So before we start this chapter I have to make a huge apology. In two of my previous Fanfictions (Bowser Jr iskidnapped and The mix-up) I have got the personalities of the koopalings completely wrong. The reason for this is because I was getting my info from a website because I've never actually played a Mario game before. I've watched a couple of LPs but never played the games myself. I'm really, whole-heartedly sorry. The koopalings in this story will be A LOT more faithful to the original. If you've ever read anything by Cooool123 then the koopalings' personalities will be a lot like they are in his Fanfiction. Thank you for your consideration now read!
"The ship's sinking! Get everybody out!"
"The lifeboats! Get the lifeboats!"
"Huh-wha-?" I mumbled waking up to the sound of yelling and screaming and the sight of people running around madly.
"What's going on?!" I yelled.
"The boat's sinking!" someone shouted and tried to pick me up. I struggled and got away.
I was on a huge ship but I had no idea what was going on. All I knew was I had to find Dad.
"Dad!" I yelled. "Dad where are you?!"
I ran all over the ship, trying to find him. He was no-where. I got more and more lost as I went on searching. Suddenly, the ship lurched and tipped over onto one side. I screamed. I tried clinging onto the side but it was no use, I plummeted, along with many others, into the sea.
The sea was icy, arctic cold. I surfaced splashing madly. I tried yelling out for help but something grabbed my leg and yanked me under. I screamed and thrashed about like a mad thing but it was no use. I was drowning.
I woke up screaming and sobbing.
"Dad!" I wailed.
I stopped; I suddenly remembered what had happened the day before. Dad couldn't help me, he was dead.
I sniffed hard. I got up, grabbed my violin and headed for the door. I didn't care if it was 11:00pm.
I sat in a tree playing sad tunes on my violin. The peace was wonderful but it was so lonely. I sighed.
"Oh Dad," I murmured. "So many changes are happening, I feel so powerless against them. Please protect me." I whispered the last bit into the darkness. I waited in vain for a reply, none came.
I sighed again and picked up my violin and started playing again.
"What are you doing?"
This interruption had made me jump out of my skin.
A strange creature appeared out of the shadows. He must've been a koopa, but he looked like no koopa I'd ever seen before. He was orangy-yellow with a green head and a blue spiky shell. His dark blue hair was pointed at the ends and he had one single fang. He looked mysterious, yet he had blue eyes. I read somewhere that blue eyes meant they had a pure heart inside. I wonder if that's true for Uncle Mario too…
I blushed. "Nothing," I said getting back to the question in hand. I looked across at my violin. "Just… practicing."
"At 11:00?" he enquired raising his eyebrows.
He had a thick German accent.
"Well you're awake too," I pointed out.
"You woke me up," he replied. "I heard your playing; I wanted to know who the insomniac violinist was."
You hear that? That's the sound of hundreds of readers simultaneously Googeling what an insomniac is.
I laughed.
"My name's Ludwig," he said.
Ludwig. Beautiful name. Very German, like his accent. It suits him.
"I haven't seen you around," he went on.
"I just moved here to live with my Aunt," I replied.
"Oh," he said.
We're both silent for a while. Awkward.
"So, do you play anything else?" Ludwig asked breaking the ice.
I shook my head. "No," I said. "My dad used to teach me until…" I broke off.
A wave of emotion rises up in me but I push it down firmly. I can't believe I was stupid enough to bring Dad up in a conversation! I should have known that would upset me.
"I know," Ludwig said quietly. "My mother passed away too."
"Really?" I asked disbelievingly.
He nodded. "When I was 8,"
"Oh, my mum died when I was 4," I said. "Terrible isn't it? I live with my Aunt now."
"I think you mentioned that earlier," Ludwig said.
"Oh."
There was another awkward silence. I tried to think of something to say but my mind went completely blank.
Suddenly, I heard a voice in the distance.
"Cindy! Cindy where are you?"
"Oh, it's my Aunt Daisy! I'd better get back," I said.
"Wait, did you say Aunt Daisy?" Ludwig asked. "Oh no."
"What?" I said. "What is it?"
"When you say Aunt Daisy, do you mean Princess Daisy?" he asked.
"Yeah," I said. "What other Daisy is there?"
Ludwig put his face in his hand and sighed. "Oh no, no, no," he said.
"What is it? Tell me!" I whined.
Ludwig looked at me. "There's something I haven't told you," he said. "I'm the eldest son of Bowser, King of koopas."
"Is Bowser that guy who keeps kidnapping princesses?" I asked.
"The very same," Ludwig replied. "Cindy, we can't be friends. You know that don't you? The feud, you're Mario's niece!"
"But Ludwig, surely we-"
I was cut off by a shout from the bottom of the tree.
"Cindy, there you are! I've been looking everywhere for you, why did you run off? What have you been doing this whole time?" It was Aunt Daisy.
"I was…" I looked over only to see that Ludwig had vanished. "Nothing, I was doing nothing."
