Daisy lies in the soft bed of lush green grass a couple of feet away from the inn she resides in. With her hands tucked behind her head and eyes closed, the princess takes in the soft warm air into her lungs. For the past two days, she had been dealing with Toads worshipping the ground, she walks on and it never becomes less annoying. After dealing with the mushroom minions, Daisy finally has time to herself once again pondering how her pink counterpart deals with all this every single day.

Maybe she'll never know. Not that it's ever been a problem.

For a moment, Daisy's mind becomes blank, only listening to the low winds. A scene so relaxing that could put anyone to sleep.

Except...

"Princess! Princess Daisy!"

"W-wha!?" At the sound of her name, the princess in yellow jolts up in surprise. She thought it was another Toad coming for an autograph or something, but she quickly sees an old looking Toad coming towards her. The old toad stops running and catches his breath. "

*P-prin-*wheeze* Princess!"

"Hey, Toadsworth." Daisy gives a slight wave to the old Toad.

"Goodness! I'm too old to be running like a toad on fire!" He jokes while using a fancy silk embroidered handkerchief to wipe the sweat away from his face.

"Soooo what's up? Daisy replies. "Oh, yes!" Toadsworth straightens himself out. "Princess Peach and her castle are missing!"

"I know, Bowser came kidnapped her," Daisy says casually.

"Wha-!? And you knew about it while you and all the other toads are slacking off?!

Daisy just sits on the grass with her knees to her chest and hands behind her. "Relax, T, Peach'll be fine. Mario's already got it covered."

"O-oh! So Master Mario is already on the case then? I see. Toadsworth sighs in relief and gains his composure.

"Yup, and until he and Peach come back, I and the other toads are gonna chill." Daisy lies back down, crosses her legs and closes her eyes.

"*Ahem* Actually, Princess, you have a couple of errands of complete."

"Say what..." The princess didn't move but she opens one eye and peeks toward Toadsworth.

"Yes, Princess, since you are the temporary leader of the Mushroom Kingdom, you must perform your duty. Toadsworth pulls out a pale pink envelope from this tiny pocket.

Daisy sees the envelope and groans in annoyance.

"Aw, man...that again?"

"Indeed."

The flower princess knows what's in the envelope, that same envelope that Peach had given her ever since Daisy had decided to live in the Mushroom Kingdom years ago. The pink envelope contains a white piece of parchment and on it, a brief explanation on needing a surrogate whenever the pink princess needed to take a business leave or the next time Bowser takes her.

"Alright..." Daisy sighs and stands up, she and Toadsworth begin walking.

"What're we gonna do about the castle?"

All we can do now is wait until Master Mario returns with the princess and her castle. Toadsworth replies as he and Daisy continue walking. ============================================================================

Hello, hello! Long time no see everyone. I know that there's no excuse for my long absence, but I've been extremely busy and that's why this chapter was cut a bit short. I promise you all I WILL complete this story.