It was a normal day for the Mushroom Kingdom. the annual Star Festival had come to a close and the residents of the Mushroom Kingdom had begun the cleanup of what was a day of parties, sports, and a few rounds of kart races. The night had ended with a royal celebration of a brand new resident within the Mushroom Kingdom, one that had helped with the rescue of the princess, Princess Rosalina. Her comet observatory had damaged its flight core beyond repair and the only solution was to set the station down somewhere permanently.

What other location than here that held the residence of the one who had helped restore power to her observatory? The night ended with a royal ball filled with wonderful music and dancing. This night of peace, however, would be the last one the Mushroom Kingdom would get in a very long time.

"Wake up bro! We have-a work to do!', announced an eager red plumber at 6:35 A.M. .

"Mario it's-a only...6:36 in-a the morning!" groaned a sleepy green plumber.

"Unless you forgot, it's-a Albert's pipes."

"WHY DIDN'T YOU-A SAY THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE!", replied a clearly awake Luigi.

"Give-a me five minutes bro, I'll be ready in a flash!"

The younger Mario brother jumped out of his bed and slipped out of his chain-chomp patterned pajamas and into his green shirt with blue overalls work clothes. He slid down the stair case and walked quickly into the kitchen. He grabbed a mug of freshly brewed coffee that was, unfortunately for Luigi, still scorching hot. The green plumber yelped as he chugged and scorched his tongue.

After the entire ordeal had been settled with, the Mario Brothers set off to fix Albert's pipes, a job both plumbers didn't look too enthused about.

Mario and Luigi walked tirelessly to Albert's house early in the morning. As they passed a lit lamp pole the green plumber began to ask questions.

"Bro why didn't you-a mention were going to fix Albert's pipes yesterday? I could've been ready earlier today." Luigi stated.

"Albert called-a me at 5:00 A.M. today and told-a me that we still owed him more time for that-a lawn incident." Mario answered.

The plumbers passed the main street into Toad Town and walked to a small house near the central plaza.

"I thought-a we already made up for the 15 hours yesterday." Luigi sobbed.

"Apparently we still have a few more hours left until the damages are repaid." Mario replied.

You see, last night during one of the kart races, the plumbers were going neck and neck for first place and were so pumped up with excitement they didn't notice the end of the track and both flew off and crashed into our friend, Albert's, front yard. The damages that had been done to the yard totaled up to fifteen hours of back breaking plumber work. The plumbers had only done twelve out of the fifteen hours of work so Albert decided to make them do the final three hours early in the morning so they could get a chance to be peppered up for today's exciting event.

Mario and Luigi approached the final two minutes with Mario growing more and more eager with each passing second as the red clad plumber had a day to spend with a person he cared deeply about.

Now you may be asking yourself why there was another event just after the Star Festival. Well it's because the Star Festival ends on the day before the anniversary of the Mushroom Kingdom. This year would mark the 330th anniversary and to commemorate such a large and special number the princess decided that the cake would hold 330 different candles to represent different years.

She hired the Kingdom's best bakers and wax molders for the cake and had the help of Princess Rosalina to help with designs for the candles as she had a book detailing each individual year.

"We're-a finally done bro!" exclaimed Mario.

"Finally! I haven't even eaten a good breakfast yet!" Luigi replied.

The Mario Brothers quickly gathered their plumbing tools and bolted out the front door before Albert could delay them any longer. The plumbers headed straight back to their home and, before getting ready to head to the castle, ate a proper and healthy breakfast. Mario put away his plumber gear and strapped on a new and clean pair of overall and threw his tar stained ones into the washing machine. Luigi followed suite and did the same. He put on a clean pair of overalls as well, but they weren't new. The plumbers burst out of the front doors and began to walk to the Mushroom castle.

Mario grew more and more excited with each step they took but Luigi grew more and more... solemn with each step. Luigi had no real reason to go to this even other than "It's what is expected of you so go anyways.", not much of a justifiable reason for the green plumber. Still, what could go wrong during this event, the same thing happened every year. Mario would walk to the castle doors and knock, the princess would answer, Mario would get all heart-eyed and get a kiss on either the nose of cheek, the two would find somewhere quiet, and Luigi would just sit in a corner and say hi to a few people until the anniversary event was over with. He wasn't much of a people person like his older brother so this wouldn't be too much of a problem. Often times he enjoyed the background noise and he would just think about just life in general. Most people saw him as "The brother of the famous Mario" and people would rarely come up to say hello to himself, they would actually say to tell Mario that so-and-so says hi and that would be the end of the conversation. The latest adventure ended the same way as any other adventure they had together. All the credit was given to Mario and Luigi just watched from afar, even though this time he had been there the entire way through.

Mario walked to the castle door and knocked, only to be greeted by Princess Toadstool Peach. Mario began to get heart eyed at the princess and took off his hat in a bowing fashion. The princess giggled and gave Mario a light peck on the nose. Mario fixed his trademark hat back onto his head and walked into the castle. The princess then greeted Luigi with a simple "Hello" and Luigi replied by raising his hand, slightly waving it and saying "Hi".

Luigi entered the castle and looked at this year's decorations. That castle was littered with balloons, ribbons, tapestries, and all sorts of fine pottery that were filled with flowers grown in the royal garden. The floor had been laminated with a kind of glitter that gave, what was going to be the night's dancing floor, a sparkle effect.

All was in order for the night so there was no real reason for Luigi to be worried about anything. The princess then beckoned Mario to go with her in private to see this year's awards for dedication to the kingdom and that was Luigi's cue to find a nice table for the night. Just as he found the perfect table, someone tapped him on the shoulder. He turned to be greeted by a woman in a yellow dress with burgundy-brown hair and crystal blue eyes along with floral ear rings. "What's up?," asked Daisy.