World 8-4. A place of suck.  

        And it had been that way for as long as she could remember. But this time, there was no controller, no side stroller restrictions, or a need to stock up on 1-Ups in the event of a badly timed jump. She didn’t need any extra lives or redoes here. She had been training for this day for her entire life.

        She was originally hired by Princess Peach’s castle staff as an extra hand in the garden, but seeing her new Toad buddies shiver at the prospect of another one of Bowser’s attacks on their homeland stirred up Bee’s chivalrous heart and subsequently kickstarted her journey to World 8-4. That place of suck.

        The Mushroom Kingdom was a lot different than what she had experienced through a TV screen, more vivid and more 3-D, but gist of things hadn’t changed. She powered through the vast majority of the Worlds with ease, save the water levels--we’re still working on her fear of bodies of water unfortunately. The enemies were a cake walk as well, though this was in large part due to their bewilderment; many theorized that the Mario Brothers had sent their weird little sister on a rampage for reasons that had yet to be uncovered. 

        By the time she reached the final boss chamber, she was totally over the entire adventure and she was past being reasonable enough to explain herself. The ridiculous heat of the Darklands had frizzed her hair more than she believed possible, Puppycat had complained the entire time, and her knuckles were aching from punching bricks all day. The only perk was that she was a wicked brawler when she was grouchy.