Part 1: Belonging

With Mario thrown out of the picture and into a casket, Peach had given up all hope of rescue. She was doomed to marry her kidnapper and long term stalker, Bowser. The Mushroom Kingdom had been torn to shreds, taken into the cruel hand of the Koopas. Citizens of her once-peaceful kingdom were being executed every day. Peach just wanted to be a princess again. A princess who didn't have to worry. A princess that didn't live in fear. A princess who ruled herself.