My Time to Shine

By: AngolMoaChan

CHAPTER TWO-CHAOS IN THE CROWD

A/n- I'm going to continue using Peach's name instead of Luna's, i.e. "..." Peach said, instead of"..." Luna said. I hope this chappie is a little longer!

"Welcome to the Mario Olympics!" A tiny blue Toad yelled into the microphone, "As you may know, it is traditional to announce ALL of the athletes before the games start...Don't worry, it won't be boring!" He said with a wink, "By the way, I'm Lotus T, your announcer! And now, Goombas and Koopas, may I present to you the Athletes!" The crowd screamed.

"First up is the man himself, MARIO!" The crowd roared its approval at the mustachioed plumber who grinned and conjured a fireball in his hand. The fire encircled him like a tornado. The crowd gasped and Peach saw Mario grin mischievously. The flame shot up in the air as if it was hit by a hammer. It came hurtling back to earth three times its size. The crowd screamed in terror, only to have Mario coolly pull out FLUDD and put out the fire.

"LUIGI!" The green plumber hopped up onto the stage and flicked a switch on the machine on his back. The Poltergust 3000 burst into life, sucking viciously at a Dark Boo holding a 1-Up Mushroom. The crowd screamed with delight as the Boo flailed about hopelessly before being sucked up.

'I wonder what it's like in the tank of that thing?' Peach thought to herself, imagining a squished, dark room filled to the corners with ghosts. She shuddered, focusing back on Lotus T to avoid thinking of that ever again.

"DAISY!" The princess of Sarasaland shot onto the stage. She flashed a peace sign at the crowd. They screamed happily. A few boys even fainted! Daisy threw an autographed soccer ball in the air and sent it flying with a power shot. The crowd eagerly swarmed for the ball. Suddenly, a fight broke out and Peach heard a little girl crying. Daisy apparently heard it too, because she leapt into the stands and tore up the stairs. The little female Toad was sobbing and holding her face, while a big scary Koopatrol stood victoriously with the soccer ball.

"That's what you get if you mess with MY ball!" He cried, holding the ball aloft.

"Excuse me, sir," Daisy said with a smirk, "But I believe that is hers," She punched him in the face.

The Koopatrol fell backwards on his behind. "A-a-what?"

"Here you go, sweetie." Daisy handed the girl the ball.

"T-t-thank you!" She said nervously, accepting the ball. The crowd around her began to chant,

"DAISY! DAISY! DAISY!" Daisy smiled and waved before hopping out of the stands.

'Please let this work' Peach thought. Sure enough, all the lights in the stadium went out. The crowd gasped as the star began to absorb all of the light. Suddenly, the star flashed red, and beautiful assortment of colored stars flew out, flying above the Peach in a spiral that soared upwards, stretching towards the very top of the dark stadium. A few seconds past. The stars suddenly flew around the crowd, leaving glittering trails of colored lights. The crowd oohed and aahed. Suddenly the same little Toad with the ball held out one tiny hand, and a beautiful lavender star landed in it. The Toad gasped. Soon the other members of the crowd held out their hands, leaving only the glittery lights.

"VIVIAN AND KOOPS!" Vivian came up from the shadows holding Koops' shell. Koops popped out, and Vivian gave him a kiss on the nose. The crowd "aw-d"

"YOSHI AND BIRDO!" Yoshi produced a green Smash egg from his pocket. He placed it on his tongue and rolled it upwards into the air. Birdo suddenly stuck her tongue out, and the two dinosaurs caught the egg together, one bright red tongue on either side.

"TOAD AND TOADETTE!" The two toads stepped onstage, looking for something…

'Probably looking for me…' Peach thought nervously…

"And finally… BABY MARIO AND BABY LUIGI!" The crowd roared for the two adorable babies. They smiled and waved happily, totally in awe at the people. Peach noticed Baby Mario was holding an orb of some sort. She edged closer. It was small and black…

"BABY MARIO! NO!" Peach cried, but her voice was lost amid the crowd's cheers.

"CHOMPY!" Baby Mario shouted, tossing the orb into the air. Peach jumped onto the stage snatching the microphone from Lotus T.

"IT'S A POCKET CHOMP! RUN!" she cried. The panicky crowd ran towards the exit, only to find them locked. Peach noticed Baby Mario clapping his hands and Baby Luigi calmly eating a cookie with Chompy the Chain Chomp looming closer to their turned backs. Some kind of maternal instinct bubbled to Peach's brain, because she started running. Peach snatched the two babies' diapers in her left hand, and turned towards Chompy. She lunged for his chain, and after what seemed a millennium, her slender fingers wrapped tightly around the last link.

"Chompy! HEEL!" She shouted and yanked on his chain. Hard. Chompy yelped and obediently stopped moving. She dragged him over to the orb and put him back in it. Peach noticed for the first time the audience staring at her. She stared back. Tense seconds passed. Suddenly that little Toad stood up and started to clap. Her mother followed and soon the entire Mushroom Kingdom was chanting her name, "LUNA! LUNA! LUNA!" She blushed and waved, stepping off the stage

"Now that that's over…LET THE GAMES…BEGIN!" Lotus T. shouted and the crowd went ballistic.

A/n- Sooo… did you like it? I put a little ShadowShellShipping in there… Luv that couple! Anyway, the next chapter will have a little Daisy POV thrown in, courtesy of my friend Eryn!