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It was another day in the life of the gamer, a teenager named Bobbie. Bobbie was a sixteen year old, tall with some acne visible on his face, and has steel colored eyes and jet black hair. He was going on another shopping spree to the old Vintage Stock store in town. Vintage Stock was a magical place where old, ancient video games, movies, and some accessories and collector's items laid in display and on sale. It was one of Bobbie's favorite places to go to when wanting to purchase something for his entertainment. He liked playing old games on the Nintendo Gamecube and the Playstation 2 like he did as a kid.

The store itself wasn't too big, but it wasn't too small either. Numerous anime posters of girls were hung up from the ceiling and can be seen with big swords, big anime eyes that sparkled like water in the setting sun, and the different colors of their hair. Not to mention the various sizes of hooters each of them had. Other than that, shelves and closed cases of rare and special action figures were in one corner, some of them, in which, were still inside the original packaging. As Bobbie's eyes dashed and flew to all corners, he could see the huge variety of stuff for sale, as well as the stuff that wasn't for sale at all. Putting that aside, he was here for one reason: to see what his recent e-mail was about.

Earlier in the morning, when Bobbie was eating his breakfast his mother made for him, his smartphone buzzed as a notification came up. It was some random G-mail he received from "Mr. K-man," someone he had never heard of in terms of names or people sending him stuff to his G-mail account. Opening it and reading it, it said that there was this very old and special Mario game, as well as a "Buy 1, Get One Half Off" sale. At first being confused, yet somewhat curious, Bobbie sat there in front of his bacon, eggs, and French Toast, tapping his fingers on the table with one hand, and resting his chin on the palm of his hand, tapping one finger on his mouth as well, pondering on about whether this was spam or not. Shrugging it off, he told his mother he'd be out for a little shopping spree after breakfast.

Now, Bobbie was searching for this "special" Mario game, as the G-mail message said, that was apparently on the Nintendo Wii. Scrolling his eyes from left to right, dragging his finger across the shelves that were ordered in an alphabetized way, he finally saw a blank Wii game box labeled, "Super Mario: Bowser's Relentless Return."

"Huh," Bobbie said to himself, looking at the blank game box, "Never heard of this one before. Guess it must be that special like the G-mail thing said."

Taking the box into his hand, he proceeded to the checkout to purchase what he's been looking for, as well as getting SSX Tricky for the Playstation 2 since that deal was going on.

"Hello there. Find everything okay here?" the cashier politely asked.

"Oh yeah. Just gonna get these two games and all. Nothin' else" Bobbie replied.

"Alright," The cashier checks the prices for both games, SSX Tricky being $10.00 and the unknown Wii game being $7.50 "So, which one will you be getting for free, sir?"

"That one," Bobbie points to the blank Wii game box. "The blank one."

"Alright sir. That'll be $10.00 please."

Bobbie hands the cashier a ten dollar bill. "Alrighty then. Here ya go."

"Thank you sir," the cashier kindly says as she hands Bobbie the receipt. "Have a nice day!"

"You too." Bobbie replies, walking away and out the front door.

Later, back at Bobbie's house, Bobbie decides to dig out the Wii stored in his basement somewhere. After bringing all that was required to operate it, as well as cleaning off the dust, Bobbie hooks up the Wii. He turns it on, grabs a Wii Remote and gets to the main menu of the console. "Alright then," Bobbie said to himself, sighing, "Here goes nothing." He takes out the Wii game, the CD having Bowser's insignia on it as well as the title, and inserts the game disk into the Wii. After a second or two, Bobbie points and clicks his way to the Game Channel, where the game you inserted could be played. He clicks on "Start," signaling a 'bing' noise. That's how it usually sounds.

When the game loads before the title screen, a little message pops up, "You chose wisely..." Upon seeing this, Bobbie raised an eyebrow. "Chose wisely? Chose what wisely?" Immediately, Bobbie was gone from the living room in a flash. Literally, a blinding white flash of light beamed the house for a split second, taking Bobbie to somewhere. As for his Wii, it ejects the disk and turns itself off.

Bobbie was in quite the thrill ride, seeming to fall down endlessly in a constant strobe and rapid sequence of colors changing, patters rearranging themselves from one geometric shape to the other, numbers and code flow and float around him like clouds, and flashes of Bobbie's memories randomly play in what could be a sky above him as he falls deeper into...well, nowhere at the moment. All Bobbie could do was scream and look around as everything blinked around him, until seeing that everything soon turned into pitch-black darkness. For ten to fifteen seconds, it was pure darkness and nothingness until something bright was below him, orange-ish and almost red and yellow. The next instant, Bobbie found himself falling into a large pool, if you will, of lava. His eyes bulged and widened as he fell in, paralyzed in ultimate fear. But something was off...he was indeed inflamed for some several seconds, until it felt like room temperature, almost cold. Opening an eye, he found himself holding his breath under lava. He could see his own clothing, some white flannel and jeans incinerate, leaving him totally exposed in the lava. Yet, he was unscathed and untouched by the lava.

Swimming back up to the surface above, he gasped for air, swimming some more to a ledge in which he would climb up out of the lava and onto some dark-gray, almost black stone floor. Climbing up, Bobbie breathed heavily, coughing here and there. He laid there on his back, naked on the stone floor, looking at the high ceiling above him. High lit and hung chandeliers could be seen, the ceiling also the same color of stone as the floor. Before he could say anything as he tried to stand, he felt some pinch from the inside in his legs and feet, until it progressed into more than just a pinch. It turned into an entire internal inferno and wave of pain, forcing Bobbie to scream out in agony as he felt the structure of his legs change.

His long, sleek legs shortened and shrunk, bulking in some muscle simultaneously. As his legs were almost bulking, now thicker and shorter than what they originally were, Bobbie's feet began to grow to accommodate his new legs. His toes kept moving closer, until some of them formed and fused together, making five toes become three bigger toes, the nails sharpening and elongating. They became large, white and super sharp looking toes for his feet.

As Bobbie panted and gasped at the sight of his changed feet and legs, he couldn't utter a complete word, speechless at what he saw. But it was far from over. He could feel his arms and entire torso enter the same tidal wave of pain, thus Bobbie shouting out in absolute suffering and agony. His torso bulked up and swelled greatly, his arms slowly following suit, but losing some length in the process. Toward down his torso, Bobbie could feel his skin thicken and grow in layer, changing into a faint apricot-ish peach colored blocky-like stripes. They almost looked just like his normal skin color, at least until he felt his entire skin undergo some change. His pale skin turned yellow and into thick scales, almost like thick, rough leather. "W-wh-what...what!?" Bobbie yelled out as he saw his body from his chest down change and look...familiar. A distant thought was coming closer to him, until it was hit away by another surge coming on. Bobbie's hands both change, growing larger to fit with his much larger arms. His arms, as well as the rest of his body, was indeed bulked with muscle, but also with a little bit of fat in each part. Therefore he wouldn't have a fully muscled, chiseled body. His fingers grew, except for his pinky fingers, which shrank into the hand or fused into the ring finger next to them. Now he had four fingers per hand, also accompanied by razor sharp claws like the ones on his feet.

Bobbie really freaks out, as if not being panicked already, by hearing "Shink!" noises on his arms. Two black, spiked wrist bands appeared on each arm, one on each where the bicep would be, and the remaining two on each of his wrists. At that moment, it all became clear. Yet, he refused to believe this as a reality. "N-no....It can't be..."

Bobbie feels his spine move out and extend a little, forming a yellow tail, thick like the rest of his skin except his region stretching from his. Two spikes form on the end of it, and his tail moves, swishing left and right on demand, as if it's been there since he was born with it. Grunting and panting some more, Bobbie's vocal chords start to stretch, making his voice deeper and much more evil than his normal, positive and friendly human voice. He feels a pressure on his back as he struggles to stay standing. Cartilage forms, green colored, growing large on his back, followed by numerous white spikes popping and forming on it.

A final spiked wristband appear on Bobbie's neck. As it grew thicker and bigger as his head starts to change, the wristband grows and adjusts properly. Grumbling, Bobbie feels his face and entire head go through the final part of the transformation, the most painful part possible. Off to the side, his shadow is seen, and his human head changes completely, thus completing the transformation into the video game character, the villain in the Mario games, King Koopa. A.K.A., Bowser. He roars out as tears run down his cheeks, breathing a large streak of fire into the air, his bestial cry echoing throughout what looked like a large castle. The interior was decorated with a red carpet on the stone floor, and some self portraits and paintings of Bowser on the wall.

Flaring his now red eyes open, Bobbie still pants in exhaustion after the transformation and stands there, now changed into Bowser. Feeling dizzy, he falls forward on the floor, making a large thud.

About an hour or so later, someone enters the room. It was a patrolling Red Koopa Troopa, and when he saw Bobbie, now Bowser, on the floor, he panicked and hurried over to him. He screamed, "Your Highness! My King! Are you alright!?"

Hearing the commotion, Bobbie came into consciousness and slowly opened his eyes, seeing the Red Koopa dash over to him. "*grumble*"

"Sir! Are you alright? Are you hurt?"

Sitting up, Bobbie finally responded in a voice sounding properly like Bowser's, evil and very deep, "Yeah...I'm...I'm alright."

"A-are you sure, sir?"

"I said I'm fine."

"Oh...Whew! You had me worried there, sir! It's good to see you're alright."

"Yeah, I guess so----" Bobbie paused mid-sentence, slowly looking at his new body. "Wait...This...this can't be real..."

"Erm, what do you mean, sir?"

"I'm....I'm Bowser..."

"Well of course you are! You are the mighty and fearless King Koopa, the true ruler of the entire Mushroom Kingdom."

"M-mushroom Kingdom? You mean I'm in...Oh God...I'm in Mario's world..."

"Unfortunately, yes. We're all in Mario's world, I'm afaid---"

"Stop. Who...who are you? What's your name?"

"Uhh, I am Red Koopa Troopa 348, sir. At your service."

"I mean what is your real name."

"Oh. Keith, sir. Keith the Red Koopa."

"K-Keith, come here. I need some help here." Bobbie now stood up.

"What do you ask of my, my king?"

"I need to...I need to sit on a chair and think about something first."

"Oh, well I can lead you to your throne, sire."

"My thro---Oh, of course. Please, lead the way, Keith."

"Proud to serve, sir!" Keith said proudly as he led Bowser to his throne, a large grey and red colored stone chair atop some small stairs where the red carpet ends. Bowser then sits on it and sighs, rubbing on his nose and in between his eyes.

"Is there something else wrong, sir?" Keith asked curiously.

"Well...Yeah. Are there any other guys in here who could help me? Like...magic wise or something?"

"I could bring Mr. Kamek the Wizard, sir. If you require his presence here."

"Yes! Uhh, I mean...bring him to me at once."

With that being said, Keith nodded and ran to summon Kamek to Bowser. Meanwhile, Bowser was checking his new body out. His arms and claws, his legs and feet, wiggling his toes, as well as his belly full of fire. He was glad his gut wouldn't be too much of a drag, literally. "Oh man...What the Hell happened to me? What's Mom gonna say when she sees me like this? What am I gonna do?"

After a little while, Kamek soared into the room on his flying broomstick with his staff in his hand, landing and kneeling before Bowser, then getting back up again. "Long time no see, Bowser. What do you want from me?"

"Want?" Bowser leaned forward on his chair, "It's more than what I want. It's what I need."

"And what is that?"

"An explanation. A reason. Some logic or something behind all this."

Kamek had a thought run through his head, 'Could this be the one? The Receiver? The one who returns? I hoped for someone who would not reject my distress call.' He then walked up to Bowser, standing next to him, "You...You look worried, concerned, and a little scared. I wonder why..."

"You...you did this to me, didn't you?"

Kamek didn't respond.

Bowser's tone turned amazingly aggressive very quickly, slamming his fist on the armrest of his throne, "You did this didn't you!? Answer me this instant!"

Kamek sighed, replying, "In a way, yes. Yes I have. But before you do anything else, let me give what you need. An explanation."

Bowser puffed out some smoke while exhaling from his nostrils, "It better be a good one..."

"You see, in the beginning there was Mario and Donkey Kong. Then came along King Koopa. The greener one and older one. As the games and final boss fights went on, Mario kept stomping on his head or kept using that same axe to cut off King Koopa's path and let him fall into the deep dark below, the floor. Recently, Mario has had enough of the "Old Bowser," if you will, even after they made him look like you. Well, not exactly like you, but in a way like you. Mario wants a new challenge, a harder final boss. A "New Bowser." And you seem to be that new Bowser."

Bowser, confused and dazed, only gave a blank stare at Kamek.

Kamek sighs, "I sent you that E-mail, Mr. Bobbie. I'm glad to see you didn't ignore and reject my distress signal. And not to see you enraged and not wanting to burn me alive."

"You sent that? B-but...how?"

"Please...Technology is everywhere. Besides, I got an old friend Tails who showed me how to do it."

"So...I'm really Bowser? Like, really real?"

"Yes. And before you ask, no. I can't change you back."

"What!?" Bowser shouted, "Why not!?"

"Because I didn't make you transform. That's the only sort of magic I can't do very well. Too many Koopa's spines exploding."

"Then...Then who did it?"

"That old bastard Toadsworth, Peach's advisor."

"Wait...Peach? As in Princess Peach?"

"Yes, Turtle Beach. Princess Peach. Pardon my harsh tone. I've had just a bad day as you're having right now already."

"I guess...I have to kidnap her again?"

"For you, this would be the first time. Don't worry, I'll show you how to master your new and more powerful body. Ever since the new Smash Brothers, you've been a force to reckon with. I hope that would be the same over here."

"Very well. Where do we start?"

"Follow me. I'll show you how Bowser does things around here."

And so the game begins...