"Well, nuts. I wish at least one person knew what happened to me. The whole castle will be in an uproar in a second."
She was right. Soon the castle grounds were ringing with her name. Some of her attendants were already sending letters to other kingdoms to see if she'd gone, and a search party had been sent out in every direction. Happy as she was to be missed, the drama annoyed Daisy to no end.
"I'm right here, and everyone's looking for me. What in the world happened? It must have started sometime in the garden. In fact, I'll bet it was that flower! It just disappeared right in front of me! Wait, though - it actually vanished completely. It was if it had never been there, like it didn't exist!"
With trembling hands she reached for a flowerpot on the shelf. To her relief she was able to pick it up without any trouble.
"Whew! Well, at least I can interact with the world in some way."
"Hold it right there!"
An attendant had walked into the room. It was obvious that all he saw was a floating flowerpot.
"Show yourself!" he cried, drawing a sword. "Who are you?"
Daisy shouted "It's me! Hi, I'm Daisy!" but it was evident he couldn't hear her. He began to approach, sword in hand.
"Guess I'd better make like pepper and dash," she said, setting the flowerpot down. She ran to the door, flung it open, and rushed outside.
Her attendant started close behind her, but he was no match for Daisy's track-and-field skills, and fell behind quickly.
After she was about a quarter mile away, she sat down next to a tree.
"Alright, think. There's gotta be a way out of this. Far as I know, no one can see or hear me. It's probably because of something I did. Better make sure I'm not dreaming."
A sharp pinch convinced her of consciousness.
"The only thing I can do is try to find someone who can somehow detect me. Hmm...I'm invisible and inaudible, but I can still touch things. I bet Peach could figure out my problem. On the other hand, I don't want to think about what Mario would do if he discovered a floating pencil writing a message to Peach in her own castle. So who else can I try? I need to get back here as soon as I can, and I can only do that if I have someone's support. Well, it's a little far by Warp Pipe, but I guess my only chance is Yoshi's Island. If I can get Yoshi to notice me, he'll vouch for me. Then Peach can give me some advice about what to do. Now I just need to find a pipe."
It didn't take her long. A short walk down the road brought her to one of Sarasaland's travel pipe plazas.
"Okay, Yoshi's Island. And...there it is. Well, here goes."
"It's been a boring day," Yoshi sighed. He was next to Yoshi's Island's pipe plaza, trying to decide whether to stay home or go out and about. "Maybe I'll visit Daisy; we haven't chatted in a while." Suddenly he paused. "Strange. All of a sudden I can smell her flowers."
The next second he felt a gloved hand on his nose, and jumped back. "Who's that? Where are you?"
"I wish you could hear me!" cried Daisy, to no avail.
Yoshi paused. "Let's see...I smelled flowers, then someone wearing gloves patted me on the nose. They were nice gloves, like the kind a princess would wear. Wait...it can't be. Daisy! If you can hear me, jump on my back!"
"Well, okay Yoshi."
"So you came to visit, huh, Daisy? That's great! Well, I do wish you'd come sooner. Of course, we won't have much of a conversation, since I can't see or hear you, but I know the smell of your flower garden. It can't be anyone but you. So...let's see about making you recognizable."
"Yoshi, I wish I could tell you that that's the most sensible thing I've heard all day."
"I know."
Continued next week.
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