Og was ten and Mike and Lu were now thirteen. Specifically, Mike had just turned thirteen. It was her birthday and the island was throwing a bash for her, which they had also done for Lu on her birthday. Lu hadn't changed much, apart from growing taller. Same for Og, except he now had switched to wearing grass skirts like the other islanders. Mike now had her hair in one ponytail but was still wearing the same outfit. Not literally, since she had to wear larger sizes, but her clothes were in the same style and color.

At one point during the party, a gigantic box landed on the beach!

"Wow, my parents must've gone all out this time!" Mike smiled.

Sure enough, the mailing label revealed that the box was from her parents.

Mike, with help from Og and his dad, opened the giant box. Inside were all sorts of clothes in alls sizes and colors and styles! Despite the variety in colors and styles the clothes were still the kinds that Mike would wear: shirts, shorts, sneakers, etc.

"Clothes? On your birthday?" Lu scoffed.

Confused, Mike looked closer into the box and found all sorts of packages wrapped in colorful paper. She picked up the top one...

"For Mike, For Your Thirteenth Birthday. Love Mom and Dad." Mike read the label.

She then picked up the next package and got a huge shock...

"For Mike, For Your Fourteenth Birthday-FOURTEENTH?" Mike gasped.

The islanders were shocked as well, why would Mike's parents send her fourteenth birthday present a year early?

Mike quickly went through the rest of the packages and found that they too were future birthday present! The last one was for her eighteenth birthday!

"What...why would they?" Mike almost stammered.

"Maybe they've abandoned you." Lu guessed.

"No, if they did then they wouldn't have even sent me this box." Mike was too confused to be appalled by Lu's guess.

"Mike's right, something else is going on." Og's mom Margery nodded.

Mike thought for a few minutes, and then snapped her fingers.

"Of course, my parents have always talked in the past about traveling the world." She smiled. "They must've decided to do that and sent this box because they didn't know how long they would be gone."

With that, the previously tense atmosphere lightened and the party mood came back. Present wise Mike had received one of Margery's latest paintings, a tooth necklace made out of shark teeth that Alfred had found on the beach, a bouquet of flowers from Lancelot, and a box of candy from Lu and Wendell. The real gift was the fact that Lu and Wendell were able to stop themselves from snacking on the candy beforehand.

As for Mike's parents they sent her the latest Action Guy movie. Then it was time for Og's present, which he wanted to give to her last. This was because it was a laptop! Mike gaped at the laptop, because it was a genuine one from America!

"I can't believe...how did you even get one?" Mike asked.

"Well, after hearing about laptops I figured that they would be too tricky to make out of the materials we have on the island." Og explained. "So I ordered one through one of your catalogs. I had been saving my money this whole time."

A little over two years ago Mike's parents had started sending her catalogs and an allowance so that she could buy items without having to ask her parents. Og later expressed an interest in getting science equipment and tools, so Mike made a deal that whenever Og made a replica of something she missed from the city she'd pay him. That way he could save enough money to buy what he wanted. Fortunately, by that time the postal service had gotten used to sending and receiving mail from the island.

"You mean you never bought any of that science stuff or...?" Mike was stunned.

Og shook his head.

"I was interested, but I didn't need the tools or equipment." He smiled. "I have plenty of my own."

Mike hugged him, and he hugged her back.