A few days ago.

Bowser wasn’t friendly with strangers, that was a given, and after you—most definitely a stranger, had been found inside HIS lands, you’d been captured without a second thought and thrown into one of the many, many dungeons that were placed under his castle alongside the many other inmates that were held down there. Pi’illos, Yoshi’s, even Toads. But because they weren’t sure who or what you exactly were, you’d been thrown to a cell in a far off corner away from the others. Wow.

Cut to today.

Surprisingly, it hadn’t been all that bad. Sure, the food was far from the best, and the pillows felt like rocks, but the guards were actually kind of nice and you were even let out occasionally (under constant supervision, but still.)

But that would all change one day when a sudden clamber would be heard outside the cell, alongside the sounds of someone desperately fighting and squirming in someone’s grasp. Before a loud, angry voice came from whoever was being grabbed and taken into the cells.

”LET ME GO!”

They didn’t get very far.

Soon enough, the door to your cell would be slammed open before someone would be thrown inside. A floating star of sorts hovered above their head, illuminating their body slightly in a warm yellow glow before the guards would throw a white, soft blanket onto her. Speaking in their deep, gruff tones.

”And get some clothes on! YOU’RE NUDE!”

The woman would angrily yell back, grabbing a piece of rubble on the floor and chucking it at the guards, only for it to bounce off one of their shell and onto her head. Causing her to angrily grumble to herself.

”Im not nude, I have SHOES for fuck sake…”

She’d finally pick herself up, continuing to mutter as she looked around herself. As the guards had stated, she was pretty much entirely naked, her curves only hidden by the white blanket that was still too small for her. But that wasn’t what you were focused on. Instead, you had recognized her.

Starlow. One of the few star sprites to actually bother coming down here.

Starsprites were a recluse of a species, often hanging out in the stars above and refusing to communicate with any other species. So just one actually being talkative with anything that wasn’t a fellow star sprite was a miracle in of itself.

And it seemed she had noticed you by how her gaze had shifted towards your direction, eyes narrowing as she let out a sigh. Trying to figure out if you were some weirdo who had done something horrific to be placed here or had been thrown here just because of your existence like her.

”…Great. Probably some pervert who can’t keep their hands to themselves…”