Just to let you know... I didn't think this chapter was the greatest... Plus the fact its kinda short... Sorry...

Chapter 3

Christmas on the 25… JANUARY 25

The rest of the day after the "battle" passed by uneventfully, and Mario tucked in that night at about ten o'clock.

For most of the night he slept peacefully...but then at around four a.m. there was a loud crashing sound that came from outside and caused him to bolt upright, hitting his head on the ceiling that was just above his bed. He moaned in pain, clutched his head, and climbed out of bed.

"Oops, my bad!" came Peach's yell. Mario looked out his window to find Peach and Bowser setting up Christmas decorations. Peach had dropped a string of lights from a second story battlement into a trash can.

"Whata in the worlda are you doinga!"

Peach looked at him from her vantage point like he was stupid and retorted, "What does it look like we're doing? We're having a Christmas light decorating contest, duh!"

"Buta Christmas wasa a month ago!"

"Not this time!" Peach continued draping lights over the stone. Mario rolled his eyes and decided to observe them for a few minutes before he planned to head back to bed. He watched Bowser throwing multi-colored lights over a set of three bushes...the ones he always retreated into...

He sighed and headed off to his bed, and was soon asleep.

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The next morning Mario woke to the bright sunlight that shone through his window. All outside was silent... so he crept towards the window. His eyes became huge when he saw what lay below. The bushes Bowser had been decorating had so many lights and big blowup decorations that defied several of the laws of physics. From what Mario could see of the castle from his point of view he saw lights on almost every rampart, blowups all over the yard which were spread out a ways away in a circle away from Bowser's decor, and light-up reindeer next to the pond.

Next to those stood Peach and Bowser, standing as still as statues and glaring at each other. A drop of sweat fell from Bowser's head.

"Scared that I beat you Mr. Turtle?"

"There is no way that what you call pretty could beat my work of art!"

"Oh yeah, we'll see about that!"

Peach caught a glimpse of Mario out of the corner of her eye, and instantly broke her glare to look at him.

"Hey Mario! Err... I meana heya Mario! Canna you understanda whata I am sayinga!"

"You can talk like normala...! Nowa what do youa wanta!"

Peach looked at Bowser and muttered, "He can't understand people when they talk regular... You have to speak Mario to get him to understand..."

She then turned back towards Mario, "Whicha do youa thinka looks bettera?"

"Uh..."

Suddenly, one of the lights on Bowser's bushes sparked and started and started a fire. Soon the fire spread and consumed the entire three plants. Once it had burned up Bowser's hiding place the fire suddenly put itself out.

His voice turned to slow mode and sounded full of anguish and grief, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"Wella, I guessa that meansa Peach winsa!" Mario turned away and left.

"Did you hear that Mr. Turtle! I won!" Peach crossed her arms triumphantly.

"You haven't seen the last of me! I'll-I'll be back!" He jumped behind where his bushes use to stand and just stood there, as still as a stone.

Peach suddenly skipped off down the yellow dirt road and began singing, "I'm off ta see the lizard, the wonderful lizard of Marioland!"

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da marshmallow: Oy… Told you it wasn't very good…
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FYI: the lizard Peach was referring to was Yoshi... Just in case you didn't know...
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