Hello! I am Iggy Koopa. I have children of my own now. Right now I am on my way with my four children and my wife to Bowser's Keep.

"Hey! are we..." one of my twins said.

"Almost to King Grandad's Keep?" the other finished.

They were like Lemmy and I use to be. In fact, they had the same personalties that Lemmy and I had. One wore glasses and thought up ideas, and the other liked to joke around a lot, but was a hard worker.

Now I had contact lenses instead of glasses and ruled Yoshi's Island after a deal with the Yoshies. I had also been the one to sign the treaty with the Marios. The Land was peaceful and Bowser didn't have to worry about attacks or attacking. He and all of us and our kids were welcome to visit Peach, Mario, or Luigi at anytime we wanted to. Wereached the Keep, which didn't seem so gloomy as it had once when I was younger.

Larry was still living there until he found a place to build his keep. It was family reunion time. All of the Koopas would be there!

I had heard that after years of being on his own, Lemmy had become slightly serious,(but he still had a great sense of humor!) He had found a wonderful Koopa who also had a good sense of humor.(They were expecting their first child last I heard.)

Wendy had finally decided Wcolata was okay and had settled down with him. He now had three heirs to the Arturtle throne- two boys and a girl.

Auroara had recently had a DNA test to find if she was the lost Koopa daughter. To her delight it came out positive. She has spent months since with Bowser and Clawdia to catch up with her family.

The Mario Surfer and other star guardians occasionally dropped by to chat. After Linary, Lemmy's guardian, showed up, Lemmy told us how Ludwig ended up landing on Poison Ivy. He then did the same trick they preformed to scare Poison Ivy with three clones of himself.

News on Ludwig was that he had a hearing aid now and wrote great music. I had only listened to the new version of Ode to Annoy. It sounded great!

Roy had become a famous Street Rapper and did shows twice daily. He was barely able to make it to the reunion.

Morton had decided for his own good(with some hints... well, actually a lot of them.)that he should try a lot to speak in shorter sentences. He was now a famous author of over one hundred books. He can’t put down his writing and now, to my surprise, has hardly anything to say.

As for the Mushroom Kingdom's Royal Retainer, because Geno had fooled everyone and had done such a good job, he was voted the new(old actually)Royal Retainer.

When I arrived, I found that Lemmy now had one child, named after me. He was called Iggy Jr., even though He wasn't really a jr. I sent my children to play with my brothers' and sisters' children- there were a lot of them! Bowser sat on his throne at the far end. He called all of his children. There were eight of us, now that Auroara had been found. We formed a semi-circle around him. He then asked our husbands and wives to form a semi-circle behind us, and then our children behind them. His speech next was something I thought I would never hear from someone like him.

"Look around you. Do you see family or strangers?" Bowser stood and grabbed my hand and Clawdia's.

He told me to hold on to my wife's, who was behind me. She was told to grab one of our children's hands.

"We are three generations of Koopas connected!"

The others, seeing this, grabbed onto my hands, and the husbands and wives onto my wife's hands, and the children onto Lemmy Jr.'s hand.(Yes, I named my first child after Lemmy.)

"Now that you see this you know we grow stronger as a family, not total strangers that somehow feel connected to one another! When you feel weak, cast your eyes on the stars. All your family that no longer walk the planet live in those stars. We shall always be a family. The stars shall bind us forever!"

That finished his speech and everyone clapped and cheered.

Everyone knew Bowser was getting older and soon should pick a heir to the throne, but the things everyone wanted to know were who? When? Why? He, as if he reading my thoughts, stood and spoke.

"I have told you this because one day I will be one of those stars. I have chosen my heir, and I hope they will be a wise and kind leader! My heir is..... Iggy! You are the one who brought peace to the kingdom; you made me see that Mario is not an enemy."

"No. I can not take this responsibility. All of my siblings did as much as Idid to help you. I do not deserve this honor," I said truthfully.

"Lemmy?" Bowser asked.

"No, if Iggy doesn't deserve it I can't say I do either," he said proudly.

"Wendy?" Bowser asked.

"I realized at one point that I made everyone's life miserable, and therefore can't except this either." she solemnly said.

"Ludwig?" Bowser was becoming angry looking, but I knew he was happy at our knowing we didn't deserve it.

"Father, my time is limited, I don't have time anywhere anymore. I must leave here in five minutes. I could never be a king and be happy, I was born to be a composer!" Ludwig said. He rushed out so as not to be late.

"Roy?"

" I'm a Rapper, couldn't be happier!" he said in a rap reply.

"Larry?" Bowser asked.

"I have a large garden to tend to everyday where my keep will be built. I couldn't take the honors," he replied

"Morton?"

"No, I have writing to do." Morton said giving the shortest reply that sounded good.

"Auroara?"

"I have only known you for a short time but feel as if I shared Wendy's life, therefore I must decline," the newest Koopa said.

"I have decided that Iggy, because you are modest, and Lemmy, because you are his opposite yet still modest, shall rule together. There are no refusals to this from anyone. Because you two fit like puzzle pieces to a puzzle of the greatest king, you WILL rule together. Is that clear?"

We called him something we hadn't said in the longest time but it seemed
fitting. "Yes, King Dad!"

So far, with Lemmy's help, The Valley Of Bowser (we kept the name in memory of King Dad (tear trickles down face)) has been doing better than Ice Land ever did. After King Dad's death we had another family reunion. We repeated his speech, together. And all of us at the same time looked through the skylight at the new star for King Dad.

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