Bowser Jr. and the 99 Red Balloons

Part Two

(This Part is told From Third Person Point of View, or Outside Narrator)

With his story done, Bowser Junior looked around at Ludwig, Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong, Charmy the Bee, and Vector the Alligator. Diddy nodded and said, "Whoa! That is quite a dream you had, Junior!"

Charmy nodded too and said, "It sure is! Hey, I wonder where it came from."

Donkey Kong shrugged and said, "Who knows? I mean, dreams are mysterious things."

Vector laughed at this and said, "Nah! It was probably just something he ate! Hey, what did the other Koopalings say when you told them about the dream?"

Ludwig shook his head furiously and said, "No way! No telling the others, or King Dad, or anyone in the Koopa or Mushroom Kingdoms!"

"Why not?" Diddy asked.

"Luckily, Junior told me about it first," Ludwig said, "And I realized that it might give the other Koopalings some bad ideas, especially that mad scientist Iggy. Also, if either Kingdom's press got a hold of it, it could really offend both Koopa and Toad alike for the way it portrays us and them. King Dad would really get mad. He might even start a real war over it! This has to be kept secret, so I made sure to straighten him out about it."

Junior nodded and said sadly, "Yeah, he sure did, and I wrote a really good song about my dream, but now I'll never be able to perform it with the Koopalings."

Ludwig nodded and said, "His song was really good. It was even better than the song he wrote for Wendy."

Donkey Kong nodded and said, "I remember that talent show. That song was good!"

Charmy suddenly did a back flip in midair and shouted, "Hey! I got it! How about we perform the song on Mobius! You know, Sonic's home world! The SEGA Superstars there will love it!"

Diddy slapped Charmy on the back and said, "That's a great idea, Charmy. Come on! Let's practice!"

Vector frowned and said, "Err, it's gonna feel kind of funny to do something cool without Bowser. He, Donkey, and I have been like the Three Musketeers since the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. Plus, he'll kill us when he finds out."

"Uh, but he won't find out. We're keeping this a secret, remember?" Donkey Kong said.

Vector thought about this, then he chuckled and said, "Oh yeah! I get it! Well then, let's get busy!"

At 9 P.M., at the bandstand in Green Hill Zone, the group of six was ready to rock. The lawn was full of an audience that sat on folding chairs, picnic blankets, or even the bare grass. Practically everyone was there; Sonic, Sonia, Manic, Tails, Knuckles, Rouge, Amy, Mighty, Espio, Cream and Cheese, even Princess Sally had come to watch the performance that night, and there were many more there as well.

Diddy and Ludwig were on tambourines, Charmy was on drums, Vector was on electric guitar, Donkey Kong was on bass guitar, and Junior was on a normal guitar. Junior said into his headset microphone, "This song was inspired by a dream I had. In a nut shell, Ludwig and I start a war. How? With whom? Who wins? Listen closely, and all your questions will be answered!"

The guitarists play a short introduction, and Bowser Junior started to sing. The song started slow.

Him and I in a little toy shop.

But a bag of balloons with the money we got.

Set them free at the break of dawn.

'Till one by one, they were gone.

At the Mushroom Base, bugs in the software.

They never knew that something was out there.

Floating in the summer sky.

Ninety-nine, red balloons go by.

The music instantly heated up, and the percussionists joined in. A short stanza was played, and Junior launched right back into the fast and furious song.

Ninety-nine, red balloons.

Floating in the Toad Town sky.

Panic bells, its red alert.

There's something there from somewhere else.

The war machine, it springs to life.

Opens the Mario Bros. eager eyes.

They focus them up at the sky.

As ninety-nine, red balloons go BOOM!

Vector jumps in with a quick guitar solo, and Junior starts to sing again.

Ninety-nine Toad causalities.

Ninety-nine Toads at Peach Castle meet.

To worry, worry, super scurry.

"Call out the troops!" Toadsworth shouts in a hurry.

Luigi says it's "what they've waited for!"

Luigi says that, "This is war!"

Princess Peach is on the line.

As ninety-nine, red balloons go BOOM!

Everyone joined in to play another short stanza, and then Junior shouted out to Ludwig, "Hey, big brother! Just to spice things up a bit, why don't you do all little singing in German for us, Ludwig von Koopa?"

Ludwig chuckled a little bit, and then he began to sing in his rich German accent.

Neunundneunzig Kriegminister.

Streichholz und Benzinkanister.

Hielten sich für schlaue Leute.

Witterten schon fette Beute.

Riefen: Kried und wollten Macht

Mann, wer hätte das gedacht?

Da Bes einmal so weit kommt.

Wegen neunundneunzig Luftballoons.

Vector got a huge kick out of this. He laughed uproariously as he played another quick guitar solo.

Neunundneunzig Luftballoons.

Everyone played a quick stanza, and then it returned to Junior.

Ninety-nine degrees in the Koopa Kingdom.

Ninety-nine lava geysers blow.

Toad soldiers armed with shield and spear.

Ready to avenge their broken town.

They batter down the Koopa Troop.

Four captains place their bombs of doom.

The bombs all hit real close to home.

Like those ninety-nine red balloons.

Vector then launched into a final, long, fast and furious guitar solo. After that, the song returned to the slow pace it had at the start. Junior then sang the final lines of the song.

Ninety-nine dreams I have had.

And every one, a red balloon.

It's all over and I'm standing little.

In the dust that was our castle.

If I could find a souvenir.

Just to prove our home was here.

Here it is; a red balloon.

I think of him, and let it go.

The crowd was silent for a moment, but then, everyone jumped up in applause and cheering. The song was a big hit!

Junior turned to his brother and friends and said, "You think we should give them an encore?"

They all smiled back, and they launched into the song one more time.

THE END