Chapter 7 Back To Normal

"Iggy? Iggy, wake up!"

Iggy was snoozing away in his bed. His alarm clock was ringing, creating a world shattering sound. Despite this, Iggy was sleeping like a rock. Larry was beside him, shaking him in an attempt to stir him from his slumber.

"Dude, come on, it's breakfast time," said Larry.

Iggy still remained asleep. Larry sighed and glanced at the rest of his siblings, who were in the room with him.

"This guy's out cold," he said. "I don't even think a steam engine could wake him up."

"No," said Lemmy as he turned to Ludwig, "but I bet a little touch of pyrokinesis might."

The Koopalings cast hopeful looks at their superpowered brother. Ludwig sighed.

"Fine," he said. "But I'm not going to do it at full power."

Ludwig stepped forward and held out his finger. On the tip of it, a little blue flame danced and flickered. Ludwig looked down at Iggy.

"I hope you can forgive me for this," he said.

With that, Ludwig placed his finger on the skin of Iggy's arm. Iggy screeched and sprang out of bed instantly. He looked around, dazed and disoriented.

"Wha...what's happening?" he asked.

"Oh thank goodness," said Wendy. "We were starting to get a little worried."

Iggy looked around his room, as if he hadn't seen it in years.

"Is everything back to normal?" he asked.

Now it was his siblings' turn to feel confused.

"Iggy, what in the Mushroom World are you talking about?" asked Roy.

Iggy glanced at Roy and stepped forward.

"Roy," he said, "what are the inputs and outputs of cellular respiration?"

Roy looked bewildered.

"What does that have to do with…"

"Just answer the question!"

Roy scratched his head.

"I don't know...cells? Cell phones?" he asked.

Iggy beamed and embraced Roy in a hug.

"Oh, you are back to normal!" he cried in delight. "Roy, you have no idea how happy I am that you're an ignoramus!"

"Um...okay," said Roy.

"Iggy, are you feeling alright?" asked Ludwig.

Iggy let go of Roy and smiled at Ludwig.

"Oh, I'm fantastic!" he said. "The fabric of reality is no longer experiencing high amounts of stress! That is such a relief."

Suddenly, it dawned on the others what Iggy was talking about.

"Iggy, I think that you had a dream," said Morton gently.

Iggy looked confused.

"A dream?" he asked. "But...no, it couldn't have been. It felt so realistic and vivid. I could've sworn that it was…"

Iggy's voice trailed off and he stared at the floor. The confused look on his face started to recede and he shook his head.

"Actually, it being a dream makes a lot of sense now," he said. "There were a lot of off-the-wall things that had happened."

"Like what?" asked Wendy.

Iggy chuckled.

"Well for starters," he said, "Roy was a genius."

Ludwig and Larry stifled back giggles.

"A genius?" asked Larry.

"You're already talking out of your backside, Iggster," said Ludwig with a grin. Roy glared at them.

"Oh, that was only the beginning," said Iggy. "There was so much more interesting and insanity inducing imagery to recall." Iggy was about to explain all that happened in the dream when Roy's stomach rumbled. Roy chuckled as everyone stared at him.

"My bad," he said. "I'm just really hungry."

"Me too," said Lemmy. "The cook has made some french toast earlier and I've been dying to try it."

"Why don't we all go down to breakfast?" said Morton. "Then Iggy can explain what happened in his dream."

Iggy nodded. Despite how eager he was to tell his siblings about what he had dreamed about, he had to admit that he was a little hungry as well.

"That seems like a very sensible idea," said Iggy. "Skipping breakfast is not recommended, after all."

The other Koopalings nodded and headed out. Iggy was the last to exit the room, and as he closed the door he started pondering. Out of all the things that he had seen, the one that intrigued him the most was StarlitDuck. What if she really did exist? What if their world really was based on stories that she had written down?

Iggy didn't know. All that he was aware of at the moment was the fact that he was craving french toast. With this in mind, Iggy followed the rest of his siblings to the dining room.

…

StarlitDuck sat in front of a computer. Once she was done typing down the final paragraph to "Super Koopalings Episode 3: Untitled," she smiled and handed the laptop to her brother.

"It's done," she said. "What do you think?"

Star's brother looked over the finished product. Once he was done reading, he nodded with approval.

"It's interesting," he said. "I really like this one."

Star beamed.

"Thank you," she said. "I'm going to post it."

"Okay," he said. "But before you do that, are you sure that it's a good idea to keep all the spelling errors?"

Star thought about it. Then she shrugged.

"Eh, what's a little spelling mistake hear or their?" she asked with a smile.

Author's Note: Well, there you have it. This one was fun to write, and I hoped you all enjoyed it. I wasn't kidding when I said I was moving near the beginning of July, though. I'm not sure how that'll affect my updating schedule. I think I'll still be able to post in June, but July is looking a little iffy. I might post once I get settled into my new house.

Anyway, enough about me, let's get onto the shoutouts. A big thanks to all of you for reading, and special shoutouts to TheGhostlyRobot and Skarmory21 for favoriting and Skarmory21 for following. I'll see you all next time!