Chapter 17: The Escape Part 2
Fawn
"So...just this way right?" I asked Peach.
"Yes I think..." She sighed. "I've been kidnapped so many times, I really do remember the way..."
There was silence until she asked me, "How did you escape?"
I explained my plan.
"What a risky plan! It was smart, but it could've gone wrong!" she exclaimed, shocked.
I pouted. "But it didn't."
"But what if it did!?"
"Why would I ask what could've happened if something already?"
"Well-"
"I decided I wanted to leave, and was willing to take the risk. Although it really wasn't to high a risk," I explained.
She calmed down. "Well...I guess that I just never had your guts..."
I shrugged and we continued on.
"Hey, catch," I said, tossing her a parachute. "Just in case."
She nodded and strapped it to her back, although the idea seemed to scare her. "Where'd you find this?"
"In a compartment on this thing."
"Oh...hey how'd you even learn to fly this thing?"
I smiled at the memory. "Bowser invited me out to fly in it with him. I picked up the controls there, they were simple enough."
"But-"
"Although, I don't know everything about this machine..." I speculated, frowning. "Like why it's becoming harder and harder to control..." A beeping started ringing. "And I don't know what that is."
Peach examined the control panel and gasped. She looked at me with a frightened, pale face. "Fawn...we're out of gas..."
I frowned. "Oh...woops."
"You didn't take a Clown Copter with gas!?" she asked incredulously.
"I took the one I knew how to fly..."
"Oh stars, we're going to crash," she fretted, pacing around. "Try and make us land."
"I can't. It's to hard." Indeed, I was losing all control, and we were steadily going in to a nosedive.
"Oh STARS!" Peach shrieked.
"Sit down, I know what to do," I assured.
She did and I started looking around the control panel. Now where is it...?
"AHHHHH!"
Oh, there's the eject button!
Bowser
I grumbled as I stood in my battle room, waiting for Mario and his crew to come. I was very irritated, as he came much sooner then what should be possible. He was already fighting his way through the castle, on his way to the room I was in. I prepared myself for battle in this room, which was littered with traps to finally silence those pesky plumbers.
Not long after I arrived did they burst in through the door. Standing there was Mario, Luigi...and some Toad. A tall, buff Toad at that.
"Bowser..." the Toad seethed. "I'm here to kick your ass!"
"Bowser! Give us-a the princess!" Mario proclaimed.
"And Fawn, you little bastard!" the Toad yelled angrily.
I stared blankly at the Toad. So...they're here for Fawn too. And they sent this weird Toad... I laughed cruelly at him. "Hah! Do you two plumbers sick so much you need a Toad's help? What a joke!"
"We'll see how much of a joke I am when I've got this spear up your fat ass!" he retorted angrily.
My eyes narrowed as I began to seethe. "Oh, think you're tough, shortie? You seem to think you're different from all the other Toads! Allow me to escort you to where all the other fungus freaks belong: UNDER MY FOOT!" I roared.
"That's it! I'll kill you!" he screamed, rushing toward me with his spear drawn.
Mario and Luigi looked like they were about to either warn him or follow, but they were interrupted by a Koopa Troopa running in to the room.
"M-milord! Bowser!" he called fearfully from the other end of the room.
"WHAT!?" both the Toad and I yelled at him.
He shrunk a little, but continued his news. "I-it's Fawn...and the princess...th-there..."
Both my eyes and the Toad's widened, and we both turned to face him. "What happened to them...?" I seethed.
"What did you do to Fawn!?" the Toad yelled.
The Koopa Troopa gulped before squealing, "Th-they're gone sir!"
Everyone stood still for a good five seconds. "...What did you just say?" I said coldly.
"Where...the hell...is Fawn!?" the Toad asked the Koopa angrily.
"W-we've gotten reports that the Clown Copter Mach 20 is missing...and no one from the castle seems to have taken it..."
My eyes widened in realization. The Mach 20 was the one Fawn flew in. That one's easy to drive. And Fawn's not dumb, I knew that. And I remembered her final words to me...
'Bye Bowser...thanks for everything. I hope I see you again...'
I stumbled back a little. "You're...kidding me," I muttered in disbelief. "She...escaped?"
"It looks that way, milord..." the Koopa confirmed fearfully.
The Toad stood there in silence before brandishing his spear and laughing heartily. We all turned to look at him oddly.
"Hah! That's my girl!" he said merrily. "Smart as can be; I knew she'd find a way out!" He sneered at me. "A clown like you couldn't keep her here."
I snarled at him. "Why you little..."
He made a 'feh' noise and began to walk away. "Consider yourself lucky, Bowser," he spat hatefully. "If it weren't for the fact that I've got a daughter to look for, I'd kill you."
My face softened. Wait...he's Fawn's father? I observed their vast difference in personality…and, well, race. That's unexpected...
"Don't try this again. Otherwise I will kill you," he said hatefully. "You guys can duke it out here; I'm going to find Fawn."
Saying no more, he walked out of the room. Mario turned to glare at me briefly before following suit.
"Ah...w-wait-a for me!" Luigi called, running after them.
I stood there in disbelief, now alone with the Koopa. H-how...how could she escape...? This place is full-proof...it's impossible to leave...I thought...
"What do we do now, milord?" the Koopa timidly asked.
My eyes flared. "Isn't it obvious!? Find them!"
"B-but sir...after this kidnapping, our troops were injured and scattered by Mario...we need to regroup and tend to the injured," he countered.
I was about to punch his face in for countering me, when I realized he was right. I wasn't a tyrant, as I lead people to believe.
"Fine..." I sighed, not having the energy to act to mad about it. "Collect our troops and tend to the injured."
He nodded and hurried out. I sighed and sat on the floor where I stood.
I lost again...but not because of Mario. Because of Fawn...what an interesting girl she is. She managed to escape...damn. I wonder what she's doing now…
Fawn
We stood next to the smoldering Clown Copter, narrowly escaping the machine before it crashed. Peach stood there, flabbergasted, as I surveyed the area. We were in what looked like a flat plain, and there was a town in the distance, not to far off.
I put my finger to my chin as I analyzed the situation, considering every factor and possibility. I finally clapped my hands together as I came up with the solution.
"We should run," I determined. I began to run toward the town nearby.
"What...hey! W-wait for me!" Peach called, hiking up her skirt to run after me.
We were almost to the town when I suddenly stopped in place, remembering something vital. Peach managed to catch up to me finally, now that I was still.
"What's...wrong?" she huffed out.
I turned to her slowly and said, "Peach...I just realized...I'm still supposed to be hiding."
"Huh?"
"Well I'm a human...so when they see me, then..." I began to breathe heavily, thinking of all the people clustering me already.
Peach grew nervous. "Well...actually..."
"What? Do you know a way out of this?"
She sighed. "No...when we didn't know where you were, we eventually resorted to asking people to search for you...and it helped! But because of it, the whole world knows about you."
I paled upon her words. "...Oh." I collapsed to my knees and held my head in my hands.
"Oh, Fawn..." she cooed sympathetically.
"Stop...I need to think!" I said urgently.
She granted me this silence and I racked my brain for a way out of this. Okay, come on, think! You need to focus...what's a way to get out of this? I need to make a plan! I tried to relax and concentrate to make a plan, but my mind kept getting distracted by the idea of being discovered. What's fame like? What'll the people do to me if they find me? Will they hurt me? Are they nice? How many? What races? Are they...argh, I can't focus!
I cursed my lack of attentiveness and sat there in a whirlpool of thoughts until Peach suddenly cried out, "Rosalina!"
This caught my attention. Rosalina? As in...the space princess, Rosalina? The human? What...
I looked up, and indeed there was a tall human woman that matched Rosalina's description walking up to Peach. I decided I was in no position to speak, so I just observed them.
"Rosalina! Oh, it's so great to see you!" Peach greeted happily, surprised by her presence.
"Oh, it's great to see you too, Peach," she said kindly, equally surprised.
"What are you doing here? Is it your vacation time?" Why is Peach asking first? I think she's a little to friendly for her own good…
Rosalina smiled and said, "Yes, it's that time of year again. When I come down to live on the ground for a few days. It was very nice, I decided to stay in that town since I found out you were a little...preoccupied. Speaking of which, what are you doing here? Did Mario rescue you already?"
Peach chuckled and said, "No, actually. Another friend who was kidnapped with me broke me out." She gestured toward me.
Rosalina finally turned to me and a look of surprise crossed her face. However, I could only describe it as...a different kind of surprise then one would suspect.
"Oh...why, who are you? Another human?" she asked with only faint surprise.
Surprisingly, I was not nervous toward this woman. No, in fact I was curious. When our eyes met it was like déjà vu of when I met Bowser. Seeing this woman also gave me a sense of déjà vu, like we'd met...
"Um...hello," I said distantly, getting up. "I'm Fawn..."
She walked toward me and held out her hand. "I'm Rosalina, pleasure to meet you."
I took her hand absently. "Have we...met?"
"Why, no. I think I'd remember a human girl," she said, with that same sense of 'different' surprise. "You must be the one everyone is talking about! You broke Peach out?"
"Oh...yeah..." I suddenly realized that I didn't know this girl and that I was acting weird around her. But I didn't even have time to be nervous before she responded.
"You're amazing and kind if you can break out Peach. So let's be friends," she assured, squeezing my hand.
I blinked. She...already wants to be my friend? Wow...that was fast. I'm not sure how to treat her! Of course I was still glad.
"Um...okay," I said, smiling faintly.
She let go of my hand and turned to Peach. "Now you'll have to explain who she is and why you're out here."
Peach sighed. "Do you mind if I give you the short story first?"
"For now," Rosalina said sternly.
"Okay," Peach said, chuckling. "Long story short, she's a new human girl, we both got kidnapped by Bowser, and she busted both of us out."
Rosalina's eyebrows rise slightly as she turned to me. "I didn't know you were kidnapped too, Fawn! You broke yourself and Peach out from the inside? How impressive!"
Peach sighed. "Yes, she's really impressive..." Did she seem sad?
Rosalina seemed to know why, as she gripped Peach's hand reassuringly. I was going to ask, but Rosalina asked, "Why are you both here?"
"Well...we sort of stole a Clown Copter and crashed nearby," Peach explained.
Rosalina grew a stern face. "Now that wasn't very safe of you two!"
"S-sorry ma'am..." I said softly.
Peach chuckled nervously. "Yes, well, you do what you have to do I guess!"
Rosalina sighed in a good natured way. "And here I was, just out for an ordinary walk with my Luma's, when this happens! Well, I'm happy to help you both in a time of need."
"You will? Oh thank you!" Peach thanked happily.
"Thanks ma'am..." I added.
Rosalina and called out. "Puma! Ruma!"
On her call, two star like figures came rushing to her from somewhere on the plain at fast speed. One was red and one was black. Oh my stars...they're stars! Rosalina really has stars, like people say!
"I'm sorry to interrupt play time," Rosalina apologized to them. "But mama needs help to help Peach and her friend, Fawn. Would you mind helping us all out?"
The two star figures nodded, as I observed them with great interest.
"Thank you so much. Okay Ruma, you keep going along the path to Bowser's castle and look for Mario. Tell him where we are. Okay?"
At her command, the red one flew off in the direction we'd came in. It's so fast!
I began to observe the remaining one with intensity. What makes it red? Is it an actual star? Why is it moving then? Maybe a mad scientist brought a star to life... Why are they with Rosalina? Is Rosalina the mad scientist? Is it hot like a star?
My mind was racing as I reached out to the living star.
"Puma, you go to the Mushroom Kingdom and tell them to bring a few carriages for everyone."
The star nodded and zoomed off, just eluding my grasp. "Aw..." I ended up saying in disappointment.
Rosalina smiled and said, "Don't worry, you'll see them again. I suppose we should wait out here though, as the town may be a little to eager to meet you two."
I smiled in relief, glad that she caught on. "Thank you...I agree."
She smiled before turning to Peach. "Sound like a plan?"
Peach nodded. "Yes, thank you."
Rosalina smiled and said, "Well, let's look for a nice tree to rest under until they arrive."
"Right!" Peach said cheerily.
They began to walk off in search of a tree. I followed, trailing behind slightly.
I've...never met her?
END OF ARC 1: THE PEOPLE WE MEET
Well she escaped successfully. So, another important character alert? Maybe a little...lol, hope you liked it! From now on, I may update less. I dunno. I'm gonna go for at least once a week. Well, read, review, fav. I'm open to all questions/suggestions/requests/criticisms! lol byee