Hi! I wasn't planning on adding another chapter onto this, but after a lot of thinking, I decided today to develop more on Peach and Rosalina in this fic. For those of you who don't know this was the first fic I wrote on this site and may not be my best piece of work! Still, I'm going to try and keep it to the same style. It's been a long time since the first chapter, so, I'd highly recommend you reread the last chapter if you haven't read it recently. Also, I decided NOT to answer reviews personally, since most of them are from a good many months ago and it would have felt weird. Thank you to all the people who reviewed, I really appreciate it.

Thanks a lot to electropopluigi for favouriting! (this was especially exciting since I'd long given up hope of this fanfic getting a favourite!)

Disclaimer: All characters and games are owned by Nintendo.

"Awww, how cute. The two spin-off characters finally got together!"

"Peach" and "Rosalina" cackled at "Waluigi" and "Daisy", who had recently started going out. One day the Sarasaland Princess was sitting alone in a corner with nobody to talk to; then suddenly, she had the man in purple as her friend. And that was all they started off as. But romance gradually bloomed between them, as Waluigi began to fall for her quiet ways and Daisy's crush turned into something more, and... that was it. They finally became a couple after six long years. Much to poor "Bowser's" dismay of course, who still liked Daisy after all that time, and he avoided Waluigi as much as possible.

Peach was all confident on the outside. But on the inside... one could say she felt... insecure. She'd been different when she'd first started acting, with her red hair and her naivety. The cast members had been different too. There was the original Bowser for a start, a grouch who constantly complained about the heat of the costume, and Mario, who was the same actor as today, but happier, much happier. Of course his wife hadn't been dead then, so that most likely explained his change in behaviour. Oh, and there was Luigi too, who actually was pretty much the same as he was now.

Ah, good times. Times when she didn't have to worry about her appearance.

All she'd had to do was walk towards Mario when he rescued her at the end, and say a couple of lines. But that was all it took for her to become famous as Princess Toadstool of the Mushroom Kingdom, and that fame went to her head. She became obsessed with her looks; it started off minor. A little mascara to darken her ginger eyelashes and eyebrows, some foundation to cover the three freckles on her nose. After a few years she ditched her auburn hair for golden curls. She'd never liked her carrot coloured tresses anyway. After all, if she was stated to be beautiful in the manuals, then it only made sense to live up to that reputation.

But when the first actress arrived to act as a new princess, Princess Daisy, her insecurity wasn't just with her looks anymore, it was with her place in the Mario universe. When they'd introduced this new character to the series (or intruder, in Peach's eyes), and made her get kidnapped instead of Toadstool, the blonde was genuinely worried that she'd get replaced. Thankfully Daisy was out of the picture for a long time after Super Mario Land, and Peach was back with not having to share the spotlight.

Until the early 2000's.

The Sarasaland Princess was back, as her doubles partner in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. And what else came back? Her fear. It wouldn't make sense to anyone else: Princess Peach was the most important female in the series.

Yes, but so was Pauline once upon a time.

From then on, she did her best to ruin Daisy's life in the video game industry. But despite her sweet demeanour, she didn't let Peach's bullying get to her. Unfortunately for the redhead, the industry was a cut-throat world, and she was fired not too long afterwards. Peach could barely conceal her glee when she'd found that out. She'd thought the orange princess was gone for good...

Only she wasn't. They were keeping the character of Daisy, just changing the actress. She remembered that day pretty well. The new Daisy wasn't very unlike the old princess in appearance, but had a much shyer personality. Everyone expected her to be useless at first... until they saw her in action. Sassy, loud voiced and tomboyish, she was, well, perfect!

So Peach transferred her hate onto the new girl, and sadly she didn't have the confidence to stand up for herself.

When her sixteen year old daughter Rosalina had gotten a major part in Super Mario Galaxy later on in life, Peach was delighted. Her child in a game that became a huge success. Plus, she now had an ally to help her go against Daisy, which was the real reason she'd wanted her to try her hand at acting in the first place. She sometimes bribed the producers into using her in games instead of the orange princess, and made sure Rosalina taunted Daisy. When the fourth actor for Bowser started to like the redhead, Peach told her daughter to go and flirt with him so he'd lose interest... though it never really worked. How, she didn't know. After all, Rosalina was much closer in age to him than Daisy.

Yes, she was willing to do just about anything to make her rival's life a misery.

She snapped out of her daydream and sneered at Waluigi and Daisy once more before checking her makeup with her pocket mirror. All good... but was that a new wrinkle on her forehead? Well, she must get more work done on her face to remove it, then.

She heard a loud sigh next to her.

"You look fine, Mom," said Rosalina, reading her thoughts.

Maybe she was right, maybe she was just being paranoid... Or maybe her daughter was just saying that to make her shut up about her looks. An impossibly perfect face stared out at her from the mirror, but she never regarded herself as beautiful. No matter how many times her face had gotten injected, there was always going to be a next time.

"Mom? Are you listening to me?"

Peach nodded. To this day, she still wasn't sure who the father was, though she suspected it was that guy with the white-blonde hair she'd went to bed with after getting drunk at a celebration party. He was a charming, handsome young man who used to act as one of the many Toads, and she hadn't been thinking straight that night... Of course she was only going by the colour of his hair. Rosalina looked a lot like her mother, one of the only main differences being the fact that she was naturally blonde, so that guy was the most accurate guess. But she'd never know for certain. Not that it mattered.

All that mattered was her fame.

So when Daisy was kidnapped in Super Mario Run, her worries returned. But, she'd stay positive. With Rosalina by her side, and a good deal of money in her pocket, things wouldn't go so well for the redheaded princess for much longer. She'd make sure of that.

Rosalina from the Mario games.

Rosalina the actress.

Maddie the girl from Brooklyn.

Rosalina, Peach's daughter. Or Maddie, if they were at home. Or Madison. If Mom was cross.

All these alter-egos; only one of them was real.

And that would be, of course, Maddie from Brooklyn.

She'd never thought she'd end up working as an actress: her main focus in life had been making friends and attending parties. Rosalina had been your average pretty girl: always a smile on her face, liked by everyone, including the guys.

But that was back when she was Maddie. Back when Mom was barely around because of her career, back when babysitters took care of her when she came home to their small bungalo from school. Not the ideal childhood, but good times nonetheless.

She used to wear her hair in plaits; her wardrobe used to be filled with jeans and crop tops. She used to have lots of friends at her doorstep; boys begged her to go on a date with them.

Yes, she was a normal teenager... except her mother was famous. But nobody could know that. Peach and all the other actors had signed a contract: once they were out of their costumes, they were ordinary members of the public. No exceptions. Not that Mom was ever at home that much, but when she was, she looked completely different from the Mushroom Kingdom Princess. Straightened hair in a simple braid, a lot of makeup to make her look less innocent and cute, less like Peach. And she never wore pink. Or long dresses. Always blue jeans and a plain t-shirt.

Mom hadn't told her this secret until she was fifteen, a year before she joined the video game industry. Rosalina had been shocked. The Princess she'd tried time after time to rescue throughout her childhood... was Mom? Awesome! But this couldn't be revealed, ever. And as much as she wanted to blurt it out to all her friends, Rosalina obeyed, because she was a good, obedient daughter. Because, even if she didn't agree with Mom, she would bully her into it, so what was the point in looking for trouble?

When she was sixteen, Mom had started spending time with her, and being nice. Almost too nice. And her suspicions were confirmed. Mom told her to get in the car one day, and she drove her to the studio she worked in. They badly needed someone for a game they were planning on making, she'd said. Someone pale, blonde and beautiful. And she fit the image perfectly. Plus she could work alongside her mother. Fun, right?

Not really. But despite her inexperience, Rosalina managed to get the part. She knew instinctively that this was important to Mom, so she tried her very best.

And that was it. One day she was a regular girl, the next she was an actress. Her old friends wouldn't have recognised her in a million years, both from the games and in real life. Mom made sure she completely changed her appearance and clothing since Super Mario Galaxy. She wondered if they thought of her sometimes, and her sudden disappearance from school, and her unexplained move of house, and the way she hadn't told them anything related to that.

But that was back when she was Maddie.

Now she was Rosalina, the calm, maternal adoptive mother to the Lumas. But she was also Rosalina the actress, the one they all detested along with Mom.

She didn't hate Daisy. She was quiet, she did nobody any harm. There was no reason to dislike her, unless you were jealous like Mom. Even if everyone assumed it was the truth, Rosalina didn't dislike the redhead at all. She didn't have a crush on Bowser either. There was no denying that he was handsome, but he just wasn't her type. She was more into tanned, dark haired guys. That was one thing that hadn't changed since she was Maddie.

No; her mother had forced her to feel this way about them. Mom was a little too obsessed with Daisy, in her opinion, along with her looks. But what could she do? She always obeyed her mother, and it wasn't a choice. Because Mom didn't love her, not really. Her babysitters cared more about her, she'd known that for ages. And if Mom thought her only child was giving her trouble, she'd gladly give all of her wages to the producers to fire her, if it occurred to her. Which it probably hadn't, or Daisy's name would have been forgotten at this stage, but it was best not to take any chances.

Rosalina the actress was Peach's puppet to get back at Daisy. She acted on set and she acted in real life. This was her new life and this was how it was staying.

And there was nothing she could do about it.

By the way, I know Pauline's important to the series, but there's no denying that Peach is more important. Also, I much prefer the newer Daisy than the older one, especially the newer voice, which I think matches her personality better. So I suppose this is weird, but I'd like to know your opinions on it. Please review!