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It was around 10am when Naboo and Bollo had gotten up to see the Board of Shaman. Since 10am was early to them it didn't help when Bollo knocked over a vase causing Vince to yell from his bedroom door that if they woke him up that early again he would set Charlie on them before he stumbled back to his bed falling asleep on impact with his pillow. The only other person up was Howard cleaning his Trumpet in the kitchen. Anna slowly stirred, smiling as she remembered all the events from last night. She sat up and looked around at Howard's room. She noticed the mirror on the
wall so she got up and looked at her reflection and screamed.
"HOLY FUCK SHIT!" Lucy sat bolt up right in bed, she looked at Anna and burst into laughter.
"Shut up it's not funny!" Anna said desperately trying to flatten it. Howard appeared at the door looking worried
"is everything alright?"
"Yeah, Anna's just having some hair problems" Lucy jerked a thumb towards Anna who went red.
"HAIR PROBLEMS?" Vince sprung from his bed forgetting all thoughts of setting Charlie on someone and sprinted over to Howard's room. He new hair problems were a serious matter and had to be handled with extreme care. He walked in and went straight to Anna.
"Why does it do this?" Anna moaned
"I see what your problem is," he said studying her hair from all angles.
"What's the diagnostic Doctor?" she asked playfully.
"You've rolled around to much in your sleep causing your hair to frizz. Don't worry nothing Jean Claude Jaquettie products can't fix. I can fix it if you like"
"that would be so fantastically amazing." Vince understood exactly how she was feeling, especially after having to deal with more than a few hair nightmares himself.
"All right then, I remember this one time I was about to go to a Terminal Margaret gig and my fringe curled upwards like a quiff! It was so huge; you could probably surf on the thing! So anyway, what I did was-"
"Lucy do you want to get some breakfast while these two do their hair?" Howard asked the teenager.
"Yeah Howard that would be great, ill just un-braid my hair first." Howard left the room and Lucy began to un-braid her long hair.
"Wow Lucy your hair looks so cool!" Vince exclaimed. Lucy's hair had kinks in it from the braid making her ringlets look like zigzags.
"Thanks Vince, I always braid my hair before bed so that" she gestured towards Anna who flipped Lucy the finger
"Doesn't happen to me." Vince laughed and went back to fixing Annas hair.
Lucy found Howard in to kitchen,
"You look tired Howard." He smiled
"I forgot how much Vince talks in his sleep, he kept taking about Gary Newman." Lucy laughed.
"Why don't we go to my room? All my products are in there."
"Yeah good idea" Anna followed Vince to his room, when she walked in her jaw dropped. It was smaller than hers but it was magnificent. The walls and furniture matched, and everything in there made the room look more and more spectacular.
"Your room is amazing Vince."
Vince soon found out that he was battling a large Afro that was allot tougher than he first thought.
"It's so thick" Vince frowned
"sorry" Anna smiled at Vince through the mirror.
"Let's try washing it, if that don't work I don't know what will, oh and put some of this in your hair when you finished, it will help." Vince got up and left Anna to wash her hair and to get himself breakfast. Anna stared at the jar; it was Naboo's Miracle Wax.
"What do you want for breakfast Lucy?"
"Umm, got any cheerios?"
"Yes we do actually." Howard made some Cheerios for her.
"Naboo and Bollo went to see the Board of Shaman this morning about how to get you two back home."
Lucy stared into the cereal. She didn't want to leave this place just yet. It was too
amazing to leave behind only after being here for around ten hours. Howard turned around to make himself some toast and something caught Lucy's eye. It was Vince.
He snuck down the hall with a devilish smile on his face. He saw Lucy and winked. She new what he was planing and smiled.
"HOWARD I'M HUNGREY!" Vince yelled jumping on Howard's back.
"AHH MONSTER, DONT KILL ME I'VE GOT TOO MUCH TO GI- VINCE!" Howard yelled trying to pry him off. Vince eventually climbed off and sat down.
"Don't you ever do any thing like that again"
"can I have some Coco pops?" Howard grumbled and made Vince his
breakfast. Lucy managed to haul herself up off the floor and back onto her chair still laughing. She calmed down taking a few deep breaths and wiped the tears from her face.
"This is the kind of stuff that made your T.V show so successful. But seriously you guys are so mental."
"Says the mental case who laughed her self stupid on the floor," Howard teased. Vince snorted into his Coco pops. When Lucy cleared away her dishes she started giggling again
"what are you giggling at?"
"You have some Coco pops in your hair Vince." Vince dropped his spoon and screamed. He ran out the room crying about how he had gotten his hair perfect this morning. Howard and Lucy laughed as crashes and bangs echoed from his room while looking he was looking for his straightener and certain hair products. They had finished cleaning up their breakfast things when Naboo walked in looking tired.
"Hey Naboo, where's Bollo?" Howard asked.
Vince walked out of his room fixing a few strands of hair after hearing that Naboo and Bollo were back.
"Rolling up the carpet. Where's Anna? I don't want to explain this twice." Anna, as if on cue walked in
"Hej mine venner, hvor er du?" she said flipping her hair.
"What?" Vince asked to no one in particular.
"It's Danish for hello my friends, how are you" Lucy informed him.
"Wow you can speak food," he said to Anna. She laughed at him
"you can speak animal"
"no just to animals," Vince said chuckling.
"Right" Naboo got everyone's attention
"After a really long debate with the Board of Shaman we concluded that the lightning from the storm had caused a huge static electricity charge. The aerial from your T.V attracted the charge. It travelled down into the T.V and went off when Anna hit the T.V. When it when off a temporary portal was formed transporting you two to our world." Everyone was silent as they let this information sink in.
"Wait, if it was a static charge that means that it only goes off once then it's gone." Naboo looked sorrowful.
"Yes Anna, that's means there's no way I get you back home. I'm sorry."
"NO!" Anna ran cried. She out if the room and down into the shop but ran straight into Bollo knocking them both into the ground.
"Oh shit sorry Bollo" Anna scrambled up and tried to help up the Gorilla.
"What's wrong, why you crying?" He asked ignoring her outstretched hand, he was a little winded but OK. He looked at her wondering how someone so small could knock down someone like him. Anna startled him when she threw herself at him and buried her face in his fur and sobbed, he gently hugged her back. Lucy came shooting down the stairs with Naboo, Howard and Vince right on her tail.
"Oh Anna come here" Lucy walked over and embraced Anna as she turned into
her hug.
"You'll be fine. I promise. They'll be alright."
"I won't ever see my parents again" Anna's words were nearly lost in her sobs.
"I know honey, I know. But they will be OK. I promise." Lucy had tears rolling down her cheeks and held Anna tighter. Vince looked at Howard, Howard looked at Bollo and Bollo looked at Naboo. Naboo tenderly spoke
"I'm sorry girls I tried to find a way to get you back but there's nothing I can do."
"I know Naboo, and we're both so grateful for everything you have done. But Anna had a really close relationship with her parents, they were like family me to as well."
"I'm sorry Anna, I really tried." Naboo eyes were full of sadness.
"I don't know what were going to do now."
"Well your going to stay with us!" Vince exclaimed. Both girls perked up at this
"Will we work in the shop and pay rent?" Lucy asked wiping tears off her face.
"Yeah you can work with these two idiots," Naboo laughed, happy to see the girls felling a little better.
"I still want to see my parents again."
"Don't think about it too much, think about how much fun we will have!" Vince was almost jumping up and down. Anna laughed imagining her self and Lucy working in the shop with Vince and Howard then realized that they had no clothes except the ones they were wearing.
"What's wrong Anna?" Howard noticed the snap second change of emotions on her face.
"We have no clothes or anything except what we and on yesterday"
"well let's go shopping!" Vince was already half way up the stairs to get his things. They all looked at Naboo who shrugged and said,
"OK just don't be long."
Four hours later
"Vince I'm board, can we go now?" Howard moaned. He was getting a sore arm from holding all Vince's shopping bags.
"Not yet we've only been to…not enough shops," Vince said pulling Howard along
like he was a two year old.
"I need some more jeans." Anna chirped next to Vince.
"You both have a problem and-ooh Ryman" Howard said pressing himself up to the glass of the shop.
"How about Howard and I meet you and Anna back here in an hour." Lucy suggested.
"Yep, good idea Lucy" Vince said then ran off with Anna in the direction of Top Shop.
Ryman was completely empty except himself, Anna and a near by staff member.
"So Lucy is there anything you needed to buy?"
"I wanted to buy a sketch pad and pencils."
"Alright, can you get me some 2B pencils as well?" Lucy nodded and walked off to find her things. Howard looked at a jumbo pack of Rubber Bands; Stationary Village needed more Rubber Bands. As Howard was choosing what colour he wanted he felt some grab him. At first he thought it was Vince playing a joke until the person roughly shoved a cloth in his face. He panicked when he smelt the chemicals and tried to get free but the fumes were making him dizzy and they dragged him away.
Lucy eventually found the pencils and sketch pad and started looking for Howard.
She became worried after she searched the store and couldn't find him. Her pace quickened and she tripped on something on the floor. It was Howard's wallet,
"oh fuck."
