Seven Little Clones

Ch1 Smashingly Welcome

The world didn't seem too different from theirs, well, aside from the lack of eyes everywhere and things were not quite as perfectly round or boxy… Ok, so things were more akin to the 'Human World' than theirs but Ludwig couldn't help but feel like it was a small improvement. He never really did like looking out the window to see those same blank, judging eyes staring at him every time.

"He, he!" The eldest looked away from the window to see his brother Iggy lying on the bus floor as a giggling Lemmy scratched his belly causing him to kick one of his legs and wag his tail like a dog.

His snout scrunched up in slight distaste. "Vreally Iggy? Try to retain some dignity."

"Iggy has dignity?" Roy quipped cleverly next to him without even taking his eyes off the old comic he found while gathering his things for the trip.

"B-but it's been half a day without my electrical set and I'm goin STIR CRRRAZY!" Ludwig only sighed heavily as a response.

"Let him be a weirdo. You know if he doesn't let it all out now he'll just get worse." Wendy noted blandly as she played the addictive handheld Tetris game she only cracked out when the road was too bumpy to do much else. "As long as he doesn't start chewing my shoes again I don't care."

"Mnghph-PH!" Morton mumbled something from behind his 'Silent Time' tape for the twentieth time. He went to pull it off only for Wendy to catch him with her infamous glare again.

"Mm, Does anyone know how much longer until we get there?" Larry asked what everyone was thinking, but since Bowser was in another bus and Kamek was too busy driving no one cared to answer.

Larry wasn't usually the one to ask the question as evident by him giving up after a few moments. That job usually fell to Jr. He was too busy moping to care at the moment. Ludwig couldn't help but notice him stare out the window across the aisle and let out the occasional disappointed sigh. He had mixed feelings about this; on the one hand he couldn't help but relate with the youngest. Sharing the spotlight isn't a great feeling.

On the other, more prominent hand he felt he was also being just a little selfish. Yes, he did have to share the spotlight, but what he doesn't realize is that the others have been dealing with the same thing years before he was even old enough to cackle. They called it the 'Clone Rule' since when they had the discussion about it all those years ago that was the one Lemmy could remember best after Iggy insisted on it so many times. Runners up were the 'Sibling Rule' and 'The One Rule' for obvious reasons.

The Clone Rule was simple. In order for them to be part of some special inter country (or in this case inter-dimensional) event all the Koopalings would have to agree to it. They learned this the hard way when they were asked to participate in a golfing tournament that was unfortunately scheduled around the time Ludwig was supposed to play in a concert in Dark Land. Larry didn't speak to him for a month which didn't bother him so Larry snuck into his room and stole his chocolate stash just to prove a point…And eat his sweets.

For the longest time Jr. was the only exception since he was the 'One True Son' or in human terms the heir to the throne. And to an extent he still was the exception. In fact just yesterday they had to use magic to make themselves around his size so they wouldn't be too different. Ludwig nearly blew smoke out of his nostrils when they had the gall to take out a ruler and measure them just to make sure they were all around the same height. Not to mention the only time they would be allowed to use their wands was in order mimic Junior's special 'Shadow Mario' attack. So yes, Ludwig did think he was being a little bratty and honestly he did feel bad but it was about time Jr. was given a chance to learn not everything has to be for just him. Although it still kinda was…

"What kind of people do you think will be there?" Larry propped himself up on the seat so that he could look down at the only other sibling with blue hair. "You think there'll be anyone else we know?"

"I doubt it." Roy stated simply. "Unless you mean the humans. They'll definitely be there."

"He's right. Zere von't be any ozer koopas of any kind besides us and Fazer."

"Yeah, You think so?"

"There can't just be a bunch of people from our world. Then what would the point of it be?"

"Well, we'd still be fightin' each other so it still might be fun…"

"Hmph." Wendy shook her head. "You're so simple minded. Can't you see this is more than just fighting? We get to see people from other worlds. Can you just imagine all the different people that'll be there?" The boys gasped from her profound statement. Out of all of them that liked a good brawl she was the scrappiest.

Roy mumbled under his breath. "You just want to see if there will be any other princesses so you can meet a girl other than Peach and 'What's Her Clone'."

Larry whispered to the green haired Dragon Koopa that was still on the floor. "Uh, Iggy? Did you switch Wendy and Lu's brains just to screw with us?"

"No, do you want me to?" His eyes twitched with excitement.

"Lu? Do you think other kids will be there?" Lemmy asked as he glanced up from balancing his wand on the tip of his claw. As usual only his good eye was trained on the intended target.

"Mm. Maybe." He said as he scratched his chin. "Zough I can't imagine zey'd be too friendly since zey're supposed fighters…"

"What does it matter anyway?" Morton managed to pry the tape off while Wendy was distracted with losing against Iggy's record. "I doubt they'll really want to talk to us. I'm sure they all hate dad and they'll just associate us with him and ostro-Ostra-… Cold-Shoulder us."

"Morton? Shut up."

"Zat's not true. Zere has to be at least vone ozer person zere zat's far more hated zan him. Zen again, it might not necessarily be his actions zat deter friendly interaction…"

"What do you mean?"

"Vell, if zere's two zings I know for certain it's zat zere vill be mostly humans zere. Ze second being zat humans are infamous for judging books by covers and Fazer's…'Aggressive techniques' don't exactly help ze situation."

"So what? We're here ta fight not socialize! Even if they do ostracize us we still have each other!"

"Roy's right…Great, now have zat terrible vomit taste in my mouz…"

"Do you want the taste of blood to cover it up?" Ludwig didn't have time for his characteristic shrewd remark as the bus had come to a proper stop.

Kamek hopped down from the large seat and conjured up his broom. He cleared his throat as he turned to face them. They all prepared for the old koopa's usual overnight stay speech with a few added tid-bits concerning the unique situation no doubt.

"Remember what your father told you Koopalings!" He scolded. "You are here to represent not only our grand kingdom Dark Land but also our entire world. We cannot afford any kind of bad impressions!"

"Um, Kamek?" The second youngest raised his claw.

"Don't interrupt me Larry! This is an imperative discussion!"

"Yeah, but-."

"You have to be on your best behavior! And in terms of hygiene-."

"What are you kids still doing in here?" The large, greatly fortified bus still leaned slightly to the side as the large Dragon Koopa rested his foot on the first step. "We don't need to be late for that introduction assembly thing."

"I tried to tell him…" Larry grumbled.

"Doesn't seem like proper planning if the main instruction is to get to ze assembly room as soon as possible…"

"Eh? Well, that's Crazy for ya, twice as loopy as Iggy. You'll see what I mean. Just leave your stuff here until Master Hand gives out the room names."

"Ugh! B-But your Hasty-Ness!" Kamek was too slow to react as all the children made their way off the bus leaving him to guard the goods.

Ahead of them sprawled a vast expanse of a castle in more of a modern style than Dark Lands castles. It was large enough to house twice the amount of Noah's ark and still have room for all the guests to live in complete comfort. It was three separate buildings connected with multi story corridors circling a large garden and hedge maze.

All but two of the children stared up at it with a great feeling of awe. It was the largest castle they've seen that wasn't mostly underground and part of a volcano. All Ludwig seemed to notice at the time was the total lack of any other group of people around at the time. There wasn't another soul around for miles. Roy also noticed but merely shrugged it off as was his usual attitude.

The massive front doors stood proudly atop a cascade of stone steps and were decorated with the Smash icon; a circle with two lines intersecting in the lower left corner. Once they reached the top the doors began to open to allow them admittance to the large entrance hall.

It was extravagantly decorated with black walls accented with white designs, trims, and columns. In the middle of the room was a circular kiosk that only had one worker at the moment. He wore a black vest over a red tie, black dress pants, and white dress shirt. He also wore a black military style beret with the circular logo on it as was expected from the employees.

"Hey Teal, is it just you today?" Bowser walked up to the man and rested his scaly arm on the surface as he spoke to him like he would one of his loyal minions off duty.

"Hello your majesty. Long time no see." He said with a fanged smile. His short brown hair swept to one side failed to hide one of his pointed ears and his teal eyes shined with pep. "You know how it is the first few days. Though it is quite a terrible coincidence you came here today." He added with a smirk.

"Hm? Why's that?" He frowned.

"Well, for the past week Xin has been taking all the shifts just so she can greet her precious 'Bowwow' first."

"Bowwow?" Larry asked with a snicker in his voice followed by the others. Even Ludwig couldn't stop his suave chortle at the pet name.

"That's enough outta you!" If bowser were human his face would have turned a bright red.

"These guys are the little ones, I'm guessing?" He looked over the desk to see the smaller ones hidden by the furniture. "Better watch out kids. Xin's a cheek pincher." He said with the corresponding finger motion.

"Thanks for the warning." The second youngest sounded earnest as he rubbed his cheek. "It means a lot."

"No problem." He looked at the clock and decided to end their banter for now. "When you're ready the new screen room is behind the doors back there." He motioned to the two large sets of double doors at the end of the room. "A few others still haven't made it yet so I wouldn't get too excited since the fighters have to stay in their rooms until then."

"Well that's new." Bowser didn't seem too surprised after what happened last time. "C'mon kids, let's get this over with." He led the children to the next room.

The 'Screen room' was just as it sounded. The entire back wall was covered with screens that could work separately or together. In front of them was a floor and walls that could change from a dark theater style atmosphere to a large living room setting. It was currently a theater and in front of the screens on the stage stood two men.

The men were mostly similar in that they both had white hair and yellow eyes that had an eerie glow filled with the power of the smash balls.

The first one wore a similar outfit like the employee uniforms with a white tie, vest, gloves, and black under shirt, dress pants, and dress shoes. His short hair with the back shaved laid flat on his head and covered most of his left eye.

The other wore a white coat, white gloves, and a black sweater, pair of jeans, boots, and a pair of glasses with a crack in the right lens. His short spiked hair covered most of his right eye and his creepy smile showed pure white fangs.

"Ah, Bowser." The first one spoke in a soothing voice once they were seated. "I knew you'd make it on time. I suppose your children aren't quite as troublesome as you claim them to be."

"It helps if you take another car Master." He said jokingly. Obviously he was speaking to Master Hand since under no other circumstances would he refer to someone as such in his right mind.

"Dad? I thought you said he was a hand. Unless you were speaking meta-mata. Not literally. Like, did you mean he was the boss and he's the right hand? But why would you say gloved? Is it because they wear gloves? That would make sense but you said-."

"Morton?" He half contemplated employing Wendy's tape solution but decided to explain instead. "That's just one of their forms. This is the one they use when they're in the house. It beats looking up the whole time and hurting your neck."

"You mean 'Metaphorically'." Roy corrected him again.

"Shape shifters? Excellent!"

"Yay!" Lemmy cheered and clapped after seeing how excited everyone seemed to be.

"I'm certain you're all tired from your journey." Master spoke up once they quieted down. "I hope you don't mind the arrangements but as your father knows we find the fighters here are better behaved when grouped together for some time. I know you have been told how you'll be called to a fight and where to go to join that fight." He nodded to Crazy to pass out the papers. "It would be encouraged that you help make this experience comfortable for everyone. The main rule is to prevent all fighting outside of the designated stages accessible through the portal room."

"A few pranks wouldn't hurt mind you." Crazy whispered to Junior and Larry as he passed with a cackle. "Videotaping would be much appreciated. Hm, hm."

"I like this place already." Junior seemed to get out of his depressed funk finally especially after seeing his room was right next to Bowser. The rest of them didn't seem too outraged about the arrangements surprisingly. Most of them were grouped with a fellow sibling except Wendy due to her gender. It was another gesture to help lower the chance of acting up.

"Hm." Wendy looked over the name and wondered about the person behind it. She was glad she wasn't stuck with Peach. She didn't want to get kicked out because she was chocking the annoying little prissy.

"Once a week has passed after all the fighters are accounted for without incident you will all be assigned your own personal rooms. If there are any questions you can always ask the men and women working at the front desks." He waved them goodbye as the doors opened by themselves behind them. "One more thing; Teal told you that all the fighters were restricted to their rooms until further notice. That rule will be absolved as of tomorrow afternoon. If you get hungry you can use the room phones and dial the number under it for the kitchen and tell them what you want."

"Don't bother asking about the fridge. They'll just make you catch it." Crazy said with a smirk as they all got up to leave. He turned to his brother once they were all gone. "They're much more colorful than I'd hoped. This time will be a real charm, won't it?"

"As I had hoped…I wonder if any other new guests will be as fun." He said with a grin.

Author's Note

Okay sorry, that's the last new story for now. I kinda went crazy there... But this had to be written! There just aren't that many Koopaling Smash stories! I did it for your own good! Now, let's see which of these five stories will get added to more often...Anyone taking bets?