Cast: Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Birdo, Peach, Daisy, Pauline, Rosalina, Wario, Waluigi, Toad, Toadette, DK, Dixie, Kooper, Goombella, Koops, Vivian, Bobbery, Count Bleck, Nastasia, Dimentio

Peach, Daisy, Yoshi, Birdo, Rosalina, Wario, Waluigi, Toad, Toadette, DK, Dixie, Kooper, Goombella, Koops, and Vivian were all at the police station, just finished being interrogated by the police and were in the waiting room, except for Pauline, who was still in one of the interrogation rooms.

"This is so fucking stupid. I didn't do anything! Do these cops seriously think that a fat guy like me could kill Diddy Kong, someone who's known to be quick and agile?" groaned Wario in distress.

"No one is saying that you killed him, you idiot! The police just need every single side of the story because you and the rest of us were there when he got killed at the party! Me and Peach had no choice but to mention who was there!" shouted Daisy.

"B-but who on earth would kill Diddy Kong though? He was so nice...he didn't deserve it at all..." sighed Koops depressingly.

"No, he really wasn't actually..." whispered Toad.

"Did you say something, Toad?" asked Rosalina.

"Huh!? Oh, no no! I'm just...it's so hard to believe the fact that someone I knew is now just gone forever, never to be seen again, by the hands of someone so cruel..." replied Toad in quickness.

"It was probably you two and that tramp that did it! You three were nowhere to be seen after everyone was evacuated from the castle, despite the fact that your car was still there!" DK exploded out of nowhere.

"SHUT THE HELL UP! WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIS MURDER, YOU SON OF A BITCH! HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE ME OF DOING SOMETHING SO HORRIBLE!? IF ANYTHING, WE SHOULD BE ACCUSING YOU OF DOING IT SINCE YOU'VE BEEN ACTING LIKE A TOTAL ASSHOLE RECENTLY! HELL, YOU DON'T EVEN SEEM UPSET THAT YOUR OWN BROTHER IS DEAD!" Waluigi also exploded in double the anger.

"JUST STOP IT, BOTH OF YOU! This is SO not the time to be arguing and picking fights! Can we please just freaking calm down for at least one minute!?" shouted Peach in distress, still haunted by the gruesome mental image of Diddy's body.

"Yeah! Especially since poor Dixie has to go through with losing the love of her life and DK losing his brother! So I would really appreciate if you guys would show some respect!" demanded Toadette, having her best friend crying into her shoulder. She's been like that ever since she received the news of her lover's death.

"I...I am so sorry about your loss, Dixie and DK. I know there probably isn't anything we can do to make you feel better now but I just wanna let you know that we're all here for you, no matter what," said Yoshi, letting out a couple of tears and putting his hand onto Dixie's shoulder and looking sympathetically at DK. The ape just shook his head and looked in the opposite direction.

"Peach, have you texted or called Mario and Luigi about this? They need to know about Diddy," asked Goombella.

"I did both. I haven't received a reply from either of them yet. They're suppose to be back from Isle Delfino around now so hopefully they'll come straight here from the airport," replied Peach.

Pauline came out from the hallway with an officer following her. It's obvious that she is still feeling hungover because she looked tired, her hair was messy, and her makeup wasn't even on.

"Excuse me, but how come she was in there longer than the rest of us?" asked Kooper.

"Because I have received information from some of you folks that Ms. Mason over here had allegedly pushed Goombella Goom down the stairs at the princess's party. Is this not correct?" asked the Toad officer.

"Yes, it is! She seriously could've killed me or broken any part of my body!" yelled the goomba gal.

"I'M SORRY, OKAY!? I was so freaking wasted last night that I can't remember a single thing! When he told me that I pushed you down the stairs, I was beyond shocked! I didn't want to believe it..." cried Pauline. Even though she had a history of being an irritating bitch, everyone else could tell she genuinely felt bad.

"Well why is she even being interrogated the most anyways!? Just because she was wasted and pushed someone down the stairs, doesn't mean that she killed Diddy Kong!" yelled Waluigi, jumping to conclusions.

"Sir, please calm down. We are not saying that she nor any of you committed the crime, we are just trying to get as much information as possible. However, whether or not Pauline Mason killed him, she will be sent to jail for 24 hours for her violent act at the party," said the Toad officer. Waluigi angrily protested once again but everyone else just shushed him up.

"I really am sorry...for everything..." said Pauline, looking straight at Goombella with tears in her eyes, before she was taken away by another officer into another part of the building.

"Wow. For the first time in my life, I actually feel sorry for her..." Birdo sympathized.

"Now then, Princess Toadstool, are there any other guests that attended your party or is there anyone that you could think of that would want to harm Diddy Kong in any way?" asked the officer.

"Well, there were obviously others at the party, but I honestly can't remember any of their names...and as for the other part of the question...I have no clue who would kill Diddy or for what reason..." answered Peach. She didn't feel like thinking hard because she was so stressed out to the point that her head was pounding.

"Did you tell them that Dimentio was there?" asked Birdo. Everyone their shot their heads towards her in surprise.

"WHAT!? Dimentio was there too!? How the hell did he know about the party!? What is he even doing in Mushroom City!?" frantically yelled Daisy.

"I have no clue, but I just so happened to bump into him. He said he was there to meet someone very close to him. Who that is, I don't know, but I didn't seem him at all after that encounter," explained Birdo.

"This Dimentio, I assume you all know of him? Is he bad news?" asked the officer, not knowing the things that the jester did long ago.

"Yes, he's a fucking psycho and you should arrest him this instant! Who else would be evil enough to kill Diddy? The case has been closed!" Waluigi annoyingly ranted.

"Can you shut your fat mouth for one goddamn minute, PLEASE!?" yelled Yoshi in frustration. "Anyways, yes, Dimentio is someone who we all know has had a bad history of causing mischief. He should be questioned immediately."

"Alright, we will look into this Dimentio. I'm very sorry for your guys' loss. You're all free to go now, we'll call you later if anything else comes up or if we have any more questions," said the officer and proceeded to head off, until Peach quickly stopped him.

"Wait! One more thing! When you guys found Diddy at my castle, did you find his cellphone on him too?" the princess asked.

"No. There was no cellphone found on Diddy. Why?"

"Because, and I forgot to mention this earlier, he was screaming at someone through his phone when I last saw him. He said he wanted out of something? I'm not sure, I didn't get the full convo, but he seemed pretty upset at this person and told me to leave him alone," said Peach. The others raised their eyebrows at this weird description, including Dixie who had begun to stop crying.

"Um, that means that whoever killed Diddy, also stole his cellphone, right? They would do that so their caller ID wouldn't be shown on his phone when whoever found the body..." Vivian cleverly deduced.

The Toad officer stood there for a few seconds, opening his mouth to say something, but then closed it, as if he was scared to say what was in his mind at that moment.

"Um...thank you for that piece of infomation, princess. I'm sure it will be of help in the investigation," he then walked away.

"W-wait, he was talking to someone before he d-died?" asked Dixie.

"Yeah, he was. I don't who the person is that he was talking to, but whoever it was sure did something to make him upset. Maybe it was the same person that killed him?" Peach theorized.

"Speaking of that, Dixie, what were you and Diddy arguing about last night exactly, if you don't mind me asking?" asked Rosalina very politely, not wanting to send any kind of negative message whatsoever.

"I-I really don't want to talk about it...I just wanna go home and lay down..." replied Dixie with a sigh then wiping her nose and eyes.

"That's fine. We all understand. Come on, let's take you home. This is more than enough drama for one day," said Vivian. The gang slowly stood up and exited the station, only to be met by two people who were very much relieved to see.

"PEACH! You guys! We made it here as quick as we could! I'm so glad none of you guys got hurt!" yelled Mario as he was running up to the group and embraced Peach. The princess sobbed a little on his shoulder, beyond happy to finally see the love of her life after all the mess that's happened. Luigi and Daisy did the same thing too.

"Hey you two! Sorry that your return home had to end up so horribly. None of us thought for a second that something as awful as murder would ever happen," said Kooper.

"So it's official then, huh? Diddy is really gone forever? And the police don't know who did it?" asked Luigi right to his girlfriend's face, but it was also for anyone else to answer as well.

"Actually we do know who did it. It was Dimentio. He was there at the party looking for some friend to talk to or whatever! Who the hell else could it be!?" spoke Waluigi, once again trying to force his opinion down everyone's throat.

"Okay, you are SERIOUSLY getting on my nerves now. Stop it. We don't know if it was him or not. Just let it go for now," Birdo rolled her eyes.

"Dimentio? What the hell was he doing at your party? You didn't invite him, did you!?" asked Mario in shock not only for the fact that Dimentio was there but also the fact that he hadn't even heard anyone mention Dimentio's name for months now.

"No no of course not! I have no idea how he heard of my party but he was apparently there, according to Birdo who had bumped into him," explained Peach.

"Oh...well...it's obvious that he's up to no good. Trust me on this, you guys. He has to have something to do with Diddy's death. It cannot be a coincidence that he shows up to that party and then hours later, Diddy is murdered," spoke Mario in a demanding way. It seemed like he was determined to paint Dimentio as a huge suspect in all of this, but given their history, it was probably understandable.

"And Dixie and DK...I am truly sorry about Diddy. You must be in such tremendous pain right now..." said Luigi and gave them both a nice hug. Dixie forced a little smile and hugged him back while DK just seemed lost in thought.

"Thank you...so much. But...I just really wanna go home right now. I'm so tired and...I just want this day to be overwith already..." Dixie spoke so softly that everyone else could barely hear her.

"Of course. I'll drive you home, Dixie. And I'll spend the night with you too, well, if you want me too of course," offered Toadette.

"Yes...I really don't wanna be alone right now," replied Dixie.

"By the way, is there going to be a funeral? Did you guys already book one?" asked Mario.

"Yeah, it's suppose to happen tomorrow at 3 at Mushroom Hill Church, but I'm gonna see if I can postpone it to later in the evening. Pauline got jailed today and I kinda wanna make sure she gets out in time for it," said Peach.

"HUH? Pauline's in jail? What in the world..." Mario scratched his head, not believing that yet another bad incident happened last night.

"Oh yeah she, uhh, got kinda wasted and pushed me down the stairs. But don't worry, I'm fine. No major damage, at least none that I know of yet," Goombella said with slight sarcasm.

"Ugh, you just had to invite her as well, didn't you? Well...I guess it doesn't matter now. Let's just go home and get away from this mess. We'll all meet up at the church tomorrow, okay?" ordered Mario and everyone nodded their heads. As everyone began to split off, Rosalina pulled Toad over to her.

"Toad! I heard what you said under your breath back in there! How on earth could say such an awful thing about Diddy, our friend who just died!? Don't you realize that if Dixie and DK heard you, they would've gone ballistic!?" the space queen interrogated.

"I know, I know, I know! I'm sorry, I should've never said that! It's just...Diddy...he wasn't really...um...a nice person..." Toad forced himself to spit out the words.

"What are you talking about? Diddy was one of the sweetest guys I've ever met! How could you even be so heartless? Aren't you the least bit upset that he is dead?" Rosalina was stunned, not believing the words that were coming from his mouth.

"Of course I'm upset. Someone that I knew died at the place we were all at last night. It's scary to think that it could have been one of us as well! But, Rosalina, have you ever hung out with Diddy before, outside of our parties and holiday dinners?" asked Toad.

"Well...no, I haven't actually. But I don't see what that was to do with anything," replied Rosalina with a shrug.

"Then you haven't heard all of the horrible stuff he has said to me...and to some other people too. I really think that he said the wrong thing to the wrong person, and it got him killed," Toad explained, then turned around, and slowly walked away. Rosalina didn't want to believe that Diddy was vicious in any way, but why would Toad lie about such a thing?

"Hey, thanks for staying over, Viv. There is no way in hell I am going to sleep all by myself in this tiny apartment after what happened," said Goombella, making her bed.

"It's no problem and don't worry, I know how you feel. Just think, that could've easily been one of us who was killed at the hands of some psycho. Whoever killed Diddy, probably did it when Toad shut the lights off since it would be easier to sneak around with no light," Vivian deducted once again.

"Very true, but it begs the question though; why didn't the murderer go after the rest of us? Why only Diddy? He or she could've easily snagged us and did the deed while we were in the dark, but they didn't. This killer must've had, like, a personal vendetta against Diddy. That must've been who Diddy was talking to on the phone when Peach saw him!" Goombella theorized.

"Um, I'd really would rather not think about that right now. I'm just happy that the rest of us came out alive without a scratch…" Vivian tried her best to focus her attention onto something else otherwise she would never be able to get some sleep, so she quickly grabbed one of Goombella's magazines and flipped to a random page.

"You know, now that I think about it, Yoshi was apparently all by himself, passed out in one of the bathrooms in the dark as well. He is SUPER lucky that the killer didn't get him as well. Actually, one other thing, where the heck were Wario, Waluigi, and Pauline after they left the castle? They never told us what they were doing despite all of us knowing that their car was still here after all the other guests left," Goombella rambled on, not paying any attention to Vivian's worry.

"Goombella, please, just stop. I really don't wanna talk about this anymore!" Vivian demanded, trying not to sound rude. She put her focus onto the magazine page she was reading instead. It was about mental disorders.

"Sorry…you know me, I can be a total chatter box. Let's just order some pizza and get to bed early, alright?" Goombella proposed, still having a million thoughts about that night running through her mind.

"I'm such an idiot! If I had just told him everything up front, he would never have stormed off and…and…god, what's wrong with me!?" Dixie sobbed on her bed as Toadette was fixing up her own bed.

"No no no! Sweetie, you can NOT blame yourself for this! Please don't. How could you possibly have any idea that this would happen?" Toadette said and sat herself on her BFF's bed.

"I just…Toadette…do you remember the conversation you and me had yesterday, before the party? You remember, it was when I said that I thought was…you know…right?" Dixie tried to calm herself down especially since she was exhausted from crying.

"Yeah, I remember that talk. Still can't believe such an awful thing happened to you and now this. Why? Do you know who did it?" Toadette asked.

"No. I-I think Diddy overhead only part of our conversation. Toadette, he thought that I cheated on him! He was livid!" explained Dixie.

"WHAT? But that's not what happened though! And I totally thought you were arguing about something else!" Toadette replied in shock.

"He said he overheard me and you talking about 'that'. There is no way he heard the full conversation otherwise he wouldn't have reacted the way he did. And what did you think we were arguing about?" asked Dixie, wiping her eyes and nose with a few tissues.

"…Nevermind about that, it's not important. But you're right, Diddy would not have been mad at you if he heard the entire convo. Talk about the biggest misunderstanding in the world!" exclaimed Toadette.

"I know. It's just…I really wanted to tell him, but how could I though? That would mean that I am-"

"Dixie, let's not go there yet, okay? Let's just deal with one big thing at a time, alright? I don't want you to put so much stress on yourself. We'll tell everyone the truth about what happened to you whenever you're ready," advised Toadette and gave her a hug.

"Thanks Toadette…I'm so glad I have you as a friend. I don't know what I would do without you," Dixie let out a small smile for the first time in 24 hours.

"Yeah, me neither!" Toadette giggled. "But now, let's just get some sleep, okay? I know it's earlier than your usual bedtime, but you're clearly tired and so am I. Plus, we have a big day tomorrow with the funeral and all…"

"I don't know if I can be able to sleep, Toadette…whoever killed Diddy is still out there, waiting for their next victim. It could be any one of us, since we're all connected to Diddy. Actually…the killer could be any one of our friends as well," Dixie pointed out.

"Don't say that. Please don't say that. I don't need the thought of someone as innocent as, say, Peach or Luigi killing Diddy injected into my head right now," Toadette kinda shrugged off what Dixie said considering she's in an emotional state right now so it's only natural that she'd say such things.

"But have you gave it at least one thought, though? The possibility that someone we know killed my boyfriend? You'd be surprised at what people are capable of…especially after what we talked about yesterday…"

Toadette admitted in her mind that she DID think about what if someone close to her did it, but she decided to ignore it because she's known everyone in her circle of friends for years now, and she's either seen or heard about their dark sides, but none of them were so dark to the point where they ever had a history of hurting or killing people before.

THE NEXT DAY…

Yoshi was in his and Birdo's bedroom, staring into a mirror, checking if his attire for the funeral was decent enough.

"I haven't worn this suit since my brother's wedding. Do you think it looks okay? Not too old or rugged looking? Is it even appropriate?" he asked in worry.

"It looks fine, Yoshi, though I'm pretty sure it would be okay if you went a bit more casual. Peach called me earlier and said that all of Diddy's family would be at the funeral so we must give our condolences to them as well," Birdo said, putting on some earrings.

"Alrighty then. I just really hope that nothing goes wrong at the funeral, and by that, I mean I hope DK doesn't make a scene," Yoshi said while rolling his eyes.

"Do you have any clue what's with him anyways? For the past few months, it's like he's changed into a completely different person out of nowhere. It's kinda creepy if you tell me," asked Birdo, also staring into the mirror and smiling at Yoshi who was looking quite fetching in his suit and tie.

"I wish I knew. The dude has been talking to me less and less recently as well. It doesn't make any sense though, considering me and him have been best friends and have known each other far longer than the rest of our friends. See, this is exactly why it's a bad idea for people to keep secrets from each other! It just drives everyone else crazy as they imagine the worst thing possible for why so-and-so is acting a certain way. Plus, it isn't healthy to keep all that crap to yourself," Yoshi frustratingly ranted, not taking his eyes away from himself in the mirror.

"Okay, calm down, Mr. Psychologist. I agree that it isn't healthy to keep stuff bottled up but I'm sure you've had secrets that you never wanted to tell anyone either," Birdo chuckled at Yoshi's random change of mood.

"Sorry. And yeah, I have kept secrets from people before, but never huge ones that made me act like a different person. My parents always told me that it was healthy to speak out about anything that was bothering you," replied Yoshi.

"Sorry honey, but I'm gonna have to call BS on that. You're really telling me that you've never kept at least one big, dark secret from people before for a long period of time?" asked Birdo, calling her lover out like she usually does when something's off.

Yoshi took his eyes off the mirror and looked to Birdo. "Have you? Have you ever kept something to yourself that you knew would cause a lot of drama?"

Birdo's expression turned serious and she looked back in the mirror. "We should get going now. We don't wanna be late for the funeral."

Everyone arrived at the funeral home and the gang met up with Diddy's parents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, giving them hugs, saying their condolences, catching up on stuff, etc. Thankfully, DK kept his attitude down so nothing out of the ordinary was happening with him.

Diddy's mother was literally having a breakdown right in front of her son's casket. Tears hit the floor like raindrops hit the concrete. She had to be escorted out by her sister. All everyone could do was feel sorry for her.

Koops wiped his eyes with a tissue. His heart sunk at the sight of Diddy's mom losing all control of herself like that.

"I don't think I've ever seen someone cry so hard in my entire life…gosh, I just can't ever imagine losing a family member to some psychopath…" he sniffed.

"Didn't you lose your dad for a long time though? I know he came back when you were on that adventure with Mario, but I'd say both situations are pretty damn similar," said Wario, who just so happened to be next to him.

"Yes, that's true, but I was only a little kid when it happened. I didn't understand the idea of death or what it was supposed to be exactly. When my mom told me the news of my dad, she just said that he was gone…and that was it. No details, no explanation, just…gone. Of course, I found out what really happened a few years later, but the minute I found out my dad was gone, I was upset, but only for a very short while. I got over it so quickly. Even when I found out the truth some years later, it didn't quite hit me. I guess I just always had some hope inside of me that he was somehow still alive and I would see him again one day," Koops explained.

"Gotcha. I suppose I can't really judge since I've never been through that before. But how did you not know about death when you were a kid? Hell, my mom told me all the details when I was freaking six! Morbid, I know, but you must've been a late bloomer, yeah?" Wario tried to make sense of what the koopa spoke.

"No, I…I don't know, okay? I guess my parents wanted me to grow up and be an optimist or, um, something. I don't know. That kind of topic rarely ever comes up in my household. I was just told over time that death is something that takes people away from this world and into another. My ex-girlfriend, Koopie Koo, even described death as being like a puppet master, something that's out of our control and power. I never really gave it much thought because I, um, don't really like thinking about it in the first place," Koops described further, clearly feeling uncomfortable now.

Mario walked up to Daisy, who had finished talking to Diddy's father. "Hey you. I never got to ask how you've been, you know, seeing the body and all? I asked Peach about it and she poured her heart out to me. She was crying for the rest of the day after we got home from the station…I can't imagine the trauma she or you must be going through from seeing him in the closet…"

"I've been…coping. Somehow, I managed to get some sleep last night, but of course, it had to be ruined by some stupid nightmare. I just need to keep myself occupied with something proactive. Thanks so much for asking," Daisy replied to him with a little smile and a shrug.

"No problem. I just know that it always helps to talk about these things, get everything off your chest. By the way, that's a beautiful butterfly necklace you have on there. Is that new? I don't think I've ever seen you with that before," Mario pointed out the beautiful, golden butterfly necklace that matched her yellow dress.

"Oh this? Luigi got it for me from Isle Delfino as a gift. You didn't know?" asked Daisy in suspicion.

"Oh, no, I didn't. Guess he just forgot to tell me or whatever. No big deal," Mario shrugged.

"Hmm. Okay then. By the way, it's so weird seeing you without your usual attire on. Red shirt and black slacks though?" Daisy noticed that the hero's choice of clothing for the funeral looked a bit off.

"Oh! Yeah, I just wanted to something more formal for the occasion, you know? And on such short notice, this was all I could find, heh," Mario awkwardly laughed, agreeing in his mind that it was weird choice of clothing.

Daisy laughed a bit as well, but then her expression turned into shock when she looked behind Mario.

"Oh my god, is that Bobbery!?" she yelled. Mario turned around and almost shrieked when he saw the sailor at the entrance. He laughed again and power walked over to him.

"Bobbery! What on earth are you doing here!? How have you been?" Mario excitedly asked and gave him a hug. Goombella, Koops, and Vivian all walked over as well.

"Ah, pretty much the same, old friend! Still sailing out to the seas every once in a while. As for what I'm doing here, well, I decided to get away from Rogueport for a short time, so I'm vacationing in the city for a few days and I heard about what happened to that poor chap so I decided to come on over and pay my respects while catching up with you lot at the same time," the sailor explained, hugging the other three partners.

Goombella was so overjoyed to see him that she cried more than she did earlier. "B-bobbery, we missed you so much! *Sniff* Why haven't you sent us letters or calls?"

"I'm so sorry…I've just been caught up in a lot of personal matters for a while now. I didn't mean for you guys to think that I was ignoring you all on purpose or anything," Bobbery said.

"It's okay. You're here now so I suppose it makes up for it. Um, did you know Diddy at all or have you ever met him before?" asked Koops.

"Only a couple times through parties and of the sort. Seemed like a nice fellow from what little interactions we've had. I assume the police are still investigating the murder case?" asked Bobbery.

"Yeah they are. No word yet from them. Um, why don't you come sit with us, I'm sure everyone else would love to see you too," Koops gestured and Bobbery happily accepted of course. Everyone began to take their seats for the beginning of the ceremony. The gang sat at the very front row. Waluigi took a glance behind him for just a split second, but did a double take when he saw someone he strongly detested.

"WOAH! What the hell is Dimentio doing here!?" he shouted, capturing the gang's attention and they all turned around as well.

"Oh my god! Did the police not question him yet? Why the hell is he here!? He doesn't even know Diddy!" Yoshi squealed.

"Holy crap…and look who is next to him! It's Nastasia! How did they know about all of this!?" Toad exclaimed.

"Wait a second, was that who Dimentio was going to meet at the Halloween party? Was that Nastasia? Why the hell were they meeting there of all places?" Birdo questioned, putting some pieces of the puzzle together. The gang became nervous, because they all knew of the trouble those two caused in the past, so they could easily have come back to stir up some more.

Count Bleck was in the Mushroom Kingdom Insane Asylum, in his room, singing to himself while drawing.

"It's just your shadow that's with me all the tiiiiime. But how can I say that this is miiiiine? You're never here…you just disappear…where do I go? How am I supposed to find you? You've lost yourself, and now you're about to lose meeee…"

Bleck put the pencil down and smiled at his drawing. It was a drawing of Mario and DK, but this was a very grotesque drawing. It showed Mario on top of DK, his hands on the ape's neck. Mario was also wearing Diddy's hat.

"Oh Mario Mario Mario…I really wish people would see that you have a dark side just like the rest of us. No one is happy-go-lucky and sunshine all the time, isn't that right, Peachie?" Bleck said to himself, holding up a doll that looked like Princess Peach, except that the doll's dress was torn up, her hair was messy and some of it was even ripped out, and her right eye was missing.

EOC.

I can't apologize enough for the continuous long waiting. College + work = loads of stress and little me time. Thankfully, school is coming to an end for Christmas so that's something. Next chapter will contain flashbacks pertaining to Diddy and some stuff he said and did, plus some other things as well. What do you guys think happened to Dixie when she and Toadette were having the talk in her room? Who do you find suspicious? BTW, for whatever reason, I've always considered DK and Diddy to be brothers so that's what they'll be in this fic.