The sun rose on Calloway Military School. A rooster got ready to crow, when it got scared away by a trumpet on a pole on treads that rolled by, playing revile. It rolled into the sleeping quarters, waking up all the cadets. When every cadet except Tuck was awake, it rolled over to Tuck's bed & played the last note loudly into his ear, waking him so abruptly he leapt out of bed, literally. He ran into the dressing room & came out in his uniform.

"Miguelle, sometimes I'm sorry you ever invented that rolling revile robot." Tuck said to Miguelle, whom, along with the rest of the cadets, were also clothed in their uniforms.

"But it was your idea to give him to the Colonel as a birthday present." Miguelle commented.

"Affirmative." Jamal replied. "Next year, we get him a pocket watch."

"Glad to see you up & at 'em, cadets." Colonel Calloway's voice called form outside the room, making the cadets stand at attention. Colonel Calloway walked into the room, the robot rolling up behind him. He bent down, turned his head to the machine, & patted it. "Fantastic invention." He said. However, when he returned to a full upright position & looking at the cadets, the trumpet let loose a few off-key notes, causing the Colonel to jump forward a bit as the cadets entered the room that he was in. "Ah, ahem." He said, walking over to a map near the cadets & pointing to it with his pointer. "As I was saying, you're up early for early-morning maneuvers in tough terrain." Tuck then looked at the map, specifically where Colonel Calloway was pointing,.

"I'll say." Tuck said. He then turned his head to Colonel Calloway. "That's Barren Bog."

Meanwhile, back at Grimwood School, Luigi was looking at Mario while standing next to a window.

"Just look-a out there, Mario." Luigi said, reaching for the window. "It's a perfect day for a field-a trip." Mario looked at him, skeptical, & yet confused.

"You-a sure?" Mario asked. However, Luigi had immediately opened up the window, causing an incredibly string gust of wind to blow into the room. Mario put his arm up in front of his face & grabbed onto his hat, walking against the gust of wind to stay in place.

"See, Mario?" Luigi asked, his eyes closed tight to keep the strong wind out of them. "Just smell that-a crisp fresh morning Grimwood air." Mario continued to walk against the gust of wind to stay in place. However, Luigi's hat then flew into his eyes, causing him to fly off his feet out the door, into the door to Professor E. Gadd's room. The door opened up from Mario's weight against it, waking the Professor, who's bed was next to the door. He opened up his eyes slowly, slowly turning his head to the door. After a bit, he recognized it as Mario, & smiled at him.

"Ah, good morning, Mario." He said. "How nice of you to drop by & say hello." Luigi then walked into the room, without his hat on.

"Ah, Professor." Luigi said. "Glad to see you're-a awake. Go wake up Toad, we're heading out." The Professor sat up in his bed looking at Luigi.

"Alright, Luigi." The Professor said. "Any idea on where we're headed?"

"Oh, I've got-a someplace in mind." Luigi said in a hinting tone of voice. Later, Miss Grimwood was looking out the window at the dark cloudy sky.

"Brrmph." She shivered. "Cold, raw, windy, good chance of rain." She said, describing the weather outside. "A perfectly rotton day to be outside. So have a great time, girls!" She called, waving to the Grimwood Girls as they walked to the porch behind Mario, Luigi, Toad, & Professor E. Gadd.

"Aaaoooooooooooooo!!" Winniw howled, waving to Miss Grmiwood. "We will, Miss Grimwood." They stopped at the edge of the porch & Luigi turned to the girls.

"Alright, is everybody-a ready to go?" He asked. "Anybody want-a to use the bathroom?"

"No." All the girls said.

"Uh, actually." Toad said, raising his hand. Luigi looked down at him, his face drooping somewhat.

"Alright, Toad." He said. "But make it-a quick." Toad dashed inside the house. After a brief pause, there was the sound of a toilet flushing, & then Toad walked out, a content smile on his face.

"Alright, let's get going." He said. Matches scampered out to try & join them. However, Miss Grimwood grabbed him by the tail, keeping him from going any further. He looked back at her, confused.

"Sorry, Matches." She said. "You're staying home with me." Matches however, wasn't too find of the idea, & turned back to the departing group, silently grumbling to himself. Miss Grimwood however, saw this. "Don't worry, Matches." She said, causing him to look at her, wondering about what she just said. "Booigi is staying behind as well." As she said thatm Booigi floated out onto the porch, looking down at Matches. Luigi turned back to look at the girls as he & his brother, the professor, & Toad lead them out the gate to Grimwood School.

"Alright." Luigi said, opening up the gate & moving his hand towards it in a presenting fashion. "Here we go." Elsa & Tanice looked back at the school, waving to the 3 remaining at Grimwood School.

"Bye, Miss Grimwood!" She called, waving. Tanice waved as well.

"By, Matches! Bye, Booigi!" She called, waving goodbye as well. Miss Grimwood & Booigi waved back.

"See you later, girls!" Miss Grimwood called to them, waving. Matches watched them leave, & grumbled/growled in jealousy, breathing some smoke from his nostrils. Booigi looked down at Matches, a small frown of pity present on his lips. Meanwhile, the group was now on a large dirt road.

"Say, Luigi." Toad said. "Where exactly are we going on this field trip?"

"I thought we'd-a go someplace scenic." Luigi said, pulling a map from his pocket & unrolling it. He looked at it for a while, then pointed to a place on the map. "Like here." He then showed Toad the map, keeping his finger on the place he was referring to. Toad looked at it, then begun to look slightly nervous, his eyes slightly widening.

"There?" He asked. "But, Luigi." He said. "That's called Barren Bog." The others heard this, & were surprised, knowing Luigi was not the sort of person to go to a place like that, considering his courage (or lack thereof).

"Barren Bog?" Mario asked. Sybella then spoke up, getting Mario's attention.

"Sounds fangtastic." She said. "I bet it's crawling with alligators & snakes." Mario began to get a little nervous from hearing this.

"Alligators?" He asked, his fingers up to his mouth. "Snakes? Mama mia." Phanty then spoke up.

"Not to mention quicksand. HA HA HA HA HA HA!!" She cackled. "I just love quicksand." Mario turned his head back, still looking nervous about where they were headed.