Time- 8:26 PM, Sunday, October 14, 2001 – Near Sandstorm, Desert Land

The group, after being teleported out of the hidden library by Nature, reappears right by the entrance to the caverns. Wondering how the heck the group got there, Alex suddenly remembers.

"GUYS! I accidently left my magic carpet in the caverns!"

The rest of the group make disappointed noises, but they decide to open the door to start their journey again. However, as they open the door…

"Whoa!" Alex gasped, astonished.

The magic carpet is exposed, clear as day, as the door swings open, with the carpet mystically hovering in the air. As the group gets onto the magic carpet again, Alex silently thanks the Magic Carpet Recall function she recently learned.

Peach, naturally the leader of the group, asks everyone a great question.

"So, what do we do now?"

Nature is the first one to speak up, "Well, we learn from the documents that we need to do three things: Go to Serenity Isle, find the power sources or portals, and to get the other six Sages involved."

Daisy nods, "Yes, but we only have until Thursday, October 18, according to Eldstar. We do not have that much time to do all three things!"

"Zis is vhy ve zhould split up," Ludwig gave out his suggestion, standing there boldly with pride. Everyone stares at Ludwig for a few seconds before they all start cheering at the idea.

"I LOVE IT!" Peach exclaimed.

As everyone settled down, Peach began making more orders.

"All right, everyone! Listen up! Group 1 will go to Serenity Isle and make sure everything is secured there. Group 2 will find the power sources and portals, and Group 3 will get the Sages their help."

"Who will be in each group?" Wendy inquired.

Peach answered her back, "Oh yes, and the groups. Group 1 will have me, Mario, Toad, Bowser, and Roy. Group 2 will have Ludwig, Morton, Wendy, Violent, Larry, and Alex. Last, but not least, Group 3 will have the rest of you, which is Nature, Daisy, Iggy, Lemmy, and Luigi. I will lead Group 1, Ludwig will lead Group 2 and Nature will lead Group 3."

"That sounds great, but how will we get to our places?" Iggy asked.

"That is an easy problem to fix. Group 1 will be with Bowser and his doomship, while Group 2 will be with Alex and her magic carpet. Group 3, however, has a problem, Iggy, but I am sure Bowser will let you use the Klown Khopper? Won't you, Bowser?" Peach asked.

"… Why, of course! Iggy can pilot it since he knows how to," Bowser accepted. After Bowser's acceptance, the Princess continues on.

"All right, we need to increase the speed of our rides; we have until Thursday, and it is nearly Monday right now. That is not enough time for our current speed," Peach commanded.

While the other characters appear to be stumped, the eldest Koopaling comes up with a brilliant idea on what to do about this issue, "I remember a city zat offers faster engines for any type of vehicle vhen I conquered Pipe land! I used it for King Dad's doomship!" Ludwig also stated, "I zink it vas called Metallic City? According to zis map, zough, it is about two hours avay from here, about 400 kilometers north. Maybe ve can go there."

"That sounds great Ludwig!" Peach exclaimed.

After this talk, the entire group get on Alex's magic carpet, flying towards the doomship abandoned on the other edge of the city of Sandstorm. As they arrive at the doomship, Peach's group and Nature's group get off, hurrying inside of the huge, brown wooden ship. The magic carpet zooms northwards as the doomship roars to life.

GROUPS 1 AND 3

"Where are we going?" Luigi asked.

Bowser answered back, "I am not sure at all. Only Ludwig knows of this place."

"Yeah, even I did not know about it! Haha!" Peach laughed.

"Well, I trust that he will guide us well," concluded Luigi, "Time for me to kick back, relax, and to enjoy the remainder of this flight."

Group 2

The ride to Metallic City for Group 2, however, is rocky, at best. A magic carpet and high speeds do not mix well at all, and all six members are holding onto an edge of the carpet with all their energy to prevent any of the characters from flying off.

"This is tough! How close are we, Luddi? Hehe!" Violent asked.

"… Ve have about 30 minutes left. Try to velax as much as you can, ve are almost done."

"Thirty minutes?! That is too long to hang on to this!" Wendy cried out loud.

Ludwig looked at Wendy, unimpressed, "Zen let go if you do not vant to hold onto it."

"Hmmph!" Wendy, defeated, mumbled, looking down at the now-green scenery below her.

"Patience, Wendy, patience. We are approaching it!" Morton reassured.

"Then we can get upgraded so we can go to Ice Land!" Larry cheered.

Ludwig nods his head at Larry's statement, "Yes, now all ve do is vait. Ve have about 25 minutes left as of now."

Despite feeling uneasy on the magic carpet, the others try to make themselves comfortable as the magic carpet zooms off towards their destination.