Alright! He's story number 3. Peach is going to have more focus in this story, if you couldn't tell. See if you can spot all the references.

Adventures of Mario & Sonic: Peach's Adventure

Resting on Her Shoulders

Recap: On Sonic's birthday, the heroes were sucked into a vortex of time. They traveled through time and space, teaming up with their younger selves to save time itself. When it was finally time for everyone to go home, Waluigi made an unexpected move: He closed the time portal on Mario, Luigi, Sonic, and Tails, sending them to who knows where... And who knows when. Now, it's time for Princess Peach to take charge and save her best friends.

"WHY!" Peach snapped at Waluigi, "WHY? WHAT IS FREAKING WRONG WITH YOU? YOU CLOSE A VORTEX SENDING MY BEST FRIEND TO WHO KNOWS WHERE AND WHEN, AND YOU EXPECT TO BE FORGIVEN JUST LIKE THAT?"

"Waluigi did it to get rid of Luigi."

"THIS HAS GONE TOO FAR!" Peach shouted. Just about everyone took that as a cue to take off and get home as soon as possible, with Bowser Jr. dragging Bowser and Eggman behind him (somehow), "I AM SICK AND TIRED OF YOUR SO-CALLED 'RIVALRY' WITH LUIGI!"

"Waluigi is Luigi's rival!"

"YOU ARE NOT! You're just some silly little man who is jealous of Luigi. Jealous of how easily he can make friends. Jealous of his abilities. You're even jealous of his relationship with Mario, aren't you? Your roommate-"

"YOU SHUT UP ABOUT WARIO! Waluigi is not bringing your little boyfriends back! And there's nothing you can do about it!" Waluigi raised his arms, and made a sweeping motion. The Emeralds all shot off in different directions, scattering to the winds, "Wa ha ha ha! Waluigi has friends now! Friends who made Waluigi a Star Child!"

"Star Child? What's that?"

"You should know," Waluigi said, before taking off at super speed.

"How- When- What!" Peach gaped in awe at what she had just witnessed.

After a few minutes of standing there, she remembered what was going on.

"Oh no... Mario... Mario needs my help... But how am I supposed to help him? Bowser always... It doesn't matter. I can do this! I need to help my friend!" Peach realized, "But I can't do this alone... Everyone's already gone home... I don't know where anybody lives... I think... Yes, I think I will..." Peach stood up, taking a long look at her castle.

"I've got the weight of the world on my shoulders now..." she said, and shook her head, "There's no turning back. My friends need my help! Goodbye, castle, I'll see you soon."

She turned around, and walked away.

"I say, Princess, would you really leave without saying goodbye to me?"

"Toadsworth?" Peach turned around, "What are you doing here?"

"Saying goodbye to you, Princess."

"You aren't worried about me?"

"Of course I'm worried," Toadsworth said, "But... Well, Master Mario has gone. The world still needs a hero, Wario's certainly not going to do it without expecting about nine thousand coins, DK's a slacker, Yoshi's not very easy to reach... Yes, I know he was just here, but that little dragon is mighty quick and nearly as nimble as the Mario Brothers themselves. It would take days for anyone else to find him. I believe you could ask Sonic's friends, but I think you should talk to Merlon first. See what he thinks you should do."

"Thank you, Toadsworth, goodbye..." Peach walked away.

"One more thing, Princess!" Just before Peach reached the edge of the castle grounds, she heard Toadsworth calling out, "Remember that I'm always proud of you! I'm proud of how you've grown up these past few years! Goodbye!"

Peach waved goodbye before continuing her short journey to Toad Town.

There was previously a vortex sequence of references, which will be included to start a later chapter, but I'm thinking I should introduce Peach's plotline on its own first.