Bowser Party 1

By P.T. Piranha

(Mario Party, Nintendo, and any mentioned works of fiction or products to not belong to me in any way, shape, or form. This is just a story written for fun.)

One fine morning, Mario and all of his friends were enjoying a party. Even some of the people who were less than friendly were there. But why? Because they were all celebrating an important day.

Today was the day that the Celebration Star would come down to Mario's world and name the strongest, fastest, all-around best and grant a wish for the one who proved themselves as such. Needless to say, many were interested… until Bowser kidnapped the ones who were waiting, as well as the Celebration Star itself! Luckily, Mario and Toad were able to escape imprisonment and beat Bowser, though the Koopa King had a back-up plan.

He'd won the Celebration Star by capturing everyone, but never made a wish yet. Bowser would let everyone go free, but first they all had to win a contest for his amusement. He'd let the winner have the Celebration Star. Mario and Toad agreed, but Bowser had conditions. First of all, Toad could not play. Also, Mario and Peach could not play as well, instead being his personal prisoners for the duration of the game. Another was that three of his minions got to play as well: Koopa Kid, Boom-Boom, and Dry Bowser. If one of them wins, then Bowser wins. If Bowser wins, everyone stays prisoner, and he gets his own wish granted.

It was the only way to freedom, Mario and Toad decided, so they agreed. Toad and Mario were then left alone to discuss things. Toad would help the other prisoners win the game while Mario was kept alongside Peach. Due to the contract, Bowser would be unable to secretly make a wish on his own or anything like that. But neither could Toad or any other good guy. So it was time for the party of the century… hosted by Bowser.

…

Everyone was waiting around in a large, empty room in Bowser's castle. The newly freed prisoners were both those who opposed Bowser, were neutral, or some that even worked for him but wanted the C-Star for themselves. Then there were the three whom Bowser himself had entered into the contest. The players were:

1. Luigi:

"Mamamia, I hope Mario's okay…"

2. Wario:

"Wahaha! Who cares? Just as long as I, Wario, get the Celebration Star! All the treasure in the world will belong to Wario!"

3. Koopa Troopa:

"I dunno… I was kind of hoping to win…"

4. Daisy:

"Hey don't worry Luigi, Daisy's got this in the bag!"

5. Yoshi:

"Yoshi!"

6. Dry Bowser:

"Bwahaha! There's no way little munchkins like you guys could win this! That star will be Bowser's before long!"

7. Birdo:

"Like, why is he even working for Bowser? I mean seriously. Isn't he already Bowser?"

8. Shy Guy:

Shy Guy didn't have the answer to Birdo's question, so he just shrugged.

9. Rosalina:

"May the stars be with us through this trial…"

10. Petey Piranha:

"Hey, anyone seen KB around here?"

11. Toadette:

"Or Toad for that matter? I hope he's okay."

12. Waluigi:

"Waa, I can't believe I wasn't the one to beat up Bowser like Mario did!"

13. King Boo:

"BOO! Hahahaha!" King Boo had appeared out of nowhere, frightening Waluigi and Toadette.

14. Dry Bones:

"King Boo man, that was awesome."

15. Koopa Kid:

"Grrr! King Bowser's giving all of you a second chance, show some respect! Not that it matters, because I'll pummel you all into dust for him!"

16. Hammer Bro.:

"No way, I'll hammer you before you even get that far! This hammer was made in 1482 by the revered Hammer McBroski, and he-"

17. Blooper:

Blooper slapped his own face with a tentacle. "Can we save the hammer trivia for later?"

18. Boom-Boom:

"Boom-Boom getting tired of waiting! Where Bowser?"

Then at that point, Bowser and Toad walked in at last.

"All right listen up you runts! Your Awesomeness is here! And we're gonna get this game started! I didn't want it to be like this, but the contract forced Toad to be my co-host. But I'm still the one leading the Chomps around here, got it?" Bowser put his claw right in Toad's face.

"Eep! Got it!"

"Hey, stop being mean to Toad!" Toadette cried out, leading Dry Bowser to laugh.

"Yeah stop picking on her boyfriend! Haha!"

"He's my brother, you weirdo."

"Grr how was I supposed to know? You all look like little mushrooms from where I am!"

"Enough!" Bowser was getting annoyed. Here's the deal- we're gonna go back to some of the party spots from the past and play some… games. The team who does the lousiest gets to face me at the end, and send one unlucky partier back to the dungeon! Bwahaha!"

"B-But I get to help in my own way!" announced Toad. Bowser rolled his eyes.

"Whatever. My agents are totally gonna win. To the airships, everyone! Let's get this party started!"

…

Episode 1: Bowser's Big Lava Power Party
Location: Magma Mine
Game: Mario Party 9
Players: Luigi, Wario, Koopa, Daisy, Yoshi, Dry Bowser, Birdo, Shy Guy, Rosalina, Petey, Toadette, Waluigi, King Boo, Dry Bones, Koopa Kid, Hammer Bro., Blooper, Boom-Boom

Everyone came out of a warp pipe and found themselves on a cliff outside of a cave. Bowser and Toad came down in Clown Copters. The standard one for Bowser, a small and spotted one for Toad.

"Bwahaha! Welcome to Magma Mine, chumps! We've got two games today, the second one will be at another location. But the first one's here! We're gonna decide who is on what team!"

Toad spoke up. "Race through the mines and get to the other side. But watch out for the enemies who might try to stop you. You'll lose time!"

"Gaah! Toad, what gives? You've ruined the surprise!"

"Bowser, it's my job to do that!"

"Grrr… fine! Whoever loses doesn't go to the dungeon, but the winners do get something that'll help them out. Now get to it already!" Bowser flew away, soon followed by Toad. The players were all left by themselves.

"Wah! We'd better hurry!" Luigi took off running, followed by Daisy.

"Hey wait up!"

"I don't wanna be left behind!" Koopa started following them, then Waluigi.

"I'm not letting Luigi beat me!"

"Come on guys, we can't let them get an advantage!" Koopa Kid started running after the others. Dry Bowser and Boom-Boom shrugged and followed him at their own pace.

"Not like this is the part that matters." Dry Bowser said aloud.

"I'm with you on this, I'm gonna enjoy it while it's still easy." King Boo said. Petey nodded.

"Yeah. Too much heat around here anyway. I mean look at Shy Guy, he must be boiling under his cloak, just thinking about all the magma."

Dry Bowser, Boom-Boom, King Boo, and Petey all casually strolled into the mine, and Shy Guy scampered along after them.

"Yoshi!" Yoshi cried, and Birdo nodded.

"You're right honey, we gotta hurry or else this is as far as we go!"

Wario shook his head. "Hey lady, you got a magic wand! Why come you don't just warp us to the end or something?"

Rosalina lowered her head in shame. "I'm afraid Bowser reduced its powers when he captured me earlier. I can't do as much with it as I'd like."

"Waa! So in other words he's keeping you from being too powerful? That's lame. For you, that is! Wahaha! I could learn a thing from Bowser if he weren't so stupid! Now we gotta get through this mine already! Stick with me, everyone! Mines are my specialty!"

Dry Bones crossed his arms and nodded. "Challenge accepted."

Wario, Yoshi and Birdo holding hands, Rosalina, and Dry Bones were the next to enter the mine and begin the race. Hammer Bro. shook his head.

"You know, it'd be much easier to just go over the mine instead of through it. I can even break any boulders in our paths with this Hammawack 2012, right here! Ice Bully Mays pitched it once and I was the first in line! You see-"

Toadette leaned over to Blooper and whispered to him. "Let's just climb without him."

"Good call."

Toadette and Blooper started climbing as Hammer Bro. kept going on about his hammer. The turtle eventually noticed and started climbing.

"Wait for me!"

…

Luigi got up to a mine cart and opened the door, allowing Daisy in first.

"Ladies first."

"Thank you, Luigi." She pat him on the head and helped herself inside. Then Koopa came up.

"Er, mind if I join?"

"Okeydokey!"

Luigi let Koopa into the cart, and then started pushing the cart before hopping in himself. Koopa Kid and Waluigi arrived shortly after.

"Oh no, they got the only cart around here! Curses!"

"Waa, isn't there any other way?"

"We could just climb that ladder and go over the top of the mine the rest of the way."

"Forget that! Waluigi will walk on the rails! It can't be that hard!" Waluigi went forth and made good on his idea, but Koopa Kid decided to go on ahead and start attempting to go over the mine, and not through it.

Dry Bowser, King Boo, Petey, and Shy Guy caught up to everyone else. Boom-Boom was there too, but he just decided to climb the ladder without telling anyone. Three out of four of his companions were the enemy, after all.

"Great, looks like the cart's gone! Now what do we do?" King Boo complained. "… Well of course Petey and I could just fly, but what about the rest of us?"

"Hey I'm not on your side, okay?" Dry Bowser reminded King Boo.

"Oh come on Dry Bowser, we know you think you're better than Bowser. You wouldn't lower yourself to working for him." said Petey. Dry Bowser contemplated this.

"… You know what, you're right! If I get the Celebration Star, I'll overthrow Bowser! Thanks for the idea, guys. I'll give you a castle or something in my new rule. … But if Bowser asks, I'm still one of his inserts. I'll wait for the right time."

Shy Guy hopped up and down.

"Well there's a ladder over there, you and Dry Bowser could climb out and go over the mine instead, I guess."

"Ha! I survived lava once, and now that I'm all bones, I can do it again! Later, suckers!" Dry Bowser jumped down into the magma and started marching ahead.

King Boo and Petey shrugged and started flying in their respective methods. Shy Guy was left to go outside, though. King Boo and Petey then passed Waluigi.

"Waa! Everybody's cheating but me!"

…

Outside, Koopa Kid popped his head out from the hole in time to see Toadette and Blooper.

"So I'm not the only one taking this route? Rats, now I really gotta book it!" Koopa Kid started running off. Boom-Boom came out of the hole as well.

"Boom-Boom miss outside air. He no like cave."

Toadette shrugged. "Want to walk with us?"

Then it was Boom-Boom's turn to shrug. "Boom-Boom no see why not." Then Shy Guy came out. Toadette, Blooper, Boom-Boom and Shy Guy all continued their journey.

"Hey wait up!" Hammer Bro. was still catching up to them.

…

Luigi, Daisy, and Koopa's cart went up a wall on the tracks that were going at a 90 degree angle and kept cruising for a while, but eventually stopped at a sign. Toad flew down.

"Okay guys, you've got to decide which way to go from here. And… I'd hurry if I were you, Bowser set off a bomb under the magma that'll cause the magma to rise!"

Toad flew away, leaving the three nervous.

"I say we go…" Luigi and Daisy started before respectively picking different options.

"Left!"

"Right!"

They realized their disagreement. "… Luigi, we go right."

"… Yes, dear."

"I dunno, can't we go le-" Koopa was interrupted, though.

"Right it is!" The cart went right.

…

Wario, Yoshi, Birdo, and Dry Bones were walking on the rails right behind Waluigi.

"Stupid Bowser only putting in one cart! … I should try that." Wario decided.

Rosalina was no longer with them, she had flown ahead and actually caught up with Petey and King Boo.

"Whoa… gaaaah!" Dry Bones was walking on the elevated part of the rail but lost balance and fell into the magma.

"Oh no! Like, Dry Bones fell to his death! Why couldn't have, like, been Waluigi instead?"

"HEY!"

Yoshi pat Birdo on the shoulder and pointed down to the lava, as if telling her to look down. Birdo did so.

"Oh."

Dry Bones looked up from the magma, waving up at the others. "I'm just gonna follow the other skeleton."

…

"Yikes!" Petey was on a ramp and barely dodged one of the giant Spike's spiked balls. He, King Boo, and Rosalina had found themselves face to face with Spike.

"You three can't dodge forever!"

"I actually can." King Boo said, letting a ball go right through him.

"Enough is enough." Rosalina calmly stated. She used her wand to conjure three hammers for their team. The next time Spike sent down spiked balls, each one got hammered back at him.

"Ow! Why you…!" Spike stomped around and caused the magma to rise, though only Petey really had to worry about moving closer to Spike. The mini boss started throwing more balls.

"Uh babe, got another hammer?" Petey asked. Rosalina didn't appreciate her new nickname and gave him a stick instead, while she and King Boo got hammers. "Dang it. Ahhhh!"

As Petey took the hit, King Boo and Rosalina beat Spike at his own game.

"That's how it's done!" King Boo boasted.

"Fine, you can pass… just don't let the magma hit you on the way out!" Spike hit a button on the remote and ran off. The bomb went off, magma started rising.

"Whoa!" Petey started flying immediately and the three continued their flight.

…

Dry Bowser and Dry Bones were now swimming in the magma, as opposed to wading.

"Dude, what happened?"

"I'm not your dude, minion! Know your place!"

…

Toadette, Blooper, Boom-Boom, Shy Guy, and Hammer Bro. all caught up to Koopa Kid.

"Why Koopa Kid stop?" Boom-Boom asked.

"This thug's in the way! How dare he!"

"BARK, BARK!" Chain Chomp was barking loudly.

Toadette scratched her cap. "Well how do we get past him?"

Blooper made a joke. "Maybe we can bore him to sleep with hammer trivia."

"I'll have you know that this hammer was crafted to be so aerodynamically quick that I could smack you on the head from here faster than you could blink!"

Shy Guy tilted his head.

"Boom-Boom not afraid of Chain Chomp! Raaaa!" He stuck his fists out and started spinning, but got knocked back by the chomp's charge attack.

…

Waluigi, Wario, Yoshi, and Birdo reached the part where the tracks go up a wall.

"Come on, come on, come on! Before the lava catches us!" Waluigi was panicking.

"Like, what if we don't make it?"

"Wahaha! Let a professional show you how it's done!" Wario grabbed Yoshi's tongue and stretched it, much to the dinosaur's discomfort.

"Waa!"

The portly man used Yoshi's tongue as a lasso and hooked a stalagmite at the top of the wall. He then grabbed Waluigi and Birdo, one under each arm, and hopped onto Yoshi's back.

"Giddy-up!" Wario kicked Yoshi's sides, making the dinosaur retract his tongue. Instead though, he just rose upward. The four of them narrowly avoided the magma.

…

At long last, the mine cart made it to the other end of the mine, outside and safe from magma. Luigi, Daisy, then Koopa all got out of the cart.

"Congratulations!" Toad cheered. "You three are the first members of Team 1! And look, there are more!"

Rosalina, King Boo, and Petey flew out of the mine in that order and landed near the other three."

"Bwahaha! Welcome to Team 1, saps! You're faster than the other losers!"

King Boo rolled his eyes. "Great I'm on a team with Luigi. Whoopie."

"Hey you still have me!" Petey put a leaf around King Boo.

"… This is going to be a long contest…" Koopa and Luigi said at once.

"Hey Rosie, what's up?" Daisy offered a high five to Rosalina. The space princess was confused.

"… Hello, Daisy. It appears we are teammates. Let us do well."

"… Yeah." Daisy high-fived herself so she wouldn't be left hanging.

…

"Ha!" Blooper squirted ink in the giant chomp's eyes, agitating it. While the beast was distracted, Boom-Boom and Hammer Bro. unleashed attacks on it, driving it away.

"Well all right, you guys are good for something after all!" Koopa Kid half-complimented. The group of six kept their path up and soon caught up to Wario riding out of the cave on Yoshi, still holding Waluigi and Birdo.

"… Run for it, Yoshi!" Wario cried. Koopa Kid hurried past Wario's quartet, but the fat man on a dinosaur wouldn't go that easily. He dropped Waluigi and Birdo and had Yoshi hurry. The rest of the outdoor group hurried as well.

…

Koopa Kid was the first, followed by Wario on Yoshi. Then Hammer Bro., Boom-Boom, Toadette, Blooper and Shy Guy. Toad stepped in between Toadette and Blooper though.

"The rest of you will be Team 3."

Waluigi and Birdo stepped up.

"Hey Wario, thanks for leaving us to dry in this race!"

"Like, you might've helped us with the magma, but what you did just there was low."

Then the volcano erupted, with Dry Bones and then Dry Bowser crash landing on Shy Guy and Waluigi.

"Bwahaha! Welp, there's all the teams!"

Team 1: Luigi, Daisy, Koopa Troopa, Rosalina, King Boo, Petey Piranha

Team 2: Koopa Kid, Yoshi, Wario, Hammer Bro., Boom-Boom, Toadette

Team 3: Blooper, Shy Guy, Dry Bones, Waluigi, Dry Bowser, Birdo

Toad stepped up. "Okay guys, we will now decide what to call you guys."

…

Team 1:

"Hmm… Well three of us are green… two of us are princesses… one of us is King Boo… The Green Princess Boo!" was Luigi's suggestion.

"Never!" King Boo shouted. "Look, not only are they princesses and I'm a king, but we're all royalty. The three of us, anyway."

"Ur… How about the Emerald Crowns?" Koopa suggested. Everyone shook their heads.

"The Royal Greens, perhaps?" offered Rosalina.

"I like it. It makes me sound important." Petey put his leaves on his hips. "Let's do it. We're the Royal Greens!" the plant pointed at Bowser. "Hey! Make us the Royal Greens!"

Bowser looked over to the team. "Fine, you losers are Team Royal Green."

"No, there's no 'Team' in our name." Daisy tried to correct him, but Bowser lifted his hand. "… Fine."

…

Team 2:

"I've got it! We're Team Koopa! At least three of us are koopas!" Koopa Kid announced. "I love it when I'm smart."

Toadette tilted her head. "Wouldn't that be confusing since the guy who's actually named Koopa is on another team?"

"I say we're Team Wario!" suggested the only person in the world who possibly would.

"Yoshi!"

Hammer Bro. raised his hand. "Why not Team Sledge?"

"Wait, Team W-Shell?" suggested Koopa Kid. The reactions were mixed at best. "If you agree to that name, I'll let all of you besides Boom-Boom go free, no strings attached if I were to win." Everyone instantly warmed up to the idea.

…

Team 3:

Waluigi pointed his finger into the air. "I've got it! The Waluigi Liars!"

"I liked Birdo Ribbons better." said Birdo. Shy Guy jumped up and down.

"For the last time, we're not naming our team after your cat!" Dry Bowser roared. Dry Bones looked around.

"… Say Blooper, got any ideas?"

"At this point, we might as well be the Bowser Zeroes or something."

"Good idea! You're Team Zero!" Bowser announced. The Koopa King then had a fit of laughter. "It's fitting, you're all the most pathetic of the bunch! Well if you replace skeleton me with Green Stache, anyway. Okay then!"

Team Royal Green: Luigi, Daisy, Koopa, Rosalina, King Boo, Petey Piranha

Team W-Shell: Koopa Kid, Yoshi, Wario, Hammer Bro., Boom-Boom, Toadette

Team Zero: Blooper, Shy Guy, Dry Bones, Waluigi, Dry Bowser, Birdo

"The three teams will go to the proper airships and we'll all head to the site of the first true challenge." Toad explained to everyone. "You might want to make nice with your teammates."

"And since Team Royal Green were the least lame out of all of you, they're technically the winners and get an advantage next time! But you don't get to know until we get there!"

So what awaits the players at their first real challenge? Find out next time on Bowser Party 1.

To be continued.

...

Remaining Players: (All)

Losers: (No one yet)

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