Me: Gah...Last week before school starts...bleh...Sam, Sera, and Ivy are mine.

"No fair! You cheated!"

"Did not! I don't even know how to play this game!" Sam desperately pressed random buttons on the controller that she held. She and Iggy were playing a fighting game and by some miricle the teenager was winning. Larry, Lemmy, and Jr. watched in amazement as the most video game savy of the Koopalings was getting beaten by a girl. Ivy was cheering for her friend and Sera was trying very hard not to laugh. Even Morton had stopped talking for once to watch what was happening. The only ones not watching were Wendy (currently fighting with Roy), Ludwig (working on a symphony) and Roy (currently fighting with Wendy).

Sera, Sam and Ludwig had made their way back to the playroom shortly after finding out that Bowser had gone to kidnap Peach for the umpteenth time. Of course, the other children had found that out already from Kammy coming into the room shortly after the teen mage had teleported herself and Ludwig to the roof. When asked what had happened, all three of them had shrugged. Now, things were going back to semi-normal with shouts from Wendy, Roy, and sometimes Ivy, Sam and Iggy.

"Ok, now I know you're cheating." The bespecticaled Koopaling commented as Sam's character K.O.'d his own for the second time.

"How can you cheat on this game?! The only way I could cheat on this game is if you were cheating too!" Sam accused.

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Sam's such a kid, isn't she?" Sera asked the still-quiet Morton. Big mistake.

"I-know-she-acts-like-Larry-when-he-plays-Iggy." Morton said quickly (the spaces are for those who can't translate connected speech). "No-one-can-beat-Iggy-well-maybe-Ludwig-but-he-doesn't-play-video-games-much-any-more-since-he's-too-smart-and-too-old-and-stuff-for-kiddie-games-or-so-he-says. Everyone-can-play-except-for-Lemmy-since-he's-got-a-bad-eye-and-can't-see-the-stuff-on-the-screen-too-well-at-least-that's-what-the-docter-said-but-I've-seen-him-playing-video-games-when-he-thinks-no-one-else-is-in-the-room." His speech continued on, even when Sera tuned him out.

"Sorry I asked." She muttered. Right now, both Sam and Iggy's characters had knocked each other out three times each and this was the final round. The teen mage tried very hard to keep up, but ended up losing.

"Yeah! All right!" Iggy's rainbow hair moved around his face as he jumped up and down on the couch both he and Sam had been sitting on. Nintendo should add the Koopalings to the next Mario Party game. That one would be the most popular one ever if they did!!! (hint hint, nudge nudge) The curly-haired teen thought as she held out her hand for one half of a high-five.

"Great job!" Iggy slapped his hand against Sam's larger one as hard as he could. It hurt a lot, but the human girl still smiled. Suddenly, there was a sound of activity outside of the playroom. Kamek burst into the room.

"They're here! His Highness and the Princess are here! Get to the throne room!" There was a race to see who could get to the designated room first with the three humans going with the current of koopas. Soon, all of the higher-ups of the Koopa Army, as well as Kammy, Kamek, the Koopalings, Sam, Sera, and Ivy (the last three were off to the sidelines to not scare Peach more than she already was) had all gathered around the long red carpet as Bowser marched in with the Princess over a shoulder.

"Make sure that all the traps are set for the Mario Bros. and that the troops are prepared. You know the drill, so MOVE IT LACKIES!" The Koopa King roared, sparks flying dangerously close to Peach's pink dress. The leaders all bowed quickly, and then ran out of the room shouting orders to their part of the army. Kamek followed suit, with Kammy staying behind to look after the Koopalings as they bombarded their father with cheers.

"Way to go, King Dad!"

"Mama Peach is ours again!"

"Mario won't save her this time!" These were some of the shouts of joy that Bowser's children gave to him. Grinning with pride, Bowser gently put down the out of breath princess and stuck a finger in the ear that had been closest to her screams.

"You got that right!" He boasted. The human girls looked at each other with different expressions. While Sam's face showed pure excitement and interest, Sera and Ivy's faces were a mix of worry and doubt.

"What's with the long faces?" Sam whispered. "We're getting to see something that's only speculated about! This is practically a dream!"

"Or a nightmare, depending on where you look." Sera muttered darkly. The curly-haired girl sighed at her friend's pessimism, but didn't argue. Sam couldn't help but be reminded of the warning in her 'dream' from earlier. Without warning, Kammy happened to look in their direction for a second before doubling back.

"Hey! Aren't you supposed to be in your room, missy?!" She shouted, causing everyone left in the room to pay attention to the three non-royal humans. Sam froze for a second before smiling nervously. Thankfully, Sera answered Kammy's demand for an answer for her friend.

"She is, but I let her out of her room as long as she was in my sight. I can trust Sam to not get into trouble, intentional or otherwise, as long as she's in the same room as me." The female magikoopa reluctantly agreed with the light-brunette girl.

"Who are you?" Peach asked, talking for the first time without raising her voice ever since she had left the castle. Sera bowed with Ivy and Sam following soon after.

"Our apologies, Princess. My friends and I are guests here, and we suspected that you would assume that we were here against our will as well." Sera's speech pattern changed almost instantly as she talked to Peach. Sam smirked at the faces of the koopas in their surprize. In order to get out of there without any questions being asked (yet), the teen mage took over.

"How about we show the Princess to a guest room? It'll save you some trouble, and we'll make sure that there's a guard on her door, what do you say?" A bewildered Bowser nodded without thinking (what a surprise). Sam took Peach's hand and led her out of the room with Ivy and Sera flanking them. Once they were all out in the hallway and out of earshot of the royal family and servents, the curly-haired teen started to giggle. The giggle then exploded into full laughter and Sera and Ivy joined her in it. The princess of the Mushroom Kingdom looked at the younger girls with confusion. The green-haired girl finished laughing enough to talk to Peach.

"You see...Sera doesn't act like that most of the time...and then their faces..." Ivy broke into more giggles. Now that she was out of the throne room and thought about it, Peach thought that the look on Bowser's face when the light-brunette spoke properly was funny. The princess giggled a little, and continued following the girls until they reached a familiar area of the castle, a.k.a. the guest room hall.

"Aren't you going to summon a guard or something? Like you promised?" Peach asked Sam after they had introduced themselves and were situated in the room that they had chosen for her. The main color of the room was pink, so she couldn't blame them for picking it.

"Not yet. He'd probably be under orders to have everybody except for Bowser and a maid or two kept out. Besides, I'm probably gonna be forced back into my room eventually." The teen mage answered.

"Why is that?"

"I had a run-in with a poisonous Piranha Plant previously." Sam smiled at her aliteration. "I'm supposed to be in bed for the rest of today, but I got bored."

"Speaking of which, where the heck were you before I found you in the playroom?" Sera asked.

"Well, first I was in the nearby library-"

"Gee, what a surprise."

"And I teleported into Kamek's study when I heard you coming-"

"I knew something was fishy about his response!"

"Could you please not interrupt? Thank you." Sam continued. "And then, I teleported into the playroom, drank a max ether, and teleported to the roof. I really need to work on that spell sometime; It's too unpridictable to use on a regular basis." The girls had already explained what they could do to Peach, so she wasn't completely lost. Suddenly feeling tired, Sam yawned a little bit.

"Ok, time to go back to your room." Sera ordered.

"See? What'd I tell ya?" Sam muttered as she was marched to her room.

"If you need anything, my room's next door."

"So if my shower turns from hot to cold or vice versa in a few seconds I can blame you, right?" This question was answered by a glare. "Alright, alright." Sam closed the door and laid down on the bed. She fell asleep in a minute.

Me: Yes, I know the ending was rushed a little. I just wanted to post this before school started in order to warn you of the inevitable.

Sera: She'll update her other story once she can think of something for it.

Me: Right...well, please review!