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After what seemed like ages ago, Mike finally got back in contact with an old friend of hers. One of her best friends in the whole wide world. The current Tu Xuan Ze, Juniper Lee, granddaughter of Jasmine Lee and the chosen one to see through the magic barrier of Orchid Bay and the only one to see the monsters invading the little and poor town.

This secret was hidden from her close friends, Jody, Roger, and Ophelia, but she had permission to tell one person of her choice to tell the secret to that wasn't related to her. Before she met Marcus Connors, she wished she could have told him along with her crush on him, but no, she chose Michelene Mazinsky, also known as Mike. It started out like a normal day after school, June was in her bedroom, doing her homework, trying to tune Ray-Ray out.

"June?" Chad Lee popped his head into his only daughter's room with a smile. "You have a phone call."

"Thanks, Dad," June smiled as she took it and answered it after he left and shut the door behind him. "Hello?"

"Am I speaking to Juniper now?" a raspy female voice asked.

"Uh, yes, you are," June didn't recognize the voice at first. "Who may I ask is calling?"

"June, it's me, Mike."

June's almond brown eyes widened in shock a little. "Mike...?" she whispered, she went to her pillow and reached in to take an old, now torn-up photograph that was hidden from everyone and she had a hold of. It had three little girls playing, one was a girl with golden blonde hair in high pigtails in a pink shirt with a white skirt and pink and white sneakers, young June with lower pigtails, a green shirt, blue skirt, black tights, and brown shoes, and the final girl had a red fedora with short ginger hair, a red shirt, red skirt, and red and white boots. How could she had forgotten? Did her new job make her too busy to even forget her friends before she had met Jody, Roger, Ophelia, and Marcus?

"June, hello...?" the voice kept going.

"Uh, sorry," June shook her head, paying back attention. "When you say you're Mike, do you mean a tomboy girl?"

"Yeah, you remember me now?"

June smiled as she had a memory. It was when she first met Mike and their other friend Dee Dee. They all became fast friends. It even earned them all their nicknames. June was short for Juniper obviously while Mike and Dee Dee were short for Michelene and Deanna Debra, that was also about when Barbara was pregnant with Ray-Ray which was why they had to move.

"Yeah, sorry about that," June smiled. "It's just been so long."

"Tell me about it," Mike chuckled a little. "Anyway, what've you been up to? How's umm... Your job going?"

June sighed. "It's a little tough, but I got it... Sometimes I just wish I could call in sick or something. It's also hard to keep it hidden from Mom and Dad sometimes."

"Must be hard for your grandma too since your dad is her son and all."

"Yeah... So, Mike, why'd you call? Are you gonna be able to move into Orchid Bay?" June sounded hopeful.

"Uh, not exactly... I was thinking of maybe a visit since we haven't done anything together in like eight years."

June sighed. "Mike, that sounds great and all, but I can't leave Orchid Bay unless it's the holiday when the Tu Xuan Ze and the magical creatures get one week off... Unfortunately, it's already passed and I went to theater camp."

"No, no, I get that, I mean that I'm gonna visit you."

June's eyes lit up then. "Really!?"

"Yeah," Mike could be heard smiling through the phone. "That is... If it's okay with you."

"That's totally fine with me!" June beamed. "I'm sure Mom and Dad will love it too, they don't mind visitors. Oh, don't get me started on the time Ah-Mah turned into my age and we had to tell everyone she was my cousin Roxanne."

Mike laughed a little. "You can tell me all about it when I get there, I'm gonna come in a week or so. I'll call you before I leave and meet you in town."

"Sounds great! Will I get to meet your parents too?"

Mike didn't answer for a moment.

"Mike, you there?" June asked, a little worried.

"Uhh... Yeah, sorry, dropped a pencil..." Mike said. "My parents can't make it... They have to go out of town... Also, I got a mission myself in Orchid Bay that maybe you could help me with."

"Sure, Mike, anything... What is it?"

"I'll tell you when I get there."

"Okay... Talk to you later, Mike, I better get this homework done, then I'm gonna have dinner with my parents."

"Okay, talk to you later, June... Also, if you can, add me on ToonFace."

"You have an account there?" June asked with a hopeful smile as she happened to have her laptop computer right on her desk with her worksheets from school.

Mike laughed a little. "Who doesn't? Well, talk to you later."

"See ya, Mike." June smiled and hung up the phone. She was really going to look forward to this visit from Mike. Also hopefully, maybe Mike could come to school with her and meet Roger, Ophelia, and Jody.

Mike hung up the phone as she sighed and leaned against a computer chair, her legs crossed and her eyes slowly shut.

The next day, the bell rang at St. Alban's school, the school where Mike went with her old 'friends', Max and Melissa. However, after Mike's adventure on the Albonquetine Islands, Melissa had moved away somewhere else and now Max was trying to get Samey away from Mike since Amy was on his and this girl named Janine's side, who was known at school for playing Squash which disgusted Mike to the core.

"Get away from me..." the blonde-haired, green-eyed girl whimpered as her evil twin sister and the gothic boy were trying to get her to them.

"Oh, come on, Samey," Amy taunted. "Everyone knows you're just as bad as we are!"

"Yeah, don't you wanna be one of us?" Max grinned darkly.

"Hey, get away from her!" Mike snapped to them.

Amy glared at Mike while Max looked a bit cowardly and they did as told and walked away.

"You okay, Sammy?" Mike asked the girl, calling her by her real name, almost no one did that.

"Yeah, I guess," Samey sighed. "I really need to stand up for myself."

"Yeah, you do," Mike nodded. "But until then, I'll protect you."

"Thanks, Mike." Samey smiled.

Mike smiled back. "Come on, let's get to Sister Ignatius's science class. I hate for you to be late and get sent to the pastor's office... He always uses God against us..."

"Well, this is a Catholic School," Samey shrugged, then giggled. "I know the devil exists now because I have Amy for a sister."

Mike laughed a little at that. "Never change, Sammy... Max and Melissa may have come before you, then I met Lu and Og on the island, but you're my best friend as far as everyone's concerned."

"I really missed you when you went on that island, Mike... I wish I could've gone with you, but..."

"I know, I know, Amy wouldn't let you," Mike sighed which is why she went on the island alone, not only because she was the exchange student, but because no one else bothered to come with her, but Max and Melissa supported her and were promised letters every week, but never did until that one time and they had told Mike they left her for Janine. "Don't worry about it, I was fine... I'm still alive, aren't I?"

"Yeah, Amy told everyone that you would probably be eaten by savage islanders or something."

"Nah, they don't eat meat there, a lot of their food is coconuts... But on Og's birthday, his mom made a pea cake."

Samey wrinkled her nose. "Pea cake?"

"They thought carrot cake sounded revolting."

Samey shook her head. "I'll never understand islanders..."

Samey and Mike went into their science class. They tried to grab onto every word the nun instructor was giving them with a ruler in hand, threatening to slap anyone's hand with it to anyone who was dozing off or staring off into space. Mike was in fact paying attention, but she was also hoping this visit with June would work out. She was afraid too many things would change since they're both older and might become distant with nothing in common anymore. She had seen it happen many times in popular culture.

After class, Samey and Mike were now in the cafeteria, eating their lunch. Mike decided to tell Samey about what she was going to do next week and her visit to Orchid Bay.

"You never told me about this friend June." Samey said to her best friend once they got to their table.

Mike swallowed her burger, wiping her mouth. "I didn't really remember her until I found something weird under my pillow, then I remembered this," she took out the childhood photograph. "It's like our memories were wiped or something."

"Weird..." Samey blinked in surprise. "I hope you have a good visit to your friend."

"Thanks... You wanna come too?"

"No thanks, I wouldn't wanna be a third wheel... Besides, June's your friend, it's best you see her, I'll probably come if you visit her again another time."

Mike shrugged with a smile. "Only if that's what you want, Sammy..."

"I want you to be happy," Samey smiled to her best friend. "We'll hang out again another time."

"Thanks, Sammy."

"Of course, Mike... Also, thanks for calling me 'Sammy'."

Mike smiled. "I'll give you back a souvenir."

"Great!"

The two shared a hug and spent the rest of their lunch having fun.