Author's Note: I bet you readers can guess what's gonna happen in this episode! :D

Super Mario Sunshine Adventure

Episode 1: Mecha-Bowser Appears!

"Alright, since we're back in Delfino Plaza and I think that we gathered all of the Shine Sprites in that area, let's see if we can go to Pinna Island now!" Sonic declared while he and Mario and Pauline walked towards the location of where Shadow Mario kidnapped the girls.

"I agree," Mario was ready to tackle Shadow Mario again and defeat him once and for all.

"Okay," Pauline didn't have a problem with that all and was ready.

When they reached the location, Toadsworth and the Toads were all still panicking about the whole ordeal. Toadsworth blubbered and spattered everywhere and paced constantly, worried about Princess Peach, Amy, Baby Daisy, and Baby Peach. The Toads were all the same. Sonic kept trying to tell them not to worry, but they worried anyway.

"Poor things…" Pauline whispered.

Mario had to agree with her as he approached a Pianta that was standing near a red mound thingamajig that looked like it could launch them to Pinna Island. The plumber wasn't sure if it was working or not, so he whipped around to gaze at the Pianta that clearly looked as though he were the one to authorize its use.

"Do you think we could use this thing to get to Pinna Island way over there?" Mario questioned the Pianta politely as he pointed a gloved finger at the island in the distance.

The Pianta blinked at him. "You want to go out to that island?" he asked.

"We so do!" Sonic chirped.

"All right, then, hop in there and cover your ears," the Pianta instructed while pointing a large hand at the red thingamajig that they were all surrounding.

Without hesitation, Mario jumped into the red thingamajig and got comfortable inside of it. Pauline pulled herself in next and Sonic was last. Having a bad feeling, Sonic tried to breathe as he was squished in there with Mario and Pauline.

"Guys, I have a really bad feeling about all of this…" Sonic trailed.

Before Mario and Pauline could answer, though, the red thingamajig launched them towards the island with tremendous force. They all simultaneously released horrified cries as they were sent to the island at an alarming rate!

They crash landed into the sandy land once they arrived. Sonic's head got stuck into the sand, Pauline was on her back, and Mario was resting on his side. All three of them groaned in unison, wondering what happened and knowing that they definitely did NOT want to try that again!

"That was crazy!" Mario blubbered as he got to his feet, helping Sonic out of the sand.

Sonic spat out sand and coughed. "You said it!"

"That was awful…I thought we were goners…" Pauline commented while dusting off her red dress. She brought her hands up to her hair and attempted to fix it.

Mario allowed his eyes to roam about and he spotted some Strollin' Stues and Sunflower Kids. The Strollin Stues were on fire and they were just running about. Mario squirted them with FLUDD and put out the flames, kicking them away afterwards.

Sonic ran over and inspected the place, highly interested. "Wow! This place is awesome! I can't wait to see what kind of rides are available!"

"Sonic, we aren't here to have a good time," Mario reminded him as he walked over to a Sunflower Kid that was just smiling and soaking in the sun's harmonious light. "We're here to rescue the girls from that villain!"

"I know, I know," Sonic huffed.

Pauline sauntered over to Mario and stood beside him, staring up at the Sunflower Kid that smiled back down at them vivaciously.

"Hello there!" it squeaked.

"Hi!" Pauline greeted it back, grinning from ear to ear at how beautiful the Sunflower Kid was. Her eyes moved over to the biggest one there and she hurried on over to it, intrigued. "Hello there!"

"Hello!" the Sunflower Kid exclaimed beatifically. "Doesn't the sunshine feel lovely?"

"Yes, it does," Pauline decided, agreeing with the pretty flower of happiness.

As Pauline held a conversation with the Sunflower Kids, Mario got rid of the rest of the Strollin' Stues and Sonic walked over to a red thingamajig that looked exactly like the one that they used to get to Pinna Island.

He was surprised to find a dirty Pianta in there…

"If you're looking for the amusement park, it isn't this way…" he mumbled, rude. "The gate is over on the other side of the beach!"

"Thanks," Sonic said, but didn't actually mean it because he was a bit offended by the guy's rude attitude towards him. He turned away and then got the attention of his comrades. "Guys, the entrance is over on the other side of the beach! Let's check out the attractions!"

Pauline removed herself from the Sunflower Kids and nodded her head. "Okay, Sonic!"

"Right…" Mario yawped.

So, the three individuals ventured through the gate, passing by a Noki who tried to give them a greeting to Pinna Park, but they already knew what it was and the Noki sighed, disappointed that he wasn't able to introduce them to the vivacious and spectacular park.

Once inside Pinna Park, the trio was really shocked to see Shadow Mario there waiting for them. The villain was just standing there while smirking to himself, Magic Paintbrush clutched in one hand.

"IT'S THE IMPOSTER!" Sonic yowled.

"LET'S GET'EM!" howled Mario.

"Okay?" Pauline didn't see why they always got so excited whenever they saw the fiend, but she started following Sonic and Mario as Shadow Mario began to flee.

As they pursued the fiendish clown, they passed by various and fun-looking attractions. They also whizzed on by Piantas and Nokis who were all there to enjoy what the Pinna Park had to offer. During the process of the chase, Sonic bumped into someone very familiar who had been minding their own business and was munching on a large and pink cotton candy. The cotton candy fell from the character's hand and dropped to the ground. The person also collapsed onto his rear on the ground with a surprised yelp of pain.

Sonic halted in his tracks and so did Mario and Pauline. Sonic was very shocked to see who this person was and he froze, unable to believe it.

"Hey!" the person exclaimed, gazing at his now dirty cotton candy that was on the ground. "No! How could this happen?!" his expression morphed into a look of horror.

"Who's this, Sonic?" Mario questioned as he gazed at the unknown person, seeing that Shadow Mario had stopped running up ahead and was now waiting for them to come chase him again. "You look as if you know him or something…"

Sonic glanced at the plumber and then back at the person on the ground, holding out a gloved hand to help him up. "That's because I do know this guy. This is Silver!" he responded with a nod of his head.

The person on the ground, Silver, grabbed Sonic's hand and allowed him to help him up. Silver dusted himself off and sadly gazed down at his fallen cotton candy.

"That's me," the silver colored hedgehog announced forlornly. "You just bumped into me and made me drop my cotton candy! That wasn't fair at all, really!"

"Sorry, Charlie!" Sonic guffawed.

Silver frowned and was about to release a whine of frustration, but Mario cut him off and pointed at Shadow Mario who was still waiting impatiently for them to continue to pursue him. "Can we catch up later? We have more important things to be doing right now!" he commented urgently.

"He's right," said Sonic.

"Yeah," Pauline nodded.

Silver looked at the imposter and then back at Mario. "He looks just like you!" he remarked in shock. "But, anyway, whatever you guys are doing, I'd be glad to help! However, you owe me another cotton candy, Sonic!"

"Sure thing, Silver!"

So the quartet resumed their chase of Shadow Mario. The fiendish imposter started running again, but then jumped up into the air, landing in a wide pool of water and floating above it. He was just staring straight at Mario, a blank expression painting his features.

"What is with this guy?" Silver questioned, totally perplexed about what was occurring right now. "What's going on anyway? I'm clueless!"

"Everything will be explained in due time! For now, keep your questions inside until we're through with this!" Mario told him sharply, staring right back at Shadow Mario.

Silver sighed.

Suddenly, the water in the pool began rumbling back and forth violently and something began to emerge out from beneath the watery depths of the small and thin pool. Right before their eyes, a huge robot rose out from beneath and Shadow Mario's feet was now on it. He was standing on it and still staring at them as the giant robot got higher and higher until it was towering over the four characters below.

"What happened?" FLUDD questioned from Mario's back. "Did the perpetrator get away?"

Nobody answered FLUDD because they were too busy gazing up at the giant robot that was now looming over them like a gigantic monster. The robot greatly resembled that of Bowser and it was awfully familiar. Shadow Mario was still standing on top of it as a canon protruded out of the mechanical beast's mouth.

"Somehow I knew this whole thing had something to do with Bowser…" drawled out Mario as he kept his eyes on the robot (Mecha Bowser!). "Look at that thing! It looks just like Bowser and everything!"

"But none of this adds up!" Sonic exclaimed, pointing a finger at the faker on top of Mecha Bowser. "Who is that guy then? Why isn't Bowser himself here?!"

Pauline was a little shaken up from beside them, trembling a little bit. "A-Are we going to fight that thing?" she asked her friends uneasily. "I don't think I can do this!"

Silver glanced at her, wondering who she was, but decided to wait until this was over to find out. Plus, he'd like to explain to Sonic and Mario of what he was doing at Pinna Park in the first place and whatnot.

Mecha Bowser suddenly unleashed a torrent of flames from the canon in its mouth and Shadow Mario chortled in dark glee from atop it. Clearly, he was highly amused by what was happening at the moment.

"Amazing! What a spectacle!" an old Noki yawped excitedly while running over to the quartet. "Is this a new show of ours?!" he asked cheerfully, truly amazed by the appearance of Mecha Bowser and everything.

"What? No!" Sonic replied.

The old dude didn't seem to hear a word he said and he kept on rambling on like the old thing he was. "You guys are great! Whoever hired you needs a raise!"

"This isn't a show!" Mario threw up his hands, disbelief written on his face.

The old fool went on as if he hadn't heard the red hero at all. "I love how you play the fearless hero and he's like…a bad version of you, but you both look the same and stuff!"

"Yeah, he looks like him, but he's completely blue and Mario is all red and stuff!" Silver pointed out, blinking several times at the old Noki.

"And this is NOT a show!" put in Sonic.

"Well, as a director of this park, I want to ensure your success," the Noki continued.

"Did this guy not hear what we said?!"

"I'm not sure…"

"He probably has cotton in his ears!"

"…Or cotton candy in his ears! HA!"

"Hey, good one, Silver!"

Silver grinned. "Thanks, Sonic!"

Mario gave them a look and so did Pauline and FLUDD. What in the world were they talking about?

"So, how about I provide you with a hero's vehicle?" the Noki suggested happily.

Mario sighed. "Fine, whatever. You're not really listening to us anyway."

The old dude was thrilled! "Follow me!" he caterwauled.

So, the senile old man brought them to the entrance of the giant Roller Coaster that was surrounding the humongous Mecha Bowser robot thingamajig. Everyone got situated in their own little carts on the Roller Coaster and they were prepared to land a beat down on the robot. Plus, Mario got an attachment for FLUDD so he could launch water rockets at the fiendish robot that towered over them.

"Alright! Bring it on!" Sonic was totally ready for this as he sat comfortably in his cart.

"I'll give it everything I've got!" Silver wasn't so sure about this, but he was going to do his best to help out some friends. Cool, right?

"Let's-a go!" Mario cheered, ready to take care of this.

"Yeah…" Pauline trailed, unsure about all of this. The giant robot seemed so intimidating!

"I believe we can succeed," FLUDD input flatly.

"Put more enthusiasm into that sentence, FLUDD, you really sound dead…" trailed Sonic as they went up and up on the large Roller Coaster.

"I believe we can succeed!" FLUDD shouted out.

"Better than that!"

"I BELIEVE WE CAN SUCCEED!" FLUDD hollered with all his might.

"That was AWESOME, dude! Let's do this!" Sonic cheered, pumping a fist into the air.

Silver held his belly as they dropped down on the Roller Coaster. He started to feel queasy and that feeling intensified when he noticed Mecha Bowser releasing Bullet Bills from its chest and sending the harmful objects at them!

"A Bullet Bill approaches from behind!" FLUDD announced, urgency in his tone.

"I see it!" blared Mario as he turned his head, still moving on the Roller Coaster. He used FLUDD to launch a water rocket at the Bullet Bill that was heading straight at them. The Bullet Bill exploded in a puff of smoke and fire.

Sonic, who was in the front, started going through a loop in the Roller Coaster and his head was currently spinning. Sure, he did these kinds of things all the time, but he was starting to get confused. He could see a Bullet Bill heading straight toward shim, coming right at his face.

"Oh no!" Sonic howled.

Silver, who was still feeling queasy, acted quickly to take out the Bullet Bill using his psychokinesis abilities to latch onto the Bullet Bill with his mind. A light bluish aura surrounded him and the Bullet Bill as he did and, with a flick of his wrist, Silver caused it to explode right before it impacted Sonic's face.

Sonic looked over his shoulder at Silver as they continued to ride on the Roller Coaster. "Thanks a lot, Silver! I so owe you one, pal!"

"Actually, you owe me two!"

He went unheard.

Mario, who was solely focused on the battle, attached another water rocket to FLUDD's nozzle and released it at Mecha Bowser. The water rocket hit dead on, causing the robot's head to spin and electricity to spark out of it.

"A direct hit!" FLUDD declared.

"Yup!"

Pauline, who was behind Mario on the Roller Coaster as they went through loops and whatnot, was feeling sick in the stomach. She wasn't used to riding these things and she felt about ready to vomit! Bringing a hand to her mouth, Pauline sunk lower into her seat, shaking her head. She wasn't going to be able to help out in this battle.

Smoke was rising out of Mecha Bowser and it breathed out a stream of flames in the heroes' path, attempting to burn them to a crisp! Silver took advantage of his awesome psychokinesis powers and kept the flames at bay as they passed by. His queasiness was dispersing as he got caught up in the unusual battle!

"Nice, Silver! Nice!" Sonic complimented the hedgehog from the future. Then, without much thought, Sonic jumped out of his seat on the Roller Coaster and did a tremendous Spin Dash into Mecha Bowser's face, which caused the robot to go haywire. Sonic somehow landed back on the Roller Coaster safely.

"Excellent shot, Sonic!" FLUDD commented.

"I know right?!"

Mario used FLUDD again, launching another water rocket at Mecha Bowser, hitting it dead on. Mecha Bowser's head whirled about crazily and more electricity cackled all over it. Mario was completely satisfied with this.

Suddenly, three Bullet Bills were dispatched from Mecha Bowser and sent straight towards the heroes. Thanks to Silver's awesomeness, he easily took care of them. Plus, all it took was one more water missile from Mario and Mecha Bowser was put out of commission!

They had won!

Mecha Bowser instantly ceased its movements and slumped downwards, immobilized and through.

The heroes jumped off of their seats on the Roller Coaster and landed in front of the robot, looking up at it and smiling in complete victory.

"Too easy, piece of cake!" Sonic did a pose and held up a peace sign.

"I am not to be trifled with!" Silver also struck a pose beside the blue hedgehog, grinning widely.

"That wasn't so hard!" talked Pauline with a small smile on her face. She was starting to feel a little better.

"You didn't do anything, Pauline…" Mario trailed, giving the pretty lady a look.

Before she could answer, the top of Mecha Bowser's head popped open and revealed Shadow Mario, Peach, Amy, and the two babies! Seeing Mario and company down below, Peach's eyes widened and she raised a hand.

"Mario!" she called out.

"SONIC!" Amy screamed loudly. "What the heck took you so long?!"

"Waaaaaaah!" Baby Daisy and Baby Peach burst out with a massive amount of tears.

The heinous imposter silently moved his Magic Paintbrush, putting it in front of all of the females to silence them and to keep them from moving or trying to get away.

"Oh!" Peach gasped.

"Hey, watch it, buddy!" growled Amy in a threatening tone. She was about to pull out her hammer, but Shadow Mario whacked her in the back of the head with his Magic Paintbrush, sending the pink hedgehog down to her knees.

Sonic took a step forward at the violent action. "Hey! Leave her alone!" he shouted, worried for his friend.

"What in the world is Amy doing up there?! And is that Princess Peach?!" Silver gawked, eyes extremely wide with surprise and perplexity. "What are babies doing up there in that horrible contraption?!"

"This is awful!" Pauline exclaimed, worriment decorating her facial features.

Mario was completely silent as he watched the events transpire before them. He frowned deeply and was prepared to go up there and rescue the girls.

Suddenly, the villain jumped up into the air and flipped several times before landing back down on top of the giant machine. He no longer had the appearance of Mario, but of a small creature. Nobody could tell who he was yet because of the blueness of him. Reaching up, the faker pulled down a bandana and all color was revealed!

The person who was masquerading as Mario was a Koopa child…and he looked a LOT like Bowser! The Magic Paintbrush he was holding had color now and looked like a real paintbrush and was no longer blue.

Everyone stared in shock.

"Leave my Mama alone, you bad man! Also, keep your filthy mitts off my Aunt!" the Koopa child (Bowser Jr.!) exclaimed at Mario. "I won't let you take Mama Peach and Aunt Amy away!"

"What the heck is this kid talkin' about?!" Sonic wanted to know, totally flabbergasted.

Silver shook his head. "I'm just as confused as you are!"

"This is so strange…" Pauline trailed, unsure of what to think of this.

"Mama mia…" Mario muttered out, staring. FLUDD, who was still located on the plumber's back, refused to speak.

Peach, however, was even more shocked than anyone there. "Mama? Mama Peach?" she asked softly, surprised. She doesn't have a child, especially not a KOOPA child!

"Aunt Amy?" Amy looked horrified. "You're confused, pal!"

"I'm your…Mama?" the princess brought a hand up to her mouth, gazing at Bowser Jr.

Bowser Jr. nodded without looking at the two females. "Yeah. Papa told me all about it," he answered them. "He told me my Mama and Aunt got kidnapped by a bad man named Mario…"

Peach suddenly realized something as she stared at Bowser Jr. "So, you're Bowser's son…?"

"Obviously, Peach, obviously…" Amy murmured back to her, still on her knees. "He looks just like the guy!"

Bowser Jr. kept on spitting out words, "So I came here to rescue them!"

"This kid is nuts…" Sonic claimed, folding his arms over his chest.

"You're telling me," input Silver as he listened. "How could he think that Peach is his mama and that Amy is his aunt? They all look NOTHING like each other…"

"Doesn't make a lick of sense!" Pauline put in.

Mario was still silent.

"So the graffiti…" Peach was putting all the pieces together like a puzzle. "…that was you?"

Bowser Jr. smirked and held up his Magic Paintbrush proudly. "This…is my magic brush. When I draw with this, all my wishes come true!" he explained happily. "A strange old man in a white coat gave it to me…"

FLUDD bounced on Mario's back at the information that was given. "A strange old man…in a white coat…?"

"But why would you pretend to be Mario?" Peach wanted to know.

Bowser Jr. gave her an immediate response. "Papa told me everything. He said, "Mario's a bully, he never fights fair!"" he said in a deep voice to imitate his father. "He said, "Jr., you gotta try to outsmart Mario.""

Everyone listened intently.

"So I tried to get Mario sent to prison."

"Which worked out great, thanks," Mario sarcastically commented, narrowing his eyes at the child.

"But they didn't lock him up, and now he came to steal Mama Peach and Aunt Amy again!"

Sonic snorted. "The first part of that is true. The latter? No way!"

"Yeah, we're all here to rescue them!" Pauline added with a frown adorning her features. "And Princess Peach is NOT your mama and Amy Rose is NOT your aunt!"

Bowser Jr. ignored their words and looked angry all of a sudden. "You…you pest! Stop following us!" he shouted. Then he flipped backwards and grabbed Baby Daisy and Baby Peach, lifting them up into the air and tossing them out. "I don't need these things!"

"BABY DAISY, BABY PEACH!" a scream ripped through the pink hedgehog's throat and blasted out of her mouth as she reached a gloved hand outwards towards the babies that were now sobbing and falling to the ground like toys. She couldn't reach them, however and unfortunately…

"No!" Peach cried.

Sonic, with his spectacular speed, rushed forward and caught Baby Daisy in his arms before she could fall into the small pool of water below. "Got'cha!"

"I've got you, baby!" Silver used his psychokinesis to capture the other infant that was flailing in the air. Immediately, Baby Peach ceased in the air and she looked around, blinking as tears rolled down her cheeks. The hedgehog from the future brought the baby down until she was safely resting in his arms. "You okay, little one?" he wanted to know.

Baby Peach sniffled and nodded her head.

Suddenly, the lid of Mecha Bowser started to close down upon Bowser Jr., Peach, and Amy, sealing them inside. Peach reached out a hand towards Mario even though she knew she couldn't reach him.

"No! Mario!" she called out in defeat.

"Sonic! Help!" exclaimed Amy with wide eyes, not wanting to leave with Bowser Jr.

"Peach!" Mario yelled, unable to do anything.

"Amy!" shouted Sonic, hands clenching into fists at his side.

Mecha Bowser's head popped right off of its body and the head floated up into the air, a large red and ugly balloon emerged out of it, making it float higher into the air.

"No! Not again!" FLUDD drawled out, disappointed that they were getting away again.

Everyone watched as the contraption took off towards the volcano very far away in the distance. FLUDD began speaking again as he saw this, "It appears to be heading toward Corona Mountain!"

"Yeah, but how in the world are we going to get over there?" Pauline questioned the device worriedly, feeling very crestfallen that they had failed in saving the princess and Amy.

Before FLUDD could respond, a Shine Sprite appeared in the center of the pool of water in front of them, floating above it and shining beautifully underneath the sun. Silver was instantly fascinated by the object.

"Oooooooh! What is that?" Silver asked curiously, still holding Baby Peach in his arms.

"It's a Shine Sprite," Sonic caterwauled while playing with Baby Daisy in his arms. "We have to collect all of these things to restore Island Delfino."

Silver appeared flummoxed. "There's something wrong with Island Delfino?"

Sonic sighed. "Everything will be explained in due time, Silver…"

"Oh. Okay then…"

Mario, without a word, climbed into the pool of water and grasped the Shine Sprite with both hands, holding it up in triumph. Yes, he was happy about their most recent victory, but was sad that they hadn't been able to rescue Peach and Amy. Plus, he was still shocked that Bowser actually had a son and had made up those lies about him!