DanceDream: Wow... Nine people... My family only has seven. It's not the planets merging in itself that messed things up - It will be revealed eventually exactly what messed things up. It is a concept introduced far back in this fanfic series, as early as Super Mario Colors... I'm not going to reveal what it is yet, however. He's not trying to save his world - He's making sure that the new version of him and his friends are alright. Peach is going to do something, of that you can be sure.

TatlTails: I'm hoping it's going to get better... I have a lot of stuff planned for this.

Faraday Fan: I never said anything about the manga or the anime - I was talking about the games. I'm not saying one way or another whether you're right or not, and Tails' power will be revealed eventually.

Let's play a game! It's called guess the theme of the dungeon before I reveal it! And I don't mean musical theme, I mean like fire or pineapples.

Adventures of Mario & Sonic: Peach's Adventure

Single Biome Dungeon: Part 1

Day 3

"... So you get a subscription to Bowser's minion newsletter because... Why?"

"Peach, it's very useful to know what Bowser's planning. Anyway, according to this, the nearest of his dungeons is near the Triumph Forks. You know, that medieval fantasy-themed restaurant a few miles out?"

"I know the one."

"Yeah, he built the dungeon on top of the cliff right above it and painted it a pastel blue... I will never understand Bowser's architectural design choices."

"Neither will I. We'd better get going... You coming, Amy?"

"You bet!"

"That was... Surprisingly peaceful," Russ said, looking at the dungeon, "And it only took a few minutes."

"Yeah," Peach said, "That's not going to last. You coming in, Russ, or are you staying out here?"

"I'll stay out here, thank you."

"All right... Come on, Amy."

"Right behind you, Peach!"

Immediately after entering the dungeon, they were plunged into a dark hallway. It took a few minutes, but once their eyes adjusted, they could see little lights on the walls representing stars, and a door twenty feet away.

"What do you think the theme of this dungeon is?" Amy asked.

"I don't know," Peach admitted, "But we'll find out soon." The two girls walked up to the door, opened it, and walked through.

Instantly, they were plunged into a stiflingly hot desert landscape. The sun was huge in the black sky, and the rocky gray ground was pockmarked with craters of various sizes as far as the eye could see.

Peach refrained from talking, as there seemed to be very little air there, but motioned for Amy to follow her. The two ran through the desert landscape, though their steps seemed strangely floaty. They soon came across a huge cliff face with various ledges upon it. Peach jumped up towards the first ledge, but to her surprise she jumped twice as high as normal, halfway up the cliff. She motioned for Amy to follow her before jumping straight to the top to find another temple door.

Peach opened the door as Amy jumped to the top, and walked through to find herself in an even more stiflingly hot environment, which was thankfully quite dry. The sky was overcast with strange yellow clouds, and there were dried lava flows everywhere. This place had air, thankfully, but it was extremely thick, almost like water. There was a faint, pungent smell in the air, one she couldn't quite place. Amy followed through the door, and immediately noticed something Peach hadn't.

"Peach! Your dress is on fire!"

"What?" Peach batted at her dress, and the fire went out. Seconds later, it started smoking again.

"... We gotta run," Amy said, "Hang on, Peach!" Amy grabbed Peach's wrist, and zipped through the strange orange landscape as fast as she could run through the air - Which, unfortunately, was less than half her normal speed, but still faster than a car. Within a few minutes, she had to stop running or risk falling into a huge chasm... Holding a river of lava. The door to go deeper into the dungeon was on the other side.

Before their clothes had a chance to start burning again, Peach got an idea. "Your turn to hang on," she said, taking out her (non-Perry) parasol. Peach jumped up, and Amy grabbed her leg. The parasol expanded, with the thick air and extremely hot updrafts from the lava keeping them from falling in. When they landed, their clothes were very close to catching on fire, so they quickly zipped through the door.

They sighed in relief on the other side of the door, having come into a normal-temperature courtyard. The walls were a pastel blue, there was a small battalion of goombas in the center of the courtyard, and everything see quite normal.

"We must be halfway through..." Peach observed, "What were those places?"

"Hello?" One of the goombas asked.

"I don't know," Amy ignored the goomba, "They sure were hot, though. I hope the rest of this place is cool."

"Um, yeah, we-"

Peach interrupted the goomba, "Yeah, me too. It was so weird... Almost like we were in a different world..."

"HELLO? ARMY OF EVIL HERE!"

"Yeah yeah yeah, we're getting to that," Amy said, taking out her hammer, "Who wants to be squashed first?"

The goombas scattered, screaming.

"That's what I thought."

Peach and Amy ran to the door on the other side of the courtyard, and stepped through to find a barren desert of red sand, pink sky, with the sun seeming small and far away. It was colder than the last room, and the door was very close by.

That wasn't what was significant about the room, though.

Far in the distance, miles beyond the door, a huge city partially constructed could be seen.

"... What is that?" Amy asked.

"I don't know... Do you think it belongs to Eggman and Bowser?"

"... Probably."

"... It's a bit creepy... Let's just keep going," Peach suggested.

Amy agreed, and they ran through the next door, and immediately plunged into the clouds below.