Disclaimer: As always, I own nothing including the party ball and the camera.
Author's Note: I watched the CUBE magazine DVD. There were over 30 footages of the upcoming games. Wow! I had seen all of them. They were fantastic! Kirby is as cute as ever and Mario, his adventures and sport activities are constantly more exciting and fun:D Speaking of him, I read another chapter of Mushroom Kingdom Hearts. I really can't wait for the next one:) This fic is one of the best ones I've read. Anyway, I went off the subject again. Oops!
Surferljb: At least they didn't argue through the whole day. I bet cute couples sometimes fight, huh?
Surferljb: If Mario didn't stop Peach and Luigi chatting about books, they would talk about it for a very long time and the chapter would be longer.
Here's the next chapter for you!
Chapter 16: Say Cheese!
Everyone was crowding around Peach at the first floor.
"Er… you're joking, aren't you?" Mario replied.
"Nope." Peach said, smiling. "Besides, you need your photo done if you want to remember this party and all the guests."
"All right then."
The princess turned to her cousin. "Daisy, get the camera while I'll pick up the party ball."
"Okay but where's the camera?" Daisy asked.
"It's somewhere in the storage room. I'm going there anyway."
Peach and Daisy walked away from their friends to the door of the storage room. While they were gone, Mario and his chums were having a conversation with each other.
"Luigi, what is a party ball?" Mario inquired, looking at his brother with a puzzled face.
"I'm not sure. It must be some kind of sphere, obviously." Luigi answered.
"Maybe there's a party inside a ball."
Luigi paused. Everyone including Mario stared at him like he's some weirdo or freak.
"O-kay..." The green-clad plumber finally said, after 20 minutes.
"But what is a party ball?" Mario asks once more.
Mario was met with a cake from the floor being thrown in his face.
"Bro, don't say such stupid questions." Luigi says, getting annoyed.
"But I really don't know what it is." Mario replied. He managed to lick some of the pink cream from his chin. "Hey! This tasted very nice, even though it's on the ground."
Luigi smacked his face and mumbled. "Shut up, Mario."
"Guys, we got the stuff!" A voice exclaimed.
Mario and his buddies turned around to see Daisy holding the camera in her arm. It looked exactly like the one in Mario Party 6 but it's pink. Peach grips hold of the party ball. It is golden yellow and the surface of it sparkled. The princesses tread over to their friends. They placed down the camera and the party ball on the floor.
"Hi everyone, what did you do while we're gone?" Peach inquired.
"Uh… nothing, actually." Luigi said, not wanting to tell her what really happened.
"Really?"
"Uh-huh."
Princess Peach gaits to Mario but he looked away. The plumber gazed at the floorboards, being unhappy. Peach crouched down and looked up to see Mario's face covered with cream. She stood up.
"Gee, what happened to your face?" She inquires. "You know, you can't have your picture taken looking like this but you could be perfect for comic relief."
Peach smiled and started to giggle. Mario noticed this and frowned.
"It's not funny, princess." He muttered.
"Yes, it is!" The princess grinned. She used her silky, pink handkerchief to wipe off the cream on Mario's face. "Anyhow, I'm cleaning this off your face."
"Princess, who's taking a photograph of us?"
"Tayce T. is doing that, Mario." Peach said. She spun around to face her cousin. "Daisy, can you please get Tayce T. to come here?"
"Sure, why not." Princess Daisy said with a smile. She ran to the kitchen door and opens it. She went in.
Inside, Tayce T. was wiping the wooden table with a cloth. Soap suds were coming out of it. Daisy treads to the toad chef.
"Excuse me; can you please use the camera for me and the guests?" The princess asks, courteously.
"Certainly, dear." Tayce T. answered. She puts down the cloth and follows Daisy out of the kitchen.
Everyone was standing in rows and the camera is facing them. Mario was at the middle in the front row. Flurrie was floating at the left side near him, Ms. Mowz is standing next to the plumber at the right, Peach stood beside Ms. Mowz, Goombella and Vivian stood next to each other, Toad and Toadette stood close to them, At the second row, Luigi stood at the center, Yoshi and Birdo were next to him, Goombario, Kooper, Bombette, Parakarry, Bow, Watt, Sushie and Lakilester were alongside each other, At the back, Koops, Yoshi and Bobbery were nearby to Wario and Waluigi. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong were near them. Daisy ran to her friends. Everybody moved to let her in. She stood close by Luigi. Tayce T. walked to the pink camera which has three metal legs at the bottom of it. Vivian used her special ability and disappeared. She re-surfaced near the party ball and grabbed it. She vanished into the ground and emerges beside Goombella.
"Are all of you ready?" The toad cook inquired.
"Yeah!" Mario and the gang exclaimed.
"Everyone say 'It's party time!'"
"Um… couldn't we say something else?" Peach asked.
"You mean like, 'Smile!' or 'Mario Party'?" The toad cook questioned.
"No, I mean like, 'Cheese'."
"Well, if you say so, say cheese!"
"Cheese!" Everyone yelled.
Vivian threw the golden party sphere into the air. It opened and rainbow colored confetti and streamers pour out. Tayce T. pressed the button and the camera flashed, extremely bright. Mario began to tip on his leg and screamed in fright, flailing his arms because Flurrie and Ms. Mowz were about to kiss him, Peach covered her mouth and looked at Mario, Flurrie and Ms. Mowz, wondering what was happening, the partners were smiling, Daisy and Luigi did a thumbs up sign, Wario and Waluigi were pulling silly faces and sticking tongues out, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong both done a peace sign. Toad and Toadette winked and grinned.
"Phew! Now, that's done, who wants to have their picture done?" Tayce T. asked.
"I do!" Peach exclaimed. "Mario can be in it with me!"
"Er… I think I'll pass." Mario said.
"Why?"
"Because didn't we have ours done already?"
"Of course we did! Anyway, will you please be in the snapshot with me?"
"But I don't want to; my partners might sing that song again."
"What song?"
"The 'sitting in the tree' one, remember?"
"I'm sure they won't sing that, just don't worry!"
"All right, then."
Everyone walked away leaving Mario and Peach alone.
"Are both of you ready?" Tayce T. asks.
"Yes." Peach replied.
"Smile!"
Mario put his arm around Peach's shoulders and she did the same with the plumber. Mario winked and did a thumbs up sign and Peach smiled. They tread off. Daisy and Luigi gaits to the same place where they were before.
"Are you two prepared for your photo?" The toad chef inquires.
"Sure!" Luigi and Daisy said with a grin.
"Say, 'Cheese on toast'!"
They beamed but they started laughing their heads off. Their laughter was so noisy that Mario and his friends can hear it.
"Gee, I wonder what's so humorous about?" Mario said, wondering to himself.
"Beats me. Mario, I'm going upstairs to phone somebody." Peach told him.
"Why?"
"Well because, it's a surprise for you and everybody else so I can't tell you."
"Aww…"
Peach walked away from her friend and went up the staircase. She pushed the double door open and she entered. Mario stared at Luigi and Daisy, who were still having hysterics.
Peach is inside a secret room. The table was at the left side of the room and on it was the telephone. It was pink and the surface of it was really smooth. She treads to the phone and picks it up. She dialed the number and she puts it near her ear and her mouth.
"Hello, this is Princess Peach. Who is this?" She replied.
"Yo! It's DJ. T! So, why did ya call me for?" The voice on the other line asks.
"I called you for… well, just between me and you, come to my castle and bring your DJ stuff. I need you to set up a disco."
"Okay but where's your castle?"
"It's behind the large, dark blue door with a yellow star on it. When you enter, you'll see my castle."
"I'll get there as soon as possible!"
"Thank you very much. Bye!"
Peach puts the phone down and gaits to the exit.
Meanwhile, Toadsworth was at the end of the library, reading a book. Hmm… seems like I've forgot to phone the clean up crew. I guess I must put this book away. He put it in the nearest bookcase and walked through the aisle of bookcases to the door. He opens it and stepped outside.
Mario sat at the bottom of the staircase; his face was resting on both of his hands. He let out a huge sigh. Obviously, he is really bored. Goombella and the other partners went to the plumber.
"What's wrong, Mario?" The female goomba inquires.
"The princess won't tell me who she's speaking to on the phone." Mario said, quietly.
"I'm sure she'll tell you later."
Mario instantly stood up. His eyes shone with excitement. "Really!"
"Of course, she will!"
"Later on or sooner." Goombario added.
Mario sighed again and sat back down on the stairs.
"Er… maybe I shouldn't said that." The goomba says.
"Mario, why are you sitting on the stairway?" A voice asks.
The plumber looked all over to see where the voice was coming from. He spun around to face Princess Peach gazing at him. He stood up.
"I'm sitting on the stairs because I'm exceedingly bored to death, princess." He said.
"Well, I called someone to come here and he should be coming in a half an hour." Peach replied.
"So, who is it?"
"It's a surprise, Mario. You'll soon find out when he arrives."
"Oh, how typically depressing."
"Why did you say that?"
"Because I won't know who is it until he shows up."
"You'll know soon enough, Mario, incredibly later."
"Oh."
"So, is Luigi and Daisy finished laughing?"
Mario looked at where Tayce T. and the camera were. His brother and Daisy were not there.
"Yep, they must have finally had their picture done."
"Mario, can you put away the camera back in the storage room?"
"Um… can't somebody else do it?"
"Why?"
"Because dust makes me sneeze, don't you remember?"
"Yes. I'll get the camera while you grab the party ball."
"Can somebody else do it instead?"
Peach thought about it for a moment and decided to let Mario not do it. "Okay, I'll go ask Daisy." She walked off.
Luigi and Daisy were busying having a discussion and chuckling to themselves.
"I never knew 'Cheese on toast' could be so funny!" Luigi said, between laughs.
"Yeah, you can say that again!" Daisy agreed, giggling.
"But why did we laugh at that for?"
"I don't know."
"Daisy! I want your help for something!" A voice exclaimed.
They rotate around to see Peach running to them.
"Daisy, can you help me pack away the camera and the party ball? Someone is arriving here in half an hour!" Peach inquires.
"Who is this 'someone', cousin? And how did you know that he or she is coming in half an hour?" Daisy asks, wondering.
"I'm just guessing. Besides, by the time we tidy up, he'll turn up."
"Oh. So, let's tidy up cousin!"
Peach and Daisy ran off and Luigi treads away to find his brother.
Mario and his partners were at the same place, probably having a conversation.
"Hmm… guys, do you think the princess is keeping something away from me?" Mario asked, rubbing his chin and thinking.
"Mmmm... what makes you say that, sweetie?" Ms. Mowz questioned.
"Well, she won't tell me who this 'someone' is."
"We'll find out who it is soon, Mario. Just don't be sad about it." Goombella replied.
"Bro, I think the princess is keeping a secret away from us!" A familiar voice yelled.
They whirl around to face Luigi sprinting towards them.
"What secret?" Mario asks.
"She said there this 'someone' is coming in half an hour!" Luigi shouted.
"I know! The princess said that word before!"
"Oh."
Within the storage room, Peach puts the party sphere next to the special chest and Daisy placed the camera beside a dusty purple vase. They went to the door and opened it. Peach and Daisy stepped out. They walked left to find their friends.
Mario and his buddies were even now speaking to each other.
"What do you think her secret is bro?" Mario asked.
"I don't know." Luigi said.
"Maybe she's married to a prince." Goombario replied.
Mario and the gang except Goombario paused for fifteen minutes. They were completely stunned and coughed. Some of them pretended to vomit.
"Goombario! (Cough, cough) That's ridiculous!" Mario yelled, still coughing.
"Yeah, since when did Peach (Cough) marry a prince!" Goombella assented.
"Well, I thought that was her clandestine!" The goomba shouted.
"Clearly, it's not!" Luigi bellowed.
"Then, what is her—"
Goombario got cut off by a recognizable voice.
"Hey, guys!"
Mario and the group whirl around to see Peach and Daisy dash to them.
"So princess, when is this 'someone' is coming?" The red-clad plumber asks, eager to get an answer.
"He's arriving not so soon now." Peach answered.
"Really?"
"Yes, well, I think he is showing up not so soon."
"So everyone, what were you doing while we were gone?" Daisy inquired.
"Just talking and doing nothing." Luigi replies. He turned to Peach. "Princess, what is your—"
KNOCK, KNOCK!
"That must be him!" Peach exclaimed with delight. She ran towards the front door.
"Gee, what has gotten into Peach today?" Daisy asks, staring at Peach very confused.
"How should I know?" Mario and Luigi snapped back at her in unison.
"Sheesh, you don't have to shout!"
Princess Peach pushes the massive door open with all her might. In front of her, she sees...
To be continued…
Author's Note: Yay! I finally finished the chapter:) Anyway, sorry that the chapter is so late. I'm too lazy to do it. It's not long until the end of this story and then the sequel arrives at last:D The next chapter is: Chapter 17: Disco Night, Disco Lights! so if you want any music in the chapter with the Mario music as well, please say so in your review! Oh, and if want only remixes of some of the Mario music, just say so! DJ T. is a character I made up and he's a guest character who will appear in the next chapter and in the sequel too!