Twilight: "Thought it was over, didn't you?! Surprise! I thought that since this story was a bit shorter than most of my others, I'd share this little mini-story I wrote in my spare time one day. Enjoy this little bonus story!"

Mario Golf: A Short Story

A quick story by TwilightPrince

It was a beautiful summer day in the Mushroom Kingdom, and everyone was gathered about the Mushroom Kingdom Golf Courses for the Toadstool Tour, a special event held only once a year. Everyone was doing great. Mario was in the lead at 5 over par, with Luigi, Daisy and Peach following close. Wario and Waluigi were in 7th and 8th overall, and they were just mumbling about how those Mario Bros. always seem to be better at sports than they are. As for Bowser...well...he's in dead last...as always.

"Grrraagh!" Bowser growled to himself as he was sitting behind the stands, waiting for his turn, "This is crazy! I am the King of the Koopas! I shouldn't be in last!!"

Then Bowser remembered something...and then got another evil plan on his mind. He ducked into his shell, and a moment later, he came out holding a lightning bolt in his hand (the same ones used in the Mario Kart series). Bowser chuckled to himself, "Let's see them hit the ball when they're the same size as it! Heh, heh, heh!"

Bowser, even though he was big and very noticible, somehow crept onto the golf course and hid behind a large tree. Oddly enough, the tree was wide enough for him to hide behind. Bowser peered around the corner of the tree to see Daisy and her caddy, Peach, come up to take thier shot. Perfect, I'll deal with them first. thought Bowser with a menacing smile on his face.

But just as Bowser was about to throw the lightning bolt, a yell came from behind him. "Runaway Chain-Chomp! Run for your lives!" The voice belonged to Waluigi, and him and Wario were running away, sure enough, from a rouge Chain-Chomp that had somehow gotten loose on the course...and the Wario Bros. and the Chain-Chomp were heading straight for Bowser!

Meanwhile, on the course, Daisy was busy setting up her tee and ball for her shot. If she could make a hole-in-one on this shot, she'd tie for second with Luigi. Otherwise, she would stay in third, and the par on this hole was only three. Daisy set her ball on her tee and went over to clean her club, since it had gotten a little dirty on the last hole due to a sand trap. Strangely, the little Chain-Chomp event was going unnoticed by everyone else on the course.

Back over to Bowser...as the Warios and the Chain-Chomp were closing in, all Bowser could do is yell in fear as the Warios passed by him and the Chain-Chomp violently shot him into the sky, right towards the golf course. While in the air, Bowser's grip on the lightning bolt had slipped, and much to his already bad-enough-luck, the lightning bolt struck him on the head, shrinking him down instantly to about slightly larger than a golf ball. He plummeted down towards the earth below him, hoping to himself that he would survive the impact. To be sure, he went down shell-first, since that was the hardest part of him (next to his head). He then landed with a SMACK! on the ground.

Bowser was dizzy from the impact, but he looked up and saw that he was okay, save except for a splitting headache and the fact he was shrunk for the next few minutes. "Urrrgghhh..." he groaned to himself, holding his head, "This can't get any worse, can it?"

(Quick note from author: You know as well as I do that he shouldn't have said that!)

Bowser then saw to him the most unimaginable sight...it was Daisy. Except that to him she was literally towering over him! Bowser looked at her with a stargazed look, admiring how pretty she looks to him at this perspective. Whoa... thought Bowser, still staring at her, Maybe I should consider kidnapping her next time...

There was something awkward though...Daisy didn't seem to notice the now-tiny Bowser down below her. In fact, she was looking behind her, and talking to someone as well. "Hey, Peach!" said Daisy, her voice echoing around the transfixed Bowser, "I betcha 10 coins that I can sink this one with my eyes closed!"

"You're on!" came Peach's voice, distant, but still a little loud.

Bowser then shook off his goo-goo-eyed look and then realized that he was lying on his back, not to mention that he was somehow still a few feet from the ground (to him at least). He turned his head downwards and saw that he had landed directly on Daisy's tee, and her ball had slipped off into a small pond nearby. Upon seeing this, Bowser's eyes went wide with fear, and he knew what was coming next.

Daisy then turned around to face her ball, but true to her word, her eyes were closed, and she couldn't see that her ball had slipped away and that now she was about to whack Bowser at least a couple hundred yards away. Bowser, scared out of his mind, struggled as hard as he could to get up, but like any turtle on its back, this seemed impossible. Daisy's golf club patted against Bowser's tail area a few times, probably because since her eyes were closed, she wanted to make sure she was hitting the "ball" and not thin air.

Soon, however, Daisy pulled her club back, ready to swing. Bowser knew he couldn't escape this, so he did the only thing he could: He withdrew into his shell, and waited for the worst. "FORE!!!" came Daisy's loud voice, and with that...WHACK!!!

Bowser went flying through the air at high speeds, all the while screaming his brains out. The force of the swing had not only sent him flying, but forced him out of his shell as well. Bowser was a bit surprised that he didn't just pop out of his shell entirely from the force, but he had no time to ponder that as he was heading for the ground, right towards the green.

Bowser landed right on the green, but not just there...He had landed right inside the hole! Back over at Daisy's area, she jumped for joy as she saw her ball go right into the hole. "YES!! YES!! I DID IT!!" she cheered, jumping up and down every which way like a schoolgirl.

Meanwhile, back at the hole, Bowser slowly and painfully climbed out, his whole body battered and bruised from the torture he just went through. "Owww... I think I broke my horn!" he whined as he held his left horn in pain. He was heading back when the effects of the lightning bolt wore off and he returned to normal size. Bowser saw this and stamped his foot into the ground. "AGGGH! WHY NOW?!!" he yelled. All in all, Bowser got another whooping, and Daisy just scored her first hole-in-one, not knowing that she just put Bowser in a world of hurt.

Eventually Daisy had won the Toadstool Tour, and she was very excited. But when she saw Bowser all bandaged and bruised, she went over to him. "Hey, scaleface? What happened to YOU?!" she wondered.

"Don't...even...ask." said Bowser in between breaths.

THE END