"Where is
she?" Plum asked to Strawberry "I don't know. Maybe we should ask Splinter, maybe she'll know were Orange
went. And maybe this isn't the first time she's gone." Strawberry
suggested. They found Splinter in the Theater Room watching some videos. "Excuse
us Splinter, have you seen Orange? She's gone suddenly." they asked
"Oh! It's 5.55 already? In that case, she's in the woods." Splinter
replied "The woods?!" her friends exclaimed "Yeah, there's some
woods not far from here. That’s where she never misses." Splinter explain.
When Plum and
Strawberry went to the giant backyard. The backyard had a swimming pool, a
barbeque area and a horse stall. In front of the stall, they saw footprints.
They followed the prints until the saw a Shire horse in front of them.
"Whoa! Look
where you’re going Bella. Oh, hello guys. What are you doing here?" Orange
asked as she threw a bag full of three apples. It landed right in front of her
horse.
"Where were
you and where did you get those apples?" Strawberry asked "Woods. I
need them for my store." Orange explained "Cool. Hey, can you spare
some. I think I'm going to make some apple snacks for my shop, Fabsome Sweets
& Treats." Strawberry asked again. A few minutes later, Orange's mom
said it's time for dinner.
They were having
mash potatoes and steak. "Thanks for the food!" Plum and Strawberry
thanked "Your welcome." Mrs. Wood replied. Everyone at well.
"Wow! This mash potato is really tasty." Plum said with her mouth
full of mash potato. After dinner, Orange and her friends went to her room to
play some games. They played checkers, chess, My Money, and Monopoly.
"Orange, I don't want to hurt your feelings, but this games are a
bit...well... Lame." Strawberry replied.
"Okay, so
what do you want to play?" Orange asked "How 'bout... Truth or
Dare!" Strawberry suggested "Yes!!!" Plum exclaimed "Okay.
You guys go first." Orange replied "Okay. Plum, truth or dare?"
Strawberry asked Plum with giant grin. Plum tapped her chin in deep thought.
"Truth!" Plum answered "Okay. Who do you rather kiss, Deadly
Doodle dude or Hunk Finn?" Strawberry asked "Hunk Finn. DUH!! He's
such a hunk." Plum gushed. Then Plum and Strawberry giggled non-stop.
"Okay, your
turn Strawberry. Truth or dare?" Plum asked through her giggles
"Truth! Bring it!" Strawberry exclaimed "Do you have a crush on
someone?" Plum asked "Yes. Eric Charming, son of Dexter Charming and
cousin of Alan Charming. Son of Mr. Dexter Charming's brother, Daring
Charming." Strawberry gushed "I have a crush on Alan Charming. I
didn't know they were cousins." Plum exclaimed.
"Okay. Now,
Orange... It's your turn! Truth or dare?" Strawberry said with the case of
the giggles "Maybe.... You guys were asking truth, so I think I'll
pick..... Dare." Orange replied "Okay, then. We challenge you to
shoot arrows like on Monday." Plum challenged "Okay. Follow me."
Orange said "Why?" Strawberry asked "To do the dare, of
course." Orange replied.
They walked
upstairs and Orange had to talk to her mother and sister. After that, they went
to the backyard. Orange unlock the horse stall and took her family's horses.
"Guys, you do know how to ride a horse, right?" Orange asked to her
friends. They nodded. Orange handed a horse to Strawberry and Plum.
"Strawberry,
you'll be riding Emily, she's my sister's horse and she's a Paint Horse. Plum, you’re
riding Elinor, my mother's horse and she's an Arab Horse. So, what are you
waiting for? Hop on." Orange explained and climbed on to her horse. They
rode the horses to the woods. "When are you going to do the dare?"
Strawberry asked as they reached the woods "Well, hold on to your horses!
Because I'm about to do it!! HIYAA!!!" Orange exclaimed and all of the
horses ran with her.
"WHOOAA!!!"
her friends screamed in surprise. Orange took an arrow a shoot a target hanging
from a tree, then another, and another, and another. After Orange shoot at ten
targets five times, they went home. When they reached Orange's room, they went
fast asleep. The next day, Orange woke up first. So Orange decided to make
breakfast for them. She made waffles, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, hot
caramel tea, warm milk, and orange juice. A few minutes later, everyone woke up
and had breakfast. Then orange went to the basement. Her friends followed her.
They were surprised to see her with a bag filled with nuts and fruits.
"Orange,
what are you doing? You just had breakfast." Strawberry asked "I have
had breakfast, but they haven't." Orange answered "Who's 'they',
Orange?" Plum asked. Orange opened a door that lead them into a large
room. Her friends exclaimed when they saw birds everywhere! All sorts of
colors. "Wow! You have a lot of birds. Wow! Those with the blue, pink, and
green head is really pretty!" Strawberry exclaimed "I like the one
with a bit of red on the tail." Plum said.
"I have
twenty-six types of birds here. Strawberry, those are Princess Parrots and Plum,
that's a Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo. I have friends and cousins all over the
world. And some of my friends’ parents are scientists. The raise all sorts of
animals." Orange explained "My friend, Alison, raises a lot of birds.
But she had too many parrots, macaws, and cockatoos. So she gave me a few when
I was twelve. I love them all, but my favorite are the Blue Spix's Macaws."
Orange replied.
After she feed
all of the birds, Orange showed her friend another room, outside of the Bird’s
Room. The other room was a bit smaller than the bird room and on the door was a
sign that said ‘Blue Macaws’. "Here is where I keep my Blue Spix's Macaws.
Their rare birds and very beautiful." Orange said to her friends.
When her friends
entered the room, the birds inside the room flew over their heads. "I have
five Macaws. Two males, three females. The father is named Blu, the mother is
Jewel, and their children is Carla, Bia, and Tiago. Blu is really funny, Jewel
is very beautiful, Carla is full of energy, Bia is really smart, and Tiago is
so… Hungry!" Orange giggled.
"Guys,
breakfast is here. I’ve got Brazil Nuts and berries for Jewel, a pancake for Bia
and Carla, and a waffle for Blu and Tiago. Carla, here is the CD that you
wanted. Bia, the Amazon Wild Life Pop-up book you wanted. And Tiago, these are
the goggles that you need so you can do that dive you’ve been working on."
Orange said "Orange, we want to know how you’re family can make this bird
rooms and can the even use those things." Strawberry replied.
Orange told her
friends how it happened. "So we moved into this house, but we saw they accidentally made three guest rooms and two of the rooms aren’t even finished. So
we decided to make it into bird rooms. My birds are smart. We made them a bird
bath for them. And the toilet pipe, we gave it a rubber ring on the edge and
enclosed it with a wooden box, so the bird can use it for their toilet. So we
don’t need to clean their bird houses." Orange explained.
"I even made
them beds in their houses. Bia is my favorite Blue Spix’s Macaw and bird here."
Orange said while stroking Bia’s soft feathers. "Now I can tell you about
their things. I once left them in my room while I went to the market. When I
came back, I saw Bia flipping the pages of my little book that I wrote about
them. She had re-wrote some things. Carla was holding a CD in her beak with a
tissue so she won’t scratch it and she inserted in to my CD player and pressed
the buttons so she can watch it. Tiago was wearing my swimming goggles while
trying to do a dive." Orange explained.
They brought the
three young Blue Spix’s Macaws to Orange’s room. They took a shower, put on
their swimsuits, and went to the backyard, with the birds flying beside them.
Orange brought some lemonade and pie to the backyard, since it was a hot day. Beside
the pool was another pool. The pool was too small, so Orange family uses it for
the Bird’s Bird Bath Pool. Orange, Strawberry, and Plum swam and played in the
pool until it was noon. They drank the lemonade and ate the pie Orange brought.
After ten more
minutes of playing in the pool, they went back to Orange’s bedroom, rinse themselves
with warm water, put on some clothes, and sat in the room. Orange remembered
something and ran upstairs. The sound of the front door opening and closing
caused her friends to run after her. When they reached upstairs, Orange was
already gone. They gave up looking for her, and went to Strawberry’s candy shop
to get some snacks. "Orange so weird sometimes." they muttered to
each other while eating the snacks.
Then a fourteen
year old girl came into the shop with a box filled with apples and another box
filled with fabric, silk, buttons, pins, needless, and thread. That girl was
Orange! She remembered that Strawberry and Plum asked for supplies at her shop,
so Orange went to her store and get the things they ordered. "Okay, a box
of thirty-five apples for Strawberry and a box of sewing material for Plum.
That is twenty dollars and ten cents. Thirteen dollars and three cents from
Plum, seven dollars and seven cents from Strawberry." Orange said seriously.
"Orange… Can’t
we get it for free? We are your BFFs." Plum begged "You think getting
these things is easy? NO! And you expect me to give it to you for free just
because you my friends?" Orange asked highly annoyed "You know how
long it took me to make the cloth and silk? Two months! Two months!! And the
other stuff was really expensive, you know! The apples in the forest are
delicious, but some of them were eaten or rotten! It was hard to find fresh
apples this many. So pay or you won’t get the stuff!" Orange exclaimed
obviously getting mad. After paying, her friends continued to chat, but they
avoid eye contact with Orange. Orange went back to her store and started
knitting a sweater. She got a few costumers that bought different things.
"I can’t believe they thought just because they are
my friends they think I’ll give those things for free." Orange muttered to
herself.
The next week,
Orange already forgiven her friends. She was surprised to see there were new
students. They saw the hallway was crowed and they started to sing an unusual
song. "Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah… Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah… Ah ah ah ah, ah
ah ah ah…." they sang. "We heard you want to get together… We heard
you want to rock the school… We’ve got a something that is better… Something
that changes all the rules… Why pretend we’re all the same? When some of us
shines brighter (Shines brighter)… Here’s a chance to find your flame… Are you
a loser or a fighter?"
“Me and you, you
and me… Why don’t we see who is better… We don’t have to be one in the same
thing… Oh, what’s so wrong of a little competition? Are you afraid of failing
the audition? You’re a star and you should know it… Yeah, you rise above the
rest… It doesn’t who you hurt… If you prove it you’re the best… Ah, ah, ah…
Battle! You want to win it! Let’s have a battle! Battle of the bands! Let’s
have a battle! We’ll go on in it… Let’s have a battle, battle, battle… Battle
of the bands! Battle! Battle! Battle!”
“Me and you, you
and me… Why don’t we see who is better… We don’t have to be one in the same
thing… Oh, what’s so wrong of a little competition? I’m growing up and wining
the audition! Battle! We want to win it! Let’s have a battle! Battle of the bands!
Let’s have a battle! We’ll go on in it! Let’s have a battle, battle, battle…
Battle of the bands!”
