“It’s still raining,” Kootie Pie said, looking out the window.

“What do you guys wanna do?” Bully asked.

“I want you to be quiet that’s what!” Hop snapped.

“Ya know,” Kootie Pie said. “You would expect this weather in Water Land, but not here. Well, speaking of my land, I’ll go there, ta.” She waved her wand and summoned a warp pipe.

“Wait, Kootie Pie!” Hip yelled after her. Seeing this was something to do, the other Koopalings followed. They all grabbed Kootie Pie before she could even reach the pipe.

“Lemme go!” Kootie Pie screeched.

“I got it!” Hop yelled. “Let’s have contests outside!”

“Why not? I’d win, seeing how I am the strongest,” Bully said. They all trudged outside and saw seven huge leaves next to a steep mud slope.

“Okay,” Hop said. “The first event will be mud-racing. Grab a leaf.” All the Koopalings climbed on.

Kooky was calculating the distance and how he could win. “Are there any rules?” Kooky shouted at Hop.

“No,” Hop said.

‘Good,’ Kooky thought. ‘Now I can deep-six them ALL! I’ll win!’

“Whadda we get if we win the… how many events?” Kootie Pie asked.

“Five events, the winner gets rewarded fifty coins by each Koopaling,” Hop explained.

“Let’s see,” Kooky said. “6 times 50 equals 300 coins?! Cool!”

Event One…

“Ready? Set? GO!” Hop yelled.

Bully got off to a great start, but then he collided with a big rock. Cheatsy was at least half a block ahead. Hip and Hop were right next to each other. ‘I need to get in front of him!’ Hip thought. He threw a handful of mud into Hop’s face.

“Aaaaaaauuuuuuuggggggghhhhhh!” Hop yelled, spinning into a small over-flooded pond.

“See ya later ‘Einstein'!” Hip yelled at him.

Kooky was still at the top. He was making adjustments to his leaf. Meanwhile, Cheatsy was still ahead, but Kootie Pie was catching up to him. Kootie Pie was right next to him when he grabbed the cosmetics bag that she had and threw it into a huge mud puddle.

“CHEATSY! I’ll… grr…” she said, jumping off the leaf and falling into the puddle.

“Ahhhhhhhhhh!” Hip yelled. He had run into a big patch of grass. ‘Oooooh,’ Hip thought ‘I’ll get him for this.’

“Ha! I’m in the home stretch!” Cheatsy yelled as he closed in on the patch of leaves that was the finish line. “I’m gonna… what is that?” He craned his neck up and saw a big flying… leaf?

“Geronimo!” Kooky yelled as he prepared to dive bomb Cheatsy.

“AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!” Cheatsy screamed as Kooky hit him in the back of the head.

“Uh!” Kooky said. He had flipped over Cheatsy and landed on the finish line.

“I’m a genius! ALL HAIL ME!” he yelled at the other Koopalings.

Event Two…

“Okay,” announced Hop. “The next event is sculpting. Use mud and dirt to make anything. Ready? GO!”

Hop looked around. Since he was the judge, he didn’t have to sculpt. Kootie Pie’s mud pile looked kinda like her, but the head kept falling off. Kooky was making a big picture of himself and lots of Paragoombas. Hip was building a sculpture of him skating on an ice pond. Bully was putting the finishing touches on a really big Chomp. Big Mouth was creating a flawless pyramid. Cheatsy was doing a self-portrait of himself that looked like a Hammer Brother on a bad day. Hop looked at them all, one by one, then chose the one that had to do with geometry.

Event Three…

“Yahhhhhhh!” Big Mouth yelled as he toppled over. “HEY!” he yelled. “You’re cheating! This Thwomp is too heavy to lift!”

“Okay, weakling,” Bully teased. “Here. Want a baby Thwomp for the baby?”

“Well,” Hop said. “I can only hold a Thwomp for ten seconds. I guess Bully’s the winner.”

Event Four…

“This is the no laughing contest.” Hop said.

“Well, START!” Hip yelled.

The star-face was the first to fall out. Then a Koopaling who loved an even number for his world’s order burst out laughing. Then an odd-number-for-a-world Koopaling couldn’t stand the silence and started screaming. The sneaky Koopaling stabbed a pin in someone’s arm and they were both out, and finally, the odd numbered Koopaling fell out.

Event FIVE…

“Okay, for the money! Literally,” Hop said.

“JUST GET TO THE POINT!” The rest of the Koopalings screamed.

“Okay, this is the race. Ready? First one to the dungeon wins! One for the MONEY, ah forget it. GO!” Hop yelled. The smallest Koopa started out quick but ran into the door. The Koopaling who loved fire tossed a fireball at the door and burned it, but then tripped over a pile of garbage that needed to be taken out. The ‘Einstein’ was in the lead until the strongest hit him against the wall.

The lead Koopa was almost to the dungeon entrance, but the guard Chomp stopped her. “You dumb Chomp! You ruined my nails!” the Koopaling screamed. She stood aside, counting up the money she had.

Then a Koopaling slipped on some ice someone else had put there. The culprit heard the breaking of some glasses. Only two were left. The lead Koopaling ran into some thorns that the Koopas had put in front of the dungeon doors. The last Koopaling ran to the dungeon doors and touched them.

“Alright you losers!” he yelled. “PAY UP!”