Chapter Ten, up at LAST!
Sorry for the extremely long delay… it's been a hectic week.
Well, I DID take long, so, sorry for that.
This one's a bit short, but next chapter's likely going to be the longest ever.
I don't own anything.
Read on!
DAY ONE:
Today was my first day in the dungeon. I took the egg to the dungeon to study it some more, but that wasn't the highlight of the day. Roy told me a very important secret about himself. I didn't know he would ever tell anyone something so clandestine, but I guess that means he trusts me. It is mildly praiseworthy that Roy would trust ANYONE, especially about his secret. I learned that, as hard as it may be to imagine, Roy has feelings too. The most remarkable thing was that, even after he told me the secret, Roy continued to be a bully. Of course—if he started acting "nice", he would give away the secret to our other siblings. You learn something new every day.
Ludwig von Koopa, signing out.
DAY TWO:
Larry visited us today. He apologized for snitching to King Dad. I forgave him, but Roy, who wasn't nearly as merciful, starting yelling at him at the top of his lungs. Larry ran away almost immediately, but for some reason, it felt as if he still were with us. Perhaps he was. Later in the day, I continued to study the egg. I learned that it was fairly heavy, even for a Koopa Troopa egg. Conceivably, this egg may contain something much more important. According to my calculations, it'll probably be another four weeks before it finally hatches. If Roy gets out of the dungeon in time, he may be able to observe it while it hatches. I'm almost excited (though a bit frightened) at the results of what may come out of the egg.
Ludwig von Koopa, signing out.
DAY THREE:
Today I made a very strange discovery. The bottom of the egg had a few blue polka dots. This puzzles me even more, since many species on this planet seem to get polka dots on their eggs. Why is that? I have little clue. For all I know, it may still be a Koopa Troopa, but it is uncommon for Koopa Troopa eggs to contain polka dots. Only a few of them ever have polka dots at all, let alone blue polka dots. Roy seemed just as confused as I was—he had never raised an egg in his life. On other news, it rained today. The dungeon floor got wet and my feet became soggy. Good thing there are only four days left.
Ludwig von Koopa, signing out.
DAY FOUR:
Today was absolutely dreadful. Morton came to visit us, and since we couldn't reach him (because we were in our cages and he was outside of them), he talked and talked and talked. I only listened to about 1.4 minutes' worth of talking before finally ignoring him. Roy didn't even listen to Morton for 30 seconds. I hate to admit it, but that Morton is really tedious, even at the best of times. I hope he doesn't visit us any more. To make things worse, there was absolutely nothing to do. The egg was the same as yesterday and (still) had the same amount of polka dots as yesterday (I counted thirty-seven). Roy is acting just as normal as he did before he told me before the secret (i.e. bullheaded), but I can tell that there's a slight change in him. Who knows; maybe someday he'll turn good.
Ludwig von Koopa, signing out.
DAY FIVE:
I'm starting to look forward to getting out of the dungeons. It's another disaster, day after day. How irritating. Luckily, Roy is being a good sport about it, despite his anger about staying in it for a month. Lemmy and Iggy came today. Iggy's glasses had broken, and he had to borrow one of the servants' contact lenses so he can see until King Dad went and got him new ones. Lemmy brought us a ball. It wasn't anything out of the ordinary, but I spent a while playing games (such as catch and dodgeball) with Roy with it. Not much else happened today, so there really isn't much else to write about.
Ludwig von Koopa, signing out.
DAY SIX:
Finally, something important happened today. The egg began to hatch. Yes, that's right… it began to hatch. It appears that my calculations were way off. On Day Two, when I suggested that the egg might hatch in four weeks, I was incorrect. Since the egg had received a powerful beam from my Energy Giving Gear, it had boosted its strength dramatically, allowing the object inside of it to break free easier. In other words, since I powered the egg up, it would hatch sooner. By tomorrow, the egg will have already hatched. I'm getting quite excited…
Ludwig von Koopa, signing out.
Ludwig put his pencil down and closed his journal. It was late at night, and he and Roy were lying on the floor, doing nothing. They were both anticipating the moment when the egg was going to hatch.
"So you're saying that it's going to hatch tomorrow?" Roy asked Ludwig uncertainly.
"Yep," Ludwig replied. "It may even hatch overnight. Remember, the egg has one-thousand times its original strength."
Roy was too tired to respond, so he lay on his back. Within a few minutes, he dozed off. Ludwig was barely awake, looking at the egg sleepily.
Ludwig was dozing off. He could feel his eyelids drooping, his body shutting down… and, finally, he fell asleep completely. Roy was already dreaming by then…
…It was New Year's Eve. The family, Bowser, Clawdia, Ludwig, Lemmy, Roy, Iggy, Wendy, Morton and Larry, were huddled together by the TV. Ten seconds until the New Year.
"Ten!" Bowser counted.
"Nine!" Clawdia shouted.
"Eight!" Ludwig cried.
"Seven!" Lemmy shrieked.
"Six!" Iggy barked.
"Five!" Wendy screeched.
"Four!" Morton woofed.
"Three!" Larry boomed.
"Two!" Roy yelled.
"ONE!" they all chorused…
"Roy! Roy! Wake up!" Ludwig shouted while shaking Roy over and over. Roy's eyes blurred for a minute, until they snapped back into reality. He sat up.
"The egg is hatching!" Ludwig screamed while pointing at the oval-shaped chrysalis. Tiny cracks were getting bigger, and it was almost completely hatched by now.
Roy's eyes went wide.
Finally, the tiny pieces of shell broke away from the egg. The egg part broke away completely from what was inside it. A tiny, newborn creature popped up from the egg.
"Unbelievable," Ludwig murmured.
Snicker, snicker: Cliffhanger!
Sorry for the somewhat-shortness. It's only 1,100 words, but you can live with that, right?
Chapter Eleven, the chapter that reveals everything, will be up soon!
