Toadette sighed again as she tied her bandana back around her neck. She wasn't feeling quite the best ever since this morning, and she didn't exactly know why. She had taken a shower after having some lunch with Junior and that still didn't solve the problem she was having. Junior on the other hand had been sitting in bed all day from this giant bruise he had somehow gotten on his left foot. He had told her he had gotten it last night from tripping on a floor board. Which she had doubted because he wouldn't have that big of a bruise. Especially not one which covered his entire foot, "Junior, I really think you should relax for a while" she said as he was writing down some notes in bed. He rolled his eyes and continued writing,
"And quit my plan? I can't not since I have it almost plan out" he replied. Toadette getting irritated at him. Obviously he had forgiven her the last time they were talking, and it was at this point Toadette knew there was no way to stop him as he was just continue anyways, but it was worth a shot,
"No, you can still work on it. I'm just saying it maybe be best to relax and let yourself heal before you get back to it." she sighed and decided to sit on the bed with him," You were doing the same thing when you wanted to work on your machines just a month ago." Bowser Jr sighed and put his notebook and pencil to his side. He put his hands in the air and fell back on the bed, quite angry.
Toadette rolled her eyes as he looked up at the upper bed frame, "There I'm resting, happy?" he growled. Toadette let out a slight giggle, knowing well he was mad but trying to be entertaining. She adjusted her dress a little grabbing his left leg a little. Bowser Jr putting his arms to his side and looking at her with his blue eyes, "Ey, keep it clean" he puffed his cheeks a little of embarrassment.
Toadette lowered her hands, "Relax, I just wanted to look at your bruise on your foot." She said grabbing his foot and beginning to rub it slightly. Bowser Jr for once in the past few weeks actually started to calm down now. She smirked a little noticing him starting to get tired as she massaged him. She looked at how red and purple it had turned. In fact it looked like it had gotten worse. This certainly wasn't a floor board injury at all. Junior had somehow hurt himself in a way that he didn't want to tell her, "Junior, what did you actually do to your foot?" she asked, "this looks like you smashed it into something"
Bowser Jr opened his left eye for a few seconds and then he made himself get up by lifting his stomach. He looked over to his right and then back to Toadette, "Ok… so I may have jumped onto the clear lake and smashed my foot into the ice" he breathed. Toadette looking up at him, "I was looking for another way to protect myself from the poison and I saw something interesting in the lake so I stepped on the ice to find out what it was and I ended up breaking through the ice." He looked at her knowing quite well she was gonna be angry. And oh she definitely was angry at him for that,
"Don't you think you should calm down on your plans then?" she asked her voice filled with anger. Bowser Jr shrugged,
"Well as long I don't do anything stupid again like falling on the ice I will be fine" he yawned as Toadette continued rubbing his left foot as he seemed to really like it. She let out a heaping sigh. Bowser Jr didn't exactly know when to stop his plans and he would always instead continue to roll with them even if they sounded stupid to others. He was always like that, which is what she disliked about him sometimes. She set his foot down. Deciding to lay across from his,
"What do you plan to do with the kingdom once you take over it?" She asked. Bowser Jr just looked up at her and laughed,
"A lot of things" he replied turning his back around and shutting his eyes once again. It concerned Toadette for quite a while. She never realized until now but he was quiet about his plans. Almost as if he wanted to keep it all to himself. When she went to ask him another question he was suddenly asleep.
She looked at him. The koopa prince curled up almost like a cat as he slept. Toadette knew he was exhausted. Considering for the past month, he barely even slept and never came to bed with her, just stayed up all night writing down information. It was no wonder he fell asleep as soon as he relaxed himself. She sighed lying down next to him as she grabbed his pony tail rubbing his smooth hair as she kissed him on the nose, "You really needed to rest" she whispered quietly as she adjusted her hand from his ponytail to the beginning of the knot of his bandana. Of course he didn't respond he just continued to breathe and seemly start to snore from how tired he was.
Toadette decided to cuddle with him. Putting her body next to his, while she thought to herself she would just keep herself awake and stay awake to make him more comfortable. She had somehow ended up falling asleep herself.
She woke up around and hour later. It was still bright out but to the point of the sky turning into dusk. Bowser Jr must have noticed movement as he woke up himself. He stared up at her for a few seconds, yawning he flipped himself onto his back,
"Do you feel better now?" She asked as Junior adjusted his bandana. He looked up and then back down again,
With his eye's all foggy and tired he stretched himself out a bit and put his arms on the bed looking straight at his girlfriend. "Oh, trust me I needed to rest" he yawned. He then suddenly jumped off the bed yawning a bit more as he made his way back to his desk. Toadette sighing knowing well enough he was just going to go back to his plan he had in mind, getting some sleep made me start to think" he said as Toadette walked closer to him, "You know how you're a literal mushroom?" he asked Toadette nodded,
"Of course" she replied as he suddenly grabbed her arm. Toadette jerked back a little in shock. Bowser Jr kept his grip as he opened a book. A book that had so many pages in it that even seeing him flip the page's with one hand to her was scary but impressive,
"Well I was looking up some information on your species earlier… and well I found this out." He began to straighten his voice "Since the beginning of their time the toad species has been able to on quote "be one with nature" in this defense when in danger they can suck poison and be immune to it" Toadette froze as Bowser Jr looked at her. Of course she always knew she was immune to poison, but she never told Junior about it and her reason was simply because she knew he would use it for his own advantage. Just like she knew he would Bowser Jr snapped the book shut and grabbed a vile, "So… can you do something for me?" Toadette looked up at Bowser Jr with a shocked expression. Obviously, she knew what he was going to ask her to do. Toadette took a few steps back,
"I mean I don't know… are you sure you want to become a poisoned enemy?" she asked Bowser Jr sighed crossing his arms together,
"Think about it Toadette" he said grabbing her shoulder and slightly squeezing it," we could come become unstoppable. No one is immune to poison" Toadette slightly sighed. She knew at this point she had no other choice. It was the only way she could get Bowser Jr to stop bugging her about it.
The young toad grabbed the bottle from his hand, "Show me the source of the piranha plants" She had never seen her boyfriend's eyes lit up so fast as they did. He had never been so excited to do something like this in his life.
Quickly he grabbed her hand and began to run out the cabin door once again. Toadette feeling a drop in her stomach feeling like this may not be something she actually wanted to do with Junior. She had this strange feeling it could serious injure him. She felt like Splashzillia would use this weak point of him to completely take over and make Bowser Jr different then he already was.
She loved Junior for the way he was. He was kind, strong, and comfortable, but most importantly he was different than his dad and wanted to live his life the way he wanted to. She supported him through everything, and she knew he had loved her just as much, but the way he wanted power was quite concerning and she worried about their relationship in the future even if he was to succeed with this plan of this," and right here" he suddenly proclaimed as the two of them looked down seeing a small purple piranha plant.
Toadette smiled a little, despite it being a plant it looked to cute to kill, "Junior, can we pick a different one this one is just to-"before she could finish her sentence Junior grabbed it's stem making it screak in anger and struggle, "you know what never mind" Toadette exhaled giving an annoyed expression. She bent down giving the young piranha plant a look. It growled heavily as Bowser Jr basically choked the thing half way to death.
Toadette grabbing its head shutting her eyes," Come on Toadette it was going to die either way" Bowser Jr suggested as piranha plant began to spit its goo out at her. Toadette screaming as she tried to grab the vile, "JUST get it before it poisons me" Bowser Jr yelled as loud as he could. Toadette shoving poison as fast as she could into the bottle and backed away before Bowser Jr kicked the stem killing it instantly. He panted a bit and then got up from the ground wiping away some of the juices from his hands. He grabbed the bottle for her hand and kissed her on the cheek, "See wasn't that hard now was it?" he beamed giving the bottle good look.
The two started to make their way back to the cabin. Junior shaking it a little, "So how do you exactly plan to put that into you anyways?" she asked. Bowser Jr just let out a large laugh.
He grabbed a piece of paper out of his shell, "With my black magic of course" he smiled, "I already have a spell written down here all I need to do is mix this with a refreshing herb and I can cast it" Toadette watching as he took out the refreshing herb from his shell. Jeez, how much stuff did Junior even have in his shell in the first place? Toadette thought to herself as he began mixing the stuff together. Toadette looked up seeing it turn to a full glowing purple color with purple smoke arising to the surface. She gagged, he actually wanted to drink that?
Before opening the bottle with his thumb, he gave Toadette a look for a few seconds. Now at first Toadette it was a sign he was unsure he actually wanted to drink it, but then the more Toadette looked at him, the more she got very confused. He put the bottle away and let out a sigh, "You know after I drink this it's going to lead me to be more powerful then I already am? It may change me, really it may change the both of us…" He adjusted his bandana. Toadette nodded. Oh, she knew how much he would change after this, "I just want to know…" he grabbed her hand, "That I won't EVER leave you no matter what type of power can come my way from both kingdoms out of this" the two of them both looked up at the sky. It was turning dark. Soon enough everyone would be off to bed,
"I mean. I already knew that" she replied Bowser Jr eyes lighting up again as she continued, "I'm just wondering what you're going to do when you actually take over this kingdom. I mean I could always help but it wouldn't work well if we were just-"She gasped as Junior squeezed her hand tighter. The wind picking up a little making her pigtails bounce a little as he reached into his shell,
"Exactly" he said, "I can't take over a kingdom as a lonely king, can I?" he asked Toadette trying to let go of his grip as he got onto one knee," Please you have to marry me" he said pulling out a ring from his shell. Toadette looking at him shocked. No, no she couldn't they were to young. At age 20? It had to be older then that. But at the same time, they had been together for 4 almost 5 years now, so it was to be excepted he would one day finally ask her,
"… Of course, …how long have you've been waiting to ask me that?" her breath almost out from joy. Bowser Jr blushed closing the locket that held the shinny yellow ring inside,
"I've had it in there for months, I just never got the opportunity until now to ask you" he replied getting up from the ground and giving her a little snuggle using his muzzle, "I…I just thought if we were married it would go much smoother becoming leaders" he blushed again. The young koopa clearly flushed by what he had just got himself into. But Toadette on the other hand let out a giggle, suddenly tightly hugging him.
Toadette let go of him giving him a slight kiss on his muzzle, "I honestly thought you would never ask me that question" She said as he grabbed her hand. He just let out a small squeak as he put the ring on her finger, Toadette taking a few moments to look at her it with its gold plating before Junior adjusted her chin to look up at him.
He let out a giant sigh as he grabbed the bottle of poison again, "Well…I always had this anxiety about asking you. I've had the ring for almost 3 months… I bought it for your 20th birthday. But on that day I just never had the courage to ask you, and when I was finally about to get the courage… my dad sent me back to his own castle to do work for him" He replied still pointing to the poison, "and well…I just want you to know this potion I'm working on may not work and if it doesn't you know I died wanting to marry you" he held opening up the bottle and taking a few herbs out of his shell.
Toadette watching in awe as he mixed the two indigents and made the potion level between his hands, his own engagement ring shinnying in the dark magics purple glow. His tail stood up straight and he stretched out his legs a bit beginning to castle his spell. Toadette covering her face for a few minutes, as Junior edged away. She hoped so badly that Junior knew exactly what he was doing, she would hate to lose him.
Toadette unhid her face looking up at Junior who opened one eye and stopped levitating the bottle of fluid as he had finally finished the spell. He gave Toadette a look as he put the bottle back into his hands. Toadette at this point in the break of tears from her now fiancé beginning to open the bottle, "Just make sure I don't over due my powers like my dad does with his" Bowser Jr muttered before taking a huge gulp of potion. Even though he gagged a bit he managed to drink the entire thing in one sitting. Toadette letting out a sigh of relief as he dropped the bottle onto the ground normally. He was quiet for a few minutes looking out into space.,
"How do you… you know feel?" Toadette asked. Bowser Jr looked down at his stomach,
"Pretty normal actually" he replied thinking it might not have worked, "Hmm… maybe I used my spell a bit to-"his mid-sentence came to an end as he began fall onto his knees suddenly feeling a strong spark of energy. Toadette trying to comes towards him as he grabbed onto his stomach confused on what was happening to him.
Toadette tried to come closer but the wind picked up once again, "Toadette, it's working" he gasped as she watched his eye colors turn from his usual sky blue to a bright purple color. His entire body turning from a green and yellow to a purplish tint. The wind and lighting still around him as he continued to transform into a poisonous version of his own self,
"Junior…" she whimpered as the wind finally slowed down and his transformation was complete. He set himself up straight looking around at himself seemly happier than he was before. He let out a happy laugh as he realized he was a different version of himself,
"Yes" he yelled excitedly, "IT WORKED. Toadette did you see all of it? I'm more powerful and immune to poison!" he jumped around excited. Toadette smiling at his sudden success. The koopa prince walked around with his new-found powers, His face seen with joy once again, "Let's see how my dad can defeat me with this" he grabbed another poisonous plant that was from the ground. Toadette stepping back as he started extending the stem wrapping it around his body allowing it to grow around his body, "I should test it out on something"
he smiled with the sudden thought in mind he grabbed a hold of her hand, smirking, "We're going to head to the Mushroom Kingdom" He said in delight. Toadette looked at him confused for a few seconds, "I was going to take over the Darklands first but, you know what? Change of plans I can take over the Mushroom Kingdom so easily now, it'll be so much harder for my dad to stop me from it, just thinking about it gives me the jitters!" he laughed.
He clapped his hands allowing for his Clown Car to suddenly appear from where ever he was hiding it. He picked up Toadette and set her inside it with her. Gosh was he being risky Toadette thought to herself. Running away from his dad was one thing but changing his mind at the last second to take over the Mushroom Kingdom? Even she was worried for his wellbeing, "Junior" she said as the Clown Car took above ground, "Are you really this sure you want to take over the kingdom? I mean it would be nice to- it's just I think it's gotten more well secured" Bowser Jr nodded his head. Adjusting his purplish tinted hair back a bit,
"Everything will be fine for me." he smiled. Toadette looking up at him for a few seconds noticing his pupils were beginning to fade turning into that yellowish glowing eye's like Splashzillia had. She let out a sigh knowing it was impossible at this point to convince Junior not to do it. As the stubborn koopa prince would just do it anyways no matter how she tried to convince him otherwise. Bowser Jr smiled as they reached the beginning part to the Mushroom Kingdom. Toadette starting to heavy breath as her stomach began to roll in as Junior lifted his left hand into the sky filling the air with a poisonous smell,
"CITZENS of the Mushroom Kingdom. Bow down to your new one and only leader" He lifted himself out of the Clown Car as it reached to the middle of Princess Peaches' castle, "King Bowser Jr" he laughed putting his hands both into the air beginning to suck the charm of the kingdom out of it's reaches and into his. Hundreds of citizens came out to see the commotion including the princess herself who covered her hands around her mouth as Junior gave himself more power. Toadette watching all of this being taken down with by staying up in his Clown Car. She just couldn't go out there and be with him... not right now… she didn't want to find herself embarrassed. Bowser Jr suddenly began to float laughing as the power wrapped around his body,
"I shall claim this as my own and, I would like to introduce my army!" Toadette jumped out of the Clown Car wanting to come up close to Junior to tell him to stop, that he was being ridiculous. But the closer she got she could feel a sudden wrath of power and not just a normal type either, one that Toadette knew herself was dangerous for even him to have. Princess Peach came up closer to the balcony as Bowser Jr continued taking the kingdoms power as he slowly formed a large ball of purple light. Toadette backing away as there was a sudden rumble, poisonous piranha plants and mushrooms sprouting up above the prince's body like a water fountain. She continued stepping back as she noticed Junior's eyes began to change back to that stupid glowing yellow.
She knew Splashzillia was trying to form again, and she should of took it as an opportunity to strike as soon as she realized what Bowser Jr was exactly doing. But it was to late there was no stopping Bowser Jr from taking over the kingdom now. Even though he had promised her they would take it over together. She came to the final realization she had to stop him.
However, when she did she suddenly felt her arms be held back by a sudden force. Turning around she noticed it was one of Bowser's guards a Koopatrol to be exact. He kept her in place as Bowser suddenly walked past her, "Make sure she doesn't run off again!" he shouted before heading off towards his son "JUNIOR" he roared. Bowser Jr continuing to let his orb grow as he looked up at his own father,
"Well hi dad. Like what I'm doing to the kingdom?" he asked Bowser let out a heaved sigh. Looking around at the purple sky and clouds as they circled around the place. Toadette watching in awe, seeing her own kingdom get destroyed by her fiancé.
"NO! you get back to the Darklands this instance!" he shouted, "How do you even expect to take over the Mushroom Kingdom? You don't even have an army" he asked. Bowser Jr just let out a giant laugh. Beginning to mock his dad by walking around all tough like he was the boss,
"Ohhh daddy trust me" he smiled Toadette eye's widening as she noticed Junior continued to grow his teeth sharper and his muscles growing even larger than they already were, "I got an army in front of me" he smirked. Bowser cocking his head as he watched his own push back that mysterious orb and throw it in the air causing the thing to explode.
Toadette suddenly feeling herself collapse on the ground. Trying not to give into the sudden air borne force that Junior had suddenly popped. Her eyes suddenly opening wide as she noticed a bunch of toad guards were coming up to Junior. Their skin and caps all purple and their eyes all zombified. Toadette suddenly felt the urge to look up at her cap. Suddenly horrified at the realization she had spores coming out of it. The tiny pink particulars flying out of her cap.
… and in that moment, she looked up again to see where it was going. She noticed Splashzillia was there a hold of it and keeping it in his own hands. The more she lost the weaker she felt. This couldn't have been his plan the entire time? Did he not realize how much this could kill a toad?
"Bowser Jr" she yelled but it was no use. He was fully taken over by Splashzillia. Bowser picking her up by her bandana. He looked down at the pink toad and began to scruff,
"You're better off if I handled him" he growled before setting her down and keeping her hand in his tightly. She sighed and looked down at her hand again looking at the wedding ring on her index shine. She gripped her hand in a fist disappointed,
"And to think you want me to marry you once you full take over this place" she heavily breathed, looking up at now Splashzillia as he pointed to Bowser,
"Take care of this no-good king. There isn't anything to stop me now!" Splashzillia laughed. Toadette suddenly feeling herself be casted away from Bowser by some magical force. A purple bubble appeared as she was brought closer to Splashzillia," Look what you helped made me do, by your own boyfriends selfishness" he laughed. Toadette couldn't stop staring at his beasty yellow glowing eyes the way he stared made Toadette know she was in for trouble. She wanted to shut her eyes to not look at the monster but she couldn't, she knew he was trapped in there,
"What do you even want me for anyways. I have no power" Splashzillia just let out a laugh,
"Not unless you count the spirit that's currently possessing you the more you get stressed about me" he responded, snapping his fingers for his minions to go after Bowser in their own orderly fashion. Toadette knew he had to be stopped at this point, but she couldn't think of way besides turning into…. The one she had fear Corruptette.