Author's note:The chapters eem to be getting longer and longer, and that's because the plot keeps building. It seems that Daisy is on her own while fighting Tatanga, and what will become of the two heroes of the Mushroom Kingdom?! Find out in my new chapter! Enjoy!

The fifth chapter, Tatanga's threat

"What am I going to do....?" Daisy whispered. Then, Toad and Toadette jumped on Tatanga and attacked him! Tatanga didn't like this one bit. He swatted the two off of him. "Toad! Toadette!" Birdo screamed. "Yer gonna pay for that!" She spit eggs at Tatanga. However, the villain caught the eggs and threw them back at Birdo. They hit the pink Yoshi in the head and knocked her unconsious. Daisy decided to call for her guards. "Guar---!" She was cut off by Tatanga's claw covering her mouth. "LET HER GO!" Peach screamed. She took off her shoe and hurled it at Tatanga, hitting him in the stomach. "You stupid Princess!" He growled. Daisy kicked Tatanga in the knee, knocking him down. "Peach, run!" Daisy screamed when Tatanga rook his claw from her mouth to rub his swollen knee. "Call the guards!!" Peach glanced nervously at the doorway. "GO!" Daisy urged her sister. Peach then shook her head. She ran and jump-kicked Daisy's captor in the stomach. She then grabbed Daisy's arm and run through the door. "Daisy, why are you going so slow! Cooperate!" Peach hissed. "No! I will not leave my kingdom to be conquered by this beast!" Daisy protested. She ran back into the throne room to confront Tatanga once and for all. But would she be captured? Or would she defeat Tatanga?

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Mario and Luigi looked around the room. Bowser was eating some fruit and didn't notice their conversation. "Luigi, we have to get out of here!" Mario whispered. "Well, duh! But I don't want to have to be the one to defeat Bowser!" Luigi replied, keeping a low voice. "I'm so worried about Peach...." Mario murmured. Luigi had a reply for that, but he kept his mouth shut. Then, he noticed a key just outside his cage. He reached for it, but Bowser saw this and burned the key to pieces. "Heh. You two are so stupid. You'll never figure out the fact that the combination to the cages is X, Y, Y, A, B, A, X and R!" Bowser laughed. "Uh, dad...." Bowser Jr. rolled his eyes. "Oops." Bowser said. "Uh, j-just forget that! I was lying! Yes! Just part of my magnificent plot to keep you busy! Hah!" "Dad, they're gone." Bowser Jr. pointed out. "Aw, darn it." Bowser grumbled.

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"I have a bad feeling about this...." Mario sighed. "Something's wrong!" Luigi nodded. "Something's happening to Peach." He said. "What?!" Mario demanded. "I don't know." Luigi shrugged. "Telegram." A voice said. The two brothers looked up to see Parakarry. "Oh, thanks." Mario said, taking the telegram. "Dear Mario stop.-Huh. I wonder what the 'Mario Stop' is." Luigi slapped his forehead in annoyance. "Let me read that!" He told his brother in red. "'Dear Mario stop Daisy is in trouble stop I'm in Sarasaland Palace stop Please help stop'." Luigi gasped. "We have to go help Daisy!!" He exclaimed. "Why should I help the Princess who attacked my Peach?" Mario demanded. "Fine! I'll save her!" Luigi anounced. "Alone!" Mario laughed. "Since when could you ever do ANYTHING alone? Without my help?" He demanded. "Good luck." Luigi glared. Then he sprinted towards Sarasaland---a three hour sprint.

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Daisy jump kicked Tatanga. She jumped to repeat her attacj, but Tatanga swatted her out of the air, knocking her unconsious. "Uhhh....." Daisy murmured, stressing to stay consious. "Peach.....Iiiiiiii......Caaan't do thiss.....uhhhh....aloone...." Everything went black. "Hahahahahahaha! Sarasaland is MINE!!" Tatanga exclaimed happily. "Finally!" Then, Birdo opened her eyes. "Princess!" She gasped. "You're DEAD, Tatanga!" She began spitting eggs at the fiend. Tatanga jumped out of the way of the egg projectiles. "Save your strength, pinky!" He laughed. "I have the highest of technology!" Birdo saw Toad and Toadette waking up and signaled for them to run for help.

"Help! Somebody! Tatanga has attacked Princess Daisy!" Toadette shouted. "Guards!" Several guards came running. "Yes. Tatanga said to watch out for you two." A guard said. "What?!" Toad demanded. The guards seized the two mushroom children. "They're minions of Tatanga! Birdo, somebody, hellllllllllllllllllppppppppppp!!" Toadette shrieked, kicking her leggs and thrashing her arms violently. But no help would come. Tatanga had taken over the kingdom of Sarasaland. What will Princess Daisy Toadstool do?! Will Birdo be able to stop Tatanga?

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Three hours later, Luigi entered Sarasaland. He saw a horrible sight. Toads and Sniffits had been turned into slaves of Tatanga. "Where's Princess Daisy?!" Luigi demanded. The Sniffits looked worridly at Luigi, telling him that Daisy was in trouble. Since Tatanga had taken over the kingdom, the guards refused to cooperate, so Tatanga sealed them within the palace. The gates to the castle were unguarded, so Luigi easily snuck into the garden of now dead daisies. "How am I going to get in....?" Luigi wondered. He heard wings flapping. He looked up and saw Parakarry. "A package for Mr. Luigi Mario." Parakarry said in a low voice. "That's me." Luigi whispered in reply. He took the package and opened it. Inside was a cape. Luigi put the cape on and flew to the third floor window where Tatanga was. Luigi peeked through the throne room window to see Daisy tied up in the throne and Tatanga in the throne beside her. The good Sarasaland Guards that served Princess Daisy were there, too.

"Daisy! Cooperate and tell them what to do!" Tatanga was yelling at the Sarasaland Princess. "I will NEVER!" Daisy screamed. "And I won't marry you, EITHER!" Tatanga glared angrily at Daisy and slapped her. "Damn....this guy has been pestering me for two hours straight to marry him just so that he can take full control of Sarasaland..." Daisy murmured to herself. "But if I don't, he threatens to hurt Peach and do the same thing to her palace.....What am I going to do?" Tatanga cackled. "You have five minutes to decide." He said. "I'm taking the guards out of the room. I'll be commanding my slaves." With that, he left the room.

"I can't stand to see my kingdom this way." Daisy said, a tear rolling down her cheek. "If I marry Tatanga and save Peach and her kingdom, I'll have to suffer and so will my kingdom. I hate these catch twenty-two's. I need a miracle.....Where are Mario and Luigi when you need them?" "Right here." Luigi said, finally managing to break in through the window. "Luigi!" Daisy gasped. "Untie me." Luigi nodded and set about untying the ropes that binded Daisy to her throne. "We need to get help, Luigi. Tatanga has to be stopped." The Sarasaland Princess told Luigi. "I know." Luigi said, untying the final rope. Daisy stood up. "So, what are your plans of action?" She inquired, crossing her arms. "I saw what happened to your kingdom and...." Luigi trailed off. He knew it wouldn't be wise to tell Daisy about all of the slaves. That would only distract her mind more when she should be thinking of a plan of action. He shook his head. "Anyway, we need to devise a plan, and Mario is really good at that. Except.......Well, he didn't want to help you. So he didn't come." "Yes, I did." A familiar voice said from the window. Daisy and Luigi turned to see Mario standing infront of the window. "I followed you. You wouldn't think I'd miss out on this adventure, would you?" Mario laughed. "Mario! I'm so glad you're here! We need to save Sarasaland!" Daisy told him. "Right." Was all Mario said before he went into thought.

Then, they heard cackling. They whirled to face the door and saw Tatanga standing there! "I knew I shouldn't have left this room, even to stand outside of the doorway and listen. I had a feeling those meddling Mario Brothers would come here and try to rescue my beautiful Princess." He said. Daisy glared. "I am not YOUR Princess!" She shouted. She ran at him and landed a punch on his face. "Hmph. You want to fight? Fine then." Tatanga laughed. He ran at Daisy, his fist pulled back. The Princess in yellow attire ducked before Tatanga's fist could hit her. When Tatanga passed her, Daisy legg sweeped him, sending the fiend to the floor. "Well, very good." Tatanga commented, getting back to his feet. "What is your desicion?" Daisy laughed. "You still think I'm going to go through with that?" She asked. She jump kicked the foe. Bust the second time she attempted this attack, Tatanga grabbed her legg and swung her through the air. He then let go of her and Daisy went flying and landed against the wall with a thud, knocking her unconsious again. "Take this!" Mario shouted, hurling fire balls at Tatanga. Tatanga managed to dodge the fire balls. He stopped to laugh, then Luigi threw green fire balls at him, setting Tatanga on fire. The fiend jumped through the window and landed in the moat. "Mario! You go after him! I'm going to see if Daisy's all right." Luigi said. Mario grinned and jumped out the window after his opponant. "The final showdown." He laughed.

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Peach was wandering through the Sarasaland forest. She had gotten lost. "Which way......is out?" Peach wondered aloud. She came to a clearing with a tree stump in the middle. "This place has a nice aura...." Peach commented. The Princess in pink clothing walked over to the stump and sat down on it. "What am I supposed to do now?" She wondered. "Return to the Sarasaland palace, my daughter." A deep, beautiful voice commanded. "What?!" Peach gasped and jumped to her feet. She turned to see a woman with blond hair standing infront of her. This woman was wearing a sky blue dress and resembled Peach. "Mother!!" Peach screamed. She ran forward to wrap her arms around her mother, but she ran right through her. "Peach, do you not remember my death?" The Mushroom Queen inquired. "I was killed in a great war many years ago." Peach lowered her gaze, tears streaking her face. "I can't believe it. It's you!" She exclaimed. "Yes, my daughter." The Queen said. "You must return to the Sarasaland palace and help your little sister, my second daughter." Peach nodded. Her mother pointed down a glowing path. "This path has been forgotten by all over the years. Take it." She said. Peach nodded. "I'll always love you two, my princesses." The Mushroom Queen stated as she flickered out of existance. Peach raced down the path back to the Sarasaland Palace.

The path was short and lead to and underground passage. Peach walked through the stone corridor and walked up some stairs to a steel door. Peach opened it and entered the Sarasaland castle. She closed the door and saw that it was disguised as a portrait of Daisy. Peach ran through the hallway up to the throne room, where she expected to see Tatanga and Daisy still dueling. "Sieze her!" A voice commanded. Peach turned to see Tatanga's servants advancing on her! Peach kicked them and ran into the throne room and slammed the door behind her. She looked around and saw Daisy passed out on the floor. Peach ran and fell to her knees beside Daisy. "DAISY!" She screamed. Suddenly, she heard the door burst open. Then, cold water splashed over her. Peach sat there, dripping. She wiped her bangs out of her eyes and turned to face Luigi, who was standing with a bucket. "Um, sorry?" Luigi said. "I went to get a bucket of water to wake Daisy, and I came in here, and I guess I dumped the water on you, too." "You poured ALL of it on me." Peach hissed. "Daisy didn't get a SPOT of water on her!!" Before Peach to unleash her wrath of yelling, slapping and kicking, Luigi spoke. "Um! Mario went out the window to fight Tatanga!" He said. Peach spun around and raced over to the open window. She leaned over the sill and stared down into the palace gardens.

There, was Mario fighting Tatanga. Peach screamed with shock. She looked over her shoulder at Luigi. "LUIGI! Get down there and HELP him!!" She screamed. Luigi nodded and ran down the stairs and headed into the palace garden. Peach went back to watching the fight, until she heard Daisy get up. "Peach! Where's Birdo?!" She demanded. Peach whirled around. "Daisy! You're okay!" She exclaimed, clapping her hands together in a way that sickened Daisy. "Yeah, I KNOW!" Daisy said. "Where-is-Birdo?!" She repeated, saying her sentance slowly. "Birdo? I didn't see her when I came in." Peach explained. Daisy got a better look at Peach. "Why are you drenched?" She inquired. Peach looked at herself. "You'll find out later, when I kill Luigi." She grumbled. "C'mon! We need to help them defeat Tatanga." The two Princesses ran at full speed down the many stair cases. They ran through a golden door and found themselves in the Inner Courtyard. "We're in the Inner Courtyard and Mario and Luigi are in....?" Daisy asked. "The Outer Palace Gardens." Peach replied. "Okay. We've got five minutes of running at tops speed to go." Daisy told her sister. "Oh, GREAT!" Peach groaned sarcastically. They took off again.

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Daisy pushed open the heavy wooden door to the Inner Palace Garden. "We're almost there!" Daisy anounced. "We'd better be!" Peach shouted. "You took THREE wrong turns back there, Daisy! THREE!" Daisy only laughed. "Help me push this door." She said when they came to a large metal door that lead to the Outer Palace Garden. The two Princesses pressed their backs against the door and pushed it with all their might. It squeaked open, and there was Tatanga. Daisy laughed and ran at him. "Ready, sis?" She called back to Peach. She whirled around. "Peach?" She asked. Where the hell was Peach?! Before Daisy could do anything, Tatanga knocked her out with a punch to the back of the head. Everything went black.

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"Uhhh.....Where am I?" Daisy sat up. She was inside a large stone dungeon. But the cell that she was in wasn't shut, let alone locked. The princess clad in yellow stood up and walked out the cell door. There was a large, dark, scary corridor. She walked along the path, her high-heels causing a clacking noise on the stone floor. Her pace quickened. She sensed that something horrible was occuring at the other end of the corridor. Daisy eventually broke into a sprint, gasping for breath. She finally made it to the other end of the long hallway. She kicked open the wooden door. There, was Tatanga standing over the Mario Bros., who here on the floor in a puddle of blood. Daisy let out a shrill scream. She back away towards the door, but it slammed shut behind her. "Oh my god....oh my god...." She chanted, horrified at the sight infront of her. "Oh, Peach....where are you?" Tatanga cackled. "Don't cry. You'll soon be with them. No more will I try to control you!" He shouted. "With you dead, I shall control Sarasaland! And then the Mushroom Kingdom will fall! And then I will rule the WORLD!!"