I'm excited to use Dreamstar for the first time. She's the only character in the main cast to not debut in Madz and Starlow 1. As for the recurring characters, they appeared all over the place. Dr. Mario was in 2, Cackletta and Antasma was in 5, Mimi was 6 if you didn't count her mention in 1, and Dreambert was in 3. I hope you enjoy the fanfiction!
Note: Crazy was suggested by my real life brother, but I made up his personality. He can be considered a spoof of Gary from Pokemon, since they are both show-offs who brag about everything. The fact that Dreambert couldn't have sugar was originally thought of by MVFBattleEeevee (might have spelled that wrong).
"Toadley, did you know it's my birthday today?"
Dr. Toadley was walking to the Bean 'n Badge with Madz. They were close to the pipe that lead to the store, which was also Madz's home. Today was the penguin's birthday.
"Do I know when you're birthday was? No I don't. Is it today? I don't think so,"
They walked through the pipe that lead to the Bean 'n Badge. The metal thing covering it was taken off so customers could easily walk in and out of the store. As they were in the pipe, Madz was trying to tell him about her birthday.
"On my birthday, I get presents!" she exclaimed.
His eyes looked confused, but playful, as if he knew it was her birthday. "Will you get presents today? I don't think so…"
They went out of the pipe and saw the counter of the Bean 'n Badge. Dreamstar was sitting on the counter, staring at them with interest. She now had brown shoes on like Starlow and had a pink bow on her forehead. The bow was a bit uneven since the left side was a bit lower than the right.
"Hi, Dreamstar! Did you hear it was my birthday today?"
Dreamstar gave her a confused look. Of course, she didn't have a birthday yet, so she didn't know what it was. Madz giggled and explained it to Dreamstar.
"Well, you see, a birthday is a big party that…"
Suddenly, Madz's whole stepfamily jumped out from behind the counter. All of them wore pink party hats, and Midbus had a party blower in his mouth.
"Surprise!" they shouted, "Happy Birthday, Madz!"
Midbus blew into his party blower just after they shouted. Madz smiled and floated closer to them.
"I love you guys! You guys surprised me so much!" exclaimed Madz.
"Well, Fawful had the planning of it, even the beings on the balloons!"
Cackletta nudged Fawful with a bit of annoyance in her eyes. "Fawful, we all planned it," she whispered.
"Sorry, Great Cackletta…" apologized Fawful.
After a few seconds, balloons shaped like round mushrooms glided through the Bean 'n Badge. When the three creatures landed on the counter, they let go of the balloons. They all looked familiar to Madz.
One of them was a female Blue penguin, while the other one was a male Adelie penguin. The one in the middle looked similar to Madz. He didn't have eyelashes like her, and he had three feathers sticking out from his head. He also had a nametag that showed that he was a doctor.
"Madz, don't you remember us?" asked the Blue penguin.
After thinking for a bit, the pieces clicked into her mind. It was her original family; her mom, her dad, and her brother, Crazy.
"Mom, Dad, Crazy!" she exclaimed, "You're back!"
Madz hugged her real mother while her real family hugged her back.
"Sorry to break the love, but do I want to know how Madz got her love of sick people? Of course I do,"
Her mother stared at Dr. Toadley with a confused look. "You haven't heard of our genetic love of sick people?"
"Genetic? Do I think that's the right word? I don't think so," he answered.
Antasma got into a coughing fit and punched where his chest should be. When he stopped coughing, Madz and her mother smiled cheerfully.
"I think I am catching a cold, screep!" said Antasma, who was looking a little sick.
They jumped up and down and exclaimed, "Yay, Sickie Episode!"
Cackletta backed away from Antasma again and glanced at her bulging belly. She was six months pregnant, so she couldn't catch Antasma's cold or whatever was wrong with him.
"Should you come to my clinic soon? I think you should," suggested Dr. Toadley. He glanced at Madz before adding, "But Madz loves sick people, so I suggest staying here for now"
Starlow flew toward Toadley and asked, "Do you think the party will start now?"
Since Fawful was in charge of the party and not Toadley, Fawful answered, "Yessing! Have the meeting in the kitchen!"
Everyone ran, or floated, happily to the kitchen. On the kitchen table was tons of sugary sweets, but a big, white four tier cake with Madz, Starlow, Fawful, Midbus, and Dr. Toadley on top was in the middle. Each tier had pink icing around it that looked like pink roses.
Everyone at the party-except for Cackletta, who was napping on the couch, was talking with other people and eating the sweets. However, Prince Dreambert didn't even grab a piece of food off of the table.
"Do you have okayness?" asked Fawful, "You are not doing the eating of Fawful's sweets"
"Fawful, don't take this the wrong way, but I can't have sugar," replied Dreambert, who looked a bit nervous.
Dr. Toadley came up to him with a slice of cake and gave it to Dreambert. "Is it good to avoid sweets? Sometimes, yes. In this case, maybe a bit wouldn't hurt,"
The prince floated back with fear. "Do you know what happens when I eat sugar? I get…"
Fawful grabbed the slice of cake and shoved it into Dreambert's mouth. After he chewed and swallowed, he smiled with satisfaction.
"This is…delicious! I don't remember what I was worrying about!"
He floated to the table and cut another slice of cake. Dr. Toadley glanced at Fawful with a sign on regret on his face.
"Do I think this is a bad idea? I think it is…"
"Don't have the worrying, Dr. Toadley," he reassured him, "Fawful has the knowing it will be alright"
Meanwhile, Madz was enjoying the party. As she was watching Antasma coughing with her mom, her father lightly tapped her on the shoulder. Madz and her mother turned around and looked at him with curiosity.
"What's wrong?" asked Madz.
"We need to tell you something very important, Madz," said her father, who was a bit quiet, "Can you act like a big girl?"
Madz nodded her head and let her mother talk.
"When we ran away from you, we learned how to talk like you. We all found a book that a Goomba gave to us, and it was how to speak. Now that we can speak, well, you need to come back with us,"
Madz took a step back with shock. "Mom, Dad, you can't do this! They're my family!"
"Madzie, we know this is very tough, but this isn't you're real family," added her father.
Madz glanced at her stepfamily and her expression turned from shock to worry. "Will I ever see them again?"
Her parents glanced at each other and shook their heads. "Madz, we're serious…"
"No, this has to be some kind of nightmare! I don't want to leave! Dreamstar was just born a couple weeks ago!"
"But Madz…"
Her mother was interrupted by the sound of a chair rocking back and forth. When they turned around, they saw Dreambert rocking in his chair. He had vanilla frosting around his face from the cake. After a few seconds, he started floating quickly around the room. Starlow flew a bit higher and tried to keep her eyes on him.
"Dreambert! What are you doing?! Get down from there!"
"I can't help it! Someone help me!"
Starlow's face turned to worry, until she had an idea. She turned toward Antasma to talk to him.
"Antasma, how long will he be hyper?"
Antasma shook his head and answered, "I don't know, screep!"
After a minute, Dreambert lost his energy and was going to fall on the floor. On the spot where he was going to land was Dreamstar, who didn't know what was going on.
"Dreamstar, turn into a pillow!" yelled Starlow.
Dreamstar didn't listen to Starlow. Instead, she just looked up before Dreambert fell on her.
"Dreamstar, Dreambert! Are you two alright?"
Dreambert rolled off of Dreamstar, the latter bursting into tears. The prince looked around curiously and sat up.
"I think I fell on a yellow, round pillow,"
Dr. Toadley slapped his hand to his face and glanced at Fawful with irritation. "Could we get in trouble if he is like this? I think we will,"
"Guys, they both need to go to the clinic! Right, Dreambert?"
Dreambert stared at Starlow with interest. "Is that a big, fluffy beach ball?"
Starlow angrily looked at Dreambert and yelled, "Excuse me! I am not big! I'm perfectly normal and healthy!"
Instead of being offended or crying, he replied, "She must be my mom. Can I eat your brownies?"
Madz turned her head away, which Starlow noticed. "Madz, are you OK?"
She nodded and lied, "Yes, I'm fine. I just need some space right now"
Starlow looked a bit concerned, but she still focused on the other situation. "Guys, take them both to the clinic! They're part of the family, too!"
Madz grabbed Dreambert's arm and tried to lift him up. Midbus walked over to him and put the prince into his arms. He made Madz let go of his arm.
"I help. You help other times," he said.
I don't think there will be other times, she thought.
OCs are one of those characters that are very hard to make you have sympathy for them. People sometimes don't read fanfictions with OCs in them. Still, Madz is very different, and you can relate to her in this situation. Think about it; would you really be happy if you are taken away from the people you love? She has protected them, was raised by them, and they love each other. I'm pretty sure this isn't on the Mary Sue side, and this won't be an annoying story.
Let me repeat this one more time, OK? Madz may cry once or twice, and she is sad. However, that is NOT the same as crying every five seconds and repeating it over and over again. Throughout the rest of the stories, she was mostly happy and caring. So, I'm not overdoing it. I hope you enjoy this fanfiction, and that you give me some tips on it.
