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Gun toten Girly: Yes, hee hee! I hope you like it. I tried to make it amusing, but yeah… Not sure if I suceceded. Thanks for reviewing, I really appreciate it!
I am so sorry it took so long to update! I was in lack of inspiration... I'll try my best not to do that again. But anyway, with one story finished, I'll have more time for this! Enjoy this next chapter!
Chapter 6. Prank Day
Rays of artificial sun came through the big window of the living room, shining with all its might. The curtains, made of a special semi-transparent material, gleamed in the light. The faint warmth fell on two little elves' faces as they slowly woke up.
Evaline carefully brought her hands to her face and rubbed her eyes, trying to open them. She turned around and, squinting, tried to properly see Holly's face.
"Holly?" she whispered. "Are you awake yet?"
"No." Evaline couldn't help but smile.
"Very funny, Holls." Holly finally opened her eyes and looked at her friend. She slightly panicked inwardly.
Where are we? Was the first thought that crossed her mind.
"Don't worry, we're at the Kelps', remember?" said her friend as she noticed this.
"Oh. Ooooh, right," replied Holly as realization dawned on her.
"I wonder if anyone's awake yet."
"I think I heard someone before. Maybe Mr Kelp went to work."
"Maybe," replied Evie.
Suddenly, the phone started ringing. The two elves jumped slighty, surprised.
"No one's picking up," whispered Holly after a few rings, as if a bomb was about to detonate.
"Should we pick it up? If it keeps ringing, it'll wake everybody up."
Holly shrugged.
"Okay, sure."
They found the phone stuck on the wall of the kitchen. Evaline absolutely refused to pick it up, earning herself a roll of the eyes from the other little elf.
"Hello?" said Holly.
"Hello, this is the EIB," said a strange voice.
"EIB? What's that?"
"Uh… Uh… It's confential."
"Confential? What's that?" asked Holly, confused.
"I think he means confidential," whispered Evie, who was standing so close to Holly, trying to listen to the phonecall as well.
"It's secret, okay?" the person shouted out. "Oops."
Then Holly heard a repetitive beeping sound. The caller had hung up.
"Weird," she said.
"More like creepy, Holls."
The doorbell rang.
"AH! IT'S THE CREEPAZOID, HOLLY!" exclaimed Evaline, jumping up and freaking out. There was a loud noise, coming from the staircase.
"That's for me!" shouted Drefan. He opened the door and greeted his guest. A young sprite, about their age, entered.
"Definitely a creepazoid," whispered Holly as the two boys approached them.
"Holly, Evie, this is Chix Verbil. Chix, this is Holly and Evie."
"Hey! Have you ever heard of the EIB?" he grinned widely at them.
"Yeah," started Evie. "But we're not supposed to talk about it, it's confidential." She and Holly started giggling like mad.
"Okaaaay…" said Trouble. "Anyway, meet my teammate, guys. For the pranks. Two and two. The phonecall was a warm up. "Our headquarters is in my room, and yours could be… the kitchen. Ready?"
"Oh yeah," smirked Holly.
"Good. The game ends when Chix has to leave. Now go!" he exclaimed as both teams ran to their headquarters.
The boys ran upstairs as quickly as their feet could carry them, while Holly rolled on the floor, doing a summersault.
"Holly, what are you doing?" Evie asked skeptically.
"Shh! They could be listening to us," she said, getting up as she was in the kitchen now.
"You're being ridiculous!"
Holly started rummaging in the drawers of the counter.
"Oh yeah, then what's this?" she asked matter-of-factly, pulling out a walkie-talkie and stuffing it in Evaline's face. She covered the mic part.
"I have a plan," she whispered to Evie.
"Okay, so we're going to go outside and set up a water bucket on top of the door. Then we'll call the boys, pretending that we need help with something, and the bucket of water will fall on their heads!" Holly said, extra loudly. Then, she turned off the walkie-talkie.
Upstairs, Drefan was sniggering.
"Amateurs," he said as he shook his head.
"I don't know, Drefan. Something doesn't sound right," said a frowning Chix.
"What do you mean?"
"They're too pretty to do something like that."
"I thought you were being serious for once, Verbil!"
"Okay! I was just joking at that last bit, but they're definitely up to something…"
"So what do we do?"
"Concoct better tricks. C'mon, Dref! We're the best!"
"Right!" Agreed Drefan.
The day passed on quickly, prank after prank. When the game had started, the girls called the two boys from outside, saying they needed help with something. Drefan and Chix, knowing well that there was probably a bucket of water awaiting them at the front door, went through the back, only to be hit by freezing cold water, as if it had been ice from the freezer, only recently melted.
The game followed with an airplane sent into the kitchen. When Evaline opened it, she shrieked so loud, it wasn't a wonder why Grub started to cry. Instead of a message, there was this little black fuzzy thing. A spider. Only it was fake, and Holly immediately noticed this.
At snack time, Holly and Evie switched the salt and sugar pots without the boys knowing, as they ate their strawberries. Drefan took a bite out of his fruit and made a horrible grimace.
"Ew! What is this?" he asked, horrified.
"Salt. Don't you like it?" Evie answered innocently.
"Here," said Holly, coming back from the refrigerator and handing Drefan and Chix a cans of soda.
"Oh, I don't drink soda," replied Chix.
"Oh."
"Why don't you offer it to Evie?" he asked suspiciously.
"Because she doesn't drink soda, either. Do you, Evie?"
"Nope!" the little elf replied proudly, grinning.
"Hey! What's that?" asked Drefan, pointing to the window. The girls turned around and he quickly switched his and Holly's cans.
"What?" demanded Holly.
"Oh, never mind. It was just a bird."
Holly shrugged it off, and when she opened her can, there was a loud fizzing sound, and the soda exploded all over her and Evaline, who was sitting right next to her.
"Backfire!" exclaimed the two boys, laughing while giving each other a well-deserved high five. Holly and Evie couldn't help but giggle as well.
Evening rolled in and Chix had to leave after supper. The kids and parents were standing at the doorway.
"Well, see ya, Drefan," he said, grinning.
"Yeah, see ya!"
"It was fun playing with you two, girls."
"Like smart!" exclaimed Holly.
"You mean likewise," Evaline whispered into her ear.
"Whatever!"
They all laughed and waved as the Verbil family left from the driveway.
"Did you have fun today, kids?" inquired Mrs Kelp.
"Yeah!" replied Drefan.
"Yup!" said Holly.
"Yes!" chimed Evie.
"Good. Well, now it's time for bed, so off you go!" said Calanthe sweetly. And off the kids hurried to get ready for bedtime once more.
So it is true then. Time flies when you're having fun! Thought Holly.
Hope you had fun reading that! I sure enjoyed writing it. I have to admit though, I could have done better than that, but I really wanted to update because it's been such a long time. I'll do my very best for the next chapters though. I'll probably work on this when I have the time if you all want me to, though.
Please review! Smiles, everyone.