At last, Bowser and his small crew arrived at the front doors of the siblings' home. They had been traveling for just under three hours now, and they were ready for some action. Getting closer to the castle by the minute, they spotted two strangely-colored Sledge Bros. guarding the front foors. Not intimidated by the overweight minions, Bowser marched straight to them.
"Hey! Let us in!" Bowser yelled, clenching his fists, trying to seem intimidating.
The two Sledge Bros. glanced at him for a second, observing him. They turned to each other and began chuckling loudly to themselves.
"Didn't you hear me? I said let us in!" Bowser repeated.
"Why should we? You're not from around here," the Sledge Bro. to the right said, revealing his mallet.
"Yeah," agreed the other minion. "Get out before we have to get rough with you."
Bowser glared at the two. He then charged forward and held the first Sledge Bro. up, without any visible effort. The other minions gasped in shock, and began dashing the the larger Koopa. Bowser Jr. caused a puddle of purple paint to appear on the ground. The heavy minion couldn't stop, and slipped over the paint. He crashed into the door, and became unconcious. Seeing this, the other Sledge Bro. began pleading for his life.
"Hey come on, man. I was just kidding," he said, nervously smiling at Bowser, who was far past the point of annoyance.
"Does it look like I am? No, it doesn't. Let us inside the castle," Bowser demanded.
"I can't just let you in. I rank 2nd in position of King Koopa's Sledge Bro. troop," the minion told the powerful Koopa.
"King Koopa?" Larry asked.
"Hey! Tell us about this "King Koopa" you just talked about," Bowser said.
"If I do-."
"I won't pound you into the ground!" Bowser roared.
"Okay, fine. King Koopa is the owner of this castle. He is a powerful king with dark green skin, and crocodilian-like snout, and yellow spikes on various areas on his body. He is a villain, and his main goal is to kidnap a fair maiden named Princess Toadstool," the Sledge Bro. explained, pointing to another castle that was off in the distance. This castle was in an area that looked friendlier. "Anyways, King Koopa's plans are always thwarted by a fat plumber called Mario. King Koopa has tried many schemes, but they all end up failing. He has even tried to get his seven children to accomplish things for him. In fact, one of his kids invented a machine that allowed them to go to another dimension to steal from its residents. Pretty neat, right?"
"We're the residents of that dimension. We came to both retrieve a princess, and to get my money back," Bowser said to the minion.
"So you're the guy the kids stole from. No wonder you came here," the Sledge Bro. exclaimed.
"Now you're getting it!" Larry yelled.
"Who are you?" the Sledge Bro. questioned Larry. "Are you his son?"
"Of course not! I'm Larry Koopa, the youngest of the seven Koopalings. These guys are my siblings," he said, gesturing to Ludwig, Lemmy, Roy, Iggy, Wendy, and Morton.
"We're just here for extra support," Ludwig said, folding his arms.
"And I just wanted to come along because the portal was my invention!" Iggy added.
"Yeah. These guys are just minions. That's my son," Bowser explained, gesturing to Bowser Jr. "I am King Bowser Koopa."
"I'm in line for the throne when I become of age," Bowser Jr. said.
"Anyways, sorry for any unnecessary trouble," the Sledge Bro. apologized, opening the door.
The nine Koopas entered, shutting the door behind themselves. Getting back into action, Bowser faced his companions. Realizing that the two minions could have called for their boss, Bowser had settled on Ludwig's idea of forming a plan. Also, he had decided to play things safe.
"We're in. Let's just get Peach, and get out without any trouble," Bowser said.
"I don't know about that. The architecture this castle is pretty cool," Lemmy said, staring at the walls.
The stone walls of the castle were aligned with long, red carpets surrounded by hard, checkered patterns on the floor. There were several pieces of praised gems and minerals such as sapphires, rubies, gold, and diamonds. Wondering how someone could afford and maintain a luxurious home such as this one, the Koopas looked down the hallway. It seemed infinite, just like all the other long hallways and corridors of the extravagant castle. Every now and then, there was a gray, stone stature of a reptile wearing a crown. They were placed in various areas such as between on either side of hallway doors, and between staircases.
"King Koopa," Larry said.
"Yep. Be careful in this place," Bowser said. "King Koopa sound like a guy you wouldn't want to mess with. Let's just get what we came for, and get out of his hair."
"Or no hair...," Ludwig chuckled.
"Right," Bowser agreed, trying to suppress a smile.
Iggy suddenly pointed at a set of stairs leading to the floor above. "This castle may be large, but I think the best bet is to go up," he said, approaching the stairs.
"It's all we have to work with. We might as well try it," Wendy stated, beginning to follow her older brother up the staircase. "I'm not exactly excited about helping Peach, but you don't see me just standing there." The other seven Koopas began to walk up the staircase. At the top, however, they found a very sinister surprise.
When they reached the upper floor, and set of large, wooden doors opened. Gasping in surprise, they watched as Cheatsy and Kooky appeared in front of them.
"Well, I thought you'd never show up," Kooky cackled.
"Me neither. It took you longer than expected," Cheatsy added. He slid down the banister, and his older brother followed. The stood with their backs to the Bowhere, Bowser Jr., and the Koopalings at the bottom of the staircase.
"It was you!" Bowser yelled, pointing down at the two siblings.
"It was also Bully," Cheatsy replied, smiling in arrogance.
"Who is Bully?" Bowser demanded, heading towards the siblings.
"Bully is our oldest brother. He's currently playing a game with our other older brother, and now I think it's time for you to play a game with us," Kooky explained. "Cheatsy."
As soon as Bowser reached the bottom of the stairs, the two brothers leapt high into the air. They landed on the chandelier. Kooky handed a switch to his little brother, and Cheatsy pressed a button. The floor disappeared beneath Bowser and his minions, and they fell into a series of underground caverns.
Kooky and Cheatsy listened and laughed as the nine Koopas fell deep underground. As soon as they were positive their enemies were gone, they contacted their dad via wand. Instantly, the image of the evil, reptilian tyrant appeared over the wand.
"King Dad, it worked. They're gone," Kooky said to his dad.
"Good work, my boys. How did it go?" King Koopa questioned them.
"It was so epic! We just showed up and pushed the button. They went underground," Cheatsy said.
"Yeah! So what do we do next?" Kooky asked.
"You guys, don't do anything. Just get the twins ready, and they'll take care of it from there."