Ep.230 – The Mall Overnight - A Very Scary Christmas!

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Shopping malls are a fun part of
the holiday tradition, but not so much

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when you're stuck working there, especially
all night long. But what happens when

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an unspeakable creature finds itself on the
loose and seeking refuge? And now it's

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there with you? What's that?
You want to be scared? Come with

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me. You will experience tales,
our opera, ghosts and death. Death.

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It is not recommended for the week
at Heart Heart listen as in the

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dark, it's more fun at that
way way. This is Weekly Speaking.

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Hello, my spookies, It's Wednesday, and you know what that means.

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It's time for a little spooky in
your weekly. I'm your host and narrator,

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Enrique Kuto, and we have quite
the special show for you tonight.

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It's a novella length episode, so
you get extra frights as we head back

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to Strickfield, this time at the
town Center mall where some young kids are

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getting into trouble and then getting into
something a little more dire after that.

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But before we get to the story, I want to say thank you so

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my friends, the chill is coming
through the air. It's about time.

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We had to Strickfield for the Mall
Overnight, so let's get to it after

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these quick words. The Mall Overnight
by Rob Fields prologue. Just outside the

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Strickfield Village limits, in an old
mansion that was thought to be abandoned,

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Vincent Frankenstein was in a third floor
laboratory and examining the humanoid experiment that was

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secured to a large metal slab.
Stevie quaid. His young assistant stood ready

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to do whatever. Vincent asked.
Are you sure there's enough sedatives pumping through

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the creation's body to keep her sleeping
the sleep of the dead? Stevie asked,

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looking like she hadn't slept in several
days. Vincent regarded her. I'd

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like to give you an honest answer, but we've seen how she adapts.

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Stevie groaned and stood in front of
him. I told you we should have

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just destroyed her. Did you forget
what she did when she got loose two

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years ago at Christmas time? Don't
you remember how she wreaked havoc in Strickfield.

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Remember how she terrorized them all north
of the village. She nearly killed

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us several times when we tried to
stop her. Vincent sighed, I'm aware,

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Stevie raised her finger, and let's
not forget how long it took us

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to actually capture her again and finally
keep her. This time, she growled

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and turned her back to him.
You were the one who put the head

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of a vampire on her when you
built her. She turned back to him,

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really angry now, and stretched out
her fists sideways. Did it ever

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occur to you that we'd never be
able to destroy her, Vincent sighed again,

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acknowledging her, I haven't forgotten my
fatal miscalculation, Stevie. He could

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see her heaving now. She put
her finger in his face. It took

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us nearly midway through this last October
to finally capture her and keep her.

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We threw everything we had at that
creation. We even tried killing her by

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using vampire methods. Unfortunately, her
monster side renders her immune to all that,

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even sunlight. We can't even behead
her. When Stevie turned her back

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to Vincent, he came up behind
her and put his hands on her shoulders.

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I'm quite aware of what the Creation
has done, my dear assistant,

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I understand how she's affected your life. I know you wanted to destroy her.

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I still do, she assured him. I'm still surprised you entertained my

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idea of trying to fix her.
Unfortunately, I cannot fix her the way

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I'd hoped. I wanted to be
able to replace her head, maybe just

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the brain itself, with a more
positive one. I truly understand the horror

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that I've created, and will have
to live with the consequences of both my

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actions and hers for the remainder of
my days on earth. Ultimately, we

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tried doing things your way as well. Even that isn't working. Stevie slowly

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turned around to face Vincent. They
looked each other in the face for a

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long moment. Ultimately, it was
Vincent who concocted the most powerful tranquilizer ever

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made. It had taken two darts
filled with it in order for them to

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finally recapture the Creation. The two
of them turned to the bandaged Creation as

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the powerful tranquilizer continued to be pumped
into her system. Ultimately, they agreed

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that if they could not destroy her, then they would keep her permanently asleep

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in the laboratory. Vincent could tell
Stevie was still very much afraid. I

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can keep making the tranquilizer. You'll
have to keep making it stronger and stronger.

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Stevie told him in a shaky voice. We've seen how quickly she can

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recover from both electricity and your previous
tranquilizers. I even blew her brains out,

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literally, and that didn't stop her. Vincent hugged Stevie to him.

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Stevie came to be with him as
a result of the Creation's actions. Vincent

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had bandaged her up and took care
of her. Since she had nowhere to

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go, she ended up staying with
him and becoming his assistant. She still

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wasn't sure that she trusted him completely, but he hadn't turned against her in

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any way. He seemed to understand
the great wrong he had done and regretted

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it each and every day. If
anything, Stevie helped him out of loyalty

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for taking her in and caring for
her. Stevie suddenly gasped Vincent, look

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the Creation just twitched. Vincent eased
her aside and cautiously moved toward the Creation.

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She had shown fear upon her awakening
nearly two years ago, shortly after

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she had become angry and broke loose. It was only after seeing that the

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Creation hadn't cast a reflection in a
nearby mirror that he realized his great horror

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in putting the head of a newborn
vampire on her. No matter what he

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had tried in terms of destroying her, it was evidently clear that she would

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never ever die. I think she's
dreaming, Stevie, he told her,

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cautiously. What Stevie snapped, Vincent
came very close to the Creation and watched

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her. He remembered she couldn't breathe
like a normal person since she was undead.

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The Creation continued to move and twitch
uneasily as her eyes remained closed in

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a forced slumber. For a brief
moment, her face seemed to convey the

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same innocence as it had done upon
her initial awakening. He wondered if the

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Creation still continued to run on pure
instinct. Had she learned anything during her

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time on Earth. The Creation was
nearly two years old, but she did

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convey in her own way that she
could understand things. The Creation had been

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asleep for several days with a steady
flow of the powerful tranquilizer Vincent created specifically

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for her. This was the first
time she had moved in several of those

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days. As Vincent moved to increase
her tranquilizer intake, the Creation suddenly stopped

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still. Then her red eyes opened
wide. Immediately, she looked right at

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Vincent and showed anger. She screamed
loudly that roared as she worked to break

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the reinforced shackles that held her to
the table. No, Stevie shrieked,

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please not again, stop her,
Vincent. As a precaution, Vincent had

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the tranquilizer loaded into emergency pistols.
He grabbed one nearby and shot her.

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The Creation seemed to become drowsy almost
immediately. Vincent shot her a second time,

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then a third. The Creation moaned
for a moment, then she became

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angry again and screamed. Vincent fired
his remaining darts into the Creation, but

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they didn't seem to be having any
other effect aside from making her drowsy.

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Stevie grabbed the other gun and shot
up the Creation with every dart, only

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to get the same results. For
a brief moment, it seemed that the

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Creation was on the verge of falling
back to sleep. Suddenly, the Creation

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broke the restraints on her wrists with
one quick upward motion. The remaining restraint

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soon came apart as the Creation finished
breaking free. Oh please, no,

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Stevie cried. The Creation was fully
on her feet now. The bandages covering

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her body made her almost look like
a mummy, only her head, hands,

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and feet were completely exposed. The
Creation stared at Vincent and Stevie and

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screamed so loud that they had to
cover their ears. Run Stevie, Vincent

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told her, running her way.
The Creation started after them, but she

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stopped and turned in the direction of
the door she had escaped the mansion from

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the first time. Then she saw
the nearby window and decided it was a

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better means of escape. She roared
for freedom as she ripped the bars away

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and escaped through the window. She
dropped all the way to the grass below

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and landed with the grace of a
cat. The Creation turned and looked upward

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to see Vincent and Stevie looking down
at her. She sneered at them,

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knowing she had triumphed over them once
again, remembering everything from before she turned

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and headed toward the village. The
Creation remembered to stay off the main roads

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and not let anyone see her.
Vincent would have gotten his answers on how

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much more intelligent she had become since
her birth nearly two years ago. The

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Creation at least understood that she needed
to stay ahead of Vincent and Stevie and

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not be recaptured again. Suddenly,
she remembered that place where she had entered

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the day after she was born.
She made her way to Strickfield Town Center

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Mall, keeping out of sight as
she did. It was dark when she

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reached her destination and saw there were
hardly any cars in the parking lot.

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She crossed the lot and came to
the loading docks. The lock to the

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dock door broke instantly when she slid
it up and entered. She pulled the

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door back down and put it back
into place. After some minutes, the

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Creation found her way out into the
main mall itself. It wasn't as brightly

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lit as the first time she had
entered. Somewhere deep in her mind she

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understood the mall wasn't open, just
the same she herself was inside. The

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Creation seemed to smile when she saw
the clothing store nearby. She looked at

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her bandaged arms and body and knew
she wanted real clothes. She walked to

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the clothing store and pulled up on
the gate, breaking the lock to get

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in. As with the loading dock
doors, she pulled the gate back down.

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The creation was pleased at knowing she
had the mall all to herself.

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After looking around and finding some desirable
clothes, she began to undo her bandages.

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The next day. Perspective Madeline Donnerly, ah Man, how am I

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always getting myself into these situations?
Probably because I'm me and Ariel Miron's Aeriel.

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Let me tell you what's going on. It's the first weekend in December,

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right, I'm up in the mousehole
my bedroom playing video games. I

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figured I was entitled to some unwinding
after a hardcore Friday and acing three tests

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at school. I'm right in the
middle of playing some Donkey Kong on the

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full sized arcade cabinet. Yeah.
I know it's an old nineteen eighties retro

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video game, but I really love
playing it. Problem here is I ain't

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gonna get to play long. Next
thing, I know, someone's knocking on

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my door. It's open. I
call out my next door neighbor, and

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my buddy, Carter Cross comes in
and sees me playing. Really Madeline,

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you have a new sign on your
door that says welcome to the mouse Hole.

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Yeah. I got a little playful
with the three D printer. What's

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up, buddy, He sighs.
I think I just saw Ariel Miran lurking

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around our neighborhood. I groan and
shake my head. I told you you

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never should have posted that video.
You know how Ariel can be when you

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scorn her. Yeah, but you
know she deserves it, Carter stresses.

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I stop playing the game and just
look at him. Between you and Ariel,

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you're both gonna get me in deep, deep trouble. I smirk uneasily.

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Or did you forget I'm BFF to
both of you? Now? I

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point at him, and don't even
get me started out how many times Ariel

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was drilling me about you at her
slumber party last night. I fold my

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arms in front of me. I
told you not to post that video.

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I walk over to my computer and
sit down in front of it. Carter

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sits next to me. I open
up Facebook and see all kinds of notifications

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for Carter's video, and uh,
most of them are Ariel. What happened?

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Ariel's almost always stuck having a babysitter
little cousin Stuart. Here's the problem.

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Little Stuart's four years old and gets
into everything. If you can wreak

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havoc somewhere, he's gonna do it. What's more, Stewart, it's mom

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don't really do anything to discipline him. What's sad is he almost always gets

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dumped off on Ariel. When that
happens, Stuart just raises a well,

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you get the idea. Earlier this
week, Carter and me are hanging out

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at Roth's Rings, a twenty four
hour donut shop and video game arcade in

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downtown village. Carter and me get
finished playing some games and we go to

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the counter. Carter says he'll buy
me a cup of death, wishes Ginger

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dead for helping him pass mister Dolphy's
science test. I'm just getting my cup

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and ready to savor it when we
hear the commotion. Suddenly, little Stuart

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comes running into the place. Ariel
ain't too far behind. Come back here,

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you little goober, Ariel yells.
Carter and me are both giving each

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other weird looks now. Suddenly,
Little Stuart snatches my coffee and throws it

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at Ariel. The cup explodes all
over ah man, I groan, but

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you just know Stuart ain't done there. When Ariel's about to grab her cousin,

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he snatches up a slice of pie
off of somebody else's plate and smashes

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it into her face as she grabs
him. Wouldn't you know it, Carter

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got his smartphone out and recorded the
whole thing. What can I do?

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Like I told Carter, I'm best
friends with both him and Ariel. Stuart

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runs around inside Roth's rings and is
knocking the little tables down next to the

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games, many of which have food
and drinks on him. Just as Ariel's

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grabbing and picking up Stuart again,
he has a cream filled donut in his

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hand and he smashes it right in
her face. Anyway, I think you're

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getting the idea here. When Carter
finishes the game, he gives me that

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look saying he's gonna post it to
Facebook. I'm raising my hands in front

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of me and shaking my head fast. Don't do it, Carter, I

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quickly tell him nothing doing. He
posted it the comment the little prince treats

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the princess to some treats at Roth's
rings. The look I gave Carter when

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he did it, No, I
wasn't mad, try scared. I was

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gonna try not to have to go
to Ariel's slumber party last night. But

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Ariel cornered me at school with Mona
Abels and Bailey Downs and told me,

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don't you even think of skipping out
of my slumber party tonight? Mouse.

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She was rubbing her hands together.
We are gonna have such a nice conversation

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about Carter Cross, you and me. Like I said, Ariel didn't break

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me, but I could tell she
wasn't finished yet. I know Ariel Nearan

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and she never forgives. Anne never
forgets when you embarrass her on Facebook like

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that. Getting back to now,
I'm reading all the comments. I ain't

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gonna list them all here because there
are too many of them, and there's

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some choice things I'd rather not repeat
here. Okay, buddy, what do

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you suggest I ask? Before Carter
can talk to me, we hear both

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the doorbell and some hard knocking,
and downstairs, I know you're in there,

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Carter Cross. We both hear Ariel
yelling gulp. I know your parents

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aren't home. Mouse Ariel continues,
I saw Carter come in here. You

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don't open this door right now.
I'll just come on in myself. When

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neither of us answer, we suddenly
hear the lock click. Don't go away,

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weekly, spooky, We'll be right
back. I quickly turned to Carter.

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Ariel found the spare key. She's
coming in. I shake my head

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quickly. Uh oh, buddy,
no way, you two are fighting in

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my house. We gotta get out
of here. Close the door. Carter

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quickly closes the mousehole's door as I'm
opening my window. We climb out and

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hurry down the TV antenna. We
quickly get into our garages and grab our

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bikes. As soon as we're both
hitting the road, Ariels shooting right out

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my front door. You won't get
far, Ariel yells. Carter and me

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look at each other. Our bikes
seem to be just fine. What do

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you suppose she meant by that?
Carter asks, Suddenly, I got a

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real bad feeling, and look over
my shoulder. Ah man. We both

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turned to see Ariel riding a moped. Since when did she get one of

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those Carter gasps? I don't know, I fire back, she's got one

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now, and she's catching up to
us fast. We both look at each

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other and no, we gotta lose
Ariel. Carter calls over his shoulder.

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Yeah, princess, let's see you
do some real riding. Carter and me

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pedal fast until we get to our
turn. Then we turn off and ride

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through Gunter Square, a park not
too far from our houses. Ariel continues

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to follow. Yeah, riding through
flat grass ain't gonna stop a moped.

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Once we're out of the park,
we pedal fast and come to another turn

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off where we know Ariel can't follow. Carter and me are doing some stunt

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riding on our mongooses. I actually
snicker a little when I'm thinking about how

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I'd rather be driving a real car
like I did on Halloween night when we

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were facing down the ghost of Abigail
Tomlin. After a few twists and turns,

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we both come out on another road. Looks like we lost her,

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Madeline, Carter said. Then my
mousey sense my tummy starts aching again.

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I look over my shoulder wrong.
Carter looks where I'm looking. You gotta

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be kidding me. Let's move,
I say, yeah, you just keep

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riding your little bikes. Ariel yells, you'll never lose me. We keep

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doing our stunt riding and put distance
between us and Ariel, but somehow Ariel

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keeps sticking with us. I think
it's safe to say she knows Strickfield just

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as good as we do. Man, that girl never gives up, Carter

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complains. When Ariel finds us again, told YOUA, you never should have

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put that video on Facebook. I
tell him again. Then I see the

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road ahead. I think I got
a fool proof plan to lose Ariel this

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time. Carter knows what I'm thinking. The old railroad street bridge. Let's

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do it. Carter and me pedal
fast and soon reached the downward slope.

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We both jump the little hill and
are riding on the concrete angle. Before

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long, we're off it and riding
right beside the Castalia River. We can

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ride to Indian Hollow Road, Carter
says. I quickly tap his shoulder and

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point upward. Ariel's riding on the
upper part of the hill by the railroad

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tracks. She's waving to us to
let us know she's still here. I

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can't believe this, Carter groans,
What do we gotta do to loser I've

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got one more plan. I tell
him it's gonna be a long shot.

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Carter and me keep pedaling until we're
going underneath the main Street bridge. I

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quickly jam on my brakes. Carter
does the same. Then he sees me

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turning around and follows me. We're
pedaling in the other direction now. Then

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I remember the part of the Castalia
River that's shallow. We get off our

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bikes and get across the river fast. Once we're on the other side,

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we get back on our bikes and
pedal fast again. We ain't here an

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Ariels moped. Now you think we
lost her, Carter asks, I shake

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my head. I ain't saying nothing
till I'm sure. We skip, coming

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back up at Old Railroad Street and
keep going until we reach University Avenue.

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We take a few of the trails
made by bikes like ours, and soon

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come back up onto the road.
No sign of her, Carter says.

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Suddenly, we hear that sound and
realize Ariels caught up to us again.

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Oh man, we are so perspective. Carter cross, Madeline and I both

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look to see a dirt bike speeding
right past us. We both breathe easy,

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knowing Ariel mirin ain't nowhere around.
Looks like we're gonna be okay,

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I say. Madeline gives me that
look. Now, So now what,

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buddy, she asks in her mousey
voice. We're riding for a little bit

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before I tell her what I'm thinking. Well, i'd say going back to

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either of our houses is out.
What's to say Ariel won't be waiting for

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us there. Well, we can't
stay out here all day, she says,

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and not just because it started drizzling. It's cold out here. We

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could go to the mall. I
throw out, I don't think Ariel's gonna

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find us out there. Not an
actual guarantee, Carter. She sighs.

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Okay, we'll go to the mall. I gotta get something hot to drink,

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coffee or a hot chocolate. I'll
pay Madeline. I tell her,

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I'm really sorry you got in trouble
with Ariel. That wasn't supposed to happen.

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She gives me her usual smirk that
says we're still buddies. Then she

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says, just give me an invitation
when you and Ariel get married after you

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graduate high school. I groan and
point a shaky finger at her. You

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always gotta go there. Come on, buddy, this is me you're talking

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to here. Madeline tells me,
I know you really like Ariel. I

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mean you got her pick on your
phone, and I'm pretty sure she likes

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you too, So why don't you
just ask her out? I shake my

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head. It's one thing for me
to like Ariel, but I ain't given

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up to her. She can call
herself the queen Bee at Strickfield Junior High

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all she wants, but I ain't
bowing to her. I can't believe she's

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got everybody else doing things for her. Then she expects me to fall in

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line and go along with it.
Not happen in Madeline. At least now

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I'm not alone. But you still
like her? She states, Okay,

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yes, I like her. Okay, I point at her. Just don't

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be telling everybody about it. I
don't think I gotta. I'm pretty sure

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everybody in our group knows. No. I didn't tell him again. Just

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ask her out. I'm sure she'll
say. Yeah. I shake my head.

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You think Princess Ariel's gonna wanna go
on a date with me after that

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video I posted of her? Way, I'm seeing it, buddy, Ariel

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ain't gonna stop until she's caught up
to you for that video. Maybe she

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didn't get you now, But we
gotta go back to school on Monday.

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Guess I got two days then,
assuming she don't catch up to me before

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that, Madeline and I make it
out to Strickfield Town Center Mall. We

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chain up our bikes and head inside. I think they'd have the Christmas decorations

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up by now, I say,
I mean, don't They usually have them

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up by Black Friday? Madeline points
in a few places they got some up.

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They also got a Santa House in
center Court, like they do every

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holiday season. You're right, though, how come they ain't got a lot

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of decorations up? Madeline and I
walk the mall. November and December are

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the two months out of the whole
year that our mall looks like a grand

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opening. I mean, nearly every
store is filled and open. There are

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also a lot of kiosks set up. Before and after those months, the

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mall maybe has one quarter of the
stores and a lot less foot traffic.

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People keep saying it's gonna close up
for good, but it hasn't yet.

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Then Madeline and I see a woman
who owns the mall herself, Harmony Miron.

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She's standing over at Center Court and
greeting the kids to let them see

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Santa Claus in his house. She
really doesn't look that old, like she's

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not too long out of high school. I know she inherited them all from

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her parents and has a little baby
girl of her own. Hmmm, I

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wonder what relation she is to Ariel. Madeline and I reach Center Court,

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where the food is also located.
We go into caffeine junction and get in

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line. That's when I start laughing. What's so funny, Madeline asks,

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being in here is making me think
of Roth's rings. I snicker. Come

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on, you thought it was funny
too, watching little Stuart Miron at his

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worst. I mean, it was
like watching a cartoon. Madeleine does laugh

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a little. Then she says,
you know, at the same time,

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I feel sorry for Ariel having to
get stuck with him all the time.

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I know he really does drive her
crazy. When it's our turn to order,

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I get a hot chocolate Madeline orders
that death wish gingerbread coffee. I

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pay for both both of us.
As soon as we get our drinks,

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we head back out into the mall. Carter, Maddie, we hear someone

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calling out. We both turn around
to see Richie Horton and Brian Chunk.

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Horton Chunker, what's going on?
I ask, Horton, and I are

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just hanging out today, Chunker says. Chapman's doing stuff with his mom and

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dad. We're supposed to meet up
with him later. He's the husky guy

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who's always wearing cargo pants and an
open Hawaiian shirt over a black T shirt.

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I didn't want to stay at home, so I texted Chunker, and

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here we are. Horton says,
in his squeaky voice. He's the really

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skinny kid with the circular lensed glasses. Suddenly, Madeline grabs my wrist fast.

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I'm about to ask her what's up
when I see where she's pointing.

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Now the four of us are looking
right at Ariel Mirn, who's now got

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her eyes locked right on me.
Ariel points right at me, smiles sweetly

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as she's approaching us. Soon she's
right in front of me. Hi,

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Carter, you really should just lay
down right here. Her face suddenly turns

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monstrous because you are so dead perspective, Ariel Mirror. I've got Carter Cross

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dead to rights now I've got to
hand it to them losing me the way

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they did. I'm guessing Mouse was
probably the one who came up with that

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plan. As far as I'm concerned, she's guilty by association. That means

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she's getting hers too, Ariel,
there's plenty of security guards here. I

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hear Mouse say, I point right
at her while I'm still looking at Carter.

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I'll be with you in a moment, little mousey. There's already two

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mal Popo's looking our way. Guys. Richie Horton squeaks, I'd rather not

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have to explain to my mom why
we got busted if it's all the same

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to you. When Carter tries to
slip away from me, I quickly get

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right back in front of him.
You have no idea how much I'd like

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to kill that little goober of a
cousin. I have. But when you

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record videos of me and the goober
and post them the Facebook, oh no,

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you don't. This time Carter tries
pulling that trick that Mouse pulled on

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Halloween Knight, Mouse tends to drop
to the floor and then move in between

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my legs to escape. In fact, that's how she escaped from my sleepover.

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Last night problem is Carter telegraphed it. Also, he's nowhere near as

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small and thin as Mouse. I
get on Carter's back. No way,

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Carter, you are mine. But
Carter suddenly surprises me by holding onto my

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legs and lifting me up. He
easily gets back to his feet, and

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I'm stuck fast on his back and
holding on. You're not getting away from

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me, Carter, I declare,
I'm killing you right here and now.

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Well. You do not get away
with what you pulled on Facebook. Gee,

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Princess, are you putting on weight? Carter sneers. Must be all

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those pies Stuart's been feeding you a
few more, and you can join the

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guy's wrestling team at Strickfield High.
I growl and grab two handfuls of hair.

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Guess I'll start with you, Carter
groans, Get off me, Princess.

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Go on back to your castle,
inside your wall and leave us peasants

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in peace. Guys, come on, those guards are really looking our way

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now. Mouse calls out, and
then I feel arms moving around my waist.

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I cry out when I'm being pulled
away from Carter and know Brian Chunks

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got a hold of me. After
he sets me down, I quickly turn

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around to confront him. Chunker points
right at me. Now that's enough,

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Ariel. We got all kinds of
security guards looking right at us, and

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Horton's right. I know I don't
want to be explaining to my parents why

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we got arrested. Here. I
put a finger of my own in Chunker's

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face. You do not ever touch
me, fat boy, Chunker shakes his

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head. You do know I'm not
afraid of you? Right then I give

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him my wicked smile. You should
be, or did you forget I'm Ariel

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Mirn. Chunker raises his hand in
front of him. Okay, okay,

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you're right. I need to learn
my place, right, that's what you

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keep saying. Suddenly he grabs me
and holds me to him. Run you

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guys, go let go of me, Chunker, I yell when I see

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Carter and Mouse running for it.
You guys, the mall popos are honest.

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00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:42.880
Now, Horton warns us. Chunker
lets go of me now. My

403
00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:47.480
fists are tightened. Then I growl
in point right at Chunker. Oh you

404
00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:52.559
you as I'm ready to vent my
anger and frustration with one of my trademark,

405
00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:58.880
screams. Chunker quickly grabs my hand
and holds it. I'm really growling

406
00:33:58.960 --> 00:34:02.599
now and I'm ready claw at him. Listen, Ariel, how about I

407
00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:07.839
take you to the food court and
buy you a coke? Chunker asks,

408
00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:15.079
and just like that, I'm not
even mad at him anymore, all right,

409
00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:19.920
I reply, Just as the security
guards are almost honest. Chunker raises

410
00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:22.840
his hand. It's okay. I'm
just taking my girlfriend to the food court.

411
00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:27.880
She's having a really bad day.
The guards look at each other,

412
00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:31.000
then one of them says to us, we've already got enough on our plates

413
00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:36.079
here with it being a Saturday in
December. Be respectable while you're here,

414
00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:40.639
got it? Yeah, we got
it. Chunker quickly agrees. We start

415
00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:45.440
walking away from the guards. You
don't make good on that coke, and

416
00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:50.199
I'm gonna claw your eyes out.
Then Carter's I tell him, on no

417
00:34:50.400 --> 00:35:04.639
uncertain terms, you're not safe yet. Weekly Spooky will be right back now.

418
00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:08.039
I shove Chunker, And how dare
you call me your girlfriend? Hey?

419
00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:13.920
The guards believed it, didn't they, Chunker stresses. Then I realize

420
00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:19.519
Chunker's holding my hand. You're skating
on very thin ice with me. The

421
00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:22.719
next thing I know where at Scotto's
pizza in the food court. Large coke,

422
00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:28.199
please, Chunker tells the cashier.
Before long, Chunker lets go of

423
00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:30.480
my hand and gives me the drink. I pop the top and drink that

424
00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:36.440
sweet, bubbly slice of heaven.
Then Horton gives me a weird look.

425
00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:40.079
Why do you like coke so much? I stop drinking and look at him.

426
00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:45.119
Because Mom never lets us have anything
other than diet soda at the house.

427
00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:51.400
That's why I'm always sneaking off to
drink the regular stuff or steal carters.

428
00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:54.920
I take a few more drinks and
look back at Chunker. Okay,

429
00:35:55.480 --> 00:36:00.519
I guess you get to live geez, Ariel. Not even so much as

430
00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:04.320
a thank you, Chunker says,
I look him in the eyes. Now,

431
00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:07.440
I think I'm going to call this
a respect offering. You Carter,

432
00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:13.800
Bill Chapman and this beanpole here have
yet to show me respect at my school.

433
00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:17.480
Chunker laughs a little. It ain't
your school. Now. I know.

434
00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:21.800
I can say we respect you as
a person, Ariel, but we're

435
00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:25.480
not gonna call you the Queen Bee. Horton raises his finger, and you're

436
00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:30.360
not going to order us around either. I look from one to the other,

437
00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:35.039
you two are going to know your
place at my school one way or

438
00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:39.960
another. Aeriel Renaissance mirror. A
voice side really rather not here today,

439
00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:45.760
calls out Chunker Horton, and I
turn and see both my mom and Aunt

440
00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:50.760
Margaret, and then my stomach drops
when I see my aunt has Steward in

441
00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:54.840
her arms. What do you want? I ask Mom? She points right

442
00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:59.639
at me. I want you to
always have your phone turned on. I

443
00:36:59.639 --> 00:37:04.639
should never be directed to your voicemail. Then she snatches up my coke and

444
00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:07.280
I told you you are never to
drink these. This is how you put

445
00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:10.679
on weight. Do I look like
I need to be on any kind of

446
00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:15.320
diet? I fire back. Now, Mom points to Chunker and Horton go

447
00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:21.559
away, but I turn and grab
both of their wrists. No, these

448
00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:24.840
two are my friends, so they're
staying with me. And then Aunt Margaret

449
00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:29.840
sets Stuart down right next to me. That's fine, the three of you

450
00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:32.119
can keep an eye on your cousin. Then she says, in the absolute

451
00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:37.400
most snooty voice I have ever heard
from a mirror. I shake my head.

452
00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:42.760
You are not sticking me with Stuart
again, Margaret, Why can't you

453
00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:46.119
keep that rotten goober with you.
Aunt Margaret looks like she's ready to rip

454
00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:51.000
into me. I'm ready to fight
back, but Mom's quick to get in

455
00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:55.159
my face. You will be watching
Stuart as of right now. Margaret and

456
00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:59.920
I have to go to Erie City
for an emergency meeting regarding my latest computer

457
00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:02.360
game. Will be gone the rest
of the weekend, so you will be

458
00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:09.320
keeping Stuart with you and watching him. Do you understand. That's when little

459
00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:15.280
Stuart gives me his mischievous look.
I look right at Aunt Margaret. I

460
00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:19.400
mean it, take your goober's son
to Erie City with you. I am

461
00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:23.159
not ever watching him again. All
he does is get me into all kinds

462
00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:29.440
of trouble. Aunt Margaret chuckles,
not my problem as of right now.

463
00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:37.039
Then she gives me a scornful wave
and sings Ta ta no. I scream

464
00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:42.079
behind them. I want to run
after them, but little Stuart's already running

465
00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:45.119
away from me. I growl and
turn to run after him. You stop

466
00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:51.199
right there, you little goober.
I can hear Stuart laughing. He really

467
00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:54.519
knows how to get under my skin
and he's only four years old. Stuart

468
00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:58.840
is moving through the crowds of people. I'm trying to get around them to

469
00:38:58.840 --> 00:39:01.960
get to my latest problem. Seriously, why do I always have to get

470
00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:07.199
stuck with Stuart? Mom and Aunt
Margaret both know he gets under my skin

471
00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:10.960
in the worst way, and they
don't care. Stuart continues to laugh as

472
00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:15.039
he keeps moving. I'm growling as
I keep trying to move around people to

473
00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:20.480
get to him. How can these
people not see that, goober? I'm

474
00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:23.519
almost on Stuart when some idiot crashes
into me and knocks me down. Watch

475
00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:28.880
where you're going, kid, I
hear the person say, Oh, now

476
00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:32.440
I'm really mad. I really focus
and get around all these shoppers. I'm

477
00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:37.199
almost on Stuart again. When I
finally grab a hold of him and lift

478
00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:40.599
him off the floor. He turns
and bashes me in the head with something

479
00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:45.679
that explodes all over me and gets
me wet. My eyes are burning right

480
00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:52.840
through Stuart. Now I hate you, you little eh. Lately it just

481
00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:57.719
never fails. Somehow he keeps managing
to douse me with pop. Stuart points

482
00:39:57.800 --> 00:40:00.800
right at me and laughs, his
evil little kid laugh. If you were

483
00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:05.800
in his terrible twos, I suppose
I could be more understanding, but he's

484
00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:09.480
four years old. I'm holding Stuart
right where I can look at him face

485
00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:14.639
to face, and I'm about to
find out that I've underestimated him again.

486
00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:19.840
The goober laughs his evil laugh again
and then spits a wat of gum right

487
00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:22.800
in my eye. I cry out
and almost drop him. He manages to

488
00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:27.719
slip out and climb down my body
to the floor. He's off and running

489
00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:31.840
again. Oh you you. I
really don't care who hears me as I

490
00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:37.599
belt out another one of my blood
curdling screams. I'm way beyond mad right

491
00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:40.280
now. When I stop, the
pain in my eye registers. As I'm

492
00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:45.280
holding my hand there, you better
go after your brother kid, Some idiot

493
00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:49.639
shopper tells me, I don't even
look at the person as I point their

494
00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:53.599
way. You can just shut up. So I'm chasing little Stewart around the

495
00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:57.599
mall again. He leads me right
to the end of the mall where the

496
00:40:57.639 --> 00:41:02.119
best Buy is, and then that's
when I see Carter and Mouse sitting at

497
00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:07.280
the fountain. My eye doesn't hurt
as much right now, but at least

498
00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:12.079
both of them are working to where
I can see Stuart running around the fountain

499
00:41:12.280 --> 00:41:15.519
and Carter pulling his smartphone out.
No doubt he's planning on recording me in

500
00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:22.400
my troubles with my goober cousin again. Don't you even Carter, I yell,

501
00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:25.000
I will kill you for sure,
and not think twice about it.

502
00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:30.239
Carter quickly gets up mouse is trying
to tell him not to do it.

503
00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:34.679
He's recording a new video. Now, hey, Princess, I think I'll

504
00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:39.199
call this one. Mal Santa tells
Princess Ariel she's been naughty and is chasing

505
00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:45.119
down one of his elves. I
tighten my fists and belt out another scream,

506
00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:49.480
which lasts much longer than the first
one. I'm not even aware that

507
00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:52.320
I'm running right at Carter when I'm
screaming. In fact, I can't hear

508
00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:58.000
much of anything, and all I'm
seeing is read when I crash right into

509
00:41:58.039 --> 00:42:07.679
Carter and take him right into the
fountain perspective, Madeline Donnerly, Oh man,

510
00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:12.039
you just knew something like this was
gonna happen. Carter and Ariel both

511
00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:15.280
splash right into the fountain just outside
of best Buy. I managed to catch

512
00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:20.239
Stuart and lift him up. He
laughs a real mean laugh and points right

513
00:42:20.280 --> 00:42:22.280
at Ariel. Ah, come on, why you gotta be so mean,

514
00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:27.800
little guy? I ask? Just
then Horton and Chunker show up and see

515
00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:31.360
Carter and Ariels splashing around in the
fountain. These two ain't even trying to

516
00:42:31.360 --> 00:42:36.280
get out. Ariel's grabbing at him
and throwing him into the water. Then

517
00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:38.679
she jumps on him. They both
go under the water again and come back

518
00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:44.400
up. Horton leans in, Hey, mal popos are coming this way,

519
00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:50.559
lots of them. Just stop.
Chunker yells, but Ariel and Chunker don't

520
00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:53.960
even hear him. They just keep
having their water fight. I'm gonna kill

521
00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:59.400
you, Carter cross. Ariel belts
out. Chunker reaches into the fountain to

522
00:42:59.400 --> 00:43:02.400
try and grab but she slips out
of his hands and jumps right at Carter

523
00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:07.679
again. Get off me, you
spoiled bratt. Carter belts back, and

524
00:43:07.719 --> 00:43:13.559
then I see Horton seeing a good
six security guards coming our way. But

525
00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:17.840
it's what Horton didn't see that's got
my tummy feeling like lead. When I

526
00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:22.199
see her coming with them, you
just know things are gonna be a whole

527
00:43:22.320 --> 00:43:28.800
next level of bad. Horton and
Chunker both see Harmony Mirran with them too,

528
00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:34.119
because they're yelling for Carter and Ariel
to stop. Oh man, I

529
00:43:34.199 --> 00:43:37.960
never knew feelings were this bad between
Carter and Ariel even I'm trying to tell

530
00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:42.519
him to stop and why, but
they just keep jumping on each other and

531
00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:46.239
throwing each other into the water.
Now we finally stop yelling at Carter and

532
00:43:46.280 --> 00:43:52.440
Ariel because it's too late, Harmony
Mirron and the guards are here. That's

533
00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:57.360
when I feel Stuart pull my beret
off my head. I quickly turned to

534
00:43:57.400 --> 00:44:00.039
the little guy and put it on
his head and keep it on if you

535
00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:06.400
behave Stuart laughs happily. Now guess
I ought to be so lucky. This

536
00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:09.559
little guy always minds me when he's
with me. Hopefully, I ain't assuming

537
00:44:09.639 --> 00:44:14.960
nothing when I say I think he
likes me. Harmony Miran don't even look

538
00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:17.800
mad. When the security guards grab
hold of Carter and Ariel and yank him

539
00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:22.519
out of the fountain, Water's just
dripping off them and all over the floor.

540
00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:27.360
Now why am I worried about Harmony
Mirrn. Not only is she the

541
00:44:27.360 --> 00:44:31.159
owner of this mall, she's also
one of the absolute meanest Mirrans I know.

542
00:44:32.159 --> 00:44:37.079
Harmony claps her hands together once,
I'm so happy you two love playing

543
00:44:37.119 --> 00:44:43.639
together in one of my fountains.
Then her fake happy tone quickly turns sour

544
00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:49.320
fast. Bring them to my office
yesterday, and before anybody can even so

545
00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:52.719
much as take a breath, Harmony
points right at the rest of us.

546
00:44:52.280 --> 00:44:59.960
I want them to bring all these
brats to my office. What Chunker protests,

547
00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:04.199
we were trying to stop him,
Lady, Harmony points right at him,

548
00:45:04.639 --> 00:45:08.519
Save it, fat stuff. A
security guard moves behind Chunker. Move

549
00:45:08.559 --> 00:45:13.880
it, kid, just as another
one's about to grab Horton. He raises

550
00:45:13.880 --> 00:45:16.119
his hands in front of him.
Okay, okay, I give up.

551
00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:22.199
I'm coming along quietly. Then,
Harmony Mirron points right at me. You

552
00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:27.400
too, Velma Dinkley, and bring
that little rugrat with you. Aw man.

553
00:45:27.920 --> 00:45:32.000
I mutter, Oh, I'm gonna
love explaining all this to mom and

554
00:45:32.119 --> 00:45:37.920
dad. I'm sure Harmony Miron's gonna
call the cops and have us all arrested.

555
00:45:37.639 --> 00:45:43.000
Yeah, Harmony's all nicey nice to
the customers, but you get caught

556
00:45:43.039 --> 00:45:47.519
doing something you shouldn't be doing in
her mall. Aw man. Yeah,

557
00:45:49.079 --> 00:45:55.320
this ain't gonna end well. Perspective, Brian Chunk, I keep telling the

558
00:45:55.400 --> 00:46:00.199
lady who owns this mall that Horton, Maddie and I were trying to break

559
00:46:00.280 --> 00:46:04.320
things up between Carter and Ariel.
She just keeps telling me to shut up

560
00:46:04.320 --> 00:46:08.280
and move. My guess is she's
gonna call her parents, no back up,

561
00:46:08.800 --> 00:46:14.320
She's gonna call the cops first,
then call our parents. I ain't

562
00:46:14.360 --> 00:46:17.039
worried about my own parents. All
I gotta do is just explain to them

563
00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:22.679
what happened and things should be okay. At my end, I'm more worried

564
00:46:22.679 --> 00:46:27.519
about Horton, though. I'm surprised
his mom's still letting him hang out with

565
00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:32.559
everybody, especially after we were gone
for a whole year, what with everything

566
00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:37.639
that happened with Abigail Tomlin's ghost.
Oh, Horton's mom wanted to keep him

567
00:46:37.639 --> 00:46:42.400
in the house forever and ever.
Once we all came back home after Maddie

568
00:46:42.400 --> 00:46:45.760
and her friend saved us and brought
us back to the Mortal realm Horton hardly

569
00:46:45.800 --> 00:46:50.679
ever gets confrontational, but he wasn't
gonna let his mom keep him away from

570
00:46:50.679 --> 00:46:53.480
the group. I'm wondering if she'll
make good on that, though, If

571
00:46:53.519 --> 00:47:00.599
Harmony Miron calls her up and tells
her just what happened everybody, he's watching

572
00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:04.039
the guards escort us to the other
end of the mall and down a side

573
00:47:04.079 --> 00:47:07.280
corridor. Next thing we know,
we're turning off and going past a set

574
00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:14.159
of restrooms and into the mall office. Harmony Miron shuts the door and locks

575
00:47:14.199 --> 00:47:19.039
it tight. Then she pulls these
drapes closed. Finally, she sits down

576
00:47:19.079 --> 00:47:23.079
at her desk. Her face is
so red. Now you just know she's

577
00:47:23.119 --> 00:47:29.320
as angry as all get out.
Harmony points to Ariel. First, believe

578
00:47:29.440 --> 00:47:32.920
me, I know you're my cousin. She points to Stewart, who's standing

579
00:47:32.960 --> 00:47:39.000
next to Maddie now and sows that
rotten brat. Now she glares at Ariel.

580
00:47:39.760 --> 00:47:44.159
But the fact that you too our
family, doesn't mean a single thing

581
00:47:44.239 --> 00:47:46.920
to me. In fact, I'm
going to pick up this phone and call

582
00:47:46.960 --> 00:47:51.719
the police and have them come get
all of you. She points to all

583
00:47:51.760 --> 00:47:54.400
of us as a whole. Now, too bad, none of you damaged

584
00:47:54.440 --> 00:47:59.960
anything in my mall, because I
really really want to press more severe charm

585
00:48:00.280 --> 00:48:04.199
is on all of you. Before
any of us can speak, she points

586
00:48:04.199 --> 00:48:07.519
sharply at all of us. Shut
up. You do not speak unless I

587
00:48:07.599 --> 00:48:13.559
say so, and I did not
say so. She clasps her hands together

588
00:48:13.639 --> 00:48:17.800
now and smirks, Oh, yes, all of you rotten brats belong to

589
00:48:17.960 --> 00:48:22.679
me. Now, She unclasps her
hands and picks up the phone. She's

590
00:48:22.719 --> 00:48:29.119
about to punch the number for the
police when she hangs up. Her smile's

591
00:48:29.199 --> 00:48:35.079
really making me feel uneasy right now. I suppose I should actually be thanking

592
00:48:35.480 --> 00:48:38.719
all of you from the bottom of
my heart that you created a disturbance in

593
00:48:38.760 --> 00:48:45.480
my mall today, she says softly. In case you haven't noticed, the

594
00:48:45.559 --> 00:48:50.599
mall doesn't look all jolly for the
holiday season like it's supposed to. Oh,

595
00:48:50.639 --> 00:48:53.679
there are a select few things up
and about, like Santa's House,

596
00:48:53.960 --> 00:49:00.360
a few scenes, and even some
of the Christmas hangings. However, there's

597
00:49:00.400 --> 00:49:06.960
still plenty more to do here to
make my mall a winter wonderland. Now,

598
00:49:06.960 --> 00:49:12.639
she's smiling really sweet. Yeah,
she's that scary. I think I'm

599
00:49:12.639 --> 00:49:16.320
willing to cut you brats some slack
this time, she chuckles. Now,

600
00:49:16.760 --> 00:49:21.559
but in no way am I letting
you off the hook. Oh no,

601
00:49:22.079 --> 00:49:25.440
In fact, I see my Christmas
decorations crew right here in front of me.

602
00:49:27.119 --> 00:49:30.480
It's very simple, really, You
brats get to work the rest of

603
00:49:30.519 --> 00:49:35.719
the day and all night finishing up
with the Christmas decorations. There are several

604
00:49:35.800 --> 00:49:40.440
Christmas trees that have to be placed
at precise locations throughout my mall. There

605
00:49:40.440 --> 00:49:45.960
are even some scenes that have to
be finished now before you decide you're not

606
00:49:45.159 --> 00:49:51.559
going to cooperate. That's fine.
Harmony puts her elbows on the desk and

607
00:49:51.599 --> 00:49:54.400
puts her chin on her fists.
I can pick up the phone again,

608
00:49:54.920 --> 00:50:00.559
call the police, and have them
charge you accordingly. Believe me when I

609
00:50:00.639 --> 00:50:05.559
say how much I love watching the
police arrest brats who think they can run

610
00:50:05.679 --> 00:50:09.320
rampant in my mall. I've already
had more than I can count on two

611
00:50:09.400 --> 00:50:15.280
hands arrested just this week. If
I have to have you brats arrested,

612
00:50:15.639 --> 00:50:19.440
then I'm pretty sure it'll be more
than I can count on my hands and

613
00:50:19.599 --> 00:50:24.199
feet. Your choice. When none
of us answer, she tells us,

614
00:50:24.639 --> 00:50:31.840
oh, you may speak now.
You're not safe yet. Weekly Spooky will

615
00:50:31.880 --> 00:50:45.239
be right back. It wasn't,
Horton starts. Harmony points right at him.

616
00:50:45.480 --> 00:50:47.440
Save it, wimp. No,
you, the fat kid and the

617
00:50:47.480 --> 00:50:52.480
mouseie girl weren't fighting. I'm so
sure you were trying your absolute best to

618
00:50:52.519 --> 00:50:58.599
stop your two friends from fighting in
the fountain, weren't you. Harmony shoots

619
00:50:58.679 --> 00:51:01.360
up to her feet quickly. But
you didn't stop it, did you,

620
00:51:02.199 --> 00:51:07.000
She calms down. Now, the
way I'm seeing it, you're all part

621
00:51:07.079 --> 00:51:13.000
of the same group. This means
you're all guilty as charged. End of

622
00:51:13.159 --> 00:51:16.320
discussion. Now you have to make
a choice. All I want to hear

623
00:51:16.360 --> 00:51:21.239
from the five of you is either
you're going to finish with the Christmas decorations

624
00:51:21.639 --> 00:51:23.559
or you're not going to help,
and I can pick up the phone.

625
00:51:24.039 --> 00:51:30.440
That's it. Having said that,
choices, what about this little guy,

626
00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:37.039
Maddie asks her, pointing to Steward. What about him? Harmony snaps,

627
00:51:37.679 --> 00:51:40.360
If you can call somebody to come
and get him, then okay. Otherwise

628
00:51:40.400 --> 00:51:44.039
you brats had better keep an eye
on him if he stays with you all

629
00:51:44.159 --> 00:51:50.559
night. Can we talk about it
amongst ourselves, Horton asks, Harmony laughs

630
00:51:50.599 --> 00:51:54.960
scornfully. You do not get to
make requests, tent Pole. I will

631
00:51:55.000 --> 00:52:00.760
not ask you brats again, your
choices. Now you all know we're going

632
00:52:00.840 --> 00:52:06.000
to choose to stay and put up
the rest of the decorations. Splendid,

633
00:52:06.400 --> 00:52:10.679
Harmony cries with glee. That's the
choice I would have picked myself. And

634
00:52:10.800 --> 00:52:16.239
now Harmony explains what all we're supposed
to do. She says that since she

635
00:52:16.360 --> 00:52:21.800
doesn't trust us, she herself will
be supervising us to make sure we do

636
00:52:21.920 --> 00:52:25.599
the job on her level. Turns
out her baby as being watched by her

637
00:52:25.639 --> 00:52:30.679
other family members, so she doesn't
have to worry about getting back to her

638
00:52:30.760 --> 00:52:36.840
right away. When she finishes explaining
everything, she smiles her devilish smile again.

639
00:52:37.599 --> 00:52:42.280
I'm going to have so much fun
with all of you, Harmony warns

640
00:52:42.360 --> 00:52:45.639
us. Also, if any of
you are slacking off or sleeping on the

641
00:52:45.760 --> 00:52:52.480
job, I call the police.
Don't worry. I'm not a totally unfeeling

642
00:52:52.559 --> 00:52:55.760
person. I'll give you all a
little break at every hour. I'll even

643
00:52:55.840 --> 00:53:00.639
let you have free soft drinks from
the food court and fee you when it's

644
00:53:00.719 --> 00:53:05.440
time for meal breaks. And if
the decorations aren't finished before the morning,

645
00:53:06.079 --> 00:53:12.199
then I call the police. Harmony
points at Ariel and Carter. I suppose

646
00:53:12.239 --> 00:53:15.679
we really should get you to some
dry clothes. I'll get you to some

647
00:53:15.880 --> 00:53:22.480
overalls to change into while we dry
your clothes. She raises her finger quickly.

648
00:53:22.000 --> 00:53:27.159
Those of you who have smartphones,
call your parents right now and tell

649
00:53:27.199 --> 00:53:30.719
them you're spending the night here.
When you're done, your phones get locked

650
00:53:30.760 --> 00:53:36.920
in this drawer until morning. You're
here to work, not play. We're

651
00:53:36.960 --> 00:53:39.360
all looking at each other now.
I don't know about the others, but

652
00:53:39.440 --> 00:53:45.719
I get the feeling we're in for
a very long rest of the day and

653
00:53:45.000 --> 00:53:53.480
all night perspective. Richie Horton the
others are quickly noticing that I'm actually not

654
00:53:53.639 --> 00:53:59.719
minding being here so much. Even
Harmony mirror e barking orders at us isn't

655
00:53:59.760 --> 00:54:04.440
really bothering me. We've been working
together at going around the mall and hanging

656
00:54:04.480 --> 00:54:08.480
things from giant Christmas ornaments to draping
tinsel to even bright and colorful lights.

657
00:54:09.000 --> 00:54:14.480
Since the mall's still open, people
are seeing us slowly but surely making our

658
00:54:14.519 --> 00:54:17.599
way across. We started at J. C. Penny and are expected to

659
00:54:17.760 --> 00:54:22.480
end over by Best Buy. Harmony
Miron has been keeping a watchful eye on

660
00:54:22.599 --> 00:54:27.840
all of us. Even Maddie's got
little Stuart helping her out with putting the

661
00:54:27.880 --> 00:54:32.199
animatronic scenes together. In fact,
it was Ariel who advised Harmony that it

662
00:54:32.239 --> 00:54:37.000
would be a good idea to let
Stuart stay with Maddie to keep him out

663
00:54:37.000 --> 00:54:42.000
of trouble. When Harmony sees how
Maddie's kind of playing with him to keep

664
00:54:42.039 --> 00:54:45.920
him occupied, she starts yelling at
her. Ariel quickly comes over to Maddie.

665
00:54:46.519 --> 00:54:51.480
If I were you, Harmony,
I'd leave Mouse alone. Believe me,

666
00:54:51.639 --> 00:54:54.559
you want her keeping Stuart the way
he is. But if you insist

667
00:54:54.679 --> 00:54:59.599
on being all high and mighty,
go ahead and keep getting on Mouse.

668
00:55:00.079 --> 00:55:04.960
When Stuart starts running around your mall
and getting into everything, don't expect us

669
00:55:05.039 --> 00:55:09.639
to stop him. Harmony points right
at Maddie. Fine, Ariel, she

670
00:55:09.760 --> 00:55:15.480
can entertain the kid. Then she
says to Maddie, don't go too far

671
00:55:15.599 --> 00:55:20.280
out of my sight. I may
need you to be my gopher. Maddie

672
00:55:20.320 --> 00:55:23.519
keeps entertaining Stuart. Come to think
of it, this isn't the first time

673
00:55:23.559 --> 00:55:28.320
we've seen Maddie playing with him.
He doesn't seem to like the rest of

674
00:55:28.400 --> 00:55:31.679
us, especially Ariel. He really
seems to like Maddie, though. He

675
00:55:31.719 --> 00:55:36.320
even does what she tells him and
doesn't get poudy with her about it.

676
00:55:37.039 --> 00:55:40.880
I also recall he's never once said
a single word at four years old.

677
00:55:40.920 --> 00:55:45.480
I'm sure he can talk, he
just doesn't talk unless he has something to

678
00:55:45.519 --> 00:55:50.800
say, probably to his mom.
Harmony doesn't seem to mind us talking to

679
00:55:50.840 --> 00:55:54.000
each other as long as we're working
right now, I'm helping Ariel with hanging

680
00:55:54.039 --> 00:55:59.480
more tinsel on the ceiling. Chunker's
working on getting the rest of another animatronic

681
00:55:59.559 --> 00:56:02.760
scene together. Carter's putting up some
more of the Christmas trees that were found

682
00:56:02.800 --> 00:56:07.800
in storage. I think Carter and
Ariel both look quite obvious in their navy

683
00:56:07.800 --> 00:56:13.960
blue overalls. Every now and then
I see them giving each other mean looks.

684
00:56:14.599 --> 00:56:17.440
When we're at Strickfield Junior High,
nearly everybody's quick to step aside for

685
00:56:17.519 --> 00:56:22.000
Ariel, even the eighth graders.
When it's said that she's the Queen Bee.

686
00:56:22.039 --> 00:56:27.320
It doesn't mean that she literally rules
the school. It's just it means

687
00:56:27.400 --> 00:56:30.880
she's the most popular girl there.
When she does tell somebody to do something,

688
00:56:31.559 --> 00:56:37.159
they do it. When I said
nearly everybody, the exception is Carter,

689
00:56:37.519 --> 00:56:42.000
Chapman, Chunker and me, And
lately it seems Mona Abeles and Bailey

690
00:56:42.039 --> 00:56:45.360
Downs, the other two girls in
our group, aren't so quick to do

691
00:56:45.440 --> 00:56:49.320
what she wants. These days,
we keep working on into the evening and

692
00:56:49.400 --> 00:56:52.639
right up until closing. We're nearly
halfway through the mall when ten o'clock rolls

693
00:56:52.639 --> 00:56:58.079
around. We've really put up a
lot of decorations since we have to finish

694
00:56:58.159 --> 00:57:00.559
the rest of the mall. That
means we've got a lot more. Believe

695
00:57:00.599 --> 00:57:05.119
me when I say Harmony hasn't taken
her eyes off us for so much as

696
00:57:05.159 --> 00:57:08.039
a second. Even when she was
looking at her phone, she was still

697
00:57:08.079 --> 00:57:13.199
watching us. When Carter and Ariel
started sneering at each other a few hours

698
00:57:13.239 --> 00:57:16.360
ago, Harmony told them to get
back to work. Maddie and Stuart are

699
00:57:16.400 --> 00:57:21.800
back with sodas on a tray for
everybody. She goes around and hands everybody

700
00:57:21.800 --> 00:57:25.679
one. I'm surprised Maddie's been able
to keep Stewart occupied for as long as

701
00:57:25.719 --> 00:57:30.440
she has. When Ariel tried to
tell him to do something a moment ago,

702
00:57:30.880 --> 00:57:34.880
he nearly threw his soda at her. Maddie stopped him and told him

703
00:57:34.880 --> 00:57:39.480
he'd get thirsty later again. He
listened to her. Harmony, lets us

704
00:57:39.519 --> 00:57:44.519
take a break to enjoy our sodas. When you finish your break, get

705
00:57:44.599 --> 00:57:47.719
some more Christmas decorations out and keep
going. I'm going to take Madeline and

706
00:57:47.760 --> 00:57:52.920
Stuart with me and make sure the
entrances are locked up tight. She points

707
00:57:52.960 --> 00:57:57.519
sharply at the others. And if
I come back and see you're slacking off,

708
00:57:58.159 --> 00:58:00.760
Harmony gets on her golf cart,
letting Maddie and Stuart sit up front

709
00:58:00.760 --> 00:58:06.440
with her. Then they take off
to go check the entrances. Like I

710
00:58:06.519 --> 00:58:10.000
figured, Ariel and Carter start going
at each other again. I hate you,

711
00:58:10.159 --> 00:58:15.119
Carter, she snaps. He points
right at her. Hey, I

712
00:58:15.320 --> 00:58:17.480
wasn't the one who wanted to fight
in one of them all fountains. That

713
00:58:17.800 --> 00:58:22.079
was all you. She gets up
and goes right to him. Because you

714
00:58:22.239 --> 00:58:25.679
have to fill me and the goober
on your phone and post it on social

715
00:58:25.760 --> 00:58:30.599
media, letting everyone make fun of
me because you keep trying to order me

716
00:58:30.719 --> 00:58:35.880
around at school, he fires back. Even when we're not in school,

717
00:58:36.039 --> 00:58:38.159
you always try to make me do
things I don't want to do. You

718
00:58:38.199 --> 00:58:42.719
even drink up my sodas. I
get that you're filthy rich and your family

719
00:58:42.760 --> 00:58:45.239
owns all of Strickfield Commons now,
but that don't mean you get to order

720
00:58:45.360 --> 00:58:53.920
us around my school. Ariel growls. That means I run it. Carter

721
00:58:54.039 --> 00:58:58.599
stands up. Now. He and
Ariel are looking each other in the eyes.

722
00:58:59.199 --> 00:59:02.559
You'd swear they're getting ready to throw
down again, except Chunker comes in

723
00:59:02.599 --> 00:59:07.960
between them. That's enough, you
guys, he tells them. If Harmony

724
00:59:07.000 --> 00:59:10.679
comes back here and sees you two
fighting again. There's no telling what she's

725
00:59:10.719 --> 00:59:15.239
gonna do. Ariel points right at
him. You keep out of this.

726
00:59:16.039 --> 00:59:21.159
Chunker turns and looks at her.
No, it's all because of you two

727
00:59:21.239 --> 00:59:23.679
fighting that we're in this mess.
I really don't know what you're trying to

728
00:59:23.760 --> 00:59:28.239
prove with saying you run our school. What are you trying to be a

729
00:59:28.239 --> 00:59:31.400
bully? Because that's how I'm seeing
you, Ariel. Maybe that's why we

730
00:59:31.480 --> 00:59:36.039
scoff at you when you tell us
to know our place at school. I'm

731
00:59:36.159 --> 00:59:39.440
just saying. Chunker turns away from
her and sits back down to drink his

732
00:59:39.519 --> 00:59:44.880
soda. Boy, Chunker sure took
the wind out of her sails. I

733
00:59:44.920 --> 00:59:49.719
mean, she looks pretty sad right
now. Then she turns and runs away.

734
00:59:50.639 --> 00:59:53.719
Hey, Princess Harmony's gonna be back
in a little bit, Carter calls

735
00:59:53.760 --> 00:59:58.960
out to her, but Ariel doesn't
look back. I look over at Chunker.

736
00:59:59.679 --> 01:00:04.000
Hey, somebody needed to set her
straight, he tells me. Then

737
01:00:04.079 --> 01:00:09.079
he gets up. Fine, I'll
go talk to her again. He gets

738
01:00:09.159 --> 01:00:19.199
up and starts walking in her direction. Perspective Ariel, mirrn. I finally

739
01:00:19.199 --> 01:00:22.960
stop running when I get to a
far corner of the food court and hide

740
01:00:22.000 --> 01:00:28.599
out of sight. I sit down
and start crying. I thought I was

741
01:00:28.639 --> 01:00:32.679
really alone, but then I feel
someone's there. I look up and see

742
01:00:32.760 --> 01:00:37.480
Chunker. What do you want?
I snap? Did you follow me to

743
01:00:37.519 --> 01:00:43.239
see me at my worst? And
gloat? Chunker sits down across from me.

744
01:00:43.880 --> 01:00:49.599
Hey, I wasn't trying to cut
you down, Ariel, but really,

745
01:00:50.280 --> 01:00:52.840
how do you think people at school
see you? You know, being

746
01:00:52.880 --> 01:00:57.920
the most popular girl at our school
doesn't mean telling people what to do.

747
01:01:00.199 --> 01:01:02.599
What do you expect me to do? Then? I ask, I'm Ariel

748
01:01:02.719 --> 01:01:07.480
Mirrn. Do you have any idea
what that means? No, you don't.

749
01:01:07.880 --> 01:01:10.599
You don't know what kind of expectations
Mom has for me. Aside from

750
01:01:10.599 --> 01:01:15.840
making sure I'm always there when Aunt
Margaret wants me to take care of Stuart.

751
01:01:15.280 --> 01:01:19.159
Not only do I have to keep
that little goober out of trouble all

752
01:01:19.199 --> 01:01:22.599
the time, but Mom expects me
to be a dominant in our family.

753
01:01:22.320 --> 01:01:28.239
She's expecting me to be homecoming and
prom queens when we get to high school,

754
01:01:28.800 --> 01:01:32.239
the same as she did. Mom
ruled her school with power, so

755
01:01:32.280 --> 01:01:36.960
she expects me to do the same. What do you want to do,

756
01:01:37.599 --> 01:01:42.679
he asks. I wipe away tears
with the back of my hands. I

757
01:01:42.719 --> 01:01:45.599
don't know. I do know.
I'm tired of always trying to please mom

758
01:01:46.079 --> 01:01:51.000
when I know she'll never be pleased. You're not a Mirran. You'll never

759
01:01:51.079 --> 01:01:57.119
know what it's like to have lots
of expectations placed on you. Chunker smiles

760
01:01:57.159 --> 01:02:00.320
a little. Hey, didn't you
stand up to your mom on Halloween night?

761
01:02:01.000 --> 01:02:06.239
Maddie was telling us about it shortly
after you guys saved all of us

762
01:02:06.320 --> 01:02:09.679
from Abigail Tomlin that night. If
you don't want to live by your mom's

763
01:02:09.679 --> 01:02:15.000
expectations, then tell her that you're
supposed to be a dominant Miran. Right,

764
01:02:15.559 --> 01:02:22.960
then be a dominant Miran. But
be your dominant Miran now. I

765
01:02:22.079 --> 01:02:28.760
smile at him. You're right,
I sigh. I'll share something with you.

766
01:02:30.639 --> 01:02:34.880
Sometimes. I wish I wasn't a
Mirran. If it wasn't for my

767
01:02:35.000 --> 01:02:38.639
girls, including Mouse, I think
I'd have lost my mind A long time

768
01:02:38.679 --> 01:02:45.440
ago. I take his hands,
thank you. Before Chunker can reply back,

769
01:02:45.519 --> 01:02:52.559
we both realize we're not alone.
At first, we're thinking harmony found

770
01:02:52.599 --> 01:03:00.199
us, but it's some other woman. She looks huge her height. I'm

771
01:03:00.239 --> 01:03:04.000
thinking She's at least seven feet tall, which would explain why the clothes she's

772
01:03:04.039 --> 01:03:07.280
wearing look like summer clothes. She
has on a T shirt that looks torn

773
01:03:07.320 --> 01:03:13.639
at the sleeves and jeans that could
pass for capris. She's also barefoot.

774
01:03:13.719 --> 01:03:16.920
But what's really scaring the both of
us right now is that her skin looks

775
01:03:17.639 --> 01:03:22.679
chalk white and her eyes are glowing
bright red. We both scream when she

776
01:03:22.800 --> 01:03:28.599
shows us her clawed hands and the
glistening fangs in her mouth. We get

777
01:03:28.719 --> 01:03:32.519
up and run for it. Help, Chunker calls out, Ariels, she's

778
01:03:32.559 --> 01:03:37.360
got me. I turn and see
that woman. I think she's a vampire,

779
01:03:37.639 --> 01:03:42.440
pulling Chunker into one of the double
doors beside the pizza place. I

780
01:03:42.559 --> 01:03:45.840
duck fast when she throws a big
trash can at me with one hand.

781
01:03:45.800 --> 01:03:50.599
I'll get help, I call out
to Chunker. Then I turn and start

782
01:03:50.679 --> 01:03:55.440
running back to where the others are. Perspective, Brian, Chunk, I'm

783
01:03:55.440 --> 01:04:00.239
trying to break free of this woman
who's holding onto me. But she he's

784
01:04:00.320 --> 01:04:03.639
really strong. If she really is
a vampire, I'm gonna be in real

785
01:04:03.800 --> 01:04:11.199
big trouble here. Let go of
me, I yell help the vampire woman

786
01:04:11.280 --> 01:04:15.599
growls as she keeps dragging me along. Soon she opens one of the doors

787
01:04:15.679 --> 01:04:18.320
leading to the basement level. I
remember we had to go down there to

788
01:04:18.360 --> 01:04:23.679
get some of the Christmas decorations.
There's also a parking garage under a part

789
01:04:23.679 --> 01:04:28.159
of them all itself. Now the
big vampire's picking me up and carrying me

790
01:04:28.239 --> 01:04:32.440
downstairs under one arm. I know
I ain't no lightweight, but she's carrying

791
01:04:32.480 --> 01:04:36.719
me like I am one. I
keep calling out for help. I just

792
01:04:36.760 --> 01:04:42.440
hope Ariel tells the others what's going
on before I end up becoming food for

793
01:04:42.480 --> 01:04:47.800
this thing. Looh, or she
makes me into something like her. Then

794
01:04:47.840 --> 01:04:54.559
I remember I was already not alive
once before that time when Abigail Tomlin brought

795
01:04:54.599 --> 01:05:00.440
Chapman, Horton and me to the
Afterlife a year ago last Halloween. No

796
01:05:00.599 --> 01:05:03.960
way I was letting this giant woman
turn me into a vampire. Seeing the

797
01:05:03.960 --> 01:05:08.760
woman's bare foot, I raise my
shoe and stomp down on one of her

798
01:05:08.800 --> 01:05:13.639
feet. She growls and stops.
That's when I break loose and run.

799
01:05:14.119 --> 01:05:16.719
The woman screams now. I don't
even look over my shoulder. I know

800
01:05:16.880 --> 01:05:20.280
she's after me. I just know
I gotta get out of here and get

801
01:05:20.320 --> 01:05:26.079
back upstairs to the others, Hopefully
Ariels warn them already, for all I

802
01:05:26.119 --> 01:05:29.239
know, they're probably on their way
out of the mall. I'm turning the

803
01:05:29.320 --> 01:05:33.840
corner to open the door to get
back upstairs. What I quickly yell that

804
01:05:34.000 --> 01:05:42.159
giant vampire woman is is right in
front of me. Then I remember vampires

805
01:05:42.199 --> 01:05:45.039
can literally warp right in front of
you. I quickly slam the door and

806
01:05:45.119 --> 01:05:48.960
run to another. Now I hear
the vampire woman knock the door away and

807
01:05:49.039 --> 01:05:55.079
come out. She screams again,
which really sends shivers down my spine.

808
01:05:56.159 --> 01:05:59.840
I run to the upward ramp and
start making my way up. I hear

809
01:05:59.880 --> 01:06:03.800
the giant vampire scream again. It'd
be one thing if she hissed or even

810
01:06:03.840 --> 01:06:09.960
went bleah blah or something, but
screaming like Ariel mirror when she's mad.

811
01:06:10.639 --> 01:06:15.239
Even hearing Ariel scream sends shivers down
my spine. But she ain't a giant

812
01:06:15.320 --> 01:06:18.960
vampire woman. When I'm about to
reach the top of the ramp, I

813
01:06:19.079 --> 01:06:24.599
quickly stop when I see she's right
there. She looks right at me,

814
01:06:25.280 --> 01:06:40.320
and and and I feel feel her
eyes. I can't move, I can't

815
01:06:41.360 --> 01:06:54.119
can't run. The last last.
It's glam Then I think I'm she's lifting

816
01:06:54.280 --> 01:07:01.840
me on her shoulders, can't move. You're not safe yet, weekly Spooky

817
01:07:01.920 --> 01:07:14.639
will be right back. Perspective,
Madeline Donnery. I thought it'd be hard

818
01:07:14.679 --> 01:07:17.519
trying to keep Stuart occupied all day. In fact, he's sitting on my

819
01:07:17.599 --> 01:07:21.800
lap right now. He points at
the Christmas displays and is all happy and

820
01:07:21.880 --> 01:07:27.360
laughing. Stuart helped me put all
of them together. All I had to

821
01:07:27.360 --> 01:07:29.719
do was point to what I wanted, and he brought it to me.

822
01:07:30.440 --> 01:07:34.320
Harmony's just now bringing us back after
making sure all the entrances are locked up

823
01:07:34.360 --> 01:07:39.840
tight. That's when we're seeing Ariel
running out of the food court to the

824
01:07:39.880 --> 01:07:45.119
others help. She's shrieking help.
The others are looking at her. Now.

825
01:07:45.519 --> 01:07:48.679
I can tell you Harmony ain't too
happy when she pulls the golf cart

826
01:07:48.760 --> 01:07:54.079
right up by her. There is
no reason whatsoever for you to be carrying

827
01:07:54.119 --> 01:07:59.719
on Ariel. Harmony snaps, there's
a giant vampire woman. She tells all

828
01:07:59.760 --> 01:08:03.480
of us she got Chunker. Then
she tells us what happened in the food

829
01:08:03.480 --> 01:08:08.400
court. I'm not making any of
this up, I swear, but I

830
01:08:08.440 --> 01:08:12.360
can tell Carter ain't believe in her. Suddenly, Ariel comes over to me.

831
01:08:13.039 --> 01:08:16.399
She takes my wrist and locks her
little finger with mine. Pinky promise.

832
01:08:17.319 --> 01:08:21.279
I'm giving Ariel my most serious look. Right now. You say it's

833
01:08:21.279 --> 01:08:26.920
a vampire. Now, Harmony grabs
my arm. None of you brats are

834
01:08:27.000 --> 01:08:30.239
leaving this mall until all the Christmas
decorations are put up. You understand me,

835
01:08:30.680 --> 01:08:35.399
none of you. I shake Harmony
off me. If Ariel says Chunker's

836
01:08:35.439 --> 01:08:40.239
in trouble, then I'm gonna go
help find my friend. I lift Stuart

837
01:08:40.319 --> 01:08:43.880
up and quickly get off the cart. I'm leaving this little guy here with

838
01:08:43.960 --> 01:08:45.640
you. You got a baby,
right so you ought to know what to

839
01:08:45.680 --> 01:08:50.239
do with Stuart. You stop right
there, Harmony yells. I did not

840
01:08:50.439 --> 01:08:54.880
excuse any of you. I mean
it. I'll call the police and have

841
01:08:54.960 --> 01:08:59.279
them here right now. Now.
I see Horton pointing and gasping. Fast,

842
01:09:00.000 --> 01:09:01.159
Matty, Matty, many, Matty, Matty, Maddy, Maddie.

843
01:09:01.520 --> 01:09:06.359
We're all looking where Horton's pointing.
Now Ariel's joining Horton. That's her.

844
01:09:06.560 --> 01:09:13.039
That's the big vampire woman who took
Chunker. You, Harmony yells at her.

845
01:09:13.560 --> 01:09:19.479
I turned to her. You know
that vampire woman, Harmony. That's

846
01:09:19.560 --> 01:09:25.159
the thing that trashed my maul and
attacked my security guards on Christmas Eve two

847
01:09:25.279 --> 01:09:30.720
years ago. Harmony shrieks, I
could never forget that face, that hair,

848
01:09:30.920 --> 01:09:35.000
or those eyes. That vampire woman
looks like she's got a good seven

849
01:09:35.039 --> 01:09:39.800
feet of height. Her red eyes
are glowing bright even in the dark.

850
01:09:40.319 --> 01:09:45.800
She tightens her fists and screams.
That's when Harmony turns her cart and drives

851
01:09:45.840 --> 01:09:50.800
off. Wow, Harmony really drove
off and left us here. Horton says,

852
01:09:51.680 --> 01:09:57.039
that's a mirror for you. Carter
mutters, hey. Ariel yells at

853
01:09:57.119 --> 01:10:00.960
him. Then she slaps his shoulder. I'm standing right here, you bump

854
01:10:00.000 --> 01:10:03.560
us. Carter looks kind of ready
to stick his foot in his mouth.

855
01:10:04.000 --> 01:10:10.159
That vampire woman moves really fast because
she's almost right on us. Scatter,

856
01:10:10.720 --> 01:10:15.640
Ariel yells. Carter quickly takes Ariel's
hand as they run one way. Horton

857
01:10:15.680 --> 01:10:18.640
turns and runs another way. Then
I feel little Stuart pulling on my pants

858
01:10:18.680 --> 01:10:23.840
pocket. I picked the little guy
up and run in another direction. Wait

859
01:10:23.880 --> 01:10:28.199
for me, I hear Horton yelling. Guess he reconsidered which way he was

860
01:10:28.239 --> 01:10:31.000
going. Turns out I ain't gotta
wait for Horton. He's running so fast

861
01:10:31.039 --> 01:10:35.039
his shoes are squeaking on the floor. I gotta quickly stop and put Stuart

862
01:10:35.079 --> 01:10:40.239
down. Then I squat, get
on my back. Little buddy. Stuart

863
01:10:40.239 --> 01:10:44.279
again listens to me and climbs on. I lift myself up so Horton and

864
01:10:44.359 --> 01:10:47.159
me can run again. Much easier
to carry Stuart on my back than trying

865
01:10:47.159 --> 01:10:51.479
to hold him. Can you see
her, Maddie, Horton asks. Suddenly,

866
01:10:51.520 --> 01:10:55.600
the vampire woman appears right in front
of us when she comes out of

867
01:10:55.600 --> 01:10:59.760
one of those side corridors, making
us both scream. Never mind forget,

868
01:10:59.840 --> 01:11:03.039
I asked, Horton shrieks. When
we turn around. What's real funny right

869
01:11:03.079 --> 01:11:08.119
now? Is that little Stewart is
laughing it up? Yeah, I'm glad

870
01:11:08.119 --> 01:11:12.039
you're having fun, little buddy.
Hang on, Horton and me scream when

871
01:11:12.079 --> 01:11:15.039
we hear the vampire lady shout.
Then we round a few of the kiosks

872
01:11:15.039 --> 01:11:18.600
and head into the food court.
Why are we running this way, Maddie,

873
01:11:18.760 --> 01:11:23.960
Horton asks, we gotta find Chunker. I tell him they both came

874
01:11:24.039 --> 01:11:28.319
this way. What's really bad is
I ain't even got time to try and

875
01:11:28.359 --> 01:11:31.439
find a mirror to summon Mary Worth
to come and help us. Oh man,

876
01:11:31.600 --> 01:11:36.159
where'd that giant vampire lady come from? I'm almost thinking Lady dimitri Su

877
01:11:36.479 --> 01:11:41.920
escaped from Resident Evil Village. When
we're about to turn another corner, we're

878
01:11:41.920 --> 01:11:45.960
both screaming again. When the giant
vampire lady has her hands on our shoulders,

879
01:11:45.520 --> 01:11:50.960
she's flying. Horton shrieks down.
I yell. We both fall on

880
01:11:51.000 --> 01:11:55.920
our bellies and let the vampire lady
fly right over us. We quickly get

881
01:11:55.960 --> 01:12:00.479
back up, glad. Little Stewart
doesn't weigh much. The vampire lady lands

882
01:12:00.479 --> 01:12:06.199
and points right at us. Now, my children, Wow, she don't

883
01:12:06.239 --> 01:12:12.279
sound nothing like Lady Demetrisu. Her
voice actually echoes, and her face looks

884
01:12:12.359 --> 01:12:15.640
like the original Fright Night poster boy. Do Horton and me ever scream?

885
01:12:16.159 --> 01:12:20.000
I remember telling Ariel Mirror to give
me something to be scared about just after

886
01:12:20.039 --> 01:12:24.960
we started junior High. If she's
seeing me right now, she ain't never

887
01:12:25.000 --> 01:12:28.560
gonna let me live this down.
Then I stop screaming. When I hear

888
01:12:28.600 --> 01:12:34.640
Little Stewart laughing again. Oh you
think this is funny? I ask him.

889
01:12:34.920 --> 01:12:44.079
The vampire lady licks her long glistening
fangs. My children. Horton and

890
01:12:44.119 --> 01:12:47.239
me both scream again and run for
all we're worth. We run out of

891
01:12:47.279 --> 01:12:50.399
the food court and down toward J. C. Penny. We're hearing that

892
01:12:50.520 --> 01:12:57.720
vampire lady's screaming as she's flying after
us again, really sharp claws outstretched.

893
01:12:58.279 --> 01:13:01.119
Hey, as long as Stuart's life
laughing, then him being scared is one

894
01:13:01.119 --> 01:13:04.880
problem we ain't gotta worry about.
We turn a corner and see an suv

895
01:13:05.000 --> 01:13:10.880
that's being raffled off parked. I
can't run much longer, Horton pants,

896
01:13:11.199 --> 01:13:15.600
Hey, that vehicle's got mirrors.
I can call Mary worth. I never

897
01:13:15.640 --> 01:13:19.119
thought I'd ever be so glad.
I'm possessed by the spirit of a white

898
01:13:19.119 --> 01:13:23.760
witch from the time of the Salem
Witch Trials. But just as we reach

899
01:13:23.840 --> 01:13:29.039
the suv, it suddenly comes off
the floor, the giant vampire ladies lifting

900
01:13:29.119 --> 01:13:35.000
it right above her head. No
escape, she growls, No way.

901
01:13:35.520 --> 01:13:41.640
Horton squeaks, yes way. I
squeak back, and then I see the

902
01:13:41.680 --> 01:13:45.800
bikes. Carter and me rode here
just outside. The only way Horton and

903
01:13:45.840 --> 01:13:49.840
me can use him is to I
got an idea. Horton. At first,

904
01:13:49.920 --> 01:13:54.039
I think about hand and Stewart off
to Horton. But I ain't sure

905
01:13:54.039 --> 01:13:57.880
how he'll behave with him. Nah, I gotta keep this little guy with

906
01:13:57.960 --> 01:14:00.920
me. Hang on, Stewart,
I tell him, what are you doing?

907
01:14:01.039 --> 01:14:05.880
Maddie Horton shrieks when he sees me
running around the vampire lady. Now

908
01:14:05.960 --> 01:14:10.399
Horton and me are on either side
of her. Yeah, you keep having

909
01:14:10.479 --> 01:14:14.079
fun, little man, I tell
Stuart when he's still laughing it up.

910
01:14:14.640 --> 01:14:18.399
Now I call out to the vampire
lady. Hey, she turns around to

911
01:14:18.399 --> 01:14:24.239
face Stuart and me. Bet you
can't hit me with that, Maddie Horton

912
01:14:24.319 --> 01:14:30.680
gasps. Really, Then my plan
totally backfires. The vampire Lady drops the

913
01:14:30.720 --> 01:14:34.159
car so that it bounces on its
tires once and remains parked against a wall.

914
01:14:34.880 --> 01:14:39.520
Then she snatches Horton by his shoulders
and lifts him up. All he

915
01:14:39.560 --> 01:14:43.159
can do is smile and laugh a
little. Then he waves at her,

916
01:14:43.600 --> 01:14:53.840
um ugh, hi baby. She
says, yeah, I'm your baby.

917
01:14:54.319 --> 01:14:59.000
Horton quickly agrees, probably hoping she
don't lower him down and bite him.

918
01:14:59.600 --> 01:15:02.880
Then I see the door on the
suv is open. Hey, that's right,

919
01:15:03.319 --> 01:15:08.520
the vehicle was unlocked, so people
could look inside it to entice them

920
01:15:08.520 --> 01:15:12.279
into filling out a raffle card.
I inch my way over to the vehicle.

921
01:15:12.840 --> 01:15:15.439
Stewart gets off my back and climbs
inside. Then I get into the

922
01:15:15.520 --> 01:15:20.239
driver's seat. Man, I'm hoping
there's keys in this thing. It's gonna

923
01:15:20.239 --> 01:15:24.279
be a long shot. But I
pulled down the sun visor like I did

924
01:15:24.279 --> 01:15:30.359
on Halloween night. Nope, no
keys. Then my little buddy taps my

925
01:15:30.439 --> 01:15:35.279
leg fast. I turned to see
him handing me the keys. Aw thanks,

926
01:15:35.800 --> 01:15:40.119
I cry, taking him off his
hands. Man, I sure hope

927
01:15:40.119 --> 01:15:43.880
this works. I put the keys
in the ignition and crank it. That's

928
01:15:43.880 --> 01:15:47.479
when the giant vampire lady turns and
looks right at me. Now I'm feeling

929
01:15:47.520 --> 01:15:53.359
a little weird. Then I quickly
shake my head on no, no way,

930
01:15:53.399 --> 01:15:57.600
I'm letting her glam me. Come
on start, will you. I

931
01:15:57.640 --> 01:16:00.319
beg the car when all it's doing
is cranking. Then I call out the

932
01:16:00.319 --> 01:16:04.520
window. This is the part where
you start running, Horton. He don't

933
01:16:04.520 --> 01:16:09.760
need me to tell him twice.
And just when that giant vampire Lady's almost

934
01:16:09.760 --> 01:16:14.560
on me, the car roars to
life. Time to play some more Grand

935
01:16:14.560 --> 01:16:19.000
Tarismo again, just like on Halloween
night. Okay, Mouseie, time to

936
01:16:19.039 --> 01:16:25.119
show this big, ugly vampire some
driving skills, I say to myself.

937
01:16:25.760 --> 01:16:29.479
When I hear Stuart laughing at all
the fun he's having, I know I

938
01:16:29.520 --> 01:16:33.720
gotta keep him entertained. I take
a deep breath, shift the gears and

939
01:16:33.920 --> 01:16:39.520
floor the gas. The tires are
squealing on the floor as I'm backing up.

940
01:16:39.880 --> 01:16:42.760
When I'm out in the main area, I shift again and floor it

941
01:16:42.840 --> 01:16:46.000
forward. Hang on, little guy, we're gonna get Horton. I just

942
01:16:46.079 --> 01:16:50.600
hope I can drive like our lives
depend on it. Oh wait, they

943
01:16:50.720 --> 01:16:59.399
do perspective Carter Cross. Ariel and
I made it out of the mall itself

944
01:16:59.520 --> 01:17:02.239
and make it back to the storeroom
where the rest of the Christmas decorations are.

945
01:17:02.760 --> 01:17:05.960
After we piled stuff up against the
doors, we got our backs to

946
01:17:06.000 --> 01:17:11.560
the wall and here sweating as we're
catching our breaths. When we're calm enough,

947
01:17:11.680 --> 01:17:16.760
Ariel growls her usual growl and slaps
me on the arm ow. Then

948
01:17:16.800 --> 01:17:21.439
I turned to her, what's your
problem now, princess. She turns to

949
01:17:21.479 --> 01:17:25.840
me and pushes me. Now,
I can't believe what you said about the

950
01:17:25.880 --> 01:17:30.840
mirrors. I was right there.
I'm a mirror. I raise my hands

951
01:17:30.840 --> 01:17:33.760
in front of me. Okay,
bad choice of words. I'm sorry,

952
01:17:34.199 --> 01:17:38.399
to be honest, I wasn't thinking
about you when I said what I said.

953
01:17:39.319 --> 01:17:45.560
Ariel calms down a little. Really, I sigh. Okay, yes,

954
01:17:45.680 --> 01:17:48.439
you're a mirror, but you wouldn't
have left us the way Harmony did.

955
01:17:49.039 --> 01:17:54.840
Cut me some slack here. She
slaps my shoulder hard again. You

956
01:17:55.039 --> 01:17:58.800
don't deserve any slack, Carter,
not when you keep making videos of me

957
01:17:58.840 --> 01:18:01.640
in that little goober and posting them
on Facebook. And now that we're all

958
01:18:01.680 --> 01:18:05.840
here alone, just you and me, we can finish our fight from earlier.

959
01:18:06.399 --> 01:18:11.399
We both know you can't outrun me, right, I look her in

960
01:18:11.439 --> 01:18:15.960
the face. If we survive this, I'm still not going to treat you

961
01:18:15.000 --> 01:18:18.760
like you're the queen. When we're
back at school, she points right at

962
01:18:18.760 --> 01:18:25.920
me. It's my school, whatever, princess. I snap. Then I

963
01:18:26.000 --> 01:18:30.319
turn my back to her. There's
just no talking to you. I raise

964
01:18:30.359 --> 01:18:34.840
my finger. That's where you show
you're a mirror. It's always your way

965
01:18:34.920 --> 01:18:40.840
or no way. Then I see
the pop machine with can sodas and go

966
01:18:40.920 --> 01:18:44.079
over to it. I'm surprised they
even keep one of these here. In

967
01:18:44.119 --> 01:18:47.920
the storeroom looks like it's working.
I dig into my pocket and pull some

968
01:18:48.079 --> 01:18:53.520
change out. Next thing, I
know, Ariel's right there, can you

969
01:18:55.199 --> 01:18:59.279
I don't have any money on me
and my smartphone's still locked in Harmony's desk.

970
01:19:00.079 --> 01:19:03.720
Please well, I do like it
when Ariel says the magic word,

971
01:19:03.800 --> 01:19:08.720
because she don't say it very often. I plunk in my coins and let

972
01:19:08.760 --> 01:19:12.359
her get a coke. I plunk
in some more money and get myself one

973
01:19:12.439 --> 01:19:16.000
too. Sodas are like catnip to
this girl. And it don't matter how

974
01:19:16.039 --> 01:19:19.239
mad she is. Just give her
a soda and she's calm and happy,

975
01:19:19.840 --> 01:19:25.960
just like that. Ariel looks at
me now. You know, when we're

976
01:19:26.000 --> 01:19:30.760
at school, you could just bribe
me with a soda. I'd probably leave

977
01:19:30.800 --> 01:19:34.000
you alone. Ariel and I are
looking at each other now, I mean,

978
01:19:35.000 --> 01:19:39.960
we just can't take our eyes off
each other. This right here is

979
01:19:39.960 --> 01:19:44.119
why Madeline gives me a hard time. Not in a bad kind of way.

980
01:19:44.119 --> 01:19:47.960
But you know what I'm gonna do
it. I don't care what anybody

981
01:19:47.960 --> 01:19:54.560
says. I take a deep breath
and just say it. We make it

982
01:19:54.600 --> 01:19:59.239
out of this. You wanna go
out on a date with me? Ariel

983
01:19:59.279 --> 01:20:02.760
don't say anything right away. She
don't look like she's mad. She takes

984
01:20:02.800 --> 01:20:05.640
a deep breath of her own and
opens her mouth to give her answer.

985
01:20:06.479 --> 01:20:10.920
Suddenly, that suv we saw it
in the mall that's being raffled off,

986
01:20:10.960 --> 01:20:15.039
comes plowing right through the doors.
All the Christmas stuff we piled up against

987
01:20:15.079 --> 01:20:19.720
them just flies everywhere. Ariel looks
at me. Is that mouse driving?

988
01:20:20.560 --> 01:20:26.800
Suddenly that monster's flying right in.
I'm quickly shaking up my soda when it

989
01:20:26.800 --> 01:20:30.960
grabs Ariel. Just as Ariel screams, I hold my can to the thing's

990
01:20:30.960 --> 01:20:34.680
face and pop the top. Soda
just squirts out hard right in its eyes.

991
01:20:35.119 --> 01:20:41.079
The monster lets Ariel go and screams. Just then the suv pulls right

992
01:20:41.159 --> 01:20:45.119
up next to us. We can
see Madeline's definitely driving, just like she

993
01:20:45.159 --> 01:20:48.760
did on Halloween night when Abigail Tomlin's
ghost was chasing us down at cry Baby

994
01:20:48.760 --> 01:20:53.920
Bridge. Horton and Little Stewart are
in with her. Get in here,

995
01:20:54.399 --> 01:20:58.359
mouse tells us. When I open
one of the rear doors. Ariel shoves

996
01:20:58.359 --> 01:21:00.760
me in and comes in right behind
me. When she pulls the door closed,

997
01:21:00.800 --> 01:21:04.920
Madeline floors the gas and drives around
the storeroom. Before long, we're

998
01:21:04.960 --> 01:21:10.640
back out in the main mall.
I can't see her, Horton tells Madeleine.

999
01:21:11.039 --> 01:21:14.720
Newsflash, you ain't gonna see her
in any of those mirrors. She

1000
01:21:14.840 --> 01:21:23.359
tells him vampires don't cast reflections.
Ariel gulps and turns around. Are you

1001
01:21:23.479 --> 01:21:35.560
afraid? Good weekly spooky, We'll
be right back. She nearly got us,

1002
01:21:35.600 --> 01:21:41.279
mouse, she just crashed into a
kiosk. Ariel shrieks, Yeah,

1003
01:21:41.359 --> 01:21:45.039
I gotta get us to a mall
entrance and drive right through it, Madeleine

1004
01:21:45.079 --> 01:21:49.039
tells her. Then she looks over
her shoulder. Unless you don't, you

1005
01:21:49.079 --> 01:21:53.760
can wreck this whole mall for all
I care mouse, Ariel tells her,

1006
01:21:54.119 --> 01:21:57.800
let Harmony sort it out. If
anything, we're saving her life by leading

1007
01:21:57.840 --> 01:22:01.960
that thing away from here. I
love how you think, Madeleine says,

1008
01:22:02.159 --> 01:22:06.079
turning back around and focusing on her
driving. When we get to the food

1009
01:22:06.119 --> 01:22:11.439
court, she hits the brakes and
makes a sharp turn. Hey, Harmony's

1010
01:22:11.520 --> 01:22:15.279
right up ahead. Horton pipes up. Stop. Harmony screams in terror.

1011
01:22:15.520 --> 01:22:19.199
Her golf cart seem to have stalled
out. What do you think, guys,

1012
01:22:19.680 --> 01:22:25.479
Madeleine teases, Ariel growls again,
I'd say just leave her bud.

1013
01:22:27.920 --> 01:22:31.800
I'd rather not have Crampis visit me
on Christmas Eve. Santa could always leave

1014
01:22:31.840 --> 01:22:36.760
some coal in your stocking, I
joke, or some diet coke. Ariel

1015
01:22:36.800 --> 01:22:43.319
tightens her jaw and slaps my arm
again. Shut up, ow easy,

1016
01:22:43.439 --> 01:22:47.520
princess, I laugh. Madeleine hits
the brakes. When we're stopped, Ariel

1017
01:22:47.520 --> 01:22:51.199
and I scoot over and let Harmony
come in. When she closes the door,

1018
01:22:51.279 --> 01:22:56.239
Madelene shifts gears, hits the gas, and backs up. What are

1019
01:22:56.239 --> 01:22:59.920
you doing, Madeline, I ask, gotta have momentum to get through the

1020
01:23:00.000 --> 01:23:03.920
those doors. She calls back.
When Madeleine shifts gears and floors at Harmony's

1021
01:23:03.960 --> 01:23:09.279
looking wide eyed when she sees who's
behind the wheel. Wait a minute,

1022
01:23:09.600 --> 01:23:15.359
there's a kid driving. Pull over. Ariel really growls now and points at

1023
01:23:15.399 --> 01:23:18.199
her. You just shut up.
My little friend up there can drive very

1024
01:23:18.239 --> 01:23:24.600
well. For your information, Madeline
raises her finger and for the record,

1025
01:23:25.000 --> 01:23:29.960
we're all teenagers here. She lowers
her finger. Okay, maybe not little

1026
01:23:29.960 --> 01:23:33.119
Stewart. Suddenly we crash right through
the main doors and are out in the

1027
01:23:33.159 --> 01:23:38.960
parking lot. Harmony yells up at
Madeleine, you do realize you're paying for

1028
01:23:39.039 --> 01:23:43.640
all the damage you just Horton quickly
says, we didn't have to pick you

1029
01:23:43.720 --> 01:23:46.840
up, you know, especially considering
how you just left us behind and everything.

1030
01:23:47.199 --> 01:23:50.800
I mean, if you want to
get out, Harmony shuts up fast,

1031
01:23:50.880 --> 01:23:56.279
but it don't last. Wait a
minute, we're not leaving. The

1032
01:23:56.399 --> 01:24:00.239
mall exit is over there, I
know that. Madeleine says, we're heading

1033
01:24:00.279 --> 01:24:04.000
down below to the parking garage to
find Chunker. We ain't leaving here without

1034
01:24:04.079 --> 01:24:09.119
him. She glances back at us. We ain't gonna get that much further

1035
01:24:09.199 --> 01:24:13.800
anyway. Wasn't much gas in the
tank when I started this thing. Harmony

1036
01:24:13.920 --> 01:24:18.119
leans forward. How about you go
get some gas? You squirt told you

1037
01:24:18.279 --> 01:24:23.560
we ain't leaving our friend behind.
Then she jams on the brakes. When

1038
01:24:23.600 --> 01:24:27.279
we stop, she looks back at
Harmony. You know what, how about

1039
01:24:27.399 --> 01:24:30.560
you getting up here and driving?
Lady mouse, what are you doing?

1040
01:24:30.960 --> 01:24:34.720
Ariel chokes out. Let's just go
fill the gas tank. Then we can

1041
01:24:34.720 --> 01:24:38.680
come back here and look for Chunker. At least we can get out of

1042
01:24:38.720 --> 01:24:43.479
here on a full tank. And
that's what Harmony's gonna do. Madeline says,

1043
01:24:44.039 --> 01:24:47.159
I'm gonna go back in the mall
and find Chunker. I'm about to

1044
01:24:47.199 --> 01:24:51.000
tell her how crazy she is,
remembering the crazy stunt she tried to pull

1045
01:24:51.079 --> 01:24:56.600
on Halloween night. I'll come with
you, Madeline, She points right at

1046
01:24:56.640 --> 01:25:00.000
me. Nope, you gotta be
a man and protect Ariel. Ariel shakes

1047
01:25:00.000 --> 01:25:04.520
her head slowly, Madeleine, I'll
be okay, you guys, I promise,

1048
01:25:05.159 --> 01:25:11.000
just go, Madeleine insists. When
Harmony jumps behind the wheel, she

1049
01:25:11.119 --> 01:25:14.560
pulls the door shut and floors it. The rest of us are looking back

1050
01:25:14.680 --> 01:25:18.680
is Madeleine heads back to the mall. The next thing we know, Stuart's

1051
01:25:18.680 --> 01:25:24.119
coming in between us. He ain't
laughing and having fun so much. Now.

1052
01:25:24.760 --> 01:25:27.640
I think this is the first time
Ariel and I have ever seen how

1053
01:25:28.479 --> 01:25:34.079
worried the little guy looks perspective,
Madeline donnerly. I make it back to

1054
01:25:34.119 --> 01:25:39.720
the mall and start walking into the
parking garage underneath. There's cars parked under

1055
01:25:39.760 --> 01:25:43.840
here. Then I have a thought
and look in a driver's side mirror and

1056
01:25:43.960 --> 01:25:47.239
see Mary Worth looking back at me. Can you tell me where my friend

1057
01:25:47.319 --> 01:25:54.960
is? I whisper, certainly,
Mary answers. The mirror changes. Turns

1058
01:25:55.000 --> 01:25:59.239
out I ain't far from chunker.
That giant vampire Lady's got him stashed away

1059
01:25:59.239 --> 01:26:03.840
in the security down here, Mary's
face reappears. Be careful, Madeline.

1060
01:26:04.439 --> 01:26:10.039
The one who has taken your friend
is not far from you. And before

1061
01:26:10.079 --> 01:26:13.920
I know it, that giant vampire
lady is right on me. I hate

1062
01:26:13.920 --> 01:26:18.880
when vampires can suddenly appear right behind
you without warning. No, I shriek

1063
01:26:18.920 --> 01:26:27.000
when she's picking me up. You
are mine, the vampire lady echoes.

1064
01:26:27.399 --> 01:26:30.399
I squirm and struggle and fight and
thrash for all I'm worth. Problem is,

1065
01:26:30.479 --> 01:26:34.520
this thing is way too strong,
and I'm just a little mousey.

1066
01:26:34.680 --> 01:26:41.159
Now the vampire lady turns me around
to look me in the face. M

1067
01:26:42.319 --> 01:26:46.840
hi, I squeak. You're not
gonna eat me, are you. The

1068
01:26:46.920 --> 01:26:56.279
vampire lady pulls me to her and
hugs me, baby baby. She thinks

1069
01:26:56.319 --> 01:27:00.920
i'm her. Oh boy, now
she's patting my back. Wait a minute,

1070
01:27:00.199 --> 01:27:04.399
now's my chance. I quickly make
like a little mouseie and start scurrying

1071
01:27:04.439 --> 01:27:09.880
over the vampire Lady's shoulder. She
starts roaring as I drop right behind her.

1072
01:27:10.000 --> 01:27:13.600
I run right to a car and
look in the driver's mirror. Maryworth,

1073
01:27:13.760 --> 01:27:18.159
Meryworth, Mary Work. When The
vampire lady has me again. She's

1074
01:27:18.199 --> 01:27:23.560
given me odd looks when she sees
light coming out of that car mirror and

1075
01:27:23.640 --> 01:27:28.800
into me. Soon she's looking right
into the face of Mary Worth, who

1076
01:27:28.880 --> 01:27:33.279
easily passes right through her hands.
The vampire Lady's real mad now. She

1077
01:27:33.399 --> 01:27:38.720
tries warping behind Mary, but my
ghostly friend only has to float away from

1078
01:27:38.720 --> 01:27:42.239
her. She utters one of her
spells to cause the door to the security

1079
01:27:42.239 --> 01:27:48.119
station to open up. Chunker suddenly
steps out. Oh thank you WHOA yeah,

1080
01:27:48.159 --> 01:27:53.319
I guess Chunkers still ain't used to
seeing Mary. Mary glances his way

1081
01:27:53.319 --> 01:27:58.439
and utters another spell. A jacket
appears on him. You had best leave

1082
01:27:58.520 --> 01:28:02.600
here. Chunk looks at the vampire
lady. She'll just appear and grab me

1083
01:28:02.680 --> 01:28:09.600
again. Mary faces the vampire lady
again. Ah, yes, you are

1084
01:28:09.680 --> 01:28:14.800
quite right. Mary utters one more
spell. When she finishes, the vampire

1085
01:28:14.880 --> 01:28:17.840
lady suddenly stops dead in her tracks. Her eyes are up in her head

1086
01:28:17.880 --> 01:28:24.239
now. Then she falls on to
her side. What did you do,

1087
01:28:24.399 --> 01:28:28.479
Mary, I ask her. Mary
and I can talk to each other through

1088
01:28:28.520 --> 01:28:33.279
thinking while she's possessing me. I
simply uttered a spell to render her unconscious

1089
01:28:33.840 --> 01:28:40.600
at least in her own mind.
Mary thinks back to me, she will

1090
01:28:40.640 --> 01:28:45.640
sleep for a time. We can't
just leave her here, I quickly point

1091
01:28:45.680 --> 01:28:49.920
out, I am aware of this
madeline. This creation is far too powerful

1092
01:28:49.960 --> 01:28:57.960
to be contained in a prison creation. Now I'm confused. Mary tells me

1093
01:28:58.079 --> 01:29:03.720
that this scary vampire lady is really
a monster right out of Frankenstein. I

1094
01:29:03.800 --> 01:29:08.000
end up seeing how this monster came
to be and what all she did.

1095
01:29:08.880 --> 01:29:14.640
Then I remember the original story myself. Mary, can you put her at

1096
01:29:14.640 --> 01:29:17.479
one of the polls? I ask, Maybe if she's there, she can't

1097
01:29:17.520 --> 01:29:24.920
harm anybody. Mary raises her hands
and utters one more spell. This one

1098
01:29:25.039 --> 01:29:31.239
takes longer this time. When she's
finished, the vampire Monster's gone. I'm

1099
01:29:31.279 --> 01:29:35.640
hoping she'll want to stay where you
sent her. I say, perhaps with

1100
01:29:35.800 --> 01:29:41.359
no one around at the south Pole, she will be at peace. Mary

1101
01:29:41.439 --> 01:29:47.439
tells me. Now, Mary turns
to Chunker, thank you, He stammers,

1102
01:29:48.359 --> 01:29:54.960
do not fear Brian. Chunk look
over my shoulder. Chunker looks past

1103
01:29:55.039 --> 01:29:59.600
Mary and sees the others are coming
back. Mary floats us away, and

1104
01:29:59.640 --> 01:30:02.319
as soon out of sight, we
use another driver's side mirror to make a

1105
01:30:02.359 --> 01:30:06.159
quick switch so I can come back. Now, I gotta act like I've

1106
01:30:06.199 --> 01:30:12.800
been trying to find him. Chunker, I call out, Maddie. We

1107
01:30:12.920 --> 01:30:16.239
both run to each other and hug. Just then Harmony mirror pulls up and

1108
01:30:16.279 --> 01:30:20.199
sees us. The others get out
and come to us too. Then I

1109
01:30:20.279 --> 01:30:25.920
feel my leg getting squeezed and see
little Stewart. Ariel looks at me.

1110
01:30:26.079 --> 01:30:30.760
Now he really did good with that
little goober mouse. Maybe he's better off

1111
01:30:30.840 --> 01:30:35.199
letting you babysit him. Then Harmony
honks the horn. We all turn to

1112
01:30:35.279 --> 01:30:40.520
her. Don't even think you're off
the hook, she snabs. Do you

1113
01:30:40.600 --> 01:30:44.640
realize how much damage has been done
to my mal and to this vehicle?

1114
01:30:45.680 --> 01:30:51.039
What damage? Chunker asks? What
damage? Harmony shrieks. Then she points

1115
01:30:51.079 --> 01:30:58.600
to the main entrance. How about
the what We all look and see the

1116
01:30:58.640 --> 01:31:03.920
main mall entrance is fully restored,
even the suv is fixed. Harmony shakes

1117
01:31:03.920 --> 01:31:08.880
her head. No, no,
no, She points at me. You

1118
01:31:09.000 --> 01:31:13.720
drove this vehicle right through it.
I shrug. Don't look like it to

1119
01:31:13.760 --> 01:31:17.840
me, but you drove this vehicle
right through it. Harmony repeats, I

1120
01:31:17.920 --> 01:31:21.439
was sitting in the back seat.
Don't know what to tell you, lady.

1121
01:31:23.119 --> 01:31:27.119
Then Ariel tightens her fists and we
are done. When it comes to

1122
01:31:27.159 --> 01:31:30.239
your mall, Harmony points right at
her. Oh, no, you are

1123
01:31:30.319 --> 01:31:35.119
not. You are all going right
back inside and finishing with the Christmas decorations.

1124
01:31:35.560 --> 01:31:42.279
Otherwise I'll call the police right now. Ariel tightens her jaw now and

1125
01:31:42.359 --> 01:31:45.319
waves her off. Go ahead and
call them then, after the night we've

1126
01:31:45.359 --> 01:31:50.039
had, I'd say we're done here. Carter stands with her. Also,

1127
01:31:50.359 --> 01:31:56.479
keep in mind that we saved you
earlier, so I'd say that makes us

1128
01:31:56.520 --> 01:31:59.920
even. Harmony comes right out of
the vehicle and tries to get us to

1129
01:32:00.119 --> 01:32:04.119
go back inside them all again again. Ariel speaks up, we're only going

1130
01:32:04.159 --> 01:32:09.760
back in to get our phones.
After that, we're leaving. When Harmony

1131
01:32:09.840 --> 01:32:14.479
tries and posing her will on us
again, we all come together. Now

1132
01:32:14.479 --> 01:32:18.560
she's realizing the numbers game. Ariel
points to her. Give us our phones

1133
01:32:18.640 --> 01:32:24.119
back now, or we'll break into
your desk and take them back ourselves.

1134
01:32:24.600 --> 01:32:30.119
Then I'm feeling something in my back
pocket. WHOA Mary got me my phone

1135
01:32:30.119 --> 01:32:33.800
back? How did you get that? Harmony demands, I locked all your

1136
01:32:33.840 --> 01:32:39.880
phones up. Seeing we all got
our phones back, I quickly use mine

1137
01:32:39.880 --> 01:32:44.000
to call home. Mom picks up. We talked for a bit before we

1138
01:32:44.079 --> 01:32:48.039
hang up. Mom's coming to get
us. Harmony tries one more time and

1139
01:32:48.079 --> 01:32:53.600
pulls out her phone. I mean
it, I'll call the police. Ariel

1140
01:32:53.640 --> 01:32:58.520
again stands up to her, So
call them. You heard mouse, We're

1141
01:32:58.560 --> 01:33:03.800
going home. Like Rter said,
we saved your life. We're even now

1142
01:33:03.880 --> 01:33:09.840
leave us alone. And then I
finally see Stuart has a fountain soda in

1143
01:33:09.880 --> 01:33:14.359
his hands, probably got one at
the gas station. He walks away from

1144
01:33:14.399 --> 01:33:17.640
me and heaves it at Harmony.
It explodes on her head, making her

1145
01:33:17.720 --> 01:33:24.680
shriek. Then she looks right at
him. You wicked little brat, she

1146
01:33:24.880 --> 01:33:30.520
yells, and for the first time
ever far as I know, Ariel actually

1147
01:33:30.560 --> 01:33:35.039
praises her little cousin. Good job, you little goober. Stuart looks up

1148
01:33:35.079 --> 01:33:41.199
at her and laughs his mischievous laugh. Then Harmony points right at us.

1149
01:33:42.079 --> 01:33:45.359
You are all barred from my mall. Don't you ever return here again?

1150
01:33:46.199 --> 01:33:51.039
Fine by me, Horton replies,
won't be much here after the holidays are

1151
01:33:51.039 --> 01:33:57.520
over, anyways. Harmony growls and
marches right back inside the mall. It

1152
01:33:57.560 --> 01:34:00.840
ain't much longer before Mom comes and
picks us up up and takes everybody home.

1153
01:34:03.680 --> 01:34:10.800
Epilogue. When Mom pulls up to
the gated Mirror community, little Stewart

1154
01:34:10.840 --> 01:34:15.439
don't want to go. At first, he's fighting Ariel, but I quickly

1155
01:34:15.479 --> 01:34:19.880
tell him we'll see each other again. That makes the little guy happy enough

1156
01:34:19.880 --> 01:34:27.520
to where he finally goes with Ariel. Thanks mouse see you Monday, Ariel

1157
01:34:27.560 --> 01:34:32.000
tells me. And thanks missus Donnery, You're quite welcome, Ariel. Mom

1158
01:34:32.079 --> 01:34:39.760
replies later Ariel, I tell her
Mom finishes dropping everybody off at their houses.

1159
01:34:40.439 --> 01:34:43.119
Carter and me are the last one, since we live next door to

1160
01:34:43.159 --> 01:34:47.520
each other. Carter thanks Mom.
After we say goodnight, he gets out

1161
01:34:47.640 --> 01:34:51.840
to head to his back porch.
When Mom and I get inside our own

1162
01:34:51.880 --> 01:34:59.520
house, I yawn, Mom and
I say goodnight and head upstairs. It

1163
01:34:59.520 --> 01:35:02.880
feels good to be back in the
mousehole again. I get changed for bed

1164
01:35:02.920 --> 01:35:08.880
and hop in. I pick up
the mirror I keep on my nightstand so

1165
01:35:08.920 --> 01:35:14.079
I can talk with Mary Worth.
Did you have something to do with fixing

1166
01:35:14.159 --> 01:35:19.640
up the mall? I ask her. Let's just say that miserly woman cannot

1167
01:35:19.640 --> 01:35:26.560
hold anything against you. Mary tells
me. She shows me the inside of

1168
01:35:26.600 --> 01:35:31.800
the mall, which is completely decorated
the way harmony wanted it. I smile.

1169
01:35:31.920 --> 01:35:40.000
Now, thanks for getting us out
of trouble again. What's important is

1170
01:35:40.039 --> 01:35:45.800
that you remain out of trouble.
I doubt that. With our track record,

1171
01:35:45.520 --> 01:35:50.479
trouble just seems to find us.
I say, so it seems.

1172
01:35:53.039 --> 01:35:58.079
Then I have a thought, can
you show me if that vampire lady's still

1173
01:35:58.119 --> 01:36:05.119
at the south Pole? Certainly?
Mary's face disappears and the giant vampire lady

1174
01:36:05.319 --> 01:36:11.000
reveals herself. She seems to be
okay with being where Mary's sent her.

1175
01:36:12.119 --> 01:36:16.520
I guess, being a vampire or
monster or whatever she is, she won't

1176
01:36:16.560 --> 01:36:23.399
freeze. She just looks like she's
lost something. When I'm done looking,

1177
01:36:24.399 --> 01:36:29.840
Mary's face reappears in the mirror.
Mary and I talk for a little bit

1178
01:36:29.960 --> 01:36:35.319
longer before I feel I can't stay
awake anymore. This is a good place

1179
01:36:35.319 --> 01:36:41.960
for me to say goodbye. Don't
worry, we'll definitely be back with some

1180
01:36:42.000 --> 01:36:53.319
more adventures and soon well my Spooky's
another adventure of MATTLINGE. Donnerly and of

1181
01:36:53.399 --> 01:36:59.319
course Mary Worth. I personally love
the concept of it almost being like a

1182
01:36:59.359 --> 01:37:04.640
superhero story, except with the spirit
of a wrongfully executed witch. But that's

1183
01:37:04.720 --> 01:37:08.880
just me. I hope you enjoyed
this week's episode, I want to let

1184
01:37:08.960 --> 01:37:12.319
you know we have a lot more
where that came from, not only regular

1185
01:37:12.359 --> 01:37:16.119
episodes, but we have two more
novellas just like this one ready to rock

1186
01:37:16.199 --> 01:37:21.039
and roll this Christmas season for you, and I sure do appreciate you tuning

1187
01:37:21.079 --> 01:37:27.439
in and spending your holidays with little
old me and my band of Mary authors.

1188
01:37:28.159 --> 01:37:30.600
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1189
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1190
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1191
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1192
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my composer Ray Mattis. I will
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