"Hey, who let the Koopa in here?" was what the tiny reptile had heard the day he met the Princesses Peach and Daisy. He was visiting from the Dark lands with his father as an attempt of a peace treaty agreement with the mushroom king.

Both kings thought there was no better way to make peace then to see how compatible the children were with each other.

Bowser was rather timid at first because he had never had the chance to interact with a human before.

So you can imagine how quiet the not so tiny reptilian prince was when he was brought to the court yard located in the middle of the palace to visit with the little princesses.

Peach was admiring her new pink dress in the reflection of the coy pond that was in the very middle of the court yard, and little Daisy was playing in amongst the long grasses on the one end of the coy pond when Bowser was brought in.

Peach, being only a little girl of eight had never seen a Koopa before, was so terrified that she screamed, "Daisy! Look out! There's a monster behind you!"

Daisy turned around to see Bowser looking like he was almost ready to cry as he sat there on his hind legs, belly exposed and arms crossed. Daisy didn't see a monster sitting there, all she saw was Bowser.

Now Daisy being the nicer of the two, turned back to Peach, and scolded "Peach! Be Nice! That's the prince daddy wanted us to get to know." (Did I forget to mention that Daisy and Peach were sisters?)

Daisy then got up out of the dirt and the grass, and without even dusting her orange dress off, went over to Bowser, "Hi! What's your name?" Daisy asked as she planted herself down right beside Bowser.

Bowser had to look down at the seven year old, because she didn't even come up to his shoulder and they were supposedly the same age.

"I'm Bowser." he mumbled.

"Nice to meet you Bowser. I'm Daisy and the snob at the pond is Princess Peach, my sister."

Peach shot Bowser an awkward glance and then went back to admiring her new pretty pink dress. Daisy kind of thought Bowser was shy and didn't really blame him by the way Peach had called him a monster.

Daisy was also getting bored of just sitting there, so she kindly asked Bowser if he wanted to play.

Play? Bowser thought. Does the human really want to play with him?

"Have you never played before?" Daisy asked kind of confused.

Of course Bowser had played before! Only with other male koopas, because a Koopa's sense of play is rough and tumble wrestling.

"Yes I've played before."

Was all little Bowser was able to say before Daisy said, "Good! Come on then." she grabbed him by his paw and took him over to the sand box.

Peach still stood beside the pond and admired her pretty dress while still thinking that Daisy was absolutely crazy for befriending a hideous koopa.

Daisy and Bowser on the other hand did not give a second thought to what Peach might think. They were just having fun playing in the sand, building sand castles, and laughing at the make believe things that were supposedly going on inside each castle.

Bowser was having so much fun hearing the goofy things that were coming out of the tomboyish princess's mouth that he had just huge roars of laughter coming from his mouth.

Daisy was giggling as well, but Peach didn't hear her laughing, she just heard Bowser. It actually scared her. It scared her so much, that she ran and go the king.

"Daddy! I think Bowser's hurting Daisy!" was what she said when she burst into the thrown room where the King and Bowser's father were still deliberating over the peace treaty.

Both kings looked at one another, then took of towards the court yard.

The old Koopa King did not seem so old as he was running on all fours to get to his son.

The Mushroom king was not far behind him with Princess Peach daintily bringing up the rear.

To their surprise, when the koopa and the mushroom king arrived in the court yard, they found Daisy and Bowser constructing another castle in the sand box.

Daisy was confused and so was Bowser when they both looked up to see both Kings standing there looking bloodshot and angry. Bowser was the first to say something, "Your Highnesses, what are you doing here?"

Neither of the kings answered, Bowser's father just said, "Bowser, stand up and come here young man!"

Bowser looked at Daisy, then he got up because he knew not to cross his father even though he didn't know what he did.

Then the mushroom king said to Daisy, "You as well young lady!"

Now Daisy was really confused, she hadn't heard her father speak like that, not since her mother left anyway. She wasn't going to be quite as respectful as Bowser, "Why daddy? Bowser and I were playing."

"That's not what your sister said." Daisy looked at Peach who was timidly hiding behind the kings purple and red robes and scowled at her, "No daddy. Bowser was laughing so hard that Peach thought he was roaring."

The koopas and the humans all looked at Peach.

The mushroom king was angry at Peach that he said through his teeth, "Go up to your room young lady and stay there until I finish meeting with the king."

Peach had never been in trouble before, she'd seen Daisy get into trouble lots of times and now she knew how it felt and didn't like the feeling. She thought before that the koopa and her father's meeting wasn't important, but it must have really been if both kings were that angry.

Once the whole misunderstanding between Peach, Bowser and Daisy was all sorted out and the two kings had gone back to the thrown room, Daisy and Bowser went back to playing. "Why doesn't your sister like me?" Bowser asked sadly.

Daisy just shrugged, "I don't know. Peach is nothing but a snob! Let's just hope the deal between our two dads goes the way it's supposed to."

Which the meeting did, the koopa king and the mushroom king did come to an agreement to allow free trade in between the two kingdoms. They also agreed that since Bowser and Daisy got along so well, and that the two children were allowed to be friends and have possible play dates once a month.

Sometimes Daisy would go over to the Dark lands and sometimes Bowser would go to the mushroom kingdom. The times Daisy went to the dark lands were the best for Bowser because then he didn't have a bunch of Human's standing over guard over Daisy so that in case he even moved wrong, some one would be in there save the day. Daisy found it a little overwhelmed the first few times she was there, being surrounded by his twelve brothers. But after the second and third time, she was more relaxed around the koopas.

This especially appeared to be true the day their friendship moved to best friends. Daisy wanted to do something other than hang out in the castle around Bowser's brothers. And since it was a beautiful day (those are rare to come by in the Dark lands) she wanted to go outside and run around, "Let's go outside and play Bowser."

Bowser hadn't ever really played in the great outdoors, I mean why would he? They had a huge game room in the bottom of the castle near the dungeon. (Don't ask why. Trust me, you don't want to know) But just because Daisy suggested going outside, the idea actually appealed to him.

"Alright. Let's go outside then." So he and Daisy left the grey stone room that was his bedroom, and went out into the beautiful thing that was nature.

Once they left the entrance of the castle and over the big wood draw bridge, Bowser got the idea to take Daisy to a place that he remembered from when he was a young ling. This place was down by the river near an open meadow whether it was or not anymore was another thing, but Bowser figured even if it wasn't, it was just worth being with Daisy.

Since it was a fair bit away from the castle, Bowser thought it was maybe best if Daisy rode on his back. He didn't want to tire her out by walking.

"Get on my back Daisy! It's a fair way away."

Daisy did what she was told as she hugged his neck as he ran on what felt like his top speed.

That had to be the most fun Daisy had ever had! And she had had some pretty fun times. Like when her mother and Father were still together and they had a picnic by a river exactly like the one Bowser was taking her to. She and Peach were playing in the sand by the river (this was before Peach became a girly girl) and all of a sudden, the two girls started having a sand war to the point where sand was in both of their hair, all over their "play clothes", which just consisted of a shorter version of what they usually wore.

That consisted of for Daisy a shorts out fit that was yellow and orange and for Peach the same outfit as Daisy but hers was in pink.

Daisy was soon snapped back to reality when she felt Bowser slowly come to a stop and heard him say, "We're here Daisy!"

It was a surprise to Bowser because the spot by the river was the exact same way it was when his mother used to take him out there.

I guess Daisy being the tender age of nine, didn't really understand the beauty of the location. the two trees creating an arc way over the green grass and the blue flowing river, because all she said was "Cool place." Then she playfully touched Bowser's arm and yelled, "Tag! You're it!" as she was running away from the koopa as she was laughing her head off.

Bowser always loved the thrill of the chase, being a reptile it was kind of expected of him. So he took off after Daisy, running once again on all fours, laughing while saying, "I'm going to get you!"

Daisy screamed back, "Oh no you won't!"

As they were running, they started getting closer and closer to the edge of the river. So close in fact, that when Bowser caught up to Daisy and almost got a hold on her, Daisy lost her footing and fell into the fast flowing river.

All the while screaming, "Help! Bowser!"

For a few seconds, Bowser just stood there watching Daisy as she swiftly moved down the river. He knew she was in trouble but his first thought was 'what will father say? If he founds out I let this happen?'

But Bowser was stubborn, he wasn't going to let himself stand there and watch his best friend get swept away. So he started running swiftly down the side of the river, following Daisy.

The only good thing about this river was that there was a dam a short way down the river and luckily (if you could call it that) Daisy was caught between two big logs that helped construct the dam.

Bowser then carefully crawled across the dam to where the little princess was stuck.

Daisy was crying by this time, she was just so scared of the wild ride she had just been on, "Help me!"

Bowser tugged at Daisy until she was free from her bondage.

Then he picked her up and carried her back to the shore.

At first, he held her in his arms (remember that they still are little kids, he's ten and she's nine!)

"I'm so sorry Daisy! I shouldn't have chased you that close to the river side."

Daisy was panting, trying to catch her breath, "It's okay Bowser. I'm just glad that you came for me."

Bowser stroked Daisy's hair, "Daisy, you're my best friend! Of course I would come for you."

"You're my best friend too Bowser!" Daisy smiled.

Then Bowser realized that Daisy was shivering, sitting there in her cold wet dress and him, being a reptile didn't notice the cold. But he knew that being cold was not good for her, and he figured that his father would want to know what happened. So he took Daisy back to the castle where Daisy could dry off, and he could face the brunt of the king's temper for taking Daisy out of the castle without adult supervision.