There were a few Folded Soldiers hiding in the leaves of trees by the Spring of Restoration, but not much else. The trees, which were the cause of the whispering in the woods, seemed to dislike how Mario was treading so close to the sacred spring. But they didn't do anything to stop him from tossing the Soul Seed and other withered items into the water. Mario picked up the Soul Seed once it had been restored, but nearly dropped it back into the water when Grandsappy screamed.

"Grandsappy's in trouble!" A tree cried. "I don't trust you, but do what you can to help him! Please!"

"You heard him," Olivia said. "Let's hurry back to Grandpappy!"

Mario quickly ran up the path back to Grandsappy's clearing. The three trees looked shook, and Mario soon knew why.

There was a giant hole where his face should be.

"Oh no," Olivia said sadly, "his face is gone! Mario, what do we-wait." She flew closer. "It's a little hard to see because it's so dark, but I think this might be a Non-bottomless hole! Mario, we can just use confetti to fix him!"

Mario tossed the confetti quickly, hoping to restore him before any further damage was caused. His face returned, and he let out a horse cough. Mario held out the seed.

"Ah...Ya got the seed. Great job, laddies. Put it in my mouth, go on."

Mario stared at him.

"I don't got hands, so ya gotta give it to me like that. Go on, ya coward."

Mario put it under Grandsappy's mustache and backed away. Grandsappy munched on the seed. Mario and Olivia shared a look.

"That's it, lad! Ya did good! I can feel the energy coming back!"

After a quick song-and-dance with Grandsappy, a small sprout popped out the tree's stump. Wooden spirals shot up after, and reformed Grandsappy into a brand-new, towering tree. He shook some chips of old wood off and smiled.

"Thanks! That's just what I needed ta feel like meself again!"

Olivia looked up at the towering tree. "Wow! You're so huge! How'd you even get so small?"

"I got chopped down by dem Toads! They wanted my wood for who-knows-what! But I don't know what you are, laddie."

"I'm Olivia! And...I'm origami."

"Origami?" One of the Sap Sisters asked. "You mean like those things that ripped Grandsappy's face off? Or maybe they were by the Toads nearby...I remember them screaming about folded paper."

Olivia faced Mario. "Oh no! Olly's already been here? That explains the holes, and the Folded Soldiers. I thought they fell off the castle like we did when Olls lifted it into the sky!"

"Do you know which way the Toads are?" Mario asked.

Grandsappy sighed. "They're through there."

A shrub moved and revealed a clearing.

"But if ya do see any of 'em, let them know I don't want ta be chopped down again! That hurt last time!"

Mario nodded.

"'Ight, enjoy the barbecue or some'n'."

Mario walked out the clearing with Olivia following.

"What did you mean earlier by 'I haven't found myself out yet?'" Mario asked her.

"Oh...Well it's just that Olly's the king, the Folded Soldiers are the army and so on. Besides being the princess, I'm nothing. Olly already said so, and he's the king and my older brother..."

"You're important!" Mario said. "You're brave enough to stand against your own brother and kingdom to do the right thing! You're young, sure, but I can see the skills to be a leader in you."

"Thanks. And when I said that about Olly...I know he has an important role in the kingdom, but he seems lost. He knows what he needs to be, but not what he wants to be. It's the opposite for me. I know who I want to be, but not who I need to be."

"I get how that feels. I need to be a good brother to Weegee, but at the same time I want to also help the Mushroom Kingdom. I could choose to let the responsibility of protecting the world to somebody else, but I'd rather do it myself."

"So you want to save the world? Because you live here or is it because of something else?"

"It's because it's the right thing to do." Mario stopped.

Olivia flew to his side. "What is that?"

The bush wriggled, the red thing wriggling as well. "I'm a Toad!"

"Huh. Toads looked different than I expected."

"No wonder! I've been crumpled! Mario, save me!"

Mario hammered the bush and the Toad fell out. He hammered the Toad to undo the creases. The Toad jumped to his feet.

"Thanks, Mario!" He looked to Olivia. "Aaaah! It's one of the-of the origami monsters!" He cowered behind a tin wooden pole.

"Wait!" Olivia cried. "I'm not one of them! Sure, I'm origami, but I wouldn't hurt anyone!"

Toad peeked around the pole. "How do you know I can trust you?"

"Because, I'm working with Mario! I'm on a journey to stop my brother from crumpling more Toads!"

Toad came back. "Okay. So you're friends with Mario?"

"Mhm!"

"And your brother is the one who sent those origami freaks to fold us all? There's one even hogging the swing."

"Yep! They're called Folded Soldiers, and they're pretty dangerous. But Peach's Castle's been taken over, and Mario and I are working our way to the castle's crust to find Luigi."

"Her castle was ripped out the floor?!"

"Yeah, by Olly. But we're going to get it back!"

"Wait, why am I paper?"

"Olly's magic is super powerful, and the Folded Soldiers can probably use it too. They must have altered reality here too. That's how those holes have been showing up, and how Toad got crumpled."

"You brother...broke reality?"

Olivia tapped a hand to her chin. "Well, folded it. Using origami magic in a non-origami world must have thrown the universe out of balance or something. And so now everything and everyone is paper! Pretty cool, huh?"

"NO! Your brother broke physics! Last time something that crazy happened, the entire universe was almost deleted!"

"Oh, Olly won't do that!" She said with a hopeful smile. "I know he's strong, but he has his limits! If he folded reality any further, we probably won't be able to come back from the damage he caused."

"And who says he won't?"

"My trust in him."

"Trust doesn't cut it in the real world, origami girl."

"I know. But trusting in family has gotten us this far."

"So you stopped him already?"

Mario decided to intervene. "Toad, that's enough. I get you're mad, but Olivia's trying her hardest. And you don't need to pick unnecessary fights with her. She trusts her brother, is that so bad? You trust I can stop this, right? Then don't get mad when she feels the same about her brother. Let's go, Olivia." He stormed off.

Toad sighed. "I'm sorry. I just don't like how things are turning out. I have to get used to being paper now and-"

"Don't worry about it," Olivia comforted. "Things will be back to normal in no time, I promise. I will stop Olly, and I will make things right again. So I wouldn't get too comfortable being paper, because you'll be back to normal soon enough!" She flew after Mario. "I put it as my duty to stop Olly, as the kingdom's peacemaker."