Disclaimer: I do not own 39 Clues, or any of the characters.

This particular story happened a year after the clue hunt. And oh, Ted and Ned aren't impaired in this.

Summer has finally arrived. Daniel Cahill was supposed to be excited about it. Well, he was. He already made his schedule. Different things to do every day. Monday, teach himself some cool ninja moves. Tuesday, play pranks with Amy. Wednesday, go out with Nellie to buy some ice cream. Thursday, play video games. Friday, movie marathon. Saturday, play with cousins (but no Cobras). Sunday, sleep. He was pretty sure his schedule was amazing. He was looking forward for his "greatest summer ever". He was, until Uncle Fiske told them the Kabras would be staying with them in the mansion.

The Cobras? Really? Has Uncle Fiske lost his mind? Those stupid cousins of theirs who tried to kill them several times in the clue hunt? They're gonna ruin his summer for sure. He looked at his sister, Amy, expecting her to be shocked and annoyed like him, but no. The look on her face was not even close to annoyed. Oh yeah, Amy has gotten over her hate for the Cobras, but not for Dan. She wondered why her sister didn't bother anymore. Dan was guessing it was because of her crush on Ian. Well, Dan wasn't sure, but he thinks so.

"Why would they be staying here? Dan asked.

"As you can see, Danny Boy," Fiske replied. "Isabel was taken to jail. I know you know that. And their father, well, still unknown as to where. Ian, volunteered to stay here. I was rather surprised too. He said he wanted to do it because he wants to be closer to you two."

Pfft, Dan thought. Closer to us both? Or closer to Amy?

"Oh that's wonderful." Amy started to say. "How-

"No, that's not wonderful, in fact, totally opposite from wonderful." Dan cut Amy off.

"You remind me of someone," Fiske said.

"Who?" Dan asked.

"Natalie Kabra. She hated his brother after she knew they'd be staying with two, uhm. Never mind. Her reaction was quite like yours."

"Hahahaha." Amy laughed, "Just get over them already. You know, you two look cute together." Amy stuck her tongue out.

"Shut up!" Dan was almost screaming.

"I think she likes you. Do you like her too?" Amy said, the look on her face amused. Dan's face turned red, but it was quickly gone. The very thought of it made him want to puke. Then amy started chanting. "Natalie and Daniel sittin' on a tree-"

Dan had enough. Natalie Cobra? That girl. Heck, I saved her from falling to her death. And after that she's like, "Off with you, peasant." She tried to kill us before that. Agggghhh. I hate her, Dan thought. He stormed out and went to his room.

The day the Kabras came to the Cahill mansion, Dan had a lot of… well, he can say, fun. He had locked all the doors in their house. Sadly for him, Nellie found out eventually and opened up the door for their visitors. Really, he thought, who welcomes cobras to their homes? The two came in. Amy, who heard the door open, came rushing down the stairs to say hi. Is she really that excited? Thought Dan. As usual, he didn't say hello. Ian just smiled at him. The she-cobra? She just looked at Dan like he was some kind of orangutan wearing make-up. Dan didn't mind anyway, he was used to it.

But the doors wasn't enough idea for his "fun", he had also placed a lot of booby traps around the house. They came to the kitchen, Amy insisted, as she said she baked cookies for them. Natalie wasn't so excited. And Ian? Dan could see he was trying to be. Dan wasn't interested in the cookies either. He was interested about something much more amazing. He was waiting for the perfect time, and boy did it come.

Natalie was walking around the kitchen. Looking around and complaining how small it was, how it didn't even look like a kitchen and more like storage room for unused cooking tools and rotten fruits. Amy and Ian, however, didn't seem to mind her, which to the Natalie, was rude. Eventually, she got tired about it and sat down. In front of her were a tray of fresh fruits. She picked up an apple, but put it back right away. There was also a bag of flour, and she had no idea what it's doing in there. Just then, it exploded. Natalie had a surprise makeover. The explosion caught Amy and Ian's attention, who were busy talking about something in voices so low they were the only two who could hear it. When they saw Natalie, they were in shock.

"Wow Nat. You're using flour now as face powder? How stupid can you get? " Dan said, howling with laughter.

"DANIEL!" Natalie shouted.

"What? Wasn't it enough for your big ugly face? There's more over there, if you want some."

"Ugh!" She said with disgust. "See, Ian? We shouldn't have come. Look at what git did to me." Ian was trying hard not to laugh. "Great, my dear sister. You're getting along well with Dan." He giggled and gave Amy a high five. Then the two grabbed the cookies and headed for the living room. Natalie was enraged with disbelief. Why are the two so.. close? For a while she thought about being close to Dan, but she pushed it away. Not after what he did to her. The very thought of it was too much to bear. She walked over to the faucet and washed her face. Then a hand reached out, holding a towel. It was Daniel.

"What, peasant?" Natalie asked, still mad.

"Sorry, Nat. Here's a towel for you." Dan said. He was smiling, a sight Natalie found rather weird, and annoying. He had never seen Daniel smile at her. But she also thinks its cute. But what was he thinking? Doing something like that and then thinking it would just be cleared by saying sorry and handing her a towel? Still, she accepted it, turned away from Dan and washed the water away from her face.

Then they heard a really weird noise. She heard Dan laughing behind her. When she turned around, he was no longer there. Instead, she walked over to the living room. There, she saw Amy looking at Ian, mouth open. Ian was mirroring her expression with confusion, sitting awkwardly, staring into space.

"What was that?" Natalie asked. Amy and Ian turned around to face Natalie. Amy's mouth opened wider, and Ian, he looked so confused. "What? Why are you two looking at me like that? How rude!"

Ian stood up. Then.

"You did it again." Amy said. "For the second time. Really, you should've considered going to the bathroom before your flight. "

"No, that's not me. I swear. It must be Dan. Playing a prank. Like that flour bag explosion. And Natalie, what happened to your face?"

"What? I already washed the flour away? What's wrong with it?" Amy handed her a mirror. Then she shouted. Was that, charcoal? On her face? But where did it come from? The towel. "DAAAAAAAANIEEEEEEEEEEL!" She screamed. Then from out of nowhere, Dan came out and grabbed a device near the TV.

"Is that?" Ian said. And his eyes grew. "Give it to me!" But Dan was already running, the camera in his hands. The sound of his footsteps running up the stairs. Then his voice came calling from upstairs. "Hey Nat. You're face, It's priceless. And Ian, who knew It would be so fun to see your face so confused, and shocked. Cobras! Just watch the video later on YouTube." Then he laughed.

The rest of the day, the mansion was filled with Natalie's screams, sometimes, Ian's too (maybe it was Dan's spider prank, he even got Ham with it once). At night, Dan had a lot of scolding from Fiske, Nellie, and Amy. They were disappointed at him. Fiske grounded him for a week. Amy and Nellie kept saying their sorries for the Kabras. But Dan didn't mind it, it's not every day you trick a Cobra.