Angel: It happened again...

Someone freaking plagiarized another one of my stories AGAIN. I said I didn't want a 13th of this incident, and it happened anyway. The story in question was my first Tangled story, the one where I followed the series. And it's not even the first time someone copied from that story. I just...

Why...?

That story has already been taken down thankfully, but I just wish I didn't find it on my own. If I didn't know it existed, I would've been fine...but jebens1 did draw this version of Amy recently, so I'll be okay.

Anyway, this week I have 2 exams, and I'm still on episode 80 because of studying, so Wednesday I will stop updating. After my exams are done, I'll post some more episodes I have done on the weekend before I have to minimize my updating entirely. And then next week I have 2 more exams -_-

This episode is a favorite! And there are plenty more favorites of mine coming up :D

"Snow-Klahoma!" Randy and Howard cheer at the commercial.

"Norrisville's premiere inside outside artificial snow-park!" The three are watching it from a McFist Pad in the hallway. Randy is holding Amy's bag for her as they all smile. Her hair is in a side ponytail, her bangs curled again.

"Snowmobile rides! Yeti cave!" Howard exclaims excitedly.

"Snow cones! Skiing!" Amy adds in, bouncing a little.

"And Brucest of all: Snow Way Out! The world's highest vertical sled drop. The New England Journal of Pain and Suffering gave it four crutches up!"

"Finally!" Howard states as they look outside the window. Some people have already started enjoying their snow day. "The fun of being outside in the cold meets the comfort of being inside in the warm!"

"I cannot wait until school's out!" Randy pumps his fists.

"You're not the only one. Everyone's waiting to leave," Amy gestures down the hall. The clock ticks loudly as everyone is silent, watching the clock. Even the principal is waiting as he's dressed to go snowboarding.

The bell rings at 3 on the dot. "School's out!" The trio cheer, watching as everyone cheers as well, running out the front door. Randy and Amy are about to leave when Howard pulls them back, taking the Nomicons out of the bags.

Randy gasps sharply as Amy narrows her eyes. "What are you doing?"

"Eh, just a little good-time insurance. Whenever we're gonna do something Bruce, those books totally wonks our cheese!" Howard opens up Randy's locker and throws the books in there. He slams the locker shut and then locks it. He sweeps his hands with a smug look.

"Are you that selfish, Howard?" Amy asks in disbelief. "You know what, never mind, you are that selfish!"

"Uh, name one time the Nomicons have wonked our cheese!" Randy points out and Howard raises a brow at him. "...Okay, fine. So occasionally our cheese gets wonked. But it's probably not gonna happen this time?"

"Are you asking me or telling me?" Howard questions skeptically. The two glance at each other and Amy silently looks away, telling him that he can handle this one.

"I'm telling you?" He smiles nervously.

"Don't tell me! Tell the books and your girlfriend!" He gestures to the locker and her.

"No, yeah," Randy crosses his arms as Amy rolls her eyes. "That's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna tell them!" He turns to his locker. "I just gotta do my combo here...and..." He chuckles nervously as he can't open it. He tugs at it and Amy steps forward, putting in his combination and opening up the lock with ease. "Here, thank you, and now I'm going to tell 'em. Ames, come with me!"

"Aww, I wanted to see it..." Howard complains, sagging his shoulders. He so wanted to witness Randy laying down the law to Amy for once...

Randy stops when they're at a good distance away from Howard. "You know I didn't mean that, I'm not really gonna put my foot down with you."

"You wouldn't win anyway," She smirks in slight amusement as he hands the girl her bag.

"TOTALLY wouldn't. Bathroom?"

"Bathroom," She kisses his cheek and walks down the hall. He glances away anxiously as he still hasn't had the right time to give her his present.

The two step into their respective bathrooms, going into a stall. Randy gags at the one he wanted to go into at first, switching to a cleaner one. He sits down on the toilet.

"Nomicon, we need to talk."

The two open up their books, getting shloomped inside. Their faces fall onto the pages and then they land on hard ground, bouncing a bit to land in front of a podium.

"Ow!"

"Okay, that was the worst one so far," Amy sits up, frowning towards her bottom.

"Listen," Randy stands up, helping up the brunette. Doodle people walk around them. "I think we can agree we've been doing a pretty Bruce job lately. So I was thinkin', you know, maybe today we could solo? That is, together? Like, you both could chill here-ish? In the general 'my locker' area?"

They turn around to see a doodle Ninja and doodle Kunoichi being pushed down a hill on skis. They let out screams as they crash multiple times, causing the couple to wince at each one. They step up to the words that were carved out in the snow.

"A ninja's choices must be chosen by his own choosing," Randy reads it, stammering. "Sinceriously, Nomicon? We get to choose for ourselves? Then enjoy my locker, cause we choose Snow-klahoma!"

"Wait!" Amy protests as he grabs a sled from the doodle person. "Shouldn't we at least-" He grabs her hand and they jump on, sliding down. "Bring them aloooooong?!" She finishes her sentence while screaming.


Julian steps into the bathroom. "Julian..."

"Who said that?" He glances around nervously as the other Julian, the one who escaped his body at his birthday, is in the reflection of one of the mirrors.

"Why, you said that." The goth boy turns around to see the white version of himself.

"Who are you?" Julian asks in fear.

"I'm you."

"What do I want from me?" Julian did not like where this was going.

"Freedom! Here, take my hand," He reaches out his hand and Julian steps forward, reaching out his hand. His fingers start to phase through the mirror until his hand is reaching towards the other Julian. But he grabs the boy's wrist, causing him to shout in alarm.

"No! Let me go!" He tries to get his arm back.

"Don't fight it. It's inevitable," The other Julian narrows his eyes as he tries to pull Julian inside. He lets out a sob as his feet touch the wall, trying to pull back as hard as he can. But as it seems as if the harder he tries, the further he gets towards the mirror.

A red flash occurs from the stall Randy was in and he steps out. The other Julian, not wanting to be seen or discovered right now, lets him go. Julian crashes into the boy, and the other Julian lets out a defeated snarl before he disappears completely.

"Julian?" Randy asks in surprise, but the boy's attention is on the mirror.

"Oh Randall!" He turns to him in relief. "Praise cheese! It was horrible!" He recoils back in fear as he grips Randy's shoulders. "I strained and struggled and pulled..."

"Well there's your problem right there. You're supposed to push," Randy shrugs with a small smile, feeling a little uncomfortable by the closeness. Julian sobs as he clings to him, and unfortunately, they just happen to be near a vent.

The Sorcerer can hear Julian's cries as he sniffs the air. "A familiar fear. But an unfamiliar evil? A new playmate perhaps? Time to have a little fun," He sends out some stank, laughing evilly.

"Well, everything seems to be okay now," Randy states as he looks around the bathroom for Julian. "So I'm just gonna...I'm gonna go..."

"No! Please, I beg of you!" Julian cries out. "Don't leave me alone! I'm so afraid!" He's literally shaking as the stank reaches them, Randy looking behind him.

"Ah! Stupid stank! C'mon!" He grabs Julian and makes a run for it. The stank goes back into the vent and through the pipes, disappointing the Sorcerer.

"No! It's never easy!" The Sorcerer complains at this, sobbing. The rat pats his head in comfort.


Randy walks back down the hall, shouting in surprise to see Howard and Amy standing in his way.

"There you are. What happened, you came out of the Nomicon the same time I did," Amy speaks up.

"Guys, I-"

"Let me guess, it said no," Howard states knowingly.

"No," Randy points at him.

"Oh! I knew it would be no!" Howard complains at him.

"No, it said yes!" Randy explains as he opens his locker, putting his bag in it. "Actually it said we could choose, so we chose yes!"

"You did, not me. I still think we should at least take them just in case," Amy looks at her bag with a small frown.

"If you have a choice, then it should be yes!" Howard glares up at her, snatching her bag away.

"Hey-" He throws it into Randy's locker and slams it, hands on his hips. Amy growls at him in annoyance, clenching her fists. Randy leans in towards her.

"Sorry, you know him. It's only for one weekend, please?" He gives her puppy eyes and she sighs, shaking her head.

"I can't say no to that...okay, I'll let it slide this time."

"Yes!" Howard pumps a fist. "Let's go! Snow-Kla-" Howard is about to go, but then turns right back around. "Hold on, what's with the ankle jewelry?" He points down to Julian, who has been hugging Randy's leg in fear the entire time. Thankfully he's too scared to really listen in on their previous conversation.

"Julian?" Amy asks in confusion.

"The bathroom..." He whimpers in fear. "I was pulling..."

Howard laughs at this. "Well, there's your problem right there, you have to push."

"That's what I said," Randy smiles, gesturing to himself. "Look, he's freaked out and if we don't get him out of here, he'll get stanked," He points to himself and Amy. "We have to make a choice!"

"Well, there is one way to do it, but you're not gonna like it," She glances at Howard, who looks at her suspiciously. She leans in and whispers in Randy's ear, whose eyes widen. He pulls back to look at her in annoyance.

"Ames! Don't you remember his crush-nay on you?"

"You wanna help him, put your feelings aside! It's only until we get back," She tells him and he sighs in defeat.

"Hey Julian," He asks with no meaning in his voice. "You wanna come with me, Ames, and Howard to Snow-Klahoma?"

"Cunningham, Smith, no, no, no!" Howard shouts in protest. Julian giggles up at them and Howard facepalms with a groan.


They stand in Snow-Klahoma with their winter gear on when they were at the Game Hole. However, Randy is wearing earmuffs, Howard is wearing a trapper hat, and Amy has a light blue knit beanie over her head to cover the back and up to the point where her ponytail starts halfway to her hair. A light blue pom is on the top of her hat.

"Hey Julian, wanna come with me, Ames, and Howard to Snow-Klahoma?" Howard mocks his best friend. "Stupid Cunningham and Smith. Nomicon didn't wonk our cheese. You guys did!" Howard points up at them.

"We didn't wonk anything," Randy informs as Amy crosses her arms. "Would you just enjoy Snow-Klahoma?" He gestures to all the fun things they can do.

"Whoa..." They all murmur in awe.

"Oh, I just love winter," Amy smiles happily. "Even if sometimes the weather is accumulated at-"

"You promised you wouldn't ruin this for me anymore than you have!" Howard points up at her threateningly.

"No I didn't," She raises a confused brow. "I never said I would stop being smart."

"Oh, so now you double promised. Thanks Smith," Howard grins, failing to notice her irritated look.

"Anyway...Ran, there's this romantic Christmas movie I wanna see after Snow-Klahoma and I was wondering if you wanted to see it," She grins at him softly.

"Ehh, I'm not really a chick flick kind of guy," Randy glances away sheepishly, rubbing his neck.

"I'll go with you Amelia!" Julian raises a hand.

"Never mind, I'll go! Don't ask another guy, I'll do it!" Randy quickly changes his decision, eyes wide.

"I wasn't going to, but you don't have to go if you don't want to," She raises a brow at him in confusion, hands in her pockets.

"What kind of boyfriend would I be if I don't spend time with my girlfriend?" Randy wraps an arm around Amy, him and Julian slightly glaring at each other.

"What shall we do first?" Julian decides to drop it for now. "Snow angels? Snowflake catching? Ooh, I know: sidewalk shoveling!" He takes a shovel and giggles while shoveling snow from a manmade sidewalk. "Oh, what a hoot!"

"We brought him here like Smith said," Howard gestures to him. "Now let's ditch him like I said!" He jerks a thumb to himself.

"You never said that," Randy looks at him accusingly.

"Because it goes without saying!" He retorts back.

"Howard, he's here. Just let it go...like I'm trying to do right now," Randy grits his teeth a little.

"Why don't you and Howard go have fun, I'll stay here with Julian," Amy offers, gesturing to the boy.

"YES!" Howard pumps a fist.

"No!" Randy narrows his eyes in defense. "Ames, I want the three of us having fun together! That's our thing! So what if Julian's here? Besides, that'd be a shoob move if we came here just to leave you alone."

"Aw," She smiles sweetly at him.

"But I wanted to do the two-man bobsled!" Howard whines at them, looking towards the ground.

"There's four of us," Amy raises a brow at him.

"Oh yeah, good point," Howard smiles widely upon hearing that. "You and me, two-man bobsled, let's go Cunningham!"

"Mmm," Randy grunts, narrowing his eyes in annoyance as Howard runs ahead. He turns around to the brunette. "Ames, since you're my girlfriend and all, I think that we have to be on the same page here: which is that I don't want you alone with Julian!"

"Is that what you're so cheesed off about?" Amy gestures to Julian still doing the sidewalk shoveling. "You already know that I don't like him in that way. And you're the one who keeps saying to let things go. It's only one ride, stop being jealous and just ride it with Howard."

"No! Two-man, four-man. What's the diff?"


Randy jumps on, Amy sitting in his lap. Howard gets in behind him and then Julian squeezes in between them. They try to slide, but because of the weight, the bobsled ends up slipping, landing on its side. They fall onto the snow.

"Whoopsie!" Julian giggles, not really bothered by it. Amy sits up, rubbing the side of her head as the boys are deep in the snow.

"One man! That's the diff!" Howard holds up a finger.

"What a gem of a topple!" Julian sits up next to Amy, looking happy. "Oh, the Robert-sled is so much fun!" He runs off with a giggle, the girl helping up Randy.

"Does he mean bobsled?" He whispers to her and she just shrugs cluelessly.

"All I know is, somebody wonked my cheese," Howard takes off his helmet and the two duck as he throws it. "Cause this cheese? Wonked. Thanks a lot again, Smith."

"Would you rather have Julian stanked and then wonk your cheese that way if we did Ninja/Kuno time before coming here?" Amy retorts back and he's about to argue when he realizes that she has a point there.

"No..." He mumbles in defeat. "I hate it when you're right."

"Thank you!" Amy stands up, dusting herself off with a small huff.


Later, they're in a snowball fight with Bash and two of his friends. The point of it is to grab the other team's yeti, while also defending themselves with the snow around them. The trio duck behind a hiding spot to come up with a strategy.

"Howard, you fake right, I'll juke left and boom! Ames can then capture the yeti!" Randy gestures to the girl, who smiles a bit.

"Seems like a good plan, a distraction would definitely work on someone like Bash."

Julian pops up between Howard and Randy. "And what will my contribution be?"

"Besides annoying us?" Howard whispers, earning a snowball to the face from Amy.

"Just stay and guard our yeti," Randy tells him gently.

"I know it's Bash, but just let them handle it while I sneak around to get their yeti," Amy points to the two boys. Howard snarls quietly as Julian giggles with a nod. She then directs a glare to Howard, noticing his face. "Don't make me throw another snowball. It will definitely not sit with you the next time I have to warn you."

She doesn't normally hang out with Julian like with Howard, his sister, or Randy. But she can't help but feel bad for the goth, he looked really scared. Julian just needs something to focus on so that he doesn't scared again from...whatever happened in the boys' bathroom. Even if the cost was her relationship with Randy, she couldn't let him get stanked over something she had no idea what exactly. Plus, he wasn't all that bad—whenever he's not giving Randy looks or wonking off Howard, that is. Both of them just had to set that aside for one day.

The boys come out of hiding and separate, Amy digging into the snow and putting some over her body. Some of her coat is already white, so all she had to do was cover only certain parts of her outfit so she can blend in with the snow, kind of like with snow and her Kunoichi suit. Julian stands up and hides behind the yeti as the other team is throwing snowballs at him, mainly Bash. Randy hides behind a platform, seeing Amy crawl underneath a pile of snow undetected. He rolls out of hiding, getting hit with snowballs.

He crawls and hides, standing up with a smile.

"Oh, Randall!"

He flinches in alarm, turning around to see Julian shaking behind him. "What are you doing?!"

"I got scared! I was alone! Bad things happen when I'm alone!" He grips Randy's coat, looking underneath them. "Amelia!" He hugs the girl, and her camouflage comes off.

"Julian!"

Before Randy could pull him off her, he gets pelted with snowballs, falling over a platform. Bash laughs as he runs past them. He throws two snowballs, one at him and one at Amy, before going into their area, laughing.

"I'm snatchin' your snowsquatch!" Randy looks up wearily to see Bash running off with their yeti. Howard grumbles as he walks over to Randy, Amy blowing a stray bang out of her face. Randy laughs nervously at his angered friend, who hits him in the face with a snowball. He then goes over to Amy, kicking a pile of snow into her face, causing her to sputter as she spits some out.

"You did that to yourselves," He accuses them, walking off.


"Ditch him, ditch him, ditch him, ditch him..." Howard repeats to the two as they walk, annoyed.

"Oh, look at us!" Julian jumps around them. "Aren't we a quartet of friends?" He wraps his arms around them. "Though I'd like to get a snow cone with you, Amelia. We should do this every day!" He lets himself fall as he starts making a snow angel.

"Fine! Maybe letting Julian tag along wasn't the best decision, but we couldn't leave him there to get stanked!" Randy argues to Howard.

"And you didn't leave him there! It wasn't the best idea you've had, Smith, which totals it to none," She glares at him, crossing her arms as he stands in front of the two. "Now let's leave him here!"

"Snowball!" The three are hit in the face with snowballs, and they all gag, dusting their faces. For some reason, there's specks on their faces.

"This snowball tastes an awful lot like..."

"Dandruff?" Julian claps as he goes back to them. "I know!" He lifts up his hat, revealing a tiny snowman. "Festive, isn't it?" He shakes it off onto the three and Amy gags, holding her stomach.

"Why would...why would he do that? Oh cheese, I'm gonna be sick!" She runs off to go find a bathroom to puke.

"My mouth tastes like Julian's scalp. Do something!" Howard turns around to Randy. Julian jumps and hugs Randy tight.

"Carry me!"

The two boys groan, Randy looking up ahead to see a Hall of Ice Maze, gasping in realization. "I'm about to make another choice," He turns to Howard with a knowing smile. "One I think you'll like," The three step forward to the maze, but Julian's shadow appears from a mirror, giggling evil with a wide smile.


The wind is blowing inside the maze, giving more of a snowstorm feel. Randy leads the way as Julian is whimpering behind Howard.

"Brr!" He's shaking, hugging himself. "So cold. So unforgiving. So...maze-y." Howard and Randy lose him on purpose. "A fellow could get lost in here if he were alone."

"This way, Julian!" Randy's voice calls out, the two of them laughing as they go through the exit.

"Try to keep up, would ya?" Howard slams the door shut.

"Of course! I'm right behind you!" Julian rushes to catch up to the two, only to bump into an ice mirror. "Or not." He chuckles nervously, glancing around as he's all alone. "Randall? Howard? Amelia? Anyone?" He glances at all the mirrors, which are surrounding him.

"Hello me," The other Julian appears in the mirror right in front of him. "It's you again."

He screams in fear upon seeing him. "Help! Get me out of this wretched winter paradise!" He bangs his fists on an ice mirror, but the other Julian appears there too.

"Oh, I can help me with that," He states eerily, frightening Julian. Everywhere he turns, he sees the other him, who cackles wickedly. A weird sparking energy emits from all the mirrors, electricity appearing right in front of Julian. He lets out a scream as he hears maniacal laughter, and suddenly everything goes white.

"Mercilessly ditching Julian?" Howard grins up at Randy. "Finally you made a good choice."

"You said it, buddy. Now it's just us...and my girlfriend. Where is Ames, anyway?" Randy looks around for her as they're in line.

"Who cares? She can catch up with us later. At least Julian's gone."

"What do you mean by gone?" A voice speaks up and their eyes widen. They turn to see Amy standing to their right, and she does not look happy.

"Uhhh..." The boys glance at each other nervously.

"You guys...what did you do?" She narrows her eyes suspiciously.

"Well, you see...we sorta...ditched him?" Randy smiles anxiously.

"You what?!"

Rumbling is felt as snarling sounds occur, and then a monster version of Julian in white emerges from the maze. The three gasp as everyone runs off screaming.

"You think he's mad about us ditching him?" Randy wonders to the two.

"Yes!" Amy says in annoyance.

"Us? No. You chose that, Cunningham," Howard smiles smugly.

"Hey!" Randy exclaims for being blamed solely when Howard insisted on doing it in the first place.

"You shouldn't have left him alone! He probably got scared enough to get stanked!" Amy accuses the two, pinching her nose. "I'm gone for 10 minutes, and you already shoobed things up..."

The two grab their masks and run towards a snowman, transforming behind it. They emerge from it, still wearing their head gear, which they throw off their heads.

Luigi holds up a frozen snow glove for Bash. "That's one-a cryogenically frozen snow globe. You never gonna forgetta the good-a time you had-a here."

Bash laughs eagerly as he takes it, getting his tongue stuck. Luigi gasps in shock, screaming at Monster Julian in front of them. He smacks away Bash and he goes flying.

"Smokebomb!" The two appear in a cloud of red and pink smoke, seeing Bash soaring above their heads.

"Ninja Jerk Save!" Ninja throws his scarf, capturing Bash before he could crash into a bobsled. He's thrown into a pile of snow and Ninja sweeps his hands in satisfaction.

"Been wanting to do that for a while, huh?" Kunoichi raises a brow at him.

"Yup!" He turns around, only to get smacked by Monster Julian.

"Ninja!" Kunoichi gasps in concern, flinching as she feels someone behind her. She turns around to see Monster Julian himself. "...Huh?" She notices that not only is he not a spider like the other times he was stanked, but he has splashes of white on his clothes, hat and hair. If it was something like purple stank, then maybe that'd explain it, but the Sorceress is still in the Land of Shadows, and can't stank anyone from there. Before she has time to comment on it, he grabs her by the waist and lifts her into the air. "Hey, let go of me!"

Ninja grunts as he rolls, landing on his feet on the ice. He stumbles as he's headed for a couple of people ice skating. "Whoa!" They scream upon seeing him, moving out of the way. "Ninja Slow-Down Sword!" He pulls out his sword and stabs it against the ice, spinning around before he slides to a stop. Monster Julian takes one step forward, cracking the ice and causing Ninja to fall into the water.

"No!" Kunoichi cries out. He throws up a chain so that it lands on solid ground, lifting himself up and landing. He shakes as he hugs himself.

"Ah! So cold! So...temperate, actually. Kinda nice." Monster Julian smacks him again, but this time he lands on his feet, jumping forward. He throws his scarf at Monster Julian's hand, causing him to drop Kunoichi. Ninja then uses his scarf to catch her, bringing her over to him. He catches her with one arm around her waist, dipping her slightly.

She looks at him with a slight blush, standing up. She clears her throat. "Thanks, but I'm still slightly mad at you."

"You're welcome, and I'll take what I can get."

"Something's just not right about Julian. I mean, he looks stanked, but normally forms don't change when you become a monster," Kunoichi turns to look at him, Ninja throwing his scarf at the mast for the ski lift. He hugs her with one arm as they go over to it, landing on a car.

"Howard?" Ninja looks down at him in confusion.

"Hey! The line really cleared up after the fight broke out."

"How can you be so calm during this? This is your fault too!" Kunoichi accuses him with a glare.

"Actually, it was yours for inviting him in the first place, so I'm just gonna enjoy this," He chuckles boastfully.

Monster Julian climbs up the lift and the two jump on the supports, running towards him. They tackle him together onto the ground, landing a few feet away from each other.

"I don't know what got into you, Julian, but we gotta get it out!" Ninja declares, pulling out his Eskrima. Kunoichi pulls out her tonfa. Monster Julian thrusts forward with his coat tails. "Ninja Block! Ninja Block! Ninja on the edge!" The last attack pushes them backwards, trying to push them off. Ninja pulls backwards, but his Eskrima are snatched and thrown away. Julian snarls and they jump for it. Ninja captures Monster Julian with his scarf, running on the platform. Kunoichi follows him and they jump into the air. Ninja snatches his hat away while Kunoichi kicks Monster Julian in the face.

"Time to de-stank!" He spins a sai into his hand. "Ninja Hat Slash!" He smushes it, but it doesn't turn Julian back to normal.

"What?!" Kunoichi gasps in shock as he stands back up and she steps backwards. Ninja continues stabbing, but it does nothing.

"Or not."

Monster Julian smacks Kunoichi away, going towards Ninja next. He jumps to avoid the attacks, rolling over to a stop near his partner.

"There must be another way. What could be another way?" He asks her in a panic as she rubs the back of her head.

"I don't get it. If he's not stanked, then why is he acting like this?" She states as he grabs her arms gently, helping her up. They turn to look at Monster Julian adjusting his hat and putting it back on his head.. He lets out a roar at the both of them.

"Nomicon, could use some help here!" Ninja pats himself and Kunoichi facepalms.

"Oh yeah, the Nomicons, you left that at school," Howard points out, driving past them in a bobsled. Ninja's eyes widen in horror.

The books are banging against his locker right now.

"You told me to leave it at school!" Ninja accuses Howard, Kunoichi crossing her arms at him.

"See, this situation is why one of us needs to have our Nomicon at all times," She points between him and her.

Monster Julian grabs Ninja and throws him into a pile of snow. He steps forward with a snarl, only to be hit by a snowball and landing in a pile of snow himself. Ninja throws them from his pile and Kunoichi joins in. Her hair acts for itself as it grabs two snowballs and tosses them.

"You're blaming me?" Howard narrows his eyes at his friends.

"Yes! I'm blaming you! This is all your fault! You said-" Red and blue lines sway in, forming into the advice. "A Ninja's choices must be chosen by his own choosing. I chose to listen to you!"

"Sounds like it's your fault," Howard steps up to them.

"Meanwhile, he chose to throw my Nomicon in your locker," Kunoichi points to Howard. "That right there is your fault."

"You can't blame me for that one if you let me throw it into his locker."

"I didn't let you do anything!" She shouts at him in irritation.

"But-"

"Your-"

"But-"

"Faults."

"Can we focus here?" Kunoichi gestures to Monster Julian, who gets back up. The two take fighting stances while Howard puts on a helmet, hiding behind the bobsled.

"Ninja Tail Slash!" The two slice the coat tails. "Ninja Lapel Slash?" They run forward and slice at his coat some more, coming to a stop. "How do we de-stank a goth?"

"Assuming that he even is stanked!" Kunoichi gestures to him. Monster Julian lunges forward at the two, tackling both of them to the edge. He roars in their faces and Ninja pushes him upwards enough for Kunoichi to escape.

"Get...outta here!"

"No way, I'm not leaving you behind!" She narrows her eyes, and he kicks her away from them. Ninja eventually kicks him over the edge and he falls towards what looks to be the machine for frozen snow globes. Ninja throws his scarf and captures him. He ends up sliding to the edge due to the weight.

"Julian, we can't de-stank you." Kunoichi runs over to him and throws down her hair to capture his waist as well, but it still isn't enough. "But we can't hold you forever. We're gonna have to make a tough choice here."

"Like we haven't done that already," She murmurs, looking away briefly. Julian is just about to touch the machine when his face forms back to normal, but it's not the real Julian.

"That won't be necessary, Ninja and Kunoichi."

"What the juice?" Ninja asks in confusion as they pull him up together. "Why'd he de-stank? We didn't even do anything."

"I don't think that was the case, there was no stank to begin with...so then how did he turn into a monster?" Kunoichi wonders and Evil Julian reaches the edge, facing the heroes.

"Ah, but you did, and you are correct, my dear white queen," He caresses her hair and she pulls back, wide-eyed. He giggles as he walks away creepily, stepping into the ski lift as he faces them again. "And I must thank you for bringing me here," He tips his hat to them. "Be seeing you, Ninja and Kunoichi," The doors close, muffling out his evil laughter as it leaves.

"Just when you think he can't get any weirder...weirder," Howard comments as Ninja gestures to where he was.

"Right?"

"I'm not 100 percent sure that was him, but he did give me the creeps," Kunoichi shivers a little, hugging her hair. "Which would suggest that it is Julian..."

"And what's with that hat? Has it been white the whole time?"

"What hat? Julian wears a hat?" Howard asks cluelessly, since he doesn't pay much attention to Julian to know his appearance.


"Whoa," Howard comments once they return the school, Randy's locker still banging. "Those things are seriously cheesed off at you two."

"It's your fault still for mine!" Amy turns to glare at him. "But let's just get this over with. Just like ripping off a bandage."

The locker opens as the Nomicons break themselves out, the Ninja Nomicon hitting Randy across the face. This knocks him onto the floor, but he doesn't care.

"Shh. It's okay, it's okay," Randy caresses his as Amy bends down to pick up hers. "I understand now. My journey will be chosen by the choices of my own choosing. I get it. Shh. Come here," He hugs it close, snuggling the book.

"O...kay," Howard turns away, feeling awkward. "I'm gonna give you two a moment alone."

"I feel uncomfortable," Amy comments, closing Randy's locker.

"Hush, hush. Okay, baby." He walks off, cradling the book like a baby. "Listen, I promise, I'm only making my own choices from now on."

"And I promise that I won't let anyone throw you into a locker again," Amy tells her Nomicon, following after Randy.

"Tell those books to get over it. Everything turned out okay!" Howard states as he's behind her. Randy turns to her, wrapping an arm around the girl. She darts her eyes around as he smiles lovingly at her, just like with the Nomicon.

"Ames, I'll start listening to you from now on."

"No you won't," She has a deadpan look at this.

"No, I mean it! When it comes to Ninja/Kuno stuff, I understand. It'll be okay."

"But-"

"Shh," He places a finger on her lips, causing her to go silent. "Now let's go see that movie. Though I'm thinking we do a little make-out action instead of watching it, hm~?"

"Okay..." She blushes slightly as he guides her away.

"Gross!" Howard complains at them being all lovey-dovey. Well, mostly Randy.

"Hey, what's this?" Amy takes out the gift that Randy meant to give her and he stiffens.

"That's-"

She opens it up to see a crude-looking silver heart bracelet. "Aw, Ran, did you make this?"

"Yeah..." He rubs his neck awkwardly. "I was gonna give it to you during Kwanzaa, but..."

"I love it!"

"You do?!" The two boys exclaim at her and she nods with a small smile.

"Yeah. Handmade gifts are sweet, and I was never one for material stuff anyway."

He smiles softly at her, kissing her cheek as she puts it on. "Thank cheese!"

Julian touches the mirror above the water fountain, now trapped in the Land of Shadows. "Hello? Anyone? Someone! H-Help!"

Evil Julian whistles a familiar tune as he walks across the sidewalk, taking out lights in the process, even the ones in buildings...