"Today's the day, Kammy! Today's the day I'm gonna capture Peach—and Mario won't be able to stop me!" Bowser Koopa said to his sidekick, Kammy Koopa one particularly evil morning.
"You say that every morning, Your Evilness," Kammy replied.
"Yeah, but this time my plan's gonna work. It's absolutely foolproof! You'll see. Everyone will see." Bowser let out a low sinister chuckle.
Rolling her eyes, Kammy asked, "So, what's the plan this time? More eerily lit places? More fighting some dorks way up in the sky? Encounters with freakish aliens? A trip to the moon, perhaps?" She was referring to one of their more recent adventures in Rougeport.
"Kammy," Bowser said warningly. He hated when she did this.
"Oh, I'm sorry, too complex, Your Grumpiness? Shall we simply ask Mario if we could take..." she was cutoff mid-sentence. Bowser let out a huge flame breath roar.
"...Peach," Kammy finished weakly, charred in Bowser's rage.
"C'mon, smartmouth, no time to dawdle. We've got a princess to capture, and you, haggy, have an important role this time."
Back in the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario had just woken up. He sat down at the table and poured himself a cup of coffee. His brother, Luigi, was at the stove. "Mornin', Bro. I'm-a making some scrambled shrooms. Want some?"
"Sure, thanks, Luigi." A few silent moments passed.
"Gee, Bro, it's been awhile since Bowser's last attempt to kidnap the princess. Isn't it about time he struck again?" Mario had to agree. It had been almost a month—29 days, to be exact—since Peach had gotten kidnapped, and that hadn't even been by Bowser. It was those X-naut creeps. Them and TEC-XX. Mario suppressed a shudder. That computer had fallen in love with his princess.
"You're right, Luigi. I'll go check on Peach. Right after I finish eating, that is."
"This—oof—dress is not good for an old aching body," wheezed Kammy as she finished zipping herself up.
"Shut up, Kammy. I don't care," growled Bowser. "Now for the finishing touch... drink this before I do something I shouldn't." Bowser handed her a small vial of brownish looking liquid.
"I have to DRINK this! "cried Kammy. "It looks like liquid cardboard."
"Drink...it...and...SHUT...UP!" the nearly enraged Koopa King growled through clenched teeth.
"Yes, Your Grumpiness." She sighed, then gulped the strange concoction before she could change her mind.
Kammy disappeared in a small poof. Before the King now stood a much younger, more elegant being. She had blonde hair, dazzling blue eyes, and looked great in the pink dress she was wearing. Bowser let out a low chuckle.
It had worked.
END CH. 1