I was awaked the next day by one of the guards. He shaked my arm and said "wake up Mrs. Cass, lord bowser has commanded me to take you to the dining hall for the morning meal. I will be waiting outside when you are ready."
As he shut the door I slowly began to get ready. By looking out the window you could easily see that it was way too early to for a teen to be getting up. I shifted through my clothes looking for something to wear.
Wait did the servant say lord bowser was back? I thought he would be gone longer than that. Hopefully Roy was asleep the entire night and left the rest of the house alone.
I grabbed a t-shirt and a pair of jeans that were folded in drawer. There were more clothes than last time. It looks like they tried to match my style of clothes that was nice of them.
I grab my hairbrush and look in the mirror. The bags under my eyes clearly showed I did not have a good sleep last night. I cannot remember exactly what it was about but all I could see was darkness. It kind of felt familiar but I could not put my finger on it. At any rate maybe I could borrow something from Wendy to help me with it. Wait, I have bigger things going on that I should be thinking about.
I tie my hair in a ponytail and go brush my teeth. Why am I acting like this? All I have been is friendly to the people who kidnapped me. Yesterday they could have asked me anything and I would have told them. Why do they want me anyway, I know it's probably because I'm human. Still just because I'm human makes no since to me.
I open the door to see the guard staring at me.
"If you are ready then follow me" he said.
I followed him down a few hallways. He showed me to a door, bowed and stepped away. If he wasn't still there watching me I might have tried for a getaway. So I take a deep breath and took a step in.
The room was long and narrow. There was a long table and at the end farthest from me sat bowser. Next to him was bowser Jr. On the left side closest to bowser was Ludwig, Wendy, Larry and lemmy. On the other side closest to him were Roy, Iggy and Morton. I take a step in the room and the notice my presence.
"Welcome, my children tell me your name is Cass." King bowser says. I quickly nod. "I don't believe that was the hair color you had when I left."
"Yes sir, I had a little accident." I say, embarrassed. I could hear some of the koopalings giggling but I tried to keep eye contact with bowser.
"Ha-ha you have blue hair!" I heard bowser Jr say.
"Quiet! Now Cass have a seat… Koopalings, someone get Cass a chair!" bowser says.
Ludwig goes to get up to get a chair but Roy quickly runs and puts one up next to him, knocking the other two on his side out of their seats. I go and sit next to him, felling very uncomfortable.
"Sorry lud, but we gotta keep the sides of the table equal now don't we? You can spend time with your girlfriend later." He said.
We both glare at him, which he smiles at. "So Ludwig, Cass is your girlfriend?" bowser asks looking at his eldest.
Ludwig and my eyes opened at this. Roy started laughing so hard he is cried and the koopalings start grinning at each other.
"N-no father, Roy is just kidding around, to make justice of his pitiful existence." Ludwig says. Roy glares at him.
The conversation is dropped and the food is brought in. now I was not warned on how royalty does…well…anything. Food was set down on the table and they left. They started to grab food off the table and began to eat so I followed what they did.
"So bowser" I say. He turns to look at me "how did the games go?" I ask. The koopalings were trying to make the 'don't say it' gesture and had scared looks on their face.
"IT WAS STAGED I TELL YOU STAGED!" bowser yells and hits his fist on the table making the plates shake.
"Of course it was daddy dearest, no need to bring something up already known." Wendy says trying to calm down her father.
"Now daddy, I was wondering if I could have some shopping money." Wendy starts but is cut off by her dad.
"I just gave you shopping money 2 days ago! Where did it go off to?" he says.
"Well it's… Cass! Yes I am taking Cass shopping! Poor girl says she needs my fashion advice for some good clothes! So I decided to take her out shopping." Wendy says quickly making up the conversation.
"Actually I would prefer to stay in; I am not that big of a shopping fan." I say quietly.
"Funny, you say that like you have a choice." Wendy says looking at me.
"Fine, fine you can have some money." Bowser says.
"Hurray!" Wendy says making a gesture with her hands.
We finish our meal and I follow Wendy out. I'm not sure if she is actually taking me or used me as an excuse but might as well make it look like we are actually going anyway.
"So Cass, how do you like it here so far?" Wendy asks me.
I was shocked by her question. How do I like it here so far? I mean for being captured it wasn't so bad. I was treated nice enough. Kind of like part of the family. Then again I don't have much freedom and I don't know why they kidnapped me. They seemed kind but for all I know they could be torturing babies behind closed doors. There were also those books written about them by people who were here longer than I was. On the other hand there was…Ludwig.
I started blushing. No I cannot start liking him, I barley know the guy... koopaling. "Well I guess so far it is nice, you all seem very kind."
She started laughing "us, nice? Wow you are to kind, or are scared to say the truth. Either way thank you."
We got the money from her dad and made our way to the entrance of the castle. Waiting there for us was Wendy's brothers.
"What are you guys doing here? Me and Cass are going to have some girl time." She said making quotation signs around girl time so they knew they were not invited.
"Its Cass and I, and we are too planning to head out to the dark land shopping area. It will be your first time exiting the castle correct?" Ludwig asks. I nod.
"Of course it will be her first time out, she couldn't have snuck out because we put those spikes outside her window remeb-OWW!" Morton cried as Roy punched his stomach.
"either way we are heading out the same way so we are going to go, so if you have a problem with it go talk to king dad." Iggy says.
A look of defeat crosses over Wendy's face. "Ugh fine."
We make our way out of the castle. It is really dark, everywhere. The trees barley had and leaves on them. As we walk around the town some of the koopalings slowly disappear. Roy drags an unwilling Larry into the gym, saying something about muscling him up… or a punching bag, I can't really remember. Lemmy follows them in. Morton ends up turning at an electronic store. I try to follow suit by Wendy has a death grip on my arm. We passed a lot of shady looking people and I was not shocked about it really. We then pass a library.
"Look Iggy, Ludwig a library. Don't you want to go in? It has tons of books you can read and learn from and crap." Wendy says.
Iggy turns in and says goodbye. "You know I like books too, can I go?" I say.
"Oh Cass your so funny. Now come on, now that we have lost the boys it's time for some fun." Wendy replies.
"I'm still here you know." Ludwig says.
"… But the library…"
"I can go to the library any day, but today we have Cass with us." He says smiling at me. I feel my face getting red and turn away.
"Ok I guess there is no losing you, but stay quiet I don't want to hear you trying to romance Cass in my presence." Wendy then turns and starts walking.
We make our first stop at a beauty salon. This made me very nervous now because Wendy has no hair. Kind of weird that the girl of the family would be the one with no hair.
"Welcome back Mrs. Koopa. The usual?" the lady at the desk asks.
"Yes. Oh Cass want anything done. Hair, nails?" she asks. I guess that's what she is doing.
"Well I guess I can maybe have my hair trimmed and thinned." I said. Two koopas escorted us to the area. Ludwig took a seat in the waiting area.
"What Ludwig not going to get your hair done?" I teased.
"No, my hair is perfect the way it is." He said smiling and putting a hand through his hair.
"Good thing to, he would probably break all the combs in here with all that hair spray he uses." Wendy whispers to me as we sit down.
We start our spa treatment. I got my hair washed and Wendy was getting a jeweled design on her... Claws.
I looked over to the waiting area and saw Ludwig waiting patiently for us reading a book he brought along. Wendy glanced over at me and smiled.
"He likes you, you know?" I was stunned once she said that. I tried to look through my head for anything I could reply with. Nothing.
"I'll take that silence as you like him back. Don't worry I won't tell him. It will be our little secret." She says.
We finish and go back to the paying/waiting area. Wendy goes up to pay and I go over to Ludwig.
"You look beautiful." He says.
"T-thank you." I stutter.
Wendy walks over to us and we leave the store. She drags us into a clothes store, my mortal enemy. Seeing how I am the only one here who actually wears clothes this will not end well for me.
"Look at this Cass it would be so cute on you! And this, and this!" Wendy says grabbing a bunch of pink clothes. I look up at Ludwig with a 'help me' look on my face.
"Aww don't give me that look, your breaking my heart."
We eventually drag Wendy out of the store after she bought a few accessories for her and a ton of stuff she thinks I will look cute in. most of it is terrible, but I can't say that to her.
"Were stopping here." Ludwig says. It's some kind of music store, YES!
"Fine go grab your classic crap, but hurry we need to start heading back." Wendy says as she plops herself on a bench and starts to go through the stuff she bought.
I follow Ludwig into the store. Most of the cassettes have genres like back at home. Home…
Ludwig turns to me "what do you think of classical music?" he asks.
"Well I enjoy most types of music, except screamo or something. But I like the calmer music and the melody songs."
"I'll have to let you listen to my collection then sometime then. I have to admit I am sort of an composer." He said.
"I would love to." I reply
Ludwig buys his cassettes and we meet up with Wendy. We then go and meet up with the rest of the koopalings. Larry looked like he was going to pass out.
"Onward home!" Roy said as we met up with them. Ludwig stopped.
"Actually I plan to take Cass… somewhere before we head home." Ludwig says.
Roy looked like he was going to make another joke but Wendy grabs him by the mouth and drags him off giving us a thumbs up. Ludwig leads me off the track of the main road.
"Where are we going?" I ask him.
"You will see when we get there." He says.
I have always hated surprises. For all I know he could be leading me to my doom. He wouldn't do that. Wendy says he likes me. Could it be something like that? No it can't be, Wendy must be mistaken. No guy has ever liked me. No, no, no.
We reach to where he was taking me. It was a beach. Normally I hate beaches but this one was beautiful. The sky was darkening and the full moon was out. No clouds in the sky. The stars shone brightly. The ocean was calming. It was also a dark blue. Something I noticed about this world was that there were no bugs, insects or birds here. He took a seat in the sand and motioned me to sit next to him.
"So what do you think of it?" he asks me. I sat down and start to run the sand through my fingers.
"This world is so…amazing compared to my world. It's like a place you go to when you dream."I say.
"I thought you would like it. This is where I go if I need inspiration for my music or just to calm down. Most people would not come here at night so it's quiet. My mother use to take me here before…never mind I shouldn't bring up such sad memories at a time like this." He says.
We just sat there for awhile. Just staring at the stars and the ocean. The moon reflected on it. I then felt a drop of water on my hand. I look up and lift my hand. More drops. I turn to Ludwig and it starts pouring.
"Guess its mother nature's way of telling us it's getting late." I say.
"Yea it's time to head back." He says grabbing my hand and running back.
As it starts to rain harder I look up at him. His hair in now drenched and hangs near his neck. He looks so different I started laughing.
"What's so funny?" he says to me as the rain gets louder.
"You look like a poodle." I manage to say.
"What's a poodle?" he asks.
"It's a dog…well actually I don't know how to explain it." I say.
"Something adorable when wet I assume?" he questioned.
"Defiantly." I say.
We managed to make our way back to the castle without me falling down in the wet grass. There were a few close calls though when I had to hold on to Ludwig's arm for dear life. We made our way up to our rooms and ran into Roy who with the others had missed the storm.
"Aww did your little date get stormed out?" he asked in a cooing like voice.
We were about to try and make some smart remark back but something flying came and hit Roy right in the head. Lemmy grabbed his ball back and sped off down the hall. Roy went chasing after him.
"Remind me to thank lemmy later." Ludwig said to me.
We made our way to my room first. I opened the door and went in. something was lying down on my pillow.
It was a condom attached with a note that read: for the lovely couple. Better safe than sorry! Love, Roy.
My face started to burn up and I noticed Ludwig's did too. He grabbed it.
"He is insane." Ludwig said in a calm voice. He went to throw it away.
"wait." I said. He stopped and looked at me shocked.
"Let's scar him." I reply, giggling at my plan. I grab the note and a pencil. On the back I write: thanks, love Cass.
I then grab the condom and rip it open. I throw the condom on the ground and hand Ludwig the empty condom wrapper and note.
"Go leave this on his bed tonight." I tell him. He looks at the note and smiles.
"You have an evil mind, and I like it. Goodnight Cass." He says and heads off to Roy room. I turn to get the condom on the ground and dispose of it in a way not suspiously.
As I picked it up I notice how… big it was. Now I know what condom sizes usually look like, even though I'm a virgin I still had to sit through the sex Ed class with every other confused kid in my class. I quickly grab it and wrap it up in Kleenex.
Then after throwing it away I go to the bathroom for a towel to dry me off from today's adventure.
