Disclaimer: I do not own any characters belonging to Nintendo (no, duh). I also give credit to my older sister for thinking up this idea. Oh, and the only Mario games I have are SuperMario64, Mario Kart, Mario Party, and Mario Party 3. So, don't expect much from me.

Oh, and just in case you might be confused, in this story, Peach and Daisy aren't related. Also, Mario and Luigi are just really tight buddies. Otherwise, it'd be disgusting to pair Vine and Plum up.

Eighteen-year old Vine sighed. His parents were forcing another meeting between him and fourteen-year old Plum. As he got nearer, he saw Plum swing open the double doors. He knew what to expect.

" Hey, Vine! Looks like your acne didn't get any better," Plum smirked at Vine.

Vine couldn't protest against that comment. It was painfully all too true. As the years went by, Vine was horrified to discover his face covered in red blotches, embarrassing metal braces clamped on his teeth, and humiliating bug-eyed glasses magnifying his already huge eyes. To make it worse, his hair had grown in messy brown clumps AND he was short for his age. Disgraced by his ghastly appearance, Vine had refused to leave castle grounds with the exceptions of his annual visits to Mushroom Kingdom.

" Heh... Your glasses became two inches thicker than the last time," Plum said as she crossed her arms across her chest.

" Shut up. Your hair went from lavender to gay," Vine grumbled as he tried to puff himself taller than Plum.

" Heh... I think the two inches off your height went to your glasses. Oh! And you know what? You're not even smart!" Plum laughed at Vine as his already bright face grew another shade of crimson.

-Meanwhile-

" Peach, what am I going to do?" Sobbed Daisy as Peach patted her on the back. "My son doesn't even LOOK like any of the other princes in the surrounding kingdoms!"

" There, there, Daisy. It can't be helped. Besides, I think that if you take away his braces and glasses, clean up his face, give him some height, AND do something about the hair, he'll look pretty good."

Daisy stared up at Peach, and then sat up straight.

" Peach... You notice that if we actually DO what you just said, nothing will be left of him?!?!?! How in the world will we ever succeed in pairing Plum up with him! Sooner or later, she'll be looking at other males from other kingdoms and forget all about Vine! And then where will I be? No other kingdom will WANT Vine as their son-in-law!" Daisy burst out in tears as she once more flung her arms around Peach. Peach just sighed as she once more went to patting her friend's back.

-In the meantime-

" Plum... Will you PLEASE give me back my glasses?" Vine growled in frustration while he groped around the room. Knowing that Plum won't give his glasses back easily, Vine leaned against the wall to think up a revenge for when she DOES give them back. Without warning, unwelcome memories from his past visits came flooding back...

During the past six years, Vine and Plum had visited each other in their respectable homes. Each time, they had gotten into arguments and later on, stole each other's items as ransom for other things. And THEN, Vine started showing signs of his acne problems. Oh, the dishonor! Plum had officially made her first greeting to him a comment on his acne. Vine had truly wanted to crawl under his bed when he was forced to get braces and later on glasses. The jokes didn't stop there. To Vine, he hated it the most when Plum remarked on how much more taller she was than he.

" Well, well, well... Plum, dear, you just wait and see... Just wait and see what I'll do to you," Vine thought evilly to himself as he planned his revenge. Looking around the room, Vine sighed seeing that there was nothing in which he could seek his revenge with.

" Vine? Oh, Vine. Where are you?" Plum asked out loud in a sarcastic voice. "I have your glasses with me! Gasp!" Plum dropped the glasses as she was pulled into a room.

" Hand them over." Plum rolled her eyes as she recognized the voice belonging to Vine. Apparently, Vine had pushed her into a dark closet and blocked the door with a chair. Having a fear of darkness, Plum whimpered before quickly telling Vine that she had dropped his glasses on the floor.

" YOU DROPPED MY GLASSES ON THE FLOOR!" Plum heard vine getting down on his knees and listened as he mumbled about his revenge. After awhile, Plum was starting to become fidgety.

" Um... Vine? Can you let me out? I'm very uncomfortable in here..." Plum was beginning to get panicky, as she obtained no answer from the other side of the door. In fact, Plum noticed that there was also no light seeking in through the bottom of the door.

" Vine? Vine? Let me out! Let me out! LET ME OUT!" Plum banged her fists on the door as tears came pouring from her eyes. "LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT!"

Suddenly, the door swung open and Plum found herself bathed in light.

" Geez, Plum. Can you scream any louder?" Plum shot her head up as she noticed for the first time that Vine was in her presence. Standing up to face Vine, she shook the dust off of her dress and took a deep breath before allowing her mouth to open.

" Vine, you FOOL! Why did you do that? Don't you know how much I'm afraid of the dark? Everybody knows that..." Vine didn't realize that Plum was crying softly until he realized that she stopped talking. Turning around, Vine looked on guiltily while Plum continued to shed tears.

" Plum... I'm so sorry... I never knew you were afraid of the dark. Honestly, I didn't." Vine tried his best to look convincing. Inside, though, he was rejoicing. Yes! I got my revenge without even having to do serious thinking! Bravo, Vine, bravo! Vine secretly praised himself within while he desperately attempted to make Plum stop crying.

Sighing, Vine stood up to leave when he realized that the time had come for him to leave. Before leaving, however, Vine squatted down to where Plum had sat down crying. Peering at her weeping face, he wondered whether or not he should just leave her.

" Vine! Hurry up! We have to go now!" Vine looked out the window. Indeed, his mother had already seated herself in her automobile. Holding up a finger to tell his mom he'll be a minute, Vine gave Plum his handkerchief before running out to where Daisy was waiting.

Plum glared at Vine's handkerchief while the sounds of the cars died away. Slowly, her lips broke to form an evil smile. Soon afterwards, her laughter was heard throughout the castle as she planned vengeance against Vine. A knock at the door stopped her from laughing and she quickly wiped her tears away.

" Plum, honey? How was Vine's visit?" Mario walked into the room and sat down on the floor next to Plum.

" Vine's visit? Oh, it was fine. It was EXCELLENT. In fact, dad, I think my visit to him next year will be even better. I can't wait!" Plum exclaimed as she threw her arms around Mario as she embraced the thought of Vine's expression.

Mario, on the other hand, was becoming uneasy. Usually, his daughter dreaded the thought of seeing Vine again. This was rather strange. Laughing uneasily, Mario hugged Plum back.

"That's great, Plum!"

In case you're wondering, Vine isn't SUPER short. He's just a few inches shorter than Plum. Plum, though, is TALL for her age.