Chapter 1 Purple Ponies
Iggy grinned to himself as he and his siblings sailed flew over the lush Mushroom Kingdom countryside. It was a day like any other. The Koopalings were headed to the Mushroom Kingdom to kidnap Princess Peach. They weren't going to utilize some big, creative plan that Bowser had spent the better part of the last few weeks formulating. It was just a typical kidnapping mission.
Iggy glance around the airship's cabin at his siblings. Larry and Roy were engaged in a game of tic tac toe, Ludwig was talking to Lemmy while he was leaning over a piece of paper, Morton was asleep in a hammock that hung from the celing, and Wendy was painting her nails. Iggy went over to Wendy.
"How are you doing, Wen?" he asked. Wendy sighed.
"I don't know if I'm a big fan of this color," she said. She showed Igy her nails, which were painted a dark green. Iggy shrugged.
"I don't know," he said. "I think it looks good."
"Yeah, but it doesn't match my shell or my bow," said Wendy. "I think it looks a little tacky, don't you agree?"
Iggy thought about a suitable answer. He wasn't as familar with fashion as Wendy was, so to him he thought that it didn't really matter what matched with what. However, he didn't know if voicing that opinion would be the most intelligent choice. Wendy suffered from extreme self esteem issues regarding her appearance, so fashion meant the world to her. He didn't want to say anything that would offend her (he wasn't one of those people who was quicjk to call a woman fat). He smiled.
"If you think that another color would look better, then I think your judgement is sound," he said. He thought about it some more. "Maybe you could try a cherry red?"
Wendy was surprised. It wasn't very often that she got fashion advice from any of her brothers.
"Yeah," she said. "I think that I will."
Iggy grinned. It was then that he heard Larry shouting from across the kabin.
"Oh yeah!" he said. "Ten game winning streak, baby!"
"Oh come on!" exlaimed Roy. "That's not fair; you cheated!"
"Yeah, I'd say the same thing if I'd just lost to the youngest Koopaling ten times in a row!" Larry said with a smirk. He started to laugh while Roy scowled.
"Come on man, I need to win," he said. "How embarrassing would it be if I had to tell Celia that I can't even beat an eleven year old at tic tac toe?"
Larry chuckled.
"Well, that's you're problem, not mine," he said. He fell onto the floor laughing while Roy shook his head. It was then that Ludwig and Lemmy cleared their throats.
"Everyone," said Ludwig with a smile, "Lemmy and I have an announcment to make."
The other Koopalings gathered around; even Morton, who had awoken from his nap.
"As you know, Lemmy and I have decided to co-write a song," Ludwig said. "And…" he chuckled. "You know what, Lemmy? Why don't you tell them?"
Lemmy beemed.
"Thanks, Luddy," he said. He turned back to the group. "It's finally finished!"
"That's awesome!" said Roy.
"Congratulations!" said Wendy.
"Have you guys thought of a name for it yet?" Iggy asked.
"No, we haven't," said Ludwig.
"But we spent a lot of time on the song!" said Lemy. "We decided too give it sort of a J-pop feel. We even included some Japanese words such as "doki doki," "egao," and "daisuki."
Iggy chuckled.
"Well, I for one will be really eager to hear it after the kidnapping," he said. It was then that he noticed the Morton was looking out the cabin window.
"Um, guys," he said. "I think you might want to sea this."
The Koopalings gathered around and looked outside. They gasped.
"Hey," said Roy, "where'd Peach's castle go?"
"It's gone!" said Lemmy.
And gone it was. The place wear the beautiful white castle stood was now completely bare. There was a crowd of people gathered around the castle grounds, and they appeared to be having a conversation. The Koopalings felt confused.
"That's something you don't see everyday," said Ludwig.
The Koopalings parked their airship above the general area and got out. They expected that a riot would ensue and the toads would try to beat them. That was what normally happens whenever the Koopalings come in contact with toads. However, to the Koopalings complete surprise, most of the toads looked relieved to see them.
"Oh, Koopalings," said a blue toad. "Will you please help us?"
"Yeah!" said a yellow toad. "We have no idea what happened."
The Koopalings weren't used to this display from toads, so the felt a little awkward. They made there way to the front of the crowd, where Princess Peach and Mario were. Mario was wearing a sundress
"Your highness," said Iggy, "what exactly has happened here?"
"Well, I was just in my room reading Twilight when all of a sudden, the castle completely dissappeared!" Princess Peach explained. "I fell twenty feet to the ground!"
"You think that is-a bad?" asked Mario with his arms crossed and his face in a scowl. "I was right in the middle of a shower when it happened! I had to run around in a towel! No stores would-a let-a me in, so I had to buy this dress from a homeless guy on the street!"
Iggy and his siblings exchanged looks.
"Wow, that is odd," he says. "It almost sounds like something supernatural is at play here."
Suddenly, the Koopalings heard gasps from the crowd. They looked and saw that the grass of the hills was changing from green to white.
"Woah!" said Larry. "What do you think that is about!"
Roy put his hand to his chin.
"Hmm," he said. "The grass contains a pigment called chlorophyll. Some notable examples of other species that contain chlorophyll are Acer negundo, Betula nigra, and Carya glabra. Chlorophyll is famous for absorbing red and blue light, but not green light. My hypothesis is that something happened to the chlorophyll in the grass to cause it to reflect all colors on the visible spectrum, thus making it look white."
Everyone stared at Roy. It was then that his eyes grew wide.
"Woah," he said. "Did I just say that?"
"Yeah Roy," said Larry with a slight frightened inflection. "You sounded really smart just then."
"Yeah," said Roy. "It's almost as if…"
Roy gasped and his eyes grew wide. He turned to Iggy.
"Oh no," Roy said. "Am I turning into you?"
Iggy laughed.
"No, that's ridiculous," he said. "Scientifically speaking, it is impossible for the neurological pathways in one's brain to rearrange themselves to be identical to that of another."
The Koopalings gave Iggy looks. That was when Iggy's heartbeat went up.
"Okay yeah, you're definitely turning into me!" he said.
Suddenly, Morton burst into a raging fit of laughter. He put his hands over his mouth to stop himself.
"Why did I do that?" he asked in a frightened tone. "I didn't mean to do that. That was, like, completely uncalled for. Was that crazy? Cause I think that was crazy. Am I going crazy? Am I going to turn into one of those psychotic supervillains who is too insane even for the toughest mental asylums?"
Now the Koopalings were starting to get a little worried. Morton, the soft spoken, stoic member of the group, was practically hyperventilating and yammering away at a thousands words a minute.
"Woah," said Larry. "Something is definitely up."
"Yeah," said Wendy. "From castles disappearing to Morton turning into a paranoid chatterbox to Roy understanding...well, science?"
Iggy nodded.
"We need to speak to Kamek about this," he said. With that, the Koopalings headed toward the airship.