Twilight: "Just how long did that golf match last...?"
Daisy: "Too long...I'm wiped out..."
Twilight: "Well, I guess we'd better take a break and keep telling the story."
Daisy: "Yeah...well, enough stalling then! Let's get this story back underway!"
Twilight: "You got it! Now where was I...? silent for a few moments ...Oh, right! Now I remember! Ahem..."
Chapter 4- A Whipping-and-a-Half
As the now-giant-sized Daisy approached the Mushroom Kingdom, she could see from her vantage point the destruction that Giga Bowser had caused to Shroom City awhile back. She didn't want to spook any of the Mushroom Folk with her new size, so she quickly hid behind a large hill nearby, although she had to sit down to completely conceal herself.
There's gotta be a way I can get to Dark Land without anyone seeing me... thought Daisy as she scratched her head. It was then she happened to notice a large warp pipe, and this one had a foreboding skull-and-crossbones mark embedded on it. This only meant that the pipe led to Dark Land. Daisy smiled and quietly headed towards the warp pipe, and crawled into it. It was a tad of a tight fit, but by sucking her gut in a bit, she was able to slip inside and warp instatly to the outskirts of Dark Land. She knew that in a matter of time, she'd be facing Giga Bowser, and she hoped that the power of the mushroom her mother and Gunpei left her was enough to take him down...
Meanwhile, near (Giga) Bowser's Castle...
Peach sat in the cage quietly and somberly, hoping that the Mario Bros. would come to her aid once again...but after the beating that Giga Bowser gave to them, they may not come soon enough. Suddenly, the ground started shaking a bit, and Peach looked up to see that Giga Bowser, along with Bowser Jr. in his hands, had returned to the scaly tyrant's new throne. Giga Bowser sat down and placed Bowser Jr. on the ground. He then looked to see Peach in her new "home".
"So, enjoying the view, my sweet little pink princess?" asked Giga Bowser.
Peach wiped her eyes of any remaining tears and looked at Giga Bowser out of the corner of her eye. "It could use a woman's touch, THAT's for sure." she said somewhat in a gruff voice.
"Are you STILL sour that I defeated those pesky plumbers so easily?" asked Giga Bowser, noticing that Peach was being a bit stuck-up to him again.
"I am a little, but I know they'll come and rescue me! They always do, and they always will!" said Peach, sounding confident.
"You just don't get it, do you?" said Giga Bowser, smiling cruelly, "If I had done any more to those two pasta-eating plumbers, they wouldn't even be able to walk, let alone fight me again! Your heroes are zeroes now, Peach, and they know that they can't stand up to me, much less even look me in the eye!"
Peach heard all of this, but despite the fact that she was confident in the Mario Bros. abilities, she was secretly having some doubts about it now, after what Giga Bowser just said. Regardless, she knew she had to stay strong, and turned to face Giga Bowser. "I know they'll come for me, even if they die trying..." she sniffled a bit from saying that.
"Poor little Peach...always so kind and heartwarming to the very end...GACK! Makes me almost sick!" said Giga Bowser, coughing up a fireball from his mouth, which was sent towards a rock near the ground, shattering it into pieces.
Before this conversation went on, however, a lone Hammer Brother came stumbling up to the base of Giga Bowser's throne. The Hammer Brother looked pretty beat up. He wasn't bleeding or anything, but had bruises and scrapes all over him, as if he had been in quite a battle...
"My...my...my Lord!" squeaked the Hammer Brother. Giga Bowser barely heard his tiny minion, so he leaned downaward to get into hearing range.
"What is it? This had better be important!" said Giga Bowser, glaring at the Hammer Brother.
"It...it...it's terrible! Dark Land is under attack!" moaned the Hammer Brother.
Peach's soul lifted when she heard that. Perhaps the Mario Bros. did come and try to rescue her (or perhaps someone else...)! Giga Bowser, on the other hand, was not pleased that someone, or perhaps something, was invading his home turf.
"Is that so? Well, don't just stand there! Send in the troops to take care of the threat!" he bellowed. the Hammer Brother gave a quick salute then sped off towards the castle. A few minutes later, a whole mass of Hammer Bros., Boomerang Bros., Sumo Bros., Sledge Brothers, and Fire Brothers, all led by a gang of Dark Koopatrols, were standing in front of Giga Bowser. "Find out what's threatening my land and get rid of it! No excuses!!" Giga Bowser ordered. The mass of troops then quickly set off into the distance, ready to take on whatever it was that was invading Dark Land.
A few minutes later...the entire squad that Giga Bowser had sent out came running past Giga Bowser, screaming their heads off.
"What?! You little cowards! What could the Mario Bros. possibly do to scare off an entire battalion like that?!" roared Giga Bowser, ticked off that the entire squad were like a flock of chickens.
"Hey, Daddy! Let me go and take care of those two! I'll make ya proud!" came Bowser Jr.'s voice from below.
Giga Bowser looked down at his son and smiled. "All right, then, I'll leave those pint-sized plumbers to you, son. Go and show 'em who's boss!" said Giga Bowser.
"Yeah! I'll kick them into next week!" said Bowser Jr.
"Atta, boy, Junior!" said Giga Bowser, scooting his son along. Soon, Bowser Jr. was out of Giga Bowser's sight and Giga Bowser turned his attention to Peach in her cage. "In their state, Junior will make mincemeat outta those plumbers! Consider your hopes gone, my little princess!"
Peach sunk to her knees and sniffled. Please...be careful you two... she thought to herself, both her and Giga Bowser not knowing who really was coming to her rescue...
A little ways away...
"Hee hee hee!" chuckled Bowser Jr., knowing that after his father beat the Mario Brothers almost into nothing, he was going ot have an easy time taking those two down. What he didn't know what that he was about to get something ingrained into his head that would later forever haunt him.
Soon, Bowser Jr. came to a clearing, the same one that the squad was at a few minutes ago. Bowser Jr., being the careful and somewhat smart child he was, looked around for any sign of trouble. The only thing that he noticed was a little different was what appeared to be a large crater in the center of the clearing. What's more weird, though, was that it wasn't shaped like any other crater he had seen before. It wasn't just a large circle like any other, but more of a unique shape. He couldn't quite make out the shape from his vantage point, though.
"Whoa...I don't think the Mario Brothers did this..." said Bowser Jr. to himself.
Suddenly, a loud BOOM startled Bowser Jr. and caused him to fall on his back. A large cloud of dust was lifted up, and Bowser Jr. coughed and sputterted in the dusty area. Bowser Jr. got to his feet just as the dust cloud lifted, only to see a large, gold-colored object right in front of him. It looked metallic in appearance, as well. Bowser Jr. carefully stepped a few steps back and looked at the strange object. "What the-what in the heck is that thing?!" said Bowser Jr. out loud.
"THING? Who're you calling a thing?!" came a loud voice that seemed to come from everywhere.
Bowser Jr. jumped when he heard the loud voice. "HUH? Who said that? Show yourself so I can beat ya up!" he said, putting up his fists like an 80's-style boxer.
"Up here!" came the voice again.
"Huh?" said Bowser Jr. in a confused tone. He looked up, but when he saw what...or rather, WHO it was that was talking to him, he turned white as a Boo. There, standing almost the same height as his father, was Daisy in all her glory, giving a smiling glare down at Giga Bowser's diminuative son. Bowser Jr. just continued to stare at Daisy, unable to move from the shock of seeing the princess of Sarasaland like this. In fact, besides at the sports tournaments, this was the first time he had seen Daisy face-to-face...or rather in this case, face-to-foot.
Daisy knew that he'd be afriad of her, and just chuckled a bit before bending down towards Bowser Jr. But when she got close to him, Bowser Jr. suddenly snapped out of his shocked state and ran screaming like a baby in the opposite direction. Daisy, however, had other plans. Even though Bowser Jr. was running as fast as his little stubby legs could let him, Daisy easily grabbed Bowser Jr.'s tiny tail with her thumb and forefinger and hoisted him up high. Little Bowser Jr. continued to scream like the little kid he was (no pun intended) the entire time Daisy hoisted him up, and soon, Bowser Jr. was right in front of Daisy's large face, with her looking at him square on.
"Hey, quiet down, you little whiny brat!" Daisy's voice boomed. Bowser Jr. immediately stopped and looked at her, almost totally petrified.
"That's better." said Daisy, and she set Bowser Jr. in her other open hand, "Now, I only got something to ask you, then I'll let you go."
"What? What is it? I'll talk, but don't do anything to meeeee!!" whined Bowser Jr., who was clearly knowledgeable about what Daisy could do to him at that size.
"Look, I'll let you go if you just tell me where your father and Peach are." said Daisy, trying to sound calm.
"T-t-they're right over that mountain pass!" said Bowser Jr., pointing towards a jagged range of mountains. Anyone of normal size would find these hard to go over, but to Daisy, they could probably be traversed easily.
"You'd better not be lying..." said Daisy, knowing very well how the Koopas like to lie.
"Would I lie to a beautiful girl like you, especially one that can squash me flat as a Goomba?!" yelled Bowser Jr.
"Aww...you're kinda sweet sometimes..." said Daisy, taking in Bowser Jr.'s sentiment, but her calm look went to stern in a few moments, "Well, then...I have a message for your dad...Tell him that I'm coming for him, and he's going down!"
"How am I supposed to tell him if you're holding onto me?!" asked Bowser Jr., but he'd soon regret saying that...
Daisy gave a smug smile and said, "I think I know how. Hope you like to fly!"
Before Bowser Jr. could say anything, Daisy took her open hand (with Bowser Jr. still on it) and winded it up, like she had a baseball in her hand, and shot Bowser Jr. forward, with him screaming all the way into the distance. Daisy smiled at her show of pure strength, but knew that her main goal was to take down Giga Bowser and rescue her friend. She took a deep breath, and stared towards the mountian range Bowser Jr. had pointed out earlier, knowing very well that her greatest challenge was about to start...
End of Chapter 4
Daisy: "Does this mean...?"
Twilight: "Yep, the final showdown is next chapter!"
Daisy: "YAHOO!! I can't wait for it!"
Twilight: "Patience, Daisy...you'll get plenty of action on the next chapter."
Daisy: "While we wait, how about a round of Mario Kart DS? I brought my personalized one. Like the colors?"
Twilight: "Wow...it's gold...like your dress."
Daisy: "Yeah, I thought it looked cool. Plus, my insignia's on it, too!"
Twilight: "Alright, then! Just no snaking, okay?"
Daisy: "I wouldn't dream of it! (thinks to self: Hehehe...sucker...)"