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Jeshi: Aha!! Ahahahaha!! ^-^ Now to start on chapter 6 FINALLY, after good ol' Kitkatz has been educating me on only the things I DIDN'T know about the koopalings… and she sent me pictures and some voice clips, you peoples want some, ask her!! ^-^ She's so nice! *listens to Ludwig's (Kooky) laugh* ^-^ HEEHEE!! THAT IS SO ADORABLE!!!
Larry: O_O… are you okay? I mean… you just said that my older brother was adorable… or more likely his voice.
Jeshi: ^-^ *nods* Hai, ish perfectly fine! And yes, it's adorable, he's adorable, you're adorable, hell, ROY is adorable!!!! ALL OF THE KOOPALINGS ARE ADORABLE!! *glares* and NO ONE will say otherwise!!! *glares at Kaira-chan* DON'T even dare….lol ^-6
Larry: O_O….um…^_^ She doesn't own anything from Mario?
Jeshi: No, no I don't…T_T…OOOH!!! I LOVE that laugh!! I'm going to start laughing like Ludwig Koopa!! ^______________^
Larry: O_O You're kidding, right?
Jeshi: *shakes head* Nope! I'm going to start laughing like him! Kaira-chan's probably scared now, because now she'll have to go to school with me…of course we have no classes together but…O-O…HAHAH!! RABAB IS DOOMED, KAIRA-CHAN!! DOOMED!! AND BRYNDON!!!^_____^ Okay, I'm done with my overly long disclaimer…u.u
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Later afternoon had hit, and the koopalings sat around waiting, quite impatiently for Melinda to appear somewhere. They all stayed together in one large room, none of them leaving all day long. The other problem that they had not thought of was when Melinda was going to be alone, leaving Bowser for even ten minutes.
So, ( as said before ) they waited impatiently all day long. Ludwig had already figured that the stupid thing was to be together all day and not even bother to go venture around the castle to find Melinda themselves, but he also figured it to be a good thing too, because then when they found her, they could get this done and over with quick.
At long last their 'prayers' had been answered, and they had spotted Melinda walking along a dark corridor and into a rather large room. It actually looked to be like a living room. Iggy and Roy did as they had been told the day before and stayed hidden, but watched carefully as Larry, Morton and Wendy took off after Melinda. As for Ludwig of course, he left to go find Bowser.
" Melinda! Hi, Melinda!" the three little koopa children called after Melinda. Melinda stopped quite reluctantly and turned to face the three koopalings that now stood before her, each smiling cute and innocent looks.
'They must be up to something…' Melinda thought to herself, and slightly smiled back down at them.
" What is it, children? I am VERY busy right now," Melinda answered, trying to sound a bit tired.
" Oh, nothing… we were just wondering what you were doing," Larry answered, toeing at a stone in the floor. Melinda raised an eyebrow at him.
" Your father and I are very busy planning our wedding right now, darlings… why, have you forgotten already?" she asked. Larry looked very surprised suddenly ( a/n: or sarcastically, take your pick! Lol ) when he looked up and exclaimed, " Really?! It seemed like you two were already married!" Melinda gave him quite a flattered look and laughed.
" How come we never get to see Daddy anymore?" Wendy suddenly asked Melinda. Melinda stood there and stared long and hard at Wendy. She was surprised that Wendy was even attempting to talk to her after what had happened yesterday. Actually, Wendy did not want to even be near Melinda at that time, she wanted to see their dad instead.
" He's really busy, Wendy," Melinda answered. Wendy shook her head.
" But he's never seen us for the longest time! And you haven't done anything with us for the longest time either…" Wendy pouted. Morton and Larry nodded in agreement with Wendy. Melinda looked down at the three of them, completely confused with what to say.
" Well… uh… we'll have plenty of time to play after the wedding, dears," she answered uncertainly. Larry then sighed and smiled up at Melinda in awe.
" It's nice that Dad wants to marry you… even though you aren't royal in any way. Not like Princess Toadstool…" he said, trailing off purposely. He turned away from Melinda and looked at a painting of the castle behind him. Melinda gave him an appalled look. How dare he speak to her like that! But then again, what did he mean anyway? Who cares if she was not royal in any way… but who was Princess Toadstool?
" What do you mean?" she asked curiously, raising her eyebrow. Morton and Wendy both gave Larry questionable looks, but Larry never noticed. He just smirked when he heard Melinda's question, thinking, 'hehehehe, I knew you wouldn't be able to resist…' he turned back to her with an innocent, yet convincing look on his face.
" Oh, nothing… besides that… well… there's something you should know about our dad… he kind of likes the whole 'royals should marry royals' kind of stuff… he's really big on that. But then again, it makes him look good as a king to have a queen, so he may be just desperate in a time like this. But… you know Princess Toadstool from the Mushroom Kingdom, right? Have you ever wondered WHY he always tries to 'kidnap' her?" Larry asked her, smugly. Melinda's face grew more quizzical, and before she could answer Wendy had continued on from where Larry left off.
" Yeah… Daddy actually wanted to marry a princess, and believe me, lady. YOU'RE no princess!" Wendy said mockingly.
Melinda was ready to just smash something over their heads right now, especially Wendy. She swear she could actually feel her eye twitching, and she knew that they must have been able to see it too. They had these smiles on their faces… and they were not innocent smiles either. They were more like the smiles that little trouble makers would give. Like little devilish smirks. The little brats, how she loathed them. They were purposely trying to get her mad!
" Oh… h-how… nice…" Melinda replied, using up almost every ounce of patience that was in her. ( if there WAS any left that is ) She forced a sarcastic smile and said, " okay then, dears… I… really need to go right now.." She had then turned to leave.
" Do you not like us?!" Morton suddenly blurted out. Larry and Wendy's eyes grew wide at Morton, who just stood there smiling as Melinda froze for a few seconds, then slowly turned around with a surprised face herself.
" W-what?!" Melinda exclaimed. Morton just nodded and continued to smile.
" Would it happen to be the way we look? The way we act? The way we walk, the way we talk the way we smell, or the way that we clean the castle?!" Morton exclaimed. Wendy rolled her eyes at him.
" WE don't clean the castle, you nit-wit!" she said.
" Oh yeah…" said Morton, then he turned back to Melinda.
" Well, you're always leaving and you always leave with our dad too, and we never get to see him, and when we do you always get us to leave somehow so that you can be with him without us around, and your eye is twitching, why is it twitching? Is it because you are stressed out, what is bothering you? Is it because we are not calling you 'Mother?' or is it because you would not like it if we called you 'Mother?' Or do you just not want us around at all and all that weird stuff that is so hard to explain that you need our freakishly older and smarter brother Ludwig to say it all or is there a way for us to sound out all the very hard words?" Morton continued, then took a big deep breath of air ( seeing as how he had not paused for quite a bit to catch his breath ), " huh?" Melinda blinked and gave him an uncanny look. Larry slowly directed his attention to the floor and had to bite the inside of his lip to keep from laughing. Wendy played with her claws on her hands and in the meantime, Morton just kept smiling up at Melinda. Melinda stood there, so shocked and completely speechless for words. They must have been there for at least three minutes in silence before she said anything.
" I… I didn't say that, did I, Morton?" she said, then smiled, " but… I'll tell you WHAT I don't like. I don't like… nosy children…. VERY nosy children… and lying children at that. Now that I have answered your question, it's time to answer one of mine… what has little Ludwig been doing lately? He seems to be acting quite strange, and is always gone."
" Oh, oh Ludwig… well… he's always like that," Larry answered, smiling somewhat nervously, but quickly got some confidence, " yeah… he always hides out in his bedroom and does not want to be around with us…"
" Yeah, and as for strange… Ludwig has always been strange…" Wendy added. Melinda raised an eyebrow at them, then sighed.
" If you would like me to be honest… you children are liars. BIG ones," Melinda said impatiently.
" But we weren't lying about the strange part," Larry whispered to Wendy. Wendy nodded. Melinda then pointed an accusing finger at Larry.
" Especially YOU, dear Larry. I have had enough of your little lies and games you've been playing. First you told me that your father's back was injured, then you lead me around the castle pretending to not know where you were going, then when we ran into your father, you snuck off. For your information, I could hear you yelling down the hallway, about what I was not sure. But it is pretty obvious that you might have been warning a certain someone to exit a certain room of mine," she looked over at Wendy then, " and the running of your feet was obviously the sound that I had heard when I entered the hallway. Once I entered the room, guess what I had found on the floor. And now, what were any of you doing in my bedroom? Did your brother Ludwig send you to do it?" Larry shook his head.
" Nope," he answered. Melinda's face fell and she gave a very irritated look at him. He grinned stupidly and had to fight to keep from laughing at the look on her face when he had lied to her yet again.
" What if he did?" Morton asked. Wendy and Larry shot him stunned looks again. Melinda was ready to yell, " Aha! I knew it" but before she could, Morton continued.
" And what if he didn't?… You would never know, technically we don't even know for ourselves! Have you ever stopped to think that maybe we are a little YOUNG to have such knowledge, to be kept with such secrets and confidential information?!" Wendy smiled when she heard Morton say this, he was actually confusing and annoying Melinda even more.
" …Have such knowledge at a young age? You mean… what you're trying to say is… you don't KNOW if your brother set you up to do something like that? You don't even KNOW if you even listened, if you even did it, even though you have brain of your own and can use it for yourselves. You were wide awake, and right there, but you don't KNOW if he sent you to go into my bedroom?!" Melinda asked, exasperated, " and further more, since WHEN is it confidential?! You not knowing whether you did something or not is CONFIDENTIAL!?" Morton nodded.
" Yes," he replied. Melinda shook her head, now very annoyed. Larry looked out a window and stared. They weren't getting anywhere with this. They were just getting her mad, even though it was fun. He then smiled when he had gotten an idea. Ha, Melinda obviously thought that she knew Larry and his lies inside out, right? Heheh…WRONG. If she thought that she was not going to fall for another one, then she had another thing coming… literally. He slowly walked up to the window.
" Larry? Larry what are you doing?" Melinda asked him. She went to take a step forwards, but Morton had suddenly grabbed her hand and pulled her the other way, then around in a circle over and over again.
" Hey, I like dancing, MOM, don't you?" Morton said happily, still spinning around, " it's fun, but not if you hurt yourself, so don't trip over your own feet. I don't have two left feet so I won't fall, do you have two left feet? Have you even been dancing before? If so, what was it like? Was it fun, was it exciting? Was it like flying, did it have a specific taste at all? Did you get free waffles there? Where was it? A wedding? Was there cake? I like cake, don't you? It's so interesting, just all the many layers you can have on it, it reminds me of a wedding, which reminds me of dancing, by the way… I like dancing, don't you? It IS fun, but not if you hurt yourself. Be careful not to trip over your own feet. I don't need to worry, because I don't have two left feet…" ( a/n: if I must tell you, he DID repeat everything he said.. XD )
" Morton!! What are you doing? Let me go, stop it, you're making me dizzy. You just said that! And that! Morton, quit repeating yourself!" Melinda snapped, getting very upset now. Wendy then ran up and grabbed Melinda's other hand and together they both twirled around and around with her.
Larry had walked up to the window and looked out while Melinda was being twirled around and getting even more annoyed by the second. He looked around until he found the group of Chain Chomps outside. They were attached to their posts… and their posts were close to the castle, more closer to the window he was standing at. Excellent. He reached a hand out of the window and snapped his fingers. He caught the attention of one Chain Chomp, who just gave him a questioning look. He looked out the window and made faces at the Chain Chomp, still snapping his fingers. The Chain Chomp barked and ran around in circles. Larry quickly glanced back at Melinda, Morton and Wendy, then looked back at the Chain Chomp. He motioned the Chain Chomp the command "come" with his hand ( kinda like a doggy… ^-^ ). The Chain Chomp's eyes grew slightly wider ( a/n: I don't know, whenever I call my dog, he does the same thing… except it's not his eyes… his ears raise a little… as annoying as my dog is, I actually find that kinda cute… XD lol, the smelly beast ) and it started charging towards Larry and the window, barking. Larry smiled when he saw the Chain Chomp coming, and started running around in the room.
" AHHHHHHHHH!! THE CHAIN CHOMPS HAVE GONE MAD, THE CHAIN CHOMPS HAVE GONE MAD!!! RUUUUNNN!!!!" Larry yelled as he ran around the room some more. Morton and Wendy stopped twirling around and gave Larry weird looks. The Chain Chomp had then slammed into the wall, apparently trying to fit through the window, barking loudly. Morton and Wendy had then ran out of the room screaming. Melinda shook herself out and ran out of the room also, wobbling along the way. Larry laughed as soon as he was left all alone in the room. He then approached the window where the Chain Chomp was still attempting to fit through the window. He reached a hand out and pet the Chain Chomp.
" Heheh, good boy," he said smiling. He had then followed out into the room where Wendy and Morton had run off to. Fortunately, he did not have to go very far to find them, they had just run off to the other room where Roy and Iggy were. They were busy yelling about the Chain Chomp and about how Larry was still in the room… supposedly. When Larry walked in, they all started yelling at him.
" LARRY! Why didn't you run?!!?!" Wendy shrieked at him. Larry laughed nervously.
" Well… actually… it was all a… uh… set-up?" Larry said, and watched his siblings' faces twist in anger. Roy suddenly came up and slammed Larry against the wall.
" YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT YOU HAD US ALL WORRYIN' OVER NOTHIN'!?!?" Roy screamed. Larry's eyes went wide with fear. Roy wound up his fist ready to soc Larry in the face.
" But..but but- It was Iggy's idea!!" Larry suddenly blurted out. Roy glared at Iggy.
" WHAT?!!?!" Roy screamed again, ready to go punch Iggy instead. Iggy's eyes went wide and he glared at Larry.
" What?!-NO!!" Iggy yelled defensively. Roy stomped his feet angrily.
" Why don't I just punch out the both of ya?!!?" he yelled.
" Why not Iggy?" Larry suggested.
" Why not Larry?!" Iggy sent the suggestion back the other way.
" Why not BOTH?!" Roy shifted his eyes between the two.
" Because I'm younger and cuter, and if you beat me up I'll be un-cute!" Larry said, then laughed nervously again.
" You can't hit a guy with glasses!" Iggy said proudly adjusting his glasses on his face. Roy smirked at both of them.
" You were never 'cute' in the first place, and.." Roy said then reached over and snatched Iggy's glasses off his face, " NOW ya don't…"
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The first place that Ludwig had decided to go was the throne room. Fortunately for him, his father was there, sitting on his throne staring off up at a chandelier that hung high overhead. He quickly but quietly approached his father and had cleared his throat in order to catch his attention. Bowser looked down at him, and Ludwig looked up at Bowser. They stared a few minutes at each other, it was as if they had not seen each other in years. Finally, Ludwig spoke.
" Dad… I would like to request a word with you, really quickly, please," Ludwig said, " it is really important." Bowser had suddenly jumped out of his throne.
" I have something important to ask you myself, Ludwig," he said, " I have been very busy lately, and I need to speak to Kamek right away, would you know where he is at this time?" Ludwig shook his head.
" No, Dad. I haven't seen very much of him lately… he's probably out right now, checking over his spell books and stuff," Ludwig answered. Bowser shook his head also.
" Very well then, off with you," Bowser said and turned around to head back to his throne.
" But, Dad… I never got to talk to you yet," Ludwig said giving him a disbelieving look.
" What about, Ludwig? Make it quick," Bowser plopped down into his throne again.
" Okay, that's all I need, is at least a minute. Anyway, it's about Melinda-" Ludwig started. Bowser had suddenly jumped out of his throne again, panic-stricken.
" Oh no! I have to go find Melinda!" he stared long at a wall, and then sighed and rubbed his forehead, " uggh… Melinda says that I've been working too hard, and that I should take a few days' vacation away from the castle alone to settle my stress." Ludwig's eyes went wide.
" On a vacation?! Alone?!" Ludwig asked. He could not believe this, they were going to be left alone with Melinda?! Bowser nodded his head.
" Yes, I have had too many problems to deal with already. But it'll be good for you and your brothers and sister, you will get to know Melinda a little bit more because I won't be here," Bowser said. He then left to the door. Ludwig shook his head, he did not want to be home alone with Melinda and his siblings… none of them wanted to be around without their dad for that matter.
" Dad, wait!!" Ludwig called and ran after Bowser. Bowser had exited the room and closed the door behind him saying, " I'm busy, Ludwig. We'll talk later." Ludwig stood alone in the large and empty throne room. He could not believe this, his own father was so into Melinda that he had no time for his own son. He could understand being the king of the koopas and having a huge koopa kingdom to rule over, but when a woman got in the way, it seemed to be much worse. And even Ludwig was starting to have trouble thinking around this.
He was angry with the fact that he could not speak to his father, he was angry at his father for worrying more about Melinda than his children, he was angry at Melinda for even showing up, and now he was angry at himself, WHY did he just let his father leave on him like that?! This was very important and he just let his dad leave without even a thought of going after him and demanding that he listen to him as a parent should listen to their children. He sat on the floor of the throne room and looked around. He remembered when Melinda had not been around, how this very room always seemed so friendly to him. But now it seemed as though there were some kind of darkness in it. It actually made him quite uncomfortable to be in, even with his dad around. Maybe it was because his dad now looked like some kind of sleepless zombie? He never knew, and right now he did not care. He slowly got up and strolled very leisurely out of the room, staring down at the floor on his way.
He walked down one of the dark corridors disenchanted, and still staring at the floor. He then heard the voices of Bowser and Melinda talking in a room nearby. He slowed his walk down and crept up to where a door was open just a crack. He peered inside and saw Melinda and Bowser sitting down in armchairs talking.
" I'm sure they'll be just fine, Bowser. I have not had a problem with their behaviour yet," Melinda had said reassuringly. Ludwig's stomach turned, he could not help but think that maybe she was lying about something… again. He hated the way she lied to their dad.
" I know, but there are seven of them to look after and I would have to wait for Kamek to come back because he usually watches them when I am gone," Bowser said worriedly.( a/n: Yes, you read it… worriedly… the king of the koopas is WORRIED! ^-^ Hey, it could happen… ) Melinda patted his hand.
" It's okay. I'm sure I'll be just fine looking after them by myself. And then there's always Ludwig also, and Lemmy to help out," Melinda smiled. Bowser looked at her and smiled too.
" How about we take a walk? Just the two of us. Then after you can pack up whatever you'll need and then we'll see you in about a week or so?" Melinda asked him. Bowser's eyes had gone wide.
" A week? Oh, no… I could not possibly stay away-"
" Yes, you need it. You work way too hard. Like I said, just don't worry about anything here," Melinda said still smiling. Bowser had stared off at another wall like he had done in the throne room, and after a few seconds he turned back to Melinda and nodded.
" Okay," he said. The two of them slowly got up. Ludwig backed away from the door and then took off down the corridor back to the room where he had left his siblings earlier.
Melinda turned to Bowser again.
" It's quite funny, really," she said, " but Morton and Wendy seem to have thing for dancing. They had me spinning all over the place today." Bowser raised an eyebrow and then scratched his head. He had never heard of Morton and Wendy dancing before.
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Ludwig had come running back into the room to find Wendy and Morton sitting around in a corner watching Roy chase Iggy and Larry around at the same time with Iggy's glasses in one of his hands. Ludwig rolled his eyes, walked up and snatched the glasses right out of Roy's hand and then handed them to Iggy. Roy glared at him.
" Hey! I was havin' fun!!" Roy pouted.
" If I had a coin, Roy, I'd give it to you and tell you to go tell someone who cared," Ludwig replied. Larry laughed, Roy snarled at him. Larry then ran and hid behind Ludwig. Iggy smiled and jumped excitedly.
" Oh!! So, what is Dad going to do about Melinda???" he asked and impatiently awaited an answer. Ludwig looked around at all his anxious siblings ( Iggy passed it down, DUH… lol ^-6 ) and then hung his head slightly.
" She's out of here, right, Ludwig?" Larry asked, smiling. Wendy and Morton had jumped up.
" Yeah, it'd be nice if she were gone!" Wendy said, crossing her arms. The other four had agreed with her. ( besides Ludwig )
" It would be nice if I had even gotten to speak with Dad.." Ludwig said frustrated. His siblings stopped jumping up and down happily and gave him blank stares.
" Whadda ya mean 'IF' ya had gotten to SPEAK with Dad?!" Roy demanded. Ludwig shook his head.
" He was so busy worrying about talking to Kamek and finding Melinda that he barely acknowledged me standing there in front of him!" Ludwig looked up, glaring, " can you believe that?! He has SO much time to go out and speak about 'important' matters with his underlings and find his fiancée whom he already spends 24/7 with and yet he has NO time at all to speak with his own son! His own children for goombas' sake!!!" Ludwig said fiercely and stared out the window, trying to calm himself down. He was trying to keep his siblings calm and so felt no need for him to not be calm at all. He found it hard to do because he was so outraged at the time but he had managed to calm down. He continued looking out the window. Melinda and Bowser were just heading out the front door of the castle and were now poking at the sleeping piranha plants out front.
" They are going to go out for a walk… and then Dad is packing up to go on a week long vacation… by himself. We will be left alone here with Melinda, it is a super vital thing now for us to stay in our pairs and to listen, cooperate and work together. Because now that Dad is going, it may cost us our lives, not that it has not already. I want to try talking to Dad again about Melinda before he leaves. I'm going to go follow them on their walk, I don't know if anyone else is coming with or if I am going alone," Ludwig said, and then glanced back over at his siblings.
" A… a week?!" Larry exclaimed.
" A week!! That is seven long days! A day has 24 long hours, an hour has 60 long minutes, and a minute has 60 long seconds! And a week is even longer, for it is 168 hours long, 10 080 minutes long, and 604 800 seconds long!! I am not sure if my math is correct, but I am sure it is, and if it is not, then I guess that I am wrong, but I am sure that I am not wrong, though I am not sure that I have the right numbers, but how can I be sure if I am unsure?-" Morton started.
" Morton!! SHUT UP!!" Roy yelled.
" I'm coming with you, Ludwig," Iggy said over Roy's yelling. Wendy and Larry agreed as well, and Morton waved his hand smiling as a sign to Ludwig that he was also going to help out. Roy nodded at Ludwig, then glared at Morton.
" Whee! Hey, guess who's baaaa-" came a familiar voice, and then a loud crash. ( the author bursts out laughing when she writes this and why? Because she is an idiot who laughs at everything… ) The koopalings had all ran to where the sound of the crash had come from, only to see a very too familiar circus ball roll by. At the foot of the set of stairs ( you know which ones… AGAIN ) were a large pile of completely dazed koopa troopas, and buried with all of them was…
" Lemmy?!" Ludwig exclaimed, " are you sure you can walk around like that?" Lemmy shook the sense back into him ( if he had any to begin with ) and with the help of the koopa troopas, he lifted himself up quite painfully. He seemed as if his bones and muscles were very stiff, but he smiled.
" I'm just sore… I'll be just fine," he said, " so what did I miss?"
Ludwig lead them all out of the castle and they followed Melinda and Bowser on their walk, unnoticed. ( a/n: Yeah, I don't think they want to be noticed… lol!! ^-6 ) Along the way, they all explained to Lemmy everything that had happened while he was gone.
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Jeshi: Yay! Good ol' chapter 6 is done! And now after I get chapter 7 done… the REAL fun will begin… ^-^
Larry: O_o? What fun?
Jeshi: Nothing. ^-^;;;
Larry: O_O….
Jeshi: Anyways, I'm sorry for the late update people, I hope to update sooner!! And I hope my chapters start coming out a tiny bit longer…@_@ lol ^-^
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