A/N: I messed up. Last chapter, I put: "the next morning, at approximately 9:42 A.M., Luigi received a phone call." I meant to say "that night, at approximately 9:42 P.M., Luigi received a phone call." Sorry for the mess-up, please excuse it.

Hour 1-
Mario Mario had landed on his bottom, on the grassy plains. His eyes were shut, but he still felt conscious. He slowly opened his eyes to a beautiful world, a world that had not heard of pollution or litter. The air was so clear his vision felt enhanced. Mario stood up and brushed off his overalls from lingering blades of grass. He examined the edge of the other end of the red pipe, hating it. His eyes then turned toward the distance, and he found white, fluffy clouds, a stone bridge, and a castle-
A castle? Mario felt stupid for not noticing the massive, gray-stoned manor with stained glass of a beautiful woman. He decided that if he wanted answers, that was probably the place to go.
Mario spent a bit making his way to the castle. He was not in any rush. Midway, he saw another pipe similar to the one Mario had gone through, but green. Not wanting to leave this place until he understood what 'this place' even was, he ignored it and continued his way toward the castle. Small homes began coming into sight. Civilians, even, waddled about the grounds. Mario finally made it up-close and personal to the village when he was able to touch a home. He shoved past it into what looked like the Main Square, if this place had one. The plumber began reading silently off a bulletin board. 'Welcome to Mushroom Villa, home to the Princess Peach', 'December 31st-Annual Last Eve-fest! (The Princess will make an appearance!)' and a newspaper headline reading 'Mushroom Kingdom finally at peace with Kongaland!' were some tidbits that caught Mario's eye. Mario turned from the wooded board and found behind him a small army of...mushrooms.
"Hi," Mario greeted the short, fungus-like creatures.
They broke into a panic and started fleeing all over town.
Hour 2-
"Argh!" Mario was trying to find how to shut the peoples up when he was whacked fiercely upon the head with a wooden cane. He turned to see the culprit and was met by one of the civilian mushroom-people. However, this one looked drastically different than the ones he saw running in circles beside him. The others were an odd color scheme of red and white, while this one was a light and dark brown. Adding to the oddity, the mushroom man also wore a warm coat and a monocle hung over his small gray mustache.
"I need you to come with me," the mushroom man spoke to him as if he was just another fungi.
"Why would I do that?" Mario interrogated.
"I need you to come with me."
Mushroom Man looked very grave.
"Alright."
So the average plumber with a liking for red and the elderly walking, talking mushroom went on their way, the former not knowing what the destination was, and the latter not sure of the former's intentions. After a minute, Mario figured out they were getting closer to the castle, which was Mario's original objective anyway.
"Who's that?" Mario pointed to the front of the castle which clutched a stained glass portrait of a blonde woman.
"That's our leadership. That is none other than the Princess Peach Toadstool. She is another of your-species."
"Who are /you/?" Mario pressed.
"I'm Toadsworth. I'm the Princess' advisor and assistant."
"So you're all Toads?"
This emitted a laugh from Toadsworth. "I've read up on your species since the Princess arrived. Homo sapien. And I, in fact, am familiar with how last names work in your world. Here, we put our last name before our front. When the Princess arrived, she was but a little girl. I was a young adult. I adopted her in consent of the rest of the Mushroom Kingdom." "So this is a different world." Mario was not quite used to bizarre trivials such as these. He was, most likely, breaking down inside.
"Yes. As I was saying, the Princess' name is Touelle, which becomes 'tool' when added to the Toad surname."
"Do you have family, Mr. Toad?"
"Just Toadsworth, thank you. Yes, a young man, Toadshipp. But he just likes to go by 'Toad'."
"So am I headed to meet this woman, Toadsworth?"
They were at the castle door, and Toadsworth offered a dry laugh.
"You're very intuitive. Before we enter, may I ask your name?"
"Mario," he replied, "Mario Mario."
Toadsworth and Mario entered the doorless mansion. When they were in, Mario gazed upon the elegance the fort supplied. Pink rug fell everywhere, covering a line on the floor and spinning up the spiral stairs. Large paintings covered the walls, paintings of the oddest objects-living bombs, massive red blocks, a pipe that looked like the green one Mario encountered earlier.
"I take it you're fans of surrealism?"
"Hmm?"
"Never mind," Mario muttered. They struggled up the spiral stairs until they reached the top floor, where a single small door lied.
"One last question," Mario said quietly, "why do you call her Peach?"
"You'll see," Toadsworth shook his head in fear for him, and pushed the door open. Mario entered while the Toad stayed behind.
Hour 3-
The walls and ceiling were all pink, and a large bed sat upon the pink floor with a more radiant shade of, yes, pink. Aligning the walls were paintings of peaches (although Mario also spotted a couple drawings of turnips, too, for some reason) and were perched above pink drawers. In the corner was a small drawing space with a pink-painted easel. Suddenly, his eyes returned to the bed where he heard movement. This time, upon closer look, he noticed the blonde girl who was wiggling her legs and staring at Mario.
"Oh. My. God!" The, presumably, Princess Peach jumped out of bed, 10 feet into the air, which caused Mario to fall out of surprise. Peach floated along the air a bit and drifted toward Mario before landing right in front of him. "Ohmygosh! It's another human! That is so COOL!"
Mario was not charmed by the Princess' 8-year-old-seemingness. "Yeah," he gave a simple reply and stood up.
"We have SO much to talk about! Are there any wars happening? What about the Cold War? Did we win that? How 'bout that?"
"What is this place?" Mario forcibly asked.
"This is the Mushroom Kingdom, sill-y."
"What STATE are we in?!" Mario was running out of patience.
"I couldn't believe at first, either." Princess Peach muttered sadly.
"Believe WHAT at first?"
"This place is not on Earth."
"Then where is it?"
Peach gestured to a painting above her head. The sketch was of clouds in front of a setting sun, way up in the blue sky. "We're in Heaven, I think."
"Heaven?" Mario asked.
"I found a red pipe, probably the same one you found, a long time ago. I think I was 9, or 10. I was digging a hole because I was looking for treasure. Technically, I did find it." She pointed to a closet that was overflowing with gold coins. "I came here every night after my parents were asleep until 12. Then, they were in a car crash, and I've spent the rest of my life in here. I don't know what's up with my sister Daisy." She sighed. "Anyway, ever since, I've tried to find a way to explain this place. And I think all it is, is Heaven, and the pipe was just an easier way to get here. I think the little Mushroom people, whether they know it or not, are the angels."
"Mm-hm." Mario was pretty doubtful of the theory, but he didn't have time to argue. "By the way," he began, "how did you jump so high?"
"Did you not figure that out yet? Ohmygosh! It's the coolest part about this world!" Peach ran out the room and jumped, floating down the spiral stairs, hovering. Mario gazed upon her with wonder. "I don't think you'll be able to float like me, since you don't wear a dress, but you can probably jump really high!"
Mario was pretty unsure of what he was about to do. But he leapt over 30 feet into the air and fell in a straight circle through the edge of the stairs. Soon, he was at the bottom with Peach.
"You see, here, the gravity is, like, lower than it was back on Earth. Of course, the mushroom people's masses are adjusted to fit them here, so they don't jump nearly as high as we do. Another cool thing about the gravity here, is it makes you stronger!" Peach explained.
"How?" Mario questioned, still starstruck by the jump.
"Well, go punch that tree!" Peach pointed at a large tree, a safe distance from the village. Mario took a running start and his fist warped the tree's shape, sending it flying miles away. He took a look at his fist, which was covered in his usual white plumbing gloves, and the power that it now came with. "Cool, right?!" Mario heard Peach shout from her place in front of the castle. Mario gave a thumbs up.
Hour 4-
"These are 'Goombas'."
"Goombas?"
"Goombas.
"What the hell are Goombas?"
"Those." Peach pressed her finger against the picture.
"Those are real?!" Mario quietly screamed in disbelief.
"Yep."
Mario held the photograph closer to him. It was a short being in stature, looking around 3 feet tall, but it was also 3 feet wide. It was a triangle-looking creature with curved edges. The Goomba was brown, with red eyes and a huge mouth containing rows of razor-sharp teeth.
"But those are like, the least of your worries," Peach reassured him.
"Is that supposed to make me feel better?"
"Uhm..." "Whatever. Next creature."
For the rest of the night, they reviewed upon territories and creatures of the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario wanted to be prepared. Although weirded out, he liked this world-the lack of humans, the not lacking of pollution and grossness, even the never-learned-how-to-grow-up Princess Peach Toadstool. But most of all, he wanted Luigi by his side.
Hour 12-
"Will I see you again, Mario Mario?" Princess Peach asked as Mario exited the building.
"Of course," Mario replied and made his way to the red pipe he came in from. He was not leaving with nothing, however. In his right hand was a bag of gold coins that he had plans to put use to.