Pirates of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Summary: Peach isn't feeling herself, Wario's been robbed, Bowser's lovesick and Mario's confused. Who's to blame? Pirates, of course.
Disclaimer: Okay, so I do not own Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Peach, Bowser or Captain Syrup nor is the fic anything to do with Pirates of the Carribean :P
Chapter One.
"Wario,
Thanks for all your hard work, it's been a real blast,
Mwah!
Syrup.
P.S Did you get the pun?"
He growled as he read the last line of the letter again. He glared at the wall, or what used to be the wall. He was in actual fact now staring outside into the evening sky. A bob-bomb had detonated, taking the wall out completely.
He wasn't in when the incident occurred, he had been out chasing up a lead on a newly discovered treasure. He returned home and instantly knew something was up. Heading straight for his treasure vault, he almost choked on fresh air when he saw what had happened.
Empty, the vault was empty. Except for one item. To Wario it was his most precious item that he had ever owned. Yes, Wario's most treasured item was a ten foot golden statue of himself. There was something attached to the statue, a small piece of paper. Puzzled, he walked over to the golden version of himself and snatched the paper. Rage built up inside as he read the words over and over.
'Damn you Syrup,' He hissed. Wario crumpled the letter in his hand and pondered what to do next. As he stood shaking with anger, his brother walked in behind him.
'Where's all your stuff?' Waluigi asked as he scanned the practically empty room. Wario spun round to glare at him.
'I've been robbed you idiot!' He snapped. Waluigi smirked.
'Ah, how unjust, why would anyone dare rob the great Wario?' He asked with a hint of sarcasm. Wario thought about punching him but stopped himself, he would save the punch for someone even more deserving that his lanky good for nothing brother. Instead he shoved the letter into Waluigi's chest. Waluigi read it and laughed.
'Been a real blast? ha ha! Brilliant, that womans sure got a wicked sense of humour,'
'That woman is nothing more than a filthy thief and -' Wario started to say but Waluigi interrupted.
'You're a theif...'
'Shut it, anyway I'm going to track down that miserable wench and exact revenge on her, she will be begging for forgiveness when I'm done,' He growled.
'Well, you might wanna head to Peach's party' Waluigi suggested.
'What? Why on earth would I want to head over to that blonde bimbos party?' Wario asked in confusion.
'Well, Mario just r back from rescuing her and brought back the crystal star he collected on the way, maybe your girlfriend Syrup will be after that too?'
Wario grabbed his letter back and stuffed it into Waluigi's mouth, he had a fearful look on his face.
'Shush, don't let Mona hear you!' Wario looked around for a sign of his girlfriend. Waluigi removed the paper and sighed.
'She's not here you idiot, geez your such a child,'
'Phew, anyway I'm off to that party in search of Syrup, infact make yourself useful and help me,'
After a few minutes pondering this Waluigi decided to accompany his brother on his quest to gain back his riches.
Over at the Mushroom Kingdom castle Peach's party was in a full swing. Almost the whole of the Kingdom had turned out to celebrate Mario's latest heroics. The Princess and her hero in question were slowly walking through the royal gardens admiring the night sky.
Peach turned to Mario, her blue eyes searching for his. They met each others gaze and she blushed.
'I want to thank you Mario,' She said sweetly. He scratched his head and looked at her.
'For what?'
'For rescuing me time and again,'
'Anytime, it's a pleasure,' He responded, now taking her hands in his. She was so perfect, the way her eyes danced when she laughed and the sweetness in her voice. He was in love.
'Umm, care to dance?' He asked, glancing in the direction on the castle. She giggled and nodded. As Mario went to move, she stopped him.
'Wait! I need to put my mask on,' She rummaged through her little handbag and pulled out a pink feathery mask. Once it was in place, they headed towards the party.
The dance floor was massive, hundreds of people wearing masks whirled around in time to the Toad Brass band playing over in the corner. In the centre of the dance floor stood a magnificent crystal star, proudly perched on a marble stand. Guests stood in front of it and had their photo's taken with the stunning centerpiece.
The crystal star was made up of seven shards, each one Mario had to obtain in order to save Peach. Finally, after collecting all seven Mario was able to defeat Bowser once again and rescue the love of his life.
As the guests danced the night away, one person was feeling a little down. Stood by the main entrance Luigi watched the crowd. He'd been standing there for the best part of an hour and anxiety had now set in. He was supposed to have met Princess Daisy at the party but he hadn't found her yet. It was impossible to recognise anyone with these stupid masks on. Feeling a little resentful he cursed Peach's masquerade idea.
He watched the dancers, thinking maybe Daisy would be among them. His heart gave a skip when he saw a flash of red hair. Deep down he knew it couldn't be Daisy, her hair wasn't that red, it was just wishful thinking.
The song came to a slow ending and the dancers calmed down a little he saw the red head again. She was nothing like the girls in the Mushroom Kingdom, you could tell just by looking at her. Her red hair was long with a curl to it, she was slender and even though her mask covered her face Luigi could just tell that she was a stunner.
She was dancing with various men, they were practically lining up to take their turn with her. All of a sudden she stopped and made eye contact with Luigi. He blushed as he realised she had caught her staring. She stopped, dropping the man she was with and seductively made her way over to him. He gulped.
'Why hello there handsome,' She said with a twinkle in her eye.
'H-Hello,' He stammered back. Kicking himself for behaving like a love struck teenager.
'Awww, so cute, let's dance,' She grabbed him, he squeaked in protestation. They were on the dance floor in no time.
'So sugar, what's your name?'
'Luigi,'
'Cute name,' She pulled him tight and her hands lowered to his back. He yelped.
'I-I have a g-girlfriend,' He managed to splutter out.
'Shame... we could have had some fun,' She whispered playfully into his ear.
'Hands off my man!' Came an angry shout from behind them. Luigi and the red head turned round to face an angry Princess of Sarasaland.
'Daisy!' Luigi cried happily. The red head let go of him and glared at Daisy. Daisy stormed over and kissed Luigi on the cheek.
'Sorry I'm late, couldn't find my mask, who's the tramp?' She asked giving the red head a threatening look. The red head laughed out loud.
'Look missy, I ain't come here to steal your man, I just want a little fun,' She said with a wink. Daisy was about to retaliate when the red head held up her hand.
'Ease up sister and just wait for the fireworks,'
'Huh? Fireworks?' Daisy repeated, she looked over to Luigi who shrugged. The red head laughed and started to make her way back through the crowd. Daisy was going to follow her when her attention was diverted. She stopped and pointed up at the various balconies at the top of the room. Luigi followed her gaze and froze.
'Ready?' A small figure bellowed. Three more figures appeared and nodded. In the blink of an eye they released bob-bombs into the crowd. The party guests shrieked and made their escapes in a frantic race to the exits. The lights went out and the room plunged into darkness.
The shouting and screaming faded out into almost silence. One voice cried out.
'Peach?' Mario called 'Peach, where are you? Answer me!'
The lights flickered back on. Mario began searching more frantically for Peach.
'Mario! Over here!' He recognised the voice. It was Luigi. He ran over to where the voice was coming from and spotted her brother. Luigi was cut all over and he was crouched down over a body. The bodies blonde hair was covered with blood, Luigi turned the body over and Mario choked in shock.
'P-Peach?' He croaked out.
'She's alive, she'd banged her head pretty hard though. We need to get her out of here,' Luigi said looking up at his distraught brother. Mario picked up the unconscious Peach and the three of them headed out of the destroyed dance hall.
'Bro, where's Daisy?' Mario asked, Luigi gave a small smile.
'She's safe, I got her out,' Luigi looked around at the carnage, something was odd.
'Where's the crystal star?' Mario too looked around and realised it was gone.
'The group who bombed us must have taken it, I guess?' Mario surmised. They were almost at the exit when they ran into two more people they didn't really want to have to deal with.
Wario, Waluigi what do you two want?' Mario hissed. Luigi eyed them warily, he wouldn't have been surprised if they had got anything to do with this.
'Wow, Peach sure knows how to throw a party,' Waluigi said as he scanned the blown up room. Wario cracked his knuckles, they were too late.
'Quiet bean pole, I asked you what do you want?' Mario asked impatiently, despite being slim Peach was now dead weight and his arms were starting to tire.
'We're here to capture Syrup! She broke into my mansion earlier today and I want my stuff back!' Wario growled. Waluigi nodded confirming his story. A thought crossed Luigi's mind.
'Say, what does Syrup look like?' He asked. Wario raised an eyebrow.
'Red head, thin, attitude problem, flirtatious...' He answered.
'She was here, before the room blew up,' Luigi responded.
'Lemme guess, she stole your poxy star?' Mario nodded at his arch rival. Wario groaned, there was no reason for Syrup to stay in the area now. It was going to be much harder to track her down.
'Right, well... We'll be off I got a pirate wench to catch,'.
Wario turned round and exited, Waluigi was about to follow him but hesitated.
'She going to be okay?' He enquired.
'She's just had a knock to the head, she'll be fine,' Mario responded. Waluigi nodded and followed his brother.
A few hours later and Peach was in the Mushroom Kingdom Hospital. She was still unconscious but the doctors were confident that she would fully recover. The Mario Brothers and Princess Daisy refused to leave her side.
If only they knew that this wasn't the end of their troubles...
EOC.
