A/N: Sorry I'm uploading this so late, I was chatting with a friend and then BAM! It was 11:00 XD
Well, it's the famed prank chapter! Beware of stuff that make me sick while I was writing it XP


It was 10:00 P.M.

It was Dec. 23rd.

Tonight was the night.

8, 7, 9, 3, and 5 had spent the day rigging the lights and hooking up the buttons, so they were all set. 5 was waiting for the violinist halfway down the street, 3 was in the storage room with a walkie-talkie so she could communicate with him, and it was 7 and 9's job to keep 4 and 6 away from the back of the room.

Where's 8, you ask?

He's sleeping, currently.

Anyway, 9 suggested a video game tournament.

"But I hardly ever play video games!" complained 4. "I'll lose!"

7 cast a worried glance at 9. He raised his hands slightly and mouthed, "Think of something!"

"We'll let you pick the game" said 7 in a persuasive voice. 4 rolled her eyes. "Fine. But I'm going to make you pause halfway through every game so you can get me a soda, and while you're gone I'm going to shoot you."

"Just 7, or both of us?" asked 9.

6 smirked. "You're going down, my friend."

"Oh joy."

They headed into the bedroom.

3 tiptoed out of the storage room and pulled out her walkie-talkie. "Silent One to Part-Face, do you read me?"

Out in the cold night, 5 called back, "Part-Face to Silent One, I read you. What's going on?"

"Phoenix and Tripper have Silent Two and Mental Patient in the bedroom, and apparently Silent Two is going to shoot Phoenix repeatedly. Anyway, whenever that guy shows up, we're good to go."

"Good."

5 peered down the street. No car was coming yet, but it was only a matter of time.

3 had put her walkie-talkie away and was now snacking on some popcorn.

Then she saw a strange box in the corner.

She cocked her head and strode over to it. She picked it up and turned it over; something rolled around inside it.

3, being recklessly impulsive, opened the box.

And she gasped and dropped it.

For inside that box was the one thing that she was most definitely not allowed to have.

Quadruple espresso instant coffee.

3 picked up a package and ran to the kitchen area, where she dumped it into a cup, poured hot water into it, and, giggling like a lunatic, she chugged the whole thing down.

There was a sound like a distant explosion, and then 3 went completely berserk.

"!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Like a little rocket, she ricocheted from one wall to the other, slid up and down the zipline, shot across the room and slammed into the wall, got up and did the same thing, then climbed the wall and hung off the ceiling, all the while screaming madly.

Meanwhile, 9, 7, 4, and 6 were playing MarioKart on their Wii when they heard 3's maniacal screaming.

4 looked at the door and frowned. "What's 3 doing now?"

She got up but 7 jumped out of her chair and ran out to the door first. She looked around and hissed, "3! Shut up! You're going to ruin everything!"

Then 3's head poked out from a rafter on the ceiling. Her mental grin spread from one ear to another, and she was shaking so badly 7 thought that 3 was going to fall.

"3!" 7 practically exploded. "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!"

9 couldn't stop 4 and 6 running out to see what was going on. Then 3 let out a barking, high-pitched laugh and fell.

"OMG!! 3!!" yelled 4, and ran over to her sister.

3 had passed out before she hit the floor. She wasn't bleeding, but she looked hurt.

"OMG" gasped 4. She looked up at 7, her eyes wide with panic. "What was she doing?!"

Then 9 came out from the kitchen holding a torn packet. "I don't think 1 hid his instant very well."

4 did a facepalm. "Great. Well, let's get her in the bedroom."

4 pulled her sister's feet and 6 took her shoulders. They laid her in her bed and continued playing MarioKart.

Then, out on the street, a car pulled up to where 5 was. He grabbed his walkie talkie and said, "Part Face to Silent One, Lyrical is here."

She wasn't receiving. 5 tried calling again, and then the violinist stepped out. "Uh, I was told to get off here?" 5 nodded. "Yeah, thanks for coming. Follow me."

The violinist, carrying his violin case, walked behind 5 as he headed for the house.

5's heart was beating painfully fast. If 3 wasn't at the door when he showed up…

Meanwhile, 3 awoke to the sound of crashing cars. "Ha! Told you Bowser sucks!" "But you got Dry Bones! He's the best character, and you made me choose Bowser!"

3 checked her watch and her eyebrows shot above her ears. Quickly, she shot out of the bedroom and out the back door.

5 came in a minute later. "Thank god!" he said in relief. "Why didn't you pick up?" "Shh" hissed 3. "I was unconscious. Come on."

They tiptoed across the floor, the violinist wondering what the hell was going on, and 5 whispered back to 3, "Why were you unconscious?" "I'll tell you later" she muttered.

Finally, they had made it out into the yard. "Okay" said 5. "Sir, if you could stand behind that hill…?"

The violinist nodded. "And also, when the purple lights turn on is your cue to start playing, okay?" "Sure." He went to wait behind the hill.

"Excellent" said 5, and then he turned back to 3. "Okay, now's the hard part: convince them to go stargazing."

"Pfft." 3 waved the problem away like an irritating fly. "This is gonna be easy. Watch the master at work."

They headed back inside, and 3 walked into the bedroom. "Whew!" she said loudly. "It's a beautiful night out there. Full moon, lots of stars…"

7 picked up on this immediately, and let 9 shoot ahead of her character. Then 6 zoomed ahead of both of them, and 4 lost the lead.

"Damn!" she complained. "6…" He grinned. "Can't blame me for trying to win."

4 sighed. "I don't want to play anymore. Come on, 6."

And she dragged him out to the backyard.

3 folded her arms and turned to face 5. "See? Piece of cake" she said with a grin.

7 clapped her hands as 9 turned off the Wii. "Alright, stage one completed. Now, I presume you all know your stations?"

Blank stared.

7 did a facepalm. "Okay, okay. 9, you're manning the blue lights. 3, you're going to be releasing the fireflies, so get out there." 3 did a salute and left the room. "5, you're doing the purple lights, I'm doing the pink lights, and--where's 8?"

"Right here."

Everyone jumped a foot in the air, and turned to see him. "How long have you been there?" asked 9, startled.

He yawned and hopped out of bed. "What am I doing?"

"You have to be outside, too. That's where we have the fake candle hooked up." He nodded and exited the room.

7 faced the two who were left. "I'm hoping that you at least know where the light switches are."

More blank stares.

7 rolled her eyes. "Then follow me, dimwits."

They followed her behind the curtain on the stage. There were three switches. "Okay," she began, "the one on the left is the pink, the one in the middle is the blue, and the one on the right is the purple. Soon my phone will ring, and that's your cue, 9." He nodded. "Then, we'll hear 1 yell. That's your cue, 5. Finally, I'll get a text message and that'll be my cue to flip on the pink lights. Got it?"

"Got it" replied 5, and they waited for 7s phone to ring.


4 and 6 were looking up at the moon, which seemed to rest on the house as it slowly traveled higher in the sky.

"You know" said 4 after a while, "I think this the best thing that could have happened to us."

6 shifted to face her and grinned. "What do you mean?"

4 shrugged. "Well, we could have been killed, or incinerated, or repeatedly stabbed, or--"

"Yeah I'M gonna have to stop you there" said 6 with a laugh. "I suppose you're right" he said, turning to look up again. "We've got everything we could ever want."

3, hiding behind a bush and holding a jar of fireflies, called 7 by speed dial.

Back at the house, they waited. But the phone didn't ring. Panicking, 7 looked out the window. How come 3 wasn't calling?

She ran over and checked her phone.

Then she remembered that she had it on silent mode.

Quickly, she went to regular mode and her ringtone played. She pressed the button to talk and said hurriedly, "My phone was on silent, 3, sorry!"

"It's okay, just tell 9 to do it now!" hissed 3. "Or the moment'll pass!"

7 hung up, and 9 flipped the switch.

Immediately, lines of blue lights lit up the hill. 4 looked around, surprised. "Hmm…." She started thinking, but then she noticed that 6 was watching her.

Flustered, she went back to looking up, though she was a bit suspicious.

3 breathed a sigh of relief, and then unscrewed the jar. "Get out there, you pitiful little creatures" she whispered, and they did so.

Except they flew the wrong way.

"Aaaah!" 3 gasped, and tried to shoo the fireflies the other way. "Go that way! That way! Bad fireflies!" she whispered wildly, and flapped her paws. Thankfully, the fireflies turned around and headed for 6 and 4.

They flew around, their little lights flashing on the two dogs.

4 smiled as one of them landed on her finger. She raised it up to look at it, but it flew away. Disappointed, she watched as it turned loops in the sky.

6 noticed. He held out his paw to her. "Look."

She glanced down, surprised. On his paw pad, a firefly stood, it's light flickering. Smiling again, she rested her paw on his to see if the firefly would make its way onto hers.

3 watched this and quickly pressed a button on her iPhone.

Back at the house, 1 was stunned and pissed to see that there was a new highest bidder on the golf balls he was buying. "WHAT?! SOMEONE OUTBID ME?! HOW?! HOW?! HOW?!?!" he yelled, pounding the table.

5 flicked his switch, and the purple lights turned on, criss-crossing the hill.

4 looked around again, but then down quickly as she saw that the firefly was walking forward…forward…it was on her paw…

She raised her paw and watched the firefly. It crept along, glowing, until it reached the end of her paw pad. Then it took to the air, light blazing, and flew around them.

They hadn't noticed that the violinist had started to play.

But soon they heard the music. 4 was startled, but she listened to the song, and lay back on the snow, feeling peaceful.

"It's nice, isn't it."

She turned to look at 6, who's golden eyes were locked onto her ice blue ones. They glowed like the fireflies.

"Th-the music?" 4 stammered. Idiot.

He grinned. "Yeah. I bet your sister's got a radio rigged somewhere."

4 rolled her eyes.

3 took this as the cue to text 7, "Time for pink."

7 received it, and flipped her switch.

The pink lights, that covered the lead heart, encircled 4 and 6.

4 saw the lights and somewhere in the back of her head she wondered why there were all these lights, but mostly, she could care less.

6s eyes were following the lights. Then his face split into a wide grin.

4 laughed at his expression. "What?"

He laughed too. "Oh, nothing."

The music continued.

3 gestured to 8, who was a few bushes away, to turn on the candle. He pressed a button, and then, in front of 4 and 6, a fake candle lit up.

4 jumped back in surprise. 6 looked at it. "A little fake candle?"

6 flashed a smile at her. "Guess a real candle would lose it's light in this weather."

He yawned, showing all of his teeth.

"Curses!" hissed 3. "He's not doing anything!"

As if he had noticed too, the violinist began to play a different tune. This one made 6 jolt a little. 3 nodded. Good.

3 was gazing at the sky. Suddenly she saw something, and she pointed with one paw, and leaned on the other. "Look!"

One star was glowing brighter than all of the others. "Which one is that, 6?" she asked him, her eyes bright.

He did the same thing she did, and pointed at the star while leaning on his paw.

But--he he--he accidentally rested his paw practically on top of 4s.

And she blushed, but didn't seem to care. In fact, it appeared that she liked it.

"That one?"

4 was shocked out of her little reverie, and looked to where 6 was pointing.

She nodded. He grinned. "That's a planet. I forget which one, though."

4 nodded. 6 opened his mouth to speak, then hesitated.

4 noticed. "What?"

6 bit his lip. "Ah--well, okay, this sounds pretty stupid…"

"What?" 4 demanded.

He looked at her kind of sheepishly.

3 was bouncing up and down and rocking back and forth. Yes yes yes yes yes…

6 turned his head away. "Like it" he muttered.

"What'd you say?" asked 4.

He looked back at her and said softly, "I like spending time with you."

She was frozen. "I…do too?"

He grinned. "So, you want to go out?"

4 froze again, and this time it looked permanent.

3 was waiting with bated breath, her tail flipping around, her eyes twitching…

"Yeah, I'd like that" said 4 weakly, and 6s face split into a big smile.

4 drew her finger across her throat for the violinist, who stopped playing. Then she pressed a button, and victory music started to play.

"WOOHOOO!!!" cheered 3 jumping out from behind the bush and hugging 4.

"Um, 3, you're squishing me…"

3 pulled away, and she was actually crying. "4! I…I'm so happy for you!"

4 smiled. "Thanks, 3."

Then her eyes narrowed and she frowned. "Now, what were you doing behind that bush…?"

3 bit her lip and said innocently, "It's a good night?" 4 growled good-naturedly and tackled her sister. "Ow! 4, that hurts, YOW!" 6 laughed.

8, from where he was, texted 7 with "Victory!" and the three of them came out, tore across the lawn, and cheered loudly with 3. 8 did the same.

"I say this calls for a party!" shouted 3, and everyone else roared in agreement.

As the lot headed down the hill, 3 led a chant. "WHO WINS?!" "6 AND 4!!" "WHO WINS?!" "6 AND 4!!"

Only the two of them stayed behind. 4 looked up and 6 and he gazed down at her. He took her hand and they followed the others down the hill.


A/N: Congratulations. You made it to the second authors note. You survived the overwhelming 4x6. Yay.

Well, at least this means 3's done plotting for a while. Until the summer...O.O

This marks the first monumental occasion in this story, not counting holidays (CHRISTMAS IS TOMORROW 8D). Next will probably be...ah, but I cannot say. All I can say is that it involves stitching things together, and mutant stuff. Like spaghetti.

Until next time, reviews are lovee, Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it:

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