Be gentle this is my first Mario fic. Anyways enjoy.
All characters do not belong to me blah blah blah...

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All was quiet, for a change. The sun shone brilliantly, birds chirped happily, throughout the whole Mushroom Kingdom everyone is in high spirits. That is except for one. She gazed forward her eyes unfocused, she let loose a depressing sigh. 'Why does everything have to be so complicated." Her mind wandered and her heart ached.

"Princess..."

The old Toad was worried, this was the fifth time she seemed to just space out in the past week. He tried again shaking her arm gently.

"Princess."

This time she turned, her glassy eyes cleared as she gazed at her old friend. "I'm sorry Toadsworth you say something?" The old Toad tried not to let his concern for her show. It didn't work. "You look troubled, is something wrong?" The Princess asked but Toadsworth shook his head.

"Everything is fine Princess, but I do believe you are going to be late." For emphasis he tapped his wrist. Something must have clicked in the Princess's mind for she flew from the seat her eyes wide with a mix of excitement and panic.

"Why didn't you tell me Toadsworth?" Princess Peach glared at him.

"I did, several times actually. But never mind that you must hurry."

"Yes, you're right." Her eyes darted around erratically before she rushed out the door heaving her dress around her as she went. Toadsworth shook his head sadly watching her go.

Meanwhile out on the Palace grounds two plumbers where hard at work.

"Luigi!"

"Calm down bro, don't get your cap in a twist." A tall skinny fellow clad almost entirely in green sauntered along the grass.

"That's easy for you to say everything has to be perfect." His shorter, plumper brother snatched the red blanket right out of his hands. He set it down desperately trying to iron out every crease. Luigi rolled his eyes at his older brother's antics.

"I don't think that's going to work Mario." All Luigi received was a cold glare. Luigi rolled his eyes again turning his back on his brother. "I'll just get the rest of the stuff then shall I." He knew he wasn't going to get an answer. Gathering up a rather large picnic basket he returned. "You know you really shouldn't eat so much bro." He puffed as he dropped the heavy basket onto the blanket. Again he got another nasty glare. "Oh, get ready bro here she comes."

"What!" Mario launched into the air. His heart raced as he suddenly panicked. He licked his fingers before furiously patting down his moustache. Luigi grimaced, that was gross. The Princess walked slowly over to them, Mario at this point was fidgeting anxiously wringing his hand together.

"Calm down bro." Luigi whispered nudging him softly in the ribs. Mario gulped preparing himself; he stood tall puffing out his chest. Luigi groaned rubbing his temple, his brother sure had it bad. Princess Peach now stood in front of them smiling sweetly. Mario made a fumbled grab for his cap before bowing. Luigi followed suit.

"Morning Princess." Luigi said all knowing his brother was too nervous to even form real words. Peach smiled and nodded at the green plumber.

"How is the day treating you Mario?" Peach asked.

"Fine." Mario squeaked rather loudly before coughing. Peach smiled holding out her hand. Mario nervously took her hand in his before leading her over to the blanket. Peach settled down placing a small package she had been carrying down in front of her. Mario just seemed to stand there staring until his brother nudged him. Shook from his thoughts Mario sat across from her.

"It's a lovely morning." Peach said gazing skywards.

"Yeah...lovely..." Mario's gaze never left the Princess. Luigi rolled his eyes; he'd been doing that a lot recently. He decided it would be best to leave, he had to think up an excuse and quick.

"Eh...I have to go and do some things. In the Castle." Luigi gritted his teeth together at the weird look his brother was giving him. "Bye Princess." He bowed before turning to his brother. "Bye bro, behave yourself." He winked at him chuckling inwardly as Mario squirmed uncomfortably. Stuffing his hands in his pockets Luigi strolled off whistling.

"That was odd." Peach mumbled.

"I'm going to kill him..." Mario hissed, glaring daggers at his retreating brother.

"What was that Mario?"

"Nothing Princess." Mario replied quickly before diving into the picnic basket.

"Before we start I have something for you." Peach leaned toward the unsuspecting plumber.

"Wha..." Mario stuttered dropping the sandwiches he was holding. "Oh...cookies." Part of him was relieved the other screamed in total disappointment at the small plate of cookies Peach held in front of him.

"Try one, I made them myself." Peach beamed at him. Alarm bells rang in Mario's head; Peach's cooking was renowned to be the worst in the entire Kingdom. But he had to take one. He feared for his life as the cookie touched his lips. Peach was smiling happily totally unaware of just how bad her cooking actually was. Mario bit down, teeth cracked and pain immediately shot through his mouth. Instead of crying out in total agony he smiled but he was unable to stop his eyes from watering. Peach slapped her hands together in glee thinking her 'wonderful' cookies had brought him to tears.

"I'm so happy you like them Mario." She slapped her hands together again. Mario whimpered pathetically before nodding. Peach seemed to stop, hands still clasped together, she took in a breath and closed her eyes. She took a hold of Mario's cheeks. Mario froze, the throbbing pain in his mouth vanished and it seemed as though time itself was grinding to a halt. He gazed into her eyes unable to move unable to think. Peach brought him closer to herself.

"PRINCESS, PRINCESS!" A shrill scream pierced the air and the two flew apart their cheeks burning. The Princess turned angrily towards the young toad that ran towards her. Screeching to a halt in front of her the Toad gathered himself before blurting out. "I'm terribly sorry Princess, but King Bowser is here."

"What!" Both the plumber and the Princess screamed at the same time. Mario was already on his feet running towards the castle.

"Mario wait..." The Toad was relieved that he did indeed stop. "You're not going to believe it." The young Toad actually seemed to be excited. "King Bowser wants peace, He's asking for a truce."

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End of chapter one. Please r+r.