A/N: I will be in the Philippines in July, which is when Chris' and my sister's birthdays are. I need to post this now. BTW my sister wishes to have the name She-Wolf Dragon when she gets a Fanfiction account.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
The alarm went off. I groaned and rolled over, trying to ignore it.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
My hand lazily came out of the blanket, waving around to shut it off.
BEEP! BEEP! BE-
I rolled off the bed and fell to the floor with a THUD! Moaning, I got up and looked at the clock on the night stand next to my bed. I could not read it, so I grabbed my glasses and checked again.
7:32. My alarm went off two minutes ago, and I only had about thirty minutes to dress and meet Martin at the park. It was in the middle of summer, and I rarely wake up this early when there was no school unless I had a good reason. The birthday party of Chris Kratt and my sister, She-Wolf Dragon. Martin and I have been planning this for weeks. It was going to be the best party they ever had, and it had to be perfect!
I dressed in my neon green t-shirt that said smile in many colors and jeans. I put a mood ring on my right pinky, a gift on Christmas from my sister, and on my left wrist a pink Daisy Duck watch from my dad, also on Christmas. I combed my wavy, dark-brown hair after hesitating a bit, my conscious getting the better of me as I thought of my mom disappointed in me for not brushing it. As I went out the door, I grabbed a vanilla yogurt cup, my cell phone, and a pair of silver sandals.
I took my Pretty in Pink bike out of the garage, since I did not want to wake up my parents. My cockatiel, Darryl, chirped then flew and landed on my head. My family keeps both of our birds in the garage because keeping them inside would mean cleaning up a lot of feathers and seeds. I laughed as I brought my finger above my head. The small Australian parrot climbed on top of it. I lowered my finger and kissed the top of his head. He nibbled on some of the skin peeling off my chapped lips.
"You knew I was leaving, didn't you, boy?" I asked him. I spoke to my birds so much as if they were people. Hey, even animals have feelings.
Darryl responded by whistling the first line of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". I giggled, petted the yellow crest on top of his head, and then placed him on top of his cage.
"Hey, Paulie," I said to my yellow-nape Amazon. He sat in his cage on his perch, staring at me. His pupil shrank, then dilated back to its normal size. He hissed and started climbing around in his cage, making a bedlam.
I closed the garage. The door lowered loudly, startling Darryl, causing him to shriek at the top of his lungs. Paulie spoke in jibberish, trying to be louder than the noise, as if they were competing. Once the door was shut, both birds were quiet, until Darryl chirped, wondering where I was going. "What up," Paulie squawked in his silly voice.
"Bye, birds!" I said.
"Hi, guapa!" Paulie responded. "Guapa" meant pretty in besaya, the language my parents spoke in the Philippines.
I rolled my eyes, then hopped on my bike and pedaled.
I never biked to the park I was headed to, but I knew the directions. It was slower than a car, so seeing the different scenes up close and having more time to look at them was pretty cool.
An hour later, I arrived at a bike rack in The Commons Park. I stopped and placed my bike in it. After taking a quick little break, I started jogging to the pavilion we were celebrating at. I passed a playground for kids six and under, a river, a couple of other pavilions, and other people on the sidewalk. Some were biking, skating, or just taking a stroll. Some of them smiled or waved at me. I smiled back.
Finally, I arrived. It was one of the two bigger pavilions in the park. Martin was sitting at one of the tables, blowing up balloons of different colors with a tank of helium. He looked up and said, "Look who finally decided to show up."
I tilted my head. "I didn't show up on time?"
"You arrived much later than on time," he replied.
I checked my watch. "8:37!?" I exclaimed.
"You'd better start helping if we want to make this an epic party," Martin told me. I immediately became busy putting up streamers.
After about fifteen minutes of working in silence, I asked, "Where's the food and cakes?"
"Koki's working on that," Martin answered. "Both triple chocolate fudge!" He licked his lips.
"How much frosting?" I felt that was a very important question.
Martin answered this time with, "Both of them are going to have lots!"
"Oh, crap!" I exclaimed. I took my flip phone out of my back pocket. "What's Koki's number?"
Martin laughed at me. "We don't communicate with cell phones!"
I was really confused. "Huh?"
"We use our creature pods!" he responded, still laughing. "Don't you see us do that in like, every episode? Even the Kratt Kids use them!"
I blushed. I hoped it was not visible on my somewhat tanned skin. "I haven't seen any episodes lately," I said timidly.
Once he finished laughing, he handed me his blue-colored creature pod. "Here," he said, "you can use mine."
"Thanks," I replied, then pressed the large button of the paw. Koki's image appeared. "Hey, Martin!" she greeted me.
"Actually, this is Randomness Girl here," I corrected her. "I'm just borrowing Martin's creature pod to contact you."
"Oh. Hey RG!" she exclaimed, as if she knew it was me the whole time.
"Koki," I said urgently, "did you start icing the cakes yet?"
"No, why?" she answered. I saw the cakes she baked in the background. Boy, did those look tasty delicious!
"Don't too much frosting on SWD's cake," I told her. "If you do, she won't even taste it because she hates cakes with a whole lotta' icing."
"Got that," she replied. I saw her write it down. "Anything else I need to know?"
I pondered that question for a bit. "Hmm... ya got any eggrolls?"
"Yep, right here!" She held them up in the container on the screen for me to see.
"Spaghetti?" I asked.
"Got 'em!" She showed it to me in a huge, white bowl.
"'kay, that should be it!" I concluded.
"See you at the party!" Koki said before her image faded.
I handed the creature pod back to Martin and went to putting up the balloons. My mind wandered off a bit, daydreaming of the worlds in cartoons. I heard a noise above my head, but I payed no thought to it.
"LOOK OUT!" Martin yelled at me. I looked at him for a second, then was hit by something really hard and heavy on my head. I fell on the hard concrete below me.
"Ohhh..." I moaned in pain. My head felt like it was throbbing!
Martin helped me up. "You alright?"
"I...think so?" Everything looked so blurry, I thought my glasses were not on. I felt my face. They were still there. I tried taking a few steps, but I stumbled back. Martin caught me.
"RG?" he said. "I think you need to sit down right now." I nodded, feeling a bit lightheaded. He led me to a bench to sit on. I lowered my head, trying to get as much blood as I possibly could in it. "Here, take this!" I looked up, saw Martin toss something blue my way, and it hit me in the same spot where something else fell on my head.
"OW!" I exclaimed, irritated.
"Hehe...Sorry," Martin apologized. He picked up the blue thing off the floor and placed it in my hand. It was freezing cold to the touch. It was like ice, but I felt plastic coated with water instead of plain ice. I gently held the ice pack on the top of my head.
Something beeped. "'Sup, Jimmy?" I heard Martin say.
"Hi, Martin!" I heard Jimmy's voice reply. "Whatcha think of the awesome wolf pinata I sent for the party? Obviously, She-Wolf Dragon's favorite animal is a wolf, and Chris likes all types of animals, so I thought it would be perfect for the party!"
"I didn't think it was so great," I muttered grumpily.
"Jimmy, you hit RG in the head with that thing!" Martin told him.
"Oh, sorry RG," Jimmy told me. "I thought it would hang on its own since I looped the string already. I didn't know it wouldn't work."
"What the heck did you put in that frickin' thing, Jimmy!?" I yelled.
"It's packed full with candy and prizes!" he answered. I grunted.
"Well, gotta go, bye!" Jimmy said quickly. I guess he saw how upset I was.
Martin continued working while I just sat there, thinking of ways to get Jimmy back.
After a while, I heard a distant buzzing noise. My vision was better, but my head still hurt. I lifted my head and saw Aviva on her buzz bike zooming towards us. She parked it by the pavilion, hopped off, and greeted us. "Hi, guys!"
"Aviva!" Martin exclaimed. "Thank goodness you're here! The guests start coming at 2:30 and we only have two hours to finish setting up!"
"I thought you might need help," Aviva said. "I heard your conversation with Jimmy, and I figured you wouldn't get much done with one person."
Martin and Aviva set to work getting stuff ready. After a bit, Jimmy started teleporting the food and cakes. I was beginning to feel better awhile later, so I helped as well. Later, Koki and Jimmy came with a pile of presents. "From the Wild Kratts crew!" Koki said. Finally, we were done.
I checked my watch. "It's 2:32," I told everyone.
"The guests should be arriving soon," Aviva stated. She was right. I saw some people walking to the pavilion holding boxes wrapped in bright wrapping paper.
My friends, the story is not yet finished. Sorry if it's not great, but it was the best I could do. I want some more guests other than the Wild Kratts crew. I would like it if some authors could PM me, saying they would like to come, PLEASE! For my sister's special day. If you do, describe how you would like to look, like what you wear, hair, etc. Do it before June 27.
