It was a bright, sunny Tuesday morning in the Mushroom Kingdom. Princess Toadstool's birthday was coming up the next day, and everyone was preparing for her royal birthday party. In the Castle Courtyard, there were Toads everywhere inflating balloons and hanging up streamers. The Princess was inside baking one of her well-known cakes, and preparing a Yoshi Egg Omelet for breakfast. Toad was supervising the workers preparing the party and setting up tables, and the smell of the princess's omelet was driving him mad. Toad broke away from the crowd for a while to go over to the snack table to sneak some potato chips, but he was in for a big surprise….

Yoshi was laying eggs in the chip basket.

"YOSHI WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!"

"Yoshi…."

[ I found this nest on the table so I decided to drop my load here.]

"Well Yoshi, you're sitting in the freakin' chip basket, can't you go lay your eggs in the kitchen? The Princess could use them for her omelet."

"Yosh-Yo-Yoshi! Yo-Yo!"

[ I already started laying my eggs here, so why should I move???]

"Because we're going to eat those chips, and we don't want your butt in them all day!"

"Yoshi….Yo-Yoshi-Yo…"

[ Meh, I guess you're right. I'll go help Peach with her omelet…]

Yoshi hopped off of the basket and ran into the kitchen, feeling a bit embarrassed. Toad let out a sigh, and dug his hand into the chip basket. Just as he started to stuff his face with Doritos, Toadette walked over.

"Toad, you do know that Yoshi was giving birth in that basket right?"

Toad's face froze. As he slowly swallowed the chips, he waddled into the castle to throw up.

Inside, Yoshi continued to lay his eggs on the kitchen counter, while the Princess put them in her omelet mix. As Peach stirred away, she and Yoshi decided to go over the list of guests one last time.

"So Yoshi, how about we go over that list again? I keep forgetting…"

"Yoshi..Yo-Yoshi-Yo-Yo."

[Okay then, just let me get it out.]

Yoshi reached into his shell and pulled out a long list of guests coming to Princess Peach's birthday party.

"Yoshi Yoshi Yoshi Yo-Yo-Yo Yosh-Yosh-Yoshi Yo-Yo Yoshi."

[Let's see now, we've got Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Daisy, Wario, Waluigi, Diddy Kong, myself, Toadette, Toad and Birdo.]

"Is Mii Times 3 still coming to perform?"

"Yoshi Yoshi Yo-Yo."

[Yup, they have a new set of Miis that play at each gig. For us they scheduled…Michael Jackson, Billy Mays and Batman.]

"Well…that's interesting. Okay then, I guess if everything's in order we can relax!"

"Yoshi Yo?"

[ But Princess, don't you think Bowser might try to crash the party somehow? I mean, he might be mad that he wasn't invited….]

"Oh forget that old Koopa, even if he does try, we'll have Mario and Luigi here to stop him!"

"Yoshi Yoshi…."

[ Well, I guess you're right about that. Okay then I guess I'll go home and get ready for tomorrow. It'll be a great party!"

Yoshi hops off of the counter and walks out the door to go back to his hut to choose what he'll wear, and secretly slips some Koopa Kologne in his satchel. (Yoshi's a real lady's man!)

2 Hours Later

Noon is near, and Mario is at the Mushroom Kingdom Plaza looking for a birthday present for Peach. He already looked in the majority of stores, including Abercrombie, Hot Topic and Macy's. Mario walks out of GameStop, realizing Peach has enough complimentary games sent by Nintendo anyway. As he walks down the aisle nibbling on an Auntie Anne's pretzel, his cell phone starts to ring. It's Luigi.

"Hey bro, how's it going?"

"Fine, just fine. Mario, can you do me a favor?"

"Does it involve me jumping around and stomping on Koopas non-stop?"

"No Mario it's nothing like that. I just want you to buy me a present to give to the Princess."

"Dude, you have a car. Drive to the mall and buy one yourself."

"I can't! My car got eaten by a Chain-Chomp and I got robbed by a Hammer Bro!!!"

"Well I can't buy anymore stuff because I only have 20 coins, and all that can buy is a gumball."

"….Do you think the princess would like a gumball?"

"Goodbye Luigi."

Mario hangs up the phone, leaving Luigi sulking on the other side of the line.

As Mario starts to walk out the door, a light catches his eye in the window of a store. Mario plasters his face to the glass. It's a pink, jewel-studded dress, with blue stripes and an emerald brooch.

"This is the perfect present for Princess Peach! What luck!"

Mario rushes into the store to find a Toad with a grizzly beard behind the counter. As Mario tries to take in the fact that a Toad can have a beard, the Toad interrupts his train of thought.

"Sir, can I help you? I don't have all day."

"Oh I'm sorry, I was thinking about buying that dress on display in the window."

The Toad lets out a loud laugh that reminds Mario of a hillbilly.

"You want THAT dress? The one with the blue stripes and the emerald brooch?!"

"Um, yes? How much is it?"

The Toad suddenly goes serious as if he thought Mario was joking. He pulls out a list of prices under the counter. He puts on some reading glasses and scans the note with his tiny finger.

"Umm let's see now…wing cap, metal cap…AH! The Emerald Dress costs 2500 coins."

Mario's jaw drops to the floor and he lets out a high pitched squeal.

"Are you SERIOUS?! That's more than I've made in every game combined! And trust me, I've been in A LOT of games!!!!"

"Well sir this isn't any average dress." The jewels are real diamonds and the brooch is made out of a legendary Chaos Emerald."

"What is a Chaos Emerald?"

"I really have no clue, it came in a package that was imported from some foreign country. Some place called Mobius."

"Never heard of it in my life. Anyway…how do you expect me to get 2500 coins??? My wallet can only hold 100! And once I get 100 they all turn into a 1UP Mushroom!"

"Well I can give you this Adult Wallet for free. It can hold 5000 of anything, and it was imported from some place called Hyrule."

"I'll take it! I'll be back before the mall closes, and that dress better be in that window when I come back!"

"Oh don't worry sir, I doubt anyone has enough money to buy that dress anyway."

Mario takes the Adult Wallet from the old Toad and heads out into the plains to get coins from floating blocks, hoping he can do it before the mall closes.

In Bowser's Castle…

Bowser stands in his throne room, with Kamek and his Koopa Army watching him. He paces back and forth, as if something's bothering him, while everyone wonders what's wrong. Suddenly Bowser lets out a roar and turns to Kamek, whose face froze in terror.

"KAMEK!!! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!"

"W-W-What can't you take anymore Lord Koopa???"

"That Princess Peach and her fancy party she's holding at the castle!!! She invited everyone but me, like I'm some social outcast!!"

"Well your Highness, I find that a bit normal considering all the times you've kidnapped her in the past…"

"Kamek don't give me your horrible excuses! I'm going to get back at Peach for not inviting me to her party, or so help me, I will bash your head in with a Thwomp!!!"

"Well sir, if it makes you feel any better, I wasn't invited to the party either…"

"Kamek, that's explainable. No one cares about you. No one loves you. If you went and jumped into a Chain Chomp's mouth right now, I'd stand watching listening to my iPod. I've been in the majority of Mario games since 1985, and I rightfully deserve to go to this party!!!"

By now, Kamek was doubling over in tears from Bowser's hurtful words. He screamed and jumped out the window, plummeting into the bottomless pit that surrounds Bowser's Castle.

Bowser stood by listening to his iPod singing to himself.

"I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie wooorldd!"

The Koopa Army stood staring at him silently, until a Paratroopa in the back burst out laughing. Soon the whole army was on their knees pounding on the floor, laughing so hard it was silent. Bowser kept singing throughout the entire duration of the song, with the Koopas swimming in a puddle of laughing tears behind him. When the song ended, Bowser pulled out his earphones and turned around to see all of the Koopas rolling on their shells laughing so hard it hurt. Bowser was outraged, and roared so loud they all jumped back into attention.

"My Koopa Army! Tomorrow night, we hold siege upon Toadstool Castle!!! Victory shall be ours!!!"

All of the Koopas cheered, with a few Koopas in the back still laughing hysterical.

Bowser trudged up on to his throne and pulled out a Mac laptop to type out his final plan.

"What, just because I'm a turtle it means I can't have nice things?"

Bowser typed away, while Mario continued to run around in the fields punching so many floating blocks that his knuckles started to turn red. The Adult Wallet fit snugly in his back pocket for the first 500 coins, but then it started to bulge a little. As Mario stuffed in the 2500th coin, the wallet was bulging like a basketball in his pocket. Unaware of the giant bulge in his back pocket, Mario began to walk back to the Mushroom Kingdom Plaza to buy the mysterious Emerald Dress. As he walked by Goombas and Koopas, they all tried to hold back their laughter so he wouldn't kill them, until one Shy Guy blurted out:

"Oh my God guys, look at Mario's ass!!!"

Mario flipped around to see the huge bulge in his pocket, and his eyes went wide. He squealed and tried to pull it out while everyone around him doubled over in laughter at the sight of his epic failure. Mario finally pulled it out and stuffed it under his cap for safe-keeping. Then he ran as fast as he could to block out the laugh-fest going on behind him. A Koopa stood there pumping his hand triumphantly, because he got it all on video with his phone.

"This is SO going on YouTube guys!!!"

Mario ran up to the entrance of the mall, his face blushed, just as it started to go dark outside. He casually walked in the door, and turned to find the dress still in the window. The Toad who worked there seemed to remember him, because as soon as he walked in, he pulled the dress out for him and put it on the counter. Mario smiled, and pulled out the huge wallet to give to the salesclerk. As the Toad rang up Mario's receipt, he decided to ask some questions.

"So sonny, you managed to get all those coins?"

"Yeah, my knuckles may be red and throbbing, but it was worth it!"

"Hehe, well it's always better to earn something with hard labor isn't it? Say, what's this dress for anyway? It's a bit too fancy an' frilly for a grown man like yourself if you ask me…"

"Oh no no no sir, I'm buying it for the Princess. Her birthday is tomorrow, and we're real close."

"Close huh? Hmmmmm….hehehe…"

"Sir, it's nothing like that! It's just that I save her from the Koopas on so many occasions that we're kind of like family now."

"Wait, YOU'RE the one who saves her all the time?! The legendary Super Mario?!!" Well then, it's an honor to have you in my shop, and I'll give you a small hero's discount for your good nature."

The Toad opened up the cash register and withdrew 500 coins to give back to Mario. Mario's eyes lit up with happiness, because then he could go buy a few things to take to the party with him the next day. Mario gladly excepted the coins and stuffed them into the Adult Wallet.

"Now go sonny! If you've got a big party tomorrow at that castle, I'd go spruce up if I was you. Maybe hook up with some fine ladies with some nice cologne…"

"Sure sir, I'll try. Thanks for the Emerald Dress, I really needed it!"

Mario darted out of the store and went to a plethora of stores. He went to Aeropastle to buy some new denim overalls, he got his hair and mustache greased, and picked up a nice tuxedo at a tuxedo rental shop on the way home. After he was done, he was left with 350 coins, which he stuffed, with the Adult Wallet, into his safe that he hides from Luigi. He went into the bathroom to see how he looked, with high hopes for the next day. Back at Princess Peach's castle, everyone was pretty much done with decorating and cooking, so they shoved off home to prepare for the party themselves. Toad washed his mouth out with soap, Yoshi splashed on some Koopa Kologne, and Toadette pulled out her best dress to wear.

The Princess went to bed that night with a little nerve that Bowser would try to sabotage her party in some way, but she was able to rest easy knowing that Mario & Luigi would be there. She settled into her royal queen-size bed and drifted into a deep sleep.

Back at Bowser's Castle, Bowser put the finishing touches on his master plan. It was 2:00 in the morning, and Bowser was tired. He hooked his Mac up to the printer and slowly but surely, the plan came out of the printer, with a feeling that just looking at it could give you shivers down your spine. He pulled the document out, read it over, and began to laugh. Then he laughed louder. Then he let out a terrifying maniacal laugh that could give nightmares.

"Rest easy tonight Peach! For tomorrow, your life will be turned completely upside down! BWA-HAHAHAAAAA!!!!!"

Will Princess Peach's birthday part run smoothly, or will Bowser's elaborate Master Plan ruin the festivities? If it does, will Mario and Luigi be enough to stop it? And when does Sonic come into this novel anyway??? Find out in the remaining chapters of: Mario & Sonic: When Worlds Collide REMADE!!!