(A/N: You know, I really did not expect to be writing an epilogue when I first wrote this, but the story seemed to call for it, so here it is! I hope you enjoy it!)
Back at the Moon Kingdom...
"Now you can all applaud!" Daisy said when Bowser had disappeared from sight. So everybody present cheered and whistled for Daisy, who took her bows. Well, almost everyone.
"Hold it!" said a voice, which caused everyone to stop celebrating Daisy's victory over the monster.
"The groom still owes us money!" said another voice, and it turned out that the ones who hadn't been cheering for the princess were Bowser's wedding planners, the Broodals. The voices belonged to them.
"That's right! He didn't even pay us yet, and you sent him away before he could." Rango said.
"He's probably got the money on his airship." Daisy told them.
"Which he was going to give us after he was married. And you stopped him from marrying you." Hariet said.
"Maybe he will pay you, even though this wedding wasn't meant to happen in the first place, so now you can just go and return everything that you stole for it. But I need to go back to his airship and change out of this before you do so." Daisy said.
The princess quickly ran back to Bowser's airship, let down her hair, and changed back into her normal dress and shoes. Her gloves and crown were still in the Odyssey, but Mario, Cappy, and Peach most likely took the Odyssey back to the Mushroom Kingdom, which was a far cry from Honeylune Ridge.
"Before you go, I should let you know that the Binding Band is with Bowser, but I don't really know where he landed after I slugged him into oblivion. You can always check the place where you found that artifact, because he might be there with it. Everything else, however, needs to be returned to where you found it, pronto!" Daisy told the Broodals.
The Broodals sighed and started taking everything out of the Wedding Hall, all the while wondering if Bowser was still going to play them if and when they found him. They decided the best thing to do was force him to pay them, because they didn't go to all the trouble of stealing the stuff for kicks.
"How are we going to get back home, Daisy?" Tiara asked.
"I think I'm going to go ask the mayor of New Donk City for some assistance with that." Daisy said. She went over to where Pauline was standing and called out, "Hey, Ms. Mayor, do you think you could help a girl out?"
"Call me, Pauline, please. And you know, I was just thinking about helping you out, Daisy. Why don't you come back to New Donk City with me?" Pauline suggested, handing the Super Crown back to the princess.
"You wanna take me with you? I was simply going to ask if I could borrow your cell phone so I could call Mario and ask him to come pick me up in his airship, and take me home. I'm willing to wait for him to show up here." Daisy said as she accepted the crown.
"Mario? Did you just say 'Mario'? Are you a friend of Mario's?" Pauline asked Daisy, surprised.
"Yes, I am friends with him. Mario is beauing my cousin, Princess Peach, the girl Bowser thought he was marrying. In fact, Bowser actually did kidnap her earlier on, but we told him that she was a decoy and I was the real deal. As for me, I'm dating Mario's brother, Luigi, so I know Mario pretty well." Daisy said.
"You should know that any friend of Mario's is a friend of mine. With that being said, I want to help you. Now follow me to my mode of transportation." Pauline said.
"Wait a minute, Pauline. You have to let me bring Tiara with to the city with us. I'm not going to leave her here, all alone and frightened." Daisy said, turning her gaze to the worried Tiara. She was not about to leave her new friend behind.
"Of course you can bring Tiara along." Pauline smiled.
"Oh, thank you, ma'am!" Tiara replied, sounding relieved and happy.
"Thanks. I'll be glad to go with you, Pauline." said Daisy.
"I'll book the two of you a room for the night at one of the city's nicer hotels, and perhaps Mario can come and pick you girls up tomorrow morning. I can call him and see what he'll do. Odds are he'll be more than willing to help." said Pauline as she led the friends to her vehicle.
"I know he will." Daisy said.
"You're really kind, Miss Pauline." Tiara said.
"Well, thank you." Pauline smiled.
"How do you know Mario?" Tiara asked.
"Mario and I actually were an item for a while after he rescued me from a giant ape known then as 'Donkey Kong' (now he's 'Cranky Kong'), but we eventually learned that a relationship wasn't going to work out in the long run. So he and I agreed to be just friends instead of boyfriend and girlfriend, and that's how we've been ever since." Pauline explained.
"As long as you're still friends, that's a good thing." Tiara said.
"Yeah." said Daisy.
By then, the women reached the vehicle Pauline had taken to get to the Moon Kingdom, and as they made their way to the Metro Kingdom, they were able to talk and get to be pretty good friends.
"So, Daisy, I noticed how you changed your appearance at the wedding. What was it that made you look like Peach? I'm curious about that." Pauline said.
"Oh, this crown is what turned me into her." said Daisy.
"Really?" Pauline asked.
"Yeah. Watch." said Daisy. She put the crown on, and as soon as it was on her head, she turned into a Peach-esque version of herself.
"Wow! That's really impressive!" said Pauline.
"That's exactly what I thought when Toadette first demonstrated it for me, and when I tried it on for the first time." Daisy said, sounding like Peach.
"Whoa! Even your voice is different! Is the crown causing you to sound like that, or are you doing an impression of that voice?" Pauline asked, even more impressed.
"It's the crown." Tiara explained for Daisy, who removed the crown from her head.
"But I can do a killer impression of Peach without wearing the crown. Listen to this." Daisy said. She cleared her throat, and then she said, in a perfect impression of her cousin's voice, "Guess what, Bowser? I taught that no-good son of yours to suck eggs!"
Tiara and Pauline were both laughing out loud! They hadn't expected Daisy to say such a thing in Peach's voice.
"I don't think I ever heard Peach say that before!" Tiara said between giggles.
"And you probably never will. That's why I said it." Daisy said, proud of herself.
"So, are you going to hang onto that crown, Daisy?" Pauline asked when she recovered from her laughing fit.
"I almost wish I could, but I can't. You see, I borrowed this power-up from Mario and Peach's friend, Toadette. This crown really belongs to her, so when I return to the Mushroom Kingdom, I'll have to give it back to her." Daisy explained.
"That's perfectly understandable." said Pauline.
When they got back to New Donk City, it was nighttime, and pretty late, too. Pauline took Daisy and Tiara to one of the city's good hotels and booked them a room for the night.
"Don't worry about the cost, Daisy. I can see that you don't have money, or even a credit card on you at present, so I'm personally paying for this." Pauline said to the princess beside her.
"You are? Oh, thank you so much for helping me out, Pauline. I really owe you one for this." said Daisy.
"No, you don't. Seeing how you manhandled Bowser at the wedding, despite being a princess, was payment enough for me. You were right about me not being sorry if I attended." Pauline smiled.
"Okay, then. Well, thanks again for your help." Daisy said as the person at the desk handed her the key to her room.
While Daisy made her way upstairs to her room with Tiara following after her, Pauline left the hotel, pulled out her smartphone, and called Mario.
At the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario was fast asleep in the bed in his guest room at Peach's Castle, but he was awoken when he heard his red smartphone ringing on the nightstand.
"What in the world...? Who could be calling me at this hour?" Mario asked himself as he reached for his smartphone and answered it with a groggy, "Hello...?"
"Mario, it's me, Pauline." Pauline said.
"Mama-mia! Pauline! What are you doing calling me so late?" Mario asked, more awake now as he realized that his old flame was calling him.
"I'm sorry to disturb your sleep, Mario, but I have something pretty important to tell you. Something I needed to tell you before morning." Pauline said.
"If it's importante, then I'm willing to listen to you. What's up?" Mario asked.
"Your friend, Daisy, took care of Bowser. She's not married to him, and you won't need to worry about him coming after your girl for a good while." said Pauline.
"Really? Well, that's good news. Peach will be very glad to hear that." said Mario with a smile.
"I've got Daisy and her hat friend staying at a hotel here in New Donk City for the night." Pauline told him.
"We were on our way to the Metro Kingdom when we caught up to Bowser and tricked him into handing over Peach in exchange for a cleverly-disguised Daisy. After the exchange, I took Peach home to the Mushroom Kingdom, which is where we are now." Mario said.
"Do you think you'll be able to come and pick up Daisy and her friend tomorrow?" Pauline asked.
"Oh yeah. I'll be there. I'll even bring Peach and Cappy with me, because I know that they'll want to thank Daisy for whatever she did to Bowser. And no doubt Cappy will want to make sure his sister is okay." said Mario.
"Great. I hope that maybe I'll get to see you tomorrow when you come to the city. I'll be at City Hall in the morning." said Pauline.
"Then I'll make sure we stop by and see you while we're there. But until then, buona notte. Good night, Pauline." Mario said, ending the call and going back to sleep.
Pauline smiled as she put her smartphone away, glad that all had ended well for not just Daisy, but for Mario and Peach, too.
Meanwhile, Daisy and Tiara made it to the room they'd be staying in for the night. Daisy unlocked the door and opened it. Tiara then flew to the lamp and turned it on so they could see what the room looked like.
"So this is it." Daisy said, looking around happily. It looked like a very nice hotel room, and she was glad they were able to stay somewhere like this tonight.
"It's a very nice room." Tiara said as Daisy took off her shoes and got into bed. Normally, Daisy didn't sleep with her dress on, especially since she, like Peach, wore corsets under her dress, and she did not wear her corsets to bed. But right now, the princess was so tired that she couldn't care less about undressing.
"Good night, Tiara." Daisy said, but before she could close her eyes and go to sleep, Tiara said, "Wait, Daisy."
"What is it?" Daisy asked.
"What did you do to make Bowser so afraid of you?" Tiara asked.
"Oh, that's easy. Did you see the way I slugged him out of the Moon Kingdom?" Daisy asked.
"Yes, I did." Tiara answered.
"That's exactly what I did to him to make him fear me in the first place, except we were in the Mushroom Kingdom at the time." Daisy said.
"Oh, I see. So you finished up his punishment by making him experience déjà vu." Tiara said.
"Yes, I did. And I did it because I knew I could." Daisy smiled.
"That's so cool. But then again, you are cool." Tiara said.
"Aww, thanks, Tiara. You're really sweet. Peach was indeed lucky to have you as a friend. And I'm glad I got to know you as well." Daisy replied.
"Me too. Anyway, thanks for telling me what you did to Bowser. I'll see you in the morning, Daisy." Tiara said as she turned off the lamp, then flew to the bed and snuggled against Daisy's back.
"Good night, Tiara. I'll see you when I wake up." Daisy said as she closed her eyes and allowed sleep to claim her.
The next morning...
Mario woke up bright and early, got dressed, and made his way downstairs. Everyone was already busy eating breakfast in the dining hall when he showed up. Even Cappy was there. When Peach saw Mario enter the room, she smiled brightly at him and motioned for him to sit in the empty chair immediately to her left. He gladly did so.
"Buongiorno, Peach. Good morning." Mario said as he started to fill his plate with food.
"Good morning to you, too, Mario! Did you sleep well last night?" Peach asked as she greeted her favorite red-clad plumber with a kiss on the cheek, which made him blush.
"For the most part, yes. And you should know that after we eat breakfast, we need to get in the Odyssey and set a course for the Metro Kingdom." Mario said.
"We do? Why?" Peach asked.
"You see, Pauline called me on my cell phone last night." Mario started.
"Who's Pauline?" Cappy asked, unfamiliar with such a person.
"She was Mario's girlfriend before he met me." Peach explained.
"But she and I quickly learned that a relationship wasn't going to work out in the long run, so we agreed to be just friends instead, and that works better for the both of us." Mario said.
"Okay." said Cappy.
"Anyway, when Pauline called, she told me that Daisy managed to work Bowser over." Mario began.
"Did she really?!" Peach asked, surprised.
"Sì. He'll leave us alone for a good while." Mario added.
"That's good news." said Cappy. He was glad that Daisy had kept her promise about making him pay.
"After Bowser was taken care of, Pauline took Daisy to a hotel in New Donk City, and that's where Daisy spent the night. She should be waiting for us to come and pick her up." Mario explained.
"I can't wait to see Daisy again. I need to thank her for doing this for us!" Peach said.
"I hope Tiara is with Daisy..." Cappy said.
"Of course she is. Pauline told me she was." Mario assured him.
"Thank goodness! I need to make sure that Tiara is okay in spite of everything Bowser did to her." Cappy said.
"I'm sure she's going to be fine, Cappy. I have a feeling that Daisy comforted Tiara and kept her safe from Bowser during their time in his clutches." Peach assured the Bonneter.
"Yeah, well, I can't help worrying about her. She's my baby sister, and a delicate little spirit." Cappy said.
After breakfast, Mario, Peach, and Cappy boarded the Odyssey and set a course for the Metro Kingdom. On the way there, Peach could only wonder what Daisy had put Bowser through. She knew that Daisy was a tough tomboy for a princess, but it had been a while since she saw her cousin in action against the Koopa King.
A couple of hours later, they found a place to land in the Metro Kingdom, and they disembarked the Odyssey.
"Oh, my... this is quite a big city, Mario! How are we ever going to find Daisy in a place this size?" Peach asked as she looked around.
"Yeah, Mario! Daisy and my sister could be at any hotel here!" Cappy exclaimed.
"I know what to do! I'll ask Pauline where we can find them!" Mario said. He pulled out his cell phone and dialed Pauline's cell phone number.
"Hello?" Pauline answered.
"Pauline, it's-a me, Mario!" Mario replied.
"Mario! Are you in New Donk City right now?" Pauline asked.
"Sì. Can you please tell me which hotel Daisy is staying at?" Mario asked.
"Oh, that's easy! Daisy is at the Holiday Inn on Rattley Street. Now if you tell me where you are, I can tell you how to get there from your location." Pauline said.
Mario smiled and told her where they were at the moment. Looking at her map of the city, Pauline gave them directions on how to get to where Daisy was. Luckily, they weren't that far from Rattley Street, or the hotel.
"Grazie, Pauline. Thank you. As long as Daisy hasn't left the building, we should be able to find her easily!" Mario said.
"No problem. I'm always happy to help a friend in need." Pauline said, ending the call.
Mario told Peach and Cappy where they needed to go, and so they walked to the Holiday Inn on Rattley Street. When they entered the building, they were pleased to see Daisy sitting quietly in the lobby, waiting patiently for Mario to show up and help her get home. Tiara was also there, floating right alongside her.
Daisy looked up when she heard the automatic doors open, and her face lit up when she saw who came in.
"Guys!" Daisy exclaimed, standing up when she saw Mario and Peach standing there with Cappy floating between them.
"Cappy! Oh, I missed you so much!" Tiara exclaimed as she and Cappy flew to each other and shared a big hug.
"Tiara! Boy, am I glad to see you again!" Cappy said. He was so relieved that despite everything Bowser had put his sister and Peach through, she seemed to be okay.
"Daisy! Thank you for helping to save my life!" Peach said as she rushed over to her cousin and hugged her.
"I can't take all the credit, Peach. Mario and Cappy were the masterminds who came up with the plan. I was one of the main components they needed in order to pull it off." Daisy said as she happily returned her cousin's hug.
"I told Peach about all that after we left you with Bowser and Tiara. But that's not all I said to Peach. I said much more than that." Mario said.
"What did you say to her?" asked Daisy as she and Peach stepped apart.
"You tell me!" Peach said, holding up her left hand and showing it to Daisy.
Meanwhile, Cappy was talking to his sister.
"Are you okay, Tiara? Peach told me that Bowser put you and her through complete heck!" Cappy said to his little sister, very concerned.
"I'm fine, Cappy. Bowser might have frightened me and hurt me during my time with Peach, but I'm all right." Tiara assured her big brother.
"When I found out how Bowser treated you, I was ready to go after him and snap his stupid neck!" Cappy said to Tiara.
"I know, Cappy. Bowser is a big, dumb, stupid jerk. Peach told me that. But Daisy was also a good friend to me. She made sure Bowser didn't do anything to me, and she gave it to Bowser real good." Tiara said.
"What did she do to Bowser? How did she work him over? I want to know how badly she made him suffer." Cappy said.
"I'm sure Daisy will be glad to help me tell you, Mario, and Peach about it on our way to... What was that?" Tiara asked. A glitter had just caught her eye.
"What was what?" Cappy asked, noticing that his sister's attention was diverted.
"I thought I saw something." Tiara said, looking around.
That's when they heard Daisy say, "OMG! CONGRATULATIONS! I'm so happy for you guys!" And then she hugged Mario and Peach at the same time.
"I guess they told her already." Cappy figured.
"What is it?" Tiara asked as she flew over to the three humans.
"I just found out the best news of the century! That's what!" Daisy exclaimed, hugging Mario and Peach half to death.
"What's the best news of the century?" Tiara asked.
"If Daisy lets us go, maybe you'll get to find out!" Mario gasped. He and Peach were finding it a little hard to breathe because Daisy was hugging them so tightly.
"Oh, right. Sorry, guys." said Daisy, letting go of Mario and Peach.
When Mario and Peach finally got their breathing back to normal, Peach smiled and said, "Well, Tiara, this is what the best news of the century looks like." And she showed Tiara her left hand.
Now Tiara saw what had caused the glitter that caught her eye. Peach was wearing a gold ring set with a heart-shaped ruby, and the ring was constantly catching the light in the hotel's lobby.
...Wait a second! Peach was wearing a ring! And it was on her left hand! That could only mean...
"Mario, did you ask Peach to...?" Tiara asked.
"Oh yeah!" Mario smiled, nodding his head yes.
"And did you...?" Tiara asked Peach.
"I said yes, Tiara. I wouldn't be wearing this ring if I said otherwise." Peach said, her smile growing wider.
"Oh my gosh! That's so awesome! This really is the best news of the century!" Tiara cheered, so excited that she was almost fangirling in the process.
"So, have you checked out yet?" Mario asked Daisy.
"Yeah. I checked out shortly before you guys arrived. Shall we get going now?" Daisy asked.
"Have you had any breakfast yet?" Peach asked.
"Yeah, the hotel has breakfasts for the guests. Tiara and I had breakfast before I checked out, and then we waited here for you guys to come and get us." Daisy said.
The five friends exited the hotel and stopped by New Donk City Hall to thank Pauline for her help, and also to tell her about Mario's impending nuptials. Pauline was happy to see Mario, and to hear that he was engaged to the girl of his dreams. She also told Mario that he didn't owe her even one regional coin for helping Daisy because she was glad to help a friend of a friend.
"Mille grazie! Thank you very much!" Mario said to Pauline.
"You're welcome, Mario. It's so good to see you again, and congratulations on your engagement. I'll be glad to attend the wedding if you invite me." Pauline replied with a smile.
"Don't worry, Pauline. You'll receive an invitation to our wedding. It'll be more fun than Bowser's, and a lot happier, too." Peach promised.
After talking with Pauline for a few more minutes, the group went back to the Odyssey, feeling really mellow. Once they reached the airship, Daisy handed the Super Crown to Mario, found her gloves and crown in the hatbox in the wardrobe, and put them back on. Now she looked like her normal self again.
"That's better." Daisy said as she looked at her reflection in the mirror.
"Oh, I almost didn't notice that Peach got her own crown back!" Tiara said, noticing that Peach was wearing her normal crown again.
"You mean she lost it?" Daisy asked, making sure her own crown was on straight.
"Bowser flicked it off of my head before giving me Tiara." Peach explained.
"I always knew Bowser was an insensitive jerk-face, and that proves it." Daisy muttered, wondering if what she did to Bowser really was enough. She was beginning to think that perhaps he deserved more than what she had done to him.
"Peach told me how she learned that the Toads found it shortly after she was captured. She saw it sitting on her nightstand when I brought her home after leaving you with Bowser." Mario told Daisy as he replaced the Super Crown in the hatbox.
"And thank goodness for that! Now let's hear what you did to Bowser." Peach said. She was ready to hear all about it.
"Yeah, because Pauline didn't tell me exactly what you did. She only said that you worked him over, but she didn't say how. I guess she wanted me to hear it from you." Mario said as he got ready to set a course for somewhere.
"Wait! You're not planning on sending me home right away, are you, Mario?" Daisy asked, seeing that Mario was getting ready to take them somewhere.
"You're not ready to go home yet, Daisy?" Mario asked.
"Not yet. I would like to see Luigi for a bit first. You know how much I love him, and how much he loves me." Daisy said.
"All right. I guess I can't deny you some time to visit with my brother. So, how about we set a course for the Cap Kingdom, in case Cappy and Tiara want to go home?" Mario suggested.
"Mario, I really don't want Tiara to go home just yet. I was planning on the two of us embarking on a world tour to make up for the one Bowser took us, and Daisy on. Tiara might need better memories of the places she's been to with me and Daisy, since Bowser shouldn't be out and about in any of them." Peach said.
"Goody! While I thoroughly enjoyed Daisy's company, I was hoping to spend some more time with you, Peach!" Tiara cheered.
"But then again, since Mario and I are engaged and have a wedding to plan, I think it's only fair that we bring him along, too." said Peach.
"Yahoo! I'd love to join you girls!" Mario cheered, jumping up like the superstar he was.
"Can I join in, too? I didn't want the fun Mario and I were having to end just yet! I want us to go on one last hooray!" Cappy said.
"You can come, too, Cappy. You and Tiara do deserve more time together, after all the time you spent missing and worrying about each other." Peach smiled.
"Hooray!" Cappy and Tiara cheered. But then Tiara asked, "Can Daisy come, too?"
"Do you want to join us?" Peach asked, turning to look at her cousin.
"No thanks. I'm good. I had plenty of fun teaching Bowser a lesson in the kingdoms we were in. Maybe someday I'll check 'em out again, and perhaps Luigi and I can explore them together." Daisy said.
"All right." said Peach.
"Okay, we'll go to the Mushroom Kingdom so Toadette can get her Super Crown back, and so you can go and see Luigi. I think he'd love to have some time with you." Mario said to Daisy. So he set a course for the Mushroom Kingdom.
"Now, getting back to Bowser and everything that happened with him... You guys are going to love what Daisy did to him on the way there, and when she and Bowser were at the altar! She put him through quite a bit of torment." said Tiara.
"Except I don't think it was enough to really make him pay..." Daisy said.
"Oh, believe me, Daisy, it was more than enough because it was well-deserved." Tiara said.
"Good. Tell us everything, Daisy!" Cappy said, eager to hear it all.
"Okay. Here's what happened..." Daisy began.
With a little help from Tiara, Daisy told Mario, Peach and Cappy everything she did to Bowser on their way to Honeylune Ridge, and at the wedding. They could scarcely believe what Daisy had put him through, but they knew that he deserved every bit of it. They also got a few laughs when they heard some of the things she had done to him.
But hearing about Bowser's reaction to finding out who she really was is what did them in. How Mario wished he could have been there to see the look on Bowser's stupid face when he learned that he'd been had! The plumber also wished he could have seen just how badly the big bad Koopa King was beaten by the flower princess.
When Daisy and Tiara finished the story, it got a round of applause from Mario, Peach, and Cappy. They really enjoyed hearing about the punishment Bowser received from Daisy.
"Well done, Daisy! You really let Bowser have it!" Peach said.
"Buon lavoro! Good job, Daisy! That should keep Bowser out of our hair long enough for Peach and I to plan our wedding and get married!" Mario said.
"It serves him right!" Cappy added with grim satisfaction.
"And speaking of our wedding, Daisy, I want you to be my maid of honor at the wedding. Just so you know, we already asked Luigi to be Mario's best man, and he accepted the honor." Peach said.
"I'd love to be your maid of honor, Peach. And you know I'll be there! I wouldn't miss your wedding for the world!" Daisy promised.
"Neither will I! That is, if Cappy and I are invited to it." Tiara chimed in.
"Well, of course we're invited, sis! We were among the first people Mario and Peach invited! In fact, we're going to be in the wedding, as Mario and Peach's wedding head gear!" Cappy informed his sister.
"We are? In that case, this day just keeps getting better and better!" Tiara cheered, earning some chuckles from everyone else.
Mario, Peach, and Daisy finally landed outside of Peach's castle in the Mushroom Kingdom with Cappy and Tiara. While Daisy went to visit Luigi in his mansion (she knew where that was), Mario and Peach entered the castle and handed the Super Crown's hatbox back to Toadette.
"How did the Super Crown work?" Toadette asked.
"It worked as well as we hoped it would. Grazie, Toadette. Thank you." Mario said.
"You're welcome. I'm glad it served Daisy well." Toadette replied as she tucked the hatbox away in her closet until the next time they'd have to put the power-up to good use.
After going on a new world tour to make up for the one Tiara had been on with Peach, and later, Daisy, courtesy of Bowser, Mario and Peach took their friends home and returned to the Mushroom Kingdom with their wedding all planned out. Several months later, they were married, and they lived happily ever after.
As for Bowser... Well, after his savage beatings from Daisy and Knucklotec (which he survived), he had been returned to his castle by the Broodals (he promised them they'd get their pay if they just took him home). When he got there, his minions paid the Broodals while he was laid up in his castle's infirmary. And he had to stay in bed for a very long time. He fully recovered a month after Mario and Peach returned from their honeymoon.
The End
But the story isn't over just yet! Remember, I also wrote some scenes that didn't quite make it into the final cut of this story, and they will be bonus chapters! You might want to see how those went, so stay tuned!