Yeah, I'm back with more Luigi/Daisy goodness. As the summary said, this will be a collection of separate Luigi/Daisy one-shots. I've seen this kind of thing done for other fandoms, so I thought why not try it here with this couple? They're all meant to be short (though some will be shorter than others), and all of them will be centered on Luigi/Daisy (with some having a splash of Mario/Peach). If anyone has problems with that, it's not too late to back out.
At the moment, I have a lot of ideas that I want to try writing for these two. But feel free to drop me any ideas that you'd like to see. I can't gurantee that I'll use them, but I do promise to consider them.
Anyway, here's the first one. Hope you enjoy!
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Summary: She knew that she was different from other princesses. And she was happy that way.
Notes: Daisy POV
A Not-So-Average Fairytale
I hear from a lot of people that I'm not a typical princess. And that's just fine with me. I remember growing up and listening to all those stories about princesses getting captured and needing to be rescued by a knight in shining armor. Then she and the knight would fall in love and get married. And I remember thinking how I never wanted to end up like that. I mean, honestly, was that really how a princess was supposed to be? I hated to think that my life would end up like one out of a storybook.
Granted, I am a princess. I have been captured before, and I have been rescued. But even so, my story is far different from most other princess stories.
First of all, I was captured by an alien. Those never came up in any of the storybooks I've read. Secondly, I wasn't saved by a tall knight in shining armor; I was rescued by a short plumber.
Don't get me wrong, though. Mario was a really nice guy. After all, he risked his life traveling through unfamiliar land to save a princess he didn't know. And he did save me from marrying Tatanga. As much as I hated to admit it…after Mario rescued me, I did develop some feelings for him.
But somehow, we both knew a relationship between us wouldn't work out. As much as I was grateful for his help, my childhood distaste for storybook fantasies wouldn't have allowed much to happen between us, even if I had thought I loved him. When he left Sarasaland, so did the feelings I had for him. I never really expected to see him again after that.
Little did I know that my childhood friend was regularly saved by this heroic plumber. I guess I should have expected it, though. Peach was always more accepting of fairytales than I was.
One day after not hearing from her for so long, Peach invited me to the Mushroom Kingdom to catch up. I thought that it wouldn't hurt, so I went to meet her at her castle. Imagine my surprise to see Mario there with her. Even after so many years, he hadn't changed much from when I first met him.
But what really surprised me was that Mario had a twin brother.
Luigi…wasn't quite what I expected. When Peach said that both he and Mario had rescued her from Bowser, I thought that Luigi would be a lot like his brother. And in some ways, he was. Luigi was just as nice as Mario was. But Luigi was also a little clumsier and a lot more timid than his twin. He didn't say much when we first met, and he blushed a lot when I spoke to him.
Actually…I thought it was really cute.
For some reason, I couldn't stop thinking about Luigi after that day. He was different from most guys I'd ever met. But I wanted to know why. And I had plenty of opportunities to learn. When I heard Peach was kidnapped by Bowser again, I sent a letter to the Mushroom Kingdom, asking if there was anything I could do to help. Surprisingly, Luigi was the one to answer. Apparently, Mario left him behind when he went to rescue Peach. Well, I certainly couldn't miss an opportunity like that, now could I?
So whenever Peach was captured and Mario went to save her, I found myself traveling to the Mushroom Kingdom for a while to see Luigi. The two of us spent a lot of time talking together – actually, mostly I would talk and he'd listen. I never meant to take control of the conversation, but I've never met someone who I could talk to as easily as I could talk to Luigi. And since he was so shy and didn't talk much, he didn't mind hearing me prattle on about whatever I found interesting at the time. He didn't pretend to listen like a lot of other people I know, either; he really paid attention to what I was saying. But even though he didn't say much, I learned a lot about Luigi during all the time we spent together.
Despite what people say about him, Luigi is probably one of the bravest people I know. I mean, it takes a lot of courage to admit when you're scared. But even when he's afraid, he still will do whatever he can to help someone in trouble. He's just not ashamed to admit when he needs help.
He's not afraid to be who he is. And as weird as it sounds, he gives me the courage to keep being who I am.
That's why I want to be there for him when he needs help. I want to be able to protect him. He'd let me too (albeit unwillingly, but still), though I know he'd want to protect me as well. I guess I'd let him do that…as long as he remembers that I can take care of myself too.
But the important thing is that he accepts me for who I am, no matter how different. That's why I like being with him, no matter what people say.
So maybe I'm not your typical princess. I didn't fall in love with a white knight, or even with the man who saved my life that one time. Instead, I picked a shy, clumsy plumber who doesn't let his fear stop him from helping people in trouble…Someone I want to keep safe. It's easy to see that my story isn't your average fairytale.
But I'm still holding out for that happy ending.
The End