Chapter Three

Level 1-2

Level Start!

Violet adjusted her satchel and gazed at the pipe just a few feet away. "So, we're going down that pipe? Seems a bit…unsanitary."

Mario shook his head. "It's sanitary. Trust me, I've done this a million times before. All you do is go down that pipe and we go underground." Like before, Mario took a running start and jumped onto the pipe, before going down. Violet hesitated before following shortly after him.

Upon entering, Violet took in her surroundings. It was underground alright, she could tell. In the distance were more enemies who wanted to cause trouble. She walked alongside Mario, humming a bit.

"Do you need me to conjure a power-up or anything? I can if I have to," she said to him. Mario shook his head.

"I can manage for now, Violet. Thanks though," Mario gave her a mere smile.

Violet grabbed some coins for herself, placing them in her satchel. "Y'know, I've never been on an adventure like this before. Sure, I've been outside of my kingdom to do other things, but never to save a princess."

"Is that so?" Mario chuckled, grabbing a new power-up. This time the ice flower, which of course had the ability to freeze enemies. "Obviously, I've been on many adventures like this. It's part of my life," he sighed as he froze a koopa, lifting the ice block up and tossing it, making it crash and break into a million pieces.

"Ah, I see." Violet felt bad for Mario. Having to save a princess over and over and over for such a long time? That seemed too tedious and tiring. "Well, I have met Peach a couple times, but never really got to know her face-to-face. What's she like?" she wondered, turning over to Mario.

"Well, she's really nice and friendly. And lemme tell you, she can make a meaaan cake. The kind that makes you come back for more!" he chuckled a bit. "I promise she'll like you, and maybe invite you over for some tea and cake!"

Violet giggled merrily. "That sounds nice! I'd love to come by for that sometime!" she licked her lips slightly, just daydreaming about the perfect chocolate cake. Lots of frosting, the chocolate filling oozing out…mmmm.

"Violet! Watch out!" a voice yelled.

Violet didn't have enough time to react as a buzzy beetle ran into her, making her lose her flower item. "ACK! Hey! My flower!" she growled at the buzzy beetle, hopping onto it, making it retract into its shell. She kicked it away.

"Are you alright Violet?" Mario wondered, a bit concerned.

"Yeah, don't worry!" she gave a thumbs-up and started running off. Mario followed close behind her, trying to keep up.

For awhile, they traveled through and barreled through any enemies in their way. However, they had to come to a stop when tons of blocks were blocking their path. Mario and Violet both gasped.

"How are we supposed to get through? It'll take too long to break through these blocks!" Mario sighed.

Violet yanked out her sketchbook and her paintbrush. "Did you forget I have these things here?" she laughed, flipping to a blank page in the sketchbook. "Now, what do you want me to draw?"

"Okay, do you know what a mega mushroom is?" Mario asked her.

Violet gave a single nod in reply.

"I need you to draw two of those. Pronto," Mario told her. Violet did as he told, and she tried to draw them as fast as she could.

Of course, two mega mushrooms immediately popped right out of her sketchbook.

Upon touching them, both Violet and Mario grew immensely. Together, they barreled through the blocks and anything in their path. Violet whooped and hollered as they did so.

"WHOO-HOO! LOOK AT ME!" Violet boomed. "I'M HUGE!" Her laughter echoed as they continued on.

By the time they shrunk back down to normal size, they were now nearly to the end, as a pipe was near.

"Mario look! We made it! We made it!" Violet jumped up and down. Mario giggled a bit, nodding.

"Yeah! We did! And all we have to do now is go in there and we'll be back over ground!"

Exiting through the pipe, both of them returned to the normal world. Near them, was another flagpole. Knowing what to do, Violet sprinted and jumped on the flagpole with Mario.

Level 1-2

Level Clear!

Peach sat once again in the cage, tracing her finger against the floor of it. Sighing, she looked out the little window that was far from her. She could see the darkness of the sky, smoke occasionally billowing in the air. Back here again. Why can't last time this happened be the final time Bowser captured her? He just never gave up.

Bowser strolled in, taking a seat on his throne that was next to her cage. Moving his head to look at her, he grinned widely. "Hello, my beautiful princess!~ Need anything?" he asked in the sweetest tone he could muster.

Peach crossed her arms, turning her back to him. "Yes! Get me out of here this instant! I want to see my Mario!" she cried out.

Bowser's face drooped into an irritated one. "Well, too bad! You're staying here with me now! I won't let that foolish plumber foil this once again!" he shook his fist as he spoke. "And you better stay in that cage if you're gonna give me that tone!" he grumbled.

Suddenly, a Magikoopa flew in on his broom, leaping off soon after. "Master Bowser! I have some news!" he huffed a bit, trying to catch his breath.

Bowser nodded. "Do go on, minion." He sat back at this throne.

Magikoopa cleared his throat. "Ahem. I have been keeping watch of Mario like you had told me to. And it appears he has a new sidekick with him. A princess, actually." At this, Peach perked herself up and spun around to face them.

Bowser laughed. "A princess? For real? Do you know her or…?"

"Well, it's the princess of the Rainbow Kingdom. Princess Violet, Master."

Princess Violet? Yeah! Peach knew her! She recalled running into the younger princess a few times, and complimenting her art.

Bowser rubbed his chin, making a "hmm" sound. "I see, I see. I've seen her around. I passed that placed on my way to get my beloved!" He blew a kiss to Peach, who recoiled in disgust. "I wonder what that Violet is up to, standing by Mario."

"Probably to help Mario defeat you, Master Bowser."

At this, Bowser let out a rumbling guffaw, and it shook the room slightly and bounced off the walls. "Her?! Try and defeat ME?! MWUHAHAHAHAHA! I would love to see her try!" Magikoopa laughed with him.

Peach sighed as they continued to talk about Bowser's oh-so wonderful plan. She just wanted Mario and Violet to arrive already. To come save her from this prison. Quietly, she started to mumble a prayer.

"Oh, please let them be guided and protected in this journey. I can't stand to be here. May the stars guide them along in their journey to come and rescue me, and please let this be the last time I ever get kidnapped. I'm pleading for a miracle," Peach softly started to sob. She wiped her eyes and took in a deep breath.

"Mario…Violet…"

Violet sighed as she sat on a rock, eating a bag of star bits that Mario bought for her at the nearby Toad shop. "Thanks, Mario. I thought I was literally starving to death!" she laughed.

Mario was sitting beside her, chuckling a bit. "Anytime! I remember when I was introduced to those. Pretty tasty, eh?"

"Just like honey!" Violet gushed, finishing the bag. She stood up and adjusted her satchel once again. "Are you ready to go now?"

Mario got up as well. "I sure am!"

Suddenly, boom booms came out of nowhere, surrounding the two. Violet gasped and quickly got out her sketchbook and satchel. Mario appeared as if he was ready to fight back. He glanced over at Violet. "Are you ready?"

Violet smirked at him. "Ready as I'll ever be."

(Cliffhanger! OOOOO! Anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter! I will try to update this as much as I can, but when you're in high school, and missed three days due to extremely cold weather, meaning possible loads of homework, quite difficult. Anyways stay tuned for chapter four!)