It was Day 6: Fast Friday, which focused of that speedy hedgehog Sonic and his friends; it was the time when I finally reverted into the geek I once was and lost it when the frogs showed up to make fun of me. But before that, Mouser, Fryguy, Tryclyde, Robirdo, and I were to head to Brooklyn, the new location for the fan convention and Mario's original home place. Since it was in the Real World, we had to transport ourselves via magic Warp Pipe once more, which will be the last time since the last day was going to take place in Toad Town. In case you were wondering, most of us were dressed up as Eggman's robots except for Robirdo, who was already a robot, and me, who feared that I would be picked on again.
When we came, we assembled with Lily in her mildly revealing Sonic jacket costume from Day 1, Little Mac as Knuckles, Kenny as Dr. Eggman, Ginny as Blaze the Cat, Suzibeth as Cream the Rabbit, and Louie as Tails the Fox. Apparently, they wondered why I wasn't wearing a costume this time.
"Yo, what's eating you, Warty?" asked Mac, noticing my unhappy face. "We're starting to wonder why you ain't wearing no costume."
"It's nothing, really," I responded. "Don't worry about it. I'll cheer up later in the afternoon."
"Are you sure you'll be alright?" asked Ginny. "You seem to be really nervous, since you're sweating."
"Yeah, and soon, you'll be even slimier and get warts on your warts," sniggered Kenny.
"I said I'm fine!" I shouted angrily, as I was stomping my foot.
Later, Mario, wearing a Sonic costume, Pauline, as Rouge the Bat, and Donkey Kong, in a jacket based on Big the Cat, showed up to see me for some reason; at first, I didn't know why.
"Hello there, Wart," greeted Mario. "As the host of Contendo Week, we would like give you our thanks for coming to our con. At first, you weren't very enthusiastic about taking a visit, but thanks to the encouragement of the fans, you haven't missed a single day to participate or at least help out in our attractions, play with the children, order us flowers, and even attempt to catch a thief, thus we've-a got to reward you for a change by giving you the special treatment before we'll contribute to Sonic.
"What special treatment?"
"You'll find out sooner or later."
It started off with a parade of admirers bringing a sedan chair for me to sit on; it was swamped themed, with the color of green, woody plants, fake slime, toadstools, and water lilies, much to my pleasure. Since they were trying to be nice, I had no choice but to get in so they could carry me to somewhere, but where exactly? It was later revealed to be a dessert-eating challenge in which I had to gobble up as much as possible within five minutes; this reminded me when I was little, I was so fond of cakes, pies, and such that I would often steal them from bakeries with the occasion of making a mess to expose my responsibility for my holdup.
Meanwhile, like Wednesday and Thursday, Roy left Mac and Kenny for the rest of the day since he no longer asked for anymore merchandise now that he won all of Virginia's cards. So this time, he went to find the blue blur Sonic for an autograph. But before he could, he saw the purple-haired girl coming to him quietly, along with some fans angry and somewhat scared at the same time. "What the heck is going on here? Did I do something wrong?"
Virginia angrily stared at the Koopaling, which would later on be remembered for a long time. "After you left when our game was over, a lot of my friends and the rest of the fans told me that you stole their cards, so you can use their EX-cards to beat me and win MY cards, and that you threatened to attack them if I knew about this. At first, they were afraid to tell me, but I let them know that I'm capable of dealing with bullies the hard way."
"She'll stop you and bring us our cards back, you big bully!" declared one fan dressed up as Shadow the Hedgehog.
Roy then slapped the girl and shoved her, leaving her shocked. "Strong you ain't, 'cause you're a gullible little girl who thinks that stopping me is a possibility! It was unwise for you to do nice things to me, only be cheated by me! That's how the way of the Koopa family works."
"What about the time when I bought you ice cream at Mona Pizza or taught you the strategies for the card games? And parenthetically, you once promised to give me an action figure on the telephone while the boxer and alligator looked after you at home.
"What you did means nothing, and in reality, I was going to keep the Impa action figure to myself. And I should've mentioned that on Wonder Wednesday, Nabbit was going to steal your cards and secretly give them to me!"
When the girl saw that thieving lagomorph, redeemed as a delivery guy, but ashamed for working with Roy, she asked, "Is that true, Nabbit, that you were going to steal my cards?"
The purple bunny sullenly nodded.
"Well, ask yourself this: what would Roy actually do for you in return?"
Enraged after being snitched on, Roy brought out a can of spinach, opened it with a claw, and sloppily devoured the whole green vegetable, resulting in his muscles pumping like if he was a sailor with a bad eye. Then, he marched closer the fans with his left fist on his right hand. "Dad would want a pointless act of violence in my name. So it's time to make my word and crush every bone in your dorky bodies! And with the power of spinach, it'll be just like smashing a pile of cookies."
The fans stood back slowly, shaking like jackhammers, sweating like ice cubes in a dessert, and breathing heavily like if the atmosphere thickened. So in response, Virginia brought out a can of kale and showed it to Roy. "You see this? This certain kind of veggie is called kale, or known as "the queen of greens" since it's a superfood with an ANDI score of 1000, whereas your spinach is a 739. Plus, it's higher in protein." So she opened her can, by drawing the pull-out end, and ate the kale with her mouth closed.
Next, Roy brought out a watermelon. "Okay then, let's just say that this melon is everyone I picked on." He vigorously crushed it with his bare hands in front of everybody, scaring them.
In response, the girl showed him a rock large as a football. "And let's just say that this oversized pebble is you."
In less than three seconds, she astonishingly crushed the rock with ease, disintegrating it into hundreds of pieces. As a result, especially when girl gave her frightening stare again, Roy had never felt this terrified before. His heart started pounding like a bass drum; afterwards, he screamed like a girl. "ALRIGHT! I'LL BRING BACK ALL OF THE CARDS! JUST DON'T HURT ME, PLEASE!" So he returned his cards from his bag, and ran away as fast as he could, never to bully the fans again. Finally, everyone cheered for Virginia for standing up for herself and all around her.
Back to the main story, during the eating contest, I proved myself capable of eating five pies, twelve cupcakes, three sundaes, and a whole wedding cake, in five minutes. I felt a little dizzy, but it was worth it as I missed eating sweets after five years of resistance. After the challenge, the fans put me in clothes, like a drinking cap, a sweater, and Sonic's power shoes- all with pictures of Sonic on them...except for the shoes. Next, one of them decided to paint a silhouette of the hedgehog's head on my face- accidently with permanent paint. Soon, there came the paparazzi to take pictures of me with some of the speed demon's friends like the super-strong Knuckles, Amy, her girlfriend, and his trusty yellow two-tailed fox Tails, who had suspected that the treatment was getting a bit out of hand, with the overabundance of treats. Overall, I finally realized that everyone wanted to me to be truly happy and were persistent in giving me the consideration I wanted since I was a little kid. Then, Sonic came but couldn't decide if he should warn me about the frog tribe from my childhood or not.
"Oh, boy," he thought, "To tell him or not to tell him? That's the question. A while ago, I've heard some voices that I've heard yesterday, after Blurry Match ended. They've been gossiping about him reverting into someone who used to be years ago. If I don't tell him, then those uninvited guests may pick on him for a time and expose him as a fool…for good. But if I do, he'll be quick to hide his true nature before his exposure; then again, he'll start hating all of the fans again for "deceiving" him and never be happy again. I know that nostalgia and cult meant so much for him. What should I say?" Then, Sonic came up with an idea and told the fans, "Say, why don't you give Wart the special treatment indoors? We'd be safer if so. Really, I mean it." Unfortunately, they didn't hear him, so they resumed smothering me outside.
After the "love", Mario announced the new game to the rest of the fans:
"Ladies and gentlemen, today's attraction will be "Speedy Search", a scavenger hunt in which the contestants will receive a list with Sonic's items that will have to be found for a picture this area as fast as possible before time runs out. A map will be provided since the items will be scattered all over the place; furthermore, the game will be all about speed, hence the name of Fast Friday. "
"And whatever you do," added the hedgehog, "always beware of strangers, because trust me, they could laugh of you and take pictures to embarrass you."
"Furthermore, whoever wins will receive the prize of an authentic, high quality teak Mini-Frog (From Chrono Trigger) toy, handcrafted by Tails the Fox, with a little help from Donkey Kong, my toy-loving companion. We're hoping that Wart has good luck, as it's made particularly for him, as a deep attempt to change his perspective about the con."
Tails and DK showed up and brought a strange looking box, with the pattern of green and yellow checkers. The ape opened the box to reveal the wooden toy. Of course! It was that toy frog briefly mentioned from the grand opening theme song on the first day of Contendo Week. It was also what I was desperate for when I was a little frogling; back in Subcon, after reading the first two Chrono books, I watched a commercial on TV that focused of the wind-up toy/action figure hybrid based on that frog warrior; while I was quick to head to the toy store, it was sadly sold out; the same applied to the rest of the shops. However, I wasn't giving up, so I rushed to order the toy online on the computer; ultimately, it was sold out virtually as well as in shop.
Back to present, Roy came back to Little Mac and Kenny, making it like if their freedom abruptly ended. "Hi, morons, I'm back! I hope you enjoyed your freedom while it lasted, because I have one more command to give you two."
"Not one more order!" cried Little Mac. "When we were free, we had the opportunity to finally enjoy the last two days of this special week while you were playing with that girl with the purple hair! Just to let you know, you ruined the first three by forcing us to drain out wallets from buying loads of toys and cards only for you! Moreover, for every morning and night, you order us to give you a bath, breakfast, manicures, and massages, tuckering me and Kenny out! This ain't how babysitting works, especially when you've been so mean to us! The thing is, as sitters, we're supposed to have you behave and make the rules when you are sent to us, in OUR HOUSE!"
Roy softly scratched his head. "Oh, so that's how your job is supposed to work. Well, I just want to let you know that I miserably broke up with Virginia, which is why I need you to just one small favor to get my mind off of that terrible event.
"Wait, why did you 'break up' with her?" asked Kenny. "Were you having a date with her?"
"Um, sure, until she tried to scare me by staring at me and showing me how strong she was by crushing a boulder in front of me!"
The gator's pupils shrunk. "Well, I'm sure she did that for a reason…"
"Now if you can just sign me up for the scavenger hunt, I could let go of the traumatic past and move on."
"Is that all you want from us?" asked Mac. "Well, okay, if that'll make you feel better."
"That's all I ask from you two." So Roy Koopa was signed up on for the hunt.