Hai! Merry XMAS! R&R?


"Lei-LAN-i! Time to get up!"

Ughhhhh... I roll my eyes and sigh. "It's 7:30 AM!"

"I guess you don't want to see what the gossip magazines say about you, then!"

I jump out of bed, and grab some clothes. I have to see this. I told Aviva to tell me if/when they came in so I could look at them and see how accurate they were. My T-shirt is purple, and I have jeans in my other hand. I quickly change and then run out into the main room of the Tortuga. I grab the nearest gossip magazine: Star. The front cover has a picture of Chris and Aviva. The side "bars" read, New Romances! and the other one read, Leilani: Sass? I instantly open up to the sass page and it had all the insults fired at Zach.

"HEY, LOOK! IT'S A PICTURE OF MARTIN AND CANDICE!" I exclaim, flipping to the New Romances! part. "And me and Gavin!"

"Where?" Candice asks.

I point at the text. "Chris Kratt, 24 and Aviva Corcovado, 23, aren't the only ones who found love. Martin Kratt, Chris' 28-year-old brother also found love with Candice Jones, 28. Candice is also the Wild Kratts crew vet."

"Hey, how do they know how old I am? Oh, and there's you!" Candice points at a picture of me and Gavin.

"Leilani Corcovado-Kratt: Wild Kratt or DONITA'S SECRET MODEL?!" I read the headline. "That was like a year ago! What's next, Victoria's Secret?!"

I half expect someone to say, Actually, they called earlier, and when you get a job, they want you. But luckily, that didn't happen. As much as I'd love to be a model, I'd rather hang out in the wild. And then there's a concept of people... I still don't like people that much, and to be a model there are lots of annoying people around 24/7. UGH, screw it, I don't want to be a model. NOPE!

I read the text. Leilani Corcovado-Kratt, 15, may be a future model. She is 5'8," and looks 36-24-36.

"Wait, what's 34-24-34?" I ask, looking up from the article.

"What the...?" Aviva asks, then sees the gossip magazine. "Oh... it's what society calls perfect."

"Stupid," I mutter, and then keep on reading. Corcovado-Kratt has already modeled for Donita's Secret and many consider her to 'model' her silver bridesmaid dress. Leilani would make an excellent model [for] Victoria's Secret," says Gisele Bündchen, the highest-paid model of 2015. (I searched highest paid models and she was #1.) Then there were pictures of me- one in my bridesmaid dress and a normal picture of me in a swimsuit. (Stalk much?)

"These are so inaccurate!" Martin exclaims. "Look here: Chris or Zach?"

"Chris, obviously." I roll my eyes. "And I know! They think I'd be a good model. No way."

Chris smiles. "Aw, thanks Leilani."

"It's true!" I walk over to Martin and look at the magazine. "It's either a jerk who doesn't have a purpose on this earth or you. I think the choice is obvious. Wait, WHAT does that say?!"

"Okay, give me that!" Aviva grabs the magazine from Martin. "Aviva Corcovado, 23, is cheating on Chris... Zach Varmitech speaks out? That little...!"

She doesn't finish the sentence. I curse Zach a million times over. Suddenly the Wild Kratts alarm goes off, and I drop one of the magazines.

"Wild Kratts, come in! It's Nina!"

A cute girl, who looks like she's 7 or 8 appears on-screen. She has darker colored skin then Aviva and brown hair. Her eyes are also olive like Aviva's. She also has a dark pink flower in her hair.

"Hola, Nina. What's up?" Aviva asks.

"Shadow's missing!"

Who? I think.

"When did you last see him?" Chris asks.

"Yesterday. His mom was looking for him!" Nina answers.

"On our way!" Martin exclaims, tossing a gossip magazine onto the table.

"Was that a gossip... never mind. See you soon!"


After putting the gossip magazines in my room in the To Read Later pile, I walk over to Chris. "Uh, who's Shadow?"

"He's a black jaguar," Chris answers, tapping buttons on his Creature Pod. There, I see a picture of a black-colored kitten. "Zach tried to use him as the symbol for a line of spy-bots once. We're headed to Central America."

"So that puts the honeymoon on hold?" I ask. "No Rio de Janeiro beach?"

"Afraid not now." Chris turns off his Creature Pod. "Maybe sometime in the next week, though. You did a good job at the wedding."

"Thanks," I reply, smiling. "You, too. But, well, duh, nobody really screws up their own wedding unless they like, dive into the cake or something."

Chris laughs. "Yeah. Where'd Luna get off to?"

"Over there." I point at Luna, who's sitting next to Aviva. "By the way, I'm proud of you for not killing Gavin when he asked me out."

"Yet," he teases. "You never know."

"Don't you start!" I elbow him, and we both laugh.

"Okay, I promise I won't kill him if he doesn't hurt you." Chris puts his arm around me. "So, Leilani Corcovado-Kratt, how do you feel about the wedding?"

"In all honesty? It was great, but the press was so annoying." I roll my eyes, yawn and lean my head on his shoulder. "And maybe I stayed up a little too late."

He chuckles a little. "Then go to bed earlier. Um, Leilani, how would you feel-"

He's cut off by Martin. "We're here!"

"Guess it'll have to wait."

"Yeah... race you to the Createrra!"

I end up winning because running is my thing. (Okay, fine Luna beats me. But I still beat both Kratt brothers!) Me, Martin and Chris drive to a little village, where we meet the Nina girl. She waves to us.

"Chris! Martin!"

"Hey, Nina!" Martin exclaims. "Meet Leilani. And Leilani, meet Nina."

"Hey." I smile.

"Are you really Queen of the Wild?" Nina asks, eyes wide.

"I guess." I shrug. "Let's split up, see if we can find Shadow."

We all split up, and Luna and I walk through the forest together just like old times. (Except now I have a Creature Pod which is attached to my arm.) I see an ocelot, and that reminds me of Minecraft. Ocelots on Minecraft are amazing. Suddenly my Creature Pod rings. It's Chris.

"Hey, guys, I found Shadow!" he exclaims. "Meet you back at the Tortuga. Chris out!"

Huh? I think. He never says Chris out. That's like... not him. I shrug it off. Whatever. I walk back towards the Tortuga with Luna and look at more animals. There are a lot of animals. A bird drops a flower in my hair, which is in its usual side braid.

"Thank you." I smile at the bird and hold out my hand for it to land on. "Have a great day!"

The bird tweets in reply and flies off. I keep walking until I see the Tortuga. Everyone beat me back.

"Hey, Leilani, slow much?" Martin calls.

I roll my eyes. "I actually took time to slow down and see everything. Where's Aviva?"

"Uh... where is she?" Koki asks.

"Here!" Aviva calls, running out of the rainforest. "Sorry, I thought I would go for a walk."

"I could've gone with you," Chris suggests.

"By myself." Aviva snaps. "And alone."

"Fine." Chris rolls his eyes and folds his arms. Aviva turns away and folds her arms, too.

What? I think They're fighting?

Something's not right. I just can't put my finger on it... or am I just... going crazy?