Peach rubbed her eyes in case she was hallucinating but she wasn't. The first shard was right there in front of them.

In The Library

Toadbert, who had surprisingly not heard all the ruckus outside, was in the "T" section, thinking he would never find the book he was looking for. But, he was glad the library was sorted. The blue-capped toad hated un-tidiness.

Right when he was about to give up, he saw it on the top shelf, the title saying in bold, "The History of Our Meteors". He went up to the librarian and asked for a ladder. The librarian humbly stated it was in the back.

Toadbert ran towards the rear part of the library when he heard the front door get smashed open. The toad looked behind him only to get hit with a wave of water, which filled the entire building.

A few seconds later, after holding his breath for, what seemed, forever, the water slowly lowered and Toadbert was relieved. But then, he remembered what he was here for and the poor blue-capped toad fainted. And don't worry, he didn't drown, he floated around the soaking room aimlessly.

Back At Bowser's Castle

The great king of the Dark Lands was sitting down in his room at a writing desk, having his clawed hand hold up his head. He was thinking of ways to put that meteor back together. Whenever he thought of a "good" one, he wrote on a piece of paper. But, whenever Bowser thought it might not work, he crumbled up the plan and threw it into a trash bin in the left corner of the room.

Right when King Koopa was about to give up (probably because of his headache), a knock came from his door. He opened it to see his son, Bowser Jr. He looked about 10 or 11 years old, had a bib with a painted fanged frown, and he looked almost like his pop.

"Uh, dad, some weirdo scientist wants to see you in the throne room." Jr. told his father.

Bowser, understanding who the weirdo was, thanked his son and walked towards the throne room, with Jr. behind him.

Once the ruler had gotten there, he saw the other koopalings surprisingly sitting down and behaving. He looked below them to see Albert (You know, the guy from the first chapter).

"Hey, have you done something to my children?" The father asked his science freak assistant.

"Well, I said if they didn't calm down now, I'll test out my shrink invention on them." Al said evilly.

Bowser sighed and asked another question, "Do you know how to put the pieces back together?"

Albert replied with a smile, "Yes, I think we could put it back together by, well, getting all the shards back together. Simple as that."

Bowser had money signs in his eyes, "Where are the shards then?"

"I think they went to Sparkling Waters, Mushroom Fields, Rock Candy Mines &, surprisingly, Beanbean Kingdom."

"Perfect," Bowser said while rubbing his filthy claws together, "Kids, get your airships ready. We have some shards to catch."

The emperor then looked back at Al. "I think I might promote you just like Kammy and Kamek. Speaking of those two, where are they?"

On a floor above the dungeon, two magikoopas were working hard. One of them looked old and had a purple robe. She also had some glasses with points at the tips. We'll call her Kammy. The other one looked younger and had a blue robe. He had white goggles that covered his eyes. His name was Kamek. The two were Bowser's most trustworthy minions. In fact, he promoted them to second-in-commands!

Kamek was mixing the potions in a cauldron while Kammy was testing them. But, the blue-robed koopa remembered something.

"The shield potion!" Kamek recalled and rushed over to a counter to see it was gone.

"Hey Kammy," Kamek replied to the witch, "Have you seen a thick blue potion lying around here?"

"No, but I do recall some footsteps behind me today that didn't sound like yours." Kammy remembered.

And Kamek thought he knew what happened to it. "Someone must have stole it," Kamek exclaimed, "Come on, Kammy. We have an investigation on our hands."

End of Chapter