Princess Peach POV

Okay, I guess it's time for me to begin my story. Now how do I begin? Oh yes, I know, I can begin at the part where my darling friend Zelda had called me. Oh my, she was such a mess. She needed to learn how to relax like me.

"Hey Peach, I need you to come pick me up for the smash tournament, I just cannot believe what happened today. I saw this boy who claimed to be link! Thinking about this is giving a head ache. Maybe I shouldn't go.." Zelda complained.

"Shush, dear, I'll come over at noon, and help you through you dilemma" I tried calming down the girl. She was such a young princess in charge of a kingdom; I cannot blame her for worrying so much.

I hung up the phone and turned to my many toad servants. They were all lollygagging around talking with each other and not getting me ready for Smash Bros. This needed to change. "Um, excuse me toads, but you are here to serve me, your ruler. Now unless you guys hurry, I will never make in time and you know how I get when I'm mad."

Let's say my message got them working. In no time, I was in the best dress the mushroom Kingdom could find, which wasn't hard since I already owned it. My hair was made and my make-up was done. Who says a girl can't look her prettiest while in a scuffle?

I was escorted outside to my limousine by my escort toad. As escort toad opened the door of the limo, I was met with my favorite plumber, Mario, looking downward towards his hands. I stood there waiting for him to praise me for my extravagant looks but he wouldn't look up at me.

"Ahem." I cleared my throat.

Mario jumped as if he was given a shock and realized I was standing outside waiting for him to say anything. "Oh hello, Princess Peach, you look lovely today." He said.

"Why thank you, Mario." I thanked him.

I sat down in the limousine and our ride began. Mario went back to staring at his hands as if they had become more interesting than me. There must have been something wrong. We princesses are good at telling other's emotions. "Mario, are you ok? " I asked. He wouldn't answer my question, which annoyed me. "You know, Mario, I find that it is incredibly rude to ignore royalty."

"I am sorry, Princess, but Luigi said he never got his letter to return. We are the Mario brothers and without him I'm just Mario." Mario looked up at me again. He looked so pitiful in this sad state of his that it made me feel sad for him, even if I didn't think much of his brother. Sure Luigi helped Mario from time to time to save yours truly but he was a coward. That wasn't very appealing at all.

"My poor dear, I wish I could help you, I really do, but Luigi had no chance of returning after all. He was second to last place if you can remember. That's not very good for the ratings for him to return, Honey." I said.

Mario looked up at me with a stern face. He has never given me such a face before. Did I say anything that offended him?

"Listen, Princess" Mario glared at me intently. "My brother may not be the best fighter but I don't need you criticizing him when he helped rescue both of us in the past." He paused and looked outside of the limousine window. "Where are we going? We were supposed to be at the tournament by now."

"Princess Peach told me to visit Hyrule castle to pick up a guest," the toad driving us up front said.

Mario tried to stand up in protest and hit his head on the ceiling. "Ouch! Stop the car. I'm getting out."The toad stopped at Mario's command. "I am not going to Hyrule again. That guy Link gets on my nerves." Mario exited the limousine before he closed the door he said, "If Luigi was going to Smash Bros. this year he would beat you easily." He slammed the door and began to walk away.

The toad looked back at me unsure on what to do. "Princess do I wait for Mario to return? I mean, we aren't picking up Link so he can join us, right?"

"Leave the plumber out there to walk to the tournament he never deserved to be with royalty anyways." I said trying to keep a princess posture and etiquette, but he made it so hard. "How long is it until we reach Hyrule Castle?"

"Well, it'll be about ten minutes"

"Make it five minutes or else I will have a new practice dummy for the tournament." The toad shook a little and hit the gas and we were off towards Hyrule Castle. The tone a girl can take on makes all the difference!

Mario POV

What gives the Peach the right to talk about Luigi like that? I mean, he IS my brother, and I should stand up for him. Maybe I acted too a little to rational in the limo. I decided to go back to the limo and apologize to Peach, but she sped off leaving me to walk. At least I won't be around Link. He has always gotten on my nerves with his egotistical attitude.

I began to walk in the direction I believe the competition would be held at. It was a nice day; the breeze from the ocean had cooled me. The wind became stronger and I began to shiver. What was the source of such a strong wind? I looked at the sea and I saw a blue blur gliding over the water. Looking at the blur reminded me of a bad memory I have with this one guy, no he was a hedgehog. I decided to continue my journey, avoiding the water.

I haven't walked to the event in years. The last time I walked I was with my best friend Yoshi. Well, I was actually riding Yoshi that time. Thinking about him made me feel bad. If Luigi didn't make it into the competition, would Yoshi be kicked out as well? I dismissed the negative thoughts and walked along.

Then I thought about Bowser. I would be fine with him gone. In fact, I would love that. He always caused trouble for everyone there anyways; but I would miss getting a chance to knock King Koopa out of the park again!

"I can't just walk there now when I have my hopes up!" I said and I was off. I ran faster than I ever could. I couldn't wait to get to the tournament now especially to see who would be here this year. I didn't feel cold anymore, I was too hype in anticipation.

Before I knew it, I could see the battle arena in the distance. I was so close to it that I had to sprint faster. As I got closer, I began to see a horse standing in front of the gate. I don't remember anyone owning a horse. Soon, I was face to face with the horse in front of the arena. The horse didn't seem to have its master with it at the moment so I just ignored it.

As I entered the arena I was met with the best pink marsh mallow in the world, Kirby.

"HIIIIIII" He exclaimed. He was such a man (or thing?) of words.

"Hey, Kirby," I said. "It's nice seeing you here once again, but I have a question for you. Have you seen anyone else come here, like Yoshi, or my little brother?"

Kirby looked up at me and pointed towards one of the hallways.

"Thanks Kirby!" I ran into the hallway expecting to see one of my friends. I couldn't wait to see which would be here.

At the end of the hallway was a door leading to a dark room. As I entered I searched for a light switch. If there was one, I was looking in the totally wrong area since the wall was smooth. Since I couldn't find a light switch I decided to call out to see if anyone was in here. "Luigi? Yoshi? Are you in here? Its'a me, Mario."

Nothing happened. I then felt as if a thousand pound weight had just fallen on top me. I had gotten my hopes up too much and now I knew neither of them would be returning.

Then the lights came on. Before me, I saw Bowser, my arch rival.

"No why would you leave now Mario? I might as well finish you off right now before the tournament starts." Bowser said. I know he was trying to be threatening but I wasn't in the mood for this anymore.

"Listen Bowser, I'm not in a good mood right now. We can fight later. In fact, next time you capture peach, you can keep her." I said as I walked out the door to the hallway.

Bowser began to roar and chased after me. "No! We are going to fight now. I don't care about Peach all I want is your blood!"

"Get away!" I ran down the hallway to the area where I met Kirby. Kirby began to run away, but not from Bowser and I. He ran towards the sea, looking alarmed.

Bowser stopped chasing me and looked over at the marshmallow. "What is he staring at?" He roared.

I began looking into the part of the sea where Kirby was staring at. Then I got the message. There was a little kid out there by himself drowning.