Chapter 14: Reckless Fool

Ludwig started walking down the street with the wrench he needed in a bag. He and his siblings had to get back to the Darkland-Bowser's Kingdom-before the day was over. It was at least a smart plan, as he didn't want the 7 Koopalings to raise suspicion from being there too long, and causing an uproar. Ludwig, being the oldest and most responsible of the bunch, was appointed to make sure everyone followed said rule, or else he would take a massive fall that...no one wanted to see. "Eugh…" Shuddering at the thought, he kept walking along the street until a crazed call rang against his ears.

"Hey, Ludwig!"

"Oh for Bowser's sake…" he turned around to see a tall koopa with a green floof of hair that went straight up and out like a water-fountain-like shape with three points. The koopa also wore glasses over his crazy eyes, and had a lime green shell that matched his hair color. "Ignatius Koopa. What are you doing?" Ludwig demanded an answer.

Iggy ran over, wearing a black T shirt with Princess Daisy's face on it, and some words in quotations below it that read: "Walk out, or get knocked out!" The Koopa giggled crazily to himself. "Isn't Daisy's Kingdom fun?!"

Ludwig blinked at the shirt. "Ignatius you fool!" He used his magic scepter and magically lifted the shirt off of his younger brother with a blue aura, "Are you out of your mind? Do you wanna make us look like Daisy-lovers? We have a reputation to uphold!"

Iggy rolled his eyes, and magically took the shirt back with his own scepter, coating the shirt in a green aura, "You and your reputational crap. Always tryin' to be the kill to my joy, huh? The toothpaste to my orange juice. The gutter ball to my Turkey Streak." He adjusted his glasses, and put his shirt back on, "Ya get my point."

Ludwig shrugged. "Do what you want. I got what I wanted."

Iggy blinked and scrambled over to his brother's bag. "Hey what's in here?!"

"You fool! Stop-!"

It was too late to try anything, as Iggy had already reached into the back, and found the black and red wrench. "...Really? A wrench? Dude, ya know I got-WAIT." He blinked as he took a closer look at the tag, "AN X-72! LUCKY DUCK!"

"Shhh!" Ludwig tried quieting him, "You're gonna attract unnecessary attention that no one wishes to bear witness to."

"Ugh, whatever…" Iggy shrugged, handing his brother back the wrench, "So where'd ya get it? Sounds like it must've been a fight to get a tool this good, huh?" he asked with a goofy grin.

Ludwig scoffed. "Pff. Nah. Rosalina gave it up so easily! Like candy from a baby, my dear brother."

Iggy tilted his head, unsure of what he meant. "Uh...ya mind explaining?"

"Oh. She needed this wrench to fix her space station or something. But I sweetly managed to talk her" He smirked smugly, "As always, no woman can resist the charms of Ludwig Von Koopa." He smirked, rubbing a claw back against his smooth head of hair for emphasis.

"Ugh." Iggy groaned, "You care about your face almost as much as Wendy does. I thought only girls do that…." A pause, then a wide grin crossed the crazy koopa's face. "Unless…."

In an instant, Ludwig held his magic scepter to his brother's nose, "Say it, and you'll become my next guinea pig for the next week. I always wondered if it was possible to turn a koopa into toilet paper…"

"Uh, Riiiight…" Iggy just pressed his finger on the scepter head, and pushed it away nonchalantly. "Anyway, you said Rosalina? Space girl? Here? And you managed to charm her?" He questioned, "Sounds like a load of crap."

"Ugh, you fool." Ludwig rolled his eyes. "She took note of my situation, and offered the wrench up. Sure, she's staying at Daisy's place, but eh, she's a goddess, right? She'll find a way."

"Um….she said she needed it to fix the space station?"

"Yeah, but eh, what do I care?" Ludwig shrugged, walking ahead of Iggy with the wrench in the bag. "Tomorrow, I'll be famous, rich, and be the toast of every Kingdom. From Darkland to Mushroom Kingdom, they'll love me, and my invention!"

"...Sounds like Ms. Rosa needed that wrench to get home, bro," Iggy said, "Ya don't care at all?"

"..." Ludwig seemed to pause at that. He looked down at the wrench in the bag, and seemed to stare at it for a bit.

"Uh…" Iggy poked his brother with a finger, "Ludes?"

Ludwig didn't seem to respond at all. He just kept walking, and said one thing, "Get to the Koopa Car by 11PM, Ignatius," and kept walking, seemingly stuck on something.

Iggy frowned, and shouted. "Ugh, Ludwig, sometimes you can be a frickin' selfish egocentric prick, ya know that!"

Ludwig didn't respond, and kept walking forward.

Iggy made up his mind, and slammed his fist into his open claw, "Gotta make this right…."

Meanwhile, at Daisy's castle…

"So ya sure you'll be fine here for a month. Trust me." Daisy said to Rosalina who was lying on the couch. She was a little sad that she wouldn't be able to go home so soon, but felt like she did a good deed.

"It's...alright." Rosalina said, nonchalantly taking a sip of Mushroom Cola from a can.

"You sure?"

"...Yes."

"..." Daisy sighed. "...Ok. Drible's cooking fried chicken!" she said with a grin, hoping to cheer up her friend.

"That's nice," came a soft reply from the space goddess.

"..." Daisy sighed, and walked away from her, and into the hallway along the red carpet. "Poor girl. Ugh..what a way to end up. But eh, selfish butt kid is selfish." She shrugged, and made her way upstairs into her room.

Without warning, the sudden sound of something splashing was heard from her backyard pool. Daisy looked out of her bedroom window to see something green out there… "Woah!" In a flash, Daisy got up, hustled down the stairs, and opened the sliding door outside to her pool. "Hold on!" She tossed off her shoes, and dove into the water, swimming around as her cheeks puffed out with held breath. After a bit of searching, she looked around and saw a pair of googly eyes with a snorkel staring her dead in the face.

"HEY!"

"AIIIE!" Daisy nearly jumped out of her skin-but instead she quite literally, jumped out of the pool, and found herself holding onto the umbrella that was attached to her summer lawn table. "WHAT IN THE ACTUAL-"

Iggy rose up from the water, wearing a black snorkel, "Hello!"