A New Threat 3 
By Smash48


Iggy was in his room, getting ready for class. He
thought to himself, ‘I sure am glad that I can finally
go to class by myself.’ He had just gotten out of the
hospital, his wounds sufficiently healed from that
climactic battle with Exar. Lemmy was less lucky than
he was. Lemmy had suffered almost fatal burns and loss
of blood. The loss of blood had not been from open
wounds but from deep bruises. He was still in the
hospital. He was probably well enough to leave, but
Koopas took no chances. 
Iggy’s teacher was Mr. Waltensmith, a Sledge Brother,
and Iggy’s personal advisor. He had come to Iggy’s
hospital room to teach, but it was uncomfortable to
crane his neck up too see him. Iggy was feeling
better,but there was still a vague pain in the pit of
his stomach. “How are you today, Iggy?” Mr.
Waltensmith asked as Iggy entered the room. 
“Oh, I’m okay. I’m not perfect, but I’m better than I
was.” 
“I hope you don’t have another relapse.” Earlier that
week, Iggy had been ready to leave the hospital, but
his wound on his arm had gotten infected, sending him
back to the hospital. The infection had been easily
extinguished, but Iggy had to stay in the hospital for
three more days. 
The pain in Iggy’s stomach got more intense as the day
went on. He assumed it was just from lack of exercise,
but it just hurt worse and worse as the day went on.
Two hours into the class, the pain suddenly
intensified, and Iggy keeled over. Mr. Waltensmith ran
Iggy straight to the emergency room. 
Ludwig was there, taking a test class to see if he
liked it. He noticed all the doctors around Iggy,
talking. “I haven’t seen a case this bad before.”
“Neither have I. What kind of bacteria do you think it
is?” “I don’t know, but we’re sure to find a cure.” 
Ludwig elbowed his way up to Iggy’s bed. He took one
look and said, “Can you not see? This is not bacteria,
but rather a poison.” The doctors trusted Ludwig’s
judgment, but they wanted to know what kind of poison
it was. “I am not sure, but give me more time and I
shall find out.” 
Ludwig came out of the room later. He looked grim.
“What is it, Ludwig?” 
“It is a poison I do not know how to cure and will
prove fatal if not cured in four weeks.” 
Later that night, at the family meeting, they were all
in the hospital so that Iggy and Lemmy could attend.
Bowser started the meeting. “Not all of you know why
you were called here tonight. Ludwig, tell them.” 
“Iggy has been injected with a poison by an unknown
agent. This poison is designed to make life pure
torture for the one injected with it. For two weeks,
the poison takes hold. There is no sign the victim has
been poisoned. For the next two weeks, the victim
experiences acute gastritis. If not cured within two
more weeks, the victim starts to bleed from the mouth
and nose. The victim will become listless as brain
tissue begins to break down. If not cured within the
next two weeks, the victim is beyond all hope of
recovery. I do not need to tell you what will happen.
Let me just say, we will not even be able to recognize
the body.” 
Lemmy paused for about 20 seconds, “Ludwig says Iggy
will die a horrible death if we do not get rid of the
poison he has in his body within four weeks.” 
“How did he get the poison in his body, though?” 
“I have a theory,” Iggy gasped, struggling upright. 
“Lay down, Iggy,” Bowser reprimanded him. “Now, tell
us your theory.” 
“After Lemmy and I defeated Exar, there was an
explosion. My arm was cut by a piece of the gem he
condensed into. Poison might have been on the inside.”

“How do we get it out?” 
“If Iggy was poisoned by a shard of gemstone, maybe
another one will cure him,” Lemmy volunteered. 
“Who would go get it?” 
“I would,” Lemmy said 
.“No,” Bowser decided, “You just got out of the
hospital. I don’t want you to come back wounded.” 
“But Dad…” Lemmy started. 
“The answer is no,” Bowser said, “And to make sure you
don’t leave… Kamek!” 
“Yes sir?” 
“Post guards around the castle. Don’t let anyone out!”

“Yes sir.” 
Lemmy was already forming a plan. The first thing he
did was ask Larry for some special herbs. He then got
Ludwig to give him one of his simpler inventions.
Next, he got an old costume dress from Wendy, and a
Mushroom hat from his own closet. Morton donated a
copy of his latest speech, and Roy gave him a pair of
sunglasses. He then stole a wet washcloth from the
kitchen. He put them all in the invention, a backpack.

Lemmy immediately set out. Two Hammer Brothers blocked
his path. He lit the herbs in a nearby lava pool, and,
breathing through the wet washcloth, brought them
upwind of the Hammer Brothers. They were soon knocked
out by the stench. Lemmy passed by them, chuckling at
the stupid smiles on their faces. 
He soon came to the Mushroom Kingdom. Before he passed
the gates, he shrunk his ball and put it in his
backpack. He next hid behind a tree and changed into
the dress and Mushroom hat. “This is so humiliating.
Oh well, can’t be helped. With luck, they won’t notice
me.” 
Lemmy walked through the streets, avoiding the crowded
areas. Several times he tripped on the dress. “How on
Plit does Wendy walk in these things?” he muttered.
Lemmy made it through the Kingdom without any
problems. However, there was one waiting for him
outside. After putting the dress and cap back in his
backpack and getting on his ball, he ran straight into
Mario and Luigi. 
“Hey! What’s-a Lemmy doing here?” 
Lemmy thought fast.“Who is this Lemmy you speak of? My
name is Melon Man! My job is to protect Plit from all
villainy! With the power of the Honeydew, Cantaloupe,
and Watermelon, all that stand before me will be
defeated! 
Mario looked at Luigi in confusion. 
“Dost thou not believe Melon Man?” 
An idea then managed to ram itself into Mario’s head.
“If he’s Melon Man, then let’s give him to the
Yoshis!” Without warning, they suddenly jumped on him.
Lemmy could have stood just one, but they both jumped
on him, and they had just eaten a huge pasta meal.
Lemmy was knocked out cold. 
Meanwhile, in New Castle Koopa, Ludwig was working
hard on a new invention. It was designed to identify
poison and discover it’s weakness, but he was having a
few problems. First, Ludwig assumed the poison was in
Iggy’s blood, but it was not. It had already gotten
soaked into Iggy’s muscle tissue. Ludwig had to find
some way to get a drop of it into a test tube for his
machine to analyze. He had not slept in two days. He
had sworn to himself that he would not rest until Iggy
was better, or he collapsed from sheer exhaustion,
which he soon did. Unfortunately, Ludwig was holding a
vial of a very explosive chemical in his hand when he
collapsed. Ludwig was blown sky-high, but New Castle
Koopa had a very strong foundation, so the only damage
was the blackening of the lab’s walls. 
Mario and Luigi were dragging Lemmy to the sea shore.
There was a whistling sound, and a blackened Ludwig
dropped out of the sky, right in front of them. They
decided to get two birds with one stone, and let
Ludwig share Lemmy’s fate. 
Lemmy awoke with a splitting headache. He was
blindfolded, gagged, and tied down. There was a nearby
groan. He could tell it was Ludwig. There was a sound
like a door opening, and he could feel his bonds being
cut. “Get up,” a hard voice said, “Time for your
trial.” 
Lemmy and Ludwig were dragged up stairs and across
floors until they came outside. Their blindfolds were
taken off, and they could see again. They were on a
huge ship piloted by Mushroomers. They were thrown
roughly to the deck. “Case 147, Ludwig and Lemmy Koopa
vs. the Mushroom Kingdom.”The trial passed in a blur.
All Lemmy remembered was Ludwig trying to defend them,
but it was no use. “Foreman, have you reached a
verdict?” 
“We have, your honor. On the charges of helping kidnap
Princess Toadstool, taking over several lands, and
many more, we find Ludwig and Lemmy Koopa… guilty.” 
“Wait! I want an appeal!” Lemmy shouted. 
“Um, okay,” the judge said. 
Lemmy whipped out the copy of Morton’s speech and
began to read it. “Four score and seven years ago
which is a long time because a score is twenty and
four score means twenty times four which is eighty so
it’s eighty years plus seven which is eighty-seven
years or six hundred fourteen and one-half weeks or
thirty-one thousand seven hundred fifty-five days or…”

“Aaaah! Stop! Stop! STOP!” The entire crew threw
themselves overboard. Lemmy kneeled to the deck and
gasped for air, since he had read the speech without
breathing. 
Ludwig helped Lemmy up, “Nice job, Lemmy. I never
thought one of Morton’s speeches could actually be
good for something.” 
Suddenly, Lemmy realized something, “Hey Ludwig, do
you know how to pilot a water ship?” 
“No, why?” 
“Well, we’re on one, and headed straight for Yoshi’s
Island! There it is!” 
Ludwig found the tiller. For the next two hours he
tried to steer the ship, but he only practically
turned the ship upside down. He managed to not smash
into a boulder, but he ran aground on the beach. 
“Congratulations Ludwig,” Lemmy muttered from the
railing, his voice still queasy, “You managed to not
kill us.” 
They thought they were free, but they were wrong. As
they looked out over the railing, they saw a crowd of
Yoshis congregating on the beach.“Hey, what are Lemmy
and Ludwig doing here?” “They’re probably here to take
over again!” “GET THEM!” 
Lemmy began to read Morton’s speech again. “Four sco-“

He got no further. A Yoshi, noticing the papers,
snatched them out of his hands with its tongue and
swallowed them. Lemmy and Ludwig gasped in surprise as
ten Yoshis jumped up onto the ship. They caught Lemmy
and Ludwig with their tongues, and they were dragged
to a dungeon.“Don’t try to escape,” the guard said,
“or else!” 
Ludwig lifted himself off the ground where the guard
had thrown him. “It seems they have made an error.
They left the door unlocked.” 
“Yes, they have,” Lemmy said, heaving himself up, “So
let’s escape!” 
They ran down the hallway, Lemmy in the lead. He
turned a corner and came across five guards holding
bows and arrows. One of them aimed an arrow straight
for his heart. “We told you not to try to escape,” the
guard snarled, “Now you must be punished!”He shot the
arrow. 
Lemmy prepared to die, but what he got was much worse
than death.The arrow passed right through him, but the
Yoshis suddenly disappeared. As he turned to look for
them, he heard a noise above him. The ceiling was
collapsing! A large piece fell on Lemmy, pinning him
to the floor. The rest of the ceiling fell, and Lemmy
was trapped in a pocket of air, while the rest of the
rubble around him sank down, beginning to slowly crush
him. Nobody knew this, but Lemmy was deathly scared of
enclosed spaces. He tried not to scream, but then he
saw, through a hole in the rubble, a wall of fire
coming straight towards him. Lemmy screamed in terror,
felt the fire engulf his body… 
Back in New Castle Koopa, Iggy was lying in the
hospital bed. He had lost all track of time. His
stomach was in intense pain. He was forced to go on a
crash diet, as anything that entered his stomach was
immediately vomited out again. He was only kept from
starvation by having the nutrients continually pumped
into his body systems. It was a very uncomfortable
process, as the only way to inject them was through
long needles. He hoped Lemmy would return soon with a
cure. As he thought, he coughed. As his hand came away
from his mouth, it shone with green blood. 
Ludwig turned the corner, and saw the five guards
watching Lemmy. He was on the floor, screaming. He
barreled through the guards and snatched up Lemmy. As
the guards gave chase, Ludwig dove through a hole in
the floor. He sped along a long chute and surfaced up
outside. Ludwig looked around. He saw a huge waste
land. It was all sand, with a few bubbling pools with
green slime at the top. It was not hot as dark clouds
obscured the sky. It was however, humid, and the most
hideous scent ran abound in the air. 
Lemmy began to slowly regain his senses. “Lemmy, are
you okay?” Ludwig asked breathlessly, “You seemed like
you were in pain.” 
Lemmy looked around, alarmed, “Where are we?” 
“Outside the castle,” Ludwig explained. 
Lemmy sighed. “Good, I never want to go in there
again.” 
“What did they do to you?” 
“Those arrows create terror,” Lemmy responded, “When
one of them hit me, I would have done anything they
wanted, just to make it stop.” He shuddered at the
thought. 
“Well, you’re free now. Unfortunately, I have no idea
where we are.” 
“Maybe we can find a map, I’ve heard sentient beings
live everywhere on this planet.” 
Five days later… 
 “I can’t stand it anymore! I’m so thirsty!” 
“I am too, Lemmy, but we can’t drink from that!” 
“Yes, we can! I’ll make it good! I’ll do the water
dance of Koopailathia!” Lemmy laughed crazily as he
ran in circles. 
Ludwig saw he had no choice. “Sorry, Lemmy,” he said,
“but I have to do this.” He reeled back and punched
Lemmy in the jaw. Lemmy dropped to the ground like a
ton of bricks. Ludwig hefted Lemmy on his shoulder. He
started to trudge onward, but a glint caught his eye.
Looking towards it, he saw an oasis of pure water.
Turning on his heel, he stumbled towards it. Lemmy
awoke to water being poured on his head. Opening his
eyes, he saw Ludwig leaning over him. “Good, you’re
up. I thought I’d lost you for a second there.” 
“You’ll be sure soon!” a mysterious voice cut through
the air. 
Looking around, they saw strange things around them.
They looked like Hammer Brothers, but instead of
hammers they wielded ugly looking pieces of metal.
“Lemmy,” Ludwig whispered hurriedly, “Do you have your
wand?” 
“Yes,” Lemmy whispered back. The Hammer Brothers threw
their metal things towards them. Lemmy and Ludwig
raised their wands up in the air. The metal things
bounced off an invisible force field. 
“The One!” the leader gasped, “Which one of you is the
One?” 
“Me,” Ludwig said. 
“You are an imposter!” the leader shouted. “You are
the One!” he said, pointing at Lemmy. 
“Me? I can’t be!” 
“You are, for the prophecy states that the One will
deny he is the One. The One shall come with an
imposter, claiming to be the One.” He pointed at
Ludwig. “Troops, destroy that imposter!” 
“No!” Lemmy yelled, “You can’t!” 
“It is fulfilled,” the leader murmured, “The One shall
not let His people destroy the imposter.” 
“Okay, but call me Lemmy.” 
“Yes, On-Lemmy.” 
“By the way, what’s your name?” 
“You may call me Talis.” 
That night, Lemmy had just related their entire story
to the tribe, “…and now we are trying to find a cure
for my brother. We think it is a white gem.” 
After conferring for a few minutes with the tribe
elders, Talis stood. “We have decided to help you. The
tribe of Calan is at your service.” 
Back in New Castle Koopa, Bowser sat on his throne. He
could feel a sense of impending doom. Iggy was getting
worse by the second. He had to assume Lemmy and Ludwig
were gone. That made three out of seven Koopalings
dead. He knew Lemmy was probably not dead, but he was
used to expecting the worst. He decided to visit Iggy.
He couldn’t talk to him, but he could offer moral
support. Right now, Lemmy was Iggy’s only hope. 
In the camps of the Calan tribe, Lemmy was having
nightmares. The main ones were nightmares where Exar
had been revived and was taking revenge, and where
Lemmy was forced to watch Iggy decay and die slowly.
He sat up in bed. Ludwig was sleeping peacefully
beside him. Lemmy decided he would formulate a plan
during the night. 
The journey started at dawn. The tribe packed up the
camp into several large bags hoisted onto their
shoulders. “We must be careful,” Talis told Lemmy,
“There are many enemy tribes around here.” 
“Don’t worry,” Lemmy responded, “We can handle them.” 
The next seven days passed uneventfully. They passed
out of the badlands and into a lush forest. As they
were walking, a knife whistled by Lemmy’s head and
sunk into a tree next to him. “Stay still!” a voice
shouted, “Put your claws on your head!” 
“Oh, great,” Lemmy muttered as he put his claws on his
head. More Hammer Brother-like creatures stepped out
from behind trees. These ones wielded knives. Lemmy
reached behind his head. His claw closed on his wand.
He couldn’t use it, as a knife was near his throat. 
The leader of that tribe stepped forward. “You have a
lot of nerve, venturing so far into our territory,” he
sneered, “but you will go no further. Kill them.” 
Lemmy, knowing that what the leader said was true,
acted quickly. He grabbed the knife that was pointed
at his throat, trying to keep it away. His other hand
waved the wand. Suddenly, all the enemies were thrown
deep into the woods by a magic blast. 
“Phew, that was close,” Ludwig told Lemmy, “Good job
on driving them away.” 
“Come, we must hurry,” Talis said, “They will soon be
back, and in greater numbers too.” 
That night they reached a cave. “That cave is where
the stone is. Only the One, that’s you Lemmy, may go
inside.” 
“I’ll see you soon,” Lemmy said as he went inside. 
Back in New Castle Koopa, Bowser was desperate. Iggy
had just passed the four-week mark. There was no way
for him to recover on his own. His only hope was Lemmy
now. He just hoped that Lemmy would get back before
Iggy died. 
In the cave, Lemmy had spent two days searching. He
was beginning to doubt that there was a gem inside. It
was then that he turned a corner and saw it. The gem
was on a pedestal covered with violet linen. Lemmy
stepped towards it, but as he did, he heard a violent
hissing. A huge serpent slithered out of a crack in
the wall. Lemmy dove to the side. A bat behind him
locked gazes with it and fell dead to the floor.’This
must be a basilisk! The king of serpents!’ thought
Lemmy Its gaze was death, and its breath was toxic. 
Lemmy hid behind the corner and came up with a plan.
He reached into his backpack and came up with Roy’s
sunglasses. He put them on and turned the corner, his
wand at the ready. The basilisk was waiting for him.
It glared him in the eye. Lemmy slammed his eyes shut.
There was a loud crack and a thump. Lemmy opened his
eyes. The basilisk lay dead at his feet. The surface
of the super-reflective sunglasses had reflected its
gaze right back at it. It had naturally suffered the
consequences. The sunglasses, unable to take the full
force of the gaze, had shattered. Lemmy dashed up to
the pedestal and snatched up the gem. 
Lemmy spent another day finding his way out. He came
out to a gruesome scene. Many of the Calan tribe,
including Talis, lay dead at his feet. Ludwig limped
up; his right leg and left arm slashed to the bone.
“Ludwig! What happened?” Lemmy gasped, shocked. 
“That knife wielding tribe came back. We fought them
off, but not without great losses,” Ludwig responded,
gesturing towards the dead, “Did you get the gem?” 
“Yes, I did,” Lemmy replied, holding up the gem. It
was glowing brighter. All the dead and injured were
glowing too. Their wounds healed, and the dead came to
life. 
“Wow…” was all Ludwig had to say. 
Lemmy took charge. “Okay! Let’s get back to the
castle!” 
They were back at the castle in eleven days. The first
words out of Lemmy’s mouth were, “Where’s Iggy?” 
Bowser led them to him. They were astonished at the
scene they saw. Iggy was covered with green blood. His
flesh was deteriorating rapidly, and they might as
well not bothered about the shell. Iggy feebly lifted
a claw, “Lemmy, you’re back.” Then he went limp. 
“NOOOOOOO!” Ludwig screamed, “After all that, we came
here only to find that we were three seconds late!” 
“No, it’s not over,” Lemmy said softly. He went over
and placed the gem on Iggy’s mangled corpse. He then
covered it with both hands. The stone burned like
fire. A blinding light came from the stone. Iggy was
glowing too. When the light subsided, Iggy was on the
bed, asleep, good as new, and the gemstone had dulled
to a white rock. 
“Come on, he needs his sleep.” Bowser whispered. 
Iggy has now completely recovered. All the Koopas are
leading their normal lives again. They will all sleep
easier now, as that Exar’s legacy, his last hope of
revenge against the Koopas, is now over. 
The End
 
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