Hello, my wonderful readers! I welcome you to the sequel to Luigi and Daisy: The Teen Years! I know a lot of you have been waiting anxiously for this. I'm just so sorry I took so long to post this. It's just been wasting away in my Google Drive. Well, anyway, I really hope you enjoy this story.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of Nintendo's characters.
Daisy smiled at herself in the mirror as she brushed her hair. It was the ten-year anniversary of her and Luigi's first date. She remembered it well. Not only the date, but everything leading up to it, and everything after it. Although, when all of the events were as...eventful...as they had been, they was hard to forget.
She remembered him asking her out to the movies. Daisy had asked her father if she could go, but he said no. Then Luigi made her feel a little bit guilty about it. But that's not what pushed her to go anyway. It was the teasing and peer pressure from Stephanie.
Looking back, Daisy laughed when she thought about how easily she had been pushed over the edge. But her father apparently didn't think it was so ridiculous, because he had thrown Stephanie in the dungeon. Well, that wasn't the only reason why. It also had to do with Stephanie's constant teasing, which quickly crossed over into bullying.
I wonder if Stephanie's out yet? Daisy knew that her dad could be cruel, but he didn't think he would be cruel enough to leave Stephanie in the dungeon for that long. After all, she was only a kid when she was arrested.
Suddenly, Luigi came up behind Daisy, wrapped his arms around her, spun her around, and kissed her.
"Hey there," he said. "What are you doing there, smiling like that without me on the ten year anniversary of our first date?"
Daisy smiled even more. "Just thinking about how it came to be."
Luigi laughed. "Ah, yes. You ran away, caused panic in two kingdoms, and then got caught and grounded for four months."
Daisy laughed, too. "Yeah." Then she moved her face closer to his and whispered, "And it was all just to go out with you."
They kissed once again, then separated. "Okay, well, I accidentally promised Mario I would go hang out with him today," Luigi said apologetically.
Daisy laughed again. "Alright. Have fun."
"Are you sure you're okay with it?" Luigi asked. "Because I can cancel if you want."
"No, go have fun. Really," Daisy insisted.
"Okay. If you insist," Luigi said, smiling as he grabbed his jacket. "I promise this won't affect our date tonight. This will be a night to remember."
They kissed one last time, then Luigi walked out the door.
"This will be a night to remember"... Daisy thought about that. Could he mean...is he going to propose to me?! Daisy and Luigi had been living together for a while now. She had practically moved in with him the second she graduated high school. But they weren't married. Yet. Maybe tonight would change that.
Daisy picked up her phone and called Peach. "Peach. You need to come over now. ...Is this an emergency? Kind of... ...I'll explain when you get here. Just come on!"
When Peach arrived at Luigi and Daisy's house, Daisy grabbed her by the shoulders and started bouncing up and down, squealing with excitement. Peach shoved her off. "Daisy! What has gotten into you?!"
Daisy stopped bouncing and tried to calm down. "Okay, Peach," she said slowly, "what exactly did Mario say to you when he proposed?"
"Hmm..." Peach said. "Well, I believe it went something along the lines of, 'Will you marry me?'"
"Ha, ha, Peach," Daisy said. "Luigi said that tonight would be 'a night to remember'."
Peach grabbed Daisy's hands. "Oh my gosh, Daisy, you were right! This is an emergency! We need to find you a fabulous outfit and hairstyle for your date tonight!" Then she giggled. "Just like we did ten years ago!"
Daisy remembered that part well, too. Peach had helped her dress up and do her hair for their double date. When she got to Luigi's house, she had expected him to be surprised, but instead, she was the one who was surprised. She had never even considered him finding out that she was a princess, but he had seen the posters.
Daisy laughed. "Everything today is reminding me of that whole ordeal. It was crazy, wasn't it?"
Peach nodded. "It was. I just can't imagine being grounded for four months!"
"That went on forever," Daisy groaned, remembering. "I remember throwing a party right after it ended."
"Oh, yeah," Peach agreed. Then she laughed. "And that guy William met the princess of Dellionland. Alexia. Except he called her Lexi." Peach seemed to be lost in thought for a moment. "Speaking of nicknames, what did I use to call William to irritate him?"
"Billy."
"Ah, yes. Billy." Peach sighed.
"You know what?" Daisy said suddenly. "I never thought I would say this, but I actually kind of miss William."
"Me, too," Peach agreed. "What happened to him?"
"I don't know. We could ask my father. He'd know," Daisy suggested.
"Hmm," Peach mumbled. "I don't know. Your father still scares me."
Daisy laughed. "Why? He's always just been a big softie."
Peach just stared at her. "Really? He grounded you for four months. He punished you over the smallest things. He couldn't make up is mind about whether you were allowed to be with Luigi or not. He scares everybody! Even if he was softer now in his older age – which he isn't – you can't say that he's always been 'a big softie'."
Daisy laughed (she was doing that a lot today). "Okay, okay, I see your point. Let's just go."
"Fine," Peach sighed reluctantly. "I'll go. But I won't be happy about it."
As Daisy and Peach arrived at the castle, guards stepped out of the way to let them through. Daisy saw that her father wasn't in the throne room. He must be working, she decided.
Daisy headed to her father's room with Peach following reluctantly. On their way, they stopped by Daisy's bedroom. Daisy smiled. "I spent a lot of time in here," she said, remembering every time her father had sent her to her room.
"Yeah," Peach agreed, staring in. "It's a beautiful room."
Even though Daisy had taken almost everything when she moved out, her purple walls and some of her unneeded furniture were still there. Daisy smiled as she walked inside and opened her closet door. She saw her old secret room, and would have tried to crawl into it if she thought she could still fit. She knew she couldn't.
"I spent a lot of time in here, too," she said, leaving her room.
"How did you manage to get into so much trouble?" Peach asked.
Daisy shrugged. "I think it had something to do with the fact that I kept beating up Stephanie and her best friend Pauline."
"Oh, yeah! I forgot all about Pauline! She was a jerk," Peach said.
"Yeah," Daisy agreed. "Well, come on. Let's go find my father."
"Hey, I have an idea. Why don't we just ask your mother about William?" Peach suggested.
Daisy shook her head. "She doesn't keep track of the guards. She barely talks to them. She thinks they're 'unworthy'."
They got to the king and queen's room, and Daisy knocked on the door. "I told you already! I'm working! I do not have time to speak with the press!" her father shouted.
Daisy smiled. "Father, its me. Daisy."
Suddenly, Daisy heard a sound like footsteps, and her father opened the door. "Daisy! It's always so nice to see you!" Then he hugged her, and she hugged him back. They had become a lot closer after everything when she kept getting herself into trouble. He looked over to Peach. "And hello, Peach. How are you?"
"I'm doing good as always, Uncle Richard," Peach said shyly.
"Good," Daisy's father said, smiling. Then he turned back to Daisy. "What brings you here?"
"We were remembering how Luigi and I first met, and then we started wondering about what happened to some people," Daisy explained. "We thought you might know."
The king nodded. "Alright. Let's go talk in the living room then."
They all went downstairs to the living room and sat down on the couches. Daisy sat across from her father, and Peach sat beside her.
"Alright," the king said. "Who were you wondering about?"
"Well, for one thing, I was wondering about Stephanie," Daisy explained. "What happened to her?"
"Hmm..." the king said thoughtfully. "Well, the last time she was sent to the dungeon, she was there for about a day before her parents came to pick her up. I explained to them that she had been permanently expelled from that school, so they homeschooled her." He chuckled. "They seemed awfully mad. Which is understandable."
"Ah," Daisy said, relieved that Stephanie didn't have to be in there for too long. "Well, what about William?"
The king laughed. "I never thought I'd see the day when you asked about William. Well, he got married to Princess Alexia of Dellionland and became Prince William Marcus I. But he said he loved working here as a guard, so he still does, despite being royalty now."
"Huh," Peach said. Then she nudged Daisy and said, "I guess you don't have to lie about him being a prince now."
"Ah, shut up." Daisy had lied and told everybody that 'Prince' William was her boyfriend after Luigi had broken up with her to make him jealous. "Why is everybody married already except me?"
"Hmph," the king grumbled. "That's what I would like to know."
Daisy sighed. "Father..."
"Don't get me wrong," he said. "I like Luigi. I always have. That's why I let him visit while you were grounded for several months all those years ago. But I don't like the idea of you living together before marriage. It's...improper."
Daisy shook her head. "Believe me, father, you have nothing to worry about. Besides, everybody knows that you don't truly know a person until you've lived with them for a little while."
"Hmph," her father grumbled again. "I still don't like it. I also don't like you living in a house. You're a princess! You should be living in a castle!"
Daisy shook her head again. "Oh, father, we just don't want that kind of attention."
"And you can't even at least live in Sarasa Land?" The king had never liked the idea of his daughter living in the Mushroom Kingdom. In fact, he had even called her a traitor at first and threatened to disown her. He then apologized after cooling down, but never really got over the fact that the princess of Sarasa Land lived in the Mushroom Kingdom.
"I like living in the Mushroom Kingdom. That's where all of my friends are," Daisy explained.
"And the people there think of her as a second princess," Peach added.
"I know," the king said bitterly.
Daisy frowned at Peach as she walked over to her father, sat down beside him, and put a hand on his shoulder. "Father, don't worry. I may live the Mushroom Kingdom, but I'm still the princess of Sarasa Land."
Her father looked at her. "Promise me that you'll move back here to the castle when it's time for you to become queen."
"Of course," Daisy assured him. "Father, I'm not going to betray the kingdom, and I'm not going to betray you." Then she hugged him. "By the way, where's Mother?"
"She's at a meeting with the queens of Dellionland and the Mushroom Kingdom," he replied.
"What about William?" Daisy asked. "If he still works here, why haven't I seen him since I moved out?"
The king shrugged. "I guess you only ever came when he wasn't working, or if he was, he was somewhere outside or something. He's guarding the front gate right now. Zachary!" A guard came running up to the king. "Take William's place and tell him to come here." The guard nodded and marched off toward the front gate.
A few minutes later, a familiar tall, skinny British guy with curly blonde hair walked into the room. "Yes, Your Highness?" Suddenly, William noticed Daisy, and made no attempt to hide how happy he was to see her. "Princess Daisy! Hello! It's been years since we've last seen each other! How are you?"
Daisy smiled back. "Hey, William! I'm great! I heard about you and Princess Alexia."
"Ah, yes, Lexi and I are married, making me a genuine prince," William confirmed. "And I assume you and Luigi are married as well?"
"Um, no," Daisy said, "but I suspect that he'll propose tonight." She smiled.
William tilted his head. "Hm, I see. It's just that when I heard that you were living together, I just assumed... Ah, but, never mind. I should have figured, since I wasn't invited to any wedding."
"Neither was I," Daisy pointed out.
William's jaw fell. "Oh. My. Heavens. I completely forgot to invite you! I feel terrible, Princess."
Daisy shrugged. "Nah. It's fine."
William shook his head. "No, Daisy, it isn't."
"Yes it is," Daisy insisted. "Now, I'm sorry. I realize we haven't been here long, but we have to go plan my outfit for tonight." She hugged both William and her father goodbye. "I promise, I'll visit again soon."
Peach jumped up off the couch. "Bye Uncle Richard. Bye..." she stopped and winked. "...Billy."
Well, what did you think? Was it as good as you hoped? I really hope so. Anyway, I'll try to update soon.
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