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Chapter 3: Re-Meeting Paula

It was the day after Ness had defeated the Shadow Man. And also the day today was the day when Ness had to reunite the Chosen Four, even though he wasn't certain how he was supposed to tell anyone, if they would believe him. The only way they would trust him is through one who can read minds. And there was only one person he knew who could do that. That person was Paula. She had the power of telepathy, so she would certainly know Ness was not lying. He looked outside the window. He had about a second to realise it was snowing before a well aimed snowball hit him directly in the face. "Don't do that, Tracy!" Ness shouted out at her. Tracy just smiled and gave a grin about the width of her face. Tracy was Ness's younger sister, and looked after his prized possessions (A/N: Either she's very trustworthy, or Ness is crazy) on his last adventure. Ness also was not going to be beaten. He sat down underneath the window, used his PSI to make a big snowball and threw it at Tracy. "Haha! Who's the smart-alec now?! "That was mean!" Tracy replied "It was also the best way to say, 'And here's a snowball for you too!' After that, Tracy remained silent for a while. Then she added. "You're going on another adventure, aren't you? Ness was dumbfounded. "How on earth did you know?" "I've probably inherited that PHD or SIE or something like that from you." "Well, needless to say, I'm going as soon as I've changed. You'll tell Mom and Dad I said goodbye?" "Sure thing." Soon enough, Ness changed. Using PSI Teleport Beta, he teleported to Twoson. He could see Polestar Preschool from here, and he could only just see things flying. He guessed there was a snowball fight. He decided to surprise Paula for once. He secretly crept around to the back of Polestar, because no-one could see him there, he used his PSI and silently landed on the roof. He had gathered a bit of snow already, and was looking for Paula. Once he saw her, he hurled the snowball. Paula was already playing with the kids from Polestar Preschool and didn't realise there was someone on the roof. Then she had a snowball land in the back of her head. She looked around. "O.K, which one of you kids hit me?" She looked behind her. There was no-one there. Ness was silently laughing to himself. Paula still didn't understand who hit her. Ness silently jumped down into the snow and lobbed another snowball at Paula. She looked behind her, but Ness quickly hid, and she didn't see. However, she did walk around to see who was hitting her. Quickly, Ness ran to the other side of the house. "O.K," Paula said, "Which one of you pranksters are hitting me this time?" "Things are not as they always seem." A voice behind her said, and as she looked around, she had no time to see who it was, as another snowball hit her in the face. "Hahaha. Very funny. Now which of you kids hit me?" Paula said as she cleared the snow from her face. But she was in for a surprise when she finished clearing the snow. "Ness?!" Paula said, wild with shock. "Who else were you expecting, Santa Claus?" Paula pinched herself to make sure she wasn't dreaming. She wasn't. Standing in front of her, was Ness. "I can't believe it! It really is you!" She hugged Ness, oblivious to the fact the kids had gathered round. "Mm, mm, mm mmmm mm mmmmmmm?!" (Translation: O.K, O.K, now would you please get off of me?!" Understanding, Paula let go. "Paula, I want to tell you something. There's another adventure unfolding itself. I don't want to stop you having a fun time, but I had to tell you." Ness said. "I understand." Paula replied. Paula explained to the kids, and then her parents, that she had to go on another adventure. They understood, and her parents gave her permission to go. But still, all of the Chosen Four had to be reunited. Their next step was Winters, where they could find Jeff.