Hello there peoples and welcome to yet another chapter that is full of suspense and very good. Yet everyone knows where are heroes are going next: The Desertlands, where Morgan/Auburne is waiting. Yet, something else is waiting for them too...

Disclaimer (sos I won't get sued)

The Koopalings and Junior belongs to Nintendo

CJ, Melody, and Felica belongs to me. Enjoy and check out this: Character Information!

Morton POV

Oh my Grambi, I'm sooo tired and hot. Especially hungry since we broke out of the dungeon without any fooood! Actually, Prince Carlos, Carmen's genderbent, broke us out, but anyway, about how hungry am I. Grambi, I could eat an elephant. Not that you could eat one, because it's too big to eat...I'm getting off track again, am I?

Anyways, as we walked through the desert, everyone I saw was sweating. I somehow appeared next to Felica, who wasn't really sweating, even though she had all that fur..."How are you not sweating?" I asked her out of the blue. Felica stared at me with those blue-green eyes and started laughing.

"Easy. J'utilise un bandana imbibée d'eau." I think she could tell I was very confused, because she pulled down her shirt, which I could see a blue bandana around her neck. "It's water-soaked."

"And that alone keeps you cool?" I asked, still confused.

"It's simple science. My younger, but smarter brothers showed this. The wind plus water makes you cooler that way." She pointed to Lemmy, who was in front of her. He had one of those too! "Do you have any extra bandanas?"

Felica nodded and reached in her safety pack and pulled out a red bandana, along with a water bottle. She squirted some water on it and went down to my level. Carefully, she tied it around my neck, making sure it wasn't too tight for me. Instantly, I felt refreshed.

"Thanks, Felica!" I ran up to the front, while Felica said, "Pas de problème!" Ludwig and Iggy were discussing something I couldn't hear as well, but I caught these words between them:

(By the way, Italics is Iggy, underlined is Ludwig. Back to your regularly scheduled reading.)

"We're supposed to find an oasis...of course ve do, but vhat about the Spirits of Discord? Zhey are very dangerous. I know, but what about Morton? He's probably next!...ve can't and von't tell him, about zhis conversation. Alright, Ludwig. But at least, he shouldn't know about-"

I hid back in the crowd when Iggy looked behind him. As soon as he turned again, I felt sick to my stomach, which rarely happens. What did they mean by not telling me something? We kept walking on and on and on and on and on...you get the idea.

A couple of hours later, Melody walked up to me randomly and asked me, "Are you taking care of my sister?" She looked so menacing with those glasses and the leather jacket Roy gave her, I simply nodded. Melody kneel next to me and began talking to me.

"Listen, I trust you. And not because my sister likes that big mouth of yours." I wasn't sure where this was going..."Anyways," Melody blew a strand of her hair away. "She likes you. A lot, actually, which bothers me a bit, but anyways, do you like her back?"

I tried to answer, but something brushed against my leg. Before I knew it, something grabbed me and pulled me down on my stomach. Two hands grabbed me; Melody's, and she tried to pull me from the thing's grasp, but it kept pulling me to it, a hole in the ground.

Melody yelled at the others, and soon more hands helped her pull. The thing wrapped around me even tighter. It burned so bad, I screamed out at them loudly. A flash of green appeared in Melody's eye and I didn't know what happened to her, because she had a blank expression on her face. I tried to snap her out of it, but she let go.

Everyone screamed as I went down a hole. The sand suffocated me, all I could see was darkness...

Third person view

"What were you thinking!" Wendy yelled at Melody, who was hyperventilating badly. "Even though I don't care about him that much, he's still my brother. And you just let him free!"

"I'm sorry. I didn't know what came over." Melody cupped her hands over her eyes, trying to hide the tears streaming down her face from them.

"He could be dead! Because of your-your hate for him!"

Melody snapped back. "If I hated him, I wouldn't have cared for my little sister, because she loves him!" Everyone went silent.

"That's right. I'm not a cold-hearted person like you think I am. At least I don't care for myself, like Wendy does!" Melody started to break into tears. "Roy knows about loyalty than all of you are. And now, because of something that wasn't my fault, now Claire's gonna get old and die alone!" She fell into the sand, sobbing.

Felica plopped next to her in the sand, holding her tail up to shade them both. "I understand, Melody. Je ferais la même chose comme vous le feriez pour mes frères." Melody sniffed and asked, "Really?"

"Bien sûr, Melody. Bien sûr." Felica repeated. "Look, guys! The kidnapper left a note!" Junior pointed at a note that was beside the place where Morton disappeared.

To The Unsuspecting Siblings and Friends of Morton Damian Koopa;

I did not steal your brother and friend, I simply "borrowed" him for my sibling's evil purposes. Of course, I am going to test him with a little quiz. And if he fails...well, let's just say he's going to get more than an F...

By the way, do not try to escape without the key to my sister's room, I've left a little surprise for you out here, courtesy of Dimioria and Crevincie. Have fun!

-Auburne

"At least they left us a note." Everyone looked at C.J. "What?" Before they could scold her, a roar was heard in the distance. "C.J.," Ludwig told her slowly. "Read zhe guide, vill you?"

C.J. already pulled it out and began to read. "Auburne is one of the strangest of her siblings I have ever met. She uses this question over and over to challenge her victims so they cannot get the key. As for the group, however, she sends a monster that has been around for 1,500 years, guarding a very important item."

"I think I know who that is," Melody said as the roar came closer. The monster had pink scales across the top of its body, blue and yellow designs and the stomach. Its' eyes were swirly, like some hypnotized the monster. "Who is it?" Ludwig asked impatiently. She pointed to the shadow in the distance.

"Fracktail."

Morton POV

My eyes opened quickly and I took a look around. It was a dark and gloomy place, with stalactites and stalagmites hanging around the place. Torches lit the place in an orange glow, which I wanted to go toward. When I tried to move, a chinck sound happened and I looked down. Of course I was carefully tied to the floor with chains. At least that's one of the things I expected.

What I didn't expect that a girl like me was standing in front of me, pacing around me, before looking straight at me. "Morgan." I muttered.

"Hello, Morton Damian Koopa!" She said in a cherry voice, it was too cherry. "Welcome to your doom!"

"Huh?"

"First things, first, you're tied up with chains. Of course, you're really not tied but you're chained to the ground which is stronger than tying you up, but then again, this cavern is very sensitive and I don't want to risk bringing this cavern onto us, crushing us, but I really want to test how strong this is-" She stopped rambling, her eye twitching. Morgan talked again, this time her voice deeper, but still sounding like a women.

"This is I HATE this body! Why'd Ryder stuck with this MESS?!" I took great offense in this, since she was my genderbent. 'Morgan' turned around and faced me, something familiar in her hands.

"My wand!" I yelled at her.

"This old thing?" 'Morgan' looked at the wand, examining it like it was worthless junk. "We don't want you to escape, would we?" She stuffed it in her pocket, when I saw a glint of gold. The Icyland Key! I needed that and my wand. But how?

"Anyways, before I blast you to bits, I'll give you a chance...with a question!" 'Morgan' yelled cheerfully. I groaned; I never really liked quizzes. At least it's one question.

"I'll give you four chances, one for each chain. Get all chances wrong and well, you fall into the darkness below. Here's the question," She smiled creepily. "What is my full name? Don't skip any words!"

"Crap."

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