Chapter 3 Ashley
Ashley saw the figure right before it threw a knife at Rosalina. She screamed and used her magic to try and knock the knife out of its course. Unfortunately, it still hit Rosalina, but at least not anywhere vital. Ashley ran to Rosalina and pulled the knife out of her back. There was strangely no blood on it however. She then casted a healing spell on the wound and looked up at the assassin.
"How dare you try to assault Rosalina you…" Ashley suddenly realized whom she was talking to, and with a voice of disbelief yelled, " C-c-c-Captain Toad! What are you doing?"
"Hello Ashley," Captain Toad sneered at Ashley, "I was wondering how long it would take you to learn my identity as Peach's assassin. Of course, you know me by my true name."
"You are the alternate form of Gulag, master of deceit. You fooled everybody of your true identity. I always thought you were Toadsworth." Ashley gasped at her realization.
"Right you are princess, and nothing can stop Peach now."
"What are you talking about?"
"Rosalina has been poisoned. She will be dead in SECONDS. HAHAHA!"
"Not that likely," the two suddenly heard a voice with disbelief in its tone and turned to find Rosalina behind them. They turned back to the body in front of them to see it was simply an illusion Rosalina had created of herself in case of an emergency. "Now then Gulag, tell us where Peach and Toadette are right now."
Gulag looked worried. "I think Toadette is at a mansion Peach told me to take her to, and I think Peach is at her castle," he responded nervously.
"Thank you. And so you don't leave were going to take you prisoner." Rosalina then waved her wand and Gulag was suddenly trapped within an unpoppable bubble.
"Lets go get my sister so we can take down Peach, once and for all," Ashley yelled out as a cry of triumph.
What didn't cross Ashley and Rosalina's minds was that Peach also had plans on getting Seraphina.