Time: 11:31 AM, Sunday, October 14, 2001 – Outside Green City pub, Green City, Grass Land

Wendy POV

"So, the first thing that we need to do is find 'Nature's Temple', then ask a sage for the records?" Daisy questioned.

"Yes, but I do not know what he means by that," Peach answered.

A pause falls among the characters, until King Dad comes up with a suitable answer.

"The wilderness!" Bowser shouted.

All of us look at him with confused looks on our faces. What could he mean by that?

"The wilderness!" he repeated, "A ton of sacred stuff happened in the wilderness since the beginning of time! The wilderness is Nature's Temple!"

"Yes," Roy repeated, "I saw some stuff when I took over the Forest of Illusions in Dinosaur Land. But that forest is cursed; we need to find another one."

"Well, there's the Grass Land National Forest wilderness area about an hour northwest of the capital of Flora. I've heard of some sacred stuff that was performed there centuries ago from Toadsworth. To think he is actually useful right now," Peach stated.

"We can try that. Let's get the doomship!" King Dad replied. After those words, we start to walk away from the pub.

During the walk, we all are talking, mainly me. I feel bad for what I caused back there, so I wanted to apologize to the two main victims of mine. I caught up with Larry and begin my apology.

"Larry, I apologize for making fun of what you like. I was just joking around but I got carried away. I am sorry," I apologized to him. I hate apologizing, but something about it just made me feel much better, as if a giant weight has been lifted from my shoulders. Larry seems to act the same way as he mutters his apology.

"I am also sorry for exaggerating about you having seven boyfriends. I know you only had three," Larry replied. I smiled back at him; he knows that I don't exactly GO OUT with any guys; I'm not a user. I just go on isolated dates to get to know others better and whatnot.

Seeing Violent behind me by quite a ways, I stop walking and wait for her to catch up to me. Violent tries to avoid me, but I still follow her nonetheless.

"Violent, look. I am sorry for trying to bring down your ego. Everyone is important somehow; I was just blinded by anger," I apologized.

"Well, I forgive you, and I am also sorry, but why are you apologizing?" Violent asked me.

"Because, we need to stay strong as a team if we want to win. This shadow creature loves when we are broken up and hating each other. And it is all my fault that our team got smashed."

Violent smiles at me, "Now let's go and beat our REAL opponent," Violent stated.

I, happy that no one else is holding grudges, continue to walk with a smile on my face. I eventually got tired of walking barefoot; I was since before the fight, and put my high heels back on. About five minutes later, we reach Dad's doomship, where we all board up.

Again, American Football is shown on two of the televisions, while the other two show a map of Grass Land. We have about an hour and a half until the National Forest; until then, we all kick back and relax. Well, we try to, anyway; we relax as much as we can with the thought of a potential doomsday set upon the world, I should say. We spend the whole time watching the Football game; I cannot recall who is playing, nor who won, but that quarterback is obviously throwing many interceptions, with numerous fumbles from both teams. Makes the game more interesting, to be honest.

The sudden sensation of the doomship falling comes over my body. I look outside to see that, indeed, we have landed in this forest, which seems to be coniferous. Green trees, shrubs and herbs litter the area, giving the area a bit of a prehistoric feeling. What are we going to do in here, though? Pray? Talk to some random floating spirit? I don't get it, but I am sure Peach knows.

"All right! Let's explore this forest a little bit. Let's not get too far in case we get lost, though," Peach called out.

The group sticks together, walking through untamed wilderness. All of the sudden, a green human approaches them. Seeing the ghastly figure, we all try to run away, but found that we cannot. The green human, however, tells us that there was nothing to fear.

"I am Nature, the sage of nature. Everything out here, from the trees, to the animals, I am in charge of."

"A sage!" Peach exclaimed as she bows, "Can we please see these ancient records for the times before the shadows took over Plit?"

"Yes, I will show you the exact location of them. How did you guys get here?"

"By my doomship," Bowser replied. The sage nods her head.

"All right, I will follow you guys. Take me to this... Doomship... and I will show you where to go," Nature told us.