The door slammed behind her as she exited Bowser's castle. Bowser hadn't been up to any evil for years…

That was, until he found Kira, the dark princess who had been overthrown by her own people. She was only 20 years old. He had promised her a temporary home, and in return, she would be his apprentice and do his dirty work. And now, she had been given her most diabolical task yet.

Destroy the Mario brothers, leave no traces behind. Then bring the princess.

Something that Bowser himself could never do…

Despite the fact that she was the dark princess and she had been doing evil deeds her whole life, she knew that deep down, there was indeed some good in her. But at the same time, she loved creating destruction because she appeared totally innocent. No matter what she had ever done, no one would suspect her.

Kira had short black hair. She had changed from her dark blue, gloomy dress into an aquamarine tie-dye dress only moments ago. She wore a bubbly little crown and a heart-shaped locket around her neck. Inside, it said "Cherry", the fake name that she often used to avoid suspicion.

She gazed upon the Mario house. That was it; No doubt. Even in pitch dark, she could tell.

The dark princess had a reputation of killing people and causing destruction, so Kira first had to earn trust.

She wrapped gauze around her arm, ripped her gloves and dress a little, and knocked quietly at the door.

"Yes?" Answered Luigi, who appeared tall as opposed to such a petite woman, although she was just a little chubby (Little known fact, Kira LOVES sweets).

"H-hello…" Kira said, holding her stomach as if she had been beat up. "I was just wondering if I could use your phone. You see, I'm lost and I…I can't seem to remember what happened."

"S-sure…" Luigi said reluctantly with a small nod.

"Thank you." Kira said, walking into the living room and picking up the phone. She slowly dialed about two numbers before she looked up at Luigi.

"Something wrong?" he asked.

"I…can't seem to remember daddy's phone number" she coughed. She put her face into her hands and forced out tears, which she was good at. "Now what'll I do?"

Mario slowly walked downstairs, rubbing his eyes.

"What's going on?" he asked. "It's 2AM!"

"I-I'm so sorry to bother you guys so late…" she sighed, knowing that she was already making progress. "You see…well I remember…"

"You must have really gone through something." Mario said, walking into the kitchen and making himself a cup of coffee.

"All I remember is that some guys attacked me…" Kira said. "And they took the last of my coins…"

"Wait…" Mario said, looking at her crown. "You're not from around here…You're a princess, aren't you?"

"Yeah." Kira replied. "I'm from a kingdom very far from here."

"What's your name?" Luigi asked.

"I'm Cherry." Kira said, running her fingers through her hair a bit. "And you are…?"

"You mean…you don't know who we are?" Mario questioned.

"Nope." she lied. "Are you famous or something?"

"Yeah." Luigi said. "I'm Luigi and that's my brother, Mario."

"Alright…" Kira yawned, rolling into a little ball on the floor and falling asleep. Mario and Luigi exchanged looks.

"Mario…" Luigi said. "I have a strange feeling about this…"

"What do you mean?" Mario yawned.

"Doesn't it seem like she was a bit…too nice?" Luigi asked.

"Did you expect her to be rude?" Mario asked. "Just chill out, Luigi; you're so paranoid sometimes."

The next morning, Kira woke up at around 5am. She walked into the kitchen and began to bake muffins.

She couldn't go a day without making some type of sweet treat. She loved sweets, and she was really good at making them.

"I hope you like them." Kira said, sliding the muffins across the table to Mario and Luigi once they were ready. The smell had woken Mario and Luigi up, and Kira knew that there was not a single person in the world who didn't enjoy her chocolate chip muffins.

Nothing made muffins taste better than dark magic did.

"So…" Mario said. "You enjoy making addictive food?"

"Yup." Kira smiled. "It's my hobby."

She could now check off "gain trust" from her to-do list.

"So, Cherry…" Luigi said. "What kingdom are you from anyway?"

Kira's eye twitched. Was he testing her?

"The Magnolia Kingdom…" she said unsurely. "If I can remember correctly after yesterday…"

She knew Luigi kind of saw through her generosity…and muffins…

"And where's that?" Luigi asked.

"I…" Kira held her head. "I can't remember…"

"And what's a princess doing alone at night in a kingdom like this?" Luigi questioned.

"I remember having a really good motive…" Kira said. Luigi finally gave in and began to believe her. "I just can't…remember what it was…"

"Luigi, leave her alone." Mario said, elbowing him a bit. "She's clearly not in the mood."

"No, it's okay." Kira assured him, though it really annoyed her. "I don't mind."

"Sorry." Luigi said. "I'm just not…used to this."

"It's alright…" Kira said. "I guess I could leave if I'm being a burden…I mean, it is kind of rude to stay at someone's house without proper permission."

"It's fine." Mario said. "We don't really mind."

"Thank you." Kira said. She glared at Luigi. She knew who she was going to kill first.

That's when someone knocked at the door. Mario opened it.

"Oh hi, Princess!" Mario greeted.

"Hi, Mario." Peach smiled. "May I come in?"

"Sure." Mario said, letting her in. "So what brings you here?"

"Well, it's not every day that I have the time to visit my two favorite plumbers." Peach said with a grin, and then looked at Kira. "Hi there. What's your name?"

"I'm Cherry." she said. "So you're the princess of this kingdom?"

"Yes, that's me." Peach said. "Where are you from?"

"A place very far from here." Kira said.

The princess was right there, but she couldn't capture her until the Mario brothers were dead.

"Oh." Peach said. "Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom."

She didn't want to admit it, but Peach was also unsure about Kira.

"Thank you, Princess." Kira said with a smile.

"Call me Peach." Peach said.

"Alright, Peach." Kira nodded.

"So…" Mario sighed, turning to Peach. "Have you seen Bowser lately?"

"No…" Peach said. "Maybe he's finally given up. It's almost been three years…"

"But you never know…maybe he's just waiting for the right time." Luigi said.

Peach opened her small purse and checked the time on her phone.

"Oh, I'm sorry; I have to go now…" Peach said, heading towards the door. "Goodbye!"

They said goodbye to her and in seconds, she was gone.

Kira walked into the bathroom to do her hair. It was kind of a mess...

Just like the rest of her life.

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