After a night in his new home, Randy decides to get to know his friends a little better and to see if they share any interests. I don't own any Nintendo stuff.


Chapter 6: Things In Common

Randy: HUH?! WHAT?!

Randy sprang up from the bed and looked around. He sighed in relief when he saw he was still in Lemmy and Iggy's room. Their clock was just about to strike eight.

Randy: That was weird.

Lemmy's Voice: What was weird?

Randy looked over the side of the bed and saw Lemmy looking up at him.

Randy: Oh, good morning, Lemmy. It's nothing. I just had a strange dream is all.

Randy started to climb down from the top bunk, but halfway down, he lost his grip and fell. Fortunately, he landed on his feet (or so he thought) so he wasn't hurt. The noise woke Iggy up. He groggily rubbed his eyes before reaching for his glasses.

Iggy: Ugh… Five more minutes, Dad…

Randy: Phew. That last step is a doozy.

He noticed that Lemmy and Iggy were staring at him.

Randy: What?

Lemmy: How are you doing that?

Randy: Doing what?

Iggy: Look down.

Randy looked down and his eyes widened when he saw that he was standing on top of Lemmy's ball. He was balancing perfectly. Not wanting to risk anything, he got off of it.

Randy: I have no idea how I did that. I've never even tried to balance on anything before. Guess I'm just a natural.

Lemmy hopped down from his bed and climbed onto his ball. The three boys left the room and saw the rest of the Koopalings gathered by the stairs, except for Larry and Roy.

Randy: Hey guys.

Junior: Hi Randy.

Morton: Sleep well?

Randy: Yes, thank you. Where are Roy and Larry?

BJ: Roy's usually the last one here. Larry's almost always first, though.

Before anyone could say anything else, Larry jumped out from behind a statue.

Larry: BOO!

Randy: Yah!

Randy jumped and grabbed onto the first thing he could. Larry laughed so hard, he fell over, kicking his legs hysterically.

Randy: Larry, what's the big idea?!

Turning his head, he saw he had accidentally leapt into Roy's arms.

Randy: Oh, good morning, Roy…

Ludwig: Was that necessary?

Larry: No, but it was funny!

Iggy: Let's get some breakfast before Larry gets any more ideas.

Randy: Sounds good to me. Uh, Roy? You can put me down now.

Roy: Alright.

Roy dropped Randy onto the ground. He landed with a loud thud.

Randy: Ow…

He stood up, rubbing his head and glared at Roy, rather annoyed.

Randy: That wasn't exactly what I meant.

Roy just shrugged and they all went downstairs to eat. After a hearty breakfast, the Koopalings went to do what they usually do. Randy decided to see if he had any of the same interests his friends did. Meanwhile, back in the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario was pacing back and forth in his house, a very concerned look on his face.

Luigi: What's wrong, Bro?

Mario: Randy never came back from the Koopa Kingdom. I'm worried about him.

Luigi: Why did he go there?

Mario: He said he felt like he needed to. He also said something about Bowser's castle looking familiar to him.

Luigi: Do you think Bowser captured him?

Mario: No. Bowser would probably have tried to threaten us using him as a hostage if he took him prisoner.

Luigi: I'm sure he'll be back soon. Don't worry.

Back in Koopa Castle, Randy had just entered Ludwig's room. He was awestruck as he gazed upon dozens of machines, all of which had been designed and built by Ludwig himself. He was so amazed, he didn't notice the blue-haired Koopaling walk up to him.

Ludwig: I see you have taken a liking to my inventions.

Randy: What? Oh, yeah. This is just...incredible.

Ludwig: Thank you. I am currently working on a new project if you are interested.

Randy: Sure. I'd love to see it!

Ludwig led Randy over to his worktable. On it lay what seemed to be an unfinished device resembling a remote control. Randy asked what it was and Ludwig told him he called it The Elemental Ray and that by using it, one could manipulate the weather. Looking at the blueprints, Randy noticed something a little peculiar.

Randy: Ludwig, I see you're using an LM555 chip in the motherboard. But wouldn't the output be stronger if you used an LM741 chip?

Ludwig's eyebrow raised. He crossed his arms, closed his eyes and did a few calculations in his head. When his eyes reopened, they were full of surprise.

Ludwig: Yes. How did you know that?

Randy: Being alone for so long gave me a lot of spare time, so I decided to learn as much as I could about whatever topics I was able to find. It was pretty easy since I'm able to learn things that would normally be too complicated for someone my age.

Ludwig: Really? As am I. And how old are you?

Randy: Eight. You?

Ludwig: Twelve.

Randy was about to make a comment on that when he realized there was classical music coming from a CD player in the corner of the room. He found it very nice and soothing.

Randy: Wow, that's a really nice tune. What's it called?

Ludwig: United As One. I am glad you like it. It took me quite some time to get it sounding perfect.

Randy: Wait, you wrote it?

Ludwig: Yes. In addition to inventing, composing is one of my many interests. You are the only one who has ever complimented me on my work. Thank you.

Randy: You're welcome. I think I'm gonna go find the others now. See you later.

Ludwig: Goodbye.

Randy headed down the hall, leaving a now very happy Ludwig to tend to his work. He hummed the soothing symphony, unable to get it out of his head.

Randy: (Ludwig's an inventor and composer. Who would've thought? …Wait a minute…)

Ludwig: Could you two please lower your voices? I am trying to focus on my music!

Randy: (Maybe… No. It was just a dream.)

He kept walking through the halls and down the stairs. Upon reaching the lounge, he saw Junior playing a video game. Judging from his reaction, he had just lost to a boss for what had to have been at least the tenth time.

Junior: Man, this guy is tough!

Randy: Having trouble?

Junior: Oh, hey Randy. Yeah, I'm having trouble. You wanna try?

Randy: Sure.

Randy sat down next to Junior, who explained the controls to him. After Randy memorized and mastered them, he took on the boss. To Junior's surprise, he not only won, but took almost no damage.

Junior: Wow, you're good.

Randy: Thanks.

Junior: I think I can beat him now.

Randy: Why? He's already been beaten. Why do you want to do it again?

Junior: I'm the kind of guy that likes to keep doing something until it gets done.

Randy: Really? So am I.

Junior: What a coincidence. Anyway, thanks for beating that boss for me. Now that I know exactly what to do, I should be able to beat him on my own.

Randy: Good luck. I'm gonna go see what Morton's doing.

Junior: Are you sure you want to do that?

Randy: Yes. Why?

Junior: You'll find out when you see him.

Randy: Okay then. See you later.

Junior: Later.

Randy walked back up the stairs, hearing voices coming from there. He walked down the hall, hearing the words "Shut up!" multiple times in what sounded like Roy's voice. Turning a corner, he saw Morton, Roy and Larry talking. Larry's shell was turned to Randy, who smirked and decided it was payback time. He snuck up on him, getting as close as he could.

Randy: HI LARRY!

Larry: Aaaaah!

Larry leaped into Morton's arms. Randy and Roy burst into laughter and gave each other a high five.

Larry: What did you do THAT for?!

Randy: Call it revenge for scaring me earlier.

Roy: You're as sneaky as Larry.

Morton: That was funny, humorous, hilarious, comical, laughable- MPHHH!

Roy put duct tape over Morton's mouth. Morton put Larry down and tried to take the tape off but it wouldn't budge.

Randy: Why did you do that?

Roy: He has a habit of going on and on about pointless things and saying many things in a row that mean the same thing.

Randy: I don't mind that. I catch myself doing that sometimes, occasionally, once in awhile, every now and then, from time to time, now and again.

Larry: ...You did that on purpose, didn't you?

Randy: Heh, maybe. Will you take the tape off his mouth now?

Roy: I would if I could. That tape's so strong, not even I can pull it off.

Morton hung his head. Randy could see the sadness in his eyes. He thought that even if it was annoying to some, Morton should be allowed to do what he loves to do.

Randy: Oh, for Pete's sake.

Randy walked over to Morton and ripped the tape off like it was nothing.

Morton: YEOUCH!

Randy: Sorry. You were saying?

Morton: I… Huh. I forget. But how did you get that off my mouth?

Randy: I just pulled. I wasn't even trying that hard. I don't know why Roy said it was strong. It felt pretty weak to me.

Morton: You must be even stronger, tougher, burlier, brawnier, more powerful than Roy.

Roy: Ha! Like that's possible. Even that outfit makes him look weak.

Randy looked at the flames on his clothes.

Randy: Coming from a boy who wears pink and purple.

Roy: …Touché.

Larry: Hey, have you guys seen BJ since breakfast? He and I were supposed to hang out today.

Randy: Let's go find him then.

After wandering around for a bit, they found BJ with Bowser outside on the playground. He was on the jungle gym, hanging from and swinging on the highest bar. Bowser was sleeping on a bench nearby.

Randy: Hi BJ.

BJ: Hi guys. What's up?

Before any of them could answer, the bar BJ was holding onto suddenly broke off, sending the young Koopa plummeting towards the ground. Without even thinking, Randy darted forward and caught BJ just as he was about to hit the ground. One of the spikes on his shell cut Randy's arm. BJ got to his feet and saw Randy's wound.

Roy: You okay, little bro?!

BJ: Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks for that, Randy. Sorry about your arm.

Randy: It's alright. It wasn't your fault. It's not a bad cut.

BJ: Uh…

Randy: What's wrong?

BJ: You might want to look at your arm.

Randy looked at his arm and saw that it was bleeding. But his blood wasn't red, it was green. Hoping he was seeing things, he flung his hand over the cut, then slowly raised it, only to see his blood was still green. Roy, Morton and Larry were equally shocked.

Randy: Is that my blood?

Roy: Looks like it.

Randy: But I thought only reptiles had green blood.

Larry: They do. We're reptiles, so we have green blood, but I've never heard of a human having it.

Morton: This certainly is strange, odd, weird, puzzling, bizarre, unusual, abnormal, out of the ordinary.

Bowser: *snore* Huh? I'm awake! What did I miss?

Larry: King Dad, is it possible for humans to have green blood?

Bowser: I don't think so. Why do you ask?

Randy walked up to Bowser and showed him his arm. Bowser looked very confused.

Bowser: That's weird. I've never seen that before. Are you sure you're a human?

Randy: Pretty sure.

Bowser: Maybe I can find something about this in the study. Come along, BJ.

Randy: Why does he have to go?

BJ: I'm the most loyal of all the Koopalings. Wherever Papa goes, I go.

Randy: That's funny. I'm pretty loyal myself. Mind if I come?

Larry, Morton & Roy: Us too?

Bowser: Sure. The more help we have, the quicker we might find an explanation.

As they walked back inside and through the corridors, Randy suddenly thought about Lemmy and Iggy. It had been a long time since he saw them.

Randy: Hey, anyone know where Lemmy and Iggy are? I haven't seen them since this morning.

Larry: They always stay together. Knowing Iggy, he's probably practicing his magic and Lemmy's probably watching him.

Randy: Iggy's a magician?

Larry: No. Each one of us has a wand that we use if we're ever in a pinch.

BJ: Except me. I have a magic paintbrush.

Randy: A paintbrush? That's…interesting. So, what do these wands look like?

Larry took his wand out of his shell and showed it to Randy. Randy looked at it for a few seconds, then his head suddenly started hurting again, only worse. He had to put his hand on his forehead to cope with the pain.

Randy: Ugh…

He saw another vision in his mind. This time, he saw someone using a wand that looked fairly similar to Larry's on someone else. But just like last time, the vision faded before he could make out any significant details.

Larry: Are you okay?

Randy: Yeah. My head just hurt for a second. So, are all your wands the same?

Larry: They all look the same, but the color of the crystal on each one is different. Mine's orange, Morton's is red, Roy's is black, Junior's is purple, Ludwig's is blue, Lemmy's is green and Iggy's is yellow.

Randy: What kinds of magic can you do with them?

Larry: Is your arm still bleeding?

Randy: A little. Why?

Larry: I'll show you. Hold out your arm.

Randy stuck his arm out. Larry waved his wand over it and made some gauze appear over Randy's cut. It instantly felt a lot better.

Randy: Cool! Thanks, Larry.

Larry: Anything for a friend.

Bowser: We're here, the study.

The group entered the study in hopes of finding an explanation for Randy's green blood. Little did they know the surprise that was awaiting them inside.


Phew! That was a long one, wasn't it? Well, I needed to get some dialogue from everybody. I just hope I didn't bore any of you.