Chapter One: High School reunion.
"ESCARGOON! Escargoon!!!!" Dedede
shouted. The king of Dreamland sat in his favorite red striped chair.
The blue penguin rested his chin on his arm. His fluffy hat and robe
made him itch a little. Maybe he was yelling so loud, he couldn't
hear his servant's reply. Yet the grey entertainment room had the
occupation of his giant TV, his old monster transporter, bookshelf,
and his large number of old toys, not the purple snail. Scurrying in
the room, was his assistant, Escargoon.
"Sire, what is it now?"
Escargoon rasped. He wasn't too loving toward Dedede. As a matter
of fact, nobody in Dreamland was.
"I'm bored! Find something
fun to do!" Dedede squalled. Escargoon looked at Dedede with
contempt.
"Why don't you read a book." Escargoon murmured,
pointing towards the dusty bookshelf. "It's about as unused as
your conscience."
"You sissy!" Dedede furiously yelled as
he threw his hammer at Escargoon. It hit him square in the back of
his head. "Throw those boring waste of trees out!"
"If you
don't mind sire, I'd rather keep them." Escargoon nonchalantly
replied rubbing head.
"Fine sissy, but each book counts as a
birthday present and every ten is a paycheck!" Dedede
ridiculed.
"Then I'll just take a select few." Escargoon
responded slowly scanning the shelf. Dedede watched as he picked up a
book and opened it. Flipping through the pages, Escargoon began
tittering.
"What is it you little girl?!" Dedede shouted. Escargoon glanced at the king and began laughing uncontrollably. Dedede jumped from his throne and marched toward his servant. "Gimme' that!" He bellowed snatching the book from Escargoon, who was holding his sides howling with laughter.
Dedede stared at the book, which displayed himself as a clown, dancing with the biggest Cappy he ever saw. It was his high school yearbook. Upon realizing this, he whacked Escargoon on the head. Dedede sighed. "Those were good memories. I was schooled in the Mushroom kingdom, you know! Wait, maybe is it still here..." Dedede flipped through the pages. Escargoon rubbed his chin in thought. "Haha! There we go! My old buddy! Escargoon, grab my phone!"
"Graaah!!!" A picture
of a large nosed plumber had narrowly avoided a dart.
"You
missed again, boss. I still have thirty more points than you." A
Koopa with a red shell said.
His boss growled. "Y-you can take
another turn b-boss." The Koopa sputtered, looking at the fiery
colored mane, strong claws, and glistening spikes on his master.
Another dart flew, and missed again. The large Koopa spat fire and
burned the picture. "C-calm down lord Bowser, do-do you want a
glass of milk?"
The mushroom-like Goombas in the background giggled at the Bowser's calming milk. The large Koopa towered over the Goomba. The little servant shrank back. His now large eyes looked deep down his master's throat, which he could see a deep orange glow. Before he was cooked alive, a phone rang. "Get it!" Bowser dictated. A Koopa ran and grabbed the phone. He nodded in the phone and brought it to Bowser.
"Hello" Bowser inquired.
"Is this Bowsa'?" A familiar voice inquired.
"...Is
that you...Dedede?"
"Yeah! It's me from high school!"
"Wow!
I never thought I'd hear from you again."
"Same here,
buddy!"
"How's Dreamland? It's been so long since
school."
Dedede hesitated. He didn't quite know how to reply. "Fi-" he began.
"Not good, eh? No evil?" Bowser
cut him off.
"How did you know!" Dedede replied,
thunderstruck.
Now Bowser hesitated. "Lucky guess..."
"You
too!" Dedede shouted.
"Yes... Stupid heroes."
"Yeah,
what's yours?"
"A stupid plumber, that made a chump of me to
my entire realm"
"...HAHAHAHA!!!!"
"Shut up.
Your's can't be much better."
"You know me too well, pal.
Nobody takes me seriously thanks to a killer
marshmallow."
"Ah...HAHAHAHAHA!!!!"
"Heroes suck,
don't they?"
"No way, my Raven and Gerik are the best units
ever!"
"Haha! I was talking about real heroes! Besides,
Swordmasters own them."
"No way!"
The conversation went on like this for hours. They switched topics around many times. Dedede and Bowser were completely distracted. So much that Escargoon read a full book without Dedede being asleep! Waddle Dee watched on as the King of Dreamland displayed this unusual behavior After a while Dedede began to tire of reminiscing. He wanted to see his best friend again.
"There are just no more room for guys like us,
eh?" Dedede said sighing.
"Got that right. I bet we could take
the worlds if we really tried." Bowser
replied.
"You...think...?"
"I have an extra guest
room."
"I'll start packing."
With that, Dedede, bursting with energy, ran out the door toppiling the Waddle Dee in his way. He went to Escargoon's room, where he found him reading.
"Sissy! Pack me up!" Dedede shouted throwing his suitcase at Escargoon, with a grin on his face. I have a friend to meet.
