Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Mac and Cheese?


Bookworm and Keyblade stared at Shade in horror. Apparently, Bookworm’s memory charm had made Shade forget about the cactus juice episode of Avatar.
“Do you want some, minions?” Shade asked, grinning eerily. “It’s really, really quenchy!”
“Umm… No thanks. And we’re your friends, not your minions,” Keyblade reminded her. She turned to Bookworm. “What do you think we should do?”
Bookworm thought about this for a while. “Do you have any recording equipment? This could be a great opportunity to get blackmail against Shade.”
Keyblade shook her head. “I can’t find my cell phone and you left your computer at home, remember? And this world doesn’t have any of that kind of technology.”
“Oh… Do you think we could go home really quick and get my microphone?” Bookworm asked hopefully.
“No, Mithos will get killed if he goes to Derris-Kharlan. And I don’t think it’s a good idea to leave him here alone,” Keyblade said, glancing at Mithos.
“But Shade! That cactus is a meanie!” Mithos said to Shade.
“It’s my new minion! I will use evil cactuses to take over the world! MUAHAHAHA!” Shade shouted, completely ignoring Mithos. She tried to give her new minion a hug, but Keyblade stopped her.
“No, Shade, don’t hug the cactus,” Keyblade grabbed Shade’s arms to prevent her from embracing the prickly plant. “Ty Lee and Mai are your minions. Why don’t you go say hi to them instead?” When Shade skipped away to greet her minions, Keyblade and Bookworm returned to the discussion of what to do.
“So we don’t get to blackmail Shade yet,” Bookworm said sulkily. “I guess we’ll just have to stay here for a while.”
“Wow! Look! When I poke the meanie cactus with my shiny sword, more yummy juice comes out!” Mithos announced excitedly. He and Shade eagerly ran to drink the cactus juice. While Bookworm and Keyblade did their best to prevent their friends from getting even more drunk, Ty Lee and Mai talked about the sudden change in their evil boss.
“Did Shade really just try to hug me?” Mai asked in disbelief.
“I think she’s a lot more fun now!” Ty Lee said cheerfully. “Maybe if you drank some of that, you’d be fun to! Oh! Do you think we could get Azula to drink some?”
“No,” Mai replied simply.
“But I’m thirsty!” Shade’s screaming interrupted them.
“And I’m hungry!” Mithos shared his complaint too.
“Then you can drink some water! Water! Not cactus juice!” Bookworm yelled at them.
“But we’re in a desert! There’s no water!” Mithos whined.
Bookworm glared at him. He was really getting annoying. “Keyblade, Indigo, help me with this.” Indigo gladly used their mental link to lend Bookworm her power. “Reisa du adurna!” As Bookworm said the words of the spell, underground water rose to the surface. Keyblade immediately used her water bending skills to hold the water up long enough for everyone to drink some and fill their water bottles. When they had finally finished, Bookworm, Keyblade, and Indigo collapsed from exhaustion.
But Mithos was still not satisfied. “I’m hungry!”
Bookworm resisted the urge to send a rock flying toward him. Instead, she just asked, “What do you want to eat?”
Shade answered her question by chanting, “Mac and cheese! Mac and cheese! Mac and cheese!” Mithos liked this chant and eagerly joined in.
Bookworm and Keyblade listened for a moment. They glanced at each other, then shrugged and began chanting along with Shade and Mithos. “Mac and cheese! Mac and cheese! Mac and cheese!”
“For the ketchup!” Shade screamed as loud as she could. Everyone stared at her.
Finally, Bookworm broke the silence. “See? I told you we should have gotten some recording equipment! That would have been perfect for blackmail!”
“Yeah, I’m sure Shade will be really happy to hear that. Even without blackmail, she’ll probably turn us into goo for letting her get drunk like this. Do you really want to make her angrier?” Keyblade asked.
Bookworm shook her head. She had almost forgotten that in a few days, Shade would no longer be drunk on cactus juice. And Keyblade was right. Shade would not be happy with the person who had made her forget the dangers of cactus juice. Bookworm was now very worried about Shade’s return to soberness.

1 Comments:

Blogger Bookworm said...

Shade, you don't grin "eerily" when you're drunk.

4:31 PM  

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