Before I begin this chapter I wanted to tell you I have promised myself to valiantly fight the urge to rush the chapter , I also wanted to say to all my reviewers you all have been so nice and so supportive of me. I just wanted to say thanks, it really means the world to me. Before I let you read the chapter, I just wanna let you know I'm concetrating on the following: Character and plot developement, tone down the 4th wall use, gramatical errors, BUT, most importantly of all, not rushing. I know that I bascially reread all my reviews and put all the suggestions in one sentence, but you all are that important in steering the direction of the story. ^.^ Now, I will finally release you from the boringness of my mini speech.
"Oh Princessss," Bowser hissed at Princess Peach. Ugh, what now? For Peach it seemed like Bowser was getting more sinister and malicious every second, you could tell the way he said things and you could feel and evil aurora. But, most frightening of all, Peach saw Bowser as a serious threat this time. But, he wasn't going away anytime soon.
"Yes, Bowser?" She said in a sweet tone.
"Back at the castle, you let yourself get kidnapped. Why did you reject any help?"
"You know very well why," Peach said with venom for the first time in her life."I'm not about to fall into your trap!"
"Then why do you not call your knightsssss in ssshining armor to save you?"
"Because they simply cannot defeat you, so I refuse to let them sacrifice their lives in vain."
"I ssssimply cannot see why you refuse to give up. There is nothing that can stop me!" He laughed evilly.
"Oh, please. I could kick your butt right now if I was not taught that idiots are not worth my time."
We will see princesssss, we will see..." The giant Koopa was about to leave the room when he felt something hard hit him on the head. He growled only to see Peach batting her eyelashes mockingly.
"You say nothing can stop you, but your thick skull is already getting in the way." She must've thrown her brooch, because he slipped on it. The blonde was starting to giggle. He thought about putting her in her place, but thought better of it and slammed and locked the door, crushing the brooch as it was stuck in the doorway. Peach waited until she was sure he wasn't coming back, and sat on the floor. She was given a room, but it was a room with nothing but hard cold stone walls and oen door to exit it, so she might as well have been put in a dungeon. She would've been cold had she not have her dress and long gloves to keep her somewhat warm. She was so bored that she went to the massive door and actually tried to put her brooch together, but it was useless. She decided to get some sleep, and went to the corner of the room and layed down,well, as much as she could."Oh Daisy, what would you have done in a situatuion like this?" But she was swiftly interrupted when the door was opened. She didn't even bother to see who it was, she could already tell whether it was Bowser or not. The soft padding of feet confirmed it wasn't him, and that was good enough.
"Mama?" Peach turned round to see Bowser Jr. and it was a suprise, I mean, wouldn't he be assisting in the evil plots?
"What do you want?" Peach snapped, thinking Jr was probably already the monster his father had become. Luckily, that wasn't the looked hurt, even.
"I just wanted to get you some food, Mama." He magically, out of nowhere, pulled out a plate of spahgetti and butter." I didn't know if you liked meatballs,parmesean cheese, or anything else, so I just got you some regular spahgetti." He shyly passed her the plate. She was at first skeptical, wary blue eyes stared into small, beady, yet innocent, black ones. She then accepted it, with a thank you. But now, it was interrogation time.
"Why aren't you helping your dad in his scheme to ruin my life?"
I don't know. We always bonded together and even planned to kidnap you together, but now, he tells me to go to my room. He doesn't talk to me heck! He makes me do chores!"
"...Interesting. Then why did he let you give me food?"
"He didn't, I snuck some for you, claiming I wasn't hungry."
"Bu-"POUND, POUND, POUND!
"JR! I KNOW YOUR IN THERE AND IF I SEE ONE MORSEL OF FOOD IN HER REACH..!" The pair in the room didn't waste time. Peach shoved the remaining food down her throat and Bowser Jr. incinerated it with his impressive fire breathing abilities, and they brushed it so it "disappeared" into the black floor. Bowser barged in the room looking as if he was going to kill the poor pair at any moment.
"WHY ARE YOU IN HER ROOM?"
"I-I-I was just tryin to make sure she didn't escape P-P-Papa..."
"YOU EMBICILE! HOW DARE YOU EVEN COME CLOSE TO HER! THERE'S NO WHERE SHE CAN ESCAPE FROM! AND YOU KNOW WHAT?YOU CAN SLEEP THERE IF YOU WANNA MAKE SURE SHE DOESN'T ESCAPE!"SLAM! The door was slammed and the only sounds heard for a minute were the receding footsteps of the insane Koopa.
Peach heard a sniffle. "He's right...I'm worthless." Poor Jr. was about to cry until Peach comforted him.
"Don't talk like that,"she firmly stated."You'll be alright, and if things don't get better, I'm taking you with me when I escape."
"W-W-Wha? Y-Y-You can't that's c-c-c-razy!"
"Of course I can! And I will."
B-B-Bu-"
No buts Mister! I am your Mother and you will obey me, understand?"
"Yes mama..." Both of them were suprised that Peach said he was his mother, as they both knew that wasn't the case, but she said it anyways.
"Good. Now go to sleep, we both have a long day ahead of us tomorrow..." They both fell asleep, happy to have somewhat of an ally in a bleak time like ...
Daisy and the Mario bros. were still stumped as to HOW Peach knew all the cheats in a game in which she is kidnapped the entire time. Then again, at the end of NSMBW she informed Mario about the secret world and how you had to collect all the star coins to access those stages.*Involuntary eye twitch from the author* Seeing that they were never going to figure it out, they decided to march on in the the world 1 castle. They were greeted by a massive hallway, Dry Bones,Podaboos, and and lots of lava."Well, this is gonna take a while," Daisy stated. Not another word was said as the three heros started forging into the gloom. Mario jumped and bashed his head into a yellow stone block with a question mark and received a coin. Luigi did the same to the block right next to his bro and a fire flower."Take it, you'll need it more than I will."
"Whatever..."and Daisy grabbed it. Unlike the bros, not much changed in her color scheme, her brooch,gloves, and earrings just turned red."I appreciate the gift and all, but why do you guys bash your heads into stone blocks for a dollor and a flower?"
"Well,"Luigi timidly replied,"It's the only way to get power ups..."
"Amd its worth breaking all of our skulls open?"
"It's actually not that hard, besides, your head becomes accustomted to it."
"If you say so, but thanks for the flower, it was...generous of you." The green man smiled at her and Mario was relived to see that the arguing was done and they were allies again, at least, until they kept their cool. Poor Mario and Peach were careful not to arouse their partners' anger. Daisy was swift in quickly,temporarily, dispatching a Dry Bones with a fireball. Her fireballs were more powerful and she could even determine their course in comparison to Mario and Luigi. However, her's also had a slight delay, about .5 seconds, before firing, and she could not have more than 2 at the same time in motion. Plus, her fireballs were an orangish yellow. So the gang had no trouble telling what fireball came from who, and who actually defeated the enemy. While they were all working for a common cause, the trio were still very, VERY, competitive when the time was appropiate.
Anyways, the bros often found themselves waitint for Daisy, who had fallen behind. As she caught up with them, she noted the gears that could crush her in a second...Unlike the bros, Daisy wasn't about to wait for the right time to jumo into a gap between them and on too the next platform, no matter how much they would try to persuade her. They even did it once too show her it wasn't that risky. However, as they reached a platform, she was already there, waiting for them."Mamma Mia! Daisy, how did you-a get here-a so fast-a?" Mario asked. If you were Daisy, you might have found their expressions of shock and mild confusion humourous.
"A girl never reveals her secrets," she smiled mischeviously. After a bit more platforming, you would come to this conclusion:Daisy was a tad slow, but she was stronger and more graceful then the bros were, never losing her footing once. Soon enough, the door for the boss came. But, something was off...it was pitch black. You couldn't see anything. Daisy promptly went outside, found a candleholder, and lit it. She used it to light all the other candles in the large room. Much suprise to them all, Princess Peach was in a cage at the end of the eerie room."You guys came! I'm so relieved!"Unfortunatley, the reunion didn't last long after her cage was unlocked."Listen to me, you all must hide now!"
The tomboy was shocked."Wha...?But we just go-"
"No time to explain! In here, quickly!" She pushed them into a closet, with a peephole. Thump,thump,thump...The room was so still you could hear the door screech open.
"Oh princesssss..." That hiss was going to be the end of Peach!
"Yes, Bowser?"
"I came here to ask a mere question..." He snapped his fingers and the cage disappeared. Peach gracefully landed, thanking God that he hadn't noticed she had left and came back to her cage.
"Sssshe was here yessssss?"
"They have come to save you, why do your reject them?"
"You listen to me buddy, for the last time, ..tricked."
"Very well...Then it appearsss I have no choice but to make you ssscream! Once they hear your criessss of help they'll bound across the world to help you...Muh huh huh huh huh huh..." Much to the trio's horror, the princess and Bowser left in a haze of flames. Daisy burst out of the closet, pursuited by the bros."FOOLSSSSSSS!Did you honestly think I wasn't aware of your prescense? It has been a pleasure to meet you all but now it is time to put an end to you.."Mario,Daisy, Peach and Luigi were all ingulfed by purple magic, not to reappear again...Oh no, was he too late? Bowser Jr. barged into the room only to find nothingness, sadness filled those black beady eyes."I...I...I failed them, all of them..."
Yes, I know there wasn't humour or storyline developement, but that's for next chaper. Basically, the next chapter is going to be the town where your adventure begins in the paper mario games, and the plot will unfold from there. In case you haven't figured it out, Bowser is indeed possessed. But by who? The only hint I'm giving is that it's not an OC, it's a Mario villain. Also, what 2 "Attacks" I guess you could say should Daisy and Luigi have? Mario has his hammer and boots from teh previous Paper Mario games, but Luigi and Daisy don't really...Any suggestions? Also, the "Badges"from the first to Paper Mario games will be in use, and I'm letting you guys decide! Until then, adios!*Cough I'm accepting new badges created by you guys aswell*cough*
