Just to say, this is more of a Christmas Special then to follow on to the original story, but I will tie in some of the original plotlines, so just assume that there is a day in-between the last chapter and the next one, and it's HOPEFULLY going to be feature length for your personal enjoyment, I know it isn't Christmas Time for the Brit's anymore, so, Merry Boxing Day!
EDIT: Changed it to a New Years Special… because I am awesome like that
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Christmas was here once again. It was a time for forgetting worries and to enjoy the Christmas celebrations going on around the school. For Peach, this meant the New Years Gala, for Wario, the Turkeys, Hams and Booze, for Luigi, finally a time to relax and forget about his now-existing social life, for Daisy, however, it was a time to figure out what happened to her feelings and how they have gone so astray, but yet there was no time for that. Most people in the school were helping the others decorate their building, ready for the annual New Years Gala. The school had been totally transformed into a replica Winter Wonderland, complete with fake snow in the halls and the Assembly Hall was fitted with a Chandelier, rows and rows of buffet food and ornaments showered around. Looked more like a Town Hall then a School. The first of the Gala's guests started to arrive and the Party was starting to get busy. Of our hero's however, the never punctual Wario was the first to arrive on the Prune Train, with Waluigi passenger.
"Come on! I heard they had an open buffet! With Lard rapped in Bacon Fat! BACON FAT!!" Wario shrieked, waddling in at full speed with Waluigi slowly pacing behind.
The next was Peach, who spent most of her day in the school anyway, but went home to change, which as many girls know, can take a long, long time. She wore a diamond rimmed dress lined with Black silk, the rest filled with Pink and a nicely designed corset which was also a Black and Pink design. As always, she got some attention at her entrance. Mostly because her dress got caught in the door, but apart from that, she was quite striking
Next was Daisy. Almost like Peach, except in Orange and Blue and harshly slapped on. She looked jaded but was up for the Gala.
Next up were the Brothers themselves. Mario in a tuxedo and Red bowtie, Luigi in a black button up shirt, black pants and a green silk tie.
"Bro, did you put effort into dressing up?" Luigi asked
"You look like your going to a Bar, not a 'Gala'" Mario said, pointing at his attractive clothing. Luigi shook his head and walked in
"I think I under-dressed, it's freezing out there" Luigi said, clutching his arms and rubbing furiously to warm himself up.
The Brothers walked into the main hall and sat down on some chairs scattered around the hall, forming a rectangle so that in the space, couples could dance, or as a single as some chose to so, such as Wario, who was dancing for joy since the school had overstocked on the Buffet. Peach spied her aficionado from afar. The red bowtie was unmistakeable.
"Mario! So glad you came!" Peach said, embracing her boyfriend.
"Well, I always come, something other then soccer practice" Mario said, silently laughing to himself
"Wow, Luigi, lookin' sharp, since when do you dress up?" Peach enquired
"I just decided to dress up, it's no biggy, I guess it's just the fact that it was hanging around I guess…" Luigi said, stammering because words don't flow freely when explaining compulsive dressing.
"Well, enjoy yourself, come on Mario!" Peach said, grabbing his arm and guiding him to the party.
Meanwhile, Wario and Waluigi were at the Buffet Table, or more Wario was trying to swallow the whole table.
"Hey, check that Water Tower" Waluigi said, pointing at a gigantic plastic water cooler
"Where?" Muffled Wario who had half a Table leg in his mouth
"There"
"It's just a water cooler…"
"No, the one next to it"
"…HOLY SHROOM!" Wario yelped, taking out the table and staring at the tower
It was the water cooler that was put their for the party, just a wide plastic cylinder with a tiny tap that pours out punch for the guests
"Guess what we could do with that…" Waluigi whispered
"Drink it?" Wario said, gazing lovingly at the buffet
"No! Drench everyone with it!" Waluigi whispered excitedly
"…how are we gonna do that? You need, like, a hose for that" Wario said, picking up a plate of cheese
"A hose? What about a cannon! Come with me, I have an idea" Waluigi grabbed Wario and pulled him away from his only love
"I'll be back, sweet food!" Wario said, with a mouthful of cheese
Meanwhile, our green friend was feeling hot, which was strange, since he was freezing when he was outside, so he decided to cool off on the balcony. He climbed a mountain of stairs and overlooked that party from overhead. Peach was leading Mario in a dance, for which Mario was slipping around. He was never a good dancer. Luigi exited the double doors to find a girl in a simple silk teal gown, with bits of fur around the rims and some sequins gracefully patterned around her dress. Luigi walked up to the balcony edge and leaned against the bar to stare at the ground below.
"Beautiful, isn't it?"
"What?" Luigi said at the girls sudden outburst
"The stars… "
"I know, it's a beautiful night" Luigi replied
"What brings you out here?"
"Well, I needed some space"
"So did I, it's way to hectic, I don't know why I came, because I had no one to come here for"
"I always come here, because my brother drags me here. I don't mind it, just drags on"
"I'm Rosaline…"
That was it, Luigi's eyes widened as it continued staring at the frosty ground. He looked up see the girl staring at him with her one visible eye.
"Luigi" Luigi said, his body not moving
They just stood there staring at each other in a transfixing gaze. They were going to stick that way for a long time.
Meanwhile, the two diagonally challenged brothers were tinkering with the canister inside the water tower; the canister was inside the plastic cylinder so they had to be quiet otherwise something could brake
"Right, I got this stuff from the Chemistry lab" Waluigi said, holding a little tube of silver liquid
"What good will THAT do?" Wario said
"It's volatile, thus, it will explode! Put it in and the whole party will be stained a punch colour!"
"So you're gonna blow this up?"
"Yup"
"OK then… please let me say goodbye to my sweet sugary punch… I never got to tasting it… it looks so… beautiful!" wept Wario
"Fire in the hole!" Waluigi yelled as he tossed the tube in, the tube dissolved, leaving globules of the substance floating around, they began to fizz, and out of nowhere a big bang erupted… Waluigi was heavily disappointed as there was only a giant contained explosion.
"That was stupid" Wario said, kicking the canister. Suddenly, the canister cracked open, the brothers knew that the tower didn't explode, so it looks like they might be trapped in the tower if the canister cracked.
"Oh crap…" the Canister started to crack even more and it leaked, without any warning the two brothers found themselves treading water in the punch. Wario was delighted, if not tinged with the scent and colour of punch.
Back on the dance floor, Daisy was feeling less then festive. She was slouched in her seat, massaging her forehead. Mario, being both caring and in search of an excuse to stop dancing, decided to see if he could cheer up Daisy.
"Hey, whattsamattayou eh?" Mario asked
"Oh… nothing…" Daisy sighed, sipping some punch "Why does this taste like Wario?"
"Something's obviously up Daisy, talk to Uncle Mario" Mario said, holding his arm around Daisy to comfort.
"It's OK… thanks anyway" Daisy said, holding Mario's hand and staring right into Mario's eyes, with Mario locking gazes with Daisy. Peach interrupted this moment to tell Mario that she had to leave for a royal emergency and will have to miss the countdown to New Years. Mario got up and led her out. Daisy decided to retreat to the buffet, where Brighton was trying his party trick of rolling 6 cocktail sausages around his beaming face.
Toadsworth climbed up on a pedestal and the whole room died down. He cleared his throat and he began to speak.
"It's come to an end of another year, and what can we look back on? What can we reflect on this year? Well, it's sometimes a time to forget last year and look forward to the next. I will put on the timer now, and we can count out yet another year." The headmaster clicked a button on a remote at 30 seconds flashed on the screen.
The room shouted in applause as some counted from 30, while some waited for the final 10. Everyone grouped in the middle, apart from Luigi and Rosalina, who stayed where they were on the balcony.
"Well, looks like another year" Luigi sighed
"It's not all bad; next year is just another year" Rosalina silently quipped
"Yup, just another year…" Luigi said, looking at the top of the door. Someone had put up some mistletoe and this could only mean one thing.
10…
Luigi stared deeply into Rosalina's stargazing eyes, which returned the gaze back
9…
Luigi held out a hand
8…
Rosalina holds the hand back
7…
The same is done with the other hands
6…
The eyes stay fixed at each other
5…
Back at the dance, Mario wanders back into the middle of the dance floor
4…
Daisy returns into the middle of the dance floor
3…
The two people meet up in the middle
2…
Luigi leans to Rosalina
1…
Rosalina leans forward and gently kisses Luigi
0…
Daisy snatches Mario's face and exchanges a passionate fury of kissing, with Mario showing no sign of stopping her.
END OF PART ONE