I woke up by the sound of my morning alarm going off. I went out of bed and tiredly made my way to the bathroom and had a quick shower before breakfast. It was so quiet when Rosalina wasn't around, it made me feel so alone. But she was going to come home in a week, so soon I wouldn't live alone in my house for a whole month.

Shawn and I had been working as detectives for two whole years now. Under that time we had been quite well known and caught alot of bad guys, especially Bowser, he's probably been caught for the fifth time just this month. I don't get how he never gives up, he must be really desperate for a wife.

The reason why I and Shawn started working as detectives is that when the world was runned by Bowser, the races we competed in gave us some money that we could live off of. But when the world was saved we needed to find actual jobs. So we followed our childhood dreams and became detectives, and since there were no detectives in the mushroom kingdom; we got the jobs instantly. Since then I've lived a very exiting but dangerous life, Rosalina worries about me sometimes but I feel like it's more of a fun job than dangerous. And most of it is just paperwork anyway...

I went to my car and drove to the station. Shawn met me outside and greeted me happily. We went inside the station where everyone sat by their desks writing reports or doing something else that was completely the opposite of working. They all greeted me like I was some sort of celebrity, which I kind of was at this point. I went to my office with Shawn coming after me with a pair of files in his hands. I sat down on my office chair and leaned back relaxed. ''Okay, Shawn. Tell me what's going on today.''

''Well, the cultists from yesterday haven't said anything since they got captured. But everybody knows they're guilty, they'll go to court soon.''

''Good.'' I said. ''That'll teach them not to murder people.''

''But the leader of the group was acting very spooky during his interrogation.'' Shawn added and looked a little scared.

''Oh?'' I said. ''Please tell me.''

''Well... he started saying ''the detective is next'' over and over again which made me quite worried about you.''

I chuckled. ''Shawn, those cultists can't do anything to me, they're under police surveilance, if one of them as much as sneezes then the police'll know about it.''

Shawn looked unsure. ''But still... they're dealing with supernatural stuff. Anything can happen...''

''Shawn.'' I sighed and smiled at him. ''You've got to calm down a bit. This job involves alot of danger, and you can't escape it.''

Shawn smiled a little. ''Okay, I'll try to stay calm. It's just that I'm always so worried to lose you, you're my best friend.''

I leaned back on my chair. ''I'll try to not kill myself.''

Just then, the phone on my desk started ringing. I picked it up and answered. ''Hello?''

''Is this detective W I'm speaking with?'' A hammer bro asked.

''Yeah, it is. What is your reason for calling here today?''

''There's been some tampering with the Peach statue on the town square. We need you to come look at it right now.''

''I'll be right there.'' I answered and put the phone down. I looked at Shawn. ''We need to go.'' I said and went out of my office.

We drove to the town square where the Peach statue was located. The police had set up lines around it so nobody would interfere. When the hammer bros saw me they let me into the crime scene and left me to do my work.

The statue of Peach made in pink gold had been covered in red paint and down on the base they had sprayed a message reading ''Saebor is reborn! He will punish you all!''.

''Seriously? I though that we caught all the cultists already.'' I said.

''Maybe there's more of them than we think?'' Shawn asked and looked closer at the message. ''What do they mean with that Saebor is reborn? You ruined their ritual, didn't you?''

''Maybe another group tried doing it again after we had caught their friends. But I still don't really believe in demons, they are maybe just trying to scare us.''

I inspected the statue in a closer range. The paint smelled very bad. I looked closer and realised that it wasn't paint, it was blood!

''Oh dear...'' a female voice said behind me. I turned around to see Peach and Toadsworth standing outside of the police lines staring at her tampered statue. ''Peach?'' I said suprised.

She noticed me. ''Waluigi?'' She said shocked. ''What has happened to the statue?''

''Some cultists have tampered with it.'' I explained. ''We caught some of their friends last night, that may be the cause for this.''

''Oh, I hope that you'll catch them soon, then.'' She said. ''Wouldn't want them to vandalize more things.''

She slowly walked away and Shawn went up to me. ''That went... well...?''

I sighed. ''I really thought that this whole cult stuff was going to be over as of yesterday.''

''Don't worry, Waluigi!'' Shawn encouraged me. ''We'll get them in no time!''

''Shawn, grab a sample of the blood covering the statue. We need to know whos it is.'' I ordered him. He immediately went to take a sample. No idea looking for fingerprints, Dry Bones doesn't have any fingers, which made this whole case alot harder than it already was. We later returned to the station to see what evidence we got. It wasn't much, but enough to get us started.

''Okay.'' I said to myself while sitting at my desk with photos of the statue. ''So we have a statue covered in blood with a message on the base saying that Saebor is reborn and that he will punish us all. What can that mean?''

Shawn entered my office. ''Waluigi, the blood samples are right now being sent to the lab to find out who it belongs to.''

''Thank you Shawn.'' I said as I doodled some things on an empty paper. ''How long will it take until we'll find it out?''

''It should be done tomorrow.'' He replied. ''How's it going?''

''I don't know. Dry Bones are so hard to track, it's almost impossible. I guess we'll just have to wait for the lab to respond to us. Until then there's not much we can do.''

''So are you going home then?''

''I guess so.'' I sighed.

Shawn looked at me for a moment before speaking again. ''Why have you been so down lately?''

''What?'' I asked. ''What do you mean by that?''

''Theese last couple of weeks you've been very... I don't know... down in some way.''

''It's Rosalina.'' I shortly answered.

Shawn's interest rose rapidly and he went closer to me. ''Is something wrong with her? Do you miss her?''

''Of course I miss her, and no, nothing's wrong with her.'' I said.

''Then what is it?'' He asked.

I sighed again and made a little bothered expression. ''I want to propose to her, okay?'

Shawn's face lit up as he made a little squeal. ''Really?''

''Yes, but I don't know how. I want it to be perfect.''

''Well I don't have any experience myself but no matter how it turns out I know she will say yes. You know why?''

''Why?'' I asked.

''Because you're a handsome devil! Nobody can resist you! Everybody likes you, even if they don't say it themselves!'' Shawn said happily.

''Say that to Daisy, she still hates me like always.'' I muttered.

''Screw Daisy, she doesn't know you at all!'' Shawn said. ''But if you want to propose to Rosalina then maybe you could hire a band that plays while you do it!''

''Shawn, that's just going to be annoying.'' I said.

''Oh... well, how about you do it in a garden full of flowers?''

''That's more what Luigi would do if he proposed to Daisy...'' I answered and stood up, getting ready to go home.

''But how about-''

''Shawn, we can talk more about that another day, okay?''

''Oh... okay! I'll see you tomorrow then!''

Shawn is such a precious little cinnamon roll! It's probably the funniest character to write about, I just really like his litte cute moments. And yes, he had a suspicion that Waluigi wanted to propose to Rosalina, that's why he was so exited when he heard that it was true.

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