This chapter wasn't even half-way done, but I decided to just finish this part and put it up. I have too much on my mind right now and I've left you guys in hiatus long enough.

RIP Cameron Boyce. You were my favorite VK. You will be missed.

Chapter 20- Meet the Families (Part 1)

Bribe and his friends all waited in the front lobby that Sunday morning. Apparently, Cindy and Peter's families were coming, as well as Gavin's, and Elle's. He wasn't sure when they would arrive, but the excitement in the air made him a bit uneasy.

"My family's coming tonight." Melody's voice broke into her thoughts.

"Mine is coming tomorrow." Amelia sighed. She seemed as if part of her wasn't looking forward to the experience.

And speaking of not looking forward to the experience, Gavin looked like he was on the verge of passing out. Was his family that bad? Brine wanted to comfort him… and say that he understood, but he didn't know how.

"So, you ready to meet my family?" Elle asked, walking up to him.

"How do you think they'll react to me?" Brine replied.

"As long as you don't carry around a baseball bat and start acting like 'He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named', we should be good."

"Who's 'He-Who-Shall…"

"Snyder the Spider!"

"Oh… I forgot about him…" That was a lie.

"Hey… Guys?" Kovu said, looking out the window, "There's a giant pirate ship on wheels heading this way… It's moving pretty fast…"

"Oh no." Squimmy muttered.

"DUCK FOR COVER!" Cindy screamed.

No one asked questions. They all ran to the right wall of the lobby. There was a loud BOOM and suddenly bricks tumbled away from the gaping hole made in the wall. Glinda, Elphaba and several other teachers ran into the room.

"Ahoy, Mateys!" A man dressed as a pirate came down from the deck.

"Patchy!" Cindy, Peter, Squimmy and Squidmon called simultaneously.

The door below the top deck swung open, and people came spilling out of it.

"This is the last time I am carpooling with them!" Said the finely dressed man gray hair and a mustache.

"Oh, Dad, It wasn't that bad." Said the red-haired woman who came out next.

"Katherine, we all could have been killed!" Said a woman wearing the exact same colors as Squimmy normally did.

Katherine! That was Elle and Ange's Mother! And that other lady must have been…

"Silvia!" Squidward said, pausing his tirade at Patchy to wave, and then going right back to Patchy.

"Where are the kids?" Silvia asked.

"They're right over there, silly!" Said the rather short man with red hair enthusiastically.

"Yeah. We're just over here cowering in fear at the thought of being lobotomized by bricks. Nothing special." Squimmy commented.

"Hi Dad!" Cindy said, peeking out from behind the Chair.

"That was awesome!" Brine couldn't tell who made the comment because Several men, teens and kids came out of the ship. All of them had to be either Newsies, former Newsies, or Chimney Sweeps.

But then someone came that wasn't as friendly as the others. He looked like he was only in his twenties. His Black hair was unkempt and he had the stubble of a beard growing on his face. Brine immediately felt uncomfortable at the sight of him. "Who is that?" He hadn't meant to ask the question aloud.

"Michael." Was Gavin's reply.

Brine finally decided to ask, "Are you okay?"

Gavin looked like he was afraid to tell him the truth.

"So, what if I see a sign and don't know?" Katty asked as she and Mr Hansen we're sitting in the library.

"Well, it will definitely take some time to learn how to sense certain things, especially since a sign could be anything," Mr. Hansen said, "but we won't be mad at you if you miss something. You're only an apprentice, after all. You're learning."

Katy's eyes widened. They wouldn't be mad at her?

BOOM

The entire building shook.

"What was that?!" Katty asked.

Mr. Hansen sighed. "I know. Come with me to the front lobby."

Katty was leaning against the wall while everyone else was greeting their parents and other relatives. She sighed. Everyone seemed so happy. She wished that the kids from where she was from could be this happy. She felt that it sucked that New Oz had made her feel special when there were so many other kids that deserved better than what they got.

"Hey, Katty! Come here!" Cindy called. Katty came over to where Cindy was. "These are my parents!" Cindy continued to introduce the red-haired man and the woman with brown skin to match Cindy's and an afro of black hair. "Mom, Dad… Meet my girlfriend."

Katty gulped.

"It's very nice to meet you!" Spongebob greeted in his happy-go-lucky nature.

"Yes, it feels… long overdue…" Sandy agreed.

Katty looked at Sandy curiously, was that sadness that she saw behind her smile? What was she upset about?

"This is your girlfriend?!" came a voice behind Cindy's parents. Katty turned to see a short, stout man with once-red hair that was almost completely gray on his head and on his face in a goatee. The boxing glove-like hands immediately gave away who it was.

Mr. Krabs.

Katty felt herself beginning to hyperventilate. Without any warning, she dashed to the door and left.

"What's her deal?" Elle asked Squimmy.

Squimmy watched Cindy and her parents follow Katty out of the school lobby, and Mr. Krabs with visible anger on his face.

Without answering, Squimmy left too.