StarlitDuck

Daisy's personality here is kind of inspired by Sonic, given the fact that she has the Turbo nozzle, and is a speed character in the Olympic Games. Of course she is a bit different, given that she's prone to anger more easily, and actually tolerates water, unlike that blue hedgehog. (Sheesh, Aqua and Sonic probably wouldn't get along if they met.)

nintendoscript15

It's the element of surprise. Daisy obviously wanted to catch her opponent off guard to fool them into thinking they stood a chance. Aqua would've gotten second place if she had participated, but I figured she needed a break given that all this Shine collecting is hard work.

Breath20k

She is indeed.

Herooftheages200

Some games such as Super Mario 3d World, have shown that other characters can do moves like ground pounding just as well as Mario and Luigi. You don't need to be superhuman to be strong and athletic. What makes Mario and Luigi special, is that they can recover from an injury quickly as long as it's not too serious, as my friend nintendoscript15 established. They can also communicate telepathically by staring at each other, and be able to go out with normal clothes in the winter (however, if a snowstorm or blizzard happens, they have to wear winter clothes to survive, which is why they had winter clothes in the first chapter).


Noki Bay

Daisy had just beaten Il Piantissimo at his own game, and was telling Aqua, Toad, and Toadette about it.

Toadette: So, you were racing that rude guy who cut through us?

Daisy: You bet! He was arrogant, but was no match against me! I totally caught him off guard.

Aqua: Congratulations for beating him, Daisy! I doubt it was hard for you, though. You always love a good race.

Daisy: You can say that again.

The Noki Elder approached Mario and the gang once again. He seemed a bit worried.

Noki Elder: Master Mario, you and your friends have become tied to our destiny, I'm afraid.

Mario: What is it this time?

Noki Elder: A pathway to another world has opened above our fair land.

Luigi: WHAT?! No way!

Noki Elder: It's true! Surely you will go there? Of course! You must go there!

Daisy: Okay, dude! We'll go! No need to push us.

Aqua: Another world? Sounds cool!

Luigi: Might be dangerous though.

Noki Elder: Yes, that is possible. I apologize for involving you in all of this!

Mario: Don't be sorry. You can always count on us!

Noki Elder: Then good luck! We'll cheer you on from here! Farewell!

Toad: You four go on ahead. Toadette and I are gonna head back to the plaza to see if Toadsworth is doing alright. He seems rather lonely without Peach around.

Aqua: Okay. See you guys later!

Toad and Toadette took a boat back to Delfino Plaza. Meanwhile the quartet looked up to see a strange light coming out of a giant seashell on one of the three towers.

Luigi: That must be the entrance to this "other world". Luckily, I have my Rocket Nozzle, so I could get us up there.

Daisy: We'll have to use those tightropes to get close enough though.

Aqua looked up at the tightropes leading up to the tops of the towers. They had wire traps clinging all over them colored red and blue, giving the child flashbacks of the wire traps she encountered in Bianco Hills. The fact they were so high up made it look scarier, but she knew she had her sister and her new friends by her side this time, and there was still a body of water below in case she were to fall off, so she had the bravery to trek on.

Aqua: Alright, let's do this.

The four worked their way up, traveling across ropes and avoiding those annoying wire traps that would electrocute and badly burn them. When they got to the top, they walked into the opening on the seashell.


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Daisy: Whoa! Whoa! WHOA! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!

Aqua: Calm down Daisy! We're going to a secret course.

Daisy: Secret course?! What are you talking about?! Get me out of here!

Just then, Shadow Aqua showed up and swapped all the FLUDD nozzles, including Daisy's.

Daisy: What the-?! HEY! GIVE THOSE BACK!

Shadow Aqua just winked and disappeared into the whitenness.

Daisy: GET BACK HEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE!

The screaming made Daisy faint along with everyone else.


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They were finally tackling another secret stage. The first one with Daisy, in fact! However, this secret stage was a lot bigger, taller, and complex than previous ones. The four heroes started out in a glass tank with an opening at the top. Daisy was frightened.

Daisy: W-Wh-Where are we?

Luigi: Okay, Daisy. Calm down! I was freaked out myself. This is one of those "secret stages" that Mario and Aqua have been exploring the past few days.

Mario: Yeah, the premise is that one of our Shadow fakers steals our FLUDD nozzles, and we don't get them back until we get the Shine Sprite at the end of this course. It's an obstacle course that tests our core abilities. Just follow our lead, and we'll get out of this.

Daisy: If you say so.

They started by wall jumping out of the glass tank, which was as easy as the course could get. Then it started to become a bit of a challenge. Next they went on a spinning rectangle shaped platform. On the other side of it was a flipping square block which they had to get the right timing for, and then they made it to the other side.

That was just the beginning. Next our heroes had tp time their wall jumps to get on platforms that were moving in and out of the wall. Or at least Mario and Aqua had to. Daisy just used her double jump, and Luigi used his OP backflip (from Super Mario 64 DS). At the end of that section was a pole they climbed to reach the next part of the course, which had a very heavy reliance on wall jumps. Luigi also started snapping his fingers for some reason.

Mario: Uh… bro? What are you doing?

Luigi: I don't know. I just felt a rhythm and felt the need to follow it.

The others suddenly started snapping their fingers as well.

Daisy: Hey, I'm doing it too!

Mario: So am I!

Aqua: Even I'm doing it! And I thought I didn't know how to snap my fingers.

Mario: But… why?

The four started to sink into their rhythm, with their feet tapping and their heads shaking.

Daisy: Say, I'm getting into the groove!

Aqua: I like this!

Luigi: Oh yeah!

Mario: Huh… you know…

After a moment of getting into the rhythm, all four of them broke into song, singing a familiar tune.

All: Doo doo doo doo doo doo, DOOOOOOOOOO!

Throughout the rest of the secret course, the quartet sang an acapella version of a nostalgia inducing theme (Listen to Platforms A Plenty from Super Mario Sunshine) with Mario as the main melody, Aqua and Daisy as backup singers, and Luigi as bass.

They got up the wall jumps with no issues. Next part had rotating beams with colored blocks, which Mario and Aqua recognized from Ricco Harbor's secret course. They were easy, but then there was a whole tower of spinning rectangular platforms, which the quartet had to backflip to get up. During this segment, Luigi sung a brief solo part of the acapella theme.

Finally after scaling up one last beam, the quartet finished their song and grabbed the Shine Sprite.

SHINE!

All: YAHOO!