*Waluigi's POV*

We soon came to my house, and as soon as Shawn and Claire were inside I locked the door and closed the curtains. Claire and Shawn sat down on my couch while I went to the kitchen to prepare some tea for us. And meanwhile the water boiled I searched around for a red mushroom, my wounds were not fully healed yet, and the punch to my stomach didn't make it better. I found a small one in the medical kit in the bathroom, I chewed it down, it tasted sweet, like a piece of candy. I immediately felt better and went to give Claire and Shawn cups of tea while I sat down in front of them in my armchair.

''So... I guess I'll have to start from the beginning.'' I started. Shawn and Claire stared interested at me as I began telling how the whole thing with the roses started.

*Flashback, third person view*

During one cold night, two teenagers walked along the street in the big city known as Mushroom city, their names were Wario and Waluigi. They were brothers, Wario being one year older. Just a few weeks ago, they ran away from home. Their parents weren't the best, actually: they were very bad at parenting. Which was the reason they ran away, they've had it with their parents. But they had nowhere to go, they didn't want to come to their cousins because they kind of hated them for some reason. Every day was now a struggle to stay alive against the winter coldness. But this particular night, they saw some teenagers sitting hurled together in an alleyway. A white Birdo, a green Koopa Paratroopa with an eyepach and a Lakitu with a black shell, sitting on top of a dark cloud. Wario and Waluigi walked closer to them carefully. The teens looked at them as if they were scared.

''What do you want?'' The Lakitu asked as he trembled from the cold.

''Are you homeless?'' Wario asked.

The Paratroopa nodded. ''We all ran away from home.''

Waluigi and Wario couldn't stand seeing them freeze, so they brought them to a place where they used to stay. Under a motor-highway, there were two mattresses there and a small barrel with fire burning inside of it. It was their temporary home that they had stayed at for two weeks now.

''You can stay here with us.'' Waluigi kindly suggested. The teens were more than happy to stay with them.

They all told them who they were. The Lakitu's name was Lakithunder. He got abbandoned as a child by his parents because he had a dark cloud which meant bad luck for Lakitus.

The Paratroopa's name was Duncan, he had been an orphan all his life and the orphanage he was staying at treated him like a piece of dirt. He lost his left eye as a punishment when he broke a vase once. After that he had enough and left the orphanage.

And the white Birdo's name was Trophy, her parents abused her. They used to lock her into a room full of piranha plants if she had done something that they didn't like. One day she left a burning match on the floor at home while her parents were away and ran away and left the whole house to burn into nothing but dust. That way her parents would think that she would be dead and wouldn't come and look for her.

But one thing that they all had in common was that they were treated like nothing. Outcasts, just like Waluigi and Wario. They all had been bullied for their looks and their situation.

''We're just nobodies...'' Lakithunder sighed.

''Come on, don't say that. We could be the coolest persons in the world! People just haven't seen what we're capable of yet!'' Waluigi said in an attempt to cheer everyone up.

''You really think so?'' Trophy asked with eyes full of hope.

''Yeah, he's right!'' Wario exclaimed. ''We can do anything we want, not anybody can stop us because we are strong together!''

''Hey, yeah!'' Duncan said happily. ''We'd be a great team together!''

Eventually they started calling themselves ''the thorny roses'', because they were beauty that nobody wanted, hence the thorns. They all got a colour each. Lakithunder got black, everybody wanted him to be the leader because of his deep care for everyone and his ability to fly (they thought it was awesome that he could fly on a cloud). Second in command was the white rose, who would be Trophy. She was a strong and independent woman, and would always protect everyone else when danger was near. Then, Waluigi got the purple rose, he was the one that would teach them all different things that he knew, and everybody always listened to him. Wario got the yellow rose, he was the muscle of the team and a great companion to have at your side. And lastly: Duncan, who got the red rose, he was the weakest of them all but he had great technical skills. He could trim motorbikes and steal vehicles faster than anyone else.

They thought that if society didn't want them, then they would become something that society already hated: criminals. It started with snatching a purse, then it evolved more and more until they started robbing banks. They also started calling each other by their colour of their rose, just so no cops could get ahold of their name. Their gang became quite known for their scemes, and soon the rulers of mushroom kingdom started to get tired of loosing the country's money and sent out Mario and Luigi to catch them.

But because of Wario and Waluigi's relationship with the two brothers, they always knew what they were planning and could stay one step ahead of them, making it almost impossible for Mario and Luigi to find the gang.

On one particular day, a blue yoshi managed to find the gang's hideout. He was wearing sunglassed, a spiked choker and a black leather jacket. Lakithunder (Black) noticed him and pinned him against the wall and everybody hurried over to him to back him up if something happened.

''You've got alot of guts to come here.'' Black said. ''What are you doing here? Who are you? Are you with the police?''

The Yoshi didn't struggle at all. ''I want to join you.'' He calmly said.

Black released his grip for just a moment before tightening it again. ''You're lying, nobody wants to join us... except for that annoying nerdy dragon-turtle.''

''But I want to, I'm a nobody, an outcast, and I don't have anywhere else to go. I've always admired your scemes. Please, let me join you.''

The gang was a little confused, and they talked it over for a while before agreeing to let him join. His name was Bullet, but now he would be the blue rose, he was faster than anyone else in the group and could come in handy.

The gang was like a big family. They shared everything. But two years later after Blue joined, things got a little... bad.

Ending it here again! Arg! I'm such a horrible person, right? Yeah, you'll just have to wait for the next chapter! Bye!