Lemmy kept running through the mall, searching for his destination. He wanted to get his boss the perfect gift, but he remembered what Roy had said. "No, Lemmy. We will not give him a bouncy ball or a snowman for his birthday." Those words lingered through Lemmy's big empty head. He knew Roy would give him an unpleasant punishment if he went against his brother's order. Fortunately, he remembered that he was older than Roy, so it didn't matter what he would get.

The small koopa continued to search for a place that would have something for Bowser. Suddenly, his feet came to a halt when he stopped at his favorite place in the mall. "Jeff's Toy Land" He shouted gleefully.

Without a second thought, the runt ran inside the toy store. His eyes widened with awe as he glanced at his surroundings. The toys gleamed at his face, making his smile grow even wider. Lemmy continued to look around the store for more wonders of toys. His eyes stopped glancing when they set on a big green bouncy ball with fire as the background. Unfortunately, it was on the top of the ball rack. It was larger than Lemmy's small stature.

The small dragon-koopa was about to cry when he had an idea burying its way into his head. He looked at the pogo-sticks, then at the trampoline. Pogo-sticks and trampolines equal higher altitude! Lemmy grabbed the trampoline and set it next to the ball rack. Lemmy went back and got on a pogo-stick. He jumped, jumped, and jumped, until he jumped a bit higher to hit the trampoline. When he jumped on the trampoline, he bounced very high enough to grab the green bouncy ball. Now Lemmy was jumping over shelves with his new pogo-stick. He was also knocking them down. He landed in front of the cashier's desk, still bouncing, but not as high.

"I'd like to buy this green bouncy ball, and this really neat pogo-stick!" Lemmy shouted cheerfully. He grabbed candy from the container on the desk. "And some candy too!"

As Lemmy paid the employee, the employee looked at Lemmy, then the trampoline on the floor, then the knocked down shelves, then at Lemmy bouncing on the pogo-stick. "Have a nice day!" Lemmy said as he bounced away from the store, leaving the employee to look at the knocked down shelves as to figure out what had happened.


Lemmy bounced back to the fountain he and his siblings were, with chocolate covering his mouth. He couldn't help but notice Roy's friend Ellie was also with the Koopa team, talking to Roy. They were so engrossed with their conversation that Ellie giggled at what Roy was talking about. Ludwig noticed Lemmy's return, which his siblings Larry and Morton also took their eyes off of their video games to see Lemmy.

"Hey Lemmy." Ludwig greeted. "Larry and Morton got here a little before you came back." Morton and Larry looked at each other with very competitive anger welled inside them.

Larry boasted, "I beat Morton in every game in there!"

"Shut up! That's because my hands are too big!" Morton said, which he was actually being truthful to his brothers. He was the largest Koopaling after all. Morton then focused back on Lemmy. "So, what did you get for King Dad?"

"We aren't supposed to call him that anymore, remember?" Larry said, clearly irritated.

"Shut up!"

Lemmy's eyes shifted to Roy. Roy was still engaged in a conversation with his best friend, so Lemmy knew he was in the clear from him. Quickly, he showed his three brothers the large green fiery bouncy ball. Larry and Morton stared into the ball with awe-struck expressions across their faces. Ludwig looked at Lemmy with a displeased scowl.

"Lemmy," Ludwig growled, "You did the exact opposite of what Roy told you to do."

Lemmy sobbed, "I know! Just don't hurt me!"

Ludwig's scowl then dropped to a blank stare. "Lemmy, I won't hurt you. Just don't let Roy find out."

"Okay!" With that, Lemmy then bounced back to the airship, where he dropped off his boss's gift.


During Roy's Conversation

Roy and Ellie were sitting down on the bench, throwing pennies into the fountain. "What do you think of your family, Roy?"

Roy looked at Ellie with a big evil grin. "Well, who do you want me to talk about first?"

Ellie thought about Roy's siblings. She never knew what Roy thought of them. She knew only small parts of Roy's family, but not much, as they were so busy in their own lives. She tried to think of Ludwig. All she knew of him was that he composed symphonies that can be heard in the Mushroom Kingdom during the night. She tried to think of Lemmy. All she knew of the small koopa was that he balanced on a ball all the time. She cringed at the thought of Iggy. To her, he was the most psychopathic koopa to ever walk on the Mushroom world. She got along with Wendy well, as they both talked about make-up and other girl-related topics. Ellie was annoyed by Morton's constant ramblings, and as of Larry, he was quite the athlete, who was also very sneaky.

"You can talk about them at once if you want." Ellie said.

"Where do I begin?" Roy started. He wanted to be honest with Ellie, so lying to her was not an option for him now. "Larry is a basic criminal. Honestly, he can't do one task without stealing something!"

Ellie laughed. "Go on."

"Lemmy is stupid. He can't even solve a dumb problem like two plus two!" Roy shouted. Ellie was still stifling in giggles.

"Wendy is a brat, I'll put it as that. She's so greedy that she had more coins than every one of my boss's minions!" Ellie stopped laughing for a second, but then continued to burst with laughter.

"And don't get me started on Iggy. His crazy inventions nearly killed us on more accounts than they did good! I mean, how many times did I not punch Iggy, only to be nearly die from a wacko machine? A punch is way less painful than a death ray, am I right?" Ellie was rolling on the ground, unable to control her laughter.

"Morton keeps blabbing about everything, it's like his job or something! And Ludwig? His music is so bad, it made the whole family deaf for two months!"

Ellie laughed more, until she regained her calmness. The blonde toad whispered, "You know how to make a girl have a good time, Roy." She leaned closer to Roy as he put his arm around her, continuing to watch the water in the fountain. Giving a warm smile, Roy never wanted this moment to end.


Meanwhile at the Koopa Kastle, Bowser, Junior, and the henchmen were bored after playing Mario Kart Wii. They were making small discussions on video games.

"So what do you think the next Mario Kart should have?" Pom Pom asked Boom Boom.

"They better include us in it, or I'm gonna smash someone's head!" Boom Boom growled.

"Boom Boom, please don't smash someone's head. We got to look at the enclosed instruction booklet!" Bowser yelled.

Bowser Junior looked at his father with disappointment. "Dad. Please don't ever say that again."

After a long silence, Pom Pom asked, "Who wants to play SEGA All Stars Racing Transformed?"

"I do!" Junior and Bowser both shouted.

"Let me play too!" Boom Boom screamed.

"This is going to be a long day." Kamek frowned.