In the crowded hallways at CKH, students were getting out of class and heading to their lockers.
"Can you believe that we got an assignment on the important things in our lives in history class?" Leighton asked. "I'm going to do moment that inspired me to become a reporter."
"Stop the presses," Vada joked, "because I'm going to do one where I made soup by myself for the first time, and not the microwavable."
"What about you, Car?" asked Leighton. "What are you going to do?"
"Don't know," replied Carla. "I've done a lot of circus stunts, I just couldn't think up one."
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After dinner, Carla was coming up with for history assignment. She had so many ideas, she couldn't chose just one. "There was the time that Cousin Sal entertained our circus with her hip hop routine," she said to herself. "But this is about me. I could tell the time that I took my mom to the flower festival. We brought home some strong selling carnation tea, and Papi is allergic to carnations. What about the time where Rakila came to our circus to perform? No, no, no, it would cause a riot."
"Well, well," Lilith growled. "Trying to find out about your family you problem child?"
"So, Lil," Carla said, "what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to present my mom's photo print company," bragged Lilith, "just to rub it in your face."
"How come you never showed pics of your mother?" asked Carla.
"Because she made me make my online accounts private," Lilith answered rudely. "She claims that her sister could escape and play tattletale."
Carla didn't want to be annoyed by Lilith's gloating, so she left for the ACS.
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Meanwhile at the park, Aretha and Crossni were going around disguised as old lady.
"This outfit is making me sweat," groaned Crossni. "I feel like something out of Earth's 1947."
"Hey!" shouted Aretha. "Roswell was a prison for aliens."
Aretha and Crossni spotted a raft of ducks walking along the grass. They took some duck feed, place a McCart Bug without wings into the feed and the ducks ate it. One of them swallowed the bug and turned into McCart Duck.
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Meanwhile, at the ACS meeting, Ms. Benjamin had important stuff to tell her students. "We're going to participate in Duck, Duck, Goose," she explained.
"Aren't we a little too old to play Duck, Duck, Goose?" Carla asked. "We're not in elementary school anymore."
"Come on," Ms. Benjamin replied. "This is a good chance for you to reconnect with your childhood. Also, Saatvika did had a similar version in India called Rumaal Chor, where you use a hanky during the game."
"That's right," Saatvika recalled. "I'd even played it with my little brother and his friendly scout troop sometimes."
"This is the most embarrassing dance class ever," Harley groaned.
"I thought you like recess games," Danna recalled.
"I do," admitted Harley. "It's just I don't want to think while acting like a child, what if Dean Dennis gets ideas?"
After Carla became the goose and chased Kiki, Ms. Benjamin told her that Vada explained to her about her little history report issue. "For a circus girl," Carla said, "it's hard. I mean, with going on the beaches of Bogota and performing."
While Chanel was going around saying "cane," the Mini-Mews pope out and shouted "Wéixiǎn! Wéixiǎn!", meaning that there was danger.
"I'll handle this," said Carla. "Figure I could play it with a real duck."
Mew Mew Cupcake, Metamorphosis
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Mew Mew Cupcake hopped up and down around Kansas City until she spotted McCart Duck playing around by a Latin American souvenir shop. She recalled buying a porcelain duck from a similar shop while visiting Barranquilla, the hometown of the world famous Shakira. She bought one with an autograph of the international pop star. This gave her an idea. "Hey, Ducky!" shouted Mew Mew Cupcake. "Care to dance like a gypsy, whenever and wherever? because my hips don't lie!"
McCart Duck was so annoyed by Mew Mew Cupcake's insult, he barged towards her.
"I've done some gardening before," recalled Carla. "Now this is a weed whacking wham."
Cupcake combined Congee with her Sprinkle Frisbee. With one toss, the Sprinkle Frisbee released a sparkly trail; McCart Duck became dazzled by the sparkles. Figuring this out, Cupcake figured that her Mini-Mew Weapon Combo could create a temporary distraction for the enemy. When McCart landed near a magic shop and Mew Mew Cupcake realized something.
"I promised Rodrigo that I would do ice cream with him," she said to herself.
A few seconds after she left, McCart Duck started to turn back to normal.
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Moments later by The Sumo Cow Japanese ice cream shop, Cupcake hid by a Mew Mew cutout and changed back to Carla. It was she came up to a waiting Rodrigo. He turned his head and found his little sister. "Magdalena!" he smiled. "You made it."
Carla quickly hugged her big brother and they walked inside the Japanese ice cream shop.
A few minutes later, Carla and Rodrigo came out with ice creams and they sat outside. Carla got a vanilla cupcake flavored ice cream with blue sprinkles while Rodrigo got a coconut with chocolate sprinkles. For the next few minutes they talked about their good times in Columbia, their performances in the circus, and playing on the beach.
"Yā! Yā!" whispered Congee.
Looking up, she spotted McCart Duck sneaking towards them. Carla didn't want to blow her cover, so she decided to do the Mew Mew Style call in a whisper.
Mew Mew Style
Mew Mew Grace
Mew Mew Style
In Your Face
And just like that, the McCart Duck turned back into a real duck.
Little did she know was that while she was cleaning the mess, Rodrigo placed a note into her bag.
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Later that night, the girls were having a slumber party at Chanel's, Vada's, and Saatvika's dorm. Danna wanted to play one of the Monkees' theme song with Carla's Monkees music sheets.
"You're in luck, señorita," said Carla, "because I brought some for music class as a homage for mi los padres love for them."
While Carla was looking through her bag for the Monkees' theme song, she spotted a flier of Cirque De Agua Heart's Manta Mayhem show.
Carla, Cirque De Agua Heart Manta Mayhem
Featuring Rodrigo the Maravilloso and the Magical Magdalena, Carla.
Carla could remember being her brother's magician assistant, feeding animals muffins that are edible to animals, tightrope walking while balancing plates of muffins and tossing them to the audience, and winning a sand sculpture contest for her giant muffin.
"Excusez-moi, Carla," interrupted Chanel. "Are you going to get the feuilles de chanson?"
"Yo soy (I am)," answered Carla as she gave the song sheets to Danna.
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The next day, Vada was presenting her important event presentation. "My father, Bennett, was inviting my paternal grandmother from America," she explained. "My mom, Kamon, had to make a last minute interruption towards the market for groceries. Father had to come with her for safety and my two sisters were out shopping. So, I decided to do it myself. Nine years old and alone. I know it was crazy, but I had to make a good impression towards my grandfather. When he arrived from America, I gave him a Thai white curry noodle soup. With one gulp, he loved my soup. It was there I leaned that if you want done something right. Gotta do it yourself."
After everyone applauded for Vada's presentation, it was Carla's turn. She was nervous, but had to pass. "This whole thing started when I was six years old and my older hermano, Rodrigo, was seven," she started. "Mama and Papi, decided that he should make his first gig at Cirque De Agua Heart as a magician. There was only one problem; he didn't have a stage name. We decided to get some of Micah's Magdalenas Maravillosas, otherwise known as 'Micah's Marvelous Muffins'. Muffins were the first food I ate with my teeth. It was there my brother gave me the affectionate nickname he gives me. Observing the label, I gave him the perfect stage name: 'Rodrigo the Maravilloso'. It was there I learned that you always have to help your siblings no matter what."
There was a ten-second silence, but then everyone bursted with applause. The teacher was so touched by her story, he gave her an A+.
Vada was very proud of Carla's presentation, this reminded her so much of her giving her sister's Weekly AD emails to save money.
During one of the student's presentation on being influenced by magic, Carla realized that her brother set her up at The Muddy Cow. So, she decided to talk to him at lunch.
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During lunch, Carla and Vada spotted Rodrigo chatting with some of his friends. She came up to her brother and sat down, "You set me up to get ideas for the project," Carla said.
"I did," Rodrigo admitted. "I couldn't just let you flunk out at CKH."
With one smile, Carla said, "Gracias, Hermano."
Rodrigo was surprised and confused, and was afraid that his own sister would get mad at him. But Carla told him that her presentation was about helping siblings. Hearing this, Rodrigo smiled.
The End.
