A Koopaling in Training

By Mary Beyer

“Okay, in one day you shall all face Mario and Luigi for the first time,” Bowser said. “When you are taking over worlds, use this philosophy, ‘Divide and Conquer'. Here to teach you about the use of your magic wands is my old friend, Kamek.”

“Ah,” Kamek said. “So these are the little Koopalings I’ve heard so much abou-”

“Can it, Kamek,” Bully interrupted. “Just teach us some magic.” Kamek looked around and sighed.

“I cannot teach you your powers until you take over a… hey!” Kamek looked around. “Where did everyone go?” The Koopalings were already on their way towards a randomly picked land in their own doomships. Cheatsy closed in on Grass Land.

‘Not much to look at, but it’s a good start,’ Cheatsy thought. Then he walked into the palace of the Grass King.

“AHH!” the king cried. Then he stopped screaming. “I thought you were King Bowser. Isn’t it a little early for Halloween, little kid?”

“I’m not a kid dressed for Halloween. I’m a Koopaling, a kid of Bowser. And I’m here to take over your land,” Cheatsy said. “I am Cheatsy Koopa.”

“Okay kid,” the king said, tossing Cheatsy some candy. “Now just go. I have… AAAAHHHHHH!” Cheatsy had just grabbed the king’s wand and had zapped him. Then a ladder dropped through the ceiling. Cheatsy grabbed onto it and flew up. Then the king watched helplessly as an animal as Cheatsy released Chomps, Boomerang Brothers, a Boom Boom, and Goombas and Para-Troopas from his doomship. Up in the doomship, Cheatsy put the king’s wand aside and contacted Kamek. They had learned how to contact on their wands. He put the king’s wand in a chamber under his room in the doomship.

“Kamek,” Cheatsy said, “how will I defend myself against Mario and his brother?”

“The only thing I can give since you’re so young is the power to shoot Os from your wand,” Kamek said. “Here is the spell: Catuna O-yo!”

“Catuna O-yo,” Cheatsy said. He shot some Os from his wand. He grinned. ‘This oughta be good!’ he thought.

In another doomship, Big Mouth prepared to drop in on the sultan of Desert Land. He jumped and landed in the throne room.

“How about letting ME rule for a while...” Big Mouth yelled as he flew through the air and grabbed the sultan’s wand. “… CROCODILE!” Big Mouth yelled as the power of the king’s wand turned him into a big crocodile. Then Big Mouth laughed and spread Hammer Brothers, Thwomps, Micro-Goombas in blocks, and the deadliest of his minions, the Angry Sun. He jumped into his doomship and contacted Kamek. Kamek told him how to control desert sands.

“Desert wandina blow,” Big Mouth recited. “Oh, it tingles!”

In her doomship, Kootie Pie readied her minions for a complete take-over of Water Land. She watched the ruler carefully and planned to steal his wand when he was asleep. She walked past the guards that were asleep as well. Kootie Pie walked into his room and gently lifted the king’s wand off his nightstand.

“Aha!” someone said. “Just like the other two. I have heard of this new threat, and I do not like it. And who might you be?”

“I’m Kootie Pie, King Bowser’s only daughter. And I presume you’re the king and have heard of my two brothers’ doings?” Kootie Pie said.

“You’re right and you won’t get away with-” the king said.

“Correction. I am getting away with it.” Kootie Pie laughed at the king as he turned into a fish, a Cheep Cheep to be exact. Kootie Pie climbed up into her doomship and pulled a microphone close.

“MINIONS AWAY!” she yelled into it. Two Big Berthas fell out of a door in her doomship. Some Cheep Cheeps, two Hammer Brothers, and a big boulder to block off the friendly isles where Mario and Luigi could get power-ups also fell.

In Hop’s doomship, the middle Koopaling was looking at a wonderful kingdom. The Mushroom people called it Giant Land for the colossal size of everything in it, flowers, animals, everything. ‘Soon there will be Giant Goombas, Big Para-Troopas, and not Hammer Brothers, but Sledge Brothers!’ Hop thought. Then he got his doomship ready to call Kamek as soon as he took over the land.

“Ah, what an excellent place for me,” Hop said as he was sailing down into the Giant Land ruler’s castle. “Hi everybody!” Hop shouted as he landed before the king.

“AAAAHHHHH!” The king yelled. “It’s a mini Bowser!”

“Not a mini Bowser but a Hop Koopa!” Hop said. Now hand over your wand before I… uh… shoot these little Os at you!” He demonstrated with his wand.

“Uh…” the king stammered. Then, being a coward, he gave Hop his wand. Then he closed his eyes as Hop transformed him into something.

“Haha!” Hop laughed. Hop switched to his wand. “Come in Kamek.”

“Ah,” Kamek said. “So what land have you taken over? Kootie Pie just finished calling me.”

“I am in Giant Land. I need the power of 'giant' so I can super-size my Goombas, Hammer Brothers, and Para-Troopas into Mega Goombas, Sledge Brothers, and Huge Para-Troopas! Now, the spell please,” Hop asked impatiently. Kamek told him.

“Ah…”Hop said. “Now the power of giant stuff is mine! I must work on my minions! Hahaha! The Marios will never get past ME!”

High up above the clouds, Bully could see all of his future world, Sky Land. Three levels and a fortress were on the ground, as well as a huge tower extending from the ground up into the clouds. The ruler’s name was Emperor Ent. Bully did not go through the roof like the others. He crashed through the door and barreled into the guards. He closed in on Ent’s room. As he crashed into the emperor’s room, the emperor dropped his wand and ran.

“Not so fast, grandpa!” Bully yelled, and zapped Emperor Ent with his newly acquired wand.

“When my people find out you’ve done this to me, they’ll revolt. They’re very revolting people!” Ent cried as he was transformed into a Para-Troopa hiding in its shell with wings.

“Sure they will! Hahaha! But then they’ll see a Koopaling with shades should not be messed with! Got that, grandpa? Hahahahahahahahahaha!” Bully laughed. “Kamek! How do I control sky?”

Looking out of a window in his doomship was Hip Koopa. Being the Koopaling who loved cold weather, he thought this would be the perfect place for him to conquer. But the ruler, King Windbag, might give him some trouble. He took out his ball for riding on, and rode it into the Ice Palace. The guards didn’t stop him, for they had their ears plugged up with cotton.

“This kingdom is weird. Oh well. Soon it’ll be kooperiffic!” Hip said as he rode in.

As he neared the throne room, he heard an angry voice cry out, "If there’s an intruder in MY castle, I’ll bake all of you!!!" Hip opened the throne room door. Windbag stopped in midyell.

“What on or off Ice Land are YOU?” King Windbag asked.

“I’m Hip Koopa, here to take your wand and show you not to disagree with a Koopa!” Hip said, just as Windbag opened his mouth to disagree angrily. Hip rode on top of his ball to the king’s throne and grabbed his wand. “Now, let’s get cracking!” Hip took the wand and turned King Windbag into an Buster Beetle.

“Kamek! Come in!” Hip yelled into his wand.

“Yeah, I’m here. Hip? Ice Land, huh?” Kamek asked. “Well, I guess ya’d like to harness the power of ice!”

“Yeah, whatever. Just gimme the spell!” Hip said.

From Kooky’s lab in the furrows of his doomship, he could see the wondrous, and at the same time strange, Pipe Land. Instead of growing the regular and boring flowers, the land flourished with… Piranha Plants.

“Ooh,” Kooky said as he used a Bob-omb to break into the king’s room. “Just the thing to suit me.”

“Ah ha!” The king said. “Right on schedule, just as my advisor told me.”

“That’s nice, now gimme your wand so I can rule this cool kingdom!” Kooky said, grabbing the wand. “Now you can be a cool Piranha Plant too, King Pipe!”

“Wonderful!” Bowser said from his monitors in his castle in Dark Land. “I have finally won!”

“Now the Koopas rule the world!” the Koopalings said, each from their different worlds.

To Be Continued...

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