Before the Storm: A Mario Story
Disclaime: The Mario franchise belongs to Nintendo. The only things that belong to me are the story, OCs and some settings.
Chapter 1: Mushroom Castle, Toad Town, Mushroom Kingdom, 4 AM.
Princess Peach shot up in bed. She had a dreamed of the final battle again. It was the same dark stormy night, high above the Koopa Kingdom on Bowsers Doomship. The Dark Kings Armada surrounded them. Mario and Luigi were almost killed but bowser JR had thrown himself and his dad over the edge. Strangely, the young prince's body was not found with his father. Peach and Mario would have never been here today if
Bowser Jr. hadn't done what he did. Peach wouldn't be pregnant. She moved her hands down to her stomach. She gently rubbed her belly.
It was still raining outside. She got out of bed trying to be quite so she wouldn't disturb Mario. They had gotten Married nine months ago Peach was six months pregnant. She threw on her Robe and walked into the large living room. She got herself a decaf coffee and then walked to large French doors and looked out over Toad Town.
It had been raining in the Toad Town area for 3 days now and with no signs of stopping. The people living near Toad Town Creek and the ocean started taking precautions. The castle was safe but Peach was worried for her citizens. She was also worried about Mario. Luigi had stopped making contact two days ago, he was exploring uncharted areas of the large Toadwood forest. It was raining there too. Peach turned away from the window, she sat down on the couch. The pitter-patter of the rain on the windows was nice for once she could relax. Peaches suite in the castle was a rather modest size three bedrooms, an office, three bathrooms, and the living room that flowed into the kitchen. She undid the hair ties securing her two long braids and let her waist length hair free. She finished her coffee and the slid back into bed.
Peach knew Bowser was gone forever but she still had an uneasy feeling about the Koopa Kingdom.
… 9AM
It was now morning and still raining, hard. Peach sat up Mario was gone.
"Mario! Where are you?"
Mario walked into the bedroom with a mug and his phone. Peach sensed something was wrong
"Mario, what's wrong? " She said with deep concern.
"Unbelievable, Luigi hasn't contacted us yet... What if something happened to him."
"Don't worry I'm sure he's fine it's just the rain blocking the signal or something."
Mario started to pace. Peach knew when he paced it meant he was worried or angry. Peaches phone beeped. It was Toadiko, she had left a hologram message. Peach opens it. A blue image of Toadiko appears.
"Hello princess, we have extra crews stacking sandbags and trying to divert the Water from Toad Town creek and shroom creek. The ocean is rising rapidly the docks are almost underwater. I think you should release another statement. We'll discuss later. Bye for now."
The hologram disappears.
"Oh gosh, I have 4 more messages I-" Peach said in dismay.
"Peach, don't you need a break. You can watch the messages tomorrow it's Sunday." He replies.
"Okay, I guess. And I'm sure Luigi's fine it's probably just the rain blocking the signals."
"Yeah, you probably right."
Peaches hands unconsciously drifted to her belly.
"Are you ready for the baby shower tomorrow?" She questioned.
"Yeah I guess. But won't people think it's odd there's no Luigi?"
Peach had no response.
"I'm having lunch with Daisy today, we're going to the corner café in Mushrise creek."
"Oh okay, I'll go and visit Blue Toad then."
"That would be good. You guys haven't visited for a while."
"True..."
… 12 PM Coner Café
Peach was wearing a red skirt, tights, and a white sweater. She sat down at her favorite window-side booth. She looked out the window and saw the water run fast down the street. Peach was honestly starting to get worried about Luigi if it was like this in Toad Town it was likely 10x worse in the Toadwood forest.
Her head turned to the TV. She started listening to the news anchor.
"Emergency one the South Coast: with water levels rapidly rising residents are wary. Toad Turnpike has shut down just minutes ago anybody looking to Travel From Toad Town to Toad City turn back to stay at home put up sandbags and get inside the rains getting worse."
God Peach thought it hadn't rained like this in 7 years. Her hands moved to her stomach again. The baby kicked. Peach smiled with joy.
"I know your hungry sweetheart.. but let's wait till Daisy gets here to eat."
Her phone chirped. Daisy had left Peach a text it read: Hey Peachy sorry I don't feel too good worried about Luigi and all so I won't make it for lunch. Text me later. - Daisy.
Oh well, I guess she's probably not in the best mood she does have a cold and she is worried about Luigi. Next week we can have lunch. The bell on the door dinged, and Rosalina walked into the café.
"Hey, Rosalina! What are you doing here.?" She called out.
"One sec. let me order."
A few minutes later Rosalina came and sat down in the booth. Peach closed the privacy buffer.
"So what are you doing in Toad Town?" Peach curiously asked.
"The comet observatory's at the aero dome for some repairs. We hit another big satellite. A Koopa satellite too."
"Oh, that sucks… where are you staying."
"On the observatory. It's the bottom tails that got hit. It was nice running into you here."
Rosalina smiled. Peach smiled back. They went on to talk about the rain, bowser, the baby shower and so on so forth.
…
"We should do this again this was fun," Peach says.
Suddenly Rosalina Leans in and kissed Peach.
Peach jerked away.
"ROSALINA!? What are you doing! I'm married" She shouts, lucky the booth has a privacy buffer so nobody saw or heard what was happening.
"I-um don't know. I have to go bye..."
Rosalina closed the privacy buffer and ran out the door. Peach closed it again. She was in shock. What did she do that for? Did Rosalina have feelings for Peach? Peach was married and was not interested in women. Maybe I was too hard on her. She thought. I shouldn't have reacted like that. What was she gonna tell Mario? Was she gonna tell Mario? What about her and Rosalina's friendship? What type of mess had she just gotten herself into? Deep down She knew she enjoyed the kiss, but would never admit it to herself or anybody.
…
Rosalina hopped into her car and drove. What had she done!? She promised herself to never act on her feels for Peach, it would just hurt both of them. But it felt like the perfect moment. In that moment everything had seemed right with the world. But it wasn't. God, did I just mess up our friendship? She thought nervously. She started to cry, something she rarely did. Rosalina knew she was in this for the long haul now. There was no turning back.
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