Chapter One: A Mysterious Shadow

It was a sunny day in Grass Land.  Larry Koopa looked up at the cloudless sky.  Suddenly there was an ominous rumbling.  He looked behind him and saw a black cloud coming up behind him.  He said to himself, “Good, now I won’t have to water my plants today.” Then, BOOM!  A bolt of lightning flashed down and slammed into him, throwing him into a tree and sending his wand in the opposite direction. As consciousness slipped away from him, he saw a shadowy figure pick up his wand…

That same day in Desert Land, Morton Koopa Jr. was taking a walk, looking for his castle staff.  They had all run away screaming after getting a dose of his incessant talking.  “Why did they run away like that? I was only telling them their job in every little detail so that they could do it just right and…mmmph!” A freak sandstorm had come up.  Because he had not expected this, his loose grip on his wand tore it away from his hand.  As he turned to chase it he saw a dark creature grab his wand and point it at him…

And so it happened to every Koopa.  Wendy was knocked out by a tidal wave. A giant Goomba crushed Iggy.  Roy was thrown around by a tornado.  Lemmy was frozen by his own freeze gun.  He had to be dragged to Dark Land and revived by Bowser’s fire breath. A piranha plant ate Ludwig. And every time a shadowy figure stole that Koopa’s wand.

The next day, Bowser Koopa was walking atop the walls of his castle in Dark Land.  Suddenly, there was a loud crash, and the tallest tower in the castle fell into the courtyard.  Outside, there was a huge catapult with a dark figure standing next to it.

“Attack! Attack! To arms!” Bowser yelled as he ran through the castle. Yet when all the forces were at the walls, the catapult had disappeared. Bowser was forced to call it a drill. After the troops had been dispersed, Bowser sat back and contemplated the damage.  It seemed strange that they had only damaged the castle in that one spot, the spot where magic and magic wands were studied.  He decided to call a meeting of his Koopa Kids.  Little did he know that they were already trudging to Dark Land in various states of disrepair. Larry was burnt, Morton still had sand in his mouth, Wendy was soaked, Iggy was in a body cast, Roy was still dizzy, Lemmy was frozen into a block of ice and being dragged there, and Ludwig was covered in Piranha Plant spit.

Chapter 2: The Meeting

After all the Koopalings were recovered enough, they held a family meeting on how to handle this latest threat.

“The first thing to do is identify who the threat is.” Bowser said.

“Well, at least we know it isn’t Mario,” Lemmy said, “He’s too stupid to do anything other than eat pasta and fight with his brother.”

“Could it have been Nick?”

“Nah, he may be a rat, but he wouldn’t stoop this low.”

“Actually, I don’t think we know anyone who would do this.”

“Well, actually that Smithy character you told us about who made you team up with Mario could have done this, but he’s dead, right?”

“Right. In fact, his hammer is hanging up in my room.”

“Well, it wouldn’t hurt to check.”

Sure enough, when they got to his room the hammer was gone.

“I guess it is Smithy then.”

“Where is he then?”

“Judging from the rate of attack, what lands were attacked first, and at what time attacked, his lair must be in the center of the bathysphere under an element composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.”

“What?”

“Ludwig says Smithy lives under the ocean.”

“And because we can’t use magic, we’ll have to depend on my inventions.” Ludwig said.

At that same instant, everyone in the castle thought, “Oh no, we’re doomed”

Chapter 3: The First Battle

The next day, Bowser and his kids, along with 500 Koopa Troopas, 1000 Goombas, 200 of each variety of Hammer Brother, and uncountable underwater troops went to siege Smithy’s castle.  The Doomsub wouldn’t hold them all, so most of them were towed along by the underwater troops.

So Bowser and the Koopalings wouldn’t get hurt, Ludwig invented armor that could (in Mario RPG terms) absorb 1,000 points of damage before cracking or breaking. When they got there, the doors were open, so they proceeded cautiously onward. Suddenly, the doors in front of them and behind them slammed shut.
A tall, lean, muscular man dropped from the ceiling.  He was holding Smithy’s hammer, but he was not Smithy.

“HA HA! You have fallen into my trap!  My name is Exar. (NOT Exor) I heard you had found Smithy’s hammer, so I stole it.  I also stole your kid’s wands and now I will do what you never could: take over the Mushroom World!

“NO!  It’s mine!  MINE!  ATTACK!”

Exar started swinging the hammer expertly and defeated the troops before anyone could even breathe.

“Now you!” He dropped the hammer and picked up the wands.

Wendy charged. Mistake #1. Exar pointed her wand at her.  A big candy ring came out of it.  It looped around her, pinning her arms to her sides.  She fell down trying to free them

Ludwig charged. He shook the floor.  Exar jumped up and slammed down, hurtling him into the ceiling and knocking him out.

Iggy, Roy, and Lemmy came in.  Exar switched Roy’s sunglasses with Iggy’s glasses.  Thinking Lemmy was Exar they both charged into him, knocking all three out.

Exar grabbed Morton and taped his mouth shut.  He waited until his head had grown to three times its regular size. Then he pulled the tape off.  So much talk came out of his mouth that all the Koopas were blown back to their Dark Land castle. Then he threw Morton there too, leaving eight holes in the outer wall.

Chapter 4: The Gathering

Bowser and the Koopalings were lucky.  They had managed to get by with just scrapes and bruises, but their armor was completely destroyed.  They had another family meeting to discuss what to do next.

“If Your Royal Highness, King of all, and lord of all he sees, was able to defeat the evil, bad, naughty Smithy by teaming up with the fat, stupid, smelly Mario, why can’t you do it again oh great, mighty, King Dad?” Morton asked.

“Yeah, and this time add the maker of secret sauces, Luigi,” Wendy said in a cheap imitation of Morton.

“Okay, and we might as well add the Princess too,” said Bowser, “Now, which one of you has done the least number of rotten things to Mario?”

They all counted up.  “Wendy and Morton, King Dad.”

“Go get them and I’ll raise your allowances,” said Bowser

They ran to Mario’s Pad.  As usual, they were in a fist-fight over whose hair was better.

Morton said, “Oh, pasta-eating Mario and maker of secret sauces Luigi, would you please, please, please come and help the great, mighty King Dad by helping him beat up an evil bad guy who stole Smithy’s hammer?”

Mario and Luigi thought about it for a second and said, “NO!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Then Wendy threw a tantrum.  They agreed right away.

After that they also picked up Yoshi, the Princess, and Toad. (By Wendy throwing a tantrum of course.  She even got to ride on Yoshi’s back!)

Chapter 5: The Plan

When they got back to Castle Koopa, they all sat and had a Council of War. Unfortunately, this was extremely hard with the Princess refusing to sit next to Bowser, Yoshi trying to eat Larry (the only one that would fit in
his mouth), and Mario and Luigi constantly on the verge of getting into a fist-fight.  However, they managed to work out a plan.

Undoubtedly, Exar had managed to work spies into the Castle; the princess would make sure they saw her, Mario, Luigi, and Toad.  With all the Mushroom leaders in one place, it would be impossible to resist wiping them out in one swift stroke.  With all their leaders gone, the mushroom people would surrender instantly, taking out over 3/4 of the population that would fightback.

Once Exar was in the castle they would do the same thing he did to them, trapping him in a room.  Ludwig invented a force field device to trap him in, just in case he could brake down the doors.  The Koopas and their allies could walk through it, but Exar couldn’t. Next, with 7 other inventions that acted as magnets for a certain kind of wand, each Koopaling would get their wand back. Then, they would create a large ball of energy around him, then set an explosion off on the inside, vaporizing him.  If that didn’t work, they would make Ludwig play some of his music, making Exar explode.

Chapter 6: The Trap

The next day, Exar was seen coming towards Koopa Castle.  Everyone except Bowser, the seven Koopalings, Princess Toadstool, Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Toad had taken cover in the dungeon. They all hid in the rooms around the trap room.  When he entered the trap room, Ludwig turned on his generator. It made a barely audible hum.  Then, the doors slammed closed.  Exar charged at the door and WHAM! ran full tilt into the force field.

“Oh no…It’s a trap!  Oh well, I can still destroy this field with these magic wands!” he said, holding them up in the air.

Suddenly, they were ripped out of his hands!  He looked around and saw the Koopalings, as well as Bowser, Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, and Yoshi surrounding him.  The Koopalings shot magic at him.  Mario and Luigi, working together for once, shot him with fireballs.  Bowser breathed fire at him.  Peach Psych Bombed him.  Yoshi shot him with eggs. Toad ran around finding things for Yoshi to eat.

Slowly, a ball of energy began forming around him.  They were about to kill him when he screamed, “NO!” and smashed Smithy’s hammer into the floor.

This distracted them enough so that their ball of energy got disrupted, and then exploded.  The force field protected them somewhat, but they were still blown back against the wall.  They heard a loud crash.  When their eyes cleared, they saw the chandelier on which Exar had stood.

They had only a few minutes to celebrate.  There was an ominous rumbling. Castle Koopa was collapsing!  Since the trap room was near the entrance, and the dungeons had a secret exit, no one was hurt.

“What do we do now?” the Princess said.

“What any other Koopa would do, of course,” Bowser said, “Build another castle somewhere else.”

All is peaceful now.  The Koopalings went back to their respective castles. Mario and Luigi aren’t fighting (as much). Bowser is living with Toadstool until his new castle is done.  All in all, all is well, for now.

Meanwhile, in the ruined Castle Koopa, a hand still clutches a hammer.  An eye flickers red.  With a triumphant laugh, Exar begins to pull himself from the wreckage…

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