It was a bright fall morning in the Koopa Kastle,the sky a pastel orange fading into a,well sky blue, rust and amber leaves floating through the air.Kleptos and pokios flew through the air for the winter,cheep cheeps gubbled and dolphins splashed as they swam to the ocean.
Larry Koopa,youngest of the koopalings and second youngest of Bowser's children,was snoozing quite peacefully in his bed.Quiet snores left his mouth as he moved up and down in time with the breaths. That was when his alarm clock rang,waking him up.A yawn escaped his mouth as he stretched, well rested for the day.His brothers,Bowser Junior and Iggy,however were still asleep.
He pulled the cover from off him,stepped out of bed and walked to the bathroom down the hall.He took a shower first,the water warm on his reptilian skin was very relaxing.After 5 minutes of the delightful and relaxing shower,he got out and wrapped a towel around his waist.He started to brush his teeth and hair,before he heard Bowser Jr's alarm going off,which would wake up Iggy as well because it was so flipping loud!
Then they would argue for 10 minutes straight,starting with how loud the alarm clock is,then at the end of it,they would be arguing about something completely different!They would then go to the bathroom together,still arguing,which gave Larry enough time to get ready.Unless Iggy was inventing some thingy-mabob last night,then he would sleep in and Bowser Jr would read for 20 minutes because he used magic to get ready.
But today wasn't the case because he heard the bickering of the two Koopas.He had already finished with his hair and teeth when Bowser Jr swung the door open with fury in his eyes."What do you think is better?!Painting or machines?!,"he yelled, Iggy got behind Junior,"It's machines you doofus!,"he argued, keeping the quarrel going."It's painting!,"he argued back.And so they went back and fourth on which one was better.
After a minute of the two arguing of which one was better,Ludwig in a dark blue rob .ambled towards them with his hands on his ears.He clearly just woke up because of their feud."What's all this commotion so early in the morning for? I just got to sleep an hour ago!,"he mumbled in a sleepy tone."Now see what you did! You woke poor Ludwig up!,"he accused,"Me?!How dare you accuse me when you were the one that woke him up!"
And now they were arguing about who woke Ludwig up: Bowser Jr or Iggy Koopa.Larry could see that Ludwig was too tired to deal with this right now,so he suggested that he should go back to bed and he would deal with the squabble."Thank you!,"and back to bed he went.
Larry focused back to the war of words and now the two were fighting about which dessert was better, ice cream or cake.They stared threateningly,almost like they were trying to recreate Luigi's infamous stare,he knew what that meant and they didn't even have to speak."Well,if you need my honest opinion," he began,"I think that ice cream cake is the best!And it's a thing that combines both of your favorite desserts,so you can't argue with that!,"he was right,they really couldn't argue with that,so they left the bathroom and Larry closed the door.
Finally...
He put his spiked wristbands on,he couldn't stop thinking about why Iggy and Junior went to the bathroom instead of just bickering in their room until they had had enough of each other.And they only came to him for his opinion way after they had breakfast.They only onceasked for his opinion at breakfast after a big fight over what breakfast food was better,that turned into a fight with everyone,even Kamek and Ludwig joined ,but never 2 hours before when they basically just awoke from their slumbers. Something was up,and he wanted to know what is was.
But he didn't do any work before breakfast,he did everything that identified as work after breakfast. He went to the bedroom he slept in and sat in bed.He pulled out a book called "The locomotive of trains!" that his eldest brother,Ludwig,gave to him for his Birthday in the summer.It was a 1,569 pages long and he could only read it after he got ready.
When the breakfast bell rang,Larry put a cerulean blue sweater on to match his hair and had big pocket at the bottom of it.He put a couple of snack bars in it just in case he got tied up in something that made him miss lunch.
Iggy and Bowser Jr were already racing down the stairs with swift but loud stomps by the time Larry opened the door they had so rudely shut in his face.Instead of walking down the stairs,he strolled to the end of the hallway and knocked on the door to Ludwigs room."Hey Lud? We're having breakfast if you wanna eat,"he proposed
His brother pulled the door open,rubbing sleep from his eye."Alright, I'll be down there in a bit.Just gotta brush my clothes and change my teeth,"he stated still half asleep.He then ambled over to the bathroom again,bringing a coat hanger and a comb with him.
He ushered himself down the stairs,into the hallway and to the dining room.He was about to turn to go into the dining room to eat breakfast,but Roy blocked his path.
Aaaahhhh,just great!
He put on a forced smile,"What do you need,my dear brother?,"he forced out the last part because Roy wasn't dear at all, actually his nickname's Bully because of what he does to people if he doesn't get his way."Ohh,nothin' special!Just a lil' info is all,"he intimidated Larry a bit by the tone of his voice alone. Imagine how scared people who weren't one of his siblings felt.
"Sure!Do you wanna learn how to fly the airship,or a fact about trains?,"he offered,the expression on Roy's face said that he didn't.Roy smirked villainously,that made Larry scared."A lil' birdie told me that you have a lil' info about the fight Junior and Iggy had this morning.What were they bickering about?,"he said.This was definitely one of his evil plans to bully Bowser Jr and Iggy again.Larry sighed,his stomach growled as he craved from scrambled eggs with cheese and bacon.
"Roy,I don't remember exactly what they were fighting about,but it had something to do with desserts and I said ice cream cake was the best dessert at one point.Now!Let me eat breakfast before I starve to death,alright?,"he retorted,trying to go around Roy.Roy blocked him.He tried again,Roy blocked him again."We both know that you have a memory like a magikoopa no matter what time of the day it is so spill the beans!,"he demanded.
Larry's stomach growled even more,he was getting more hungry by the minute."Roy,please could you let me go to breakfast?,"he asked,trying to stay calm but his hunger was slowly getting to him."No! Not until you tell me what you heard them argue about!,"he yelled back,he was stubborn,and not the good kind."Roy,I am going to ask again,please let me go to breakfast!,"he commanded,his hunger almost in control now.
"What are you going to do if i don't,insult me?,"he laughed loudly,making Larry a bit frustrated.Though it wasn't for long,because Larry had an idea,an awful idea,an awfully good idea,an awfully good and bad idea.It was an ingenious and completely stupid idea,but it might work.He was going to insult the bully himself,Roy Koopa.I mean, what's the worst that could happen,they get in a feud and Kamek has to break them up?He could settle with that.
He chuckled a little before proceeding with his plan."Says the androgynous Koopa that's a crybaby and an idiot!"Roy dramatically gasped,Larry continued to smile evilly."How dare you use long words that I don't know the meaning of!And I'm not a crybaby or an idiot!,"he shouted angrily."I'm just speaking facts here Roy-,"he was cut of by Roy doing the unexpected to him.
Larry wouldn't think that Roy would do this to him,the youngest of the Koopalings and second youngest of Bowser's children.Roy punched him right in the face,right in the eye.Larry put his hand to where his brother punched him,still shook up and still processing what had happened before he stared at Roy and darted up the stairs wailing.
Roy called out to him,but he couldn't hear,and didn't care.Once he was in front of his room,he wasted no time in going in.He frantically searched for something from under his bed,tears still running down his face.When he found what he was looking for,he pulled it out from under his bed.It was a leather bag that adventurers like Captain Toad would use.
It had a whole bunch things packed in it.Many of books about either the airship,clown cars or trains, a few pencils,worn down erasers or rubbers,a notebook and a plushie of a blue yoshi.His eldest brother Ludwig gave it to him when he was about 2 to help him sleep at night.It was worn down but it still reminded him of the good ol' days,when everything was simpler and they were just a pack of Koopa kids living in the forest.
He grabbed the book he was reading and put it in the bag, surprisingly there was a lot of space in it before and after he put the book in.He zipped the bag closed,it was very light to his surprise.Still tearing up and sniffing a little,he scurried down the stairs and out the back of the Koopa Kastle,being very careful not to be seen.
Once he was out,he ran as fast as his little legs could take him,to the only place he could think of to cry his loving heart out.The tree house where the Koopalings started,home.
Ludwig had finally come down for breakfast,hair brushed and bushy.His breathe smelt of... Lavender? What an odd flavor for toothpaste.Roy sat across from him,a guilty expression on his face as he ate his waffles with syrup on.Iggy and Junior were staring daggers at each other like they do every morning at breakfast.The seat empty next to Junior.Lemmy was jotting down ideas for his acrobatic routine as he ate.Wendy sat next to him, admiring herself in her make up mirror,her breakfast not even touched. Morton Jr on the other hand,already finished his breakfast and was waiting for seconds to be available.
He saw that Larry's plate was full,no syrup on his...waffles?He always had pancakes and blueberries on top of said pancakes.And he never did refused chocolate chip pancakes when he had the choice,and they did have the choice today.Odd.Morton glanced beside him,Larry wasn't there like he always was. Maybe he was late to breakfast?But he wasn't this late before.And if he was late,he was usually here before Morton finished his first helping.
"Hey,guys?,"he caught everyone's attention,"Have you guys know why Lar-bear's not here for breakfast?" Everyone gazed at Larry's chair.It was empty,he was nowhere to be seen."Me don't know where Larry is!," Morton added.Ludwig was starting to panic like a toad when they see their father.Morton rubbed his back to comfort him,which worked like a charm.Bowser Jr stood up and was rather calm for what he heard.Then again he was always the calm one in situations like these.
"Alright!Which one of you idiots have info on this?,"he asked.If someone didn't know that this was serious,then they did now.Junior only called them idiots when it was way too serious.He stared at Roy. Roy avoided eye contact which made Junior very suspicious of him.
"Roy?Is there something you want to tell us?,"he questioned him.Roy began to sweat and he stuttered," No,I-I don't have a-anything t-to say!"
Junior dismissed the fact that Roy was acting very suspicious."We're going to look for him after breakfast!We will split into teams so that we cover more ground and we'll use Junior's walkie talkies to communicate with each other,"Bowser stated,"So no seconds today!We must be on the search as soon as possible!,"he added.
So they finished breakfast as swiftly as they could,except for Roy,and were out the door like a goomba when they see the plump plumber Mario.The eight of them were sorted into two groups - they didn't sort Roy because they told him to try and find one group and go with them. Kamek,Wendy,Lemmy and Iggy went together and Bowser,Ludwig,Bowser Jr and Morton were together.
The two groups went completely different directions to try and find Larry.Kamek's group searched in the main town,if they didn't find him there,then the next town over it was.They would keep going until they found Larry!Or 'til it started to get dark.Bowser's group would look in the Vindaloo Forest,if he wasn't there,then the castle,the airship and places in the sky.Same rules applied to them,they would search until they found him or when it hit nightfall.
And that ends the first chapter of this story.This was started during my latest fanfic,"Oh Bowser" and ended on the 29th of December.Yes I'm writing the second chapter of OB,just very slowly because I'm usually a slow writer and I want the characters to be in character.Anyway see you next year!
Ciao!