Bowsette Chaos

Obtaining the Princess

The dragon had settled down in his cave for some rest and a snack, that being the nearby town's population of Toads. Finally, he seemed to be getting his strength back...

Then Bowser woke up.

"HURRRRROOOOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR!!!" Fire blasted between the bars of the cage she'd been put in. Maybe if she roared at this idiot enough, he'd see she's top dragon and apologize for being a jerk. Maybe if she kept breathing fire, the bars on the cage would melt and she'd be able to get her claws on him. Either way, this guy was going DOWN.

Screaming with rage and breathing fire until smoke buildup caused her to cough, she tried to make eye contact to glare and establish dominance, and hunched her shoulders and widened her stance to make herself look bigger. She knew she couldn't turn back until she either received another power-up, or took damage, so she had to work with what she's got. 

"DON'T YOU GET IT?! I'M BOWSER!" She snarled up at the larger dragon when it snorted in laughter in response. He doesn't believe her?! That's it! She's tossing the plan entirely, if it means forcing this guy to believe her. She started punching and kicking at the cage, trying her damnest to rip the whole thing apart! She grabbed the bars and violently shook them, trying to break them loose! 

"RRRROOOOOOAAAAAARRRGGGGGGHHHHH!!! WHEN I GET OUTTA HERE, YOU'RE TOAST!" 

The dragon rolled his eyes down at her and went back to eating the Toads.

"YOU DID NOT JUST ROLL YOUR EYES AT ME!" Bowser stomped angrily. The girl then started to repeatedly back up and ram her shoulder into the bars. "OH YOU ARE DEAD! YOU ARE DEAD! 

"I STILL HAVE MY PRIDE! I'M NOT GONNA LET THAT PLUMBER SAVE ME! I CAN SAVE MYSELF! FUCK YOU!

After hours of screaming and beating against the bars of the cage, she finally quieted down. The dragon, surprised by this new development, raised his head out of the pile of treasure he'd shoved it under to look at her. She didn't escape, did she?

No, she didn't escape. She did, however, curl up into a ball on her side with her back to him. And she was lightly shaking. He slowly got closer and he heard her... crying? She was sniffling.

Well, that just proves she's not Bowser. Bowser doesn't cry!

Oh, Bowser cries. Especially when things go horribly wrong like this. Like that time he got stuck in that cannon. He had to be rescued by Mario then, too. And he cried. Why did this form have to take away his awesome strength?! If he was his normal self, or if he'd just had his strength, this wouldn't have gotten so bad. He'd definitely be out of here. 

And it wasn't fair! Mario was going to probably stomp this guy before Bowser can get back to his normal form and settle this score! He might not even get a chance at revenge or anything that would make him feel better about this. That was the worst part. He might have to rely on his worst enemy to kick this dragon's tail and he won't be able to do anything. Not even join in! The princess always gets freed after the dragon's beat! 

Bowser didn't even feel like keeping this stupid princess facade up, anymore. He just wanted this to be over. He hated this. He hated the other dragon, he hated Mario, HE HATED EVERYTHING!

His brooding was interrupted when he heard multiple sets of footsteps echoing throughout the cave. He lifted his head to look and spotted Mario, Luigi, Peach, and one of those Toads. Seeing Peach made him feel better about being rescued. His tears turned to tears of joy. She cared! Peach cared! Bowser wiped the tears from his face, sniffled, and gave a little smile.

If Peach beat the dragon, Bowser would feel MUCH better about this. He was fine with her saving him. She was loving and caring, and didn't put a boot print in your face.

Though he held his breath when the dragon spotted them. The beast curled around his cage and roared at the intruders. Bowser turned to the team. "GET ME OUTTA THIS CAGE! I WANNA FIGHT HIM!"

The four rescuers dodged electric blasts unleashed by the dragon and they split into groups of two. Mario and Toad focusing on drawing the dragon away from the cage, and Peach and Luigi looking for the key to open the door. 

"Peach, you have no idea how happy I am to see you." Bowser grabbed the bars of the cage as they got closer and sniffled happily. He wanted out of this cage so he could hug her.

Peach looked a little confused by what this strange, horned princess was saying and looked up at her from the treasure she was digging through to find the key. "I'm... I'm sorry. I don't think we've met."

Bowser froze. He could feel his heart shattering. She didn't come to save Bowser. She came to save this random princess.

Oh, here come the tears again...

As the tears welled up in Bowser's eyes, the dragon spotted Peach near the cage and roared. It crossed the room back to them and snatched her up.

Peach's yelp of surprise pulled Bowser out of his fit of tears and rage welled up in its place. "PEACH!" He snarled up at the dragon. "PUT HER DOWN!" 

The dragon responded by picking up the cage and throwing it across the cave, into the wall. It smashed around him and the impact hit him so hard he lost the power-up. Bowser laid there, finally back to normal and dazed by the blow. 

His four rescuers stared in shock at what just occurred in front of them. Bowser was the princess this whole time? Was he working with the dragon? 

While Mario continued to fight the dragon, Luigi and Toad cautiously approached the other, dizzy dragon. They looked at each other, then back to him.

"Should we... help him?" Toad slowly asked.

"Oh, no!" Luigi yelped, shaking in his boots.

Toad thought about it for a minute. "... But he did seem to hate that the dragon grabbed Peach..." He reached into his bag and grabbed a mushroom and a refreshing herb. Luigi backed away as Toad inched closer to Bowser and slowly lifted his mouth open to place the items in.

As soon as Bowser tasted mushrooms, his mouth snapped shut with the items in it, nearly taking off Toad's arm. The items worked their magic and Bowser snapped out of the daze. "Hurrrrmh...?" He got to his feet and shook his head. "What... What happened?" He looked down at the Toad and Luigi. They cowered before him. Good. And then he looked over himself. 

"I'M ME, AGAIN!" The yell echoed through the cave and caught the larger dragon's attention. The two locked eyes, and Bowser snarled and let loose a mighty roar, complete with a large blast of fire, the charged at the other.

Bowser knocked Mario out of his way and lunged at the beast with a howl of rage.

"YOU KIDNAP ME, RUIN MY PLANS, STEAL MY PRINCESS, AND EXPECT TO GET AWAY WITH IT?!" He roared as he slammed into the side of the dragon and knocked it off balance. Then he began punching and slashing at the beast until it fell over. When Peach was low enough that he could reach her, he yanked the dragon's claws off her and grabbed her from him. He hopped down and placed her on the floor before jumping back at the dragon because he wasn't done with him, yet.

Bowser went back to beating and scratching the dragon until it didn't move anymore. Huffing and out of breath, with tears streaking down his face, Bowser finally hopped down from on top of the dragon and turned back to see if his rescue team had left him there or not.

Unsurprisingly...

They had.