"Chop, chop ladies." A koopa guard sneered as he prodded Daphne in the back with a stick, "Can't keep King Koopa waiting."
Snarling at the guard, Daphne stopped in her tracks, "We'll go at our own pace thank you." She hissed, pointing at Peach's leg.
"Like a give a damn, keep moving." He replied, prodding Daphne again.
That morning the two girls had been woken up by a cackle in their room, coming from a face Daphne had already grown tired of. Kamek was once again stood before them,waving his wand and smiling. As they both stumbled out of bed, they looked at each other, noticing their change of clothing. Daphne was wearing her usual purple dress and pink tights with matching purple heels and a green scarf; Peach now wore her pink gown and matching pink heels, her crown once again atop her head. Soon after this, they were escorted out by a guard and told that their presence was requested by King Bowser. Reluctantly, they followed, and now, they were trailing down seemingly endless corridors, all the while being prodded like cattle.
Peach was struggling to walk still due to her injured leg, and Daphne could see her stumbling as the guard pressed the stick to the small of her back, urging her forward. "I swear to God if he doesn't stop that, I'll ram that stick right up his-"
"Right, we're here." The guard interrupted, opening a large door. Both girls walked through, Daphne sporting an amused smile at Peach's obvious distaste of being poked repeatedly with a stick.
Opening her mouth to comment on Peach's outburst, Daphne was cut off as Bowser let out a hardy laugh from the top seat of a large dining table. Daphne's jaw dropped at the size of the table, it must have had at least one hundred seats around it and stretched to the very end of the room. "What a lovely pair!"
The guard pressed the stick against Peach's back again and pushed her so that she was staggering over to Bowser, Daphne following as the handcuffs dragged her along. Peach was forced down into the seat beside Bowser and Daphne the one next to her, all the while Bowser rested his head on one hand, grinning at them both. "What do you want?" Daphne spat, narrowing her eyes at him.
Still smiling, he snapped his fingers and instantly three koopas hurried out carrying plates. "Breakfast time." he said merrily as the plates were placed in front of each of them.
Staring at her plate,Daphne tried to figure out exactly what she had been serves, but wither way, it looked delicious and she hadn't eaten for a while now, so she decided to take a chance and scooped some of the brown, meat looking, substance on her fork. However, just before she had a chance to put it in her mouth, she felt a tug on her wrist as it was dragged away from her. Blinking, she looked at Peach who was staring at her, her eyes dark.
"Don't eat that." She said slowly, looking at her through her eyelashes.
"Come on Peach," Bowser grumbled, his mouth full, "Just let her eat in peace."
Daphne watched as Peach curled her lip in disgust and shot Bowser a cold stare, "You actas though I don't know what you've given us."
"Of course you know what it is, it's a delicacy in my kingdom." He chuckled.
Clenching her hands into fists, Peach glared at him, "in my Kingdom we call it cannibalism."
Dropping her fork, Daphne gasped and covered her mouth, "What is this?" She mumbled, staring at the plate.
"Mushrooms." Bowser said simply, stabbing his food with his fork harshly.
Peach turned to Daphne, fire n her eyes, "Toad." She said, her voice breaking.
Pushing the plate away, Daphne stared at the two of them, "Toad as in frog?" She asked timidly.
"No," peach growled, jumping up from her seat, "Toad as in one of my subjects."
Daphne felt sick as she looked down at the plate once more, then to Bowser, who was chewing a piece, "Oh God..."
"I don't see why you don't try it Peach, it really is quite delicious." Bowser grinned.
"You're a monster!" peach scolded, Lifting her fork and stabbing Bowser in the hand with it.
He roared in pain and rose from his seat, slamming his fists down onto the table, causing it to lift into the air at the other end. He drew his claws back menacingly, ready to strike, but before he had chance, Peach was dragged out of the way by the chain on her wrist and flung over Daphne's shoulder.
"W-What are you doing!" Peach gasped as Daphne began to run.
"Getting us out of here!" Daphne cried back, springing out of the dining room.
Shaggy trudged after the group, his stomach rumbling, "Like man, can't we eat something?" He whined.
"We just stopped ten minutes ago!" Daisy groaned, pinching the bridge of her nose.
"Ignore him, he's always like this, so's Scooby." Velma sighed, walking beside Daisy.
Mario and Fred were leading the group and looked back, "Come on guys we're almost there now!" Mario called back.
"Yeah come on, Daph needs us!" Fred added.
Whimpering, Scooby looked up at Saggy with puppy dog eyes, "Like, come on Soob, for Daph." He sighed.
"...Reah..." Scooby mumbled, trotting along after Shaggy.
The walked along a little further until Mario came to and abrupt halt. "Okay." He said quietly, "We're nearing the castle now, so everything we've done so far, all gets a lot worse here."
"Like, reassuring man." Shaggy muttered, earning a jab in the side from Velma.
"He will have a lot of defences out so we have to be really careful now." He said slowly, watching as they listened intently. My guess is that there's going to be a group waiting for us when we start walking again, so we need a plan."
"What if we split up." Daisy suggested, causing Fred to glare at her.
Raising an eyebrow, Mario looked at her, "Go on..."
"Well, the guards out here won't be as strong as the ones closer to the castle, so if Velma and I distract the guards we face, then the rest of you can carry on and fight any stronger ones on the inside."
Velma's eyes bulged, "Wait, what?" She blabbered.
"Come on Velma, we can take them." Daisy winked.
Mario smiled, "Actually, that doesn't sound like a bad plan..."
Daphne could feel her chest tighten as she ran through the castle halls, not sure where she was heading. She'd been running around with Peach over her shoulder for about ten minutes now and didn't think she could go any further when she spotted tow large doors. A smile crossed her face as she recognised these as the entrance to the castle, "Yes!" She cried.
"Looking at where they were heading, Peach;'s eyes widened as Daphne prepared to barge through the doors, "Wait, Daphne Don't! She gasped, but it was too late.
Bursting through the doors, Daphne's smile faded as she whimpered quietly, "You've got to be kidding me..." She said breathlessly as she dropped Peach.
The two girls groaned as they looked around the throne room, surrounded by guards. They quickly circled them, pointing spears at them as they all smiled. Sat in the throne was of course Bowser, nostrils flaring as he fumed, "Well, well," He seethed, "Look who decided to drop in."
"Damn..." Daphne sighed as the guards closed in on them.
"I tried to warn you, everything in here looks the same." Peach murmured quietly, standing up and leaning against Daphne.
Bowser got up of his throne and strolled over to them, "Well girlies, you couldn't ave chosen a better time to show up considering that your friends are on their way over ere as we speak." He paused, leering at the pair, "Of course, you'll both make excellent bait for the Mario brothers, and while I'm at it, I might as well sort Red's friends our too."
"Do one." Daphne spat back, her eyes narrow slits.
"Then of course, when they're all out of the way, I'll get a nice amount of money for the red head, and you, my dear Princess, will be my bride." He gloated.
"No chance." peach hissed defiantly.
"Hmm, Well I'm afraid you don't really have a choice in the matter." He smiled, "Guards, why don't you get these two ready for our little get together, eh?"
"You won't get away with this Bowser!" Peach squealed as the guards seized her, "Mario and Luigi will stop you!"
Daphne fought of the guards the best she could, but it was no use, they were too strong, "And my friends won't go down without a fight." Daphne snarled as she was pushed into Peach.
"They may put up a fight," Bowser boasted, "But they will 'go down' eventually."
Author's Note: Woah I've really neglected this story, sorry about that xD Anyways, I'm hoping to get this done soon, although I'm not too sure when that will actually be ^-^'
Please review to tell me what you think, I have a general Idea but I kinda make most of my stories up as I go along ^-^'