The next day you were in the castle spending the day with the Koopalings. Bowser had a ton of work to complete and was so swamped that he had no time to spend the day with his kids. So, this left you hanging around with the kids since they didn't have anyone to play with. 

You were sitting in a chair as the koopaling's daughter Wendy played dress up with you. She wore a giant tiara, bracelets, a necklace, and a purple dress. She did a little twirl around in the room like a little princess.

"You look stunning!" You said, with a rare smile on your face. 

Wendy smiled. She stopped spinning before she could get a little dizzy. 

"So, do you, Y/N." Wendy complimented. 

You were dressed in a red dress, a tiara on your head, a rose bracelet, and a necklace to match it. 

"You look prettier as a princess." Said, Wendy.

You blushed, "Thank you." You stood up to bow down to her, and she smiled. 

~

Ludwig was in his room playing his musical instrument alone. He had been waiting to play some instruments. He loved music. The more he played, the more it created a rhythmical beat. That was until one of the twins barged into his room, interrupting him. 

The wild blue-haired koopa gazed over at the twins showing an annoyed expression. 

"What are you two doing in my room?" Ludwig demanded. 

"Nothing." Both of them replied. 

They stood straight back up as Ludwig said, "Okay? It's not like I see a couple of my two obnoxious siblings burst into my room without showing proper respect." He scowled. 

"Sorry." Said Lenny as he avoided his brother's gaze. 

"Whatever," 

Iggy turned around to hear heavy footsteps patrolling down the hallway. It was Bowser. 

"King dada! Are you finally done with work now?" Iggy asked, hoping the Koopa king would accept playing a game with them. 

Bowser stopped in his tracks, letting out an audible sigh, "Not today, guys. I have much work to do, and I need you to do some activities elsewhere."  

"Well, what about Y/N? Is she around the castle?"Lenny asked. 

"Yes, of course, she is, and she's not escaping. Don't worry about her, and go play." He said, walking down the hallway as the little koopalings watched him leave. 

"Well, you heard him. Y/N is around, so go find her if you want." Said Ludwig. 

"You haven't been spending any time with us, Ludwig." Said Iggy.

"What makes you think I want to spend any time with you? All you two knuckleheads do is bother me, annoy me, and ruin my stuff." Ludwig remarked, glaring at his siblings, that looked at each other. 

"Not on purpose." Both unison said.

Ludwig audibly sighed. 

Meanwhile, you were still in the castle after finishing playing dress up with Wendy to wander around. The palace was quiet, and no one wasn't around, not even the Koopalings. 

'Just when are the chances I can leave here? Peach doesn't know about my disappearance.' You thought. 

"IGGY! LENNY!" Your thoughts were interrupted by an angry koopa marching down the hallway. It was Roy, and he wore a huge scowl across his face.

He wasn't in a good mood.

You went over to see what the fuss was about and peeked around the corner to see Roy enraging at the twins for messing with his sports collection. 

"You two have been messing with my collection again!" Roy shouted. 

"We didn't mess anything up," Said Iggy. 

His eyes looked up in the corner avoiding Roy's stare behind the pink shades he wears over his eyes. 

"Oh yeah? Well, tell me why there was so much stickiness when I was going to play basketball. I smell bubblegum!" Roy vented, glaring at the two as the twins trembled. 

"W-We were o-o-only having a bubble b-blowing contest," Lenny replied. 

"Yeah, whatever. Go clean up that mess, and you better get every last drop off!" Roy raised his voice as the twins scampered quickly to go clean, and Roy shook his head. 

Talk about being a hothead, Koopa. Similar to Bowser.

You turned your heel to wander elsewhere and then heard something. Music playing in one of the main rooms was soft, not too loud, and nice. You walk down the hallway, trying to find where it was coming from, and you halt at a door where you heard the sound is from. 

Entering the room, you peeked inside to see Ludwig playing with a maraca, a trumpet, and a drumset to make a musical rhythm as you were in 'awe' of his talent. He continued to play to the very end as he stopped. 

You clapped your hands as Ludwig slightly jumped in, startled to see your presence. 

"AH! What are you doing in my room?" He exclaimed. 

"I heard some music, and it came from here. I didn't mean to startle you, Ludwig." You replied, looking at the young Koopa. 

He let out a small huff. 

"Well, I guess your ears work after all. Begone!" 

"Hold on. Can you show me what other instruments you play?" You asked as he looked up at you in shock. 

"Y-you want to know what else I play?" He asked. 

"Of course! It was amazing to hear you play the trumpet so well." You complimented. 

Ludwig felt his cheeks burn as he said, "O-oh, alright! I can show you a little more of what I can do." 

~ 

The day went by fast, and Ludwig introduced you to the musical instruments he knew how to play as he gave you quite a show. You were impressed by the young Koopa's special talent. At dinner, the koopalings were sharing their day with Bowser. 

"Yeah, we got to play with our spaceships and tried them out for rocket science!" Iggy beamed, telling his story to Bowser as they ate their meals. 

"Did it work out?" He asked. 

"Yeah!" Both the twin's unison, replied. 

Bowser hums as Roy silently eats, and Jr. looks over at you.

"What did you do today, Y/N?" He asked. 

"I played dressed up with Wendy, and Ludwig gave me quite the performance with his musical." You replied, smiling down at him as his eyes lit up. 

"Really? Ludwig does pretty well with musical instruments." Said Jr. 

Bowser overheard his son talking with you about Ludwig and Wendy. He felt a little tingle in his chest that his little ones were growing to like him more than ever since you're not Peach.