This is a rewrite of the first time I uploaded this. I added a lot of stuff, so I recommend reading it again.

A/N: I'm not a very good author so forgive me if the story isn't very good. Accents are not included in this story and the characters are slightly (or maybe a little more) out of character. Enjoy the story!

P.S. No flames please! Constructive criticism is allowed, as long as it actually helps.

Disclaimer: Nintendo owns everything except the storyline and the fanfic. (Naw, you think?)

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A smell that no one can resist. The essence of life. A thing powerful enough to throw the world into mayhem. Mario reached his arms out as far as he could. He had to reach it! If he didn't, he would have to…..miss his chance of eating pizza! He reached with all his might to reach the pizza in front of him. Something was holding him back. Something that was calling, "Mario!" The pizza was only a foot away. All he needed to do was stretch a little farther! 6 inches left, 3 inches, 2 inches, 1; He could feel his fingertips...touch skin!

"MARIOOOOOOOO!"

The force that had been holding Mario released him, and he jolted awake. It had only been a dream. He rubbed his eyes as he tried to sort dream from reality. He looked around to see nothing unusual. His bedroom was, again, in a mess. Something stood out in that mess. Princess Peach was glaring down at Mario, with an expression that looked like she was going to give off steam. Mario realized that it had been her face that he touched.

"Would you get up already, Mario! There's been a report of missing toad children in Rose Town," Peach announced in an annoyed voice. "Hurry up and get up!"

Mario just yawned and sighed.

On the way to Rose Town

"Why me?" complained Mario out loud. "Why can't it be Luigi or Yoshi? Is it too much to ask to get a break? It feels like I've been busy 24/7 ever since I was born! sigh I guess I should be happy that I'm famous and got to meet Peach. Even though Peach is the one that always gets in trouble, if it weren't for her, I would probably just give up my whole career."

20 minutes later

Mario was walking along on the path, dreaming of pizza, when he heard a voice.

"You there with the mustache, come over here for a second."

Mario walked toward the owner of the voice. She was an old woman with a crystal ball on the table in front of her.

"I sense a great future in you," announced the lady. "I have never felt such an amazing force. I must see your future! I shall even see your future for free."

Mario sat and watched for lack of anything better to do.

"You will go on an adventure that will change your life, forever…" predicted the woman in a mysterious voice.

Mario rolled his eyes. He had been through many of adventures. "I'm kind of busy, so I have to leave. Thank you anyway," said Mario as he started to walk away.

The old woman stopped him and handed him a mirror. "This is for good luck," she said as she walked away.

Rose Town

Mario had accidentally bumped into someone and dropped the mirror. The mirror had shattered. He hadn't believed that the mirror had held good luck anyway. He definitely didn't believe in 10 years of bad luck. Bad choice.

"Who cares about a stupid mirror anyway?" he grumbled as he walked into the elder's house.

"Hello Mario. We're honored that you would visit our town on such a fine day!" greeted the elder. "What brings you here?"

"I've heard that some children have gone missing in Rose Town. Do you have any details or clues?" asked Mario.

"Missing children? We haven't had such a case for 2 years now. Not many bandits would steal children from our peaceful little town," said the elder with a slight worry in his voice.

"I just got the message about 3 hours ago! What's going on?" Mario inquired.

"It was probably just a false alarm, don't worry too much about it," assured the elder.

"I guess you're right. I better get going," replied Mario. "Thank you for your help. I hope to see you again, bye!"

"Remember that you are always welcome in Rose Town," said the elder as he waved farewell.

Mushroom Castle

Something didn't make sense. Peach had personally said that there was a report. Everything about today seemed confusing. He would ask Peach, and he would lie in bed and think.

"It's awfully quiet here," Mario noticed as he walked toward the Mushroom Castle. The usual hustle and bustle of the castle was gone. The whole village was empty of outdoor activity. Mario sensed a bad atmosphere, and shivered. There were always people outdoors, even when Bowser attacked.

As Mario entered the castle, he saw that there was some kind of important meeting going on inside the chapel. As Mario opened the door to the chapel, he saw hundreds and hundreds of mushroom citizens, all dressed in black. Mario could sense a full blow of bad omen.

The instant Mario entered, the majority of the faces turned toward him, but then they turned quickly back, as if they had something to hide. Nobody but the preacher spoke. Mario couldn't hear well from this distance, so he decided to ask someone. "What's going on?" Mario tried to ask a nearby mushroom. The mushroom seemed to ignore him, so Mario decided to move closer and listen to the preacher.

"...May this individual rest and move on in peace, amen," ended the preacher.

Everybody got up and started to leave. Surprisingly, everybody seemed to avoid and stay away from Mario.

Mario stared into the crowd and spotted Luigi. Mario started to walk toward him, but was held back by the crowd. As Luigi walked out of view, Mario thought he saw a tear under Luigi's eye.

After everyone left, Mario looked toward the preacher for answers. The preacher had left, but there was a picture behind where the preacher had been standing. Judging by the picture there, the ending of the speech, and how people were wearing black, Mario deduced that it had been a funeral.

From the current distance, Mario couldn't see clearly enough to figure out who the victim was. He started walking toward the picture. After he walked a lot closer to the picture, Mario was able to see the picture clearly enough to make out who it was. As he realized who it was, he couldn't believe his eyes. "No...NO!" Mario yelled out in emotional pain.

He ran to the picture and gently slid his hands across the picture. "It can't be!" Mario bellowed as if that would help him get over the pain.

Mario fell down to his knees, and cried out in sorrow, "I refuse to believe this! This can't have happened to...to Princess Peach!"

Mario wept and wept and wept, yelling now and then. Nothing could undo or reverse this unfortunate fate; Mario knew that. Because he knew that, he cried some more. He cried and wept for over an hour, until he had dried his eyes. No more tears would come out.

As full realization that Peach had died hit him, he collapsed, unconscious. Fate had started a whole new kind of adventure. One that would change his life…forever!

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A/N: I hope you enjoyed that. I sure had fun writing that. I especially liked creating suspense, although there was very little. Sorry it's not the longest or best story. Besides, only this much took over 8 hours. Next chapter coming soon!