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Chapter 17: Friends and Allies
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Complications
Chapter 17: Friends and Allies
It was the day of the parade, Toadsworth was in a panic... There was something about peace between the Mushroom Kingdom and the Koopa Kingdom. Many voices, light so much light... then darkness again. What happened?
Peach was floating in the darkness all alone; she couldn't clearly remember what happened. Voices, screams, light, darkness, everything faded. "Is anyone here?" There was no reply, there was only darkness now. "Someone answer me! Anyone!" Light, darkness... fire, it was fire, screams, darkness and a constant beeping sound. Pain, darkness, then light...
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"You're awake! I was starting to think you weren't coming back. Can you tell me your name?" There was a woman dressed in white, with red hair tied back. She was dressed like a nurse and held a clipboard.
"Peach..." Peach didn't know what was going on, or how she ended up in a hospital, but she answered the question; a little surprised that the nurse didn't know her. The last thing Peach remembered was being in the Mushroom Kingdom, and everyone there knew her. "Peach Toadstool..."
The nurse didn't write down the name, as if she didn't believe it was real. "That's an unusual name... Can you tell me anything else about who you are?"
"I'm the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom," Peach knew right away that the nurse didn't believe her at all.
"Right, how do you feel? Does anything hurt?" Maybe it was best to give that poor girl some time to recover before asking about her family, or anyone who should be notified.
"You don't believe me..." No one had doubted Peach's identity before, to the point where her words were disregarded as crazy talk, and the possibility that she was telling the truth was not even considered.
"Let's just say that the name Peach Toadstool isn't very common, and there are no princesses around here." If a real princess was coming, the press would be all over her. She certainly wouldn't be found on the street unconscious. Though that dress of hers was fancy and royal looking, there was no way a real princess would be found alone like that; just as there was no way a sapphire that big could be real.
"Where am I?" It would be useless for Peach to argue if she had truly somehow landed in a place where the Mushroom Kingdom was not known.
The nurse took the question as a good sign. Maybe her unknown patient was starting to realize she was not a princess with a strange name, but simply a confused lost girl. Maybe her real name would come back to her soon. "Brooklyn Hospital, we found you unconscious out on the street near by. You don't seem to have any major injuries. You can go home as soon as you recover from the confusion and are able to tell us who you are. Does your head hurt?"
Brooklyn; the only time Peach had heard such a name was from Mario, but she couldn't be in his Brooklyn... If she was, that would explain why the nurse didn't know anything about the Mushroom Kingdom. "I have a little headache but I don't think it's anything serious... This Brooklyn is on Earth right, I mean the United States?"
"Of course, it sounds like you're still pretty confused. Rest for a while and I'll bring you some food." The nurse headed for the door, she paused for a moment and looked back at Peach. "Relax; you don't have any head injuries so there's no reason why you wouldn't remember who you are soon."
Peach sighed, the last time she was thrown into another world everyone knew who she was. This time no one knew her, and no one believed her when she identified herself. "What's your name?"
"Pauline; I'll be back soon, don't get up, okay?" Peach nodded in agreement and tried to think of a way to get home. This time she didn't find someone who told her where she needed to go, or what needed to be done to return. This time, Peach had to figure it out on her own.
Several minutes passed and a doctor came to see Peach. He did a normal examination, checked her pulse and made sure she hasn't hit her head. After the doctor left, Pauline returned with the promised meal. "I'll be honest, hospital food is pretty bad, but you need to recover so try eating as much as you can."
"Thanks..." Peach tried the odd looking vegetable soup. Pauline wasn't kidding when she said it was bad.
Pauline couldn't help it but to laugh in good humor, seeing Peach's expression after tasting the food. "The first bite always tastes the worse. Have you remembered anything?"
Peach knew it would be of no use telling Pauline the same story again, she wouldn't believe it. "You can call me Peach. I'm not from around here, that's all I can tell you." At least it all Peach could say, that Pauline would actually believe. Peach was certain about who she was, and where she was from; but she didn't know how she got to Brooklyn.
At least the nurse assumed she was confused, not crazy. "That's a start," Pauline tried to be supportive. "That dress... Maybe you were going to some kind of costume party."
Peach didn't like pretending she had forgotten her identity, even if no one believed her. "Do know anyone named Mario?"
It looked as if Pauline recognized the name but thought it was a coincidence that 'Peach' knew someone by the same name. "Yes, but there are many Marios. Do you remember his lastname, or anything else?"
"His lastname is also Mario, and he has a brother named Luigi. Do you know them?" Peach was hopeful to find a way back home. She still tried to clarify what happen in her mind, but her priority was going back; then she would organize the bits and pieces of memories she had about the parade.
"Mario Mario and Luigi Mario..." Could it be that they were alive and Peach knew where to find them? But why did they disappear all those years ago? "I thought I would never hear those names again, it was so long ago, I thought..." Pauline trailed off for a silent moment then asked. "Do you know where they are?"
Peach wasn't sure how to answer that; after all, Pauline didn't believe there was such a place called Mushroom Kingdom. "They are in my homeland, but I can't say where that is right now... I don't remember."
Pauline found it odd that Peach remembered people who lived in her homeland, but did not remember where her homeland was. It was unusual but not impossible.
After talking to Pauline for a while, Peach realized that they knew the same Mario and Luigi. There were many people in the world that shared the same name, but it would be too much a coincidence if they were all plumbers who looked exactly the same.
"No doubt about it, we're talking about the same Mario brothers," Pauline and Peach's descriptions matched perfectly. "If Mario is alive, why didn't he try to communicate? I don't understand..."
"Alive? He was thought dead?" Mario had never told Peach about being assumed dead in this world. He probably didn't know about that. Logically the Mario brothers would be missing, but that was different from being assumed to be dead.
"Mario and Luigi were working on the plumbing of this building when it was still under construction. One time, a gorilla escaped from the zoo and trapped me at the top of the building. Mario came to my rescue and..." Pauline paused; she was going off topic and getting carried away. "Anyway, one day there was an accident and a portion of the building collapsed. Mario and Luigi were buried and never seen again. Their bodies were never found. There is an underground cave bellow this building. The construction was almost stopped when it was discovered because they feared another cave in, but later it was finished anyway. I was told that Mario and Luigi's lifeless bodies probably fell into that cave, and were washed away by an underground river. The eventually built a swear system that passes through the cave, and the construction workers didn't see any clues that someone had been washed away there. The search was abandoned too quickly, but I guess it was pointless if only dead bodies were expected to be found."
"That's it!" Peach suddenly got up and startled Pauline. The princess laid down again when she felt dizzy. "Sorry, I just thought... You wouldn't believe it..."
"Believe what? Is it about Mario?" Pauline thought she and Mario were doing well together. She didn't understand why Mario didn't try to contact her. "Does he have amnesia too?"
"Not quite, he told me about Brooklyn. I don't know a lot, but he mentioned a few things." Peach knew she had to investigate the underground cave. "If I told you that Mario and Luigi were sent to another world, would you believe me?"
"That's crazy talk," Pauline watched as Peach sighed in sad frustration. "Okay, let's say it was true, how do I get to that world?"
"I'm not sure, but that underground cave you talked about is my only clue," Peach was hopeful that Pauline would believe her story, but it wasn't working.
"That's dangerous, don't think about going there. I guess I really shouldn't let you leave the hospital yet." The thought of another world was too strange for Pauline to even consider as having a possibility to be true.
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"Why didn't you let me help? You don't have enough life left in you to throw away!" Kammy shook a bottle full of black dust as she spoke.
Kamek followed the movements of the bottle with his eyes. "Be careful with that." He took the bottle and placed it on a shelf. Next to the shelf there was a statue, it was Lavanda. "They can't cause anymore trouble now."
Kammy sighed and shook her head. "You're an idiot, Kamek!"
"I was hoping I didn't have to use that spell, and I don't like the consequences anymore than you do," Kamek teleported himself away, he didn't feel like arguing with Kammy.
Kammy felt her eyes water. "That idiot, there could have been another way."
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"How are you feeling?" Pauline occasionally came to see Peach; not only was it her job, but she wondered if Peach had remembered anything else about Mario. She didn't believe the story about another world, but Peach's description of Mario and Luigi was so accurate; Pauline was positive she knew them. Such specific and perfectly fitting descriptions, could only be memories; not an imaginary product of confusion and amnesia.
"I'm feeling better; I can walk without getting dizzy now. Is it okay to go out of this room? I could use some fresh air." Peach hoped this would work. She didn't like lying but it was the only way.
"Trying to escape are you? Oh, you're a terrible liar; I can see it in your eyes! Look /Peach/, I was the one who found you and brought you here so I'm technically responsible for you. Besides, a good nurse knows when she shouldn't let a patient go. Forget about going to the underground cave." The possibility of another world was still something Pauline refused to believe. It made no sense; if there truly was another world, it would have already been discovered.
"It's the truth!" Peach's insistence had gotten to Pauline; to the point where Pauline decided to investigate...
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Pauline made her way down the dimly lit street, away from the road and the brighter lights. "This is insane," she muttered under her breath. Not only was she alone, away from the main street at night; but she was planning to climb down to the swears. There was something about that girl, who called herself Peach; that gave Pauline hope. Her brave side told her to continue, and her rational side screamed for her to stop. Pauline decided to be brave.
She lit the path down the swear ladder with a flashlight. It appeared to be alright, and no one was around to witness her act of insanity, so Pauline climbed down. A shiver went up her spine as she covered her nose and pushed on, down an eerie corridor, listening to the sound of the dirty water running nearby.
Directly bellow the hospital, Pauline found a strange carving on the concrete walls of the swear system. "A mushroom?" The mushroom was hard to see, as if the carving was ancient and worn out by time. Pauline shook her head. "It's only a coincidence." She poked the carving with her flashlight, just an ordinary solid stone. "Nothing, just as I thought..."
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"This is all my fault; it's all my fault!" For the past couple of days, Toadsworth had been panicking none stop. Sleep had not yet defeated the old mushroom, but he could not fight exhaustion forever.
"Toadsworth, calm down, we will find her," The Mushroom King tried to look as calm as possible. His daughter was always brought back safely, /always/. But those times they knew where she was; and this time her location remained a mystery.
"For even Bowser to mobilize his army, this is truly serious; more so than any past situation!" For once, in the past eight hours, Toadsworth stopped pacing around and sat down.
The Mushroom King sat across the small table from Toadsworth, in the once peaceful garden of the Mushroom Castle. Right now it was chaotic, with Toads running about. A massive search was taking place to locate Princess Peach, and the Mushroom, Koopa Kingdom, and allies of both where contributing. "She will be found. All we can do now is wait for Peach to return safely home." The cup of tea remained cold and untouched on the table, another of the small signs of the king's hidden worry.
"If I had planned the Mushroom Day Parade for a different day..." Toadsworth was still lamenting what he thought was his mistake.
The King shook his head. "No, Kuvio would have attacked anyway, parade or no parade."
In the end, it was Kamek who finished off Kuvio. Now there was noting left of Kuvio except black dust. It was a ritual spell, used in ancient times, to create powerful magic dust, by offering a sacrifice. The sacrifice would die to become the black magic dust, and the spell caster of the ritual would have his life shortened.
In his final moment, Kuvio attempted to take at least one victim with him, Peach. Kammy was able to partially deflect the spell, but the magic knocked her out and sent Peach away. However, Kammy was certain that she blocked enough of Kuvio's spell so that it would not kill Peach. The Mushroom Princess was alive; she just needed to be found.
To be Continued
Disclaimer, I do not own the Mario games or characters. Next chapter, Peach and Pauline's Adventure.
Chapter 17: Friends and Allies
It was the day of the parade, Toadsworth was in a panic... There was something about peace between the Mushroom Kingdom and the Koopa Kingdom. Many voices, light so much light... then darkness again. What happened?
Peach was floating in the darkness all alone; she couldn't clearly remember what happened. Voices, screams, light, darkness, everything faded. "Is anyone here?" There was no reply, there was only darkness now. "Someone answer me! Anyone!" Light, darkness... fire, it was fire, screams, darkness and a constant beeping sound. Pain, darkness, then light...
xoxox xox xoxox
"You're awake! I was starting to think you weren't coming back. Can you tell me your name?" There was a woman dressed in white, with red hair tied back. She was dressed like a nurse and held a clipboard.
"Peach..." Peach didn't know what was going on, or how she ended up in a hospital, but she answered the question; a little surprised that the nurse didn't know her. The last thing Peach remembered was being in the Mushroom Kingdom, and everyone there knew her. "Peach Toadstool..."
The nurse didn't write down the name, as if she didn't believe it was real. "That's an unusual name... Can you tell me anything else about who you are?"
"I'm the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom," Peach knew right away that the nurse didn't believe her at all.
"Right, how do you feel? Does anything hurt?" Maybe it was best to give that poor girl some time to recover before asking about her family, or anyone who should be notified.
"You don't believe me..." No one had doubted Peach's identity before, to the point where her words were disregarded as crazy talk, and the possibility that she was telling the truth was not even considered.
"Let's just say that the name Peach Toadstool isn't very common, and there are no princesses around here." If a real princess was coming, the press would be all over her. She certainly wouldn't be found on the street unconscious. Though that dress of hers was fancy and royal looking, there was no way a real princess would be found alone like that; just as there was no way a sapphire that big could be real.
"Where am I?" It would be useless for Peach to argue if she had truly somehow landed in a place where the Mushroom Kingdom was not known.
The nurse took the question as a good sign. Maybe her unknown patient was starting to realize she was not a princess with a strange name, but simply a confused lost girl. Maybe her real name would come back to her soon. "Brooklyn Hospital, we found you unconscious out on the street near by. You don't seem to have any major injuries. You can go home as soon as you recover from the confusion and are able to tell us who you are. Does your head hurt?"
Brooklyn; the only time Peach had heard such a name was from Mario, but she couldn't be in his Brooklyn... If she was, that would explain why the nurse didn't know anything about the Mushroom Kingdom. "I have a little headache but I don't think it's anything serious... This Brooklyn is on Earth right, I mean the United States?"
"Of course, it sounds like you're still pretty confused. Rest for a while and I'll bring you some food." The nurse headed for the door, she paused for a moment and looked back at Peach. "Relax; you don't have any head injuries so there's no reason why you wouldn't remember who you are soon."
Peach sighed, the last time she was thrown into another world everyone knew who she was. This time no one knew her, and no one believed her when she identified herself. "What's your name?"
"Pauline; I'll be back soon, don't get up, okay?" Peach nodded in agreement and tried to think of a way to get home. This time she didn't find someone who told her where she needed to go, or what needed to be done to return. This time, Peach had to figure it out on her own.
Several minutes passed and a doctor came to see Peach. He did a normal examination, checked her pulse and made sure she hasn't hit her head. After the doctor left, Pauline returned with the promised meal. "I'll be honest, hospital food is pretty bad, but you need to recover so try eating as much as you can."
"Thanks..." Peach tried the odd looking vegetable soup. Pauline wasn't kidding when she said it was bad.
Pauline couldn't help it but to laugh in good humor, seeing Peach's expression after tasting the food. "The first bite always tastes the worse. Have you remembered anything?"
Peach knew it would be of no use telling Pauline the same story again, she wouldn't believe it. "You can call me Peach. I'm not from around here, that's all I can tell you." At least it all Peach could say, that Pauline would actually believe. Peach was certain about who she was, and where she was from; but she didn't know how she got to Brooklyn.
At least the nurse assumed she was confused, not crazy. "That's a start," Pauline tried to be supportive. "That dress... Maybe you were going to some kind of costume party."
Peach didn't like pretending she had forgotten her identity, even if no one believed her. "Do know anyone named Mario?"
It looked as if Pauline recognized the name but thought it was a coincidence that 'Peach' knew someone by the same name. "Yes, but there are many Marios. Do you remember his lastname, or anything else?"
"His lastname is also Mario, and he has a brother named Luigi. Do you know them?" Peach was hopeful to find a way back home. She still tried to clarify what happen in her mind, but her priority was going back; then she would organize the bits and pieces of memories she had about the parade.
"Mario Mario and Luigi Mario..." Could it be that they were alive and Peach knew where to find them? But why did they disappear all those years ago? "I thought I would never hear those names again, it was so long ago, I thought..." Pauline trailed off for a silent moment then asked. "Do you know where they are?"
Peach wasn't sure how to answer that; after all, Pauline didn't believe there was such a place called Mushroom Kingdom. "They are in my homeland, but I can't say where that is right now... I don't remember."
Pauline found it odd that Peach remembered people who lived in her homeland, but did not remember where her homeland was. It was unusual but not impossible.
After talking to Pauline for a while, Peach realized that they knew the same Mario and Luigi. There were many people in the world that shared the same name, but it would be too much a coincidence if they were all plumbers who looked exactly the same.
"No doubt about it, we're talking about the same Mario brothers," Pauline and Peach's descriptions matched perfectly. "If Mario is alive, why didn't he try to communicate? I don't understand..."
"Alive? He was thought dead?" Mario had never told Peach about being assumed dead in this world. He probably didn't know about that. Logically the Mario brothers would be missing, but that was different from being assumed to be dead.
"Mario and Luigi were working on the plumbing of this building when it was still under construction. One time, a gorilla escaped from the zoo and trapped me at the top of the building. Mario came to my rescue and..." Pauline paused; she was going off topic and getting carried away. "Anyway, one day there was an accident and a portion of the building collapsed. Mario and Luigi were buried and never seen again. Their bodies were never found. There is an underground cave bellow this building. The construction was almost stopped when it was discovered because they feared another cave in, but later it was finished anyway. I was told that Mario and Luigi's lifeless bodies probably fell into that cave, and were washed away by an underground river. The eventually built a swear system that passes through the cave, and the construction workers didn't see any clues that someone had been washed away there. The search was abandoned too quickly, but I guess it was pointless if only dead bodies were expected to be found."
"That's it!" Peach suddenly got up and startled Pauline. The princess laid down again when she felt dizzy. "Sorry, I just thought... You wouldn't believe it..."
"Believe what? Is it about Mario?" Pauline thought she and Mario were doing well together. She didn't understand why Mario didn't try to contact her. "Does he have amnesia too?"
"Not quite, he told me about Brooklyn. I don't know a lot, but he mentioned a few things." Peach knew she had to investigate the underground cave. "If I told you that Mario and Luigi were sent to another world, would you believe me?"
"That's crazy talk," Pauline watched as Peach sighed in sad frustration. "Okay, let's say it was true, how do I get to that world?"
"I'm not sure, but that underground cave you talked about is my only clue," Peach was hopeful that Pauline would believe her story, but it wasn't working.
"That's dangerous, don't think about going there. I guess I really shouldn't let you leave the hospital yet." The thought of another world was too strange for Pauline to even consider as having a possibility to be true.
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"Why didn't you let me help? You don't have enough life left in you to throw away!" Kammy shook a bottle full of black dust as she spoke.
Kamek followed the movements of the bottle with his eyes. "Be careful with that." He took the bottle and placed it on a shelf. Next to the shelf there was a statue, it was Lavanda. "They can't cause anymore trouble now."
Kammy sighed and shook her head. "You're an idiot, Kamek!"
"I was hoping I didn't have to use that spell, and I don't like the consequences anymore than you do," Kamek teleported himself away, he didn't feel like arguing with Kammy.
Kammy felt her eyes water. "That idiot, there could have been another way."
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"How are you feeling?" Pauline occasionally came to see Peach; not only was it her job, but she wondered if Peach had remembered anything else about Mario. She didn't believe the story about another world, but Peach's description of Mario and Luigi was so accurate; Pauline was positive she knew them. Such specific and perfectly fitting descriptions, could only be memories; not an imaginary product of confusion and amnesia.
"I'm feeling better; I can walk without getting dizzy now. Is it okay to go out of this room? I could use some fresh air." Peach hoped this would work. She didn't like lying but it was the only way.
"Trying to escape are you? Oh, you're a terrible liar; I can see it in your eyes! Look /Peach/, I was the one who found you and brought you here so I'm technically responsible for you. Besides, a good nurse knows when she shouldn't let a patient go. Forget about going to the underground cave." The possibility of another world was still something Pauline refused to believe. It made no sense; if there truly was another world, it would have already been discovered.
"It's the truth!" Peach's insistence had gotten to Pauline; to the point where Pauline decided to investigate...
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Pauline made her way down the dimly lit street, away from the road and the brighter lights. "This is insane," she muttered under her breath. Not only was she alone, away from the main street at night; but she was planning to climb down to the swears. There was something about that girl, who called herself Peach; that gave Pauline hope. Her brave side told her to continue, and her rational side screamed for her to stop. Pauline decided to be brave.
She lit the path down the swear ladder with a flashlight. It appeared to be alright, and no one was around to witness her act of insanity, so Pauline climbed down. A shiver went up her spine as she covered her nose and pushed on, down an eerie corridor, listening to the sound of the dirty water running nearby.
Directly bellow the hospital, Pauline found a strange carving on the concrete walls of the swear system. "A mushroom?" The mushroom was hard to see, as if the carving was ancient and worn out by time. Pauline shook her head. "It's only a coincidence." She poked the carving with her flashlight, just an ordinary solid stone. "Nothing, just as I thought..."
xoxox xox xoxox
"This is all my fault; it's all my fault!" For the past couple of days, Toadsworth had been panicking none stop. Sleep had not yet defeated the old mushroom, but he could not fight exhaustion forever.
"Toadsworth, calm down, we will find her," The Mushroom King tried to look as calm as possible. His daughter was always brought back safely, /always/. But those times they knew where she was; and this time her location remained a mystery.
"For even Bowser to mobilize his army, this is truly serious; more so than any past situation!" For once, in the past eight hours, Toadsworth stopped pacing around and sat down.
The Mushroom King sat across the small table from Toadsworth, in the once peaceful garden of the Mushroom Castle. Right now it was chaotic, with Toads running about. A massive search was taking place to locate Princess Peach, and the Mushroom, Koopa Kingdom, and allies of both where contributing. "She will be found. All we can do now is wait for Peach to return safely home." The cup of tea remained cold and untouched on the table, another of the small signs of the king's hidden worry.
"If I had planned the Mushroom Day Parade for a different day..." Toadsworth was still lamenting what he thought was his mistake.
The King shook his head. "No, Kuvio would have attacked anyway, parade or no parade."
In the end, it was Kamek who finished off Kuvio. Now there was noting left of Kuvio except black dust. It was a ritual spell, used in ancient times, to create powerful magic dust, by offering a sacrifice. The sacrifice would die to become the black magic dust, and the spell caster of the ritual would have his life shortened.
In his final moment, Kuvio attempted to take at least one victim with him, Peach. Kammy was able to partially deflect the spell, but the magic knocked her out and sent Peach away. However, Kammy was certain that she blocked enough of Kuvio's spell so that it would not kill Peach. The Mushroom Princess was alive; she just needed to be found.
To be Continued
Disclaimer, I do not own the Mario games or characters. Next chapter, Peach and Pauline's Adventure.
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