Prologue
The spring air was crisp around Peach Gardens. The hedge maze was Mario's favorite place to relax when Luigi wasn't hovering around him. Luigi was smart, but he acted like a 5 year old at times. Mario was always telling him to grow up, but Luigi claimed that he acted perfectly fine for a ten year old. 20 seconds…the brothers shared a difference of 20 seconds, but anyone would simply assume it was a difference of at least 2 years. They looked so different, but they were twins. Mario didn't believe it himself, but his mother would never lie.
Being the young, rebellious, ten year old he was at the time, Mario tried to escape Luigi any chance he got, or anyone else for that matter. Sometimes he would sneak off to meet the princess in the gardens, even though that was strictly forbidden. The young princess was very enchanting, but Luigi didn't think so. Mario didn't care, since his brother was almost the very opposite of himself. Princess Peach would always try to escape Toadsworth's grasp to meet with Mario, but he kept his eye on her, watching her like a hawk. Nightfall would be the only time that Mario could talk to her, but nightfall always felt like such a long time- almost like a million years. Their conversations would always be short, but he would savor every word. Mario was convinced that the princess was the only girl that didn't have cooties, since he never felt weird when they held hands.
After a few weeks, Luigi eventually found out about their "secret meetings" and threatened to tell. Mario begged him not to, since their mother was extremely strict and could wield a mean switch when she needed to. Luigi sighed and said "fine." He wouldn't tell…under one condition.
"Wha? Anything! Anything, I tell ya!" Mario kept his eyes on Luigi's, since then, they were still the same height.
"You gotta get my ball back from the bushes over there." Luigi pointed north.
Mario turned around, looking in the pointed direction. "You got two legs and hands!" He turned back around, "Get it yourself!"
"Then I'll tell mama."
"Go ahead! See if I care!" Mario crossed his arms.
"If you care about your butt then you'll get my ball."
"So what?" Mario rolled his eyes, "A lil' pain ain't hurt anybody
"Fine. I'll get the ball and I'll tell mama, then you'll be sorry. You'll be real sorry!"
Luigi made his way to the bushes in the night's darkness and grabbed the old ball that looked as if it were stuck in there for years. As he rolled out the faded red ball, Mario stood behind him. "What else do you want?"
Luigi thought for a second. Even though his brother could be his personal slave for the rest of his life, he didn't want to take too much advantage of the situation. He looked over at the castle. The fountain in the middle of the gardens was said to hold the best drinking water in the kingdom. Commoners only got average water that was either good or poisoned. The poisoned water was easy to separate from the better water, but it felt a little unjust that royalty had everything served to them on a well-garnished platter. "Get us a bucket of water from the fountains every time you come here." Luigi finally said.
Mario looked over to the fountain. He never wanted to steal from the castle, but then again, who would notice? Guards only watched the front of the castle, never the back. A few liters of water wouldn't make much of a difference to the royals and Mario didn't think that his bottom could take another spanking. Nodding to Luigi's errand, the brothers both walked back home. Luigi kept his promise and Mario kept his. For a few days, their mother didn't notice a single thing and the royals didn't either. Mario had to make sure that Princess Peach didn't find out either, because she would easily think that Mario was simply taking advantage of their friendship when in reality, he really did want to be friends with the young princess.
Walking around the hedge maze in broad daylight was extremely risky, but Mario loved to take risks. Luigi didn't breathe a word about Mario and the princess for a long time and Mario was happy to know that he could trust his brother. Their mother remained unaware of anything which was perfectly fine because both the brothers would most likely feel the switch's wrath if she did find out, especially if neither one told it to her first.
The fountain was deep in the very center of the hedge maze. Mario took his time as he looked around each leafy hedge. The fountain was barely in sight, but he knew that this mission would be simple, as it was many times before. He quickly slid his way to the fountain and looked over his reflection in the bright, clear, water. Gripping the bucket tightly, he dipped it in. He looked up from the water for a moment and saw the disfigured reflection of a brown-haired girl next to him. Her hair was tangled and flowed down to her backside. She was wearing a yellow shirt and an orange skirt, but her arms and face were covered with scars. Mario gasped and dropped the bucket inside the fountain. It sunk down to the bottom of the fountain making a soft clunk.
"You dropped you bucket." The girl pointed to the bucket at the bottom.
Mario reached inside the waters and grabbed the bucket. He kept his eyes on the girl as she looked around the hedge maze. "Wh-who are you?" He asked.
She giggled. "You're funny! I don't give my name away like some prize."
Mario put the bucket on the rim of the fountain. She tried to fix her tangled hair. "You gotta win it like some prize." She smirked. "First one to the end of the hedge maze gets to know my name!"
"But you already know…" Before Mario could finish, she was already running farther into the maze towards the end. Mario left the bucket behind him and ran after her, remembering the maze. After spending some time with Princess Peach, he knew the maze inside out and could make it out in only a few seconds.
The girl was blocked by a large hedge and yelled out in frustration. She jumped through the hedge and tumbled down to the hard ground below. She ended up scraping her knee, but stood up perfectly. "Cheater!" Mario yelled before noticing her bleeding knee.
The girl held her hand on the cut, but didn't even shed a tear. "Peachy taught me the ins and outs of this maze. I can't believe I forgot them already." She smiled. Mario was still surprised that she acted as if she was perfectly fine. "Anyway, my name is…"
"DAISY!" A voice boomed from inside the castle.
"My name is Daisy," She laughed. Quickly walking over to him, she shook Mario's hand. "I'll see you around, boy." She ran up the stairs to the castle without asking for Mario's name. Mario ran back into the hedge maze before Toadworth could catch a glimpse of him.
"Daisy…" He repeated. Walking back into the maze, he made his way out of the castle gardens.
"We believe this is yours," A guard gave an empty bucket to the lady at the door. Mario and Luigi both exchanged glances of shame.
"Thank you very much." Their mother said quickly.
"Please do make sure that neither one of your sons are found in the castle again."
"I will thank you. Thank you." She closed the door to the small house and turned back around, dropping the bucket to the floor. "Which one?" She asked sternly.
Mario ducked his head.
His mother walked over to the both of them. "How long has this been going on?"
"2 months." Luigi whispered.
"How many times have I told you not to sneak into the castle?"
"12." Luigi replied.
"And did you hear any of that, Mario?"
Mario pushed his fingers through his light brown hair. "Yes."
"And you continued to go?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Do you think before you do anything?"
"When it matters."
She sighed. "Mario, you need to think before you do things. You can't just go out and do whatever you want, understand?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Go to bed."
The brothers ran off upstairs and got ready for bed. Luigi did the "I told you so" dance before Mario bopped him on the head. They both went to sleep that night happy that their mother let them off so easy. Mario couldn't get the image of the girl he had just met out of his head. She looked like a commoner, but she was allowed in the castle. That was just unheard of. Commoners were never allowed inside the castle unless they truly earned it and Mario had never even seen the girl before in his life. She had mentioned that she knew Peach, but what did that prove? Mario knew Peach as well, but he was never allowed ten feet near the stairs to the castle. Hoping that he could possibly meet the girl again, he drifted off to sleep.
BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING: One of my friends and I thought about all the weird shippings in the Mario universe.
RosalinaxWaluigi
LuigixPeach
WarioxPeach
BowserxPeach (well, we saw this one coming)
Mr. L x Peach (I know! You get the point, Peach is a filthy filth filth)
MarioxZelda (WTF)
YoshixBowser (WTF)
LuigixPrince Peasly (WTF)
DaisyxBowser (I'm sorry, this is just too weird for me)
And we finally reached MarioxDaisy.
I thought about it for a while when I finally realized that this couple is barely even mentioned. If you look at all the other weird couples that people mix and match, they all have a few fictions, while Mario and Daisy don't really have too much. I was on Google Images when I saw this poster thing that said:
"MARIO X DAISY: FLIRTING OR CHEATING?"
I was just like: "I really don't know."
If Luigi and Peach have a few strange fan fictions where they have "WHOO-HOO" then I thought that I could be able to make a small fan fiction where Mario and Daisy show some affection for each other, but not "WHOO-HOO" affection, just "DAAWW" affection. I'm not good at writing the "interseting" fan fictions.
THUS, A Secret Desire was born! (holds up computer like in The Lion King)
I'm not for this couple just like how I'm not for Waluigi x Pauline. I think that Luigi x Daisy is much better, but if Luigi has a few fan fictions where he gets to see what's under the pink dress, then I'll even the score.
I'm just writing this one and that's it with the weird couples.
In chapter 1, the characters are all going to be older, but for the prologue, I chose to have them as ten year olds. PROBLEM? I thought not.
PICK-IT'S Did you know? MOMENT: Did you know that back in medieval times, if you were caught stealing from the castle, they would chop your hands off? It's true. So, if Mario were to steal from the fountain in real life, his hands would go BYE-BYE. BUT, since I don't want to get too evil in here, I let him keep his hands. Be happy.
The prologue of the story takes place around medieval times with a little mix of the 1930s. I just read Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and the whole switch part was inspired by that. It's a good book, so if you get the chance, read it! And if you don't know what a switch is- it's sort of like a whip, but it was used back in the 1930s and sometimes used to spank children if they were bad. It's not used now, so don't worry, but I thought that it would be a better addition to the whole "Mario's past" intro.
One last thing: I'm just doing this one for the heck of it. I'm not doing this as a REALLY REAL story, it mostly just for kicks and because I thought this idea was good. If you think it's bad, then I'll proabably discontinue it.
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