A/N: I'm trying to mimic the dialogue in the Mario & Luigi RPG's. If it sounds simple and childish at certain points, it's intentional.


"I'm certain that ne'er-do-well is planning something today, Princess! The guards saw his troops transporting a rather large amount of firepower to his castle, and I can attest to that!"

Peach pursed her lips and placed her hands on her hips in a thoughtful stance. Her advisor and closest servant was rather riled up. He was always particularly annoyed and distraught whenever Bowser kidnapped the princess, so it was only natural he'd want to stop Bowser before he could even put his plan into action.

"Toadsworth, I've always trusted your judgement. But this time, I'm not so sure you're right. Bowser did just lose to Mario the other day. I see no reason to worry. At least, not yet."

Toadsworth gave her a pleading look. They locked eyes with each other for a long moment before she sighed and daintily placed a hand to her head. "Oh, for goodness sake… I will ask Mario and Luigi to visit the castle and make sure he isn't planning anything. Do you feel better now?"

"Blesses, Princess! Your safety is of the utmost priority! I'll get on that right away!"

Peach reached out to him, but she gasped as he zipped off down the hall faster than she could track.


"SERGEANT GUY! Is the cake finished yet?!"

"Almost, your Burliness. It hasn't quite reached the peak level of spice. You did ask for extra spicy… Kind of a weird cake, if you ask me…"

"Well keep it going! It needs to be perfect! CORPORAL PARAPLONK! Status on decorations?"

"Finished, sir! We await your next orders!"

"Find Kamek and make sure he's in place. I want Private Goomp and his guys ready to go with the fireworks."

"And where are you going, sir?" The Goomba asked.

"I'm doing the most difficult job of all… waking up my son."

Bowser huffed and stomped down the hall to his son's room. It was a chore in itself getting Junior to wake up. Bowser was really the only one who could do without causing Junior to throw a massive tantrum. Nearly all of the minions – especially Kamek – discovered that for themselves. Before he could open it, he heard the sound of high-pitched laughter coming from inside the room. Junior was wide awake and playing his video games again. What a relief. On any normal day, Bowser would have given him limits for how long he could play. That didn't matter today, though. Today, Junior was allowed to have anything he wanted – just as long as he saw the big surprise he'd been planning.

The Koopa King opened his son's door and walked in, all smiles. "Morning, Junior! You didn't forget what day it is, did you?"

"Morning, dad! And of course not! It's my birthday, and I get to have anything I want today."

"That's right, kiddo! I've got something special planned for you, so c'mere!"

"But I want to stay and play my games!"

"C'mon, son! This'll be better than that!"

"You said I can have whatever I want, and this is what I want!"

"Junior, get your butt out of his room or I'll –"

Down the hall and just outside the castle doors, Bowser heard a strange and unexpected commotion. It sounded like his men were shocked about something and fighting back against whatever was trying to barge in on his son's birthday. Then there was the unmistakable rumbling of the castle doors being forced open.

"What the heck is going on over there?" He muttered as he swiftly stormed out of the room. Junior, intrigued by the sudden change in his father's attitude, paused his game and chased his dad down the hall. He bumped into Bowser's beefy leg and rubbed his nose in pain for a moment. His father had stopped at the entrance to the great hall and was seething in rage. Junior peeked around his father to see Mario and Luigi standing triumphantly at the front door, their eyes scanning the scene – one pair of eyes curious and the other nervous. Multiple minions were on the ground or crawling away in pain.

"What… What the heck are you two doing here?!" Bowser roared. "What are you doing to my minions?"

A familiar yellow, floating, and glowing ball flew in front of his face and started screaming at him in that high voice he knew and hated. It was that Star Sprite again. "Us? What were you planning to do with all these minions and all that firepower?"

"Throw a party for my kid, genius!"

Starlow continued on, unfazed by his straight answer. "The bros. just beat you last week! Are you really going to try and kidnap… Wait. Did you say throw a party?"

"YES!"

Mario and Luigi exchanged glances. Starlow blinked a few times, as if she was trying to decide if she should feel stupid or guilty.

"… Oh."

"Oh?" Bowser echoed incredulously. "That's all you have to say after barging into my castle and knocking out my minions and RUINING MY KID'S PARTY?!"

"Well, uh, you see…"

"I don't think so!" Bowser howled in rage. "You came here looking for a fight, huh? Then you're getting a fight, and then I'm nabbing Peach just to rub it in!"

"But wait!" Starlow cried out frantically, hoping against hope she could coerce Bowser into settling down like she did so many times before. "It's your son's birthday! Do you really want to spend it kidnapping Peach again?"

"That was the plan, before Mario and Green 'Stache had to get in the way," he grumbled behind clenched teeth. Then he felt a tug on one of his clawed hands and looked down to see Junior.

His eyes shone with aggression and excitement. "Yeah, dad! Let's take 'em on and grab Peach!"

The Koopa King smirked proudly at his son and then pointed at the Mario bros. Junior pulled his bandana over his face and took out his Magic Paintbrush, twirling it a few times just for show. "You heard my son!" Bowser roared. "Minions! CHARGE!"

And like any other day, a battle between the two bros. and the Koopa King's army ensued, but this time, things were very different. On the roof of the castle, a certain mad scientist and his oversized lackey were grinning in amusement as the scene below unfolded. The guards were too busy with the day's event that no one had noticed him sneak onto the castle grounds. He briefly wondered in the Mario bros. being there would hinder his plan, but figured the sudden fight might aid him even further. It meant even the Koopa King himself was more distracted than he had anticipated.

Everything was set in place. Now was the time to strike.

"I have action!" Fawful cried out in glee as he pressed a button on a comically large remote control. A trio of flying saucer-like crafts flew down towards Fawful. They circled him for a moment, and then he laughed as they swiftly descended down into the castle and through the open doors. They soared effortlessly over the battle, but no one seemed to notice them until it was too late.

Junior was skillfully twirling his magic paintbrush like a baton and splashing paint bullets at the bros., but he was interrupted when the Fawfulcopters flew down and began to circle him. In confusion, he started trying to shoot paint bullets at them too, but they miraculously dodged all of them with amazing speed. Junior lowered his bandana away from his face, his mouth agape in awe and disbelief. He'd never seen anything like them before, and those swirling eyes painted onto the metal looked a little creepy.

It was at this moment when Kamek spotted the strange aircrafts surrounding Junior and he immediately felt a sense of dread. He quickly swooped down on his broom and informed Bowser, who turned around to find his son. His eyes widened in recognition when he saw the swirling glasses and large white teeth painted onto the aircrafts.

"What the – Junior!"

Junior turned towards his father's voice. "Dad?"

The Fawfulcopters all stopped in midair around Junior. They were now surrounding him in the shape of a triangle. Bowser's heart dropped into his stomach when the Fawfulcopters flashed once and then released a powerful electrical shock with Junior caught in the middle. The little Koopa's sharp cry pierced the air and Bowser stood frozen at the spot. Even the Mario bros. and the minions stopped fighting at the sound of genuine distress. "Young Master!" Kamek gasped as he took quick action and tried to break the Fawfulcopters with his magic. His efforts were in vain, though.

"Wait a minute," Starlow said in shock. "Those things! Aren't those Fawful's?!"

"JUNIOR!" Bowser roared, his mouth alight with flames as if it were a furnace. With his claws gleaming and ready to destroy, he began to run across the room to reach his son, who was still being shocked by the Fawfulcopters, but was stopped in his tracks when a large purple beast fell down from out of nowhere and blocked his path. He looked almost like Midbus, but was burlier and fuzzier.

"Who are you?! Get out of my way!" Bowser practically spat into the face of the creature standing between him and his son.

"I'll make you pay for what you did to my brother," the creature rumbled darkly.

"What? Brother?!"

Behind the creature, the shocks finally halted and Junior fell to the floor on his stomach, his hand slightly twitching. He squeaked out a tiny "Papa…", and then he fell silent. The Fawfulcopters shot a beam of light onto the young Koopa. He disappeared for a moment, and then reemerged inside a thick glass casing attached to the top of the lead Fawfulcopter.

"They're getting away with my son!" Bowser yelled as he tried to push against the large beast in front of him, but the thing only shoved him back before smiling devilishly. As the Fawfulcopters took their leave with Junior in tow, one of them flew above the beast and hit him with a beam of light. He disappeared into the light and then the Fawfulcopter flew away, leaving the castle a silent mess.