Dil: Yay for 2 chappies!
Luigi: Yay for not being tied up!
Yoshi: Yay for another person!
Peach: Hi peoples!
Dil: Yay for Peach
Luigi: Everyone, stop saying Yay!
Peach: Yay!
Luigi: THAT'S IT!
Dil: Don't make me shoot the Bullet Bills at you!
Luigi: AIEE!
Peach: DISCLAIMER TIME! Dil doesn't own squat, except for his ideas!
Dil: Good job Peach!
Yoshi: 2nd Chapter Time!

The Shadow of a Stranger
Chapter 2: Peach, Toadsworth, and the Bomb!
"DAISY!" Peach Yelled. "WHAT'S WRONG?"

"IT'S BOWSER! HE'S BEEN SHOT!" Daisy yelled.

"What?" Dry Bones Asked.

"HE'S DEAD!" Daisy said.

"Let's head to the Attic. We have candles there." Toadsworth said.

"Everybody join hands and follow me." Peach Said.

Peach grabbed Toadsworth's hand. Luigi walked around looking for Daisy. Luigi stumbled over Daisy, Who was still on the ground.

"Daisy, come on," Luigi said pulling Daisy up. Daisy stared at Bowser's body. "Daisy what's wrong?"

"Nothing. I'm just wondering why someone would kill Bowser." Daisy said holding Luigi's hand.

"Maybe it was something he did earlier?" Luigi pondered.

"Maybe..." Daisy's voice trailed off.

After a few minutes of traveling, everyone made it to the Attic. Peach dug in a drawer and got a ton of candles out.

"We have enough candles for everyone to have one." Peach said. "But only one! That's all!"

Peach passed the candles out and Mario lit them with his fireball.

"I think we should pair up so no one is left alone." Toad suggested.

"Especially if one of us is the killer!" Toadette said.

Everyone froze. No one had thought that someone at the party was the killer.

Peach was the first to speak, "Toad's right lets pair up."

Everyone nodded and got with his or her friends, after that everyone was quiet.

Peach got up, "I need to go to the bathroom. Daisy, Birdo, Come on!"

Daisy picked up her candle and followed Peach out the room.

"Wait for me!" Birdo said following Daisy out the door.

"Be back soon!" Toadette said.

Peach, Daisy, and Birdo wandered through the halls of the castle. It was hard for Peach to navigate through the castle when all the lights are out. After about 10 minutes of traveling, they made it to the bathroom.

"You guys wait here!" Peach said outside the bathroom.

"Ya, Ya, just get done so we can get back to everyone else." Daisy said.

Peach nodded and headed in to the bathroom. After two minutes, the sound of breaking glass was heard.

"What was that?" Birdo asked.

"Peach must've dropped something." Daisy shrugged

Then a shriek that sounded like Peach was heard. Birdo looked at Daisy.

"I'll check on her!" Daisy said in a worried voice. Daisy walked over to the door and started to knock.

Then, The door slammed open and hit Daisy in the face. Daisy collapsed and the door opened wide. A dark figure stepped out of the bathroom. Birdo looked at the figure. Peach was lying in his arms. He was abducting Peach! Birdo ran towards the figure. The Figure looked at Birdo then ran towards her too. Birdo still ran towards the figure. The Figure must've been really strong, because when they met, Birdo was knocked back and hit the wall, rendering her unconscious.

"Weakling!" The Figure said running off.

"Man, they sure are taking long" Mario said.

"I say, it's been about twenty minutes!" Toadsworth said.

"We should go check on them!" Yoshi suggested.

"Okay, come on Yoshi!" Mario said getting his candle. Yoshi picked up his candle and followed Mario.

"Wait!" Toadsworth said. "I'm going too!"

"But Toadsworth-" Toadette started.

"No, I'm going. She's my granddaughter and I'm really worried about her." Toadsworth said.

"Toadsworth," Mario said. "Come on if your going!"

Toadsworth grabbed his cane and followed Mario and Yoshi. The three walked through the halls as if it were Luigi's Mansion. After a long search, they found the hallway with the bathroom in it.

"Birdo, Daisy!" Yoshi exclaimed when he saw them lying on the ground. Yoshi ran over to Birdo.

"Is she okay?" Mario asked.

"She's breathing, but she's unconscious." Yoshi said. Yoshi walked over to Daisy. He nodded. "Daisy too!"

Mario nodded. "Well, Toadsworth-" Mario looked down and saw that Toadsworth was missing.

Toadsworth looked out of the Bathroom. "Mario, Yoshi, check this out!"

Mario and Yoshi walked over to the bathroom. Toadsworth was inside.

"Look!" Toadsworth said pointing to the window. The glass was knocked out, but glass was on the floor.

"What does that mean?" Mario asked.

"Someone must've snuck in and kidnapped Peach." Toadsworth said.

"But what about Birdo and Daisy?" Mario asked.

"They must've got in his way and he had to knock them out." Toadsworth said.

"Guys!" Yoshi said. "Come here!"

Mario and Toadsworth walked over to the window, where Yoshi was, and looked outside. It had started raining and was flooding! The whole ground was covered with water!

"Now how are we going get out?" Toadsworth asked.

"I don't care." Mario said. "All I care about is getting Peach back."

"But what if she's already-" Yoshi was cut off by Mario's voice.

"Yoshi! You stay here and wait for us. Watch Birdo and Daisy until we get back." Mario ordered Yoshi. "Toadsworth, come with me, were going to find Peach!"

Yoshi nodded, "Okay..." Yoshi was really scared of the Dark, but he would do it for Birdo and Daisy, and maybe even Peach.

Mario and Toadsworth walked out of the bathroom and headed down the halls.

"Come back soon you guys!" Yoshi said.

Mario looked down at Toadsworth. "So where should we look first?"

Toadsworth stopped. "Maybe we should try looking down there."

"Why?" Mario asked.

"That's why!" Toadsworth said pointing to footprints on the floor.

"Where does that go? Mario asked.

"The hall goes to the observatory and Peach's room." Toadsworth said.

"Then let's go!" Mario said running down the hall.

Toadsworth followed Mario to the door of the observatory. Mario stopped at what he saw. A figure was tying Peach up to a telescope! The figure looked back.

"Crap!" He muttered while running off.

"Who was that?" Toadsworth asked.

"I don't know but let's get Peach out of here." Mario said.

Toadsworth nodded and walked over Peach. Mario followed. Mario started on untying Peach, but Toadsworth noticed something.

"Mario, do you hear that?" Toadsworth asked.

"Huh?" Mario asked.

"That ticking sound. Do you hear it?" Toadsworth asked.

Mario listened and heard a quiet ticking sound.

"Now I do. What is it?" Mario asked.

Toadsworth looked on the other side of telescope.

"IT'S A BOMB!" Toadsworth yelled.

"WHAT?" Mario asked.

"JUST GET PEACH OUT OF HERE!" Toadsworth yelled. "I'LL TRY TO DISARM IT!"

"But what if you-" Mario started.

"Mario, when Peach was born, I promised myself that I would not die until I saw Peach grow up to be a successful ruler." Toadsworth said. "I'm sure, that with you around, Peach will be one. So untie her and go!"

Mario nodded. He wanted to plead Toadsworth not to try to disarm the bomb but he knew it would be no use.

"Toadsworth," Mario said. "Thanks, for everything."

Toadsworth smiled. "Your Welcome!" Toadsworth twist one knot and the ropes around Peach drooped. Mario picked her up in his arms. Mario looked back at Toadsworth.

"Good luck, Old man!" Mario said giving him a thumbs up.

Toadsworth smiled and gave Mario a Thumbs up too, "Now get out of here! There's only three minutes left!"

Mario nodded and ran out of the room. Mario knew that might have been the last time he sees Toadsworth. Mario hoped that it wasn't. After a minute, Mario made it back to the bathroom. Yoshi and Daisy waited for his return. Birdo was still knocked out.

"Mario!" Daisy said.

"So you found Peach?" Yoshi asked.

"Yep." Mario said. "Birdo still out?"

Yoshi nodded. "Hey? Where's Toadsworth?"

"No time for that. Grab Birdo and come with me to the attic!" Mario said running down the hall.

Yoshi looked at Daisy.

"You heard the man." Daisy said.

Yoshi sighed and picked Birdo up.

"Come on, Daisy!" Yoshi said. Daisy nodded and followed Yoshi.

Mario knocked on the door to the attic. Luigi walked over and opened it. Mario started climbing up when Yoshi and Daisy got there. When everyone was up, the questions began.

"What happened?"

"What took so long?"

"Are Peach and Birdo okay?"

"Where's Toadsworth?"

Mario looked at everyone. "Well-"

Mario was interrupted by a huge explosion.

"What was that?" Toad asked.

"That was the bomb that Toadsworth was trying to disarm!" Mario exclaimed.

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Peach: Poor Toadsworth!

Yoshi: Peach, we don't know if he's dead or not!

Luigi: Idiot!

Dil: Luigi! Don't make me get my Bullet Bill gun out!

Luigi: Aiee!

Yoshi: You say that a lot.

Dil: Peach; want to end it for us?

Peach: Sure! Please R&R and No Flames or else you'll get shot be Dil's Bullet Bills

Bullet Bill: You called?

Dil: Sick 'em!

Luigi: Aiee!

Yoshi: See ya next Chapter!