Chapter 1: Lost Ella

"Good bye! I'm going to my friend Snowball." Said Lacy. Lacy was a cotton candy bunny with many friends. They were all Webkinz pets of a girl named Becky. Becky loves stuffed animals and never wants anybody to take them. It was a beautiful morning in Fallbrook, California and Becky was on vacation for a week.

Lacy went out of Becky's bedroom, went across the backyard, and then to the fence. Snowball, a white rabbit, was waiting for her, unhappy.

Curious, Lacy asked, "What's wrong? You don't seem so happy."

Snowball looked at her sadly and answered. "It's Ella. She's missing. The last I saw her was last night; however, I know where she is." Lacy was confused, but then Snowball showed her a piece of paper. It had information about what happened to Ella, the elephant. Lacy quickly read it, and nodded to Snowball.

Lacy ran back to Becky's bedroom, avoiding the bugs crawling around the backyard. When she got back and told what happened, some took it seriously, and some didn't. "Ok. What are we supposed to do about it? It's not like we can go save her." Lacy turned and saw Buster, the Boston terrier. "There is no point in trying to rescue a Webkinz if we don't know where she is. Plus, it's useless anyway."

Lacy answered, annoyed, "Come on. We can do something. It's not mission impossible." She quickly added to herself, "Whatever that means."

Just then, Snowball raced in with more information. "I know what can get us to the location." Before Snowball could continue, Lacy cut in. "Snowball, you didn't even tell the location yet." She held the note in front of Snowball and read it. "All it says is 'We took your friend and your possession. Unless you have the technology to find us, the power is ours.' All I got out of it was it was signed by a pirate and he took something precious. So, what does all of this mean?"

Snowball stood quiet for a few moments while the rest of the Webkinz stood watching her, waiting for an answer.

Finally, she answered, "Well, I found another note and it said the location. The thief must have dropped it and forgot about it."

Lacy, content, said, "That's a good enough answer for me, so what is the location?"

Snowball answered, "She on an island near Hawaii."

The Webkinz, shocked started to murmur to each other in doubt.

"We are never going to make it there"

"It's too impossible"

"We need some sort of vehicle to get there."

"Stop!"

Lacy yelled out to the Webkinz, and they stopped and turned to her. "Look. It seems impossible, but I know Snowball. And Snowball can get us there. Snowball, can you get us there?"

Snowball nodded intensely. "We can get there using my…hovercraft."

The Webkinz were now confused. Dog, aka Doug the Beagle, asked, "Where in the entire world did you get a hovercraft?"

Snowball hesitated, and then answered. "Well, that is a long, long story. Let's just say the short version of it. Well…I got it from my friend's owner's dad's boss, who is rich, gave the hovercraft to the dad, then gave it to the daughter, and then to my friend, and finally to me."

The Webkinz, baffled to what she said, commented nothing and just glanced at each other. Lacy stared at Snowball, extremely confused, just shrugged. "Okay then. When can you get us to your hovercraft?"

Snowball sat down. "I actually have to bring it to you."

"Ok."

The Webkinz stopped discussing it for the day and went on to usual things: gossiping, telling stories, Buster trying to have Dots', a White Terrier, approval to go on a date with him. Buster spied on Dog and Dots for a few minutes, eavesdropping on their conversation. Dots was talking about Buster. "Will he ever stop trying to be my boyfriend?"

Dog just shrugged. "I have no idea. It's either he forgets about it or he tries until something makes him stop."

"I doubt that will ever happen."

"Come on. It's not like he will keep trying until Becky goes off to college or something."

"Well see about that." Buster said to himself. He went over between Dots and Dog, separating them, and started talking to Dots. "Hey. Crazy question," He said in his deep voice, smiling. "Would you like to go out with me? Just this once?"

"Buster! You have asked that question about ten times. And it is the same answer every time: No!"

Buster, still smiling, just kept going on persuading her. "Why not? I am a dancer, have cool friends, and wear awesome outfits on the Webkinz site. And you go for a dog named Dog, who has a baseball themed room, and has no fashion sense what-so-ever."

"You know exactly why! I have explained it once before, and I will do it again. Dog is sensitive, kind, and sweet, and doesn't always care about being cool-looking!"

Buster just kept keeping his cool, even when he was rejected. "Suit yourself. If you change your mind you can always ask me. Day, night, beautiful afternoons-"

He was cut off by Dots smashing his paw with hers. He jumped back with pain on his right paw. He immediately sat down and started rubbing it with his good paw. "You can't stop the love breaking through you!" He yelled back at her while she and Dog were walking away. He quietly added to himself, annoyed, "When will you learn…" Then went back to get the stuffing back into his right paw.

Meanwhile, Lacy was going over the plan for the mission with Snowball. "How long will it take us to get there? And how are we going to fit all the Webkinz on the hovercraft?"

"We will all be able to fit on; however, I won't go with you." She quickly went on, as if she never said the last sentence. "And it will take a total of five hours to get there."

"Ok, wait. Did you say you weren't going to go with us?" Lacy was shocked; Snowball was the one making this whole plan, why couldn't she go? "You have to come! We don't know a single inch around Hawaii. Why can't you come?"

She hesitated. "My owner is coming home at…" she looked at the clock. It said 2:25. "Oh! My owner will be here in a few minutes, got to go. Good-bye!"

Lacy tried to call after her. "Wait! I thought you said Ashley…" her voice died down, figuring Snowball couldn't hear her anymore. Why is she acting so strange all of a sudden?

For the rest of the afternoon, Lacy laid on Becky's bed with thoughts whirling in her mind. What's happening over at her owner's house? A few days ago, she said Ashley was out on vacation too. Is she telling the truth? Lacy tried to get the thought to the back of her head. She was tired from all the excitement from today. She jumped off of the bed and looked around. Some of the Webkinz were sleeping; most of them were still awake, chatting away. Lacy went over to a random blanket and eventually fell asleep, and waited for the big day to come.

Ok, reason I am doing this note thing is because it is a good idea. Second reason why this didn't take very long is that I started this story since I was ten years old, never gave up the dream to write this book. I am now on the third story, Webkinz Story 3: Toys in Time. Sound cool, right? I rewrote this because I was only ten, didn't have that much writing skill back then; however, I am learning from Erin Hunter, the most amazing writer in the history of writers. Ok, bye.