Well, I'm back! So I know I said I would be gone for a few days but after getting a mind-blowing idea for this next chapter, I just couldn't't stay away. So I typed all of this up on my iPad. I normally would choose not to write on my iPad because it is tedious and slower than an actual computer. But I was too eager to wait another day to post this so here it is!
This chapter is based on "Knight to Remember" which was requested by AvrilLavigneFan2001. Hope you like it!
Chapter 11
Good Vs. Med-Evil
"It's Sunderday, Julaugust eleventeenth. I'm Destiny Providence."
"I'm Buster Newsworthy!" the anchorman put on a football helmet. "This is the extra day added to the Tranquil Town calendar every four years when the Bonkerton comet appears in our sky."
"Discovered by Professor Cornword Bonkerton, the comet brings with it a city wide state of wackiness where anything can happen." Destiny continued.
The news report cut to Mayor Swellow who was being interviewed about the comet.
"You order a sandwich with no pickles...BAM! Maybe the sandwich shows up with pickles on it! Maybe you walk into a closet...and BAM! Tigers! Worse than pickles!"
The cameras went back to Destiny.
"So try to remain indoors and-"
FLASH!
"Buster? You're wearing a baby's bonnet!"
Buster looked up at his head and chuckled.
"It was a helmet when I put it on!"
The two laughed before Buster looked back to the audience.
"Good luck everyone!"
Laney shut off the TV in the garage and shrugged.
"Meh. Bonkerton comet. Sounds lame."
"Don't say that Laney!" Jackie warned her bassist. "The comet is no joke! Every four years it wreaks havoc all over Tranquil Town! Scientists have tried to study its patterns only to have their equipment turned into elephants!"
"Look Jacks, just because crazy stuff usually happens, doesn't mean it will this time."
"Guys! How's this for crazy?" Kin said as everyone stared at him awkwardly. The boy with glasses pulled out a script. "Hm, sorry that was Corey's line."
Corey entered the garage looking excited.
"Guys! How's this for crazy?" The blue-haired singer pulled out a scroll. "I got us a gig to play for a princess!"
"A princess?" Kon exclaimed. "I call comet on that!"
"Good call Kon." Corey put away the scroll. "But the first comet flash hasn't happened yet. Who knows what it will do?"
"Ooh! Maybe it'll finally make Jackie fall madly in love with me!" Kon guessed. "Oh wait! No it won't! Because it'll never happen! Jackie isn't in love with me and she never will be!"
Kon pulled out the script.
"Oops! Sorry! That was Kin's line!"
Kin looked at his own script and read through it.
"Hey! That's not in here!" He pointed at his brother. "You made that up!"
"Well it's true! She's never gonna love you dude."
"How do you know?" Kin glanced at Jackie who was watching the comet with the others and then back at Kon. "I bet that by the end of the day, Jackie will be in love with me!"
Kon scoffed. "Yeah right. How much?"
"Ten bucks."
The two brothers shook hands.
"Deal!" Kon said. "This is gonna be the easiest bet I ever won!"
Meanwhile, Tracy and Macy were in Tracy's room having a BFF session. Tracy was using a laser pointer to point at a picture of her crush.
"Today we giddily discuss Rick Salary's hair and jacket." she informed Macy. "Then we shop for purses! I will buy a new one. You will buy my old one. Second-hand!"
Tracy handed Macy her old purse which was dirty and one of the straps was falling off.
"But it's Comet Day!" Macy held up a princess hat. "And we always do what I want on Comet Day."
"PROVE IT!" Tracy screamed.
"Uh...what?"
"Here comes the first comet flash!" Jackie pointed at the sky. "Let's see what it does!"
But the five teenagers couldn't see anything when the comet flashed mostly because it flashed near Tracy's room. Tracy gained a troll's outfit while Macy gained a princess dress.
"We're going to play make-believe!" Macy ordered harshly. "I am a princess! You are my disgusting troll servant Gucky!"
Tracy smiled and nodded feeling nervous and willing to serve.
"Uber totes Macy! Obedience is life!"
"That's more like it! I have already hired my royal minstrels!"
In the garage, Laney was reading the scroll Corey brought in.
"We're minstrels for a fake princess?"
"Not fake Lanes!" Corey pointed out. "Just pretend! Haven't you ever heard of LARPing?"
"We have!" Kin cried. "LARP is Live Action Role Playing!"
"It's like Halloween, but with costumes and pretending to be things!" Kon added. "No candy though."
"Unless you're a candy wizard!" Kin fist-bumped Kon.
"Yeah, yeah. Enough nerding around." Laney insisted. "Don't you guys have a bet going on?"
"Yeah Kin!" Corey turned Kin's head around and he saw Jackie standing outside watching the comet. "Now's your chance to make your move!"
"Don't bother encouraging him Corey!" Kon folded his arms and smiled. "He's never gonna make Jackie love him by the end of the day!"
Kin gulped and made his way outside. He stood next to Jackie and cleared his throat.
"Uh...hey Jackie."
Jackie looked next to her. "Hi Kin."
"Listen, uh, there's something that I wanted to talk to you about. It's kinda important and a little embarrassing but I have to tell you anyway! You see I-"
Jackie wrapped Kin around her arm tightly as she gazed at the sky. Kin had hearts coming out of him and smiled.
"Kin look! The comet's going to flash again! I wonder what will happen?"
The comet flashed and this time, it was aimed at Jackie and Kin. Jackie held her head after her wild experience.
"Whoa, that was a big one. Huh, I don't see anything different. Do you Ki-"
The manager gasped when she looked down at the keyboardist. He looked up at her and gave her a charming smile. One of the lenses on his glasses sparkled. Jackie's eyes went wide and her mouth stood wide open.
"Wow..." She sighed happily.
Kin stopped smiling and looked at Jackie concerned.
"Are you okay Jackie?"
Jackie snapped back to reality and giggled nervously.
"Uh, yeah! Totally! It's just that, I never knew that you were so...handsome."
Jackie leaned her face into Kin's but for some reason, he wasn't love-struck like his manager was.
"Thanks!" He stood up. "Always glad to get a compliment from my favorite manager!"
Jackie giggled and blushed.
"Anything for you Kin."
"Well, we should get to that gig." He poked Jackie in the nose. "Time's a wasting!"
Jackie squealed and followed Kin back into the garage.
"Hey guys!" Kin greeted his bandmates. "Ready to go?"
"Sure!" Kon nodded. "Guessing things didn't go well with Jackie."
"What are you talking about?" Kin questioned as Jackie stared at him with love in her eyes.
"Just admit it Kin! Jackie will never fall in love with you!"
"Of course she won't!" Kin declared. "Because I know she just wants to be friends!"
"Wait, what?!" Corey, Laney, and Kon went at the same time.
Kin put an arm around Jackie which made her smile even bigger.
"Jackie would never fall in love with someone like me! I mean look at me! I'm just a nerd! Right Jackie?"
Jackie blushed and laughed.
"Yeah Kin. Totally not in love with you..."
"See?" Kin let go of Jackie. "Now let's head to that gig of ours!"
Kin ran off to put on his costume. Jackie sighed lovingly and looked over at Kon.
"Isn't he dreamy?" She sighed again and followed her keyboardist.
Kon's jaw dropped to the floor. Corey and Laney were in disbelief too.
"Okay, what was that?" Laney asked. "Jackie was totally crushing on Kin!"
"Yeah! And Kin didn't even notice!" Corey added.
Kin came back wearing a jester suit.
"Hey, has anybody seen my hat?" He felt someone tapping his shoulder. He turned around and saw Jackie smiling and holding his hat.
"Ah! There it is!" Kin took the hat and patted Jackie on the cheek. "Thank you Jackie."
Jackie gasped and swooned.
"I'm definitely calling comet on this one." Corey said.
"This can't be happening..." Kon was in shock.
"Well it is." Laney told him. "Looks like you owe Kin ten bucks."
But Kon wasn't ready to fork over his money.
"No way! This cannot last for the entire day! Just wait..."
Corey put on his own hat for the gig.
"Next stop the kingdom of Sword 'N Shield!"
JACKIE'S GOT A CRUSH ON KIN!
The band arrived at the fake kingdom wearing their medieval outfits. The place was filled with people dressed as knights, jesters, and wizards.
"The yard center at House Improver's?" Laney asked.
"Wow..." Kin and Kon gazed at all the cosplay.
"A magic kingdom's gotta be somewhere!" Corey wrapped his arm around Laney and spread magic dust everywhere. "Use your imagination!"
"Fine..." Laney spotted a dog with a fake horn on its head. She climbed on top of it unenthusiastically. "Wow, a unicorn. Let us ride it toward a rainbow."
The red-head suddenly fell off the dog and it licked her face.
"Fine." Laney giggled petting the dog. "We can stay."
"I can't believe we're minstrels!" Kon clapped his hands excitedly. "Just like the Four Squalls!"
"Rock Lore moment!" He and Kin shouted and they started telling a story.
"Behold!" Kon began. "King Lyricles! The song-writing master of Rocklympus!"
"Bored and grumpy, he summoned entertainers from across the land!" Kin continued. "He fired a lot of them."
"Enter the Four Squalls! Ready to rock!"
"But the Four Squalls were not invited! Lyricles demanded they face his hugest and angriest knight..."
Kin was then interrupted by the sound of a trumpet.
"Aw c'mon! We're trying to tell a story here!"
A short squire was blowing his trumpet at the five of them.
"Presenting the royal minstrels!" He waved his hand toward a throne (which was a lawn chair) that Macy was sitting in. "Minstrels! You must bow before Princess Pritina!"
Tracy was finishing filing Macy's nails.
"All done Your Highness Princess!"
Macy looked at her nails and saw that they were filthy.
"Curse you Gucky!" She yelled. "Your troll hands fouled my nails! Clean them again!"
Tracy was about to start filing again but Macy stopped her.
"Without touching them!" She demanded. "I love being the boss of everyone!"
"Macy?" Corey said.
"I am Princess Pritina, minstrel!"
Tracy ducked behind Macy's "throne".
"Sorry Your Princessship." Jackie apologized.
Tracy stuck her head out and saw her sister.
"Jackie?"
"Tracy?" Jackie and the others giggled at Tracy's appearance.
Macy shoved Tracy under the chair.
"Do not speak to Gucky!" the fake princess ordered. "What will you play for me?"
"Good question Your Highness." Laney glanced at Corey as Macy spotted the band's instruments.
"What are those things?" She asked. "Where are your lutes, flutes, and dandy strings?"
"These are our instruments!" Corey strummed his guitar.
Macy covered her ears and growled.
"You have unhappied the princess! You will be executed!"
"Yes! YES!" Tracy cheered.
"Ahem!" Macy glared at her pretend servant reminding her to stay in character.
"I mean..." Tracy let out a dim-witted laugh and snorted.
HAPPY TROLL TRANSITION!
Jackie and the band were soon led to a shed full of gardening tools. A knight followed them to keep them in line.
"In the hole you rats!" The knight poked Kon with his balloon sword.
"Ow! So authentic!"
The knight slammed the door locking the five friends inside.
"Macy was so ragey!" Jackie observed. "It's like she's channeling my sister!"
"Ordering our executions is a total Tracy move!" Kin agreed. "Macy was totally calling shots back there!"
"That's just what I was thinking!" Jackie giggled. "Oh Kin, you and I so think alike..."
Kin looked at Jackie confused while Kon tried to take his eyes off the scene.
"This cannot be real..." He told himself.
Laney looked up at the sky where the comet was.
"Maybe there's something to this comet after all."
A little while later, Corey came up to his band holding another scroll.
"Good news!" He cried. "We won't actually be killed! But we will have to play our dead bodies for the rest of the day."
Jackie shrugged.
"Oh well. At least we'll be fake dead together." She hugged Kin. "Right Kin?"
"Um...sure..."
Just then, the comet flashed again and Mayor Swellow appeared wearing a powdered wig.
"As big head judge of Sword 'N Shield, I can get your sentence repealed!" He claimed.
Jackie let go of Kin.
"Mayor Swellow?" She went up to him. "Shouldn't you be keeping an eye on the town? It's Comet Day! Anything can happen!"
"Anything can and anything did!" The mayor referred to his wig. "I just woke up here with this crazy lid."
"So how do we not play dead all day?" Laney asked.
"If you defeat the royal champion in a duel, you'll be free!"
"Then we can play a cool minstrel tune and have some dragon steaks!" Corey exclaimed.
"They're just cheeseburgers." The royal cook said.
"I'll do it!" Corey volunteered. "Who did I just challenge?"
"Sir Rick of Salary." Rick showed up wearing a suit of armor. "Didn't think Rick was a suit guy, but here we are."
Tracy was drooling over the hunk in shining armor.
"He's so dreamy..."
"Gucky!" Macy scolded. "Only the princess may drool over her champion."
Tracy sucked up all of her drool and went cross-eyed while Macy started to drool.
"Get my drool lest the commoners totally see it!"
Tracy wiped up Macy's drool with a wet wipe.
One of the squires handed Rick a real sword.
"Here is thy sword Sire."
"Sweet." Rick replied.
"Do I get one of those?" Corey asked.
"Of course! Here's your sword!" Mayor Swellow blew up a balloon and twisted it into a sword.
"Great. A fake sword." Corey said sarcastically. "Perfect for bouncing off his real armor."
"Oh! Oh! Now do a swan!" Kon begged. He and the others were trapped in guillotines.
"Guys! What was the rest of the story about the Four Squalls!" Corey asked Kin and Kon. "Did they beat that knight?"
"Yeah, Kin." Jackie smiled and batted her eyelashes at the boy in glasses. "Tell us what happened in that cool story. I'll listen to whatever you say. You look cute in that jester's outfit by the way."
"I feel like I'm supposed to be enjoying all the compliments you're giving me." Kin said. "But for some reason, I'm more creeped out."
Kon was more focused on answering Corey's question.
"They totally beat that knight!" He and Kin continued their story. "It was awesome! The brave minstrels squared off against the invincible Smasheus!"
"ALL SHALL BE CRUSHED!" Smasheus shouted in the twins' thoughts.
"You'd think he'd say smashed." Kon said to himself.
But the story was once again interrupted, this time by Macy.
"When my royal wipee touches the ground, battle to...THE DEATH!"
Everyone gasped as Macy let go of her wet wipe and it floated towards the ground. Then the comet started to light up again. Corey's sword deflated as the comet flashed. Corey cringed.
"Wow that's a bright one! I wonder what that'll do."
The guitarist was scared out of his wits when he heard a loud screech. The comet had caused a portal to open up and Smasheus came out of it! Everyone screamed in horror. Two men in a horse costume split in half.
"I knew it!" Kon exclaimed. "There's two guys inside every horse!"
Smasheus held up his mace ready to smash the band.
"WAIT!" Macy saw that her wet wipe had finally reached the ground. "Now fight."
Jackie and the gang ran away as Smasheus dropped his mace. They all hid inside some shrub plants.
"What is that thing?!" Corey cried.
"Smasheus!" Kin answered. "He's the knight that the Four Squalls fought! We kind of imagined him..."
"And it became real?" Laney glared.
"I don't think you understand how hard we were imagining." Kon pointed out.
Mayor Swellow was running around in circles panicking.
"Blame that comet! I know I do! And now Smasheus will destroy us all!"
Another comet flash made a hammock appear. The mayor calmed down and made himself comfortable on it.
"Man, this hammock sure is nice. Thanks comet!" And the politician fell asleep.
"WARRIORS! TOTALLY ATTACK!" Macy commanded the knights.
The knights started to poke Smasheus's knees with their balloon swords.
"C'mon! Fall down!" One of them said.
"The red ones are the best swords!" Another insisted.
Smasheus leaned down and roared in their faces. Macy gasped in fear.
"Royal wizard squad! Use your magic!"
Three nerds dressed as wizards started throwing tennis balls.
"Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt!"
But Smasheus's armor just bounced the tennis balls off of him. The evil warrior summoned a real lightning bolt from the sky and threw it at the wizards.
"AAAA! A lightning bolt!"
Once the wizards were taken care of, Smasheus stormed over to Rick. Rick tried to run away but he found that he was stuck.
"Rick can't move in this armor." He shrugged. "The price of coolness."
"Sir Rick of Salary, totally sacrifice yourself!" Macy demanded.
Tracy had a horrified look on her face.
"Rick no! I love you!" She ran off to save the popular boy.
"Tracy!" Macy shouted. "Gucky doesn't love Rick! You're totally out of character!"
Tracy wasn't listening though because she was too busy shoving Rick out of the way of Smasheus's mace.
Jackie and the band huddled up to think of a plan.
"Guys! How did the Four Squalls kick this guy's butt?" Corey asked.
"They had magical music." Kin explained. "A song full of spells."
"But it was still really snappy!" Kon added.
"Was it romantic?" Jackie looked at Kin. "Because I sure hope so!"
"There's a ton of wacky magic in the air!" Laney said. "Just up for grabs!"
Jackie stopped staring at Kin and went back to her "in-charge attitude".
"That's it!" She cried. "Grab some minstrel gear! I'll get some magic lyrics! But not from the usual place..."
UNICORN TRANSITION!
Everyone was still running away in fear while Macy was getting frustrated.
"Ugh! Fight you cowards!" She growled.
Jackie came up to her and leaned her arm on her throne.
"I bet you can't wait for that comet to go away and take all this crazy with it!"
"What do you mean Jokie?"
"Just saying." Jackie pointed up to the sky. "It'll be a relief to go back to being Tracy's troll!"
Macy gasped when she saw the comet flying away.
"No! Too soon!" Macy scowled angrily. "This is my time! I'm the one with the power! MEEEEE!"
Macy blasted into the air surrounded by flutes, harps, and balloon swords. She summoned Tracy's diary and started writing flames in it. This caused a portal to another dimension to appear. When Macy finished writing, she held up her pen and the flame on top of it burned out. She then turned back to normal and landed on her throne.
"What was that?" Macy held her head. "I feel so over-dramatic."
Corey ran to where the girls were and caught the diary.
"I'm sure it's a passing phase." Corey reassured her as he and Jackie joined the others.
Tracy, meanwhile was pulling Rick to safety.
"Thanks for the save Gucky." Rick said. "And way to smell like a troll. Commitment."
Tracy lifted up her arm and gasped when she found that she stunk. She coughed and gagged at her own odor. Just then, Smasheus stormed up to the couple ready to destroy them until he heard music.
"Hey Sir Temper Tantrum!" Corey called. "Behold! I Core of Yore! We're Grojband and the Four Squalls were just our opening act!"
"Knock em dead guys!" Jackie smiled at her band before looking over at Kin. "You especially Kin."
"Thanks Jackie! I'll do my best!" Kin poked Jackie on the nose again and she fainted.
"I don't believe this..." Kon mumbled.
"You sure this'll work Core?" Laney glanced at her crush.
"Lanes, I'm always sure it'll work!"
The band started to play a relaxing song.
Corey: Once upon a time
Back when trolls were caked in grime
There was an evil warrior whose heart was filled
With the most heinous slime
Smasheus let out a battle cry as he charged toward the band.
Corey: But that warrior picked the wrong fight
With some minstrels of untold might
The comet flashed and the band gained real fighting weapons.
Corey: These minstrels it seemed had the power and the will
And the guts to stand up for right
Laney jumped through the air and threw a flaming ring toward Smasheus. Corey joined her carrying a sledgehammer while Kin and Kon had a bow and arrow and glowing sword respectively. They each took turns attacking Smasheus.
Corey: This is our day
We'll have our way
And magical words are what we say
Kin: Infermus Spearus!
Kon: Enchantus Weaponus Archanus!
Laney: Electros Manos!
Kon: Hey howdy hey!
We'll surely make you pay! Hey!
Corey: We have the power today
But it won't always be this way
But right here and now, though you may growl
You surely must obey
Corey swung his sledgehammer and charged toward Smasheus.
All: Go away!
Corey delivered the final blow sending Smasheus back into the portal to his own dimension.
"Guys, I don't say this enough." Kon hugged Kin and Laney. "We're awesome!"
Jackie snatched Kin from Kon and squeezed him tight.
"Oh Kin! You were so brave out there! I like that in a man..."
"This is really happening..." Kon had a look of defeat on his face.
Macy came up to the heroes as the comet started to disappear.
"You've saved my princessdom!" She declared. "Gucky! Prepare a royal feast! While you still have to obey me! Gucky!"
When the comet was out of sight, Macy changed back to normal and unfortunately for her, so did Tracy.
"What did...you call me?!" Tracy scowled at the former princess.
"Um...uh-oh..." Macy screamed and ran away while Tracy chased her with a balloon sword.
"I'll Gucky you!"
Kon glanced at Jackie who was smiling and giggling at Kin. He sighed knowing that he had lost.
"Well Kin, looks like you were right." He told his twin brother.
"Right about what?" Kin didn't have a clue as to what Kon was talking about.
"You did it! In one day you made Jackie fall in love with you. All this time I thought you wouldn't! But you totally proved me wrong."
Kon reached into his pocket and pulled out ten dollars.
"I'm a man of my word. Here you go Kin. You can use it to take Jackie out on a date."
Kin was about to take the money until he flashed from the comet.
"Wait...did you say that..." Kin gasped and hearts filled his eyes. "Jackie's in love with me?!"
Corey and Laney looked at each other and snickered, realizing that Kin was back to normal.
"Well yeah!" Laney nodded. "But you totally ignored her!"
"Me? Ignore the prettiest girl I've ever met?" Kin said in disbelief. "I don't think so!"
Kin ran toward his manager. "Oh Jackie!"
Jackie turned around love-struck. "Kin?!"
Then Jackie flashed from the comet's disappearance. She didn't seem to remember anything.
"Jackie! There you are!" He blushed deep red. "So, Kon told me the news..."
"What do you mean Kin?"
Kin giggled. "Like you don't know! I figured it out! You're in love with me!"
"Love?" Jackie laughed hysterically which made Kin's spirits break. "Oh Kin you say the silliest things sometimes! You don't have to worry about me falling in love with you, because I know you just want to be friends!"
"But-but-" Kin stammered as Jackie patted his cheek.
"Honestly Kin, you have got to stop listening to your brother."
The brunette walked away while Kin continued to stammer.
"But-but-but-"
"Yes!" Kon started to skip around Kin and sing. "She doesn't love you! She doesn't love you! It was just the comet! Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah!"
The drummer held out his hand.
"I believe you owe me ten bucks Lover Boy!"
Kin sighed sadly and handed his brother the money.
"We played for royalty, I got a kiss from a unicorn." Laney recalled. "Not a bad gig."
A spotlight shined on Corey as he began his final thought. Tracy was still chasing Macy with a balloon sword.
"Success doesn't come from who you play for Lanes. Or what kind of magic animal licks your face. It comes from inside. But when you let it out, there's a giant metal monster right behind it! The trick is to know when to blame the comet."
"Well, I'd prefer to thank the comet!" Kon pointed at Kin. "Cause it got me ten bucks from this guy! Oh yeah! Go Kon! Who's a winner?"
"Thanks for coming out everyone!" Corey shut the garage door.
Tomorrow I'll be able to type on my computer again so leave some episode suggestions in your reviews and hopefully, I'll get another one out tomorrow. Bye!