Chapter 1

A/N: Every time I end up making a story I end up quitting after at most 3 chapters. Hopefully this time I'll finish one. I've been wanting to write a story inspired by Aroramage's "Super Mario 64 DS CARA the fanfic" for a long time. I felt that with that story, as much as I loved it, towards the end it felt like "here's a battle, use your most powerful moves, drama drama blah blah blah" and it became boring. I want to create a similar story in my own style that preserves the humour and randomness and wit, but doesn't falter and become cliché and predictable. A lot of the battle system is inspired by Aroramage's story, but I changed a few things here and there.

It was a normal day for Mario, again. Then Parrakarry came around and delivered an invite to Princess Peach's celebration. Because it was Peach who sent the letter, he went to the party.

Mario: Wait a second here, you call that an intro!? It's barely 2 lines long!

Oh? Give me a break, Mario! I haven't been writing for ages! I suppose I could try again, but if you keep interrupting me, we won't even GET to the story this chapter!

AHEM

It was an ordinary day in the mushroom kingdom for Mario and his brother. Birds were chirping, probably in complaint after Mario took a hammer to their tree to shake the coins out. While he was at it, he also checked the bushes. He had just stepped inside for a moment when the familiar mail call came.

Parrakarry: MAIL CALL!
Mario: Hold your horses, I'm coming!
Parrakarry: But I have wings, not horses…

At this, Mario stepped outside the house to grab the mail. An unfortunate gust of wind entered through the open door knocking Luigi's house of cards down, and much to his dismay Mario paid it no mind.

Parrakarry: I have a letter for you!
Mario: Any idea who sent it?
Parrakarry: Not a clue!
Mario: Well let's see. If it was Bowser who sent it, it would be after kidnapping Peach, but judging from the lack of smoke in the distance, and the fact that it wasn't delivered by a screaming Toad, we can rule that one out. The envelope is too empty for it to be a flyer or regular mail advert. It could be the government, but I just sent my taxes in two days ago, usually it takes a week for them to respond. It doesn't smell like onions, so it can't be from Wario, likewise it doesn't smell like the tropics which rules out Yoshi and DK. There's no return address which means it didn't come from overseas. Therefore, by the process of elimination, this letter was, without a doubt, sent by Princess Peach!
Parrakarry: You know, that kind of makes sense seeing as how it says "to my dearest Mario" on the back.
Mario: Well, that too, but that's beside the point. Let's see… invitation to a party, cake involved, blah blah blah, the usual stuff. Well, let's go Luigi.

As Mario re-entered his house, another unfortunate breeze slipped through the door too, knocking down Luigi's house of cards again after he had just finished rebuilding it. Luigi glared at his brother, but followed him to the party none-the-less.

Peach: Now, wasn't that fun Mario?
Mario: *groan*
Peach: *sigh* next time, lay off the Tasty Tonics, you'll feel so much better afterwards.

Suddenly the castle shook!

Peach: Oh no! The castle's shaking! It's an earthquake! THE APOCALYPSE IS HAPPENING!
Passing toad: Or it's just Bowser about to kidnap you.
Peach: That too.

Meanwhile in Bowser's castle…

Bowser: Did you remember the balloons and streamers?
Minions: Yes sir!

Back to Peach

Peach: Ok, maybe not kidnap.

Suddenly Bowser burst through the wall!

Bowser: Mwahaha! I heard you were having a party so I brought some decorations! Also, what happened to Mario? Was it the Tasty Tonics again?
Peach: Yep.
Mario: *groan* Hey Bowser, how's it been?
Bowser: Pretty good, just put the finishing touching on my new car for the upcoming Mario Kart.
Mario: Sweet. So, you here for the princess, or…?
Bowser: Well, now that you mention it... Yeah, might as well. You ok with that Peach?
Peach: Doesn't really matter to me.
Mario: Well, with that settled, shall we fight?

Battle 1 start!

Infamous Couple!
Mario: 10 HP, 5 FP, (Dizzy)
Peach: 5 HP, 10 FP

Infamous Villain!
Bowser: 10 HP, 10 FP

Mario jumps onto Bowser for 1 damage (dmg)!
Peach sits around and does nothing!

Bowser swipes his claws at Mario for 1 dmg!

Infamous Couple!
Mario: 9 HP, 5 FP, (Dizzy)
Peach: 5 HP, 10 FP

Infamous Villain!
Bowser: 9 HP, 10 FP

Mario jumps onto Bowser for 1 dmg!
Peach cries out Mario's name! Nothing happens!

Bowser swipes his claws at Mario for 1 dmg!

Infamous Couple!
Mario: 8 HP, 5 FP, (Dizzy)
Peach: 5 HP, 10 FP

Infamous Villain!
Bowser: 8 HP, 10 FP

Mario jumps at Bowser! The attack misses!

Mario: Excuse me!?

Hey! You're dizzy right now Mario! Sometimes your attacks will miss!

Peach throws a turnip at Bowser using 2 FP for a MAXIMUM 999 dmg! It's so much damage that it underflows and actually does 2 dmg! Bowser is stunned!

Bowser cannot attack because he is stunned!

Infamous Couple!
Mario: 8 HP, 5 FP, (Dizzy)
Peach: 5 HP, 8 FP

Infamous Villain!
Bowser: 6 HP, 10 FP, (Stunned)

Mario drinks another Tasty Tonic! Mario is no longer Dizzy!
Peach throws the empty soda can at Bowser for 1 dmg!

Bowser is still stunned and cannot attack!

Bowser is no longer stunned!

Infamous Couple!
Mario: 8 HP, 5 FP
Peach: 5 HP, 8 FP

Infamous Villain!
Bowser: 5 HP, 10 FP

Mario jumps on Bowser but accidentally jumps onto his horn! Mario takes 2 dmg!
Peach shields herself with her parasol!

Bowser pulls out the Star Rod!

Mario: Wait, WHAT!? You can't just go around using that!
Bowser: Says who? I stole this Star Rod fair and square! Seriously, I was just minding my own business at Faire Square waiting for people to land on me when I found this thing on the ground.
Mario: Ok, faire enough.

Bowser pulls out the Star Rod! Using 5 FP he supercharges himself!

Infamous Couple!
Mario: 6 HP, 5 FP
Peach: 5 HP, 8 FP, (Shielded)

Infamous Villain!
Bowser: 5 HP, 5 FP, (Supercharged)

Mario: Time for the big guns.

Mario uses 2 FP to throw a fireball at Bowser! Bowser is unaffected!
Peach continues to shield herself!

Bowser swipes his claws at Mario for 3 dmg!

Infamous Couple!
Mario: 3 HP, 3 FP, (Danger!)
Peach: 5 HP, 8 FP, (Shielded)

Infamous Villain!
Bowser: 5 HP, 5 FP, (Supercharged)

Bowser: HAHA! Don't you see? I'm invincible!
Mario: We'll see about that!

Mario uses 2 FP to throw another fireball at Bowser for 0 dmg!
Peach uses 4 FP to give Mario a mushroom! Mario is healed 5 HP!

Bowser: Time to end this!

Bowser uses 1 FP and breathes fire at the Infamous Couple! Mario takes a CRITICAL 10 dmg! Peach blocks the attack with her parasol!

Peach is no longer shielded!

Infamous Couple!
Mario: 0 HP, 3 FP, (KO)
Peach: 5 HP, 4 FP

Infamous Villain!
Bowser: 5 HP, 4 FP, (Supercharged)

Battle 1 end!

Peach: MARIO! NOOOO!
Bowser: It's curtains for him I'm afraid!

Bowser charges up the star rod and strikes lightning at Mario! He goes flying! Literally! He just sprouts wings and slowly glides down to the ground!

Bowser: Curses! I should have known that there would be Red Bull at the party!

Fortunately for Bowser, Mario glides into a low flying airplane which strips him of his wings. Mario goes plummeting to the ground as Peach cries out for him.
The curtain fades to black.

A/N: So, hopefully this was at least slightly entertaining. I'll update the story whenever I feel like it, so don't expect a regular schedule. Also, leave ideas for random stuff to happen in reviews. The ones I like best I'll add onto the Wheel of Plot Devices (WPD) for a chance to show up in the story!