Chapter 2-Setting Up the Party
Peach was rushing around her castle, ushering groups of Toads with balloons and other party supplies. Maybe giving herself only two days wasn't enough time to set up an entire party. Wow, for once Peach didn't have all the time in the world and wasn't calm! That's not something you'd see everyday…
"No, no, no!" Peach yelled to one of her Toads, "I told you get red flowers!" Peach was certainly in distress, and her Toads were becoming oddly useless. When Peach didn't need to rush, it seemed as though the Toads were perfect at accomplishing a task she gave them, but now when she really needed them…they were disappointing her…
"Peach?" Toadiko, a Toadette asked, "Where did you say you wanted me to put the balloons?" Toadiko looked similar to most Toadettes, but there were a few minor differences in her appeal. For one, she wore large, round, yellow earrings. She also wore a pink shirt that needed to be buttoned. Otherwise, she looked like a normal Toadette.
Peach sighed when Toadiko asked her question. She wasn't too angry though…at least Toadiko remembered that she was supposed to get the balloons…, "You put them all around the outside borders of the stage…except you are to leave a small space in the right corner. That's where Mario's going to stand…"
Toadiko nodded, still unsure why Mario was to be standing on stage, though. She had remembered Peach talking earlier that all of the important people in her life would get to stand on stage…so maybe that's why? Well, it didn't really matter…, "Alright, you group of Toads, listen up!" Toadiko pointed to a group of Toads that appeared to have nothing to do, "Move these balloons around the outside border of the stage!"
The Toads complied without any hesitation or complaints.
Peach was still in a state of distress. Toads were forgetting their jobs, the party looked like a mess, and someone just spilled the entire bowl of punch all over the stage. Great…
"Umm…princess?" Toadbert asked. Toadbert was a Toad, but had a light blue mushroom and had white spots. He also wore glasses and a tie, which fell upon his light blue colored vest.
Peach turned around. Now what did someone want?! If someone was going to tell her that something went wrong, she was going to explode. She almost wished she could explode, just so she could put herself out of her misery. If only…if only…, "Yes?"
"The disco light isn't working…"
Peach growled…actually growled…
"What do you want to me to do with it?"
"I-." Peach paused, taking a deep breathe, trying to calm her fury. She was getting a bit over-worked, and really needed to relieve some of her stress, "Just…try and fix it…"
Toadbert nodded, but didn't respond. He could certainly tell that Peach was not in the mood for any 'okay' or 'thank you'.
"Alright!" Peach yelled, trying to get everyone's attention.
Everyone stopped what they were doing at once. Even a Toad accidentally let go of a large bunch of balloons, which then floated up to the ceiling of the ball room, almost eighty feet up.
Peach sighed, but didn't start screaming, "We'll get those later…but right now…there's something I want to discuss…" She paused looking at all of the Toads and Toadettes staring at her. It looked like they were all participating in a staring contest or something…, "We're going to go over where everybody on stage is going to stand for the party…"
Some Toads and Toadettes nodded, while others just continued looking up at her.
"First off, I'm to stand in the center of the stage. On my direct left, there will be Toadiko and then Toadsworth,"
There were more nods. No one dared to speak or interrupt. Who knew what would happen if they angered Peach even more? That was something they surely did not want to do…not at all…
"On my direct right, there will be Toadbert, then Toadetta, and then Toadario…"
Toadetta looked exactly how a Toadette would look, except Peach always considered her to be a more trustworthy, loyal, and dependable servant. That was the reason for Toadetta's presence on stage during the party.
Toadario was a bit different from most Toads. He had a dark blue mushroom with black spots. Otherwise, any other Toad features were nearly the same, despite the fact that his vest was dark blue.
"The Toad band will stand behind me and to the left…" Peach continued. She had always wanted to have a Toad band, instead of a DJ and all of his expensive looking stuff, as she put it, "Daisy and Luigi will stand to the left of the Toad and, while Mario will stand in the upper right and corner. Understood?"
Most of the Toads and Toadettes nodded, but some even had the courage to mumble 'yes ma'am', 'understood', or 'okay'. After that, they got back to whatever they were doing.
Peach gave a reassuring sigh. At least they understood that. Well, maybe not…at the party, Peach wouldn't be surprised if they were randomly standing on stage looking around confused, asking 'where did you say I was supposed to stand'. That wouldn't be a surprise at all…seriously. That wouldn't be the first time that it would happen. It previously happened a few years back when Peach hosted one of the annual balls. She wished she could have forgotten about that…it wasn't one of those things that you want to remember…
"Peach! Peach!" Toadetta rushed up to her. She seemed urgent about something.
Peach almost didn't want to ask what she wanted. She completely suspected another pile of bad news…how unlucky can one person get in a day? Apparently, a lot. The princess looked at the anxious Toadette. Either something really was wrong, or she just needed to go to the bathroom…
"Toadsworth said it was my job to cook the roast! He keeps insisting, even when I tell him that I'm in charge of the decorations…" Toadetta looked up to Peach with 'puppy dog eyes'. They seemed to be pleading 'please, Peach…do something'. Well…it wasn't rare a occurrence for the 'puppy dog' look. It seemed that Toadettes would do it whenever they really wanted something…which was quite often.
"Oh…so nothing actually broke…or went wrong?"
Toadetta shook her head.
"Well, where is he? I'll inform him that he's mistaken…"