SUMMER! My classes are over for now so I have more time to write. YAY1 Thanks for the attention guys I really appreciate it, especially you PyroSolracIII. Your help is much appreciated. Keep commenting and faving and I'll update more frequently. Anyways, back to the story.
I could barely sleep. I was worried, the floor was hard, the room was warmer than before and of course the fear of death was of course on my mind. I mean I've died to Bowser several times before but, THIS IS RIDICULOUS! So this is how I was gonna spend summer vacation huh? In a corrupted version of Peach's castle. I suddenly heard a loud wind push through the broken windows. Some airships were probably taking off.
I remember this scene from the game. "Wow, they waited the whole night to send the ships out? In the game they sent them out right away." I said to myself. Suddenly I heard the doors open and loud thuds followed.
"Wakey wakey kid. It's do or die time." It was Bowser. I stood up as best as I could and looked at him. He was being followed by Jr.
"So what do we do now that Lemmy, Morton and Larry are out in the kingdom papa?" Jr. asked. That voice! SHUT UP!
"Well usually we would sit and wait till one of your brothers or sister came back with a report, but of course Jr. we got ourselves a new guest. Ain't that right kid?" He looked at me. I nodded and walked back a few steps. "ACTUALLY TALK! I want to HEAR a RESPONSE!"
"Um.. yes yes- sir Koopa sir, I mean pilot, I mean captain, I mean your majesty." I said as he approached. He chuckled at my response.
"Wow, what a wimp." Jr. bluntly said. I glared at him.
"Now, now Jr. As true as it is keep the comment to yourself." Bowser said to his son. "Now kid, I got a few questions for you." Bowser said and snapped his fingers. "Take him out of there and bring him to the throne." Bowser addressed a hammer bro. The bro opened the cage. He was about the same size as me and was more muscular than I originally figured. But heck if you had to lift and throw hammers all day you'd probably end up the same way. He pulled me by my arm and placed me a few yards from the new throne. Bowser sat there looking down on me. "Now, tell me, who are you?" He asked.
"I-I'm Paul Davidson, King-Koopa... sir." I nervously answered.
"Now, where did a kid like you come from hmm? I've only ever met 6 humans in my life and you look nothing like any of them."
This question again. What am I gonna say? I can't tell them I'm from the real world or anything. Unless we were running by 'Adventures of Super Mario Bros 3' logic, which we obviously weren't, that answer would sound retarded. Oh crud his eyes are drilling into my soul. "I um, all I can say is... uh... I don't remember." I lied.
"Oh really, a loss of memory eh?" Jr asked.
"Yeah, I lost my memory. All I remember is ending up here in the castle grounds and going into the castle. That's all." I tried to say more confidently. Bowser rubbed his chin.
"Gah! Doesn't matter anyway I guess. So the Mario Bros, you a relative of theirs?"
"No, I'm just a huge fan of their's is all."
"Well if that's the case, would happen to know where they are?" Bowser spoke up.
"I-uh...why?" I asked leaning back.
"I'm looking for the princess and I know the Mario Bros took her to some other land in the kingdom. You were with them. Tell me where they are and I'll consider keeping you alive." Bowser said.
"I-I well, they may have gone to..." I might as well say it. Like it matters, Mario and Luigi will beat him wether or not I say anything. "Acorn Plains. But for all I know they're probably deeper into the land by now."
"Good thing you sent Lemmy there huh Papa?" Jr. asked his dad.
"Indeed son. Well then, I guess you've been useful to me in some way, so I'll keep you alive, for now." Bowser said sinisterly. "Hammer Bro, put him back in that cage, and get him some fruit or something, we need him alive." Bowser commanded and walked out of the room through the door way behind the throne. The bro pulled me back to the cage and locked it. Jr. walked up to the cage.
"Aaw, don't you look lonely." Jr mocked me.
"So what? Why do you care?" I asked him sternly. I like Sunshine but I'll admit Jr has gotten on my nerves in the last few years.
"Well I just wanted to say that were gonna be sending some one in here to watch ya. Y'know Papa's being awful nice to ya."
"What? He's not usually this nice to first timers?" I asked him.
"Nope. I guess he's lost his touch over the years. He's kidnapped Peach so many times I guess he got to comfortable and grown soft." Jr stated. There was a knock at the door. "Oh I wonder who it is." Jr. sarcastically said and walked to the door. "Hey sis. Did dad send you?"
Sis? Was he talking to...
"No duh. Of course! Daddy wanted me to do some decorating in so his new castle so it fits him more. he said I'd get a new Yoshi skin coat if I... WHAT!?"She yelled as she walked by cage. "Why is HE here?" She asked her little brother with anger.
"What? Papa put him in here obviously. What's the problem?" Jr. asked.
"How does he expect to make his new throne room disgustingly fabulous, when HE is here?" Wendy asked arching over her brother.
"Hey, to be honest I'm not happy to be either so..." Did I just seriously say that out loud? I went wide eyed when I realized what I said, and boy this koopaling was worse than a teen girl on her period, which was ironic considering who Wendy was.
She whipped out her wand, which didn't look that much different than it did in the game and no there's no innuendo here, and furiously snapped it at me sending that pinkish magical fire at me that came very close to hitting me but luckily I jumped away just in time. Boy did I wish I was in Frosted Glaciers, which was also where Wendy was stationed in the game, ain't that a coincidence?
"You shut up! I don't care what YOU think, it's what I think that counts!" She yelled at me then looked back at her brother who was tip toeing away from her. "HEY! I still have a few questions for you dear brother!" She stormed after Jr. I looked to the side only to see them arguing again. I got a much better look at her from the back. My those jeans were tight on her. There was practically a perfect outline on her and her shell had rounder spikes on it then any of her brothers did. I wonder if that's something that's common in female koopas like... okay, wait. Am I seriously theorizing this? Was I seriously checking Wendy O Koopa out right now? Am I seriously that deprived that I've fallen this far? Why am I asking these questions? I shook my head and looked back at them. Jr, was walking away from his sister out of the throne room.
"Look just pretend he's not there! I mean all you're doing is redesigning the throne room!" Jr. told his sister.
"Grrrr... FINE! WHATEVER! Just go! I need to focus." She yelled. Jr. rolled his eyes and walked out. I looked back at Wendy now trying to focus on Wendy's eyes instead of...you know where. "And you. Keep your mouth quiet unless talking to, and as beautiful as I am I better not catch you trying to get an eyeful of me." She commanded me. Shouldn't be so hard... I hope. "Understand?"
"Y-yes, Wendy, ma'am, I mean miss, I mean..."
"QUIET!" She yelled. "And good. Now sleep or something I'm busy." Suddenly there was a knock at the door. "Enter." Wendy answered.
"Um... Princess Wendy?" A red koopa stepped in holding something. He looked kind of afraid of her. I don't blame him.
"Yes?" She asked.
"I have something here for the prisoner. Your father said to give this to him." The koopa said now sounding a bit more confidently.
"Well hurry and give it to him. I've got work to do and I can't have any more interruptions." Wendy said and walked to the throne.
The red koopa hurried over to the cage and ever so slightly opened it enough to slip me... a "?" block?(That's a question by the way.)
"Here, consider this a generous gift from King Bowser Koopa. Use them wisely and rationally, you might not receive something like this for a while." The koopa warned me then turned and hurried away.
"Ugh thanks.." I tried to tell him but he was already nearing the door. I looked over to Wendy, she was still focusing on the walls. I looked down at the box and opened it. There was some Yoshi fruit in it, along with a refreshshroom(which was lighter in color and smaller than a 1up mushroom) and a bottle of water that resembled one of the bottles in Super Mario Sunshine.
"Ooh I know. Purple would do so nicely, I can hang them over the beams there, and those windows could use some darker colors."She listed to herself I heard her speak and put the food back in the box. She whistled ear-rappingly loud and Kamek popped out of no where. I jumped back at the flash of light and smoke.
"You rang your majesty?" He sang out. He was thinner and taller but still wore that same cloak and hat. He also had a staff with him which replaced his wand. He was taller than Wendy when he stood next to her.
"Listen, remember those statues of daddy's that shoot fireballs out of their mouths?" She asked him.
"Indeed I do. Want we to transport them here?" Kamek asked.
"Yes, I know the perfect place to put them. And also bring in some carpeting and have some fire bros come in and weld some new stain glass windows in. Oh and be a dear and place a cage cover there." My head snapped up and looked at her. A cage cover? Why? Is she? Wait where did...
"Hello there!" Kamek said suddenly appearing in front of me.
"GAH! WHAT THE HELL?!" I yelled and quickly backed away.
"I didn't see you there. What's a kid like you doing in a place like this?" He asked me.
"I-I w-as captured in the gardens by Bowser and-and when I woke up I was here." I answered still with a look of fear on my face.
"Oh okay, I was assuming you were a boy Wendy kidnapped on her own." He then teleported to me and whispered something in my ear. "Between you and me, she has a thing for humans and actually had a crush on Luigi for quite a while."
I was like WHHHHAAAAAT!? 0_o' I didn't know whether to feel more violated because of how close he was or more disgusted from what I just heard.
"KAMEK! Do what I say! Put the cover over him! And go alert the fire bros and paratroopas to bring what I said!" Wendy yelled at the magikoopa.
"Oh of course your majesty. My apologies. I'll tell them right away. But first..." Kamek teleported out and the next thing I knew a green tarp came over the cage. "There." Now I'll be on my way. So long your majesty." Is what I heard. Then I guess he teleported out. Wendy's footsteps and the flames outside were all I heard. Great, I was stuck in a dark blue cage and I can't even look at anything for amusement. And unfortunately, Wendy was on that list. I was stuck in a cage in a room that had the only female for miles what did you expect. By the way I wonder if some of the troops were female... Eh guess it doesn't matter. My stomach grumbled and I knew it was time to chow down. I got the box again and took the fruit out first. I bit into it. So much juice came out of it, it was like a water balloon but if it was filled with gel and harder to bite into. Didn't taste bad, kinda reminded me of apricots.
I then proceeded to eat the refreshroom. I bit into it and it was not what I expected. It had the texture of a marshmallow and tasted like green tea. My that threw me off. I still managed to eat the whole thing and loved it. I drank the water and it tasted like...water. Yeah. I made sure to save some water incase I didn't get any later. After that I had nothing to do. The area was dark, the air was a comfortable temperature thanks to the insulation of the cover and I was all by myself in this cage. I started feeling tired and decided to get s much sleep as I could. Bowser probably wouldn't want me for anything any way. I went against the wall and sat there until I fell asleep.
A few hours later... at least I think it was a few hours later, I woke up. I looked around and saw the same dark room. "Ugh... I finally get to visit the Mushroom Kingdom and THIS is what happens. I would've liked to visit the Toad Town or the cities and go sight seeing but nope. I'm in a cage." I said to myself. Suddenly the ground began vibrating and I could hear a crash outside as well as the pick up of wind. What was going on outside? I could hear the door open and thuds. Bowser must have entered the room.
"Wendy! How's it going in he- WOW! Nice." Bowser complimented the room I could not see. Did she actually finish the room while I was asleep? "How's the prisoner...what is that?" Bowser asked with a bored tone.
"Sorry daddy, didn't want him looking while I worked. But I'm glad you like what I did!" Wendy said happily.
"That's my girl. Now go on and get some sleep. I've got my own work to do. Paratroopas, get the cover off that cage. I wanna see if he's survived." Bowser commanded. I heard the sound of flapping wings and as the tarp was lifted a bright light blasted in to my eyes. I closed my yes and covered them as thee light grew brighter. "Ah, he lives." Bowser said and walked toward me. "I see you got the food."
"Yeah... I did...thanks. Are you, usually this generous to prisoners?" I asked him. Should I regret asking him that?
"Let's just say I'm in a very very very unusually good mood today. Or at least I was until Lemmy crashed into the courtyard." Bowser shook his head. Oh so Mario and the other must have gotten through Acorn Plains. Are they actualy trying to get back?
"Um...King Bowser?" I dared to address the koopa king. He looked at me with tense eyes.
"What is it welp?" Bowser asked.
"I, ugh. W-why did Lemmy crash land? Doesn't he have like a huge airship or something?" I asked trying to sound confident. I knew the answer, I just wanted to make sure.
"Well if you must know, those pesky plumbers went and invaded his ship and actually found a way to disable its aeronautics systems, not to mention destroy Lemmy's wand. I swear I had at least two more payments on those things." Bowser rubbed his forehead. Well at least he had his Mario and Luigi sense of humor. He's not 100% tyrant. I'm kinda glad for that.
"Oh. W-well, where do you think they are now?" I asked him.
"Well, since it doesn't really help you in any way. One of my generals said the were headed toward the desert. I'm already sending a bunch of troops over there so it will be impossible for them to cross that domain with the climate being what it is and my troops scouting the area.
"O-okay. G-good. I guess." I said to him.
"Pft.. yeah right. I better not catch you sending them letters. I had that problem with Peach that one time I lifted Peach's castle into the stratosphere." Bowser told me. Oh Paper Mario, your sequels were so much better. (Super Paper Mario was the shit.) But 2D characters aside, Bowser focused his attention on me again. "Well, I think you've had enough fun for tonight. Get some sleep, you're gonna need it." Bowser was about to walk away when I could NOT help but ask him something.
"Um...Please..you majesty. Can I ask one very last favor please. I'll shut up afterwards." I pleading asked.
"Grrrrr...What?" Bowser said sounding irritated.
"I haven't been to the restroom in over a day. May I PLEASE go to the restroom?" I asked him.
He squinted his eyes and laughed. "Boy oh boy aren't you being spoiled today." He joked. I was starting to feel embarrassed for asking. "Fine, but your going under escort. Goombas!" He called out. The doors opened and a pair of Goombas walked . They didn't look that much different but their fangs definitely looked more threatening. They actually looked kinda neanderthalish and larger from the games, they came to my waist. "Alright, take the human here to the castle's restroom and don't let him escape. You got five minutes kid. Take any longer and you really will get flushed." Bowser threatened and walked to the throne. One of the paratroopas opened the cage and I walked out slowly. The goombas started to push me to the exit.
"C'mon! Move it move it!" The goomba in front of me commanded. They're definitely more militant as well. I quickly followed them out of the throne room and down the hall. This was my first time out of the cage and now I could finally see what the rest of the castle looked like. The dinning room table was way larger and banners of Bowser were hanging all over the place. The room was also a lot darker and the windows were already replaced with glass portraits of the Koopalings and Jr. Geez Wendy was a fast worker. We entered another hall and there was door to the left. "You now have 4 minutes. Hurry it up." The goomba spoke to me. I hurriedly went in and closed the door. I tried to turn on the lights but to know avail. I guess the power went out or something. The only light going in to the room was the dark red light from outside. I looked out and saw that the large cloud barrier that was supposed to surround the castle. Holy crap did it look erie. Not to mention it looked more like a tornado than a wall of clouds. How the hell are Mario and the other's gonna get through that? I wish I knew where they were.
"Three minutes kid!" The goomba yelled. I hurried up to relieve myself and tried to rinse myself in the shower as quickly as possible. The water was cold but it was still worth enduring. I put my clothes back on and opened the door. "Best hurry up. You not back in the throne room in ONE minute..." The goomba tried to do that 'kill' motion where you drag your finger across your neck but... do I really have to explain it? The other goomba couldn't help but laugh at his partner's failure "You know what I mean. Hurry up." They led me back the way we came and I was back in the throne room before the time limit was over. Just like in the games. So was going to the bathroom a level? Bowser was still sitting in his throne.
"Right on time. Now back in the cage. And not another word." Bowser commanded and I lead into the cage. I entered it and the goomba pushed the cage closed. Bowser got up and moved his throne revealing the back room once more. "Nighty night kid. You better wake up bright eyed tomorrow kid. We got a lot of work to do." Bowser said and exited room. What room was that? I don't remember that from the game. I looked at the new throne room and saw the Wendy really did a quick job of changing everything. The Bowser statues were placed facing the door, large banners were hanging in-between pillars and there was a lot of red carpeting on the once checkered floor. It definitely resembled how the castle interior looked in the game. Now I was afraid.
"I hope I can get more sleep than I did yesterday." I said and laid down. "Just relax, sleep, and before you know it, you'll be out of here and no time." I told myself. "Just gotta get used to the here and now is all that matters." I yawned and closed my eyes.
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