Suppose it was another, lazy ordinary day for the Mario Brothers. Princess Peach hasn't been kidnapped yet, Wario and Waluigi have fussed over about treasure hunting and Luigi was on holiday.
For once, Mario could relax, at home alone. He flicked on the TV as he got comfortable on his red chair.
What he saw on the news was rather worrying. In the next second, he ran out of his house and made a mad dash to the castle.
And not a moment too late did he arrive.
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It would have been a quiet morning if Bowser's castle hadn't bore an uproar; not from Bowser himself, but from his children, the Koopalings.
"This is bad, this is bad..." Larry paced back and forth, worried since he was the second youngest, "King Dad's gonna freak when he finds out Junior's missing!"
"So that means no tellin', aight?" Roy growled, thumping his older yet noisy brother Morton Jr. on the head, "You 'ave the gall to be a klutz in the jaw sometimes."
While the siblings bickered and panicked, Ludwig von Koopa kept out of the mingling sounds, pondering to himself. 'Either we all face dad's tantrums or we act... well, we certainly won't take action at this pace. Who would kidnap Bowser Junior...? I think I got my first dibs on the Mushroom Kingdom...' with a growl instead of a goodbye, the mature koopaling turned and left the castle, disembarking for Toad Town.
After passing through town with very little difficulty, Ludwig marched his way into the castle grounds, fuming. He was wary that Mario or Luigi would spring out and stop him anytime soon. Much to his surprise though, he made it to the meeting room where everyone was at.
Everyone, except Mario and Luigi.
"I really hate to be so rude and interrupt whatever it is you're discussing about, but do you, Princess, or any of your mushroom people know what happened to Bowser Jr.?" he asked as calmly as he could manage.
Peach was still perched next to the white board where the news were showing from a projector, which Toadsworth recently turned off since their little interruption arrived. A theory with Bowser and his tricks; if one was nearby, the rest weren't far behind.
"No, I haven't." she answered honestly, shaking her head slowly. Her adviser had to do the wrong thing and accuse the koopaling of a suppose ambush.
"Careful, Princess, the others might be lying in wait just to kidnap you again!"
Ludwig, obviously, wasn't deaf as he took that as an insult. "I should accuse you of the same thing! True, King Dad makes kidnapping you a bad habit, but what rights do you have to kidnap his son in return? Is he easier to pick on in order to ex—" he didn't get to finish since a pair of brown shoes landed square on his head, messing up his deep azure blue hair somewhat.
Mario sprang off his makeshift foot hold and landed next to Peach. "It's a-me, Mario," he greeted with a bow, before taking his stance, "And what right do you 'ave to accuse her of abducting the youngest sibling?"
Ludwig rubbed his head with a growl. Just seeing the plumber in red was all he needed. "Either anyone or everyone tells me where Junior is, or I'll burn this palace to the ground in my dad's place!" he hollered, already spitting a fireball to a curtain which caught on fire. The koopaling was clearly enraged to be reasoned with.
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Deep in the Boo Woods, two suspicious plumbers and a dumbfounded Bowser Jr. finally realised that they were lost. "I'm hungry!" the koopaling snapped after hearing his stomach growl again.
"You're not the boss of us, kid." A tall, lanky man in purple with black overalls looked over his shoulder. His cap had an upside down 'L', "Just a little more and we can stop for lunch." The short round man in yellow with purple overalls added. His cap bore a 'W', as opposed to Mario's 'M' cap.
"You mean brunch?" Junior growled, glaring at the ground as they pressed on, "Where are we going? Why am I coming along with you crooks anyway?"
"You're dad's an even bigger crook than me." Wario paused and turned to face Bowser Jr., "And we're keeping you until he pays up our ra—"
"Bro, found a spot for us and the brat to catch our breath." Waluigi called, sitting down on a log.
Junior sighed. Humans... they were so annoying. Especially Wario who always smelt funny and used his weight to his advantage, as if they were muscles; and Waluigi was so suspicious looking, even having a keen interest in explosive things, especially Bob-ombs. In a sense, they were no better than the Mario Brothers, but they took the cake for being creepy in the first place. "Why don't you go work on a broken warp pipe?" The grumpy koopaling made an effort to talk back once more before they decide to do something.
"For that, no food." Wario snickered, "Doubt that you would eat it anyway."
And so the three sat, Junior looking at the two snacking when he heard a whisper. He turned to the bushes and hopped off the log he was on, fortunately while Wario and Waluigi weren't paying attention.
A minute more or so and two watery beings rose up from the bushes. Waluigi was the first to see this and freak. "W-W-W-Wario...?" he stuttered, pointing at them.
Up and away they went. "Kidnap the kid you say? Make a ransom so Bowser pays up the loot he stole from the Toads you say! Do something nice for a change you say?" Waluigi ranted.
"Just shuddap and run!" Wario hollered back, the two making a break from their watery clones, their red eyes glaring after them.
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"So, how many blood plums do we have? I need enough to head on back to King Turtle's home." Edward asked, who looked a lot like Ludwig had he got green scales on his face instead of red. His deep azure blue hair was a bit messier, the longer strands tied into a long but narrow ponytail like Lemmy's.
"Waffles suggest you need more. It's a long journey, like the sun travels across the sky daily." Wawful spoke up. Being Fawful's doppelganger, he was a red kidney bean instead of a lima bean. Same glasses... but the IQ of a Yoshi. When he wasn't in the right of mind, the only thing on it was food.
"It would seem like that... if you still want us to travel with you a little more..." the timid voice spoke up that belonged to Mementio, the alter ego of Dementio. He wasn't keen on using magic but would if required, "Unless we snack wisely. If not, having a few extra plums wouldn't hurt..."
Edward perked up, hearing a bush bristle. He turned slowly, straining his hearing. Then, without warning, he pounced at the bush. A startled yelp followed as a man in green with dark blue overalls darted out of the way, but into the open. Before Luigi's thoughts could catch up, Edward got a hold of him.
"Well I'd be... you're the infamous Luigi... am I right? Goody two-shoes aren't welcome, so why the hell are you trespassing...?" Edward growled. The poor younger brother couldn't even answer.
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I only know the Bean Bean Kingdom and Mushrom Kingdom (Partners in Time) locations, so if I make up a location and name, its obviously to keep a story going. Who knows, it could be set in another universe. .3.
OC doppelgangers... unoriginal I know, but what's life without a bit of spice.
Mario and Co. Belong to Nintendo.
I will even not make claims on the unfamiliar characters because they're really just recycled. |D ;;
Oh yeeeeeah; Edward's name is pronounced 'Ed-Vard' by the way. :3