Li was sitting next to her friend, Bethany Toopa on the ride to school. Bethany was the only other koopa who lived in the mushroom kingdom, aside from Li. Everyone else in the kingdom was either a toad or a human. Bethany wasn't any ordinary koopa though. She was a toad/koopa hybrid, and after her father died from a disease found in pirahna plants, Bethany went to live with her mother, a yellow toad with pink spots. Bethany looked mostly like a koopa, except that she had mushroom braids like her mother, and her skin was a peachy color like a toads. She even wore a pink toads vest over her yellow shells. Currently, Bethany and Li were talking about how happy they were to get straight A's all four grading periods. "I can't beleive it! I thought I would get an A- in geography, but I got an A+!" Bethany exclaimed. "Cool, I got A+ in science! Speaking of science, did you remember to finish that project about mitosis?" Li replied. "Oh my god, I forgot my fucking project at home!" Bethany panicked. She always cursed when she got stressed out. "Don't worry, Mister Toadsy is very forgetful, he'll probably forget he even assigned everyone that project." Li assured her frazzled friend. "Dammit, you're right! Wow, thank god we have such a dopey forgetful science teacher!" Bethany said, releived. Soon, the school bus pulled up to Mushroom Kingdom High, the highschool that the mushroom kingdom teenagers attended. The two girls got off of the big yellow bus and walked amongst a crowd of toads and humans. "Hey Beth! Li! Come over to swim after school!" Two humans, a girl and a boy called out. The boy was named Linguini, but everyone called him Guini. Guini was Princess Peach's and Mario's son, and the girl was Rose, Princess Daisy and Luigi's daughter. They were cousins, because Daisy is Peach's sister and Luigi is Mario's brother. "Hey Guini! Rose!" Li waved to her friends as they rushed over to her and Bethany. "I can't come after school, sorry. My grandma is coming to stay with us, and my mom said I have to stay." Bethany informed. "Oh. Well, you'll come right Li?" Guini asked. "Sure, mother and father don't need me to do anything, so I can stay for a few hours." Li confirmed. "Hey guys! We gotta hurry before we're marked late!" A red toad with purple spots called out. It was Chris, the tiniest toad in 11th grade. All of the junior's hurried to their homeroom and reached their desks just as the bell began ringing. Li loved the ring of the school bell, it reminded her of music. Mister Toadsy, the science and homeroom teacher, walked to his desk after feeding the cheep cheeps in the aquarium on a table in the corner of the classroom. "Hello class! Let's party!" Mister Toadsy announced as he reached under his desk and pulled out a disco ball. He tried to hang it up on the ceiling, but he was too short, even when he stood on his desk. "Whose the tallest person in this class?" Mister Toadsy asked the students, sweat running down his face. Everyone pointed to Li. She was only average height in koopa and human standards, but in toad standards, she was a giant. "Ah, Li. Can you please hang this up on the ceiling Li?" Mister Toadsy asked the girl. Li nodded and strolled calmly up to Mister Toadsy's desk. He gently handed her the disco ball, and Li climbed onto the desk. When she stood on her tiptoes, she was able to hook the disco ball on a metal bar hanging from the ceiling. It held the disco balls weight, and everyone began to dance. Mister Toadsy put out refreshments and drawing and writing paper out for everyone. Then, he reached into a drawer and pulled out a boombox, in which he inserted a CD that began to play some rock music. Everyone danced a little, and after thirty minutes, some people got refreshments and sat down to draw. Li grabbed a slice of Shroom Cake and headed back to the desk she shared with Rose, Guini, Chris, and Bethany. She took out a gold glitter pen and began to write compositions for piano and lyrics to go along with the notes. After awhile, Guini and Rose sat down by Li. Rose was doodleing flowers and Guini was drawing Darkland and comparing it to the Mushroom Kingdom. "If you ask me, Guini, I think Darkland looks cool." Li said. "Yeah, it does. But my dad had to fight Bowser, the king of Darkland, like fifty million times." Guini commented. "And my mom said that she saw Bowser a few times. I hear he's ugly, but I've seen pictures of him and he doesn't look too bad." Rose added. "I've never seen pictures of him. Guini, I hear that your mom has come to terms with Bowser and made a treaty that forms Darkland with the Mushroom Kingdom." Li stated. "Well, yeah. Mom said Bowser could destroy the kingdom one last time before the treaty goes into action, on condition that he doesn't kill anyone. That's probably not a good idea though. The new kingdom will be called Darkshroom Kingdom." Guini exclaimed. Just then, the party was interrupted by an explosion in the wall and the screams of terrified toads and humans. "That must be Bowser now!" Rose shrieked as she and her cousin hid behind a table. The blast from the explosion knocked Li onto her back, and like in cartoons, turtles on their back can not get back up unless somebody helps them. Nobody was going to help Li, they were too terrified. Li heard a deep laugh and loud footsteps. Then, she saw him. Lumbering over her, with a shocked expression on his face, was King Bowser Koopa. Li closed her eyes and covered her face with her claws. She was very scared, and had never seen another Koopa her whole life except for "L" in her dreams and Bethany. Li was sure that Bowser would kick her into a wall, surely not killing her, but bruising her or the sort. She waited. Bowser did nothing. Toads and people were beginning to come out of their hiding spots. Li took her claws off of her face. Bowser was still staring at her with a shocked expression. "What? Do I have something on my face?" Li asked Bowser as she began to wiper her face with one of her claws. "Li..." Bowser said calmly as he grabbed Li's arm and helped her get back onto her feet. "How do you know my name? I've never met you, King Bowser." Li questioned Bowser. "You're right. You never met me. You lived with me. You were my daughter." Bowser stammered. "What?!" Most of the hiding teenagers cried out. "But... but, why did you put me up for adoption?" Li asked her father. "Because... your mother was ill, and I needed to work. I could only care for one child, so I kept your twin brother and put you up for adoption." Bowser explained to his daughter, a tear running down his cheek. "Then my visions are true! I do have a twin! But where's mom?" Li exclaimed. "Your mother... passed away. Five years ago, when your seventh brother was born." Bowser said meekly. "I have more siblings then just my twin?" Li asked. "Yes. Here, I'll let you finish this party. When school is over, please meet me back at the bus stop." Bowser instructed. "Okay." Li replied before Bowser stompped out of the building. "You're a princess!" Bethany excalimed as people began swarming around Li. "Hey! I'ma a rpincess too, and Guini's a prince!" Rose yelled out of jealousy as the princesses and prince got swarmed around. Li was confused. What had happened all these years she had been gone?