Sports Festival Competition Part Two: The Ball Toss
After the girls finished their first round of their own Mushroom Kingdom Sports Festival Competition, Princess Peach, Princess Daisy, Chihiro, and Nekokawa-chan walk back to the main path leading to Princess Peach's castle.
"The second round of our friendly sports competition will be the ball toss game. My personal favorite, I think this will go well!" Princess Peach says. She goes ahead and picks up a box of sports supplies that had been set out by her attendants at the castle door while they were out racing. Princess Peach picks up a pink ball for herself and tosses a yellow one to Daisy. Chihiro and Nekokawa-chan run over to their partners to hear the rules.
"For this game, each partner will stand facing each other over this gravel path. You will toss the ball to your partner, and once each team catches the ball, we all will take one step back. We will repeat this until someone drops the ball and loses the game. Does that all make sense?"
"Yes!" Nekokawa-chan exclaims. She stretches her arms and begins to bounce on her feet. "I'm ready to play, are you Chihiro?"
"Sure thing! Princess Daisy, let's do our best," Chihiro says. The four girls all clap hands and high-five before taking their places over the gravel path. Princess Peach stands across from her partner Nekokawa-chan, and Princess Daisy stands across from Chihiro. Both princesses hold the balls.
"On the count of three, we will begin," Princess Peach says. "One, two, three!"
Princess Peach and Princess Daisy toss their balls into the air. Chihiro catches the yellow ball with ease, and Nekokawa-chan does a little leap to catch hers.
"Haha, you're a showoff," she says to Princess Peach, who had tossed the ball very high. "Let's concentrate on not only fun but winning too!" Nekokawa-chan and Chihiro both crouch and lightly toss the balls to their partners.
"Take a step back!" Chihiro exclaims, and so the game repeats.
After the seventh round, the girls are fourteen paces apart now and are beginning to focus on accurately throwing more than a simple toss to one another. At this distance, a simple toss will not do. They switch to overhand and hope for the best. Chihiro goes first with everyone watching. She taps her shoes on the ground and pulls back her arm, in a pitchers position before she throws. Princess Daisy yelps,
"Don't throw so hard, don't throw so hard!"
Chihiro laughs and apologizes, "I'm trying to size up the distance! Sorry!" She relaxes, but instead, she flips her arm, and from an underhand throw, the ball soars up into the blue sky and goes right to Daisy, who reaches out and wraps her hands around the ball.
"Woo-hoo! Good job!" Nekokawa-chan cheers. "Now it's our turn!" She faces Princess Peach and sways her arm alongside the length of her purple gown. She crouches a little and then springs up to throw a high underarm to Princess Peach. The ball thuds right into her hands.
"I got it!" The princess cheers.
"Take a step back!"
Another summery breeze begins to stir as the girls continue to play. The grass around them waves little bright flowers in the sunlight. Everyone is squinting and trying to read each throw before the balls are launched towards their partners. The distance grows greater and greater.
Chihiro catches a fly ball from Princess Daisy. It slips in her fingers, but she manages to latch on and pull it safely to her chest. Her heart flutters at the nervousness of nearly dropping the ball. Chihiro turns to watch Nekokawa-chan who is crouching with her hands on her knees. Her bustle skirt stands out from her but somehow unencumbered by the dress, as princesses skillfully seem to be, she is ready to leap once Princess Peach sends the ball over and Nekokawa-chan leaps to her left to catch the ball single-handed.
"Wow, that was amazing!" Chihiro cheers.
At two more steps back, everyone stops for a breather.
Princess Peach says something from their far away position.
"What? We can't hear you!!" Nekokawa-chan yells back. Everyone laughs.
"This-Is-Really-Far-Away!!" Princess Peach yells at the top of her lungs. Chihiro waves her arms to the others while she and Nekokawa-chan laugh.
"I think we can do this—good luck, and let's begin," Chihiro says.
"Good luck!" Nekokawa-chan says back.
Chihiro winds up and throws as hard as she can to reach Princess Daisy. Princess Daisy goes back and forth until she finally jumps and dives onto the grass for the ball. She catches it. She bounces up in a second and brushes off her dress, giving a thumbs up.
Nekokawa-chan throws first and Peach jumps and nearly falls, but she's okay too. They take a step back. The girls don't know how this next round is going to go. The wind picks up, and they can hear their own cheers from over the distance. Chihiro spins the yellow ball in her hand, her adrenaline building up as she tries to picture the throw, to lead it straight to her partner.
"You can do it!"
Chihiro leans back and launches the ball into the air. It soars straight up to the sky. Her arm burns from the effort, pulling at her shoulder. They watch it curve beautifully, but, in all the built-up effort, the ball soars right over Princess Daisy's head and bounces onto the grass.
Daisy and Chihiro yell, their nerves exploding in laughs and whoops.
"Too bad—wow, wow, but that was so amazing!" Princess Peach yells. "I could never throw that far, even if it was too far!"
"We win!" Nekokawa-chan chats. "What a crazy far throw, I'll need you on my team next time Chihiro!"
Everyone runs back to gather in the middle on the gravel path.
"That was crazy, congratulations on the win!" Princess Daisy says to Princess Peach and Nekokawa-chan. "I guess round two has come to an end. What's next?"
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redreaper1951 Commission 1,000 words Here is part two of three for redreaper1951's sports festival competition writing commission. With a combination of their OCs and characters such as princess peach and princess daisy, it was fun to write!
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Hi! My name is Danni Lynn, and I am a professional writer with a BA in creative writing. Thanks for reading one of my older works! My writing and editing commissions are currently open for a variety of projects. Be sure to check out my newest work over on DeviantArt.com at writeddreams2reality or writingnightmares.
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