Meanwhile, at the Triceratops Cove entrance at the other end of Ankylosaurus Land, King Morton Senior Koopa and his army are about to enter, when a purple Magikoopa approaches him.
"Your Majesty," Said the purple Magikoopa, bowing in respect, "We have word that Yoshi is now in the Ankylosaurus Desert, and is heading to Ankylosaurus Land as we speak."
King Morton smirked, chuckling evilly. "Good. I expected him to head to Ankylosaurus Land after surviving the Boundary River. But will he himself be able to survive King Ankylosaurus and his army of Ankylosaurus?" He started laughing evilly, as did the purple Magikoopa and the army as the Koopa King marched into the Triceratops Cove entrance, with the army following him.
The purple Magikoopa disappeared into a puff of purple smoke, planning to analyze Yoshi's every move for the sake of King Morton's dastardly plans.
Yoshi continued running through the hazard, gusty Ankylosaurus Desert. He stopped a few times, gasping for some breath and squinting as he could feel sand come into contact with his body. Yoshi continued, this time crawling on his stomach. Suddenly, a HUGE blast of gust blew Yoshi into the air. Yoshi screamed, and he fell back down, landing on a rough, grayish shell, which seemed to be all skeleton.
"Urgh..." Yoshi moaned, getting up and looking at the shell below him, "This shell looks like it belonged to a skeleton Koopasaurus..." He gasped. 'Maybe because it IS the shell of a skeleton Koopasaurus!"
After saying that, Yoshi fell off the shell in surprise as several, grayish skeleton Koopasauruses surrounded the green Yoshisaurus.
"You dare wake the dead?" Angrily growling one of the skeleton Koopasauruses, "Then you shall pay for your dishonorable crime!" It and all of the other skeleton Koopasauruses took out their bones, and started approaching Yoshi.
Yoshi got up, and he started tossing Yoshi Eggs at them. He growled, seeing every skeleton Koopasaurus he hit ressurrect back to normal. Yoshi stopped tossing the eggs, and instead, he grabbed one of the skeleton Koopasauruses by his tongue and swallowed him. The other skeleton Koopsasauruses gasped, and they all jumped on Yoshi, beating him down his their bones. It was then that Yoshi hid into his egg and rolled the skeleton Koopasauruses off him. Getting out of the egg, Yoshi spat out a Yoshi Egg from his mouth (which was the skeleton Koopasaurus he swallowed), and threw it at one of the skeleton Koopasauruses. The others started tossing thier bones at Yoshi, getting out a new one from their shells every time.
Yoshi growled, and shielding himself within his egg, Yoshi rolled off, the bones still clobbering the egg shield. After a few minutes, Yoshi broke out of his egg shield, and he took out his small, red guidebook.
"Let's see..." Yoshi said, flipping quickly through the pages of the book to see the picture of the skeleton Koopasaurus he was attacked by, "Dry Bones. They are extremely common in hazard places like the Ankylosaurus Desert, for they are the bodies and spirits of Koopasauruses that have died. Over time, their bones hardened, and with their spirits intact, the Dry Bones only attacked if they are awakened by the living." He gulped, placing the red guidebook in his shell. "Now it tells me," He said to himself, hearing the Dry Bones coming back. He went back into his egg shield, and started rolling off.
The desert wind became harsher as the day passed onto the evening, and Yoshi was still rolling away in his egg shield. Bumping into a tropical tree, Yoshi got out of his egg shield and noticed the tree. He sighed of relief and sat down, right under the tree. "Phew...I've been here for 3 hours, and already, it feels like 3 months," He moaned to himself. He then looked up, and saw a star on top of the tree. "Huh? A Star?"
The star on the tropical tree was being blocked by an invisible shield, which would only be broken if six Dry Bones were defeated.
Not knowing this, Yoshi climbed up the tree and attempted to grab the star, when he felt the invisible shield around it. "Huh?" He said in disbelief, tapping the shield, "The star's blocked by something. But what?" He curiously asked himself.
Suddenly, to Yoshi's surprise, the four Dry Bones who have been chasing him have surrounded the tree, and started to bang it with their bones, trying to get Yoshi down.
Yoshi growled. "That's it...if these Dry Bones want them a fight, then I'll give them a fight!" The green, heroic Yoshisaurus hopped down on one of the Dry Bones, and he grabbed the knocked down Dry Bones's bone, getting into a fighting stance.
The other Dry Bones all looked at each other, and they then jumped at Yoshi. Yoshi dodged out of the way, and he watched the Dry Bones crash into each other. Yoshi then positioned himself in front of the pile of Dry Bones, and whacking the bone he had as hard as he can, Yoshi sent the Dry Bones flying into the gusty desert sky, disappearing.
Yoshi smirked, and the invisible shield around the star shattered. Yoshi turned around, and he gasped. "The star!" He dropped the bone, climbed up the tree, and grabbed the star. Happy, he placed the star away, and he observed around the Ankylosaurus Desert, searching for a way out.
"There's have to be a way out," Yoshi said, searching all directions around him, and going down the tree afterwards. He sighed, and placed his hands on his hips. "Maybe...if I tried going west..." He pondered, heading off into the gusting desert again.
However, this would be a bad decision. Up ahead were quicksand pits, and Yoshi wasn't able to see them. He then fell into one, and he started slowly sinking. Yoshi gasped, and he started to jump as much as he could, getting out successfully. He went back a few feet, looking at the slowly shifting sand.
"Quicksand," Yoshi gulped, "If I didn't jump, I would have been killed for sure." He growled, glaring straight at the other end of the desert. "But if I'm to get out of here and reach Ankylosaurus Land, then I have to jump for my life..." Yoshi then ran back a couple of feet, and started running towards the quicksand pits, jumping right at the very tip of one. He then landed in the middle, and continued jumping. It took several minutes, but then Yoshi tripped, and his whole body began to sink.
Yoshi gasped. He wasn't able to jump this time. "Oh no...I can't get out!" He started squirming, but he had no luck either. Yoshi screamed, his voice muffled as his face was, too, sinking into the quicksand. Having no luck of getting out, Yoshi thought to himself, "Is this the end for me...even though I came too far...?" With his last breath, Yoshi closed his eyes, and sunk into the quicksand.
Nearby the quicksand pits on a hovering platform was a purple Yoshisaurus. Having watched Yoshi sink into the quicksand, the purple Yoshisaurus jumped into the quicksand pit and pulled the unconcious Yoshi out. Jumping out of the quicksand, the purple Yoshi started running off into the northern direction, carrying Yoshi on his shoulders.
