Peach stood on her balcony, looking over her beautiful kingdom. She scanned the skies. No Bowser. That was good, she decided. She wasn't really in the mood to be kidnaped. "Guarding" her were a trio of Mushrooms-Toad, Toadsworth, and Wooster, her personal attendants.
(To the tune of "I'm Wishing" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves)
Peach: I'm looking
Toad, Toadsworth, and Wooster: She's looking
Peach: Over my empire
I'm scanning
Toad, Toadsworth, and Wooster: She's scanning
Peach: The skies
Toad, Toadsworth, and Wooster: The skies
Peach: I look for
Toad, Toadsworth, and Wooster: She looks for
Peach: Some kind of Koopa flyer
Of any
Toad, Toadsworth, and Wooster: Of any
Peach: Strange size
Toad, Toadsworth, and Wooster: Strange size
Peach: Will he make a show
Or will he be quick
Just a grab 'n go
Bowser loves kidnaping chicks
I'm looking
Toad, Toadsworth, and Wooster: She's looking
Peach: Over my empire
I'm scanning
Toad, Toadsworth, and Wooster: She's scanning
Peach: The skies
Mario: The skies
Peach perked up when she heard Mario's tender(ish) voice. Her servants simply groaned.
"We'd better leave before this song segues into a..." began Toad, but it was too late. The musical interlude had suddenly become a love song.
(To the tune of "One Song" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves)
Mario: Love song
Singing a love song
Love song
Don't know why it's here
Peach: Love song
Another love song
Love's strong
And this makes it clear
Both: We love
We love each other
That fact everyone knows
Love song
Not serving a purpose
But needed
In musical shows
Peach happily ran down the stairs and met Mario at her castle's entrance.
"Oh, Mario!" she cried. "I love our duets!"
"Me too," Mario sighed blissfully, staring into her eyes.
Watching from above, all three mushrooms cringed. "This is why most games end so quickly after Mario saves Peach," Toad winced. "There's nothing interesting to do at the end aside from watch these two stare at each other!"
Mario regained his composure and tried to look serious, which is hard to do when you're Mario. "Peach," he said, "I have to go away for a while. There's some sort of problem over on Yoshi's Island. Luigi's going too, and, well...I'm worried about you. What will happen if Bowser kidnaps you?"
"Oh, I can take care of myself," Peach laughed.
"No, you can't," Mario said bluntly. "I can't think of any times that you've been the one to defeat Bowser."
"There was the time that you and Luigi got captured!" Peach shot back, feeling very insulted.
"Okay," admitted Mario, "there was that one time, but that's just it! It was one time! I don't want to be a jerk, but I think that you may have..."
"...that I may have gotten lucky?" Peach angrily finished. "I'll have you know that I could take Bowser any day! Perhaps not the first couple hundred times he captured me back whenever that was, but I've learned some of my own tricks!"
"Then why don't you ever use them?" shouted Mario.
By this time, Peach's three head servants returned to the balcony and were intently watching, while being joined by an increasing number of other mushrooms, all staring in shock.
"Because you've always been around so I've never needed to!" Peach shouted back. "Besides, I think it's cute when you rescue me."
Mario stopped. "Wait a second, you think it's...cute?"
Peach shrugged innocently. "Well, you always seem to be having such a good time and all, and I don't know why, but I really like it when you have a raccoon tail and..." she drifted off for a second and then frowned. "You know, I feel like I've become an insult to my entire gender."
"I wouldn't go that far," said Mario, "but it would be nice if you could, um, prove that you can take care of yourself."
"I suppose I haven't given anyone here much reason to believe that I can beat my captors," admitted Peach. "Look, if I can show you that I'm capable of standing on my own two feet before you go, will you be able to relax?"
Mario thought for a minute and then nodded.
Peach giggled, and embraced Mario. "Oh, Mario!" she cried. "You've made me the happiest girl in the world! ...hmm, there's that 'insulted my gender' feeling again."
Both: Love song
Singing our love song
After our five minute fight
Love song
An endless love song
It proves that
Things will go right
The "Love Song" is probably the oldest thing in this story. A long time ago, I wanted to adapt each and every Mario game as a musical using Disney movies as a basis. It was also ordered by the date each game/movie was released (Donkey Kong = Snow White, Donkey Kong Jr = Pinocchio, etc). I only wrote some "meh" parodies for a Donkey Kong story, including this as a duet between Mario and Pauline. As I said, the "meh" songs were indeed "meh," but I liked the love song. A few alterations, and here it is!