshots only for Sora to cast Gravity to bring them down allowing Mario to attack with his hammer defeating them and they find more boxes and Mario uses his spin jump to make the boxes open taking them to the upper part of the area and they later arrive what seems to be another city of blocks and Sora finds a blue door using it to take them into a building and going to the other side and they find another chest but more Mask Lanterns appear and attack.
"More Heartless?!" Bow asked.
"Let's get rid of 'em!" Goofy said and Mario nods.
The Mask Lanterns unleash five blue fireballs and send them at the group but Sora casts Blizzard while Mario uses Spin Jump while Goombario uses Headbonk but the Mask Lanterns unleash jets of blue flames but Goofy uses Tornado while Bombette uses Power Bomb while Kooper uses Power Shell but the Mask Lanterns swing their lanterns to deliver burning damage but Donald casts Thunder while Parakarry uses Shell Shot while Bow uses Smack but the Mask Lanterns unleash blue fireballs and send them to attack at the group but Mario attacks with his Hammer while Sora uses Blitz and attacks three times and they defeat all the Heartless.
Sora opens the chest revealing the frying pan.
"It's that frying pan that got stolen." Sora said.
"Let's give it back to that cooking Toad." Kooper said.
"Hey, look. A Thunder Rage." Kooper said picking up the Thunder Rage.
The group use the train to return to Blue Station and then leave the box to return to town and they make their way to the yellow building where they find the female cook Toad.
"Hey, we got your frying pan back." Donald said giving the frying pan back.
"Oh, thank you, dearies! Here, I'll make you something special!" The female cook Toad starts cooking something which is a cake. "Have a cake!" The female cook Toad said.
"Thank you, ma'am!" Sora said and Mario nods.
The group then go to the post office where they find the Paratroopa mailman.
"Sir, we have the bag of mail for you." Parakarry said giving back the bag of mail.
"Ah, thank you all! Now people can have their mail!" The Paratroopa mailman said.
The group later return to the toy box and then return to the Pink Station and arrive at a different area full of blocks while fighting off Shy Guys in their way and they later arrive at a different area where they see a rather chubby Shy Guy blocking something.
"Who're you?" Donald asked.
"Everybody calls me Gourmet Guy. I'm just an ordinary food-loving Shy Guy. I'm so hungry..." Gourmet Guy said.
"Well, we have this cake..." Sora said taking out the cake.
Gourmet Guy takes the cake and eats it.
"Oh...oh...OOOOOH! SOOOOOOOOO YUUUUUUUUUMMMMMY! THIS IS SOOOOOOO GOOOOOOD!" Gourmet Guy said moving around.
"Uh, is he okay?" Goombario asked.
"I don't know." Parakarry said.
"YUUUUUUUUM!" Gourmet Guy said flying off from the box while dropping something.
"Oooookay...?" Sora said.
"Well, that was a rather enjoyable experience for him." Bow said.
"Hey, look! He dropped somethin'." Goofy said looking down at a book.
"It looks like a cookbook." Bombette said.
"I think it belongs to somebody." Kooper said.
The group go through the tracks and go through the other side and keep moving while fighting off more Shy Guys and then they arrive at a different area where they find a pink lever and Mario pulls the lever making broken tracks fixed and they later return to the pink station and use the train to take them back to Blue Station and then return to town and back to the Toad cook's shop.
"Um, does this cookbook belong to you?" Goofy asked.
"Oh, my. My cookbook! I could increase my repertoire in an instant with that book. Thank you!" The Toad cook said.
The group return to the toy box and use the train to take them to a different station which is Green Station and they begin to move and they find four different colored boxes which are green, yellow, red, and blue and Sora and Mario attack the boxes making them glow making coins appear and they continue moving.
Meanwhile Kammy casts a spell to create a Super Soda as well as summoning more Mask Lantern Heartless.
The group arrive at an area where they find conveyor belts of different directions and so the group move along the belts and they find more Shy Guys and so Sora attacks with his Keyblade while Mario uses Power Jump and they defeat the Shy Guys and they find what looks like a slot machine and so Mario hits the START block to make the slot panels move while Sora and Mario hit the blocks to make them stop with coin icons making coins appear and they find more blocks and start climbing on the blocks taking them to the upper part of the area and they find another chest but more Mask Lantern Heartless.
"Ugh, more Heartless." Goombario said.
"Lemme handle this." Sora casting Thunder on the Mask Lanterns destroying them all.
Mario goes for the chest and opens it revealing something which is the dictionary.
"That's the dictionary the Shy Guys stole." Parakarry said.
"We gotta give it back." Bombette said.
"And look, a Super Soda." Bow said taking the Super Soda.
The group make their way back to the station and return to Blue Station and return to town and make their way to a study where they find a Toad wearing glasses.
"I think this is yours." Sora said giving back the dictionary.
"My dictionary! You got it back from the Shy Guys! Thank you so much!" The glasses Toad said.
"We also found a mysterious note." Goombario said taking out a note.
"I figured you might decipher it." Bow said.
"With pleasure. Let's see. This says, 'Hit yellow, green, red and blue'." The glasses Toad said.
"Wonder what that means." Kooper said.
"I'm sure we'll figure it out. Thank you." Sora said.
The group make their way back to the toy box and then back to Green Station and Sora and Mario hit the yellow, green, red, and blue boxes making something fall revealing different colored tracks.
"That's what happened?" Donald asked.
"Well, least we can move on." Sora said and Mario nods.
The group get on the train and it takes them to a different station which is Red Station and they go to a different area that has a floating block and so they get on the floating block and use a spinning block wheel to traverse through other blocks and they reach the end where they find a door and use it to go to a different area which is a dark room.
"It's so dark..." Bombette said.
"I can't see a thing." Goofy said.
"Wee hee hee hee... Someone has come... Someone is here in the dark." A voice said as the room brightens slightly revealing what looks like a ghost like figure and carrying a lantern and sees the group. "Wee hee hee... Could it be...? It's Mario! You're mine, Mario! You're not going...anywhere." The ghost figure said.
"Here we go." Sora said and Mario nods.
"I'll take care of you quickly, then return to darkness!" The ghost figure said.
"Ugh, not like we know how to handle darkness." Donald said.
"I hate the light! You're coming with me...to darkness!" The ghost figure said.
"You don't like light? Well, bad news for you! I got the perfect thing!" Sora said as he uses his Keyblade to create a powerful light on the lantern brightening the room.
"ARGH! LIGHT! I HATE LIGHT!" The ghost figure cried.
Mario uses Power Bounce on the ghost figure dealing damage while Sora aerial attacks with his Keyblade and then casts Thunder while Donald casts Blizzard while Goofy uses Rocket while Goombario uses Headbonk while Parakarry uses Sky Dive but the ghost figure blows out the lantern to make the room dark but Bow uses Smack on the lantern allowing Donald to cast Fire while Goombario uses Headbonk while Mario uses Power Jump while Sora aerial attacks with his Keyblade while Parakarry uses Shell Shot while Goofy uses Tornado but the ghost figure uses his lantern to unleash a bright light attacking the group and then blows out the lantern to make the room dark again but Sora uses his Keyblade to unleash another bright light on the lantern brightening the room again allowing Mario to use Spin Jump while Bow uses Smack while Donald casts Thunder but the ghost figure uses his lantern to unleash a bright light but Goombario uses Headbonk while Parakarry uses Shell Shot while Goofy uses Rocket and then Sora aerial attacks with his Keyblade and then casts Fire and they finish off the ghost figure.
"NOOOOOO!" The ghost figure yelled running away while dropping his lantern.
"See, light beats darkness." Sora said.
Just then the lantern starts to shake.
"Hey, the lantern's movin'." Goofy said.
Mario attacks the lantern with his hammer breaking it revealing what looks like a small sun like being.
"Hooray! I'm out! Yay for me! Thank you, everyone!" The sun being said.
"A talking orb of light?" Donald asked.
"Hey, you're Mario, right? You saved me like a hero! You're a hero! You're the coolest! You saved me from that mean ghost!" The sun being said.
"Don't mention it." Sora said.
"Hey, I wanna make it up to you! Can I come with you?" The sun being asked.
"Huh?" Kooper asked.
"I heard from the Shy Guys you're trying to save Princess Peach from that mean King Bowser. I think you're the best and I wanna come along!" The sun being said.
"I don't think it's safe for someone like you." Bow asked.
"But I'll be good. I promise." The sun being said.
"Okay, but who're you?" Sora asked.
"Oh, um, call me Watt!" Watt said.
"Okay, Watt, welcome aboard." Sora said and Mario nods.
(Watt has joined you!)
Abilities:
Electro Dash
Power Shock
The room gets dark.
"Ugh, it's dark again." Sora said.
"I kinda like the dark. I promise I can be very helpful." Watt said.
Mario uses Watt to lighten the room.
"Pretty cool, huh?" Watt said.
"You are handy. Thanks, Watt." Sora said.
The group use Watt's light to get out of the dark room and later return to Red Station and arrive at a different area where they find a Shy Guy.
"Oh, no! Mario!" The Shy Guy said as he runs to a cracked wall and jumps over it.
Sora and Mario use Bombette to destroy the crracked wall revealing a hole revealing more Shy Guys.
"You Shy Guys have been causing nothin' but trouble in Toad Town!" Sora said.
"This stops NOW!" Bow yelled but the Shy Guys run away.
"Anyone ready to teach them a lesson?" Donald asked and they nod.
The group chase after the Shy Guys and they find a door and use it to go into a different area that's dark and so they use Watt to light the way revealing the Shy Guys screaming.
"Run away!" The Shy Guys said.
"For troublemakers, you sure are cowards." Kooper said.
"Leave us alone!" The Shy Guys yelled as they blow up the wall and go into the hole.
"After them!" Sora said and Mario nods and they go into the hole.
The group arrive at new area which is a large room full of toy blocks and other toys to find where the Shy Guys are.
"Where are those masked troublemakers hiding?" Bombette asked.
"Come out! Come out!" Watt said.
"So, you came, did you?" A voice asked.
"Huh?" Donald asked and they see the Shy Guys and they also see a Shy Guy wearing a white general outfit.
"Another Shy Guy?" Kooper asked.
"He must be their leader." Bow said.
"I'm General Guy and we're following the orders of King Bowser by guarding the Star Spirit. As long as we keep it secure, we get permission to do whatever we want! You hear?! I don't care for either of you. You are rude and futhermore, you're trespassing in here. Our Toy Box is off limits to the likes of you! The treasures inside this box are for SHY GUYS only and the Star Spirit's fate is none of your business!" General Guy said.
"Well, we're getting that Star Spirit, one way or another!" Sora said taking out his Keyblade while Mario gets ready to fight.
"Then prepare to fight me! TASTE DEFEAT! Shy Guys, CHARGE!" General Guy ordered as the Shy Guys charge at the group.
(Boss Theme: Keeping Pace)
The Shy Guys confront the group.
"Okay, guys! All together now! Let's rush 'em!" One of the Shy Guys said.
Sora uses Strike Raid on the Shy Guys and throws his Keyblade four times while Mario uses Power Jump dealing damage while Donald casts Thunder but the Shy Guys retaliate by attacking the group but Goofy uses Charge while Goombario uses Headbonk while Kooper uses Shell Toss but the Shy Guys attack in groups but Bombette uses Bomb while Parakarry uses Shell Shot while Bow uses Smack while Watt uses Electro Dash defeating the Shy Guys.
"Take THAT!" Sora said.
"Mercy, you beat 'em all! That's not good." General Guy said as he confronts the group in a tank with a light bulb. Mario, you and your friends will pay! You beat my infantry, but that's all you'll do! Time for the next wave!" General Guy said as he summons Shy Guys on stilts.
"Really?" Donald asked.
"Let's make this quick." Goombario said.
"Stilt Guys, attack!" General Guy ordered.
"Yes, sir! Right away, sir!" The Stilt Guys said.
Mario jumps on one of the Stilt Guys while Sora aerial attacks at the other Stilt Guy with his Keyblade while Donald casts Blizzard but one of the Stilt Guys deliver jumping attacks on Mario but Goofy uses Tornado while Goombario uses Headbonk while Parakarry uses Sky Dive but a Stlit Guy jumps on Sora but Bow uses Smack while Kooper uses Shell Toss while Watt uses Electro Dash and they defeat the Stilt Guys.
"Grrrrrr! Unbelievable! Time for my special battalion..." General Guy said as he summons Shy Guys stacking together. "I pity you! It's time to pay! Attaaaaaack!" General Guy ordered.
"Yes, sir!" The stacked Shy Guys said.
Sora casts Thunder on the Stacked Guys while Mario uses Power Jump dealing damage while Donald casts Fire but the Stacked Guys fire with their slingshots but Goombario uses Headbonk while Parakarry uses Shell Shot while Bow uses Smack but the Stacked Guys fire their slingshots again but Goofy uses Charge while Kooper uses Power Shell while Bombette uses Bomb while Watt uses Electro Dash and they defeat the Stacked Guys.
"Anyone else?" Kooper asked.
"Gah! Grrrr! That's it! I'll beat you all myself! Nobody embarrasses the brave Shy Guys of my army! NOBODY!" General Guy said going into his tank.
"Guys, we should do something about that bulb on his tank." Goombario said.
"Good idea!" Sora said and Mario nods.
Mario uses Power Bounce on the bulb while Sora casts Fire on the bulb while Donald casts Gravity while Goombario uses Headbonk but General Guy takes out a bomb and throws it at Mario and then uses his tank's bulb to unleash a powerful electric attack but Parakarry uses Sky Dive on the bulb while Bow uses Smack while Watt uses Electro Dash and they destroy the bulb but General Guy takes out another bomb and throws it at Sora but Watt uses Electro Dash at the tank causing damage to General Guy.
"Yow! My high-tech tank defenses don't stand up to electric attacks! Stop doing that! It's too powerful! You're breaking the rules of war!" General Guy said.
"Oh, so you don't like electric attacks, huh?" Sora asked.
Sora casts Thunder on the tank while Mario uses Power Jump dealing great damage on the tank while Donald also casts Thunder but General Guy takes out a bomb and throws it at Mario but Goombario uses Headbonk on the tank while Bow uses Smack while Watt uses Electro Dash but General Guy takes out another bomb and throws it at Sora who retaliates with casting Thunder while Goofy uses Rocket while Parakarry uses Shell Shot but General Guy takes out a bomb and throws it at Mario who retaliates with Spin Jump while Watt uses Electro Dash while Donald casts Thunder but General Guy takes out a bomb and throws it at the group but Mario uses Power Bounce while Sora casts Thunder and the group manage to destroy the tank as it falls apart and explodes while General Guy flies out and lands on the ground.
"Looks like we won your war!" Sora said grinning.
"Oh, no!" General Guy said as he and the other Shy Guys run away.
"Wow, that was too easy." Donald said.
"Yippeeee! We beat the Shy Guys!" Watt cheered.
"They weren't so tough." Bombette said.
Just then a card appears revealing a Star Spirit that's blue and wearing a sailor hat.
"Another Star Spirit." Goofy said.
"C'mon." Sora said as he and Mario go for the card freeing the fourth Star Spirit.
END OF CHAPTER!
"To save the fourth Star Spirit, Muskular, Mario, Sora, and their friends disbanded the gang of Shy Guys toughs. Slowly, it seems as if the life force is returning to the once bleak night sky... But the stars won't truly shine until the Star Rod is wrested from Bowser's evil grasp. Three more Star Spirits still await rescue. Where in the world are they being held?" Jiminy wrote in his journal.
Meanwhile in Peach's castle and Bowser's lair and Peach is in her room talking to Twink.
"Hey, Twink, I think the guards stopped paying attention to us again. Let's sneak out of here. We might be able to find something to help Mario." Peach said.
"You think it's still safe to use the secret passage? Don't you think Bowser figured it out by now?" Twink asked.
"It's okay. Bowser hasn't noticed anything. He may look scary, but he's such a massive bonehead. Let's get out of here." Peach said.
Peach uses the secret passage to get through the secret hallway and arrives at the other room and goes to the castle foyer still being guarded by Bowser's troops and so Peach sneaks her way through and goes into a room which is the dining room but she finds someone.
"Huh? Who're you?" The person asked and it's Gourmet Guy.
"I'm Princess Peach and who might you be?" Peach asked.
"Oh, you're Princess Peach? Everybody calls me Gourmet Guy for some reason. I guess I should report you to King Bowser. You're not supposed to be outta your room. Then again, I'm REALLY hungry. Tell you what, I'll keep this a secret if you make me something yummy! Will you cook me something?" Gourmet Guy asked.
"I'd gladly cook for you, but I don't have ingredients or utensils." Peach said.
"No problem. There's a kitchen one floor below us. It's five-star! You can cook there. Take this. This key will open the door that leads downstairs." Gourmet Guy said giving Peach the key.
"Thank you. Don't worry, I'll make you something very good." Peach said leaving the dining room.
Peach uses the key to unlock the door and goes downstairs for the kitchen full of items and dishes.
"There's the kitchen. So what shall we do first?" Peach asked and Twink finds a cookbook.
"Hey, there's a good cookbook! Let's use this." Twink said taking the cookbook.
"Anything good in there?" Peach asked.
"There's this thing called 'Special Strawberry Cake'." Twink said.
"That sounds good. Let's make it. Read me the recipe" Peach said.
"Okay, first, put sugar and eggs in a bowl." Twink said and Peach finds sugar and eggs and puts them in a bowl. "Now mix and whip the ingredients in the bowl." Twink said and Peach starts mixing the sugar and eggs together in the bowl. "Great work! Now, put butter and flour in the bowl." Twink said and Peach finds the butter and flour and puts them in the bowl. "Now, mix them and pour them into the pan." Twink said and Peach mixes the ingredients and puts them into the pan. "Now, bake the batter in the oven for thirty seconds." Twink said and Peach takes the pan into the oven for thirty seconds until time is up and Peach takes the pan out of the oven and places it on the table. "Now, lastly, we're gonna put cream and strawberries on the cake." Twink said and Peach finds cream and strawberries and puts them on the cake. "Yes! That looks super yummy!" Twink said.
"Let's take this to Gourmet Guy." Peach said taking the cake and they leave the kitchen.
The two return to the dining room and find Gourmet Guy.
"I've been waiting so long." Gourmet Guy said as Peach puts the cake on the table. "Thank you!" Gourmet Guy said and eats the cake. "Oh...oh...OOOOOOH! SOOOOOO YUUUUUMY!" Gourmet Guy said moving around the dining room. "That was good. I haven't tasted this in ever! For that, I'll tell you a secret; this involves one of the Star Spirits. It's being held inside Mt. Lavalava on Lavalava Island. It's to the south. You're gonna tell that to Mario, right? You should do that, but also be sure to warn him that there's a nasty Lava Piranha guarding the Star Spirit. I'm telling you this because I don't dislike Mario, so I hope he's careful when going there." Gourmet Guy said leaving the dining room.
"Mt. Lavalava! Lavalava Island. The next Star Spirit is being held inside that volcano." Peach said.
"I'll tell Mario and Sora about this right away." Twink said.
"I'm sorry I keep asking you to do this stuff, but please, Mario could use this information." Peach said.
"Don't worry. I'll go and tell 'em." Twink said going for the window and leaving.
"What's all that shouting? Keep it down!" A voice said and coming in is Kammy Koopa. "Oh, it was you, Princess? You've got to keep it down. You know you're a prisoner and prisoners need to..." Kammy stops talking and realizes. "Wait, what are you doing out of your room? GUARDS, get the Princess at once!" Kammy ordered as the Koopatrols come and escort Peach out of the dining room.
Meanwhile the group are out of Shy Guy's Toy Box and are talking to the Star Spirit Muskular.
"Awww, fresh air! After being cooped up in there, I could REALLY use some exercise. My name is Muskular. Mario, Sora, thank you for saving me. Now, it's my turn to help you. Behold!" Muskular uses his power to give Mario and Sora a new Star Power.
(Learned Star Power: Chill Out)
"Thanks." Sora said and Mario nods.
"Call me whenever you guys are in trouble. I'll always come quickly to aid you in battle. I'm off to Star Haven." Muskular said.
"Mario! Sora!" A voice called and they see Twink flying down.
"Twink?" Sora asked.
"Guys, I have news from the castle..." Twink stops talking as he sees Muskular. "H-Honorable Star Spirit!" Twink said.
"Hi. You're Twink, right? Yeah, you're that youngster, who recently ascended from Starborn Valley up to Star Haven." Muskular said.
"Y-You know my name?" Twink asked.
"Of course I know! We're like family." Muskular said.
"I-I... I'm so touched...!" Twink said.
"Oh, don't make such a fuss, now. I'm sure you'll do great things. I'm off now. Goodbye, Mario, Sora, Twink." Muskular said flying off.
"Wow, I got to talk to Muskular the honorable Star Spirit! I rarely have the chance! I'm shaking!" Twink said.
"Ahem! You were saying something about news from the castle?" Donald asked crossing his arms and tapping his foot.
"Ooops, sorry. Anyway, I have important news from the castle." Twink said.
"Is it about another Star Spirit?" Bow asked.
"Yes, according to the information Peach and I got, the next Star Spirit's being held at Mt. Lavalava on Lavalava Island." Twink said.
"Lavalava Island." Sora said.
"I hope this helps." Twink said.
"Thanks for the info, Twink." Goofy said.
"I'm off to rejoin Princess Peach." Twink said flying off.
"So, the next Star Spirit's at Mt. Lavalava on Lavalava Island?" Watt asked.
"If it's on an island, that means we're gonna need a boat." Goombario said.
"But where're we gonna find a boat?" Kooper asked.
"I'm sure we'll figure it out." Sora said and Mario nods.
The group begin moving through Toad Town.
"At least this town's back to normal after we defeated the Shy Guys." Goofy said.
"Yeah, let's hope it stays that way." Bombette said as they keep moving through town.
Unknowing to them someone watches them from the roof of a building and it's the same silver haired boy.
"So, Sora IS here and so those two clowns. I think it'll be fun to mess with him a little more, along with that plumber." The silver haired boy said as he jumps off the building's roof.
Well, there's the fourth chapter for the story and I hope you liked this one. I hope you enjoyed this and hope you'll look forward for more. I'm sorry for not updating recently, but IRL stuff caught up with me so I had to focus on that, but hey, new chapter for you so I hope it was worth the wait for you! Will Sora and Mario be able to find the fifth Star Spirit? What will try and stop them this time? Will another of Bowser's minions try to stop them this time around? I'll see you in the next chapter. Goodbye for now.
