You were at the end of your long quest to save Princess Toadstool from the Clucthes of the evil King Koopa.. after so many princessless castles and fake kings.. you finally dropped the axe on the real bowser.. and made your way to the Princess...

"Ayyy it's about time! What took ya so long, huh?"

She seemed pretty upbeat for someone who was held captive by whatever Bowser was not too long ago... the room was also pretty hot from the lava pit you dropped the King Koopa into