A/N: I made lots of little changes to this scene, but overall, it covers the same ground as Shakespeare's version, so I won't bother you with any specific, little details.
Act IV. Scene ii.
"And here's the Throne Room… we also call it the Entrance Hallway…" Larry swept his arm across the hall as he and Daisy walked through the door. They had just arrived at Koopa Castle (having caught a lift with Wario, in a new private jet he had purchased with his latest treasure-money), and while Larry was itching to give her the grand tour, he decided he'd better seek out Roy first and deliver his news. However, the throne was empty, and the only one in the hall was Toadsworth.
"Where's Roy?" asked Larry. "I though he was gonna meet us here…"
"As did I, m'boy – that's why I ran right up here ahead of you – to announce your presence, but when I told him the news, he left!"
"Why'd you tell him?" frowned Daisy. "That's our job."
"I just told him the basics so he'd have time to digest the situation for a moment, and then be more prepared to discuss it with you. But he acted most peculiarly!"
"I dunno…" said Larry. "Roy does get up and leave at random moments sometimes… Maybe he went to call out the cavalry… to help get Peach…"
"Oh no no no! He was glad the princess had returned!" exclaimed Toadsworth.
"What?" gasped Daisy and Larry in unison.
"And that's not all – when I told him you were arrived he sighed, as if he did not want to see you!"
"See who? Me or Larry?" queried Daisy.
"I couldn't tell, m'lady."
"Could you tell why he left?" asked Larry.
"Well, when I told him about Ludwig's treachery, he riled himself up into a right state – it seems he sides with Bowser's lot of miscreants," finished Toadsworth darkly.
"Bring him back here… I need to know what's up with him." As Toadsworth scurried away, Larry turned to Daisy. "If Roy's against us too… it'd be best if you return to Iggy and Wendy…"
"To warn them about Roy?" asked Daisy.
"Yes, and…" Larry cast a worried look at the door across the hallway through which Toadsworth had disappeared.
"And…?" prompted Daisy, taking a half-step closer to the quailing Koopaling.
"And… I'm worried… for your safety…" admitted Larry, avoiding Daisy's piercing stare. "Roy's done horrible things to me – his own brother – and to our other siblings too… And that was just for his own… sick… entertainment, and I'm afraid… afraid of what he'll do to you… when he's really mad."
Daisy put a reassuring hand on Larry's shoulder. The feel of her silken glove sent pins and needles coursing through his arm. "I'm a big girl, Larry – I can handle it."
"I know you can," he said, putting his own hand atop of hers and managing a little smile as their eyes met. "But… I'm still worried… I c- care about you…"
He looked away in embarrassment, but Daisy smiled. She had Larry right where she wanted, and before Roy could appear and ruin the moment, she closed the distance between them, wrapping her arms around Larry and kissed him passionately. He froze in shock as her lips slid across his, the fingers of her left hand meshed into his hair as the other one snaked around his neck, just over the rim of his shell – where the skin was tender. But his paralysis did not last long and soon he was kissing her back, holding her body tightly against his as he desperately mirrored her mouth's movements with his own. Daisy kept her eyes glued to the far door the whole time, and before long, she twisted her lips away from Larry's, and whispered seductively over the area that she figured his internal ears were located. "If it'll make you feel better, I'll leave. We can pick up where we left off once it's safe."
She then slipped out of Larry's arms, pulled open the door just a crack, it seemed, and was gone. Larry stood in a daze, staring at the spot where she disappeared. He could still feel her spit on his lips, and as he replayed the moment over and over again, he couldn't help but feel grateful that the guards were stationed outside the Throne Room. He had always dreamed of being alone with Daisy, but she had blown his wildest expectations out of the water.
"Hey! Turn around!"
Larry paled. How long has he been standing there? He whirled around, liking his lips nervously. "How long have you been standing there?"
"A while," growled Roy. "What's so interestin' about dat door dat you'd not even notice me comin' in, 'specially after you sent Toad-breath to come get me for ya."
"I was thinking," said Larry, his guts unclenching in relief – the kiss was still a secret.
"Dat's a surprise," growled Roy.
Larry couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic, or just plain antagonistic. "What do you mean?"
"I mean – what were you tinkin' leaving Pa out in a freakin' hurricane!"
"Did you hear that on the radio? …The airwaves are deceiving in these troubled times… There are no hurricanes in Chai – it's too far inland."
"No, I heard it from Toad-warts. And it doesn't matta what kinda storm it was or wasn't – all dat does matter is dat you locked Pa in some kinda freak-out weada."
"'Freak-out weather?" snorted Larry.
"Dat's what I said," snarled Roy, advancing on his brother. "And I suggest you stop bein' so lippy and start answerin' fer your disgusting actions."
In the past, Larry would have buckled by that point, but Daisy's image was still burning in his mind, and the testosterone was running thicker in his blood than it had ever done before in his life. He drew himself up to his full height (he was still about a foot shorter than Roy), and faced his brother like the man Daisy had made him. "Maybe you should start answering to your responsibilities – to the kingdom and to your family... King Dad's gone mental – he's dangerous and he must be stopped, and anyone who stands in the way is a traitor."
"Dat's a lie and you know it," sneered Roy, bringing his face snout-to-shout with Larry's.
"What's the matter? Too scared to stand up to King Dad?"
"Da only one who should be scared is you," said Roy murderously.
"Am I interrupting something?" drawled King Boo, appearing right beside the two Koopalings.
"Yeah. Go away" growled Roy.
"Fine, but just so you know, your sister's dead."
This got the Koopalings' attention. "What?" they gasped, turning to face to King Boo.
"News travels fast in the undead community," grinned King Boo sadistically. "I can assure you, my information is correct-"
"What happened?" demanded Roy.
"-I know how much you lot distrust the radio these days-" continued Boo.
"Enough of that – tell us what happened to Wendy," insisted Larry.
"Fine! Fine!" said King Boo, waving his stubby little arms in mock surrender. "Jeez, mortals – so impatient…"
"You may be undead, but I'm gonna re-dead you if you don't tell us-"
"She was killed by your brother, Bowser Jr." said King Boo, before Roy could finish his threat. "He's dead too," added the spectre matter-of-factly.
"How'd he die?" gulped Larry.
"Iggy killed him."
"Who killed Iggy," growled Roy, a bitter smirk twisting his face.
"No one – he's still alive… for now…"
"Yeah, well let's focus on da here and now, shall we?" said Roy. "What exactly happened?"
"It seems Junior didn't agree with Iggy and Wendy when they saw fit to poke Ludwig's eyes out-"
"Poke 'is eyes out!? Why da Hell did dey do dat?"
"He was a traitor," murmured Larry.
"Like Hell he was!"
"Now who's delaying the story?" sneered King Boo, prompting dirty looks from both Roy and Larry. "As I was saying-" he continued, "Junior attacked Wendy to try and make her stop, and Iggy hurried to defend her. He killed Junior with his own sword, but Wendy had been fatally wounded herself, and died shortly thereafter – they don't have many Life Shrooms in Chai, it seems."
"What about Luddy?" asked Roy.
"Luddy?" said Larry incredulously. "Two of our siblings are dead, and you ask about the traitor?"
"He's not a traitor!" argued Roy.
"What he is is blind," said King Boo with another smile.
"You shut up – unless you have any more relevant intelligence."
King Boo chose to respond with an example of his wealth of information. "It was Daisy that ratted Ludwig out."
"Nice!" spat Roy. "After all he did for her, and dat's how she repaid him – by servin' his bloodthirsty siblings his eyeballs on a silva platta! I told him not ta trust her – but did he listen? If he did, he wouldn't be blind now would he?"
Larry tuned out Roy's rant, his eyes having glazed over at King Boo's latest revelation. Perhaps Daisy was on to something – she always wanted Sarasaland back, and with Ludwig out of the way, it was hers. She already got Lemmy disowned, and now Junior was even out of the picture (though that was certainly an unexpected lucky break), meaning that Daisy was the sole leader of Sarasaland. If Larry could mastermind a way to dispose of Roy, they could rule the majority of the kingdom together. Iggy posed a problem, though, and Larry couldn't help but wonder if his brother would try and steal the Sarasaland princess – he always did have eyes for her.
His blood boiling, Larry turned and left the Throne Room without another word. Roy watched him go, and though he considered calling him back, he turned to King Boo instead. "Anything else I should know about?"
King Boo watched Larry leaving over Roy's shoulder. As Larry wiped his snout dry, the ghost grinned. "More than you know." He then vanished into thin air, leaving a very pissed-off Roy alone in the Entrance Hall.