Chapter Eleven:

Bowser's Outside Story – Preamble to the War

It was almost 20 years before almost much of the Negative Force users reached the last stage of power in which by consensus it was called Final Smash. Bowser was one of the first to access that power albeit at first he was having issues into maintaining the form for more than ten seconds, eventually he mastered his ultimate power.

Before his Final Smash he was able to conjure a construct that manifested as a mechakoopa of enormous proportions that crushed everything on Bowser's sight; he achieved that power after joining and foiling an invasion from an extraterrestrial force named the Smithy Gang. It all became for convenience as Bowser's lost his keep and his army in less than a day and agreed to help the Mario Gang in exchange to recover his fortress and his subordinates.

As the raids progressed and the Mushroom Kingdom recovered the land Bowser gained new abilities and also he became more connected to the Force; that was the mistake Peach regretted that she gave him full understanding of the Negative Force through the time they shared together and slowly Bowser taught the access to his crew and family, but there was a mistake not all the beings were able to have full access and Bowser didn't realized until his Koopalings couldn't have a full access and transform.

He was happy the results, they improved their skills and special abilities but it was his only son from all his minions that started to master his ability of metamorphosis into a clone of Mario that could erase anything he touched out of existence. Probably from all the Final Smashes Baby Jr. was the most terrifying because of the effects it had and almost rivaled Mario as both could vanished anyone outside time and space by killing it.

He was trying to remember where did everyone learn the Final Smash, but there was a blank spot on his head. He remembered some form of a tournament, an interdimensional tournament where different beings competed for a maximum prize or to exterminate an ultimate evil. Master Core, he was remembering something, there was something more powerful than him, something that was at the very center of all realities.

He was remembering but it was just too vague. He remembered another name Tabuu, he remembered the non-corporeal form that he and Mario battled but he couldn't have remembered the rest. His memories were mixed, he remembered waking up in his castle with almost no knowledge of anything, he had a moment where he went where he kept the technology that he salvaged from Smithy's attack. He was feeling the urge to destroy again and devour existence to the very essence.

Then he saw the opportunity to fulfill his desires when he saw a shadow of hate on Toad's doubt about his own existence. He saw the taboo on the desire Toad wanted and he knew how to manipulated him in order to achieve and conquer his hunger. Bowser saw an endless possibility to achieve more power than he ever imagined.

Bowser Jr. was concerned about his father becoming more erratic, he was watching a behavior that wasn't there before they came back from the subspace emissary, he was the only one from their dimension and timeline who could remembered fully how they really developed some abilities that where beyond their connection to the Negative Force.

It seemed when the event that made several beings cross path into what it was called the subspace, all those beings started to develop different abilities or abilities that were evolved from previous ones. Mario ability of fire evolved to the point that he could exterminate any being by burning it to the core of his molecules. Bowser Jr. gained a similar ability but for him to use it he needed to transform into Mario albeit a shadow version.

His evolved ability was similar to a black hole, anything that he absorbed got destroyed but not fully to the very essence, he could expel some of the matter from his victims as well objects. He saw his father transformed into a giant version that he nicknamed Giga Bowser, he suspected that his power was related to Master Core as it was similar as one of the shadow forms.

Kammy Koopa was having certain suspicions also about the intention after the invasion was over, she was there sitting on the top tower of the castle watching the kingdom. She was remembering before the Mushroom expansion how the lands they were sitting belonged to the Koopas; she was happy with being back on her home but at the same time she was feeling guilty about the slaughter.

It was something she never envisioned, she was thinking on conquering the land but sparing everyone's else life. Her body wasn't perfect; she was old for the standards of Koopa's, she was almost 200 years old thus making her the eldest of the race but also she was one of her kind as she could manipulate the Force to see different outcomes of the future as well timelines.

She was worried that the end for Bowser and his lineage was imminent. She saw the very end of everyone but she knew that nobody would believe her as she was just an old mage who was far away from her glory and Bowser only appreciated for the advices but she never told him the truth on why she was so precise albeit vague.

Bowser Jr. was walking up to the towers to see Kammy, he passed through the throne room and it was a shadow of what it was, there was nobody there anymore and his father spend time with his war generals in order to plan the conquest of the entire galaxy system. It was a power that was corroding Bowser himself from the inside and there was no way to stop as it was similar to a pathogen agent without a cure. As soon he reached the upper chambers he saw Kammy sitting alone looking at the window. She didn't even look to see who was on the door and she asked – What do you need Jr.?

He was surprised on how she knew who was always around her. "I know why you are here". She said in a melancholic tone.

"Old one, I have a few questions, you probably have some answers"

"Go ahead young one"

"Is there a way to pull out that organism that infected him?"

"No, nobody can pull out the Core from Bowser"

"Is he really my father who is walking right now? I saw him getting infected on the last battle of that strange interdimensional tournament where several of us got upgrades in our skills."

"Jr. Your father died on that day, memories of him lingered and made the Core assimilated into a version of Bowser but to be honest what is absorbed by the Core has no way to be rescued and bring back to life; he destroyed the source of power that many of us used in order to fulfill our most inner desires"

"Why nobody stopped him?"

"Too much power, those few who opposed him got killed, he ate them."

"How do you know all of these Old one? He hasn't told you anything?"

"I have access to a side of the Negative Force in a more passive way, I can always see through time and space; see the different outcomes, dimensions, timelines and what will become"

"You aren't joking?"

"How do you think I always know who is near me without even looking?" Bowser Jr. realized at that moment what Kammy was saying it was true, she was always one step ahead but she lacked of any skills to fight him.

"I do have one more question"

"I have an answer for that one too, but let me ask you something to calm one of my doubts, when do you started to suspect?"

"About three years ago when a shadow started to emanate around him"

"To answer your unspoken question, that is the beginning of the end, he has at least another year before his outer shell finally collapse and becomes the monster he is harboring inside." Bowser Jr. started to cry when she said those words, she placed her hand around his left shoulder.

"Is there a solution to stop this?" He asked between tears.

"There is, Mario is coming and if you want to live and carry the Koopa lineage with peace, you better don't interfere in this war that is about to start because then all of us we are going to become extinct."