It was time for the annual Koopaling Cross Country Race! Bowser got everyone up early that morning to get them ready. “All right, we are going to have a cross country race, your cousin Susan is coming too!” Bowser announced.

“Aw man!” grumbled the Koopalings. Just then the doorbell rang in Bowser’s Castle. Susan came in and greeted her uncle; Bowser led her in and told the Koopalings to say hello. “Hi, Susan,”said the Koopalings in unison, rolling their eyes.

“Well, let’s head through the portal to the race track!” Bowser said with enthusiasm.

When all the Koopalings made it to the track Bowser lined them up alphabetically. Wendy said she didn’t like being on the far right so she asked if Lemmy wanted to switch with her. He said it was ok, so they switched. Then Bowser shouted “Go!”

Everybody started except for Iggy, who was cleaning his glasses. “Hey, no fair!” shouted Iggy, looking for sympathy from Bowser. He got none.

“Iggy, get going! Whoever comes in last gets thrown in the dungeons except for Susan,” Bowser said.

Iggy took off as fast as he could, but he was still way behind the others.

Up ahead of Iggy, most of the Koopalings were neck and neck. Then they came around a bend and there was a food stall with wedding cake in it. A bald Koopaling dashed to the food stall and bought some cake. The Koopaling who got a late start passed the Koopaling who bought the wedding cake and ran ahead, and was neck and neck with Larry. A Koopa whose middle initial was B passed a Koopaling whose middle initial was V.

One of the Koopalings pushed a Koopaling with glasses off a bridge they were on. “That ought to break his glasses!” the Koopaling said.

Up ahead the Koopa in third place pushed a button on a gizmo, and the gizmo exploded in the Koopaling’s hand. The Koopaling fell to the ground unconscious, and was disqualified from the race.

A Koopa on a ball found an item box left over from a Mario Kart race. He opened it and found a blue shell, then threw it and it hit the Koopaling in first place, who sat in the middle of the road and screamed an ear-piercing yell. Then the Koopa started pounding the road with her fists, having been disqualified too. There were five racers left.

The Koopaling in last place looked behind him; a Shark Chomp was approaching fast! “Guys, there is a huge Chomp behind us that probably will eat us and I don’t think that will feel good because it will use its big teeth to chomp down on our bodies so let’s run faster!” the Koopa in last place yelled.

A Koopa with long, blond hair threw a rock at the person who just talked. That Koopaling was knocked out. The Koopaling who threw the rock grinned as the Koopa who was knocked out then was eaten by the Shark Chomp. “That should shut him up,” the Koopa with blond hair said.

A certain bald Koopa came up to a sibling and kicked at something under him, and that Koopa fell into the path of the oncoming Chomp and was eaten. Only three racers were left.

A Koopa who was not one of the seven children of Bowser ran as hard as she could and passed the two Koopalings in front of her. She then was kicked at by a Koopa who loved boxing and fighting.

“That’s not fair!” the Koopa cried. The Koopa looked behind at a huge, black ball with teeth. The Koopa screamed, but it wasn’t as loud as Wendy’s so it didn’t scare it off. She was eaten like all the rest of the Koopalings.

Only two racers were left, and the Shark Chomp was closing in. One of the Koopas tried to hit the other with a powerful blow to the head, but the victim ducked and kicked back at the Koopaling who had tried to hit him. The Koopaling who was hit fell to the ground and his glasses fell off.

The only remaining Koopa watched his brother fall to the ground unconscious, and smiled. He then ran around another bend and won the race. After that Bowser made this Koopa, ruler of Dark Land.

Then the Koopa who won the race woke up, the Koopa had dreamed it all! The Koopa sighed and went to eat breakfast.