Requested by daleketchtup

The adventure continues!

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   Before he could even react, a creature bolted through the glass, shattering it and shards of went flying. He picked up his shield and placed it in front of himself and the princess. The smashvillagers and her royal subjects ducked behind cover.

   Peach could hear the horrid screams of the innocent citizens as they ran to save themselves from the dragon's destruction of the ballroom. She couldn't see it all since she was behind his shield, but that was probably a good thing. Who knows what horrors she would see if she were to gaze behind. 

   Flames then spewed out of its mouth, scorching anything in its patch. Embers started rising from burning objects as they were burning to a crisp. Luckily, no one was caught in the fire and they ran out of the ballroom and into to the safe narrow hallways where the beast couldn't even squeeze through if it wanted to. 

  The knight wanted to follow the others to lead the Princess into safety, but the beast blocked the exit. It was just ___, Peach, and the dragon remaining inside of the burning room.

   The beast then turned its head and snarled at the knight. It charged right for him, its nails scraping against the tiled floors as it eagerly sprinted towards the knight. 

   It then launched a fireball. The knight quickly raised his shield up to block the attack, the flames sliding off of the metal, although he could feel the heat. He let go of the shield and let it crumble to the ground when the heat burned his hand. "Shit..." He said as he shook his know steamy hand. 

   The Princess coward in her dress behind him. She didn't know what to do against such a tough opponent. It was so strong, stronger than any of the bosses she saw in Space Emissary in Brawl. There was nothing she could possibly do.

   She then saw the dragon charging up another fireball in its jaws. There was no way ___ could get through another attack like that without a shield. Even his armor would fail to protect him it. 

   Without even realizing, she stepped infront of her knight.

   ___ saw this and said, "What are you doing?!"

   "Saving you in return!" She then pulled out her umbrella from underneath her dress and opened it. As soon as the fireball was shot, she used the umbrella to deflect it back. It hit the dragon right on its face. 

   The beast howled and was blinded by the attack. It tried to wipe away the pain by rubbing its eyes, but it to avail, the pain stayed.

   "That could have been useful earlier, y'know." The knight smirked at the Princes.

   "I-I didn't think of it at first!" She yelled. "Just finish the dragon off for peat sakes!"

   "Don't worry, princess, I will," ___ said as he wielded his word. He spotted a rectangular ruby that sparkled every time the dragon summoned fire from its jaws. While the dragon was still distracted by its injury, he then lunged forward and threw the sword at the ruby.

   The blade pierced through the ruby and then into the dragon. The beast let out a final cry before its whole form started glowing pure white. As the light grew brighter and brighter, they both shielded it with their arms. 

   When the light disappeared, however, they saw Bowser laying on the ground. He had stumbled onto his, stubby feet and rubbed his head. "Ugh, that transformation made me woozy."

   "Bowser!" Peach called out. "It was you all along?"

   "Should of known..." ___ scoffed.

   "I could have gotten her without that petty knight of yours!" Bowser roared. "I can still beat you anyways!" He charged for them.

   Both of them were unarmed, and so they couldn't fight back. Luckily, a purple aura sudden wrapped around King Koopa and raised him high in the air. "W-What is this sorcery?"

   "Oh, just mine." Kammy Koopa came flying in through the broken windows. 

   "Kammy?!" They all said in unison.

   "Yes, yes, I know. Odd right?" She said.

   "But why are you against me?! I am your king!" Bowser shouted, sparks flaring from his nostrils.

   "Because you wouldn't listen to me. Remember I said there would be dire consequences for not letting me properly finish the potion, right? If I could finish it, a magical shield would have protected the red crystal. That's why the night was able to break it with ease." 

   "Wait, you were watching this whole time?" Princess Peach asked. 

   "Indeed! I had to watch the foolishness myself." Kammy Koopa snickered and covered her mouth to muffle the laughs. 

   "And you're laughing?! When I get my hands on you, I'm gonna-"

   With one wave of her wand, she sent Bowser out into the window and out into the sky. Farther and father he went until he became a mere speck in the sky. "Don't worry, he'll be back. But I will toy with him once more!" She then chuckled and fell over her broomstick.

   "We got rid of him for good, but that's the least of our problems?" The knight turned to the ballroom. The floor was covered in glass and scratches to start with. Objects in the room were either torn or on fire. There were a few holes in the wall as well.

   "Ah, don't worry, I can fix that too." Kammy flew around the ballroom and waved her wand. She sprinkled mystical two-dimensional shapes onto everything that was broken. 

   Soon, the whole ballroom shifted on its own. ___ and Peach watched in awe as tables propped themselves back up and cleaned themselves of any cuts and burns, walls suddenly were filled, the glass pieced itself back together into the window. The ballroom came back to its former self like nothing ever happened.

   Peach's eyes lit up and she clasped her hands together. "Wow! Thanks so much, Kammy!" 

   "Yeah, really, thanks a lot."

   "You're welcome, dearies. It's always painful to my eyes to see a ballroom a mess like that!" Kammy then turned to the window. "Now you may excuse me, I have black market work to do! Ahaha!" She busted through the window. 

   She then realized what she did and came back to fix the window. "Sorry about that! I'm used to breaking through windows. Just a villain thing." This time, she warped past the window and went on her merry way, leaving the two alone, allowing them to sort things out with the citizens.

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Even when the ballroom was fully clean and ready to resume the party, too many citizens were either too scared or wounded to enter the ballroom after that encounter. 

   And so they called it off and everyone went home, except for ___ and Princess Peach, however. The princess wanted to discuss something urgently with the knight. Princess stood along the edges of a white, marbled balcony from her room. The princess looked down at large canopies of trees along with Smashville down below.

   ___ came in through her room door. "I'm back after helping the citizens get home. I came for you right after a Toad messaged that you want to talk to me?" He came to the balcony.

   She turned around, a gentle smile on her glossy lips. "___, when we had that battle with Bowser's dragon form, I had realized a lot about our relationship?"

   "And what was that?" He came to her side and leaned against the balcony. 

   "When I protected you with that Umbrella, not only did I see that I needed your protection and help, but you also need my protection and help. To work as a team." 

   "Yes, why of course. You're not as defenseless as anyone would assume you'd be, and so you can always lend me a hand," he said. 

   "Well, we work so well together. I think we can more than just a team. More than just a royal servant and a princess duo." 

   "What do you mean, Peach? Are you suggesting that we...?"

   She pulled out a small jewelry box from underneath her dress. She opened it and revealed a ring in resting on a red velvet cushion. "That we marry."

      ___ just stood there, absolutely speechless. Finally, after a few seconds of processing what just happened, he spoke. "A-are you serious?"

   "Yes, as a heart attack! Why wouldn't I be? You're the silliest knight I've ever seen!" She giggled in a bubbly fashion. "Most would just take me in a heartbeat." Then her happy-go-lucky vibe suddenly vanished. "Is it because you don't like me that way? I thought you wanted to be king?" 

   "No, no! I'm just...shocked. Going to homerun without getting to second base." 

   "I-I know, I know, but this is what I've grown accustomed to. How mom and dad taught me." Peach giggled shyly and rubbed her arm.

   "How about we take things more slowly? We'll learn to get to know each other more on a personal level." 

   "Well...I haven't done that before. I'm eager to try it! I-It's called dating, right?"

   "Obviously. Now, who's the one being silly?" He raised a brow and smirked.

   "Oh! Shut up, you!" She kicked him playfully in the shin with her high heels, but he had armor on, and so no harm in doing so. "I swear, I will have to make you kiss me for that!"

   Right when she said that, he cupped her face and kissed her on the cheek. "Already done."

   She was really stiff and she could feel the heat rising on her face. She could tell already she was as pink as her dress. "I-I didn't really mean it."

   "Should have never said it." He chuckled.

   "Oh, get back to your duties!" 

   "As you wish, Princess." He exited the canopy and went inside the room. "I hope you and I can have much more fun experiences while we date," he said before heading out into the hallway and standing infront of her room door to guard it.

   "Yeah, I hope so too." She smiled and wave at him before putting the ring away. 'Damnit, that means I have to buy another ring to propose to him again! Or perhaps he will do it himself?,' the princess thought before heading off to bed.

~ The End ~