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BGM: Peach's Castle (Super Mario 64/DS)
Peach was out in the gardens, pulling out a few carrots and a few turnips. "Ah, there we go!" She smiled as she proceeded to go back into the castle where she said hello to the Toad servants in the castle.
"It's a little tilted." A Toad said as a few Toads were putting up a painting of her and Mario on a wall. "…A little more to the right!"
"Agh! You said that last time!"
"That was your right. Now this is my right."
"That doesn't make sense!"
"I say it looks fine." Peach walked by, and then stopped to admire the painting. She giggled before walking into the kitchen where a single chef was preparing dinner for basically everyone in the castle.
"Oh, afternoon, princess!"
"Afternoon, Tayce T." She greeted and put the carrots and turnips down on the table.
"Oh! I was wondering if we had some left! Those pesky Monty Moles keep stealing them."
"Let's not forget those small Wigglers." Peach said as Tayce T. nodded, and then she saw Peach heading over to the fridge, causing her to giggle.
"Hungry, your highness? You've always had an appetite bigger than Daisy."
Peach laughed. "That's not true. Daisy has a bigger appetite than me."
"Hmm, true." She said.
"I was actually thinking of baking a delicious cake for Mario." She explained.
"Were you also going to bake a cake for Luigi? And how about the ones at Vale?" Tayce T. added. "…Oh, and those rapscallions that, for some odd reason, made bases here near Toad Town?"
"Yeah, I was also doing that." Peach nodded. "And it's not like those Reds and Blues aren't doing anything harm to the Kingdom. I think it's rather adorable then several grown men are still playing Capture the Flag." She giggled.
"I suppose they don't want to get rid of their childhood." Tayce T. smiled.
Pause BGM
Speaking of the Reds and Blues…
"And so, I totally think that we should-" Church looked at Caboose staring at a butterfly. "Caboose!"
"Pretty butterfly!"
"…Ugh, okay, Tucker, you go around those houses over there, go straight through Coconut Mall and go behind the enemy base to get the flag, and come back!"
"Wouldn't it just be better if we just go straight through?"
"No! You gotta think strategy!"
"Can we go in the houses and go streaking inside them?" Sister raised her hand.
"No!"
"Aww…"
With the Reds…
"Hmm…" Sarge was looking at their base through a sniper. "The enemy is thinking of something… and I don't know what it is, but I'm not liking it! I say we give them the element of surprise!"
"Like what?" Donut asked.
"Simple! We go through those houses, go through that Mall of Coconuts, and then go through the enemy base and kill 'em all!"
"Oooh, I like the sound of that… but isn't it called Coconut Mall?"
"Potato potato!"
"Also Sarge, can't we just shoot 'em with the sniper?"
"Shame on you for forgetting what I said about the sniper, Donut! A sniper rifle is a coward's weapon. When you kill yer enemy, you wanna look in his eyes so he knows you're the one who beat him to death! It also gives you the chance to deliver some really zippy one-liners. Like "I hope you brought your wallet, because the rent in Hell gets paid in advance! Or my personal favorite, "You've just got Sarged." Hhheh heh heh, classic."
"Dios mío, alguien por favor máteme. (Oh God, someone please kill me.)" Lopez groaned.
"Hand to hand combat is the old school way to kill your foes, it hearkens back to the honored traditions when combatants respected one another. " Sarge continued. "Killing a man with your bare hands says: we're all equals as men. Except I'm slightly more equal 'cause I'm still alive and you're dead. Of course dropping a nuke on them from fifty thousand feet is also totally acceptable. I mean let's face it, there's just not enough time in this busy world to show everybody the courtesy of a good strangling."
As for Simmons and Grif, well…
"Hey." Grif.
"Yeah?" Simmons.
"You ever wonder why we're here."
"No idea, but I suppose it's a lot better than that stupid box canyon."
"Ha! True that!" Grif said, fist bumping Simmons.
Back in the Castle…
Resume BGM
"Let's see… I suppose we should make one for each of them." Peach said. "Hmm… I know what Mario and Luigi like, but what do the others like?"
"How about a red velvet cake for Ruby?" Tayce T. suggested.
"Oh! Yes, of course!" Peach smiled and then went off to fetch something as she then came back with a few letters. "We should invite them!"
"Yeah!" Tayce T. nodded as Peach began to write it.
"Dear Mario, please come to the castle, I've baked a delicious cake from you. Yours truly, Princess Toadstool. Peach." She finished writing and stared at it. "…Should I get rid of the 'Princess Toadstool' part?"
"Why? Your last name is Toadstool after all. I say leave it in." Tayce T. said. "Besides, I doubt the others know your last name anyway."
"Good point." Peach nodded. "Let's see… I wonder if I should invite Daisy?"
"While you're at it, how about you bake me a cake while you're at it?" A scruffy voice asked.
End BGM
"Oh yes, I should definitely-" Peach stopped in her tracks, instinctively reaching for the frying pan. "Bowser… what are you doing here?" She asked, glaring at Bowser who was just so casually leaning on the doorway.
"What, can't a guy just walk in a castle by himself?" He asked, as behind him, a few Toads cowered behind the furniture.
"They can, but it'd be considered rude if they weren't invited."
"Funny, considering I see Mario walk in here all the time… not to mention Green 'stache and those rotten teenagers."
"That's because Mario and the rest of them are an exception!" Peach said. "And the rest have names you know!"
"Do I look like I care?"
"…Oh, would you look at the time, I'll just be going…!" Tayce T. said as she snuck off to the side door, but as she opened it, Roman was standing there.
"Why are you going? We're just here to chat." Roman said as he gently, but firmly pushed Tayce T. back in.
"That's very bold of you of just waltzing on in here." Peach said. "No blowing up part of my castle, nothing to announce your arrival, You just came on in here." She said. "Tell me, why are you really here?"
Bowser chuckled. "I've decided to mix things up a little."
"Like what, trying to capture me on foot? You do realize that's basically a suicide mission considering Mario will be confronting you before you get back to your castle, right? And not just Mario either!"
"I do realize that, yes."
"Then what's your plan?"
"Redecorating your castle and placing you under castle arrest." Bowser said.
"My word! That's a new one!" Tayce T. said.
"It is." Peach nodded. "However…" She aimed her frying pan at Bowser. "I'm not one who will give in so easily. You know that!"
"Which is why I'm not the one who will be capturing you." Bowser smirked. "Kamek." He cued, and before Peach could react, she was hit by a laser from behind.
"Gah!" She cried out in pain and fell on her hands and knees, wincing in pain.
BGM: Tension (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
"Princess!" Tayce T. exclaimed as she tried to run to her side, but Roman aimed his cane at her.
"Ah ah ah! I wouldn't do that!" He warned.
Peach attempted to get up, but found that for some reason, she couldn't, unaware that Kamek put her under a spell that prevented her from moving. "Nnngh…!" Peach growled as she looked up at Bowser. "So what…? Place me under house arrest? Lock me in my room? I'll just… get out!"
"I'm well aware of that, princess." Bowser said. "Which is why I thought up of a different solution." He said as a few Paratroopas pulled down a Bowser painting behind him. "You will be in this painting." He said.
"H-How is that… possible?" Peach asked.
"Kamek enchanted it." He said as Peach then floated up from Kamek's magic.
"Nighty night!" Kamek taunted, as he fired his magic to put her to sleep.
"Y-you… w-wont… get… away… w-with…" She fell asleep after desperately trying to force herself awake and then Bowser grabbed her and shoved her in the painting.
"Good. That'll keep her busy for a while." Bowser said. "Now…" He looked at the invitations as he saw that they were all written… all but Daisy. "Kamek, have that mail-delivering Paratroopa hand deliver these."
"Yes sir, your rottenness."
"And one more thing. Get all of the Power Stars and lock them away in any painting that you can find."
"Aye aye!"
"What should we do with this one?" Roman asked, looking at the female Toad.
"Does this castle have a dungeon?" Bowser asked.
"P-Peach… doesn't believe in castle dungeons…!" She gulped.
"…Typical." Bowser sighed in annoyance. "Alright, leave the Toads alone, but if they try anything funny, lock them up in… whatever painting they're suited for."
"Alright then." Roman nodded as Bowser walked around the castle until he found what he was looking for.
"Ah… throne room!" He said as he opened the door. "Oooh, right in front of the mural!" He said as he moved the throne to face the mural and then smirked. "I'm gonna have to redecorate the mural." He said as he looked out the window, looking out at the blissfully unaware Toad Town. "Little do they realize that there's a new leader in this kingdom!" He smirked and saw Mario talking to a few friendly Koopas. "Heheheh… show time."
End BGM
Meanwhile, at the Smash Mansion…
"Hiyah!" Yang punched Ryu but he blocked the attack as she then used an uppercut, trying to imitate Ryu's Shoryuken, but she didn't exactly quite get it.
"You're not exactly getting it right. You gotta time it right." Ryu told her.
"What is it, is it all in the wrist or something?" Yang asked.
"All in the arm and the jump. Once you get it down, and then master it, your Shoryuken will be more powerful." He said and then walked over to the sandbag, and as Yang watched… "SHORYUKEN!" He yelled, launching the sandbag high up in the air as it landed several hundred feet in front of them.
"Wow…" Yang said in amazement.
"The Shoryuken is difficult to master, but I know that you're getting better with it."
Yang chuckled. "I know Ruby's getting better with that tornado that Sonic is teaching her, and that Triangle… whatever it is."
"The Triangle Jump." He said. "I know, and I've seen Link teaching that Jaune boy how to use his sword properly."
"Yeah."
"Enough of that, though." Ryu said. "Give me your best Shoryuken."
"Right!" Yang nodded as she put her foot back, took a deep breath and ran straight for Ryu. "SHOR-"
"Hey Yang!" Ruby popped up out of nowhere, luckily she was on the side, lest she get punched into outer space.
"Whoa!" Yang nearly tripped, losing her all focus and doing a pathetically weak uppercut on Ryu, which was nothing more than a tickle to him.
Ryu sighed. "Ruby, can't you see we're in the middle of something?"
"Sorry." Ruby apologized. "But I got exciting news, Yang!
"What is it?" Yang asked.
"Peach invited us for cake and she's requesting us to hurry!" Ruby excitedly said as she handed her the invitation.
"Let's see here…" Yang said as she read it. "Dear Team RWBY: Please come to the castle. I've baked a delicious cake for you. Yours truly, Princess Toadstool. Peach." She read. "PS. Please hurry! This cake looks delicious and I'm hungry!" She also read. "…Her last name's Toadstool?"
"Who knew!" Ruby smiled.
"I'll go inform Weiss and Blake! They should be done training with Sheik and Marth." She said as they took off where they informed Weiss and Blake, where they learned that JNPR also received the invitation as they took off to the Mushroom Kingdom. Ruby accidentally dropping her invitation as it landed on the ground, where it was then picked up by a very… busty young woman as Palutena was next to her.
"Odd, that last part doesn't seem to be in Peach's handwriting." The woman mused.
"Indeed. It looks like it was written very hastily, which is something Peach never does." Palutena mused, looking a little concerned.
"I've got a bad feeling about this."
"As do I, Camilla. As do I." Palutena agreed.
Back in the Mushroom Kingdom…
BGM: Toad Town (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)
"Ah, you guys too?" Nyx asked as she had received an invitation as well.
"Yes!" Nora nodded.
"So we're all invited!" Sarge said.
"Excuse me, pardon me, guy craving cake coming through!" Grif eagerly went towards the castle.
"Let's-a go!" Luigi grinned as they nodded as they all ran in, unaware that they were headed right for a trap.
End BGM
"Heheh… let's have some fun." Bowser smirked, and when the gang walked in, metal bars went right through the floor, blocking them from going out.
"What the…?!" Luigi yelled.
"What's going on?!" Weiss asked as suddenly, Kamek appeared in front of them and fired magic at all of them and before they could react, they were hit.
"Argh…! Can't… move…!" Church said.
"Ehehehe!" Kamek cackled as he proceeded to put them to sleep before they could act any further. "Now… where to place you all?" He asked as a lightbulb hit him. "Ah! I know where to take you!"
About a day later…
Ozpin sighed at his desk, deeply troubled to what he just learned as there was a knock on his door. "Come in." He requested as several people walked in. "Good afternoon. Now, you might be wondering why you were called here."
"Yes." A girl with a fashionable outfit nodded, wearing sunglasses to boot.
"Well, these two ladies came by and told me this troubling situation." He said, motioning over to Palutena and Camilla. "Palutena tried to contact them with telepathy, but none of them replied back, so this is some very troubling development."
"I'm just worried something happened to them." Palutena said.
"Before we go any further, why don't you introduce yourselves to these fine ladies?" Ozpin requested.
"Coco Adel."
"Velvet Scarlatina."
"Yatsuhashi Daichi."
"Fox Alistair."
"Salutations! I am Penny Polendina! And what are your names?"
Palutena giggled. "I'm the Goddess of Light, Palutena. A friend of team RWBY and JNPR."
"And I'm Camilla, also a friend of them." Camilla said, as she had met them when she had visited the Smash Mansion the day before and got to know each of them, while also congratulating Ruby for being Pit's girlfriend.
"These two ladies have noticed something odd about this invitation." Ozpin said, holding the invitation in his hand and handed Coco the invitation. "Can you spot something odd in this invitation?"
"Hmm… the first part seems neatly written, but the second part seems like it was made hastily and sloppily." Coco said.
"Correct. Peach is known for her neat handwriting." Ozpin nodded. "Something feels off about this sloppy handwriting."
"So, you want us to investigate."
"Precisely." Palutena nodded.
Coco smiled. "You can leave it to us."
"Good." Ozpin smiled. "I knew I could count on you." He said as they nodded and took off, all of them unaware that Palutena was contacting someone.
"Hey, Pit."
"What is it, Lady Palutena?"
"I need you to go to Peach's castle. Something doesn't feel right… and Ruby may be in trouble."
"What?! I'll be right over!"
"Good."
A few seconds of silence passed. "Um, I'd like the Power of Flight, please." He sheepishly asked.
"Oh! Of course!"
"Thank you!"
"Good luck, Pit."
Meanwhile, in Toad Town…
"Hello?" Doc walked around. "Guys? Guuuys!" He exclaimed. "Dammit, where could they be? If they took off somewhere, then they forgot about me. Again!" He complained, unaware of a sleeping green dinosaur underneath a tree.
And in Peach's castle…
"…I'm not liking this one bit." Tayce T. whispered quietly as she picked up a piece of paper and wrote something on it, then she put it in an envelope, then whistled as a little yellow mouse came over to her.
"Pika?"
"Take this to the post office, quickly!"
"Pikachu!" The Pikachu saluted as it gently took the letter and took off out the window and out of the castle grounds, undetected by Bowser's minions as he quickly took off to the post office and ran inside. "Pika Pikachu!"
"Aww!" Parakarry grinned. "Peach sent you here again?" He asked. "She really has a kind heart, letting you visit the castle ever since you came in the Smash tournament as a Pichu."
"Pika." Pikachu gushed in embarrassment.
"Oh there's no need to be embarrassed." Parakarry smiled as he looked at the letter. "Urgent – Send this to Princess Daisy." He said and then saluted. "Can do!" He said and quickly took off.
"Pika Pi!" Pikachu waved and then took off back to the castle, the same route as he did before and hopped back in the kitchen. "Pika!"
"Good job, Pikachu!" Tayce T. smiled and lightly petted his head. "Now, here's hoping help will come."
"Pika…" Pikachu nodded.
Oh ho ho, yes, starting it off strong!