Thaumagist, you also know some Italian? I like it because it sounds so calm and lovely (not to the extent of French, but French is hard to learn). That's also the reason I don't like German. It sounds so tough and the spelling's so hard. I'm ok with Italian, ragazza. Now to start the libro, I mean fan fiction!

The day of the beauty pageant is here, and Starlow was in Princess Peach's castle. Fluffy brushes of powder covered her face, but she knew Princess Peach was doing it. Madz was just watching Peach and looking at the clock.

"Are you done yet?" asked Madz, feeling impatient.

"Almost there…done!" she replied.

She moved the brushes out of her face, reveling her knew look. Starlow had a light pink blush on her face, and her color seemed a bit paler. The star on her head glowed a bit brighter, which was a big contrast to her pale body.

Peach held up a mirror for Starlow to see. "Do you like it?" she asked.

"Yes, but it's tickling my nose…"

"That's just when you breath it in. It will go away!"

"Ok, I think…ah…ah…ACHOO!"

She sneezed the makeup off of her face, making the powder just dust. She sniffed and glanced at the happy Madz, then to Peach.

"I'm not sick, it's just I don't think makeup with tons of powder will help me win, especially the health part,"

Madz stopped jumping and went to Starlow. She put her arm around her and looked at Princess Peach. "Can we just go there without wearing makeup?"

"You can, but how will you win?" asked Peach.

"I'll just win with my cute looks. I don't really care about winning. I just want to get rid of this dumb fear,"

Peach thought about what Starlow said for a moment, but Madz glanced at the clock. She grabbed Starlow and flew her out the door. "We're late!" she yelled as she flew out with Starlow.

Peach sighed as Toadsworth walked in the room. "Princess, you don't seem as cheery today," he noted.

"Yes, but I'm worried Starlow won't win the Mushroom Kingdom Pet Beauty Pageant,"

"My, my, that's a problem. Does the penguin own her?"

Peach suddenly sat up straighter and glanced at Toadsworth with surprise. "Yes, and now that I remember, the prize is the Surprise Shroom,"

"The effects are horrible if put in the wrong hands, or flippers. It can turn into any mushroom and makes 25 clones of itself if that happens. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a Poison Mushroom, or another awful disease-giving mushroom…"

"The Blorb Mushroom!" she exclaimed, "Toadsworth, I don't think I should go, or else you'll come with me, and you know Madz memorized that time,"

"Don't worry, she won't win. Tally-ho!" he said as he walked out the door. Peach still cared about Toadsworth, but how was she going to stop Madz? She had to think about the choice carefully.

At the beauty pageant, the room was painted pink. Pink balloons, pink banners, and even a pink table for the judges were there. A brown stage was there, with a red curtain behind it. Behind the curtain were people grooming, petting, and getting their pets ready for the contest. Madz was rubbing Starlow's back while she was looking at the pink mirror.

"You're going to be fine," reassured Madz.

"But what if they make fun of me?" she worried. The penguin hugged Starlow, which made her feel a bit better.

"You'll be fine, I know you'll be," she answered.

As Starlow was enjoying Madz's hug, Dr. Toadley was being groomed by Dr. Mario. He was in his cat costume, but the fur got tangled, so they had to comb it.

"I hope you win, because you're my special kitty cat! Yes you are! Yes you are!"

Dr. Toadley sighed, which sounded a bit like a purr. "When they find out I'm a Toad, he will lose…"

The judges sat in their seats. From left to right, the judges were Mimi, Midbus, and Fawful. Mimi was wearing a velvet pink dress with short sleeves and hearts on several parts of the dress. She spoke in the microphone on the table.

"Hello, everyone! I am Mimi, or you can call me Mimikins! Please come to the stage, 26 contestants,"

All of the competitors went on stage in front of the judges. Mimi was trying to hold in her glee, Fawful was waiting patiently, and Midbus sighed with boredom, since he was forced to be a judge.

"Ok, welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom Pet Beauty Pageant, or, ummm…" she read the acronym carefully, "Em, Kay, Pea…"

"Ha, you said pee!" laughed Dr. Mario.

"That is un-lady like! This is a beauty pageant for girls!"

"I might leave…" replied Midbus.

"No, I didn't say boys can't come here, just be mature and don't break anything!"

Suddenly, a glass vase from a table nearby broke. They all saw Madz was floating near it, and assumed it was her.

"What? I'm a girl, so I can't be un-lady like!" she answered. Mimi sighed and announced, "Let's just start the Beauty Pageant! Get off the stage, except Madz and Starlow!"

Everyone got off the stage, except for Starlow, and Madz flew to her. The judges came up to Starlow to inspect her.

"No having of bugs, that has goodness…"

The contestants sat in the chairs that were facing the stages as they looked at Starlow. After the judges were done, they sat back at the table and said their opinions.

"Madzie, Starlow is very cute. However, makeup would be much better. Maybe tons of powder will help, and a cute dress. Overall, she's cute, but I prefer more,"

"Madz, Starlow has the looks that have amazingness. However, she is a cat waiting for the grooming after eating too much! You must have the grooming! Midbus, have the saying of your opinion,"

"Don't care at all…" he answered.

The other two judges stared at him. Midbus just got a piece of paper and scribbled the number "6" on it, holding it up when he was done.

"Ok, now let's see the next pet, owned by Dr. Mario!" shouted Mimi.

"Oh boy…" muttered Dr. Toadley.

After all the contestants were judged, the health part was up next. Starlow and Dr. Toadley were examined together on this event. They sat on high stools, with Dr. Toadley sitting like a cat.

"Fawfie will ask the questions to see if you're healthy!"

The two judges moved away for Fawful to ask them some questions. He held up a piece of paper to read the questions.

"Do you have the medical conditions?" he asked.

"No, I don't have any," answered Starlow.

Dr. Toadley, on the other hand, answered in a more complicated way, "I don't have any medical conditions, but I have had diseases that were life changing. Did I have to go to doctors? I certainly did. I could name some of…"

"Next question!" Mimi interrupted, getting impatient.

"Have you ever had the having of the chicken pox?"

"Yes!" they both replied. Fawful remembered that time, but he didn't say anything about it. It just wasn't the best time to tell that time.

"Final question! Do any of you guys have the sickness?"

Merluvlee was watching them, and getting jealous of how they were doing. They were up first, and she wasn't sure if her new Blitty was better than them. Everyone should know that the pets from Flipside might be the best in the beauty pageant.

"Ok, I've got an idea," she whispered to her Blitty. She stared at Madz to activate her Sickie Thoughts. As Madz was watching them about to answer the question, she got a headache from the psychic power going into her mind. Her moaning made Fawful get concerned.

"Madz, do you have alrightness?" he asked.

Madz stared at Dr. Toadley, and a blue light surrounded both of them. Not this again… he thought.

Fawful remembered that she could do Sickie Thoughts if a psychic power was used on her. When the blue light disappeared, Dr. Toadley coughed in his arm.

"What happened?!" shouted Mimi. Merluvlee snickered at the fact that he won't win. However, the sick Toadley knew she was the only other psychic in the room.

"It was her!" he yelled as he pointed at Merluvlee. The crowd gasped since they recognized the voice as Dr. Toadley. Everyone knew what his yell sounded like; a deep voice that sounded somewhat like a man.

"Ummm, uhhh…"

"He can mimic any voice!" lied Dr. Mario, "Right, my little Windwaker?"

Dr. Toadley mimicked Madz, but it sounded more high pitched thank usual, "Yes, Dr. Mario. Let's go straight to Dr. Toadley's clinic so I can see the sick people! Yay, Sickie Episode!"

"I do not sound like that!" corrected Madz.

He coughed and jumped off the chair, landing on his four cat paws. "I hope someone can help me get better…"

After 10 minutes of making Madz try to cure Dr. Toadley, which she did luckily, the personality part was next. The other people skipped the health part because they didn't want to reveal their pets' personal medical records.

Dr. Toadley and Dr. Mario left the stage so Starlow could answer the one question they had to ask her.

"Starlow, if you were on an abandoned island with all of your friends, how would you escape?" asked Mimi.

"Wait, you mean all of them? How big is the island?"

"Maybe have the estimating of one hundred feet by one hundred feet," answered Fawful.

"Ok, that's enough to fit all of them. First, I would try to plan how to escape. In the meantime, I would take care of my friends. When it's the right time, we'll follow the plan, but it will vary between islands. I will escape with all of them, and it's freedom at last! Hello, Yello, freedom!"

All of them were impressed by Starlow's answer. There were some flaws, of course, so the judges had to huddle to think of a plan. When they were done, Midbus answered what her personality was.

"Hmmm…they said cheerful, thoughtful, and clever,"

"That's right!" added Mimi, "You are very great about keeping your friends, and you can be very motherly to others. You really care about others, but you think about things carefully. I worry you might think too unrealistically sometimes!"

Starlow felt much better about the pageant now. Obedience was next, and she was pretty well behaved. She thought about the answering questions part some more, and she knew she had to just had to think she was alone.

"Oh, I have announcements! Obedience and the answering of questions is canceled! We will now have the talking about life stories like a dog doing tricks for a treat!"

Starlow was shocked by this. "Wait, what?!" she shouted.

"Oh Starlow, I'm so sorry! This is a beauty pageant, not obedience school! Also, we did ask questions to you, like that one question. Next!"

Starlow went behind the curtains and cried as the other people answered the question. What was she going to do?

Sorry this took so long! It took forever to type! It's six pages long, but that's not too bad. I just try not to make it short like those other people do. A chapter that's 300 words doesn't say much. Also, I can write long stories, which is why double space bothers me (I have to use double space in school). Double space doesn't help with paragraph spacing, either. That's why I prefer single space, because it's much easier to work with. I hope you like the chapter!