Exactly half an hour later, everybody was still running/ flying in a circle. "When does the race end?" Peach gasped to Mz Mowz, who was scurrying along behind her. "Oh, then, now, some time ago, it doesn't matter." Peach nearly tripped over her skirt. "But….why are we still running?" Ms Mowz chuckled knowingly. "Because the race isn't over. It will be over once we have a winner." Peach was getting annoyed. "But we're running in a circle! How do we decide a winner if we're going in a circle?" Ms Mowz looked up "I think there is a timer, up there somewhere." She turned to the cataquack that was running behind her. "Dear, have you heard the music speed up yet? Can you toss someone up there to see if the timer is going?" Suddenly, Peach tripped over her skirt and collapsed on the floor, causing Ms Mowz, the cataquack, and the other birds to trip as well. "The Race is over!" Ms Mowz announced gleefully.
"Who won? Won?" asked the Jibberjay. Everybody turned to Peach, expecting a ruling. "What?" she asked, feeling a bit freaked out. Everybody took a step closer to her, their eyes large and expectant. Peach decided to take the easy way out. "You all won! Congratulations!" she smiled hoping that the racers would buy it. Ms Mowz grabbed Peach by the collar with her tail. "Listen, babe. That ain't gonna cut it, comprendo?" Peach nodded frantically and reached in her dress pocket for prizes. "You each get 4 EXP, how's that?" She asked, passing out the little stars. "Oh heck yeah!" said the crow. "Now I can finally go in that store in the mall for the high class snooty people!" The cataquack nodded it's head, which is also it's body. "Yeah, I heard it's slightly larger and has a different color scheme." Ms Mowz turned away from the chatting birds to demand a badge from the Princess, but she had fled.
Peach stopped running to catch her breath and look around. She was standing somewhere she had seen once before from afar. There were black-trunked trees with fluffy white leaves, the floor was blue, purple, and black. "This is Boggly Woods." She gasped. There was a patter of tiny feet behind her, and she turned to see the Monty Mole rushing off behind a grove of fluffy trees. She chased it for a bit, but soon grew tired of running and stopped. The mole had appeared to have stopped too, and began digging in different patches of grass. "Ugh where ARE THEY?!" he shouted. Peach, being the kind but largely ignorant princess that she was, walked over to the mole. It didn't notice her, because it's head was under the ground. Peach tapped on it's shoulder and said, "um….excuse me, but.." The mole didn't respond. What would Daisy do at a time like this? Peach grinned crazily, pulled the mole out of the ground, turned it's face to her, and shouted. "WELL HI!" In a nearly perfect Daisy impression. The Mole screamed and died in her hands. Peach dropped the mole's body into the hole, buried it, and walked slowly away, whistling innocently.
After a couple minutes, Peach came to a clearing with a small house on a cliff behind her. She picked her way over to the cliff and knocked on the door. It swung open on its own and Peach stepped inside. There was a large purple tiled room with a set of stairs leading to a landing. There was a door beyond that. I hope whoever lives here can help me get home. Peach thought, opening the door. She was in a bedroom that looked a lot like the other room, but it had a bed… and other bedroom stuff…..like that. On a table next to a pink curtained bed was a plate with a half-eaten mushroom. Peach walked over to it. "Hey." It said. Peach smiled. "Hi. Who lives here?" she asked. "The Duchess Flurrie lives here. She was gonna eat me but then she had to run out for a bit. The thing is, if I don't get eaten soon, I'll go bad and anybody who eats me will become a zombie." Peach stepped away. "Are you sure you haven't already gone bad?" she asked. The mushroom nodded it's body. "Yep. Would you please eat me?" Peach sighed. "Fine." She popped the shroom into her mouth and swallowed. After a second, she started getting taller and taller. Realizing that she was in a house, she started searching for a way out.
Peach flung open a window with her giant hand and tried to get out, but she wouldn't fit. Her crown hit the ceiling and started ripping the roof of the entire house. Soon, Peach was standing up with the roof on her head and the rest of the house at her feet. Great! I murdered a mole and destroyed a house. This is NOT what Toadsworth raised me to do. Shaking the roof off her head and stepping out of the house's ruins, Peach fled into the woods, where the cops could never find her.