Finally some reviews! Please keep it up! I love all the people who try to predict how it's going to end, that way I can either raise my eyes in amazement at the people who guess right, or I can laugh my head off at the people who guess dead wrong (not really, I'm not mean like that). It shows that people actually care about what's going on. Once again, sorry to break flow, but I GOT REVIEWS!!!!! (whew) Okay, I'm done.

Counter Attack

Things had really slowed down significantly in Bowser's Kingdom. Rumors about Peach's world war hadn't quite reached them yet, but that didn't stop them from being afraid.

The five Koopa Troopas that tried in vane to capture her the first time had told everyone about what happened to Peach. They described how her eyes completely changed, and her tone was darker and much more sinister. They also said that she didn't sound possessed or anything, almost like it was really her.

Bowser on the other hand had too much pride to reveal openly that he lost to Princess Peach. Even he had to admit something wasn't right that day. He knew Princess Peach was terrified of him, that's why he loved kidnapping her. She would try to fight the whole way, and once they got to where his base was at the time, she would cry to herself about how hopeless she felt. This time the roles suddenly got reversed in the worst way. She didn't fall to him, he fell to her. It was an outrage and an embarrassment. The sad thing was he didn't have the courage at the moment to get revenge. He was seriously afraid of Princess Peach, and he didn't even know about her attack on Sarassa Kingdom.

The only one who knew exactly what happened was Kamek. Being Bowser's right hand meant that Kamek possessed a trust factor that was only matched by his mother Kammy, who would visit from time to time just to check on Bowser. Bowser had asked Kamek if he knew what happened to Peach, but Kamek claimed not to know anything.

Truth was he had his suspicions. Being a wizard he did know things, and he took a good look at Princess Peach before they left. He wasted no time contacting his mother, who was already on her way to see Bowser for two reasons. One was because she had heard about Peach's plan to attack the other kingdoms, but the other was to speak with her son a bit about what happened. Kamek was at the door waiting for Kammy when she arrived.

"Kamek, my son," she said as they hugged, "how are you doing?"

"I'm fine mother, did you have a safe trip?" he asked out of concern. She had told him first about the planned attack on the other kingdoms, and since she lived in a small house near the Mushroom Kingdom he worried that she had gotten caught in the cross fire.

"Don't worry Kamek, I didn't run into any trouble on the way here," she said as she stepped away from Kamek a bit, still holding on to him. "But I appreciate your concern dear," she continued with a smile.

Kamek and Kammy began walking to the throne room to talk to Bowser. As they walked they continued to talk. "Are you sure it was her Kamek?" Kammy asked.

"Not one hundred percent sure, but at least eighty percent. From what the master told me, Peach's attacks matched her a lot," he said.

"I see."

"Also, there's something else," he continued, catching his mother's attention, "She had the eyes."

That remark hit Kammy a little. Was it possible that the one they were looking for was Princess Peach all along? Kammy smiled when she heard this. "In order to find out for sure we must push Bowser out into the battlefield," Kammy suggested.

Kamek sighed, "Easier said than done. At the current moment he refuses to fight."

"Trust me, he will," she said with a snicker, "I'll make sure of it."

"In that case, I shall wait here for you," Kamek said nodding. Kammy kissed her son on the cheek, and then walked into Bowser's throne room.

Inside Bowser was sitting in his throne brooding to himself. Kammy always had to laugh a bit when she saw him like this. The great Koopa King brooding like a child who got sent to time out. These days it was either her or Kamek who came up with the plans against Mario and Luigi, thinking that he should focus more so on them since they were the reason his plans failed.

"Your Majesty!" she called to him as she walked to his throne. Bowser looked up to see her walking to him. On one hand he did enjoy her company, but on the other hand it seemed she always knew more than what she was saying, and that made it hard to fully trust her.

"Kammy, this is a surprise," he said to her, even though he had a feeling she would show up sooner of later, "What brings you here?"

"It's about Princess Peach."

"Oh, great. So you heard about my humiliating defeat huh?" he said covering his face in his hand.

"Um, well.... yes. Yes I did hear about that," she said to him a little disappointed, as if saying 'I really expected better from you', "but that's not why I'm here."

"Oh, then why are you here?"

"I have some interesting news, it turns out that Princess Peach has declared war against the other nations."

"WHAT?!!!" he screamed.

"That's not all, she now prefers the title "Empress Peach" and claims that she wants to rule the other nations."

This was bad. If what Kammy said was true, which it always was, then his life was seriously in jeopardy. Bowser was frantic right now, thinking about how Peach had already defeated him once. He couldn't face her if she was going to use that kind of power again.

"What do you suppose we do?" Kammy asked trying to hide how funny she thought this sight was.

"I don't know Kammy. I don't think I can face that thing again," he said implying that he had no idea whether or not that was even Peach anymore.

Kammy knew at this rate she and Kamek weren't going to get what they wanted, so she had to use Bowser's one greatest weakness against him, his arrogance.

"Are you suggesting that Princess Peach and her army are greater than ours?" she asked, catching Bowser's attention.

"N, no! Nothing of the sort!"

"Because if I didn't know any better, I would say that you were afraid of Princess Peach."

She caught him. He let too much of his weakness show and as a result he was backed into a corner. He had no choice now, his reputation was at stake.

"Me? Afraid of her? You must be joking. She may have gotten stronger all of a sudden, but her soldiers are still merely Mushroomers."

"So, what are you suggesting we do?"

"I'm suggesting that we fight back with everything we've got! First we need to find out where she's headed next, then we cut her off with our entire army! She will be mine this time, even it I have to practically kill her! Kammy, I'll require your assistance on this one. I'll need you to find out where she is now and where she'll be heading next, so we can meet her there and take her out," he commanded, sounding more like his old self.

Kammy just smiled at that, "As you wish master, I'll get right on it," she said as she turned and walked out.

Kamek was waiting for her outside, "Well, how did it go?" he asked her.

"Better than I expected, but then again, he has always been easy to manipulate," she said with a chuckle. The two of them then walked out together to prepare for the counter attack, hoping that Peach was the one they were looking for. If she was...

Mario, Luigi, Daisy, Link, and Sheik finally made it to the Waffle Kingdom. Even though Mario made it clear that he wasn't going to kill Peach, Luigi told him that it would be better for them to just travel in a group.

"Well, welcome to the Waffle Kingdom," Luigi said. Being the only one of them who had already been here he felt like he should lead from here.

"Impressive," Mario said looking at the tall buildings. The kingdom itself was surprisingly pretty big, and had a little more technology than the Mushroom Kingdom. If The Mushroom Kingdom was the country, than this place was definitely the city.

"Not exactly what I'd expect from the name "Waffle" Kingdom." Daisy added.

"While the Mushroom Kingdom is known for it's agriculture, this place is known for it's bakeries," Luigi explained, "their strawberry waffles have the same healing effect as our red mushrooms."

Mario was actually shocked by this. While he was in Rogueport looking for Peach, Luigi was here living the life. It was that day he got a brand new respect for Luigi, who looked quite at home here.

Link and Sheik were looking around for anything out of the ordinary. "So far things seem peaceful," Link said.

"A little too peaceful," Sheik added.

"Maybe she isn't here yet," Daisy said to them, praying that she wasn't.

"She had teleportation abilities, so it would be impossible for us to beat us here unless I used Fafore's Wind to transport us here, and that's limited to places I've already been to." Link said to Daisy, explaining why they didn't just use that to get here in the first place. That also meant that she would have to already be there, so why didn't they see her?

Just then they saw Princess Eclair appear on a large TV screen on top of a building. Everyone except Luigi was surprised to see how she gave her public announcements.

"People of the Waffle Kingdom, I'm here today to talk to you about a very important issue," she began with a smile.

"I'm assuming that's Princess Eclair," Mario said to Luigi, who just nodded.

"She's not that impressive," Daisy said rolling her eyes.

"This issue is about the rumors concerning the attack on the Sarassa Kingdom. Before I said that I did not believe the rumors, but now I have confirmed that the rumors are true, and that Princess Peach had indeed destroyed the Sarassa Kingdom," every one of the citizens of the Waffle Kingdom gasped when they heard that.

"News sure travels fast, huh?" Mario asked the group.

"Something isn't right here," Link said, "That attack was only two days ago, but it took us four days to walk here, and we warped fairly close to here. How did she confirm it that quickly, before we got here?"

"You're right," Sheik added, "something is off here."

"I assume you're all wondering if we're safe since we're so close to Sarassa Kingdom," she continued, Fear not my people, for I have insured that you shall not come under attack. I realize that our nation is no match for her new found power, so I have agreed to surrender the Waffle Kingdom to her," when she said that, the whole kingdom was shocked. So were Mario and everyone else.

"Did she just say she surrendered her kingdom without a fight?!" Daisy asked in shock.

Luigi was horrified and confused, "Eclair, why? You wouldn't...."

"Link, do you think?" Sheik asked Link, who was already drawing his sword.

"Definitely, she's here," he replied.

"And with that said, I give you your new ruler, Empress Peach," she said as she pulled out a gun and pointed it at her head, "All hail Peach Mary-Ann Toadstool, Empress of the world!" she then pulled the trigger and killed herself. Everyone was horrified, especially Luigi, who just fell to his knees in shock.

"Princess... Eclair... no..." was all he could say. Daisy was just as horrified, but she tried to comfort Luigi realizing that they were good friends. All Mario could do was stand there in shock at what just happened.

"Still think there's good in her?" Link said to Mario in a tone that screamed 'I told you so'. That just annoyed Mario more.

It was then that two of Peach's men walked in and moved Eclair's body, and Peach walked in and sat in her chair, "Thank you Princess Eclair, and thank you Waffle Kingdom for having me. I have a dream. A dream of a perfect world, ruled by one and only one, me. In that world, no kingdom will be bigger or smaller than another. There will be no war, no violence, only peace," as she spoke, Mario was shaking his head, Luigi and Daisy looked up at her, and Link and Sheik were just bracing themselves for anything, "I know my methods are a little extreme, but isn't it the end result that matters?"

"That monster, trying to justify her destruction!" Link shouted.

"Why Peach?" Mario asked.

"It's for that very reason that I ask you all," Peach continued, "to join me in my fight for a perfect world!"

"Get down!" Sheik shouted as he and Link pulled Mario, Luigi and Daisy to the ground covering their eyes.

"Your first assignment is to find Mario, and anyone associated with him, and kill them," Peach commanded.

With that Mario, Luigi, Daisy, Link, and Sheik got up to see that they were now surrounded by everyone in the Waffle Kingdom, now a part of Peach's ever growing army.