Chapter 2
The Drive
A couple of weeks later, the Lundby family was driving along toward their new home. Twelve-year-old Scarlet was attempting to read, eight-year-old Charley was deep into his Gameboy, and four-year-old Bob, or Bobby, was trying to destroy everything in sight.
"Mommy I want a cookie - Mommy I want a cookie - Mommy I want a cookie - Mommy I want a –"
"Be quiet, will you, I'm trying to read! I'm at a good part!"
"Ahhhh!" screamed Bobby, as he reached over and grabbed her book. He looked at the book in surprise for a second, and then started ripping it to pieces as fast as his little hands could go.
"Mommy stop him! He's wrecking my book!"
"Yes! VICTORY!" screamed Charley from the back of the car. Everybody turned to look at him. "I just defeated the twenty third level! It was really hard because you had to go past Veran, Sorcerer of Shadows, and I almost lost, except that I remembered that I still had that switch hook and seed shooter that I got from Impa on the eighth level, which was tough because it was guarded by the Great Moblin who –"
"Shut up already!" Scarlet shouted. "We don't care what happened to you in your imaginary electronic world!"
"Mommy give me a cookie! I want a cookie!" Then Bobby gave a blood-curdling scream, and started randomly thrashing about attempting to attack Scarlet and narrowly missing Noelle.
"Now, if you kids don't calm down –"
"But look what he did to my book –"
"Mommy, make Scarlet read to me or I'll –"
"NO! Onik, General of Darkness just –"
All of a sudden, they stopped.
"We're here!" said Charles Lundby.
The whole family looked up and gasped!