(A/N: Toad, the Mushroom Kingdom, and the Koopa Kids are owned by Nintendo.)
LUDWIG'S HAIR APPARENT
--Ludwig woke up to the usual crack of lightning that would arrive every morning in Lava Land. Something was different though. His head felt heavy for some reason. He reached up to where his hair would be and screamed. Iggy and Wendy ran into his room.
Iggy: "What's the matter...whoa!
Ludwig: "Don't try to act innocent, change it back!"
Iggy: "You're talking to me?"
Ludwig: "Who else would I be talking to? Only you'd do something as messed up as this. Remember when you turned my eyes into balloons."
Iggy: "Heh heh, that was pretty funny."
Ludwig: "..."
--Iggy is scorched by a blast of fire breath.
Iggy: (hack, cough)
Wendy: "I have to say that putting a mushroom hat thingy on Ludwig is kind of ingenious. How did you do it?"
Iggy: "I swear, I didn't do anything."
--Ludwig got out of bed and stomped to his father's room. When he entered he found Bowser flipping the channel towards the news.
Ludwig: "King Dad..."
Bowser: "SHHHHHH!"
Lakitu TV Reporter: "There is quite a stir in downtown Toad Town today. It appears that Princess Toadstool's famed mushroom retainer, Toad, has gotten new hair do. But many residents consider it a hair don't.
--The camera focuses on Toad, showing hair that looks eerily familiar.
Ludwig: That's it, that's my hair! I could spot that tangled mane from anywhere."
--Ludwig ran towards his airship. Meanwhile, Bowser flipped the channel back to what he was really watching.
Bowser: "Ahh...good ol' Teletubbies. No one must know this horrible secret though. No one!"
Elsewhere...
Town Residents: "..."Toad: "Okay, I know you're all stunned but no one has said anything for hours. Someone say something."
Man: "It's terrible."
Toad: "Besides that."
Woman: "It's horrible."
Toad: "And that. Basically those two words and all words related to them should not be spoken."
Girl: "Where did your head go?"
Toad: "It's on my shoulders. If you're talking about that bulbous cap that used to be on top of my head, it's gone forever. And in its place is lively, flowing hair.
Girl: "Oh well...it looks like your brain exploded."
Toad: "Shush!"
Voice: "Attention...(cough, cough)...ATTENTION RESIDENTS OF TOAD TOWN."
--Everyone looked up and saw an airship floating in the sky. Ludwig was standing at the head of the ship shouting through a loudspeaker.
Ludwig: "I AM ON A MISSION FOR MY HAIR. I KNOW ONE OF YOU HAVE TAKEN IT. PLEASE RETURN IT TO ME OR I WILL BLOW UP EVERYTHING IN A BILLION MILE RADIUS. THAT IS ALL."
Town Residents: "....."
Toad: "He's bluffing. I mean seriously, a billion mile radius? Yeah right, like that's going to happen."
Ludwig: "OH AND DO IT IN TWO MINUTES OR ELSE...YOU KNOW ALREADY."
--The town residents grab Toad and put him into a cannon that blasts him into Ludwig's airship.
[To be continued...]