Chapter 12: The Silver Palace
The heroes were swimming across the what was now ocean. They kept swimming long and far, but found nothing. The dirt path, and the forest, was all gone and was now ocean.
"You know, why can't Fludd just freeze the water so we can walk on it?" Luigi said.
"Well, Fludd would freeze the entire ocean, us, and any place connected to the ocean which we are trying to travel to," Mario said.
"True. The water is all connected," Fludd said.
After a short while, they reached an island, covered in silver, made of silver.
"Let's-a-go!" Mario said, and they swam onto it, touching it's silver ground.
"This place... it's all silver," Peach said.
"Silver diamond, silver island! There has to be one here!" Luigi said. And up ahead, they saw a beautiful sight. A huge silver castle, standing in the distance. But it was more like a fancy castle, with barely any towers.
They walked up to the castle, surprised at what they saw. There were silver crystals, ponds, gardens, everything you could think of. In front of them was a huge castle door.
"This... must be a palace," Peach said, admiring the great things about the palace. Suddenly, Mario interrupted.
"Hey, my Power Rod is glowing extra. And so are Luigi's silver diamonds. There must be a silver diamond here!" He said, and rushed to the palace door. It opened very easily. Inside was a long hallway, with long ropes at the ceiling. At the very end of the hallway, was a familiar glow.
"The silver diamond!" Mario shouted. He ran towards it, but right when he grabbed it, a bunch of black mouse-like creatures came crawling from the ceiling, out of nowhere, and spoke. There was a whole crowd of them.
"Drop the diamond now, under the name of Queen Toadstool Peach!" The mice said.
"Toadstool Peach!? Me?" Peach said. The mice started rapidly attacking, but stopped when they saw Peach.
"My queen! It's been so long!" One of the mice said.
"What? I'm not your queen!" Peach said firmly.
"Oh, but you've been away so long. You must've forgot everything about this palace. Remember how we used to treat you? How you'd wake up every morning to a cup of tea and orange juice?" The mice said.
"No! I don't even like orange juice!" Peach said.
"Come on. We'll re-show you the palace so you can remember how you used to rule it," The mice said together. And after they spoke, they came down from the walls and took Peach.
"No! You leave her alone! She is the Princess of Mushroom Kingdom!" Mario said furiously.
"Ok, Peach. We'll show you your throne first," The mice said to the struggling Peach, and started dragging her away.
"No, get back here!" Luigi said, as they started chasing after Peach.
"No! Mario! Luigi!" Peach screamed. Mario and Luigi slammed into the wall, as the mice, and Peach, went right through it.
"So that's where they came from," Luigi said, dazed. But Mario, on the other hand, was crying.
"NO! PEACH! They've taken her. Gone. FOREVER!" Mario cried.
"It's alright, bro. I'm sure we can get back at those mice someday," Luigi snifled, trying not to also cry, as Mario was now kicking at the wall, wishing Peach would come back.