#koopa troopa

Ok so say the reader gets kidnapped by bowser minions who mistake her for peach after a late night kidnapping gone wrong. Needless to say, bowser is not happy with the turn of events, but can see the opportunity of potentially using you as a bargaining chip against peach   

Little does bowser know but you're currently dealing with raging insomnia and haven't had a proper good night's sleep for at least four days (part of the reason the as to why you were staying with peach in the first place, as peach wanted to help figure out a solution). And your completely done with everything at this point and now you are being use as a hostage for the koopa king. life just isn't going your way. 

Bowser of course immediately orders that you be thrown in the dungeon. Not without you first giving bowser a piece of your mind (I mean who can blame you your very tired and cranky and being kidnapped certainly isn't helping) you still end up in the dungeon but bowser is somewhat impress by the fact that you stood up to him 

At least one good thing came out of your outburst. as bowser's minions decided to take pity on you and give you a proper cell to sleep in instead of putting you in one of the overhanging cages. (to be completely truthful they were a little bit terrified of you as there aren't many who can stand up to bowser and live to tell about it) On one hand your grateful that you have been given an actual room with an actual bed, but as the universe demands the room that you've been given is way too uncomfortable to actually sleep in. thus begins your epic quest of trying to fall asleep while staying at bowser's castle.  

Junior is the first to encounter you. After hearing about the failed attempt to kidnap mamma peach he got curious and wanted to see who ended up in the dungeon instead. Making his way down to the cells he soon finds you in the middle of staring down your pillow. A small interrogation follows with you answering his questions to the best of your tired minds ability all the while trying to think of your next move. it's then you remember an important piece of trivia about the young prince. that he loves art, having heard all about his escapades on the Isle Delfino from Mario. So, you promise to teach him some really cool drawing techniques in exchange for being let out. After seeing what you can do junior excitedly agrees and thus the first part of your plan is complete as you can now freely leave your cell. 

Now your quest can truly begin, first things first you are in desperate need of some new bedding. everything that you currently have is incredibly ruff not to mention your pillow alone is as hard and as lumpy as a bag of rocks. Finding some new bed sheets wasn't too difficult as you ended up taking one of the many tapestry's with bowser emblem on; that lined the hall ways. Specifically, you took the one that happen to be from the throne room as for some reason it seemed to be better quality material than the rest. (bowsers minions had one hell of a time putting all of the tapestry's back up as you had systematically gone through them all; taking them down to see which one was the best quality) as well as one of the velvet curtains that hung in the main foyer.  

When it came to getting a new pillow that's when things get a bit tricky as there isn't anything nearby that you could realistically use for stuffing, that was until you caught sight of a koopa paratrooper. Transfixed by the lovely feather soft wings you wasted no time in carefully sneaking up on them before plucking a handful of feathers and making a quick getaway. Sometime later half of bowsers aerial force has become victim of your quest and word has gotten back to bowser about the situation, so the king goes to confront you only to find fast asleep and resolves to speak with you in the morning  

Next is trying to find some comfortable pyjamas to sleep in as the ones you currently have on are not suitable for the intense heat of bowser's kingdom. Its during one of your drawing sessions with junior that you come to find out about his sister Wendy and her love for fashion. convincing junior to take you to meet her doesn’t take much, however convincing Wendy to help you is a whole other ball game. It takes a lot of flattering and some begging before promising that you'll act as a living mannequin for all of her future projects that she finally agrees to make you something. She ends up crafting you a whole new set of pyjamas that are both fashionable and practical, they work great and your finally able to fall asleep. 

You actually end up bonding quite a bit with Wendy as what just started out as an exchange of services turned into a fun hang out. And from then on you both end up hanging out on the regular bonding over clothes and gossip about random topics. And eventually you end up joining in on her and Roy's tv time (they mostly binge watch telenovelas but sometimes you'll have movie marathons or end up watching the great mushroom bake off) 

And for a while you're actually able to sleep. With your new pyjamas and bedding your passing out as soon as your head hits the pillow. But unfortunately, all good things must come to an end and pretty soon your back to staring at the ceiling, whiling away the hours as you toss and turn in the night. however, this time it doesn't take you long to figure out the cause of your restlessness, as the springs in your mattress have clearly gone, if there were any in there to begin with (you suspect not) you need to correct this immediately as your back is starting to suffer. that’s where the Lakitus come in, as the white fluffy clouds that they ride would no doubt make the perfect bedding. the question now though is how are you going to acquire them for yourself. The next few hours involves you employing different tactics to knock the Lakitus from off of their clouds with some being more successful than others. until eventually you have gathered enough clouds to use for a mattress and your back to sleeping comfortably once again. And bowser once again has to deal with the loss of the other half of his air force. 

One day while you're wondering around the castle you accidently stumble into bowsers room. Realizing where you are you go to leave immediately when something catches your eye. It’s the most luxuriously fluffy thing you have ever seen and you can't resist taking a closer look. Running your hand across the material of the cape you find its even softer than you imagined and you have to resist the urge to bury your face into the fur lining. Petting the fur, you notice the partially opened door off to the side and let curiosity get the better of you that’s when you stumble into a walk in wardrobe that is as almost as big as Wendy's. The walls are lined with every type of outfit imaginable including one section that is dedicated to capes alone, which is surprising because you don't recall ever seeing bowser wear a cape before. That’s when you get the idea, surly he wouldn't miss one or two and they do look so comfortably soft. So, you start picking out the softest and most comfortable ones until you have a nice pile of capes. Once you're finished your all set to take them back to your cell after all you could do with a nice change of sheets and no doubt the extra fabric would come in handy. However, you end up not making it that far. the moment you're done you sit down to take a small rest and end up falling fast asleep on the pile of bowsers capes. hours go by and it isn't long before the entire castle is in an uproar as everyone believes that you have escaped. Bowser is furious ordering his minions to find you before going to Kammy and Kamek to figure out how exactly you could have escaped. meanwhile junior is distraught as he's grown to really like you and he doesn’t want you to leave just yet. you end up waking up sometime in the evening, realising how late it but somehow still incredibly tired you slowly make your way back to your cell, wrapped up in one of bowser oversized capes as it drags across the floor. Upon arrival your greeted by a very serious Kammy and Kamek talking with a group of guards and a teary eyed junior. Junior is the first to spot you, immediately running up to you and clinging to your legs as he makes you promise not to leave, at least not without saying goodbye first and promising to come back for a visit. You of course agree giving the prince a big hug while the Kamek goes to inform bowser that you've been found. 

sneaking into the royal library is where you first meet Roy. Figuring that you could potentially find a long boring book that might help you to fall asleep. or at the very least something interesting to read while you while away the long hours of the night. Searching through the shelves you come across the young koopa in the middle doing of what looks like homework. Your first thought is to just leave him be as he is clearly busy, however curiosity wins out and you ask him what he's doing, your original hunch is proven true as he explains that he's currently in the middle of his magic history assignment (which is incredibly long and very very boring). its then you realise you've been presented with a golden opportunity and excitedly ask him if there are any spells that involve sleeping, Roy who is looking for a distraction agrees to help you find one. It takes a while but eventually you find one and without putting too much thought in it you end up casting it, only for it to end up backfiring spectacularly as the whole castle is put to sleep with the exception of the two of you, much to your dismay. Things end up working out it the end, as Roy isn't about to pass up an opportunity to have some fun and cause some trouble. Which leads you both causing all kinds of chaos around the castle and doing pretty much whatever you want for the rest of the day.  

You meet Lemmy while he's practising circus tricks. You were exploring the gardens within the castle when you come across the young Koopa in the middle of practising a new trick. Once the trick is complete you start clapping complementing his skills much to his surprise and delight as he didn't realise he had an audience. you end up getting onto the topic of all of the different tricks that Lemmy has mastered and somehow this leads to a demonstration of all his skills, congratulations you now have front row seats to your own personal circus show. It's in the middle of his demonstration that you somehow got roped into playing his assistant and before you know it he's teaching you how to do certain tricks. by the time the end of the day ends up rolling around your exhausted, completely dead on your feet and end up falling asleep way before your head hits the pillow.

You end up meeting Larry though mutual chaos. At this point you've gained a certain reputation around the castle for some of the antics that you've pulled in the name of a good night's sleep. So, it isn't all too surprising when a group of paratroopers accuse you of stealing a bunch of fire flowers the only trouble is you have no clue what their talking about. You make a quick exit only for it to keep happening. No matter where you go your being accused of doing something that you have no clue about. half of the things that your being accused of are just juvenile pranks that in your eyes obviously don't fit with your MO, as at the end of the day everything that you do and all of the chaos that you cause is part of your ultimate quest to get some descent shut eye. eventually you resolve to get to the bottom of this and find out the true culprit and that’s when you run into Larry who is in the middle of setting up his next scheme and you come to realise that he's the one who has been pulling all of these pranks in an effort to gain access to the cookie jar which has been magically sealed away for the time being by Kammy and Kamek. sensing a kinship you end up banding together offering to help him out with his plot in exchange for him helping you out with yours (before being wrongly accused you had set out to constructed yourself a new pillow as your old one had gone flat and ended up giving you a nasty crick in the neck) and together you set out to cause even more mischief.

One night as your staring at the celling trying in vain to count sheep you hear an explosion that rocks the whole castle. how no one else was alerted by the sound astounded you; so startled, you go to find out the cause of it. This is when you meet Iggy, who is in the middle of working on his latest invention. And who was supposed to be in bed hours ago, but no matter what, he could not get his mind off of his latest project and had ended up sneaking into lab to continue working. Part of you gets it as you can relate to not being able to shut off your brain until a project is done however one look at Iggy and it's obvious that this kid needs his sleep. At first you try to gently coxes him back to bed but when that fails plan b is the only option. So, rolling up your sleeves you pick up Iggy and physically drag him away and carry him off to bed. Iggy acts like a feral cat the entire way there and its only when you threaten to wake up bowser is when he finally calms down and admits defeat. You eventually get him tucked in and ready from bed only there just one problem he's not sleepy. so, you resolve to try the only thing you can think of that uses to work for you when you were his age, keep him talking till he falls asleep. So, you start talking asking him about subjects that he finds interesting, answering questions that peek his curiosity and just generally talking about random things until he finally he closes his eyes and drifts off.  

And that how you started helping Iggy with his inventions. You figured that if you could help him get as much of it done in the day then he won't be so tempted to work on things during the night. you may have no clue about half the stuff he's taking about but that’s not going to stop you from helping him as much as you can. though there are time when you won't be able to get everything done in one afternoon and are forced to drag him to bed so he can get a good night's sleep. 

You meet Morton Jr one day when he tags alone with Junior for his drawing lesson. Things continue as normal with you and Junior drawing together, you offer some supplies to Morton asking if he would like to join in but he ends up brushing you off preferring to just watch. However, it isn't long before he eventually gets bored and starts looking around your room and that's when he finds a different project that you've been working on as you're currently in the process of crocheting a new blanket using some wool you've "borrowed" from Kammy. Seeing that he seems to be interested in your crochet project you explain to him what you are making before offering to teach him how to crochet. And that’s how your art sessions also turned into crochet lessons, with all three of you doing crafts together.

You meet Ludwig one evening while he's playing his cello. You can hear the beautiful melody coming from somewhere deep within the castle and follow it until you find him playing in his music room. He's lost in the melody so he doesn’t immediately notice your presence and it's not until he finishes playing the last note that he finally notices your there. He's about to start calling for the guards when you ask him if he would play something else. Ludwig isn't sure why he ends up agreeing (possibly because he can see just how exhausted you are, or it might be the fact that the rest of his siblings seem to think the world of you) but either way you managed to persuade the eldest Koopaling. He ends up playing until you finally fall asleep. And that's were bowser finds you later that evening, curled up on the floor of Ludwig's music room with a blanket and pillow (I wonder who put those there). 

At this point you've met the majority of bowsers kids and it's around this time that you start to pick up on some strange little inconsistencies like when you found a set of fresh new blankets that you don't remember gathering or that you don't seem to be running out of crafting supplies as quickly as you would of thought especially when you think your just about to run out more seems to appear out of thin air. the biggest clue that someone is behind this is when you find a cup of tea that has been left out on your nightstand for you. come to find out its Morton who has been doing these little nice things for you. In fact, all of bowser kids have been sweet towards you in one way or another you so now your determined to do something nice in return to say thank you. So, one day when the servants are busy you sneak into the kitchens and begin baking a few batches of cookies. You've just finished gathering all of the ingredients and are about to start when your caught by bowser himself and he demand to know what you're up to. So, you explain that your baking cookies for his kids as a nice treat. For a moment your worried that you might have done something wrong, as bowser just seems to be staring at you with a look you can't quite place, so to break the tension you ask if he would like to help you which seems to snap him out of it and before you know it your baking together. You're just finishing putting on the final touches when one by one each of the kids suddenly appear. Once you let them know the cookies are for them they waste no time in digging in, devouring them like a pack of piranhas. so all and all a great success.

At one point you end up raiding bowsers power up stash. Overhearing two of the guards talking about it you figured that there might be something useful that you could potentially use to make your stay at the castle a bit easier. Using one of bowsers cape's and a stolen mask from some poor unsuspecting shy guy (they had fallen asleep at their post so you were able to just run up and grab it) your able to disguise yourself. Passing yourself off as a very tall shy guy and surprisingly your able to bypass the guard no problem and now have complete access to all of the power up your heart desires. Some of the things you end up using them for are: 

Eventually bowser catches on to your power up raids putting a stop to it once and for all. 

A sudden heat wave hits the castle turning the already warm environment unbearably hot and it doesn’t help that the heat from the lava is making everything ten times worse to the point where everyone is suffering. as your trying to come up with different ideas that might help you beat the heat you have a sudden realisation that boos are naturally cool to the touch and the castle is full of them. So, begins your next quest to find and befriend a boo and ask them for cuddles. at first it goes as poorly as you would expect as they all try scaring you but when they get no reaction and your activity trying to get closer to them, they end up being the ones fleeing in fright. what you didn't know is that king boo is currently visiting the castle to discuss some politic matter with bowser himself and upon hearing about all of the trouble your causing for his boos he decides that he's gonna scare you himself. It doesn't take long for him to find you. Sneaking up behind you he pulls his most terrifying face complete with ghostly wailing. And If it was anyone else they would have been sent running for the hills but in your tired mind he is nothing more than a giant snuggly marshmallow and before he can react you’re on him. Snuggling up as you press your entire body against him falling fast asleep in a matter of seconds. Something which king boo wasn't expecting at all and is reduced to a flustered bashful mess and for the next five hours you end up holding the king hostage. Later, bowser, upon hearing what happen couldn't stop laughing and plans to never let king boo live it down. 

Remembering how hot bath are sometimes a good way to help fall asleep not to mention you could do with a nice long soak as your cell only has a little sink that you have been using to keep clean, you set out to make the bathtub of your dreams. After reworking the plumbing in way that even the Mario brothers would be proud of all you now need is a tub, and you know just were to find one. in the very early hours of the morning you quietly sneak into bowsers room and with a bit of effort manage to steal his shell (personally I'm a fan of the idea that bowser can't remove his shell, however this idea was too amusing to pass up) needless to say bowser is not at all happy to wake up the next morning and find his shell missing (the kids however thinks it hilarious) and orders Kammy and Kamek to conduct a discreet search for his shell as he doesn’t want the news spreading around the castle. So, bowser is confined to his chambers until his shell can be located as there is no way he is walking around the castle without it. Kammy is the one who finds it and by extension you, lounging in the oversize tub you've managed to create and completely fast asleep. bowser allows you access to the royal ensuite bathroom after that. 

While looking in the mirror one day you notice how ruff and dry you skin has gotten and that the dark circles under your eyes are more prominent than ever, back home you would just use your face cream but here you don't have that option. You end up going to Wendy to see if she can help. while you know you realistically can live without you don't like how gross your faces is currently feeling. That’s when Wendy lets slip about kammy's imported luxury face cream. It's from there that you three concoct a plan (junior insisted on helping as he wanted to be part of the mission). Wendy ends up recruiting Larry to help you with the heist as he's always up for a bit of mischief. it's his idea to swap out kammy original face cream with whipped cream so that she'll be none the wiser. And so, the plan is put into action with Wendy distracting kammy while junior keeps look out you and Larry sneak into her room and replace the cream leaving kammy none the wiser. Its later that night when kammy found out about the plot. her shriek of rage ringing throughout the entire castle as she immediately barges into bowsers office to confront Kamek who she is convince is behind this. Kamek nearly passed out for laughing so much which doesn't help his plea of innocence especially when a large glob of cream falls off of kammys face and into bowsers tea. Kamek end up having to replace it in the end and is also forced to apologise while you and the rest of the koopalings get away scot free. 

Putting Wendy and Roy to bed whenever they fall asleep during a marathon of their favourite shows. They invited you to join the ten hour marathon of "the Mushroomess approves" by the end of it you’re the only one left awake sandwiched between the two Koopas as they snuggle up to your side, turning off the tv it’s a struggle to carry the two but eventually your able to get them to their respective rooms, wishing them a good night before you head off to your own room where you'll hopefully be able to fall sleep.

One day you end up stumbling onto what looks like a greenhouse and decided to explore. a few of bowser minions spot where your headed and immediately run after you to stop you from entering. as it is no ordinary greenhouse, no this one happens to be the one where all of the piranha plants are kept. Unfortunately, there too late, but it's at that point you have also realised your mistake however instead of turning back you venture further inward. You see usually after one of Mario and Luigi's adventure your one of the first people to hear the full story about their endeavours. The two telling you all of the details of their journey and you can specifically recall Mario telling you about a type of piranha plant that can put people to sleep. So all you've gotta do is dodge a bunch of man eating plants and find the right one that will help put you to sleep, piece of cake. The guards on the other hand wouldn't agree especially since the moment they set food in the green house everything that can go wrong goes wrong, as one by one the guards are picked off. The first to go is the leader of the small group who ends up getting covered in ink by an inky piranha plant. Another koopa troopa gets the dry bones treatment as they are promptly singed to a crisp by a Venus fire trap, one of the goomba's ends up becoming a chew toy for two piranha plants while another ends up getting crushed by a prickly piranha. you on the other hand somehow manage to remain perfectly unscathed and it's then that you finally spot what you've been searching for. coincidentally the piranha plant in question is asleep itself. Approaching the plant, you contemplating the best way to go through with your plan, when the remaining guards make one last dich effort to try and stop you only to fail spectacularly waking the plant up in the process and causing it to attack. Realising for the first time that you might be over your head your just about to make a speedy retreat when all of a sudden, the plant spews its sleeping pollen, causing you and the two remain guards to fall asleep. Unfortunately for the guards they are within chewing distance of the plant, while you end up falling asleep just out of its reach landing in a pile of conveniently placed daisies.

Catching Lemmy, Larry and Junior during a midnight cookie raid. You had gone to get a glass of water from the kitchen when you found the three balancing on each other shoulders and reaching for the cookie jar. Instead of busting them you end up joining them. Grabbing the cookie jar before offering to make them hot chocolate which they happily agree to and pretty soon you end up having a full on midnight feast.  

Trying to tire yourself out this is where Lemmy and Larry come in. as both are extremely energetic and are always up for some games. So, you end up playing every type of game imaginable from tennis to tag, all in hope that the extra exercise will make you sleepy. Not to mention that you have a lot of fun playing with the two. 

Another side effect that you didn't foresee coming, is that with bowsers kingdom being bathed in eternal night is it has started to mess with your natural circadian rhythm leaving you tossing and turning all night and longing for a bit of sun shine. It is on one of these nights while you're wondering around the castle you notice a strange powerful glow coming from the scorched forest just beyond bowsers castle. curious you decide to track down the source of the light. so, taking some power up's, a wand you borrowed from Roy and making sure to leave junior a note to let him know you're coming back you head off easily bypassing bowsers guards and slip out of the castle. It doesn’t take long for the alarm to be raised that you've left the castle as a spy Lakitus has managed to capture everything on camera and is currently livestreaming it back to the castle. After using a super leaf to cross the lava filled mote you make your way through the forest fighting off a group of dry bones with the help of a fire flower while dodging various other obstacles that keep getting in your way. it takes you awhile but when you finally reach the glow you find out that its coming from a superstar. Meanwhile the entirety of bowser's castle are watching the events as they unfold, as kamek, kammy and blue shell are all wondering how the star got there in the first place. that’s when bowser reveals that it was him and he thought it would be the best place to hide it as he didn't think anyone would bother to look for it out there. everyone is now freaking out as they think that you're going to use the star to escape and destroy the castle in the process however you have no such intention's in fact you are actively avoiding touching it as you don't want to activated it so using the wand you borrowed from Roy your able to cast a simple force field around it before dragging it back to your room to use as an artificial sun much to everyone's relief. But that doesn't spare bowser from the long lecture by Kamek and kammy.  

One time when bowser catches you out of your cell wondering the corridors. he picks you up with the intent to take you back to the dungeons only for you to fall asleep in his arms, and because "his softness" has grown fond of you he doesn’t want to risk waking you up by putting you down. so, bowser ends up carrying you around like that for the rest of the day. He ends up getting teased mercilessly by Kammy and Kamek but the moment someone else questions why you’re here he's giving them the death glare (normally he would yell but he doesn't want to risk waking you up). his minions have secretly started to let you loose on purpose whenever you're in an extra sleepy state, just in case it happens again as they enjoy the fact their less likely to get yelled at when the king has got you in his arms. 

Bowser has taken to letting you sleep in his study while he works. That way he can keep an eye on you and hopefully stop you from causing too much trouble within the castle. This has led to some strange conversations when you're in a half asleep state as you end up babbling on about the most random topics and once or twice you have accidently let’s slip some very embarrassing secrets about yourself, peach or the Mario brothers. Bowser thinks that this is hilarious and actively encourages you to keep talking while taking notes; planning on using the information you've giving him for blackmail material later.  

Once you did try sleeping in the room bowser had created for peach; for whenever she stayed at the castle. you gave up after a few hours as the pink was a bit too blinding and the room seemed to be doused in a heavy floral sent which ended up giving you a massive headache not to mention it felt weird sleeping in what was essentially your friends room without her permission.

One day you overhear some of bowser troopers talking about Kamek special secret tea stash that he has acquired from across the world including some very special sleepy tea that was guaranteed to give anyone who drinks it a good night's sleep. Armed with this knowledge you set out to find it. You enlist the koopalings help in order to keep him distracted while you look…..and look…. and look until it’s the end of the day and you still haven't found it. Just as your about to give up Kamek appears and asks if you would like a cup of tea (he was aware of your scheme all along and decided have a bit of fun by sending you on a wild goose chase). after that you end up having tea together on a regular basis all the while gossiping about everything that’s currently going on within the castle. And he lets you have a few extra of his special sleepy brew on the condition that you don't cause too much trouble within the castle after all he's already got the koopalings to deal with not to mention the king.

There was actually one time while staying at the castle that you ended up sleep walking. The night started just like any other and by now everyone has pretty much gotten use to you being out of your cell and walking around. However, it isn't until one of the goombas called out to you that they realised something was amiss. Come to find out your sleep walking, but before they can guide you back to your room its then they realise what you've been up to in your unconscious state. as a group of koopa troopa's rushes towards them in a panic, half of the castles sinks and bathtubs have been plugged and the taps left running, and there is now water running down the stairs into the main foyer. putting two and two together they all soon realise who is responsible, however it's only then when both groups realises you've vanished. for some reason your brain has convinced you to go full apocalypse prep mode and you've been plugging all of the sinks and bathtubs in the castle filling them with water so now the castle is flooding as your sleeping self didn't have enough hindsight to turn off the taps once everything had filled. Quickly one of them goes to inform bowser of the situation while the remaining troopas are doing everything in their power to find you and keep you from injuring yourself or causing more damage. bowser is the one who ends up finding you, right in the middle of plugging up the kitchen sink and asks what you're doing. in your unconscious state you mumble something about preserving water before you all run out. Bowser has to gently convince you that everything is fine before slowly guiding you back to bed; even in sleep it seems that your body won't let you rest. The next morning involves cleaning up a lot of water damage which you insist on helping with. And for a while bowser has two guards stationed outside of your room just in case you start sleepwalking again.  

Taking naps with junior and Larry. now realistically you know that this is a really bad Idea, as napping is one of the number one thing you should avoid doing when you have insomnia. But you just can't resist, their too adorable for their own good not to mention their great cuddle buddies. There have been moments when bowser will walk into the royal wing only to find you three all asleep on the couch in the main room. do you regret it later totally but was it worth it yes! 

Building a pillow fort with the Koopalings. You're not sure who first suggested the idea, but pretty soon everyone is running around gathering supplies. It's after half of the pillows in the castle go missing that bowser finally goes to investigate and finds the half finished fort along with you and the kids. You about to explain when you notice that bowser has suddenly gone very quiet not to mention he's looking at you funny. unbeknownst to you you've accidently end up triggering bowsers nesting instincts and for the next week you, bowser, Kammy and Kamek and all of the koopalings are confided to the pillow fort. But hey at least your able to get some quality snooze time out of it.

Joining the koopalings for story time. Originally it was junior who first asked you to read him a bedtime story and one by one soon the rest of the koopalings came to listen. You quite enjoy reading to the koopalings, as you find it very relaxing and often their sleepiness will spread to you and you've found that you will often end up falling asleep right alongside them. sometimes Kamek or Kammy will take over reading so your able to just enjoy the story and fall asleep at your leisure; as you will often fight to say awake to ensure that the kids have fallen asleep first. Once you even got the privilege of listening to bowser read. Originally the night had started out like any other with you settling down and getting ready to read the kids their bedtime story, when bowser suddenly shows up. Come to find out it's one of his nights off from his kingly duties and he was planning on spending part of it reading his kids a bed time story. Not wanting to get in the way of bowser spending some time with kids you excuse yourself to leave but then junior insists that you both read and do the different voices together. And despite how hard you try neither of you can say no to the young prince. So together you start reading with you doing the narration and bowser taking charge of the sillier voices, though you end up switching back and forth as the story progress. eventually bowser ends up taking over completely when he notices that you too are starting to fall asleep and it's not until he's sure that all of the kids and you include asleep, that he will start putting his kids one by one back to bed, wishing each of them a goodnight (complete with forehead kiss) before finally picking you up and taking you back to your own room. (you also got a goodnight kiss purely because he was operating on auto pilot at that point and didn't realise what he was fully doing. Cue blushing and flustered koopa king who quickly make a speedy retreat from your room)

At this point all of the kids understand that you have an issue with falling asleep and each of them will do their own little things to help  

Bowser comforting you when your insomnia gets to be just a bit too much. I think anyone who has had the misfortune of suffering from insomnia can understand how emotionally draining it can get sometimes. The first time bowser caught you crying he didn't know what to do, bowser has never really been that great at comforting people but at the same time he can't leave you like this. So, swallowing his pride he does what he usually does when comforting one of his kids. Scooping you up he holds you tight against his chest while rocking you back and forth, he tucks you under his chin as he starts to softly bellow. once you've calmed down a bit he will take you to the kitchen and get you a snack and just listen as you vent about your feelings and frustrations before offering to help you in any way that he can. (it's also after that, that he asks Kamek to look into ways to help cure your insomnia)

One night during your rare moments of actually sleeping you end up having a nightmare and a really bad one at that. So bad that you wake up screaming and crying and can't go back to sleep not matter what you try so you decided to try the only available option left. its late really late so late that a good portion of the guards have actually gone to bed themselves leaving only a skeleton crew to remain (Dry bone humour lol). Slipping out of your cell you head to the only person you think that could help. Arriving in the royal wing you carefully slip into bowsers room tip toeing over to the sleeping king who is out cold. Hesitating for a moment you could feel yourself growing embarrass at what was no doubt a childish request however your fear prevails and you gently shake the koopa king awake. Needless to say, bowser is really surprised to see you standing there instead of one of his kids. But one look at you he can immediately tell that something is wrong and after you quietly explain that you had a nightmare and sheepishly ask if you can stay with him. he doesn't hesitate lifting up the covers allowing you to crawl in and get comfy waiting for you to fall asleep before rolling over and falling back asleep himself. The next morning you wake up to find yourself being cuddled by bowser, his arm wrapped securely around your waist with his nosed buried in your hair he's completely dead to the world. and its honestly the most relaxed you have ever seen him and you would be content to just let him sleep and fall back asleep yourself, the only trouble is you really need to pee.