Nope. That was just about it (not the story of course). I beleive I will start the next chapter, just for the heck of it.
Chapter 22: Woah...Speech ~ "Alright!" Toadsworth said to Peach, "Everyone is here! Now, lets try to get them into the dining room/dance floor shall we?" he said with a grin. Peach rolled her eyes.
"Whatever." she spat out.
"Don't TELL me you're still upset about Bowser are you?" Toadsworth asked with a sigh. He sat comfortably down in a chair and motioned for PEach to sit down (as if they were going to have a long talk about life like on those cheesey sitcoms). PEach shook her head 'no' and took a step back. Toadsworth shrugged and began talking any ways.
"Peach," he began, "Life is like a road," he squinted his eyes and stretched out his arm like he was making some sort of picture in her mind, "There will be bumps. There will be crashes. There will even be the occasional skunk here and there, but-"
"Oh my gosh Toadsworth, shut up and get these people into the dining room. Besides...I think we're out of weenies." Suddenly there was a loud crash as a deep voice yelled out,
"HEY!!! WHO ATE THE LAST WEENIE?!?!?!"
"Yep," PEach said, "Better get 'em in there." Toadsworth panicked as he stood up on a podium.
"Ladies and Gentlemen!!!" he cried out, the room growing dark and a spotlight shining on Toadsworth. Everyone cheered and a few people yelled out 'FINALLY! MY GOD MY FEET HURT!' but only a few. "Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom's Annual Ball!" There was more cheers and even more people yelling, 'FINALLY! MY GOD MY FEET HURT!' which was strange since that had nothing to do with the gathering of people to dance in a ball, but it was ignored none the less. "It would really tickle MY fancies if you'd go into the dining room-"
"YEAH? WELL IT WOULD TICKLE MY FANCIES IF YOU GOT SOME MORE WEENIES UP IN HERE!" cried someone.
"Alright-who said that?...Hm?...That sounded like Diddy Kong...SHOW YOURSELF!" suddenly, the silver platter that once held the weenies went flying in the air and hit Toadsworth in the head.
"OOOOOOOOOOOOO!" everyone cried out. PEach kicked Toadsworth, trying to get him awake. HE woulsn't wake up so she quickly ran up to the podium.
"Go to the dining room." she said dully. Everyone listened this time and made there way into the dining room. Peach found a conveniantally placed bucket o' water and pured it on Toadsworth gently. He sighed and smiled at the refreshment. Peach slapped him across the face.
"JEEZ NANCY I THOUGHT YOU LIKED HOW I TOLD KNOCK-KNOCK JOKES AT THE PROM! JEEEEEEEEEZ!" he yelled as he suddenly sat up. Peach sighed.
"Come on weirdo. Everyone's in the dining room."
"What...happened...?" Toadsworth asked rubbing his head, "Oh no. Did I get drunk??? Oh God! When I get drunk I tend to take of my shirt and drum on my belly while yelling the words to 'Wild Thing' and then scream! Then I try to find a pink bunny named Paul...wait, no, that would be when I'm high........" PEach stared at him in disbeleif, "I mean.......was I drunk or what?" Peach simply walked into the dining room/soon to be dance floor, Toadsworth close behind. It was beautiful. It was located outside on a huge stone patio, trees and flower bushes surrounding it along with tall lanterns to create a glow over the dining "room". The moon shone brightly along with all the stars and there were small circular tables located across the entire stone patio (that would be moved to make way for the dance floor). Eveyone was busy finding a table. At the very front was a large stage that had a judges table, the Toad Band & Orchestra, along with a huge screboard that read the time, how many dancers were left, and how many muffins were still there. Cuz ya know.....muffins are important. Every year peach had sat at the same table with Mario. This time was different. MArio was with Daisy, and Bowser was her date, and he wasn't even here. She sighed. It was all Mario's fault! She glared at Mario who was seated at a table with DAisy. Then she thought of something as she followed Toadsworth to the front.
"Toadsworth," she said, "Where am I going to sit?"
"With me!" he said, "On the stage, at the judges table." PEach sighed. At the judges table where EVERYone could see she had no date for her own ball. I mean, it would be far different if this was DAISY's ball, but this was obviously not the case. PEach reluctantly sat down at the judges table with Toadsworth. Maybe the old fungus. Should she always and forever have faith in Bowser, no matter what?.......eh, she didn't know. All she knew was that he wasn't here when she (literally) needed him most. She then noticed that Toadsworth had been talking in his cell phone. He said goodbye (in FRench) and hung up the phone.
"That was the chefs," he said, "They say they are all ready with the food. Time for you to say your speech." Peach's stomach quickly knotted up.
"Sp-sp-sp-sp-sp-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-sp-sp-sp-sp-sp-sp-SPEECH?" she cried, "Oh no! Toadsworth I'm not ready!"
"Too bad! GO!" he said, pushing her to the podium that was located at the front of the stage, overlooking everyone. Peach looked down at all the busily chatting people. THere were so many! PEach just decided to wing it. PEach gulped and said,
"Attention everyone, attention." Everyone stopped talking and looked up at PEach, "Um...can I get everyone's attention? Attention everyone *clears throat* Attention. Attention.....Alright...Attention all *clears throat* Can you all hear me? In the back, can you hear me?" the people in the back gave her a thumbs up, "Alright......*clears throat*...Alright *clears throat*. Ladies and Gentlemen. Again, I would like to welcome you all to the Mushroom Kingdom's Annual Ball!" Everyone began cheering and whistling and 'wooo'ing once more, "Yes, thank you, thank you *clears throat*...um...I would like to thank Toadsworth for organizing a lot of this." she waited for applause as Toadsworth stood up happily. Only a few applaused, "And, um, I would just like to say thank you to all the, um, *clears throat* people *coughs*"
"Do you need a cough drop?" someone in the audiance cried out.
"No, thank you," PEach replied, trying to think of a speech. 'Come on PEach!' she thought, 'THINK OF SOMETHING!' She then decided to do something stupid. Combine a bunch of speeches together. "I have a dream," she said, "That some day we may all live together in peace and harmony. For we have been deceived by the white devil...uh...*clears throat* War is the only option right now," people began whispering in confusion, "I mean-uh-war against...the..white...devil...or, badness, or something. *Clears throat* Who wants to be eating chimi changas next year? Haha. Not me........." PEach had to think of something to end it off with, "....If you vote for me, all of your wildest dreams will come true.....thank you." Peach sat back down. There was a confused silence followed by applause.
"Nice speech PEach," Toadsworth said, "But I could've sworn I've heard it before."
"Shut up."
What will happen next now that her (rather bad) speech is over? Keep reading! 2 B Continued....
(Chapter inspired by Yoshisaurus Rex's comment)
Edited by - The Blue Toad on 5/25/2005 5:11:36 PM
