Author's Note: Sorry for the long wait! Life, you know. Life gets in the way!

Super Mario Sunshine Adventure

Episode 1: The Manta Storm

The quintet of interesting characters made their departure from Gelato Beach for good this time, promising to return another day. Now, however, they needed to make their way to a new location. They traveled through Delfino Plaza in search of this location and then Mario mentioned something about Sirena Beach, which was where the hotel was and where they had been supposed to stay originally before he got arrested and forced to clean the ENTIRE island. Anyway, Silver found two Shine Sprites throughout Delfino Plaza and now the quintet was just trying to figure out a way on how to get to Sirena Beach from where they were. Like Peach had said before, none of the boats were even running! Plus, the boats that were running were not set on going to faraway places like Sirena Beach, etc.

"Well, now I'm bored!" Silver complained as they strolled through Delfino Plaza. "Where in the world are we supposed to go? I feel so bamboozled!"

Sonic whipped around in the other hedgehog's direction to gaze at him with immense curiosity. "Huh? What does bamboozled mean? You really say some pretty odd things, Silver…" the blue hedgehog trailed off, not sure of what to say after that.

"He said 'hoodwinked' before too, which was kind of strange," Blaze pointed out with her arms folded across her chest. She was currently trekking alongside Pauline with Mario on Pauline's other side. "Do people actually still use that word nowadays?" she really wanted to know.

"Uh, yeah!" Sonic responded instantly, jogging to speed things up a little. He simply hated moving slow! "Silver is living proof of that, Blaze!"

Silver huffed and crossed his arms. "Can you all stop talking about me while I'm standing right here? It's kind of rude, you know?"

"I'm sure they didn't mean it…" Pauline put in some words, peering at the offended hedgehog. "I mean, they weren't speaking ill of you."

"Yes they were!"

"If you say so…"

Mario released a loud sigh and peered around with his eyes, grabbing the attention of his friends. The red plumber brought his gaze upwards and saw a large red pipe sticking out of one of the roofs of the buildings that decorated Delfino Plaza. There was a massive pineapple stuck inside of it that couldn't possibly be moved with bare hands.

"Do you guys see that?" Mario asked the gang, pointing a gloved finger at what he was staring at. He had stopped his wending to look at it too.

Sonic halted and turned in that direction, eyeing the giant pineapple sticking out of the large, red pipe. "I see it! Man, how come we never noticed this before?"

"I have no clue…" trailed Blaze in a pondering manner.

"I don't know!" Pauline shrugged.

"I saw it!" exclaimed Silver while waving his hands in the air as if he was trying to get a teacher's attention in a school classroom and everything.

He went unheard.

"Let's go see if we can move it!" Sonic blared, easily running up the side of the building with his supersonic speed and landing in front of the thing. Immediately, he grabbed the giant pineapple with his hands and tried pulling it out, but it wouldn't budge at all! "Guys, get up here and help me!"

Mario breathed out. "I doubt this is gonna work, but whatever you say, hedgehog," the red-capped man used his impressive acrobatic skills to get on top of the building and he stood next to the blue hedgehog, gripping the pineapple.

"PULL IT!" Sonic hollered.

At once, Mario and Sonic pulled at the enormous pineapple, but it still wouldn't move an inch! Taking a step back, Mario blinked a few times at the overgrown fruit stuck in the Pipe. "That is so…weird!"

"Tell me about it!" yapped Sonic, hands on his hips as he glared at the pineapple.

"It looks like you both are in need of some assistance!" Pauline graced the two males with her presence, using her wind abilities to get up on top of the building. She gently landed between Sonic and Mario and placed her delicate hands onto the giant fruit that was stuck in the red Pipe. "Come on, guys."

Obeying, Mario and Sonic grabbed a hold of the pineapple and then, simultaneously, all three individuals yanked and pulled relentlessly on the pineapple. The huge thing still wouldn't move at all! It was very frustrating!

"How is this even possible?" Pauline wondered.

"I guess we aren't strong enough!" rambled Mario, throwing up his hands.

Sonic shook his head. "Don't say that, dude!"

Suddenly, Silver was on the other side of the pineapple, ready to offer some of his assistance. "I'm here to help!" he claimed, grabbing the pineapple with his gloved hands. "Just tell me when to pull!"

Without a word, Mario, Sonic, and Pauline put grips on the pineapple like before. All four of them counted to three before jerking on the pineapple with all their might and strength. When they got tuckered out, they noticed that the large pineapple STILL did not move!

"Wow, it's REALLY stuck in there!" Silver observed wonderingly. "How did even get in there in the first place?!"

"Well, what do we do now?" asked Pauline, hands gripping her hips firmly. She appeared to be a bit ireful at the moment due to their unsuccessful attempts at getting the overgrown pineapple out of the Pipe.

"Use my strength."

Blaze the Cat had used an Axel Jump to get on top of the building and she was now standing next to Silver on the other side of the pineapple. She placed her hands onto the fruit and moved her eyes to her friends. "Let's do this."

"Right! With Blaze's help, we might actually have a chance at removing this annoying plant from this Pipe!" caterwauled Sonic the Hedgehog.

Mario gave him a look. "Uh, it's a fruit-"

"LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH!" Sonic cut him off in a horrendous yell, not wanting to feel embarrassed for calling the pineapple a plant.

Anyway, the five characters immediately started yanking and pulling on the colossal pineapple. They put all of their strength into it and struggled while doing so. It was like they were fighting an epic battle, a battle that they were failing to succeed in victory. Their muscles screamed in pain, their fingers became numb, and perspiration began to cover their entire being.

"Grrrrr….! This is one tough pineapple!"

"It's REALLY stuck in there, guys!"

"Come on! I think it's MOVING!"

"Keep pulling, keep pulling!"

"Don't give up!"

However, they had to give up because they no longer had the strength to pull on the irritating pineapple anymore. When they released the pineapple, they all collapsed onto their rears while panting wearily. The interesting individuals soon came to the realization that the pineapple did not move at all. Their minds had been playing tricks on them, it seemed.

"Wow! This is a load of trash!" Sonic ranted, shakily getting to his feet and glowering dangerously at the pineapple. "Man, what do we have to do? EAT IT?!"

That statement gave Mario a brilliant idea! A smile formed on his lips and he looked at his companions, truly jolly. "Sonic, you just gave me an awesome idea!"

Sonic's ears twitched in elation. "Really?!"

"Yes!"

Pauline put her attention on the red plumber. "What is the idea, Mario?"

"Yeah!" Silver put in. "Tell us!"

"I'd like to know as well," commented Blaze as she frowned at the overgrown pineapple that was still impossibly stuck in the red Pipe.

Mario sighed and pointed at a Yoshi Egg that was on top of another structure. It seemed that the Yoshi wanted some bananas. "I really don't like the sound of this plan, but I say we have Yoshi eat the pineapple! I'm sure he'll be able to eat it right up!"

"That's a great plan!" Silver exclaimed, grinning.

"But how come you don't like the sound of it?" questioned Blaze.

Mario sighed again. "Well, every time I get a Yoshi, the Yoshi always complains about eating and whatnot! It keeps going on and on saying…FEED ME!" the plumber mimicked the Yoshi's tone, pretending to be the Yoshi.

"That's so true, Mario!" Sonic yawped, nodding his head. "I remember the Yoshi I rode back in Pinna Park! That Yoshi just kept on!"

Pauline giggled at them. "It couldn't have been that bad, boys!"

"IT WAS!"

Ignoring their ramblings, Pauline jumped down from the building and found some bananas quickly. She got it to the Yoshi Egg and the Yoshi immediately hatched, devouring the bananas rapidly. It ate like it didn't eat in months! The Yoshi was pink and Pauline really thought it was a cute little guy. She wasted no time in getting atop its back and petting the top of its head.

"So cute!" she cooed.

The pink Yoshi looked at her. "That was some scrumptious bananas you gave me there!" he exclaimed loudly. "They were rich with deliciousness and grown to perfection! Those bananas were fresh too and, you know what?"

"What…?" wondered Pauline.

"I want some more!"

Pauline hesitated before responding. "Um…I'm sorry, but you can't right now. At the moment, you have to get me over there onto that other building where my friends are," helping the Yoshi out, Pauline pointed a slender finger at where her friends were standing.

"I am hungry!" Yoshi whined, stomping around and throwing a fit. "Can't you hear my belly growling? FEED ME!"

Before Pauline could even reply, the pink Yoshi jumped into the air and flicked out its abnormally long tongue, snatching a green bird out of the air and eating it whole. A coin popped out and Pauline grabbed it out of the air, surprise written all over her face at the Yoshi's actions.

"Couldn't have been that bad, Pauline?" Sonic repeated the female's earlier words while wearing a smug expression. His arms were folded over his chest, much like Shadow always did.

"Yeah," Mario added, copying the blue hedgehog's smug actions.

Pauline rolled her eyes at the two males while trying to control the pink Yoshi who was still snapping its freakishly long tongue at the green birds that flew around. "Okay, okay! Maybe it's a bit difficult to control the Yoshi!" she admitted.

"Maybe?" Sonic and Mario simultaneously blared.

"Yeah!"

Mario and Sonic both gave her a look.

"I want to ride a Yoshi one day!" Silver randomly input, smiling down at Pauline who was on top of the Yoshi's back. He thought it was quite fascinating. "It must be so cool!"

"My mind has come to the conclusion that this would not be very pleasing, Silver…" Blaze informed him seriously as she watched the pink Yoshi run around and disobey poor Pauline. "Why is this Yoshi so incompetent? Pauline caused it to hatch so it should obey her out of respect! It's absurd that it's displaying such heinous and childish antics!"

Silver glanced at the purple feline. "Those are some big words, Blaze!"

"Huh?" the feline looked at him.

"Never mind!"

Eventually, Pauline got the Yoshi up there with everyone, promising that there was an even better scrumptious meal up there waiting for them. At first, the Yoshi thought the scrumptious meal was her friends and everyone scrambled like scrambled eggs! Fortunately, before Yoshi could swallow up a blue hedgehog, a red plumber, a purple feline, and a silver hedgehog, Pauline corrected the pink Yoshi and told it that the giant pineapple was the delicious treat!

"Oh my…" Yoshi gazed at the pineapple in harmonious awe, hands clasping together as its eyes sparkled. "That looks so mouthwateringly scrumptious! Oooooh, I am SO famished! I am going to eat it right now!"

"Go for it," Sonic told it, waving a hand.

Mario nodded immediately. "Yeah, hurry up about it too!" he no longer wanted to be around the crazed Yoshi that had attempted to eat them.

So, the hungry Yoshi released its long tongue and wrapped it around the mountainous pineapple. Without any delay, the dinosaur pulled the vast fruit into its mouth and swallowed it without chewing. To everyone's great happiness, the way into the red Pipe was cleared!

"Yes! This is great!" Silver cheered and grabbed Blaze's hands, dancing around with her. Blaze was surprised by the hedgehog's actions, but smiled and danced with him.

"Now we can get in there!" chattered Sonic as he peered down into the Pipe, seeing colorful Goop inside. Once he saw that, he was starting to have second thoughts about jumping in there.

Pauline removed herself from the Yoshi's back and the pink Yoshi collapsed onto its side, belly all fat from eating so much green birds, bananas, and an overgrown pineapple. A smile appeared on the ravishing woman's face as she gazed at the Yoshi. "You look all full now!"

"I may look full, but I am still hungry!" the Yoshi exclaimed suddenly, getting to its feet and wobbling unsteadily with its giant tummy.

"Oh, great," Mario sarcastically remarked, shaking his head. "The Yoshi won't stop eating until its stomach pops like a balloon!"

Sonic laughed. "Hey, that's a good one!"

"I was being serious though…" trailed the red plumber.

"It was still funny!" Sonic retorted, shrugging.

"FEED ME!"

Not wanting to hear the Yoshi any longer and definitely not wanting to feed the thing, the five heroes leapt into the Pipe and disappeared within its goopy-ness!

[Sirena Beach]

So beautiful Sirena Beach was, which was a marvelous place located on the island's south coast, right behind Pinna Park. 'Sirena' was similar to the word 'serene' which complemented the beautiful place perfectly. Sirena Beach was famous for being the home of Hotel Delfino, a well-known four-star hotel and seaside resort. The outside of the place featured three pools filled with water, torches to illuminate the place at night, two cabanas for refreshments, as well as some terraces for sun-bathing. It was also widely known for its impressive sunsets.

Currently, the wonderful Sirena Beach was bathed in the sun's deep evening light, but there was something terribly wrong. Though the place did contain immense beauty, there was disgusting turquoise Electric Goop all over the beautiful place! Plus, the glorious Hotel Delfino was nowhere to be seen! The thick and nasty turquoise substance was covering some inhabitants like Nokis and Piantas. Some Piantas, which were employees were seen trying to clean up the place, but were having a very difficult time doing so!

"Why does such a beautiful place have to be ruined by goop?" Pauline questioned softly, hand on her chest as she gazed at the nastiness that made the place ugly. "And where is the hotel? I don't see it anywhere!"

"It's probably the Electric Goop doing all of this," Mario said while surveying the area. "There's Nokis and Piantas covered in the stuff too!"

Blaze shook her head. "This is unacceptable."

Sonic slammed a fist into his open palm. "Bowser's kid has gone way too far this time!"

"But how do we know this was his doing?" queried Silver as he gazed sullenly at the place.

Nobody had an answer for that one.

Anyway, Sonic dashed over to some crates and broke them with a few Ground Pounds, receiving some Coins and gaining a Life Shroom. While the blue hedgehog did that, Mario started cleaning up some of the mess with FLUDD. As the red plumber used FLUDD, he began to wonder why the device didn't talk all that much.

Silver and Blaze started speaking to the inhabitants and wondered what they had to say. Pauline, however, was helping Mario clean up the place.

"What a cool-looking sunset. Spectacular!" a male Noki said to Silver and Blaze.

"I heard this was a great hotel!" exclaimed a Noki woman who was standing next to the male Noki. "I can't wait to see my room."

Moving away from the two Nokis, Silver and Blaze made their way over to a Pianta who was underneath an umbrella selling smoothies and other juices. She was yellow and was wearing some glasses. "I don't know why, but this was a safe place when goop fell…"

"That's so horrible…" trailed Silver, downcast.

"It is," agreed Blaze.

After that, the cat and hedgehog moved over to a different Pianta, which was a man with a mustache. "I was under the roof, so I didn't get drenched in slime."

Silver and Blaze exchanged more words with the Pianta guy before moving on towards the main area where the hotel was supposed to be. As they got closer, they began to hear two screaming Piantas that were directing all of their rage at another Pianta.

"Wha…what? WHAT? The hotel's vanished? What does that mean?!" a Pianta man hollered out, choleric.

"Hey! What's going on!" the Pianta's wife screamed like an uncontrollable banshee. "What's this nonsense? You! Fix it! Now!" she was screaming at the other Pianta that was standing in front of them.

Blaze and Silver put their gaze on the hotel manager that the two Piantas were screaming and yelling at. He looked incredibly distressed and helpless. It seemed he had no idea of what to do. He looked so lost…

"Sir, are you okay?" Silver questioned him in concern.

"Oh, please tell me my nightmare is over!" wailed the hotel manager. "You can save me!"

Blaze gave him a look. "What? What makes you think we can save you?"

"Of course we can save him, Blaze!"

Blaze rolled her eyes.

"I don't know why, but you just look very…capable to me," the hotel manager responded to the purple feline's question, solemn and with hope shining within his eyes.

Silver was flattered. "Thank you for the compliment!"

"Silver, shush," Blaze sharply commented, giving the Pianta manager her full attention. "Tell me what's going on. What caused all of this?"

"Listen…it all started around noon. This giant manta-shaped…thing showed up," the hotel manager conveyed. "It was this paper-thin…floating silhouette."

Silver's eyes got big. "Paper-thin floating silhouette? That's freaky!"

"Hush, Silver!"

"Yes, Blaze…"

The Pianta manager went on. "It came and covered the hotel grounds in this electric goop," he gestured towards the turquoise goop covering some of the area. "Then…Oh, the horror! My beautiful hotel! My poor building!"

"Wh-What happened…?!" Silver prompted, uneasy.

"It sank in the middle of that awful ooze! Why me?! WHY?" the hotel manager was having a breakdown as he collapsed onto his knees and started sobbing right then and there. "Now I've got the staff cleaning up, but where's my hotel? What am I supposed to do? I can't just sit back and…" he trailed off as a sound entered everyone's ears.

It sounded truly horrifying and the noise was indescribable! It could not be explained in words and it was just truly horrendous. Turning around, Blaze and Silver could see a giant creature approaching (Phantamanta!). It was manta-shaped just like the hotel manager had described! It was completely made out of nothing and looked like a phantom and it appeared to be highly dangerous! As it moved towards them, it left a trail of Electric Goop behind.

"AIIIIGH! It's back!" howled the hotel manager, fright coloring his facial features. "That gossamer ghoul! Do something!" he was truly terrified!

"What do we do?!" Silver exclaimed.

"I am unsure, Silver," Blaze replied, watching.

Suddenly, Pauline jogged over to them, her eyes wild with fear and perplexity. "What is that thing, you guys?!"

"It's the thing that's been making a mess here on Sirena Beach!" answered Silver frantically.

Mario, who was further away with Sonic at his side, could see the oncoming Phantamanta. It was moving slowly towards them and leaving a lot of dangerous goop behind! Acting quickly, Mario used FLUDD and sprayed the creature. Once he did, however, electricity cackled all over the thing's body and it wriggled about, obviously not finding this to be pleasant.

"Whoa! That thing is huge!" Sonic observed, taking a fighting stance. "How do we defeat it?!"

Suddenly, as Mario continued to spray the thing with water, Phantamanta replicated into mini Phantamantas! FLUDD started talking about this immediately. "Spraying it with water causes it to divide!" he announced loudly.

"Cool! Then what?" Sonic demanded to know, clearly bamboozled.

"I…guess you keep spraying it with water?" FLUDD suggested unsurely.

Sonic shrugged and thrust a hand out towards the waves off into the horizon. Conjuring the water within, Sonic brought the liquid over and doused the mini Phantamantas with it while Mario took care of the main Phantamanta. While that was happening, Silver, Blaze, and Pauline all jumped into the action, wholly willing to give their assistance.

Suddenly, Pauline accidentally stepped in some Electric Goop and immediately started getting electrocuted. She screamed in pain as the horrible sensation coursed throughout her body and she tried to move, but couldn't. Her black hair stuck up in odd angles, disarray.

"Pauline!" exclaimed Sonic and Silver.

Silver levitated over to the woman and touched her, but also was affected by the electricity. Gritting his teeth, the hedgehog from the future got electrocuted just like Pauline. When the terrible sensation was over, the two of them were both covered in turquoise goop.

"That hurt really bad…" Silver groaned, feeling weak.

"I know…" Pauline trembled, her knees shaking. She felt like she was going to fall down at any moment.

Sonic surveyed the both of them and said, "You guys just sit this one out while Mario, Blaze, and I take care of this mess! Besides, you both look like you're about to pass out! That must've hurt!"

"IT DID!"

Eventually, Sonic, Mario and Blaze all worked together to continue to make Phantamanta turn into mini Phantamantas. They repeated this process several times. When the Phantamantas got really tiny, they dispersed with one drop of water. So, it took a while, but they managed to defeat Phantamanta. As soon as that was done, the brilliant Hotel Delfino rose up from beneath the ground and all of the goop disappeared. A Shine Sprite burst out of the large building and floated above everyone's heads.

"Wha…what? The hotel's back? This is just crazy!" the Pianta man before yowled loudly. He sounded genuinely surprised as if he hadn't seen the battle that just took place.

"Hey! What is this?" his wife screeched wildly, irked and vexed. "Is this a prank? Don't try to fool me!"

"You guys did it!" Pauline yawped as she smoothed down her dark hair.

Sonic struck a pose beside Mario. "We sure did!"

"Yup!" added Mario.

"That was amazing, you guys!" Silver caterwauled, a smile touching his face.

Blaze gave a nod. "Nothing will ever be a match for me," she bragged.

The hotel manager suddenly sprinted over to them, an elated expression dancing upon his features. "Fantastic! You're amazing! You're all my heroes! I was just flapping my gums about getting rid of that thing…" he said. "I didn't believe you'd actually do it!"

"Believe it, pal!" the speedster commented.

Anyway, Mario cleaned some goop off of a Noki couple and they both gave him Blue Coins, which made Mario incredibly happy. Still not knowing what the red plumber needed the Blue Coins for, Sonikku za Hejjihoggu used his wonderful speed to go over to the Shine Sprite that was still floating about.

Sonic grabbed it and then held it up proudly, grinning from ear to ear. He whistled and then declared, "That was cool!"