This is my first FanFiction Story so it might be sorta bad at moments but ill try my best. Readers are welcome to comment on how im doing and what i can improve on, but no harsh ones. with that small note aside, i hope you enjoy!
-Kooper The Koopa
Chapter 2
Dry-Hoofing It Cross Dry-Dry Dessert
Mario and his crew arrived at the borderland of the mushroom kingdom. "I've never been here." Kooper said. DK groaned, earning a look from Kooper. "What wrong?" He asked. "This is the dessert right?" Kooper took out a notebook and started looking around. "Cactus, check," Kooper said checking off next to Cactus. DK frowned. "Sand, check. Pokeys, check. MORE sa-" DK sat on Kooper in order to shut him up. "No ding-dong." DK gruffly said, shifting his weight on Kooper's mid-section, cutting off his air supply slightly, "I mean that since I have fur, ill burn up in this heat." DK stood up, leaving Kooper to roll on his face and groan in pain. "I got it." Kooper mumbled. Mario rolled up his sleeves, as well as Luigi, Yoshi started panting like a dog, Kooper took his shell off and reached into it to pull out shorts, then using nintendo logic, stuffed his shell in his pocket. DK just frowned and huffed. Mario turned to everyone. "Everyone ready?" He asked. Everyone responded enthusiastically with the exception of DK who grunted in response. They started the long walk into the desert.
Peach could be seen standing on her balcony, starring out towards the Badlands. Peach sighed, she wished she could have some company or some one to talk to. Suddenly she saw a twinkle in the sky. Peach noticed it and looked at it harder. The twinkle grew brighter and brighter untill... a star came falling fast at peach's direction, yelling his head off. Peach gasped and ducked as the star flew over her and crashed into the room with a large thud, crash, skid sound and then an explosion. Peach sweatdropped then entered the room. The star was faced down on the ground near Peach's bed. Peach went up to the star and poked it gingerly, it twitched in response, making Peach jump back. The star rose from the ground and shook his he- err.. body and turned to look at Peach who grabbed her frying pan just in case. The star raised its stub... to wave. Peach was taken back by this but still waved anyway. "Hello." It said. Peach stayed silent. 'I'm aware that you don't remember me. Do you?" Peach thought for a moment then it hit her. "TWINK!" She yelled in joy as she hugged him. Twink laughed and floated to Peach's eye level. The two then walked/floated to Peach's bed and stared to chat just like the old days.
By this time, Mario and co. was close to the castle but still had to walk a good distance. The trek proved to be dangerous as Mario had various rips and scuff marks on his overalls and shirt, Luigi had a giant hole in his shirt on the back as well as many cuts on it. Kooper's undershirt had many marks on it and his shorts. He also had a bruise on his chest. DK had various section of his fur torn and chard. He even had patches of fur ripped clean out. Yoshi just had scuff marks all over him. "That...was...crazy!" Kooper panted and fell on his stomach and laid there. DK sighed and tripped over Kooper, landing on him. Luigi took off his dusty hat and wiped sweat of his brow. "Mario... are we there yet?" He said for the ump-teen time. Mario groaned in response. Yoshi climbed a nearby sand dune. He saw the outline of the castle. "Guys! The castles just over that sand dune!" Yoshi squealed in joy as he ran/slid down the dune. Everyone chased after him. As Yoshi started to climb up the dune, the ground rumbled. Yoshi stopped so suddenly, that everyone crashed into him. "Ow! The hell Yoshi!?" Kooper yelled. The ground rumbled again, stronger this time. "Maybe we should run again." Yoshi said, looking at something charging in the distance. Kooper raised an eyebrow, "why?" "That's why!" Yoshi yelled, pointing at a giant Pokey. "GET IN MY BELLY!" It shouted as it moved towards them at high speeds. Everyone screamed and ran. Kooper jumped on DK's back while Mario and Luigi hopped on Yoshi. They reached the castle and ran past the guards which were Desert Guys with spears. "Did you see that?" The first guy said.
"what? A fat plumber, a skinny plumber, a turtle with an undershirt on, a giant ape, and a Yoshi running from that giant Pokey?" He said without blinking. The first shy guy blinked twice before responding with a nod. "Nope." He said. The shy guy just blinked and turned away.
Kooper hopped off DK and groaned. "I hate the world." He said while sitting on the ground. DK sat next to him. "Me too, it seems bent on killing us in very stupid and creative ways." As soon as DK said that, a meteor crashed between him and Kooper, almost landing on them. DK and Kooper looked at each other then got up. Mario searched the area, there wasn't much in this room. He jogged to the door on the other side of the room and peeked in, praying that a hammer wouldn't take his head off. Instead, a fireball almost did. Mario closed the door as a fireball smashed into it. Kooper gained an anime vein on his forehead and was about to rant again on how the world hated them, but DK clamped his mouth shut.
Mario peeked again and saw that it was a boatload of Bowser pedestals. "Oh great these again..." Mario trailed. Mario turned to his friends. "There is no strategy this time. Just run." "You don't have to tell me twice." Kooper said. Everyone crowded near the door and when Mario shouted "NOW!" everyone ran at fast as they could. Mario and Luigi was running near each other so that they could use their teamwork inorder to dodge. Two fire balls flew towards them and Mario and Luigi retaliated with fireballs of their own. Kooper was on DK's back again as he dodged, ducked, dipped, dove, and... dodged again. Kooper was using his hammers on fireballs that came from behind so DK wouldn't get hit. Yoshi, being the happy-go-lucky dinosaur he was, was enjoying himself. He was pretending to dodge everyday items. "Hopscotch!" He yelled as he hurdled over a low fireball. "Car!" As he sidestepped to the left. "Bird shet!" As he sidestepped again, this time to the right. "Cockroach!" He ducked under a fireball aimed at his head. Kooper got distracted by Yoshi's outbursts and got tagged in the back by a fireball. To make matters worse, he wasn't wearing his shell. Kooper grunted as it blasted him of DK's back and onto the floor. Kooper tryed to get up but the fireball did more damage than he exspected to. "Ow." He mumbled before laying his head back on the ground. DK, noticing that his back was lighter, looked behind him to see Kooper downed. Planting his hand on the ground he did a fast u-turn and ran towards Kooper as at least 7 fireballs flew towards Kooper. DK reached Kooper and covered his body with his as the fire balls pelted DK's burly back. DK grunted with each hit as the fireballs quickly drained his health into crisis mode. DK rolled off Kooper, who then got up, despite his back throbbing in pain. "DK why did you do that?" DK turned his head to look at Kooper. "And what? Let you get a game over?" He laughed weakly. Kooper gave a weak smile before a fire smashed the ground near Kooper, snapping him back into reality. They were still in danger, DK was down for the count, and Kooper didn't have any items on him. Groaning his started to drag DK to the other door. He called for Yoshi, who was at a stand still as 6 statues were firing at him. "Ok! Now your starting TO PISS ME OFF!" Yoshi yelled in frustration, dodging a fireball for the ump-teen time. A fireball gazed his tail, making him flinch slightly. Yoshi then got hit in the side, face, and stomach, knocking him back towards Kooper. "Hi Kooper." A winded Yoshi greeted the upside-down koopa. Kooper sweatdropped. "You need some help there Yosh?" Kooper asked. Yoshi frowned. "Sadly yes." He pouted. Kooper reached into his shorts pocket and pulled out his shell. "Here, put this in your mouth and don't swallow it." Yoshi looked sceptically then caught his drift. "Couldn't, even if I tryed." He said while popping the shell in his mouth. Suddenly, Yoshi grew wings, due to his ancestors powers. DK, who was slouched on Kooper, gasped weakly. "How did...cough...you do that?" "No time to explain." Kooper said as he struggled to put DK on Yoshi's back, to his dismay. Yoshi gurgled something and Kooper rolled his eyes as he grabbed Yoshi's tail and lightly tugged it. Yoshi then started flapping his wings and flew towards the door. Kooper was hanging on to Yoshi's tail with a hammer in his other hand. As fireballs threaten to burn them, Kooper swung his hammer in order to redirect them. Yoshi groaned as his back ached and his tail was sore, but still flew towards the door. After a few more hammer swings, groans and close calls, the trio landed near the door, Yoshi immediately spat out Kooper's shell, shook off Kooper and DK then flopped on the ground, exhausted of any energy whatsoever. Kooper groaned then sat up. He looked around for Mario and Luigi but didn't see any traces of red or green. However, a streak of blue caught Kooper sight. The blue streak struck a fireball as a giant fireball smashed a statue, disabling it. Kooper stood up and leaned over a small gap in order to see what was shooting. He identified the shooter none other than the Mario Bros. Mario and Luigi were working together, almost like DK and Kooper were. Mario was behind Luigi, who was shooting lightning bolts at fireballs flying towards them. Whenever Luigi gave Mario a clear shot at the statue, he would quickly charge up a fireball and hurl it at the statue Luigi stunned. This proved effective as Mario had blown up 40 statues so far. They did this untill they reached the other. When they got close enough, Kooper wasted no time explaining the predicament Kooper and DK went through and then pointed at DK, who was still awake but was slowly losing the ability to stay awake. Mario quickly pulled out a 1-up mushroom from his overall pocket and fed it to DK. DK chewed the fungus and felt his strength return to him but when he tryed to get up, a sharp pain exploded in his back, forcing him back down. Kooper was confused, so was Yoshi. "He'll still be sore for a while but he'll live." Mario explained. Kooper and Yoshi each grabed an arm and hauled DK on his feet. Yoshi was still tired from carrying both DK and Kooper from flying and demanded DK lean on Kooper. Kooper rolled his eyes and grunted when DK's weight leaned on his side. Mario took point and entered the door with Yoshi, DK and Kooper following him and Luigi covering the rear.
Mario peeked through the door, praying to Grambi that a projectile wouldn't attack him. To his satisfaction, he didn't. Mario opened the door fully as his partners walked through the door. The room was big enough for a boss battle which un-nerved Luigi and Kooper but everyone was more worried about the giant sinkhole with sand flowing in. "Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Kooper said, sweatdropping. Before anyone could respond, a rumble snapped everyones attention towards the sinkhole. A flower popped out, making everyone sweatdrop. "Anyone got a weed whacker?" Kooper joked, earning a hand to the back of his head from DK. As Kooper mumbled death threats under his breath, the flower slowly rose up, revealing the same Giant Pokey that chased them last time. Nobody noticed it untill it made a shadow over Kooper. " DK your standing in my light." Kooper said. "That's not me! I cant even stand on my own right now!" DK retorted. Kooper then froze up as the shadow had a flower on it. Everyone looked at each other then looked back to see a Giant Pokey with the angriest expression on his face. Mario immediacy powered up and aimed his fireball at him, Luigi aiming his finger like a gun, Kooper readyed his hammers, dropping DK who cursed out loud, Yoshi made an egg and everyone threw their projectiles at him, only to hit thin air as he quickly ducked back under the sand. "Damn!" Kooper cursed. "He a stick and move boss." Mario studyed the sand. If he could see where the Pokey was before he popped up he could hit him. The sand under the platform started shifting violently, making an exclamation mark pop over Mario's head as he yelled "everybody move!" Kooper and Yoshi rudely shoved DK onto another platform as everyone jumped onto another one. DK growled at Kooper and Yoshi who grinned sheepishly. Mario had all ready jumped on the Pokey when it popped out the sand. "So do we have to hit it 5 more times?" DK asked, in a far corner of a platform. Kooper, who was next to him, nodded and threw a hammer just as the Pokey popped out, nailing him in the face. "4" he added. "Nice aim." It mumbled before shooting a rock at Kooper, knocking him off the platform. "Oh crap!" Kooper yelled before DK caught him by his leg. "Kooper put your shell on." DK said, bringing him back on the platform. "Its too hot for that, my shell traps heat." Kooper countered. DK rolled his eyes and proceeded to sit again. Kooper looked around for the Pokey before hearing a rock being shot at him. "Not this time!" He said as he spun around and whacked the rock like a baseball back at the Pokey. The Pokey got rocked in the face and sunk un the sand again. When it popped back out, it was a bright red color with steam comming out his ears. Luigi pulled out a book and turned to a page with the Pokey in his rage. "Lets see... when a giant Pokey enters rage mode, normal attacks wont effect it and it shoots fireballs, how nice, and can only be hurt by the rocks it periodically shoots. Don't hit the fireballs as they will explode and damage who ever hit it." Luigi read. "That's easy for me." Kooper said twirling his hammer. "Kooper, give everyone a hammer just in case." Mario said. "Good idea." Kooper said as he threw hammers to every one. The Pokey cleared his throat in order to get everyone attention. "Hold your horses." Yoshi said bluntly. The Pokey narrowed his eyes and hurled a fireball at Yoshi, who panicked and smacked the fireball, forgetting Luigi warning and got hurt when the fireball exploded in his face. The Pokey was now rapid-firing fireballs at everyone, making them scramble around. Kooper saw a rock and dove in front of it and smashed it towards the Pokey. But the Pokey saw this comming and whacked it towards Mario, catching him off guard and nailing him in the forehead. "OWW" Mario yelled, clutching his forehead. The Pokey snickered and resumed his fireball barrage. When he shot another rock at Mario, Mario growled and bashed it towards the Pokey. He saw it comming and whacked it to Yoshi, who smashed it back, scoring a hit. "Yeah! Jerk!" Yoshi taunted. The Pokey frowned then went under the sand yet again. It smashed two of the 4 platforms, making life much harder for the gang. "Well, this sucks" Kooper said as the Pokey re-emerge and continued the onslaught of fireball. He hit Kooper twice, Mario once, skimmed Luigi, hit Yoshi in the tail and DK grunted in pain as he rolled out the way of a fireball. When the Pokey shot a rock, everyone got ready. Kooper stared the rally as he smashed it towards the Pokey who reflected towards Yoshi. Yoshi spun and hit it, making it go slightly faster. The Pokey sweatdropped then smacked it at DK. DK yelped as Mario ran in front of him and smashed it away from him. Luigi jumped and spiked the rock towards the Pokey, scoring a hit. The Pokey growled in annoyance then smashed the left platform, knocking Kooper and DK towards the quicksand. Mario grabbed Kooper's ankle while Luigi and Yoshi barely caught DK's tie. "Phew." Kooper said. Mario hauled him on the platform then helped Luigi and Yoshi pull DK up. "My poor back." DK simply said as he laid face down on the platform. The Pokey wasted no time firing fireballs at the group of heroes. Yoshi and Kooper had to repeatedly shove DK out the way of incoming fireball while Mario and Luigi did their best to take down the fireballs with their respectively projectiles. Another rock came to play and the team (excluding DK) quickly took down the Pokey after a minute of rallying the rock back and forth. everyone leveled up with Mario, Luigi and DK upping their Hp while Kooper and Yoshi increased their luck. "Finally!" Kooper shouted in exaporation. "Next time stay 6 feet under the ground." Everyone groaned at Kooper's joke, making him roll his eyes.
Mario and his posse went into the next room that looked identical to the room back at the first castle. Toad was yet again in the corner, cowering in fear. Shaking his head, Mario walked up to Toad, making sure not to startle him. He gently shook Toad who looked up at Mario. "Hey guys!" He greeted enthusiastically. A question mark flashed above Kooper's head. "Toad, what are you doing here?" Kooper asked. Toad tilted his head. "What do you mean?" "We saw you at the first castle" "What? I was never there!" Toad retorted "yes you were!" Kooper shot back. "Was not!" Was too!" "WAS NOT!" "WAS TOO!" "YOU CALLING ME A LIER, TURTLE NECK?!" I AINT CALLING YOU TO DINNER, MUSHROOM FOR BRAINS!" "GUYS, SHUT UP!" Yoshi screamed at the top of his lungs. They both looked at him in surprise. "Seriously, is there a reason for all this yelling?" Yoshi asked. "No..." they both said ashamed. "Now.. toad, where is the next castle?" Yoshi asked, giving them a stern look. "Uhh... I honestly have no idea." Everyone fell on the ground anime-style. "Ok... well that plan died." Yoshi said, getting up. DK, who was face-down the whole time, said "can we go back to the house and rest. My back still aches." Mario shrugged. "Sure, we need a few more items too." "I can make a warp pipe." Toad said as he took a mini-pipe out of his pocket, mumbled Toad Town, then threw it on the ground. Seconds later, it expanded into a full sized pipe. "All set." He said. Kooper whistled in amazement. "Good going toad." "Thanks. You can use it to come to and fro from toad town and vise versa." "You just lost my respect again for saying fro." Kooper said with a bored expression. Toad sweatdropped then threw Kooper in the pipe. Everyone else followed him throught the pipe.