Andrea rolled over in her bed. She reached to the nightstand and shut off her alarm clock.
Andie sat on the edge of her bed and gathered her thoughts. She was home in her own bedroom in her own house now. She was as tall as a really short fifth grader, not the size of a Polly Pocket doll. Andie didn't bother testing them; she knew her Powerpuff abilities were gone.
Her adventure was over. Bumblebee was just Andrea now.
Andie's thoughts were interrupted by a knock on her bedroom door. "Andie, dear," her grandmother said, "time to get up! You must have really been tired last night, honey. That alarm clock must have rang for at least five minutes!"
"Sorry, Grandma," Andrea replied softly. "I guess I was sleeping pretty soundly."
The older woman stepped into the room and put a small magazine on Andrea's desk. "You fell asleep reading your comic book," she continued, "so I took it off your bed for you and tucked you in." Stepping out of the room, she added, "Anyway, you'd best come down and have breakfast now. You want to be at your best for your science test today!"
Andie sighed as her grandmother walked down the hallway. "So it was all a dream," she thought. "A dream I had because I was reading a Powerpuff Girls comic book when I went to sleep." Andie started to get ready for the day ahead. The adventure was fun, she thought, but now she was back in the real world. The world of Glenwood School. Science tests. Derek Stiles and Betty Harper. And the twenty dollars they'd be demanding of her that morning.
As she finished getting dressed, Andie noticed a small bit of paper on the floor next to her bed. She knelt down and picked it up to get a better look at it. The tiny scrap had some writing on it, almost too miniscule to read...
Andie's heart started pounding as she got out a magnifying glass from her desk and examined the writing. She could just make out the words, "vertically-challenged supernaturally-empowered female emergency caregiver". She was holding the tiny card Florina had tossed aside when she had introduced herself the night before! Andrea realized it hadn't been just a dream; all of her adventure had really happened!
The petite fifth grader grabbed her book bag and headed down to the kitchen. Yesterday, Stiles and Harper had threatened Andrea Ant. Today, they were going to answer to Bumblebee!
Andie sat on the edge of her bed and gathered her thoughts. She was home in her own bedroom in her own house now. She was as tall as a really short fifth grader, not the size of a Polly Pocket doll. Andie didn't bother testing them; she knew her Powerpuff abilities were gone.
Her adventure was over. Bumblebee was just Andrea now.
Andie's thoughts were interrupted by a knock on her bedroom door. "Andie, dear," her grandmother said, "time to get up! You must have really been tired last night, honey. That alarm clock must have rang for at least five minutes!"
"Sorry, Grandma," Andrea replied softly. "I guess I was sleeping pretty soundly."
The older woman stepped into the room and put a small magazine on Andrea's desk. "You fell asleep reading your comic book," she continued, "so I took it off your bed for you and tucked you in." Stepping out of the room, she added, "Anyway, you'd best come down and have breakfast now. You want to be at your best for your science test today!"
Andie sighed as her grandmother walked down the hallway. "So it was all a dream," she thought. "A dream I had because I was reading a Powerpuff Girls comic book when I went to sleep." Andie started to get ready for the day ahead. The adventure was fun, she thought, but now she was back in the real world. The world of Glenwood School. Science tests. Derek Stiles and Betty Harper. And the twenty dollars they'd be demanding of her that morning.
As she finished getting dressed, Andie noticed a small bit of paper on the floor next to her bed. She knelt down and picked it up to get a better look at it. The tiny scrap had some writing on it, almost too miniscule to read...
Andie's heart started pounding as she got out a magnifying glass from her desk and examined the writing. She could just make out the words, "vertically-challenged supernaturally-empowered female emergency caregiver". She was holding the tiny card Florina had tossed aside when she had introduced herself the night before! Andrea realized it hadn't been just a dream; all of her adventure had really happened!
The petite fifth grader grabbed her book bag and headed down to the kitchen. Yesterday, Stiles and Harper had threatened Andrea Ant. Today, they were going to answer to Bumblebee!