-1The S.S. Toaster had arrived at Jazzafrazz Town in the Fruit Juice Continent half an hour ago. The place was glamorous and lively, and most of the popular were the flower creatures called Dayzees. Since the compass piece couldn't be far off, Luigi decided to take some time shopping for badges.

"Which one should I get? Dizzy Stomp or Sleepy Stomp?" Luigi asked his shopping partner Blooey.

The roasted Blooper suggested "neither, nobody ever uses status-effecting items in RPGs."

"Bah, I knew I should have brought along Jerry."

Torque burst in the badge shop, looking peeved about something.

"Your shopping for badges?!" the Buzzy Beetle shouted "how da heck are you going to repay me then?"

"Put a sock in it!" Blooey said "we don't go fighting creatures and collecting their loot just to pay off some stupid vehicle."

"I wasn't talking to you, fried calamari!"

"At least I'm not a shrimp like you!"

"You trying to start a fight?"

"Bring it on, beetle!"

The Buzzy Beetle and Blooper tackled each other and started rolling out of the shop, with Luigi following after them.

"Have a nice day!" said the Dayzee shop keeper cheerfully.

The two were still going at in the middle of the street while Luigi and Jerry tried to pull them apart. Everyone immediately stopped what they were doing when something swooped past them.

The plumber looked to see what it was and said "not him again!"

Yes, up in the air was A. Scorn with his flying squirrel Spanky! The nut laughed menacingly, the squirrel crashed into the top floor of a seven story building. Both Spanky and his rider fell, the acorn landing first. A. Scorn quickly stood up and pointed at the man in green.

"Your-"

SPLAT! His squirrel landed on top of him, much to his dismay. He wiggled his way off the furry critter and went back to his pose.

"Your journey ends here! I have new tricks up my sleeve and I'm not afraid to use them!"

MINI-BOSS: A. SCORN AND SPANKY

The acorn continued, "due to the fact I'm out-numbered, I have taught my squirrel how to fight. As for myself, I made my body harder and learned some Nutcracker Ninjutsu! Time to fall!"

Luigi charged up his hammer and slammed it on A. Scorn. Blooey leapt and collided into Spanky. The nut did a one-two punch on Luigi, and Spanky swooped into Blooey who blocked some of the damage. Luigi whacked A. Scorn and sent the nut into his squirrel, then Blooey became fireball and roasted the acorn.

"Not bad, not bad" A. Scorn panted "now it's time to show my cooler tricks. SPANKY, FETCH!"

The flying squirrel attacked Luigi and made the plumber lose his hammer. A. Scorn jump flipped between Luigi and Blooey and kicked them both at the same time, then jump flipped back his regular spot.

Without his hammer to attack, Luigi had no choice but jump on the evil acorn, which did no damage as A. Scorn's body was too strong. Blooey switched to Torque without using his turn thanks to the Quick Switch badge Luigi bought and Torque made armor to boost the plumber's defense. A. Scorn drilled kicked Torque and Spanky swooped into Luigi again, but the armor Luigi on damaged and knocked him out instead. The plumber did a power jump and it's strength was able pierce A. Scorn's defense and defeat him.

"Argh!" screamed the acorn "I won't forget this!" Because his only means of transportation was unconscious, A. Scorn grabbed Spanky's tail and walked off, grunting as he pulled the squirrel.

"Now that we whooped that nut, I remember we have a quest to do" said Luigi. The group was about to leave, but some clapping got their attention.

"Bravo! Bravo!" cheered a Dayzee with light green petals. "Such amazing moves! I'm Hayzee, actor slash director. I'm working on a musical, and your talents could help me win the next Drama Slam!"

"Err… sorry" Luigi said "We're kind of busy looking for a magical compass piece."

"Compass piece?" said Hayzee "you know, now that you mention it, I think the Dramalama Plaque you get for winning the Drama Slam might be a piece of something."

"Really? Well, I guess we could help out a little."

"Perfect! Meet me at Flora Theatre, I'll have to tell the guy who's position I want to give you is being replaced by a better actor. Ciao!"

Luigi would have went to the theatre right away, but he still didn't have his super hammer when the squirrel knocked it out of his hands, and went to look for it. The search was unsuccessful, but he did see a Dayzee hitting a pile of rocks with a much better ultra hammer.

"Stupid hammer!" the Dayzee grunted "stupid rocks! Why can't I make a sculpture of myself?"

The plumber wondered how he could get that hammer and had an idea. Picking up his buddy Torque, he used Torque's wrench to make a statue of the Dayzee with words under the sculpture written 'I am more awesome than you morons!'

"Wow! It's better than I imagined!" the Dayzee gasped in awe. "Thank you very much Mr. Mustache, now buzz off, your in the way of my new art!"

"YOUR SUPPOSED TO GIVE ME YOUR HAMMER!" Luigi shouted in rage. He used Torque's wrench to knock the statue on top of the Dayzee, then stole the ultra hammer that the flower dropped.

Now satisfied, Luigi and friends went to the Flower Theatre. The plumber found Hayzee hanging out with others who also part of the musical.

Hayzee spoke "ah, if it isn't my new rising star! I got your costume ready, and everybody else is prepared. Were going to win this Drama Slam for sure, and not even the theatre phantom will scare us off!

"P-p-p-phantom?!?" Luigi asked in fear.

"Yes, the phantom. Was said to haunt this very place, and had a deep hatred for those who were very green. But it's only a myth anyways."

Luigi screamed when a huge axe suddenly fell right in front of him.

"Hmm, that was odd" Hayzee said in confusion "anyways, put on your costume, our play is about to start!"

Luigi questioned "shouldn't I rehearse or something?"

"Don't worry about that, just get ready!"

A while later on stage, the spotlight was currently on a Dayzee. He says "this musical is called 'The Mystery of the Fiery Hat of Social Awareness', written by Hayzee the Dayzee."

The Dayzee fled off the stage as the curtains rose behind him. The set was a simple road in a vast plain. Luigi silently laid on the side of the road playing as his part, grass. Hayzee came on stage, wearing a hat with poorly drawn flames glued to it.

"I have a hat, it's on fire,

The flames are hot, I'm not a liar,

What has happen to make me scare,

Is that my hat is socially aware."

Then all of a sudden, Blooey, Jerry, and Torque came on stage, wearing regular hats.

"Why is the hat socially aware?

Shouldn't it live without a care?

Doesn't awareness bring it shame?

With it's bright glow and burning flame?"

Then multiple Dayzees and Shy Guys went on stage, dancing in a circle around Hayzee.

"Fiery hat of social awareness,

It's a mystery,

Fiery hat of social awareness,

Please make us see,

Fiery hat of social awareness,

Why do you live?

Fiery hat of social awareness,

What purpose do you give?

Suddenly, a Dayzee came wearing sunglasses and bling-bling.

"Yo yo yo,

I'm not part of this play,

I think you're all stupid,

And that's all I have to say!"

The Dayzee quickly left. A female Boo appeared next to Hayzee and kissed him.

"Oh you dear fiery hat,

I don't care if your insane,

You should know that

I love you all the same!"

The spotlight went on Hayzee as he, Blooey, Jerry, Torque, the Dayzees, the Shy Guys, and the Boo danced.

"We don't know

Why the hat is burning,

And we hope for

The truth that we're yearning,

But it's not a big deal

And we should care less

Of the crazy mystery

Of the fiery hat of social awaren-AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

Hayzee screamed in utter pain as a giant stone fell right on his foot. Luigi, lying on the ground doing his part, looked above stage and saw a cloaked person wearing a mask he remembers when he had that adventure in Sub-Con to defeat the evil Wart. The curtains closed as the audience applauded.

Later that evening, after the cast took Hayzee to the hospital, words of the musical spread throughout Jazzafrazz Town.

"We won!" the green Dayzee gave the news to the crew. "I told you it would be a success and I was right! Luigi, was it? You should have it, you earned it for such a great performance!"

Hayzee gave the mustached man the Dramalama Plaque, which was actually the next compass piece! Luigi, though, was a bit depressed. Not about the piece, but the fact he had the worst part is the entire play! But he said nothing, not wanting to spoil the moment.

"AFTER-PARTY AT MY HOUSE!' shouted the female Boo. The Dayzees and Shy Guys cheered and went with the ghost.

Hayzee spoke again "well, this was a very dramatic day. That giant stone hurt like Ztars, I wonder where it came from?"

Then Luigi remembered something! "Oh! When that rock landed by you, I think I saw the phantom!"

"The phantom?! Why would he do such as a thing like that?"

"I dunno, why don't you go ask him? He's… RIGHT BEHIND YOU! AHH!"

Hayzee looked and it was indeed the masked creature Luigi saw. It got surprised and ran off by jumping on some music note blocks and landing on a nearby rooftop.

"So the phantom is real?" said Hayzee "perfect! Such excitement is better than what I could direct! Let's go after him!"

The plumber asked "but won't it be dangerous for you?"

"Nonsense! When you're an actor like myself, it's always a good idea to train your body and learn self-defense in case your cornered by the paparazzi. You'll see, they don't call me 'The Red Miracle' for nothing!"

"But your not red…"

Hayzee joined Luigi's party! Luigi can go faster by riding on Hayzee!

Luigi and his partners bounced on the music blocks and began the chase! The phantom leapt on roof-top to roof-top, being followed every step of the way. Trying to lose it's pursuers, the phantom went through Jazzafrazz's most dangerous places. It ran through the Museum of Sharp and Pointy Things, the Acrobats-Performing-Over-Acid Circus, the live action set of 'Bomb-omb Battlefield 3', and the Homicidal Painters Club, yet Hayzee's speed made sure that they caught up.

The flower panted "phew! I thought a slim guy like would be easy to carry, Luigi!"

Luigi shouted "hurry, he's getting away!"

The phantom went into an alley, and when the others followed they only saw a dead end. Exhausted, everyone went to the after-party. The place was rather wild, with dozens of guests and really loud music.

Somebody shouted "HEY EVERYBODAH! IT'S THE OTHER GUYS FROM THAT PLAY!"

Dayzees cheered and picked up Hayzee, Blooey, Jerry, and Torque and tossed them in the air multiple times. Luigi was ignore so he went into a corner and cried. After a while the music stopped as the disk jockey held up a mike.

"Congratulations to all of those who won today's Drama Slam!" shouted the DJ Dayzee "This song is requested by an anonymous person, and this person would like Hayzee and his newest cast members to come up on stage."

Everyone clapped as Luigi and his partners went on stage. Orchestra music played, and the phantom appeared!

BOSS: PHANTO

The phantom stood straight, matching his tone with the music he sang opera-like:

"Hooray sir Hayzee, you won the Drama Slam,

You got the Dramalama Plaque thanks to your friends,

But your performance was horrible and it makes me cry,

So for your punishment, you all must die!"

Luigi quickly smashed Phanto with his ultra hammer and Hayzee slapped the phantom three times. Phanto flew into the flower but got counter-attacked.

"Your attacks are good but they are not great,

Don't bother fighting back, it is too late,

I have a power just like your host,

I can turn transparent for I am a ghost!"

Phanto became see-through! Luigi tried jumping on him, but went through the phantom instead. Hayzee switched with Jerry and the red Bob-omb lit his fuse and waited. Phanto went up to Luigi and kicked him, then Phanto's transparency was gone. Now able to attack, Luigi whacked the phantom and Jerry exploded causing massive damage to the ghost.

"Ha! Ha! Ha! This is getting fun,

But you still linger on I have work to be done,

Time is ticking slowly, so lets go see

How long you survive when I'm one, two, three!"

Two more Phantos came from out of nowhere, and they looked ready to fight! Phanto one flew into Jerry, Phanto two kicked Luigi, and Phanto three also flew into Jerry. The Bob-omb's health was low, so he switched with Blooey. Luigi bounced on all three Phantos, and Blooey burst into flames and hit all the phantoms as well.

"You haven't fell yet? This is getting sad,

I should have beaten you, now I'm getting mad!

I've been going easy, these moves are rather plain,

Get ready to suffer because here comes the PAIN!"

Suddenly, the classical music was switched with heavy metal. The Phantos pulled out different weapons. The first had a magic wand, the second had a hammer, and the third had steel claws.

"What kind of phantoms are they?!" Blooey shouted in confusion.

Phanto one used his wand to make his buddies stronger, Phanto two pounded Luigi, and Phanto three slashed Blooey. The Blooper was badly hurt and he switched with Hayzee. Luigi slammed his hammer and created a quake that damaged the phantoms. Hayzee sang a lullaby and put Phanto three to sleep. The first Phanto summoned lightning onto Hayzee, and the second Phanto threw it's hammer into both Luigi and his partner. The plumber used a fire flower and defeated out all the Phantos.

The music went back to orchestra as the first Phanto struggled to stand up.

"I have been beaten, this is insane!

And here all of you still remain!

I guess I underestimated you after all,

Now is the time for the Phanto to fall…"

The music ended as the phantom collapsed. Guests who were watching the fight cheered and asked for an encore.

"Now to see what the phantom really looks like!" Hayzee said. He took off the Phanto mask and gasped. "PIERRE PIRANHA?"

The phantom was none other than a Piranha Plant. The plant grimaced in anger.

"Yeah that's right!" Pierre growled "I pretended to be the phantom! And I have no regrets to what I've done, you deserved it. You replaced me with that mustached guy over there because I had less talent! Now do you think I'm a better actor, huh?!? I deserve to be grass, not him!!"

"That's showbiz for you" replied Hayzee. "And what about the other two phantoms?"

"Them? They're some folks I met today who have the same hatred for the man as I do."

Hayzee took off the other two phantoms' masks and revealed them to be the female Cupcak and Neow!

"I knew I should have stuck with the lawsuit" the Cupcak groaned in pain.

"Neow?!" Jerry said in shock "why did you try to kill Luigi?"

"You should know why!" the kitten yelled. "The day of our wedding you ditched out with no letter or anything! I used to love you Luigi, now I'm furious! And you Jerry, I thought you were my friend, but you left me too!"

While everyone was distracted, Luigi took the chance to sneak out the back door.

Luigi sighed "I can't believe it. Everyone practically hates me! And to think, that Piranha Plant trying to murder for a stupid role as…"

"Grass!" a nearby Dayzee shouted "It's the grass everybody!"

Tons of Dayzees and Piranha Plants and other plant creatures swarmed around Luigi, all grass fans. They cheered "grass! Grass! Grass! Grass! Grass!"

The one who had the role of grass was surprised. The people of Jazzafrazz Town were definitely crazy. Now rather glad of his role, Luigi decided now was a good time to put in the compass piece in the compass base. The Marvelous Compass activated and made an image of a domed building, the compass pointing north.

"Hey that's the Circle Castle of Shape Land!" said a grass fan.

Another fan smacked the first one and shouted "Idiot! That's the Rapturous Ruins in Grimble Forest! Learn your locations will ya?!

The ruckus of the fans went mute as once again Luigi heard the soothing voice of Princess Éclair.

She said "he's watching……my savoir……beware…..Chestnut King…."

Luigi felt a warm feeling as he listened to her words. The feeling stopped as he heard the back door opened again and Hayzee and Pierre came out.

Pierre sighed "and to think these could have been my fans!"

"So are you going on a dangerous journey then?" Hayzee said looking at the compass. "I'll come with you, as I could use some inspiration for an idea of the next play I'm making. I'm thinking of calling it 'Extreme Tap-dancing in the Swamp of Mama Massacre.' Genius, I know!"

Luigi allowed Hayzee to come with him and the others and went to the S.S. Toaster. As the night continued on in the glamorous town, no noticed up on top of Flora Theatre was the REAL phantom!

"And so Luigi continues for the princess he needs,

Can the plumber do it? Will he ever succeed?

The journey is nearly over, so let's not get snotty,

Now please excuse moi, I have to go potty!"