Before this chapter I need to say that I had to change some lore. Nothing big, but the Koopalings weren´t part of the Koopa family from the start. So in school, Mario, Luigi and Peach learned from them as a street gang not to come across.

"So, what do we do first today?"

Mario seems a bit grumpy, but talks to me in a joking manner. "Since you had the audacity to skip breakfast, you´re gonna eat something."

While we sit down, Mario seems to be lost in thoughts. But he´s still watching me, so I just start eating. After a while, he surprises me by talking.

"Peach, I want to ask you something big. So please stay calm. How… How was the start of this war for you? Or, better said, how was… your father´s death for you?" Wow. That´s a biggie.

"Why… why are you asking?"

"I go curious. You don´t have to answer."

I think about it a bit. After what happened today, I can understand his train of thought. "Alright, I...I´ll tell you."

"Thanks."

~Flashback~

Today is a normal day. King Koopa and Bowser came over to the Mushroom Kingdom again, but, like always, King Koopa is just hanging around with dad. So I am just hanging around with Bowser.

Bowser yawns. "So, did you do something interesting lately?"

"Nothing more than what I told you yesterday. And you?"

"Same."

I remember something. "There´s something I want to ask you. Are there other family members you have?"

"I do, actually! You know that dad and I are a special family of Koopas, which can reproduce asexually. He produced me asexually and I got a son myself this way."

"You got a son? I thought you were around 20, like me."

"Yes, but we work differently from you. Also, we can reproduce sexually, so that works. That´s important because we can only do the asexual thing once. But it´s never going wrong. So I have a son. But I also have 6 brothers and a sister, but you should know them already. They´re the Koopalings."

"The Koopalings? I thought they were a known street gang. That´s what they told us in school."

"Don´t ask me how or why, but my dad adopted them. They´re all pretty chill, I think you´d like them."

"Maybe. How about when we next come over to your kingdom I meet all of them?"

"Good idea."

We get bored quickly. But after a while, we look at each other and know what we´re thinking. I am the first to talk. "Golf or Tennis?"

"Tennis."

"Let´s do it!"

After a long game of tennis, we take a break.

~End of Flashback~

"I´m sorry, what?"

"What´s wrong?"

Mario has an annoyed expression. "This story is nice and all, but when are we coming to the part I asked you about?"

"Oh sorry, I forgot."

~Flashback~

A bit later that day, Leonardo comes in. "Peach! PEACH!"

"What is it, Leo?"

"Something terrible happened! King Toadstool died!"

"Excuse me, what?"

"And it was King Koopa."

"What?" I start crying.

"Where is Bowser?"

"He should be- where is he?" As I look on his chair, I see that he´s gone.

"I´m sorry, but this had to happen." Bowser is outside the room, closing the door. It is locked. We can´t open it.

"Stay back, Peach. I´m breaking it open!" Leonardo activates his element and turns into water. With his water, he freezes the door and destroys it with his fist. But Bowser is already gone.

"How could this happen?"

"Peach, you stay in this room. I´ll go chase Bowser and King Koopa!" Before I can say anything, he freezes the wall where the door was so that nobody would get inside to hurt me.

Meanwhile, I´m just left with my thoughts. I am sad and cry, but I only have these questions in my head. "Why did King Koopa do this? Why did Bowser support that? Why did dad deserve to die? Why, why, WHY?"

~End of Flashback~

"So you had a mental breakdown."

"Yes. After that, your dad just came to calm me down. A ton happened that day, we had to stock up our troops and send them out."

"I remember. A few days later, dad brought us to the military. I still remember how weird everything was at the start."

"Yes, I was glad that you could come."

"Kinda funny that we barely talked before that phone call so you could inform us that my dad died. Holy shit."

After that statement, we both get quiet.

I start crying. "What a stupid war! Why did all of this have to happen?"

"I don´t know. But I know something. Luigi and I will help you where we can. And we will win this war. We´ll kill them all if we have to. But even if we fail and die, our spirits will be with you."

"Thanks. Just thanks."