I Am Light!

The two of them wasted no time fighting each other. They were slashing at high speed, each slash causing a bolt of lightning.

They met in a weapon clash, Peach and Deas just staring at each other fiercely, "Do you really think that defeating me will atone for your sins?!" Deas said to Peach, "I wasn't the one who caused all of this destruction! If you hope to kill the real monster, then look in a mirror!"

They jumped away from each other. Deas began slashing at the air shooting blasts from her sword at Peach. Peach jumped and flipped out of the way of the attacks. She then slashed the air shooting a beam of light at Deas. Deas slashed at the beam parting it at the center. Peach then charged at Deas and began slashing at her again. Deas slashed upwards knocking Peach's sword away, and then slashed at her directly knocking Peach onto the ground. Peach instantly flipped up to her feet.

"Thanks to you, all of the people you cared about are dead! Even if there are people who are still alive, you've lost their trust as their princess! They'll never follow you again, and you have nothing to live for! What's the point in fighting this hard?!" Deas asked.

"I may not atone for the sins I committed by killing you, and killing you will not bring back the people I lost, but it will protect the future generations, and make sure that the children of the future can live in a world where they can be free!" Peach proclaimed. Deas then began firing black lightning out of her sword at Peach, who ran to take cover behind a stone. Peach was getting a little worried. She and Deas had been fighting for a while now, and she still hadn't gotten a good hit on Deas.

"You see? You can't win! The darkness is much too powerful! Your newfound light is no match for me!" Deas said firing a black laser at the stone Peach was hiding behind. Peach dashed behind another stone right when that stone was destroyed. Deas broke out in laughter, "Even with all of that power, you still run away! You haven't changed at all! You're still the weak, scared, defenseless, helpless princess you always were! Always running away, never fighting!"

These words hurt Peach badly. Deas was saying things that Peach had heard all of her life, either from her classmates in school, or from Bowser when she was his prisoner. She looked down in frustration, and gripped her sword even tighter. She then flipped out from behind the stone and began firing white bolts of lightning at Deas, who just dodged and deflected the attacks.

"Now, that's more like it!" Deas said as she began firing black bolts of lightning at Peach, who dodged and deflected just like Deas. They continued this pattern for a while, actually destroying some of the land around them. They both looked up and saw the sky was getting dark, engulfed in black clouds. Deas chuckled to herself.

"What's so funny?!" Peach asked.

"Everything is going according to plan. You're giving me exactly what I need."

"And what's that?!"

"Hatred, anger, darkness!" Peach was shocked when she heard that, she though she was using the power of light, "You hate me with your heart! As long as you hold onto that hatred, you'll never defeat me!" she then shot at Peach again, but this time Peach couldn't dodge, and took the blast at full force.

Peach fell to the ground and rolled away a bit. For a second she just lied there, not out of exhaustion, but out of hopelessness. She didn't see how she could win this fight, and she was getting frustrated, and scared.

Stand up Peach! Daisy's voice said in her head, You can't give up now!

"Daisy..." Peach said to herself. She then heard Luigi's voice.

You have to be stronger than the darkness! Fight back!

"Luigi..." she said as she reached for her sword. She then heard Link's voice.

No one who could beat me in a sword fight is weak! Now come on! Keep fighting!

"Link..." she said struggling to stand up. She then heard Zelda's voice.

The whole world is counting on you Peach! You're the only one left who can fight this darkness!

"Zelda..." she said as she stood up. Deas was shocked to see that after all of that, Peach was still standing.

"How is this possible?!" she asked in shock. It was then Peach heard Mario's voice.

I believe in you Peach! You aren't weak, you aren't helpless, you're the exact opposite of weak! You Peach, are light!

"Mario..." she then began crying a bit, but she looked up at Deas with sheer determination.

Deas was shocked at first, but she then laughed it off, "After all of that, you still think you can defeat me? It's like I said, you're no match for me!"

"You're wrong!" Peach said, startling Deas, "You're the weak one here, not me!"

Deas actually looked offended by that, "How DARE you call me weak!!!"

"It's true! Why else would you hide behind me all of this time?! The darkness is afraid of the light, and you're afraid of me!"

"And why would I be afraid of you?!"

"Because I represent the one thing you fear the most, light!" when Peach said that Deas cringed a bit, "That's the reason you try so hard to get rid of it!" it was then that Peach realized something, "That's it. You're just like me. You're trying to eliminate your fear. I don't hate you... I pity you..."

"Pity?! PITY?!!!! I don't need your pity!!!" Deas shouted, engulfing herself in a black flame.

Peach looked away in sadness. Deas fell prey to her darkness, and she was in so deep that there wasn't any hope for her. Peach then held her hand out, and beams of light flew out from behind her at Deas, who took the shot full blast. Deas then held her hand in the air, and her claws of darkness flew out to slash at Peach, but Peach slashed at the claws dispelling them.

Deas was getting really scared now, but she wasn't about to let Peach know that. She charged at Peach and began slashing at her, but this time she wasn't able to control herself. Peach slashed at Deas so hard that she knocked her sword out of her hand. She then slashed at Deas full blast knocking her away onto the ground. When Deas tried to get up, Peach then held her sword up in the air and a beam of light cam down on top of Deas, engulfing her.

At first, Deas was in pain, but eventually she stopped screaming. She opened her eyes and they weren't red anymore, they were brown and full of light, "So, this is light? It's beautiful..." she then turned to Peach, "Thank you, Princess Peach, for showing me true light. Thank you..." she then faded away, passing on.

Peach was exhausted. She dropped her sword and walked over to where Mario's body was still laying down, lifeless, "Mario... I did it... I saved the world..." she said softly, a single tear running down her cheek.

When it landed on her hand, the Tri-Force still on her hand began to glow. It then flew off her hand and grew until it was at least nine feet tall all together. Peach was shocked, but who she saw walking away from it shocked her even more.

"Zelda?" she said in shock.

"You did well Peach, you saved the whole world," Zelda said with a smile, "I never once doubted you."

"Zelda, what's left for me? I've lost my family, my friends, and...Mario..." she said looking at him. It looked like he was asleep, but Peach knew the truth.

"Don't give up yet, for the gods Din, Naru, and Fafore have decided to reward you," as she said that, the Tri-Force flew over to Peach, who just stared at it, "They have decided to allow you to use the Tri-Force, to grant on wish. Anything you desire can be yours with a simple wish."

"I don't want anything," Peach said looking down, "Everything I cared about: my world, my friends, my kingdom, it's all gone now. Personally, I just want it all back," she held onto Mario tightly, "My only wish is for the Tri-Force to undo all of the damage I caused!"

Zelda smiled, and turned to the Tri-Force. It then flew up and separated. As it flew around the world, a golden light engulfed everything. When the light cleared, the villages she destroyed were all repaired, the people she killed were all revived, and the people she put under her spell were released.

Bowser was still lying on the ground with his army. One soldier ran up to him, "Your Majesty!" he said helping Bowser up.

"Ow, my head... huh?" he looked around and saw all of his men getting up, "What...happened...?" he was confused, but he felt that whatever happened, it was a miracle.

In the Waffle Kingdom, Princess Eclair was walking out of her castle stretching, "What a beautiful day. I wonder what Luigi's doing right now," she said. Since she was hypnotized right before she died, she thought it was all just a dream.

In Hyrule Kingdom, all of Peach's men were recovering from her hypnosis. Luigi, Link, and Daisy were looking around confused.

"What happened?" Daisy asked.

"I have no idea," Luigi said, shocked.

Link looked on his hand, and was shocked to see that the Tri-Force of Courage had returned, along with the Master Sword, "This is..." he said to himself. He then looked up at the bright sun with a smile, "Good job, Mario..."

"Um, Master Luigi," they heard behind them. They turned around and saw Toadsworth standing there, "Do you mind telling me why I'm wearing armor?"

Peach was looking around confused, "What happened?" she felt someone put their hand on her shoulder. When Peach looked up she saw Zelda, alive and well, "Zelda!" she got up and hugged Zelda, "You're alive!" she then backed away in confusion, "But how? I thought you were..."

"I was. That's the power of the Tri-Force. The power of the gods themselves, able to bring great peace and joy in the right hands, or great destruction in the wrong hands. You made a wish to undo all of the destruction you caused, and for that you were rewarded."

Peach looked back at Mario though, who was still lying there, "But what will I do now? Can I really face my people again?"

"That's something only you can answer. It's one thing for others to forgive you, but the hardest thing is to forgive yourself," Zelda turned to leave, "The gods have given you a second chance, I think you should take it," she then walked off.

"Zelda! Thank you!" she called out to Zelda, who just waved as she continued to walk. She then went back to Mario, and rubbed the side of his face. As soon as her hand made contact, Mario groaned, "Mario...?"

"Peach... You're okay..." he said smiling. Peach was so happy she couldn't say anything. Mario then pulled the ring off his finger and gave it to Peach, "You know, that marriage proposal is still open if you want it."

Peach took the ring, put it on her finger, and looked at Mario, "Thank you for saving me Mario," she said with a loving smile.

"I promised, remember? That I would always protect you."

They slowly went to kiss, but right when they were about to make contact...

"Mario!" Luigi said from a distance.

"Peach!" Daisy followed up. Both Peach and Mario looked really annoyed.

"I'm really beginning to hate my little brother," Mario said in a very annoyed tone.

"Now you know how I feel about Daisy..." Peach said, equally annoyed.

Luigi and Daisy ran up to them, and were overjoyed to see them alive, and well, "There you two are!" Daisy said.

"Um, we weren't interrupting anything, right?" Luigi said looking at them.

"No... you weren't interrupting anything at all..." Mario said trying to hide how annoyed he was.

Luigi and Daisy ran over to them and hugged them, congratulating Mario, and welcoming Peach back to the light.

Link was watching them from a distance under a tree smiling, "Looks like he did it. Good job Mario. Good job," he said walking off.

Kamek and Kammy were sitting in that tree watching them too. They were also smiling, "So, they won?" Kamek asked.

"Looks like it. Our queen can finally rest in peace, and so can we," Kammy said to her son. They both looked at them laughing happily, smiled, and disappeared.

When Mario, Peach, Luigi, and Daisy returned to Hyrule, the people began cheering loudly.

"They're cheering for you, Mario," Peach said stepping away.

"No Peach, they're cheering for you," Mario said holding Peach's shoulders. She then listened closely, and heard that they were cheering her name. Peach was brought to tears by this sight. These people truly were her family, and she loved them with her whole heart.