Peach's P.O.V.

Mario and I had been searching through the cave for Daisy. We had no luck finding her. I was getting worried. Where had she gone? I thought, hoping she was okay.

As I stepped through the mud, I felt a crunch under my foot. I lifted my foot to see a cracked, white and green flower brooch. I knew it was Daisy's brooch the minute I saw it. I picked it up and pinned it on my chest, removing the blue brooch that was on it already. As I pinned it on, I felt it's magic connect with me, which disabled my powers, and gave me hers.

"STOP! NO! GET AWAY FROM ME!" A voice screamed. It was Daisy.

Mario and I ran as fast as we could towards Daisy's voice.

"Daisy!" I exclaimed, glad she was okay.

"Peach! Mario!" She exclaimed. "I was worried about you."

"What happened to you?" I asked. "I heard you scream."

"Oh… Uh…" She looked down. "We need to get out of here."

"What? Why!? I'm not going to leave you here!" I yelled

"You have to! Save yourselves before he comes back!"

"Before who comes—" There was a large thud, that interrupted my speech. A man had jumped down from a ledge above. He was on the ground, one hand behind his back, the other in the gravel. He looked up at us, then stood up. It was hard to make out exactly who he was, but it looked like…

"LUIGI!?" Mario and I all gasped.

"Luigi? Never heard of him." He said, brushing dirt off his shoulder. He walked up closer to us, and placed his hand on his hip. "You'd better know who I am."

He was a bit taller than Mario, and had a longer face, with the same bulbous nose and mustache. He had on a black shirt with two gold buttons on it, black pants, dark grey boots, light grey gloves, a green bandana around his neck, a black mask over his eyes, and a green hat with a black circle with a backwards green L in it on the front. It was clearly Luigi, or at least some kind of Luigi clone.

"Um, no." Daisy replied. "How would you expect them to know who you are when you don't even know who we are? I mean, you can't possibly know who we are if you don't know who Luigi is!"

"Oh, silly little princess. I know who they are, but I'm afraid I've never heard of this 'Luigi'. I, am The Green Thunder, the great MR. L! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"Mr. L?" I asked, confused. "Who is this?"

"A villain working with Darcena. The one I was talking about before. He seems harmless, but we should probably, RUN FOR OUR LIVES!" Daisy grabbed my hand and and ran off, dragging me with her. As I ran with her, with Mario running behind, I dropped my brooch. I noticed Mr. L pick it up, and pin it to his shirt.

I looked in front of me, to see we were out, on the other side of the cave. The sky was a reddish-pink, with clouds that resembled cotton candy. We seemed to be in a little town in the middle of the desert, Pyramids and palm trees decorating the land. It was clear that we were in Sarasaland's Birabuto region.

Daisy let go of my hand and led us into the village. "This is Zahra! A town just outside of Hanaville, Sarasaland's capital city!"

We walked through the bustling village, where Shy Guys, Dull Bones, Snifits, Dry Bones, and even a few Toads were running about, going on with their everyday lives. There were little shops, restaurants, and inns scattered about everywhere. A few of the children came up to us, clearly mystified by seeing celebrities in their village. Daisy seemed to disregard them, and just led us into the very different town of Hanaville.

Hanaville was a large city, with skyscrapers that must've been hundreds of stories tall, crowds of people on the streets, and terrible kart traffic. The Mushroom Kingdom didn't have cities like this, so this was a whole new experience for me.

"Is this what Brooklyn is like?" I asked Mario. He had lived in Brooklyn before returning to The Mushroom Kingdom after falling (or rather, following Luigi) down a pipe during a plumbing job.

"Pretty much." He replied.

"OK! WE'RE THERE!" Daisy exclaimed. In front of us was a large, golden statue of Luigi and Daisy dancing, that stood in front of a castle. We entered to the throne room, where a Dry Bones ran up to us.

"Welcome back, your highness!" He exclaimed. "Please, have a seat!"

"No thanks, Dribe. I'm fine." Daisy rubbed his head, then lead us to the sitting room. She told us we should probably go home, and come back the next day, since it was getting late, and so we did.

Daisy's P.O.V.

After Mario and Peach left, I went up to my bedroom, and changed into my pajamas. As I was taking my shirt off, however, I noticed something. My brooch was gone. "Crap! It must've fallen off in the cave!"

Why was the brooch so important?

It was the source of all of my power.

You see, the princesses and queens of the mushroom world all are given a special brooch once they reach maturity. This brooch grants them with magical powers meant to be used to defend the kingdom. Most of us don't use these powers, but despite that, the loss of a brooch was a terrible thing. If it falls into the wrong hands, it could create chaos. I needed that brooch back, right away.

The next morning, when I was headed downstairs for breakfast, I had passed by one of the guest rooms. While the these rooms were for "diplomatic purposes", the one I had passed by was different. It was much more basic than the other rooms in the castle, and looked more like it came from a regular family home. The closet, which had been left wide open, was filled with clothes, like faded dark blue overalls, green shirts, and white gloves. A pair of dirty brown boots were on the floor, and dirty clothes were strewn out on the messy bed.

This was Luigi's room. When he came over to visit, he often stayed here in the castle. Sarasaland was his home-away-from-home. He was here so often, it was almost scary seeing his room so empty. What caught my eye was the paper on the bedside table. I knew it wasn't a good idea to go through his stuff, but I had to! It was calling my name! I picked up the paper, which was a letter, it read:

Daisy,

If you're reading this, I know something probably happened to me and you're worried,, but I'll let you know that it's going to be fine. If I don't come back, I'm probably dead, so you'll have to break the news to everyone. I'm sorry it had to be like this. I'm so sorry Daisy. I wish I could've said goodbye.

Luigi

I wiped the tears from my eyes, and put the letter back on the table. Beside the letter was a small piece of fabric. It was a small, white, circle with and "L" stitched onto the front. It must've been ripped off of his hat. I grabbed a safety pin from my room, stitched it onto the fabric, and pinned it on my shirt.

"Madam Daisy!" I heard Dribe call from downstairs. "Your breakfast is ready!"

"So much for making my own breakfast…" I mumbled, and walked downstairs. Dribe had prepared a big meal for me. The long table was covered with plates of fruit, eggs cooked in any way you could think of, pancakes, waffles, french toast, hash browns, bacon, bagels, and a million other breakfast foods. At the head of the table was a plate, with three forks, two knives, three spoons, a saucer with a teacup on it, and a second plate with a roll on it.

"Uh, Thanks, Dribe. But do you have to make everything so… complicated?" I asked as I sat down.

"Complicated? This is not complicated, it's proper." He said, somewhat snottily, as he adjusted his bow tie. "And a Princess MUST be proper."

"Ugh… Whatever…" I grabbed a few pancakes and covered them with whipped cream, chocolate chips, and maple syrup. Dribe pushed a bowl of assorted fruits and berries towards me, and then filled my teacup with Princess ORANGE tea. My favorite! I thought.

I quickly ate up my breakfast, then ran upstairs to get dressed. I decided to wear my old yellow and white dress. It had a white flower motif on the bottom of it, a white flower collar, and a white stripe around my waist. I pinned my homemade "L" brooch on the front, slipped on my white gloves, and ran outside.

"Where are you going, Madam Daisy?" Dribe asked.

"Ah, just waiting for Mario and Peach to get here."

"What about Luigi? Why isn't he coming?"

"Long story. Now stop bugging me, I have... 'important matters to attend to' or whatever."

"Fine, Madam Daisy." He sighed, then walked away. I ran down to the subway station just outside the castle (a private stop only for diplomats and friends of mine.). It was a much cleaner station with no shops, or ticket booths or anything. The only thing in it besides a train was a small cafe and the bathrooms. it was so quiet, it creeped me out. I heard the train pull in, and ran over to the tracks. The train slowed to a halt, the doors opened, and I stepped inside.

"Daisy!" Peach exclaimed as she ran up to hug me, as she always did when she came to Sarasaland. I noticed she was holding a book. "I brought this!" She held the book out in front of her. It was a history book, with a dark red cover and golden lettering. A white and green flower had been painted on the front.

"A history book?" I asked "Sounds real exciting…"

"There's a chapter in here about Darcena's mother and her kingdom!" Peach exclaimed, as she flipped through the books pages. "It was The Dry Dry Kingdom, but was overthrown by…" She stopped, and just stared at me.

"Who? Bowser? Tatanga?" I asked. The answer shocked me.

She sighed. "King Richard."