Horoscope Girl

Chapter 1:

Living By The Paper

Author's Note: Hoorah for the start of my second full-length FanFic. After finishing my first one, The Sad Truth, I decided to go for something more positive and...different. And what better why to be original and creative then doing a FanFic about horoscopes? This first chapter is a bit of an introduction. But don't worry! All the "goodie goodie" coolness of one of my stories is soon to come! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Mario or any of those other great characters. Too bad!

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"DAISY!"

Immediately the auburn princess sat up, staring at the face of a Toad train attendant. They knew her personally. It was no surprise. She went on the train almost literally twice a week. Once to go, once to go back It wasn't that she was highly involved in politics, like that of her counterpart was, she was merely going to visit her counterpart. In the Mushroom Kingdom. Did she mention that was no where near where she lived?

She lived in a place called Sarasaland. It was nice, but hardly as rewarding or fun as a trip to the exciting Mushroom Kingdom her cousin called home. She frowned. She liked who she was, but she couldn't help herself at times if her cousin's life seemed to make her "green with envy".

Her cousin, more commonly known as Princess Peach Toadstool was the usual damsel in the distress. Everyone LOVED her. Everyone KNEW her. She was the definition of beauty and popularity.

The same didn't exactly apply to Daisy.

Sure, she was pretty and...somewhat popular, but she wasn't mentioned before Peach. Oh NO, of course she wasn't. She was second. Second-rate, more of. She was no where near as known and loved as Princess Peach Toadstool. HER castle didn't have a stain glass "portrait" of her in the front window. Oh heck no.

She shook her head, and rubbed her crystal blue eyes with her short white gloves, each in lined with frills at the end. Much like the petals of a daisy itself...

A lot could be said about Princess Daisy from her appearance. Her bold bright yellow and orange gown gave her the reputation of being cheerful. It was true; she was. Her perfectly flipped-out hair gave her the reputation of being spunky. That she was as well. The floral theme that went about with her outfit gave her the reputation of liking gardening. And it was true. She adored flowers; she had a luxurious garden.

She was a bit of a tomboy. She didn't mind getting 'down and dirty'. More of, she just wanted to have fun.

And this train ride certainly wasn't.

She sank down in her red velvet seat and glanced at the smiling red Toad, standing in front of her.

"Here's your newspaper and coffee, Princess," he said, handing them carefully to her.

She let out a yawn and flipped through the newspaper. She passed the news section, (No, that didn't matter to her at all), she went pass the Sports, (Which did matter to her the slightest bit. She'd go back to it later), and then pass the funnies (Which was something else she'd look at later), and passed section-to-section until she came upon one of the more "unknown" pages in the paper; right in the middle of the second to last section.

The heading at the top read 'Horoscopes'.

Now Daisy was a big horoscope fan. She lived her life according to the horoscopes in the Mushroom Kingdom Gazette. If it wasn't the Mushroom Kingdom Gazette, it was certainly some other local newspaper. It didn't really matter.

All she knew was that whatever her horoscope predicted was most likely to come true. Ever since she had first gotten interested in astrology and horoscopes, she had been blown away with how alike she was with her sign. She was positive; she was highly social; she was a bit impatient and sensitive.

She was a proud Sagittarius.

She gazed down the page of the paper, looking for her sign. Her eyes quickly went passed the Gemini horoscope; Virgo and Libra and all the others...she let out an "Aha!" as she came to her own sign. It read:

Sagittarius: (November 22-December 21) Expect the unexpected. Don't be surprised if something completely out of the ordinary happens today.

Oh I won't, the princess thought, now satisfied. Her day simply wasn't complete without the reading of her horoscope. She would never know what would happen without it. She set the newspaper aside and looked out the window.

It was hardly past 7. She had been on the train since 10pm last night. The trip wasn't anywhere near short. She wouldn't be in the Mushroom Kingdom for another hour or two. But that was okay. She had plenty of time to spare.

She took a sip of her coffee, delivered with her newspaper and signed. She was the only person sitting in the first class section on the train. She could have gone by plane of course. There were many other quicker transportation options. But she liked the train. It was a bit of a tradition to her. The trip was always as fun as being there. She let out a sigh and focused her attention on the big screen in front of her. There was a movie on it, of course. She wasn't sure what the movie was...something to do with the Yoshis on Yoshi's Island, but it was nevertheless entertaining. Waking up in the morning to coffee, horoscopes, and Yoshis was always a sign of a good day.

Screech!

The train came to a sudden stop. There already? Daisy's eyes looked around for any signs that they had pulled into the Mushroom Kingdom, Mushroom City train station.

There were none. Outside her window, all she saw was fields of green. This COULDN'T be Mushroom City. There was hardly any green in site there, unless it was the green light on one of the many huge buildings. She glanced around, until a Toad's voice came on over the intercom.

"Please sit tight, passengers," it said, in its small little voice. "We are experiencing technical difficulty."

Technical difficulty? Just great. The princess shook her head. And she had a tennis tournament this weekend. Or...more of, tennis lessons. She was a bit inept, and considering the fact she was left handed, was never taught properly. Peach was willing to teach Daisy how to properly serve and hit and receive...all that good stuff...

She looked to the side and then back at the newspaper. Her eyes caught site on the horoscope page again. Already, her horoscope had become reality. How did they do it?

And that, in all honesty, was something she'd never know.

Final Notes: Sort of short, I know, but what else was there to say? This was a "Prologue" to the rest of the story. I'm sorry if some of it didn't make sense. Sometimes it's hard for a writer to put what they want to say into words. Sorry for the spelling and grammar mistakes as well. It's hard to catch all of them. Please review. And please be...positive as well. Don't give me one of those 'You Stink' reviews. They just get on my nerves.