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𝕤𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕪: 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕟 𝕓𝕪 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕕𝕠𝕞. ℕ𝕠𝕨 𝕚𝕥'𝕤 𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕠 𝕂𝕖𝕠𝕟𝕙𝕠 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕊𝕖𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕙𝕪𝕖𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕗𝕖𝕝𝕪. 𝔹𝕒𝕕 𝕟𝕖𝕨𝕤, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪'𝕧𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕞𝕖𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕟𝕠 𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕒 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥. ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕕𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕪 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕪𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕤𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣? ~6.7𝕜 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤
𝕀𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤: 1 𝕓𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕪 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕚𝕔 𝕤𝕠 𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕖!, 1 𝕘𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 ℕ𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕠/𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕠 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕, 3 𝕔𝕦𝕡𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘, 1 𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕤𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕓𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘, 2 𝕔𝕦𝕡𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕣𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕪 (𝕚𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕂𝕖𝕠𝕟𝕙𝕠 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕟 𝕣 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕚𝕣𝕝 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕥 :ℙ), 2 𝕔𝕦𝕡𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕄𝕖𝕒𝕟-𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕟 (𝕤𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕪 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕟 😔), 3 𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕣 (𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕙 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣), 1 𝕔𝕦𝕡 𝕠𝕗 𝕗𝕝𝕦𝕗𝕗, 3/4 𝕔𝕦𝕡 𝕠𝕗 𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 (𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕠𝕠 𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕀 𝕤𝕨𝕖𝕒𝕣), 𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖
𝕊𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕪 ℕ𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕤: 𝕀 𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥. ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕤 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕓𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕚𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕤 ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤 ℙ𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕓𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕖! 𝔹𝕥𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕒 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖, 𝕀'𝕞 𝕒 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕞 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕠 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕒 𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖. 𝕀𝕥'𝕤 𝕒 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕣 :ℙ. 𝕀 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕀𝕟 𝕄𝔸𝕐 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕒 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕊𝕦𝕡𝕖𝕣 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕠 𝔾𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕩𝕪 𝕄𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕀𝕟 𝔸ℙℝ𝕀𝕃. 𝕀 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕪 𝕕𝕠𝕔𝕤 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕄𝕆ℕ𝕋ℍ𝕊. ℍ𝔼𝕃ℙ. 𝔸𝕟𝕪𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤, 𝕀 𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕦 𝕖𝕟𝕛𝕠𝕪! :𝔻
ℂ𝕒𝕤𝕥: 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕠!𝕂𝕖𝕠𝕟𝕙𝕠 𝕩 ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤 ℙ𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙!ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕩 𝕃𝕦𝕚𝕘𝕚!𝕊𝕖𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕙𝕪𝕖𝕠𝕟, 𝔹𝕠𝕨𝕤𝕖𝕣!𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕟, 𝕋𝕠𝕒𝕕!𝕁𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕤, 𝕊𝕙𝕪𝔾𝕦𝕪!𝕁𝕦𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕟, 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕠𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 :3
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How did you get into this situation? Your stomach churned as you saw your kingdom get smaller and smaller from your view up in the sky. Sadly, Martin had taken you hostage and was now taking you back to his kingdom. Earlier today, you were peacefully talking with the toad council, discussing new ways to improve their lives.
All of a sudden, one of the highest ranking toads, James, ran into the room, panting and freaking out.
“Your highness! We need your immediate attendance outside!”
“James, what’s going on?”
“Martin! He’s outside, waiting for you!”
This wasn’t good. Martin had a reputation for invading and destroying kingdoms. You couldn’t just stand by and watch yours be ruined.
“Lead me to him.”
Martin stood at the balcony, his large airship looming behind him.
Every step you made towards him made you queasy. Martin had much more power and influence than you. What would happen if he raged a war on you? How will your toads defend the kingdom? Will other neighboring kingdoms help you out?
“Good day, Princess.” Martin smirked.
“Martin.” You glared.
“A little welcome would be appreciated. I did come a long way to see you. Aren’t you known for your kindness?”
“I’m not welcoming your visit Martin.”
"Ouch. You wound me.” “You weren’t invited! Now why are you here?”
Martin beamed and then pulled out a bouquet of piranha plants wrapped in a pink bow. Then, he got down on one knee.
“Princess Peach, will you make me the happiest ruler in the galaxy and marry me?”
…
what.
Was THE Martin asking you to marry him?
Who did he think he was????
“E-excuse me?”
“Yes, you heard me.” “Dude, I don’t even know you. I literally met you today!”
“Yeah but you’re really pretty and I think that you’ll be a great queen to my kingdom.” “But I already have my own!” “But we could rule the galaxy together! Think of how powerful we could be!” “Ewww, no I’ll pass. You’re a horrible ruler anyways.”
Martin froze, the bouquet of piranha plants drooping from his hand.
“So it’s a no?” His eyes turned dark, staring at you.
“Yeah it’s a definite no. You’re a terrible person that does terrible things!”
Well okay Princess Peach, you go off queen!
Martin seemed heartbroken to say the least. He turned his back to you.
“Guess you leave me no choice.”
“What-”
Suddenly, a dozen of Koopa Troopas ran over to you, spears in hand, and took you hostage.
“H-HEY! WAIT!”
“You choose this for yourself. All you had to do was comply.” Martin glared.
“You can’t take me away! OW that hurts!” One of the Koopas pointed their spear too closely to your neck.
“You’ll be my queen one way or another” Martin began to walk to the entrance of his airship, the Koopas not far behind, taking you with them.
“HELP! JAMES HELP ME!”
James ran out onto the balcony, seeing that you were already inside of the airship.
“WAIT! NO BRING HER BACK! LET HER GO!” He ran as fast as he could to you, but the doors closed, and the airship flew away.
James stood in silence for a while, slowly realizing that the Princess of his kingdom had just gotten kidnapped.
Quickly, he ran inside and pulled grabbed the palace phone.
“Keonho? Seonghyeon?”
In a different kingdom, Keohno had been hopping along the stone, jumping on green pipes.
“Hey Seonghyeon?” Keonho called out.
“Yeah?”
“I’m hungry. What do you want to eat?”
“I chose earlier. You can choose this time.”
“Yeah but I don’t know what to get!”
“Well what are you craving?”
“I don’t know.” “Super Mushroom Soup?” Seonhygeon asked.
“Nah, that sounds too filling.”
“Garlic knots?”
“Not in the mood for garlic.” Keonho stepped on a Goomba.
“Yoshi’s fettuccine alfredo?”
“Could be too messy. I just cleaned my hat today.” Keonho adjusted his red cap sitting proudly on his curly hair. curlyhairkeonhosupremacy
“How would food get onto your hat?” Seonghyeon smirked.
“Anything could happen, man.”
“Not even some chicken salad?” “I think I’ll pass on that one.”
“What could you possibly want then?” Seonghyeon scoffed, “I practically just went through the whole menu!”
“I dunno. Maybe something spicy?” “No way. Your spice tolerance is so low.”
“Not true!” Keonho pouted, running away from Seonghyeon.
“It’s so true!” Seonghyeon rolled his eyes, running to catch up with the speeding Keonho.
A ring from Seonghyeon’s phone pulled them out of their conversation.
“Hello?” Seonghyeon answered.
“Seonghyeon,” James breathed out, “I need your and Keonho’s help. The Mushroom Kingdom is in danger!”
“Woah, what? Are you guys okay? What’s going on?”
“Princess Peach! She’s been kidnapped!”
Keonho, who was eavesdropping listening intently, quickly grabbed Seonghyeon’s phone from his hand.
“WHAT? THE PRINCESS PEACH? KIDNAPPED?” “YEAH!”
“BY WHO?”
“MARTIN!”
Ugh, Martin. Keonho had an infamous rivalry with Martin. Martin, who was constantly keeping Keonho on his toes. Invading worlds, scaring civilians, and even racing him on his go-kart. And Keonho, with the help of his brother, Seonghyeon, always had to step in and stop him. Beating him in races, restoring kingdoms, and taking down millions of his minions.
But kidnapping a Princess? Martin had taken it too far!
But why would he do this? Did he have connections with the Princess?
Or worse, what if he was trying to kill her off? Maybe take over her kingdom? Or destroy it?
No, Keonho couldn’t let this happen! Sure, he knew absolutely nothing about you. He hadn’t even seen you. But that didn’t matter. He would rescue you, bring you back to your kingdom, and hopefully get some rewards. Maybe a house in your kingdom? Get to live in your palace? Or better yet, FREE FOOD!
Seonghyeon had to snap Keonho out of his daydreams, shaking him.
“KEONHO! KEEP IT TOGETHER! WE HAVE A PRINCESS TO SAVE!”
“Martin….” Keonho seethed, his stomach twisting, just by saying his name. “Don’t worry, James. We’ll have your Princess in your kingdom soon!”
“Please do! I’ll tell you all the details about it if you come to the palace right now!”
“Come on Seonghyeon.” Keonho gave Seonghyeon back his phone and began to storm off. “We’ve got a princess to save.”
And that's how you wound up here, somewhere random in space, floating towards wherever you were headed towards.
“Are we almost there yet?” You asked, again, growing impatient in your cage.
“NO! GOD, ARE YOU ALWAYS THIS-” Martin swiftly turned, stomping over to your cage.
He realized that he was lashing out on his future queen and stopped. He smoothed his hair, trying to calm himself down.
“No sweets. Sorry about that. I’ve been on edge all day, waiting for your answer to my proposal. Now that you’re finally here, I can barely contain my excitement!” Martin beamed, which was weird to see an evil conquer just melting by mentioning you.
You sighed and rubbed your eyes. “Where are we headed again?”
“To my kingdom.” Martin’s eyes shone with pride. “I can’t wait to show you how nice it is! It’ll be your new home afterall!”
It’s now your turn to freeze.
“N-new home? What do you mean?” “Don’t you understand? You didn’t think I’d just propose and let you live alone in your kingdom, didn’t you? You’re living with me now forever, silly!”
Oh god you felt sick. It didn’t even matter that you didn’t eat, you felt like you could hurl at the thought of living forever with him.
“Aww, don’t frown, Peach.” Martin cooed, reaching his hands through the bar and caressing your face, “Dont. Touch. Me.” You glared at him.
“You shouldn’t keep resisting me. You know that we’re destined to be together, one way or another.”
“I’d rather sit down and listen to Donkey Kong rant about how difficult his life is and how hard it was to rescue his son, for multiple days straight in a row.”
Martin tsked.
“We’re already here so there’s no need to hear your whining anymore.”
“Wait wha-”
The dark planet came into your view, looking menacingly.
“Get ready in a couple of hours. You have a wedding later on in the evening today.” Martin smiled and walked off, into his castle.
…..WHAT…?
“WAIT WHAT? A WEDDING? TODAY? LIKE SOON?” You screamed, visibly panicking.
“Yes, now go get ready. The Koopas have everything ready for you.” Martin smiled and took your hand, pressing a kiss to your knuckles.
“See you soon my queen.”
“Are you sure this is the right place, Keonho?” Seonghyeon looked at the tall dark castle, assuming that this was most likely where Martin lived. Still, he was far too scared to go inside.
“From the description of James, yeah, this is the place.” Keonho gulped. Even he was intimidated.
“So we just go inside and find the princess then bring her back?”
“Apparently. She’s probably inside.”
Keonho turned to face Seonghyeon.
“You ready for this?”
Seonghyeon sighed. “As long as you don’t abandon me or anything.” He muttered.
Keonho smiled, patting Seonghyeon’s green hat.
“You’re the only one that remembers the way back. Of course I wouldn’t leave you.” He said as he started to walk inside the castle.
“H-hey! Keonho wait!” Seonghyeon ran after Keonho, who was already speeding in the hallways.
Soon, a group of Koopas who were guarding multiple doors spotted the boys.
“Oop.” Keonho stood still when he made eye contact with a Koopa. Then, a group of Koopas ran towards both Keonho and Seonghyeon.
“Keonho? What’s wrong?” Seonghyeon stood and saw how Keonho was not moving a muscle.
“RUN!” Keonho exclaimed, bolting towards the opposite direction of the Koopas, scrambling with Seonghyeon, trying to find a room to hide in.
The Koopas were hot on their trail and Keonho was panicking. He wasn’t prepared to attack anyone yet! He hadn’t even found you!
The pair of the boys made a left turn, only to run straight towards a dead end. The Koopas were catching up, their footsteps becoming louder and louder.
“QUICK! IN HERE!” Keonho spotted a random door and dragged Seonghyeon inside. They slammed the door quickly behind themselves and caught their breath.
“Remind me to never trust you again.” Seonghyeon breathed out.
“Oh relax, I just saved us.”
“After you literally put us in danger!” Seonghyeon whisper-shouted.
Keonho rolled his eyes and searched around in the room, looking for an exit or a possible clue where you might be. The walls in this room were tall, with chandeliers dangling from them. The colors were all sad and gloomy, yet sophisticated, like someone with taste designed the room. The floors were marble. Accents of gold everywhere. Keonho had to admit, Martin had taste. Even the furniture was fancy. “We gotta find the Princess.” Keonho declared, all of a sudden remembering his objective.
They walked from room to room, searching for any trace of a door. Suddenly, they turned to a bedroom.
A bed with beautiful flower sheets, and canopies draped on top. But what Keonho noticed was at the vanity mirror.
A girl with blonde hair was sitting there, dressed in white and with a veil, a little crown placed in the middle. She seemed to be brushing her hair, looking at herself in the mirror. She stopped dead when she made eye contact with the teen in the red hat.
That must be her. That must be Princess Peach. Keonho thought. He didn’t expect her to be this pretty though. She must’ve been close to his age. Close enough for him to at least flustered by making eye contact.
But she broke eye contact when she sharply turned to Keonho and Seonghyeon, her defence up, clutching a pink parasol in her hands.
“WHO ARE YOU GUYS?” She shrieked.
Even Seonghyeon seemed to be in a trance, just by her looks. Still, he composed himself and spoke.
“We’re here to save you, Princess Peach.”
“You didn’t even answer my question.”
“I’m Seonghyeon and he’s Keonho,” Seonghyeon pointed to Keonho. “We were sent by James to retrieve you and to bring you back to your kingdom.”
You seemed a bit relieved. Still, you didn’t fully believe these guys.
“What? So I just have to believe you guys and go wherever you guys are headed?”
“We’re really here to help you!” Keonho spoke up. “I love the Mushroom Kingdom, I swear! I know the pledge and everything! Please just let us bring you home safety!”
You really had no choice. How were you able to return back by yourself? These guys seemed trustworthy. As trustworthy as two random, baseball hat wearing, random teens could be.
Seonghyeon had been staring at you throughout all this time. You turned and looked at him, which made him quickly look away.
Wait, aren’t I supposed to do some kind of bow since she's royalty or smth? Seonghyeon suddenly realized.
He got down on his knees and bowed his head down.
“It is a pleasure to meet you….your…umm…highness?” He hesitated.
Keonho stood there, watching Seonghyeon. What are you doing??? He thought.
Seonghyeon poked at his shoe, ushering him to do the same. Keonho scrambled to get down and bow as well.
“It’s nice to meet you too….Princess…?” Keonho faltered.
You stood there, watching these two fumble, unsure how to address you. It was almost unbelievable to watch. You snorted.
“Thanks, but you guys don’t really have to do all that. You guys can relax.”
They hesitated, but stood up to see you amused at their antics.
“Well, what’s your grand plan to get me out of here?” You asked.
Oh right. The plan to escape. Truth be told, Keonho didn’t have a very organized plan. Or any plan at all. He didn’t expect the job to be this hard. Or for the Princess to be this pretty
“Right, we’re gonna leave this room and run out to the green pipe outside.” Keonho explained.
“How are we gonna do that though? There’s koopas all around!” Seonghyeon exclaimed.
Behind the vanity, you pulled out several yellow boxes with question marks on them.
“I found these earlier. Maybe, we could all use them?”
You randomly chose a yellow box, not really caring for what power you get, as long as you could leave this planet and avoid being stuck with Martin. You punched your yellow box, a red rose dropped down to your hands. Meanwhile, Keonho and Seonghyeon were arguing about which yellow box to claim.
“I do not want to transform into an animal!” Keonho pouted.
“Well neither do I! Just pick that box already!” Seonghyeon was getting fed up with Keonho’s behavior.
“Hurry up and choose a box.” You rolled your eyes.
Keonho and Seonghyeon froze at your tone of voice, irritation. They grumbled, but stopped fighting.
You punched your box, a single red rose dropping.
“Oh nice. What’s this?” You touched your rose, and your clothes transformed. Your dress got replaced with a white pants, a pair of blue boots, a red vest, your blue coat, and a fancy musketeer with a rose and feather on top. Your rose bouquet was now replaced with a silver musketeer sword.
Keohno’s jaw dropped. There’s no way you got a cool sword. He wanted one too! It wasn’t fair how pretty cool you looked now. He pulled away the box from Seonghyeon’s hands. He quickly punched this box, revealing a striped leaf. He quickly tried to transform, wanting to show you how cool his outfit would be.
The first thing he saw was Seonghyeon trying to hold in his laughter.
“What’s so funny?” Keonho raised an eyebrow.
“Your outfit. You have to look in the mirror.” Seonghyeon wheezed.
Keonho quickly ran to the mirror, only to see himself in a brown raccoon outfit.
“WHAT IS THIS? WHY AM I AN ANIMAL?”
You and Seonghyeon were doubling over with laughter. Keonho felt so embarrassed to be standing in front of a princess, wearing an animal costume.
“How about you transform, Seonghyeon. Let’s see how better your costume is!” Keonho flushed, hoping that Seonghyeon looked as ridiculous as he did.
“Gladly.” Seonghyeon smirked. He turned to you.
“Watch this, Princess.” He punched his box and a yellow and brown striped toad head appeared.
Seonghyeon transformed, wearing a little cap with bee antennas on top, a pair of little wings, and yellow overalls with a bee stinger.
It was so silent, until Keonho bursted into laughter.
“Why are you a bee?” Keonho giggled.
Seonghyeon stared at the ground, too scared to look up to see your reaction.
You were laughing, of course.
A knock came from the doors, making you all freeze.
“Princess, you have 5 minutes to get ready for the ceremony.” A Koopa outside shouted.
After he left, you all realised that you had a dire situation at hand.
“We gotta find a way to escape.” You paced, back and forth, impatiently.
Oh right. That’s what I came here for. Keonho remembered.
“Don’t worry, Princess! We shall save you!” Keonho stood proudly in his raccoon costume.
“How are we going to do that?”
How was Keonho going to do that? He was too embarrassed to go outside, looking like this. But he did want to finally beat Martin, once and for all.
“We should probably leave this room.” Seonghyeon suggested.
“We’ll escape this room, and bring you home safely.” Keonho announced.
“How will we not get caught?” You asked.
“We’ve got powers now so we should be able to defend ourselves.” Seonghyeon faintly smiled, trying to make the situation better.
“Get behind me, Peach. I’ll protect you.” Keonho puffed out his chest.
You looked down at his raccoon tail and looked up to his raccoon ears. Keoho felt embarrassed under your gaze.
“Sureeee..” You drew out.
You all walked towards the door, all waiting for the worse to happen. As soon as you all stepped out of the room, multiple koopa soldiers turned to look.
“oh no.” Seonghyeon whispered under his breath.
The soldiers ran towards you three at full speed. You pulled out your sword and began to slash some soldiers.
“What are you waiting for?!” You called out. “Do something!”
Keonho ran up to one of the Koopas, who drew their spear. He threw a successful punch, but fell afterwards.
Seonghyeon was still in place. When he saw a koopa run up to him, he jumped up, activating his ability to fly.
“WHAT’S GOING ON?” Seonghyeon shrieked as he flew out of control.
Keonho started to laugh as he saw Seonghyeon panic in the air, but quickly turned his attention towards you.
You seemed to be doing okay, fighting-wise at least. You were stunning Koopas with your sword, speeding left and right. You were basically carrying the team.
Keonho has never worked with someone so skilled before. It had been mostly just him and Seonghyeon, trying to figure out whatever was thrown their way. They mostly succeeded, barely with plenty of scratches. You at least seemed to know what you were doing. You seemed cool. Cooler than Keonho would like to admit to himself.
A Koopa lunged at Keonho and Keonho turned and whacked the koopa with his tail, sending the koopa flying across the room.
You kept on fighting the Koopas, until the hallways were filled with shells.
“Help me!” Seonghyeon cried out, flying backwards in a circle.
“Get down!” You called out.
“I can’t!”
Behind the corner of a wall, Juhoon, Martin’s trusted shy guy, had watched the defeat. He ran out into the hallways, running towards Martin’s door.
Martin was seated on his throne, his koopas showing him hangers of suits to wear to his wedding.
“That’s too bold.”
“That’s too basic.”
“What is this,Shein?”
Honestly, Martin was very nervous about his wedding. He was going to be with you forever. The thought of it made him flustered. How did he bag you? literally, cuz he kidnapped you. He had to be the luckiest leader out in the galaxy!
After the koopas found a worthy suit for him, a white suit with studs, he glanced in the mirror and slicked back his hair.
“Look at this handsome gentleman. What a lucky princess she is.”
Finally dripped out, Martin sat at his piano and started to play. Images of you, smiling and laughing, flooded his mind. You were going to be all his. You were going to be his wife soon. He was so happy to have you. His song that he composed for you, he began to play.
A long time ago, he sent his trusted shy guy, Juhoon to travel and to look at the different kingdoms. To see which ones that Martin might potentially be interested in. Juhoon had visited your kingdom, disguised as a foreigner. He took many pictures, including pictures of you. He showed Martin these photos.
When Martin saw you, he knew that you were special. Perhaps the most beautiful Princess that he has ever seen. He knew that he had to make you his. You would be happy here. He’s here. He has power. He has looks. He has charm. What else could a man have?
Juhoon burst through the doors, panting and stressed out.
“Your majesty! The princess-she’s-she-”
“EEEK!” Martin shrieked. He quickly jumped up from the piano and threw himself on his throne. “W-What’s going on, Juhoon?” Martin was worried. What happened to you? You couldn’t possibly be leaving on the day of the wedding, could you?
“She’s escaped your highness! She has some kind of power-up! Keonho and Seonghyeon are here too!”
Keonho. Martin hated Keonho. Keonho was always defeating Martin, no matter how powerful or destructive Martin tried to be. No matter how elaborate or complex his plans, Keonho and Seonghyeon had always found a way to stop him.
But not today. Today, Martin would stop them, once and for all. that’s lowkey cringe bro
Still, Martin was sure that you wouldn’t want to leave. Why would you leave him anyways? He swears that would provide for you, buy you things, and overall treat you. Yeah, you were pretty upset about leaving your kingdom and being seen with him, but he would be able to rule your kingdom as well. Both would unite under one. (awww he’s a romantic).
“Get him to me right now.” Martin spat. He was not going to let Keonho get in the way of having his bride.
“We gotta find the exit.” Seonghyeon panicked, even though he was still flying in the sky.
The castle doors were straight ahead, a ray of sunshine shining through.
The noise of footstops stopped all 3 of you. The noise became louder and louder, causing Keonho to get worried. He knew that they had to get you out of there before Martin caught you.
“Get the Princess out of here, Seonghyeon.” Keonho pushed you towards the door.
“W-what? Keonho, are you crazy? What if Martin catches you?” Seonghyeon flew down towards Keonho, now being able to control his flying.
“I’ll be fine. The priority is to get her to safety.”
“But we’ve always fought Martin together! How will you fight him alone?”
Keonho turned to Seonghyeon, who was hovering near Keonho.
“I care about you too much to put you in danger.” Keonho confessed.
Throughout all of Keonho and Seonghyeon’s life, they’ve always joked around and gotten along easily. They almost never talked about their past, about their origin, how the weight of being the heroes or how heavy their bodies felt after taking multiple punches and attacks from enemies. They’ve always hid it under jokes and smiles, not remembering that they’ve been fighting a battle together, and secretly care about each other.
“Keonho….” Seonghyeon trailed off, not knowing what to say.
You felt like you were interrupting something. You stood awkwardly, in front of them, swaying your arms awkwardly.
“Please, Seonghyeon. Let me finish what I started.”
Seonghyeon paused, but then, reluctantly agreed.
He turned to the door, flying a couple of steps before turning back.
“I’ll come back for you.”
Keonho smiled.
“Thanks, Seonghyeon. See you soon.”
After Seonghyeon ran out with the Princess, Keonho ventured back into the castle, looking for Martin. He saw a shy guy and tall figure coming ahead, their shadow looming closer. Keonho didn’t know where to hide. All the doors seemed to be locked!
Keonho stood still, activating his statue ability, and blended into the decorations around him. He couldn’t move his body, but could only look around with his eyes.
Martin and Juhoon both stopped and stood in front of him.
“We’ve got to find my bride and find the brothers. I want them as the sacrifice for the wedding.” Martin glanced around, hoping to find the two that he wanted, to capture them.
Keonho could feel himself panicking. He was going to have to defeat Martin. How could he just leave you to live in the castle if Martin were to keep capturing you?
“We’ll find him your highness.” Juhoon reassured. “We’ve got surveillance cameras everywhere.”
Oh no.
Martin and Juhoon continued to discuss how to capture Keonho, Seonghyeon, and the Princess. After they walked off, Keonho removed his disguise and started to walk to the other side of the hallway.
“THERE HE IS!” Martin shouted.
The last thing Keonho saw was Martin lunging towards him until Keonho started to run. He didn’t exactly know the layout of the castle, so he was running around aimlessly. Martin and Juhoon were trailing behind him. Keonho turned to see what was behind him again, but only saw Juhoon running after him.
Where’s Marti-???
Martin pulled Keonho up by the collar.
“Now I’ve got you.” He smiled.
“Martin…” Keonho scowled.
“What are you doing here?” Martin stared at Keonho, waiting for an answer.
“I’m here to save the life that you endangered!”
“And whose life would that be?”
“Princess Peach’s of course!” Keonho couldn’t believe what Martin was asking.
“Her life wasn’t in danger! She was gonna be just fine living with me!”
“She didn’t consent to be kidnapped!” Keonho argued.
“How do you know what’s good for her?”
“THAT’S MY OPINION!" Keonho yelled.
Juhoon and Martin froze, both staring at Keonho.
“I’m getting rid of you once and for all.” Martin declared, walking towards the castle doors.
“Wait, no!”
Keonho tried to get out of Martin’s clasp, but struggled.
“I should’ve gotten rid of you ever since you first defeated me.”
Martin brought Keonho to the entrance, with the walkway of the castle looking over hot lava.
“Let’s see if Seonghyeon comes in time to save you.”
After Keonho told Seonghyeon that he would deal with Martin, Seonghyeon knew that he would already have to return to save Keonho. Keonho always got himself into unnecessary trouble and usually Seonghyeon got him out of it.
Seonghyeon couldn’t just go back inside. He had to explain the situation to you.
“Um, Princess?”
You looked up towards him. You were honestly confused about the whole situation. Keonho was staying behind to fight Martin? Was Seonghyeon just going to drop you off back in your kingdom? What about Keonho? Is Keonho okay?
“Yes?”
“Keonho is still in the castle.”
“Wait, why? Is he fighting Martin?”
“I mean that’s his plan but I’m going back. I’ll drop you off-”
“Why are you dropping me off?”
Seonghyeon paused.
“Because James wants you back at the palace…? Because you have a kingdom to rule over..?”
“Well we got to get him back!”
“But you can return!”
“I’m not leaving without him.” True, you didn’t know much about him, but he seemed like he was trying to help you. The least you could do was to make sure he wasn’t killed off by Martin or was endangered.
Seonghyeon did admire you for how persistent, although he did think you were a bit stubborn and irrational for caring about a stranger’s life. He hadn’t met any princesses who were this outspoken or cared for people who were not their subjects, as much as you had. You were a great asset to their tiny team.
Wow, he was already gushing about you. Did you like her, Seonghyeon?
“N-no.”
“Huh? Did you say something?” You asked.
“Oh-uh-no.” Seonghyeon barely sputtered out.
“Come on! Let’s go save Keonho!” You ran out towards the entrance.
You and Seonghyeon were shocked when you both saw Martin dangling Keonho, by the collar, over the sizzling lava.
“Wait! We can talk about this!” Keonho pleaded.
“Where is she, Keonho?!” Martin shouted out.
“I-i don’t know..?” Keonho nervously mumbled out.
“You definitely know where she is!” Martin swayed Keonho over the lava.
“No-seriously! I told Seonghyeon to take her away! I don’t know where she is right now!” Keonho screeched out, “PLEASE LET ME DOWN!”
“I’M RIGHT HERE!” Your voice called out.
Martin turned to see you in your swordfighter attire.
“Princess Peach?” Martin was thrilled to see you, so thrilled that he forgot about Keonho.
“Don’t hurt Keonho!” You drew out your spear, welding it towards Martin.
“But he’s trying to keep me away from you!” Martin reasoned. He lowered his hand, closer to the lava.
You darted towards Martin and swiftly attacked him on his side, causing him to drop Keonho.
“AUGHHHHHHH HELP ME!” Keonho failed his arms helplessly. Why couldn’t he fly? Didn’t this power-up have the ability to fly?
He closed his eyes, waiting for the extreme heat to engulf him.
But it never came.
He opened his eyes to see Seonghyeon holding him, flying to the bridge.
“Seonghyeon? You’re here?”
“I’d never leave you Keonho.” Seonghyeon landed on the bridge. “Wait! I stopped flying!”
“We got to go help Peach!” Keonho ran off to Martin.
You were busy fighting Martin, using your sword to slash wounds and dodging him quickly.
“I don’t understand why you’re doing this!” Martin called out.
Seonghyeon ran towards Martin, trying to attack him. Martin saw Seonghyeon approaching and pushed him out of the way. Seonghyeon went flying and landed further along the bridge, losing his power-up.
“SEONGHYEON!” Keonho called out.
While distracted, Martin pulled you and Keonho towards him.
“I’m getting this wedding, one way or another.”
You tried to escape Martin’s grasp, but his grip was too strong. You tried attacking him with your spear, but it was useless. His grip was crushing you. Your powers from your powerup were weakening. You would for sure lose your powers now. You’re already losing your power-up for sure.
A figure was seen from the sky, getting closer to you all.
“What is that?” Keonho panicked, afraid that one of Martin’s followers is ready to take them out.
But instead, a green little dinosaur ran up to Keonho, licking him with their tongue.
“YOSHI!” Keonho exclaimed. Yoshi bit Martin’s fingers,then he dropped Keonho. Keonho hugged Yoshi until he realized that there was a larger problem at hand. “We’ve got to go save the Princess, Yoshi! Martin has got her captive!”
Keonho jumped on Yoshi and ran towards Martin. You were no longer in your swordfighter outfit and were very weak. It felt like Martin was crushing your bones!
“Ow! That hurts Martin!”
“This is the only way I’ll have your attention?! If I’m harming you?! So be it-!”
Yoshi stuck this tongue out, hitting Martin directly in the eye.
“AUGH! WHAT WAS THAT?”
“Let her go!” Keonho yelled at Martin.
“Get back here, Keonho! I’ll end you!” Martin swatted at Keonho, who dodged him quickly.
Meanwhile, Seonghyeon was trying to find a way to get Martin to let you go, preferably not into the hot sizzling lava. He tried to punch and kick Martin, but nothing was working. Not when the villain is 6’3!
Yoshi threw an egg at Martin, causing him to stumble backwards. He still wouldn’t let you go!
You have had enough. You rummaged through your pink dress pockets, finding your parasol that the toads from your village had gifted you. This would have to do.
You whacked Martin on his head, hard, with the parasol, making him yelp. You poked him in his eye. Martin shrieked and let you go. You fell towards the lava, feeling the emitted heat get hotter and hotter as you got closer.
Seonghyeon grabbed you and pulled you to the side.
“Are you okay?!” He frantically asked.
“Omg, y-yeah. I just-oh my gosh-help we need to get out of here!”
Seonghyeon sighed. “Martin’s not going down without a fight.”
You both turned to see Yoshi ducking and jumping with Keonho on his back. Martin was throwing punches and kicks aimlessly, while covering his right eye. “GET BACK HERE, KEONHO! I’LL KILL YOU!” Martin barked out.
“Only if you catch me!” Keonho stuck his tongue out.
Martin took Keonho by the collar and raised his fist.
“I SWEAR TO GOD-!”
Seonghyeon swung his fist and punched Martin across his face. Martin spat blood and glared at Seonghyeon.
“Are you kidding me?! Where did you come from?!”
Keonho jumped off Yoshi and locked Martin in a chokehold. Seonghyeon grabbed Martin by his wrists and you kicked him in the stomach, causing him to crouch down.
“We’re better people than you, so we’re not going to kill you.” Keonho smirked at Martin.
“W-what do you want?” Martin barely was able to sputter out.
“First, you’ll have to leave Princess Peach alone.” Seonghyeon stated.
Martin paused.
“Promise her.” Seonghyeon pointed to you.
Martin hesitated but rose his eyes to you.
“I promise. I’m sorry. I’ll never bother you again.”
“Now,” Keonho smiled, “I have some requests aswell.”
“What do you want Keonho?” Martin rolled his eyes.
“I have no problem punching you.” Keonho tightened his grip on Martin's hair, pulling Martin’s face towards.
“W-wait! What do you want? I’ll do anything!”
“You’ll never take over another kingdom or world again, got it?”
“....fine..” Martin huffed.
“Never hurt anyone again.”
“Sure. Fine. I’ll do that.”
“Oh and never ever try to hurt me or my brother again. I’ll find you. I swear.”
Martin froze. Then awkwardly smiled.
“Yes, of course!”
“You promise?”
“YES I PROMISE! Please leave me alone! I never want to do anything again! I swear I can’t feel my face!” Martin started tearing up.
You all froze and stared at him. The three of you burst into laughter.
“Look at his face, Keonho!” Keonho pointed at Martin, who was flushing in embarrassment.
They let go of Martin and watched him scramble back into the place.
After they made sure that Martin had left, Keonho and Seonghyeon turned to you.
“Are you ready to go?” “Y-yeah.” You said a little breathlessly, all the previous events catching up to you.
You all walked out, looking for the green pipe to bring you back to your kingdom.
“Sooooo..” Keonho drew out, “Which one of us was more heroic?” He smirked and leaned towards you.
“Dude, we literally just fought against the evilest ruler in this galaxy. Chill dude.”
“No, but seriously. Who saved you more times, me or Sean?”
“You guys both helped me!” “Okay, but then who’s handsomer?” Seonghyeon grinned.
“That’s not even a word!”
“Be honest. It’s me, right?”
You groaned and stepped on top of the pipe.
“Let’s go back to my kingdom. We’ll discuss what’s next.”
Keonho and Seonghyeon squealed behind you and jumped into the pipe, after you.
James was running around the palace, trying to control the situation. It had been hours since he had last heard from Keonho and Seonghyeon. Are you okay? Did they find you? Or the worst possible outcome, what has Martin done to you?
The thought of Martin taking you and James not being there made his stomach twist. He was your most trusted toad. And he let you down.
The palace doors opened and you appeared.
YOU’RE ALIVE!
James ran towards you and hugged the Princess.
“Princess Peach! You’re safe!”
“Of course, thanks to you calling Keonho and Seonghyeon.”
James raised his head to see Seonghyeon and Keonho awkwardly standing behind you, unfamiliar to this kingdom.
“Please come in. Let’s all sit down to have tea.” You lead the boys to your cafeteria.
The table was filled with delicious sweets and native foods from your kingdom. The brothers dug into the food, taking everything and eating loudly. Saving princesses worked up an appetite.
“So what did Martin do to you?” James asked you.
“He took me to his kingdom and planned a whole wedding for us.” You rolled your eyes.
“What?” Jame’s jaw dropped dramatically.
“I know right!? Luckily, these two found me.” You pointed at Seonghyeon and Keonho.
Seonghyeon sheepishly blushed while Keonho beamed.
“That’s right! All thanks to me!” Keonho turned to James.
“Hey! I helped too, you know!” Seonghyeon elbowed Keonho.
“That’s true. You did.” Keonho patted Seonghyeon on his back. “But the princess does like me better, right Peach?”
“What happened to Princess Peach?” You raised your eyebrow.
“We’re so close that we don’t need honorifics anymore!”
“That’s not true. We also spent some time together.” Seonghyeon smiled at you. “Isn’t that true, Princess Peach?”
“Hey, she was talking to me first.” Keonho glared at Seonghyeon.
“I’m at least respectful to royalty!”
“Guys, calm down!” You pushed Keonho and Seonghyeon apart, distancing them.
“Be honest, Princess.” Keonho got closer to your face. “Did you miss me when I was gone?”
“W-what?”
“It was pretty heroic, fighting Martin and saving you from him.”
“Bro, Seonghyeon and I literally had to come and save you.”
“Yeah, she’s pretty heroic.” Seonghyeon winked at you.
“Wait, so who do you like more?” Keonho asked.
They’re acting like kids. You thought to yourself.
“Don’t you guys want a reward or something?” You tried to change the subject.
“Ooohh yes!” Keonho fist bumped Seonghyeon. “Can we live in the palace?”
The thought of waking up to see Seonghyeon and Keonho running around scared you. You don’t love the idea of living your life peacefully in the palace, while constantly getting interrupted with Keonho and Seonghyeon’s squabbling made you freeze in place.
“Umm..well I was actually thinking of knighting you two instead.”
The boys squealed in delight.
“Really?” Seonghyeon beamed.
James retrieved your sword and gave it to you. Seonghyeon kneeled down first, much to Keonho’s dismay.
“Seonghyeon, it is my honor to knight you for your bravery today and for saving me today.” You placed the sword at his right and left.
“It was an honor, Princess.”
“My turn!” Keonho flared his arms around. He kneeled down and you began again.
“Keonho, it is my honor to knight you for your courage and for saving me today.” You knighted him as well.
James brought the medals and placed them on the new knights.
“I feel so fancy.” Seonghyeon admired his gold medal with your flower symbol in the middle.
“So you sure that we can’t live here?” Keonho asked again.
And that is why those two live in your kingdom now. Whenever they had to complete missions, they would leave their little mushroom house and see your castle. Sometimes they would come over and hang out much to your dismay. Still, they offered humor to your somewhat boring life. Keonho and Seonghyeon still fought for your attention though. weird, right?
No matter how many times they bothered you, you still are thankful for their help. You learned that Seonghyeon likes to watch the plays that the local toad performance center puts on. Keonho likes to go swimming at the local toad pool.
They really were amazing at what they did.
And today you were inviting them over to the castle.
James opens the doors, revealing…no one?!
Keonho and Seonghyeon are standing on top of the green pipe.
“Where are you going?!” You run out towards them.
“We got news! Martin is taking over another kingdom!” Keonho calls out.
“Yeah! Do you want to come with us?” Seonghyeon asks.
The princess and her two heroes jumped into the green pipe, starting off their new adventure.
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