Amanda dragon- Now for a more serious story!! I shall still be continuing with the Gateway to Hyrule!! I am writing this because most of the Mario fan fictions are about how he defeats Bowser and there are no Mario war things. This won't be as random or silly as my other one and borrows bits from Mario, Zelda, Panzer Dragoon, Eragon, Drakan and anything else that it reminds you of. Rating may have to go up if I want to describe what happens in the fights clearly. It's mainly rated for violence and gore, not nudity or drugs. There is some language but nothing going too far. One more thing, Mario isn't the main character but will pop up later. The dragons and riders will communicate using mind speech (like in Eragon). I don't own much. I only own this computer, Nemesis and some of the other dragons, a few evil dudes, the castle, the story line, Bowser's sister and many more stuff. This takes place before the Mario games. It is mainly a Mario story although it may not seem like it at first.

Chapter one- In the Beginning...

Prologue

Every kingdom has a king. Some are kind and fight their own battles, while others are greedy and are set out to find and use weapons of mass destruction. One of these weapons is dragons. Some kings find dragon eggs when they are young and bond with the creature inside, while others force their servants to bond with it, in fear that it may be a legendary Solowing dragon. Solowing dragons are dragons in special armour and can shoot arrows of light out of their mouths instead of fire. They don't have four legs like any other dragon, they only have two. They are shaped like birds. They are feared because they are much more powerful than any other dragon and their riders feel all of its pain and feelings and vice-versa. No rider has ever lived when their Solowing dragon died. This is a story about one king and his Solowing dragon.

A huge boulder came crashing through the wall of one of the towers. A koopa was standing by the window. It had a large, green shell with spikes on it. Only the royal koopas had hair and this one had bright red hair with two big, curved horns on either side of his head. This one was the Bowser, the Koopa King. Bowser glared angrily out of the small triangular window at the human army that wanted to take control of his fortress. He knew his army could take them down without his or Nemesis's help. He wished that he could shout loud enough to tell his army to take down the catapults that were practically destroying the castle. He glared at the catapults with his intimidating red eyes. Another boulder hit the tower. He'd had enough. He took a deep breath and shot a ball of fire towards it. It blew up and its charred remains flew everywhere and hit soldiers from the enemy's army. Bowser then realised that he had made a big mistake. His attack had notified the enemy where he was and several catapults faced the tower he was in. He then wondered where to go. His sister locked him in his room for 'safe keeping'. He thought he was safer outside at the moment. He watched the catapults being loaded with heavy rocks and he started to panic. Bowser then attempted to open the diamond encrusted door (another one of his sister's 'safe keeping' things) with brute strength. It obviously didn't work and he fell to the ground. Bowser wasn't going to send his dragon outside because it was just as dangerous as the boulders hitting him but he had no choice.

Nemesis, get your scaly ass outside and take down those catapults please.

You gave me orders to stay inside.

Stop wasting time!! I am about to be smushed by rocks and you care about those orders I gave you last century!! You are loyal but PLEASE TAKE DOWN THE CATAPULTS BEFORE BOTH OF US DIE A HORRIBLE DEATH!!

Fine.

He was glad his dragon didn't go on about good manners for once. Bowser recalled last time there were archers facing his tower and Nemesis went on about how impolite it was to not say please. His name certainly didn't match his personality.

He looked outside the window again and his stomach churned. The catapults were ready to fire. He thought about jumping out the window but remembered that his sister also made his windows small so he had no hope of jumping out because of her bloody 'safe keeping' reasons. Bowser vowed to chuck his sister out of a window if he survived.

Finally, he heard his dragon's familiar war cry as it came into view. It was hovering above the nearest catapult. Its green scales glittered in the sunlight and it cast an eerie shadow across the desert land. Its light grey armour reflects the many arrows that were being shot at the Solowing dragon. The enemy army looked up in fear. It shot out a lightning quick beam of white light which blew up the catapult and many people near it.

Well done, but I don't think you have noticed the other catapults that are aiming at me!!

I am going as quickly as possible.

It blew up another two catapults. There were a few left. Bowser watched as the fourth catapult blew up. He shot fire out of the window again and hit another catapult. Now his army just had to destroy the humans and catapults, then it would be over and he could chuck his sister out of the window in delight. He turned around to sit down. He forgot that his sister had also removed the chairs for her 'safe keeping' reasons. He hated her at this moment in time.

Watch out!!! There's another one!! It's been fired!!

Bowser slowly turned around and ran to the window.

Where?!!

He caught a glimpse of a man in blue dungarees and a red hat near a catapult before he got a huge boulder in his face.

Outside...

Nemesis felt a huge surge of pain in its face. It glanced at the tower which Bowser was in. It was in ruins. Nemesis directed itself to land in the green, castle courtyard. There it lay, in pain and exhausted. It could hear the triumphant cries of the enemy. It vowed revenge.

The koopa army had almost destroyed the human army. The small celebration had ended quickly as the koopas marched in for the kill. The humans scattered and ran for their lives before anyone could harm them.

Inside the castle...

Bowser's sister gazed out of the window. She was a ten-year-old koopa who had long blond hair, a lilac shall and big purple eyes. She looked slightly like her older brother. She was watching the humans run away in fear. It made her smile. She wondered how her brother was coping with all of her 'safe keeping' rules. Some of the rules were pointless because she knew he definitely wouldn't eat a chair or book, but it was fun to watch him suffer. She stuck her head out of her large window to see Bowser's tower. It was in ruins. Half of it was on the sand. She ran out of her room screaming and cursing (she knew some pretty good swear words for her age). She ran into the courtyard and saw Nemesis, her brother's dragon, lying on the floor practically bleeding to death. The blood was forming a small, red river around the platform it was on. She hesitated before stepping over the blood. She checked to make sure it was breathing. It was and she gave a sigh of relief.

I am alive.

She froze. She had no idea where that voice had come from.

It's me.

"Brother?" she gasped

No, Nemesis.

"Oh." She said, a little disappointed that it wasn't him.

I think you went a bit too far with that 'safe keeping' thing of yours.

"I know." She groaned and walked away from the dragon. She slowly opened the door and crept onto the hot desert sand. She looked around for any signs of danger. Finding none, she walked up to the ruined tower as the rest of it caved in on itself. She looked down at the rubble.

Amanda dragon- I haven't thought of a name for her yet. I don't have a single clue. I know it may not have been the best opening in the world, but it had to be done. If you want a picture of any character featured in this I can email it (after I get the bloody scanner working)!! It is rated for later chapters and just incase PG-13 wasn't high enough if you were wondering. I just made up Bowser's sister (I am not saying he has one for real) because I was saving the koopalings for later...

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