(Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Mario characters (those are the ones that appear in the drop-down list when you are asked to pick the main characters when you publish a story).

"Nanny, I want my chocolate milk!"

"Hold your Goombas, it's coming!" Wendy O. Koopa brought her youngest brother a beakerful of chocolate milk.

"It's not chocolatey enough," Bowser Jr. whined.

"You want chocolate? Do ya? I'll give you chocolate!" Wendy took a pack of hot cocoa mix and dumped it into the beaker. Designed for microwave use, and thus to not dissolve at room temperature, the powder granules made enormous clumps that Wendy was sure would choke BJ or at least block the flow by getting caught in the mouth of the beaker.

"Here you go!"

BJ sipped the beaker contentedly. "Mmm, it's bursting with chocolateyness!"

Wendy sighed. Since Ludwig got to be in charge of the twins because he was the oldest, Wendy had to be in charge of BJ since she was the girl. She had always been King Daddy's favorite until Bowser Jr. came along. She didn't know exactly where BJ came from, Bowser having had no girlfriends at the time; the rumor around the castle was that BJ was actually a clone of his father.

How could King Daddy have another one? He's got enough kids! Wendy was on the verge of tears, knowing that she would have to be slave to BJ's whims until he was significantly older. I'm a princess, why can't he hire a servant to take care of him?

"Rockabye Koopa, yadayadayada…" Wendy rocked BJ's cradle rapidly, but he seemed to like it, and he soon fell asleep. "There, now I can go to the mall!"

As the guards lowered the castle door for her to exit, she found that Bowser, back from one of his many party trips, was already there, with a Koopa kid that resembled Bowser Jr., but slightly older.

"Princess, have you seen the boys? Tell Larry, Morton and Roy that I want them over here."

"With pleasure." Wendy turned around and shouted, "CHEATSY! BIGMOUTH! BULLY! KING DAD WANTS YOU!"

Bowser sighed as his second, third, and fourth oldest sons arrived.

"King Dad, I swear I didn't do anything!" said Cheatsy.

"Mr. Jugem is a liar!" shouted Roy.

"Yeah, we did not cuss the teacher out or bully on the other kids or harass any of Wendy's girlfriends-"

"I certainly hope not," said Bowser. "You see, as heirs to the Koopa throne, I believe that each of you should take on some responsibility."

"So you disinherited Ludwig? Cool!" said Larry.

Roy started dancing stupidly. "Ohhhhh….. We three kings of Dark Land are…"

"Going to steal the Mario Star!" Morton and Larry joined in, Morton being the loudest. "La di da da, la di da…"

"SHUT UP!" Bowser roared. "Ludwig is not disinherited, but you three clowns are going to each run your own kingdom someday. Don't you guys want Donut Plains, Desert Land, the Forest of Illusions, Sky Land, the Valley of Bowser and Grass Land back!"

"Oh, do I!" said Larry. "I love Grass Land and the Valley of Bowser!"

"Why did you give me the stupid hot desert places? Is it because I'm the only one with a tan?" blabbered Morton.

"Yeah, and that froofy cloud place and that tricky jungle were far more to Kooky's liking!" said Roy.

"I don't care! Land is land, and be grateful that you have it! Regardless, I believe that each of you need to learn to nurture young heirs to the throne, just as your King Dad has nurtured you. Ludwig got to nurture Iggy and Lemmy from an early age because he had always been the responsible one. When Junior was born, Wendy got to be next because she's the girl, and girls are more mature on those sorts of matters than boys. Now, I believe that you three are mature enough to learn how to manage children, but it would seem I have run out of them. I was eavesdropping on Princess Peach a couple of weeks ago, and I heard her discuss a vacation to a place called Isle Delfino, and I also heard her discussing the sorry economic state of the lands she recently took back from us. The Happy Homes orphanage is crowded with children. I decided to do her a favor and take on one of the young Koopas there as a foster child for your benefit."

"Please tell me his name isn't Freddie!" said Morton.

"Or that he likes to do yoga!" said Roy.

"Or that he has a mouth bigger than Bigmouth's!" said Larry.

"What? Well, I can assure you that his name isn't Freddie, he has never heard of yoga, and he's very quiet."

The guys breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, where is he? I don't see no kid!" shouted Roy.

"He's right in front of your face! Introduce yourself, Koopa Kid!"

"Oh." The Koopalings took notice of the young Koopa in front of them.

"What's his name?" asked Morton.

"Koopa Kid. He never had parents to name him."

"Hello, I'm your new big brother, Morton Koopa, Jr.!"

Koopa Kid answered with a high, hoarse roaring sound.

"What? Don't tell me he never learned to talk either!" shouted Morton.

"And there's only one of him!" Larry said. "Why didn't you adopt one for each of us?"

"Actually, I did. Koopa Kids, come out!"

Koopa Kid split into three Koopa kids – one of them red, one of them blue, and one of them green.

"Meet Red K. Kid, Blue K. Kid, and Green K. Kid!"

"How did they do that?" asked Morton.

"I don't know. Ask Ludwig. Anyways, Red is yours, Roy, Blue is yours, Larry, and Morton, Green is for you."

"No $#*?," Morton grumbled.

"Now, Junior and I are getting prepared for our vacation, and you guys are going to be responsible for them while I'm gone. Just one thing – don't allow them to play with their Mario action figure this month. I tried to foil Mario's little Solo adventures by having them play mini games against him, but Mario kicked their butts, so they're being punished. Good luck!"

"What? You're taking BJ on vacation without us? NOT FAIR!" Morton screamed.

"Yay!" shouted Wendy. "You guys got kids now, and I'm getting a break from mine – wait a minute! You're going on vacation without me? NOT FAIR!"