Chapter 6: The birthday preparations.

Later in the day, while Larry was napping, Jonathon was making a cake and preparing decorations for Larrys' birthday the next day. Jonathon wrote 'Happy 10th Birthday Larry' on the banner with a smile. Ludwig walked in and saw. "That's impressive Jonathon, Thank you so much for preparing His birthday party for us, you are quite a big help." Ludwig praised his friend endlessly until Jonathon put his claw over his mouth to shut him up. Jonathon went and pulled out the cake and looked back at Ludwig.

"Does he dislike any flavor of icing or is he fine with any?" Jonathon asked Ludwig, who came up with the best solution, Mix them and make a mash of vanilla and chocolate. Jonathon nodded in acknowledgement as he began mixing the Icing together. Ludwig went to see Larry was still asleep, and then left the room with a smile. After leaving Larrys' room, Ludwig went to his room and began picking up some sheet music spread around the floor.

After a while, Jonathon finished the cake and put a cover on it, setting it in the fridge and put all of the decorations in a box and went to his room, setting them under the bed, waiting till later that night to set them up. Jonathon lay back in his bed and began studying for a test on Monday. After a while Lemmy walked into the room and went to Jonathon. "Hey Jonathon, do you think Larry will like the Soccer ball I bought him?"

Jonathon looked over at Lemmy and nodded smiling "of course he would, he seems to like sports so I think a soccer ball would be very good for him, as long as he doesn't plan to smash any windows."

Lemmy chuckled at what Jonathon said and nodded, knowing his younger brother probably would smash some windows with his soccer ball if he got bored. Lemmy walked out of the room, but before he left he turned to Jonathon "hey, thanks for watching after us and helping Ludwig since our Father disappeared, it means a lot to me." And with that Lemmy ran of smiling.

Jonathon smiled at Lemmy and shook his head a bit; enjoying the fact the Lemmy was happy. Jonathon looked out the window of the castle, remembering why he was at the castle in the first place. Jonathon let out a small sighed thinking of what the koopa kids thought of their father disappearing all of a sudden. He knew a couple of them were sad were sad and a couple hid their feelings, so he could never tell what they thought fully. Lost in thought, Jonathon dozed off and fell asleep on his bed.

Wendy walked into Jonathons' room and shook him a bit "Jonathon, wake up, Ludwig said we need to set up for the party."

Jonathon opened his eyes and looked at his girlfriend, and noticed that, while looking out the window, that it was now dark. Jonathon stood up and got the decorations out from under the bed and left the room with Wendy. Morton, Roy and Ludwig were waiting for Jonathon so they could begin preparations. Jonathon handed the four older koopalings decorations and they began setting up. Jonathon set up the banner and made sure the cake was still in good condition. After everyone was done, Jonathon inspected the decorations.

Once everything was ready, Ludwig went to his room followed by Jonathon. Jonathon sat at Ludwigs' piano and began playing something. Jonathon kept focus until the song was over. Ludwig looked at Jonathon smiling. "I didn't know you could play Moonlight Sonata, looking at how you act sometimes it's hard to believe you even know classical music."

Jonathon smiled a bit "I remember hearing this song in the past; the only thing is I don't know where I learned it."

Ludwig nodded while listening to Jonathon. Ludwig sighed a little, realizing his friend didn't remember much of his past. "It must be hard not understanding your past very well, but I guess I don't know what you experience so I don't know if you intentionally forgot or you just flat out forgot."

Jonathon smiled a bit "I chose to, but since I forgot for so long, I just forgot what I was supposed to forget."

Ludwig was confused on what Jonathon was saying, but didn't press the matter forward. After nearly an hour, Jonathon walked to his room with a yawn. Once in the room, Jonathon sat on his bed and pulled out a journal and began writing doodles in it. Jonathon enjoyed doodling but never showed them to anyone, because I felt they should only be seen by his own eyes. After a little bit of doodling, Jonathon stood up and went to check on the younger koopalings.

Jonathon checked on Larry, Iggy & Lemmy, than B.J. to see him sitting up in bed sadly. Jonathon went over and sat next to the kid. "What's wrong B.J.?"

Bowser Jr. looked up at him and dries some tears in his eyes. "I'm fine, just thinking of my dad."

Jonathon sighed and picked up B.J. and sat him up on his lap. "I can tell you're really sad about it, if you ever want to talk about it kid, come talk to me, Ludwig, Wendy or Morton, we will listen to you if you're sad."

B.J. sniffled and nodded hugging Jonathon, resting in his arms. After a few minutes, B.J. was sound asleep and being tucked into bed by Jonathon. Once B.J. was tucked in, Jonathon left the room and went back to his bedroom. Once in his room, Jonathon got in bed and looked at the ceiling with a smile, soon falling asleep.