Um, if you haven't finished either Treasure Hunt ending, there are some spoilers here. So, beware!
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The Prank War
Chapter 5: The Golden Sweet Potato

"What are you going to do to Joe and Katie?" JC asked.

"I dunno," Alan admitted. "I wanted to try to find some way to break them up, but I don't know how"

"We shouldn't do something that drastic," Jason suggested. "We need some other idea."

"Guys!!" Tim ran up, excited. "I found the Sacred Land!! I need some help, though."

"Oh my gosh, you found it?!" Alan was shocked. "Are you sure, kiddo?"

"I'm sure! I need some crops to plant, and fast!"

The young men looked at each other, none of them wanting to go to the Flower Shop with Tim. Finally, JC just took out his wallet and handed it to Tim.

"Knock yourself out, kiddo," JC told him. "Just get what you need and be sure to give that back to me."

"Thank you! Thank you so much! I'll give it back!" Tim jumped up and down in his excitement and sped to the Flower Shop.

"OK, back to business," Alan grumbled. "Guys, any ideas? I'm totally out!"

"Maybe we could get Gwen to ask Woody to fire Joe. That would solve a lot, right?" Jason suggested.

"But Katie?"

"Oh, right." Jason scratched his head. "Yeah, that's one dilly of a pickle"

"I doubt Katie's grandfather would fire her," Alan agreed. "And if Joe got fired, he'd probably start working at the café or something."

"Darn. We need a plan!" JC shook his head. "If only we could think of one"

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"OK, so, that's 6 packages of corn seeds, 6 of tomato seeds, 4 of breadfruit seeds, and 9 of potato seeds. That's 700G." Lyla turned to her young customer, hoping that he had enough money to pay for it all.

"Wow, cool, that's expensive. I've never bought so much stuff!" Tim fished out 700G from JC's wallet and gave it to Lyla. "I found some special land in Praria Forest, and I gotta plant these there. It says that when they're all ripe, gold will appear!"

"Gold what?" Lyla asked. This sounded interesting

"I don't know," Tim admitted. "I just gotta take good care of these and find out."

"Do you know much about growing crops? Have you ever done so before?" Lyla asked.

Tim scratched his head. "Uh, no"

"Well, I suppose I can close the shop early, if you'd like me to help you." Lyla offered.

"Oh, well, you have to climb over a pile of rocks to get to the Sacred Land," Tim informed her, noticing that Lyla was wearing a long, relatively tight skirt. "Would you be OK to do that?"

"Oh, yes, good point," Lyla glanced down at her clothing. "Hold on, let me change. Wait here. If I can't find anything," she added, "I'm sure my husband wouldn't mind me borrowing some of his clothes!"

Tim laughed, trying to imagine Lyla wearing Louis' clothing Yeah, that was something you didn't see every day!

Lyla did end up having to wear a pair of dark pants and a light shirt of Louis'. "Everyone's going to wonder what I'm doing," she chuckled, taking the flowers out of her hair to add to the "shocking" effect. "Oh well, lead the way, Tim!"

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Tim did grow the crops with Lyla's help. She came every single day to the Sacred Land to make sure that everything was taken care of properly. She also took to wearing Louis' clothing for a little while, something the whole village got a bit of a laugh at. Not that Louis minded, he actually liked seeing his wife dressed like that She had a different air about her, even stepping into his shop to help him sometimes.

"I feel more tomboyish dressed like this," Lyla told Katie. "It's amazing what clothing can do!"

"Hee hee, you look different, too!" Katie commented. "So, how's it going?"

"Well, Tim found some golden seeds in that land He planted them outside my shop, in case you didn't notice already."

"I saw. Are you helping him?" Katie asked.

"Yes, I am. And I swore to myself that tomorrow I will start dressing normally again," Lyla laughed. "I feel so strange lately, it's not just the clothing. I've changed, and I don't even know why. But it must be a change for the better, because I think I'm even closer to Louis than I was before. I think I get a lot more nervous lately, though." Lyla sighed.

"Nervous? Why?"

"Yesterday I was fretting about dinner, so afraid that it would burn." Lyla shook her head. "I got so worked up over it that I almost got sick. I just couldn't eat. Dinner came out perfectly, but I just couldn't eat! I hate it when that stuff happens, but it happens a lot lately. I couldn't eat this morning, too, I was still so worked up." Lyla sighed. "Guess that's just a side effect of being female."

"Yeah," Katie laughed. "Why do we have to be the ones who get so emotionally worked up, eh?"

"Exactly," Lyla agreed, then suddenly grimaced and put a hand to her stomach. "Ooh, I didn't eat breakfast this morning, I'm hungry, I really need to eat something."

"Hey, don't get sick," Katie looked at her, worried.

"I'll try not to"

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"It bloomed it bloomed it bloomed!!!" Tim ran around outside the Flower Shop, shouting the great news to no one. "It bloomed! Lyla! Where are you? Lyla?" He knocked on the door, no answer. "Louis? Hello?"

"Idiot, it's only 5AM!" Kayla came up behind the boy and shook her head. "Lyla and Louis are still asleep."

"Darn it, OK, I'll wait. Look! A gold flower!" Tim knelt down next to the flower, which even Kayla had to admit was very, very beautiful. "Is it just me, or is it glowing?"

"It's glowing." Kayla noticed it too. "Wow, that must be a very special flower."

An hour passed, Kayla and Tim just sat next to the flower bed and talked while gazing at the flower. Lyla finally came out of the house to water her flowers.

"Good morning," Lyla waved to them. "Oh, the flower"

"It bloomed!" Tim exclaimed. "Isn't it cool?"

Lyla examined it. "'A golden flower, that shall bear a golden fruit' I think this may be it"

"Huh?" Kayla asked, confused.

"My grandmother told me about a golden flower one time, a flower that bears a golden fruit. You have to dig it up," she explained. "She said it was actually a very bland fruit, but it was very nutritious and kept the people here alive. I can't remember what she said that fruit was, though"

"Wow, cool! Can I dig it up?" Tim asked.

Lyla smiled. "Go ahead."

"Yaay!" Tim got on his hands and knees and began to dig. He pulled a potato out of the ground. "What the?"

"The Golden Sweet Potato!" Lyla exclaimed. "That was it!"

"Golden Sweet Potato?" Tim and Kayla both asked.

"Yes, it's very bland, but very good for you, and you can get up to sixteen potatoes from one plant. Look around, Tim," Lyla suggested, "There should be more potatoes down there."

"Wow, cool!" Tim was digging up more. "This is awesome!"

"I've never seen anything like this," Kayla agreed. "We should tell everyone!"

Lyla nodded in agreement. "This is very rare, and very old."

"Come on, Kayla!" Tim jumped up and down with excitement. "Let's tell Bob first!"

Lyla waved goodbye to them, and decided to go tell Louis before anyone else had a chance to.

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"Bleh, I give up. I cannot honestly think of another way to get at Joe and Katie," Alan admitted. "Guess we'll just leave the prank war at that."

"Yeah, they win." Jason sighed. "Oh well. We had some victories, too."

"Yoo-hoo! Guys! You'll never guess what happened!" Tim and Kayla ran up, Tim holding a potato.

"What the heck? Why are you carrying that?" Alan asked.

"It's a Golden Sweet Potato," Tim explained. "Lyla said they're really rare and used to grow here a long time ago. They were the treasure I found!"

"Doesn't look too golden to me," Jason commented, looking it over.

"It's bland, but very nutritious, and you can get many from one plant," Kayla explained. "This is really great! We should celebrate somehow!"

"Talk to Woody. He's the village elder, after all," Alan suggested.

"We will!" Kayla and Tim left.

"Hey, if we celebrate with a party maybe we still have a chance!" Alan exclaimed. "Man, what if they do a cooking festival, we could put something in Katie's dishes"

Jason laughed. "Great idea, man! Humiliate her in public like she did to us I like the idea."

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