Toadette ran as fast she could to Peaches Castle as it was only a few minutes up ahead. Her plans were simple, reach the top of her castle, fight Bowser, and save Peach before Mario could. She knew she would go down as one of the bravest toads in history, and she would get so much praise from the citizens, adjust the thought of it excited her, and she couldn't wait to get there! This made her run even faster, that feeling of praise took over her.

As she reached near the castle entrance a pink dinosaur started running up to her causing her to slow down as she realized it was Birdo, the last person she was staying with. Birdo looking down at her mad,

"What do you think you are doing?" she asked Toadette stopped running to look at her, "Toad was right when he told me you would do this." Toadette nodding her head,

"No, I'm going to prove you, and Toad wrong" she replied, "I'm going to fight Bowser, and you can't stop me, and neither can Toad" Birdo sighed, and then grabbed her right hand,

"Toadette, listen I know you're young ,and at 16 I understand how curious ,and confident you are but, you can't fight Bowser he is way more powerful then you ,and besides even if you get into Peaches Castle you still have to face his s-" Toadette snapped her arm away from Birdo's grip,

"Well, I've beaten a giant bird before, so I'm assuming it won't be so hard to beat a giant turtle like him. I'll figure out a way" she smile, and then started to run off ignoring Birdo, and her warnings. Birdo to her was unimportant, and she knew she could do it as an adult,

"You're making a mistake, Toadette!" Birdo yelled as Toadette ran even faster. Toadette rolled her eyes, and continued to run. She needed to reach the princess she needed to be seen as a hero. She wasn't focusing on the things around here. Everyone was screaming in the terror of tons of bombs going off. She was pushing terrified citizens out of the way without even realizing it. She heard Bowser's voice roaring in terror as the Toads screamed in fear.

When she finally made it to the entrance to Peaches Castle she was faced with a Green Toad guarding the door. She stared at him, "What do you think you are doing? No one is allowed in the castle at this time, and you know that very well as a citizen" He said blocking the door entrance. Toadette putting her foot down. No this guy was ruining her moment of shine! NO, she wanted to be a hero, and she wasn't going to let one of Princess Peaches Guards ruin it for her!

"But, you don't understand I'm going to be a hero" She pouted. Green Toad rolling his eyes,

"You're a toad, no one can defeat Bowser except Mario" he laughed, "But, really Toadette, you need to leave it's not safe for a pretty toad like yourself." Toadette pouted again, this guy was just being a giant jerk to her at this point. She shoved him out of the way, and opened the castle "TOADETTE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" he screamed,

"Saving the princess" she replied back. Green Toad trying to grab her but she was too far away,

"But you don't understand even before Bowser's there's Bowser J-"she slammed the door shut at him, and whipped her hands off from the dust. No that guy was solved, onto the real threat! With a slow pace she looked around the empty castle. Everyone had gone into hiding; it was actually quite quiet unlike the last few times where the only thing you could hear was Toad's chatting away.

She finally started to make her way up the castle stairs. This was a complete piece of cake! Bowser didn't have much protection, and it was easy getting past that Green Toad. But then that got her thinking as she went up the flight of stairs. Why was this too easy? Whelp, her question was answered when reached the second level hearing someone in one of the control rooms laughing as she heard the sound of a bomb-omb about to go off.

She gasped a little grabbing onto the broken part of the wall ,and jumping up to get a peak of what was going on, "AHA, you want another bomb thrown at you citizen's?" her eyes widening noticing Bowser's bratty son Bowser Jr in front of a broken window throwing bombs. He laughed again as the bombs hit the ground, and exploded making more toads scream, "You toads are so stupid ,and scared" he said bouncing up ,and down while teasing them. Toadette started to get curious, and trying to figure out where he was exactly getting all these bombs from. If she could just get a bit closer she might be able to sneak past him.

Slowly she got up from where she was hanging up from, and started to lift her body weight, but there was one problem. Her body weight was too heavy causing her to unbalance, and almost fall, "NO, I can't fall" she said out loud making Bowser Jr turn around, and notice her. The two staring at each other as she continued to struggle to get up onto the rooms floor. Bowser Jr just staring at her in shock as she finally got onto the floor,

"May I ask what you're doing?" he asked, "I might as well ask before I kick you out" He grabbed a hold of her arm, "or as a matter of fact keep you up here ,and let my dad find out about you. You'll be toast by the time he comes to check on me" He laughed,

"Well I came here to fight your dad, and if you will excuse me" she said pushing his hand away, "I need to get going, so if you could just let me get to the next flight of stairs" she smiled. Bowser Jr looking at her again shocked,

"Woah" he said running back up to her, "No one is going up to my dad all Willy nilly,and you're not expiation. Look at you're as weak as any other Toad. You already had struggle getting up those stairs" he growled. Toadette nodding,

"HA, you're not as better as your own dad." She said continuing to walk. Bowser Jr getting irritated and grabbing Toadette's sides. She gasped struggling to break free from his grip as he began to squeeze her, "Put me down" she yelled, "TOAD" she screamed again as Bowser Jr kept his grip of her,

"Honestly what makes you think you can just go up, and recuse mama peach like that?" he turned her around to face him, "Do you really think you would save her like that from my dad all easily" he asked backing up to the broken window, "it's not that easy" Toadette not knowing what to do,and kicking him in the stomach making him yell ,and knock her down onto the ground,

"You're wrong" she replied Bowser Jr trying to gain his balance, she got up ,and grabbed his bandana choking him as she squeezed It as tight as she could, "Listen here, you self-center giant turtle. I am tough enough to break your neck, and I'm tough enough to even rip you in half. I am not going to take your back talk ,and I'm going to fight your dad whether you like it or not ,and you have no way of controlling me" she replied choking even more as he let out a few gags, "Do you understand me?" she said getting close to his face. He only nodded pulling himself back to break free from Toadette's grip. He relaxed his body a bit, and smiled,

"Never seen anyone talk back to me like that!" he said in surprise, "I have to ask, how old you are?" Toadette backing up in surprise,

"16" she replied. Bowser Jr walking up to her closer,

"You're only a year older than me this is interesting." He smiled, while grabbing an item from his left side making her fall to the ground, "Doesn't matter. You're still on Mario side ,and you seem quite useless to me so…" he smirked while taking out a bazooka ,and aiming it straight at her face, his body in a perfect arch ,and his right shoulder passing his neck just a bit. He kept his right abandon the trigger as Toadette stood frozen in her own fear.

She screeched, and continued to back up on the ground, there was no way Bowser Jr could be this mean? She thought to herself as Bowser Jr smiled, "Any last words? I got to get back to killing some more Toads" he laughed. Toadette staring back horrified she had to think of something fast, she definite didn't want to end up being killed by Bowser Jr,

She shivered as she looked at the bazooka noticing his logo, and signature imbedded at the bottom of it, "Yeah did you make that thing? That's quite impressive considering you're only 15" she replied Bowser Jr setting down the gun in shock, which caused the trigger to go off which shot out a bomb-mob. The two of them staring as it hit the wall, and exploded making a giant gaping hole in the castle. Bowser Jr turned back to her,

"I made the thing when I was 12. Used it ever since" Toadette's eyes glittering in excitement,

"Wait, you like making machines to?" she asked curious. Bowser Jr nodding his head, picking up the gun, and rubbing the side,

"Of course I do" he laughed as Toadette looked very interested in what he had made,

"This makes so amazing for a 12 year old" she smiled, while touching the rough surface. She looked at Bowser Jr, who was staring at her in complete shock,

"Really…? No one ever noticed I even made it. My dad was so focused on the Mushroom Kingdom he never really got the time to see my work, and talk to me about it" His face starting to look very disappointed. Toadette noticing he seeming wanting to talk about it, making her more interested in these machines he had been creating,

"Do you have anymore?" she asked curious. Bowser Jr putting the bazooka to the side,

"Sadly not here in the Mushroom Kingdom, but I have TONS in the Dark Lands." He sighed putting his head down, "My dad will only notice them if it's fighting for Mario" he kept his head down while walking near the broken window again,

"Can you show me some of them sometime?" she asked cocking her head. Bowser Jr turning around, and looking at her again in surprise,

"No you don't, you just want to use it for ideas on how to kill my dad you don't?" he snapped pushing his body straight forward while pointing at her. Toadette putting her hands up,

"WHAT?! No" she replied," I'm actually generally interested in what you're doing. I do the exact same thing you do" she said Bowser Jr looking at her confused,

"Ok but, you're one of the most known female toads, the only thing I see you doing is being a normal toad but the only difference is you're a girl" he looked down at her dress ,and then stared at her pink braids as they rocked back ,and forth from the wind,

"Well, just because I'm a toad, doesn't mean I have to act like a toad" she laughed grabbing his sides. Bowser Jr pushing her away,

"Don't touch me" he snarled. Toadette backing up a little,

"No, I'll prove it to you" She began to reach inside her cap pulling out some pieces of paper she had stored. Bowser Jr looking at them interested, "These are some of my ideas I've had for the Mushroom Kingdom to improve on security, but when I gave it to the Princess to review" Toadette let out a long sigh, "She was too busy focusing on Bowser being a threat to the kingdom. I just feel like this place is so… vulnerable you know?" Bowser Jr nodded in agreement,

"Yeah… I know that's why it's so easy for my dad to attack this place" Toadette watching him close his eyes for a few seconds putting his right, and on the side of his head thinking. A few seconds later reaching into the back of his shell, and grabbing a piece of blue paper. He blushed, "You aren't the only one who's been working on some plans on how to keep the kingdom safe. I've been working on a new kidnapping stagey for my dad" he pushed the paper towards her, encouraging her to look at it.

Toadette staring at him again, "You can look at it. I'm not going to hurt you for it" he let out a smile. But not the mean type of smile like before, it was like a smile that he really did seem interested in her. Slowly she grabbed it out of his hands looking down at what he had drawn, and written. Of course he was more skilled in drawing then she ever was, and everything he had written down was so complex, and detailed. She almost felt bad for the kid,

"Well… I can see some changes to it. Like making Mario go this way, and some things should be arranged. If you redid a lot of the math he might be a be-"Junior shoved the piece of paper into her chest,

"Tell you what, how about you take it, and do some adjustments to it" Toadette looking down at his tail as it began to wag excitedly. Toadette gave him a good stare,

"Wait? REALLY! You're going to let me do some adjustments to your work, Bowser Jr I'm hon-"before she could finished her sentence the door to the castle slammed open,

"Is Toadette still in there?" She knew that voice from anywhere. Bowser Jr looked at her,

"You better go" he said Toadette nodded jumping down from the second floor ,and onto the flight of stairs below, "WAIT before you go" Toadette turned to look at him once again, "Don't tell anyone I let you go freely, my dad would kill me ok?" he looked worried. Toadette only nodded, and put the piece of paper into her cap,

"I'll be back tomorrow" she then ran down the flight of stairs. Quickly she ran down them seeing Toad at the bottom extremely worried,

"What were you thinking, trying to go after Bowser?" he whispered shivering scared. Toadette just sighed,

"I know I made a stupid decision I couldn't get up there I saw Bowser Jr so I ran back down here when I heard your voice" she smiled. Toad grabbed her right hand, and began to drag her out of the wrecked castle,

"You're in so much trouble with me. YOU DON'T REALIZE how much punishment you deserve for even thinking about doing this in the first place" She turned around for a few seconds looking at the stair case, Bowser Jr watching her being dragged out. She smiled, and then turned back around. It wasn't going to stop her from returning to him.