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I could tell you'd like it.

StarlitDuck

Well, the rooftops were the only place in Delfino Plaza where she could do it, since the move can only be performed on top of slopes. So there really wasn't a choice. I thought of the powerup because of how beautiful the area is and how I wish you wouldn't have to worry about air and just enjoy the atmosphere and peaceful music.

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I thought the heroes deserved a little relaxation before moving on to Pianta Village, the last area before Corona Mountain. And Aqua's learning Mario's moves so that she can be useful for her future adventures with Mario.

Herooftheages200

In my first fanfic, Super Mario 64: The Power of the Stars, I made him develop a fear for eels. Everyone's gotta be afraid of something. Even Mario.

Herooftheages200

It'll show up at some point. Maybe in this or a future story. And thank you!

LiamTheYoshi

Except unlike those powerups, the Mermaid Mushroom makes it so you no longer have to worry about air. I know 2d Mario games don't have an air meter, but if the Frog or Penguin Suit we're in a 3d game you'd probably still have an air meter. I'd imagine if the Mermaid Mushroom were in a 3d Mario game, it would function similar to the Cheep Cheep capture from Odyssey.

Herooftheages200

Uh, what do Star Wars and Harry Potter have to do with this?

Herooftheages200

1. It was inspired by Super Mario 64 DS, where Yoshi had to retrieve Mario, Luigi, and Wario's keys.

2. I understand. I'm just not used to getting criticized. But I'll learn.


Mario and his friends were back in Delfino Plaza. It was now nightfall, and the gang were having pizza for dinner. Mario and Luigi had pepperoni, Toad and Toadette had mushrooms, Daisy had anchovies, Toadsworth had pineapples, and Aqua just had plain cheese.

Mario: How's everyone's pizza?

Luigi: This place has the best pizza I've ever had!

Daisy: You said it! This is great!

Toad: Best pizza ever!

Toadette: You could say that again.

Aqua: I've never had pizza before. I love it!

Toadsworth: I must say, this is a good dinner. If only Princess Peach were here.

Toadette: She'll be here soon, Toadsworth. Mario and the others are gonna save her. I predict tomorrow will be the day she's saved.

Toadsworth: I sure hope so. She's missing out.

Toad looked to the side and saw that the heroes left their FLUDD nozzles sitting to the side.

Toad: Um… I gotta use the bathroom. Be right back!

Toadette: Okay, Toad!

While no one was looking, Toad grabbed the Turbo Nozzle. He hoped Daisy wouldn't notice it was gone because he feared her attitude. Toad walked over to the east side of Delfino Plaza, where he saw the police station being guarded by the two police Piantas.

Toad: (Finally! With this, I can break in the station and see if there's a Shine in there. I'm not gonna let Toadette use my head this time.) How do I work this thing?

He tried pulling the triggers, only to be surprised by a sudden burst of speed, similar to how Daisy first reacted to it.

Toad: YYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

The two Police Piantas noticed Toad approaching quickly and screamed, before he broke into the door between them.

Police Pianta #1: What on Isle Delfino was that?!

Police Pianta #2: I don't know. Hey you! Get out of there! You're under arre-!

He shined his flashlight inside the doorway and no one was there.

Police Pianta #2: Huh?

Police Pianta #1: He… disappeared…


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Toad reappeared in a new area up in the sky. He started up a long green platform with sprinklers.

Toad: Woah! I bet I can put this thing to the test.

He charged up the Turbo Nozzle and took a leap once he reached the edge onto various other platforms ahead. Halfway through, he ran up a hill and back down. After that was the last two platforms that were a long way down. The last platform had Toad take a little fall damage, but he finally reached the hidden Shine Sprite.

SHINE!

Toad: I'm the best! Haha!


Delfino Plaza

It was late out. Daisy has her Turbo Nozzle back, and Mario noticed that Aqua was yawning an awful lot.

Mario: Sounds like somebody's tired.

Aqua: Wh-What?! No, no, no. I'm fine.

Luigi: Oh really? The yawning says otherwise.

Daisy: Besides, it's almost your bedtime.

Aqua was desperately trying to stay awake, but had a hard time keeping her eyes open.

Aqua: No… really… I'm not tired…

Daisy picked her up, and she started closing her eyes.

Aqua: Okay… maybe a little…

Mario: Let's get you out of those clothes and into bed.

They walked back to the Motel where Aqua brushed her teeth and changed into her pajamas. Then she climbed into bed where Mario tucked her in.

Aqua: Hey guys, before you go, could you tell me a bedtime story?

Luigi: I've got some stories, but you wouldn't like them. They'd likely give you nightmares.

Daisy: Well… I've got nothing.

Mario: Hmm… I know! I'll tell you the story of this dream I had one night. It's a bit bizarre, but I think you'll like it.


One bedtime story later…

Mario: And so, Wart and the 8 bits were vanquished, and the people of Subcon lived happily ever after, thanks to the efforts of Me, Luigi, Peach, and Toad. The end.

Aqua was sound asleep thanks to that story.

Mario: And a job well done.

Daisy: That… was a weird dream you had, Mario. Are you sure you didn't eat anything strange before going to bed that night?

Mario: No, it just happened.

Luigi: Well, at least now I know where that "Mouser" guy Wendy spawned came from.

Mario: Yeah, I still don't get how she knew of my dreams. I wonder… could Subcon actually be real?!

Daisy: No way! That's absurd!

Mario: Yeah, you're probably right. Well, let's a go.

Luigi and Daisy walked out, but before Mario left, he couldn't help but adore how cute Aqua looked sleeping. So, without second thought, he gave her a light, fatherly kiss on the cheek.

Mario: Nighty night, tesoro. (sweetheart)

Mario walked out and turned off the light before shutting the door.

Aqua: P… P… Papa Mario… ZZZ…

When Mario came out, Luigi and Daisy gave him suggestive smirks.

Mario: Um… what's with the faces?

Luigi: We saw that, bro.

Daisy: So, what's going on? You her new father, now?

Mario: What?! Father?! Are you nuts?! I could never replace George!

Luigi: Um… Mario, we're next to a sleeping girl's room.

Mario: Oh yeah.

They walked out of the motel and went further away from it.

Mario: Anyways, what are you talking about?!

Daisy: Hey, no need to deny it. There's no shame in seeing her like a daughter. Especially after all you've been through together.

Mario instantly became flustered at the thought of Aqua calling him "Papa".

Mario: Why you…

Luigi: Come on, Mario. You know she's just joking.

Daisy: Yeah, I'm just saying. Ever since our parents' passed, Peach was always the mother figure to her, while I was basically the closest thing she had to a father. An angry, loud, and aggressive one.

Mario: Ha! Mama Luigi and Papa Daisy! You two really are perfect for each other.

Luigi instantly grew ticked off and tried to hold the anger back. But his eye could be seen twitching.

Luigi: Mario… I thought you agreed to never bring that up again…

Mario: Oops! Sorry bro, it's just too funny!

Daisy: Mama Luigi?

Luigi: I'll tell you later.

Daisy: But anyways, I wouldn't mind if you took my place as Aqua's "new father". You'd probably do the job way better than I ever could. Just think about it.

FLUDD: She has a good point, Mario.

Mario: I… guess I will. Changing the topic now. The sky is getting more clear, so we're making good progress. But I still think there's at least one more area we need to take care of.

Daisy: It's probably where my fake is! We need to get there now!

Luigi: You know, I remember seeing something red at the top of the Shine Gate this morning. Maybe that's where we need to go. Luckily, my Rocket Nozzle should get us up there in a jiffy.

Mario: Well then, lead the way bro.

Luigi took them to the back of the Shine Gate, where he grabbed them and used his nozzle a couple of times to reach the top of the Shine Gate.

Luigi: Wow, that was easier than I thought. And it's a nice view from up here.

They looked around and saw a red pipe sticking out of the right side.

Daisy: That doesn't look normal. Let's head in!

Mario just remembered something at that point.

Mario: Wait! Before we go…

Luigi and Daisy: Huh?

Mario jumped down and sprayed the ink covered large shine that's been bothering him throughout the adventure. Now we could finally clean it up, with the Shine Gate cleaned up, a regular sized Shine Sprite appeared above it. Though it was really high up.

Luigi: Hey! Nice one, bro! I forgot about that.

Mario: Thanks, but I can't possibly reach that.

Luigi: Leave it to me!

Luigi used the Rocket Nozzle to grab the Shine.

SHINE!

Luigi: YA HAY!

The trio jumped into the pipe.


Pianta Village

The ancestral home of the Piantas was built in a giant tree as protection against wild beasts. Giant mushrooms thrive beneath the village.

The trio spawned in front of a bridge leading to the village.

FLUDD: It appears we are now in Pianta Village. It is the ancestral home of the Piantas and is best known for its hot spring that is only open during the daytime.

Daisy: So, it's the Pianta version of Noki Bay? Interesting.

FLUDD: Pretty much. It's kind of the opposite of Noki Bay as well, for it has the least amount of water on the entire isle.

Mario: Well, I can already tell this will probably be Aqua's least favorite area. Let's explore!

Mario and Co. walked to the other side of the bridge, only to stop when they already saw the problem. A new type of goop was covering the paths. But it looked red and hot, kinda like lava. There were also three chain chomplets running amok that looked to be on fire.

Daisy: What the heck is going on here?

Mario: Don't know. Let's ask somebody.

Just then, the mayor of Pianta Village, and a Pianta woman approached them.

Mayor: Hey you three, Think you could spare us a hand, here? This dear lady's pets have decided to go on a little rampage. No, not the bees. They seem to be acting normal.

Daisy: Is this your doing, lady? Control your pets!

Chain Chomp Owner: Oh my goodness! This is awful! Completely awful!My little darlings have nasty fevers and it's driving them mad!

Mario: Ma'am, I'm gonna need to ask you to calm down. Do you have any sort of method you usually use to calm your pets down?

The Chain Chomp Owner breathed for a moment before she continued.

Chain Chomp Owner: Normally, I grab their tails and spike them into the ground but they're too hot to touch now! Ooh! It burns me up!

Luigi: Hmm… okay, thanks! We'll find a way.

They head into the village.

Daisy: How are we gonna be able to do what she said if the Chain Chomplets are on FIRE?!

FLUDD: Simple. You've got me. Just spray water at them to cool them down, and then you can spike them.

Daisy: Sounds easy enough.

Just then, one of the Chain Chomplets spotted them and ran straight for them.

Luigi and Daisy: YAAAAAAAH!

Mario: Oh no you don't!

Mario sprayed the Chain Chomplet with water to cool it down. It was now black instead of red and was whimpering.

Mario: Bad doggy! Bad! Bad boy!

Mario grabbed the Chomplet's tail and spiked it into the ground.

Daisy: Nice one, Mario!

Mario: And that's how you discipline your pets.

Just after he said that, the Chain Chomplet heated up again and popped out of the ground.

Chain Chomplet: RUFF RUFF!

Mario, Luigi, and Daisy: AAAAAH!

The trio ran away from the Chain Chomplet until they lost it.

FLUDD: It appears that simply spraying water at them won't be enough. We'll need a large body of water.

Daisy: Where are we gonna find that? You said Pianta Village has the least amount of water on the Isle.

Just then they overheard a woman complaining about something.

Pianta: Gramps is just so slow… He left for the spring ages ago, and he hasn't returned. Not that it's weird. He pretty much does that every night.

Luigi: Hmm… sound like something we should check out.

They went over to the center of the village where they found the spring. Water was coming out of the large tree and would go down a river before ending at the edge, where it would fall into the abyss below. The woman's grandfather was sitting on a small island in the middle.

Gramps: Aaaah! So comfy. So nice. So relaxing. This is coooool! This spring always hits the spot. It's completely refreshing. No better place to cool down than right here. Yep. It's such a shame that it's only around at night. During the daytime, the water stops and is pumped up for use in the Pianta Hot Spring. Ah well, better reason to enjoy it while it lasts

Daisy grew a light bulb over her head. What he said gave her an idea.

Daisy: That's it, guys! We gotta lure the chomplets into this spring. That way, they'll cool down and stop terrorizing the village.

Mario: Great idea! Let's-a get to hunting them down.

Mario went and found the one from earlier. This time, after spraying it, he grabbed it's tail, pulled back, and when he let go, it was launched right into the spring.

Mario: Now, you better start behaving yourself, little doggy!

Luigi and Daisy did the same with two other Chomplets.

Daisy: Bad dog! Time to take a bath!

When all three of them were in the spring, cooled down, a Shine Sprite appeared on top of a mushroom and FLUDD made an announcement.

FLUDD: Remember, always be kind to your pets…

SHINE!

All: YAHOO!