"Merlee, you said, when we first came here you said that there were thousands of other dimensions, but we've only seen one," Daniella said, as the Tales of the Mushroom Kingdom flew back onto the ivory shelf.
"You are correct, and you want to see another dimension where you four have counterparts," Merlee quickly said, then summoning another book. This one was pure, brown leather beside a circle with two black lines (one that was on evenly on the right side, the other near the bottom), and in a flash the book opened to reveal a woman that looked very similar to Mushroom Kingdom Daisy, except she looked like she was in her twenties, had a loose bun of fiery-orange hair, and wore an outfit that looked like a dress but was more of a long, yellow overcoat that was buttoned at the front and revealed she was wearing beige pants that ended at white boots at the bottom. They determined that this was in fact the Daisy of this dimension, when they began to hear her voice as she wrote in a white, purple, and yellow journal, as her retriever sat sleeping on her lap.
"My name is Daisy Eliza Marie Toadstool, and I was born in the Sarsaland and I am its princess, too. So, you think my life is perfect but it is not, but I'll get to that in a minute. Oh! You want to get straight to the point, do ya now? Fine. My story begins (the scene shifted from this Daisy to the familiar short-haired three year old) as a child of about three years, then I was as carefree as an albartoss in Spring, then my I accidentally hurt my sister with my powers over the seasons (Did I mention I have powers over the seasons?), and my parents separated us by hiding me away from the world, and my sister. Both me and Peach grew even more lonely after our parent's lives were taken by Bowser's father King Koopa, but that's a story for another day. In order to speed this up just know I made friends with two kids named Mario and Luigi, and they are still my friends to this day. So, what was I doing? Oh yeah, telling the story of how this happened, (the scene shifted towards a twelve-year-old Daisy with brown hair in a bun and wearing a yellow dress, her silver white gloves, and orange double-breasted jacket; to her right was Mario wearing his usual child attire of denim overalls, a red, long-sleeved shirt, and his polo, red hat; to her left was Peach wearing pink dress that fell to her ankles, a hot pink over-corset with silver buttons, and rose heels.) back then I was just a twelve-year-old doing whatever I could do suppress my gift. I remember that day like it was yesterday; it was cloudy and it was about to rain, but Luigi insisted for us to see his newest 'stunt'. This stunt is where he was going to try to jump from a ledge on the castle to the oak tree, and even after the protesting from all three of us he still insisted on trying out that stunt. Did I mention that before Luigi lost his courage, he could be very brave or very foolish? No, well he was.
'Okay, guys. I know this looks stupid, but trust me it's gonna work," Luigi had said, from the ledge that day.
'Luigi, please, don't do this. You're just gonna kill yourself," Mario told him from below, as we stared up in horror.
'I promise you, I'll be fine,' Luigi said, and with that he jumped off the ledge, but his boots malfunctioned, and he was falling from three stories. Without another thought I ripped off my glove, and created a bed of flowers to catch him, and luckily he was safe. I breathed a sigh of relief, 'You're alright,' That's when I remembered, oh yeah I'm suppose to hide my powers away from everyone, including them. I looked into their eyes and expected to see fear, but instead amazement was all that inhabited their eyes. 'How did you do that?' Luigi asked, his eyes beaming with delight and wonder.
'I don't know, Luigi. I was just born with it," I answered never being told exactly how I came in possession of my powers.
'Daisy, why wouldn't you tell me?' Peach asked, her eyes curious on my reasoning for my secrecy. I looked at my hand for fear still lived within me.
I looked away from them and said with heavy heart, 'Because, I have a demon inside of me waiting to come out, and I don't want you guys to be there when it does.'
I began to walk back into the castle, when I felt a tiny hand grab my ungloved hand. 'A demon wouldn't have saved my life,' Luigi said kindly to me. 'Please, come back and play and show us more of those powers.'
'Let me ask you this Luigi. Why would you want to play with a monster who kill you if it gets angry?' I asked staring straight into those innocent, blue eyes.
'Because Daisy you're my friend," Luigi answered, still holding my hand.
'And I kind of owe you one for saving my little brother,' Mario said, nicely as we continued on.
'And you're my big sister, and I'd never think of you as a monster,' Peach said, hugging me, to which I gave her pat on the back with my gloved hand.
'See, Daisy we all love you, and remember our pact,' Luigi said bringing out the keychain with our strands of hair tied on. 'So, we'll never let anyone hurt you, because you're unique.'
'Thank you,' I said happily, and then I looked into their eyes that were hadn't even a trace of fear. I looked down at my glove, it was nothing more than a piece of cloth, why I ever believed it would actually keep my powers hidden
'What else can you do?' Mario asked, happily and I now knowing they still like me, and created a snowstorm which caused a small snow storm in Summer, and they made snowmen, a rain that dropped from the rain and for a minute everything seemed perfect, then that minute ended. It began when Toad came running in, while we were jumping in red and orange autumn leaves, and when we saw him we raced towards him.
'PRINCESS PEACH! PRINCESS DAISY! MARIO! LUIGI!" Toad screamed, running towards us. 'Armageddon! End of DAYS!'
'Toad!' Mario cried, literally slapping some sense into the mushroom-headed boy. After he settled down, Mario said, 'Now for the love of the Angels! Tell us what's going on.'
Toad took a deep breath, and said, 'Outsiders have invaded Nintendra, and took it over! And now they're demanding all the leaders of every realm to surrender to them.'
I felt myself going off balance. My head was spinning, as I summoned my magic to help keep me upright. H-how could they do this? We are peaceful people. Okay, yes Bowser gets in fights with Mario every other day, because he keeps kidnapping my sister (Which I still don't forgive him for), the Hylians did have that civil war but that was centuries ago, the Kongs were more air-headed but were peaceful, and most of the people on Pokeadia lead normal lives. As my head spun I remembered my powers, and said to Toad. 'Toad, could someone with I don't know, magic powers defeat these Outsiders?'
'Not likely, Daisy. They have weapons beyond anyone's knowledge that can repel any magic,' Toad sighed. 'The star train will be waiting for you.' I looked over at my sister, and already I could tell she was scared.
Toad limped away from the four of us, as my heart burst because I feared what would happen if Outsiders took over. 'Daisy,' Mario said, and I turned towards him. 'Look down.' I followed his gaze to see that under my feet the grass was dying, and tiny tornadoes began filling the place of the lovely blades of grass.
'Oh! Sorry,' I said, trying to calm down, so my powers wouldn't put them at risk. 'Let's get packing, Peach.'
'We better get home to warn our parents,' Mario said taking Luigi by the collar of his green hoodie. We parted ways, and my sister and I ran into Lena. Lena was our caretaker (take that word lightly) she had dark blue hair, yellow eyes that made her look like a snake (which if you met her, you would know that was appropriate), and wearing her usual white, sheath gown with its gold arm plates and necklace.
'Daisy, I've been wanting to see you,' Lena said, trying to sound genuine, but sounding more like serpent.
'Sorry, Lena. I have to pack for the meeting, so please step aside,' I said, through my teeth, trying to keep calm, but felt myself teeming with anger, until Peach took my hand, and calmed me down.
I looked up into her eyes, and even though her mouth was smiling, her left eye was twitching. 'Princess Daisy, Now!' Lena said, pulling me away from sister with an iron grip, which felt like a thousand fireballs digging into my skin. When she was an open hallway, she grabbed my neck, and said roughly, 'Listen up, you little twerp! If you mess, up like at that other meeting I'll have your head.'
I simply said, 'You know you spit when you talk right? And I won't mess this up, but thank you for your concern,' she then released me, and I began to walk away when I ran into a guard and ordered, 'I want you to go around that corner, and arrest Lena if you please.'
'Of course, Daisy, but why?' the guard logically asked me, knowing she hadn't done anything (recently).
'She attacked and threatened me,' I told him, and I revealed claw-like marks on my neck, he then gave a quick nod, and ran over to the hallway. I walked back around the corner, and just began to breathe in the quietness of the empty hallways. The hallways were decorated with portraits of my ancestor, had the emblem of Sarsaland which is the Phoenix. Why a phoenix? It may be, because of an old story about when Sarsaland was nothing, but an icy wasteland, but a powerful sorceress of light saved the land, so in a way Sarsaland was saved from an eternal Winter, and rose from its ashes.
I walked up the grand staircase that led to my sister and I's chambers. The door was a huge double door with mushrooms and phoenix designs, and I walked into to see Peach throwing her best clothes into a large silver and pink trunk that sat on her hot pink bed canopy bed that was vertical, and had the canopy in the back. 'Hi, Daisy you're back!' Peach said, just now acknowledging my existence.
'Yep,' I simply replied, then walked over to my own bed which was against the opposite wall surrounded by my books on history, my desk with my video camera on top, and my sports supplies (Did I mention I love all those things?). I grabbed my gold and orange trunk with floral designs, onto my yellow velvet comforter which was under my triangular shaped curtains. I went to my wardrobe which was Mush-Wood (Uggh!), and decorated with painted flowers. I threw open the doors to see my day clothes, which mostly consisted of pants and shirts. 'Where's my dang meeting dress?' I mumbled to myself throwing my clothes into the trunk, when my sister asked.
'So, what did Lena want?' was her question to which I simply shrugged. 'Did she threaten you?'
'Yeah, but I had a guard take care of it,' I replied, rather calmly, (Again, if you know Lena you'd know why.) as I was trying to slam down the lid of my trunk, because I don't like to fold my clothes. I looked out the window to see the Star Train. The Star Train was the only transportation for Nintendra's leaders to the meetings near the center of galaxy (Which are beyond dull); the Star Train itself was the color of lacquer, with its windows shaped like stars (And I mean real stars, not the ones with five points). 'We better get going,' I said, finally getting my trunk closed. My sister and I walked downstairs with our trunks, and entered the Star Train, where all the other leaders, except Hyrule's as they are being picked up next, were already sitting in their seats.
'PRINCESS PEACH! PRINCESS DAISY!' said a female voice. We swirled behind to see Toadette, wearing a new light pink dress and white pinafore, came bounding up to us with a suitcase.
'Oh, hey Toadette. What are you doing here?' Peach asked, generally.
'Toadsworth asked me to be your servant at this meeting, Your Highness,' Toadette told us, and we gladly welcomed her aboard. I looked upon the faces of each of the leaders, as we passed by; most of them I knew of like the mayors of Pokeadia, my cousin is queen of Archeolois Palentolis and was sitting next to her brother and sister who were younger than Luigi, my friend Eclair was sitting with her mother the Queen of the Sweets Kingdom, and I really don't have enough paper to write all the leader.
Speaking of my cousins, 'Katalops! Jalaius! Dontarius!,' I called giving them each a hug.
'Daisy, is that you. You look so grown up,' Katalops said returning my hug, but forcing a smile. Katalops wore a long, turquoise gown with a gold petticoat underneath, and her dark brown hair in a curly half braid topped with a golden wreath.
'Thanks, Katalops,' I said trying to sound cheerful, but remembered why this meeting was even being held. 'I can't believe Outsiders took over Nintendra, Katalops.'
'Don't worry, cousins. No one can truly take over our galaxy,' Katalops said to both Peach and I.
'I hope so, Katalops,' Peach said, and she took a set while I went to see my old friend Eclair. Eclair was a girl of my age with chocolate brown skin, short licorice black hair that she wore down, and wore a long, rainbow-colored gown surrounded by lollipop tops with at the hem.
'Hi, Eclair,' I said first to Eclair, then turned to her mother and said in my most polite voice, 'Your Majesty, tis nice to make your acquaintance.'
'Thank you, Princess Daisy,' Queen Marzipan replied. Queen Marzipan as I said before is Eclair's mother, and it showed; she had caramel for skin, she had dark chocolate (I LOVE chocolate) for hair, and wore a lovely gown embroidered by whip cream-like lacing around her trumpet sleeves and a long gown that was the color of vanilla swirls, and on her head was crown of sweets.
I turned towards my friend, and said, 'So, you read any good creepypastas lately?' knowing my friends love for reading stuff like that.
'You do know me, right?' Eclair joked, until her mother shout her a ice-cream cold stare. 'Sorry, but I did. My favorite is Jeff the Killer.'
'I do not get you, Eclair,' I joked, which caused the both of us to chuckle slightly, but also earning us looks from our family. I whispered to her, 'Oh, yeah I forgot princess can't have fun.'
'EVERYONE IN YOUR SEATS!' the conductor screamed into the microphone which caused my eardrums to still rattle to this day. We said our goodbyes and I walked over to the seat my sister was sitting at. The seats were quilted, black velvet to match the stars outside the windows, and they were made for two to three people and no more or it might break.
'Daisy, will we be okay?' Peach asked, while I put my trunk on a shelf, and took a seat next to her and Toadette .
'I-I don't know, Peach,' I replied, fiddling with my ungloved hands. Will we be alright? Or will be doomed to tyrant? I suddenly could feel the train start to lift off the ground, causing me to feel a little airsick, and sick from this meeting. I quickly grabbed a barf bag from under my seat, as we shot up into the atmosphere and the world seemed to grow smaller and smaller as we grew higher and higher into the air. I looked down out the window to see Mario and Luigi, standing on the top of the castle waving at the Star Train. 'Peach,' I said, tapping her shoulder. 'Look down.' Peach joined me at the window, and we both waved at our two friends, who provided us happiness in our saddest hours. Peach sat back down, and started chatting with Toadette, I just kept staring outside the window; the Sarsalandian palace's highest towers began to fade from my eyes, the peak of Mount Eternal in the distance began to disappear, and the islands became nothing but specks in the distance. Suddenly, the Star Train darted straight up into the sky, and before I knew what was happening we were surrounded by billions of stars twinkling in endless, black sky which reminded me of my old friend.
'Daisy?' Peach began, breaking my thoughts. 'Could you tell me a story?' she continued, kindly.
'Sure. What story?' I asked trying to break away from the painful memories and future. She told me she wanted to hear the story of our realm, Nintendra. 'Eons ago there were, three very powerful Angels of power, wisdom, and courage who under the instruction of our Lord created this dimension as a rewards for those who had pure hearts, and suffered harsh lives. These realm was then composed of all the dreams of people in the Real World which are placed on the Star Hill.'
'What about the story of the Hero, the Nimbi, and the Demon King?' Peach asked, as that was her favorite part of Nintendra's history.
'I was just getting to that. Geez, let me finish. Well, anyway after the three Angels let for the Heavens again, they left behind a powerful relic known as the Triforce that by themselves are powerful and gives whoever bears one of them will have unbelievable power, but together they are unstoppable and what ever person has all three of them will have power unmatched by any other mortal. Well, the Demon King, Demise wanted the Triforce, but was sealed away by the Nimbi Hylia and transported all the elves onto a plot of land which eventually became known as Skyloft. On Skyloft, lived two young people who were the Nimbi reincarnated and her chosen hero and they lived normal lives, until Demise's servant snatched the Nimbi Hylia's reincarnation away from Skyloft, and it was up to Hylia's chosen hero to rescue her before the Demon King could be resurrected once more and lay siege to all of the early Nintendra. Eventually, the chosen hero succeeded in rescuing Hylia's reincarnation, and defeated the Demon King using the Triforce only for her to once again be kidnapped by Demise's servant. The servant took Hylia's reincarnation to the past where Demise still existed, and using the soul of the reincarnation, resurrected the Demon King. The chosen hero who had followed the Demise's spirit into the past was able to defeat the Demon King, and trap him in the Master Sword that was originally the Nimbi Sword.'
'Then what?' Toadette asked, her beady, black eyes beaming with delight from the story that was just told by yours truly.
'Well, from what I could gather about Hyrule's history, the chosen hero and the Nimbi's mortal incarnation married and established a new kingdom called Hyrule,' I finished and went back to look out the window to see we were now darting back toward Stella Recepet at full speed, so I was thrown back onto my seat, as we hit the atmosphere I felt my lungs getting smaller as the world grew closer, and my lunch was starting to retreat to my throat and I think I know where this is going (I really hated this part). Anyways, (my barf bag was no longer usable), we landed in the fantasy land of Hyrule; Hyrule was a more magical land than Sarsaland, and the Mushroom Kingdom, and looked like someplace you'd see in a fairytale book. Don't believe me! Everywhere you look you could see lush forests, ancient ruins, and magical people like me casting spells; it actually is a very nice place.
'Daisy, look,' Peach said, tapping me on the shoulder. She looked in the direction of three people getting on board, and I followed her gaze, and the murmurs began to fill the train. The eldest of these three was a woman with white hair and a single strand tied in front, and wearing a blue shawl, the second woman was, I suppose then was the new Queen of Hyrule, she had tanned skin and white hair, and then there was a young girl. The young girl I knew was the Princess of Hyrule, Zelda; Princess Zelda was only about seven-years-old, with deep caramel hair and green eyes, and wore a purple surcoat with Hyrule's royal symbol embroidered on it and a white, lace gown underneath, but her face was streaked with sadness, perhaps from the deaths of her parents and aunts (I know how that feels). Back to the story, I didn't trust the new queen I just had a sense inside of me when she passed; I felt...evil and jealousy inside her, but I simply shook my head. The trio took their seats in a separate train car. 'Who was that?' Peach said, pointing to the new queen.
'That's Queen Cia,' Eclair said from behind us. 'I heard she's responsible for the former Princess Zelda and Queen's deaths.'
'Those are just rumors, Eclair. You shouldn't trust them,' I replied, relaxing my sister, but even I was having a few doubts then, but I simply pushed them aside again when the conductor bellowed that the train was gonna move again (Okay! Okay! We got it!). So, blah, blah air sickness yadda, yadda space, et cetera, et cetera. So, we finally arrived at the Galactic Federation's headquarters; the headquarters was a mixture technological achievement and natural flora (I liked the latter better), but now there was nothing of the beautiful flora for it was all dead. I looked up to see that the symbol of Nintendra was gone, as well for in its place was a robotic form or something (I still don't know what it was). The leaders were all filed into the main foyer, where we saw strange creatures that looked like walking grids, and triangular shaped robots; Outsiders for sure.
'Welcome, leaders of Nintendra,' said a robotic voice, and clenched my fist trying to keep hold of my powers. 'I shall be my master's representative for this meeting.'
'And whom is your master?' said the Prince of Altea, Marth, 'And why isn't he here to confront us?'
'Hush, now. Though these are affirmatively logical, my master could not be here at this moment,' the robotic voice continued, and I was forced to look up. I saw a tiny thing on a hovering platform, wearing a dark green almost black cloak that hid his face. I already hate him. 'Now, we are a merciful, and if you would just bow down to my master then no harm will come to you.' I could feel the hesitation in the room; I could feel they would not take a knee to some stranger, who'd only let us have our lives if we bowed to his unseen master, which only caused my anger to grow knowing that we and our kingdoms are now at risk. I looked around to see the other leaders reluctantly bow before the Outsider, even Eclair and her mother, my cousin, and my sister, until I was the only one left standing. The thing came gliding up to me and said, 'You are not bowing.'
'I don't bow to Outsiders,' I replied, my aggression beginning to grow inside me, as i stared into his pupiless white eyes.
'Do you not value your life?' the thing asked, as the other Outsiders grew closer towards me, that's when I felt the rage returning. My family was on the ground, the fact they think they are our masters is sickening, and..and I lost it. Lightning flew from my hand, and towards the thing and his goonies, but they got out of the way, and I could feel their metal hands dig into my skin and the thing said to me, 'You Witch! How Dare You?!'
'You nor your master are my master or superior, and I refuse to bow,' I said, as people gasped at these two revelations. The thing flew over to my sister, and aimed a bomb straight at her head, and threatened to shoot her if I do not bow. I had choice: lose the sister I just truly had back but keep my morals, or keep my sister but lose my freedom to these Outsiders. I, regretfully, chose the latter and I hated it, and I hated them.
Author's note: Hey, everyone. I was able to compromise with the "Copyright" police and I was able to start putting my stories back up on the site, but if you want to see the original version check out my DeviantArt under StarMarioFan4.
