I would just like to say that I am SO sorry for leaving anyone hanging. I hit a wrong button, uploading the wrong document, and got my posting privileges suspended. I don't know how long I was supposed to be punished, but I gave it a good month before trying again. Well, to anyone who's interested, here's the rest of the story.

Disclaimer: once again, I own nothing and no one except for Jessie, Ian, and Nicole

Chapter 4: Shoes

"All right, I still don't know this place, but at least it still looks friendly," Luigi remarked to Toad as they wandered into a field. They had both fallen into a forest near each other. Wandering for a few days they had stumbled on a friendly village where the residents pointed them onto the easterly path. After a couple of hours of walking they reached this field.

"Hey, look!" Toad exclaimed, as he pointed toward a hill that rose out of the forest on the other side of the field. At the top of the hill was a castle, somewhat similar to Peach's.

"We must have found Sarasaland!" Luigi exclaimed.

"This is great!" Toad chimed in, "I'll bet it would've taken us a lot longer if that whirlwind hadn't picked us up."

"Yeah, but everyone else probably wasn't as lucky as us. I'll bet we'll be waiting a while for them all," Luigi responded.

They sat down against a tree to rest for a little while. The people in the village they had found sold them some food to take with them. So they took that out and ate while they admired the landscape around them.

"You know that is a pretty castle," Luigi commented.

"It's a lot prettier from afar than up close."

"How do you figure?" Luigi asked.

"That way you can see the hills and trees with it too. But it's nice up close too. Oops!" A shoe fell and hit Luigi in the head.

"Ow!" he blurted and fell over unconscious.

Toad jumped to his feet and looked up into the tree. A girl with auburn hair, a yellow dress, one blue shoe, and a red crown was sitting upon a limb up in the tree.

"I am so, sorry!" she said as she scrambled down the limbs.

"Who are you?" Toad asked, as they bent over Luigi.

"I'm Daisy, Princess of Sarasaland..."