Hip’s Invention
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By
Mary BeyerThe bright and cheerful sun rose over the horizon. Hip yawned and woke up. ‘Aw, Stupid sun. It’s gonna be a cheerful day. Blech! I wish it were raining.’ Hip thought. He yawned again, stretched and went down stairs for breakfast. As he walked sleepily down the stairs he saw a blur go by him. It was Kookie. ‘Hmm,’ Hip thought. ‘I guess he’s been working on some dumb invention of his.’ As he walked into the kitchen, he saw Hop looking blankly at his food. It was an unknown mixture of Cootie-Pie’s. He sat down and Cheatsy cam and sat down next to him.
"Ew, what is that?" He asked Hip.
"Beats me." Hip answered. "Looks like mud stroganoff."
"Actually it’s…uh…well…," Cootie-Pie said, clearly not knowing what to call it. "Mud plus coconut and a dash of sugar." Hop, who decided he was hungry, upon hearing what Cootie-Pie had said, spit out the mud stroganoff.
"Ewww, Gross!" Cootie-Pie said. "Hop, you don’t spit out your food, you chew and swallow it." Hop glared at her furiously.
"Why…in…the…world…did…you…use…MUD?" Hop asked, slowly and angrily. Then he left and when outside to do his daily mean stuff. The rest of the koopalings continued on with breakfast and Hip was remembering what happened to him and Hop yesterday. Maybe that’s why he’s so grumpy. Then Hip when up to his Lab and started to work on two projects…
That night all of his siblings came and asked him what he was making and each time he answered:
"You’ll see when I’m done you idiots!" Then, the next morning, he was done. He walked down stairs and held one of the projects up.
"What the heck is that?" Everyone asked, including Bowser.
"It’s an Inviso-Gun." Hip said, proudly. He showed the round, blue, gun-shaped object to them. Then Bowser spoke up from the confused silence.
"Well, nice work Hip." Bowser said, sounding confused. "How does it work?"
"Well you say ‘Invisible winds that shift and blow, don’t let this little koopaling show!’" Hip recited. And then, to everyone’s surprise, he faded from sight. Then, invisibly, he walked over to Big Mouth and shoved him into his Lava Stew.
"Hey show yourself! When you reappear I’ll blow you up!" he said, showing his wand. "I’ll blast you to smithereens! It’ll be like ‘the fat lady in your play has sung!’ When you come back I’ll kill ya! Hip Koopa will be no moooorreee! Then I…" Cheatsy had just put his over Big Mouth’s big mouth. He tried to speak but he was muffled by Cheasty’s hand. Then Hip reappeared on top of the table.
"Cool, Hip!" Hop said. "What are you gonna do with it?"
"A few things, take over Y’oster Isle, maybe try again to capture the princess. So, who wants to join me?" All of his siblings’ hands flew up. He looked around, thinking.
"Okay," He said, deciding. "Hop, Cootie-Pie, and Bully." The chosen three danced around in excitement. They got to invisible.
"Aright you four." Bowser said. "You leave tomorrow." All the koopalings walked, ran, or slowly creeped up the stairs to bed.
The next morning…
Hop yawned. Then he remembered! He was supposed to go with Hip, Bully, and Cootie-Pie to Y’oster Isle! He ran downstairs to find Hip chanting:
"Mystic invisible winds that shift and blow, don’t make these koopalings show!!!" Then he turned to Hop and said, "It’s works better if I use ‘Mystic’. Then I can do more than one at a time." Then he drew out his gun and recited; "Mystic invisible winds that shift and blow don’t let me and him show!" Then he and Hop faded out of sight. Then they headed out the door. It was a 3-days journey to Y’oster Isle. They stopped at Rose Town the second day. They hid in the Inn’s basement to sleep. Ever since Hip and Hop had kidnapped the princess everyone was on the lookout for them. Then when they were fully rested, they left the building. Then they went through the pipe vault with ease because they knew the Sparkys, Goombas, and Piranha Plants. Then they reached the Isle of Yoshi’s. They were still invisible, so none of the Yoshis noticed them. Then they used their wands to put the Yoshis into a deep trance. Then Hip muttered the un-Inviso-Gun spell. Then he pulled out something else. It was a thin, silver pad. He pressed it against four Yoshis. Then he stared at it. Then he looked at the other koopalings. Then he hit a keyboard that was on the pad. He looked up, a smug grin on his face.
"A appearance copier. Now watch." He said. He typed something on the keyboard and the he his koopaling began to…flicker? His hands became green and smaller, he grew taller, red spikes spouted from his neck…all in all, the other koopalings thought it was a pretty disgusting sight. Within moments he had morphed into…Yoshi?
"Alright, who next?" he said, speaking exactly like Yoshi.
"Meeee!" Screeched Cootie-Pie. She grabbed the pad, pressed it against a pretty pink yoshi, whose name was Loshi, and she too turned into the yoshi. Then Bully took Boshi, and Hop took a red yoshi, whose name was Roshi. Then, ten minutes later, a familiar band of yoshis set off towards…the Mushroom Kingdom.
1 day and ½ later…
It took 1 day and a ½ to get to the Mushroom Kingdom. They saw that no mushroom people stared at them. Then they entered the castle without any trouble from the guards. Then they went to the Princess’ room. Then her grandma answered the door. Hip and Hop exchanged a look that said, ‘Oh, jeez! We’re toast!’ But instead they had nothing to fear.
"Hello Yoshi, Loshi, Boshi, and Roshi." She said.
"Hi, how are you?" They all chorused.
"Oh, fine. You want to see the princess? She’s at Mario’s house." She answered kindly. All four koopalings froze. They were all having the same thought; ‘No princess is worth going to Mario’s house!’ They went out of the castle feeling glum. They all considered going back to the keep, but they all knew, you couldn’t desert a mission once it is set. They trudged to Mario’s Pad. Then they overheard not only Princess Toadstool and Mario, but also Luigi and Toad.
"Okay," Hip said. "Here the plan…"
They knocked at the door, in their regular koopaling forms, and heard an "Ah, hold your horses, I’ll be right there." Ah! Good. Toad was gonna answer the door. Hop readied his wand. Hop was at the door. The door opened. Hip heard a gasp. He jumped out from behind the bush and froze Toad and dragged him back to the bush. Moments later, ‘Toad’ stepped out of the bush, grinning smugly. ‘So,’ he thought ‘My appearance pad works better than I thought it would.’ Then he walked back into house.
"Hey Mario, Luigi, someone at the door for you guys." ‘Toad’ said. The Mario Bros. Walked outside and saw nothing. Then Cootie-Pie and Bully leaped out of a bush.
"Say good-night plumber boys!" Cootie-Pie said.
"Yeah, time to go nighty-night! So we will get the princess this time! See ya!" Bully yelled. Then a shriek came from inside. Hip ran out carrying Toadstool. Hop was waiting by with three Lakitus. The four koopalings hopped in two different Lakitus. The princess had fainted but had been put in the last Lakitu. ‘Well,’ the Lakitu thought. ‘at least se ain’t screaming like yesterday.’ As they went back to the Keep, Bully dropped his wand. Mario un-froze and instantly went to save the princess. As he closed in on the keep, he planned it out…
Inside…
All the koopalings were preparing for Mario. But he never showed up. Then, later that night, he ran through the door, pass all of the still-ready sleeping koopas and koopaettes. He saw the princess in the battle room. He picked her up and took back to his house.
That Morning…
No one was happy. This was the worst defeat of koopa history! They were defeated in their sleep! Well they will try again tomorrow. As Hip walked down the stairs he saw Hop looking at a picture of him. Then he went down to breakfast. Cootie-Pie was cooking again. But she decided to look up a recipe this time. It was Evil Yoshi Stew. Then they all decided to eat and think about a plan to get revenge on Mario…
To Be Continued…