Chapter 7

How it Came to Be

A/N: I'm not good with writing Italian speech, so, ummm…yeah, a lot of people write Mario's way of speaking so I wanted to do that as well. Forgive me if it's not accurate….

"You can't stop me, Mario!" Bowsette roars. "Peach is mine this time!"

"You let-a her go!" Mario shouts. "You may have become a girl, but that's-a never gonna stop me or Luigi from rescuing the Princess again!"

Bowette tosses her cape and jumps down from her throne. "So be it! Bring it on, Mario Brothers!"

Peach watches from the cage she is locked in as they fight valiantly to save her once again. They use their fire flowers to become the Fire variation of themselves to stop her, but that only fuels Bowsette even more. Plus that, due to her becoming human, she feels a bit lighter compared to her large, reptilian counterpart. She may not be able to make the ground shake with her mighty stomps anymore, but she still has her fire powers. So she uses it just to block the fire balls that Mario and Luigi try to throw at her.

"You think little sparks will stop me~? Get real!" Bowsette chuckles.

"This isn't-a working, Luigi!" Mario says. "We need another plan!"

"Right-a with you, bro!" Luigi says.

But Bowsette doesn't give them a chance to think. She smashes the ground with her fists just to make it shake a little, causing the Mario Brothers to lose balance and then breathe fire at them, successfully hitting her two targets. They revert back to their normal forms just from one hit. Peach looks back and forth as the fight goes on. Seems that Bowsette is still super strong even though she's a human. Though…why does it seem like she is rooting for Bowsette? It doesn't make sense. Mario and Luigi are her heroes right? Saving a damsel in distress?

"Taste-a hammer, you mighty girl-dragon!" Mario changes into Hammer Mario and chucks some hammers at Bowsette.

The Koopa Queen turns around to show her spiked shell, making the hammers bounce off of it. "Hahaha! Is that all you got~?" She charges at Hammer Mario and tries throwing punches at him.

Mario tries to block them, a couple were successful, but Bowsette grabs him, punches him in the face and then tosses him 5 feet away.

"You are unworthy!" Bowsette taunts.

"How-a DARE you hurt my brother!?" Luigi charges at Bowsette, but the mighty Koopa queen jumps high in the air.

Her long skirt flutters upward and as if in slow motion, Luigi looks up just to see a glimpse of Bowsette's white panties, his eyes wide and gaping at the sight of her black thigh high stockings. Bowsette lands on him, squishing him and then jumping back.

"You will die with honor~!" she taunts.

Both of the Mario Brothers struggle to their feet, with Mario back to his original form again. They cannot lose again and WILL rescue Princess Peach again. They get into their battle stances, no longer having their powers, but they WILL jump on her the best they could, now that they aren't facing a large and heavy dragon. Bowsette smirks as she puts a hand on her hip, turns a heel and does a "Come hither" motion with her hand.

"Arise and fight~" she says.

As the three of them continue fighting each other, Peach lowers her arms that held the bars in front of her. Now that she thinks about it…what's the point of being rescued if she's letting herself be captured by Bowser, now Bowsette all the time? The Mario Brothers are trying their hardest just to save her time and time again.

Right when they were about to charge at each other, Peach grabs the bars and shouts, "Stop! All of you!"

The three of them do so and look over at Peach. She is angry with all of them it seems.

"What's-a matter, Princess?" Mario asks.

"I…I can't take it anymore!" the blonde princess says. "The whole thing is pointless!"

"Huh? What do ya mean? We're rescuing you, just like many other times!" Mario says.

"Exactly!" Peach says. "You go and rescue me time and time again, yet I get captured by Bowsette. I don't think you've realized how boring it is now. The more I spent time with Bowsette, the more open I am about her."

"Wait…don't tell me…" Mario says as the Koopa Queen chuckles and walks over toward the cage to unlock it.

"Well, Mario," she says as she pulls Peach into a tender embrace. "After all those times, even after I became a girl, do you STILL want Peach?"

"Yes!" Mario says as he steps up toward the Mushroom Princess. "Peach, I love you! Don't you know that?"

Peach sighs with a single tear streaming down her face. "I loved you, too, Mario. I kept giving you hint after hint, but you never saw that."

"I sorta waited for the right moment to confess," Mario says.

"That's your mistake," Peach frowns. "You waited too long. Now…I love Bowsette more. Her heart is more open than yours."

"Princess!" Mario cries, reaching a hand out. "Bowsette is trying to mess up your mind! You don't actually love her, do you!?"

Luigi steps in. "That's-a right! Don't let Bowsette fool you! You're only forced to love her, just like how Bowser used to!"

Peach bites her lip and shakes her head. "No…this is real love." She turns and gently caresses Bowsette's cheek. "I truly love you, Bowsette. Please…make me forget my love for Mario."

Bowsette gasps and smiles. "Of course, Peach. I love you, too! Let's get married….finally!"

Both lean in and share a passionate, loving kiss. Mario drops to his knees with Luigi putting a hand on his brother's shoulder, kneeling down to his level, sharing the same pain. The two blondes kiss and kiss, having their tongues caress each other until they pull away to gasp for air. They gaze into each other's eyes, brushing each other's hair away from their faces and smile while Peach sheds tears.

"Is there anything you want to say before you leave?" Bowsette asks the younger blonde.

Peach looks over at the depressed Mario. The red-clad plumber looks up.

"Peach…" he mumbles.

"Good-bye…Mario." Peach says as a couple tears fall. "I will cherish all the memories we had together, but…it's time for me to move on. I'm sorry…"

**Present**

Peach wakes up in the middle of the night, realizing that she's still shedding tears. Bowsette takes notice and turns around towards her wife.

"Peach…did you have a bad dream?" she asks.

"I just…remembered something…from the past," the Mushroom Princess says. "I…I feel bad for Mario for doing this to him. I should be, but…but…" She softly cries on Bowsette's chest.

The Koopa queen embraces her and gently strokes her hair. "There, there. You finally found your true love. I understand you're regretting your decision, but…we're together now. That's all that matters."

Peach looks up at her wife as more tears stream down her face. "Yes…we're together…now and forever~"

They intertwine hands, lean in and passionately kiss.

A/N: I tried my absolute hardest to come up with Peach's "Change of Heart" scenario. It may be a little stupid, but I dunno. That's all I have. Ahaha…

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