Yoshi arrived back at Peach's Castle being two stars closer to saving his friends. However, he noticed Princess Peach looking worriedly at the sky. He looked up too, and the moon appeared much bigger than it should be.

Yoshi: Peach? What's going on? Why's the moon bigger?

Peach: It's not bigger, Yoshi. It's suddenly gone out of its orbit and is getting closer to us as we speak. If we don't do something soon, the moon will crash into our planet, and we're all gonna die!

Yoshi gasped in horror.

Yoshi: NOOOOOOOOOO! WHATAREWEGONNADO!? WHATAREWEGONNADO!? WHATAREWEGONNADO!?

Peach: YOSHI! Relax! Breathe!

Yoshi: How do you expect me to relax when a Majora's Mask is being pulled on us!? I mean sure, it doesn't have a terrifying face. BUT STILL!

Peach: Yoshi, I know things look bleak right now, but we can fix this. We'll need the power of the stars to put the moon back in its rightful position. I see you got two stars, but we'll need WAY more stars if we're gonna stop a threat this big.

Yoshi: I'm on it!

Peach: And while you're at it, please find Mario and friends. I'm getting REALLY worried about them, now!

Yoshi: You can count on me, Princess!

Yoshi turned to head for the next level, but turned back one last time.

Yoshi: What about you, princess? Will you be okay?

Peach: I wish I could join you on your adventure, Yoshi. But Toadsworth wouldn't approve of me leaving the castle during a time like this. So, I'm just gonna go inside and try to figure out who caused all this. Good luck!

The Princess walks back into her castle sadly. Yoshi felt sorry for her.

Yoshi: Wow. Being a princess must be a tough job. Well, no time to waste, Yoshi. The whole world is counting on you!

Yoshi entered into a pipe placed around a trio of Easter Island heads.

Stonesnake Shatters

Star #1: Spikey Stones

Stonesnake Shatters was an ancient archeological site filled with artifacts and temples from the ancient Mushroom Kingdom (long before it even was a kingdom) including an entrance that looks like a snake's head. Yoshi appeared in front of a ziggurat and looked around.

Yoshi: Hmm… how ancient. Now, if I was a star, where would I be?

Just then he saw three small rolling stones rolling around a snake statue. He approached one of them and it released spikes.

Yoshi: OOOOOOOWWWWWW OWOWOWOWOWOWOW!

The green dino ran away from the dangerous spikes. He walked into a tent to hopefully find at least a hint on the star's location.

Yoshi: Hello? Anyone? I need help! I'm looking for stars!

?: Hey you!

Yoshi screams and sees the source of the voice. A Bob Omb Buddy wearing an archeologist feodora.

Yoshi: Oh, it's you guys again.

Bob Omb Buddy: It's dangerous around here. I'm a scientist and I wanted to inspect that snake statue. Oddly, those rocks started moving as I got close and scared me away.

Yoshi: Been there. Anyways, have you seen any stars around here? I need them to save the world.

Bob Omb Buddy: Stars, eh? That statue might hide a secret… Hey, if you could help me get rid of those rocks, I have a shiny reward for you!

Yoshi: How am I supposed to do that when they have spikes?

Bob Omb Buddy: The rocks don't keep out their spikes forever. Try punching them when the spikes retract.

Yoshi: Got it!

Yoshi walked outside and waited for the three rocks to retract their spikes before punching and breaking them. Then he went back into the tent.

Yoshi: Took care of them.

Bob Omb Buddy: Wow! That quick? Thanks for helping me with that! Might this be enough to show my gratitude?

He hands Yoshi a star.

Yoshi: Plenty!

He takes it and walks out of the tent.

Star #2: De-Mud for the Deity

Yoshi noticed that the ziggurat where he started had mud covering it.

Yoshi: Eww! Someone has to clean that up.

The green dinosaur walked to the very top to find a strange looking blue box with a note attached to it.

Yoshi: What's this?

He grabs the note. The handwriting was messy and had a lot of grammar and spelling errors, but Yoshi was able to work around it. This is what he was able to translate:

"Dear Mario,

Hi! I haven't seen you in awhile. Heard you were on another great adventure!

I wish I could come over and help you, but I can't leave the Lake Kingdom as long as the moon's coming towards us. Sorry! But I'm more than happy to let you borrow FLUDD. I was only able to bring you the Hover Nozzle, but thanks to Lamode magic, you won't have to refill your water.

Good luck saving the world, Mario! I hope to see you again soon!

Your piccolo amico, Princess Aqua

Yoshi just stared at the letter in confusion, not knowing who this mysterious person is, or what she's talking about.

Yoshi: I guess I'll ask Mario later.

He breaks the box and a water tank with two nozzles comes out. Yoshi puts it on his back.

Yoshi: How do you work this thing?

He pulls the trigger and is caught off guard being lifted up.

Yoshi: Woah! I-I-I'm flying… I'M FLYING! WOOOOOO!

But his dreams come to an abrupt halt when he falls back to the ground.

Yoshi: Ow! Okay, maybe I can't fly, but this is still really cool!

Yoshi uses FLUDD to wash all the icky mud off the ziggurat. He is rewarded with a star.

Yoshi: Yeah!

Star #3: Travel in the Temple

For this one, Yoshi ventured into the Snake Temple. The inside was made of stone, and there was an giant white snake deity floating around. Yoshi grabbed FLUDD again and used it to get higher up the tower. He ran into another Bob Omb Buddy.

Bob Omb Buddy: What's up, brave adventurer? I've got something interesting for you. When I first got up here, I heard a voice that said: 'Step on my head and I shall give you the star. But please don't pound on me. That hurts.' I think the snake was communicating with me! But I'm too much of a scaredy cat to try it for myself…

Yoshi: I'll try it.

The Dino waits for the snake deity to come back, and rides it's head up to the star's location.

Yoshi: Thanks Mr. Snake!

He grabs the star and goes back outside.

Star #4: Calm the Ancient Attacker

Back outside, Yoshi ran to a Bob Omb Buddy in panic.

Yoshi: Hey, what's wrong?

Bob Omb Buddy: We should have never started this. We should have left at the first signal. And now we are getting punished. I am sorry that you are getting dragged into this. I apologize.

Yoshi: What are you talking abo-

He was interrupted by a roar heard from inside the large snake's head. A large snake deity emerged from the head. Though this one looked different from the last, as it was black instead of white, and had large black wings. It was also hostile as it breathed fire everywhere.

Yoshi: Oh god! This might get ugly!

Yoshi grabbed FLUDD again as the snake deity flew after him. The brave dinosaur used FLUDD to get on top of the snake deity's head and pound ground one of its segments off its body. The stone creature roared in rage and breathed fire all over. Yoshi caught some on his tail.

Yoshi: OWOWOWOWOWOWOW!

Yoshi cooled his tail off with FLUDD and used it to get back onto the snake deity. Unexpectedly, the snake rotated it's body, catching Yoshi off guard and making him fall off.

Yoshi: Ow! That's not fair!

He got up on the snake deity's body again and pound grounded another segment off, breaking it into pieces and releasing not a star, but rather a red orb with an "M" on it.

Yoshi: What the-?!

The orb spun around faster and faster until exploding in a bright light. Yoshi blinded himself before opening up again and is surprised to see a certain someone in the orb's place. Mario sat on the ground feeling a bit dizzy from that experience, but is surprised to see Yoshi.

Yoshi: Mario?

Mario: Y-Yoshi?

Yoshi: Mario!

Mario: Yoshi!

Mario and Yoshi hugged each other in relief to see each other again.

Mario: I knew you'd come to my rescue! What's this, like… the third time now?

Yoshi: Who cares how many times it's been? We'll always have each other's back.

They both laughed for a moment before taking their leave.

Yoshi: Let's go back to the castle. Peach has been worried sick about you!

Mario: Sounds good to me!