11:36 AM-The Main Room's Closet

Bowser and his Koopalings all sat in the closet, asleep. The Kankers were with him. Edd had walked in an hour earlier upon hearing strange noises. When he saw the Koopas, he was thrown into the cage in a second. Now he was sadly singing.

Edd: Sunrises, nightfalls

Sometimes the sky calls

Is that a song there?

And do I belong there?

I've never been there

But I know the way

I'm going to go back there...

"BORING!" yelled Marie. "Sing something that's faster!"

Edd: Do the Mario

Swing your arms from side to side...

"You want Bowser to kill you?" asked Lee.

"It's better than this life," sighed Edd. The Kankers all pointed their wands at him. "Fine, fine...what would a Kanker like?..."

Prisoners of love

Blue skies above

Can't keep our hearts in jail

Prisoners of love...

"That's more like it!" said May, dancing to the music.

"At least Kevin never made me do this..." sighed Edd.

Bowser and his kids all sat up, each with wands of their own. "WHAT DID YOU SAY!" roared Bowser. "I'M TWICE THE KING KEVIN WAS!"

"At least you're finally awake!" said Lee. "You ate all the food here!"

"So?"

"So the kids are too tired to work," said May, peeking out of the closet at a few miserable kids.

"What kind of villains are you? Make them work!" Bowser started to go back to sleep. The Koopalings growled at the Kankers, and then joined their dad.

"But they might, like, revolt?" asked Marie.

"Don't forget..." Bowser reminded them, "you've got the power now!"

The Kankers grumbled and left. Bowser slammed the door behind them. "You may have some power...but I've got ALL the power!" Bowser and his kids all laughed as Edd pulled out a harmonica and continued playing "I'm Going to Go Back There Someday."

Outside the closet, the kids all sat, sadly making Koopa weapons like Bullet Bills and Bob-Ombs.

"I wish we never even had a king!" sighed Charlie Brown.

"But doesn't it make you wonder if the Kankers are ruling, why are we sitting around here making KOOPA weapons?" Jason wondered.

"When Hobbes said he saw Bowser, it means that he wasn't just here for murder!" said Marcus, realizing what was going on. "He's here to rule us all!"

"That explains the wands the Kankers have..." said Hobbes, "well, I won't let them take over! In the name of my best friend, I'm setting off to find help! For Calvin!"

The doors were open a crack. Hobbes managed to barely slip through.

Hobbes and Chorus: And where the journey may lead me

This prayer will be my guide

Though most of my friends are here

I feel so empty inside...

Hobbes slowly set out into the hall on a possibly long journey. He wasn't sure where he was going, but he had to go somewhere, right?

It's funny how Hobbes's journey is actually only a few feet. I wish I could have included "The Madness of King Scar," but it's so darn close to the brief "Shadowlands" and Edd's songs that it would have been a tight fit. Also, dialogue seems to work better here.