(Mushroom Kingdom Beach)
It was a bright, summer day in the Mushroom Kingdom. The day was so nice that no one in the kingdom was doing any work. Everyone, even the fair, beautiful princess of the kingdom, was putting the great day to good use and having fun.
Because it was a great day, the Mushroom Kingdom Beach was almost completely full. The citizens were either playing in the sand or swimming in the ocean. One lone man, clad only in a pair of green swim trunks and a pair of sandals, walked through the crowd of people on the beach with two ice cream cones in his hands. Anyone looking at the man's thin body and smooth mustache could tell that it was Luigi Mario, the younger of the two famed Mario Brothers.
Luigi had gotten a lot more fans since his last adventure. Tatanga, an evil alien from Mario's past, and a group of mismatched villains had kidnapped Princess Daisy. At the time, Luigi didn't know what the reason was for, but he and a reluctant ally eventually found out that it was because of a mysterious object called the 'Power Crystal' that she had on her. The mission was a complete success, as Daisy was rescued before anything happened.
Luigi walked towards a beach towel, where Princess Daisy lay on her back. She was clad in a yellow swimsuit, a straw hat and a pair of shades. She lay under a beach umbrella as she relaxed so she wouldn't get sunburned.
"Hey, Daisy!" Luigi called out, getting his girlfriend's attention. "I got us some ice cream!"
Daisy sat up and removed her shades, accepting one of the cones Luigi brought back. "Thanks, sweetie." She replied with a smile.
Luigi sat down beside her. "Have you noticed the amount of people here?"
Daisy looked around. "Yeah. I never thought that the beach could hold so many people." She smiled slyly as she looked at Luigi. "I can even see the rest of your team here."
Luigi chuckled. "Come on, Daisy. That was months ago. You don't have to keep flattering me, you know."
"I know, but you were just so brave then, Luigi. How could I NOT keep talking about it?" Daisy asked.
"Well, you're not giving yourself enough credit. You did most of the work in that final battle, you know."
Luigi was in fact telling the truth. During the final battle in the last adventure, Luigi and Waluigi couldn't deal any damage unless Daisy weakened the monster by concentrating on the energy of the Power Crystals.
Shortly after the adventure finished, Luigi proposed to Daisy, who eagerly accepted. Surprisingly, Waluigi wasn't that upset or angry that Daisy had decided to marry Luigi. This was mainly because the purple plumber had actually found a girlfriend in Maple, a princess from another land.
Looking around the beach, Luigi indeed saw the five other members of the team he had during that adventure. Waluigi (and his brother, Wario) was playing a round of beach volleyball against Toad and Toadette (and losing pretty badly). Melody Pianissima, no longer a ghost, was swimming in the ocean, playing with Sonar, a strong, orange-clad, young Shyguy and a few of the Toad Town kids. Goombaria and the rest of her Goomba family were having a picnic on the beach. Finally, Fice T, a mushroom guard, was relaxing on a towel with his wife April, whom he had single-handedly rescued from King Boo's mansion after the adventure was over.
He then looked out into the ocean and saw Bowser waveboarding behind Funky Kong's boat. Yes, even Bowser and his kids had put the great day to good use and weren't even going to try attacking. His kids were even scattered around the beach, having fun with some of the others.
Luigi looked at his future-wife. "I'm going to go over and talk to Fice T." He said. "I'll be right back."
Daisy nodded as Luigi walked off. She then looked over her shoulder and saw Maple coming over with her little sister, Plum. "Hey, you two! How's everything going?"
Maple smiled. "Great. A lot better now that I actually have a boyfriend."
Plum quickly saw Diddy, Dixie and Tiny Kong making a huge sandcastle and looked at Maple. "Hey, sis? I'm gonna go over there and help build that sandcastle with the Kongs."
Maple nodded. "Okay. Go nuts."
After Plum scampered off, Daisy looked up at Maple again and took another lick of her ice cream. "No offense, but what made you choose Waluigi?"
The tan-haired golfing princess rubbed her head nervously. "Well, I just think I can see through the outer shell of that guy. I mean, he's not so bad. Not anything like his brother, really."
Daisy chuckled. "That's for sure. I'll give him that."
"I think he really likes me, though." Maple said. "I mean, honestly, have you seen him try to get you to like him in the past while?"
The brunette princess paused in thought. "Actually, no. I haven't thought about that yet. In fact, I've been mainly focused on the wedding Luigi and I are going to have."
"When is it going to happen, anyway?
"Give it about six more months and we should be married."
"Well, congratulations in advance, Daisy." Maple nodded. "I wish you the best of luck."
"Thanks, Maple." Daisy replied.
(Unknown Location)
In a dimly-lit room, seven shadowed figures stood in a perfect line, each of them staring at their leader, another showed figure, sitting on what looked like a throne of some sorts.
The leader sighed impatiently. "Have you fools found out what I wanted to know?"
A seemingly-overweight figure stepped forward. "Yeah. We found the girl."
"Why her?" A tall, incredibly-thin figure piped up. "I mean, there's nothing overly spectacular about this one."
"Yeah." A short figure with a large hat added. "This one isn't nearly as powerful as the brunette princess that a certain SOMEONE here tried kidnapping before."
A floating figure in the line snarled at the short one.
The leader slammed a fist onto the throne's arm. "Shut up! I am much more competent than that fool Tatanga!"
"That you are." A normal-sized figure with something on his head jumped in. "But this isn't going to be nearly as easy."
A huge figure with a giant club looked down at him. "Why would that be, punk?"
"Because what we're looking for is nothing LIKE the Power Crystals." The normal-sized figure folded his arms.
"AND we go against Luigi." An odd-shaped figure raised a hand. "If he find out, we in much trouble."
"If he finds out, then we'll just have to take him down." The leader replied. "Now, you all agreed to help me, so if you have to fight Luigi, then it's your own fault for stepping into this in the first place. Understand?"
The seven henchmen let out a collective groan, but nodded.
The leader nodded in return. "Good. Now get ready to strike tonight!"
(Luigi's Mansion)
Later that night, almost all was quiet in Luigi's Mansion. This was mainly because the occupants were currently having supper. Seated at the large table in the dining room were Luigi, Prof. E. Gadd, Melody Pianissima, Biff Atlas, Slim Bankshot, Shivers, Sonar, a mushroom child and their guest, Daisy.
Daisy wiped her mouth with her napkin and placed her fork on her plate. "That was a fantastic dinner, Shivers."
Shivers nodded as he stood up and started collecting plates. "Think nothing of it, your majesty." The former-ghost replied politely. "It's the least I could do for master Luigi's fiancée."
"No, the least you could do is stop calling me 'your majesty' and start calling me 'Daisy'." Daisy replied with a smirk.
"As well as stop calling me 'master'." Luigi added. "We've been over this a lot, Shivers."
Shivers shrugged. "It's just that I am extremely thankful that you have given us a second chance."
Biff nodded. "Yeah. We owe it to ya for getting King Boo out of our hair."
"That was ages ago, guys." Luigi chuckled. He then turned to the mushroom boy, one of three kids he had adopted during the past few months. "Keith, why don't you check up on Kappa and Krystal to see if they're still asleep while I help Shivers with the dishes?"
"Okay, daddy Weegie." The mushroom boy said as he got out of his chair and scurried out of the room.
"I hear that Waluigi and Maple are dating now." Melody said. "I never would have thought that they would end up together."
"Neither would I." Luigi said as he started picking up some dishes. "But then again, I'm happy for him. It's good to see that someone's finally accepted him."
"I know…But…It's WALUIGI…" Melody added. "He's not exactly the most romantic person on the block."
Daisy shrugged. "Maple sees something in Waluigi that no one else does."
"Speaking of Waluigi and Maple," Luigi said as he came from the kitchen to get some more dishes. "I heard that he's taken her out for dinner tonight."
(Monstro Land)
Waluigi and Maple walked through the land of Monstro Land, the kingdom Maple and Plum were the princesses of. Monstro Land was mainly made up of reformed monsters, trying to escape Bowser's wrath for defecting. Goombas, Koopas, Lakitus, Boos, almost every monster imaginable had at least one representative in the kingdom, and the two princesses had taken every last one of them in to live in the kingdom.
The plumber and princess linked arms as they walked towards the castle, where Waluigi would drop Maple off.
"Thanks for dinner, Waluigi." Maple said sweetly. "You're very kind."
Waluigi chuckled. "To be honest, I think you're the main reason for me being kind in the first place." He admitted. "Up until I met you, I have to admit that I wasn't really the nicest person around."
"Wario's bad attitude just rubbed off on you. That's all." Maple shrugged with a smile. "I think that you could change if given the chance."
"Well, I appreciate it, Maple." Waluigi replied. "I never thought anyone could actually like me. I mean, look at me! I'm probably the ugliest person in the Mushroom Kingdom."
Maple shrugged again. "Doesn't matter to me, Waluigi. I like you for who you are."
"Thanks again, Maple." Waluigi said. "I don't know what would have happened if I didn't meet you."
"Think nothing of it, Waluigi." Maple chuckled.
The two continued walking for about ten minutes, occasionally passing a citizen during the walk. Eventually, they arrived at the front gates to the castle Maple and Plum called home.
Maple stopped walking and looked at Waluigi. "Thanks again for dinner, Waluigi."
"It's the very least I could do. Believe me." Waluigi replied.
"Well, I guess I'll see you at the golf course tomorrow, then?"
Waluigi nodded. "For sure."
Maple stood in silence for a couple of seconds before planting a kiss of Waluigi's cheek. "Goodnight, then."
Waluigi, shocked over the kiss, nodded. "Yeah. Goodnight."
Maple walked through the gates and started walking towards the castle, leaving Waluigi standing outside. Waluigi turned around and sighed happily. "She kissed me. She actually kissed me!" He said to himself. "Nothing could ruin this night now!"
Suddenly, Waluigi heard a shrill scream coming from inside the gates. Instantly recognizing the scream as Maple's, Waluigi spun around and saw several shadowed figures standing around her, trying to keep her from escaping.
Waluigi's eyes snapped open. "Maybe I spoke too soon!" He thought. "MAPLE!" With that, Waluigi rushed forward in an attempt to save the tan-haired girl.
One of the shadowed figures saw Waluigi coming and looked at the giant figure beside him. "We'll shut her up! You get that guy off our backs!"
The giant figure turned around, swinging his huge club at the same time. The giant weapon connected with Waluigi's face with a sickening crack, sending the purple plumber flying back several feet.
Waluigi landed on his back and blacked out instantly, the only thing on his mind being Maple.