Crystal's First Day Babysittting (A Horrible Day)

Disclaimer: I don't own Snowboard Kids or anything that might sound
offical.

Crystal sat on the couch at her house, watching the television.
" There's nothing on," she complained to no one in particular. She
felt her eyelids begin to droop as a yawn over came her. 'Sure, a nap
would be nice right about now.' she thought. She was just dozing off
when the doorbell alerted her awake. She walked over to the door and
opened it. One of the Snowboard Kids, Slash, stood there, along with
his eight year sister, Jeanette. " Hello, Crystal," Slash greeted.
" Is your mother home?" " No," was Crystal's answer. " She's working
again today. Why?" " Well, I have some important things to do today.
Since you're here, would you mind looking after Jeanette for me?
Thanks. I'll be back at four o'clock. " Before Crystal could reply,
Slash ushered Jeanette inside and left. Crystal looked down at the
little girl. " So what do you want to do? We could go to the movies,
the arcade-" Then her father came out of his room, along with
Crystal's little sister, Brittany. " Uh, Crystal?" her father asked.
" You wouldn't happen to have anything planned for this afternoon,
would you?" " Not at the moment," Crystal replied. " Let me guess,
you have stuff to do and you want me to look after Brittany, right?"
" Yeah, could you?" her father asked. " No problem, Dad, Jeanette's
over, the two of them can play together." Crystal responded. " Thanks,
you're a life saver!" Her father turned to Brittany. " Be good for
Crystal, okay? " Bye, Daddy." Brittany waved. Crystal closed the door.
" You guys can amuse yourselves," Crystal said. " If you need
anything, I'll be in my room." With that, she left the two children to
their own devices. " I'm hungry," Brittany said. " You want somethin',
Jeanette?" " Sure," she replied. " I'll go get Crystal-" " You don't
need to," Brittany interrupted. " I've lived here. I know my way
around the kitchen. Come on." Jeanette and Brittany entered the
kitchen and began rummaging through cupboards, in hope of finding
cookies or some sorts of sweets. Jeanette was just about to give up
and fetch Crystal when Brittany shouted suddenly with joy. " What is
it?" Jeanette asked. " Did you find any cookies?" " No," answered
Brittany. " Even better. I found this right behind this moldy stuff in
a container." She tossed some yucky tupperware down on the counter and
held out a tub of quadrupal nut fudge chocolate ice cream with Oreo
cookie bits. Jeanette and Brittany stared at it hungrily. " I found
some chocolate sauce and whipped cream!" Jeanette said excitedly.
" Let's have a giant sundae!" The two kids squealed in delight and
began their little feast. As we all know, little children can be a bit
hyper from sweets, especially when comsuming large portions. Thus,
such a thing happened to little Jeanette and Brittany. " Hey,
Brittany," Jeanette said suddenly. " What's in that container you took
out? Is it eatable?" " I don't know," she shrugged. Suddenly, she had
a idea. " But I know how to find out!" " How?" Jeanette asked. " My
sister, silly! We'll tie her up and force her to taste it. Then we'll
know if it's okay to eat." Brittany explained. The two friends giggled
mischeviously. " I'll go find my dad's fishing net. You lure Crystal
out of her room." " Okay, will do." Jeanette left and knocked on
Crystal's door. Inside, Crystal was relaxing on her bed, reading a
book called, " Hypnotism For Kids." She held up a pendulum, snickering
slightly. " Once I learn how to hypnotize, Linda will wish she hadn't
put itching powder in my gym shorts last April Fools. He he he!" " Oh,
Crystal," Jeanette called sweetly through the door. " I need your help
on something!" Crystal walked over and opened the door. " What is
it-aaah!" Brittany had dropped the fishing net on Crystal, who, all
tangled up, fell flat on her face. Jeanette and Brittany jumped on
Crystal and tied her up with rope. Jeanette grabbed some of Crystal's
old socks and stuffed them into her mouth. Brittany dragged Crystal
into the kitchen. Jeanette entered the kitchen a few minutes later,
carrying Crystal's book and pendulum. When Crystal saw what Jeanette
was holding, she began to wriggle and yell, but no one understood her.
Brittany was preparing the food. " Hey, Brittany," Jeanette said as
she entered. " Look what I found in your sister's room." " So?"
Brittany shrugged. She seemed intent on feeding Crystal the mold.
" Find me a funnel, will you?" " Listen, Brittany," Jeanette continued.
" What if instead of feeding Crystal that stuff, we hypnotize her!"
Crystal spit out the socks and laughed nervously. " You're kidding!
You couldn't hypnotize anyone if your life depended on it! Even I
can't work that thing yet!" " Only one way to find out!" Jeanette
exclaimed, holding up the pendulum. She began to swing it back and
forth in front of Crystal. Back and forth, back and forth. " Watch the
pendulum, don't take your eyes off it. No, not you, Brittany, just
Crystal. You are getting sleepy....very sleepy." Crystal's eyes
eventually began to close and her head flopped over, her chin resting
on her chest. " You think it's working?" Brittany whispered. " Is she
faking it?" Jeanette shrugged and turned back to Crystal. " When I
clap my hands, you will become a...dog!" " Become a dog," Crystal
repeated, dazed. Jeanette clapped her hands, and Crystal's eyes
snapped open. She looked up at Jeanette and Brittany, a dopey grin on
her face. " Now we find out if it worked." Jeanette stated as she
untied Crystal. She sat there for a while, then sniffed the air.
Sniffing, she crawled over to the table and gazed up at it. Crystal
looked at the other two and barked. When they didn't move, she began
to make a sort of whining noise. Finally, Brittany went over to the
table and picked up the container of yucky food. Crystal immediately
got into a sort or begging position, squatting with her hands in front
of her like paws. She began to pant and drool, her tongue hanging out
of her mouth. " It worked!" Jeanette cried. " She thinks she's a dog!
Here, girl! Come here!" Crystal crawled over to Jeanette, who patted
her on the head. Brittany was skeptical. " I'm not sure, Jeanette. She
could be faking it still. I've got a idea." " What is it?" Jeanette
asked. " We'll see if she'll do something Crystal would never do,"
Brittany explained. " If she'll drink from the toilet, she's a dog.
If not...then's it's all a trick." " It's disgusting, but it'll work."
Jeanette nodded. They brought Crystal into the bathroom and lifted
the lid of the toilet. Crystal looked into the bowl and stared
thirstly at the water. Without hesitation, she began to lap up the
water, sticking her head in the bowl. " Does that prove it?" asked
Jeanette. " Definately," confirmed Brittany, pulling Crystal back by
her shirt collar. " And I've got another idea. Let's play fetch in
the living room!"

***

At four o'clock, Slash knocked on the door. Brittany opened it. Slash
could hear barking and Jeanette's voice saying, " It's okay, girl!
He's only my brother! A friend! No!" " Since when does Crystal have a
dog?" asked Slash. Brittany said nothing, avoiding Slash's eyes.
" Speaking of which, where is she?" Slash's question was quickly
answered. Crystal came bounding to the door and tackled Slash,
knocking him over onto his back. Slash looked up at a panting Crystal,
who leaned forward to lick his face. " Crystal, no!" cried Brittany,
grabbing her by the shirt collar. " Don't! Get off him, girl!" Slash
was horrified. " What the heck do you think you're doing, Crystal?!
Get off me!" Brittany managed to pull the barking Crystal off Slash
and calmed her down by scratching her behind her ears. Jeanette
entered and saw Slash. " Four o'clock already? My, how time flies."
" What did you do to Crystal?!" gasped Slash, getting to his feet.
He looked around the Kuehnemund house. It was a complete mess! Chairs
and tables had been overturned and the entire house was practically
in ruins. Slash got down on his knees and gawked at Crystal. " What
happened here?! Crystal? Are you okay?" Crystal barked in response.
Slash snapped his fingers in front of Crystal's face a couple of times.
" What did you do to her?!" " We're sorry, Slash," apologized
Jeanette. " We were fooling around and found a swingy thingy. I
hypnotized Crystal and now she thinks she's a dog." " We played fetch
and kinda made a mess." Brittany finished. " We gotta fix all of this
before your father gets back," Slash said. " Brittany, tie Crystal up
to keep her out of the way. We've got some cleaning to do." Brittany
ran into her father's room and went looking through his chest of
drawers. She pulled out a belt and handed it to Slash. He dragged
Crystal into her room and using the belt as a leash, tied her to the
bed post. Crystal struggled against her binds, but to no avail. She
began to whimper and whine. Slash sadly shook his head. " Sorry, girl,
you have to stay here." He paused for a moment. " I can't believe I
just said that!" The three remaining Snowboard Kids began to clean,
scrubbing walls, righting chairs, tables, you know, all the stuff.
In no time at all, they had completed their task. Slash grabbed the
forgotten pendulum and lead Jeanette and Brittany over to where
Crystal was. " Fix her." Slash instructed, thursting the pendulum into
Jeanette's hands. She nodded and faced Crystal. " Watch the pendulum,
don't look away," Jeanette said. " When I clap my hands, you will
return to normal, remembering nothing." She clapped her hands. Crystal
blinked a couple of times and looked around. " Slash? Four o'clock
already?" She went to stand up, but the belt pulled her back. " What
the-? Hey! What am I doing with a belt around my neck?" Slash elbowed
Jeanette fowards. " I'm sorry, Crystal," she apologized. " We
hypnotized you into thinking you were a dog. We got a bit hyper from
that ice cream." Before Crystal could reply, there was a knock at the
door. Unhooking herself from the belt, Crystal answered the door. It
was her father, he had arrived to take Brittany to her friend's house.
After Brittany left, Crystal turned to Jeanette. " What did you two of
you do to me while I was a dog?" she asked. " Besides tie me up with
the belt?" Jeanette smiled broadly as she left with Slash. " You played
fetch, tried to lick my brother, and...drank from the toilet. See ya
later!" Slash and Jeanette left, leaving Crystal staring in shock at
the door. 'I drank from the toliet? I drank from the toilet?!'
Crystal rushed into the bathroom and bent over the toilet. She began
to spew out everything she had eaten within the past few days. She
didn't notice her mother come home and look in on her. " Crystal, are
you all right?" asked Mrs. Kuehnemund with concern. " Just...fine.."
Crystal managed to gasp. " Okay," Mrs. Kuehnemund said, walking away
into the kitchen. There was a pause, then a angry shout. " CRYSTAL
KUEHNEMUND!" Crystal paused from her spewing. Her mom NEVER called her
by her full name. But what had she done? " All the quadruple double
nut fudge chocolate ice cream with Oreo cookie bits is gone! You know
I was saving that for dessert! Why couldn't you have waited?" Crystal
let out a soft groan. " Brittany...."

THE END
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Hey, I know you're saying, " Where were the other Snowboard Kids?!"
Don't worry, they'll be in my upcoming " For Kids" stories. See ya
later!!

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