It was a fine day at Castle Koopa. Roy was beating up Iggy, Ludwig was eating chocolate and making an invention that was sure to explode, Larry was eavesdropping on Wendy, who was putting on makeup, and Lemmy was riding his ball while serving as a victim to one of Morton's hour long speeches.
"So after I-" spoke Morton.
"Do you ever stop talking?" asked Lemmy. "It's getting pretty annoying."
"Do you ever stop riding that ball?" asked Morton. "Why, every time I see you, you're riding that thing."
"I could go without my ball," said Lemmy.
"And I could go without talking," said Morton.
"Morton, go without talking?" said Roy as he stopped beating up Iggy for the moment. "No way."
"It's more likely he could do that than you stop beating up people," butted in Ludwig.
"I smell a bet," said Larry.
"Do you ever stop eavesdropping?" asked Wendy.
"I will if you stop putting all that makeup on," said Larry.
"I can give up working out," said Iggy.
"It's not like it would hurt you," said Roy. "You have no muscle as it is."
"Yeah, you should be strong like me," said Ludwig.
"I wouldn't be talking," said Lemmy. "You're getting a bit pudgy from all that chocolate."
Ludwig looked down at his stomach and mumbled some sounds.
"It sounds like we got a bet going," said Morton.
"Wait just a second," said Wendy. "There has to be something in it for me. Why should I give up makeup?"
"Let’s say a reward," said Ludwig. "Winner gets 200 coins?"
The Koopalings all widened their eyes. "But who's going to supply us with the money?" asked Larry.
"Let's go ask Bowser," said Lemmy.
All the Koopalings ran off into the living room, where Bowser, Clawdia, and Kamek were sitting. "King Dad, us Koopalings are having a bet," said Lemmy, "and we're wondering if you could donate 200 coins as a reward."
"What?!" yelled Bowser. "What's going on?"
"You see, we're each going to see who can go the longest without something they love," said Lemmy. "I'm going to give up my ball."
"I'm going to give up beating up people," said Roy.
"I'm going to give up working out," said Iggy.
"I'm going to give up eavesdropping," said Larry.
"I'm going to give up makeup," said Wendy.
"I'm going to give up talking," said Morton.
"And I shall give up chocolate," said Ludwig.
"That's-" started Bowser.
"A great idea!" exclaimed Clawdia. "I'd be happy to supply those 200 coins. It sounds great!"
"Stupid!" yelled Bowser.
"You know, you have an awful habit of yelling," said Clawdia. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"... Oh no, no, no way I'm doing this," said Bowser.
"Aw, looks like someone's a Goomba," teased Clawdia.
"Grr... Fine, I'll join in this silly bet," said Bowser. "But Ludwig can't invent anything either."
"No chocolate and no inventions?!" yelled Ludwig. "Are you asking me to kill myself? Why do I have to give up two things I love, when everyone else has to give up one?"
"Because I mainly yell when your inventions explode," said Bowser. "So to prevent that, no inventing for you. Got it?"
"Yes," said Ludwig sadly.
"Heh-heh, this will be quite interesting to watch," said Kamek, who had now joined in the conversation.
"Oh really, Mr. Magic," said Bowser. "Why don't you put your money where your mouth is? Think you can give up magic?"
"Easily," said Kamek. "Count me in on this!"
"All right, so we got our rules established," said Clawdia. "Person who lastd longest, wins. Agreed?"
Everyone nodded their heads.
"Excellent," said Clawdia. "I'll be the referee of this bet."
"Why don't you participate?" asked Morton.
"Because she's the only one of us without any annoying habits," said Lemmy.
"Right," said Clawdia. "So, let's start this!"
"Um... Can we start tomorrow?" asked Bowser.
"I guess so," said Clawdia.
"YEAH!" cheered the Koopalings, Bowser, and Kamek.
Everyone dispersed, and went to go do all the things that they wouldn’t be able to do the next day. Iggy went to workout, Lemmy went to ride his ball, Morton went to go give a speech, Ludwig went to stuff his face with chocolate and work on inventions, Wendy went to put on her makeup, Larry went to eavesdrop on her, Roy went to search for people to beat up, Kamek went to go perform magic, and Bowser went to yell at everyone. After a few hours, they all went to bed, and the bet would start the minute they woke up…
The next morning, Lemmy work up. Instead of getting in his ball, he walked downstairs to the dinning room. It took him a bit longer than normal, but he managed to get there.
"Good morning," said Bowser in a soft, polite tone.
"Morning," replied Lemmy.
Lemmy looked around the dinning room. Ludwig wasn't eating his normal chocolate cereal. Instead, he was eating Fruit Flakes. "These are terrible," mumbled Ludwig.
"How's that cereal?" asked Lemmy.
"Uh, great," said Ludwig. "Who needs Extra Chocolaty Pebbles when I have these? Yup, these are great." Ludwig took a spoonful and swallowed it with a displeased face.
"Meh, I'm just going to go check on how everyone else is doing," said Lemmy.
Lemmy left the dinning room and headed into the living room. He saw Morton watching a talkshow. "Hi Morton," said Lemmy.
Morton gestured to Lemmy, as if he was saying hi. Lemmy then saw Iggy and Larry. "Want to play some cards?" asked Iggy.
"Sure," said Lemmy. Lemmy sat down next to Iggy and Larry.
"I got this bet in the can," said Larry.
"No way, I got it," replied Iggy.
"You both are going to lose to me," said Lemmy. "I'm actually getting used to walking on foot."
The three proceeded to play cards. Meanwhile, Wendy and Kamek were in the hallway.
"Do I still look pretty?" Wendy asked hastily.
"Never been uglier," replied Kamek.
"NO!" yelled Wendy. "I need my makeup!"
"Shut up!" shouted Roy, who was in his room playing violent videogames as a way to still get joy out of fighting.
Back in the living room, Larry, Iggy, and Lemmy had just finished playing cards. It was one o'clock in the afternoon. "Everyone's doing so well," said Lemmy. "How can I win?"
Lemmy sat on a chair and begins to think. After a few minutes of thinking, he came to a conclusion. "I'll make them cave!" thought Lemmy. "I'll torment them all into caving, and then I'll win!"
Lemmy left the living room. "Man, I'm a genius!" exclaimed Lemmy. "Now who shall be my first victim?"
Lemmy headed into the kitchen, opened the fridge, and saw a couple of chocolate bars in the fridge. "Perfect," said Lemmy.
Lemmy grabbed the chocolate bars and went off to find Ludwig. He found Ludwig lying on the floor in his room, drooling and twitching. "Must... have... chocolate," Ludwig said wearily.
"Oh look, a chocolate bar," said Lemmy. Lemmy pulled a chocolate bar out of his pocket. Ludwig stares fixedly at the chocolate bar. Lemmy unwrapped it and began to eat it.
"Delicious," said Lemmy. "It's so rich, so chocolatey."
Ludwig started twitching.
"Mmm, that was delicious," said Lemmy. "I think I'll have another." Lemmy pulled another chocolate bar out of his pocket. Right when he did, Ludwig tackled Lemmy and shoved the chocolate bar in his mouth.
"Sweet chocolate!" exclaimed Ludwig.
"Ha, you lost!" exclaimed Lemmy.
"I don't care," said Ludwig. "I need chocolate. Chocolate chocolate chocolate!" Ludwig ran away to go get more chocolate.
"One down, seven to go," said Lemmy.
Lemmy walked away, and found Roy walking down the hallway. "Is this really going to be worth it?" thought Lemmy. "I hope so."
Lemmy got in front of Roy. "Hey Roy, you're looking a bit pudgy," said Lemmy.
"Shut up," said Roy.
"I'm not scared of you," said Lemmy. "You're a little weakling!"
"Stop!" yelled Roy.
"I bet even Iggy could beat you up," said Lemmy.
"NO HE CAN'T!" shouted Roy, growing angrier by the second.
"Why don't you go back to collecting butterflies?" said Lemmy.
Right when he finished, Roy pulled his arm back and punches Lemmy so hard, he went flying into the wall. Bowser watched this as he walked down the hall. "Roy, you lost!" cheered Bowser.
"Can it, you dope," said Roy.
"Dope?" said Bowser.
"Big. Fat. Dope," said Roy.
"Why you little!" yelled Bowser so loud, everyone in the castle heard. "You're going to the dungeon for a week!"
Everyone had soon swarmed the hallways. "You lost!" they all shouted.
"Yeah yeah," mumbled Bowser.
"Roy lost as well," said Lemmy, still stuck in the wall.
"I'll help you," said Iggy as he pulled Lemmy out of the wall.
"Thanks," replied Lemmy.
Soon everyone cleared out of the hallway. Lemmy was the only one left there. "Now that's how to kill two birds with one stone," said Lemmy. "Now how about we pay Kamek a little visit?"
Lemmy went to Kamek's workplace. Kamek was sitting there, bored. "Bored, Kamek?" asked Lemmy.
"I don't know what to do," said Kamek. "Usually I do magic. I've already read, I’ve gone for a walk, there's just about nothing left for me to do."
"What's this?" asked Lemmy, walking over to Kamek's table and picking up a wand.
"A magic wand," said Kamek.
Lemmy waved it, but nothing happened. "I stink at magic," said Lemmy. "I would really appreciate it if someone skilled could teach me."
"You wish to learn magic!?" asked Kamek, jumping up with joy. "Watch this!" Kamek waved his wand and made a Goomba appear. "Magic!" exclaimed Kamek.
"Magic?" said Larry. "I heard that! You lost!"
"Hey, you eavesdropped," said Kamek.
"Huh?" said Larry. "What? No!"
Larry and Kamek ran out of the room screaming. "And then there were three," said Lemmy.
Lemmy left and walked down into the living room. Morton was still there watching television. "How's the show?" asked Lemmy.
Morton remained silent.
"I'm all ears," said Lemmy.
"... It's great!" exclaimed Morton. "Debates, speeches, all that good stuff. I don't care that I lost, I need to talk. Talking is good. I love talking! Almost as much as I like hot weather and wedding cake. Do you like hot weather?"
"That was almost too easy," said Lemmy. "Just Wendy and Iggy. I'll go take out Wendy first."
Lemmy walked upstairs to Wendy's room. Wendy was staring at herself in the mirror. "Lemmy, how ugly am I?" asked Wendy, even more hastily then earlier.
"Man, you're pretty darn ugly," said Lemmy. "That makeup really makes you pretty."
"Grrr... I can't take being ugly any longer!" exclaimed Wendy. Wendy quickly began applying makeup. "Oh drat, I just lost!" shouted Wendy.
"Well, why won't we head to the dining room now?" said Lemmy.
Lemmy and Wendy headed down to the dining room. Everyone was there.
"Well, it looks like this bet has come down to just Lemmy and Iggy," said Clawdia. "You all did very well. I'm impressed."
"Not Ludwig," said Bowser. "He lost after the first hour."
"I'm sorry," said Ludwig. "I can't help that I'm addicted to sweet, rich chocolate." He began to drool.
"Well, we'll just monitor Lemmy and Iggy closely in order to determine the winner," said Clawdia. "Now eat up!"
They all began to eat dinner. After dinner, Lemmy and Iggy headed into the living room. "You've certainly done better than I expected you to do," said Iggy.
"As have you," replied Lemmy. "Hey, to honor your job well done, why don't you meet me back here in an hour for a celebration?"
"A celebration?" said Iggy. "Sounds great! See you then!"
Lemmy quickly ran to his room. "Now all I have to do is get Iggy to cave," said Lemmy. "And boy, I know just what to do." Lemmy began to laugh evilly.
"Is everything all right in there, honey?" asked Clawdia.
"Everything's great, Mom," said Lemmy.
Lemmy began to gather workout equipment, and brought it to the living room. Within half an hour, the living room was looking more like a weight room. Soon Iggy showed up, and Lemmy was standing right in the middle of the room, with exercise equipment surrounding him.
"What's this?" asked Iggy.
"Just a little gym," said Lemmy, picking up a barbell. "Yup, nothing like lifting some weights. Those fragile arms could use it."
Iggy looked at his skinny arms. Meanwhile the rest of the family gathered in the living room.
"Oh, I can feel myself getting stronger by the minute," said Lemmy as he continued to do some curls.
Iggy's eyes widened.
"Yup, now I think I'll do some pull-ups," said Lemmy. "Pull-ups can get you incredibly strong." Lemmy began doing some pull-ups.
"Stop!" yelled Iggy. "I know what you're doing! You're trying to get me to cave."
"Whatever gave you that idea?" asked Lemmy as he began to do some bench presses.
"Must... not... cave," said Iggy, looking away from the exercise equipment.
"It's a shame this brand new barbell system will have to go to waste," said Lemmy as he picked up a shinny, golden barbell.
"... Give me that!" shouted Iggy. Iggy ran to pick up a 5-pound barbell. He started curling, but got tired after about three.
"You lost!" shouted Lemmy. "I win! I win I win I win I win!"
"Congratulations, Lemmy," said Clawdia. "Here's your reward." Clawdia hands Lemmy a jar with 200 coins.
"Yes!" said Lemmy. "I'm the winner!"
Lemmy began doing a celebratory dance. However, he tripped and fell. The jar opened up and the coins rolled down the nearby vent.
"No!" yelled Lemmy. He ran over to the vent. "My money!" shouted Lemmy. Lemmy tried to open up the vent, but couldn't.
"Sorry, Lemmy," said Clawdia. "It looks as if it's lost."
"No!" cried Lemmy.
"Serves you right," said Roy.
"Trying to lure us into caving," said Morton.
"I know, what was I thinking?" said Wendy.
"We all fell for it," said Kamek.
"And now it's coming back around," said Iggy.
"Why does it always happen to me?" said Lemmy.
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