IHOP

There are several IHOPS across the country of Swalugia, previously known as Free Ugly Crying Kittens.

Over each of these stories, a piece of Waluigi's soul was awoken to form Swaluigi.

These are the Chronicles of IHOP, written by children who were all, suspiciously, given a name starting with A.

The IHOP Over There
It was a bright day, cloudless so that the sun could appear for once that week. It had been cloudy for so long, and the citizens of ICOP (International City of Pancakes) planned to spend every waking hour baking their breakfasts for the next year. You see, in ICOP, pancakes are best cooked when it is sunny outside, for sunny weather makes for sunny moods, and sunny moods make for great pancakes. Some would call this superstition, but those who have been to this great city know that it is real.

Except Axel, that is.

Axel seemed to always be grumpy, no matter the weather. He used to be a normal ICOP resident, but one day, at the turn of the 69th century almost, something changed. Axel lost his will to make glorious pancakes, instead opting to mope around in his room and play chess. Axel was also the smartest resident of ICOP. That's how he saw it anyway.

"Axel! Get your butt down here, it's time for brinner!" His mother called. The citizens of ICOP decided it was appropriate to name breakfast 'breakfast', lunch 'brunch', and dinner 'brinner. Snacks in between were outlawed, for the parliament of ICOP, the PICOP, believed they would interfere with the sameness all the ICOP citizens showed. All the people had to be the same, in weight, height, and hair dyes. People who didn't fit.. well, let's just say they maybe disappeared.

Axel trudged down the stairs, frowning the whole way. But what he saw woke him up significantly. His mother and father were dressed in their finest pancake costumes, waiting impatiently by the door. "Come on, we're going to 'The IHOP Over There'."

"The... what?" Axel said, extremely confused.

His mother pinched the space between her nose and lips, as was custom to show annoyance in ICOP. "The new IHOP. Seriously... do you even pay attention at school?"

"No." Axel replied shortly. "Can we go?"

"Don't talk to me like that." His mother replied, but opened the door with a frown. Everyone clambered into the car, and so they were off.

Tonight was busy, probably because of the new IHOP opening up. When they got there, the line went outside the building!

"Are we really going to wait here the entire time?" Axel asked, annoyed.

"Son, you see, the plan is to make it in for breakfast."