Disclaimer: I do not own anything in the Mario series.
AN: A few days ago, I had an idea that didn't make a lot of sense to me. But Awesome Rapidash helped me iron out the wrinkles. To make this story work, the Mario world is known to be real in our world.
As I can't contact the one who has reviewed me anonymously, I have decided to say something here. Toad the Sprocket, the reason I deleted the review you first sent me was not because I couldn't handle it. Your review was mean and actually abusive. You are entitled to your own opinions, but you don't have to be mean about it.
A brown haired girl sat in front of the computer staring at the login screen for her email account. Her fingers were over the keyboard, but she was just too nervous to sign in.
What had her so nervous was the contest that she had decided to enter not long ago. It was known as the Use Peach Only contest. In it you play Super Mario Bros. 2, and choose to only play only as Princess Peach. You also couldn't warp, and it was highly recommended to use the either the original NES cartridge or play the game on Super Mario All-Stars on the SNES, but to start a new file. If done correctly, the Princess should have the number twenty above her head at the end of the game, and the others should have a zero above their heads.
A contest like this could not be done by score, since the Gameboy Advance version was not recommended. So instead, this contest was more of a race to see who got in their entries. One hundred lucky people would win a grand prize. A trip to the Mushroom Kingdom! It was a place that some people from her world had already visited before so this wasn't the first time something like this had come along.
However, when Christy heard of the contest this time, she just couldn't pass it up. Princess Peach had always been her favorite Mario character and she know that she would have no problem playing as her alone in Super Mario Bros. 2. Now some might say it's too easy to just use Peach, but she didn't care at all, and she was sure that there were other people that felt the same way. Not only that, she had always wanted to go the Mushroom Kingdom!
It felt like a long time ago that she sent in her entry, a form that included her name and email address. She had used Super Mario All-Stars because she couldn't find her NES copy at the time. She remembered back when she'd won against Wart using Peach. She took some pictures with her camera, after making sure to get rid of the flash, and then one picture to be sure she had a good one. The number was clearly twenty above the Princess' head, whereas Mario, Luigi and Toad didn't have a number, other than zero.
Christy was just afraid that she had wasted her time, figuring that other people had been much faster than her. She looked out the window and saw how dark gray clouds blanketed the sky. She couldn't help wondering if it was going to rain soon. She quickly shook her head and once again placed her fingers on the keyboard.
"I'll never know unless I check," the brunette said to herself. She quickly typed out her email address and her password and pushed the enter key. The girl closed her eyes as she wanted for the page to load on her screen. When she finally opened up her chocolate brown eyes, she saw that she had one unread email in her account.
The subject was entitled Super Mario Bros. 2 'Use Peach Only' Contest, and the name beside the email was the one that was mentioned when the contest was announced in magazines and stuff. Christy placed her hand onto the mouse, and moved it over to the unopened email and clicked it.
When the email loaded up, she looked and noticed how many people had received this email. She couldn't count them all! She scrolled down so she could read the actual email. Her eyes widened with surprise with what she read.
"Congratulations! You're a winner!
You are one of the lucky grand prize winners in the 'Use Peach Only Contest!' To celebrate your win, you are invited to come to a special party hosted by me at my castle in the Mushroom Kingdom.
Please go to your nearest participating game store and enter the warp pipe located there. Be sure to have this email on hand, for it is your invitation to the party. We will be awaiting your arrival!
Sincerely,
Princess Peach."
Christy's mouth fell open from shock, and she rubbed her eyes, wondering if she was seeing things. She had never won a contest before. When she finally stopped and took another good look at the email, she could tell it was the real thing.
With her eyes sparkling happily, she quickly copied and pasted the email, and printed it out. She didn't have a laptop computer, so this was the best thing she could do, to make sure she had the email on hand. She folded the email and stuck it in her pocket, and then she ran to tell her mom the great news.
Later that day Christy arrived at her local game store and after showing the copy of her email to the store's manager, she was led into the back room. There she saw a green colored warp pipe extending out from the floor. She had seen warp pipes in many different Mario games, but she had never seen one in front of her face until now. The brunette walked over to it and after a moment to gather her courage, she jumped right into it.
Since this was her first trip through a warp pipe, she couldn't help crying out in surprise as she free fell into the darkness. She felt a couple of twists and turns as she fell and it made her feel a little dizzy. Finally she tumbled out of the warp pipe and landed on cool green grass. She took a few minutes to regain her composure and looked up at the clear bright blue sky, taking in a couple of deep breaths.
"Hey, are you okay?" asked a concerned voice.
Christy lowered her gaze and noticed someone was standing nearby. A person with what looked like the top of a red spotted mushroom on his head. She couldn't believe her eyes! There before her was a real live Toad! After her initial shock passed, she looking around and noticed other Toads walking around the town.
"I… I'm fine," the girl finally answered, getting to her feet slowly. "I'm here for the party at Princess Peach's Castle."
"Ah I see, so you are one of the contest winners then?" the Toad inquired, gazing at the girl.
The brunette slowly nodded and took the printed email out of her pocket and handed it to the Toad. He smiled as he took a look at the piece of paper from the girl and examined the signature. "Yep, this is the party invitation alright!" He handed the piece of paper back to the girl. "I can show you to Peach's Castle if you like."
"Thanks. I would appreciate that," Christy answered gratefully.
The Toad's smile widened as he turned around and started to show the girl through the town. On the way, she couldn't help looking around. The village had many houses, most of them looking like mushrooms in some shape or form. There were shops to buy clothes, food and other necessities, and there was even a beautiful fountain right in the middle of the town.
Finally, they came to a stop in front of a castle. On the stained glass window at the top was a picture of Princess Peach, just like in the games. Two Toad guards stood right in front of the front door. The brunette's guide turned to her and nodded his head at her.
At first, she wasn't sure she understood. Then she remembered the email that she had been holding on to. She handed the piece of paper over to the guards, who looked it over carefully before looking back at the brown haired girl.
"Welcome!" one of them exclaimed.
"We have been expecting you!" the other added.
The two guards parted, allowing the brunette to go inside. "Have a good time!" both of them said together as Christy walked inside the castle.
While the village was something new to see, the castle was absolutely stunning in person. Christy's eyes widened as she looked around her. The floor was brightly polished, and covered in red carpets, and the walls were just as bright. As this place was practically empty, she had a feeling that the party wasn't being held in this room. But it was still breathtaking, nonetheless.
"Ah, you must be a contest winner, correct?" asked an unfamiliar voice.
Christy looked toward a Toad that green spots on his mushroom top instead of red. She nodded her head at him. "That's right!"
"Come this way. The party has already begun." Without another word, the toad turned around and started walking off. Christy quickly followed after him as he led her down a few hallways.
The brunette shook her head when the Toad wasn't looking at her. It was just her luck that she should arrive later than everyone else. She figured that all of the other winners were already there and having a great time already. Finally, they made it to a certain door and he motioned to it.
"It's right through here," he said as he opened the door.
"Wow…" Christy breathed as she walked into the room. The room was packed and it was filled with lots of food. As expected all of the other contest winners were there, and some were already talking to each other.
The brunette moved in further, but couldn't find anyone she recognized. This made her nervous and she hesitated to start a conversation with anyone, because there were so many people. But she listened to the chatter around her. Many people were amazed that they were actually in the Mushroom Kingdom for the first time. While others were saying that while they had entered the contest, they would have rather done it with Mario, Luigi or Toad. Of course, it was rather difficult to hear everything that people were saying.
Christy looked around and noticed that Princess Peach wasn't around. She was probably here when the party started, but left shortly afterwards. It must be tiring greeting all of the guests, if Paper Mario was right. She also noticed that besides the contest winners, there were some Toads mingling among the guests. She walked over to one that had blue spots on the top of her head.
"Excuse me?" she called to the Toad.
The Toad looked up at the girl curiously. "Yes, may I help you with something?"
"I know I'm a little late and everything, but do you think it's possible that I can still meet Princess Peach?"
The female Toad looked thoughtful. "I did notice she left a little while ago. It's possible that she just went to her room, where it is a little quieter."
That sounded like a pretty good idea to the brunette's mind. She was never too good with big crowds. She never knew there was going to be a party until today. "Could you take me there?" she suddenly asked.
"I could, but you will miss the party!" the Toad exclaimed. She looked at the girl as though she was a little crazy. Especially since just about anyone would want to be invited to one of Princess Peach's parties!
"I'll be back before the party is over," Christy said as quickly as she could. "I just want to meet her. Please?"
Seeing that the girl asked nicely, the Toad nodded her head and smiled. "Okay, please follow me."
Christy was lead through the well decorated hallways of the castle and to a room with a large pink colored doorway. The Toad smiled and pointed. "Here is the Princess' room. Please knock before you enter."
Christy nodded and stepped over to the door. She reached out and took hold of the gold colored knocker and rapped it twice on the door. She then stepped back and waited. After a few minutes had passed she looked over curiously at the Toad, who simply shrugged her shoulders. The brunette looked back at the door in front of her and took hold of the knob and opened the door.
"Um, hello… Princess Peach, are you here?" she asked as she walked into the room. She smiled as she looked around. As she expected, the room looked neat and tidy with everything in its place. There was a large comfy looking bed covered with a pink comforter and on the far wall hung a picture of Mario. Christy stepped further into the room and noticed a pink dresser and other stuff you would expect in a royal Princess' bedroom.
But another look around told her that Peach wasn't in her room, like the Toad had suggested. But it was possible that she would come here eventually. Christy didn't mind waiting; she would rather be alone than be in a huge crowd anyway. So she decided it would be better to wait here.
However, just sitting around and waiting sounded kinda boring and her curiosity was starting to get the better of her. So she decided to look around for a little bit. Feeling curious, Christy walked over to Peach's dresser and opened it up. What she saw didn't surprise her one bit; a lot of dresses and sports wear, all of it pink in color.
"I wonder how I would look in that dress?" the brunette thought, looking at the many similar dresses. She hoped that the Princess wouldn't mind if she borrowed it, just to try it on. She took out a dress and closed the dresser.
Christy quickly slipped out of her usual shirt and pants and into Peach's pink dress. She smoothed it out and walked carefully over to a mirror to look at her reflection. The girl couldn't help a smile when she saw how it looked on her. And while the dress was a little big on her, she smiled at just how cute she looked in it.
She was so taken by the dress that she didn't notice when a figure flying on a broom came to a stop in front of the window of the Princess' room. The Magikoopa looked intently into the room. He was looking for a girl wearing a pink dress. King Bowser had been very specific about the dress' color and it was a good thing too, since he couldn't see very many colors. It was lucky for him that pink happened to be one of the few colors he could see.
It was then he spotted a girl standing in front of a mirror. And the girl was clearly wearing a pink dress! Not even thinking about the fact that the girl's hair was obviously shorter, he cast a spell and directed it to the girl. He had been given a mission and he would fulfill it! He was going to capture Princess Peach and deliver her to King Bowser!
By the time Christy knew there was anything wrong, it was too late. The spell hit her, causing her to cry out momentarily and then she slipped into unconsciousness.