Hey again, it's yet another Thursday, and yet another chapter. Here in this chapter we experience the aftermath of the capturing…nothing really big…Just Junior being all peeved about what happened, and Kamek makes an appearance. Other than that…the next update with be Friday… (I already finished Chapter Five, all that's left is editing)
Anyhow, I am sorry for errors, my eyes aren't good at catching them… XD And disclaimer: I own no one but the princess…
4-Up! (Man by the end of this series, you guys are gonna have a lot of extra lives XD)
Chapter 4: I Do
"You can't expect all of us to fit in the Clown Car, with a spaced out Ludwig and a half-dead princess, do you?" Wendy whined.
After binding the princess's arms, hands and legs, the elite team treaded back outside. Ludwig, as Wendy said, was indeed not in a condition to be flying in such a 'cramped space'.
"I love you…" The blue-haired genius mooned over Iggy, while being supported by the geeky Koopa and his light blue-haired counterpart.
The green-haired Koopaling shuddered. "When I thought I'd hear those words, it'd come from a hot babe from Soda Jungle…or a psychotic ex-girlfriend…not from my arrogant older brother…"
Larry rolled his eyes. "Why don't you try figuring out what's wrong with him while he's going coo-coo for you?"
"Maybe I will." Iggy growled taking a step towards Larry.
"Then do it." The younger brother came forward in the same challenging stance.
"On my own time!" Iggy snarled, now about an inch away from Larry.
"Why not now?" Larry countered.
"Because, I'm busy-"
"Either both of you shut up, or I let Roy toss you into the water with those Porcupuffers!" Junior shouted.
His words rang in the still oceanic air; the only thing that could be heard was the splashing of the eager Cheep-Cheep hybrids.
"That's what I thought. Now I know everyone is really mad, soaking wet, and tired. Well I am too! But I promise you'll get your chance to take a swing at the girl the minute Dad gives the say so." Junior let out a deep breath before looking up at the sky. "Now, I've already called Kamek, and he's sending over the airship-" Cheers of relief coursed through the group, as their younger adoptive brother said the words, "-and I'm going to be flying the Car back to the castle. No one and I mean no one will lay a single claw on that girl…and once we conquer this pathetic kingdom…you can rip her apart all ya want…" He muttered taking off towards the Clown Car.
Everyone, especially Roy, was happy to receive consent to get their fair share of revenge. However, little Lemmy Koopa turned to the princess, worried for her well-being. She rested painfully in Roy's grasp, her breathing shallow, medium-toned skin harshly burned in some places, and she had a reasonably sized cut, bleeding somewhere from her side.
"You guys really think that the princess deserves to be…beaten after all the trouble we just caused her?" He asked nervously.
"You did not just ask that!" Wendy groaned.
"She tried ta crush me and Mort!" Roy growled.
"She kicked me…IN THE FACE!" Larry added.
"Not to mention, the screwy dame slammed a door in my face!" Iggy exclaimed. "I'm still not sure where it came from…"
"But…when we first entered her castle…she said we were supposed to have fun-"
"What is wrong with you?!" Wendy hissed. "How the heck was any of that fun? She tried to kill us!"
Lemmy shuffled his foot on his ball. "I know… It's just…never mind… It was a stupid question."
"Yeah it was!" Morton grumbled. "And I thought Iggy was the one who asked stupid questions. Well come to think of it, Iggy hasn't asked a stupid question since he was six, so I guess that just leaves you. Then again, you are a little immature, and don't take things too seriously. Should we have taken this mission more seriously? Well that's kind of ironic seeing that we don't really take time to stop and take anything seriously, especially when we go off to capture Peach. You think King Bowser wants us to capture Princess Peach next since Princess Raphadelia is a little too young for him to marry? Why do you think we captured this princess in the first place? Isn't she a little young, I mean she looks younger than us…Maybe Dad is into younger girls now, or maybe he's gonna have Junior marry her so when he becomes King, she'll be Queen. Or may-"
"Wait, Morton, stop rambling… I think… You just gave me an idea…" Larry murmured. Before the second youngest could finish his theory, the rumbling of Bowser's airship – A.K.A. the Doomship – appeared in the sky.
"All aboard, the King Bowser Express!" Iggy called out, racing ahead of the others.
The remaining Koopalings – minus Ludwig – exchanged exasperated looks, and followed their hyper brother.
Iggy giddily exited the aircraft, the minute it touched ground. "Home sweet home!" He shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Master Ignatius." Kamek murmured from behind him. "Please lower your voice, it may not dwell well on you in the future if you disturb King Bowser's meeting."
"King Dad's in a meeting?" Larry asked curiously.
Kamek simply nodded. "Yes, now bring Master Ludwig and Lady Raphadelia to the Infirmary Wing, and I will look over their wounds."
Kamek and the rest of the Koopalings gathered somberly in the medical wing staring at the dazed form in front of them.
Ludwig Von Koopa was laid in a cot, unable to focus on his family and caretaker who surrounded him.
"You think he'll be okay, Kamek?" Lemmy inquired of the elder.
The aging MagiKoopa sighed and ran a hand over the first-born Koopaling's sweating forehead. "He will be fine…as long as we keep him away from the princess."
"Why?" Morton questioned, turning to see the princess resting in a cot on the other side of the room. "Does she have a disease? Is it contagious? Will we all get infected? Is it like rabies? No, you can't inhale rabies. You get it from being bitten by something that has rabies, right? Like a vampire or werewolf bite? Maybe-"
"I beg for pardon, Master Morton, but I must interrupt. Your brother is suffering the side effects of an ancient curse known as: Siren's Kiss."
Iggy snorted with laughter. "Siren's Kiss… Not to burst your bubble Kamek, but that's nothing but an old wife's tale."
Larry rolled his eyes and turned to Kamek. "What's the deal with the Sirens?"
Kamek sighed. "I'm more than sure that 'Sirens' are nonexistent, Master Lawrence, but the princess did leave Master Ludwig with the symptoms. Just know he must stay away from the princess…Or else his…" The old Koopa coughed. "…mating instincts will kick in…Fairly harshly, I'm afraid."
"Whoa…" The boys all chorused.
"Well you can't blame him…" Roy chuckled darkly.
"Yeah, this princess is actually hot." Lemmy added.
"Unlike Peach, who's mega blonde." Iggy put in bitterly.
"And a total ditz…" Larry snickered.
"But Peach isn't that bad. She's actually-"
Wendy held up a claw interrupting Morton. "Let's cut off the peanut gallery before it gets out of hand. Kamek, how exactly do we cure the stupid curse, or whatever?"
"Time, Mistress Wendolyn. Only time..." Kamek murmured and drawn the curtains closed around Ludwig, who continued to struggle with his 'in heat' episode.
"However…the princess…" The elder murmured as he trailed over to the frail girl. "Is another matter…She pales with injury, but there is…a certain aura of magic lodged in the cavity of her chest allowing her to heal at an unnatural rate."
"A wha…" Lemmy voiced, obviously confused.
Kamek shook his head and waved his wand over the princess's chest; the tip turned from white to pale blue, then bright pink. "I believe there is something about this princess that is certainly uncommon of most humans, besides her being a hybrid of Cheep-Cheep and Blooper. I believe that no matter what remedies I conjure up, none could heal her. In other words, she is always decaying."
"Wait, are you saying that no matter what you give her she's dying anyway?" Larry asked.
"Precisely, Master Lawrence."
"Pfft, well duh Kamek!" Iggy rolled his eyes. "Everyone's already dying the moment they're born."
"What I mean, Master Ignatius, is that this particular princess you've captured is drowning as we speak."
The room was quiet, as the Koopalings tried to register what was said. Soon the silence was broken, by the entrance of King Bowser himself, and his youngest son, Bowser Junior.
Kamek bowed respectfully at the arrival of the two sovereigns, before motioning them both towards the weary princess. "Her wounds seem to be self-healing, King Bowser. It will not be long before she comes to."
The sovereign gave a grunt of approval before retreating back to the door. "The moment she wakes up, everyone in the throne room."
The Koopalings exchanged glances of excitement as they already knew what the meeting was to be about.
"Alright! Alright! I'm moving! Cheep-Cheep scales and Cooligan bills, you wanna be a little gentler with the merchandise here, I am a princess!"
Larry Koopa smirked as he kicked the princess forward once again. "That's for kicking me in the face!" he snarled.
Six Koopalings, one MagiKoopa, and a princess all traveled through the halls of Bowser Castle to attend the meeting in the Throne Room.
The princess, despite her swiftly healed wounds, was still in immense pain, limping along to keep up with her captors, while still in bondage.
"If only I could be untied from these stupid ropes, maybe I could move faster!" The princess said aloud.
Lemmy shrugged as he rolled beside the damsel. "I would love to untie you princess, but I really don't think my brothers…and sister… would appreciate that. If it helps any, you don't look like you've been blown up anymore."
The dame offered a genuine smile, before she was rudely kicked in the rump again.
Finally the group came to a halt at the giant double doors of the throne room. Larry scrambled to the front, excited to hear his father's sentence for the poor princess. Despite being about to meet the scariest Koopa in all the lands, the princess was surprisingly calm, carefree even. This hadn't gone unnoticed by Lemmy, as he himself felt calm as well. Well if the princess can be brave, what's to say that everything won't be okay?
Upon entering the room, each Koopaling respectfully bowed to the King before taking a knee before the throne, leaving the princess to be sided by Kamek.
King Bowser simply motioned his youngest son, who was standing by his father's throne, forward. "I have decided that the fate of the princess will lie in the claws of Junior."
Of course, Larry growled in his mind. But at least Junior would let us sink our claws into her.
The young prince approached the princess cautiously, apparently speculating her further, until finally, "I've reached my decision, Father. I will conquer the Isle and claim the Blooper Kingdom as my own. As for the princess… I believe Karma is a b-"
"Wait!" The princess interrupted. "Uh, sorry, Your Holiness, or Highness or whatever, but there is a slight flaw in this beautiful plan of yours."
Despite the slight shock on Junior's face, he let the princess continue. This should be interesting…
"Yeah, well, you've got me, bla bla bla, but my kingdom? Technically…it still belongs to dear old Daddy, which you do have an allied contract with…"
"Wait, what?!" Larry and Junior chorused.
Lemmy tried to hide his smile. I guess this princess is pretty good…I like her already…
King Bowser rose up from his throne in a fiery rage. "EXPLAIN YOURSELF!"
The roar hardly shook the princess from her standing point. "Oh it's real simple, sir. You see I'm only eighteen and in my kingdom, we don't exactly inherit the whole lot until we're nineteen… Maybe if you tried again in about…say…nine months?"
"NINE MONTHS?!" This new information infuriated the Koopa King even more. Smoke began to puff out of his nostrils, until Kamek came over to him worriedly. "Sire, remember your blood pressure…"
The princess meekly smiled and began to back away, only to find her path blocked by Roy. The bullying Koopa easily snatched her up and brought her up to his face. "You messin' wit da King's blood pressure is not good for ya, or him… But I can fix da problem easy." He raised his fist, ready to strike the princess before Iggy stopped him. "Wait Roy! Maybe, there's another way around this whole, Gooper Blooper situation."
"Besides me poundin' the day lights outta dis girl, what otha solution could there be?"
"Well it's an old medieval process, that normally follows through with the goodie goodies, but if Bowser Junior married the princess, he could automatically inherit the kingdom, and the rights."
Junior scowled at the princess. "Take Miss Fishy Illusion girl and lock her up! Don't even let light of day reach her until these nine months are up!"
Well dang….that's all I can really say. Ludwig is in a very…interesting…predicament, and Junior and King Bowser are on fire… Things are not looking up for the princess… How will this all play out? Will Bowser Junior decide if he wants to take the short cut and marry the princess? Or will they wait it out for nine months? Or maybe they'll risk starting a war, execute the girl and take over the small island anyway? In my opinion that last one would be an awful military strategy…Because having only one base behind enemy lines…hehe, may as well say bye-bye to Koopas…
Oh and I wrote this last month...so the exact time is eight months...not nine...Another thing...I have nothing against blondes...just Peach...I can't stand that whiny brat...
So, until next time, yes?
Ciao!
~rApHAdELIa ThE adVEnTUrESs
