Author's note: I haven't been doing a lot of recently. Here's your next story.
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Chapter 1: I Scream for You
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It was another day at the Happy-Go-Lucky Amusement Park. Penelope Pitstop needed something to relax her nerves, so she went to the amusement park with the Anthill Mob.
Of course, Penelope can hardly go anywhere without the Hooded Claw and his henchmen, the Bully Brothers, following her and trying to eliminate her.
Penelope first stop, like almost anyone's first stop in an amusement park, was the ice cream stand. Mmmmmm, ice cream.
For herself, Penelope ordered a strawberry ice cream cone topped with fudge, and for each of the seven members of the Anthill Mob- Clyde, Pockets, Yakyak, Salty, Snoozy, Zippy, and... who was the last one? I've forgotten- she ordered vanilla.
"Oh (sniff, sob), you're so kind, Penelope," Salty told her. Everyone was happy with Penelope's order.
When I say "everyone", I include the ice cream man, who was actually the Hooded Claw in disguise. Unknown to Penelope or the Anthill Mob, the fudge on her strawberry ice cream was contaminated with deadly poison.
Simple, but effective. All Penelope had to do was taste the fudge, and within minutes, Penelope would be out, and her fortune would go to her guardian, Sylvester Sneakly, a.k.a. the Hooded Claw.
(Wow. That last sentence had a lot of commas in it.)
Will strawberry-with-fudge ice cream be Penelope's last meal? Will her life be saved at the last minute (as usual)? Will the next chapter be longer than half a page?
You won't find out until Chapter 2 shows up... but in the meantime, you can be a darling and review this story.