A Koopa's Queen

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Later that night Luigi walked down the hall to Gabi's room rubbing his head still feeling sore from being hit on the head. "Gabi?" Said Luigi knocking on her door. "It's open." Said Gabi braiding her hair on one side. "Are you okay?" Said Luigi then noticed her outfit. He checked the hall amping sure no one else around and closed it to looked at her like she grew a second head. "Please tell me you're going out with Johnny?" Said Luigi. "You and Mario met his girlfriend. I asked Bowser and he said yes then agreed to not actually kill anyone." Said Gabi. "Oh yeah that's very helpful. Am I the only one that knows about your date?" Said Luigi. "Yeah and I want to keep it that way. We both know how overprotective Mario is after my first date stood me up." Said Gabi going on the third braid. "We just don't you to get hurt." Said Luigi. "I want the same for you. Bowser nearly killed you and Mario after stopping the wedding." Said Gabi. "As you big brother I won't a word but he does anything or his kids." Said Luigi. "They won't." Said Gabi finishing her hair. She grabbed her jacket and her phone whistled towards the balcony window. "Mind covering for me?" Said Gabi walking towards Nebu. "Yeah just let me know when you get back safely." Said Luigi as Gabi hugged him. He watched her step on the rail and hop on Nebu turning them invisible before heading off to the dark lands. "Luigi? Gabi?" Said Mario down the hall. Luigi walked out Gabi's room and closed it going to Mario. "Where's Gabi?" Said Mario looking around. "She went back to Brooklyn to check on Johnny." Said Luigi. "What happened?" Said Mario as they walked. "Some kids threw rotten eggs at his car and him. He called her to help get of rid of the smell." Said Luigi. "Why don't we go back to " "Gabi says she has it under control." He interrupts Mario. "You're right." Said Mario. "You're right. She's almost a woman and can fight her own battles." He says as Peach saw them. "Who fights their own battles." Said Peach. "Gabi. Mario wanted to know where she is and check on her. She's safe back in Brooklyn with Johnny." Said Luigi. "What if Bowser or the Koopas take her again?" Said Mario looking at him. Luigi then looked at Peach and Mario not saying anything giving her the message. "She's fine. She did help me against Bowser." Said Peach. "See. Peach gets it." Said Luigi. "Alright fine. What other games you got Peach?" Said Mario. "Follow me boys." Said Peach following her. She reached to her room to change into a tennis outfit and went headed out with Mario and Luigi.

Meanwhile Gabi landed inside the castle seeing Kamek walking towards her with a smile. "Follow me and he'll be right out." Said Kamek. Gabi followed him around the halls and waited in the room where there was a piano and a table with two seats. She looked at the piano seeing a notebook and photo of her face sleeping. "I said go to room!" Said Bowser outside the room. He came in holding a bouquet of roses of red and white as Gabi walked over to him. Gabi noticed the red tie was wearing was a bit off and helped him fix it not noticing that he was admiring her outfit and her hair. She finished fixing it up and saw Bowser kinda dazed then shook his head to snap out of it. "You okay?" Said Gabi looking up at him. "Oh yeah. I uh got you these. They remind me of how beautiful you are." Said Bowser handing her the bouquet. "That's sweet. So what is the plan for our date?" Said Gabi walking with to the table. "I thought of a nice dinner, a tour of my castle, and a nice long walk in the Dark Lands." Said Bowser pushing her seat in as Gabi sat down. "Sounds good." Said Gabi setting the bouquet on the table. She turned to the door seeing Koopa servants coming in to set up and quickly left the two alone. "So what should I know about you?" Said Gabi looking at Bowser. "Like what?" Said Bowser. "Anything. Your parents? Siblings? You know." Said Gabi trying out the food. "My Mama is a librarian and lives far away in the swaps. As for my Papa Morton Koopa and retired handing the throne to me and got a twin named Devil who lives underground. I haven't really got in touch them since I was raised by Kamek." Said Bowser while he ate. "Oh. Well have you tried or it's not a kind of thing your family does." Said Gabi. "It's not our thing. But i heard you enjoy singing." Said Bowser.

"Yeah I do but my family thinks it's a waste of time even though no one except Johnny, his little siblings, and his girlfriend heard me." Said Gabi taking a sip of the champagne. "Maybe I can hear you sing." Said Bowser. "We'll see." Said Gabi as the two talked and enjoyed the meal. Bowser then showed Gabi around his castle even showing her each of the kids room who were busy or asleep. Later on they walked in the Dark lands and the haunted forest where the skeleton Koopa's are until Gabi's phone went off. "Hello?" She says as Bowser pouted. "Where the hell are you?!" Said Mario. "What are talking about?" Said Gabi. "I called Johnny has no idea where you are. Tell me what's going on." Said Mario. Gabi tried to come up with idea fast as she can hear Luigi and Mario fighting to grab the phone in the background. "Can we talk about this later I'm a date right now." Said Gabi. "Date?! You're on a date?! Who's the guy?" Said Mario then yelled in pain. Gabi looked at Bowser in apologies hearing her brothers fighting again before deciding to hang up. "Sorry. Mario is being overly protective of me when it comes to dating. This is actually my first." Said Gabi blushing. "Really I mean look at you. Who would turn down an amazing girl?" Said Bowser. "Idiots who makes anyone a joke. I was stood up on my very first one." Said Gabi. "Hey. You're here with me. And I will make that jerk pay for what he did to you." Said Bowser. "Johnny and his friends already did that by jumping him." Said Gabi as they continue walking around the dark lands. After it was getting a bit late Bowser and Gabi got back to the castle to the throne room. "That was a good date. Want to go out again?" Said Gabi. "I like that. And I'll let you pick." Said Bowser as Gabi pecked his snout. He looked shocked as Gabi laughed and that she saw his pupils dilate before Nebu took her her home. Gabi opened the balcony door quietly going to her room and took off her jacket to put away the closet. "How's the date?" Said voice making her scream. She turned around after switching on the lights seeing Mario in her chair of her vanity. "How long have you been waiting the dark?" Said Gabi. ",Doesn't matter. I want to the guy and what happened. I'm not leaving this room until I get answers." Said Mario getting up. Gabi rolled her eyes going to her walk in closet to change with Mario waiting with his arms crossed.