"Peach's Odyssey"
By Alfred Ingles
Chapter 1
It was a bright sunny day in the Mushroom Kingdom. Several Toads were out shopping, taking advantage of the nice weather. Princess Peach was observing them from her balcony. She was expecting a visit from her boyfriend Mario, also known as the Mushroom Kingdom's greatest hero. The young princess had been waiting anxiously for his arrival all morning.
"Telegram for Princess Peach!" The high shrill voice of a Mail Toad chimed through her bedroom door.
Peach opened her bedroom door, took the letter, and the Mail Toad was off on his way! Peach inspected the letter and saw that it came from none other than Mario himself!
Peach opened the letter and her heart sank
"Dear Princess...
GRAA HA HA! I BETCHA YOU THOUGHT THIS FROM MARIO! WELL IT ISN'T! IT'S FROM ME! THIS IS BOWSER HERE!
I'VE DECIDED TO SWITCH THINGS UP AND HAVE MY ARMIES KIDNAP MARIO INSTEAD OF YOU! THE ONLY WAY FOR HIM TO BE SET FREE IS IF YOU PROMISE YOUR HAND IN MARRIAGE TO ME! MAKING ME THE FUTURE KING OF THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM!
-Signed
King Bowser Koopa"
Peach was devastated. This was her worst nightmare come true. She began to panic, stopping only to answer her ringing phone, seeing Luigi was calling her.
"Oh thank goodness," said Peach as she relaxed a little. "You heard what happened right? Bowser just sent me a letter about Mario being kidnapped..."
"I Sure did!" Luigi announced. "That guy is such an idiot! What does he think will happen if he kidnaps Mario? We'll win the war against him."
"Luigi, you know I can't just send my Toads out to war….they're not exactly war read" Peach said. "The Mushroom Kingdom is a peace loving Kingdom. Don't you think you could head out and save Mario instead?"
"Yeah, but we have a problem. Bowser's forces are everywhere!"
"Well let me see what I can do!"
Peach hung up the phone and began thinking of ideas on how she could rescue Mario from Bowser's clutches when suddenly her doorbell rang.
"Now who could that be?" She wondered aloud as she walked over to the door. Opening it she saw one of her loyal Toads standing outside, extremely scared.
"Princess! Princess! You gotta help us!" Cried Toad. "We're surrounded by Bowser's army!"
Princess Peach looks up to see Bowser's Army of Airships flying in the sky around the Mushroom Kingdom.
"Wow, Bowser must be serious for this one" Peach said aloud to herself. "If Mario is kidnapped, Luigi can't help...then I have no choice but to send out the Toads to war..."
"What are you talking about?" Asked Toad.
"Don't worry, I'll find a way to get Mario back! When I do, I'll marry him myself!"
"But why?!"
"It's the only way to make sure Bowser can never harm the Mushroom Kingdom ever again!" Peach yelled as she slammed the door and headed to her castle's war-room.
"Wait! Princess Peach! Don't leave me out here!"
Her door cracks open, so she can grab the Toad's wrist and pull him inside.
It was dark as night fell upon the Mushroom Kingdom. Peach was sitting on the throne of her deceased mother, Queen Ruby, reading through her history books on the many wars the Kingdom has been through.
"I've got to find a way to get Mario back!"
She picks up the heaviest book, and the mighty throne shakes a little after she sits back down. She begins to read up on potential battle tactics.
"Now where was I? Oh yes, The Great Toad War!"
Peach reads about the Toads were actually several different tribes and they all hated each other over the color of their polka dots. This war unified them all, with the red polka dotted toads rising to the highest position.
"So they won, but then they broke apart into smaller kingdoms...only a few renegades decided to remain in the Red Toad's Mushroom Kingdom" Peach continued. "However, once again, these smaller kingdoms must be united under the leadership of the red toad tribe."
"I wonder what would happen if I were to reunite the Toads for this common goal?"
She looks around the room and sees the Toads that serve her. They're attempting to provide the chamber with light and provide snacks for the princess, but they keep tripping over each other. She thinks to herself "These toads aren't much for battle, but if I could convince them to fight for this cause, maybe I could gather them together."
Peach claps her hands and the Toads stand at attention, one of them is facing the wrong way. Peach turns him around and addresses them.
"Listen up Toads!" Peach announces. "This is an emergency! Mario is being held prisoner by Bowser and if we don't act quickly, I'll be forced into marriage with Bowser! Making him your new King!"
At this point, the Toads stare blankly ahead, clearly worried about the situation.
"Don't worry, I'm not a fan of it either! However, we cannot allow ourselves to be pushed around! We need to gather our troops! We need to break away from this castle, and find the Kingdoms of the other Toads!"
Peach looks down at her book. She flips to the atlas and begins making a map and path for her army to travel to reach the Kingdom of the Orange Toads, which was located in the far north-eastern part of the country...In Shiver City.
