Bowser Jr slowly began to wake up from his long nap he had just took. He breathed a bit as he slowly opened his eyes looking around him as he realized he was on the ground with Toadette sleeping on his side. He stretched himself a bit feeling the tension of his biceps began to fade the more he stretched himself. He felt his head a bit once he stopped stretching his muscles, why was he on the ground anyways? The last thing he remembered was being on the couch. He could of always asked Toadette, but it was clear she was very heavily sleeping and didn't seem like she was going to wake up anytime soon. Maybe getting up would jog his memory.

And that's what he decided to. Slowly he undid himself and lifted himself up off the ground. Looking over at the bedroom behind him, he thought it might be a good idea to put Toadette into her own bed, as he didn't want her to stay on the floor like this. So he grabbed her sides lifting her up and putting her up against his chest, starting to walk towards her bedroom.

As he opened the door and looked inside, he noticed the time, "7:38 AM" it read; obviously he had now spent the entire night here, which he really wasn't 100% expecting to do. He held onto her a bit tighter as he made it to her own bed. Slowly he set her body in the middle of her bed, he took her undone cover and put it on top of her. He stopped staring at her for a few seconds as she slept,

"Junior, please promise me you won't ever end up just like your dad" Toadette sobbed as she sat next to him on the couch, I can't get it out of my head that this a trick, please you love me right?" she begged. Bowser Jr froze in place shocked Toadette would even think of something like that. He gave her a slight kiss on the cheek,

"If I didn't, then why am I with you currently?" he asked, Toadette very hesitant to even respond. The Koopa Prince looked at her with a concern gleam in his eye, realizing his girlfriend truly was afraid of him. His smile turned upside down. He came up to her closer, "Ok what's truly wrong?" he asked. Toadette crossed her arms, her braids bouncing up and down as she looked away from the prince,

"….I guess it's just that…" she stopped mid-sentence, "I'm afraid of what's going to happen when Mario or Bowser find out about this- they're going to kill us both. Well maybe Mario wouldn't kill me-but I know Bowser definitely will" Bowser Jr opened his mouth, before promptly shutting it again. She did really seem to have a point. Dad had already had him set on someone to date, specifically he wanted him to marry someone in royalty and to be the same species as him so his own father's genes could still continue to be passed along so the Darklands could be kept in a line. He had nothing thought about it till now,

"What do you mean my dad is going to hurt you? He's more than likely going to hurt ME." he grabbed both of her hands holding them tightly as he looked up at her cap. Her braids once again moving in different directions as she looked up at him, her face with worry, "… I think he'll be madder the fact we can't reproduce, and that I'm not dating a royal than out of anything" Toadette looking back at him in surprise,

"Children?" she questioned, "You want us to have children?" Junior let go of her hands in disgust,

"Heavens no- well not right now anyways, that's something way far into the future will discuss at a later date, we've been dating for just over 3 months there is no way in Bowser's warp pipe we are going to discuss how that would even work- you know bottom line, my dad won't react well hearing I'm dating some mushroom girl instead of my own species" Toadette cocked her head again, as he sighed. It was clear the both of them were two young to exactly understand it all, which was the downside of deciding to date each other so quickly like they did. The anxiety he felt between the subject was uncomfortable enough. As much as he enjoyed Toadette's company, mind and body.

He wanted nothing more than experience just that, he didn't like the thoughts of the future, nor the past or anyone else's opinions. If they had already talk of baby or marriage plans at such a young age, he knew already their relationship wouldn't work out, and he just couldn't see himself going down that route of feeling lonely again and being forced to find a date from his own father. Suddenly Bowser Jr looked up at her again, he suddenly grabbed her shoulders giving her a slight kiss on the lips before nuzzling her slightly, she grabbed his sides back with a sudden grip kissing him on the cheek before Bowser Jr jumped down onto the floor.

"Just don't worry about it" he replied before promptly laying on his side.

The young koopa prince shook his head a few times, looking down at Toadette again, her breathing getting more heavily as she wrapped herself in the covers. Maybe he should stay with her for just a few more hours, it wasn't like she had anything to do on her own. Just as he was about to jump down on the bed himself, he suddenly felt his shell began to let out a large vibration. He rolled his eyes reaching his hand inside his shell and pulling out his phone. Seeing he suddenly had a message on his screen,

Bowser Jr almost through his phone when he read it. "HEY, where are you?! What kind of break do you think you're taking, you know you got work to do! You better not be in the Mushroom Kingdom, because you had no permission by me to be there!" he instantly jumped down from the bed shaking, realizing he had definitely over stayed his welcome. He knew he had to get back to the Darklands as soon as possible.

As he was just about to turn around and exit the room, Toadette lifted herself up slowly from the covers. She rubbed her eyes for a few seconds and then promptly turned around to look at him, who had one of his hands on his head and another gripping his phone in fear. She tilted her head, "Oh you brought me back to my bedroom?" she asked. He nodded before promptly backing away even more,

"I just got a text message from my dad, I have to go" he replied. Toadette got up a bit more,

"What?!" she yelled, "Please don't go yet-"Bowser Jr turned around and started to run,

"Sorry" he replied before running even fast.

"WAIT" she said but he ignored her, he had to get home as soon as possible. As much as he didn't want to abandoned her and stay with her through out the day, his job at the Darklands was much important, considering this was his dad.

And out the door he went, running out of the house and into the outside world where he promptly began to run towards the warp pipe he had jumped into when he first came here. He ran as fast as his legs could carry him, nothing seemed to slow down his speed…well till he tripped and managed to fall into the Darkland pipe,

Bowser looked up at the pipe entrance punctually growling. "That's it if he isn't going to respond to me I'm going to go up into the Mushroom Kingdom pipe and-"before Bowser could respond Junior fell down the pipe making him fall over as he landed on his chest. Bowser looked down at him with the smoke in his nose rising,

"Grrr GET OFF ME!" he yelled shoving him down onto the ground, Bowser Jr being plummeted back into the solid ground with a thud making him crack a few bones in his own body. Junior slowly regained his own energy before getting up from the ground and looking up at his father. Suddenly Bowser grabbed his bandana squeezing it hardly, Bowser Jr choking in agony, "WHY, were you not working" he asked. Bowser Jr pulled back to keep himself from choking even more,

"I…went… to... get…. More supplies" he gagged. Bowser pulled him closer, not wanting to believe any of his bullshit. The large koopa king roared slamming his son on the ground,

"If you were out there getting supplies then where it is" he asked. Before Bowser Jr could even respond Bowser jumped in front of him walking towards the warp pipe, "that's what I thought" Bowser Jr's pupils got smaller as Bowser suddenly grabbed onto the pipe that lead to the Mushroom Kingdom. Junior started stomping back and forth hesitant,

"Dad, what are you doing!" he suddenly yelled. Bowser pulling the pipe away from him, "STOP" he cried as he broke the thing in half, making the rest of it swallow hole down into the ground. He stomped it a few times to make sure it was down for good. Bowser turned to look at him as he smashed the pipe piece he had just broken off into the ground,

"NO more going there till our plan is DONE" he replied

"but-"

"NO buts, stop slacking off!" Junior turned around walking back in anger and disappointment in his own father. His tail dragging down on the ground and his hair flipping to the other side as he felt tears began to fill up in his eyes. He just couldn't believe his dad would do something like this.

Suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder, "Now Junior" Bowser said as Junior turned around suddenly tears in his eyes. For a few seconds since Junior was young his father took a step down to his height (which wasn't much since he was basically half of his size at this point), "Look… I understand you want to go out there and explore the kingdom and see what it has to offer, for us when we become leaders of it… but you can't do it when you're working" he said with a sigh. Bowser Jr looking up at him pretty upset,

"Daaaddd you literally broke the pipe to it" Bowser just let out a giant laugh at his son,

"Don't worry about that, I have a better plan in mind anyways" he replied but then slapped him hard on the back, "BUT, you're grounded from going there till you finished all your work" Junior let out a huge sigh, not really wanting to listen to what his dad had to offer,

"This is so STUPID. Dad can't you just-"Bowser looked over at his own son, Junior stepping backwards noticing what to seemed to be the envy of a red flame in his eyes,

"Do keep in mind SON, I am going off the plans YOU made. So, if this entire thing fails, it's your fault!" he growled. Bowser Jr gulped, he did have a point, "Now get back to work" he growled, before walking away.

Bowser Jr folded his arms together watching his dad slowly walk away from him and back into the castle with a slam. Junior kicked the dirt on the ground for a few minutes, "This is SO stupid" he mumbled to himself, "I should be allowed to have work breaks" he growled. He sighed once again. It probably would be a good idea to get started, you know- before Bowser decided to yell at him again. He grabbed some of his tools and got to work. First by grabbing some of the big scrap metal he had and some of the tools he used to put it together. He held his breath back for a few seconds before fueling out some fire.

While doing his work he noticed one of the koopaling's walking around making sure everything was going a head of Bowser's plan. Bowser Jr stopped blowing fire when a sudden idea of his arouse,

"HEY Iggy" he said waving to get his attention. Iggy cocked his head walking up to the prince. Interested seeing him again. He smiled, what a much better koopaling to do the job he had in mind, "If I get 20 coins will you work on this part of this robot. I have to check something out really quick" Iggy put his left hand on his face giving him aggravated look. Then Bowser Jr remembered another thing he was one of their lords, "actually as a prince I command you to do It anyways" he laughed shoving him into place,

"But lord- "Iggy was interrupted by Bowser Jr giving him the tools,

"No but's just working- I'll be back later" he smiled, running away before Iggy could interject. Bowser Jr smirked as he ran off as fast as possible, that was easier then tricking Kamek into thinking he was off for the day.

He lifted up his legs faster, skipping past Bowser's castle as he made his way to the back of the Darklands. Not much was really here besides mountains and some lava, but despite that Junior could easily get around it. He stopped running when he was a far, clapping his hands motioning his clown car to come over. Which thankfully to his surprise it did. He jumped inside of it looking over near where Peach's Castle was. He sniffed the air with his muzzle noticing Some giant trees in the far distance. Slowly he drove his clown car closer to them just to see what was there. As he continued, he noticed the lava from the Darklands was beginning less and less as the lava suddenly began to disappear, he gasped a little surprised to see it turn to water. He looked forward once again seeing the big trees once again, "There's definitely another warp pipe around here" he thought to himself

And just as he expected after some investigating, he discovered another warp pipe on the edge of the lava. He smirked, jumping out of his clown car and jumping into the warp pipe. A few seconds later he popped back out and just as he expected he landed in the forest. He put his muzzle in the air sniffing it slightly as he looked around this place seemed so familiar to him… Upon further inspection as he walked he noticed a lake in between the forests foliage and trees. But this wasn't a normal lake as it had a purple color to it. The young prince gasped now finally figuring out where he was at, "Soda Jungle" his thoughts suddenly said.

Just as he thought that something jumped down from the trees. Bowser Jr straightened his tail in fright. He backed away knowing he should probably run he didn't even know the things that could be out here. Maybe a bramball or a fuzzy. Something he definitely didn't feel like bumping into. With those fear in mind he suddenly heard the trees rustle get even louder. Out of fear he started to run, there was definitely a fuzzy out here,

"Hey WAIT" a male voice could be heard. Bowser Jr turned around noticing a toad with an adventure looking outfit and a giant backpack. He almost ran out of breath as he could up to Junior, "You" the toad said, "you must be Toadette's boyfriend! She was talking about you to me when you were back in the Darklands" Bowser Jr could suddenly feel anger start to culminate in his body. He put his hands back in a fist,

"Who even are you?" Junior asked.

The toad did a twirl "Why I'm Captain Toad. Leader of the toad brigade!" Captain Toad said adjusting his bandana, which Bowser Jr forcefully grabbed a few seconds later,

"You better not be telling anyone about my relationship with her, are you?" he questioned. Captain shoving the muscular dragon turtle away as quick as he could,

"Hey, get your shell out of a twist! I haven't told anyone squat. If anything, you should be mad at her not me. She was the one who told me about it in the first place. " Captain replied pushing him back and further. Bowser Jr sighed heavily dropping Captain Toad back onto the ground as he put his hand on his head,

"Ughhh she's going around telling people, isn't she?" he asked. Captain shrugged. Making Junior sigh even more, "I told her to keep our relationship in private. Dad would kill me if he found out I was dating a girl from the Mushroom Kingdom no less" Captain cocking his head,

"Bowser isn't that much of a jerk, is he?" Bowser Jr eyes widening a bit as he said that,

"Are you kidding me! My dad hates almost every single citizen of the Mushroom Kingdom! And Toadette is one of the most well-known allies of Mario! And my dad hates anyone who sides with him!" Bowser Jr could here it in his head now. His father discovering the relationship and completely disowning him, "My own son dating someone who is sided with that pesky plumber Mario? I can't see him the same anymore! I would barely even like to talk to him again!" His fathers' words coming to mind. Making him start to shiver with all sorts of anxiety. No he couldn't let his dad find out about it! He wanted to run off and head to the Mushroom Kingdom and go talk to Toadette about it, but before long Captain Toad touched his shoulder,

"Hey chill I'm one of her best friends my lips are sealed" he said Bowser Jr could feel his body began to let go of its own tension as the Captain said that,

"How do I know to trust you on that? Toads like you are so afraid of us koopa's that you tell anyone when there's one of us near the princess castle. " he growled. Captain Toad just let out a small nervous chuckle,

"Well, I mean your girlfriend is a toad herself." This made Bowser Jr stop and think to himself about her once again. Could he exactly trust being in a relationship with a toad? He shook his head there was no time to continue thinking about that. He had to return to the Darklands,

"Ugh… whatever… just don't tell anyone about it" he growled, before turning around to face him again, "and if you see Toadette later on today tell her I said not to have anyone about know about our relationship. I got to get back to the Darkland's before my dad kills me for leaving work again"

Captain Toad looked up at the prince shocked. Mainly shocked he wouldn't even be willing to talk to him. As Bowser Jr made his way back to the pipe Captain began to run towards him in a worry. Wait, what about the part where you get so mad at me you kidnap me and Toadette has to save me?" The prince turned around and gave him a laugh,

"Oh please, I don't kidnap people unless it's for a personal reason. I have no idea what your plans are but it certainly doesn't involve that" Bowser Jr ran closer to the pipe. He just wanted this stupid toad off his back,

"BUT you're an evil mastermind, you're supposed to kidnap me!" Captain replied as Junior put his legs inside the pipe, "Bowser Jr, wait! You have to, that's the rule, for me at least!" Bowser Jr rolled his eyes before waving him a good bye,

"See ya!" he smiled before disappearing into the warp pipe. Whatever Captain wanted was definitely word, but it made him wonder as he made his way down the pipe, did everyone in the Mushroom Kingdom think he was supposed to kidnap them? Well whatever, the most important part was that he was back in the Darklands safe as he could be. Most importantly he still had a pipe to get to the Mushroom Kingdom.

He jumped into his clown car, looking over a head, suddenly gasping at the sight of Kamek over looking Iggy as he was doing HIS work,"Iggy, why are you working on lord Bowser Jr's project?" he asked Junior slowly pacing his clown car closer as Iggy shrugged,

"Well he just asked me to" he replied as Kamek tilted his head in confusion, "He told me he had to go and check something out-"

Bowser Jr interupted him by landing his Clown Car right smack dab in the middle of them both. He crouched down grabbing a wrench he just happened to have in his car,"Iggy you idiot, I went to go get some tools" he growled throwing the thing at his head, but it missed by just a few inches. Kamek rolled his eyes. He looked over at Junior with a serious look as Iggy began to walk away from this entire scene,

"Well I came down here to give you this!" he said with a croak in his throat. Junior titled his head as he was handed a blue piece of paper, similar to the one he and Toadette worked on… so close indeed to when he opened it… it looked so familiar…. In fact! It was the same piece of paper! His eyes widened noticing changes had been made to it, things crossed out and reorganized… all that work they did for nonthing, "Your father and I found this while you were gone, we thought it might have been a good idea to restart the project back a bit and replace some of thoses dumb design flaws you wrote in there" he said.

The prince suddenly looked up at him with anger in his face, so much anger that he wanted to just scream his brains out, "YOU DID WHAT?!" he yelled loudly, his hand on his face as he looked at all the wrong sizes and dimensions,

"Lord Junior if you would just let me-" he was intrupted by Bowser Jr stangling the paper with his bare hands,

"KAMEK, now I have to start all over! I've been working myself off for months with this thing and doing just the right adjustments and you just out right just ruined it!" he growled while continuously pointing to him, "It's all YOUR fault that I'm wasting resources now THANKS" his voice getting louder and his breathing getting heavier as he crumbled the paper up and threw it at his face. Kamek only rolled his eyes picking the paper back up and throwing it back,

"Just redo it isn't that hard jeez" he replied turning around and walking away from the angry prince. Bowser Jr let out a large grunt and then a stomp on the ground,

"This is so STUPID!" he raged on so childishly. Then he sighed, why did Kamek and his dad have to treat him like this sometimes? Of course he loved them both, especially with how they took care of him as a child… but now as an adult it felt more like they were just using for their own personal gain to take over the Mushroom Kingdom rather than to actually spend time with him.

Then he started to think to himself did he exactly need to stay? The Mushroom Kingdom sounded so much better than the Darklands anyways. Everyone was so kind and knew how to talk to each other. Toadette did also always say she liked how he was nicer than his dad.

This made him suddenly put two and two together. It was obvious what he had to do! He knew his new sense of belonging. Now was it a terrible idea Junior had in mind? Not to him it wasn't. In his mind the citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom would obviously accept him if he was willing to stay there and talk to them.

He walked back inside his own dad's castle, grabbing a suitcase from inside his room and beginning to write a letter about why he was leaving the Darklands. He didn't say where he was going nor did he say where he was going to live at. All he wanted them to know was that he was gonna change his life for the better and going to live with someone who cared about him instead. As he walked out that castle door one last time and looked up at it his dad's head statue looking down at him with it's mouth open and it's flames coming out of it's eyes. He smirked and said "Well dad. Lets see how it feels to finish that project yourself without my help" he laughed before rolling his suit case away from the castle.