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Dawn walked into Peach's Castle the next morning and found Peach sitting at the table drinking what she guessed to be coffee.

"Good morning, Dawn," the princess said with smile.

"Morning." Dawn braced herself for Peach to start asking if she and Star had fun, what did they do, and stuff like that.

Peach surprised her by only asking, "Did you eat already?"

"Uh, no. I wasn't hungry before."

Peach nodded. "If you do get hungry, I think there's still some raisin bread you can use for toast."

"Okay. I'm going to go up to my room for a little while. I'll be back down in a few minutes."

Dawn went up stairs to her room, closed the door, then collapsed onto her bed.

"Wow, that was easy."

Too easy, a voice in her head said. Normally Peach would ask more questions then that.

The thought that Peach might be suspicious made Dawn nervous, so she turned in her laptop and went to a chat room to calm down a little.

To her surprise there was only one person there.

Dimentio.

"Hey!" she typed. "How are you feeling this morning, better?"

The reply came within moments: "Still a little nauseous, but I haven't gotten sick since around 2AM. That's good, right?"

Dawn smiled. "Wow, that was the fastest time it's taken you to reply to me here. You must be bored, ha ha! Yeah, I'd say that's good."

Remembering what Count Bleck had said before she left last night, Dawn quickly typed: "Did Count Bleck make you go to a doctor?"

"No, but he called one."

"What did the doc say?" Dawn asked.

"Not to worry unless I continue to throw up through out the day. (The Count called after midnight, mind you.) Other then that he said I should rest in bed all day, drink some water and try to eat something." Dimentio replied.

"And did you?"

"Did I what?"

"Eat something."

"Yes, I ate a little toast. And before you ask, yes I drank some water."

"Good boy." Dawn giggled as she typed this. "And you're feeling okay?"

"It's staying down so far, but I don't feel too good."

"Aww, you should get some rest then."

"Probably a good idea. Ooooh, I really don't feel good now…"

"Dimentio, are you okay over there?"

There was no reply.

"Dim?"

Dawn waited for a minute, figuring he was afk.

"Eww… Sorry about that, Dawn. I was throwing up again."

"Thanks for sharing. Did you eat too much toast?"

"I think I drank the water too fast. On the bright side, I don't quite so nauseous now."

"Yay!"

There was a knock at the door.

"Hang on, someone knocking on my door. Be right back!" Dawn typed.

"Come in!" she called.

"That's fine. My stomach's getting a little upset again. I'm going to lie down for a little while." was Dimentio's reply.

"Sip your water slowly, Dim!" Dawn reminded him before setting her laptop aside.

She looked up and saw Peach waiting for her finish.

"Am I interrupting?" she asked.

"No, I was just chatting with Dimentio. He…his stomach doesn't feel good, so I was giving him some company." Dawn explained.

"I know."

"You do?"

Peach closed the door. "Dawn, can we talk?"

Dawn shrugged. "Sure. What about?"

Peach sat down on the foot of Dawn's bed. She seemed…anxious to get this over with, making Dawn feel the same way.

"Dawn," Peach started, "Blumiere called here last night and—"

"Blumiere?" Dawn interrupted without thinking. "…sorry."

Peach shook her head. "It's fine. I'll try that again: Count Bleck called here last night—" Ohhh, Dawn thought, keeping her mouth shut this time, "—and said you ran into Dimentio in Darkland Forest and that you helped him home because he didn't feel well."

"H-he did?"

Peach nodded. "He also said you weren't with Star. He called to 'make sure you got home alright', so Luigi went to visit Star who said you weren't there."

Dawn knew where this was going.

"Then me and Mario went to see Dimentio to see what he could tell us. How is Dimentio, by the way?"

Dawn was grateful for the brief distraction. "He's okay, I guess. He ate a little bit then got sick from drinking water too fast. He still doesn't feel good, but he'll be fine soon."

"I'm sorry his stomach is still upset, but I'm happy he'll be okay." Peach said. "Shall we get back on topic? Anyway, Dimentio told me what you said about me thinking you were at Star's house." She frowned, but she looked more sad than angry. "Do you know what I'm getting at, Dawn?"

Dawn looked down at her feet. "It didn't take you long to find out where I was all night, did it?" she asked quietly.

"Yes, Dawn."

"I'm sorry, princess. I-I don't like lying to you…"

"And I don't like keeping you away from the people you call your friends." Peach said, pulling Dawn into a hug. "I want to keep you safe, do you understand?"

"Yes, I know that, Peach."

They were quiet for a while.

"Me and Mario saw you two sleeping last night," Peach said, finally breaking the silence.

"Really? And you didn't wake us up so you could drag my butt home and yell at me?" Dawn asked with a sly smile.

"No, Mario wouldn't let me," Peach answered with a giggle.

Soon they were giggling together.

Once they managed to settle down, Peach said, "You two are kind of cute together, you and Midbus."

"Yeah?" Dawn blushed. "You think so?"

Peach smiled. "Me and Mario both do. Also, I can see that…you guys get along very well. I think I'm ready to start trusting him, okay?"

Dawn looked quite happy as she nodded.

The princess stood up. "Now, you better get back to Dimentio before he starts to think something horrible happened to you."

Peach left Dawn's room and went back down stairs.

Dawn's laptop made a "ding" sound, informing her that Dimentio had posted something in the chat room.

"Dawn, you've been gone a while. Where'd you go?"

Grinning, Dawn typed, "Everything's fine, I'm here now."

"Good, I was getting bored again."

"Oh, and you weren't worried about me?"

"Well, a little bit."

Dawn laughed. "Have a nice nap?"

"I couldn't really sleep. Stupid stomach ache… I'll never be able to eat fruit cocktail again!"

"Aww, poor thing. Do you need me to rub your tummy again?"

"I'm embarrassed to ask, but…would now be a good time maybe?"

Dawn smiled at the screen.

"Sorry, I have to do something now. But if your tummy's still upset tonight when you go to sleep, I'll come over. Would that make you happy?"

"Actually, yes."

"Ha ha, I should go now then," Dawn typed. "I'll see you later, okay?"

"Okay, I should be resting now anyway. Bye, Dawn."

"Bye."

Dawn turned off her laptop and went down stairs. As she went out the kitchen door, she smiled and waved at Peach.

Now accompanied by Mario, Peach smiled back and nodded.

"Did you two talk?" Mario asked.

Peach reached across the table and held Mario's gloved hand. "Yes, we did. I think everything's going to be okay now."

Once again Dawn ran through Darkland Forest, faster than ever. Her happiness and excitement gave her extra energy.

She ran so fast she nearly ran into the lake, but luckily she stopped in time.

Dawn sat down to catch her breath.

"Dawn?" Midbus sounded both surprised and happy to see her.

"Hey," Dawn stood up, pushing her long hair out off her face. "I have good news."

"Does it have anything to do with you being here now?"

"Oh yeah." Dawn took her friend's hands. "Me and Peach were talking this morning. She and Mario, they uh, they know."

"Isn't that bad?" Midbus asked looking worried.

"No. Believe it or not, that's a good thing." Dawn smiled. "Peach finally understands our friendship."

"Does that mean…?"

"Oh yeah!"

The two hugged each other. No matter what other people thought, they were going to be close friend for a long time.

"Everything's going to be okay now," Dawn whispered.

Well, that's it, everyone!
I hope ya enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it! X3

~Dawn