Ch.7: The Invitations
"Hey, bro!" Luigi called out as he came into the house after visiting the mailbox. "We got mail!" Mario stuck his head out from the bathroom, toothpaste circling his mouth to indicate he's brushing his teeth.
"Who's it from?" he asked, his question a bit inaudible due to the toothpaste in his mouth.
"Princess Daisy of the Sarasaland," Luigi answered, opening the envelope and taking out an invitation. "According to this invitation, we're invited to a coronation."
"Coronation?" Mario asked after spitting the toothpaste into the sink. "I thought her father's still around."
"He is," Luigi answered, still reading the invitation. "It's the coronation of 'Prince Lu' into the family."
"Prince Lu?"
"Apparently, the king and Daisy are adopting."
"So they're naming him prince to adopt him into the family?"
"Yup."
"When is it?"
"This weekend. Do you think Princess Peach will be there?"
"Definitely. Those two are like sisters. And we should definitely go since you haven't seen Daisy for a while."
"What's that suppose to mean?"
"C'mon, bro," Mario stated as he got out of the bathroom. "Even I know you got a thing for her."
"Okay, okay, I get it," the green brother groaned. "I'll RSVP and tell her that we'll be there." As he got ready the RSVP, Luigi asked his older brother an interesting question:
"What do you this Lu looks like?"
"My guess is he's a pretty good kid for Daisy to want for a brother."
Meanwhile at the castle of Mushroom Kingdom, Princess Peach has also received a letter. Opening it, she found that it is the same invitation that the Mario Bros. received from Daisy.
"Oh, my," she said to Toadsworth. "I haven't heard from Daisy since she left for Sarasaland. It's good to hear that she's getting her own brother."
"I agree, Your Highness," Toadsworth said. "With you having your business here and her having business in her own kingdom, I'm certain she must get lonely there, save her servants."
"I agree," Peach said. "I can't wait to meet this Lu; from what I've been hearing from Daisy, he seems like a nice person."
"Yes, he might make a good councilman to Daisy," Toadsworth said, "if I do say so myself."
"Your Evilness," a Hammer Bro said to King Bowser, "I have important news from one of your spies." The Koopa King then turned to his soldier.
"Any signs of Ludwig?" he asked.
"No, sire," he said. "It is about Princess Peach. She has been invited to Princess Daisy's kingdom for the coronation of her newly adopted brother to accept him into the royal family." Bowser just growled in answer.
"I know I want Princess Peach all to myself," he snapped, "but right now, I'm worried about my son!"
"There's something else, Sire," the Hammer Bro said. "Princess Daisy's brother is named 'Lu'. I think there might be some kind of connection."
"Well," the Koopa King thought after some thought, "I guess I can go check into this. If there isn't a connection, it wouldn't hurt to try to kidnap Princess Peach while I'm there. And I should bring the kids along…just in case."
