Dislcaimer: None of the characters from the realm of Nintendo, including Mario characters, belong to me.
Chapter Four:
Peach was exhausted. She and her kidnapper had flown all day and deep into the night. She had been dangling from a broom, a rather undignified position, for many hours. Now it was late, and the constant fear and movement had worn her out, and she found herself drifting off to sleep.
She awoke on the ground to find herself sore and wet. It must have rained during the night. At least she wasn't bound-She wasn't bound! They had left her untied, and, for the moment, unguarded. She forced herself up and took a glance around before making a break for the line of trees not to far from her.
She ran into the trees, and right into a short figure. It was a magikoopa. "I see you have awakened, Princess." He said, his soft voice giving off just a hint of amusement. "How did you sleep?"
"Not well." She said angrily. "I fell asleep on a broom and woke up on wet ground."
"My apologies, Princess." He replied, unruffled by the harshness of her voice. "But perhaps you would care for some breakfast." It was a statement, not a question.
She was hungry, but was absolutely not going to accept any kindness from her kidnappers. "I'm not hungry." She answered shortly.
"As you wish, Princess." He replied. "However, I am certain that you are uncomfortable in your wet clothes." Before she could say a word, he waved his wand, and her clothes were dry.
"I need no kindness from you or any other of your kind." Peach told him angrily. "You kidnap me, carry me off on a broom, and then you try to play at politeness. Well, no thank you." And she turned and headed back to the camp from whence she had so previously fled.
Kammy awaited her, obviously aggravated. Peach hid a smile. At least this one would be easy to make angry. Kammy opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted.
"You seem to have nearly lost someone." The magikoopa had followed her.
"I nearly lost no one, Kamek." Came Kammy's sharp retort. "I knew where she was. There was no danger of her escaping."
So this was Kamek, The magikoopa. The one who had raised Bowser from childhood, or so it had been told.
"This is no place for her to spend the night." Kamek said softly.
"It's good enough for me, it's good enough for her." Kammy snarled. Evidently these two didn't get along very well. "What are you doing her, anyway. Nobody asked you to come."
"King Koopa asked me to come. Breakfast?" He held out something to her, which she accepted. Peach could not see it, but it smelled delicious.
"Let's go." Kammy called out, and the long march began.