This & That From The Author: Hello, what up? *Smiles.* I hope everyone is having a good school year so far, (that is if you are still in school). Been busy, lately, with all the homework and all that stuff! My math teacher gives us too much homework, and I HATE MATH! Always had trouble with that subject and I still do. Well, enough about me, you just want to get on with the chapter already so yeah. Now on to number 9!
Chapter 9: Let The Battle Begin
It was a clear, sunny, breezy, morning when Peach opened the her bedroom windows. She sat oh her stool waiting for the luma to come and pick up the letter to give to Mario. While she was waiting she was wondering what everyone was doing, surely mostly everyone was still sleeping, but she wondered if he's awake at the moment.
Suddenly a golden, star shaped creature appeared, yes the luma. It went to Peach's window. "Ah! You must be the luma Rosalina sent you, right?" asked the princess. The luma nodded. Peach handed it a pink envelope. "Now, I want you to give this to Mario, alright?" The luma squealed in glee.
Peach giggled.
"I'll take that as a 'yes.'"
The luma started to fly away, but Peach stopped it. "Wait! What is your name?" she asked. The luma flew back to her and pointed to her a name tag.
Peach read it. "S…Siri. What a nice name. Alright, Siri, you may go now." Siri waved goodbye and flew away.
"It makes me wonder…" Peach said to herself. "…how does Rosalina comes up with such names to name the lumas?"
Without hesitation, Siri flew to Mario Bros house, and knocked on window of Mario's room. There was no response. Siri knocked harder, still no response. Then, Siri started to grew angry. Then it knocked the hardest it could. The banging finally woke Mario up. "Eh! Who, what, where?" He finally opened the window. Where a pink envelope was smacked onto his face.
"Huh?" he cried, he took the envelope out of his face and saw the angered, red luma. "Oh! I'm-a sorry!" he said. Siri started to make angry noises as if it was complaining to Mario why he didn't open the window the first time it knocked on it. "Okay…okay, calm-a down!" Mario said.
"I was…having a good dream, I didn't want it to end…but you woke me outta it."
Siri stopped throwing a tantrum. This took quite an interest to it.
"My dream." said Mario. "Was when I finally married the love of my-a life, yes the princess. She was so beautiful in her wedding dress, I remember…the bells, the cake, the people cheering. It almost felt-a real. Then, a month later, out baby was born. Oh, it was beautiful. Had my hair, Peach's eyes, such as cute face, no big nose thankfully! I was just going to find out its-a gender…until you woke me up."
Siri made a sad expression. "It's-a okay." said Mario. "I'll find out soon, and the marriage will-a happen! I'll try my best to make the king allow me to be with Peach!"
Siri danced in joy. "That's a-right!" he said. Then he opened the envelope. "This is from Peach, right?" he asked. Siri nodded. Mario smiled and read the envelope, it said:
Dear Mario,
Thank you for worrying about me, but I'm now fine, since you wrote to me.
Oh, I wish I could see you right now, but I can't. I really hope Daisy's plan works, I trust her after all. I…really love you, Mario. You and no one else. Even if my father makes me marry a prince, I won't allow it, I leave the kingdom if I have to.
I'll leave so that I can be with you along with your child. I will always be 'your' Princess Peach. You'll always be my 'shining knight in armor', remember that. Please. Promise me, you'll come for me, my shining knight. I'll be waiting for you my love, at the kingdom. No matter what, you'll always be the most important man in my life.
I promise I'll be a good girl, okay? But you must keep your promise too. I love you, my shining knight.
Love your dearest princess,
Peach
Mario blushed. "I will keep my promise, love." he said. "I will. Hey, you don't mind to come tomorrow morning to pick up the letter, right?" Siri nodded. Mario read its name tag. "Siri, huh? Nice-a name." Siri squealed once again in joy.
"Heh, and don't-a worry the next time you knock on a window I'll open it up the first time you do, okay?" Siri made a look saying: "Yeah, you better."
Siri waved 'bye' and flew away. "Rosalina has a way with giving names to lumas." Mario said, closing the windows.
Later that morning, Peach was having breakfast with the king. "How are you doing, my daughter?" the king asked. "Fine." Peach replied sternly. "Are you…still upset?" he asked. Peach sighed. "No." Then a idea popped into her head.
"Father." she said. "I thought about to what you said. You were right, I was so stupid. Sleeping with a peasant. I really disobeyed your rules, so to make it up for you, I will marry the prince, lord, or anyone you will assign me to." The king spit out his coffee.
"R-really?" he asked. Peach nodded.
"You're sure?"
"Yes I am, father."
"You're not…LYING, to me, aren't you?"
"I would never lie to, you, father!"
The king smiled. "Well, splendid! I'm so glad you finally made a good decision! Alright, I will. Also, you do plan to have the baby, right? I do allow you to have it."
"Of course I will have it." said Peach. "Good." replied the king. "Now, will you excuse me, there is some things I need to do! I am the king after all." The king walked out of the large dining room. Peach did a sweat drop. "Whew." she said.
I hope this works. she thought to herself. I don't like lying to him, but this is all part of Daisy's plan might as well stick with it. Then she started to feel nauseous. "Oh no!" she cried. She quickly ran to the bathroom.
"Good news, Toadsworth!" cried the king as we walked outside to the garden as Toadsworth and the maid, Katie were clipping hedges. The king paused for a second and said to Katie: "Katie why not help Toad and Toadette plant the vegatables over there please?" "Yes, sire!" Katie grabbed her gardening supplies and ran over to them.
"She's really working hard, right sire?" asked Toadsworth. "Yes, yes, now Toadsworth there's something I need to tell you!" said the king. "Well what is it?" he asked. "You'll never believe this but, Peach has finally agreed with my decisions! Call Professor E. Gadd and tell him that the plan is off!"
"Really?" Toadsworth said. "But sire, how do you if she's telling the truth?"
"Nonsense. She's my daughter, I trust her."
"But sire, yesterday, when Daisy and Rosalina came to see the princess, I heard they were going to talk about something. I don't know what they where going to talk about though. I know they are all planning something. Think about it sire."
The king put deep thought in to it.
"You're right, they maybe planning something! Especially that Daisy! I bet she is. Alright, when E. Gadd comes, tell me okay."
"Uh, sire, you have a vistor." said a servant.
"Eh?" the king spun around. "Hello, King Toadstool." said a short scientist with a fat strain of gray hair on his bald head, weird looking glasses, and a pink nose. "Toadsworth." "Ah!" cried the king.
"You! Fetch us some lemonade!" said the king to the servant. "Yes, sire."
"So." said Toadsworth. "How have you been doing, Professor?" "Very good thank you. I have come up with a new invention! Would you like to hear about it?" asked E. Gadd. "Not now." said the king. He took the sip of his lemonade. "The plan, first, remember?" "Oh, right." said the professor.
"I am getting paid a large amout of money, right?"
"Of course you are."
"Okay good, I have already have the designs ready."
"Excellent."
"Time for this plan to begin!" cried the king. "Come, I have a room prepared for you professor so that you can work on it there."
"Thank you, your majesty. I'll do my best to please you with my invention. I will make sure your plan does NOT fail!" said the professor. "That's what I like to hear." said King Toadstool.
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"What's Professor E. Gadd doing here?" asked Toad who was planting tomato seeds on the ground. "Beats me." said Toadette. "Who is he?" asked Katie. "Professor E. Gadd is a scientist. He makes a lot of inventions, which I think they're cool." explained Toadette. "Maybe the king hired him to make something nice for the kingdom." Then she saw the three go inside. "Hey, lets go see what they're up to." Toadette suggested.
"Not now, Toadette, why not finish this all up first, then we'll see what they're doing." said Toad. "Oh! Alright." said Toadette. Then something came across her mind. "I wonder how Peach feels being separated from Mario? Not being able to see him again. I mean, I know that she loves him, why would the king exile him?"
"I dunno." said Toad. "Katie, do you?"
Katie stood silent. She was the only one in the kingdom who knew that Peach was pregnant and why Mario was exiled, besides Toadsworth and the king. She wasn't allowed to tell anyone just yet, as the king forbid her to. "No, I don't." she lied. "That's a shame." said Toad. "Man, I wish I knew why."
"It's cruel that the king would do such a thing!" cried Toadette. "I can't believe it." "Reality is harsh." Toad replied. "It really is. Poor Princess."
For the next few weeks, Peach and Mario were still secretly delivering letters, it wasn't until the Toad guards started to see something strange always leaving and entering the castle. One decided to report it to the king. King Toadstool started to feel suspicious, as well as his daughter's strange behavior. She seemed happy quite often, which made the king happy, but a little too happy? As if she was waiting for something to happen. But what? The king had no idea, but he knew something was up.
"Alright I want you to keep a good watch on the sky as well as the ground here." said the king to Toad and Toadette. "If you see anything suspicious, tell me or Toadsworth." "Yes, sire!" said the two. The king walked inside. "Why to we have to keep watch? Why not make the guards do it? They're guards here!" cried Toad. "Because we have nothing else to do and the king wants us to do something." replied Toadette. She looked through sky with her binoculars. "Nope, nothing strange in the sky."
"Careful not to look towards the sun!" warned Toad. "For it could burn your eyes out and make you blind!" "Yeah, I know." replied the pink Toad.
An hour later, Katie came in with juice boxes and crackers. "For you guys." she said handing them to Toad and Toadette. "Thanks Katie!" said Toad.
"The professor sure has been coming here a lot these past few weeks." said Toadette. "I saw him making some robot-like thing along with the king and Toadsworth when I was coming here." replied Katie.
"Really? Why a robot?" asked Toadette. "I said, it looked like one." replied Katie.
"Here ya go!" cried Mario as he handed the envelope to Siri. Siri danced in glee. It flew away going to the Mushroom Kingdom.
"I'm soooo bored." Toad said as he flopped himself on the ground. "Ah, quit your complaining." said Toadette. Then she spot something on her binoculars. She gasped. "What is that!" she cried.
Siri started to realize that it was being spotted on! It flew down and hit under a bush. "Woah!" cried Toadette. "What the?"
"What, what?" cried Toad and Katie. "I-I saw…something!" cried Toadette. "I saw it hid under a bush down there!" "Quick! Lets check it out!" said Katie. Siri saw them running to its hiding place. It had no choice but to flee! But just when it was about to fly away one of its tiny legs got stuck under the bush. Siri tried to pull it out, but it was no use. It did not want to be exposed!
It was too late. Katie saw Siri stuck under the bush. "A…a…luma?" Toad asked. Katie pulled the luma out of there. "What's it doing here?" she asked. "Ooh! Hey! I found an envelope here!" Toadette pulled the red envelope out. Siri started to panic, it quickly took the envelope and flew away. "Hey! Come back!" cried Toadette. "After it!" cried Toad. The three started to follow it. Siri quickly flew into Peach's window. "That's the princess' room!" cried Katie.
"Oh, Siri!" cried Peach as she walked into the. "Do you have something for me today?" She noticed its panicky expression. "Siri? You alright?" Siri handed her the envelope. "Oh, thank you." she said. She started to open it until…
"Princess!" cried Katie as she, Toad, and Toadette blasted through the bedroom door. Peach gasped. "Huh! Katie, Toad, Toadette…what are you three doing here?" "We saw something go into your room!" cried Toadette, pointing at Siri. "That luma!" Siri started to panic, as it was afraid to get in trouble. "You saw it?" asked Peach.
"We were on watching duty." said Toad. "Your dad noticed something strange going around the kingdom lately, and he told us to tell him if we see anything suspicious. I guess we're going to tell him that it's just a luma."
"NO! Don't!" cried Peach. "Eh? Why?" asked Katie. "Peach, do you have some sort of relationship with it?"
The princess sighed. "Please, I trust in all of you, don't tell anyone about this, especially my father."
"Especially what?" asked a voice. Peach and the others gasped to see her father standing there! "F-father!" she cried. "What is the meaning of all this!" he demanded. "Peach I demand an explanation!" Peach gulped.
"Well…I…er…um…" The king snatched the envelope out of Peach's hands. "What's this?" "No, father! Don't open it!" cried his daughter. The king ignored Peach and opened the letter. He read the contents and was outraged.
"I…KNEW IT!" he roared. He slapped his daughter. The others gasped. Siri quickly flew away. "So, you are secretly communicating with him behind my back eh? I knew you were up to something! How dare you! Yet you said you wouldn't do such things!" He ripped the letter and pulled his daughter's hair. "Oww!" cried Peach with tears forming into her eyes.
"LISTEN TO ME, YOU…YOU DISGRACEFUL…" "Your majesty, please stop this!" cried Katie. "YOU SHUT THE HELL UP!" roared the king. Toad and Toadette grew sacred and hid behind Katie. Katie grew silent. "DON'T TALK TO HER THAT WAY!" screamed Peach.
"SHUT UP YOU DISGRACEFUL CHILD OF MINE!" the king slapped his daughter again. "I HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR CRAP! You think you can do whatever the hell you want here? Well I'll tell you now, YOU CAN'T! You can NEVER be with HIM! NEVER! I FORBID YOU!" The king grabbed his daughter by the arm and took her out of the room.
"Where are you taking her?" cried Katie. No response. The king dragged Peach down the castle to the corridor of dungeons. He opened one of the dungeon doors and locked her up in it. "You are to stay here until further notice!" cried the king.
He stomped away. "FATHER! NO PLEASE!" cried her daughter. "STOP! LET ME OUT!" She hit the dungeon door. "PLEASE! FATHER, I'M SORRY! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! I…I…" Peach slumped down the door and broke into tears.
Mario. she thought. Please come and save me…my knight. "…I love Mario…" she said, crying. The king went back to Peach's room. "You three get out." he said. "But…" Katie said.
"JUST LEAVE!" he cried. "Peach is down in the dungeons and she'll be staying there until further notice!" Katie and the other two left. The king looked through Peach's drawers to find other letters. Then he saw pink box. Next to it was a key. He opened the box with it and found many letters.
He skimmed through some of them and grew even more outraged. He started to rip them. DAMN HIM! he roared in his thoughts.
"Oh dear." said Toadsworth as he was shocked to hear what Katie was telling him. "We have to do something!" cried Katie. "I'm afraid we can't." said Toadsworth. "Please! Anything!" she cried. "I want to help the princess!"
"What can we do?" cried Toadsworth.
"Damn it! You guys are no help!" Katie cried. Kaite grabbed her coat and ran out of the castle. "KATIE!" cried Toadsworth. "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to get him!" she cried back and ran. "Oh…well…um…wait, WHAT?" cried Toadsworth. "No! She can't mean…"
Katie ran and ran of course she knew where his house was because they were once neighbors. She was the only person she could think of to help her at the moment. She wanted to help the princess, she wanted to be more than just a maid. She loves to help people, really she does. She arrived at the house and started knocking on the door.
"HELL YES! I won!" Daisy cried. Her and Luigi were playing Dance Dance Revolution. (DDR.) "Damn it!" cried Luigi. "Haha! She beat you again!" chuckled Mario. He heard the door knocking. "I'll-a get it." he said. He opened the door to see Katie with some tears started to form in her eyes. "Um…" he started to say. "You're…Mario…right?" asked Katie. "Oh, yes I'm-a am." replied Mario. "May I help you?"
Then Katie grabbed Mario's hand and ran towards the castle. "Hey!" he cried. "What the-." "Please!" cried Katie with tears in her eyes. "The princess needs your help! She needs your help Mario!" Mario gasped. "The princess is in trouble? Mama Mia!"
"Mario!" cried Luigi chasing him. "Luigi, wait!" cried Daisy as she chased him.
"WHAT!" roared the king. "YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!" "No I am telling the truth." said Toadsworth. "She coming to get him to come here." "I will not allow it!" cried the king. "Toadsworth call the professor , if Mario comes then we'll fight to the death! Let the battle BEGIN!"
More This & That: It took me HOURS to type this up! Finally it's done! Now, I'm sure you all want more, but I'm afraid this chapter stops here. Will Mario beat the king to save the princess? Will Daisy's plan work? Or will the king prevail and does he have other plans in store for Mario? Stay tuned for the next chapter! Review please!
Boy I sound like an announcer, don't I? *Laughs*