Chapter 3: Transformation

Luigi had to think; he had to figure a way to escape. Right now his chances did not look, nor sound real good. First of all his arms were bound to his sides by rope, and a third piece had kept his ankles together, even if he could manage to get back on his feet he would only be able to hop. Secondly he was in the home of his enemy surrounded by most of Bowser's children and his two most skilled mages, third of all he still had a pounding headache from where he was struck, and he knew he had to stay awake for a day or two since he received a concussion.

"I know it feels strange now," Wendy said.

"Uncomfortable actually," Luigi tried to roll away from her, but she had her hand on his shoulder.

"I am sorry you feel this way, but this is the only way, are you not lonely? Do you not wish to be married someday, start a family?"

"Someday," he stared up at her. "When did you decide to marry me?"

"Good question," Roy said. "I also would like to know."

"You two need to step out of the way," Kammy Koopa said. She was one of the few non-family members that surrounded Luigi. She stood a few feet from him, clad in her usual purple robe and floppy hat. A pair of red-rimmed cat eyeglasses rested on top of her yellow beak. Silver hair hung from outside the hat.

"Everyone needs to clear out of the radius," Kamek added. He was standing next to Kammy. His hand was holding hers, as if they were a romantic couple. He was also dressed in his robe, dark blue instead of purple and wore his glasses.

"You could just call it the blast zone," Kammy said. "There is no need to get technical."

"Some of us take our magic seriously," Kamek sighed.

"And I don't?" Kammy asked. She held her wand up high, and for a second, Luigi had thought she was going to strike Kamek on the top of the head with it.

"No," Wendy waved her hands. "Don't argue now." She rose to her feet. "You have to remain in sync with each other, that is what you told me."

"She is right," Kammy held out her hand again. "We can't release are chi, the spell will not be permanent if we keep fighting."

"Of course," Kamek took her hand in his and the two inhaled deeply. "We are back to where we should be."

"Good," she grabbed Roy by the arm and dragged him away.

"Everyone is clear," Kammy said and pointed her wand at Luigi.

"What is going on," Luigi tried to sit up and fell over. He had a feeling he was about to get his answer, and he wasn't going to like it.

"You will see," Kamek, pointed his wand at the plumber.

"Luigi who was human born." They chanted together.

"Younger one of the Mario brothers."

"You shall take on a reptilian form."

"And be Luigi Koopa, now and forever."

Energy rained down from their wands. Luigi tried to roll away, but he was struck head on, and was bathed in a golden light.

The second Luigi was in cased in light he felt pain all over his body. He felt his clothes shrink, growing tighter but that wasn't the worst part. He felt some of his fingers being forced together, the same for his toes. He could hear his gloves being torn, as well as the bones in his hands snapping and popping as they were being reshaped. He felt something cut through his fingertips from within.

His feet felt the same in his feet, the material of his shoes became too tight, he felt more of the sharp knife like projections in three parts of his feet, while his skin prickled and itched.

His whole back was in agony; he felt something tear through the flesh in several places, from within. More popping came from his spin. It felt like it was breaking and the parts that broke were forcing themselves through his skin. This pain was the worst; it spread from the shoulders down to his bottom, where he felt another smaller pain.

There were two new pains in his head, and they were not where he was struck earlier. They were on the sides of his head, where again he felt something pierce through the skin.

His whole mouth ached, from beneath his eyes to his chin. The cracking of the bones were louder to his ears, he could also hear the squishy sounds of his muscles reshaping. The pain was a so intense, tear streamed out of his eyes, and he cried out in pain, a cry that turned into a frightening roar at the end.

Finally it was over. The pain stopped but he felt a tingling numb sensation all over his body. He also felt some extra weight on his back and something else on his backside. His hands and feet felt uncovered. The rest of his clothes felt tight.

He stared at his feet, his shoes were ripped to shreds and the leathery tatters were strewn across his feet. His feet that had enlarged into a pair of orange Koopa feet

"No," Luigi gasped and stared at his hands. Like his shoes, his gloves were torn. His hands were orange, four fingers instead of five and ended in sharp white claws.

He grabbed his face and felt his mustache, along with a long reptilian snout. He used his tongue to investigate and sure enough his mouth was filled with razor sharp teeth.

He reached around for his bottom and felt the Koopa tail that had grown there.

"No," he repeated and stared down at his body. The ropes were torn during the transformation, along with his clothes. The straps of his overalls were torn in two. Whenever he moved his arms he ripped his sleeves even further. "I'm a Koopa," Luigi mumbled. He could hear the others in the room clucking their tongues and he can picture them gloating at his misfortune. He stared at them. Roy and Larry both stared with their mouths hanging open. The two magikoopas seemed pleased with themselves. The other female Koopa tilted her head as she studied him.

"Oh Luigi," Wendy gasped and kneeled by his side." You are even more handsome than the last time."

"This was your idea," Luigi accused and tried to stand up, only to rip his clothing even further. "Why?"

"As I have once said, Casanova is the only reptile for me." She grabbed onto his arm and nuzzled her snout against his cheek. "You even smell nice."

"I-" Luigi felt his face flush and heard a few chuckles and fake gags from the others in the room. "Okay, you have another gander of me as a Koopa, could you change me back?"

"Can't," Kamek shook his head. "The double team of Kammy and myself caused this transformation to be permanent."

"I'm going to be a Koopa forever?" Luigi gulped. Did that mean he was going to have to reside at Bowser's, eventually join forces and help overtake the Mushroom kingdom? Would he ever see his friends again? What would Mario say or do? He stared at his hands again. He was going to have to get used to working with them, become accustomed to writing with them, not too mention using wrenches and other tools again.

"Yes," Wendy kissed the side of his face. "Isn't it wonderful?"

"Wonderful?" Luigi repeated. For some reason he did not feel as repulsed by her kisses as he thought he would be. He also noticed she had a nice scent.

"Yes wonderful," She held onto him in an embrace. "You will be my Koopa prince."

"I guess I was wrong," the female Koopa called Dru said. "He is handsome in this form."

"You are not going to make me jealous are you?" Ludwig asked.

"I never will," Dru tickled his chin before she ran her claws through his thick cloud of deep blue hair.

"Mistress Wendy," Kammy waved her hand. "Could you come here for a second?" She seemed to be holding something in her hand.

"This won't be long," she kissed his cheek again. "Larry, I want you and the others to get in your tuxes, now, and help Luigi fit into his."

"C'mon," Roy grabbed one of Luigi's arms "We are gonna squeeze into some monkey suits. He pulled Luigi up to his feet.

Luigi held out his arms. He was not used to standing on his new feet, nor was he used to the weight caused by his shell. He held out his arms until he felt he achieved his center of balance. He took one step, and fell forward.

"Gotcha," Lemmy said as he caught him by the left arm.

"Be careful of that first step," Iggy said as he held his right. "It's a doozy."

"Thanks," Luigi said. He felt his overalls slipping down his legs. He slid his arm from Iggy's grasp and reached for them.

"Leave them," Iggy said. "You are about to put on something else."

"I can't walk around with nothing on," Luigi said. "Not without any pants."

"You are still thinking like a human," Iggy held up a finger. "Of course a minute ago you still were a human, but as you noticed, most of us are not wearing any pants or shorts or anything." He pointed at the only article of clothing he was wearing besides the spiked bands was a ratty old lab coat, covered with stains.

"I guess so," Luigi released his hold on his over alls and carefully stepped out of them, with Lemmy giving him support.

"We need to take this as well," Larry removed the remains of Luigi's hat from his head. "Don't worry, you will get a new one just like it, but it will fit."

"You can't get married with your hat on," Lemmy said.

"Besides," Larry added. "We need to style your hair, and I'm the only one who knows how it should look."

"This has to be some kind of dream," Luigi said as he was dragged away.

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"What is it?" Wendy whispered as she approached the Koopa witch. She had a feeling Kammy wanted to be a bit secretive.

"I have a little gift for you," Kammy said. "Something for you to wear at your wedding."

"What is it?" She could not remove her eyes from Luigi. He was trying to stand on his new and improved feet and when he took a step he stumbled, and would have fallen if Iggy and Lemmy hadn't caught him.

"A bottle of special perfume," Kammy held a pink glass bottle in her hands. "If you wear this then he will not be able to resist you at all."

"Oh perfect," she accepted the gift. She still couldn't remove her eyes from Luigi. He was shuffling along just fine now, except his overalls were of course loose and were slipping off him. He had such a fine green shell, still glossy from being freshly formed.

"I'll put this on in Marrymore," Wendy said. "Right after I slip into my dress." She couldn't wait to put on her dress and get prettied up for her wedding.

Kammy nodded. "You better hurry, you don't know when your father will return. Kamek and I will stay back here."

"He'll probably want you to be another obstacle for Mario," Wendy said. Everything fell perfectly to plan. Her father would be busy with the kidnapping, and Mario would be to busy trying to rescue Peach to notice his brother was missing.