Peach and Mario felt themselves being dragged along the dirt-constructed road, blindfolded, gagged, and with no idea where they were. They had no idea who their captor was… they were basically clueless.

The heavy ropes tied around the two royals' waists basically were choking them, but their insides were frozen with fear. What if they were after Brooke? Or any other people they loved?

Peach gulped, trying to wiggle free of the iron-built handcuffs around her thin wrists. A rock dug itself deep into her leg and sent a shock of pain throughout her body, but she was too busy attempting to escape that she didn't notice, even when a stain of crimson made its way onto her dress.

Mario felt his wife wriggle around and wondered what was going on. He bit at the thick cloth wrapped around his mouth but only felt his teeth slip and hit each other hard, making him shake.

"Mmph!" Peach whined, trying to get the attention of anyone outside. She then whimpered a bit when she felt a hard heel dig into her back.

"Shut up," the owner of the heel said sternly, tugging harder on their ropes. The voice was rough, but oddly familiar…

All of a sudden the coarse dirt-ground feeling disappeared and was replaced by a smooth, sleek one. A change in scenery.

We must have reached wherever this person's taking us, Peach thought, still wriggling. She felt tired and knew it was late.

Both of them cried in pain as the person threw them into a corner. They felt cold, cruel hands begin to take off their blindfolds and gags.

When the cloth was removed, Peach blinked and let her eyes adjust to the light. They were in a dark room, with concrete walls and linoleum floors. It wasn't nearly as dingy as Bowser's dungeons ever were.

"Hello, your highnesses," their captor said, a long black cloak around their shoulders and a hood covering his or her head. The mysterious person's back was turned to the two.

"Who… who are you?" Mario said, trying to put a brave front on.

"Why, you don't recognize me?" The person said, slowly turning around.

"Well, you kind of have a big coat on that is like, 3 times your size," Peach pointed out, narrowing her eyes. The tired queen was in no mood.

Smiling, the person lowered their hood to reveal light hair and one long bang covering her face.

"Oh my God," Peach covered her mouth.

Rosalina grinned and took the rest of the cloak off. Her usually airy blue dress was replaced with a dark, deep, menacing purple one, and the star jewel in her chest was replaced by a half moon.

But Mario could see this wasn't the Rosalina he knew. Her light blue eyes had converted to two dark red ones, and her skin and hair had a more grayish tint to it.

"You're not Rosalina," he said shakily. "You have her body, but you're not her mind."

The girl looked at him and smirked again. "You're smarter than you look, plumber. You're right, I'm not. But my true identity will remain a secret…" Then she turned away and yelled, "Guards! Take them away!"

Several Lumas floated in, grabbing the ropes.

"You've taken the Lumas too?" Peach exclaimed.

Rosalina glanced absentmindedly at her. "No. They just do what I say because they think I'm their mama."

"You're disgusting," Mario said harshly. "You're a cruel little witch!"

"Thanks, dearie." Rosalina turned around and walked away as the two were dragged into dark confinement.

CAPOW

"Wait, so what happened?" Brooke said, clenching her fists.

"Well…" Toadie blubbered, his face red and stained. "Well… I was just sittin' here and all of a sudden there was a big BOOM! And so I turned around and I saw this weirdo guy with a cloak… they grabbed the queen and king! They put up quite a fight, though, those two."

Brooke pinched her forehead. "Crud."

Over the 10 years of her life, she and her parents had been stress-free but always on edge due to the troubling history of kidnapping within her family. But somehow nothing had happened over the years.

Until now.

Now her parents were gone, and she had no idea where they were or if they were alright. From what Toadie was telling her, it wasn't Bowser who had kidnapped them.

Alyssa pushed back her thick red curls from her forehead. "This isn't good, B. What do we do?"

Brooke narrowed her eyes. "What do you think we're gonna do? Save them!"

"How?" Her cousin exclaimed. "We don't know where they are, and we're 10! We have no idea how to do anything in this kingdom but… go to school and shopping and stuff!"

"I don't care. We're saving them." the princess flipped her long hair over a shoulder and grabbed a piece of her dress, which she had been too lazy to take off after dinner. "But I'm so not wearing this."

Alyssa, dressed in jeans and a t-shirt, felt her eyes well up with tears. "I'm scareeeeeed!"

"You are so your daddy's child." said Brooke, beginning to travel up the stairs again. "I'll be down in a second, wait for me."

Alyssa stood there for a moment before the insult registered in her head. "Hey! What's that supposed to mean?"

CAPOW

2 hours later they were in mid-Mushroom Kingdom, in Toad Town. They were both tired and it was past eleven.

Letting her hair down from a ponytail, Brooke sighed heavily. "This is harder than I thought."

"No kidding," her friend grumbled, crossing her arms tightly to keep warm. "It's freezing, we have no idea where we're headed, and I'm hungry!"

"Oh, quit whining," Brooke snapped. She turned to face her friend completely. "You don't care that my parents are gone and could be dying right now, huh?" She shivered, and suddenly felt a warm gust of air breeze by her shoulders.

"Oh, hello!" An unfamiliar voice chimed from behind the two girls. They whipped around to see a cheery-looking man grinning at them. "What are you two girls doing here?"

Before they could reply, he stepped down and squinted at them. "Hey! Aren't you Princess Toadstool?"

"I am." Brooke said dutifully, hugging herself.

"I saw your parents earlier, Princess. They were being dragged toward Rocksville Castle by some cloaked person…" The man said, tightening his jacket.

Brooke's eyes shot open. "Oh! Where's Rocksville Castle, sir?"

"Out of the Mushroom Kingdom and down Shroomy Hill. It's huge – you can't miss it. It's also really dreadfully disgusting." He shook his head.

She clamped her hands together. "Oh, thank you, sir! I appreciate it!" Grabbing Alyssa's hand, she tore off toward the castle.

"But…" the man called, concerned. "Be careful, princess! There's an awful monster there…"

She didn't hear him.

Sorry this chapter sucks. Sequels are never as good as the real thing and I doubt this story will be read as much as Princess Peach Gets Sick of Pink was… because I never expected anyone to like that one!

Q: Were you surprised about the captor of Queen and King?

Q: Who do you think has taken over Rosalina? I have no idea… so inspire me! :D

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