Me: Just updating this story today. Writing two similar-yet-totally-different stories is pretty hard.

Sera: And writing one of the stories that you still haven't finished isn't?

Me: ...No comment. I only own Sera, Sam, and Ivy.

"I'm only making three pieces, so you'd better not eat mine!" Sam declared while putting the first finished piece of French toast on a plate and handing it to Ivy. She dipped a second piece fully in the egg, and then layed it in the skillet. The green-haired girl smiled, laid her plate on the island in the middle of the kitchen, and drowned her piece in syrup before adding some powdered sugar.

"I'm almost afraid of what will happen if you eat that." Sera said nervously. Ivy usually was never given sugar because of her affinity to plants. Since a plant's food is sugar, Sam was always reluctant to give the young girl anything that might overload her system, such as candy. I only hope that we don't have to regret it after this... Sera thought as Sam handed her the most recently done piece. Niether of the girls wanted to eat before their friend, but she insisted.

"Don't worry about me, my piece'll be done in a minute." With that, both girls started to eat their French toast with the forks Sera had found in a drawer at the last minute. Soon after, Sam turned off the stove and put her own piece on the last plate before sitting down to eat it with not quite as much syrup and sugar as Ivy's. All three of the girls were seemingly unaware of the face looking into the room, or the hungry look on it.

Kamek had not eaten his lunch since he was about to do so when the girls woke up, so he was now famished. The magikoopa couldn't even leave to get the food since he was keeping an eye on the 'guests'. As it was, he was retelling the conversation to Kammy as they talked.

"So, you were gonna say something before we came in, right?" Ivy asked after swallowing a piece of French toast.

"Yeah. I was gonna say that I've seen bits and pieces of it from my 'research'." Sam answered mysteriously. All of the girls knew the danger of someone from the world they were currently on hearing about it being a product of a video game series. Even though Ivy had never come with her older friends on their adventures before, she had heard about it from them. "Plus, it's fun messing with Kamek's head. He's been following us ever since we left the infirmary." The curly-haired girl pointed towards the window that the surprised magikoopa was looking through at the moment.

"I knew that!" Ivy protested.

"I've known that." Sera stated after finishing off her piece of toast. "It's not hard to find a magician. All you need to know is the smell of spell components." She turned around and beckoned Kamek in. Unsure of what to do, the old magikoopa entered the room and stood near where the girls were eating. He had forgotten that he was still in contact with Kammy.

"What's going on, old man?" The female magikoopa demanded loud enough for the humans to hear her. Sam's eyes seemed to change to a light grey color as she tried not to laugh with a piece of French toast in her mouth. Ivy giggled a little with her half-finished piece in front of her. It seemed like her sugar rush was coming a little early. Sera just smirked and addressed the voice, "Sorry, Kammy, but this conversation is private." With a wave of her hand, the jewel on top of Kamek's wand was surrounded by a bubble of air.

"What the...?" Try as he might, the male magikoopa's hand couldn't go through the bubble since the air was moving around it so quickly.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you, Sera sometimes forgets how powerful she is and might have put some lightning in there too." Sam said jokingly. By now, all three of them were finished with their food. "Now, why were you following us, Kamek?" Again, he was confused by how the older two of the girls knew him or any other member of the castle.

"That's none of you're business, young lady." A nanny to the letter, although he'd never admit it. Sam laughed aloud. "Stop it!" Kamek's face turned a little red in embarassment. The curly-haired girl stopped laughing, but continued talking.

"It's probably something from Bowser-"

"How do you know his Highness? You mentioned 'research'..." The magikoopa interupted.

"Hey, Sam'll tell you when she wants to alright?" Sera's eyes held a well-hidden anger. "She's been through this kinda stuff before, so you shouldn't rush her by asking questions that she doesn't want to answer until she's thought of something." Perhaps it was the trenchcoat-wearing girl's mini speach, or maybe it was the fact that the island's top had been burnt a little bit under her hand, but Kamek suddenly didn't want to ask any more questions of that nature.

"Oh, ignore her. She's just mad that we didn't have more time to prepare." Sam acted as if the unsaid threat wasn't there. "Besides, Bowser shood be coming to investigate in..." She looked at the clock located above the double doors. "Three...Two...One..."

"KAMEK!" A loud roar announced the Koopa King's arrival in the kitchen with Kammy following breathlessly behind. "What the heck happened?!" Even though the dragon-like koopa was smoking from his mouth, the three girls didn't seem scared. Well, the older two at least. Ivy had jumped in her seat and was now shivering with fear.

"Well howdy-do to you too." Sam stated in a bored tone. Sera didn't do anything except sit up a little.

"Y-your Greatness, I was m-merely-" Kamek was interrupted by another roar. Both of the teenage girls winced and Ivy quickly got off of her stool to stand behind the curly-haired girl. The sight of someone being scared of him calmed Bowser down a little.

"Who are you? Where did you come from? And why do you know my castle?" Bowser asked in a way that would've made his talkative son, Morton, proud. Sam sighed and put a hand to her head.

"I'm gonna have to find a way to dumb this down a ton, won't I?" She muttered half to herself. "Well, to make a long story short, my friends and I are magicians of a sort from another world. I have no control over where and when we are taken to, but I almost always know the place since on my world I can observe other worlds from there. Don't ask me how, it'll just complicate things a lot more than is necessary. I've known about you, your world, and even what's happened here practically ever since the heros were born." The Koopa King still looked confused. Sam sighed again. "I know about your countless battles with Mario and Luigi, as well as your constant kidnapping of Princess Peach. I know that you have eight kids, though I don't know who their mother is. I also know a lot of other things, but I'd rather not tell you them right now." With that, the curly-haired girl drew attention away from herself and onto Ivy. "Go show them."

The little girl stepped foreword. Even though she was a little afraid of Bowser, Ivy took a deep breath and held out her right hand. The 'vine pattern' on her shirt shifted so that one of them could creep down her arm. It continued to do so until it reached her palm. There, a bud at the end of the vine opened a lot faster than it normally did (i.e. in a minute when it should have taken days) and a flower bloomed in her hand. Ivy smiled a little now that some of her nervousness and sugar rush was gone. Of course, the adults were stunned at this display of power from such a young girl.

"Just wait 'til we get to Sera. You're really in for a surprise." Sam commented.

Me: I'm not good with cliffies...

Sera: You got that right.

Me: Ivy's sugar rush is a lot more passive than you would think. Hiding out inside of the blood of an 11-year-old, only to strike when you least expect it...

Sera: ...Reader's kidding, of course. She probably didn't want someone as young as Ivy bouncing off the walls when Bowser comes onto the scene.

Ivy: -winks- Just wait 'til we meet the Koopalings!

Sera and I: ...

Me: Please review!