AN: This is based on a request from breath20k. I hope you enjoy :)

Daisy burst through the door of Peach's bedroom. Of course, the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom did not see her. She was too busy sleeping. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your point of view) she did hear her.

"Top of the morning to you, Peach!"

Peach yawned and sat up, rubbing her eyes to clear them of sleep. She could only imagine how messy she looked right about now.

"Daisy, what are you doing here? And why didn't my guards stop you?"

Daisy snickered.

"Your 'guards' were snoozing in front of your bedroom door. I think you might want to replace them; it could prevent any future kidnappings."

Peach huffed.

"If that was your sole reason for coming here, to alert me that I need to replace my guards, well I'm sorry. I am not doing that. Now, can you please go out? I want to be well rested for tomorrow."

Daisy laughed and walked over to the window, which was being covered by long, mauve drapes.

"Hate to break it to you, but…"

Daisy pulled back the drapes, allowing the sunlight to rudely come barging through.

"...tomorrow is already here."

Peach stared at Daisy, her left eyelid drooping down in a sleepy fashion.

"I suppose that means that our balloon battle tournament is in an hour or two?"

"Actually, it's in twenty minutes. You overslept."

Suddenly, Peach sprung out of bed in a frenzy.

"Twenty minutes!?" she exclaimed. "Why didn't you wake me up sooner? I need to get ready!"

…

Fifteen minutes later, you couldn't even tell that Princess Peach had just gotten out of bed. She was sitting on her bike in Funky Stadium. Her white and pink biker outfit and perfectly placed ponytail made her the true picture of beauty and elegance. Last week, Peach and Daisy had agreed that they would hold this special balloon battle in honor of Mario Kart Wii's twelve year anniversary. She was just embarrassed that it had slipped her mind so quickly.

Note to self, Peach thought. Next time, set an alarm.

Peach looked down at the cheering crowd. People from both the Mushroom Kingdom and Sarasaland had flocked to Funky Stadium in order to watch the battle. Peach just hoped that she would not disappoint her subjects.

"Hey, everybody!"

Peach gasped when she heard Lakitu's voice. He was floating on his cloud right in the middle of the stadium and grinning from ear to ear.

"Today we watch Princess Peach of the Mushroom Kingdom battle it out with Princess Daisy of Sarasaland in a Balloon Battle Bonanza!"

The crowd cheered again. Peach felt her lips curve into a giddy smile involuntarily.

"Okay, girls," said Lakitu on his microphone. "This match will last five minutes, and whoever wins will get a special Superstar Cheeseburger Deluxe from Burger Shroom. In addition to that, they will also get a special date with the Mario Brother of their choice."

Peach laughed. That sounded too good to be true.

"And before you say it is too good to be true, I have had Mario and Luigi sign contracts to ensure that you get your date," Lakitu said as he displayed the pieces of paper. "Now, are you ready, your majesties?"

"Yes!" Peach shouted. From across the stadium, she heard Daisy echo her shout great.

"Great!" said Lakitu. "Start your engines!"

Peach started the engine on her mach bike, which was her favorite vehicle to use. Lakitu then pulled the starting lights out of his cloud.

"Three! Two! One! Go!" he shouted along with the crowd.

"Woohoo!" Peach exclaimed as she zipped down the ramp. She did a trick off the ramp, and when she landed, she made her way toward the item box. She watched as her item roulette spun around, granting her a green shell.

Ooh, Peach thought. I can use this to snipe Daisy!

With that, Peach went off in search of her fellow princess. She found her immediately, driving in her signature orange wild wing. Peach was surprised she didn't choose the mach bike like she did, as she loved to ride bikes. Oh well.

Peach threw the green shell at Daisy, hitting her square on. Daisy shrieked as one of her three balloons got popped.

"Oh, you'll pay for that, Peach!"

With that, Daisy activated a star and went off in Peach's direction. Peach shrieked when Daisy ran into her, and felt a surge of sadness when she heard the popping of one of her balloons.

Oh that's how you want to play? Well, so be it!

Peach made her way to the large ramp that would get her the item box. She did a trick, and the crowd cheered for her. She saw all sorts of people in the audience, such as Rosalina and Pom Pom. She waved to everyone as she landed. She saw that she got triple red shells. Awesome!

Peach then threw the shells randomly, as she knew that they would hone in on Daisy. Unfortunately, just before her tracker could alert her that she hit her opponent, Peach heard the whisk of a blue shell.

Oh no, no, NO!

The blue shell came and blasted Peach into the air. She spun out as another one of her precious balloons got popped.

Darn it, why does Daisy keep getting the good items?

The battle waged on. It seemed like for every hit that Peach got on Daisy, Daisy got one more on her to even the playing field. Finally, with only fifteen seconds left on the clock, Peach got one of the worst possible items: the banana. The crowd started to count down as Peach looked at her item in disappointment.

"Ten...Nine..Eight…"

Oh well, Peach thought. Might as well use this.

Peach threw the banana on the ground. That was when she saw Daisy approaching with a triple green. She laughed.

"You're not even moving! You are so going down, Peach!"

Daisy tried to get closer to snipe her. Unfortunately, she didn't notice the banana peel, so she slipped up. Before she could hit Peach though, the buzzer went off, causing Daisy's green shells to disappear.

"Oh, come on!" Daisy shouted.

"Game, set, and match!" Lakitu shouted. "Now, the winner is…"

Peach heard someone giving a drum roll as the scoreboard revealed the points. The score was 12 to 13, with the winner being…

"Princess Peach!"

Peach gasped. Daisy did as well.

"No! I lost by one point!"

The crowd from the Mushroom Kingdom cheered as Peach got off of her bike. She smiled just as she felt a tap on the shoulder. She turned and saw the Hero of the Mushroom Kingdom himself.

"Mario!"

"You ready for our date, Peach?" He chuckled. "I assume you want to go out with me."

"Oh yes!" Peach said. "Just let me go get changed. I'll meet you at Burger Shroom!"

With that, Peach walked off, the crowd cheering in her ears.