Peach giggled to herself whole-heartedly as she passed Toadette on her Mach Bike, which put her in first place. The finish line of Moonview Highway was just in sight, and crossing it would move her from lap two to the final lap of what she felt was the easiest track she had ever been on. First place was practically hers for the taking.
She noticed a patch of item boxes up ahead and drove into the one in the middle, hoping to get something that she could use to stall her friends behind her. She nearly jumped for joy when she received three bananas instead of merely one.
Noticing that Toadette was closing in, Peach threw one of the bananas behind her. Unfortunately, the small girl was able to drive out of the way. Peach sighed in frustration, weaving in and out of traffic and dropping the rest of the bananas along the way. Surely Toadette, or at least one of the other drivers, had to hit one of them.
There it was! The finish line! Peach leaned forward on her bike, hoping that she would somehow gain more speed by doing so. She wasn't more than 50 yards away, however, when she noticed a police car turning on its lights and speeding up behind her.
"Uh oh," she thought to herself. What was she to do? The finish line was right there in front of her, but she didn't want to keep going; that would be criminal. She hesitantly put on her blinker and pulled over to the side of the road as Toadette passed her, giggling loudly. Several of the other racers pulled ahead as well, most of them wondering why the princess was being pulled over.
"Is there a problem sir?" asked Peach as the officer stepped out of his car. She began to sweat as several more racers crossed the line.
"I'm going to have to give you a ticket," said the officer matter-of-factly. "The law is the law."
"What did I do wrong?" She hadn't been speeding at all.
Without saying a word, the officer pointed to a sign that was on the side of the road and continued to write out a ticket. Peach looked at it casually, curious to see what was written on it. Squinting her eyes because of the bad lighting, she barely made out what the sign said in large letters.
DON'T LITTER!
10 – 2000 DOLLAR FINE
"Aw crap."
