CHAPTER 1: EASTER ACCORDING TO PEPPERMINT PATTY

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This episode will have some narration from Marcie (and later on, some narration from Peppermint Patty), it will be in italics, like in this paragraph. And now, without further ado, here's the story

"What happened to the kitchen, Marcie?" a shocked Peppermint Patty asked; the whole kitchen was covered in red, yellow and blue dyes, egg yolks and egg shells.

"It's…a long story, Sir…" Marcie blushed. She too was covered in red, yellow and blue dyes.

"Well you better start explaining right now, missy!" a furious Lucy Van Pelt bossed.

You see…well...it might sound silly but…what is the use in telling them? I mean, no one would believe me; but no one believes in the Great Squash except for Linus.

"Marcie, we want an explanation NOW; not next Easter." Patty bossed, tapping her foot impatiently.

"Yeah, kiddo." Peppermint Patty agreed, looking ready to blow a fuse.

Oh jeez…I can't get out of this alive…it's best to tell them everything from the beginning…right? Wrong! No one is going to believe me!

"Just tell us what happened to MY kitchen and we won't have a problem." Lucy scolded.

"Wow…this looks like the Halloween we egged the neighborhood, only more colorful…" Rattler realized.

"Yeah…too colorful." Cobra hissed.

"Is everything alright?" Linus asked as he and Rerun entered the house, only to be greeted by the mess awaiting them.

"Better yet, what happened?" Rerun added.

"Marcie here ruined everything." Peppermint Patty accused.

"This is gonna take forever to clean up!" Patty sighed.

"And maybe even longer…how did egg yolks get on the ceiling?" Violet worried.

"And we thought Pigpen was a mess…" Lucy mumbled under her breath.

"We better prepare for Easter, with or without the eggs…" Rerun expressed.

"I already told you, the Easter Beagle takes care of all that." Linus reminded.

"The who?" Rattler, Cobra and Melanie asked in unison.

"The Easter Beagle." He repeated.

"What kind of beagle is that?" Melanie wondered.

"On Easter Sunday, the Easter Beagle delivers beautifully decorated eggs to all the good little kids in the world; so if you were a good girl all year, you can be expecting an egg from the Easter Beagle." Linus gives the best explanations about weird and wonderful things.

"That doesn't explain the kitchen though…" Rattler reminded.

I guessed they really wanted an explanation…so I told them…and if you're really curious; I'm just as ashamed at myself, but I can't help it…I wanted to do something perfectly and-I'll explain from the very beginning…I guess it happened two days ago.

NEXT CHAPTER: KRISSY AND CLAUDIA'S FIRST TIME COLORING EASTER EGGS