Chapter 28: Misdirect the Mistress
Drible stood on the porch, nervously waiting for the female Boo's arrival. Despite having no skin, he began to sweat with anxiety. The fact that he had to stall Lady Bow until Daisy was ready….it would be no easy task. "Brother, where are you…." He was hoping that his brother Dryden would arrive there first, because he knew he would be a better one for the job. "Ok, ok...I'm just going to calm down, and wait...everything will be fine."
Much to Drible's relief, he could see something in the distance….a Dry Bones on a skateboard! "Yes!" He started waving him down.
Dryden rode on his skateboard, and waved back. "Hey, bro." He jumped up, landing in the yard, and walking up to him along the walkway. "You sounded in trouble over the phone. What's goin' on?"
"Look, Lady Bow is coming here and-"
"Woah, woah, woah. The Lady Bow?" Dryden blinked, and then smirked, "Aw heck yeah! I'm glad you brought me over. She's a feisty one, and I've always wanted to meet her."
"Don't even try that." Drible narrowed his eyes, and pointed to the door, "I'm supposed to stand guard here. You go inside and help Madam Daisy."
Dryden shrugged, "Aight. No problem." The Dry Bones walked inside, and set his skateboard next to the door. From there, he walked up the set of stairs, and as he went up, he could hear a slightly muffled cry for help!
"Mmm! Mmm!"
Dryden looked around as he heard the noise. "Huh? Daisy, is that you?" He started running in the direction of the sound. The muffled cries would get louder and louder as he got closer. Apparently, the noise was coming from her bedroom, which he walked right into. However, the brunette princess was nowhere to be found.
"Daisy? My brother asked me to come in and...help?" He turned around, looked under the bed, in the closet, and the bathroom, but Daisy was nowhere to be found. "Hm…" Despite this, the muffled shouts could still be heard. Directly above him.
"Mmm! MMM!" In addition to the muffled cries, a soft creaking could be heard...
"Hm...I don't see anything." Dryden blinked and started checking the places he had already checked. At the same time, the creaking would get louder as if something was coming apart above his head….
"MMM!"
"I guess I'll look for her somewhere-" A sudden loud snap came from above Dryden and something crushed him! "OW!" As usual for his kind, he broke apart from something landing on him.
The weight that had crushed him, was Princess Daisy herself. She was tied up in red wrapping paper, and had tape over her mouth. "Mm!"
"Ow…" Dryden's head said before slowly bringing the rest of his body together. Once he did, he looked at Daisy. "Woah…" Carefully, he reached and peeled the tape from her lips. "What happened?"
"Ugh, I tried making a dress from stuff I found." She rolled her eyes, "The chick on the Super Leaf Channel made it look so easy. Also uh can ya kinda um….get me out?" she said, somewhat struggling to move her arms.
"Why are ya doing this?"
"Long story, clothes stolen, get me out. Please. Now." Daisy ordered.
"Ok, ok." Dryden walked around to her side, "Alright….this might sting a little…"
Meanwhile, with Drible…
"No real sign of them yet...good...good…" And then, all the sudden, Drible's heart dropped. Or it would have if he had one. Regardless, in the distance, something he saw practically mortified him. "...Oh no."
Lady Bow herself was floating down the streets towards the castle along with two more Boos on either side. What made Drible more nervous was the pure look of exasperation and intolerance upon the Boo's face. As if whatever she needed wasn't taken care of, she would take care of it herself.
The undead koopa butler started sweating, and pulled on the collar of his shirt. It was very clear to him, that as the leader of the Boos, he needed to make a very good impression upon Bow, as she had a heavy influence unto the rest of her kind.
She was getting closer, phasing right through the main gate and now floating along the orange brick pathway that led right to Daisy's front door. On either side of said pathway, was a beautiful lawn full of many different types of flowers: Lavenders, roses, sunflowers, lilies, and of course, daisies. Bow seemed to notice this as she stopped to sniff a nearby flower, but no visible reaction was displayed on her face. She simply continued to float down the path keeping up her haughty appearance.
Drible's breathing became more and more rapid as she approached. Daisy was not yet ready, and he had to figure out some sort of way to stall her. Nevertheless, when she stopped in front of him, he bowed, "Welcome, Madam Bow."
The Boo eyed him up for a moment, and raised an eyebrow. "Do I look like a 'Madam' to you?"
"N-no, I was merely saying that-"
"It's Lady Bow," she corrected him, "not some old 'Madam' as you so call."
"My apologies, Lady Bow…" Drible said back, "the princess will be out to see you momentarily."
"Excuse me?" she questioned him a mere nanosecond after he said that.
"She's simply um….powdering her nose." Drible answered.
"Hm." Bow folded her arms as she glared at Drible with a stare that could make even someone like Bowser nervous, "We're on schedule, and I don't expect any delays. She and I have very important matters to discuss, so I expect her to be out within a reasonable time. Is that understood?"
"Ahem...yes…" Drible pulled the collar of his tux nervously, "It won't be much longer…" "I hope."
"Good." She closed her eyes, and started fanning herself with her fan, "A lady should not be kept out in such warm weather. Hopefully everything is kept to a certain standard within her Royal Domain. Princess Peach set a great example for herself as a fitting person of royalty when we met. I trust Daisy does the same, hm?" She opened her eyes, peering over at Drible with her fan covering her face.
"Um…of course." He started to get worried and think to himself, "Daisy is a nice model princess who is very regal, right?. There's nothing to worry about, right….right?"
