I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to update in a while. I just had my birthday party a few days ago and for six days I didn't really get to go much on the computer. Expect updates every 2-3 days (maybe even sooner if I'm lucky). Enjoy!

Murder in the mushroom kingdom

Chapter 3-Brunch with Daisy

Mario and Luigi were still in their house. Mario was merely sitting on his recliner, while Luigi was on the phone with someone.

"Hey bro!" Luigi called as soon as he was off the phone.

"Yeah?" Mario called back.

"It was Daisy on the phone…she said she just got that letter about Peach's party and is coming to the Mushroom Kingdom to stay for a few nights before the party. She wants to go to breakfast with us…"

Mario considered this. It was about 11:30, so wouldn't it be a little late for breakfast? Lunch was more like it, "Don't you mean lunch?"

Luigi rolled his eyes. It seemed as though Mario always got so worked up when it came to food. It was as though he wanted to stress how important food was by being sure that people understood what meal they were eating…weirdo…, "Well, it would be more like brunch…"

Mario grinned. Even he thought that the conversation was a bit strange. Did it really matter? Well, to Mario, you may never know…

About forty-five minutes passed before the flower-loving princess approached their doorstep and rang the doorbell. Luigi was relieved she had arrived as early as she did. Mario kept on complaining that he was getting hungry and didn't want to wait for Daisy. Luckily she turned out to be one speedy lady. That was one thing Luigi noticed about her. It always seemed that wherever she went, she must have sprinted in order to get there as fast as she did, or, in this case, told her pilot to go as fast as he could. Ah well, punctuality was good, wasn't it?

"Do you guys want to go to the Mushroom Diner?" Daisy asked her question to both brothers, but looked at only Luigi as she did so. She smiled at him and giggled quietly.

Mario rolled his eyes. What was she trying to do, flirt with him or something? She was one crazy lady…and anyways, it wasn't like Luigi and she weren't already going out…

"Yeah!" Luigi replied to her question enthusiastically. So whatever happened to him being so tired? It was like Daisy had some super power or something…

Mario didn't actually reply with words, but merely nodded. He got the feeling Daisy and Luigi had talked about this over the phone without his approval. If it were up to him, he would prefer to go to the 'Shroom Delight Restaurant. Now that place served good meals! It wasn't that the diner was bad, but it was just a back-up in case you got tired of the 'Shroom Delight. Mario had no plans of that happening, though. He had always considered the 'Shroom Delight to be his favorite restaurant. In the Mario residence, food was very important, especially for Mario. When Mario ate, he wanted to make sure he was eating at the best restaurant and was eating a delicious meal. If he got a not-so-nice vibe from the restaurant and meal, he would feel not-so-nice afterwards. Peach, and Daisy, too, for that matter, never really cared where or what they ate, as long as they did eat. Yeah, they would prefer to eat something they did like rather than something they didn't, but it wasn't a big deal like Mario, and maybe Luigi, would make it.

"Alright then!" Daisy exclaimed, awfully jumpy. She seemed very excited about…something…

Without further delay, Luigi and Daisy at each other and walked out the front door, side by side. Again, Mario rolled his eyes. Were they trying to prove a point him that their relationship with each other was serious or something? He and Peach never got all 'cutesy' with each other. Mario always thought it was just…weird. Ah well, apparently 'weirdness' was Luigi's way to attract ladies…

Mario sighed to himself. Better get goin', Mario thought to himself as he stood up from the chair that he was sitting in all morning. He almost wished he didn't have to get up; he always said that the recliner was extremely comfortable…at least in his opinion.

The Mushroom Diner was oddly packed. That was one thing that Mario didn't like. Huge crowds had always made him feel uncomfortable…especially when he was crammed into a small place. Mario felt as though people purposely went to the diner that day just to make him feel even worse…great…

"Would you three please follow me?" A Toadette waitress asked, leading them to one of the nearby tables in the center of the room. Again, Mario was disappointed. He had never really liked sitting at tables. There was an open booth right next to them, why couldn't the Toadette have led them there? What, was she in on the plan to help make Mario's day miserable, too?

"Do you know what you would like to drink?" The Toadette asked, smiling at the three.

All of them merely ordered a glass of water. The Toadette nodded, saying, "I'll bring your dinks over in a minute, okay?" With that, she walked off towards a nearby booth, asking three Toads what they wanted for breakfast - err - brunch.

"You know what?" Daisy asked, acting a little more serious than she was when she arrived at Mario's home.

"No…what?" Mario asked, curious as to why Daisy wasn't actually saying something stupid, telling a joke, or flirting with Luigi as she generally would. It almost seemed as though she had a random mood swing. Not the kind of mood swing when someone's telling you that they love you, and then the next moment they're screaming and fighting with you. No, not that type at all. It was more or less that she was energetic and happy, and then something just made her…not-so-happy…

"Peach seemed really worked up when I stopped by her castle on the way your house…she barely had any time to notice I was there…" Daisy's tone of voice seemed nervous.

"I hope she's okay…" Luigi started, "She's never been in such a tight situation like this before…"

Mario nodded, agreeing with his brother. It was true though; generally Peach planned for something like this so she even had time to spare…, "I hope she has time to get the party in order…"

"Yeah…" Daisy said, looking at Mario, and then at Luigi, "She's acting really rushed. Do you think she'll have the party done in time? Do you think anything will go wrong?"

Mario looked down at the red and white checkered table cloth that lay upon the table, "I don't know, Daisy…I guess we'll just have to wait and see…"