The green Toad, Orion, looks down upon the clipboard of sheets he's holding. "Let's see, we have the lumber from nearby trees, insulation, plywood, roof shingles, bricks…" He looks up. The open area the Mario Brothers found earlier had been expanded from some of the trees being chopped down. He can even see a clear view of Peach's Castle. He looks around to spot each of the materials he has listed so far. But then he spots the yellow Toad, Alan, laying down peacefully on the grass. Orion crosses his arms. "Alan! Did you get the nails and tools we need?"
Alan turns on his side, facing Orion. His eyes lazily open. Then he waves an arm in a circle around him. "Yeah, of course. Hours ago." Sure enough, tools and nails are scattered around him in organized piles.
"You only did that this whole time?"
Alan yawns, "I did other stuff…"
"Regardless…" Orion turns to the purple Toad, Milton, who carefully sets aside the window glass from the other materials. "Hey, Milton, do you know if that special sticky Mushroom Putty is ready yet?"
"I think so," he replies. "The builders ran out again and had to make some more."
Orion groans, "Great. Now we're going to have to wait even more before this house gets built."
"Relax," says Alan, "there's no big rush. The Koopa Troop is still at bay, and Mario is keeping the kids entertained. How could things get much worse?"
"Help! Bowser's coming to get us!" cries the Toad children as they run down the roads of Toad Town. A few folks they pass give mixed responses by the looks on their faces. The Toad children scream wildly, but they also can't help giggling as they run. They are led by a Toad boy wearing Luigi's cap. Right behind him is Toadia, who is wearing a paper crown drawn in crayon to look like Peach's crown.
The group of Toad children dart around a corner of the road. "Don't worry, princess," the Toad with Luigi's cap says over his shoulder, "we're almost away from Bowser's fortress. Once we make it to the castle, we're safe!"
Just then, a figure leaps from high above them and lands right in front of them. The Toad children scream, half in fright and half in giddiness. The figure before them is none other than Mario. Except he isn't wearing his red cap. Instead, he wears a large paper crown, with many red feathers jutting out of the center and curved paper horns taped on each side.
The plumber raises his hands high and curves his fingers like claws. "Hahahaha! No one escapes the Koopa King that easily, especially the princess!" Mario says in a deep, embellished voice.
The Toad children laugh and scream as they turn back around, bumping into each other. Mario follows the Toads around Toad Town, exaggerating his stomps and trying to make different roaring sounds.
Then the young Toads make it to a stretch of road. The Toad with Luigi's cap points toward Peach's Castle, to which the entranceway is just straight down the road. "This way, quick!" says the young Toad. The group scampers, trying to make some extra distance away from Mario. "We're almost there!"
As the young Toads make it over halfway to the castle, Mario crouches lower in his run. Then he makes a long leap forward, landing right in the middle of the crown of young Toads. Of course, Mario's cartoonish roars alert the Toad children that he is about to jump on them, so they lunge out of the way.
The Toad with Luigi's cap tries to stand between Mario and Toadia. "Take this!" The little Toad throws wads of toilet paper painted red from his pocket.
Although they harmlessly hit him, Mario pretends to flinch from them and shields his face with his hands. "Augh! How could this be?" He moans cartoonishly. But then the little Toad runs out of toilet paper. Mario laughs, "Think you're so tough, plumber?" The plumber darts around the young Toad, nicely picks up Toadia in both his arms, and leaps high and far into the air.
"Help! Oh, help!" Toadia shouts dramatically.
"Oh no!" cries the Toad children. "Is there anyone who can help us and the princess?"
"Hahaha! With the princess out of the way, there will be no one else who can stop me!" says Mario as he reaches the climax of his jump.
"Oh yeah?" says a voice nearby. Suddenly, Luigi leaps into the air to intercept Mario. Luigi, wearing Mario's cap, feints a punch at his brother. Mario leans back, pretends to take the punch hard, and lets go of Toadia. She screams as she falls, but then Luigi catches he mid-fall in both his arms. Luigi nicely lands near the entrance to Peach's Castle, while Mario falls flat on his back nearby.
"Yay!" The young Toads cheer.
Toadia sighs, but then notices she lies in Luigi's arms, her arms around his neck, and close to his face. "Eep!" she softly exclaims as her face blushes madly.
Luigi looks to her and grins. "Looks like the princess is saved once again."
Toadia's arms slide off Luigi's neck as she goes limp in his arms. "My hero…" she coos incoherently. Her face turns to a reddish-pink and her head droops back, dropping her paper crown. A gleeful smile freezes on her face as she faints.
Luigi looks confused, but then turns his attention to Mario, who stretches his back as he walks up to his brother.
"This is way more of a workout than I expected," says Mario. He takes his red cap off of Luigi's head and adjusts it on his own head after removing his paper crown.
"Yeah," says Luigi. "Although this sixth rendition of make-believe 'Super Mario Brothers' was more fun when we switched roles." At this point, the Toad children surround the brothers and Toadia, laughing and with huge smiles on their faces. The one with Luigi's cap tries to put it back on its owner's head, but ends up kind of crooked. "Thanks, champ" He replies to the young Toad.
"Well, well! Looks like you fellows are enjoying yourselves!" says Toadsworth happily as he steps out from Peach's Castle.
"Yes we are," Mario replies. "How's Princess Peach doing?"
"Oh, much better, though she's still quite busy. She has lots of letters to send out to ally kingdoms and tribes, letting them know we survived the Koopa Troop attacks. Although it makes it extra difficult that our post office still isn't fully operational." He notices Toadia passed out in Luigi's arms. "Oh my, looks like someone's already tired out. Might want to put her down to rest a while."
"Yeah, sure," Luigi says as she puts her down on a patch of grass.
Toadsworth turns to the young Toads. "I hope you children aren't wearing out our plumbing heroes."
"We won't!" They reply happily. One of them tugs on Mario's overalls to get his attention. "Mister Mario? Could we play pretend again? Please?"
"Um, sure," Mario starts, putting a hand behind his head, "but maybe there's another past event we can re-enact besides the battle we just had?"
"I don't think we know any other ones," says another Toad child.
"Oh, but there are many things that happened in the past," Toadsworth chimes in. "We just haven't got a good record on them".
"Oh, could you tell me some of those stories?" says Mario. "If my brother and I are going to stay, we would really like it if you could tell us the history of the Mushroom Kingdom."
The old Toad sweatdrops. "Um, I-I don't know. I mean, it isn't all that pleasant, and I'm pretty sure Russ T or another scholar could tell you better…"
But the Toad children give him puppy-dog eyes. "Pleeeeease? We'd like to hear a story!"
He sighs, "Oh alright then". As he sits down on a nearby bench, all the Toad children huddle up close to him, lie on their stomachs, and look intently at him with smiles on their faces. Mario and Luigi stand behind the children. "So you fellas want to hear the story of how are Mushroom Kingdom came to be? Well, then I'll give the best account I can."
"When I said the records of our history were spotty at best, I meant it. Not because we were lazy history keepers, but because of how much turmoil our world was in. Time flowed slowly and irregularly, even to this day. According to the earliest writing of Toads recovered, negative energy ravished the known continent of what we call Mushroom Land. For many, many years since the first known Toads existed, there was no Mushroom Kingdom. In fact, there wasn't any kingdom at all in Mushroom Land. All the various intelligent and semi-intelligent species lived in small communities, just trying to survive. But little by little, we learned and evolved."
"Toads eventually coped with the negative energy, and their communities grew into large settlements. Soon enough, we began to work with other species in similar predicaments. The Goombas and the Mini-Fryguys were our first partners. We shared many survival tips and tricks with the Goombas. The Mini-Fryguys became our best warriors, and defended the Toads and Goombas. We Toads were particularly good with agriculture and exploration, while the Goombas had a knack for tinkering and adapting. Thus the three species became among the first formidable civilizations in the Mushroom Land."
"But of course, that growth also led to bigger problems. Our expansion soon brushed into a much bigger and more aggressive force. This was our first major encounter with the Koopa species. Although we had crossed paths with them back when we were small communities, this was the first instance of encountering them in such huge numbers. They were led by a powerful individual who could wield what could only be described as magic. Although this evil being's name wasn't recorded, he was documented as intimidating in both appearance and nature, like something out of your worst nightmares".
"The Mini-Fryguys stood no chance against the Koopa forces. Worse still, their hive-mind like mentality broke under the strain of those battles, and they unified into one, powerful Fryguy. But even he fell in battle, and retreated far away from us in a much weaker form. We Toads and Goombas were forced to embrace the art of war, but we were too slow to learn. The Toads and Goombas turned to quarreling between each other as we retreated as far from the Koopas as we could bear. Eventually, our civilization splintered into small settlements once again".
"Many more years passed, and the evil being expanded a dark reign across Mushroom Land. But just like us, this proved to be the being's downfall. For at the fringes of the continent lived another intelligent species: humans. We had heard tales of small human settlements before, preferring to stay out of others' conflicts and living amongst other species if it suited their own benefits. But when the evil being stretched to the doorstep of their settlements, they refused to go down willingly. The humans were particularly skilled in leadership and communications, which proved advantageous. Many other species like us were oppressed by the evil being's wrath, so when the call to arms seemed imminent, the humans proved themselves trustworthy enough to lead us. The humans declared war against the evil being and all those who supported him. We Toads became their main support group. The Bumpties were also great allies. The Star Sprites were also called to our aid. Many other species fought against the being, although most remained loosely connected to the humans' cause. In the greatest war ever fought, the evil being was finally vanquished. Many lives were lost, but the humans and Toads won their stake to Mushroom Land".
"As they were the commanders and victors, it was only right for the humans to be the leaders of the known continent. They created one huge kingdom, dividing most of the land amongst their greatest leaders, who would become the Mushroom Kings. This period of our history was our golden age. We experienced many wonderful years under the lineage of humans. A few Toads and female humans were leaders, too, but they were few and far between the vast male human who dominated the kingly title. It was also at this time that this huge kingdom was called the Mushroom Kingdom, in honor of the great relation between humans and Toads".
"But this leads us to our more recent history. And our second downfall. As I mentioned, the humans divided up most of the continent. But a small portion was left for the Koopa species who lost the war. We had hoped this would pacify them and give them some time to recover so they could eventually join our Mushroom Kingdom. But our generosity was squandered when they secretly built up their armies once again, and attacked our kingdom. Even worse, our former Goomba allies had joined forces with the enemy. This Koopa Troop was led by a huge, powerful Koopa King named Morton. Morton had no taste for typical warfare. He skipped any declarations before making multi-pronged strikes against the various sections of the Mushroom Kingdom. By the time we were mobilized, our Mushroom Kingdom was split apart, and dragged into a new long-haul war".
"This was the kind of world I was born into. I grew up in a kingdom divided by the next war with the Koopas and their allies. Other species within our kingdom also felt like succeeding and separating. I was fortunate to be living our kingdom's capitol, Toad Town, where it was closely defended by our lead Mushroom King. Our grand Mushroom King never formally shared a name, but he did go by King Toadstool. He was a great tactician who was determined to fight for everything under his care. It was often thanks to him that we were able to hold our own against the Koopa Troop".
"But then tragedy struck when King Toadstool's wife passed away. She had hoped to have an heir to the throne, but the war had repelled the Storks away. Old and tired himself, King Toadstool desperately wanted to end the war as quickly as possible. But to do that, he had to bargain to a higher power: the stars. The Star Sprites did not participate in this second great war like the first. They had a separate home somewhere in the sky, and could only be communicated to in certain ways and places. The kind power the king was requesting for was divisive amongst the Elder Star Sprites. Someone in the Mushroom Kingdom had already stolen one of their stars, and had to seal it before leaving the world the way they did out of that broken trust. Furthermore, they feared what would become of such power should it fall into the wrong stands. But because they trusted King Toadstool, and because of the former alliance with humans in the previous war, they gave the king the Supreme Star".
"The other kings of the Mushroom Kingdom were not pleased with the prospect of one of their own leaders wielding way more power than everyone else, but they begrudgingly let it pass for the good of the war. King Toadstool personally led the final charge against King Morton and his army. The Supreme Star proved powerful enough to defeat and slay the foul Koopa King. It now seemed like the war was finally over".
"But the victory came at a high cost. The Supreme Star broke in the final battle for unknown reasons. But the other kings didn't like that such power seemingly vanished at the hands of King Toadstool. So the Mushroom Kingdom remained divided up, with King Toadstool presiding over a much smaller land. The Koopas, Goombas, and other species against the Mushroom Kingdom kept up a smaller guerilla war for the foreseeable future, whittling away our portion of the kingdom little by little. And King Toadstool suffered fatal wounds that he would succumb to as each day passed. But before he passed away in his deathbed, a Stork finally arrived. It delivered a baby girl: our very own Princess Peach. He loved her, named her, and kissed her before handing her care to me. I was his trusted young steward, and he made me promise to care for her as he would have. Then he passed away before our very eyes."
Toadsworth rubbed the tears from his eyes. "And now that brings us to today. The Koopa Troop may be making a comeback, but we have our fine plumbers here to help, and our very own Princess Peach to lead us into a better future." He looks to the Toad children, who all have sparkling eyes filled with amazement. Luigi tries hiding muffled cries in Mario's shoulder, while the red plumber holds his cap over his heart. "Oh my! I didn't mean to scare you to sadness with my long story".
"Not at all," Mario pipes up as Luigi recomposes himself. "It was necessary…and nice to hear".
"Yeah!" cry the Toad children. "It was a great story!"
"Aw, thank you," sniffles the old Toad. "Now, I think you youngins should head back home. Your parents are probably worried sick where you are".
"Okay!" And the Toad children scamper off in different directions.
Luigi looks to Toadia, who is still dreamily passed out. "I think I'll take this one back to her house" He carefully picks her up and carries her away.
Mario approaches the old Toad. "Looks like we have a lot to live up to".
"Indeed we do, Master Mario" he replies.
He continues in a lower voice. "I am curious; does that Power Star locked in the castle have anything to do with the Supreme Star?"
Toadsworth ponders for a moment. "Well…I don't know. King Toadstool said he found it shortly after the final big battle, and vowed to keep it locked away to never be used in a fight again. But I will concede there are some secrets the king kept from everyone…even me. Besides, the Power Star is nowhere near as powerful as the Supreme Star".
Mario thinks this new information over. "So if the Power Star is perhaps a broken piece of that Supreme Star, then the other pieces are still out there. Do we know what happened to them?"
Toadsworth sweatdrops as he stammers, "Well, uh…who knows? Best guess and hope is that they are lost forever" He turns around back to Peach's Castle. "Forgive me, Master Mario, but it's time I check on the princess. Good day!"
"See you, Toadsworth," Mario replies with a smile. As the red plumber walks around Toad Town, he thinks back on the history the old Toad foretold. "He seems to know a lot more than he thought. Perhaps his old age hasn't caught up to him yet?" But Mario shakes the thoughts away as he meets up with his brother again.
Kamek flies on his broomstick above the newly constructed castle in the Valley of Desolation. Bowser's Castle stands even bigger and more armed than Peach's Castle. "Kahaha! It is finally complete! Now it just needs a king to preside in". He looks around, but Bowser is nowhere to be found. "Hm…it's been quite longer than expected for Lord Bowser to return. The rest of them army has returned from their defeat for the most part, but none of them said they knew where he went off to…" Just then, he spots a large figure trudging in the valley toward the castle. "Could it be?" Kamek flies closer. Sure enough, the figure is the Koopa King himself. But he looks badly beaten up, his eyes are swollen, and a huge gash spreads across his stomach. "Lord Bowser!" Kamek jumps off his broomstick and runs up to Bowser. "Eeek! What happened to you?!"
Bowser wheezes as embers are coughed up. "Ug…damn princess…and plumbers…again…"
"Please, Your Resilientness, take it easy. We'll get you to your new room and fix you up right away!"
Kamek takes Bowser's giant hand and leads him into his castle. After winding through a few hallways, they reach Bowser's bedroom. The Magikoopa wraps him in lots of bandages and applies some ointments and magic on his most severe scars. Bowser groans as he passes out on his bed. The Magikoopa decides to let the Koopa King sleep for a bit while the wounds healed. As the Magikoopa closes the bedroom doors behind him, a bunch of Koopa Troopas gather around the door.
"Is Lord Bowser going to be okay?" one of the Koopas ask.
"He'll be alright," Kamek sighs. "He's been through much worse scrapes than this".
"Those humans were tough!" says another Koopa. "I never knew humans could fight like that".
"They don't!" says the Magikoopa. "I have no idea where there power comes from!"
"Man, this isn't fair!" moans another Koopa. "Why are we even fighting them anyway? Aren't we good right here?"
"Hey! Watch your tone, you whelp!" Kamek shrieks. "Never use that kind of language around the Koopa King. I'll have you know, our lineage has every right to the Mushroom Kingdom over those fungi and humans!"
"Really, how so?" says a Koopa.
"Well…it's a long story…"
"I'm interested in hearing it," says another Koopa, with the others nodding in agreement. "We're kind of tired from the castle building anyway".
"Oh alright then" The Koopas sit around Kamek as the Magikoopa clears his throat. "I'll try to give the best account I can".
"The records of our Koopa history is kind of spotty. Not because we were lazy history keepers, but because of how much turmoil our world was in. Time flowed slowly and irregularly, even to this day. According to the earliest writing of Koopas recovered, negative energy ravished the known continent of what the Toads call Mushroom Land. For many, many years since the first known Koopas existed, there wasn't any kingdom anywhere in Mushroom Land. All the various intelligent and semi-intelligent species lived in small communities, just trying to survive. But little by little, we learned and evolved."
"Various subspecies of Koopas branched out, each adapting to the tumultuous environment. Some of us were handy with our shells. Some could spawn and throw hammers. Some could fly. But all these traits helped Koopas cope with the negative energy, and their communities grew into large settlements. Eventually, one of these settlements grew in a civilization within an area of the known continent that would be called the Valley of Desolation."
"Even back when negative energy was in high quantities, this valley was as bad as it looks today. In fact, various oasis safe havens could be found. This alone could have been enough, but we found an even greater source of strength and survival: magic. It is true that most beings can't handle such power, and quite a few of our kind did perish trying to harness it. But we Koopas are very resilient, and some of us did eventually learn to control magic. Thus, the first Magikoopas, similar to yours truly, came to be".
"But unfortunately, the discovery of magic also led to bigger problems. Magic is so powerful, it tends to attract all sorts of beings. One such being was an evil entity named Jorge…"
"Really?" interrupts one of the Koopas. "He's fearsome and that's his name?"
"Don't you dare interrupt my story!" Kamek retorts. "I don't know what his real name is. It's not even in any records. But I'm calling him Jorge so he isn't so scary to speak of! From what documents we do have, we know he was as intimidating in both appearance and nature, like something out of your worst nightmares. And he could wield the darkest of magic the likes of which has never been recorded since!"
"Jorge forced us to serve him, else we would have been certainly wiped out. This was when his reign of terror began. He taught us ruthless war tactics, which we used as we spread his power across the known continent. This was our first major encounter with the Toad species. Although we had crossed paths with them back when we were small communities, this was the first instance of encountering them in such huge numbers. They couldn't stand a chance, and at that time in history, we felt sorry for them. Even though we were granted so much more land to control, we never wanted to obtain them in such a monstrous manner from the other species. Even though some settlements could hold us back, Jorge simply toyed with them using his dark magic. He even resorted to resurrecting the dead, with the likes of those like Dry Bones first being recorded to exist."
"But after many, many years, the tides changed for Jorge. In his desire to take over all the known continent, he came across the humans living near the fringes. We had heard tales of small human settlements before, preferring to stay out of others' conflicts and living amongst other species if it suited their own benefits. But when the evil being stretched to the doorstep of their settlements, they refused to go down willingly. These humans were able to mobilize all the other species they could find, and fight back. When it became clear Jorge was somehow losing his grip on the situation, we took our chance. We declared war against Jorge, like all the other species across the Mushroom Land. In the greatest war ever fought, the evil being was finally vanquished. Many lives were lost, but we Koopas won, and it seemed like our lives would turn for the better".
"But then the humans ruined everything. As they were deemed the victors, they titled themselves as the leaders of the known continent. They created one huge kingdom, dividing most of the land amongst their greatest leaders, who would become the Mushroom Kings. As part of the enemy forces, we were stripped of many of our resources and forced us back to the Valley of Desolation, promising we would be safe and given time to recover. But this period of our history was our dark age. We experienced many humiliating years under the lineage of humans. They never thanked us for our help in the war. They and their citizens labeled us as enemies. We were treated as lower than the filth we were forced to live around. As the Valley of Desolation whittled away into how it appears to this day, and our kind looking dire, it became clear that we had to take back what was rightfully ours: the lands of the Mushroom Kingdom."
"Just like the Mushroom Kingdom, our exiled civilization had a king of our own. But after a lineage of variously weak kings, we finally had our own power house. A bloodline of Koopas became Koopa Kings for their girth and roundabout powers that could back up their claims to the throne. This leads us to our more recent history, and our last king in that line. His name was Morton, and he was our most powerful leader yet. He gave encouraging speeches and plans of grand conquest at the hands of the Mushroom citizens. He mobilized our forces into the Koopa Troop, the best army ever in history. He convinced other species, like the Goombas, who were similarly outed by the humans and not given proper recognition from the war, to join our cause. And when the Mushroom citizens least expected it, Morton made his move".
"Morton was a cunning strategist. He made multi-pronged strikes across the Mushroom Kingdom way before they could ever mobilize. He used every weapon and soldier in his arsenal to the fullest. Soon, we carved up the Mushroom Kingdom into smaller chunks. It was around this time that I was born. I studied up every book of magic I could lay my hands on. Soon enough, I rose the ranks of the Koopa Troop and became the youngest among Morton's close guard. For a while, this was the good life I had hoped for".
"But then it all came to a swift end, in a way none of us ever expected. Some smaller forces of the Mushroom Kingdom corralled us all toward their largest force, led by King Toadstool himself. Somehow, this old coot had the power to wipe out hundreds of us. It seemed like it would be over for us. But Morton refused to go down with a whimper. In combat against the Mushroom King, the Koopa King used one more ace up his sleeve: the Zupreme Ztar. Shortly before this final battle, I discovered that Morton's true power came from this item. Although it was infused with dark power similar to Jorge and I had no idea where or how he got it, Morton convinced me he had to use it for the good of all of us. And he did. With his last breath, Morton used it to shatter whatever power King Toadstool had and greatly injure him".
"Both sides retreated from the battlefield. I caught up to him, lying motionless in the center of the destruction. In his final moments before he and the Zupreme Ztar dissolved into nothingness, he made me promise to raise his heir to the Koopa throne, else I'd suffer a fate worse than his. You know him as Bowser, who was still an infant and kept away from the fighting at that time. While we Koopas and our allies kept up a guerilla war to keep pressure on the broken Mushroom Kingdom, I took care of Lord Bowser to be the King he was always meant to be…by any means necessary".
Kamek rubbed his glasses on his robe before putting them back on. "And now that brings us to today. The Mushroom Kingdom may be making a comeback, but we have a formidable army that grows large by the day, and our great King Bowser to lead us all into a better future." He looks out to the Koopa Troopas, who all have sparkling eyes filled with amazement.
"Wow, our king is so awesome!" says one Koopa.
"He's the best!" says another. "I will gladly fight for him".
"That story was so beautiful!" cries a third.
The Magikoopa sweatdrops. "Ack, you guys are weirding me out. Now, scram so I can check on our king!" The Koopa Troopas race off as Kamek steps back into the bedroom. Bowser is lying in bed a bit more upright. His eyes are much better, and his scars are healing. The Magikoopa approaches one side of the bed. "H-how are you feeling, Your Somethingness?"
"Better…" The Koopa King grumbles. There is silence for a few minutes. Kamek twiddles his fingers together, waiting for more instructions. Bowser regulates his breathing more steadily than earlier. Finally, he says, "The Supreme Star…it existed, didn't it?"
Kamek flinches for a moment. "Uh, yes? What gave you that brilliant conclusion, Your Brilliantness?"
"Only makes sense there be a counterpart to the Zupreme Ztar we used to have".
"Ah yes. But…your father lost…"
A burst of flames spew in the Magikoopa's direction as Bowser looks at him with crazed eyes. "Don't you dare speak of my father in front of me! EVER!" The Magikoopa shutters in fear as Bowser coughs a bit. Another minute of silence passes. "But…" The Koopa King continues in between his coughs. "While the Zupreme Ztar appears to be lost…I think I know what happened…to the Supreme Star…" Bowser opens up his own pocket dimension, pulls out a boneless drumstick, and chews it up to calm himself down.
"You may be a Star Child, Your Awesomeness, b-but I highly doubt you hold much of any of the power the Supreme Star once had".
"There are others like me. Like the princess, and…" He clenches his fist. "…Mario…"
"Yes, that is true, but even among all my records, Star Children are extremely rare for good reason. Sure, there might be more of them at this period in time because of the Supreme Star and Zupreme Star colliding. But even with that into account, that only accounts for a fraction of the Supreme Star's total".
"So perhaps…there is a large chunk of the Supreme Star that exists out there…maybe in another form…" But Bowser's thoughts are interrupted by a swell of pain as he heals.
Kamek steps up to Bowser and sets him lying back. "Please, Your Resilientness. Let the magic heal you, and rest. Tomorrow can be another day to conquer your enemies". Bowser close his eyes and snores loudly. Kamek exits the bedroom, shutting the doors behind him. "Eesh, is he a piece of work!" Kamek walks down the hallway, continuing his thoughts. "But I think Bowser's right about the Star Children. After that fight with the Mushroom capitol, we can safely say there are four Star Children we know of, including Bowser. But according to my research, there is definitely more Star Children out there. Where could they be, if they ever show themselves soon?"