Peach opened her eyes, and smiled. Today was finally the day: the day when she got what was she deserved. The day she became Queen. She rose from her bed, and walked over to the mirror. She'd completed the changes a few days ago, but it hadn't posed any risk, not yet anyway. After her little visit to the library, Peach wrote to Toadsworth that she had caught a terrible cold. It also said not to worry, and that she'd be fine by the time of coronation, but not to let anyone in until then, as human cold's can be very dangerous for toads. Peach stressed that the part about staying away was a Royal Decree, and so she'd been left on her own for the rest of the week, watching herself change.

Now that it was done, Peach decided to give herself a once-over in the mirror again before getting dressed. That had been something she hadn't expected from the change: she didn't mind being naked anymore. Peach hadn't worn any clothes for several days now, simply out of comfort. The few patches of scales she'd started with had spread and completely replaced the fleshy skin she'd had before, with a few odd exceptions. Her entire front was encased in a thick, plated kind of scale that was even stronger than her normal scales. Peach didn't have any scales on her face above her muzzle. Instead, Peach had a thick, leathery skin.

Her build had been completely transformed. Where, before, she'd been a skinny girl of slightly above average height, now she was a giant. She was nearly seven feet tall now, and no one would call her skinny. Peach's shoulders were wide and thick, her hips were just as wide, and the width of her torso barely narrowed at all in her waist. Her arms were muscular, her claws sharp enough to slice steel. Peach's breasts had grown to scale with the rest of her, not actually busty considering her size, but she'd struggle to fit into a D-cup bra now. Not that she needed to wear bras anymore; Peach's frontal plating covered her bust very well. While no one would dare call her fat, Peach didn't have the taught stomach she once did. Now her belly was thicker, stronger. On her back was a green shell, covered in sharp spikes. Her legs were as thick and strong as her legs, and as a whole Peach looked like a creature to be feared.

Fear, that thought made Peach smile. The smile revealed the line of sharp fangs in her mouth, useless for eating any kind of vegetable, but perfect for ripping into fresh meat. Her entire mouth had grown into a bulbous muzzle, her nose sitting a few inches out from the rest of her face. Peach's eyes had gained vertical slits, and their previous sky blue was now a deep blood red. And her hair...it was the same length as before, but now it refused to be brushed into smoothness. It was the same red as her eyes, and had an almost spiky appearance.

When the changes first started, Peach had been nervous. Koopas had always been her enemies, and now she was turning into one. But as it progressed, all her doubts vanished. The scales, the shell, the fangs, the claws, it was all endearing now. Peach felt stronger, she felt better. There was a knock on the door, and she looked at the time. The coronation was about to start, she had to hurry. She put on her dress in a flash, then covered it and her whole body in a large cloak. Peach walked out the door, ready to start the next chapter of her life.



"Are you sure you want to do this, Your Highness" Toadsworth asked. Peach nodded, without speaking. Her voice was deeper than it had been before, and she didn't want to give away the surprise to anyone listening just yet. Toadsworth knew, or at least he knew the version of events she'd be telling everyone else. She needed to really sell this if her plan was to succeed. He nodded at her. "Well, it's time, then." He opened the curtain, and Peach walked out to the podium, the plaza literally filled with her citizens.

The crowd's talking vanished into a thick silence at Peach's approach. She stood behind the podium, and began to speak. "Hello, my people! It has been some time since you have last seen me, and that is for good reason..." Peach grabbed the hood of her cloak and pulled it back, revealing her face to the audience. A muffled gasp rang out through the crowd, but it was silenced with a single look from Peach. "As you can see, I have changed. But it was not by my hand, not by my will that I have done so. A magikoopa infiltrated the palace, snuck into my room as I slept, and did this to me, all on the orders of the deceitful King Bowser.

"I do not know about you, but I have tired of his mockery. I have tired of his attacks, his threats, his schemes. I have tired of King Bowser. Sadly for him, his attack didn't leave me a slave, or weakened in any way. On the contrary, I am stronger. Smarter. Your Princess is tired of sitting by while that monster ruins lives, of being kidnapped so often it has become an international joke. It is time that I did something about that. After today, I will no longer be your Princess. I will be your Queen. I make this change not out of a desire for power, but out of necessity. We need to show the world, to show Bowser, that we are not weak. That the Mushroom Kingdom will not stand for his games, for his tyranny, any longer. Let him come, let him try and invade us once more. We will be ready. And you will be safe!"

The crowd went wild, cheers and yells coming from every throat in the audience. The rest of the ceremony went as normal, lots of rules and regulations, lots of Peach having to swear this and swear that. But by the end, they handed her a crown. It was larger than her old one, and fitted with rubies the shape of mushrooms. Peach took off her cloak, revealing her custom made pink and red dress, perfectly fitting her new stature, and put on the crown. The era of Queen Peach had begun.




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