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Peach ran up the steps to Mario's house in a sort of panicky way. She rang the doorbell and knocked until Mario opened up. Mario was in his pajamas and looked very tired.

"GUESS WHAT DAY IT IS!" yelled Peach. Mario had never seen her so wound up.

"What?" Mario yawned and looked at Peach with his tired eyes. "And this better be important."

"IT IS, IT IS, I SWEAR! Trust me! TRUST ME!

"It's not Princess Day again, is it?"

FLASHBACK

"WHAT DID YOU GET ME FOR PRINCESS DAY!" yelled Peach

"Huh? What are you talking about?" asked Mario

"WHAT DID YOU GET ME?"

"What's Princess Day, Peach?"

"…WHERE'S MY PRESENT?"

"I didn't get you one, Peach."

"…WHAT!?!"

END FLASHBACK

"I still have the black eye, Peach!" Mario showed Peach his eye (which had had a bit of swelling in it)

Peach gagged and looked away. "Geez!!! Don't show me it! I told you sorry! What more could you ask for?"

"Vision back in my left eye!"

"OK! Let's not get into an argument! Just ask me what day it is before I get overexcited!"

"Too late!"

"MARIO!

"OK, OK! What day is it, Peach?"

"TOAD'S BIRTHDAY!"

Mario did not think this was such an occasion to wake one up to tell them the news, but Mario had completely forgotten about the surprise party Toadette and Peach had planned and how he, Luigi, Daisy, DK, and all the rest of the gang had to make sure Toad didn't look inside Peach's ballroom (which was especially hard some days because he cleaned the ballroom a lot). After all that trouble and all that work, he was happy to go to the party and see if all the work they did had paid off.

"WAKE UP LUIGI, MARIO, WAKE UP LUIGI!"

Mario didn't have to wake up Luigi because Luigi was already up (and on the phone with the cops to report a public disturbance at his house). Peach told them to get dressed in their best clothes and run down to the castle as fast as they could. Then, Peach left.

Mario and Luigi, considering it was only 4:00 in the morning, went back to bed so they could have a healthy night of sleeping. They woke up again at 9:00. They then proceeded to get dressed in their finest clothes and run to the castle. They knocked on the castle doors very impatiently and waited for Toadette to open the door and take them to the ballroom. Instead, they were in for a surprise, for Toad came to the door.

"What are you guys doing here?" Toad asked. He looked at Mario and Luigi's clothes. "Why are you all in your Sunday wear?"

"Um… Toad," Luigi said, confused as ever "Why are you here answering the door?"

"Because I'm on door duty today. Why would you ask that silly question?"

"We expected someone else at the door." Mario looked around to see if Peach or Toadette was hiding somewhere behind the castle walls, about to scream "SURPRISE!".

"Who? Toadette? She's upstairs downstairs doing laundry right now. If you're looking for Peach, she's out in a conference in Sarasaland right now." Toad said with a bit of a confused tone in his voice.

Luigi was lost for words, so Mario asked "Um… What day is your birthday, Toad?"

"Ok, what is it with you guys today? The way your acting is kind of random."

"Seriously, what day is your birthday?"

"Ok, but I don't see why you need to know. It's in a week."

Mario put his hand over his mouth so Toad wouldn't see his jaw drop. Luigi would have dropped his jaw too if Toad hadn't been so suspicious. "Well, we're on our way to… a formal party at… DK's house… So, bye!"

Luigi dragged Mario, who still had his jaw dropped, out of the castle doorway and they ran back home until they securely locked the door. They immediately phoned Peach on her cell and waited until she picked up.

"Hello?"

"Peach, Why did you tell us it was Toad's birthday."

"What? Oh yeah! Yeah, I was trying to tell you it was Toad's birthday in a week, but I was so excited, I couldn't get the words 'in a week' out. I hope you didn't run to the castle in your best clothes and knock on the door."

"Oh, no, Peach. We never listen to your instructions!" And they hung up.

Hope you like Chapter One. Please R&R!