Princess Peach: Game Over

Chapter 22: Seach for the Cloud Bottle

It feels really weird.

I still can't believe that I'd left the Mushroom Kingdom for a year. It's unbeliveable.

Daisy and the others must have been really worried.

And what about Bowser? What has he been up to?

Probably nothing good.

As we walk around Toad Square, things seem really different. The building site is now a massive and beautiful castle.

"They finished building that thing? On my birthday last year it was still a building site," I said.

Daisy looked at me strangely.

"The building work finished 15 years ago. What ARE you on about?" She asks.

"But...," I say, then stop. I'm not sure if I trust Daisy.

Instead, I stop to ask Rosalina.

"Did you hear that?" I ask her.

Rosalina nods.

"Yes," she says.

"Something's up, right?" I ask.

"And I know what it is. We're in the temple of illusions, where the cloud bottle is hidden. That is not Daisy. And this is not the Mushroom Kingdom," Rosalina said.

I look around at everything. Could this all be fake?

"How do we find the cloud bottle, then?" I ask.

"Remember what I told you earlier? That's how to get into this place. But it seems that we've been teleported here instead... That step will not be needed any more. Instead, we'll just have to think about where in this fake Mushroom Kingdom it would be hidden. In the legends of the Star people it says that the place in which the Cloud bottle is hidden will have a special meaning to the person seeking it out. And that is you, Peach. Where would it be? You're the only person who can answer that question, I'm afraid," Rosalina says.

"Lavender. Toadlia. You two had better search my castle," I say.

"OK," they say, heading towards my "castle".

"You knew it wouldn't be hidden there, didn't you?" Rosalina says.

"What?" I ask. I really have no clue where the cloud bottle could be hidden.

"You knew that it isn't in your castle," Rosalina says.

I start to get annoyed with her.

"WELL, DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS?" I shout at her.

Rosalina stays calm, just like she usually does.

"You do know, don't you? You know where it is hidden, yet you wish to deny it. Why, Peach?" Rosalina asks.

I think hard. I don't know.

"I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!" I yell. Rosalina's really starting to annoy me now.

But she just laughs.

"Deny it all you like... But you'll never find the Cloud bottle," she says.

I try to think again. It could be there... But no, that place has no special meaning to me! The Cloud bottle would never be hidden there.

Daisy comes over, surprised at all the yelling.

"What's going on?" She asks.

I've had it with Rosalina. She can be so annoying sometimes. I summon a whirlwind and strike it towards her. She does not make any attempt to dodge, nor does she scream or show that she is hurt in any way. She is just lying down with her eyes shut.