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Two months later, Mario and Luigi called the princesses into the main living room.
"What is it boys?" Peach asked.
"Can we go do something?" Mario asked.
"What?" Daisy asked.
"We've been sitting here doing nothing for eight weeks" Luigi said "we just want to get out and do something."
"You are both getting over multiple gunshot wounds" Peach said.
"We can handle it" Mario said.
"Please" Luigi said.
Peach and Daisy looked at each other.
"How about we have a picnic in the park?" Peach asked.
"You two can go fishing in the pond after lunch" Daisy said.
"Ok" Mario said.
He and Luigi went to get fishing poles and gear while the princesses packed a lunch. After they ate their lunch, Peach and Daisy were sitting on a blanket chatting while Mario and Luigi fished.
Daisy looked at her drink, then she looked at Peach and said "hey Peachy?"
"Yes?" Peach replied.
"I'm sorry" Daisy said.
"For what?" Peach asked.
Daisy sighed and said "thinking back over our battles, I realized that I yelled at you a lot and I was mean and rude to you. I know we were all scared and nervous and I'm sure that yelling at you just made it worse."
"It's ok Daze" Peach said smiling.
"It is?" Daisy asked.
"Yes" Peach said "do you remember the first time Tatanga's army attacked? I was afraid of guns and I was terrified at the thought of four people fighting an army. If you hadn't pushed me and yelled, I might have been too afraid to fight. What would have happened then? You know, I've always admired that about you."
"Admired what?" Daisy asked.
"That you stand up to any challenge" Peach said "even if you're afraid or doubtful, you will still face it; and that you aren't afraid to push people along when they need it."
Daisy smiled and said "thanks Peach."
Meanwhile, two toads walked over to the Mario brothers. One had a microphone and the other had a camera.
"Can we talk to you about your battles with Tatanga?" The toad with the microphone asked.
"No" Mario said.
"There are a lot of toads who want to know about them" the toad said.
"The answer is no" Luigi said.
"Please" the toad said "I know how you feel, but-"
"You know how I feel?!" Luigi yelled "you will never know how I feel!"
"What do you mean?" The toad asked.
"Do you know what it feels like to end a life?" Luigi asked "to pull a trigger and watch someone die? Do you know what it's like to hear bullets whiz by your head? To feel them tear your clothes and scrape your skin, knowing they could have killed you? You know how it feels to be shot? To feel a bullet tear into your body? To lay in a hospital bed, not knowing if you will survive? You know how it feels to see your wife shot and stabbed? To see the strongest man you've ever know, the person you love most in the world, your own brother laying close to death with five bullet holes in him? Do you know how it feels to lay behind a log and hear bullets hitting the other side constantly, praying they won't come through? You know how it feels to have nightmares about battles? To wake up crying or screaming? To wake up from a nightmare and shake your wife awake, just to prove to yourself that she's still alive?! You have no idea how I feel! And I pray you never do!"
"That was great" the toad with the camera said "can you do it again, I need a better angle. Oh and cry while you're saying it."
"Yeah" the other toad said "and maybe we can add some gunfire into the background when we edit it."
Peach and Daisy were both speechless after hearing what Luigi said.
"Go away" Luigi said.
"No way" the camera toad said "that was an amazing speech, but we need to shoot it again."
"Please go away" Luigi said.
Daisy stood up and walked toward them and yelled "get away from him!"
"Not now, lady" the toad said "can't you see we are busy here."
Daisy stepped in front of the camera toad and punched the camera lens, breaking it and shoving her hand into the camera.
"Do you know how expensive that camera was?!" The toad yelled.
"Not as expensive as your hospital bill if you're not out of my sight in ten seconds" Daisy said "now leave!"
"This isn't Sarasaland" the toad said "you have no authority here."
Daisy drew back to punch him, but someone grabbed her elbow. Daisy turned and saw Peach holding her arm.
"Calm down, Daze" Peach said calmly.
She turned to the toads and said "she may not have authority here, but I do. If you do not leave this instant I will have you thrown in jail for harassment."
The toads began to walk away.
"Give me the audio recorder" Daisy said.
"Excuse me?" The toad said.
"The thing in your pocket that the microphone is attached to" Daisy said "give it to me."
"Or what?" the camera toad asked.
"Or your faces will match your camera" Daisy said while cracking her knuckles.
The toads looked at each other then looked back at Daisy. The toad pulled out the recorder and handed it to her.
"And the tape put of the camera" Peach said. The toad took the tape out and handed it to her. Peach threw the tape down and stomped it.
"Now get out of here" Daisy said.