We've focused on Pauline and Peach's point of views through this entire story, but now, it's time to change it around. There's more than two sides to this story, folks!
Chapter 7
*Mario's POV*
I knew this would happen. Let me just get that out of the way. Pauline and Peach meeting each other, especially like that…It was a formula for disaster.
But, whatever. I had two girls to save.
TWO
GIRLS
The things I do for love.
By the time Donkey Kong and Bowser disappeared, I was still stuck in that flaming force field. Daisy put it out quickly and began to scream her head off. "WE NEED TO SAVE THEM!"
"I know, but how? The entire kingdom is on fire." I looked around. The entire kingdom was practically in flames. Donkey Kong smashed half of the buildings, Bowser burned half of the area around the castle (making the rest of the village go up in flames with it), and panicked Toads did the rest of the damage.
Leave it to panicked Toads to destroy whatever wasn't destroyed in the first place.
Yoshi galloped over to us, carrying Luigi on his back. "The stable gates are burned! All the Yoshis are out!"
"The stables?" Daisy looked over to burning stables. They were empty. Luckily, all the animals escaped before the thing collapsed. "We can ride to the castle and save them."
"Good idea, but how are we going to find their trail? Bowser must have moved his castle by now." I knew that Bowser moves his castle every time I destroy it and he meets his demise. Pathetic.
"We're just going to have to wing it." Luigi shrugged.
"We?"
"That reminds me, you're going to need a ride." He whistled behind him and another Yoshi came trudging along. "I uhh, found this one sniffing around."
"LET'S RIDE!" Daisy cheered.
I immediately stopped her. "Let's? Okay, one: Luigi, don't chicken out if you're coming along. Two: I don't need you to get hurt too, Daisy."
"You sound like my dad." She whined. "I can take care of myself, you know."
"Fine." I hopped on the second Yoshi. "Then you ride with Luigi. Stay close and follow my lead."
Daisy sighed, but sat next to Luigi. I could see he was blushing. My brother is a nervous wreck.
We were off, riding through the flames and fallen houses. The sunset was shinning directly on us, making the entire world seem so vast. It was a desert wasteland with rocks and cacti and all this other desert-like things.
What? It's been a while since I traveled to the desert.
Then, as we neared this darkened figure of a castle, I made the Yoshi stop and I prepared to fight my way through with brute force. I called Luigi and Daisy over for backup, but then this whole Toad band came out of nowhere and began singing this western tune that I never really heard of, but it was stereotypical. One was playing the Spanish guitar and it was this whole battle theme. It was perfect music as I grabbed this fire flower and burned the door down. Then Bowser and Donkey Kong just practically surrendered to my awesomeness. They handed over Pauline and Peach as they swooned over me. Then, they began to fight again, but this time in a pool of mud…and wearing bikinis.
Okay, that didn't happen. What? CAN'T A GUY DREAM? But, that wasn't as bad as Super Mario Bros. 2 and, mamma-mia; don't get me started on that.
I was huddled by the main door of the castle. Daisy and Luigi both took the controls of a cannon that had a Bullet Bill ready to be fired. They signaled for me to get out the way as they fought over which button to press first.
"We have to press the red button to fire." Luigi whispered.
"No! The black one!" Daisy exclaimed.
"Isn't there a green one? Oh wait, I think you already pressed that one, Daisy." I nudged her and snickered. She slugged me in the arm.
Worth it.
We ended up pushing the red button. The bullet shot out and hit the castle door. Everyone inside hid in vases, under tables, and in plain sight. See, now, if I were Bowser, I'd probably get new soldiers. But, the weaker they are, the easier it is to let the castle crumble, so I guess I shouldn't complain.
Bowser ran over to us and growled. "How did you get out? No matter, I have something for you. The Element of…" He got into this stupid karate pose; "SURPRISE!"
"I have something too," I snapped my fingers and smirked, "Sick 'em, girl."
Daisy jumped up with joy. "AWH YEAH!" She pounced on Bowser making him fall to the ground trying to kick her off.
Luigi continued to ride Yoshi and got rid of the other annoyances around us. I could see Peach and Pauline locked up in the same cage. They were fighting and pulling at each other's hair and ripping each other's dresses and punching each other in the…I'll just stop there.
Donkey Kong ran over to me, carrying barrels. Ugh, I hate barrels. He started rolling them towards me, in three rows. One was rolling down, so was another, then another, all at the same time. I got passed the first row easily, but as they rolled away, they exploded.
That's right.
EXPLODING BARRELS.
As the next row came along, I took the middle barrel and heaved it over my shoulders. I could hear the bomb ticking inside. I tossed the thing back at its owner. Donkey Kong recoiled, but he wasn't done. Now he tossed hammers; hammers with bob-ombs strapped to the handle.
That's also right.
EXPLODING HAMMERS.
What the heck was this? Extreme Castle Raid X?
Luigi made Yoshi take one of the exploding hammers and toss it back to Donkey Kong. He recoiled once again, now looking weaker, but he still wasn't done. Now, he threw exploding barrels, exploding hammers, AND the cage that Peach and Pauline were in…did I mention that he strapped a bob-omb to the side of it too?
That's right.
EXPLODING PEOPLE.
Now that, my friends, is how you throw one hell of a party.
Donkey Kong rolled the cage across the floor. The bob-omb was flashing red and I jumped on top of the cage. I ripped the bob-omb off and threw it at Donkey Kong. He began to play hot potato with it before it rolled over to Daisy and Bowser.
"SAY IT!" She had his arm twisted around his back and he was pinned to the floor. "SAY IT! SAY IT NOW!"
"UNCLE! UUNNCCLLEE!" Bowser cried.
She let him go and ran over to us. The bob-omb exploded and it set off all the other explosives with it. The castle exploded, like it always does after I kick butt.
Peach and Pauline opened the cage. They looked horrible, but at least they were safe.
"THANK YOU!" Peach wrapped her arms around me while Pauline tried to rip her away.
"Get off him, you home wreaker!"
"Don't touch me, you filthy stick!"
I pushed her away and, I don't know why but, I got on my knees. "WILL YOU TWO STOP? WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? I'LL DO ANYTHING, JUST PLEASE, STOP! YOU'RE GIVING ME A MIGRAIN!"
They both looked at each other, and then Peach spoke. "Isn't it obvious?"
"I want you to say that you love me." They both chimed. Then, they turned to each other and growled.
"NO! Tell ME that you love ME!" They both said together.
All this…for three words?
"And you have to mean it." Pauline said softly. "There's no use in loving a lair."
Well, that changes everything, now doesn't it?
The end of Chapter 7, everyone! I actually had much more fun with this chapter than the other few chapters. I know I was supposed to put humor in this and I hope that I did. I guess in the end, I have more fun writing from a guy's perspective rather than a girl's. I AM a girl, but I just have more fun with guy POVs and tomboy POVs. They're much more exciting. BUT, that's my opinion. A few more chapters and then, we're done. I also hope that you all had a wonderful holiday, I know I did. Please leave any comments or reviews for me, because I love love LOVE them, and as always, I will see YOU...in the the next update. BYE-BYE!
