Memory- Paper Mario
Saying Koops was scared would be a understatement, He was steps away from the beast who tore his father and his mother away from him…
A 5 year old Koops ran through the village with his friend Koopie Koo. His lazy eye didn't really annoy him as he spotted something in the distance. "Koops? What's wrong?" Koopie Koo asked when she noticed his hault. "W-w-what's that?" He pointed up at the red figure in the sky. "I don't know…" Koops felt someone grab his arm. "Koops, son, run home. Now!" It was his mother. "Mommy! What...what's going on?!" He saw Koopie Koo was being dragged home as well. "No time!" A red dragon landed in the village. He screamed as they were the only two outside. Inside one of the houses a blue shelled Koopa named Koopley was thrashing to go to his wife and son. Koops felt his blood run cold as his mother pushed him out of sight. Before his nose came into contact, hard, with a brick house; he swore he heard a scream and a crunch that didn't belong to him…
His father left soon after that. He wanted to get rid of that beast once and for all….Leaving Koops to mourn two missing parents
"Koops?" Goombella's surprisingly soft voice brought him out of his memories. "I-i'm okay! Let's do this…."
I like to think that Hooktail got Koops mother. I can't tell how old Koops is but in the game he acts like a shy teenager. That's how I act... The Nose? My headcanon is that he wore the bandage on his nose and it just stuck.