A/N: Hi! This is my first story in a while, so I hope you enjoy it. It's been in my head for a while so I'm glad I finally finished it. I hope you enjoy the beginning.
Prologue
Long ago, in a kingdom far away, lived a human king who was tremendously selfish. He was so selfish that no one thought he would ever have love in his heart. He would treat his land's peasants with the same selfishness by raising taxes and the like.
On a cold and rainy night, there was a knock on the large palace doors. Grumbling, He went to doors and opened one of them to find a ragged, old woman, looking as if she could die in any minute.
"Please, kind sir, let me stay the night." She said in a raspy voice. "It is cold out and I am wet."
In disgust, the king turned away and held his hand to shoo the woman away. "No! Get out of my sight!"
The woman decided to try again by saying, "Please, sir, just this night. I promise I won't be a bother."
Again, he sneered at her and repeated what he said minutes ago.
The woman nodded and a bright light surrounded her, causing the king to cover his eyes. When he uncovered them, he found the woman who was once an old woman was actually a beautiful enchantress.
The king gasped and fell to his knees, bowing as low as he had never bowed before. "Oh, forgive me, Enchantress. If I had known who you were, I would have let you stay instantly!"
She glared at the king and said, "You have no love in your heart, King. Until you can experience true love, you, your subjects, and your peasants will be turned into turtle-like creatures called Koopas and mushroom-like creatures called Goombas, you the largest of them all. You will be re-named King Bowser Koopa, as you will rule them all."
She motioned around her at the lush, green grass, "Your beautiful land will be turned into a volcanic wasteland where everyone who isn't a Koopa or a Goomba will fear going to."
She picked a single long-stemmed rose and flicked her wand at it. "This rose will keep you alive until the last petal falls. You have then to find your true love."
"Please, Enchantress! There has to be a different way!" He begged, not wanting to get turned into a Koopa thing or whatever she called them, but she waved his pleading away.
"My word is final. I hope your subjects serve you well, King Koopa" She gave him the enchanted rose and waved her wand once again, but this time around everything around her before disappearing.
Everything around the king turned to volcanic ash. Him and his subjects turned into Goombas or Koopas. He wished this didn't have to happen to him, but it did.
Whenever the spell was finished doing its job, he looked at himself. His skin once smooth, now dry and scaly.
He sighed and wondered why this had to happen to him. Was he that cruel? He sure didn't know. He wished someone had told him.
He sighed again - He seemed to have been doing that a lot now - and went inside his palace. Everyone around him was either a Koopa or a Goomba.
His beautiful palace that was pleasing to the eye was now a dark, surprisingly warm, igenous rock-filled fortress.
Going to the throne room, he noticed that the furniture as well was transformed. His throne was colossal to fit his now bulking size. He sat in it and sighed once more as he propped his head with one of his mammoth claws and started his rule as Bowser, King of the Koopas.
A/N: Again, I hope you enjoyed it. I'll make sure to write up the first chapter very soon. Read and Review! xoxo Nyleda