#Firm believer in Bowser being a good Dad here

[sparkler-v]

hey have you guys met Bowser what do you think of him??

Sparkler: "Not the Bowser at the arcade, no. Never really got out much, and when I did Surge really didn't want me to be seen.... Buuuuttttt!"

Chase: 'No.'

Sparkler: "Chase has!"

Irene: "Excuse my interruption, however Sparklermun wishes for us to inform this Anon that the following story takes place post their adventure with Link in his game."

Sparkler: "Yeah, this happened one time when we came back ta visit. There we were in the Switch's GCS! I was hidin' in Chase's backpack as per usual, while he was headin' over to the Breath of the Wild entrance. On the way though, who would spot Chase walkin' around all by his self, but Bowser Jr! Apparently Chase looks very much like the son of a bad guy. You know, with his glowing yellow eyes and what not. So apparently this, "fellow" son of a bad guy spotted Chase and went all like. Friend! Get!"

Irene and Jay: *muffled laughter*

Sparkler: "And Bowser Jr just runs across the GCS and goes, whoa! Never seen you before. You from a new game..? Now of course, our silent protagonist here couldn't answer."

Chase: *inaudible groaning*

Sparkler: "Though that didn't stop Junior, as he started goin' on about how if Chase was new then he had to know about his Papa, who was the biggest. Meanest. Baddest bad guy ta ever claim the title of Bad Guy! So naturally Chase had ta meet 'em! So! Grabbin' him by the wrist, Junior starts dragging Chase back across the GCS while goin' on about how cool his Dad is, an' how mean he is, an' how he's always this close ta gettin' that Mario. And in no time there they were standing in front of the giant dragon turtle himself!"

Chase: 'He was... actually nice.'

Sparkler: "Yeah! From his voice I could hear that he was actually excited ta see Junior makin' a friend with a kid like 'im. Thing is, I don't know if it was cuz Bowser is a Dad, but somehow he picked up on Chase once havin' parents. Actual parents, not backstory ones. You see, there are a lot of child protagonists that don't need parents to take care of 'em. Just the way they're programmed, but there are some like Junior that are a little more dependent on their parents. Mostly because they actually have 'em! So they're coded to be more dependent, and Bowser picked up on that. So he asked where Chase's Dad was, which is never a happy question, so he asked where his game was, which is also not ah happy question."

Jay: *winces* "I'm sorry Chase."

Chase: *shrugs*

Sparkler: "There was uh pause after that... Don't know exactly what happened, seein' how I was in the bag, but I was ready to pop out if Chase needed me. But then I heard 'im ask what kind of game Chase was from, and Chase got out that he was from an old racing game... Turns out, Bowser was also from a racing game. Mario Kart Eight in fact, and he invited Chase to race with Junior and all the Koopalings. If he wanted... And let me tell you. We never made it to Breath of the Wild!"

Irene: *snorts*

Sparkler: "It took some convincin', and Chase was nervous at first. But he wound up havin' a blast with Junior and the Koopalings. Even won a couple races! He had such ah good time though that he and Junior are actually friends now, and he's gone back to race him 'im and all his siblings a couple times now... Course, there were some explanations later. Turns out, Bowser knew sign language, and he got ah hold of someone he thought Chase would be more comfortable around."

Chase: 'Princess Peach.'

Sparkler: "Yeah! Princess Peach. In the end, Chase managed to uh... kinda convince them that he was fine. That though he was gameless, he wasn't alone. Told 'em that he's still got his sister lookin' out for him. Though uh... they didn't sound too happy that I wasn't there with him. I mean uh, how could they know. Buuuuut, eventually Chase convinced them enough ta let him go. With the promise that he'd be safe, and a bit of a threat aimed at me if I didn't go out with him next time. Can't tell you how mad Bowser and Peach are at me now, even though I've always been there! But yeah... That was how Chase met Bowser."

Irene: "He spotted a lost child, and his parental instincts triggered. Hmm hm... Isn't it true Bowser adopted most of his children?"

Sparkler: "Oh my gosh! Chase! Ya could've been a Koopaling!"

Chase: 'Nooooo.'

Sparkler: "HA!"

#This was so much fun to write! #Firm believer in Bowser being a good Dad here #Thanks for the ask! #Sparkler Virus #Chase #Irene #Jay #Personal Nonsense AU #au #ask #long post #short story