AN: Hey everyone. I just wanted to let you guys know that I am posting the first chapter of my one year anniversary special tomorrow! I hope that you all enjoy it, and I also hope you enjoy this chapter. Speaking of which:

Chapter 11 Banished

"Are you sure this will work?" Roy whispered to Ludwig as they stood in front of his bedroom door.

"Positive."

That was not a lie. While Ludwig did feel a little nervous, he knew that he logically had no reason to be. The plan was simple, yes, but Ludwig knew that the only thing that would get in the way of it working would be Kooky waking up. Which, if Ludwig was careful, had very little chance of actually happening.

"Oh, good," Roy said. "I mean, if you're cool with it, I don't see any reason why I shouldn't be."

Ludwig nodded and opened his bedroom door a tiny crack. While he couldn't see Kooky snoozing in his bed, he could definitely hear him snoring. He sounded like a killer clown.

"Alright," Ludwig said as he turned back to Roy. "Remember, keep watch."

"Got it; keep watch," Roy said with a smile. With that, Ludwig snuck into the room. He tiptoed across the floor, but even then it sounded like his feet were slapping against stone. He held his breath, wishing now more than ever that he could get the power suppressor off. When he got to the closet, he let out the breath he was holding and slowly opened the door, making sure that it didn't creak as it slid. He carefully picked the gun off the floor and noiselessly snuck back out of the room. Roy looked at him expectantly.

"Did you get it?" he asked.

"Oh yeah," Ludwig said as he displayed the gun in the dimly lit hallway. "I got it."

"Yes!" Roy said as he did a little victory fist pump. "Now let's go send these ugly freaks back home!"

The two snuck down the hallway with the stealth of ninjas, sticking to the shadows whenever they heard someone coming. When they got to the first floor hallway of the east wing, Ludwig and Roy knelt down on the ground so that Ludwig could work on reversing the polarity.

"Alright," Ludwig said. "Let's get right to...wait a minute."

"What? What is it?" Roy asked.

Ludwig squinted at the gun in the darkness. It didn't look right. It seemed too colorful, and it also appeared to be made out of plastic. Almost like…

"Roy, I don't think this is the ray gun," he said.

"It's not?" Roy asked with a confused inflection. "Then what is it?"

Ludwig picked up the gun and aimed it at the left hand wall. He opened fire, and a paintball shot out of it. Ludwig could hear the splat as the amo made contact with its target.

"It's Lemmy's paintball gun!" Ludwig exclaimed. "Dang it! I must not have been paying attention!"

Suddenly, Ludwig heard footsteps approaching them. He turned around and saw a silhouette concealed by the shadows. Ludwig heard Roy gulp.

"Larry, is that you?" he asked nervously.

The figure took one step closer, revealing it to be Kooky. He smiled evilly at them, displaying his rancid collection of teeth.

"You guys must think you're so clever," he said menacingly. He held up his hands from behind his back and showed them the actual ray gun. Ludwig turned to his brother in a panic.

"Roy, run!"

Roy hastily scrambled to his feet , and started to barrel down the hallway. Ludwig wasn't that far behind. He ran at the same speed that Roy was running at, but there was something that he found a little odd; Kooky wasn't chasing after them. He wasn't even firing the ray gun at them. Instead, he was just grinning goofily and evilly, and one glance down the hallway informed Ludwig of the reason why.

"Hello!" Kootie Pie said as she, Bully, and Cheatsy emerged from the darkness. Roy and Ludwig came to a screeching halt just before they crashed into the doubles, and Bully and Kootie Pie pinned their arms behind their backs. Ludwig struggled, but Kootie Pie's grip was surprisingly too strong to break. It was now that Kooky finally decided to approach them.

"Cheatsy heard the whole thing while you dunderheads were in the throne room," he said. He sounded cocky and arrogant, so confident in his own intelligence and plans that he came off as annoying. "He awakened me just in time for me to plant that pathetic toy as a decoy."

Kooky laughed, and so did the other alternate Koopalings. The cacophony of noise grated on Ludwig's ears, which were already sensitive to noise to begin with. He winced, trying to focus on a happy place to distract himself. When they finally stopped, Cheatsy reoriented himself so that he his front was facing Ludwig and Roy.

"I also heard of your plan to have your brother and sister go get help," he said slyly. "And I just wanted to inform you that you two have absolutely no reason to worry."

"We don't?" asked Roy.

"Yeah," said Cheatsy. "Cause we are going to find Larry and Wendy for you. And once we do, I promise you two that they will join you in our world very shortly afterwards."

With that, Kooky aimed the gun at Ludwig and Roy, sending them both into another dimension.