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Jeshi: O_O * Listens to the Kooky laugh again then mimics it…. again… and again… and again.. *

Larry: -_-; Author, give it up… you'll never be able to laugh like him..

Jeshi: No!!! When there is an idiot with a will, then you have found an idiot with a WAY!

Larry: @_@… uhh… nice…?

Jeshi: * bows * Thank you! ^-^ I just made that up!

Larry: @_@ she does not own anything at all from Mario.

Jeshi: *shakes head* Noperz T_T

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The seven of the koopalings had followed behind Melinda and Bowser, making sure to stay hidden in the trees and shrubs the best that they could. Ludwig's younger siblings had wondered why Ludwig wanted to follow them so much right now, but they guessed that he must have had his reasons for he had been worried about eavesdropping to find out information and stuff before too.

At long last Bowser and Melinda had entered a park and sat down on a bench and talked to each other again. While they were talking to each other, the koopalings had hid some feet away behind a huge pile of bushes, and watched them.

" Well, while we are waiting for them to start moving again," Ludwig said while spying on them still, " what did you three find out?" He quickly glanced over at Larry, Wendy and Morton.

" We found out that she thinks that we are nosy, and she knows that Larry's a liar," Wendy announced. Larry smirked at her and then said, " she's afraid of Chain Chomps!"

" So… we are nosy are we?" Ludwig asked and narrowed his eyes at Melinda on the bench.

" Yes, and Larry is a liar," Wendy laughed. Larry glared at her.

" It's not that funny.." Larry pouted, " besides, if it was not for me, there probably could have been a lot of trouble."

" Larry, you ARE trouble," Lemmy laughed at him. Larry crossed his arms and gave a sarcastic look.

" Whatever," he answered rolling his eyes.

" Lemmy, this is seriously no time to be funny," Ludwig said frustrated.

" I never said it was funny, Ludwig. Believe me, I KNOW that it is not funny, you think it feels great to be pushed down the stairs?" Lemmy answered.

" And I am entirely serious myself when I say that we all have to stay together and really work now. Dad is going and we'll be left all alone with her, so who knows what she will try while he is out. I already said before that after they have their little walk that I was going to attempt talking to Dad again and see what happens. If it does not work, we will have to go bother Kamek in his own room to help us out, for I am sure that he has not heard of what has happened I presume?" Ludwig said. His siblings nodded and they continued to watch over Bowser and Melinda cuddling up on the bench. Wendy glared.

" At one point that used to be cute… but now it is just sick," Wendy said watching.

" I told ya that the whole lovey - dovey mushy stuff was stupid," Roy gloated and sat off to the side. Melinda had suddenly glanced over at the bushes. The koopalings all sprang away from them, except for Ludwig, who just kept watching to see if Melinda was going to come over or not to investigate.

" She must have heard us… or not?" Ludwig said and continued watching.

" She could not have heard us, Dad didn't!" Iggy replied.

" No… Dad has paid too much attention to her that he is starting to forget about us," Ludwig said again, " at least that has been the way that I have seen it." He turned back to his brothers and sister.

" That is why we have to work together now, as a team, a seven person team, not a ONE person team," Ludwig directed the last comment to Roy and continued, " with the strength of our minds, not ONLY the strength of our muscles."

" Okay, okay!" Roy rolled his eyes and crossed his arms.

" You think that that is possible, Ludwig? That Roy can use his mind?" Iggy asked tilting his head to the side. The other koopalings snickered silently, but Roy was not amused. ( heheh, obviously! ^-^ ) He quickly had grabbed Iggy's arm and twisted it behind his back.

" Let's hear ya say that again," Roy smirked at him. Iggy winced and let out a squeak of pain, trying hard not to yell. Ludwig had then pulled away from the bush and gave Roy a shove away from Iggy.

" Roy!" Ludwig hissed, " we have NO time for this, you are going to blow our cover, injure our brother and just basically make everything worse!" Roy glared at Ludwig and had seriously thought of shoving him back, but then decided against it. Iggy rubbed his arm where Roy had had a hold on it and looked up at Roy. Roy glared at him again, and Iggy just cowered beside Larry.

Ludwig had gotten back to the place where he had been watching Melinda and Bowser and his eyes went wide. They were not there. He looked around frantically, only to see that they had started their walk back to the castle already.

" Quick! They're going back!" Ludwig quickly said, and with that the other six koopalings had risen to their feet and crouching behind the shrubs and trees again. They followed them as stealthily as they possibly could, but they had to slow down every now and then because with the seven of them moving together so quickly made some noise.

Bowser and Melinda were almost at the castle when they stopped.

" I'll stay here and wait for you, Bowser. You just go up to the castle and get what you need," she said smiling.

" Are you sure? I really don't want to leave you here alone," Bowser replied.

" Yes, dear. You go right ahead, I'll be just fine here alone," she answered again smiling still. Bowser smiled also and then left to the castle while Melinda stood there in the middle of the path. The seven koopalings stopped right where they were.

" Damn!" Ludwig whispered. The others all looked at each other.

" Now what do we do?" Iggy asked quietly.

" Okay… she's not going anywhere obviously. So we have to sneak past her to get to the castle. We will go one at a time, be careful, don't rush too much if you are going to make noise, stay low and do not stop. Get over as far as you can and try to hide under the bush," Ludwig quietly whispered again.

Larry had gone first, and easily had gotten to their destination, and waited for the others. Quickly and quietly they made their way to where Larry had hidden. Ludwig was the last to go. He waited for his other little siblings to hurry along and make it over to Larry, then he slowly looked over the bushes to see if Melinda was still there. She was still standing there, just staring ahead at the direction of the castle. He again crouched down and started crawling quietly to where his other siblings had assembled. Ludwig had then gotten a strange feeling. As if someone was coming. He had not thought of why he had that feeling. But it was shortly after that he had learned why he had felt like that.

Before he did anything else, he was suddenly pulled out of the bush by Melinda. That's why she had just stared ahead and did nothing, she knew someone was near by! He fought to break free of her grip but he could not get her to let go of him. She had then thrown him into a warp pipe that was located a few feet behind her. As soon as he was thrown in, it closed itself off. She looked around, then headed towards the castle singing, " Six more to go.."

As soon as Melinda was gone, the other six koopalings jumped out of the bushes and crowded the closed off pipe.

" What the hell?! How did she know that Ludwig was coming!?" Roy asked in disbelief.

" Well, NOW what do we do?! Our older brother is gone, and we don't know if he's dead or not!!" Larry yelled hysterically. Lemmy shrugged.

" I don't know… all I know for now is that we have to stop Dad from leaving!!! Come on!!" Lemmy said quickly and then took off running to the castle. His other brothers and sister hesitated, neither of them knowing whether to follow Lemmy or to stay put and just not do anything. Then they all at once had taken off after Lemmy…

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Jeshi: *cries* T_T I'm sorry people, this chapter was short… it was very short… I am ashamed of myself… but it was just so hard to write, and I was trying to limit what I wanted in this chapter and then the next one. @_@ Uhhh… but with the way things are going, the next chapter should be as long as the others, or longer… lol, don't give up on me yet… that and I don't feel very well right now… T_T

Larry: O_O wow… you have a very short chapter…

Jeshi: I know!!!! *continues to cry* -_-; I'll try to get the next chapter as long or longer than the other ones, don't worry people…

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