Chronicles Of the Koopa Empire

[Clive Koopa]

Here is my fanfic series with the above title, which I wrote last year sometime. I've uploaded it already on several other places such as FanFiction.net, Deviantart and other message boards. Please read and let me know what you think. Okay without further ado, here is the first chapter.

Chapter 1 : Welcome to Castle Koopa

"So this is Castle Koopa," the koopa troopa said to himself looking up at the towering structure in front of him. "It's a lot bigger than I imagined."

He knocked on the big red door three times and waited.

"Who's there?" said a voice from behind the door.

"My name is Clive Koopa. I have come here to join the Koopa Empire," the koopa troopa said.

"Hold on a second," Clive heard the voice say. After about ten seconds, the doors to Castle Koopa opened. Clive saw a sledge brother standing in the doorway. He was holding some paperwork, which apparently had details of new recruits.

"Welcome Clive Koopa. Bowser has been expecting you," the sledge brother said. "Please follow me, I will take you to Bowser."

Clive nodded without saying anything and proceeded to follow the sledge brother. They walked down the entrance corridor, which had many rooms on either side. At the end of the corridor, they turned left down a few steps, which took them into a large circular room.

"This is the main lobby. From here, you can get to many different areas of the castle but you don't have to worry about that right now." The sledge brother said. "The throne room is this way."

The sledge brother then led Clive towards some steps going upwards on the far right hand side of the lobby from where they just came from. They walked up 45 steps to another floor then turned right down another corridor right down to the end. Clive saw a big red double-door in front of him with two hammer brothers standing in front of it.

"This must be the throne room," Clive thought to himself. While being led to the throne-room, Clive noticed that Castle Koopa looked more like a mansion rather than a castle.

"Here we are," the sledge brother said. "Remember when talking to Bowser to show some respect. Don't talk unless you are spoken to and keep your head down."

Clive acknowledged this and continued following the sledge brother. They walked up to the doors and the hammer brothers stopped them.

"You wish to see Bowser?" one of the hammer brothers said.

"Yes, I have a new recruit here who wants to join us," the sledge brother said.

"Okay," the second hammer brother said and knocked on the throne-room door.

"Come in," shouted Bowser from behind.

Both Clive and the sledge brother walked up the red carpet towards Bowser and stopped about a few metres from the steps up to where Bowser was sitting. The throne room was massive and had a few doors on either side as well as one larger door behind the throne.

"What's this then?" Bowser asked looking down at Clive who remained calm and quiet.

"You can speak now," the sledge brother whispered to Clive.

"Oh, I am Clive Koopa and I have come to join your empire," Clive said.

"Oh yes, I have been expecting you." Bowser said. "Thank you, you can go now." he said to the sledge brother who left Clive alone with Bowser as well as a few other guards who were in the room too.

"Firstly I want to give you a package," Bowser said handing Clive a parcel. "This holds everything you need for being a member of my empire. Inside you will find a handbook detailing the rules and regulations as well as a guided map of this castle. Also inside is your ID card showing you're a certified member of the Koopa Empire."

Clive opened the parcel and looked at the ID card, which had his name, personal details and an ID number. He also noticed something else, which confused him. On the bottom right, it said in capital letters, "LEVEL 1".

"What does level 1 mean?" Clive asked.

"That is your level number. You are a new member and all members start at level 1. Basically at the moment, you have restricted access to certain parts of the castle. The higher your level number, the more access you have. There are six levels altogether," Bowser explained.

"I understand," Clive said and put the ID card away.

"One of my guards will show you to your room. You will need a key to get in and your parcel should already have one," Bowser said and then motioned for a hammer brother near the throne-room door to come over.

A hammer brother walked over towards Clive and Bowser.

"Escort Clive to his room," Bowser said to the hammer brother.

"Yes Bowser," the hammer brother said then turned to Clive. "Follow me," he said as they both left the throne-room.

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After a few more walks up and down corridors and stairs, they finally got to the residential section, which had lots of rooms on either side. They got to a door numbered 130W. The W meant west as they were in the west wing.

"This will be your room for now on," the hammer brother said. "Bowser will want to see you again in an hour's time."

"Thank you," Clive said and took out the key to open his door.

"Your welcome," the hammer brother said and left.

Clive walked into his room, which was quite small but had everything he needed. Clive dropped his parcel underneath the bed and kept his ID card inside his shell. He took the handbook and map out and started reading.

After about 45 minutes, Clive left his room ready to go and see Bowser hoping to start work right away. He read the map several times so he wouldn't get lost and managed to find Bowser's throne-room right away. The hammer brothers guarding the door recognised Clive and allowed him to go through.

"Welcome back Clive," Bowser said. "Its now time for you to begin your empire duties," he added and passed Clive a piece of paper. Clive opened it and saw a picture of a Toad.

"Your first mission will be to capture this Toad and bring him to me. He is one of King Oscar's most trusted spies and is a big threat to the Koopa Empire," Bowser said.

"I'll do it. King Oscar is the Mushroom King and Peach's father, right?" Clive asked.

"That is correct. But you don't have to worry about him just yet. Just bring me this Toad alive and unharmed and I'll be more than happy. His name is Preston K. Toad. You will need some ropes and a cloth to restrain him. You can get them down in the stock room," Bowser said.

"Right away," Clive said before Bowser dismissed him. He found the stock room not too far from the main entrance. After getting the stuff he needed he put them in a bag then left the castle and headed over to Toad Town.

Clive started walking west down the long road when he heard a voice behind him shout.

"HEY, WAIT!" the voice shouted making Clive jump. Another koopa troopa ran towards Clive.

"Sorry to disturb you but Bowser forgot to mention something. As a koopa troopa, you will not be able to just walk into Toad Town as easyas that. You'll need a disguise to fool the Toads into thinking you're one of them. Then lure that Toad out of the town out of sight and do what you have to do." the koopa troopa said and handed Clive a Toad disguise.

"Thank you," Clive said and put the disguise on right away as the koopa troopa ran away.

"Now capturing this Preston should be a breeze," Clive laughed to himself. He now looked like a real Toad. Clive continued to walk towards Toad Town. After a few hours, he finally reached his destination. Inside Toad Town were lots of Toads and mushroom shaped houses. Clive was greeted by a toad on the edge of the main road.

"Greetings sir, how are you?" he said. Not wanting to blow his cover although he was in a hurry, Clive decided to answer politely.

"Err.. I'm fine thank you. Actually I'm looking for someone," Clive said.

"Who you're looking for?" The toad asked.

"This guy, his name is Preston K. Toad," Clive said showing the toad the picture Bowser gave him.

"Oh I know him. He works for Peach. You can find him in the inn at the bottom of the road. He usually pops in there for a drink," the toad said.

"Thank you," Clive said and walked on. "What a sucker, this disguise works perfectly," Clive said to himself. "This will be a piece of cake."

Clive found the inn at the bottom of the road and walked right in. He looked around and saw his target sitting alone in a corner of the inn. Clive grinned. "Good, he's all alone now's my chance," he thought. He walked over to Preston and began to speak.

"Excuse me, are you Preston K. Toad?" Clive asked once he was close enough.

"Who wants to know?" Preston asked.

"Oh sorry, I don't mean to be rude. My name is Frank P. Toad and I was sent by King Oscar himself to come and get you," Clive lied.

"What does King Oscar want me for and what connection do you have with him?" Preston said.

"I am a faithful servant of the king and he told me some vital information, which has come up and wants you to check it out. He has also asked me to come with you," Clive said.

"What kind of information?" Preston asked.

"The king has word that Bowser is planning an attack on Rose Town and has asked you to check it out," Clive said.

"Well if thats the case then I'd better go. Let's go." Preston said and got up to go. Clive followed along behind satisfied the mission was working. They walked out of Toad Town towards Rose Town , which was the same road Clive took to enter Toad Town. As they were walking, Clive looked around to make sure no-one was around. Once they were out of sight from everyone, Clive quickly jumped on Preston.

"Hey, wha.." Preston started to say before having a cloth shoved in his mouth silencing him. Preston saw Clive take some rope out of his bag and looked at him confused.

"I'm so sorry to have to do this but Bowser can't have you being a threat to his kingdom any longer," Clive said while tying up Preston.

"Bowser?" Preston thought. Once Preston had been fully tied up, Clive removed his disguise to reveal his true koopa troopa form. Preston's heart sank as he now realised that he had been tricked. He tried to struggle but to no avail.

"Struggle all you want, you won't break free," Clive sneered before pulling Preston up to his feet.

"Now to take you to Bowser, he's gonna be so pleased to see you," Clive laughed as Preston glared at him angrily. Clive lifted Preston up and carried him over his shoulders. Preston continued to struggle and squirm but it was no use. Clive carried Preston all the way back to Castle Koopa and the throne-room before dumping him on the floor in front of Bowser.

"Excellent work," Bowser said. "He'll make a fine slave."

Preston looked up weakly at the mention of the word slave. Clive laughed at Preston's reaction.

"Okay Clive, you may go now. In your room, you will find a rota. On that will be all your duties and jobs for the week. When you complete your weekly jobs, you will get a new rota," Bowser said.

"What about him?" Clive asked pointing down to the tied up Preston.

"I'll get someone else to deal with him," Bowser said.

Clive nodded his head and walked out of the throne-room and Bowser smiled as the doors closed behind Clive.

 

[Clive Koopa]

Chapter 2: Looking After The Koopalings

It was breakfast time and in the canteen Tony Koopa, a koopa troopa was sitting down eating corn flakes with his friends Buzz and Scott, two hammer brothers. Tony was a senior member of the Koopa Empire having served for over 15 years while Buzz and Scott had only joined six months ago.

“So what are you doing today?” Buzz asked Tony.

“Bowser has an important mission for me,” Tony replied. “I've been on guard duty for three days running so now I finally get to do something different.”

“I heard there's another new koopa who's joined us,” Scott said.

“Yeah I know,” Tony replied. “I think his name is Clive. He caught a toad, apparently one of Oscar's spies." Tony looked at the time on the wall.

“Well I better be going. Bowser will be mad if I'm late. See you guys later,” Tony said getting up from his chair.

“See ya,” Buzz said.

Tony made his way to the throne room although Bowser wasn't there. After about a few minutes, Bowser came out of the back room with his wife, Francine. Francine was a large dragon-koopa like Bowser but had long dark hair down past her shoulders.

“Sorry to keep you waiting Tony. Me and Francine are going out for the day so I want you to look after the koopalings.” Bowser said.

“Why me?” Tony asked confused.

“You are a trusted koopa here and you get on well with the koopalings so I requested you personally.” Bowser said. “Please accept my request.”

“Okay I'll do it,” Tony said smiling. “It will be an honour.”

“Thank you. I've left a list in the kitchen of things to do. I hope none of it will be a problem,” Bowser said.

“Not a problem at all,” Tony said.

“Good,” Bowser said. “I'll be back around 10pm tonight. Make sure my kids are in bed before then. If anyone needs me, tell them I'm not here,” Bowser said.

“Will do,” Tony said.

“Well lets go honey,” Bowser said to his wife who was hugging him the whole time.

“Okay darling.” Francine said.

They both left via a warp pipe what Bowser created then dissapeared as soon as he and Francine entered.

Tony walked into the door behind the throne room and inside had many rooms reserved only for the royal family. Next to the door was an intercom what is used to contact those wishing to enter the throne room. The koopalings were playing in a room at the back of the royal headquarters. Tony knocked this door and waited.

“Come in,” Ludwig answered.

Tony came in and was greeted by the koopalings.

“Hiya Tony, how are you?” Iggy said.

“Howdy,” Roy said.

“Hi all. Your dad asked me to look after you all,” Tony said.

“We know. I'm sure we'll have a great time.” Larry said.

“I agree,” Tony said. “Your dad said he left me a list in the kitchen.”

“Yes he did,” Ludwig said. “I'll go and get it for you.” Ludwig found the list on top of the bread bin and brought it to Tony who was waiting with the rest of the koopalings.

Tony read the list before putting it down.

“Okay so you've all had breakfast, right?” Tony asked.

“Right,” they all shouted.

“Good. Well we don't need to worry about that then,” Tony said. “What about school?”

“We get home-schooled,” Ludwig replied. “But today is our day off so all we do is play mainly unless dad gets us to do something.”

“I see. Well on this list, I am supposed to help you with homework, cook dinner, and basically keep you entertained,” Tony said.

“We don't have any homework,” Roy said smugly.

“Surely you must have tons of homework,” Tony replied.

“Nope. The only homework we have is boring maths and empire training,” Wendy said.

“Empire training?” Tony asked.

“Yeah, train to become better koopas in the empire, like you.” Wendy said.

“Oh right,” Tony laughed. “Yeah, its best to learn that kind of stuff when you are quite young. Maths is important too though.”

“Not to me it isn't,” Wendy said.

The rest of the koopalings nodded except for Ludwig.

“Actually he's right. Maths is a very important subject as it helps you with calculations and other things,” Ludwig said.

“You would say that, wouldn't you?” Roy said. “You who thinks he knows it all?”

“What did you say?” Ludwig said raising his voice.

“You heard,” Roy said squaring up to Ludwig.

“Hey now, break it up you guys,” Tony said. “There's no need to fight about it.”

Roy and Ludwig stared at each other angrily for a few seconds.

“Fine,” Roy said turning away.

“Well what do you do for empire training?” Tony asked.

“We learn about combat techniques, how to get along with other koopas and stuff like that,” Lemmy said.

“I see. Well is there anything you need help with?” Tony asked.

“Not really. But you can help us with our maths.” Lemmy said.

“Sure,” Tony said. The koopalings and Tony then sat down on the dining room table and Tony helped the koopalings with their homework, which included algebra and calclulus mainly. The only one what didn't need help was Ludwig as he was quite an expert at maths, which annoyed the other koopalings a lot, especially Roy.

“Well I see you've all completed your homework now and I hope you do the same when I'm not here. What else do you want to do?” Tony asked.

“Lets play hide and seek,” Lemmy said.

“Yeah,” Iggy said.

“Pfff, hide and seek is for sissys,” Roy said. “How about you and me in a wrestling match, one on one?”

“Lets play hide and seek then,” Tony said ignoring Roy's suggestion.

“YAY,” Iggy and Lemmy shouted.

“Wimp,” Roy muttered. “Okay I'll play but you get to count Tony.”

The rest of the koopalings nodded.

“I guess I don't have a choice,” Tony laughed. “Okay but just this once.”

Tony then covered his eyes and counted to 100 while the koopalings ran and hid. “98.. 99.. 100.. Ready or not, here I come,” shouted Tony.

Tony began searching the royal headquarters and found Wendy hiding in the bath.

“No fair,” Wendy complained. Tony laughed at this. He found Larry hiding under his bed, Morton in the kitchen cupboard, Ludwig was in his shell among a collection of other shells and Iggy and Lemmy were in their bedroom wardrobe. He then looked and looked for Roy but couldn't find him.

“Roy where are you?” Tony asked. He continued to look for about fifteen minutes but couldn't find him anywhere.

“Come on Roy, this isn't funny anymore, where have you gone,” Tony said.

“He's left the heqdquarters again. He always does this,” Lemmy said.

Tony growled and walked outside and found Roy sitting on Bowser's throne.

“So this is where you've been hiding,” Tony said slightly annoyed.

“Yup, I told you hide and seek is for sissys,” Roy replied and got of the throne and walked towards Tony.

“Now I want to wrestle with you or are you too chicken to do so?” Roy sneered now standing really close to Tony. The rest of the koopalings didn't dare say anything. They knew what Roy was capable of.

“No I'm not scared. Sure I'll wrestle with you but here isn't the place to do it,” Tony said.

Roy smiled and walked back into the headquarters. “We'll do it in my room. There's plenty of room for us to have a match.”


Roy and Tony squared up to each other and before Tony could react Roy grappled him and pulled him to the ground. Tony tried to get back up but Roy had the upper hand and had Tony in an inescapable hold. Tony eventually tapped out signalling submission and Roy let go. Tony was completely out of breath and slowly got back up. Roy however still had loads of energy in him and smiled and Tony.

“Not bad, I thought you'd submit earlier but you managed to hold out a bit longer but I still beat you,” Roy said.

“Tony, I'm hungry now.” Wendy said from outside.

“Actually I feel quite peckish myself,” Roy said.

“So am I. How about you guys set up the table and I'll fix up something for us to eat,” Tony said now with his breath back. Tony went to the kitchen while the koopalings went into the dining room.

“Lets see now,” Tony said looking through the kitchen. “I know what I'll do.”

Meanwhile the koopalings had set up the table and were sitting waiting. After a while, Tony came in with a tray with eight plates. On the plates was roast potatoes, chicken, cabbage, broccoli and gravy.
Tony served the plates out to, which he and the koopalings all ate.

“Thank you Tony, that was a lovely dinner,” Ludwig said.

“Your very welcome. I'm happy you enjoyed my dinner.” Tony said.”You go and watch TV or something while I wash up.”

The koopalings all ran into the living room to watch TV while Tony did the washing up. In the living room meanwhile, the koopalings were fighting over what to watch.

“Hey I want to watch the news,” Ludwig said.

“But you saw the news earlier. Its just the same stuff every single day,” Lemmy said.

“I want to watch Mushroom Kingdom's most wanted,” Iggy said.

“Forget that rubbish, I'm watching boxing,” Roy said.

The koopalings started talking over each other fighting over the remote.

“ENOUGH!!!!,” shouted a voice from behind. They all turned to see Bowser and Francine back early.

“Daddy, Mummy,” they all cried.

“Hello kids, we're back early,” Francine said. “Did you miss us?”

“We sure did mum,” Larry said.

“Where's Tony?” Bowser asked.

“He's in the kitchen washing up,” Wendy said.

“Okay,” Bowser said.

Tony walked in the living room a few minutes later and saw Bowser and Francine.

“Oh hi Bowser. I wasn't expecting you back this early.” Tony said.

“Yeah, we thought we couldn't leave the koopalings for too long so we came back early,” Bowser laughed. “How were my kids? Were they behaving?”

“Oh they were fine,” Tony laughed. “They were as good as gold.”

“Tony got owned by Roy in a wrestling match,” Morton said.

Tony's cheeks got red when Morton said that.

“Oh he did?” Bowser laughed. Luckily Bowser never said anything else, he was used to Roy challenging babysitters.

“Thanks for looking after my kids Tony,” Bowser said.

“No problem,” Tony said. “I'll be glad to do it again sometime.”

“Now you go back to doing your regular duties and I'll see you later,” Bowser said.

“Right away,” Tony said before leaving the headquarters and the throne-room.

“So what did you do today?” Bowser said

The koopalings then told their parents of what happened.

 

[Clive Koopa]

Chapter 3: Plumbers and Prophecies

The arrival of two humans is set to change the destinies of both the Mushroom and Koopa Kingdoms forever. This is the story of how the Mario Brothers came into the Mushroom Kingdom and takes place roughly six months after the previous chapter.
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It was night-time in Castle Koopa and one resident was having trouble sleeping. Kamek was tossing and turning in his bed and was having a terrible nightmare.

“Bowser, are you okay?” Kamek shouted. Castle Koopa was on fire and was tumbling down. Several of Bowser's troops had perished and the koopalings were missing. Bowser was on the floor underneath some rubble what had collapsed of the top of the throne-room.

“Kamek, get yourself and my survuving troops to safety,” Bowser said weakly.

“I'm not leaving without you,” Kamek said. “What about your kids?”

“Its too late for me. The Koopa Empire has fallen and my kids are missing. I don't know where they are of if they are alive,” Bowser said. Kamek was now crying.

“No I will not let you or your empire die. We will rise up and we will defeat the Mario Brothers,” Kamek said defiantly.

Bowser shook his head sadly.

“I'm afraid we've lost Kamek, there's nothing for us anymore. At least you can live your life and be happy,” Bowser said, his voice getting weaker each time.

Kamek wasn't listening though. He was about to speak when some more fiery rubble fell on top of Bowser.

“NOOOOOOOOOO,” Kamek shouted. Kamek saw the whole ceiling was about to collapse and decided to run for it. He along with a group of koopa troopas and hammer brothers made it to the entrance. Kamek tried to open the door but it was blocked.

“Oh no, we're trapped,” Kamek said frantically trying to open the door. He looked out of the peep-hole and saw the door had been deliberately blocked with brick blocks and ? blocks. He noticed Mario and Luigi looking on from the distance as Kamek took one last look at the ceiling as it began to fall.

“Oh please no,” Kamek said. “It can't end like this.”

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO,” Kamek screamed.


All of a sudden Kamek woke up. He was breathing heavily and looked around and checked himself. He breathed a big sigh of relief. It was all just a dream or was it? Kamek had been having very similar nightmares for the past two weeks now. The scenarios are always different but the outcome is always the same and ends in the demise of the Koopas. He got out of bed and took a hand-drawn picture out of his drawers. It was a picture of the Mario Brothers what Kamek had drawn himself to remind him of what they look like in case they were to appear in real life. Kamek wasn't sure whether these dreams were warnings of what is to come or what might come. He took out a diary and wrote down his dream in vivid detail.

Meanwhile in the Mushroom Kingdom about ten miles south of Toad Town, a warp pipe popped up and two humans were ejected out by force. The Mario Brothers had finally arrived although they did not know their destiny yet.

“Ow that hurt,” Luigi said as he landed hard on his bottom. “Mario, are you okay?”

“I'm fine Luigi,” Mario said as they got up to their feet. They looked around in astonishment towards their surroundings.

“Hey, where are we Mario?” Luigi asked.

“I don't know Luigi but I have a feeling we're not in Brooklyn anymore,” Mario said. “We should take a look around and maybe get some answers to where we are.”

“Good idea, this place looks kinda creepy,” Luigi said.

They continued walking when they heard a voice from up ahead call to them.

“Hey you, over there,” said a Toad who ran up to them.

“Huh, who are you?” Mario asked.

“What are you, more like?” Luigi asked.

The Toad was quite shocked and offended by Luigi's comment.

“For your information, I am a Toad, which may come as a surprise to you but that is my name also,” he said.

“So your name is Toad and your species is Toad,” Luigi said. “Very interesting. Could you by any chance tell us where we are and how to get home?”

“You are in the Mushroom Kingdom. As for getting home, I'm afraid that's not possible. I've seen humans like you come here before through what we call a warp pipe, which is how you got here. Unless you know how to control pipes and by chance the right pipe appears for you, then you are stuck here permanently,” Toad said.

“Well that's a bummer,” Mario said. “Well at least we can go and find some place to eat, I'm starving.”

“How can you th..” Luigi said before being interrupted.

“Wait a second, I was told that two humans fitting your description would one day come here,” Toad said.

“What do you mean?” Luigi asked confused.

“There is a prophecy what tells that two humans would overcome an evil empire and bring peace to the Mushroom World. Oh my, it's true. You are those humans,” Toad said. “You have to come with me.”

“Wait, what prophecy, what are you talking about?” Mario asked.

“I'll tell you on the way, but please follow me. I'll take you to see Peach. She'll fill you in on a lot more detail when we meet her.” Toad said as he ran ahead with the Mario Brothers running behind.

Back in Castle Koopa, Kamek was telling Kammy about his dreams.

“Are you sure they are real and not just dreams?” Kammy asked,

“Positive. In all my life, I have never had a dream so vivid and so clear. Not only that but I have been having repeated dreams every day for the past two weeks and I'm really scared now,” Kamek said.

Kammy walked over to Kamek and put her hands on his shoulders.

“Listen Kamek, if what you are saying is true then all we have to do is make sure that the outcome of your dreams never happen. We must find the humans involved and capture them,” Kammy said.

“Capturing them might not be enough,” Kamek warned. “What's to stop them escaping and destroying us all. We may have to kill them.”

Kammy nodded and then said, “Well if that is the case then so be it. Just stay calm and don't let it bother you, I won't let anything happen to the kingdom or to you. Not while I'm still living. I'll go and see what I can do and I'll see if I can find something to help you with your dreams.”

As soon as Kammy left, a hammer brother knocked on Kamek's door.

“Yes, what is it?” Kamek answered.

“Bowser wishes to see you, it's urgent.” the hammer brother said.

“I'll be right there,” Kamek said. He took a few deep breaths then left his room to see Bowser.

In the throne-room were several troops all wondering why they had been summoned. Kamek walked over to the front and waited for Bowser to appear. Clive was also there along with many other of Bowser's most trusted allies.

“Hey, what's going on?” Clive asked Tony.

“No idea. I've never seen the throne-room this packed before,” Tony replied.

There must have been around 600 or more koopa troopas, hammer brothers, sledge brothers, shy guys, magikoopas and many other species all standing in the throne-room at that time. After about ten minutes Bowser walked out looking quite agitated along with his wife Francine and all of the koopalings.

“Welcome everyone. I'm sorry to bring you all here in such short notice but I have some very bad news to bring you all. You are my most trusted and gifted soldiers and I need you all to listen carefully,” Bowser said.

They all remained quiet intent on listening to what Bowser had to say. Kamek had a strong feeling though that he already knew what Bowser was going to say.

“An age-old prophecy what I have long feared has come true,” Bowser finally said after a pause.

Kamek held his head in his hand as he realised his dreams and everything he had seen was all true.

“Two humans who prophecy states will destroy the Koopa Empire and all of us have finally entered the Mushroom Kingdom,”. Bowser continued.

The troops looked at each other in confusion unsure what Bowser was talking about. They started chattering amongst themselves getting all confused and panicky.

“QUIET!!” Bowser shouted silencing everyone. “Thank you. Now I want you all to remain calm and let me finish.”

The troops remained quiet and waited for Bowser to continue speaking.

“As I was saying, the humans in question arrived in the Mushroom Kingdom about a few hours ago and are now currently with Peach. Peach will surely pass her powers onto these humans, which will make them very dangerous indeed. I want you all to look at the screen I'm about to show,” Bowser said before going behind the throne and pulled down a curtain revealing a large picture of the Mario Brothers.

“This is Mario and Luigi, collectively known as the Mario Brothers. If you see them, be very careful of them. They will show no mercy and will kill you. Now I don't care who does it or how you do it, I want you to get rid of these humans. Capture them or kill them. Do as you please but for now, keep them away from here,” Bowser said. “Any questions?”

A shy guy near the front put his hand up.

“Yes, you?” Bowser asked.

“If we capture them but not allowed to bring them here, then what are we supposed to do?” the shy guy said.

“Whatever you want, keep them as personal slaves for all I care. I just don't want them here where they can destroy us like the prophecy says,” Bowser replied. “All you have to do is to make sure the prophecy never comes true. Them just being here is proof that this can happen and Kamek here has been having the most awful of dreams,” Bowser said. “For now you are all dismissed. You may now go back to your regular duties but this is just a warning to be careful of them. If you ever get into contact with them, do what you have to to be rid of them.”

All the troops then left until only Bowser, Francine and the koopalings remained.

“Daddy, are you alright? Those nasty humans aren't going to hurt us, are they?” Wendy asked.

“No Wendy, I won't let anything happen to us. Our family and the empire are here to stay,” Bowser said. “Lets go back inside the headquarters. I'll cook us all dinner.”

“Sounds good to me,” Wendy said.

Meanwhile Clive was in his room going through some paperwork and was doing some thinking. He had heard about the prophecy from his parents and told to always fear it and he did.

“So the famed Mario brothers are finally here. Unlucky for them. Surely they can't beat the whole empire, just the two of them, powers or not. I'll make sure that I am the one who goes down in history as the one who prevented the prophecy from ever coming true,” Clive said to himself.

Many of the other troops who were present at the time were also thinking the same thing. Kamek, meanwhile managed to get a good night's sleep for a change and his nightmares didn't bother him again.

 

[Clive Koopa]

Chapter 4: Death in Castle Koopa

Clive walked down the dungeons down in the castle's basement and opened the door to one of them.

“Hey, do you always come in without knocking? When am I going to get some food” a Toad shouted from inside. Clive had been chosen to be this toad's personal guard and was quite annoyed at his attitude.

“Do you ever shut up?” Clive shouted back. “I was just about to feed you.” He brought a tray in with some food and put it down beside the Toad.

“About time too, I'm starving,” the Toad said before beginning to eat. Clive shook his head in disgust, he was used to this though.

“Not even a thank you. I hope you choke on it,” Clive muttered under his breath as he left. At least the other prisoners he was assigned to look after had better attitudes even though they weren't too happy about being captured. Afterwards he walked out of the dungeons and back into the main grounds. He heard a voice call him from behind.

“Clive, can I speak to you for a second,” the voice said. Clive turned around to see Francine.

“Oh hi Francine, how may I be of service?” Clive asked.

“Bowser has asked me to give you this if I see you,” Francine said handing Clive a new ID card. Clive knew what it meant.

“I've been promoted,” Clive said surprised.

“Bowser is busy right now in the Mushroom Kingdom and wanted to give it you in person but he asked me to do it instead,” Francine said.

“Thank you very much,” Clive said. “I'll be sure to give my thanks to Bowser the next time I see him.”

Francine then walked off. Clive smiled and put his new card under his shell. He was about to walk off the he heard a loud scream from behind. Clive stopped in his tracks and ran to see what the scream was. He kept running and was shocked at what he saw next. Roy was kneeling down over the lifeless bloody body of Francine, the koopalings' mother and who Clive had just spoken to.

“Mum, wake up,” Roy sobbed. There were other guards around who looked shocked, some turned away and couldn't look while others broke down in tears.

“Oh my god,” Clive said shocked. “She's, she's, she's dead,” he added barely able to say the words.

Bowser returned shortly afterwards with Peach.

“Hey, let me go Bowser,” Peach said.

“I can't do that,” Bowser said. “I have plans to take over the Mushroom Kingdom and you are part of the plan.”

Bowser parked his clown car on the balcony of his bedroom and they got in to see Kamek standing there.

“Kamek, what are you doing here?” Bowser said. “You know you can't just come in here.”

“Its your wife,” Kamek said starting to get teary. “She's gone”.

“Gone?” Bowser asked confused. “What do you mean?”

Kamek just stood there staring at Bowser.

“Kamek, where's my wife?” Bowser demanded instantly forgetting about Peach.

“She's dead.” Kamek finally said after a long pause. Bowser was gobsmacked and Peach was equally shocked. Bowser ran out his bedroom leaving Peach alone.

“Bowser, where are you going?” Kamek shouted running after Bowser. They continued to run and Bowser stopped just outside the throne-room when he saw the koopalings and several troops crying.

“Daddy you're back,” the koopalings all said all as they ran over to Bowser giving him a big hug.

“Mum's dead, Dad” Roy cried. “Someone murdered her.”

“I know kids,” Bowser said. “Kamek told me.

“Who did this daddy, who would kill our mum?” Wendy cried.

“I don't know Wendy, I don't know. But when I find out, I'll make sure he pays,” Bowser said.

“Sir, may I speak to you?” a hammer brother said.

“Go ahead,” Bowser said. He and the koopalings calmed down and stopped crying although they were still quite teary.

“I am Monty Koopa from Vibe Island's elite hammer brother's unit. We have information what might help track your wife's killer,” the hammer brother said.

“Continue,” Bowser said.

“I saw three Toads acting quite suspiciously earlier near the Dark Land border. It is my belief that they or someone else may have been responsible,” Monty added.

“Thanks for letting me know. Take your unit and explore the border. Let me know if you see anything. If anyone gets in your way or you find those toads, capture them and interrogate them,” Bowser ordered.

“Will do,” Monty said before leaving.

“Bowser, I thought Peach was with you,” Larry asked.

Bowser covered his mouth in shock as he forgot all about Peach when he heard about what happened to Francine.

“I almost forgot, I left her in my bedroom.” Bowser said.

“Bowser,” Bowser heard a voice say from behind. Bowser turned around to see Peach looking sad.

“Peach, what are you doing down here?” Bowser asked.

“I'm sorry to hear about your wife Bowser, really I am.” Peach said.

“Peach, I don't mean no offence but it is my belief that someone in your kingdom did this to my wife. I have received information that Mario was in Dark Land with a group of toads while I was kidnapping you,” Bowser said.

“I assure you that I had nothing to do with this but if I find out Mario was behind this, I will see that he pays,” Peach said. “Our kingdoms may be at war but I did not intend at all for this to happen.”

“I know. Peach, just leave now. I was going to keep you here but as you can see things have changed so please leave me and my kids alone for now,” Bowser said.

“Okay,” Peach said and then proceeded to leave the castle.

“What? You're going to just let her go?” Wendy said.

“Yes,” Bowser said. “I believe her words and right now isn't the right time to make my takeover plans. When all this is settled and back to normal, then I'll recapture Peach and put my plans back on.”

Meanwhile near the borders of Dark Land, a group of six hammer brothers stood by as Monty spoke.

“Okay, our orders are to explore this area and look for any clues as to the whereabouts and identity of Francine's killer. If we spot anyone suspicious, we are to take them prisoner and question them,” Monty said.

One hammer brother found something buried under the soil as they were searching.

“Hey Monty, I think I found something,” he said. Monty walked over and examined the find.

“It's a sledge hammer,” Monty said identifying it as a sledge brother's hammer. He noticed blood on it. Monty was shocked.

“This must be what killed Francine. We need to have this checked.” he added. They continued to search but found nothing else. They noticed someone walking near to the border and realised it was a Toad.

“Hey you,” Monty shouted to the toad. The toad saw the hammer brothers and saw them with the bloodied hammer and tried to run.

“Get him,” Monty ordered as the hammer brothers ran towards the toad. The toad tripped over a stone and fell over. He tried to get back up but Monty jumped on him pinning him down.

“Thought you could get away from us, did you?” Monty said as the rest of the hammer brothers stood around him.
The toad sighed in defeat as Monty tied him up. He carried the toad into a dark, quiet area near the border where they couldn't be seen and put the Toad down followed by the rest of the hammer brothers.

“Now then, what is your name and what were you doing near our borders?” Monty asked the toad.

The toad just closed his eyes and turned his face away like a snob.

“So you choose not to answer, do you? Monty said. He stood right next to the toad and put his hammer next to his head. The toad was now scared.

“Normally I wouldn't use this kind of threat in an interrogation. I could just tickle the information out of you or something but this isn't any ordinary interrogation. Someone is dead and you just happen to be in the area where the murder weapon was found. Now I suggest you answer my questions or I will hammer you into submission,” Monty warned angrily.

“Okay, okay, I was in the area with three other toads earlier and I was told to claim the hammer back but you got there first,” the toad said.

“So you admit to being responsible for Francine's murder?” Monty asked,

“It wasn't me personally but it was another toad,” the toad said.

“Give me the names as well as your own,” Monty said putting his hammer closer to the toad.

“George P. Toad, Harold J. Toad and Kyle M. Toad. My name is Jack P. Toad and Kyle was the actual killer,” the toad said.

“Where are they now?” Monty asked.

“I don't know where they are now, they are probably either in Peach's castle or with Mario,” Jack said.

“Thank you for being so co-operative,” Monty said as he wrote all the information down.

“You and you,” Monty said referring to two of the hammer brothers with him. “Find these three Toads and capture them. Take them away from Toad Town and interrogate them then bring them to Castle Koopa.”

The two hammer brothers left leaving just Monty and three others.

“Jack P. Toad, you will be coming with us to Castle Koopa where you will stand trial along with your three friends for Francine's murder,” Monty said. “If found guilty, you will likely get executed. Do you have anything to say in your defence?”

Jack remained silent. Monty then picked Jack up and carried him to Castle Koopa where he was put in one of the dungeons. The other three toads were captured not long after.

 

[Clive Koopa]

Chapter 5: The Trial

It had been three days since Francine Koopa, Bowser's wife and queen of the koopas had been murdered and the toads responsible had been swifly caught. They would stand trial on her murder as well as the attempted murder of the sledge brother they stole the hammer from used to kill her.

Spike, a senior sledge brother walked down to the dungeons that morning to escort the toads to trial.
He had two hammer brothers with him as back-up incase the toads tried to escape. The hammer brothers were called Buzz and Scott, two junior brothers who always worked together.

“Take the two cells on the left, I'll take these two on the right,” Spike told them. They understood and opened the two cells immediately to the left.

“Alright you, on your feet. It's time for your trial,” Buzz said to Harold J. Toad in the first cell. Harold, who was sitting on his bed immediately got up to his feet and stood still. Buzz walked over to Harold and tied his hands behind his back.

“Now move it,” Buzz said ushering Harold out of the cell.

In the second cell was Jack P. Toad, who had been interrogated previously by Monty and had revealed the identities of everyone involved in Francine's death. Scott bound Jack's hands in the same way as Buzz did with Harold and escorted him out the cell.

Spike did the same to George P. Toad and the actual killer Kyle M. Toad.

“Move it losers,” Spike ordered forcing the toads to walk with Buzz and Scott in front of them and Spike behind them.

The trial was being held in a large courtroom on the other side of Castle Koopa and the prisoners were made to sit in a dock while Spike, Buzz and Scott sat on either side of them with their hands still tied. On the other side of the courtroom, Bowser and the koopalings sat and watched. They all glared angrily at the toads with evil eyes. They were definitely hoping for a unanimous guilty verdict. The judge Michael C. Koopa, a koopatrol entered shortly afterwards and took his seat.

“This court is now in session, you may now bring in your first witness,” Michael said to the prosecutor, a female koopa troopa called Lucy T. Koopa.

Meanwhile in the mushroom kingdom, Peach was getting ready to attend the trial.

“Where do you think you're going?” Toadsworth asked from behind.

“I'm going out for a meal with Daisy,” Peach lied. She couldn't let anyone know she was going to Castle Koopa especially as she had been called in as a witness and had been secretly supporting Bowser. Shortly after Francine's death and her kidnap at the hands of Bowser, Peach had received a tip-off revealing the names of the killers involved and she realised that her own father, King Oscar II of the mushroom kingdom was responsible. She was furious but dared not tell anyone, especially Mario or Toadsworth.

“I see,” Toadsworth said. “Well make sure you stay away from dark land. This trial has nothing to do with us, you hear.”

“Don't worry Toadsworth, I have no intention of going to that horrible place,” Peach said.

“Good. You make sure you're back before nightfall,” Toadsworth said before leaving. As soon as Toadsworth left, Peach quickly left through another door and made her way towards Castle Koopa.


Meanwhile back at the trial....

“My next witness is Clive Koopa,” Lucy the prosecuting koopa said. Clive came in through a side door and took his seat on the witness stand. Peach arrived shortly afterwards and waited outside. It would be her turn on the witness stand next. Back in the courtroom, Clive remained calm and composed has he began to answer the questions given to him. He was the fourth witness to speak.
After a series of questions from both Lucy and Joey N. Toad, who was for the defence, it was now Peach's turn. Bowser was initially quite surprised to see Peach there and the fact she was on the prosecution side rather than on the defence side among her own kind. Peach hated going behind her own kingdom's back but someone had been murdered and her own family was responsible so she decided to fix it. She told Daisy to lie to everyone in case anyone asked where she was. As far as they were concerned, Peach was having dinner with Daisy in Sarasaland. Peach would be back in a few days to answer more questions. On the fifth day of the trial, it was the turn of Francine's killers to answer questions. The way they answered questions disgusted almost everyone in the courtroom as they smugly admitted in detail of how they conspired to and killed the queen of the koopas. Peach was absolutely sickened as to how high-ranking toads in her own kingdom could be so insensitive. Bowser nearly puked and the koopalings just wept. The only one who wasn't smug was Jack P. Toad, who was quite scared and revealed how he was forced into the plot. He had originally been captured by Monty Koopa who forced him to reveal the other names of the toads involved. On the sixth day at noon came the verdict and virtually everyone was hoping for a guilty verdict.

“Will the foreman of the jury please stand?” the judge, Michael C. Koopa said.

The jury consisted of three koopa troopas, three goombas, three toads and three shy guys. The foreman was a koopa troopa who stood up.

“Have you reached a verdict on which you are all agreed?” Michael said.

“Yes we have,” the foreman said.

“On the count of conspiracy to murder, do you find the defendant Kyle M. Toad guilty or not guilty?” Michael asked.

“Guilty!” the foreman replied almost instantly. Bowser shook his fist in delight and the koopalings whooped.

“On the count of murder, do you find the defendant Kyle M. Toad guilty or not guilty?” Michael asked.

“Guilty!” the foreman replied. “YES!” came a voice from the people watching.

“Order,” Michael shouted silencing the crowd. After a brief pause he continued.

“On the attempted murder of Daniel D. Koopa, do you find the defendant Kyle M. Toad guilty or not guilty?” Michael asked. This was the sledge brother who Kyle almost killed while stealing his hammer what would be used to kill Francine.

“Guilty!” the foreman replied. The judge then repeated the same questions for the other defendants and the answer was the same throughout except for Jack who was cleared of murder and attempted murder but was found guilty of conspiracy.

“Will the defendants rise?” Michael said and the toads standing in the dock stood up as did Buzz, Scott and Spike who had been guarding them the whole time.

“In all my years of judging I have never came across anything so despicable, so disgusting as you toads. You murdered the queen of the koopas then you brag about it like it was some kind of a game. You make me sick. I can think of only one suitable punishment for you, you will be plunged into the lava where you will die. As for you Jack P. Toad, you have been cleared of both murder and attempted murder and you seem to have shown some kind of remorse throughout this trial. However you are still guilty of conspiracy so I sentence you to five years as a slave. Take them away, this court is dismissed”

Jack gulped. He didn't like the idea of being a slave but at least he wasn't being executed.

“Take this toad to the slave camp, I'll take these three to their doom,” Spike told Buzz and Scott. The hammer brothers and escorted Jack out who hung his head in sorrow.

“As for you three, I'm going to enjoy watching you die,” Spike said to the other three toads who just turned their faces away. Spike took them to a room and they were made to stand together in the middle of the room on top of what appeared to be a trapdoor.

“Now you just stand still. It will all be over soon,” Spike said walking over to a lever. The toads just stood there motionless, they weren't scared nor did they even care. Spike pulled the lever and the trapdoor opened. The toads fell through falling over fifty feet down into the lava below where they drowned and melted. Spike just stared through the open trapdoor at the lava river before walking back to the lever and closed the trapdoor back up again.

Peach returned to the Mushroom Kingdom shortly afterwards and was greeted by Mario.

“Hi Peach, how did I go with Daisy?” Mario asked.

“Oh it was fine, me and Daisy had a great time,” Peach lied.

“That's good. I was thinking maybe you and I could go out sometime,” Mario said.

“I'd love to. But now I think I'll have a little nap now if you don't mind,” Peach said.

“Sure, I'll see you later on then,” Mario said and then walked off. Peach walked into her bedroom and locked the door. She pulled out a photo album and looked through. This was her secret album what no-one else knew about. Inside were pictures of Peach, Bowser and the koopalings.

“Those are lovely pictures, it brings it all back, doesn't it?” said a voice from outside the balcony.

Peach turned around to see Bowser.

“Bowser, what are you doing here?” Peach asked.

“To see how you were. I also wanted to thank you for your help in the trial and everything,” Bowser replied.

“Oh Bowser, you didn't have to come all the way to say that,” Peach said.

“I wanted to,” Bowser said. He looked at the pictures Peach had been going through.

“I never did tell the kids the truth,” Bowser said. “You know, about who their real mum is.”

“Did Francine know?” Peach asked. Bowser shook his head.

“Bowser, you shouldn't be here,” Peach said. “Someone might see you.”

“I don't care. Peach I've never told you this before but I love you. One of the reasons I keep kidnapping you is love. I loved my wife too but you were always the love of my life,” Bowser said shocking Peach.

“Bowser, you can't have me. I love Mario and he loves me. Go home and be with your kids,” Peach said.

“Our kids,” Bowser corrected.

“I know Bowser but what would they say if they found out especially when their mum, I mean who they thought was their mum was never their mum to begin with,” Peach said.

“I know, you're right. I'll be back for you someday and when that happens, I'll take your kingdom too,” Bowser laughed as he jumped into his clown copter, which he parked just outside the balcony and left.

“Bye Bowser,” Peach smiled and closed the balcony windows.