Snap!!!
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Authors Note: Sorry for the long wait on this chapter. I hit a bit of writer's block. :/
Peach struggled, a last-ditch effort to release herself from the ropes that suspended her in mid-air.
The rope remained unyielding, as Peach let out an irritated huff.
I wish Mario would hurry up.
Peach immediately felt guilty.
It wasn't Mario's fault it took so long to rescue her. In fact, she should be grateful that he was even rescuing her at all.
Still...
"I hate waiting."
With a defeated sigh, the princess looked out from beyond her bonds to the broken terrace.
The stars twinkled brightly, enthralling the princess.
Peach felt a shiver run down her spine as she recalled the frightening dream.
It was hard to believe that something so beautiful could turn into something so frightening.
Even now, the high pitched wails resonated throughout her mind as the streaming lights danced along her vision, just out of her reach.
"I think the princess is in here Mario!" a voice exclaimed, completely foreign to the princess.
"Mario!" Peach cried out, her eyes glittering with happiness as her denim clad savior rushed down the halls toward her.
My hero!
Almost as if on que, as Mario drew in to the home stretch towards the princess, Bowser rushed in with his sinisterly smiling helicopter, waving the Star Rod smugly.
"Did you think I'd make it that easy Mario?" Bowser sneered, as he leaped down from his vehicle, the castle quaking from the sheer force of the impact.
Wasn't it enough you destroyed my walls Bowser? Now you have it out for my floors too...
Mario remained silent as he hunched over in a battle stance, sending a defiant look towards Bowser.
The two glared daggers at each other for a moment, as if sizing up their competition, before lunging at each other.
Their attacks were short lived, as the castle took a frightening lurch to the side, tossing it's inhabitants about as if they were nothing more than dolls.
Due to the sudden shift, the star rod was sent flying as Bowser and Mario desperately clung to the walls while Peach dangled from the strained rope.
Is the rope... is it slackening?!
A load snapped shot through the chaos like a bullet, as Mario and Bowser looked on helplessly as Peach plummeted into the abyss, leaving only a resounding scream throughout the halls of her upturned palace.
Oh noooooo!!!