Current Standings after Turn 1

Team Jordan - Stars: 0; Coins: 15

Team Mario - Stars: 0; Coins: 5

The second turn was starting with Team Jordan taking the lead. It's also at this turn that the first batch of allies begin to appear, as they do from above via bubbles. The board now had a fair amount of allies scattered around the board. As it was now their turn, Jordan and Roslina began to consider their options.

"So what's the plan here?"

"So, I was thinking that I could try and go for the Star up there, but there's still that Whomp."

"Oh, don't worry, I have my personal die! You can use your own block if you like."

Jordan picked his personal Dice Block as he held it high, making his decision final. That gave the turn to Rosalina, who, after some pondering, went with her personal Dice Block. Jordan received 4 coins from his die, while Rosalina got a 4. Jordan decided to move on the fork in the path, while Rosalina took another opportunity to block the path.

"Hey, Space Princess," said the Whomp blocking her path. "Need to pass? Pay up five coins!"

After paying a toll to the Whomp, she landed on another event space, moving them once again.

It was Mario and Peach's turn as they discussed their options. Mario began to tell her about the situation.

"Okay, so Jordan has not made it to the other side, so that lessens the chance for them to get two stars, but Rosalina is still right there behind the Whomp. Should we go for the star or move to the other side?"

"I say we let them get the Star this time. Maybe we could get lucky!"

With their thinking done, they went for their normal Dice Blocks. Mario rolled a 4, while Peach rolled a 3, bringing their total to 7. Mario went to the left, earning a Coinado from the Item Space, while Peach landed on a normal space. Turn 2 was ending as everyone prepares for a new minigame.

Current Standings after Turn 2

Team Jordan - Stars: 0; Coins: 24

Team Mario - Stars: 0; Coins: 7

Turn 3 was underway as Kamek appeared. Jordan remembered what this meant: Bad Luck Spaces. Using his magic, Kamek made several of these spaces on the board, but they were hidden, so no one knew where they were going to be. Jordan and Rosalina had to plan, knowing what Mario and Peach are planning.

"So I believe Mario and Peach are trying to prepare if Toadette comes to the other side. Should we be worried?"

"Do not worry! I can get the Star for us. Just go to the other side along with them, just in case. Besides, we still have that Warp Box!"

"Okay!"

Jordan decided to choose his personal block again, while Rosalina stuck with the normal block. Jordan managed to get 10 from his block, while Rosalina got 4, bringing their total number of turns to 14. Jordan took the opportunity to gain Donkey Kong as an ally (which he was grateful for, having one of the best Dice Blocks in the game), and land close to a key. Rosalina also gained an ally, Yoshi (with a somewhat balanced block), as well as a star. Jordan and Rosalina were ecstatic at this, Jordan especially since it is his first time playing the real deal.

Because of their turn ending, Toadette summoned balloons and, as Peach predicted, moved to the other side of the map, in an area on the left side. Mario and Peach decided to move forward (or leftward?) and chose their personal blocks. Mario rolled a 3 while Peach rolled a 4, bringing their total to 7. Mario went straight down, collecting a couple of coins, while Peach landed on another normal space… which turned out to have a Hidden Block. While she did not get a star from it, she did get 12 coins, which was pretty good considering their low coins compared to the other team. With that, the turn ended and everyone began to play a minigame.

AU: So writing a Mario Party fanfic is actually a little bit harder than I thought. When writing, I was a little bit stuck on how I should do these turns, eventually decided on what you saw in this chapter: two turns. Also, I decided not to cover the minigames, mainly since there are so many. Although, I was thinking about doing a chapter that serves as an intermission between the 5th and 6th turns. You know, like a break.

Also, and this is very important, I am going back to school for the semester starting Monday, which means whether or not I get stories done at the same pace, or slower because of schoolwork depends, especially since this is my final semester in high school.

You may be wondering what I have that is so important at the end of the chapter. Well, it is based on one of New Year's Day's most popular traditions. That's part of the reason why I did not include a whole lot of Jordan/Rosalina shipping moments… yet.

Speaking of, my Smashing Adventures has a new episode, which is about half-Jordan/Rosalina shipping, so if you want more, go to that.

Well, as always, leave a review. Always helps!