The one where the Three Kingdom Ball begins and people try to have a good time, mainly the two stars of the story. Heh.

This one's a long one. Time will tell whether that's a positive thing or not.


Peach sighed quietly while awkwardly looking herself in the mirror. She was currently wearing a dress that Daisy had picked out for her. It was a classic; an red empire open back even dress that fit her rather well. And while Peach didn't necessarily disagree, she still felt a bit embarrassed.

...This dress hugs my body a bit too well. Did Daisy have something to do with this...? Peach suspected slightly. She lightly cupped her cheek while tilting her head, blinking curiously. "I wonder if Bowser is really going to come? I hope he does...in a more civilized fashion than he usually does, anyway."

"PEEEEEAAAAACCCCCH!~"

Peach gasped as she suddenly lightly pounced upon by Daisy. Not enough to knock her down, but certainly enough to make her stumble. "D-Daisy! Don't scare me like that! You didn't give any sort of warning!"

"That's no fun!~" Daisy grinned, not unlike a madwoman. Peach noticed she wore a yellow embellished foral appliqué dress with a sweetheart neckline. She even had her hair groomed to be more smooth and silky and not somewhat wild like a lion's mane. Though that definitely didn't change Daisy's overall attitude, with her fists on her hips and her chest puffed out. She seemed to know how well-endowed she was compared to Peach, regarding their chests at least. And unlike Peach, she didn't mind showing it while still being within some modesty.

"What's fun about giving me a heart-attack...?" Peach deadpanned.

"Lighten up, Peachy! It didn't happen, did it? There ya go!~" Daisy huffed while lightly rubbing under her nose with her gloved finger. after she's had her fun, she did calm down a bit to be serious. "So. Sure about this whole Bowser invitation thing?"

"I'm quite certain."

"Are you really, REALLY sure? It's not too late, Peach." Daisy said as she lifted her arm and tapped her bicep. "Just say the word, I'll punt his scaly tail outta here in a flash!"

"Appreciated...but unnecessary. I believe Bowser will be on his best behavior this time. I can feel it." Peach said while walking past Daisy a bit, who shrugged and smoothed out her dress. "And besides, even if it does go awry...I'll plant my feet and put a stop to him myself. That's how determined I am to keep this party somewhat stable."

Slap!

"AIIIEE!~" Peach gasped, shocked for the second time in a row as Daisy unexpectedly gives her rear a not too hard slap, grinning mischievously.

"That's the spirit!~"

"Daisy...why...?"

"The better question is, why not?" Daisy leaned in with a whisper. "Maybe it's all that cake you bake for and eat with Mario...? It's obviously going towards your pretty pink hips and posterior...this isn't a bad thing, mind you.~"

"DAISY!"

"You make this too easy!~"

"...Daisy. My best friend in the whole world. I love you, really I do. But sometimes you're simply too much for me to handle..." Peach muttered in complete and utter embarrassment, before she harrumphed and folded her arms with a bright blush on her cheeks...she didn't want to admit that Daisy's teasing managed to take her mind off of how tense she was about the party, and could now approach it with a much clearer head. "Are you...quite finished...?"

"Haaah...yeah, alright. I'm done messing. Let's go." Daisy snickered while patting Peach's shoulder, the two of them leaving the latter's room, making sure to close the door behind them.

...Perhaps I should take a break from eating cake for a while...? Peach couldn't help but think, even for a moment. Though that didn't mean she couldn't bake cake for Mario and Bowser, right? And of course, since she's the one baking it, she should obviously taste test to see if it's any good...she's a Princess, she's allowed loopholes for her own baking methods.

Oh, they weren't going to have their party within her castle. As large as it was, it simply wouldn't go. And night was starting to fall, yet many were wide awake. So she took advantage of this and decided that their grand Three-Kingdom Ball would take place outside the castle, and all over Toad Town, where there was much more room. Sure, some remained in the castle, and she would allow it. It was no trouble at all, really.

Daisy certainly preferred being outside, though. She could only be stuck inside a fancy castle for so long before she simply gets bored and becomes eager to do something. There's a reason why she's more athletic than Peach, even though she's no slouch either.

"Hey, there go our boys!~" Daisy elbowed Peach and turned her towards the ones of her mention. Indeed, the Mario bros were there, waving over towards the two Princesses. "Yo! Luigi and Mario!"

The former waved his hand as the brothers made their way over to them. "Um...that's usually not how people call out to us, ya know."

Daisy shrugged. "I dunno. Thought that we would give it a bit of a switch. And I gotta say...I quite like it.~" Whether she knew that made him happy or not-and it quite certainly did-she didn't let it show in her eyes. It was something relatively small to him by now and yet it still felt somewhat nice for him. She gleefully patted his shoulder to get him back to focus. "Heeey! Let's not talk about that stuff right now! We've got a party on our hands, so we should go right ahead and enjoy it, yeah?~"

"Y-Yeah."

Daisy stepped back and sighed. "Alright. Before that though...where's our other guests of honor? Ya know, Rosalina and the annoying, the big, and the stupid? Koopzilla?"

Peach raised a hand. "Don't you mean Bowser?"

"That's what I said."

"Oh..."

"GWAHAHAHA! What's good, Mushroom Kingdom?! Your King of Awesome is here!" On cue, Bowser and Koopalings, along with plenty of Koopas and Goombas, arrived to said party. The royal Koopalings arrived within their respective Clown Cars. Each of them hopped out of their prized vehicles, most being sharply dressed, others not.

"Mushroom Kingdom! Princess Wendy has arrived! You're welcome!~" Wendy cooed happily while blowing kisses to numerous residents.

"I do believe that each of us represent some form of narcissism. I don't entirely disagree with that assumption, but at least we can acknowledge it for ourselves." Ludwig huffed while adjusting his hair and smoothing out the suit he's currently wearing. He looked around and noticed the residents haven't reacted very strongly to their arrivals. "Hm. I see. We don't take villainous action, everything is fine. Strange concept."

"Whatever, the only thing that matters is that we're here and fashionably late. The best and only kind of late that I'm willing to accept. Makes ya look ten times cooler!" Bowser huffed. He then spotted the Mario Bros with a scoff. He then spots Peach, and believing her to be quite beautiful right now. Then he spotted Daisy...and instinctively flinched at the sight of her, which caused her to raise her eyebrow. He regained his composure and adjusted his suit, coughing slightly. "Daisy."

"Koopzilla."

"That all ya got?"

"Dr. Koopenstein."

"You'll have to try harder than that, Ginger."

"King Goo Goo Ga Ga Koopa."

"What the-?! Are you calling me a baby?!"

"Ya sure whine like one when your tail gets handed to ya."

"Now hold on a minute-"

"Remember all those times you called Luigi by anything but his name? Doesn't feel so good, does it?" Daisy scowled with narrowed eyes. When Daisy decides to hold a grudge, she holds a grudge.

"Hey, lay off! I remembered his name eventually!"

"And how long did THAT take, huh?!"

Luigi lightly patted Daisy's arm with a shake of his head. "Daisy...you promised to be civil. You're not a promise breaker. Please don't unnecessarily instigate anything."

"...Tch. You're lucky he's so darn nice." Daisy muttered to Bowser while relenting per Luigi's request. Then, simply because she felt like it, she pulled Luigi's and lightly smooshed him with her ample bust, causing the others to gasp in surprise. Daisy didn't mind, in fact, she wore quite the smug smirk on her face. "Luigi is the sweetest, nicest guy around! Aren't you, Luigi?~"

"D-D-D-Daisyyyyy!"

"So nice and so cute.~" She swiftly turned her head towards Bowser with pouty lips. "Certainly unlike that angry, stupid, annoying, childish misfit Bowser."

"OH COME ON!"

"Dahahaha! She's roastin' ya more than I ever could, Pops!" Roy laughed uproariously in the background. Bowser's smoke puffing from his nostrils showed how unamused he was.

"Daisy..." This time even Mario was exasperated.

"Alright alright, I'm done, for real." Daisy released the blushing Luigi and tenderly holds his hand, with her other hand on her hip. She gave Bowser a silent look that said 'I will suplex the heck out of you if I catch evil stuff from you'. "Alright, so where's your date? Ever since we met her, Rosalina ALWAYS shows up for parties."

"Well-"

Bowser was swiftly cut off by a flash of light, which lightly took everyone else by surprise. Bowser was the first to get his vision cleared, and he turned towards the one responsible for said light. His jaw dropped at the sight.

Rosalina was calmly gazing at everyone with a peaceful smile, her blonde hair lightly flowing due to her sudden teleportation entry. Though she wasn't wearing her usual gown. Instead, she wore a pitch black gown, as black as her state when she's Cat Rosalina...but that's not the most noticeable part. While her dress was pitch black, it only brought out what was on the gown. Within it, was the imagery of stars, constellations, planets, and galaxies were scattered all over...and not only were they sparkling golden, they were slowly but noticeably moving. Bowser didn't even have the nerve to complain about being surpassed in showing off, he was simply awestruck. She smiled towards him as numerous Lumas flew around cheerfully as they greeted the numerous Toads, asking to play with them. Polari stayed by Rosalina's side, still a bit nervous.

"Forgive me, Bowser. I have arrived 'fashionably late', as they so call it." She said with another smile; Bowser swore he saw a mischievous twinkle in her eye...for all he knew, it was an actual star. "Well? How do I look? Did I accidentally steal the show from you? I do apologize.~"

Bowser snapped out of his stupor and huffed, folding his arms in an attempt at restoring his composure. "Meh. I suppose it's alright..."

She's beautiful.

He hasn't called anyone but himself and Peach that. The former to shamelessly build his massive ego, and the latter out of genuine infatuation. Something within him wouldn't allow him to attach that compliment to Rosalina so easily, at least not vocally. Though another part of himself feels bad for not being completely honest about it, even though he was committed to being her date. And Bowser ALWAYS keeps his commitments, whether he wanted to make them or not. He has a sense of honor. It's one of the few things he didn't mind having in common with Mario.

Rosalina repressed a giggle; something about him trying to keep his pride together like this was interesting to observe. Because he's trying to do so without blatantly hurting her feelings. How peculiar. "Well. Shall we be off?" Rosalina requested, holding out her hand.

"Oh. Yeah, I guess." Bowser muttered slightly. He took a deep breath, mentally preparing himself, before he reached out and held her hand.

Silky smooth.

Rosalina smiles fondly as she and Bowser made their way through town. Obviously, more than a few onlookers were baffled as to what was happening before them. King Bowser, the one who's always going on and on and on about kidnapping Princess Peach...is choosing NOT to do that and was instead holding hands with Rosalina of all people. The one who they've realized is mostly responsible for nearly all of their Star Festivals. Safe to say no one saw this coming.

Bowser swore he heard a camera flash from a certain pink-shelled Koopa.

"Tch. All of them starin' as if they've never seen me somewhat civil at a party before." Bowser grumbled. It's more likely they're surprised because they've never seen him with a willing date before, but that only made him madder.

"Do not let them disturb you too much, Bowser. They mean no ill will, they're simply surprised by the how sudden this must be to them." Rosalina attempted to placate Bowser, lightly squeezing his paw.

He only snorted, not minding the gesture. "Whatever..."

She smiled fondly, and idea forming. "I know. Why don't we find a nice, open space for us to demonstrate each other's magic?"

Bowser was slightly confused by this. "Kind of a strange activity during a date, isn't it?"

"It gives you an opportunity to show me just how awesome you are."

"Done!" Bowser grinned as he gripped her hand tighter and began dragging her away. Anyone else would be surprised and begging him to slow down. Rosalina simply lets out a patient giggle while her hair flowed about for a few moments.

"I'm still not sure how I feel about this..." Polari muttered. Out of respect for Rosalina, he chose not to follow.

"Me neither." Toadsworth huff, rustling his mustache. "Perhaps we should at least send someone t-"

"Bah! Don't be such a downer!" Kammy cackled while wrapping an arm around him. "Cmon, cutie! You're gonna be MY date tonight! Ehehehehehe!~"

"I beg your pardon!?" Poor Toadsworth could only gawk as the wicked Magikoopa dragged him away. Kamek only shook his head while sweatdropping.

Bowser, in the meantime, eventually stopped in a good patch of land. While there were still couple of citizens around, they weren't as many as before. He then cracked his knuckles. "Alright then, space girl, lemme show ya what I can do! I've got a bit of magic in me myself...though it's more of dark magic. Is that gonna be a problem?"

"I've seen many who have wielded dark magic and we're good people. You are fine to show me, Bowser." Rosalina smiled and nodded.

"Alright then, let's do this!" Bowser pounded his fists and raised his paws in the air. Lightning crackled from his paws and shot freely into the skies. A few onlookers were shocked, but surprisingly, others treated it as s natural occurrence. The lightning crackled and was intense and fierce, much like Bowser himself. Great power meant to show great authority.

Rosalina only looked on with an awed smile.

Bowser's lightning died down, as he clenched his fists while turning towards Rosalina with a grin. "There's another one I tend to use. I do so when I'm feeling particularly lazy." He says as he bends forward slightly before vanishing from sight. Rosalina clasped her hands pleasantly.

Oh! He can teleport too? Though a few moments afterwards, she could see him appear a few yards in front of her, lightly panting for breath. Though of course using magic tends to be slightly difficult for him. He's mostly adjusted to his superior strength, immense stamina, invulnerability, and fire breath. He's certainly a skilled magic user...but his magic reserves in comparison to actual physical stamina is quite limited. Though I suppose his fighting skills, intellect, and pure intimidation can more than make up for it, depending on the situation.

"Hah...hah...how's that...? See how awesome I am...?" Bowser huffed as he recovered quite quickly, shaking off his dizziness. "Magic is cool and all, but I put MUCH more stock in mu extremely powerful muscle."

"I can tell."

"And you." Bowser says while pointing towards her. "I pretty much know what you can do already. Magic, force-fields, levitation, teleportation, telepathy, and projection. You've got quite a magic arsenal under your belt, Space Girl!"

"Indeed. And with time and patience, that arsenal increases even further...with a little creativity. Like so." She lifted her hand as she generated a ball of force-filed energy, which soon formed spikes, then turned into a disc, then a tennis racket, and even a miniature version of herself, which was the projection. Then, playfully created a mini-projection of Bowser, who roared and stomped and breathed a bit of fire, before folding his arms and cackling at how great he is.

"Hey!" Bowser called out...then huffed. "Actually you captured that greatly, I'm okay with this."

"Hmhmhm.~" She chuckled as another form manifested above her hand, a flurry of mini stars raining down on her palm. "And let's not forget my manipulation of the stars. In fact, much things pertaining to the galaxy, I can manipulate in some shape or form."

Bowser snorted and folded his arms. "So to sum up...your ludicrously powerful with your magic. Figures."

"Indeed. Of course, my weakness lies within my actual physical strength. It's admittedly not so great compared to most of the others. Even great physical feat's I've managed before was assisted by magic."

"Hey, if it makes your goals easier, you go right ahead. I ain't judgin'." Bowser snorted again while grinning in amusement. He had to admit, this was actually going quite well. He was actually having quite a fun time with her. And her smiling face...Bowser resisted patting himself on the back for that one.

He blinked a bit as Rosalina stood up and reached her hand out towards him once again. "Bowser...would you like to fly with me?"

Bowser, remembering that she could cancel gravity on herself and others with gravity magic, stood up himself and took hold of her hand. "Yeah sure, why not. Nothin' like a night flight to have a good time." By the time he finished that statement, he was already beginning to levitate with her. "H-Hey! I wasn't ready! Need a better warning than that, Space Girl!"

"Apologies.~" Bowser missed the briefest flash of mischievousness on her face before the two of them took off to the skies, each of them leaving behind a trail of stars. Once again, onlookers are baffled.

"W-Woah!" Bowser gasped in surprise at first, but managed to somewhat readjust quickly with enough given time. He's flown plenty of times before, most within his Clown Car. Flying around without it, he has done a few times as well. Though doing it this way reminded him of one of the reasons why he tended to enjoy it so much...it felt oddly liberating. Bowser grinned as he couldn't help but boast again. "LOOK AT ME, YA TINY TINIES! BOWSER'S FLYIN' RIGHT OVER YOUR HEADS. BOW BEFORE THE GREAT FLYING KING BOWSER! EMPHASIS ON THE BOWING!"

"You must boast even when you soar the skies?" Rosalina chuckled.

"That makes it even better! My voice really resonates in the sky! No one's gonna mistake a Great Flying King Bowser! GWAHAHAHA!~"

Rosalina chuckled once again, her other hand to her mouth. Bowser was oddly adorable like this. He's having so much fun, in his own way. "Well then, it's safe to say that you're enjoying this as much as-" Rosalina paused as they came to a sudden stop, concern taking over her expression. "Oh dear."

"What's the matter?" Bowser asked almost immediately. Once he turned towards the cause of her sudden silence, he clenched his fists. "Why that little...!"

He recognized them all too well. It was an entire army of Dry Bones, Dark Bones, Dull Bones, and Parabones. And leading them all at the helm was his skeletal counterpart, Dry Bowser.

And they were heading straight for Mushroom Kingdom.

The inside of Bowser's maw began to glow with flames raging inside. But he calmed himself as he sighed and turned towards Rosalina. "Excuse me, Space Girl. But I'm gonna have to leave ya for a second. Do ya mind undoing your little gravity trick on me?"

"Hm...?"

"That Dry wannabe version of me thinks it's a good idea to try and ravage the Mushroom Kingdom in the middle of the night, in the middle of a party...while I'M here." He says with a deep snarl while cracking his knuckles, and says the following with an impressive intimidating growl. "I'm gonna go smash him."


Even when Bowser doesn't crash a party, he still crashes a party. His Dry counterpart is not exempt from this, as you see right at the end. Dry Bowser obviously hasn't taken one thing into account.

Bowser. Does NOT. Appreciate doppelgangers trying to be him. Just ask Dark Bowser.

Oh, right...

Until the next chapter, readers.