[Location: Mushroom Kingdom, Castle]
[World: Mario World]
ROUND 2- The Princess
Bowser kicks the window open and the glass shatters all over the soft, violet bedroom floor.
"Finally, no pesky plumbers to get in the way," he thought, stepping over the window shards. "I bet that stupid Mario just forgot to check her room. Good thing I'm smart eno-wha!?" He stopped and looked around the room. No Toads rushing in to attack him, no Princess screaming out for her hero...
No one.
"Where...?" Bowser turned to look out of the window. Maybe they had seen him come in and had already left? No, he came in on his HoverClown and through the back window, AND under the cover of rain. "Rain? When did...?" He was confused now. He didn't recall any rain before, but the pounding of the water on the roof was almost too much not to notice. And he wasn't even wet. "All right, I'll just go to the throne room and hold the King for ransom," Bowser sighed.
Just for the sake of being mean, he knocked the door down with his tail, expecting some sort of opposition. Still nothing. He walked down the staircase and took a turn into the main hall. Still no one.
"If only it were like this every day," he joked.
He continued onward down the hall, kicking open yet another set of doors and tearing down the last set with his burly claws. There was no light at all in the throne room ahead of him. The candles had all been extinguished and outside, the rain clouds blocked out the sunlight. Darkness all over the room.
"Hello?" Bowser entered the room cautiously and tried to feel his way around towards the nearest candle. He finally found a lone candelabra and lit it with his fire-breath. The room was still heavily dark, but he had just enough light to see dimly around himself.
Was the castle abandoned?
The rain began to pound even more ferociously at the roof of the castle. There was a feeling of moisture in the air and Bowser's stomach turned over itself.
A single flash of lightning, and then, a few moments later, the accompanying thundercrash.
Bowser walked over to the window and glimpsed out to see the commotion outside.
There was a tap at his shoulder. Bowser froze in suprise. "Who is it?"
"Princess Zelda of Hyrule... and I believe I am lost. What is this place?"
Bowser turned around to see the young woman nearing her twenties standing before him. Her hair was a dark blond-almost-yellow-orange tint and her clothing was that of a true princess, nothing like the casual clothing that Peach would normally wear. There was a definate difference of style between the two women. This one held a sense of honor and sophistication about her, and Peach- well, she was more outgoing and tomboyish.
"I... er... um..."
Bowser was lovestruck. His gold reptillian cheeks actually managed to blush a bit and he shyly kept himself from showing off his teeth. He hadn't felt this way since... well, since he had first seen the Princess Toadstoool.
"So you are lost too, Sir Dragon?" she asked apologetically. "I'm sorry to assume you were native to this castle..."
"No, no! Not at all!" Bowser shouted quickly. "Yes... um... well, I've heard that this is Princess Peach's Castle," he lied. She had already called him "Sir Dragon"... maybe he could keep up the hero act for once and finally get a girl? The thoughts of himself spending a happy life in his fortress with a beautiful woman...
"Are you... okay?" Zelda poked him in the shoulder, curiously. He had been staring dumbly and drooling at his fantasy world.
"Yes, I'm fine!" Bowser quickly slapped himself and shook off his dreaming. "But... is there any way I could help you?"
"I don't want to be a burden, but I do seek your company."
"C-company!?" Bowser's eyes opened widely.
"Oh... I'm sorry... did you not wish to protect me on my quest?"
"Oh, of course! Sorry, I was a little mistaken..."
Zelda smiled sweetly. "I'm looking for a man, a little taller than me, clothed fully in green. He's got blonde hair, long ears like mine-" she brushed her hair back lightly so he could see "-and a fairy following him around. It is very important that I find him."
"Well, I can't leave a little lady all alone to search for someone, can I?" Bowser blushed again. He was never any good with the ladies, and here, with the perfect chance to capture a girl, he decided to help her out. He sighed at his lack of evilness in the past few weeks and turned to the window to look at the downpour again. He still didn't remember when it began.
"The rain..." Zelda said softly. "It's a bad omen..."
[No contest!]
[World: Mario World]
ROUND 2- The Princess
Bowser kicks the window open and the glass shatters all over the soft, violet bedroom floor.
"Finally, no pesky plumbers to get in the way," he thought, stepping over the window shards. "I bet that stupid Mario just forgot to check her room. Good thing I'm smart eno-wha!?" He stopped and looked around the room. No Toads rushing in to attack him, no Princess screaming out for her hero...
No one.
"Where...?" Bowser turned to look out of the window. Maybe they had seen him come in and had already left? No, he came in on his HoverClown and through the back window, AND under the cover of rain. "Rain? When did...?" He was confused now. He didn't recall any rain before, but the pounding of the water on the roof was almost too much not to notice. And he wasn't even wet. "All right, I'll just go to the throne room and hold the King for ransom," Bowser sighed.
Just for the sake of being mean, he knocked the door down with his tail, expecting some sort of opposition. Still nothing. He walked down the staircase and took a turn into the main hall. Still no one.
"If only it were like this every day," he joked.
He continued onward down the hall, kicking open yet another set of doors and tearing down the last set with his burly claws. There was no light at all in the throne room ahead of him. The candles had all been extinguished and outside, the rain clouds blocked out the sunlight. Darkness all over the room.
"Hello?" Bowser entered the room cautiously and tried to feel his way around towards the nearest candle. He finally found a lone candelabra and lit it with his fire-breath. The room was still heavily dark, but he had just enough light to see dimly around himself.
Was the castle abandoned?
The rain began to pound even more ferociously at the roof of the castle. There was a feeling of moisture in the air and Bowser's stomach turned over itself.
A single flash of lightning, and then, a few moments later, the accompanying thundercrash.
Bowser walked over to the window and glimpsed out to see the commotion outside.
There was a tap at his shoulder. Bowser froze in suprise. "Who is it?"
"Princess Zelda of Hyrule... and I believe I am lost. What is this place?"
Bowser turned around to see the young woman nearing her twenties standing before him. Her hair was a dark blond-almost-yellow-orange tint and her clothing was that of a true princess, nothing like the casual clothing that Peach would normally wear. There was a definate difference of style between the two women. This one held a sense of honor and sophistication about her, and Peach- well, she was more outgoing and tomboyish.
"I... er... um..."
Bowser was lovestruck. His gold reptillian cheeks actually managed to blush a bit and he shyly kept himself from showing off his teeth. He hadn't felt this way since... well, since he had first seen the Princess Toadstoool.
"So you are lost too, Sir Dragon?" she asked apologetically. "I'm sorry to assume you were native to this castle..."
"No, no! Not at all!" Bowser shouted quickly. "Yes... um... well, I've heard that this is Princess Peach's Castle," he lied. She had already called him "Sir Dragon"... maybe he could keep up the hero act for once and finally get a girl? The thoughts of himself spending a happy life in his fortress with a beautiful woman...
"Are you... okay?" Zelda poked him in the shoulder, curiously. He had been staring dumbly and drooling at his fantasy world.
"Yes, I'm fine!" Bowser quickly slapped himself and shook off his dreaming. "But... is there any way I could help you?"
"I don't want to be a burden, but I do seek your company."
"C-company!?" Bowser's eyes opened widely.
"Oh... I'm sorry... did you not wish to protect me on my quest?"
"Oh, of course! Sorry, I was a little mistaken..."
Zelda smiled sweetly. "I'm looking for a man, a little taller than me, clothed fully in green. He's got blonde hair, long ears like mine-" she brushed her hair back lightly so he could see "-and a fairy following him around. It is very important that I find him."
"Well, I can't leave a little lady all alone to search for someone, can I?" Bowser blushed again. He was never any good with the ladies, and here, with the perfect chance to capture a girl, he decided to help her out. He sighed at his lack of evilness in the past few weeks and turned to the window to look at the downpour again. He still didn't remember when it began.
"The rain..." Zelda said softly. "It's a bad omen..."
[No contest!]