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Jeshi: LOL!!!!! XD… a few replies to a couple of reviews… um… Kaira-chan… *laughs* that goofy monster with the bow on her head that spat eggs at you was not Wendy Koopa, but Birdo. Lol XD come to my house, I have Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and I'll show her to you! ^-^ And to "The Link of Link" yes, indeed I like Soul Calibur 2 ^-^ Pretty much every character rocks, especially Ivy, Talim, Cassandra, and Nightmare. (in my opinion)

Larry: *tries to sneak away*

Jeshi: *pushes a button on a wall nearby. An iron cage falls on Larry* Sorry, dear. You can't go anywhere until you do the disclaimer. -_-;

Larry: O_O…Jeshi aka Yami Bakura's Wife does not own anything from Mario… can I go now?

Jeshi: *magically makes the cage go away* ^-^ Yes, indeed you may.

Larry: *runs*
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Iggy and Wendy had taken a walk around the outside of the castle. The two of them remained completely silent as they walked, thinking about what to do. Ludwig had just fixed one problem, and they did not want him to worry about another too soon. Besides, they figured that if they fixed the problem themselves, Ludwig might respect them when it comes to being independent.

" So… now what?" Iggy finally had the courage to ask. Wendy had still looked completely shaken up from the events that had happened earlier, and stared at the ground as they walked.

" We think of a way to fix this," she answered shakily.

" But then what are we going to do?" he asked her. She was going to get mad and yell at him then, but when she thought about it, she really did not know what to be mad at him about. The fact that he basically just asked the same question twice in a row, or the fact that he was annoying her now? Or maybe it was because she honestly did not know what they were going to do. She had no plan whatsoever.

That was probably the only time in her life that she had ever regretted wearing jewellery, but that quickly changed again, because she had just then remembered how incredibly stunning she looked with it on. She looked down on the bracelet on her wrist. She would never lose it again, she promised herself that.

" I don't know," she finally answered, " I can't think as fast as Ludwig, can I?"

" Well, maybe we should just get Ludwig then?" he asked. She shook her head.

" No, we can do this on our own, all by ourselves," she said and stopped walking. Iggy stopped too and looked at her, she looked back at him.

Iggy had liked the idea of showing Ludwig that they could take care of themselves also, but he had also been afraid that something may go wrong. After the incident, he had at times, wondered about just sneaking off on Wendy to tell Ludwig about what they were going to do, and what had happened after they all had left. But then again, Ludwig might, like with Larry, lecture him because he would have left Wendy all alone. So instead he decided to just stick with Wendy's plan, and not say anything at all about it.

They stood there still, looking at each other and thinking. What were they going to do?

" Maybe… what if…" Iggy started, " what if we just… forget about it?" Wendy raised an eyebrow and tilted her head to the side.

" What do you mean?" she asked him.

" I mean… what if we just… forget about what Melinda had said and done back in the castle… what if we just pretend that she did not ask about the bracelet, pretend that she did not question about anyone in her bedroom?" he suggested. Wendy stood there and pursed her lips together. She narrowed her eyes slightly, still looking at her brother, and thought about it. What if they DID just 'forget' about it? Maybe it caused no damage at all when it came to the honesty thing. Honestly, Melinda was so wrapped up already staying with their dad all day, trying to keep the seven koopalings away from him all day that she would have probably forgotten herself as well.

" Maybe…" she said, then looked up at the sky.

" It would be an idea… and Ludwig would not know anything about it at all, right? Just like you want?" Iggy said. She looked back at Iggy and nodded. It WOULD be a good idea, the two of them just forget, and never mention it at all to Ludwig, or anyone else for that matter.

" Sure, Iggy," she answered, " we'll just forget about it all. It never happened, she never said anything, she's not suspicious about anything." Iggy nodded.

" Okay, so that's it then…" he said, then looked around. He walked over to a loosely built wooden bridge over the lava moat around the castle. He looked down at it and smirked.

" Honestly… we shouldn't have this type of bridge here," he said, while eyeing the bridge. Wendy rolled her eyes at him.

" You idiot, we had the other stone bridge! But stupid Mario blew it up on us, remember?!" she snapped at him. He laughed.

" Oh, yeah! I remember that. Actually, it was Mario who ran out of the castle with Princess Toadstool again, we had then chased them, but right after they made it over the bridge, Luigi was the one who blew it up so we couldn't get across," he chuckled, " I bet you anything that stupid Luigi was outside all along, just setting up a bob-omb or some kind of explosive while Mario was goofing around inside the castle." Wendy for a split second was tempted to laugh herself, but then she glared at Iggy instead.

" And WHAT is so funny about that?! They got away!!" she screeched at him. He continued staring down at the bridge.

" Well, that's not what's funny about it… but what IS funny is the fact that we haven't repaired the bridge ever since…" he said, then started laughing. Wendy crossed her arms and gave him even more dirty looks.

" I STILL don't see what is so funny about it!" she growled.

" Nothing is funny about it… but… nevermind…" Iggy said shaking his head and smiling. Wendy sighed and rolled her eyes again. She honestly did not see what was so funny about their family's what it seemed like, 50 billionth defeat. And what was more was that Iggy seemed to find a joke in it, and it did not make sense to her whatsoever. It actually pissed her off.

She walked over beside Iggy and looked over the bridge and the lava moat. She saw two monsters swim around in it, and then looked back up and over the large poorly built bridge. Well, we can not really say it was 'poorly' built… but… it must have seen better days, but it had held on for so many years already. She walked up to it and made as if to cross it. Iggy suddenly pulled her back onto the land.

" What are you doing?!" he asked her. She gave him a surprised, yet furious look.

" What do you mean?!" she demanded, " I can go walk on the bridge if I want!"

" Are you mad!?" he yelled. He walked on to the bridge, and then turned back to Wendy, just a few feet from the flat ground.

" This is a crap bridge!!" he exclaimed, " it'll do nothing for you." Wendy glared at him.

" What do you mean it'll do nothing for me?! It's not supposed to do anything, you doorknob!!" she snapped at him.

" No! I didn't mean literally!!!" Iggy rolled his eyes, " what I mean is that the bridge is so old that it won't support very much anymore, it'll probably break!!!!"

" We just crossed it the other day when all of us went to the lake!!" She shrieked at him.

" I know that!!! But that was with Dad, that was with Ludwig, that was with Roy, that was with everyone else there who could help us if it broke!! But we're out here alone! ALONE, Wendy!! No one can help us in time if it breaks!" he answered.

" HOW could it break!?!??" she demanded.

" It's an old bridge!! It probably can not support your weight!" he yelled back at her. He then shut up suddenly. Wendy stood there, looking completely appalled, and her face turned red in rage.

" ARE YOU IMPLYING THAT I'M FAT?!?!?!?" She shrieked.

" NO no no!! That's NOT what I meant!! I meant that… because… it just might not support you, I'm only looking out for you, Wendy!!" he stuttered. She got even angrier and grabbed a rock nearby to throw at him. He went wide-eyed when he saw the rock, it being the size of her fist. He turned and took off running on the bridge. He stopped in the middle of the bridge before he turned around to face her again. She had not followed him on the bridge, but had stood on the land still, juggling the rock in her hand, glaring at him.

" I didn't mean it like that, Wendy!!!" Iggy called back to her, " what I meant was… what I had said before about the bridge!! A crap bridge!! See? Crap bridge!!"

As he said 'crap bridge', he had stomped on it with one foot, and alternated with the other when he said it again.

" You said it would break!!! You liar!!" she screamed at him.

" I KNOW that!! I know it will break someday, but it hasn't yet, has it? But I'm just making sure that you're safe though, and why? Because I'm older and I'm supposed to!!" he yelled.

" But… YOU said it would BREAK!!" she screamed again.

" I KNOW! I KNOW!! But it-" Iggy was suddenly cut off, for this time when he said " I know" he had jumped again on the bridge, but with both feet, which had broken when they landed, and he fell through, just grabbing the edge to make sure he did not fall in to the lava.

" IEEEEEEEEE!!" he cried suddenly. He then struggled to help himself up. As for back on the actual land, Wendy had started laughing hysterically at him.

" Oh, shut up!!!!" he yelled over at her, and continued to pull himself up.

" No, that was funny!" she said through fits of laughter, " and the way you screamed was even funnier!"

" Well, I TOLD you it was a crap bridge!" he yelled.

" Hey, shut up!!" she screamed.

" No!! Now come and help me, geez, you've done nothing else!" he yelled, slowly climbing up. Wendy crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes at him again. She then sighed… and then a smirk appeared on her face.

' Fine… I'll help you..' she thought. She then walked up over to the beginning of the bridge and clawed at the ropes holding it up, causing the bridge to fall on the one end. She then crossed her arms again and laughed at Iggy.

Iggy was still trying to get up when he suddenly noticed he was swinging backwards on the bridge. He looked up panicky at Wendy.

" HEY!! WHAT'D YA DO THAT FOR?!?!?!?" he screamed as he smacked into the solid but warm earth wall behind him. He climbed through the hole in the bridge and used it as a ladder to climb up to the land on the other side of the moat. On the other side in front of the castle, Wendy was still cackling away.

" Have fun!?" she called to him. He glared at her.

" YOU CRAZY WITCH!! YOU COULD HAVE KILLED ME!!" he bellowed back. She smirked, and then started laughing again. He glared at her for another few seconds, then burst out laughing himself.

" Actually… that WAS fun!" he yelled over to her, and continued laughing. But when he looked back, it was not just Wendy standing there on the other side of the moat. Melinda had actually just walked out of the front door of the castle. Iggy's eyes had gone wide as soon as he had seen her. He waved frantically, trying to warn Wendy the best he could.

" Um… um… HI, MELINDA!!!" he screamed in the most friendliest tone he could. Wendy froze when she heard Melinda's name and quickly turned to face her.

" Oh!! Um… Hi, Melinda!" she said, smiling too, though she really just wanted to shudder at the sight of her.

" Wendy, dear. What are you doing out here?" Melinda asked her. Wendy shook her head.

" Nothing!! Nothing at all… Iggy and I were just…" she started.

" Squishing those 'pesky goombas' like you both told me you were going to?" she asked, a smirk appearing on her face. Wendy continued staring up wide-eyed at her.

" Well… actually, we uh… were really going to do that afterwards…" Wendy answered trailing off. Melinda smirked still, but then gave a cold and hurtful look.

" Let's see now… that has been Ludwig… then Lemmy of course… and then Iggy AND you," she said, counting it out on her fingers as she spoke. Wendy gave her a confused look. Melinda shook her head, frowning.

" Don't look at me like that, dear," she said, " that's not polite. And what's more is that you are doing it again."

" Doing what again?" Wendy asked, still confused.

" Lying to me, Wendy dear. Lying. If it's anything I can't stand it's liars. Such as Ludwig, he said you were all in Lemmy's bedroom all day. THAT was a lie, Lemmy backed him up, that was lie also, then Iggy told me that you and him were going off to squish those goombas, but instead you took off somewhere else, out here. And you told me that you were not in my bedroom. Honestly, do you all not trust me or what?" she said grimly, eyes fixed sternly on Wendy.

Wendy felt all shaky inside. She continued staring up at Melinda, not knowing what to do.

" We… we did not say that, did we?" she answered shaking her head. Melinda gave her a sarcastic look.

" If you don't trust me, then why don't you just say something? Rather than lie to me," Melinda said.

" We didn't say that we didn't trust you, did we though?!" Wendy replied, raising her voice slightly.

" Don't raise your voice with me, Wendy. Now just tell me the truth, what have you all been up to all day, what were you doing in my room?" Melinda asked.

" I wasn't in there!! We were in Lemmy's room all day, honestly we were!! I wasn't in your bedroom!" Wendy snapped.

" Then why are you getting so defensive about it suddenly?" Melinda asked coldly. Wendy stared at Melinda, who calmly looked back down at her… but only in a more scary way. Wendy had suddenly felt sick, and she still did not know what to do. Maybe it would have been better if they would have told Ludwig right away what had happened after they left.

" I'm not… I just…" Wendy stumbled to find something to say.

" Yeeees? What is it, Wendy?" Melinda asked.

" I… I'm going inside now.." Wendy muttered softly.

" What was that?" Melinda asked her, and raised an eyebrow.

" I said… I'm going inside now!" Wendy said, raising her voice much more this time. She then stomped off past Melinda and into the castle, leaving the door open. Melinda gave a slightly frustrated look and followed behind Wendy.

" Wendy… come back here!" she called after her, and closed the door.

On the other side of the moat, Iggy stood there, wide-eyed and horrified. He was alone… but it did not matter… because it was not HIM who was being stalked by Melinda at that point in time! He felt like he had to do something, before Melinda had caught up to Wendy, wherever she was headed. He went to run, but then realised that the bridge was now out. NOW how was he supposed to get across?!

" Dammit!!" he cursed out loud. He then searched around frantically for something, anything. He then noticed that some of the windows in the castle were open… but then again, they usually were. He then hoped that after this he was not going to have laryngitis or anything.

" LLLUUUUDDDWIIIIGG!!!" He suddenly screamed, hoping that he would hear, " LUDWIG!!! ROY, LEMMY ANYONE!! HEY!!" As he was screaming, he ran around looking for a way to get across the moat again and back to the castle.

" HEY!!!!" he screamed again. He had gasped for air, he was not doing well for breathing in between yells.

" SOMEONE, C'MON!! HEEEELLLP!!!" he bellowed. He continued his screaming, and did not stop even when his throat got sore. What seemed like after forever ( though it was maybe only a minute ), Ludwig had appeared at a window, and looked out of it curiously, obviously to see what all the noise was about. He gave a weird look to Iggy when he saw him across the moat, the destroyed bridge… and by himself?!

" Where's Wendy?!?!?" he yelled suddenly. Iggy swallowed hard, trying to gather saliva in his throat to hopefully soothe it from the sore. He had jumped up and down and waved his arms about in a panicked way.

" WENDY!! WENDY!!!" was all that Iggy needed to scream before he saw Ludwig speed away from the window. Iggy tiredly had fallen on his back, but then got up only seconds after, and resumed his search for a way across to the castle.

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When Ludwig had seen Iggy so upset and screamed Wendy's name, he knew something was wrong. He had indeed bolted from the window and down the hallways of the castle, glancing in almost every room as he passed as quickly as possible.

On his way he had ran into Roy and Morton who had given him very puzzled looks. He ran passed them, but tapped on Roy's shoulder as he passed.

" Look for Wendy!!" Ludwig called as he continued running. Morton and Roy had stood there for a second, as if they were very slowly taking in what Ludwig had said. Then, they too had started on a frantic search for Wendy.

Ludwig had run up and down sets of stairs, checked in every closet, dungeon, even in Wendy's bedroom. He could not find her anywhere. He ran out into the large sitting room and looked even behind furniture, again she was nowhere to be found. Maybe Iggy knew where Wendy could have went? He decided that he would go out to see Iggy. He ran out of the front doors of the castle and to the edge of the land and then stopped, remembering the bridge was no longer there.

Iggy was sitting across the moat still, only very paranoid looking.

" Iggy!!" Ludwig called to him. Iggy jumped to his feet and started waving his arms around again.

" Did you find her?!! You gotta find her!!!!" Iggy screamed. Ludwig violently shook his head.

" No, would you know where she could have gone?!" Ludwig yelled back. Iggy shook his head so hard that his glasses fell off. He quickly bent down and picked them up. He sat them back on his face and looked up at the enormous castle worriedly again. His eyes then went wide and he pointed up at the castle.

" Ludwig!!! LUDWIG!!! Up there - up there!!!!!" he yelled. Ludwig quickly looked up himself and faintly saw Wendy's horror-stricken face looking over the edge of the castle from the top. Ludwig had sped off into the castle again and up the stairs, knocking over everyone who was in the way as he went.

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Wendy had run up to the roof of the castle, thinking that if she took all the twists and turns in the hallways, she would be able to hide from Melinda for a bit before she could go back down and help Iggy get across the moat. But that did not work obviously. She had gotten up to the huge doors that led out to the roof and looked around, Melinda had not been anywhere nearby so she had gone through, sure that she was safe from her. But then after she had gone through the doors, Melinda had suddenly gone through the doors herself. Maybe could she have seen Wendy go in just as she turned a corner or something?

Wendy had run off to the edge of the huge roof and looked down. It was quite a drop if she jumped, or if she pulled a Lemmy and was pushed off. She looked back at Melinda who had quietly and slowly approached her.

" Wendy… I don't want you to run from me.." she said, staring sympathetically at her. Wendy had felt so scared that she was sick now.

" Well, what do you want then?" Wendy asked, trying to sound more confident than she felt.

" The truth, dear… the truth never hurt anybody as long as they don't lie," Melinda answered, eyeing her spookily again.

" I wasn't in your room, I wasn't doing anything but sitting in Lemmy's bedroom all day and talking to him with my other brothers," Wendy said, staring up at her still. Melinda's face dropped a little, and frown seemed to appear. She narrowed her eyes slightly and took another step closer to Wendy.

" Dear… I really do not think you have gotten the point yet," she said, " listen. I know you were in there. That bracelet sitting there on my floor was not mine, it was much too small for someone like me to wear, as for you, you are the only other girl in the castle, you are the only one who would and DOES wear a bracelet that looks just like the one I found in my bedroom. And now, tell me what exactly you were doing in there, and where were your brothers at that time, and what they were all doing and WHY, please." Wendy still stood there, staring at her, frozen as she seemed to be. She shook her head slightly.

" I- I'm not lying!" Wendy had answered. Melinda shook her head and sighed.

" Wendy…" she said very sternly. She took another step towards Wendy and slowly reached her hand out.

" Wendy!! THERE you are!" came Ludwig's voice from behind Melinda. Melinda had slightly jumped and turned around to face Ludwig. Wendy was so scared yet relieved that she was ready to start screaming.

" Oh, Ludwig. How nice of you to join us… we were just looking at the stars from up here, you get a much nicer look from up here at sunset," Melinda said sweetly to him. Ludwig laughed.

" Yeah, right," he said sarcastically, still laughing as he walked forward and grabbed Wendy by the hand, "come on, Wendy. You left Iggy down there without a bridge to get across and now he's stranded. You need to come back and help him." Wendy, still wide-eyed had nodded and was able to force herself to walk with Ludwig. Melinda glared at them as they left. She gave an even more dirty look at Ludwig. That rotten kid had gotten in her way again. Why could he not have just died the first time?! And now because he was still around he was helping his little siblings. Oh well, he could not be there for long to help them, could he? There were six children besides him, there was NO way he could look after all six could he? Being sure that he could not, she too had ventured back into the castle, still quite angry at Ludwig for interfering.

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Ludwig had walked around until he had found Roy and Morton and had told them that he had found Wendy. Then, he and Wendy had walked back outside the front of the castle. There, Wendy had explained what had happened with the bridge, and what had happened with Melinda. So, she knew that they were all lying to her now, did she?

He was not very impressed by that, and now it meant that getting rid of her first was going to be harder than he thought. Maybe if they could just get a hold of their dad for even a few minutes, him even talking to Bowser for even a minute would probably be enough. But their dad was not anywhere anymore. He was always so busy, too busy for them. And what was he doing when he was not with Melinda? He was in the castle somewhere, was he not? Or was he out? They never knew anymore, and now it was starting to annoy Ludwig. He was abandoning his own children now because of some woman who was trying to kill them! But then again, their dad did not know, which irritated Ludwig even more. He had to tell their father one way or another, and soon, because time was very valuable now to them.

Ludwig and Wendy sent paratroopas across the moat to help Iggy over, and then Ludwig ordered them to get to work to make a bridge right away, at least until they could make up another one that was even better… and hopefully it would not be cut down or blown up by one of the Marios.

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After, Ludwig had had another meeting in Lemmy's bedroom. He had to have it in there, for the simple fact that Lemmy still could not get up after the events that had happened earlier that day.

" She knows that we were lying to her today," Ludwig had started. He looked around at all of them, and they all just gave him wide-eyed stares again. It seemed like for the past few days, the whole 'wide-eyed' look seemed to be very fashionable for the face. ( a/n: But ain't it CUTE?! ^-^;;; )

" But how would she know? Let alone find out?" Lemmy asked.

" It's simple, dumbell," Roy answered him, " she's obviously smarter than she looks!" Ludwig raised an eyebrow at Roy and continued.

" Yes, thank you, Roy. She is smarter than you would think she probably would be. That is not a bad thing, but it certainly is not a good thing either. But no matter what, staying in your pairs now is a very vital thing. Time is also a very valuable thing. I have come to the conclusion that the only easier way that we are going to get rid of her first is if we just tell Dad. We have some evidence already of what she has been doing, now all we have to do is find the time to talk to Dad, a time where he is alone, and not with Melinda, and certainly when he is not busy at all," Ludwig said. Roy rolled his eyes at Ludwig.

" Oh yea, and WHEN do you say we do this then, brainiac?!" he replied.

" That is why I said we have to FIND the time," Ludwig growled at him, " anyway. I will try to talk to Dad when the time comes. I only need even a few seconds, and I am sure that I can convince him to reconsider marrying Melinda, or at least for him to try talking to her. Because things already have not been going well." Larry had suddenly gotten a smile on his face.

" Well, we can't give up now, until we can find Dad and get him to listen, we have to come up with another plan, and hope that that works," Larry had said still smiling, " and I think that we should find out why she doesn't like us. We could even get Kamek to help us!"

" That's the bad thing there, actually. Kamek has been gone for a while now, gone for days already, where he is? We don't know!" Morton answered, " maybe he was not joking when he said that he was really going to leave on us, or is he playing a game? It could be anything! Anything, everyone! It could even be some kind of joke that only old people think is funny and assume that we younger people will get heart attacks from, but you know we won't! That's because….. Because… uhh… ummm…" Morton then started wondering exactly how it was possible for one who is young to not get heart attacks. ( a/n: Of course anyone can at any age, actually lol. Depends on your health ^-^ )

" Actually, that could be an idea," Ludwig said, " but then again, she might lie to us. I would think that the safest approach would be to go maybe three people just to see what is her problem with us. In the meantime, I will go find Dad, because you will be stalling her. I guess I shall send Larry, Morton and Wendy to go interrogate her, while Roy and Iggy watch from a distance in hiding, just in case they need help at all. And then… Lemmy will stay laying around in bed until he gets better… ( at this time, Lemmy had rolled his eyes and sarcastically said, " Oh joy..") And of course, while all that is happening, I shall be trying to find Dad and talk to him, as I have said."

They had all nodded in agreement and then separated again for the night.

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Jeshi: Yay! Chapter 5 is finished!! ^-^

Larry: O_O…. and that's a good thing?

Jeshi: *nods* But you know what's sad? O-o.. the fact that Lemmy hasn't been on that damned ball for who knows how long!

Larry: *sarcastic* Gee, I wonder why? Maybe it's because for the past 3-4 chapters you've had him HANDICAPPED!! _

Jeshi: T_T He was only faking for chapters 2 and 3! u_u but it's true… ^-^ Good thing I make it up to him!

Larry: O_o? What now?

Jeshi: _ Nothing…
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