Return of the Shroobs

By Wendy

Artwork by Fried Rooster

Prologue

After the two Princess Shroobs were destroyed by Mario and Luigi, the remaining Shroobs knew they stood no chance and fled back to their own planet. Queen Shroob was not impressed by the news! "Oh my daughters!" she wailed. "My two beautiful daughters!" She paused. "Who is responsible for this?" she said to one of the Shroobs who'd gone to the Mushroom Kingdom.

"It was four people, your highness. They looked quite weak though their strength was incredible."

"TELL ME MORE!" Queen Shroob yelled.

"Well… um… There were two infants and two adults, two red and two green."

"Red and green… Yes, red and green… These individuals I will seek revenge upon." There was a long silence. None of the queen's subjects dared speak. She was wearing that look on her face. It said "If you speak I will put you under such excruciating torture, you will never be able to speak again." She just stood there, observing the crowd of Shroobs standing in front of her. "Get me a drink," she ordered.

Meanwhile in the sewers of Princess Peach's castle, another plot unfolds.

"Yes YES! I have excitement!" Fawful was delighted. For after years of waiting his latest invention - the Bean machine was finally ready. "My greatest invention! That which can revive the great mistress! Now all I need to do is add these beans that those foolishly familiar-looking babies gave to me!" Fawful was dancing with excitement. He slowly added the beans to the large machine. He needed a ladder to do this. The beans went into a strange funnel and down a tube into the heart of the machine. The machine suddenly made a noise. There was a quick flash. "Yes! YES! It is working!" The machine stopped. Everything went dark. "Do we have success?"

"Yes!" said a cold voice. "We have success! EYAHAHAHAHA!!!"
 

Chapter 1: Invasion

"What was that noise?" Princess Peach was startled by the strange sounds she was hearing. "It sounds like it's coming from the sewers…" There was a loud banging sound. "Now what is it?" Toadsworth came into Peach's room. "Hello Toadsworth! Do you know what those banging sounds are?"

"Erm yes. There's a visitor waiting for you in the garden and he's just being impatient."

"Oh… Well he shouldn't be so rude, take me to him."

"Yes, your highness." Toadsworth took Peach to the garden. When Peach got there she saw a puzzling sight, for Toadsworth was lying unconscious on the ground. "Toadsworth?" exclaimed Peach "But… But how come you’re here?

"I'm an imposter sent to lead you here!" The imposter took off the Toadsworth costume and revealed himself to be none other than… LARRY KOOPA!

"EEK!" Peach screamed.

Then another voice came from round the corner. "BWA HA HA HA!"

"B-Bowser?! EEEEEEEEEEEEEK!" Peach screamed so loud she woke the real Toadsworth up. "Quick!" Peach shouted. "Get Mario!"

Toadsworth ran as fast as he could to Mario's house. He knocked at the door and Mario answered. "Q-Q-Quick!" Toadsworth stammered. "Peach's castle! B-B-Bowser!"

"Mamamia!" Mario jumped up immediately and ran to the castle. He jumped and landed on Bowser.

"ARRGH! You! I'm going to finish you off… Hey! What's going on?" There was an earthquake and suddenly loads of flying saucers came from overhead. "Hey Larry, quick, let's get out of here! Get the Clown Copter."

"Yes Dad!" Larry got a remote from his shell and pressed a button. The Clown Copter came straight away and the two Koopas fled.

The flying saucers landed and an army of purple mushrooms came out. They all stood in formation and bowed and waited for the biggest saucer to land. When it did, the door slowly opened. A huge creature came out. It spoke to Peach and Mario in some kind of weird, made-up language. The creature grabbed Peach and paused. Then suddenly the creature shouted. "RED! RED!" This creature kicked Mario away with incredible power. Mario heard them laughing as he flew through the air, and then he fell unconscious.
 

Chapter 2: Cackletta's Plan

"Well?" said Cackletta impatiently. "What are we waiting for?"

"Sorry, O Great Mistress, I'm just looking for my old headgear… Oh! I have gladness! Here it is!"

"Okay! Let's go!" Cackletta and Fawful came out of the sewers and up a pipe into the castle. "HUH?! WHAT IS GOING ON?!"

"I have fright!" said Fawful. Cackletta and Fawful were immediately surrounded by strange, purple aliens. One of them stepped forward and spoke in strange grunts. "What is he saying, Great Mistress?"

Cackletta thought for a moment. She raised her arms in the air, and shot all the aliens with lightning. "RUN!!!" she screeched. They ran out of the castle, through the gardens. When they were out of the castle grounds they stopped. "Whew!" sighed Cackletta. "That's my exercise for the week."

"What now, Great Cackletta?" inquired Fawful.

"DON'T YOU SEE?!"

"See what?"

"WE! are going to take Peach's castle from those freaks and take over the Mushroom kingdom!"

"But there are too many of them! Not even we can take them all!" said Fawful.

"You're right about that…" said Cackletta, who thought for a while. "AHA!" she suddenly yelled. "I'VE GOT IT!!!"

"What!?" said Fawful. "What is it?"

Cackletta was laughing out loud with delight. "The scroll- The magic scroll at the Star Shrine!"

"What about it?" asked Fawful.

"The scroll is what I need to create an army of minions to do my bidding!"

"And then Peach's castle will be the pancake on which you pour the maple syrup!"

"Yes… Something like that. SO what are we waiting for? Off we go to the Star Shrine!"

Cackletta and Fawful journeyed to the Star Shrine. They went through Toad Town. "Wow!" said Cackletta. "Where is everyone?"

"They probably all had fear when the aliens came to Peach's castle and ran away," said Fawful.

"OH! Maybe I can get a free deal at that beauty salon!"

"Mistress, time IS short."

"… I'll be quick."

Several hours later Cackletta came back with bags full of designer clothes, makeup, and with her hair all done up. "See, I was very prompt!" she said. "Don't I look beautiful?"

"Yes… let's go."

"STOP," a voice came from the exit of Toad Town.

"Who are you?" said Cackletta impatiently.

"I am the spirit of the first Mushroom King! I am he who created the star power, and I cannot allow you to advance to fulfill your evil intentions."

"Right," said Cackletta. "Fawful, hold these!" Cackletta gave Fawful all her bags and then said, "YOU! Spirit of the Mushroom… whatever! SHOW YOURSELF!"

"As you wish." A ghostly figure of an ancient Toad appeared. Cackletta used a lightning spell on him, but it went through him.

"AH. Right. This isn't going to work…"

"We must think of a letter B plan," said Fawful.

"Do what you wish," said the ghost, "as long as you don't go near the Star Road." And with that the ghost vanished.

"I have hunger!" said Fawful.

"Eat that Mushroom then!"

"But Mistress, it has mold!"

"Fine! I will use a spell to revive it to what it was like before it shriveled up! *HOCUS POCUS*" The Mushroom started to shake. Then something really unexpected happened. The Mushroom grew arms and legs! And the figure of a purple woman appeared. It was shouting at Cackletta in its own language. "Wow WOW STOP" yelled Cackletta. "Drink this!"

Cackletta reached inside her robe for a bottle that was labled "potion of human speech". The woman drank it. "I am Princess Shroob the younger," it said. "Thank you for releasing me from my Mushroom prison!"

"No problem," said Cackletta. "Why don't you come with us? We're forming a plan of world dominating ultimate evil!"

"Sounds interesting," it said. "I'M IN!!!"
 

Chapter 3

Luigi was beginning to get worried. He knew that Mario had gone to Peach's castle to take care of Bowser, but that should have only been a two minute job… And then he saw Bowser fleeing the castle, but still, one hour after that Mario did not return. He went outside and thought about going to the castle to check up on Mario. Soon his thoughts were disturbed though, when Toadsworth came running to the house again. "LUIGI!!!" He seemed stressed.

"Yes, Toadsworth, what is it?" Luigi asked.

"Aliens! They've landed at the castle, they have taken Peach, and they have got rid of Mario!"

Luigi gasped. "You mean…?"

"Oh no!" Toadsworth interrupted. “He's not dead… just been kicked away by some huge monster." Luigi was only slightly relieved by this. "Either way," said Toadsworth, "we are going to have to find him."

Luigi thought about this for a moment. "Well, where do I start?" he said.

"Ho ho ho!" Toadsworth laughed. "I've already consulted Professor E. Gadd! He watched Mario being kicked with his newest invention: The super ultimate amazing all-powerful magnifying glass! And with it, he found that Mario landed in Bowser's castle!"

"NOOOOO!!!" Luigi screamed like a little girl.

"Come on, Luigi! You have to! Do it for your brother!" said Toadsworth.
 

Bowser was in his castle, sitting on his throne. "What do I do now?” he said to himself. "How do I take back Peach's castle?"

Kammy waltzed into the room. "Would you like some tea, lord Bowser?"

"KAMMY! You stupid hag! How many times have I told you not to come in without knocking on the door?! And anyway, evil bad guys DON'T DRINK TEA!!!"

"Bowser! Please calm down! Remember your blood pressure!" Bowser suddenly fainted. "I told him not to get too stressed…" Kammy said to herself. "Good thing I know CPR!" Kammy got out her wand and made a Thwomp appear over Bowser. "BREATHE!" she shouted as the Thwomp slammed Bowser. Bowser immediately woke up.

"KAMMY! HOW DARE YOU… oh look! A shooting star!" Bowser rushed to the window to make a wish. "Wow! It's so pretty I have completely forgotten my rage towards you…" said Bowser

"What an oddly colored red shooting star…" said Kammy.

"It's landed in the secret warp pipe that leads to the basement of the castle," said Bowser.

"You do realize that that 'red shooting star' was really that scum Mario," said Kammy.

"WHA- HOW DO YOU KNOW?!" Bowser shouted.

"Because," said Kammy, "Luigi has just gone through the pipe," said Kammy.

"WELL STOP THEM!!!"

"How?" said Kammy.

"Get someone down there!!!" shouted Bowser.

"Okay," said Kammy. "LUDWIG!!! WENDY!!!"

Ten minutes later…

"Yuck! This place is disgusting! EWWW!" Wendy screamed. "A SPIDER!!! SAVE ME!!!"

"Stop your vining," said Ludwig.

"You know, the only thing that's worse than being sent to our disgusting basement to find Mario, is being sent there with you!" said Wendy. "I've got dead bugs and cobwebs all over my favorite bow!"

"Shut up," said Ludwig. "Look! There they are!" he said. Mario and Luigi were standing, obviously looking for a way out. "HA! Ve have found you!"

"Mamamia!" Mario said.

"Erm… what did he say?" said Wendy.

"I don't know," said Ludwig.

"Neither do I," said Luigi.

"Vatever. The point is, ve are going to destroy you, vonce and for a-"

The ground started shaking. "What's going on?" said Wendy.

Mario started jumping frantically. "Wait a moment…" said Luigi. "Mario is saying the Shroobs are attacking."

"The Shroobs?" said Wendy.

"Vat are they?" said Ludwig.

To Be Continued...

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