Ten Chances) Chapter 10: Egg Hunting
Early morning, Hawaii.
Lemon grass dances around the air, a gentle breeze gives everyone it meets a friendly nudge.
Today is a good day.
Slushy was up early this morning, quite unusual for his sleep cycle. He was gazing out of his house window, leaning against the windowsill. He was still tired, but he knew that this morning was one not to miss.
Solar climbed out of his personal hammock and walked over to Slushy. "Hey...you're up for once. What's the occasion? Or maybe 629 gave you such a big spook that you couldn't go back to sleep?"
Slushy giggled and looked over at Solar. "Naw, no problems this time. It's a really nice occasion, actually. You see, today's Easter."
"Hmm?"
"You see...there's this thing Lilo showed us. Every Easter, there's a magical bunny that goes and hides eggs for all the children!"
"Magical bunny...? Eggs? What children would want to go hunting for eggs? Just go to the supermarket and...there." Solar shrugged.
"That's what I thought at first!" Slushy laughed. "But no, these eggs are special! The bunny puts prizes inside them. Their shells are all painted colorfully and brightly, and inside you might find chocolate!"
Solar scratched his head. "There's chickens that lay chocolate eggs? And...is the bunny stealing from the chickens?"
"W-Wha? N-No...I don't think they steal...that's not very nice."
"Oh! So they work together on this Easter Monopoly! They send out their eggs and when kids find them they make millions! Right?"
"U-Uh..." Slushy raised an eyebrow. "Solar, where do you get all these ideas from?!"
Solar giggled. "Well..." He tapped his head. "You and I are creative thinkers, hehe. I guess that's the trait that got passed down to me, ehh?"
Slushy sighed and smiled. "Hehe, I don't even remember the last time I thought like that."
"Wasn't it last Tuesday?"
"Huh?"
Solar counted with his fingers. "Yep, last Tuesday! I think Stitch asked Lilo where humans came from. Then you said...'Maybe there's an evil genius scientist that creates humans too?' and Lilo said, 'Haha...maybe.'"
"Oh..." Slushy nodded. "Now I remember. Yeah...huh..."
Slushy walked over to his closet and dug through some boxes. "So, we're gonna go egg-hunting! I've got a basket too!"
"A basket?" Solar tilted his head in confusion. "What?"
Slushy pulled out a box and flipped the lid open. He dug around for a while until he pulled out a small, blue basket with white snowflakes. "An Easter basket!"
"Ooooh, it really suites you." Solar walked over. "So you put the eggs you find in the basket?"
"Yeah."
"Do I get one?"
Slushy looked up and smiled. "I'm sure you do. And if not, you can share with me."
"Thanks!" Solar returned the smile. "I'd love to share with you, bro."
Slushy then returned to his closet and pulled out a blue scarf, given to him by Splodyhead. He put it on, wrapping it one time, gently. The two tails of cloth fell behind him, stretching down his back.
Solar grew curious. "You're wearing that scarf again? How come?"
Splodyhead had given Slushy that scarf several months ago, about mid-January. Only between them did they know why Slushy needed the scarf, to cover up his scar so that it was unnoticable. Those who asked why Slushy started wearing the scarf outside were given the answer: 'Because it is a very wonderful scarf, and I really do enjoy wearing it.'
Around an hour later, Slushy and Solar met up with a group of cousins at Lilo's house.
Lilo explained that the eggs were all hidden around the yard, so nobody should be going inside or out of property to find them. She then provided baskets to the experiments who had none.
"Well then, go and have fun!" She smiled, gracefully. "There's eggs in pretty tricky places, and no x-ray vision! Looking at you, Stitch."
Stitch grinned sheepishly. "Aww..."
"You used it last year and found like all the eggs!" Angel rolled her eyes. "A bit unfair, if you ask me."
"But don't youuga have too?"
"What's the point of hunting for eggs if you're too lazy to do it without cheating?"
Stitch sighed and nodded. "Oketakka..."
"Well, ready? Go ahead and search!" Lilo giggled.
The cousins all scattered around the yard, digging and scavenging the area.
"So...is this a contest?" Solar asked, walking with Slushy.
"Umm...it could be...but we like to do it just for fun." Slushy smiled, grabbing an egg that was hidden in a bush. "The eggs can be tricky to find, usually there's one really special egg..."
"A special egg?"
"A gold-colored egg. There's candy in it, hehe." Slushy placed his egg into his basket. "There's only one, and everyone wants to find it."
"Oh, really?"
"Mhm."
Solar looked around, flying up to the top of a tree. He picked up an egg that was hidden in the trunk, a brown colored one. "Where can we find it?"
"Dunno." Slushy looked around, continuing to walk. He watched his other cousins dig around as well. "That egg is never in the same place twice."
"Ahh...okay." Solar landed on the ground.
Slushy walked to the small stream just a couple feet beyond Lilo's backyard. "I think this still counts as her territory, right? Wanna look around here?"
Solar nodded and looked around, walking along the pebbled shore. "So...hmm..."
"Aha!" Felix giggled, pulling an egg from out of the creek. "See, I told you that eggs would also be here!"
"Okay...you got me." Yaarp smiled. "I guess we'll also have to look around here." Yaarp then picked up a silver egg that was hidden in the pebbles. "Aha!"
Slushy smiled and waved to his cousins. "Hey, how's the egg finding?"
"Pretty good." Felix showed Slushy his basket. "We've got a good number, yeah?"
"That's really great." Slushy looked into his own basket. "I...well...I can't say I can compete with it..."
"Aww, don't worry." Yaarp bounced over on his tail. "I'm sure you'll find more! There's plenty to go around!"
"Thanks." Slushy smiled.
Solar then walked over. "What's taking so long? While you've been talking away, I've been snooping! Look at all these eggs!"
The three experiments looked into Solar's basket.
"Umm...Solar..." Felix bit his lip. "Those...aren't eggs."
"They're not?" Solar rose an eyebrow. "But...they look like eggs."
Yaarp sighed. "But...they're not real eggs...those are fakes that Jumba made to...well.."
"Trick you." Slushy picked up a fake egg. "See...these eggs have his signature on them, right at the bottom."
At the bottom of the egg, a Tantalog-written letter 'J' with swirls and fancy strikes was at the bottom.
"But...aww..." Solar lowered his basket.
"But hey! Don't worry!" Felix smiled. "At least that brown egg there is real!"
"That one egg..." Solar moped.
"I'll help you, don't worry." Slushy patted Solar on the back. "Yaarp, Felix, you guys can continue, good luck."
"Good luck to you guys too!" Yaarp smiled, waving and walking away.
"Hope you find some eggs, Solar!" Felix waved.
"Thanks." Solar smiled.
After Felix and Yaarp walked away, Slushy took out the fake eggs from Solar's basket. "Hmm...I just thought of a great idea."
"Yeah?" Solar looked up.
"Let's put the fake eggs in my basket, and your basket can have the real ones."
"Really?"
"Sure." Slushy gave Solar his few real eggs. He then placed the fake ones in his basket. "That way, we still can collect lots of things, and help our cousins to not get the fake ones."
"Okay!" Solar grinned.
The two then walked to a small garden in the backyard. There, Sparky and Zap were digging in the petals.
To be more accurate, Sparky was the one digging. Zap was hovering above him, holding his basket in his mouth, him having no appendages to carry it otherwise.
"Maybe there's an egg in these tulips?" Sparky asked.
Zap made a couple of buzzing sounds in agreement.
"Alright then, I'll check."
Solar picked up a pink egg that was in a small patch of roses. "Is this a real one, Slushy?"
Slushy looked at the bottom of the egg. "Yup."
"Yippe!" Solar cheered, placing the egg into his basket. "Awesome!"
Sparky looked over. "Tutoring Solar on Easter, are ya?"
"Mhm." Slushy smiled. "How's your egg hunting coming along?"
"Pretty good, we're looking in the flowers right now..."
Zap flew over and looked into Slushy's basket. He sizzled in confusion.
Sparky looked over and rose an eyebrow. "Wait...Zap you can't be serious..."
Zap nodded and sizzled some more.
Sparky then walked over and looked into the basket. "Slushy...those eggs are all fakers."
"I know." Slushy giggled. "I'm collecting the fake ones Solar finds. Solar's got all our real ones."
Zap sizzled some more.
"Only four eggs?" Sparky frowned. "I mean...Slushy. The yard's literally...littered with eggs."
"I...well..." Slushy bit his lip. "I'm not competing or anything...and besides, Solar needs to start off slow...you know?"
"If you say so...hey..." Sparky walked over to the tulips and picked up two eggs. He then gave them to Solar. "Here's some handicap, y'know? A little help."
"Thanks!" Solar smiled.
"Sure, good luck, Solar. You too, Slushy." Sparky and Zap then walked away.
Solar looked over and picked up a grey egg from a pile of stones. "What about this egg?"
Slushy looked over and sighed. "Fake."
"Aww..." Solar gave Slushy the egg. "Am I...giving you a bad time?"
"Huh? Oh, no! It's totally fine. Really, we all start small!"
"Okay..." Solar looked over at the edge of the forest. "Let's look in those trees! Nobody's been there yet based on how the grass hasn't been stepped on."
"How can you tell?" Slushy squinted his eyes.
"I mean...isn't it obvious?"
"N-No..."
Solar looked over. "If I was made from you...shouldn't we be able to...never mind...I guess Jumba just made my eyes better."
"I-I..."
"Come on then, let's go check!" Solar skipped over to the trees.
"Better..." Slushy looked down. He then shook his head. "No, I'm not going to think about those memories...today's a good day! I...no. No memories. Forget about it! It was a long time ago!"
"Slushy? You coming?!" Solar called.
"Y-Yeah!" Slushy walked over. He then whispered to himself. "It's fine...it's fine..."
Silence.
Slushy closed his eyes, whispering rather harshly to himself.
"It'll never happen again..."
"Come on, 523. I promise! It won't happen again this time!"
625 holds me by the hand, we're walking down a rather long and dark hallway.
"I know Jumba's been a bit nuts around you, but..." 625 shakes his head. "This time! He's going to listen this time!"
I squeeze his grip, anxiety sweeps in.
625 stops at a larger door, a glowing sign written in Tantalog posted, "Lab of Dr. Jumba, keep out."
"This time it will be better. I'll even defend you if he starts throwing things around again." 625 clutches the door handle. "Well...here goes nothing."
We step inside, quietly.
Jumba's sitting at his mechanical desk, using a high-tech computer to do his usual sciency stuff.
625 softly taps the desk. "D-Doc, can we have a word?"
Jumba frowns and turns his chair to face us. "Vat is it? Jumba is very busy."
"W-Well...523 wants to know...if...maybe you could...give his voice back?"
I frown and nod.
Jumba stares blankly for a moment, then shakes his head and turns his chair back towards the computer.
"Doc, aren't you gonna give him mission or a quest to earn it?"
"Pfft." Jumba chuckles. "523 has failed in every single test Jumba'd ever given. Would be pointless."
...I...That...No, that's not true! I...
"Can't you give him a chance? He promises that he'll never go outside again! He says he'll work extra hard to be evil, and he'll even work on the hardest jobs you can give him!"
625...why...why defend me...?
"No." Jumba refuses.
"W-Why?"
"Jumba will not be putting voice-box back inside. Would make waste of that genetic material."
"Are you saying 523's a waste?!" 625 crossed his arms and frowned.
It's all coming back.
This memory.
Before...before I...
Jumba turns his view slightly towards 625 in disgust, eyes glaring. "What else could 523 be? All he ever does is fail. Even his creation was failure. Every single thing about him is failure. He can't do the tests, he can't be reprogrammed, he can't be evil, he's absolute waste of Jumba's time. Even other experiments are disgusted by the sight of him, even other failures. He's the bottom of the barrel."
I hold 625's hand tighter. It hurts so much...but...I know deep inside Jumba's right...I can feel my eyes get...watery.
Crying?
Not yet...
Experiments never cried back then, anyways.
We were all pawns, sent away to do whatever Jumba commanded of us.
If one was too weak...they wouldn't survive.
If an experiment cried...
If an experiment showed emotions of pain...
We'd be considered broken beyond repair.
"Then why not let 523 go? Give him a new identity, make him live somewhere else! Somewhere other than here!" 625 frowns. "If you hate him so much, then let someone who actually values family take care of him!"
Family?
That didn't exist back then.
No such thing...
Jumba stands up and crosses his arms. "Are you out of mind?! No experiment is allowed to leave premises of lab! Even with different identity! Would risk entire experiment population of being discovered!"
"Where can he go then?! Everywhere is just pain!"
Jumba scoffs and turns back to his computer. "Get out."
"W-What?"
"Jumba said get out."
"B-But...no!"
Jumba stands up sharply, knocking over several books. "Excusing me? Are my experiments denying my orders?!"
625 bites his lip, turning to me. He whispers, "Get outta here, kiddo. I'll handle this..."
I want to say something.
Anything.
I look at Jumba and sigh, slowly turning to the door.
"GET OUT FASTER! YOU DISGUST ME!" Jumba yells.
His tone causes me to shiver. I scurry out of the door, running all the way back to my room.
My old room, back in the lab.
Hall 5, room 23.
I slam the door and dive into my bed, grabbing my old teddy bear and squeezing it.
Soft whimpering, I can feel wetness on my face.
I'm crying.
I sit up and feel my cheeks, I really am...
I wipe away the tears, then sit up, hugging my knees.
Those words are circling my mind.
Worthless.
Failure.
Memories flashing.
Bullying.
Harassment.
I don't know what to do...
Waste.
All I ever do is get Jumba mad at me.
Everyone...
Soon enough 625 will give up on me...
What then...
Worthless...
I remember myself thinking about these words.
In this spot.
But what's blocked in my mind is what I'd choose to do next.
I...get this sinking feeling...
What am I going to do?
'What else could 523 be? All he ever does is fail.'
All I ever did...
It's all failure.
I'm a failure.
I just want to get away.
I can't leave the lab...can I?
I want to get out.
I want to wake up.
I want to break away.
I want to be set free.
I don't want to be an experiment.
I don't want to be here.
I...want...to...get...out...
I gaze around the room.
The back of my mind...remembers something.
A past test.
To try and use scraps to build a shelter incase I needed emergency coverage on a mission.
I...
I was so close...
It was holding really well...
Better than the others...
But then...
It...
Lit on fire.
...619.
That's not the first time things seemed perfect, then went horribly wrong.
619 was sabotaging me this whole time.
But what proof do I have?
What voice can I use to speak for me?
625 would say I'm pinning the blame...
No...it's all my fault.
The test.
I pull out a box from under my bed that had the remaining scraps of my makeshift shelter.
Scraps of cloth, wood, plastic, metal, and a rope.
The rope is still intact.
"GET HIM DOWN! WHAT ARE YOU STANDING AROUND FOR?!"
"I-I don't know what to do!"
"I CAN'T REACH!"
"I-I-I-!"
"DOC! HELP HIM!"
"B-B-But Jumba cannot...doesn't know what to do!"
"DO SOMETHING! ATLEAST LIFT ME UP!"
"Y-Yes! J-Jumba help!"
"CUT THE ROPE!"
Snap.
Air fills into my lungs.
I feel like someone has set me laying on the carpet.
Can't move...
Who's here?
Who...who saved me?
"I'll get the knot, my hands are smaller..."
"Why...why...why...why..."
"Put yourself together! There's still a chance to save him!"
"I-I-"
"There...I got it off...but...he's breathing so...irregularly..."
"What do we do?!"
"You're the creator, aren'tcha? You should know how to take care of you own experiments! This is what I was telling you about before! I-I-I-I shouldn't have left him like that!"
Voices...fading...
The last words I hear...
"I'm so sorry..."
Mercilessly...darkness befalls me.
"I'm sorry...maybe I'm...not good enough of a student..." Solar frowned.
"H-Huh?" Slushy blinked, several times. He then rubbed his eyes. "N-No, it's no problem!"
Solar climbed up into the branches of the trees and looked around. "Hmm...you think there's gonna be green ones in these leaves?"
Slushy also climbed up into the trees. He sat down against the trunk of a tree and sighed, looking around. "Could be..."
"Aren't you gonna help me look?"
"No, you go ahead...this is for you to learn and explore about Easter...besides...you'd probably find much more than me."
"But if you also helped, we'd have even more, right?"
"You'll find the ones I'd be looking for much faster..."
Solar frowned and looked over at Slushy. "I...look, I'm sorry about what I said...it wasn't very nice, I wasn't really thinking."
"No...no you're fine...it's not like every other experiment made after me has better eyes. Never mind, they probably do. Even then, better everything."
"Slushy, that's not true." Solar walked across the branches and sat besides Slushy. "Because...none of the others would make a better big brother."
"You really think...I'm the best big brother?" Slushy asked, softly.
"Absolutely. You've been devoting so much time for me and the others, you really care...you really want us to be happy...it...it's really...it makes me so..."
Slushy smiled. "You really mean it? You...you really think I'm..."
"Yes."
Slushy hugged Solar. "Thank you...it makes me feel...like..."
"Like?"
Slushy closed his eyes and thought to himself. 'Like I'm actually worth something...'
"Hmm?"
"Like I'm a really great brother." Slushy looked up, then smiled. "That means a whole lot to me, really!"
"Solar then smiled. "Hehe, thanks."
Slushy slid down from the tree, stretching while facing the sun. "Let's finish this hunt, ehh?"
"Right then." Solar fluttered down, gracefully landing on the cool grass. "Say, maybe we'll even find that special one!"
Slushy nodded. "Right, let's do our best!"
Solar flew around the brush, clawing at numerous green eggs. While some of them were fakes, he certainly collected a bunch. He handed Slushy the imposturous eggs and gleefully placed the real ones in his own basket.
The two walked all around the house perimeter, searching high and low. Meeting and greeting their many cousins as they passed by, but it seemed as if nobody had located the miraculous golden egg.
Later on, they passed by Splodyhead and Melty.
"Oh...Slushy, y-you're teaming with Solar? T-That's nice." Splodyhead stuttered, catching Slushy in his view. He then frowned, muttering, "Guess that's why I couldn't find you to team with."
Slushy and Solar then walked over.
Solar smiled and lifted up his basket. "Look at all our eggs! We have sixteen now!"
Melty smiled and patted Solar on the shoulder. "Not bad, kid. You're fitting in real fast. Slushy, you're making a really great teacher, ehh?"
Slushy nodded. "Thanks."
"But...then again...why is your basket full of fakes?"
"Oh, I'm picking up the fakes so that nobody else gets them. Kinda like...helping everyone."
"Thank's for helping then." Splodyhead sighed. He then clawed at the ground and picked up a green egg hidden in the grass. "Man, how many of these eggs are there?"
"I'm gonna take a guess and say several hundred at least." Solar shrugged.
"Makes sense."
Splodyhead approached Slushy, whispering. "How's that scarf working for you? Nobody's seen the scar, right?"
Slushy nodded, then replied. "The scarf is great, nobody's seen my scar, so I think I'm safe."
Splodyhead smiled and nodded. "Ahh, that's good. The scar is healing, right?"
Shrugging, Slushy sighed. "Not really..."
Concern grew over Splodyhead's face. "But it's been five months."
Slushy nodded, frowning. "I know...but...but my regeneration...it won't fix it..."
Splodyhead presented an idea, "How about after this, I'll see if I can somehow...indirectly ask Jumba to make you a healing cream or something? I won't tell him it's for you, but for...his emergency medical kit."
"Thanks for looking out for me, Splody."
"You're welcome." Splodyhead smiled, returning back to his place by Melty.
Slushy then looked around. "So then...have you guys seen the golden egg yet?"
"Not from what I've heard." Melty crossed his arms. "You'd think Stitch would've find it by now, ehh? Lilo must've hidden it super hard, not even the best of us can find it thus far."
"Hey now, there is no 'best of us.' We're all equally Ohana." Solar frowned. "I mean...I'm brand new but...that's how family works...isn't it?"
Splodyhead nodded. "Y-Yeah. We just meant that...he...Stitch is...well..."
"The best." Melty bit his lip.
"There is no best." Solar crossed his arms. "Not in a family."
Slushy smiled. "You're right. Families don't have contests for the best or anything, we all...we're all strongest in our own ways. You get me?"
Splodyhead looked around. "Going back to the original subject, no, we haven't seen the golden egg. If we had, maybe we'd have found it by now."
Solar sniffed the air. "Hey, you guys notice that strange smell in the air?"
The other three experiments took a wiff and all shrugged.
"No?"
"You think that's the egg?" Melty asked. "It smells kinda...strange."
"Only one way to find out, ehh?" Splodyhead looked over at Solar. "Kid, I'd come with, but this egg, if you find it, it's yours. Okay? Good luck, yeah?"
Solar smiled in return. "Thanks bud. Maybe I'll save some chocolate for you, hehe."
Slushy turned to Solar. "Lead the way, Solar."
Solar waved to Splodyhead and Melty, then turned, curiously, towards the front of Lilo's house.
As Solar walked over to the steps, Slushy rose an eyebrow. "The stairs?"
Solar stopped at the first step and sniffed around. "No, not exactly..."
Slushy stood next to Solar, glancing around in confusion. "So then..."
"Under."
"Under?"
Solar then climbed under the steps and into the brush.
"W-Where are you going?!" Slushy climbed up to the third step and looked through the space between the wooden planks. "I-I don't think it's safe to go there! There's so much brush and the slope is really steep!"
"It's okay, bud." Solar smiled. "Sometimes you gotta face danger head-on and work it! Besides, do you really think that some grass-monster's gonna pop up all like 'peekaboo' or something?"
Slushy shrugged. "N-No, but I...I just haven't seen anyone ever go under the stairs before. Maybe Digger, but he's made to be an all-terrain experiment..."
"Slushy, come here, ehh?"
"W-Wha?"
Solar smiled. "Come down and help me find the egg, please?"
"B-But..."
"Come on, this is one of your first steps to conquering your fears or something, besides, we're a team. I want to find the egg with you."
Slushy frowned and slowly crawled under the stairs. He dropped down onto the soil rather roughly.
"Come on, you can help by using your agility skills to climb around, yeah?"
Slushy nodded. "I-I suppose."
"Come on then, you climb, I sniff."
Turning to a large clump of rocks, Slushy climbed up the steep, grass-covered slope. He sat on top of a rock and gazed around. "You sniff it here?"
Solar sniffed around the area and looked towards the wall of the house. "Back there!"
Slushy gulped and crawled on all fours, the slope gradually becoming slippier. "S-Solar, I-I need a little help!"
Solar climbed up and stood next to Slushy, nodding friendly.
"Hey...why can't you just...fly up there?"
Solar sighed. "Would if I could, but I have to be at a minimum five feet into the air in order to start flying, and this tight space is getting smaller and smaller..."
Slushy sighed and looked back towards the far wall. "It's pretty dark back there, think you can use your powers to make some light?"
Solar snapped his fingers, creating a small, but bright glow. "This isn't what my powers are really for, so I haven't tried this much. Still gotta practice, ehh? Hey, maybe you could make some ice to make the beam more focused and brighter?"
With a smile and the flick of a wrist, Slushy crafted a medium-sized slate of ice. "Like this?"
"Perfectamundo!" Solar grinned as Slushy held up the ice in front of the light source. "Hey, take a look over there!"
Before them, a glimmer of golden paint shined.
"This must be it!" Solar cheered, reaching his arm to grab the treasure.
As Solar retrieved the item, Slushy grew rather confused. "That's...weird...why's it so...sticky?! Ehhg, it smells!"
Cheering then broke out from the front yard. The team of two crawled back out from the stairs to see Reuben holding the real golden egg. Curiously enough, it was the only egg he found.
"Focused only on finding the real treasure, huh cousin?" Bonnie asked, crossing her arms with a smile.
"Huh? Aww, nah. I was just hungry, so I went towards the house to make myself a sandwich. Funny thing is...the egg was in the fridge the whole time, the 'Easter Bunny' forgot to hide it."
Solar looked over to the strange golden object held by Slushy. "But then...what is this thing?"
Lilo walked over and picked up the object. She sniffed it and turned away in disgust. "Eww, it's a rotten one!"
"Ohh! Garbage!" Stitch scurried over and tossed the rotten egg into his mouth. "Mmm." He rubbed his belly with a grin.
The entire crowd of experiments groaned in disgust, Stitch smiled sheepishly in return.
Slushy crossed his arms in confusion. "So...what was that?"
"Probably a golden egg from several years ago...eww..." Angel winced.
Stitch's tummy rumbled again. "Meega feeling hungry...time for coconut cake?"
A wave of sighs swept through the crowd.
Lilo shrugged with a smile. "Well...sure! I guess we can have cake now. Nani will bring out the picnic we have for everyone, and we'll all eat outside!"
Cheers replaced the sighs as the experiments excitedly scurried about, rushing to the fresh-cut lawn in front of Lilo's house.
The food was brought out, and appetites were fulfilled.
Slushy smiled and looked to his siblings as they chowed down to a pile of sandwiches. "You all had a great first Easter?"
The four siblings all nodded with glee, relieving Slushy.
Splodyhead sat by the group, bringing with him a plate of barbeque. "Heya. You guys having a good time?"
"Yeah, they really enjoyed today." Slushy spoke for the group, cheerfully. "I'm so glad they're really loving Hawaii."
Splodyhead nodded and showed his own, honest smile. "That's great, you must be a wonderful teacher."
"Hah...I wish."
"No, really. You've been teaching them well, cousin."
Slushy giggled. "Well, if you say so."
"I do say so."
"Hehe. Well...Happy Easter guys!"
Heya everyone! I know it seems weird that I'm uploading the Easter Special today, but today is my actual Easter. My category of Christianity is celebrating it today, so I figured that it would make more sense to upload it when I actually celebrated it, hehe. I hope you all have/had a great Easter, and sorry for the long hiatus. (Massive writer's block). But, good news, chapter eleven is also almost done, so it should be out soon! Have a great day! :D
(Also, if you are reading this on , sorry about the indenting glitch! The upload somehow un-indented everything! XD For fluency's sake, you can reach chapter nine on my Deviant Art, it has all the indents properly set ^^)
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