Author: Man, I was SHOCKED. I mean I just uploaded "Hidden Emotion" last night and BAM it had 3 reviews in the morning!Looks like a lot of people like ShunXAlice (Who wouldn't?). `Kay as usual, thanks for those who reviewed my stories and no I don't own Bakugan.

Recipe for Disaster

"How did I get into this...mess" he muttered. The brawlers picnic was coming soon and Dan was assigned to bring the food. Originally, his plan was to ask his mom to cook the food but she was with his dad on a business trip. He was informed at the last minute by a note, sitting at the table. The note said:

Dan, I'm sorry but I can't cook for your picnic as I have to come with your father on a business trip. Just buy the cookbook "A Beginner's guide to cooking" at the local bookstore. Follow all the instructions with great care and you'll be all set. There's money on the counter. We'll be back next week. Take care Dan.
P.S Remember to change your underwear, honey

He read the note once again and sighed, 'Of course I'll change my underwear. I'm not that stupid. So what if I never get A's, the occasional D is good enough for me' he thought. Crumpling the little note in his fist, he walked over to the table and looked for the money. He spotted it on the corner of the table. A few hundred dollars enough for one cookbook and a weeks worth of allowance he thought. He then stuffed the money into his pocket, along with the note, and walked out to buy that cookbook.

The walk to the bookstore was short and uneventful. "Here we are! Land ho!" he muttered sarcastically. Scanning the aisles, he searched for the ones with the right sign. He found it and walked over to it quickly. While searching, he saw some interesting titles such as "Weenie's Guide to Cooking" and "Idiot's First Pastry Guide" and the most ridiculous one "Stupid Weenie's Guide To Prank Food". He started snickering at the titles, even when he got the book he needed. "That will be $39.75 sir, how will you be paying? Cash or card?" the cashier asked when he dumped the book in front of her. "Cash" he answered, digging his pockets for the money. He pulled out two crumpled twenties, said keep the change and went away.

Dan decided to take the bus this time being a bit lazy. He sat down beside a couple of kids who bought some books about sludge from the same store. He dumped the bag next to the kids bag and began to listen to their talk. "Mom'll get so surprised when she slips in a puddle of goo" the little black haired boy exclaimed enthusiastically."Yeah and my sister will scream when she sees her room covered with that gunk" the other kid snickered. It seemed that they bought a book about pranks. Dan listened to their conversation, feeling bored, he took out the note. He noticed something written at the said:

Oh and Dan, I've left instructions on the counter for the appetizer and for desserts. For the main course, follow the instructions on page 58

"Now she tells me" he muttered. The bus stopped around a well known street and he hurriedly picked the bag and ran home. But he didn't know that the bag he took was the wrong bag.

He ran to the door at almost light speed. But.... it seemed that there were no breaks. BAM!He bumped into the front door. He dropped the bag and one hand immediately went up to his head. "Ow..my head" he grunted, rubbing the bump on his head. He noticed that a piece of paper flew out of the bag . He ignored thinking that it was just the receipt. It wasn't, it was the cover. Because the book he had was the kind that had removable covers and it wasn't wrapped in plastic, like the cookbook that he had bought. He entered the house with a sigh of home sweet home. "Where have you been Dan?" Drago asked, a hint of anger coloring his voice. "I needed to get some things for the brawlers picnic" he replied coolly."Leave a note" Drago muttered, Drago had been sleeping when Dan left for the bookstore."Yeah..yeah"

Dan went off to the kitchen, bag hanging on arm. He decided to make dessert and appetizer first. Just as he expected, the recipes were under
the bowl of fruit with a note saying that the ingredients were in the fridge. " Appetizer, oooh that sounds delicious, chicken chowder mmmmm... chicken legs..check..salt..check..onions..check...." he muttered taking the said ingredient out of the fridge, putting check marks at the name of the ingredient as he went along. When he had all the ingredients out of the fridge he started to follow the instructions. Now, he has watched his mother cook almost all his life. He knew what to do, he learned cooking just by watching his mom. "And there" he said, adding the finishing touches to the soup as it boiled. The instructions said that he had to wait about four hours for it to simmer so he decided to make dessert while waiting for the appetizer to finish. He took out the other slip of paper from underneath the fruit bowl. "Dessert is..ooh..mom's special recipe for cheesecake...flour..eggs..butter..cheese..milk..." he said under his breath as he took out various ingredients from the cupboards. Soon the cheesecake was baking and he was just waiting for them to get finished. So whipping out the new 'cookbook' he got, he started to make *gag* page 58.

"Ouillata blah..blah..blah something french..blah..blah" he smirked. "Baking soda, salt, dish washing liquid?ew" he started have some doubts about this recipe but he remembered that it was his mom and just did it. A ping reminded him of the soup and of the cake. Rushing to get the oven mitts, he took out the food. The soup he placed in a pot to bring for tomorrow, but the cake needed some chocolate. "Mmm..smells good" he said after sniffing both of the food. After the er..recipe for the main course was done he went to sleep.

Author: I didn't want Dan to be too stupid so I gave him the occasional D instead of F. But he followed *puke* page 58 so he's kinda gullible for me .I tried to improve the length, I'm sure I made it longer than the last few review.