Story One: Beginnings
It was a new day in the Dark Land, and by all accounts a happy one.
The late queen's last egg was about to hatch.
Bowser, who was usually so fearless, was pacing to and fro outside the royal hatchery. His eighth child (most likely a boy, if the six others were any sign) had shown no signs of hatching all these years. The medikoopas had theorlzed that the egg had sensed that its mother had died, but they were at a loss for words as to why it waited untill now tu hatch. But, for whatever reaeon, his beloved's final gift was about to break through its egg!
His eldest son, Ludwig, and his perhaps only daughter, Wendy, were in the room with him. Ludwig had been overseeing the repairs to yet another one of their castles demolished by the Mario Brothers. He was thankful for any excuse from the tedious work, but he would had dropped anything to see his youngest sibling. Wendy had flown in from her private sea-side castle upon hearing the news. The others were attacking the Musgroom Kingdom, in an attempt to stave off suspicion. After all, it had been a whole week and Bowser didn't kidnap the princess or try some hair-brained scheme to beat the Mario Brothers. They did not want those pasta munching plumbers causing any problems for their father. Not today, of all days.
"Mine fatha'..." Ludwig said as Bowser passed by the two koopalings for what the prince presumed to be the sixtith time. "Vould you please stop zat infernal pacing? I undastand zat you are nervous, but please try to relax."
Bowser paused. He was not doing Ludwig's suggested, no. The head medikoopa had returned. All the eyes in the room were set on her. She was holding a bundle in her claws.
Bowser was standing infront of the medikoopa before you could say 'hatchling.' He carefully took the newly hatched koopa in his great big claws. Anyone who saw him, the great big strong and short-tempered brute, hold the fragile hatchling wuld had been amazed by how gentle he was as he caressed his new son.
"He... He looks just like you, dad." Wendy whispered when she finally could see her sleepy new brother.
Bowser chuckled.. "He does, don't you... Bowser Junior?"