Warning: this episode contains references to the Disney film Frozen. If you have not seen this movie and do not want spoilers, I recommend skipping this chapter. Unless spoilers never bothered you anyway.

"Ha ha! You should be glad this isn't Mario Kart 8, or you'd already be hating now!" Luigi yelled gleefully to the wind as he sailed by his brother's kart.
"Oh yeah? Well that's just a dumb Internet video! And at least I've still got a lucky seven!" Mario retorted, chucking a million and one banana peels at the kart that had just passed him. They all fell short and flew back in the wind, some splatting on the drivers' windshields. The two were locked in a close race to the finish line at Rock Rock Mountain, and the two were tied at one victory each. Far behind them, Wario received a rotten banana to the face and spun out, taking Waluigi with him.
"Hey...this banana looks like my-"
He was interrupted by a shell smashing his kart.
"Ha ha! You got hit by a green shell!" Toad laughed as he drove by. "Nobody gets hit by those!"
If you haven't already gathered, it was another fine afternoon in Mario Land, and the collective gang had decided to go karting. Well, technically Wario had been opposed to the idea in favor of water polo, but everyone else outvoted him.
Toadsworth was standing by the line watching, squinting so hard his glasses almost fell off. Except I don't really see how that's physically possible. When the two leaders zoomed by, they seemed neck and neck.
"And...Master Mario is the winner! Luigi second."
Mario and Luigi screeched to a stop. "Alright! Score two for Mario!" He cheered.
Luigi crossed his arms. "How did you even make a ruling on that?" He demanded. "You're just picking on me!"
"No, Master Luigi, I was watching very closely. Since I am older, I see everything in slow motion, and I am quite positive your brother won."
Luigi grumbled to himself while Mario jumped out of his kart and started frolicking all over the track like a fancy free pixie horse.
Then the others started rolling in. "A marvelous race, you all," Toadsworth welcomed them. "Minimal damages, and nobody even threatened to kill anybody this time! And now, if you would drive over to the warp pipe for our final track..."
As they did so, Luigi looked back. "Yo! Mario! Are you gonna dance around like a ballerina all day or you coming to the next race?"
Mario stopped and rushed over as everyone else giggled. "Of course I'm coming! Have to whip you one more time, of course."
DK and Diddy Kong drove up, in no hurry as they collected every last banana peel from the track. According to them, banana peels had at least twenty three practical uses around the home.
"Hey boys, you don't have to do that," Toadsworth called. "I didn't hire a garbage crew!" He was ignored.
Wario and Waluigi came over, trying to get banana mush off their clothes. "What a great message we're sending to kids through these games," Wario snorted. "What kind of sport encourages littering?"
But Waluigi wasn't listening. He was too busy staring at the latest banana peel like it was the greatest thing in the world.

On the other side of the warp pipe, the air was cold. And I mean, colder than the doctor's hands during winter office hours. When all the post-race junk was over with, Toadsworth and the rest of them came out into a snowy winter wonderland with an icy track.
"Oh, Sherbet Land!" Mario said.
"Really? I love the ice cream here," Yoshi spoke up.
"No, it's the music," Birdo said. "I loooove the music here!"
"Hey! It's not called ice cream, it's called gelato!" Mario scolded.
"Whatever, Mr. Italy," Yoshi rolled his eyes.
"Guys," Luigi interrupted. "Just because it's snowy doesn't mean you have to instantly assume stuff. It's not Sherbet Land!"
"Be quiet, Luigi! Nobody cares," Mario informed him.
Luigi crossed his arms. "But Mario it's not-
"Okay! Let's get started!" Toadsworth said. "Just line up over there and get this race over with before my arms freeze into popsicles."
As the drivers lined up, someone suddenly spoke up behind them. "Um, hello? Excuse me-"
They looked to see Rosalina floating over. "Well, what a nice surprise," she said, looking them over. "I didn't expect to see you all here. Do you mind if I join you?"
"Why, hello, my lady," Toadsworth said. "Of course! This is the last race of the day, unfortunately. But I don't think I can actually take much more of these hooligans before I require a soothing herb bath."
"That's alright," she said, already pushing her kart over. Wario was snickering.
"Herb bath," he said. "Who takes herb baths? What even is an herb bath anyway?" Everyone stared.
"Hey, how did you get here?" Waluigi asked Rosalina, before things could get weirder. She looked at him curiously. "I...I live here."
Everybody gave each other looks.
"What do you mean, Rosalina?" Mario asked. "I'm-a been all over your Comet Observatory, and I'm pretty sure it's not a winter wonderland!"
"Oh yeah?" Luigi snorted. "Well then how come there's a giant observatory dome right there?" Everybody looked.
There was.
"I told you it wasn't Sherbet Land -
"Okay! Let's get racing!" Mario interrupted.
"But-
"Three!...Two!..."
Luigi growled in annoyance. He was so going to beat Mario this race.

But by the time the final lap rolled around, Mario was in the lead by a couple of seconds. Luigi was close on his tail, with a green shell he was saving.
Closer...closer...
But right when he was about to shoot, a bob-omb exploded beside him and caused him to spin out into the snow drifts. He just saw Rosalina sail by with invincibility before an enormous pile of snow fell on his head.
"Alright! Good race!" Mario congratulated her as they stopped.
"Mario first, Rosalina second!" Toadsworth declared. "Toad third..."
Meanwhile everyone was getting out of their karts. "This was fun!" Peach said, coming over to them. "Nice job, you two!" She looked around for a moment, confused. "Just one question...which track is this?"
"My ice world," Rosalina said. "From Mario Kart 7. See, it's modeled after my home."
"Ohhhh," Mario said. "So then how did it get icy?"
"I don't know - it just is," Rosalina said.
"But it has to have gotten that way somehow!" He stopped and glanced around as if he would spot the answer. Then he froze and slowly looked back to Rosalina.
"Mario, what is it?" Peach asked.
He pointed, nearly speechless. "You...y-you're...Elsa!"
"I'm...what? Excuse me?" Rosalina asked.
Yoshi ran up to him. "Dude, Mario, it's rude to stare and point at a girl right to her face," he said, pushing Mario's arm down.
"B-but...she's Elsa!"
Yoshi stopped. "Wait, what? Seriously?"
Rosalina was now more confused than ever. "Uh...is there a problem? Who is this Elsa?"
At this Peach shook her head and laughed. "Oh, you guys, I think you're mistaken. Elsa is the famous queen from Frozen," she explained.
"Frozen?" Rosalina asked.
"It's a really popular movie that came out a while back," Daisy interrupted, coming over. "You know, Elsa the snow queen?"
Rosalina just shook her head.
"So what's going on here?" Daisy wanted to know.
"You may have been in hiding for several years, but you can't fool Mario! Not forever! I knew I would discover Elsa's true identity someday..." Mario was going on.
Yoshi nodded eagerly. "Yeah, tell us how you do the ice thing!"
Rosalina looked to Peach and Daisy in utter bafflement.
Daisy looked back and forth between them. "Wait, you guys think Rosalina is Elsa?" she asked incredulously.
"Or Elsa is Rosalina," Yoshi said. "We're not sure yet."
Peach and Daisy looked at each other and tried not to laugh. "Well, I guess they do look sorta similar," Daisy acknowledged thoughtfully. "It's not too far fetched at first glance, anyway."
"Of course not! Because she's in disguise," Mario lowered his voice. "But I figured it out!"
"Well...I've never been anyone but myself, I'm quite sure," Rosalina spoke up. "I'm not even sure what we're talking about."
"Hey, what are you goons talking about?" Wario barked, walking over with Waluigi on his side like an annoying barnacle. A tall, ugly barnacle.
Daisy was about to tell them to mind their own business, but fate wouldn't have it. Mario instantly blurted, "We just found out that Rosalina is Elsa!"
"What?! She is?" Birdo shoved into the clearing. "Oh, do the snowflake thing!"
"Did someone say Elsa?!" Toad jumped on Yoshi's head to get into the circle. "I love Frozen! It's my most favoritest movie in my history of favorites..."
"WHAT!? Frozen?!" Wario shoved everybody out of the way. "I hate that movie!"
Waluigi was choking on the ground in agreement.
"I...I don't know what you all are talking about!" Rosalina insisted.
"Well, it doesn't really matter," Peach said quickly. "They're just being silly. Would you like to come down to my castle for tea?"
"Thank you! That would be lovely," Rosalina said. They glanced at Wario and Waluigi, who were wallowing in the snow and pretending to barf.
"Well, mostly," she amended.
Then DK and Diddy Kong came over. "Do we even need to ask?" DK asked.
"No," Daisy replied. "What took you guys so long?"
"Diddy got his tail stuck in the ice," DK said. "Or at least that's what he said. I still don't see how that's possible."
"I'm watching you, Elsa," Mario whispered loudly. Uncomfortably, everyone began to file into the pipe. When they were all through, Luigi's head popped out of a snow pile nearby.
"Guys?...Hello?"

"Hot or iced?" Peach asked her guests.
They were all sitting around the dining room table, except for Luigi, who had run to the bathroom.
There were echoed orders of hot all around.
"Iced, please," someone spoke up. Everyone looked. Rosalina sat there and stared back at them.
"I told you she was Elsa!" Mario said. "Who orders iced tea after racing in the snow?"
"I'm just in the mood for it," Rosalina said.
"Because you're a snow witch!"
"Mario, I think you should let it go," Yoshi advised. "She doesn't seem to be actually causing an ice problem, so does it really matter?"
"No, she's the one who needs to let it go!" Mario insisted.
"Oh no, not that! Anything but that!" Wario pleaded, covering his ears. "That song gets stuck in my head for weeks!"
"What he said," Waluigi agreed.
Daisy crossed her arms. "Well, I think you two are just trying to hide that you love that song," she said.
"Are not!"
"Well, if Rosalina is really Elsa, then who does that make all of us?" Toad wanted to know. "Ooh, can I be Olaf? Please say I can be Olaf!"
"Toad, we're not playing," Peach said. "They're just -
"But if Rosalina is Elsa in the parallel of the universes, then I should be Olaf!"
"Who can I be?" Birdo asked. "Oh, I can be a troll!"
"And I guess I should definitely be Sven! Cause I'm the noble steed around here," Yoshi boasted.
"Guys, let's not get carried away," Daisy interrupted. "You know you're just being ridiculous."
Then Toadsworth entered the room, still shivering. "What's this I hear about being ridiculous? No ridiculosity!"
"Is that a word?" Waluigi asked.
"Hey, Toadsworth can be that old bishopy guy!" Toad said. "You know, the one who crowns Rosalina?"
"I was never crowned," Rosalina said. "I've always worn my crown."
"Or HAVE you?" Yoshi challenged.
"Alright, that's enough," Peach interjected. "Leave poor Rosalina alone."
"But she could still shoot us all with ice through the heart," Mario said.
"WHAT?! Get me out of here!" Waluigi said, making for the door.
"Yeah, that sounds pretty dangerous to me," Wario said, suspiciously looking Rosalina over. "How do we know she's not just gonna sneeze and freeze us to death?"
"I... I've never done any such thing!" Rosalina said.
"You saw what she did to the racetrack! It seems too risky," Waluigi said.
"Oh, you guys, let it go!" Peach pleaded.
Just then the door opened and Luigi came in, shivering and covered in snow and ice bits. Needless to say, he looked pretty Frozen.
"Mario, I -
"FROZEN! EVIIIIIL!!" Waluigi shrieked, pointing at Rosalina before anyone could react. "She'll kill us all!"
Mario stood up in disbelief. "Luigi, are you okay?"
"Well-
"MONSTER! I knew there was something off about her!" Waluigi insisted, jumping up and down like an idiot.
Rosalina stood up with a gasp, backing away from the table. Blue and Yellow Toads hugged each other protectively.
"...I..." Rosalina looked lost for words. Everybody just stared for a second. Luigi shivered. Then Rosalina turned and fled from the room.
Everybody was silent for a minute. Finally Peach glared at Waluigi. "Now look what you've done! Rosalina's not a monster!" She scolded.
"Yeah, mayor of Weaselville," Toad snorted.
"You know, he really does kinda look like a weasel," Blue Toad agreed.
"It's not my fault!" Waluigi said. "She's dangerous!"
"Rosalina's not dangerous," Peach said. "Are you alright, Luigi?"
"Yeah," he said, looking rather confused. "It...it wasn't Rosalina's fault."
"Are you sure?" Mario asked. "Luigi if she froze your heart-
"I'll be okay, Mario, I promise."
"You better be," Mario scolded.
"Now I'm going to go bring her back," Peach determined. She got up and headed straight for the door. For some reason, everybody else got up and followed her.
When she flung open the front doors, they were all in for a big surprise: a cold wind hit their faces like an icy blast. The entire place had been transformed into a winter wonderland!
"OOH! Do you want to build a snowman?" Toad squealed.
Wario face palmed. "I knew we just should've played water polo," he grumbled.

"Alright, I'm ready to go," Peach said a few minutes later. She appeared at the bottom of the staircase dressed in her winter wear, looking determined. "Who's coming with me?"
"Princess, you saw that snowstorm! It's unnatural!" Toadsworth spoke up. "Please, I understand your concern, but what else could possibly be the cause of this sudden snowfall?"
"Mario's dancing?" Wario suggested with a snort. Everybody looked at him and Mario froze. (Not really.)
"It wasn't me!" Mario said.
"Hey, if Mario had snow powers like that, isn't he just as dangerous as Rosalina?" Toad asked.
"I didn't do this!" Mario insisted. "I don't know what happened!"
"No one is dangerous," Peach said firmly. "And I'm sure it isn't Rosalina's fault." She faced the door. "I'm going to fix this."
"Princess, wait," Mario rushed to her side. "It's dangerous to go alone! I don't want you getting hurt."
Waluigi gagged. Wario growled and stepped forward. "Hey, that's my line!" He warned.
"So who decided you're Hans?" Toad asked.
"I don't care! Yoshi!" Mario said. "Come on, we're going with the princess!"
"Noble steed coming through," Yoshi said, pushing over to them.
"Wait! I'm a snowtoad! Take me with you!" Toad pleaded.
Peach hesitated. "I don't know, Toad..."
"Aw, just let him," Mario said, pushing open the door. He gestured to Yoshi's back. "Your Majesty."
Peach giggled and climbed on Yoshi's back. Then they headed out into the snow, Toad following after them.
"Yep, I'm eighty three percent positive one of them is going to end up dead," Waluigi said.
"I hope it's Mario," Wario said. Everyone standing there looked at him.
"Then I can marry the princess and take over!"
"I am standing right here, you do know that, don't you?" Toadsworth asked.

"What do you think caused this sudden winter?" Toad asked, jumping alongside Yoshi through the snow. "Do you think it was Rosalina's magic powers?"
"No," Peach replied. "I don't know what's going on. But we're going to fix it."
Mario, trudging alongside, shook his head. "I'm-a don't know. I still think she might be Elsa."
"And we'll be frozen in forever!" Yoshi said.
"Look!" Toad pointed. "Up on that hill!"
They looked. Sure enough, high in the snow was a bluish castle made of ice.
"It's her palace!" Yoshi cried.
"Actually," Mario said, "that looks like the Element Palace. It's also called Joke's End."
"Rosalina must be hiding there," Toad said.
"Well, I guess we can look," Peach said.
Mario shivered and pulled his hat closer. "I have a bad feeling about this..."

"Well, that's the last of the spare blankets," Daisy said, handing one to Birdo. "This castle is so huge we'll have to make do with what we can."
The gang sat shivering in a circle around a fireplace in the castle, wrapped in blankets. Luigi had managed to find a fire flower and get a fire going, but everyone was still freezing their feet off.
"I'm freezing my feet off," Waluigi said.
"Shh! Nobody cares," Blue Toad said from under a blanket, where he was huddled with Yellow Toad. His voice was muffled, and since no one could see him it sounded like his voice was coming from Donkey Kong's rear.
"Yeah, and this is all your fault anyway, Mayor of Weaselville," Yellow Toad added. "If it weren't for you we wouldn't be freezing."
"WeaselTOWN! It's Weaseltown!" Waluigi insisted. "And it's not my fault! She would've frozen us sooner or later. I just happened to expose her powers."
"You cannot seriously believe that Rosalina has ice powers," Daisy said.
"Well she froze the town! She obviously does!" Wario said. He snickered greedily. "It's all falling into place..."
"Was it a part of your plan to have us all freeze to death?" Toadsworth wanted to know. "Because if something doesn't change soon, that's what'll happen!"
"But Mario and the princess are out there!" Luigi said.
"Wait, we're gonna die?" Waluigi asked. "In that case I totally take back what I said about water polo earlier."
"Ha!" Wario said.
"And find me a banana phone and tell it that I love it."

"Do you think she's in there?" Yoshi asked as he stopped by the door.
"I don't know, but I'm going in," Peach said, sliding off his back.
After a considerable amount of time wandering around in ice, the group had arrived at the doors of the Element Palace. 
"Well, we're going with you," Toad said.
They knocked on the doors, but nobody answered. Then Mario stepped forward.
"Alright, I'll handle this," he said.
Then he abruptly bashed his head on the door. The ice cracked and gave way.
"Well that was... uh... impressive," Yoshi said as they walked in.
"You don't send a toadstool to do a plumber's job," Mario said.
"Uh, how does breaking a door down with your head qualify as a plumber's job?"
"Rosalina!" Peach cried. They looked. Sure enough, she was standing there in the middle of the icy floor.
She gasped when she saw them. "What are you all doing here?"
"We came to get you," Peach said. "Oh Rosalina, I'm so sorry about what happened, no one meant a thing they said-"
"No, it's okay," Rosalina stepped back. "You don't have to apologize. Maybe they're right."
"Don't be that way! You didn't do anything at all! And this place...we all know you didn't make it."
"But...how do you know that for sure?" Rosalina asked. "Why would this suddenly just happen the instant I'm accused of ice powers?"
"It is rather odd," Mario acknowledged, glancing around at their chilly surroundings. "Usually we don't get much snow in the summer."
"But Rosalina had to make it, right?" Toad asked. "Because that's how the story goes!"

NintendoJedi: Hey! I decide how the story goes!

"I don't know," Rosalina sighed. "I thought I wasn't responsible but maybe I am. Maybe I did cause all of this."
"She's got a point," Yoshi spoke up. "I mean, why else would we just get frozen in?"
"But we don't have any evidence of that," Peach said. "Come on, come back to the castle."
Before they could move, the building started to rumble and ice pieces began to fall. Peach screamed as one smashed right next to her. Rosalina gasped and quickly joined them.
"What's happening?" Toad asked, hugging Mario's leg.
In answer, a huge hole was smashed through the roof and Bowser's voice came down to them through the opening. "Hey, what do you goons think you're doing?"
"We could ask you the same question, except for the 'think' part," Mario shouted back.
Bowser ignored the insult. "I'm obviously here to exact revenge on the stupid little plumber who has for the second time this summer frozen my front yard!"
"It wasn't me! It seriously wasn't! Why does everyone think it is!?"
"Oh yeah, well then why are you in a palace made of ice?"
"This was already existing," Mario said. "I just happen to be here."
"Oh, sure," Bowser said. "And I just happen to love chicken legs. Fix the weather now before I chase you down the mountain!"
Mario blinked. Then he looked at the group. "I think we should run down the mountain," he said.

Five minutes later, Diddy Kong was watching the window when he suddenly started shrieking like a hyena.
"Diddy, do you mind quieting down, Luigi here is trying to get in one more nap before he freezes to death," Yellow Toad said.
"You can nap when you're dead! Look!" Diddy shrieked, pointing.
Everybody raced to the window. There rolling down a mountain was an enormous wave of snow, followed by what looked like Bowser in his clown car. They could just make out a group of figures heading their way.
"AVALANCHE!!" Screamed Blue Toad. Then he started to raise up an alarm, which was basically a cry that sounded like "MOOEEP! MOOEEP! MOOEEP!"
"WOULD YOU BE QUIET!?" Waluigi shrieked.
"You're a hypocrite," Yellow Toad told him.
"Am not!"
"Are too-"
"Guys, stay focused!" Daisy said. She started pacing. "Okay, we should be safe from the snow as long as we stay inside-"
"But what about Mario and them?" Luigi asked in alarm.
As if in answer, there was suddenly an aggressive banging on the door. When she rushed to open it, Yoshi trudged in with a shocked Rosalina on his back, followed by Mario who was carrying a very snowy Princess Peach. Last of all came Toad, looking so covered in snow he might as well have been made of it. They brought in a boatload of snow with them.
"You made it!" Toadsworth exclaimed, running to their side. "Oh, we were so worried! That avalanche almost had you!"
"I know," Wario said. "We were totally not worried!"
"Yeah, well I think Bowser's got some issues," Yoshi panted, letting Rosalina off. "He thinks Mario's responsible."
"Where did the snow come from?" Daisy wanted to know.
"Doesn't matter! Oh, Princess, are you alright?" Toadsworth fussed over her in Mario's arms, but she didn't respond. "Wh-what happened?!"
"She's a-fine," Mario said. "Got hit by a snowball and-"
"AUGGHH! The princess has been frozen! Everybody panic!" Blue Toad shrieked.
Yellow Toad gasped. "What...you mean Rosalina froze her heart?"
Mario shook his head quickly. "No - guys -"
But they were already off on a tangent now. Toad smiled pleasantly. "Well, I guess we all know what this means," he said.
Everybody glanced at each other. "Uh, no," Donkey Kong said.
Toad was still smiling at them sweetly. "It's time for the magic power to thaw her frozen heart!"
"Guys, she's fine, I'm-a promise-"
"But what magic power can undo ice and snow?" Yellow Toad asked.
"Why, surely you must know that," Birdo said. "It's an act of true love, of course!"
"Rosalina lady! Fix this mess!" Blue Toad ordered.
"It's not her fault," Yoshi interjected. "We don't know how to fix it."
But Toad was confident. "Of course we do! Mario, plant one on her kisser!"
Everybody looked at Mario. "What?"
"I said-"
His eyes widened in disbelief. "No, no, no no no you didn't say that," Mario said, turning red.
"But he did say that," Blue Toad said. "It's the only way to save the princess!"
"Excuse me, I don't think I quite understand what's going on," Toadsworth said. But nobody heeded him.
"Classic, Mario," Toad said. "You must know how it goes! True love's kiss will break the spell!"
"Shut it!" Wario growled. "There's no spell here that I can't break!"
"There's no spell at all," Mario said quickly.
"Aw, you guys are no fun," Waluigi said, putting away his camera. Mario glared at him.
"Um, look guys, we really need to find a way to fix this weather-" Daisy said.
"Love will thaw!" Toad said.
Mario was on the defensive. "Shut up!"
Luigi chuckled. "Who knows Mario, maybe he's right..."
Mario gave him eyes like daggers and he fell silent. Then Mario's phone rang. He put Peach on a couch and dug it out, amazed that it still worked.
"YOU NINCOMPOOPS GET RID OF THIS SNOW RIGHT NOW BEFORE I COME DOWN THERE AND BURY YOUR CASTLE IN IT!"
Mario held the phone away from his ear. "It's Bowser," he said in an irritatingly obvious way.
"Yeah, well, it's not my fault and we don't know how to fix it, so I guess burying us won't accomplish anything," Mario answered.
"DO IT!! Lemmy's eating multicolored snow and I can't get him to stop!!"
"Hey, tell him to try the yellow stuff!" Yellow Toad called into the phone. "That's the best!"
It was impossible to tell if he was joking.
"Look, I'm-a see what I can do," Mario told him. "Maybe with enough fire flowers we can melt this stuff."
"Um, Mario, I don't know if you're blind, but the entire Mushroom Kingdom is covered," Luigi pointed out as Mario hung up.
"I know. But it's worth a shot. Everybody grab a fire flower," he instructed, pulling a box of power ups out of his bag of holding. As everyone rummaged through the bin, there was surprisingly a knock on the door. When Mario went to answer it he was treated to the amazingly weird sight of Professor E. Gadd in a winterish coat and goggles with another big and obscure machine.
"Oh, look what the avalanche brought in," Wario snorted.
Mario ignored him. "Uh, hello," he said. "Whatcha doin?"
"Why, I just came to check on you all," E. Gadd replied. "I was afraid you might have gotten snowed in after my snow machine malfunctioned."
"Snow machine?" Everybody said in unison.
The professor patted the Gaddget next to him. "The Flakolater 4000," he said. "Basically winter in a can. I didn't mean to cover the town, though."
Everybody looked at each other silently. DK looked at Diddy. Wario looked at Waluigi. Yoshi looked at Birdo. Mario looked at Luigi. Daisy looked at Peach, who had awoken. The three toads looked at... each other. E. Gadd looked at the wall.
Rosalina looked at nothing.
"Toad," Daisy finally said.
"Yes?"
"Place Wario and Waluigi under arrest, and return them to their own country, whatever it is."
"Probably Loserville," Yellow Toad giggled.
"I thought it was Weaseltown!" said Blue Toad.
"You mean the Southern Isles," Peach spoke up with a wink.
"Hey, you mean Isle Delfino?" Mario asked. "That's like, the jewel of the southern seas or something." He thought for a second. "Hey, you should send them there!"
"While it'd be fun to send them on a wild community service adventure, I think we should focus on the weather for now," Peach said. "After all they put Rosalina through, it wasn't even her fault."
"But that's just the thing," Rosalina said miserably. "Without any such powers, I can't thaw anything!"
Now it was E. Gadd's turn to laugh stupidly. "No worries! My Super Poltergust 3001 will have this snow cleaned up in no time!" Then he ran away to go fetch some other absurdly complicated machine.
Mario looked back at everyone. "Well, if this was really all Professor Doof's doing, then I guess there's only one thing to do."
He walked over and shoved himself in Waluigi's face. "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING SPREADING FROZEN RUMORS!?"
"I dunno." Waluigi paused thoughtfully.
Everybody stood there.
"Wow, it really sounded like he was gonna say something else," Daisy finally said.
"Well, technically, isn't it Mario's fault the Elsa rumors started?" Wario accused.
"No it wasn't! I was just observing the obvious!"
"I guess it was just the spirit of Frozen, taking hold in our lives," Waluigi said in a weirdly mystical way. "I guess in that other life, I really am the Duke of Weaseltown, and Wario here is probably Hans who ends up having to scoop horse dung-
"Hey! Let it go!" Wario snapped.
The princesses giggled. "I thought you hated that song," Daisy teased.
Wario covered his mouth.
"Well, I guess that means Rosalina isn't really Elsa," Toad said in disappointment. The toads all sighed at one another.
"E. Gadd is."
Mario snickered. "Well, at least we all know that I'm the coolest character in the movie," he said.
"Who is that?" Yoshi asked.
"Kristoff, duh!" Mario replied. "The one who breaks down doors with his head!"
"I don't remember that," Birdo said.
"You mean the Kristoff who refuses to kiss the frozen princess?" Blue Toad asked.
"No, the one who sings Yoshis are Better than People. Wait, what?" Mario said.
Waluigi laughed. "Yeah, Mario, sing us a ditty!"
"I'm right here," Diddy said.
Yellow Toad sighed again. "I was so looking forward to that. Man, you gave up your chance for the first time in forever to give the princess a -"
He was cut off by Mario clapping a hand over his mouth.
"- a compliment," Mario said hastily. "I, uh, meant to tell you that you look good in pink, Princess."
Waluigi gagged. The toads rolled their eyes. Birdo shrugged.
"Well, he can't beat around the bush forever," she muttered.
"Oh...thank you, Mario," Peach said, confused. Mario let out nervous sigh of relief. Luigi shook his head. Toadsworth was more confused than ever.
Just then they were interrupted by Wario and Waluigi's scream, which was a common sound in the castle. They looked over to see the two frozen, necks down in a block of ice.
Rosalina was standing there, looking guilty. For a second everybody stared.
"Whoops," she finally said, looking at the ice flower in her hand. "Wrong power up."

Hehehe...and so we explore the long-discussed possibilities of Elsa being Rosalina...
Ever since I first saw Frozen, I couldn't get rid of that idea. And with Rosalina's Ice World in Mario Kart 7... this story was begging to be made.
So aside from the obvious Frozen references, there was also mention of Mario Karts 7 and 8 (including the famous death stare video). I have also actually considered the possibility of doing a complete Frozen parody novel, similar to this but... well... complete. If you are interested in that, let me know! It's on my long to-do list.
Well, sorry for the long wait. Next one should come sooner!

~Daisy