Crossroads
Chapter 1
It all began with a ring of the door bell. A toad butler opened the door expecting someone but to his surprise, it was a baby with a note on it. "Please take good care of me…" The note said. The worried butler immediately took the baby in and brought it to Princess Peach.
"Princess Peach…there is a um….a package for you…" The toad said.
"What is it?" Peach said then she got up and looked at the baby. "Oh no! Whose baby could this be? Well we can't just get rid of him… Please clear a guest room to make room for him."
"Yes Princess Peach." The toad said feeling uneasy about the situation.
Peach picked up the phone and called a local doctor. "I have a found baby at my home. Could you please come and make sure it is healthy?"
"Oh yes of course Princess Peach! Right away" The doctor said.
Peach hung up the phone just as soon as Mario came in her room.
"It is so good to see you Princess." Mario said happily.
"Mario…someone left a baby at our door step." Peach said.
"Mama Mia!" Mario yelled. "A baby! Who would do such a thing?"
"I'm keeping him." Peach said with authority. Peach had always wanted a child but she was infertile.
"But Peach!" Mario began.
"Mario I am in charge of the kingdom ever since my parents passed away so my word is law. That is all." Peach said feeling a little guilty that she pulled the "I'm royalty" card on him.
"Fine….I'm going out then." Mario said disgruntled.
The doctor arrived a few minutes later and Peach showed him the baby. After some inspection and a few simple tests the doctor was ready to give his analysis.
"This is a healthy baby koopa…" The doctor said.
"That's wonderful!" Peach said cheerfully.
"But that's not all he is a child of well….King Bowser…" The doctor said with fear.
"What? Oh dear…I must speak with Mario about this." Peach said then called Mario. After the doctor left Mario came back.
"Princess Peach you sounded worried…what's wrong." Mario said back from having dinner.
"This is the baby of King Bowser himself." Peach said uncomfortable.
"Then we must get rid of him then he is evil!" Mario said in alarm.
"He's not evil! He's just a baby!" Peach shot back.
"Then we must give him back it is not our baby." Mario said.
"But then it will become evil!" Peach said.
"This is not our lives were messing with, it is that of a child and he was supposed to grow up with Bowser, it's his kid. For the stars sake!" Mario said.
"No! I will not let an innocent child turn into a monster like him!" Peach yelled angry.
"Fine then! But you must be prepared to live with the consequences of your decision." Mario said.
"Everything will be just fine." Peach said calmly.
Years passed and the Koopa child grew up happy and healthy. Peach and Mario married but Mario couldn't be a king because he was born a commoner. Peach made a law that no one could tell the Koopa who his real father was. But he was becoming curious to where his true lineage began.