Welcome to chapter eleven! An elvish eleven! :P I'm only kidding - no elves exist in the world of Mario and Luigi!

Anyway, enough of the random stuff. Let's just crack on with the chappy! (I love that word...:) )

"Heh...back for some more, are you?" Anna growled, twirling her hammer as Corporal Paraplonk approached (you know what? They're names are TOO FRIGGIN' LONG! I'm just gonna refer to them as CP, SG and PG from now on. Hehe...PG TIPS! Ahem, on with the story...). CP blanched and landed next to Starlow, hiding behind her.

"Save me!" he whispered tremulously. Starlow laughed, shoving him towards Anna

"Me? Save you? I think you should be panicking about me teaming up with her..." Starlow said teasingly. Bruce laughed and pushed the other two forwards.

"H-hey!" they protested. "We haven't done anything!"

"Yeah, you have," Anna grunted, heaving her hammer up. "You've been idiots,".

"What?" the three 'idiots' chorused. Starlow and Bruce grinned. They both knew what they would do...

"OH!" the three 'idiots' said in realisation. Anna bopped CP on the head with her hammer, causing him to withdraw into his shell.

"God, I hate this safety mechanism of my shell..." he mumbled. Anna grinned evilly - she smacked the shell with her hammer, causing it to slide across the floor to SG and PG. They both squealed like little girls and dived out of the way. Starlow, grinning like a maniac, chipped the shell up and Bruce leapt up and smacked it into a tree. It rebounded off two tree's before landed on a branch and grinding down it's length. The shell flew off the end of the branch and landed on PG, squashing him.

"OH MY GOD!!!" SG squealed. "YOU KILLED HIM!" Starlow, Anna and Bruce rolled their eyes. They knew Goomba's weren't killed that way, it was just a minor inconvenience. As well as very painful. CP popped out of his shell and span round a few times, off PG, before fainting.

"Mamma mia..." he groaned. Starlow raised her eyebrows at him.

"You DO know that's Mario and Luigi's fainting catchphrase?" she asked. CP didn't respond (of course).

"Ouch...that hurt..." came PG's muffled voice. A sound like stretching elastic could be heard, then PG...er...sorta re-inflated himself. He shook himself - and shouted in shock as he was enveloped in a hug from SG.

"YOU'RE ALIVE! THANK GOD!" SG bawled. PG rolled his eyes.

"Well, I'm not gonna die that easily, am I?" he sighed. He glanced over to the other three, who were all grinning like maniacs.

"Priceless..." Starlow giggled.

They headed off, back to the castle. They had ended up buying goods from Broque Monsieur (who was more than happy to oblige to their little scheme. Of buying goods. Not foraging for them). As soon as they came within sight of the castle they started marching again. They entered the throne room, where Bowser was seated on what he liked to call 'THE SEAT OF AWESOMENESS AND BADNESS AND...UH...ANY OTHER AMAZING WORD!' That slogan was plastered to the wall behind him, and Starlow's mouth twitched into the merest hint of a smile upon seeing it. They stopped two paces before the throne.

"We have been succesful, Your Awesomeness," Anna said, bowing low. Bowser guffawed in delight.

"Brilliant! Put them in the supply room!" he ordered. The group nodded as one and marched off to the supply room Starlow was about to leave when she was called back.

"Starlow! Wait a second..." Bowser called. Starlow looked back at him, perplexed. She re-entered the throne room.

"Close the door, Starlow,". Starlow gave him a suspicious look before complying. The door shut with an ominous clang. Bowser beckoned her. She walked forwards, stopping on the first of the three steps before the throne.

"Yes, Bowser?" she said irritably. Bowser grinned at her.

"You really shouldn't speak that way to your lord now, should you?" he laughed. Starlow glared at him, and, upon seeing this, Bowser sobered up at once.

"I...have something to ask you, Starlow..." Bowser started.

"Just spit it out," Starlow said venomously. The hours, the food and the lack of sleep had turned Starlow extremely grumpy. Bowser 'harrumphed'.

"Fine. I want to ask you...whatever cause of action I take, I want to know I have your unflinching allegiance. Can you agree to that?" he asked. Starlow's mouth went suddenly dry, and her heart started to flutter. What does he mean by that? she wondered. Slowly, she nodded, never taking her eyes off him. Bowser grinned.

"Good. As we are going to invade the Mushroom Kingdom," he said. Starlow laughed.

"You know that'll never work. Mario and Luigi..." she stopped as she said his name, the mere mention of it bringing all sorts of memories. She continued; "...always stop you!" Bowser had noticed the pause, and he inwardly grinned. Oh, this was going to be good...

"No, Starlow. I'm not kidnapping the princess again. I am going to be at full-" he brought his face closer to her's. "-total-" closer still "-war," he finished, saying the word as though he relished it. Starlow stared at him, shocked.

"W...war?!" she gasped. Bowser nodded.

"And you will be on my side. Any defecting to the other side...I will kill you. Without hesitation. Understood?" he growled. Starlow grinned.

"You could never beat me..." she smirked. Bowser smirked evilly back, causing Starlow to drop her's. What was he so pleased about?

"You think you'll be able to stand against me and my Koopalings? Together?" he hissed. Starlow gulped and closed her eyes. She did not want to face them. Heck, even Mario had had some trouble with the last few he had faced.

"N...no..." she mumbled, turning her face away. He gripped it and twisted it back, cricking her neck. She cried out in pain, fresh tears springing to her eyes.

"Good..." he said slowly, grinning. Starlow glared at him through the tears. He thrust her away, causing Starlow to stumble back a few steps. He looked away from her to his claws, picking them absent-mindedly.

"You are dismissed," was all he said. Good thing he didn't see the look of pure rage Starlow shot at him. He would've been incinerated on the spot.

Oooh! Drama! Suspense!

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I think you saw this coming, didn't you? :P

Ah well. I promise you it'll be exciting.

Also, I don't have a clue what an OC is? Could someone explain in their review? :)

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