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Well, of course that Wiggler is stronger. It's a lot bigger than the last one. Maybe it's his less friendly cousin.
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I'm kinda surprised Mario didn't get a powerup like this yet, since he's a PLUMBER! At least we got that move in Luigi's Mansion 3.
Delfino Plaza
Mario: To think that thing almost killed the poor bird by sleeping on top of its heat source.
Aqua: And it almost killed you!
Mario: Well, yes that too. Thanks again for the save! I honestly don't know what I'd do without you or FLUDD.
Aqua: Why, thank you! I always got your back!
Mario: I just hope the Sand Bird is doing alright.
Aqua: Speaking of which, I wanna go back! I wanna see the Sand Bird hatch!
FLUDD: Good idea! It could hatch any minute now, for all we know. Let's head back to Gelato Beach!
They go into the "M" again to transport to the beautiful Gelato Beach.
Gelato Beach
The moment they arrived, the brown Pianta ran over excited.
Pianta: Hey! Guess what!
Mario: What is it?
Pianta: The Sand Bird… it finally hatched!
The wonderful news made Mario and Aqua grow wide grins on their faces, FLUDD would've done so as well if he had a mouth.
Mario: Yahoo!
Aqua: Yay! The Sand Bird! Where is it?
The Pianta then frowned.
Pianta: Don't bother looking for it though. It flew off right away.
Their excitement turned into disappointment.
Mario and Aqua: Oh…
Mario: Did anyone at least take pictures of it?
Pianta: Nope. The people were too awestruck to take out their cameras.
Mario: Well, that's a shame. I really wanted to see it.
Aqua: Yeah, me too.
FLUDD: Well, look at the bright side. At least it's safe from angry wigglers, and demented plungelos.
Mario: Good point. And you know, one event we missed isn't the end of the world.
Aqua: I guess you're right.
Mario: We might as well go look for another Shine.
The duo made their way up to the hills in the back of the beach. There, there were two mothers with their kids. But what was most noticeable was that there was a hole broken in the back of the tower.
Aqua: Where'd that hole come from?
FLUDD: It must've been from the Sand Bird breaking out.
Pianta kid: I wanna slide down and dive onto that platform down there. I think I might be able to bounce from there right into that hole!
Mario: Wow! Talk about going extreme.
Noki Kid: Sliding down the patch of odd-colored sand there is tons of fun. But I think sitting here and enjoying the view is nice, too.
Mario: Well, can't argue with that. *turns to mother* Kids say quite the stuff am I right? And before you come to assumptions, the girl with me is NOT my daughter. I'm her babysitter.
Noki Mother: Must be a bit of a handful for you. You know, I was a pretty wild child back in my day. Even so, I find myself yelling at the kids to QUIET DOWN!
Mario's ears rang at the Noki mother's sudden outburst.
Mario: Well, that stress has certainly lead you to be quite the yeller.
Mario then talked to the Pianta mother.
Pianta mother: This kid keeps talking about jumping into that hole down there. It isn't just unsafe; it's impossible!
Mario: Tsk! Tsk! You're over exaggerating! I can totally do that.
Pianta mother: You CAN?!
Mario: Yes! And I'll prove it! Hey Aqua, wanna show these guys what we can do?
Aqua: Yeah!
She hopped onto his back. Mario slid down the hill, jumped off the trampoline, and Aqua hovered him in the hole, where they fell into the cracked egg and disappeared.
Noki Kid: Wow!
Pianta Kid: See mom? If they can do it, so can I!
Pianta Mother: No! NO! NO!
Noki Mother: Well, I'm definitely not hiring him for babysitting.
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Mario slowly woke up to see the bright blue sky as he knows it. He felt sand beneath him, making him think he was back on the beach. But when he got up, he noticed towers everywhere, almost reminding him of the Tower of the Wing Cap from his last major adventure. And the sand beneath him was separated in tiles, and appeared to be moving. Wherever he was, it certainly wasn't Gelato Beach.
As he got up, Aqua did too. And she was terrified.
Aqua: Where are we?!
Mario: I don't know, Aqua. Just don't look down.
A loud eagle-like screech filled the air.
FLUDD: The legendary Sand Bird! It is climbing around the tower. Watch your feet!
This brought surprise to the duo, on one hand, they were surprised FLUDD wasn't taken away this time. But we're more surprised that they actually found the Sand Bird.
Aqua: You mean, we're ON the Sand Bird?!
Mario: This is the Sand Bird? And it's actually MADE of sand?!
FLUDD: Indeed! There are some Red Coins on the bird's back. I believe we should collect them all to get a Shine Sprite.
Mario: Good idea.
They grabbed the first one above their heads and split up. Aqua grabbed two Red Coins on the left wing and one on the head. Mario grabbed two Red Coins on the right wing and one on the tail.
Mario: Well, we got 'em all. Where's the Shine?
FLUDD: My sensors detect an eighth Red Coin at the top of the tower. Luckily, the Sand Bird is on its way up there.
Aqua: Oh, okay. Then this should be easy.
Suddenly, the Sand Bird began to flap its wings rapidly.
Aqua: What's it doing?
FLUDD: I have a bad feeling about this…
Then the Sand Bird slowly tilted over to the left, Mario and Aqua began to lose their traction on the ground.
Aqua: AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!
Mario: AAAAAAHHHHHHHH! IT'S TILTING! IT'S TILTING!
Mario grabbed a ledge as the Sand Bird tilted and grabbed Aqua's hand before she could fall.
Mario: (*sigh* The things we go through for the sake of this island… I feel bad that the poor kid has to go through this.)
After the Sand Bird tilted 90 degrees, it quickly went back to normal. After a few seconds, Mario and Aqua jumped on top of the tower where the last red coin awaited them.
Aqua: Thank you Sand Bird!
Mario: Buh Bye!
The Sand Bird screeched one last time before flying away.
Mario: Well, I'm glad we got to see the Sand Bird, even if we almost fell off of it.
Aqua: Yeah, it was scary riding on it, but also cool!
They grabbed the last Red Coin, and claimed their Shine.
SHINE!
Mario and Aqua: YAHOO!
Disclaimer: I know I said I didn't want to include Red Coin missions. But this one is story relevant, so it's an exception.
