Author's Note: Two more episodes of Pinna Park after this one and then the gang moves on to Gelato Beach!

Super Mario Sunshine Adventure

Episode 6: The Yoshi-Go-Round's Secret

"There you go, little baby, are you comfortable like that?" Silver cooed to Baby Peach as he sat her down on the Yoshi-Go-Round for the hundredth time! Baby Peach giggled and nodded her head, clapping her little hands. Silver smiled warmly at the infant and then patted her head. "Great! Make sure you're safe and secure on there! I don't want you falling off!" Piantas and their children and Nokis and their children were all watching Silver, wondering if the baby belonged to him because the hedgehog was acting as if he was the baby's father.

Next, Silver reached down and plucked Baby Daisy up off of the ground and situated her on top of an orange Yoshi on the ride. He made sure her seatbelt was on and everything. "There you go, little one. Is that okay?" the hedgehog wanted to know. Baby Daisy nodded with a big smile on her face. "Good!" Silver exclaimed happily.

"Wow, Silver really enjoys those two, doesn't he?" Pauline observed, hands on her hips.

"He does." Mario concurred.

Sonic was gazing at the Yoshi-Go-Round ride in pure concentration, wondering about something. One of the Yoshis on the ride was missing. He wasn't sure if that really meant anything or not, but he was going to find out why. "Hey, Mario?" the blue hedgehog talked.

"Yeah, Sonic?" the plumber looked at him.

"Remember when we were in Ricco Harbor and you had a Yoshi?" asked Sonic.

Mario frowned. "Yeah. Why?"

"Well, do you think we can find another one around here somewhere? I want to try something!" the speedster conveyed his reason.

The red-capped hero pondered for a few minutes and then nodded. "Yeah, I'm sure there is if you look around," he answered. "But you have to make sure to give the Yoshi the fruit it wants."

"Cool!" Sonic zoomed away, leaving a cloud of dust.

"He sure is a fast one, isn't he?" Pauline voiced her contemplations.

Mario bobbed his head up and down in a nod of confirmation and agreement. "He sure is!"

"Was he born that way?"

"I think he was…"

"That's interesting."

"I guess?"

Anyway, Sonikku za Hejjihoggu had used his incredible speed to venture through Pinna Park. He checked the Roller Coaster, viewed the Ferris Wheel, looked through the Clam Cups, and ran around the Yoshi-Go-Round several times, searching around for a Yoshi Egg. When he found it, he saw it behind the tree that was shaped like a Pianta head with a pineapple hanging off its large nose.

Halting in front of the Yoshi Egg, Sonic noticed that it desired a pineapple, which was right near him! Plucking it from the Pianta's giant nose, Sonic chortled in amusement.

"Ha! Mario's nose is as big as a Pianta's!" he cackled as he brought the pineapple to the Yoshi Egg.

"I HEARD THAT!" Mario's voice could be heard.

Sonic ceased his laughter and smiled sheepishly to himself. "Oops!" then he gave the pineapple to the Yoshi Egg and watched as it hatched, an orange Yoshi emerging out of it.

"HIYA!" the Yoshi greeted the blue hedgehog, quickly devouring the scrumptious pineapple that Sonic so kindly brought for him.

"Hey!" Sonic greeted back, taking a liking to the Yoshi's jubilant attitude.

Yoshi gazed at him curiously. "I'm a Yoshi! What are you and what's your name?!"

"The name's Sonic!" Sonic struck a pose. "Sonic the Hedgehog! I am also the Blooper-surfing legend!"

"WHICH HE NEVER LETS US FORGET!" came Pauline's voice from afar.

Yoshi curiously eyed the blue hedgehog up and down. "What do hedgehogs do? Do they dance or sing?" he demanded to know. "Do they fly?"

Sonic gave him a weird look. "Uh…no?"

"Okay!" Yoshi chirped.

"Anyway!" Sonic jumped up on top of the Yoshi's back. "I need your help with something, buddy!"

Yoshi frowned. "Sure thing, but I'm hungry!"

"You just ate!" yawped Sonic.

"Well…I am a Yoshi and Yoshis get hungry fast! Get me something to eat, hedgehog!" the orange colored Yoshi yowled loudly.

It was Sonic's turn to frown now. "Not until you take me to the Yoshi-Go-Round!"

"I want FOOD!"

"…I'll think about it."

"FEED ME!"

Sonic was about to send an annoyed retort the Yoshi's way, but thought of something and smirked. "Well, at the Yoshi-Go-Round, there's a lot of fruit over there that you can eat! It's like an all you can eat fruit buffet!"

The Yoshi's eyes looked about ready to pop right out of his head. "REALLY?!"

"Yeah!"

"Really, really?!"

"Yes!"

"Really, really, really?!"

"Yep, it's a miracle!"

"Really, really, really, really?!"

"…yes."

"Really, really, really, really, really?!"

"Yeah…!"

"Really, really, really, really, really, really?!"

Sonic stared at him.

The Yoshi stared back.

Sonic still stared.

"OKAY!" the Yoshi cheered and immediately started making his way to the Yoshi-Go-Round with the blue hedgehog on his back. "I can't wait to eat all of the fruit there!"

Sonic felt a little bad for fibbing to the Yoshi, but it had to be done because the Yoshi wasn't going to do what he said unless he got something to eat! Upon reaching the kiddie ride, Yoshi noticed that there was no food and Mario, Pauline, and Silver all turned around to see Sonic atop the Yoshi.

"You actually found one!" yipped Mario.

"That's nice," commented Pauline.

"So that's what a REAL Yoshi looks like?" gaped Silver. "I had no clue!"

"…the Yoshi-Go-Round ride displays real-like Yoshis, Silver."

"Oh!"

"WHERE'S THE FOOD?!" Yoshi complained, almost growling like a feral beast.

Before Sonic could explain, he, Mario, Pauline, and Silver were all magically transported somewhere else! They found themselves in that completely white place while falling down into nothingness. Like the other times before, Shadow Mario appeared and took FLUDD from Mario's back, quickly dispersing afterwards.

"HE TOOK FLUDD AGAIN!" Mario hollered, missing the little device already!

"Why am I not surprised?" sighed Sonic.

"This is so weird!" Silver claimed.

"Who's going to watch Baby Daisy and Baby Peach?!" Pauline demanded to know worriedly. "And nobody still explained to me how Baby Daisy and Baby Peach are in our time and not back in the past where they belong!"

Everyone remained silent.

That was when they appeared in the Secret Stage. This Secret Stage looked much more difficult than all the other Secret Stages that they had been through. In front of them were dozens of large moving blocks that were the color of a Yoshi's Egg!

"Wow! I wonder how we'll get across there!" Silver surveyed.

"You can levitate, Silver! It should be a complete cinch for you!" Sonic retorted while he thought of what he was going to do. "I, however, have to rely on my speed!"

"I don't have FLUDD anymore, so I can't use the Hover Nozzle to hover over gaps," Mario elaborated to his friends. "I just have to solely rely on my acrobatic skills."

"I can use my wind abilities to do something, but not much," informed Pauline.

"We can do this, guys! No big deal!" Sonic told them.

As they started getting through the Secret Stage, they found that it was the complete opposite of what Sonic the Hedgehog had claimed! Mario miscalculated where he would land during the venture across the blocks that were Yoshi Egg colored and almost fell down into his eternal demise, but Silver was there to bring him back up with psychokinesis. Pauline tripped and almost toppled over a block, but Sonic was there to haul her back up onto the block. Sonic wanted to try running and jumping to the Shine Sprite, but fell down and Silver had to help him back up with his awesome powers.

Eventually, the gang reached their final destination and claimed their prize, which was the Shine Sprite. Cool, right?