MY Poptropican writing.

[Fallingmoon]

OK, I love this game called Poptropica and I played Counterfeit island like five times 'cause I love it. I decided to make a mini story out of it. Here it is! (All dialog matches what was said in the game. I have no credit on that. The game is copyrighted... I think. xD)

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I flew through the air on my hot air balloon, scanning the bright afternoon ocean. Land came into sight, the home of the greatest museum in our world. I started lowering the hot air balloon until it was a few feet from the museum. Quick as a snake and threw down my rope and slid down it, tying it to a fire hydrant in several knots. I looked around at the few people on the streets. “Wow, for such an island with the most famous museum with just a small community? 'least I can walk with a lot of traffic. Wait, there aren't even any cars!” I started walking to the museum and immediately saw a banner that said “EDVARD MUCHES “THE SCREAM” ON DISPLAY NOW! FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!” Below was a double door, flanked on both sides by two fold able signs that read “COME SEE THE SCREAM!” A lady with smoothed down black hair, red ball earrings, and a black business suit stood on the left side of the sign, on the right side of the double doors. “Who are you?” I asked in the most polite way I could.
“I am the chief inspector for the police.” She answered calmly, but there was a hint of something else I couldn't detect. Interested, I asked,
“Why are you standing here?” Her answer turned a bit softer and she answered,
“I'm convinced someone is going to steal The Scream and I am going to catch the thief!” Surprise and curiosity flickered inside me, so I asked once more,
“Can I help?” Her answer sent anger through me, but I hid it.
“Thanks for the offer, but leave this to the professionals.” For that I sighed and walked in the direction of my hot air balloon, but I hesitated. “Why not enjoy the rest of the city?” I thought with a shrug and walked on. I passed the Web Browser Internet Cafe then The Moldy Baguette Inn. Who names a hotel such a silly name? Past an artist who had a canvas open to everyone. Beside it where his paintings. He strolled around beside his works of art, looking around to see if anyone wanted one. I came across a sign saying “Down town”. I found two mimes, one on each side of a clown store. I shivered, mimes give me the creeps. I saw balloons hanging inside, a sign said they were free for the day, they even had them in green! My favorite color! I rushed inside and asked the cashier about it, sure enough they were trying to bring in more business by giving away the balloons. I picked up one of the green balloons and strolled out. I passed a foul smelling dumpster and arrived at the city's underground tour. Stupidly I asked the person running the tour,
“What is this place?” She answered in a business-like tone,
“We offer tours of the island's ancient tunnel system.” Another annoying question I asked,
“Where does the tunnel go?”
“Underneath the museum and into the docks.” Her answer was calm, as if she liked to talk about the tunnel system.
“Can I take the tour?” I asked and she replied in a slightly sympathetic tone,
“Sorry, no can do. Tickets are sold out.” I looked toward the trash can for some reason and found some type of golden paper at the bottom, barely visible through the trash and metal netting. Cautiously I walk over and muttered, “ewe ewe ewe ewe” as I dug my hand through the trash can, and pulled out two tickets clipped together by a pin. I walked past the All The Jazz Cafe and the police station. A little while over I found trees growing thickly and an old country path. Part way down I discovered a young crying boy and his mother. I asked what was wrong with the boy to the mother and she replied in French,
“Mon fils veut un ballon vert!” I was lucky I could speak French and English so I translated it. “My son wants a green ball!“ I didn't have a green ball, but I had a green balloon. I looked sadly to my green balloon and handed it over to the crying boy.
“Here you go kid, enjoy.” The boy stopped crying, then floated away! “Uh oh... that can't be good.” I whispered and ran off, chasing the boy and the mother, I lost them though as I came past down town and stopped at the Web Browser Internet Cafe. A guy said, “Did you hear about the Balloon boy? Poor

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kid!” I nodded, gasping for breath. I stumbled into the cafe and found a guy standing by the TV.
“Hey did you beat your game?” I asked, seeing the computer and bags under his eyes suggesting he'd been here a while.
“No, I took a break to watch the news. This balloon boy is crazy! How could something like this happen?” I felt really guilty so I replied in a tone trying to cover up my guilt,
“I know. I wish there was something I could do...” He gave a deep laugh to cheer me up,
“Hey don't worry about it! It's not your problem. But there is something you could do for me!” Interest sparked withing me.
“OK, what is it?”
“I was going to tour the tunnel, but I lost my tickets. If you find them, you can have one!” I smiled and pulled out the golden tickets.
“My tickets? Thank you! Here, you can take one for yourself.” I smiled in gratitude and rushed out, I want to see the ancient tunnel system. I raced over to the lady by the tunnel and skidded to a halt. I handed her my tickets and she said,
“Bonjour! Would you like to take the tour?” Before I could react she continued, “when your ready just walk right in.” I stepped through the now unlocked gates and the tour guide followed me. Blabbering on and on about what the ancient tunnels were built for and how they are used and how they could stand up and the whole nine yards. I was to distracted from it's beauty to listen. I stopped where the tunnel widened to a small room where shelves were filled with skulls. I looked up at a parchment on a cord. I climbed up the hanging ceiling light and grabbed it, falling onto my feet with a thump. My tour guide followed me to the exit and said goodbye then walked back to her station. I stepped out and I herd a hiss,
“Psst, kid come here.” I jumped and looked behind me. There stood a man with a dark brown suit and a matching hat which was tipped over to cover his eyes. A long scar ran down the left side of his face. I walked over and asked in my normal but cautious voice.
“Who are you?”
“Somebody who knows to much. The Scream is going to be stolen!” He replied in a low snake-like hiss.
“Can I help?” I asked, prepared for him to say no. To my surprise he answered,
“Apply for a job at the Museum and catch the thief in the act!” Excitement pulsed through me and I asked him in a calm voice, trying to cover my excitement as much as possible.
“OK, but how?”
“Get the job, then meet me back here at nightfall. Hurry, your our only hope!” He urged and I blinked, nodded my head to the strange man, and flew off to the museum. I passed the investigator and sneered in my head, “Try and stop me now!”
“What type of museum is this?” I asked in a polite, calm tone to a security guard.
“An art museum. We have paintings, statues and other works of fine art.” He replied in a proud tone. I asked another question,
“Can I come in?” I knew the answer already,
“Sorry we don't open for a little while.” “And yet, I'm in!” Then I stated in a polite tone,
“I'm interested in applying for the job.”
“OK, in that case, go speak with the assistant curator.” The security guard answered and I walked past him, up the stairs and to a man standing by a door stating it was a Forgery Detection Lab.
“I'd like to see the curator and apply for the job opening.” I stated sincerely and he replied in his slightly annoying voice,
“Sorry, the curator is out of town on important museum business.” I asked in a slightly annoyed voice,
“How can I apply for the job?” I controlled my anger as best I could as he answered,

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“We are opening in 5 minutes and some joker moved a bunch of paintings around! Help me and the job is yours.” A bit relived that he didn't deny me, I asked,
“What can I do?”
“Four paintings have been moved into the wrong places. Find them and return them to their correct spots! Come to me when your done.” He replied and I rushed off, looking at the paintings and switching them around. Then I said to myself, “I think I'm finished. I better talk to the assistant curator.” Then I walked over to him and he proudly announced,
“Your hired! When your ready to begin your training, step into the Forgery Detection Lab.”I opened the door and stepped in, the assistant curator following. Automaticly I asked,
“what is this place?” Though I already knew.
“The Forgery Detection lab. It is where we investigate artwork to determine if it is counterfeit or not.” He answered simply.
“Why would someone counterfeit art?” Another stupid question, but he answered just the same.
“Art is worth a lot of money—even fake art!” Then I thought for a second as I looked around then asked a better question,
“What are all these machines and tools?”
“We use them to analyze artwork. We can't hang forged art in the museum! Now your training begins, pick on of the stations to try it.” He directed her to the first machine. I looked at it uncertainly and tried it out. It worked perfectly, as did I! Same with the second machine. The first one scanned the artwork, but the second tested it with chemicals.
“Great job! Your on the team! Lets see... you should probably carry a key to the storage room.” I walked through the building, finding the supply room. I unlocked it and gasped, finding another scrap of parchment. I strode back out and arrived at the door. It was night! “Oh no, I'll be late!” The security guard waved to me, “It's late Pal. Better get some rest.” I walked out and looked around at the dark night. Full moon was out, just above the horizon. I looked at the scraps. Maybe the man wanted the whole picture, so I'd better find the rest. I raced around town, picking up the scraps and creating a whole picture and panted as I reached the man by the exit of the tunnel.
“It's time! The thief is going strike tonight. I've opened the tunnel exit for you!” He hissed and I hurried into the tunnel. I found a broken ladder, only one step broken so I unlocked the hatch by matching it with the scrapped paper. I arrived in the storage room, unlocked the door and sneaked through the building thinking, “I've got to protect that painting.” I thought over and over. I avoided laser cameras, and a security agent until I reached the painting. From there I climbed up on the light above the paint and whispered, “I'll hang above the painting and jump on the thief when they try to steal it!” Lights blazed and a siren wailed as two police officers and the investagator came in. She yelled,
“Freeze! Your under arrest!” “Oh fish sticks.” I thought, “Ha ha, 'least I'll be in the paper for once in my life!” The newspaper read my story, the headline was “Scream thief busted – I'm innocent!” “Well now, this is the cell that was in the police office. Sadly I'm claustrophobic.” Huddled in the corner, finally falling asleep after a long time of shivering and thinking the walls where closing in on me, the door opened and I jumped up, heart pounding and looked around. “Oh wait, just her. Finally, I hope she didn't notice me in the corner. Then I'd surely die of both embarrassment and fear of small spaces. lol” She announced, “Time to come out, I've unlocked the door.” Trying not to show my relive I walked out to her. She blinked and announced in an alpha wolf tone of voice,
“Hope you had a good night's sleep because your going to answer some questions for us.” I saw a lie detector. Ohhh how I hate those contraptions. I answered the question sincerely and truthfully.
“I'm glad you passed the lie detector, I knew you were innocent.” The inspector said in a less of a hard core policewoman voice. I looked at her, astounded.
“You did?! How did you know?”

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“Because the painting was stolen last night, after we arrested you!” That made sense. I snapped my fingers and gasped,
“Someone asked me to protect the painting, maybe I was set up!”
“What? By who?” She sounded surprised as well.
“I don't know, I strange man.” I replied.
“We need to check the security footage from last night. Meet me at the security office.” She ordered and was off, so was I. I lost her after a little while, but when I came into the door, the security guard was gone.
“Hmmm. I wonder where the security guard went.” In curiosity I walked out, looking around for him. I found him in a clown store. “What's the matter? And uh... why are you in the clown store?”
“The Scream was stolen and it was my fault! I'm here trying to cheer myself up.” He gave a sad sigh. I hated to push him, but I asked,
“Did you see what happened?”
“No. I was tired... so I stepped out for a minuted.” He admitted guiltily.
“What time did you leave your post?” I asked in a soft tone.
“I don't remember, check my time card.” He said, handing it over to me. I read it and found out he left at 3:56 A.M and came back 4:00 A.M! Only four minutes! The thief must have used my secret entrance to leave. I scurried over to the museum and bounded up to the security office to meet the inspector. She was standing beside a bunch of computers, filled up the entire room.
“We need to check the security footage. Try and find out when the painting was stolen.” She commanded and I walked over to the main computer. I scanned the card and it fast forwarded to that time. The man who had told her to protect the painting was right there! He stole the painting!
Here is the thief! The guy who told me to protect the painting! “I better screen shot this.” I pressed the screen shot button and the picture printed out. Waving the paper I rushed over to the inspector.
“Do you recognize this man?” I asked her,
“Never seen him.” She shrugged.
“Do you know where to find him?” I asked,
“No idea.” she replied simply.
“What should I do?” I asked, hopeless.
“Perhaps if you show the picture to people in town...” She thought aloud. I nodded and walked out to the docks by the tunnel. I'll start with the Fisherman, he was near to the guy. I showed him the picture.
“Hmmm, I'd ask the mimes. They see a lot of people.” “The mimes? They don't talk though!” I shrugged and bounded off toward them anyway. I show the picture to the girl,
“Do you know where I can find this man?” She just made a whistling sound and pounded her feet in a special way... like a dance, I showed it to the guy. The same thing. I thought a while then the thought came to me. The All that Jazz cafe! I walked in and asked the person by the desk. Before I could get out the picture she whispered in a slightly frightened voice.
“There is a suspicious-looking guy by the stage.” I glanced and yelled, “Thief! You framed me!” He pelted away to the back door. “Stop! Thief!” I probably should have blocked the door before screaming at him. “He's getting away on a scooter! I've got to catch him!” I found another one beside where he had jumped on one and raced after him. He did an amazing leap off of a ramp I wouldn't get on to and he flew onto his boat and sped off. I ran over and growled “Drats! He got away!” Then I spotted a red credit card looking thing. “He dropped something.” I picked it up and it had a black widow on it and a strip on the bottom. I put it in my pocket and ran back to the museum. I arrived and immediately a guy handed me a package.
“A package for you. No return address.” I opened it and it was a painting and a scanner. I scanned it and red words popped up under the paint. “Meet me at the museum on Early Poptropica island. Tell no

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one. You're being watched. -The Curator.” “Oh my gosh. I'm being watched?” I shakily looked around and raced to my hot air balloon. It ran out of fire so I untied it and raced up the rope, climbing in and setting the fire to the chamber in it again. It rose up and I soon arrived at Early Poptropica island. I scrambled into the Pop art Museum and found the curator waiting for me. Just to make sure I asked,
“Who are you?” The elderly woman responded,
“I am the curator of the museum on counterfeit island.” So that is the name! I answered quickly,
“Why did you call me here?” I asked, she whispered back,
“I'm afraid you got yourself caught up in something much bigger than you realize. The world's greatest artwork is hidden in a secure location but now it's in danger!” I gasped. Then I gulped and asked fearfully,
“Can I help?” Her answer didn't surprise me,
“Just be safe – Someone you trust is watching you very closely. Here, take this key. Be careful, we lost much to obtain it.” She handed me the key and I scurried out into my hot air balloon. I flew as fast as I could to Counterfeit island. I raced all around the city, trying to find were the key fit. The painter called for me.
“Psst. Recently, I sold a painting to an investigator... but with no frame! Why would she need a painting without a frame? Very strange...” I though about that and walked away, toward the country road. Sighing, I thought I failed until I reached a cabin. It read “Investigator Veuve Niore”. Veuve Niore in French Widow Nior. I think Nior is misspelled, so backwards is Noir which means black! Widow Black, which is Black Widow! That traitor. The curator was right. I looked around and saw a treasure chest, a set up table, fire place and an upstairs. Above a bed was cute picture of a hamster. Oh how I love hamsters. Then there was that painter's picture. She had put it in a familiar looking frame. Was side was peeled back, so she wasn't careful enough. I peeled it back and gasped, stumbling as a recognized it. “It's The Scream!” A yelled instinctively. The lights flicked off in the windowless room, so it was pitch black. Fear overwhelmed me. “Who turned out the lights?” I tried to sound brave as I gave the yell, but I was to shaky. I felt someone hit me upside the head and everything went black... well I just got knocked out. Whatever. I woke up with a minor head ache and strapped tightly to a chair with a rope. My eyes burned for a second at the blinding light after the total blackness. I blinked and my blurred vision went away. As I refocused the black shape appeared in front of me, hair more wild yet not tangled. She had black suit, not business like, and with a red diamond like that of a black widow. Her eyes were dark, I thought they looked familiar though.
“Who-who are you?” I demanded, unable to take the shakiness out of my voice.
“I am the Black Widow! The worlds greatest art thief!” She cackled proudly.
“But-but I thought you were a cop.” I stammered and the Black Widow snapped, her dark eyes ablaze with fury,
“I'm the one asking the questions here! Now I know you spoke to that cursed curator. You know where all the art is being hidden! Tell me!” I shrunk down, eyes wide as I stammered in a tiny voice,
“I-I don't know.” She hissed and walked away, saying over her shoulder,
“Don't get comfortable, I'll be back.” Then I saw the man with the scar behind me. This time his hat was a bit to the side but he had sunglasses on.
“And you?! You set me up! Man, I can't stand anyone in this room- except me. Me I like.” I purred the last part. Then I focused on the guy again.
“We have both been set up. For years I have been the Black Widow's right hand man. Now she has betrayed me.” He heaved a sigh ten went on, “C'mon, see if you can work your way over here and I will untie you.” I tried scooted my chair backwards toward him, resisting the urge to clamp my teeth, close my eyes and freeze up. I finally got over to him and moments later were were both untied. “Now let's go catch the Black Widow!” He announced and I walked over to the doorway. Then I remember

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one of the questions from the lie detector... “Do you know the Black Widow?” I think that was a clue. We came into a hallway, which led up to a series of hallways stacked up on each other leading to a room at the top. “Watch out for the guards!” The man warned and I sneaked through the place, arriving at the door at the very top. I swiped the card the guy had dropped during the chase and it unlocked. I herd shuffling inside and I tried to swallow my fear. “Why me? Why is it always me?” I thought as I barged in, the man coming up with me. The Black widow was at the top of the room, on a different room almost if it hadn't been half gone. There was a crank on a machine which rose up when you cranked it. We flew through the hallway into the room. The Black Window cackled,
“Bwuaaaa haa ha ha! You fools think you can outsmart me?” The man jump up onto the machine and yelled,
“Crank this thing up! I think I can catch her!” The Black Widow snarled and yelled at him,
“Catch me? Catch this!” She picked up a painting and threw it off the shelf-like thing. I gasped and the man yelped,
“She's destroying all of the art we have stolen!” “Nice. Just admit it right? And for the loon, you have officially gone loony.” I thought and the man continued, “Please- do not let more than a million dollars of it break!” “I million dollars? Over a million dollars? Dude!” I couldn't finish that thought before she threw another thing off, every four things I caught, which only one I missed so far, she stomped and snarled and rummaged through her stuff. I started wheeling the thing up and she threw a bomb at me! It was only very small, so it threw me about a foot. I raced to grab another thing she threw. Every four things. Just a few minutes passed before I got the guy all the way up and he caught her. She struggled and fell. Smacking into the floor, she was to dizzy to get up as I walked triumphantly up to her. “Case closed.” He smirked. Now she was the heading of the newspaper. “Black Widow Busted- Alone behind bars!!” It rolled off a whole list of different names she'd used through the years to throw people of track and it gave me credit for it all. The man had disappeared afterward, but I got to see the Black Widow brought to jail. “Hope she isn't claustrophobic.” I thought with a smile. “Clever, this is where the Black Widow accessed her secret hide out. Meet me at the museum, there is something I want you to see.” I had shown the curator where her hideout was. Now she was going to show me something at the museum! I nodded and went to the TV. I wasn't on TV, what a shame. The boy was, not me. The guy who was obsessed with the game wasn't there either. So I walked over to the museum. I found her on the right wing and she welcomed me,
“Merci! Merci! Thank you so much! Thank you so much for all your help!” Merci means Thank you in French. “The worlds greats art, the true authentic art, is behind these walls.” The curator pressed a hidden button and the walls came down, showing all kinds of pictures all over the Museum! Then I was handed a gold medallion with a magnifying glass on it. At the top it said Counterfeit, at the bottom It said Medallion. Now, the island was safe again and I have completed my stay here. I went back to the Web internet cafe and climbed back down into the Black Widow's hideout. I explored a bit and found where I had woken up. I found a place going up so went up. I was now in her house! So when she knocked me out, she dragged me into that room. Got to give her credit for that at least. I went back up to see the hamster picture again. I couldn't resist. Just to be mean I jumped on her bed. Boing Boing Boing! She wouldn't need it for a long time. I mean a looong time. This is Silver Hamburger, I know it's a silly name but it is part of the Poptropican tradition, and I am out! Peace to you all and don't get caught in a museum with a suspicious Investigator! I'd rather you not make the same mistake.

[Fallingmoon]

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Chapter 13
Skullduggery Island

I landed my balloon onto land, tying it to the ground. I looked around and widened my eyes. “No way! OH MY GOSH! No way!” I thought as I scanned the place, seeing a dream come true. The sign beside my balloon said “Fort Ridley”. I saw a boy standing on a broken dock, well it was fine except it had a giant gaping hole in the middle.
“When I grow up, I am going to the high seas and I am going to sink Captain Crawfish!” He announced proudly. That assured me, this is the place I want to be in. I jumped over the broken bridge and walked through the town in awe, thinking I was still asleep and dreaming the best dream ever. I controlled my excitement and I walked past a wooden building with cannons sticking out like toothpicks in an ice cream cone. I saw a person with a rifle and a black Pirate's hat. He sighed,
“If only someone could rid our waters of Captain Crawfish.” I walked up higher up the building side and I saw a person up at the top with shaggy white hair, a beard and a green hat.
“I only we could signal the other ships! How I long to take to the seas!” He sighed and in front of him at the edge of the railing facing the ocean was a telescope. I through it and saw a pirate's ship. I think that one is a threat since there were no war ships here. Yes that is defiantly a war ship. So exciting! I'd like to sail across the seas and show that evil pirate who he is messing with.
“There's a pirate patrolling the waters!” I whispered to myself. I walked away from the telescope and jumped down, landing at the farm-like house beside the big wooden building built to protect the docks that apparently failed to do so. Two chickens pecked at the ground and a worried person glanced at his chickens every once in a while and walked back and forth.
“I can't even afford to feed my chickens! How can we survive?” He asked worriedly. I looked at his house, a cannonball had blown completely through it, shards stuck in the roof randomly. I feel sorry for these people. I passed the Broken Barrel and walked over to a lady beside the entrance.
“What's going on here?” I asked, she replied sorrowfully,
“This used to be a proud town, but it was sacked by Captain Crawfish!”
“Who is Captain Crawfish?” I asked. She exclaimed sourly,
“Why, my most vile Pirate who ever roamed the seas!” I asked curiously,
“Do you think Captain Crawfish will ever come back?”
“If we ever get anything, he wants to steal it, he will!” She exclaimed. I narrowed my eyes thoughtfully. All the more reason to sink that little ship rat. I walked past the General store, but found a person standing on the porch with an old Pirate's hat
“If only we still had our treasure map... then we'd have hope!” He exclaimed I walked past him, “A treasure map? AWESOME!” I walked through the town, soon coming to a slightly steep hill leading to a bridge over a wishing well, that wasn't actually a well it was a deep pool. Maybe it wasn't for wishes. I walked over to sad person on the bridge.
“I made a wish, but I should have saved my coin!” She sighed regretfully. I thought a second and went down, grabbed the coin and tried handing it to her.
“Please use my coin to help our village, then my wish would be granted!” She gave a crooked smile and I looked down at the golden coin, here they were called Doubloons. I walked away, coming to another farm like house and beside it dying crops with insects jumping all over them. A concerned person stood beside his crops.
“The pests are eating away at my crops, and I can't feed my family.” He sighed worriedly. An elder, with enough resemblance to him to look like his mom, was sitting down on a low porch to their house. She told me,
“To a passing ship, a flash of light is a welcome sight.” I thought for a moment on that, a good piece of advice I may use later. I walked past and came to a lady holding a basket of apples. She told me,
“Governor Rodland has discovered and interesting document in the mansion... you might want to see it.” I looked up the cliff that had a mansion on top of it. I climbed up and saw a gravestone with the picture of Governor Ridley. The picture said “R.I.P Governor Ridley.” I walked inside the mansion and walked over to the farthest room in the right side, with was the only room in the right side, and found Governor Rodland.
“I've come across an important document, but large portions of the text of the document is absent!” He informed me, showing the document to me. He was right! The two middle paragraphs were missing!
“What's on the parchment?” I asked.
“I think there are clues to the whereabouts of the Treasure Map!” He replied.
“What's this about a treasure map?” I wondered aloud.
“Our town is in possession of a great treasure, but the only person who knows where it is buried is long gone!” He exclaimed.
“Where do you think it is?” I questioned he replied,
“The parchment might have the answer, but parts of the text might be missing!” I walked over to the other person,
“I serve the governor.” He told me. I thought as I walked out, “Well then that guy who 'serves the governor' is no use. Ha.” I walked out, climbed down the other side of the cliff and saw a sad woman on a short strip of a sandy beach.
“My husband was a merchant, but he has been gone for a year now!” She said sadly
“Was he lost at sea?” I asked curiously,
“He left and never returned... I fear for his safety.” She replied fearfully.
“Why do you think he hasn't come back?” I asked, she replied fear in her voice,
“This island is so small and the ocean is so big... I'm worried that he can't find his way home.” She replied.
“Is there any way to find him?” I asked. She sighed
“If only I could signal him to bring him home.” “Hmm, bring his home with a signal! Maybe I can find some kind of glass. The General store may have one!” I thought and walked toward the General store. I walked around, finding a broken mirror.
“That mirror is broken, so I guess you can have it.” She shrugged. I was about to walk out when I saw some chicken feed. I walked over to it, thinking, “Maybe I can help that guy out! His chickens do need to be feed.” I walked over to it.
“That feed costs one doubloon.” She said. I handed her the doubloon.
“I'd like to buy some feed.” I said. She gave me the chicken feed and replied.
“Nice doing business with you.” I looked at her store item list.
“Why are most of your goods out of stock?” I inquired.
“Without trade we have no goods.” she replied sadly.
“Why isn't there any trade on this island?” I asked curiously. She growled,
“Because Captain Crawfish stole everything we had!” I asked,
“Is there anything I can do?” Hope flashed across her eyes for a second before fading out again.
“Find a way to bring merchants back to our port!” I smiled and walked out, coming to the person with the two chickens.
“Here, take this feed for your chickens.” I offered him, handing his the chicken feed. He replied thankfully,
“That you! I have nothing to give you but this chicken.” He gave me the chicken. It clucked. I thought for second and realized the chicken would eat the bugs on the crops!” I walked over to the person with the guy infected crops and put the chicken by the crops. It immediately pecked at the ground, eating the bugs.
“How can I ever repay you? Please take this special candle. It is not much, but perhaps it can help you.” He said thankfully. He handed me a blue candle and I peered at it hard and thought, “Maybe I can use this to see the invisible words!” I brightened and raced to the mansion.
“I have an idea! Let's look at this parchment through this blue light.” I thought aloud. He shrugged and replaced the candles.
“Amazing! The invisible ink is visible under this blue light!” He exclaimed happily. I looked at the parchment, the words appeared! It read:

Pirates! I knew this day might come.

Captain Crawfish may plunder our port and steal our goods,
But he will never take our town's treasure. Only I know the
Treasure's whereabouts, and it's my duty to keep it safe.

And so, on this fifth day of October, I have drawn up a map, and
divided it into five parts. I have sent the pieces to the neighboring
islands and have asked trusted friends to keep them safe.

Only when Captain Crawfish is vanquished and our waters are
cleared of his fellow pirates should the pieces of the map be
brought back together and the treasure be returned to our
humble island.

I am growing old and my days on this Earth are numbered. I can
only hope that the person who finds this document is good and
true and will do what is best for the people of my beloved island.
Governor Ridley

“You may find the pieces of the map, but with Captain Crawfish trolling the seas it is not safe to find the treasure.”Governor Rodland started, “Chase Captain Crawfish from our waters and I will give you the final key to unlock the treasure.” I nodded and skipped out, jumped off the cliff and racing to the telescope at the top of the wooden building. I looked through it and saw a beaten up raft.
“Hey! There is a raft out there!” I took out my mirror and reflected the sun off of it, making a bright reflecting light and flashed it twice. The raft did the same. “They saw my signal and are coming this way!” I jumped off and raced to the dock, where I saw the woman who had been at the beach and a ruffled man by the raft.
“Thank you for bringing my husband home!” She thanked me warmly and her husband, I now realize, said,
“I have found my wife and home thanks to you!” He smiled thankfully. I walked over to the raft and that person by the telescope and the boy who had originally been at the docks where there.
“I am coming with you and there is nothing you can do about it!” He said in a stubborn and excited voice.
“Finally, I can return to the high seas!” He smiled and I looked around, then started to bring the raft away from the dock, turning it and started it off toward the ocean. I crossed the ocean a few meters before a pirate ship sailed toward me at full speed! It knocked into me, bumped the raft and causing damage. I dodged every cannon ball thrown at me, twisting and dodging like a snake under attack. It bumped into me again and I weaved through the rocks, fishing out a few things out of water along the way, thinking “Oh what the hay I can still get something out of this.” It started to leave me alone once I docked. I came to golden harbor, home to the bank. It gave out loans, but I wouldn't want to owe money, so I just walked long enough to find a trader.
“Let's trade!” She purred and I traded her everything but three of every four things, just in case and I got three hundred eighty doubloons. I went out to sea again since I was repaired. I got more salvage and came back, traded it, and went back to the ocean again. I did that twice more and ended up with two thousand forty six doubloons before I thought about going to another island and getting a ship. I picked up more of the salvage left by sinking ships, three more to be exact, and finally I was out of the rocky part around the island. I looked around and herd the island had the ships docked next to it so that is what I should look for. I was passing one island when I herd cannons firing. I dodged the cannon balls and looked behind me to see an enemy ship. “Not again!” I hissed in my mind and sped away, the ship was faster than me but I could get slip away from it. I got hit by two cannons and could barely run, I was trapped by a storm system. I raced around it, weaving between clouds and praying I wouldn't get hit. I turned sharply and quickly to lure the ship under the storm. “Fish sticks, fish sticks, fish sticks! Not another one! And a whirlpool. My luck... actually it is! Lure them into it, awesome idea Scary Tiger, I still got a chance!” I thought, trying to dodge it. I got kit by it and barely got out of it with the ship in tact. The island! I made it! But the storm! No no no! The storm is blocking my way! I couldn't dodge the cannonballs anymore, I got hit by one and started to sink. I lost some doubloons and cargo. Great, but I made it back and fixed my ship. I was about to go, when the ship came back. I docked again and it went away. I was back at Golden Harbor. I got out again once the coast was clear and hurried to the island with the ships. This time, I went the opposite direction so that maybe I won't bump into another ship. I soon found out that plan fail. It was Captain Crawfish! Great! Just great! I better get out of here. I couldn't. He headed toward me at what seemed to be twice the speed of a cheetah crashed into me. An automatic sink. I had better luck if I had to defeat every villain on Super power island at once. At least then I could have a chance. I got out of dock once more and took my chances. I was so close to shore when I was attacked once again by pirates! Dude! I trapped that ship and sailed on, laughed maniacally at how stupid they were. Then another ship attacked and I closed my mouth and glared at it. I dodged it and raced toward another island. I swerved to avoid some rocks and that darned first ship came at me again! How is that possible?! I docked at they stopped, then swam away. My gosh! This is so unlucky, but so fun. Hehe. I traded what I had gotten from the ocean and went into the building where the guy selling ships was.
“Who are you?” I asked.
“I'm a ship merchant. Are you interested in buying a ship?” He asked.
“I'd like to buy a ship.” I said. He smiled
“Excellent.”Then showed my a few papers of the ships. The picture, the name, and what they can do and how fast they are. The least expensive was three thousand! I was only two hundred seventeen doubloons away! I shook my head apolitically and walked out, plans forming in my head about what I'd do. I got on my raft and sailed out, being attacked by a ship. I re-docked, waited for repairs to be complet and the ship to get away then I went out again. I caught some salvage and docked again, trading it and I ended up with three thousand, three hundred fifty six doubloons. I bought the 'Jimmy Rigger' ship for three thousand and was left with three hundred fifty six doubloons and a ship with one cannon.
“Your ship will be fitted and ready at the dock. Nice doing business with you.” He said and I walked out, finding the new ship in the place of my raft and my crew there too. “Now let's get this party started!” I laughed in my head, getting into the ship and sailing off. “OK, I'm ready for you pirates.” I cackled in my head, sailing off, looking for ships to sink. I found a ship and cackled aloud, firing the cannon very roughly and and inacurate. We both had little life left and his cannonball hit my ship first. I sunk and sourly I went back to see when repaired. OK, I lost first try but hey, my ship is so teensy tiny. I tried again, glaring ahead at the ship. It was about as big as mine. I sunk it without getting my ship damaged. I smiled and grabbed savage from the ship, avoiding the people trying to swim to shore. I docked and sold everything by three of each. I did to many times to count before I ran into a sea monster! I giant crab, about six times bigger than my ship! I fought it, I was faster than it so I was good on that. I got scraped by it's giant pincher only once. It had six time bigger life than my ship had, and I sunk it! I got ten thousand doubloons out of it! SWEET! I traded the silk in and went out again. Immediately I got attacked again. Then another came as soon as I sunk the first one. It was the same type, very tiny. I sunk the other by crashed it into the rocks. I traded in what I got and planned how much more I needed to get a better ship, this time with two or three cannons. I sailed across the water and saw another giant crab! I destroyed it and went to dock and trade it in. I had docked at the island where I could get the ships, the island was called Dragon Cove, and I got the next ship, two cannons, six hundred items worth of space and could hold up to ninety point attacks. I sailed off, and I fought another giant crab, earning a lot. I need around sixty thousand more doubloons to buy the next ship, but I also want to look for people who can help me on my quest. I went looking around and I came to where they had ships. I came to a person with what looked like a sludge hammer and a white turban.
“Who are you?” I asked. He responded,
“I am expert ship write. I can make repairs to a ship while still at sea!” I thought for a moment and asked,
“Can I hire you?” He nodded,
“You can hire my services for twenty thousand doubloons.” I thought for a moment about how much I had and I said,
“Your hired!”
“Aye aye, Captain! I'll meet you at the ship.” He exclaimed and I hurried along to the ship, seeing them there. “How did he get there so quickly? Huh.” I thought and shrugged, climbing onto the ship and sailing off. I found a kraken! I accidentally hit ourselves with a cannon, then quickly hit the creature. When I had injured it to what looked like half it's life, a ship came in! “Perfect! Crash the ship into the kraken!” I thought, swerving around so that the ship had no choice as to hit the kraken. I killed the kracken and the ship chased me. I hit it and hit it but I kept missing. Then, out of all my luck a kraken appeared! Ha ha! I chased the ship into the kraken once more. It sunk. Then my luck turned foul. Another kraken joined in! OK, I have rotten luck, but hopefully I can kill these foul beasts. NO! A giant crab! Fish sticks. I pulled down my anchor and faced the wave of monsters, shooting everything I had at them. I eventually pulled up anchor and speed away, twisting and swerving to avoid tentacles and pincers. Boom! Down with the kracken. They were blocking each other! Boom! Down with the other kraken. I circled the crab and boom! The crab went down! Buaaha ha ha! In my excitement I didn't realize another crab and another ship sneaked up on my. I snapped into realization when it about wrapped it's giant claws around my ship. I circled it, hitting and beating it up until another ship came and rammed it! It got hurt severely and she crab died! Dude! I tried avoiding the ship but it was impossibly fast! Another crab threw it's self at me. Oh my goodness! I swerved around it and crashed the ship into the crab. The ship sunk. My ship was full so I raced away, loosing it and docking. I'll get it another time. I got out and decided maybe I should see if I can hire anyone else, the merchant who gave me the raft gave me the advice of looking for more people to hire. I missed the island by a long shot so I circled around and I got hit! Two ships racing up toward me like two sharks who smelled blood in the water. I crashed them both to a little life left. I sunk them both! Ha ha! Then another ship came. I started hitting that one, then a tiny ship came! These guys don't know who they are messing with! I sunk the tiny one and sunk the other soon after. I saw another ship! Gosh! I wish I could just go and sell the things I found at sea. I sunk that one and yet another came! Grr. Another came after I sank the two! Yet another came before I could sink that one. Then it looked like they retreated. I smiled evily and headed toward that direction and gasped. It was Captain Crawfish! I can't take him no matter how much most of myself says I'm ready now. I swerved away, dodging the only cannonball thrown at me. Confused I glanced backwards and he was gone! He was sailing away! Yes! I docked at Golden Harbor and traded in the stuff I took at sea. I looked around and There was a guy in a black suit, completely covered except his eyes and had a sword. I looked at him and he growled,
“Don't even think about it.” “Think about what? Oh how weird you look? Lol!” I thought and walked passed. I decided to turn on all the candle lights, darkness was coming. A piece of rolled of paper slid down and was hanging by a thread, almost literally. I walked over and took it. It was one of the five pieces of the map! I walked into the Golden Harbor Bank. I looked around, only a loan officer and another person ho was like an assistant. I walked out. I sailed out and attacked another ship! Another ship came. Then a bad sign, they swerved away. Captain Crawfish. “FISH STICKS!” I thought in my head, racing away and letting him turn away. I docked and came to Parrot Port. I walked in the pub for some reason. IT served Grape juice and Root bear. To bad I wasn't thirsty. I love grape juice. I saw a girl in a blue pirate's suit.
“If you come across an ugly cur named Scurvy Sam, let me know.” She told me. Blinked and shrugged walking up to the second story. A guy standing by a table with a few crackers.
“These crackers are as hard as a rock! How am I suppose to eat them with no teeth?” He muttered grouchily. I walked past him and found a girl with fiery red hair and a map. I asked,
“Who are you?”
“I am a navigator. I can increase your ship's speed!” She told me cheerfully. I asked,
“How much would cost take to hire you?”
“Fork over twelve thousand doubloons and I'll join your crew!” She stated and I smiled,
“Your hired!”
“Aye aye, Captain! I'll meet you at the ship!” She said as I gave her the twelve thousand doubloons. I smiled and walked out. As I walked past I saw a parrot and turned to see it. It squawked,
“Squaawk! Jump in the sea and come find me!” I shrugged and walked away. I walked toward my ship and I tried stepping down onto the ship by missed and fell into the water. I gasped, swimming up onto the beach and coughed once. “Fish sticks. Now I'm all wet. Pfft. Maybe I should find that bird. Lol Now that I have jumped in the sea. Haha.” I walked around and saw the bird on the windowsill of a house. I climbed up and it cawed,
“Squaawk! Clog up the vent and see where I went!” I looked around as it flew off at a smoke vent on the roof of the Pirate Pub. I jumped up onto the roof and jumped on the vent for a little while and climbed off, looking for that pesky bird. I found it in a tree. I jumped onto the tree and it squaaked,
“To the old tower you go and find a Pirate I know!” It flew away and I walked to the tower, mostly dry now and I climbed up onto the tower. A pirate with a gold tooth, an eye patch and a peg leg told me,
“I see my faithful parrot had directed ye to my hiding spot. Return him to me and ye shall have a reward.” I shrugged and saw the bird. I jumped from the toward and landed on the roof next to it. The parrot flew above it and I took out the cracker.
“Polly want a crack? Come and get it!” I called and raced over and climbed up the tower, coming to the pirate.
“Ye've done good... take this scrap of paper in my gratitude!” He handed my another piece of the map I smiled sweetly and jumped down, landing hard on my feet and walking to my ship and took off. Immediately I saw an enemy ship! I smiled and turned around, trying to catch it to where I can bring it into the rocks. I crashed it to where it was stuck and sunk right there. Haha, dumb people shouldn't drive a ship. I got as much as I could haul and traded it in for Doubloons. Mostly just medicine and silk again. When I got out to sea I found one of those impossible-to-sink gray ships. I hate those ones. I swerved toward the rocks again. It wouldn't work. Hmm, well now I got a worthy opponent. Another ship came. I got them to smash into each other and beat up the smaller one, turning it into floating wood and supplies. I injured the bigger one pretty well. I attacked it again like a snake, striking when the time was right and avoiding when needed. My ship was taking a harsh beating, the gray one ramming into me. I gasped in surprise, “Crawfish again! Get a job or something!” I thought sourly in my head, “I think you need a better hobby then terrorizing people. Lol” I swerved around, still trying to sink the gray ship. Crawfish raced in between us and I made a sharp turn, trying to get behind the giant ship. He was chasing me so I did the only thing that I thought would be fun and give me a chance. I attacked. I shot like mad at him, hitting him multiple time. “We're hitting him! We're hitting him!” I shouted excitedly in my head. Making turns constantly to make sure he don't ram into me. I'm beating him! Under half health by the looks of it. He was hit and hit and hit and his boat was near sinking when poof! It seemed his ship automatic gained health. Man, this is not a fair fight anymore. So I sailed my ship around, lost Captain Crawfish, and went to shore. I came to an island that had a giant skull carved in the cliff. It had a golden tooth. I saw a guy standing near the dock.
“This is a dangerous place. To dangerous for the likes of you!” He warned me. I blinked and walked on smiling. “Hmm, danger? Cute, danger is my middle name.” I thought as I walked on. I climbed onto the other side of the skull and saw another pirate guy.
“I be lookin' for a treasure map. I hear it be in a cavity in the cove. But what be a cavity?” He wondered and I thought, “Exact definition or no?” I smiled and jumped down, seeing what may be the cavity, a golden tooth. I may find something to loosen it or something and get what may be a piece of the treasure map. In the mean time, maybe someone is here. I got up to the entrance of the Corsair Cannonry. A girl was standing outside. She didn't look that happy.
“Arr... ye best be movin' on. This be a Pirate's den.” She warned. I looked up at the sign. It had a skull and cross somethings on it. I shrugged and walked in, looking around. I saw a person working on what in the future may be a cannon. I saw another guy in a pony tail and a stripped shirt.
“I used to serve under Captain Crawfish before he made me walk the plank.” The guy said, and I asked,
“What did you do for Captain Crawfish?”
“I fired cannons. I can fire a cannon twice as fast as any other man.” HE replied, pride touching his voice.
“Can I hire you?” I asked, he replied,
“You can have my services for twenty thousand doubloons.” I said,
“Your hired!”
“Aye aye, Captain! I'll meet you at the ship.” He said and I dipped my head, walking out. I spotted a box near a big black flag with a skull and cross bones. I climbed up and I saw it was a cannon starter kit. “Cannons are made to destroy things, right? So maybe if I hit the water near enough to the golden tooth it might loosen!” I thought and took it, a plan forming in my head. I found the gun power. Good. I saw a cannon near the cove and I pushed the explosive powder toward the edge and let it fall toward the ground. IT was solid enough I knew id wouldn't, and didn't break. I jumped down and got everything started up. I pushed the explosives barrel under the tooth and fired the cannon. The barrel exploded and the gold tooth fell out. “Poor fishes. Lol” I thought as I came toward the cavity and grabbed the piece of map that was there. I found the trader and traded what I had. Only about thirty thousand more doubloons until I can get the ultimate ship! The Phoenix Warbird. Excitement, I have it. I sailed out and almost immediately, I came to a ship. “Yes!” I thought happily as I raced around it to get to a better angle so I can attack it better. Another ship came into sight as our battle raced near shore of the main island. It was a gray one. I glanced back and turned around, trying to get then to crash into each other. It didn't work. I just got them to double up and force me forward, great. The gray one peeled back as we headed toward the rocks. Yes! I turned sharply to try to avoid a rock but we skimmed it to late and sunk. “No! Fish sticks!” I thought. We got back to shore, our ship repaired and a few things and doubloons lost. I raced off again, looking for something better to catch. A ship raced toward me. A second one came, it was very tiny and we sank it almost immediately. The second we sunk a bit later. Two more came. They were slightly bigger, and one was a gray ship. I sunk the other one and now I have to get the gray ship. We sunk it! I didn't realize we were heading toward a giant crab! I swerved to avoid it and raced under a storm. I swerved the ship around again and got out of the storm. When getting out of the storm, I had steered right into a whirlpool. I barely skimmed it causing only the slightest damage and docked. “Wow, that was a roller coaster ride of doom right? Lol!” I thought as I got out and walked across the docks. I saw a man on the docks beside a ramp.
“It's been a long day of work.” He in formed me as I walked by. I saw a man with what I think is a rifle, up on a stone walkway.
“Behave yourself! We won't stand for any jiggery pokery.” He warned . I looked at him and made a mental note to myself as I walked away, “Make sure to look up what he just said.” I walked by another guy with a sword and I think a bandana on his head.
“I herd the map be hidden at 312 Hanging Fern Way, but there is no such street here.” He told me and I thought, “312 Hanging Fern way... weird.” I walked a bit until I got to the trading post. I traded a bunch of stuff and now I have one hundred five thousand three hundred sixty nine doubloons. Man. I walked down a bit more until I past a guy and a printing shop and arrived under three ferns. “312 Hanging Fern Way? Of coerce! Maybe if I hit the ferns in that order, the map piece will be thrown down!” I jumped up at the third hanging fern, then the first hanging fern, then the third. A piece of map fluttered down and I caught it triumphantly. Four pieces! One to go! I walked past the person in front of the printing press that had been shut down and he said,
“We used to write stories about Captain Crawfish, but he destroyed our printing press!” I asked,
“Why did he destroy the Printing Press?” He answered simply,
“We told people there was a way to defeat him!” surprised I asked,
“How can Captain Crawfish be Defeated?” He replied,
“You need a really big boat!” I inquired,
“What kind of boat?”
“A Warship! But no one can afford one of those.” He informed me. I shrugged and walked on to my boat. “So a warship? All I need is a warship. Cool indeed, I have now set a goal!” I thought and climbed into the boat, rolling up the anchor and sailing off. “Hopefully that crab is still around here somewhere.” I thought, scanning the ocean. I stopped, letting the anchor fall so we don't move. I think there is some thing wrong here... I was right! An enemy ship raced toward me, firing cannon balls at my ship. I looped around and fired at it. A second one came, it was the smallest one you could find. We sank it quickly. The second one was very close to sinking when the other had. I got everything there I could get I went to the docks, traded it in, and went off sailing again. After a while I say a giant puffer fish. OK, it was as big as well I think two people, but when it puffed up it was bigger than my ship! I tried the same tactic I would any other sea creature, racing away and firing behind me. I had to wait until it was puffed up though because I just couldn't hit such a tiny target. Another came up and it took a little while and a few misses, but I got them both. My cargo space and doubloons sky rocketed. One puffer fish filled my ship's cargo space. I was docking when a kraken saw me. It left when I had 'disappeared'. I went to the Trading Post, traded most of my stuff and went to the Ship merchant. The best ship, the Phoenix Warbird was a million doubloons, second best was worth three hundred thousand. I decided I'd wait for the Phoenix Warbird ship. That ship plus my crew and me would equal something along the lines of 'able bring down Captain Crawfish.' I like that thought. I sailed away and found a tiny enemy ship. CRACK! IT sunk like a rock. Before it sank though, another ship came. Bigger and darker. Then after it sank yet another ship came. The other ship had disappeared and I was to distracted on trapping and trying to sink that ship that I realized to late Captain Crawfish was here. The great ship zoomed past but my path didn't waver. The two ships fled though, leaving only Captain Crawfish. I looped around. I thought I lost him and was going back to shore until his flew at me at top speed. I barely had time to rush to the right. I lost him again... I think. I sailed toward shore and docked. I traded a lot of my things then went back out to sea. I destroyed three ships, nearly destroyed a gray one before that stupid Captain Crawfish came! He always ruins my fun. When he comes, all his little friends flee. Hmph. I shot him once and fled. “Grrr, that guy needs to be taught a lesson! I'll be the one to teach him it. Ha! See how he likes me when I come hunting for him and smash him to smithereens!” I docked at Dragon Cove and traded everything in. I saw a guy fishing and he wasn't having much luck. I was heading back to my ship when I made another fail and fell face first into the water. I swam up to the surface and gasped, growling and swimming back to the nearest place to get up. I climbed up on a broken statue, that sank under me and making a mallet rise up. I swam over and grabbed it, swimming up to the concrete and climbed onto it. I shook my head and trying wringing out my soaked hair. I walked over to the person. He sighed
“I guess the fish aren't biting today.” I looked at the bell and pushed the crate were he was sitting over next to the bell and rang it, hoping the alarmed fish would rush out of the water. I banged the bell with my mallet, making it ring loud and clear. The fish lept out of the water, the biggest one caught on the hook of his fishing pole. He smiled triumphantly and said,
“Thank you stranger for showing my where to sit.” He picked up the fish and looked into it's mouth weirdly, “Strange... there is something in the fish's mouth. Here, you can take it as a reward for your help.” He took out a rolled up semi-wet piece of paper and handed it to me. “It is one piece away from the full map!” I thought excitedly and climbed into my ship correctly. I started heading around to where that parchment may be held with the lights since I think I got distracted and forgot about it. I stopped in the water when a puffer fish attacked. I was cornered and it was about to puff up and sink my ship. I had no choice but to fire at it. A lucky shot. It sank before it could sink me. I picked up what it had left behind and went to go dock at the other island. I skirted around a storm system and around a whirlpool, finally arriving at the rocks surrounding the island. Then I was attacked... by a giant crab. I trapped it in the rocks and fought it. I didn't get damaged because I anchored our ship and blasted it while it was still stuck in the rocks. I docked at the island, turned on the lights, got the parchment, and now I was heading to the main island. A tiny ship attacked me and it quickly went down. Then I was attacked by a giant Crab who also went down. I docked and rushed toward the mansion on the cliff, I about walked in when I remember his words. “Chase Captain Crawfish from our waters” I closed my hand into a fist and sighed, raced out to the ship again and slowed down, getting into the ship and getting it out into the ocean. I docked at Parrot Port to trade in the items I found and went out to the ocean again. I swerved around when I saw a giant crab but didn't making it out without a scratch, thankfully the ship wasn't to hurt. We battered the crab, hitting it with mighty blows. It quickly died. Another crab attacked me, a while later a ship came up and was attacking. I led the ship into the crab. The ship sank and so I killed the crab, gathering up what I could of both, traded it in at Dragon Cove island and swam off again. Only about eleven thousand more doubloons to go. As soon as I thought that a puffer fish came out. I killed it and I came to the trader. Traded what I had and now, I have enough to buy a new ship! I got the Steaming Fury ship. It is the second best... but if the cannons weren't there it'd look like a fishing boat. I defeated two krakens and now I am going onto the puffer fish. I killed the puffer fish. I defeated two more kraken and docked, trading in what me made and climbed in the boat. I haven't talked to my crew in a bit, so maybe I should now.
“Dragon Cove is home to the greatest ship craftsmen!” She informed me and the cannoneer asked me,
“Are we going to buy a ship with more cannons?” I slipped climbed down, and the boy said,
“I'll watch the ship, Captain!” The cook thought aloud,
“I smell fish.” I walked over to my trusted Shipwright.
“I can repair your ship at sea.” He told me. I smiled gratefully and we were off. I killed one puffer fish at the dock, then three crabs right off the island and a ship. I docked and traded off what I had and went back out. I sunk two ships and killed two giants crabs and a puffer fish. I had no room for the kraken that just randomly appeared so I docked, traded in, and went back out. I killed a puffer fish and a kraken... then we sank. I led us back out to sea and we killed two crabs a ship and a kraken. We docked, traded in what we had, went back out to sea and killed a crab, two krakens and a puffer fish. Docked, traded, went back out, killed a crab, two puffer fish and sunk a ship. Traded it all in, came back out to sea. “OK, now this is getting a little tiring. I would love a good challenge.” I thought as I patrolled the seas. I started attacking a crab when another ship came in, it was just a bit bigger than the smallest one. I led it into the crab. I sunk both of them and collected the things they dropped and went around, capturing stuff. I killed a ship, a crab and a puffer fish. I traded it all in and raced into the shop and I told him I wanted the ship, gave him the money and traded my ship in for the Phoenix War bird. “Now, I am ready for you, along with my fine crew, well they better be. lol” I thought as I sailed the ship off in search of Captain Crawfish. I rushed toward the place where we usually find Captain Crawfish. I saw him and cackled, our ship was actually bigger than his! I fought him head on, trying my hardest the beat him down like bread dough. I smiled, pride and evil flaming within me. “We have defeated Captain Crawfish!” I cheered in my head. “OK, now to get back to the mainland and get the key tool, dig up th treasure, and save the town! Yahoo!” I thought in my head as we sailed off toward the mainland. When we got there I climbed off the boat and raced to the mansion, climbing up the cliff and into the mansion.
“You defeated Captain Crawfish and we owe you our gratitude. Now take this map and special shovel to unbury the treasure!” He told me, handing me a map and a bone shovel. I nodded excitement pulsing through me and raced away like a gazelle chased by a cheetah. I skidded as I came to the ship, but didn't actually stop I got it and took out my map as I sailed. I went around the perimeter of the first map, the one of all six islands, and finally found a tiny island hidden within dark foggy clouds. I docked there and murmuring went throughout the boat. I herd the only girl and navagator, say,
“I wonder why we didn't see this place before...”
“Captain Crawfish doesn't scare me!” The boy said, then the cook beside him warned me,
“Something smells wrong here, Captain.”
“Where are we Captain?” The Shipwright asked, confused.
“Hmm... this place looks familiar.” The cannoneer wondered. I narrowed my eyes, then just lept off, twirling and landing in the water stupidly. I swam along, the fact that I messed up didn't waver my mood. I climbed up onto shore and took a parchment out of my backpack, it was the map. “Six paces from the flag... OK! There!” I thought as I came up to the flag, then six paces from it.
“Well, better start digging.” I started digging and two hours later I was finished! A giant treasure chest was next to the hole and something of the gold coins had fallen out when I dragged it up. I shrugged looking at it.
“Phew! Well, I think I'll need the crews help to load this on the ship!” I panted, then took a few deep breaths as I walked to slow myself down. I opened my eyes and froze. I was two or three feet from Captain Crawfish! “Well, didn't expect this to happen did I?” I thought, between surprise, fear and yet courage, and almost overwhelming anger. My I thought aloud, confused,
“Captain Crawfish!!?? But I thought you were...” The thought of his ship sinking flashed across my eyes.
“So we meet again.” He interrupted, sounding like a hungry puma spotting dinner. “Well then. Gosh. Don't let me talk you flat-faced jerk. Lol! This makes me almost wish that he could read my mind. Ah well.” I suddenly saw the people for real. Hey! I know this people, well I saw them. Now this is just messed up. That girl that was outside the door from the cannonry, the person who had been complaining about the cracker and the who had the parrot I think. Then Captain Crawfish continued, “My good and loyal spy was watching the governor, waiting for someone to bring him the map.” He glanced back at the guy, “You have done well my servent.” “Good and loyal spy. OK, now this is getting more interesting. Wonder what the punk has to say.” I thought tauntingly as the person who was thought to serve the governor smirked,
“They played right into our hands.” Captain Crawfish smiled again
“And now, it is time I claim my treasure!” The ground rumbled a bit and booming and cracking sounded. “What's going on!!??” Captain Crawfish asked, spinning around, his one eyes wide. Cannon balls rained down.
“We are under attack! Run for it!” One of those cowards in Captain Crawfish's crew yelled, the whole bunch racing away. The boy on the our ship yelled triumphantly,
“Take that you scallywag!!! Didn't I tell you I'd sink Captain Crawfish someday!” The cook beside him shrugged,
“I never did like Crawfish...”
“Good work, crew! Now let's load this treasure and get out of here!” I laughed and looked back, surprised once more, as Captain Crawfish yelled angrily,
“Curse you Scary Tiger!!! You can't just leave me here!” I smirked thinking, “Yes I can. Wasn't that what you were going to do with me, punk? Good-bye!” After we hauled the treasure into the ship I waved a good-bye and stuck my tongue out like a little kid... well I am thirteen but still. Soon after the treasure was brought back and put up beside Fort Ridley's grave, Governor Rodland thanked me,
“Thank you for returning our islands treasure and ridding the seas of Captain Crawfish forever! Now Fort Ridley can return to it's former glory!” He cheered and handed me a gold medallion, “Please take this medallion as a token of our gratitude.”I looked down at the medallion proudly and excitedly, I jumped into the air in pure joy and excitement. I put it on around my neck, taking off my Mythology island one. I closed my eyes and breathed in a few times, opening them again once I calmed down a bit. When I get too excited... bad things happen. I walked out of the town, onto my blimp and just sat there, closing my eyes and thinking of what to do next. What should I do next? Should I leave my dream place to save another island full of terrified or unsuspecting people? Or should I just be selfish and stay here? I don't know if that is selfish.

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Chapter 5
Super Power Island

I climbed out of my balloon and tied it up on a big sign and a fire hydrant. Don't care if I get in trouble. A concerned kid was pacing around by the comic book shop.
“There's been a prison break! We're all in danger!” He exclaimed and I sighed, looking at my hot air balloon. “I wish. But a prison break ,may be fun!” I thought and walked through town. On the other side of the comic book shop was a police offer. She warned me,
“BE careful, there are escaped prisoners around!” I came to the masks and capes shop and looked inside. I walked up to a person and he immediately said,
“So you want to be a super hero eh?” I looked at him and opened my mouth to say “Gosh! No!” But he went on, “You'll need a super hero ID card.” He took a picture of me and put it in the card. And handed it to me. I looked at it and sighed, walking to the suits. “Oh my gosh!” I thought and it looked like first super hero suit was free. I am so awesome! I walked out looking like a purple batman. I looked toward the ail at the other side of the comic book shop across a straight of water. I came up to a policeman, and above him was a radioactive meteor that crashed into the jail, leaving the prisoners to a pass for freedom.
“Your clear to go.” The policeman said and I walked over to the other person.
“Who are you?” I dumbly asked and he replied,
“I'm the prison warden.” I asked another question,
“A meteor has hit the jail and the convicts have escaped!” He exclaimed and I said,
“Tell me more about the escaped prisoners.” He replied, handing me a file reading 'TOP SECRET',
“Here are the file reports.” I took it, skimmed through it. It showed six villains, showing their faces but in black in white. I came over to the scientist. I resisted the urge to say 'Who are you' and asked,
“What happened here?” She answered, frightened,
“The meteor that hit the prison sent out a radioactive shock wave that mutated all the prisoners!” “Oh my gosh I understood all that and I'm only thirteen. Lol” Then I asked,
“So all the prisoners have super powers?” She nodded,
“Yes! You need to have this anti-power handcuffs to capture them!” “He he, I'll be back sooner than you think with them all!” I thought as I ran to the end of the small island and swam over the straight, then raced past the comic book shop, the Masks and Capes shop, the Daily paper store and arrived at the bank where there were two policemen and a concerned person.
“Thank goodness your here! Copy cat is in the bank and we can't catch her!” A policeman exclaimed and I saw the other person and walked up to him.
“Please help! The bank has been robbed!” He pleaded and I walked over to the other policewoman,
“The super villains broke into the bank and Copy cat is still in there!” “Typical! Grow up people, including those 'super' villains. A bank? Seriously? Ah well.” I shrugged striding confidently into the bank. I found Copy cat cackling evilly, something in her hand. I raced to the safe confidently, waving my hand as to say hi. “lol!” I thought. Copy cat cackled,
“Hee hee!” You'll have to move fast to find all of us!” She popped into many copies of herself and raced out, throwing the container behind her. It was a smoke bomb, of coerce. I got to one and she poofed away. I went to both storied and finally caught her as the last one, when the smoke was almost overwhelming. I arrived at the jail, Copy cat within her cell that faced the outside.
“Thank you! That Copy cat was a real trickster!” I smiled and moved out, finding the subway and racing down. I came to a policewoman.
“We need your help at the subway station!” A policeman pointed his finger to the subway train and another concerned policeman. I ran over to her and he gasped, “Speedy spike has hijacked the subway train!” I growled and epically jumped in the subway train. Down many train cars was a guy with spiky green hair a classic jail suit and... gold ear rings? “Ear rings. Wow. Anyway, what is his report?” I asked myself as I took out a file labeled 'TOP SECRET' with a tab called, 'Villains'. Inside was Sir Rebral, I pushed that aside, Crusher, I put that on top of the other file, Copy cat who I already caught, I out that aside and there! The guy with green spiky hair and gold ear rings. Speedy Spike. Wanted for: Speeding in school zones. Notes: Once he starts he can't stop. “Well this will be easy If I know what I'm up to.” I thought, staring down the subway. I think Speedy Spike saw me because he growled and looked like a ready-to-charge bull. I smiled and ran as fast as I could to him and jumped over him as he flew at me. I ran past him and used the poles as monkey bars and flew over him again. I got him toward the front and he slipped on the puddle, tumbling and pushing me backward too. He shook his head and was fell unconscious. I put on the green glowing hand cuffs and started dragging him out of the train. I stumbled out and the two police people helped me get him up the stairs and to the jail.
“Looks like Speedy Spike was not fast enough to outrun you!” The warden congratulated, putting a second sticker on my I.D. “Awesome!” I thought excitedly. I smiled proudly and marched off, swimming through the straight and shacking off the water like a dog. I looked ahead and ran off. “Man I thought this would be a good place for my vacation. But oh well.” I thought and shrugged, trotting past the comic book shop, Masks and Caps store, the bank, the pretzel stand, the Daily Paper, a taped off building and past the subway station to the park. I saw a person with a hot dog station.
“Nothing like a good hot dog during a crises!” He said, pulling out a hotdog and putting it in my hand. I shrugged, putting it away and walked over to a concerned police officer with a stink' hot dog!
“I need back up! Just watch out for flying rocks!” He warned and I looked up at a guy on top of a broken statue where the head should have been. He had long brown hair, a beard a scar on his cheek and green goggles. I looked at my file report, he was Sir Rebral. Wanted for: Playing mind games. Notes: He can dish it out but can't take it in. “OK, that's weird.” I thought and strode toward him. A bunch of things where floating around him like a shield. A rock flew at me. “Great, telekinesis?” I thought as I ran from it and jumped at the statue to climb up. The rock missed me and flew at him, Sir Rebral hissed, rubbing his head and I slipped and fell off. The ground pushed up and I flew up, landing by the bench, arms and legs flailing. I landed with a huff by a boulder. I got and idea nad started dragging the rock toward him. It got flung in the air and knocked him off the statue, he landed on the ground with a huff, dizzy and half awake. I stuck the handcuffs on him proudly. He moaned and flicked his hand. I grabbed him from under the shoulders and walked backwards toward the island, the two police officers helping me out. He growled and moaned the whole way there, barely able to stay awake.
“Sir Rebral was be playing any more of his mind games now!” The Prison warden exclaimed happily. I nodded and ran off, going to the park and thought of Ratman... the sewer system is where rats would most likely to live. I walked into the girls bathroom and looked around for a drain pipe. I found one and lifted the cover, jumping into the sewer system. “ew ew ew ew eeeeeew!” I swan through and written on a wall was 'Turn back NOW! >' I shivered and pulled a lever, the water started going down. I was soon able to swim under a pipe and into a door which there was a lot of hypnotized rats. Ratman saw me,
“You found me?! Well let's see how you like my little friends!” He shouted and I noticed the rats were three fourths my height. I swung up through the pipes and dodged the rats, getting up to the lever at the top with amazing speed and turning it. Water splashed on top of Ratman, pinning him and knocking him out. The bees that he hypnotized to protect him swarmed toward me. I ran and lept on top of pipes, landing on my feet by Ratman, cuffing his hands and the bees seemed to stopped, and go back through the drains. I got him through the door and water rushed up at me. I pulled him up, gasping for breath and making sure he would be alive to I crawled out into the girl's bathroom once more then outside and saw the same policeman who helped me get him to the prison again.
“Thanks to you, the Ratman is caged again!” The Prison Warden purred and I nodded, huffing and walked off to find the next person, Crusher. I found him in a Junkyard. The two policeman greeted me thankfully.
“Thank goodness your here!” The Policewoman said and the policeman sighed,
“We are no match for the Crusher.” I gathered my strength and jumped up, keeping light on my feet and keeping on the ground only long enough to jump back up. I reached him and jumped past him, toward the crane. I kept at least thirty feet away from him. I was no match for him. I climbed up the crane ladder and hurriedly pulled down the lever and the fridge dropped from giant magnet. Crusher was... well crushed. Second later he lifted it off himself and threw it at me, making me fall to the ground. I dodged the oil barrels he was throwing at me and I dodged most of them. Finally I got back up there and turned on the magnet. The trunk that he was on flew up and he got squished again, falling off and was knocked out. I hurriedly jumped off and handcuffed him, bringing him to the warden who said,
“Excellent job! Now the Crusher is back at his own stomping grounds!” I smiled and strode back, the phone started ringing. I picked it up and from the phone power surged through me. I felt light on my feet and phone hung up. I put it back on the booth and closed it. Suddenly, I could fly! I jump up and flew coming to the old super hero. He said,
“Remember, with great power comes great responsibility.” I nodded and flew off. “Betty jetty, here I come!” I thought in my mind, charging toward the place where she stood at the tip of the building.
“Catch me if you can!” Betty Jetty teased, flying up. She had pink hair instead of black-hair like Copy Cat's and more of a gold skin but besides that looked like Copy Cat. I flew after her and dodged green balls of energy she threw at me and I pushed her out of the air. I came down and she cackled,
“It's going to take more than that to stop me! Bwaah ha ha!” Ned Noodlehead rushed up and announced,
“Your trusty sidekick has arrived!” Betty Jetty tumbled forward, knocked out when her head hit the ground. She made a rolly polly before finally stopping. I shrugged, handcuffing her and carrying her to the prison, Ned Noodlehead had been there before me I guess because when I arrived the policeman took her into her cell.
“The villans are all back behind bars thanks to Ned Noodlehead... oh, and you.” The prison warden announced, “I gave the island medallion to our hero, Ned Noodlehead!” “How dare he! How dare them all! I came here for a simple vacation, and tI went to all that trouble. He snatched the big prize from me and now I'm going to show him...” I thought furiously as I stalked off to the comic book shop. The policeman beside him told me,
“Great work!” I smiled a bit before I went over the straight.
“It's a good thing those prisoners are back in prison!” A girl by the comic book shop purred and I walked in.
“Wow, have you seen my name in the newspapers? They think I'm a real hero now! But I need to look after my comic book shop, so I'll trade this medallion for a good hot dog!” I glared at him and took out my hot dog.
“Here's a hot dog.” I handed it over to him. It was a bit on the squished side.
“Oh boy! The medallion is all yours!” I smiled happily and flew off to my hot air balloon.

[Fallingmoon]

Chapter 11
Reality TV Island
I climbed down, laughing and tying it to the dumpster. I decided to have a different outfit for this island. I'm gunna be a rock star! I had wildish spiky black hair with a sky blue streak down the middle, a light blue shirt with a white star, a leather jacket, and a blue guitar. I walked epically over to Mikes Mike and walked to the cashier.
“Nice store.” I commented and she said,
“Did you know that your shoppin' in the same store Bucky Lucas once shopped?”
“Who's Bucky Lucas?” I asked and she gasped,
“Why, only the first person voted out on the first season of Reality TV of coerce! He is like, a major celebrity!” Then I asked,
“Um, can I buy some food or something?”
“I ain't helpin' nobody who don't know who Bucky Lucas is!” She said and I whispered to myself as I walked the other way in the store, “I think I know someone who needs some grammar lessons!” I saw a guy holding and reading a magazine.
“Reality TV island is on in less than 24 hours! I got to go!” He exclaimed and raced away, I picked up the magazine. The title was “Pop top!cs” with smaller letters under it “The ultimate guide to Poptropica popculture.” In the middle was a big picture of Bucky Lucas. Under it read, “The Bucky Stops Here!” under it was “Bucky Gossip.......” Under that was “Bucky stars in a new movie; Bucky runs for president; Bucky saves a cat from a tree; Bucky solves global warming!” “As if it ever exited” I thought sourly and at the left side was a smaller picture of Dr. Hare. “Is he still in space?” Was the caption. Under that was a picture of a TV that had the word TV in it. The caption was, “Updated: The latest TV shows!” At the very top right was a yellow triangle like the page corner was torn off leaving yellow, “The Bard's secrets to success!” I opened it up and one page 1 was an article about Bucky, on the second page was a list of TV shows and under the TV listings was an ad for Papa Pete's Pizza. In the middle was a card saying “Reality TV application”. I passed the Billiards and came to The Wayside Motel. Under the sign it said cockroach free! I walked into the main office. First thing I saw was a cockroach, which I squished, and then an article about Bucky Lucas from a newspaper that was torn out and taped to the wall. “Wow, Bucky really hates these people. I'd too if these people went that far. Lol” I walked up to the desk and he allowed me to take a pen. I filled out the application saying
“I think I should be on so that I can beet Bucky Lucas and yada yada. Plus I have saved Poptropica many times over. Thanks for understanding!” “I need a stamp though... maybe Bucky Lucas could give me one! Then I'll be sure to get on that show! The article said he loved pizza, so I'll call Papa Pete's Pizza!” I dialed in “555-7383”
“Papa Pete's Pizza, what would you like?” The person asked in a monotone voice, as if EXTREEMLY bored.
“Um... a small plain pizza.” I said and the person asked,
“Where would you like that delivered?”
“Motel room 4B” I answered, remembering the room number in the newspaper.
“OK, we'll send a driver right over.” The person answered and hung up. I hung up to and went outside, seeing a girl in a Papa Pete's Pizza uniform and a pizza with a confused look on her face.
“I was delivering this pizza, but I forgot the room number!” She whinned and I asked,
“Want me to take that for you?”
“Yes! I want to go home and watch TV anyway.” She said, handing me the pizza and walking away. I put my guitar away and walked up to the motel room 4B. I knocked on the door and called,
“Pizza!” The door opened and I walked in. A knitted “I love TV” picture with a heart was hung above the door. A Giagantic TV, two times taller than me, was next to it. I walked through and saw Bucky Lucas. He just looked messed up. Well, once again I have another thing to check off my list of not to dos. Don't become famous. I love that one! I walked up to him and he exclaimed as I gave him the pizza,
“Finally! It took you guys FOREVER to get here!”
“Actually, I'm not the pizza guy... I just wanted to meet you!” I explained.
“Not another autograph seeker! I was hiding out here for three years to hide from you people!” I grunted. “Who said anything about an autograph? LOL!” I thought and then I asked,
“Can you help me get on the show?” He looked at me and warned,
“That's a bad idea... Do you want to live the nightmare I'm living?” “Nope, but you have nothing to get away with! HA!”
“I could really use that grand prize.” I insisted all angelic and he sighed,
“Money and fame aren't all they are cracked up to be. But if you really want to do this, than use this stamp to mail in your application.” He handed me a Bucky Lucas stamp. It was basicly a stamp with him smiling and glasses on. “Man now THIS will get me on that show!” I purred in my head and nodded thanks, walking out and putting the postage stamp on it. I went to the TV store and sure enough, there were only two channels. The news story about the floating french-speaking kid and the Reality TV island. I looked at the Reality TV channel and it gave me the address for the application. I wrote it down and slipped it into the mailbox. The next day I walked back toward the motel and I gasped,
“I made it!!! I'm on the show!” I laughed, jumping up into the air and them racing up the stairs and climbing up onto the roof where the helicopter was waiting. A guy in a tight suit congratulated me,
“Congratulations! You are a contestant on Reality TV island! Please step into the helicopter.” The other seven people, Betty Jetty, Betty Brownie, Ricky Rock, Chief Jeff, Sickly Skull, Freddy Fry and Helen Hiker. “Cool, I think stomping out these people like bugs will be way too easy!” I thought. We started the day off with a nice competition game of Boulder Push. You push a boulder across the plain as fast as possible. I won of coerce, Sickly Skull getting second. I vote anybody who is second, besides me, out of the game. Helen Hiker was voted off, of coerce. Next day, bright and hot because it was summer. Last I checked it was 90*F. Cool, right. This next game was called “Balanced Diet”. It's where you have to balance a pole while they drop fruit on it. “I won! BUAA HA HA HA! Take that losers. Lol, fine you guys aren't losers, but I still won. In your face Betty Jetty! WOOHOO!” I thought maniacally as we walked to the voting thing. Freddy Fry got in last so I'll vote on him to get of this island. Secretly I was hoping Betty Jetty could stay so I could keep beating her. Rickie Rock was finally voted off. The sun finally rose and it was the next beautiful day. Shuffle board. Great. I am horrible at this. First round: last place. Second round:5th place. Third and final round: 1st place! I won, since there were three rounds. “I am on a winning streak! Yeah!” I didn't notice who was in second, so I voted off Chief Jeff. Freddy Fry was voted off this time. Now it was day four and we get to play Turtle Shell Toss. I am a winner at this game. Played a game like this before, I won. Chief Jeff got second so I voted him off the island. Sickly Skull was voted off. Man, no one seems to agree with me. Wow. IT is now day five, the game we are to play today is Geyser Guess. Man I'm bad at guessing games. Lol I won! Chef Jeff is second, so I voted off him. He finally got kicked off the island! Or should I say voted off. Today is now day six, and Cocoa nut catch it today's game. I am horrible at it! I actually won. Wow, this is my lucky week. Betty Jetty got in second... great. I voted off Betty Brownie, which is ironic since the last two people besides me are named Betty. Popular name I guess. Betty Brownie went home without the prize. Day seven and the game is On the Line. FISHING! I love fishing! “NO! I LOST! I LOST! I LOOOOOST! Darnet you, I'll ki- defeat you again!” I hissed to myself and I kicked the dirt, a puff of dust swelling up as I climbed into the helicopter with everyone else and flew off, counting to ten in a whisper, then one hundred, then I was back and cooled down temperament wise. I saw the camera lady and she said,
“Your like... as famous as Bucky Lucas!” “This girl will believe anything, even if I say that I can make pigs fly possibly.” I thought as I walked up to the guy.
“You were voted off the island, but your welcome to come for another season!” He announced and I climbed into the helicopter, encountering Dr. Hare, Black Widow, Busy Bob, Chef Jeff, Hippie Harry, Helen Hiker and Ned Noodlehead. “Wow, two villains, two people from last season, and one of my worst enemies! Dr. Hare and Black Widow were the two villains, which I just loved they were here probably because their dear friend Betty Jetty beat me. Lol Then Chef Jeff and Helen Hiker had been on the last season and Ned Noodlehead is my worse enemy.” I thought, wishing to beat the Black Widow, yet also her biggest fan for some reason. Today's challenge: Boulder Push. “Get ready to sink ya'll!” I laughed in my mind. I won by a long shot, you could get two boulders in front of the second place winner, which was Helen Hiker! Everybody but Dr. Hare and Ned Noodlehead voted Helen Hiker off. Now it is Day two, the game is Mountain race, which I won. Ha ha I voted off Chef Jeff and in fact Dr. Hare was voted off! Day three, the game is Shot. The winner was me! I voted off Ned Noodlehead just 'cause I want to, and he was voted off! The game for day five is Shuffle Board, 5th place then third then I lost. Wild hit! I didn't do that! Grrr. No! Black Widow won! Bah, last time that will happen. I voted off Busy Bob, then Chef Jeff got voted off. The next day, we have Turtle Shell toss! I won. No competition. I voted off Busy Bob, who was voted off! The next day, On the Line. Great, just great. I won! Black Widow with three and Hippie Harry with two. “Man, I have a conflict. Oh well, good-bye Hippie Harry!” I voted him off, in turn kicking him off. Next is day seven! We did the game Pole climb and half way through I couldn't even see the Black Widow! I won by a long shot. I was flown home and the agent back by the motel announced in a salesman voice,
“Congratulations and welcome back! We'd love to have you back for another season when your up to it!” He handed me a gold medallion. “Wahoo!” I thought, leaping up into the air with joy. Three people were on the roof by me. I walked up to the girl, she said in a little girl-who-just-got-the-pony-she's-wanted-all-her-life voice,
“Just talking to you makes me famous!” The guy by the TV place with a skull shirt, all black, said,
“I'd give anything to be you!” “Pathetic. Doesn't even know who I am or what I've done in the last year.” The other guy, dark skinned, dark brown puffy hair, and a weird green shirt announced,
“Your a super star!” “I guess so. Check that of the list of things never to do. Maybe I should go tell Bucky Lucas it's OK to get out of the apartment for the first time in three years, or since I was ten.” I walked in and he told me in amazement,
“Wow... you really did it. Can I have your autograph?” I narrowed my eyes and stalked off to my hot air balloon, climbing up and resting in my bed. One more night, then off again.” I thought, day dreaming about the day I may be able to go on an actual vacation sort of like this only much less excitement of other people and more exciting to me. Possibly never. Oh well.

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Chapter 12
Mythology island

I jumped off my hot air balloon and tied it to the ground. The place looked pretty nice. A cricket hopped behind me. GRASSHOPPER! “Wow, it's pretty here. No wonder my friend advised me to come. It is so awesome here! Pssh, way better than Super power. Though the beach was cute. Anyway, where is the museum she told me about?” I walked toward the Museum of Olympus.i walked in and followed the story about the Titans being defeated by Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. I thought that was cool too, even though I don't believe in the Greek gods I learn something. I walked through the place, statues of every god. I gazed around in awe and read the plates. I was always fascinated by museums, and ancient artifacts were my favorite by far... but these weren't ancient. I don't think. I saw a starfish covering the face of Poseidon. I took it off and looked at it. For some reason, t felt important. I put it in my backpack. It was very heavy from everything I have. The second thing she told me about was that garden. She said it was absolutely gorgeous. So I shrugged and walked over to that garden. A sign said “<--- BECOME A GOD!”An elderly lady with a light gold cloak stood under a twisted olive tree, it's leaves shinning in the sun and two other beside it. The whole place was dappled with light and dark patches, the sun shinning through the trees. “Wow, she is right. It's beautiful.” The lady warned,
“Things are not always what they seem to be.” Was it a warning? I walked past a statue who said,
“I dare you to pick an apple!” I froze and looked at it, “Strange.” I thought, “If people can fly I guess statues can talk.” I just shrugged and a sign said “Eat an apple!” with an apple core on it. The other statue giggled,
“I double dare you to pick an apple!” “I don't take dares.” I thought indignantly and walked up the stars. On the highest stair was another sign that said “PICK ONE NOW!!!” With three stars on it. A trash can knocked over was beside it. It had an apple with circle around it and was crossed out. Up in the branches of the tallest tree were snakes. They were huge, their heads were half as tall as me! They looked 'drunk' with honey, their heads almost covered in it and a broken jar and a pool of it under their heads. I climbed up them and up the tree until I saw a satyr. I saw the golden apple above him.
“Can you help me get that apple?” The satyr nodded,
“The nymphs hid all my honey! If you can find all ten jars before time runs out and I'll help you.” “Great, sixty seconds.” I thought as I raced all through the trees, finding the tenth jar at the last six seconds. I returned it to him and he said,
“Thanks for the honey! Use this secret path to reach it.” A lightened path was made and I climbed up on top of the branch and got the apple, jumping to the branch. Below with the person on it.
“Um, I better be leaving...” The satyr fled and storm clouds brewed mysteriously close to my head. Zeus, the god of the heavens, came down.
“Who has stolen the apple of immortality?” I looked at the shiny golden apple. Shrugging I held it up to him..
“You want it back?”
“I will grant you immortality, but first you must perform a task!” He ordered and I put the apple down again.
“What if I refuse?” I asked the question I always ask when orders were given to me.
“Then all of Poptropica will feel my wrath!” I looked down at the medallion I had on, counterfeit island. I thought of Black Widow and all the other Villains. Then I thought of my friend and two sisters.
“OK then, what do you need?” He left a scroll and then vanished. I jumped up to grab the floating scroll. I looked at the “Sacred items scroll”. It has five items on it: 'A flower from the Garden of the Sphinx, The golden ring from the Minotaur, A scale from the Hydra, A giant pearl from the kingdom of Poseidon, A whisker from Cerberus, The guardian of the Underworld.' I shrugged, “Aw well. Another vacation stupidly ruined.” I hissed in my mind, swinging down from the tree to go to the Garden of the Sphinx. I got to the steps when I saw the elderly lady grow into Athena, the goddess known for wisdom. Stupidly, I asked,
“Who are you?” Though I didn't mean it, I can't take back words though.
“I am Athena. Be careful dealing with my father. He isn't honest.” She warned and I asked, puzzled,
“Can you help me?”
“Look to the olive trees if you need my help.” She said and I nodded and smiled,
“Thanks. Anything else I should know?” She replied,
“My brother Hercules can help you, if you can convince him.” I nodded thankfully and walked to the Garden of the Sphinx, finding the water was dried up. I crossed the dry and cracked dirt which used to by a river in a pond and found the sacred flower. The sphinx stood on a pile of human bones. When I got close to the wilted flower it opened it's eyes to look at me,
“To gain one of my flowers you must pass my test.”
“What do I have to do?” I asked. It replied,
“What was once wet is now dried up. When once again the water flows, you may have one red rose.” I looked at the dry riverbed and climbed up to the aqueducts, climbing a rope and pulling levers to direct the water to the dry river bed. The water started filling up the riverbed and before I got to the sphinx I saw pomegranates. 'You pick 'em, you eat 'em.' The sign said. I got the pomegranates and jumped down to the sphinx. I got the flower and the sphinx spoke once more,
“Your fate awaits you.” Attached to the flower was a scrap of paper saying 'all of'. The Minotaur's cave was guarded by a locked door that could only open by the tune of the song written on the door by a reed pipe. I sighed and jumped off the ledge onto the water and swam to the 'island' the Sphinx was on, then swam to the rest of the land to find the other four sacred items. I walked past the big tree. Athena was gone by the great golden olive was still there. I walked to the main street. A old man by the gate pointed out,
“Clouds are forming, Zeus must be in a bad mood.” “On the road again... on the road again... on the road to disaster. Through the forest of mysteries, the spiders, the snakes, the squirrels, the mountain lions, the wolves, and the rabbits. The great anger, the sadness, the pride, all those things, all those things.” I sang in my head as I walked. I found a big beautiful building with music notes inscribed one the walls of it. I saw a woman with a fruit hat on her head. She said,
“The gods like offerings.” I nodded and she smiled. I walked into the building past many statues holding different instruments. I walked past and there was a big thing that was made into the floor holding all kinds of Reed pipes. A sign above it said “FREE REED PIPES! Go out and make some beautiful music! With the picture of the God Apollo and a big arrow pointing down toward the reed pipes. “Reed pipes... the Minotaur's cave! That's just it. But how in this world may I learn playing a reed pipe? I don't even listen to music let alone play it. Whatever, I'll find I way. I just HAVE to.” I thought sourly. I just picked it up and started walking out and looked around. If those other statues had talked maybe these will too? I climbed up to the statue with a reed pipe in her hand.
“How may I inspire you today?” She asked and I answered,
“Can you teach me a song to play on my pipe?” She replied,
“You must first prove yourself a worthy musician. Play what I play...” She started a song and I matched it until the last note.“You are not yet worthy, try again.” She started another and I followed. I messed up again and she said the same thing, twice more before I matched her tune exactly.
“You are a worthy musician. Listen and remember. Play this tune for Cerberus and he will fall asleep.” She instructed, playing the tune. I memorized it and nodded gratefully. Walking out of the door alert and ready for something that I can't remember myself. I walked toward the Minotaur's den and played the song on the door. The door opened and I felt like cheering but instead I calmly walked in and saw the great Minotaur. I walked up and asked,
“Who are you?”
“I am the Minotaur, and this is my labyrinth.” He announced in a rumbling voice.
“Uh... can I please have that ring in your nose?” I asked and he responded,
“I only grant favors to those who can find their way through my labyrinth,” I shrugged and strode in. Athena said, floating in the air a bit away,
“The maze is a troubling place. Use this magic thread to help you out.” Then when the magic thread appeared on the ground, she vanished. I picked it up and started walking through the maze. I soon found a ghost of Satyr.
“Who are you?” I asked.
“I was once known as Pan.” He answered simply and I asked again,
“Can you help me through the labyrinth?” He replied again in the same tone of voice,
“Remember this: there is more than one way to read the bones.” I tipped my head confused but it looked like that was all he would say so I walked on, and stopped at a column. There was a shelf with bones and wording, “Fifteen bones of ancient men” Under the words where fifteen bones arranged in three boxes, the first has one bones from the top to the bottom, the second has one across from the middle in one side to the middle in another. The third has a bone going from the top left to the bottom right. At the bottom finished the sentence, “Take six but still leave ten.” I looked at it confused then focused on it. I took three bones from the first box, leaving the top and the middle. Then I took only one bone, which was the one on the right side. From the third box I took the top and bottom. It spelled out ten and I took only six! I passed through and arrived at the end. I got out and I was blocked yet again, but this time. There was a big painting with the Minotaur and lots of holes. I got up to it and it was like a game. Snakes came out, only one had red swirling eyes. I grabbed the red-eyed one every time and soon they stopped coming out and the door open. I walked out and strode up to the Minotaur, announcing,
“I completed the Labyrinth!” The Minotaur huffed,
“I can't believe your still alive.” I looked at him confused then asked,
“So... can I have the ring now?” He nodded, giving me the ring,
“It is yours.” A little note was with it. 'Whoever wields'
“This ring is one of the sacred items I need to give to Zeus.” I announced and the Minotaur warned,
“Zeus can not be trusted. Be careful.” “What is all this stuff about being careful? Oh she is evil, he is going to do this, they are going here. I wish every single villain wasn't a baited mouse trap, waiting for me to scurry along and snatch the cheese and get whacked with the metal bar. Eew, bad thought.” I nodded to him and walked off, looking at my list. A scale from Hydra and a giant pearl from the kingdom of Poseidon. Cool, I think they are around the same place. I started off to the other side of the island, and when I crossed the music note inscribed building. I jumped down the cliff and came to Hades's palace. A boy with a bucket was pacing in front. He said,
“If you help me clean up this graffiti, I'll give you one drachma!” I shrugged and cleaned up the three spots and he thank me, “Thanks for your help! My Hades look favorably upon you!” I smiled and climbed up the opposite wall and saw Poseidon's palace. More graffiti was printed on it. An old man stood by the door.
“So terrible!” He exclaimed, “I herd Zeus himself is responsible of this graffiti!” I looked at him and shook my head slowly as I walked carefully inside. I came to an offering podium and set the starfish down on it. The door evaporated and I walked inside. It was the beach. Two girls were sitting a bit away from each other on their towels in the sand and under umbrellas. The girl on the left was blonde haired with a pink outfit, umbrella and towel. The girl on the right was all purple but with black hair. I herd the purple outfitted girl say,
“I herd Zeus wants to rule the sea too!” The pink outfitted one giggled,
“lol! Poseidon would never let that happen!” I saw a person with a surf board labeled “Triton” on it on one of those life guard towers.
“You must be the lifeguard.” I pointed out, and he replied,
“Stay away from that underwater cave, dude!” He advised and I asked,
“Underwater cave?” He replied,
“A totally gnarly monster lived down there!”
“Thanks for the advise.” I said and he smiled,
“No prob. My old man is the king of this place!” “Awesome!” I thought and jumped down, seeing another person. Stopping myself from saying “who are you?” as dumb as a rock I greeted her,
“Hello.”
“Are you that mortal my smarty-pants sister, Athena, is helping?” She asked and I shrugged.
“Yep. That's me.”
“Humph, well I can help mortals too.” She nodded and I smiled,
“I can use all the help I can get.” She smiled and said,
“First you'll have to pass this test!” She showed me statues of different gods and goddesses. Ares, Hermes, Aphrodite, Artemis, and then finally Hestia. I was amazed with myself.
“Well, you really do know. Well then, here is your gift.” Aphrodite handed me her mirror. “These will take you to the realms of the major gods.” I nodded in thanks and turned toward the water, sheathing my sword, which I had held it so long I forgot I was holding it, and wading into the water, swimming deeper until getting to a steep dark place in the water. I swam through the maze, breathing at the gigantic air bubbles the popped when I touched them to long. Weird. I got to the pearl and then down into the cave below the pearl. I saw the Hydra. I walked in and when a head lunged toward me I jumped on it, knocking it out. I did that wit h the other six head and careful got a scale, scampering out of there and the maze, leaving and going over to Hades's palace. I came in and put the pomegranates down on the offering table. The door vanished and I came in. I looked around and a bat was following me. I saw a sign that said, the descent into Hades is easy. The path lay open to all. I looked around and fell off the ledge. I fell, I wonder how, safely onto ground at the bottom. I saw a guy on a boat and I walked over and asked,
“Who are you?” He replied,
“I am Charon, the ferryman of the Underworld.” I asked,
“Can I cross this, uh, river?” Charon replied,
“I will ferry you across this divide, but it is a dangerous journey.” I shrugged.
“I'm ready. Let's go.” I didn't care about 'dangerous journeys' any more. He nodded and answered.
“As you wish...” I dodged the falling stalagmites, ducked under the flying flaming skulls which I didn't seem to take in the thought, and jumped over the weird alligators. We reached land and I saw Cerberus, the three headed dog. I remembered the song and I sang it on my flute in perfect tune.” I took a whisker with a note that said 'the objects will rule'. I looked at it. Then put it carefully in my backpack and took out the scroll. “I got everything! Not to go back to the tree of immortality...” I went back to the boat, left went into a one sided door, climbed up the stars, walked out, went out of the building and walked across the town. I came to the Tree of Immortality and I saw Athena.
“I see you have the five sacred objects. But I have learned something about them. They are dangerous! Take a closer look at the clues.” She said and I took off each notes and looked at them, spelling them out. 'Whoever wields' 'the five sacred' 'objects will rule' 'all of' 'Poptropica!' I exclaimed,
“It says “Whoever wields the five sacred objects will rules all of Poptropica!” Zeus came down and laughed evilly, taking all five of the objects.
“Give them back!!” I ordered sharply.
“Not a chance! By midnight all of Poptropica will be under my control!” He exclaimed and cackled, disappearing once more.
“This is not good.” I said turning to Athena.
“Only the power of Poseidon and Hades can stop him.” She answered and I asked, confused.
“What do I do?” She answered,
“Hercules will help you.” I pointed out,
“But he won't help!” She answered,
“Ask him again! You must hurry!” She pressed and I darted off like a cheetah after a gazelle, though I'm not that fast. I arrived at Herc's Hero Hut and came up to him,
“Please help me!” I pleaded,
“You again?” He asked,
“You have to help me! Your father want's rule all of Poptropica!” I exclaimed. “Kind of like that loon over at Astroknights”
“Tempting. But I don't feel like walking right now.” He said and I told myself in my head, “Think you idiot,you can do anything from outsmarting an angry shark to taking down a whole jail! Think. Think. Think. Think. Oh yeah! The mirror!” I told him triumphantly,
“You don't have to. Aphrodite gave me a mirror, we can teleport where we need to go.”
“Hmm... autograph sales have been low lately. Let's do it!” I smiled and took out the mirror, tapped the trident. We arrived underwater at a slightly loose giant slab of rock.
“Looks like you need a hand... or rather a foot.” He stomped on the rock and it broke, falling and revealing Poseidon's throne room.
“Wow, thanks.” I said and he nodded,
“I'll wait for you right here kid.” I swam through the entrance and got to Poseidon himself.
“You must be Poseidon.” I said, trying to regulate my breathing.
“I know why your here. Zeus is mad with power.” He responded and I blinked.
“Can you stop him?” I asked and he said,
“I can't leave this spot, but I will give you my Trident.” He handed it to me and I asked,
“Thanks! What do I do with it?” He told me,
“You will know when the time comes.” I nodded, walking out then swimming up to Hercules, the Trident held safely within my billion ton backpack. I swam up to Hercules and he asked,
“Where to next.” I took out the mirror and pressed the skull, coming to Hades's throne room. A boulder was in front of the door. Hercules laughed,
“This tiny pebble is no match for Herc's mighty muscles! He pushed the boulder out of the way, “I'll wait out here.” He called and I walked inside. I walked up to Hades and said,
“You must be Hades.”
“I know why you have come. My brother Zeus is very dangerous.” He answered and then I asked,
“Can you stop him?”
“I can't leave the underworld, but you may take my crown.” He handed me I and I replied,
“Thanks! What do I do with it?” I asked and he responded,
“You will know when the time comes.” I blinked and scurried off, getting out to Hercules.
“Where to now?” He asked and I touched the lightning bolt, coming the big gold gate with a giant lock on it.
“The gate is locked!” I pointed out and he laughed, saying,
“Maybe to puny mortals like you, but not to the mighty Hercules! Watch and learn Grasshopper.” I think he meant that as a joke because I saw a grasshopper hop away from my next to my foot. He smashed the lock and we went it. A snake was balancing inside a hole, green and dark green with slitted green eyes.
“Is that what I think it is?!” I gasped and Hercules said,
“Oh it's just a pesky snake. Let me take care of it. He walked over and reached to get it and Medusa popped out!
“You picked the wrong snake to mess with, buddy.” She hissed and Hercules said,
“Uh oh, that can't be good. He was turned to stone and she vanished. I walked up and he said,
“Don't feel sorry for me. I got what I always wanted... and statue on mount Olympus!” I shrugged and went on, twirling my sword in boredom, wishing that I could just be a pirate and not go through any of these messes again. “But that will never happen so shut up and keep going.” I growled at myself as I walked forward. I came to a man with blue hair that was shot back as if he had been in a tornado.
“Get your bags of wind here! One drachma!” He called out and I gave him my one drachma I got from that one boy. He said,
“Thank you! Here is your bag of wind!” He handed me the bad and I flew up in the air, landing on a high grassy shelf in a cliff. It wore off and I jumped from shelf to shelf, coming to a gigantic statue of Zeus. I climbed up it and then jumped up more shelves in the clif and came to stairs which I came up. I walked up into his darkened throne room. Each, I think life size, statue I walked by the lightning staff he had was glowing. After two I came to the throne, it was empty. I passed another and Zeus showed himself floating above his thrown.
“Foolish Mortal! How dare you trespass in my realm!? Now you and my treacherous brothers with suffer my wrath!” He claimed and I called,
“Now if I can help it!” I took out Hades's crown and put away my Pirate's hat. I sheathed my sword and took out Poseidon's trident and I grew as tall as Zeus! “Even the battlefields? Humph, I had more a chance with my sword then without but what ever.” I came up on cotton ball clouds and I tried to take down Zeus, but I fell off my pink puffy clouds and I tried again, downing him finnaly after dodging and catching little fluffy clouds. “Am I good or am I good?” I puffed my chest out triumphantly.
“I give up! I give up! Take your items back! I promise I'll be good!” I received the items and took off Hades's crown and Poseidon's trident. For some reason, it was as if I wasn't able to give them back for now. Gosh this whole thing is weird. I put my hat back on and unsheathed one of my swords again, twirling it in the air before seeing Athena and walking up to her.
“Well done! You have saved all of Poptropica!” She congratulated and I asked,
“What will happen to Zeus?”
“He will just have to rule the heavens of Mythology island for now. Here, take this in my gratitude.” Athena gave me a gold medallion reading Mythology Island. I smiled and took off my Counterfeit Island Medallion, switching it with the Mythology Island medallion. Such fun now. There is almost always an epic battle at the end. I nodded in gratitude and went back to my balloon. Just sitting inside, not ready to untie it now. Possibly the next island may hold up for a few more minutes, maybe an hour right?

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Chapter 4
Twenty Four Carrot Island

I landed my hot-air balloon,swinging down the rope to tie many smaller ones to the ground. Already it was looking pretty down in the town. On the sign that read “24 Carrot Island” It was a square sign, having '24' in a half circle that had spikes like a mane or a sun going out of it. Under it, on the square part of the sign, it read 'Carr t i land'. The o and the s had burned out. Beside it was the Carrot King Diner. It's sign was mostly lit, but it said Op n, the e was burned out. I looked around and saw a very upset person by the sign, as if morning for it. I walked over and asked, concerned,
“What's wrong?” He replied sadly,
“Our beloved town is in ruins!”
“What happened?” I asked,
“All of our carrots have vanished! Our economy is falling apart!” I gasped, then asked quickly,
“What can I do to help?”
“Find out what happened to our carrots!” He replied, not the slightest bit of hope in his words. I sighed and started walking toward the diner, opening the cracked carelessly forgotten glass doors. I walked through the doors to a a diner that seemed like it used to be wonderfully made. Now it was very poorly kept, only two people stood inside. The lady nearest to the door with the classic waitress hairdo, pink shirt and skirt and a pitcher of water. I walked up and asked,
“Do you work here?” She replied in a little bit of a sharp tone,
“Of coerce, do you think I work here for fun?” I asked back in the sweet angelic one I came in with,
“How's work?”
“Honey, I'm just happy I have a job!” She answered, a slight smile on her face. “Yep, just as I thought. This place really is a dump!” I though then questioned curiously,
“What's that in your hand?” She looked down at the pitcher in er hand,
“It's a pitcher of milk.” She answered. I nodded and walked away, not wanting to pester her. I walked up to the man in white classic cook's hat, white shirt with a white apron, blue jeans and a spatula in one hand. Again with my mouth talking quicker than my mind, I asked,
“Who are you?”
“I'm Tony, the owner of this diner.” He replied, pride edging his words in gold. “Cool!” I thought, then asked hoping for a different answer,
“How's Business?”
“Mamma mia! It has never been worse!” He exclaimed, fear and dead hope now sinking his words. Surprised, I quickly changed subject. I saw the bulletin board with four people on it. 'MISSING' The board read.
“Who are those people on the bulletin?”
“Those people have been missing for several months!” He sighed. I looked over at the bulletin board sadly, then left, going outside into the outside. Leaves drifted off trees and plants were dying from the lack of care. The streets were dirty and unkempt. I walked farther down and next to the diner was a theater crossed by wooden planks. The flip sign said “Out of Business”. A guy sat by the theater on a brick. I walked up and he said absently as If I'd ask,
“I haven't been able to find work since the factory closed down.” I looked at him in pity for a second before walking of again, arriving at Charlies Carrot Supply Co. The door said Open and had '123' graved into bronze at the bottom of the door. I walked in, seeing signs labeling bug poisons and crowbars. One empty shelf saying carrot seeds. By the counter was a dark skinned and haired girl. She had poofy brown hair, a yellow screwdriver, a black outfit and a brown apron.
“Who are you?” I asked and she looked at me and shrugged,
“I'm Charlie.” She looked sad so I asked,
“Feeling down?”
“I lost my cat, Whiskers. If you find her, I'll give you a crowbar for free!” She said, giving more life to her eyes.
“Where did you last see your cat?”
“Well, she used to hang out by the old farm house.” She answered and I nodded, smiling. I walked out the door, passed the theater, past the diner, past my hot-air baloon and sign, then onto farmland. A dirty sign saying “Funny Bunny Carrot Farm”. A broken down farm house lay there, a person as sad looking at the house stood there.
“This used to be the best carrot farm in the world. But the carrots disappeared, and we are left with nothing.” The farmer sighed as a paused beside him, about to ask him something. I nodded solemly and walked off to the house. There was no way in but the chimney. Somehow I was able to climb up and act as Santa Clause so I could slid down the chimney. I climbed down and landed in the empty fireplace. I climbed out, resiting to cough, and found a home barely good enough for rats. The couch was torn and springs jutted out, a black-and-white picture of a carrot hung beside the couch. By that was a “I heart carrots!” knitted into a soft fabric in a picture frame, the heart was in picture form. Below that was a dead plant, it's stems hanging over the edge of it's table dead, dry and brown. A gray chair was fallen over, above it was a darkened space where a picture had been and the string was still up on the hook, twisted and the ends frayed. The actual picture lay below on it's side. It was a black-and white picture of the farmer. I climbed up the light pole and landed in the bedroom. An open dresser was first, two empty clothes hangers still hung on it and the right door was open and crooked. Beside it was a perfectly OK and made bed, above it a bookshelf with a statue two books leaning on it and three stacked up. I went into the bathroom and the sink was rusted slightly and dirty with a broken mirror above it. The toilet was dirty too and green slime pushed up on the roof of it so much it was lifted completely off on the left side. The bathtub was dirty. I turned on the switch and green water poured out, a gray cat lept out and ran away. I chased it and chased it but the cat could not be caught. So I decided to leave and tell Charlie I couldn't catch her when beside the couch was an empty glass bowl. The waitress had a pitcher of milk! Cats love milk!” I climbed out the chimney and slid off he roof. I landed with a stumbling run and slowed as I got to the diner. Walking in I went to the waitress who I asked,
“Can you fill this bowl with milk?”
“Sure!” She replied, filling it with milk and nodding to her. I smiled back and raced over to the farm house as fast and careful as I could. I slid down the chimney and walked over to where the bowl had been and set it down. Listening carefully I climbed back up to the bedroom, walked over to the bathroom and the gray cat jumped out again, racing away. I managed to chase it toward the bowl of milk. IT drank it and meowed at me, then followed me back to Charlies shop. I opened the door and let the cat in, walking up to Charlie and proudly announcing,
“I found your cat!” She purred to the cat,
“Whiskers!!! You naughty cat.” Then she looked up at me, “Thank you! I can't afford to give you much, but maybe you could use this crowbar!” She picked a crowbar from behind the desk and handed it over to me. I nodded in thanks and walked off outside, putting the crowbar in my backpack. I walked farther into town where I hadn't been and there was a fairly decent gas station. The GA in Gas still hung vertically on a sign running down the building one letter in a box. The third box, the S, lay on the ground. I walked to a guy dressed in a classic gas pump person uniform. He was frowning as if bored and worried.
“Sorry, but we are plumb out of gas.” He said automatic and I sighed, walking further into town. It got spookier and spookier as I walked down a crumbled dirt trail that eventually disappeared as if someone or some people destroyed it. It felt like Halloween all over... except I wear my Pirate suit everywhere since that is what I've always wanted to be someday. I climbed up onto the many obstacles on the factory, getting onto the roof and pulling out my sword, walking low to the ground in a strong stance and looking in every direction as I crept along the roof. This place was way to creepy. This place was very poorly taken care of now. Paint was falling off, the shingles wearing out and cracked underneath my feet. I slipped every once in a while when a shingle flew out from under my feet. Between two boards on a boarded widow was a rolled up blue paper. Creeping up on my belly I reach for it with the very tips of my fingers and knocked it off. It spiraled down to the cement ground about a clump of cemented pipes draining out waste. I growled, swinging down from boarded widow to boarded window down two stories and fell to the ground on my feet. I picked it up and the top of it said “BLUEPRINTS”. One exit looked like one of the pipes at the edge. The top looked like it could come off with a crowbar! I swung inside and saw a carrot shaped thing with wires like radio signals one the top, a red glassy spot on it and two greens wires on either side. It read “CARROT TRANSPORTER- This device will transport you out of the factory.” “Weird” I thought and shrugged, putting it in by backpack and walking farther down the tube. I climbed up a bend in the tube going up and ahead where flipping platforms. Four holes were cut in the pipe, replaced with little platforms that flipped up and down. Security or just air flow reasons probably. After a few minutes I made it to the other side. Another time for me to climb. I saw a rat as big as me was patrolling it. As the rat walked away I stalked behind it and jumped onto a pipe in the ceiling. After a foot it dropped back in the main one. The rat took no noticed and scurried back. I swung down and raced past some type of green stuff like that was in the water system at the old farm house, but a cracked skull and some bones stuck out. Climbing up I flushed it out of my mind. I arrived inside a black room, well almost black. There was no light at all. Carefully I walked to my left where there was a generator with three gently glowing buttons. I pulled all three down at different lengths until each one fully glow. When all three glow the whole room burst into life. I read “MASTER ENGINE” on the green box with the switched on them. I looked up and levies where pulling a claw-like thing from left to right. I looked to my right and many boxes where stacked up on each other. Each with a weird symbol on them. IT looked like a robotic rabbit head. I climbed on them, then to the next story and jumped on the claw-like thing, swinging on it and scrambling on it until it got to the end and jumped up onto the ledge and arrived at an air vent. The net was crooked so I peaked in, it was lit somehow so I walked in. Nothing but well, air. No dust or goo or any rats, yet still big enough for me. I walked down, everything lighting up in front of me and darkening behind me, as if only were I went the vents glow. I looked at the blue-prints and walked around, looking for “The Processing Room”. I found it and carefully opened. I found a dead end a a fake bull-skull sand and cacti. I turned back and started up again. I dropped into another vent and found a pair of blue pliers. Picking them up I walked forward and found the ending of a vent. I think it was the place because the first thing I saw where two words, one in green that said “enabled” and one in red that said “disabled”. The green word was glowing. Above were the two words Security system. Real spy-like I jumped down from the ledge onto a light, then down onto a crate-like thing full of carrots. “That is where the carrots went!” I thought, then the crate was moving along and stopped, dumping out all the carrots into a giant blender. I could barely hold on long enough to jump off beside the blender. I saw a person standing by the bender and looked at me with a hypnotic gaze. The person had a metal hat with bunny ears. Confused I opened my mouth and something flew overhead. It was a rounded box-like object with flapping bunny ears and had a read glowing rectangle on the front. I paused and it zapped me into the freezer. I shivered and looked to the side at a thermostat at 0*F. I looked at a box stating “Security System.” I opened it and there were three wires, one red, one blue, one yellow. I cut all three of them with the wire cutters and closed the door thing. Then I climbed into the vent and looked down at my Blue-prints. “Printer Room. I'll go there.” I said in my head and walked off. I found the shaft and went in, coming to a sign on a wall that had a person on the ground with a crate falling on them. “What out for falling crates!” It stated. I dodged the falling crates and fell off the ledge, not noticing that there was no floor onto boxes of carrots and tumbled down, where I saw another person in metal bunny ears.
“Who are you?” I asked and she replied in a automatic tone.
“Can't talk. Must load carrots.”
“What are you doing?” I asked in a tentative tone,
“Can't talk. Must load carrots.” She answered again in the same voice. I thought for a second and saw a button on the top of the hat.
“Hey? What's that behind you?!” I asked and she whipped her head around,
“Where?” She asked in the same voice and I tapped the button on her head. She shook her head and looked at me thankfully,
“Thank you for freeing me! Now there is something I want to see.” She guided me over to the big machine and a paper printed out. It read “SYSTEM PASSCODE: Fuzzybunny I walked over to her again she said,
“Thanks again! Now watch out, if you are seen without rabbot ears, you'll be captured!” She pointed to the metal cap on her. I nodded and climbed out again, looking for the Processing Room. I found it and the disabled word was glowing red. I smiled then went down. No security flying thingy. I saw another person, I did the same thing only said, “Look behind you!” She told me the same thing the other one had about the rabbot ears.
“Look! A Flying buffalo!” I shouted and the guy in front of me whipped around, I freed him and walked off. I came to the “exit” sign that said “BUNNY DRONES ONLY” I touched the door and fell through the trap door in the floor. IT was so loud! I tried weaving through metal columns and fell on an assembly line. I raced under crunching things and through hot things that emitted molten rock and jumped to the beginning of the assembly line. There it as! Rabbot ears! I took my pirate hat off and carefully put them on. Nothing happened so I ran back out. I climbed into the pipe and came out to where the carrots were dumped into blenders. This time I was let into the doors! There I saw a guy in a pink bunny suit and green goggles. “Uh... is this the amazing Dr. Hare?” I asked as I walked up to bunny-guy on a floating thing.
“Why are you standing around?!” He snapped, “Get to the computer and start the launch sequence! I'll be waiting in the cockpit, now move it!” He then started floating up to the giant robotic rabbit. I climbed up and saw a boy by a computer,
“Who are you?” I asked him,
“Can't talk. Must initiate launch sequence.” I asked him again,
“What are you doing?”
“Can't talk. Must initiate launch sequence.” I couldn't think of anything so I pointed behind him,
“Look! A giant bunny!” He fell for it!
“Where?” “I would think Dr. Hare would give his 'drones' some sense or whatever. He was suppose to launch a giant bunny into space.” I thought as I pressed the button on his head.
“You've got to stop Dr. Hare!” The boy told me anxiously. “He is going to use his giant rabbot to mind control the entire planet from space!” I gasped and ran over to the computer. I narrowed my eyes at the note that said “command: Launch Rabbot”. The computer had typed “enter password>” “Fuzzybunny” I typed in. “...password accepted.” I replied in text. “command>” I typed in, “launch rabbot” The computer went blank, then the rabbot erupted, going up into space. The screen turned into like a pack man thing. I crashed the ship into an asteroid,
“Hey! Watch where you are going!” Dr. Hare growled over the speaker. I crashed it into another asteroid,
“You'll pay for this!” He called. Another asteroid,
“Your destroying me ship!” He shrieked and yet another,
“AHHH!!” HE yelled andhis ship was destroyed, leaving him in space.
“Let's get out of here!” The boy next to me said, jumping off the ledge onto a rope where the rabbot had been held until launched. I followed him. I climbed out and was at the gas station. There was a giant hole in the ground, big enough for the rabbot.
“Things are looking up around here, I may be able to reopen the gas station soon!” The person working the gas station said and I smiled and left. I went into Charlies.
“Whiskers looks happy to be home.” I pointed out when I came in.
“Yes! Thank you so much for finding him!” she purred, patting Whiskers on the head.
“Is there anything else you need?” I asked and she shook her head.
“Nope. You helped me and the whole town already!” I looked behind myself and saw the kid who had been working with the blender
“I'm enjoying my freedom. Thanks!” He said and I smiled brightly, walking out and investigating the rest of the town. I walked past and saw the man who had been by the movie theater fixing the sign on the diner. The mayor motioned me over and announced,
“The carrots have stopped disappearing! You've saved our town! As mayor, I present you with this medallion!” He handed me a gold disk that at the top said 24 carrot and at the bottom island and in the middle a big carrot. I laughed in joy and climbed up to the building, about to jump on my hot air balloon when I saw him.
“There is a lot of work to be done!” He commented and I saw the boy who had been at the giant computer up on the 24 Carrot sign. I climbed onto my hot air balloon and swung down. He said,
“It's good to be back home, thanks!” I nodded and jumped into my balloon and floated off to my next “vacation. Well, at least I hope to death that there is no villains there. A good hero needs his or her breaks.

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small story? Well okay then. When the sphinx asks you to re flow the water where do i have to go this is really stressing me out please help me im desperate,great story by the way even though I didn't read it please help me just so you know I am on my hands and knees not really I know you wrote this 5 years 1 month and 1 day since may has 31 days but I'm hoping you still play help me with this?!?!??!