"You can't just stay down forever" she heard the familiar voice of her best friend say, "Please get up" he said again. Suddenly she was lifted up by both him and Captain, "Look I know your hurt by the sudden news of both you and your boyfriend but you can't continue to be like this staying down depressed" Toad said giving her stare, before him and Captain suddenly disappeared when they looked forward.
Toadette gasping as she looked forward seeing this huge black cloud of smoke in front of her, she wanted to run, but as she stepped backwards the cloud would move forward almost as if it was trying to grab her. Eventually she lost balance and fell down on the floor. For a few seconds she sat there thinking it was going to grab her and kill her. But she was wrong. It stopped in its tracks starting to take shape, "Who… are you…?" she asked as it kept forming and finally took the shape of a toad. But not just any toad a very similar form of her to be exact,
"The better question is who are you?" they asked. Toadette backing her head a bit shocked, did… it just talk? The duplicate lunged at Toadette crossing paths as it suddenly disappeared when it hit her body. Or so she thought. When she looked down she noticed her hands suddenly had claws. No way? Toads never grew nails she knew that as a fact!
"You should tell me who you are" she asked, suddenly feeling her head pound heavily, making her almost collapse and then lift up again when it finally passed,
"I'm you of course" it said going back inside of her mind, pounding her head again, "I'm you" it kept repeating in her head as she collapsed back down on the ground. Screaming from the pain of it all before lying on the ground, unsure of what to do,
"Hey" she heard a voice say again. A few seconds later she felt a touch on her shoulder and woke up back inside Bowser Jr's bedroom, "A word of advice" Bowser Jr growled as he slammed the door shut. Toadette barely even awake as her boyfriend scooted her away from the edge of the bed a little, "If you're going to be in here lock the door" he said walking to his dresser, "You don't want to get caught by my dad do you?" he asked. Toadette shaking her head one for Bowser Jr's answer and secondly to wake up from the weird dream she had,
"I wasn't expecting you to be back this soon" Toadette yawned obviously still tired. Bowser Jr adjusted his bandana,
"Recovery doesn't last long" he replied. Toadette rolling her eyes,
"You were literally in the hospital for two weeks, don't you dare tell me it doesn't last long" she said Bowser Jr giving his neck a crack,
"Don't remind me about that place" he growled searching through the drawer, "I got up because I was hungry at one point and they yelled at me not to do that, when I was perfectly fine. Oh and DON'T even get me started when I had to pis-"he was interrupted by Toadette groaning,
"Ok you don't need to tell me that experience" her mouth suddenly sour tasting. She looked at him as he was slowly becoming more irritated at his own dresser,
"Where is it?" he asked continually searching,
"Where is what?" she asked Bowser Jr coming more concerned,
"My paint brush, I just had it in here" and that's when she remember Bowser. He had taken it of course,
"Oh Bowser has it" she replied. Bowser Jr tail stiffing up as he turned around slowly and gave Toadette a look,
"He took it?" he asked, as she nodded her head. He stomped his foot in anger," I need that for my project…. DAD" he yelled starting to run towards the door, "DAD" he repeated. Toadette rolling her eyes as he opened the door and shut it. Toadette ignoring what he literally told her a few minutes ago and opened the door and caught him talking to his dad,
"You're out earlier than I thought" Bowser said cocking his head as Bowser Jr stomped his foot,
"Give me back my paintbrush" Junior growled. Bowser letting out a sigh as he adjusted his shell,
"No, if you think knocking me down into a trap door and pretending to be king is fun to you, I'm quite sure you don't need more power than you already have" Bowser Jr letting out a sigh and starting to circle around his dad knowing very well he probably had it. Toadette could agree on Junior with that. Bowser would be dumb enough to put it somewhere he could easily grab it. However the two of them were wrong. Bowser stepped on Junior's tail when he came back around making him screech,
"I don't have it on me" He growled, "Besides I put it somewhere where you can't reach it" He then picked Bowser Jr back up by his tail as he looked at him directly, "You're grounded from even leaving this castle until you can prove to me you can behave" Bowser Jr looking at his own father shocked,
"You can't ground me, I'm a legal adult. I'll just go back to the Mushroom Kingdom" he jumped off landing on his stomach, turning around to stare at his dad once again,
"Step one foot into that kingdom and I'll make Ludwig the next prince in line" he roared, shooting a fire ball out of his mouth. Bowser Jr getting up and beginning to run. His dad for sure scared him too much too even fight him back. Toadette watching as he ran back into his bedroom and slammed the door,
"He must be angry at me" he panted, "I've never seen my dad get so irritated at me, usually he's supportive of me if I want something" than he sighed jumping onto his own bed laying on his stomach as he let out a long sigh. Toadette jumping onto the bed herself,
"Do you at least know an alternative route where the guards can't catch you? "she asked. Bowser Jr shrugged,
"Well I have that place where I can always bring you into, but even than I risk myself getting caught" he growled. Toadette than didn't know what to do with him. Most importantly she needed him in case she had to go back,
"Well can you at least try? I've been gone for the past few weeks; Toad is probably worried sick about me. Not to mention we have a daughter who probably needs attention" Bowser Jr getting up a bit to readjust himself on the bed. It looked like he turned worried. Well at least she thought she turned to look at her as he lay down on the pillow,
"I think we should more focus on my problem" he said with a long sigh, "We don't know if Splashzillia can reappear or not, consider yourself lucky you don't have this problem." he growled. Toadette freeze, almost completely forgetting about Splashzillia, "I don't even want to go back to sleep because I know he's still going to be there. Taking his cloud shape and turning into me in my dreams. It's been annoying" he groaned. Toadette gasping thinking about that really weird dream she had earlier today,
"Bet it involved getting pounded in the head multiple times with words" she replied. Bowser Jr lifting himself up a bit,
"Actually it did. How did you know that?" he asked. Toadette shrugging,
"I had a similar dream to that" she replied. Bowser Jr gasping a bit. Staring at her for a good few seconds before shaking his head. Toadette watching as he got up again. Putting his bandana on his mouth as he head towards the door, "Junior" she said as he turned around to look at her for a few seconds,
"I'm going back out to my machinery again. Don't bug me" his voice more in concern. She watched him run away as fast he could, ignoring his own words about the bedroom door. Toadette sighing deep down she knew he was suddenly extremely worried and probably cared about her own safety, but didn't want to admit it to her, so he ran off.
Well than she made another decision, which was to go and find out what he was exactly doing. With how fast he ran away he didn't seem to just be working on machinery, he was working on something else.
The curious pink toad slowly walked out of the bedroom again. Walking around Bowser's castle was risky for one thing, especially without Junior to guide her where exactly she was at. This castle was much bigger than Peach's castle so it was hard to navigate around. Nether less though she had to get used to it, as far as her future went she would be in charge someday. She skimmed the walls suddenly stopping near Bowser Jr's throne room.
Despite Bowser Jr being her boyfriend, she was never exactly allowed to go in here. She never knew why either. He always told her it was his own place, for all his "important" stuff. Yet he let her inside his bedroom which he kept even more private. She walked a little closer and that's exactly where he was at. He was walking around in circles grabbing things and throwing them to the ground. Not caring if it broke or not,
"Please, if you're gonna get anyone just go after me" he said in anger," I have a lot of work to do anyways" he huffed. Throwing another item to the ground. Toadette really wanting to talk to him again but she knew if she even step one foot into that room he might get angry at her for stepping out of his bedroom. So she continued to watch him from the hallway. She couldn't still get the hint at what he was so angry about.
Suddenly he began to let out a scream and kicked the floor once again, "I swear I'm gonna run away and take her with if I even half to. I just can't stand seeing her as hurt as me" he said with a sigh. Toadette getting a bit closer, still continuing to watch as he talked to himself. It made her suddenly realize….was he caring about her? She looked at him and began smiling a little as he continued ranting to himself about how scared he was for her safety. This was shocking from him. He usually never expressed his feelings like this. It must have been an isolation thing. She back away when he walked farther into his throne room. She didn't exactly know what he was going to do next, but she assumed he was going to get started on his work again. This made her decide she should probably get back to his bedroom before anyone caught her.
She turned herself around smiling a bit as she walked back, Knowing very well Bowser Jr cared about her. Well it wasn't exactly the last time he got worried about her. As when she walked back she felt something grab really big touch the back of her vest, making her scream as she was suddenly taken off the ground. Turning around to Bowser giving her a look,
"Did Mario really think I wouldn't catch a spy of his so quickly?" Bowser asked Toadette struggling to jump down from his grip. Usually in this type of situation she would call for Junior. But she didn't want to reveal to Bowser about their relationship,
"Spy?" she asked playing along, "I am not a spy, I only came here for an item, alright now let me go" she said but Bowser just laughed and pushed her holding her like a hamster,
"Really now let a toad like you go? I know you well enough Toadette, what are you ACTUALLY here for?" he asked squeezing her making her gasp for breath. She sighed knowing very well she won't get out of this situation now would she?
"Fine I'll tell you, but I can't say you're gonna like it…" she replied.