Wow, guys, I feel kinda bad because I'm really rushing through this. Any spelling errors, I apologize. Well, this chappie is basically Bowser preparing to fight Mario for the first time.
G.I.R.'s shadow: Hey, that sounds like a fun story idea! Go for it! And don't think that I've forgotten about Cackletta. Her origin story's coming up soon, but I would like to finish this story AND my Case Closed story before I start any new projects.
Queen B of Randomness 016: Peach's origin was explained a lot in King of the Koopas. The rest of her dark past will be revealed in later chapters of this story.
Sailor Taichichi Vegeta: Yeah, I first thought of this concept of Peach being hatched from a Koopa egg way back in the original King of the Koopas, and that was before I saw the Mario movie (which I got for Christmas. It's pretty grand). Now that I've seen it, it's like "Whoa...that's exactly what I was going for!" Funny how life works.
When Bowser returned to his throne room, he found the princess, coughing and wheezing. The king knew it wasn't his job to care for the sick kidnapped. Still, he couldn't help but kneel by her side and rest her head in his large, comforting claw. Peach's eyes were so dark and clouded, with gray rings around them. Her face looked as if she had suddenly aged ten or so years. The Koopa King felt a sudden sensation of disgust as he began to ponder on what it was that did this to her.
"What happened, Princess?" he asked, soft yet firmly. Peach breathed in deeply and coughed again. She sounded horrible.
"Bowser…" she whispered, her voice hoarse. "What…happened back there?" Bowser didn't know what she meant.
"What do you mean, Peach?" he asked. Her eyes slowly rolled into the back of her head for a moment or two, and then came back into focus. She continued to breathe in deep, wheezing with every breath.
"I was…I was in a library," the poor princess remembered. "There were books and…one of them was huge…I tried to read it…and I couldn't stop. The book was…trying to kill me with its poetry. Then…a dome and…a Koopa egg shell…and a…"
She stopped herself. She knew that if she told Bowser about the secret Star, he would leave her immediately and retrieve it. As silly as it seemed, she needed him right then. She needed him to keep her living. She didn't know what she would do had he left.
"Did you say a Koopa egg shell?" he asked her. She nodded. Bowser narrowed his eyes and thought.
'Why would King Toadstool have a Koopa egg in a secret library?' he asked himself. He turned his attention back to the damsel in distress. 'And what kind of poetry book would do this to her. I mean, it's almost as if…'
He shot his head up, and then sprinted across the room. The princess struggled to turn her head and look at his actions. He picked up a rather large book off of his table, next to his crystal ball. It had a dark green cover.
"Tell me child," he said, kneeling down again. "Did the book look anything like this?" Peach seemed to zone out as her eyes met the colored pages of the tome. It seemed to hypnotize her when she gazed upon the glistening pages. The writing was deep purple. The pages glowed. The princess screamed.
Bowser slammed the book shut. "You saw a spell book, Peach, and somehow had the ability to read from it." This caught Peach off guard as she laid her tender head back down. Bowser reopened the large book and began to read from its sinister pages. How could the princess have the power to read spells? Why did Toadstool have an egg shell in his secret library? What was going on here!
It was time. Bowser knew it. He approached Princess Peach and told her the news.
"Princess," he started. "I am going to challenge Mario. Today. This very minute."
At first, the princess stared at him as if he were mad. Mario had uncovered thirty of the Stars. He was growing stronger by the minute. Did the Koopa King have what it would take to defeat him?
"Bowser…" She didn't know what to say. Good luck? I hope you die? Tell Mario I love him? What could she say? She simply nodded and walked back to the large throne.
Bowser, on the other hand, began to prepare for the battle. This assassin was going to be his most difficult adversary yet. He needed to be careful and finish him off quickly.
His thoughts gathered around the paintings, the Stars and their guardians. He knew about the large Bomb-Omb who was holding on to the first mighty Star. He could hardly imagine anyone of Mario's small stature fighting him, much less defeating him so quickly.
But Bowser was stronger than that. He was smarter as well. He had muscle on his side, magic, and the knowledge from the princess. Mario had nothing. He didn't even know what Bowser looked like.
Maybe the Koopa King could simply appear in front of the mysterious Human and scare him away.
Bowser flipped through the pages of Kammy's spell book. He was going to send him and Mario into the shadows of their dimension. They were going to duke it out in Oblivion.
Bowser knew how to conjure up such a spell, but he was hesitant. What if Mario proved to be stronger than even King Toadstool? What if Bowser failed? What if…?
Bowser shut his eyes and shook his head. These thoughts were going to be the end of him. He muttered the Oblivion Spell with less enthusiasm than he had ever chanted before. He was nervous.
Black shadows began to surround his large body. He watched as the entire room disappeared before him. He was standing on a large platform in the middle of an empty blackness. It was difficult to breathe here, and the pull of gravity seemed much greater than in the real world. But Bowser didn't care. He couldn't care about such small details. For there, right before him, was Mario, in glorious, deadly red-and-blue.
Bleh...I don't like this chapter. It'sway too rushed. But, just wanna let you guys know, I'm rushing so I can get to the good parts of the story. I'm guilty of doing that from time-to-time!