Epilouge

EPILOUGE
In which we learn what exactly happened to Starazia after the story.

Vrmm vrmm!!!! Starazia smiled as she gunned the engine of her Zip Zip again. It was really nice out, so she had invited the Mario crew to a Mario Kart race. The winner could choose what s/he wanted to do, like Mario Party or another Grand Prix. She looked at Luigi, a few contestants behind her.

“Good luck, Mr. L!” she called back. That was her nickname for him, a reminder of what had happened when the crew got stuck between dimensions. The Lakitu came down and started the race. As soon as those lights blared green, Starazia was off. A few minutes later, she pulled into the end of her last lap on Luigi Circuit and called out to her fans: “I WON!!!!!!! YES!!!!”

“Wow,” Mario exclaimed. He had come in third, just behind Luigi himself. “You’re good.”

“Well,” Starazia blushed, “I wouldn’t have gotten anywhere if you hadn’t thrown that Red Koopa Shell at Waluigi.”

“Hey, it was a team effort,” explained Luigi, coming over. “We’re basically allied against everyone else, so...”

“OK, what’s the next course?” asked Mario.

“...The next course is Moo Moo Meadows,” relayed Starazia. She looked at her two friends. “Who wants to end up in first?”

“Well, since you finished first in this one, I guess I’ll win the next,” Luigi suggested. “But make sure that Mario comes in second.”

“All right,” Starazia agreed. She grinned. “But if I end up winning, I’ll just have to kiss Luigi.”

“Why don’t you get it over now?” Luigi offered.

“Nah,” she told him. “If you end up winning...”

Luigi threw up his hands in mock surrender. “OK, whatever you say!” They all got back onto their bikes and drove to Moo Moo Meadows.

At the awards ceremony, Starazia drove ahead of Luigi and Mario, since she had gotten 60 points total. Standing on the pedestals, Starazia accepted her gold trophy and kissed Luigi quickly.

“See, I told you that if I won, I’d just end up kissing you,” she chuckled. “Want to come celebrate at Unuona Castle?”

“Sure!” Luigi smiled. Everyone in the race all flew away from the Mushroom Kingdom to the center of the universe, to the castle there where Starazia was queen, to race another day.

Of course, I don’t think that Starazia would want to race Luigi again. She beat him fair, square, and sweet (:-)!). But if I were her, I’d probably make sure that she keeps everyone out of trouble. Hopefully, I’ve put enough trust in her that she will someday save the universe again. Definitely.