Chapter 2: Captured

Wendy watched in shock as the mallet struck Luigi on the top of his head causing him to close his eyes and fall backward on the ground.

"Larry," she hissed and kneeled by Luigi's side. The human was still breathing by the rise and fall of his chest and when she placed a finger against his neck she could feel a pulse.

"What?" Larry asked.

"Did you not hear what I said?" Wendy rose to her feet and turned to where her brother stood. "I SAID GENTLY," she roared.

"Now don't go accusing me of stuff I didn't exactly do," he stepped back away from her. "I tried to do it the best I could, given the circumstances." He took another step away from her, before he turned around and ran.

She chased after her brother. "You could have killed him."

"I wasn't the one who threw it," Larry pointed at the two Hammer brothers who were inspecting Luigi's unconscious form. "They did."

"But you ordered them, you should have told them to be gentle."

"I think it is a bit impossible to be gentle and knock someone out," Larry said. He paused when he came to a hillside. "Like I have said, I did the best that I could." He started to climb.

Wendy climbed up after him. "Come back here."

"I'm not that stupid," Larry said once he reached the top.

"You are if you can't follow simple instructions."

"It is impossible to gently knock someone out."

"Don't argue," She growled and caused her brother to cower in a corner.

"Look he is still breathing." Larry pointed at Luigi.

"I can see that," she turned to the two Hammer brothers. "Bind his arms and legs and carry him back to our castle."

"Yes, Mistress," one of the two helmet wearing Koopas said as they both removed the rope from the burlap sack they had carried with them.

"Why do you care if he is alive or not?" Larry asked. He was still curled in a ball with his arms shielding his head.

"Because he is the one I am marrying." She turned away from Larry. She had to supervise the Hammer Brothers to make sure they do the task right.

"What?" Larry lowered his arms. "Did you just say what I think you did?"

"Are you going to argue with me again?" Wendy glared.

"No," Larry stood back up. "I just want to make certain you said what I think you said, and you told me you are going to marry Luigi?" He raised his light blue eyebrows. "This Luigi? The one who is not only a human but also our enemy?"

"That is exactly what I said." She kneeled next to Luigi once again. The two brothers were gathering long branches and bringing them back to where they were. "He is perfect."

"You know he won't marry you," Larry said.

He shouldn't have said those words. Wendy turned around and fixed another ice-cold glare on her brother. "He will," she hissed.

"Okay, lets just say the conk on the head actually made him realize he was in love with you. You already know, Dad isn't going to be happy."

"That will be his problem," Wendy removed Luigi's hat. He had such nice brown hair, and the constant wear of his hat, seemed to have freeze it in shape. She ran her fingers through his hair. It was nice and soft and brought back memories of how she used to play with Ludwig's hair and try to stylize it, and the jealousy she felt for her brothers who did have hair.

"I have already gone over the plans with Kamek and Kammy and they should have explained it to our brothers by now. They even have the cathedral booked in Marrymore."

"But that place his pretty ritzy." Larry said

"Kammy had it booked in advance."

"When were you going to tell us this?"

"Today," she stood back up when the Hammer brothers had returned. "Kammy and Kamek are filling in the others as we speak. Do you still have your suit from Ludwig's wedding?"

"It's in the corner of my closet." Larry said as the two grunts tore apart the sacks and stretched the material across the two limbs, creating a stretcher.

"You are going to wear it again."

"Okay," Larry sighed. "But it is gonna be awkward getting married to a human."

"He won't be human for long," Wendy smiled.

"What?" Larry blinked.

"You'll see." She watched as Hammer bros placed Luigi on a makeshift stretcher. "Now, lets get out of here before anyone sees us."

It took the four of them less than an hour to carry Luigi back to the castle, using the underground network of pipes, not once did he wake up, causing Wendy to worry, until he started to mumble in his sleep.

"Where is everyone?" Larry asked the Paratroopa guarding the entrance.

"They are in the main hall," The winged Troopa pointed up. "On the second floor."

Larry thanked him before they took the elevator to the second floor.

Nearly everyone was there, save for their father, who they knew was making another attempt at capturing the princess, along with their youngest brother. Roy wasn't there, and neither was Tethys, but then again she was vacationing with her family.

"Roy is still working out," Lemmy said. He was leaning with his back against the wall, clad in only a purple shirt, decorated with golden yellow stars. "We tried to speak to him, but he said he will be up here in a minute."

"He better be here soon," Wendy said and turned to the Hammer Brothers. "Set him down here, and becareful."

"I still can't believe you are going through this," Iggy said as he adjusted his glasses. "And with him."

"I already had this discussion with Larry," Wendy kneeled next to Luigi. "Everything will be well," she said softly. She removed his hat once again and stroked his hair.

"That is a bit unsettling," Iggy removed his glasses and began to clean them on the lab coat he always wore.

"Are you certain he is the one?" Dru asked. She was standing next to Ludwig while her husband was looking through a book of sheet music. She was pale orange in color with a silvery white head and shell. Her dark hair was cut in a pageboy bob. She was dressed in a lavender tube top and a short black vinyl skirt. The only jewelry she wore was the silver cuff bracelets and armbands.

"I am certain," Wendy looked up at them. She noticed the leather bound violin case resting next to Dru. "Are you going to play?"

"Do you have any objection?" Dru raised her dark brows.

"No, I love to hear you play along with Ludwig." Wendy placed a small kiss on Luigi's nose before she stood back up.

"Ugh," Dru winced. "Are you sure you want to marry a human. I heard the males have hair on their legs, and chest, and some have it on their backs."

"I am certain," Wendy nodded. "And he won't be human much longer."

"She still won't explain what that means," Larry said.

"What kind of food will be there?" Morton asked. "I know there is going to be cake, but what else will there be?"

"Is that all you think about?" Iggy asked.

"There is a menu that was mailed to me," Wendy said. "I handed it to Kamek. He can show it to you after he and Kammy perform the spell."

"Spell?" Morton blinked.

"Hey," Lemmy pointed at Luigi. "He is waking up."

Luigi heard several voices as he woke up, not one belonged to his brother, or Peach, or Toad, or Yoshi. He thought he had them somewhat recognized. He was certain he had heard those voices before.

"This one is it," one voice said. "My latest masterpiece. This one I shall play on the organ."

"I think Ludwig is the only one who is as excited about the wedding as Wendy," another voice said.

Ludwig? Wendy? The first voice did belong to Ludwig Von Koopa, and the second did sound like it came from one of the younger Koopalings. It had to belong to Morton; he was one that never did know when to shut up, once he got started.

Luigi slowly opened his eyes and saw several blurred Koopas gathered around. He felt the coolness of a stone floor against the side of his cheek and when he tried to move his arms he found they were tied to his body.

Great, he was captured by Bowser's forces again. He wondered if they had captured anyone else of just him. The last time they had him, they had also captured, Mario, Toad, and a few other retainers.

"What the heck is the going on?" a gruff voice said. It was a voice that caused another shiver to travel down Luigi's spine. "I heard Wendy was getting married...and lookie here, we caught one of them plumbers."

Luigi rolled on his back to see Roy Koopa staring down at him. The pink headed Koopa was still wearing his red rimmed sunglasses, along with red spiked shoulder-pads and a black armor chest plate.

"Don't touch him, Roy," Wendy said. "He is mine."

"I heard you was getting hitched," Roy said. "Who is the lucky guy?"

"Luigi of course."

"Wait, what?" Luigi lifted his head and tried to maneuver himself so he could see Wendy.

"Excuse me?" Roy shouted. "Did you get jumped on the head too many times?"

"Everything will make sense soon," Wendy said. "Once the magikoopas are done you will all get dressed in your tuxes."

"I aint wearing no monkey suit."

"Yes you will," Wendy growled.

"There is going to be cake," Morton said. "You don't want to miss that."

"I don't remember proposing," Luigi said. He had no idea what was going on, and when did Wendy O. Koopa suddenly have an interest in him?

"Shhh," Wendy placed a claw of his lips. "Once you're changed you will see."

"Changed?" Luigi asked. He did not like the way she said it. He wasn't sure what she meant, and he had a feeling it wasn't referring to clothes.

A/N: Well I introduced Dru in this chapter. We will see what Wendy means in the next chapter "Transformed"