Chapter 10

Trixie was yelling at Pixel. Pixel was just standing there taking it. The Mayor came over and stopped Trixie.

"What is going on here?" The Mayor demanded. Scared by his tone everyone stopped talking.

"It's his fault this happened. If he hadn't run to Pinky then Sportacus wouldn't have left. The tree house would still be intact and we'd still have power in LazyTown." Trixie shouted. At that Pixel turned and ran towards his house. No one saw him start to cry. Trixie is right. It's my fault. Pixel thought. He ran up to his room and the locked the door.

The Mayor turned to Trixie. "Why did you do that?"

"It's the truth." Trixie wasn't going to back down. Ziggy picked up something out of the rubble of the tree house and handed it to Trixie.

"What happened to friends forever?" He asked. Then Ziggy turned and left. Stingy turned with his armload of things and said, "MINE!" Then he left as well. Mayor Meanswell turned around and went to his house. Bessie just stood there with her mouth hanging open. Trixie stared at what Ziggy had given her. It was a picture of Stingy, Ziggy, Pixel, Stephanie, and herself in front of the finished tree house. They were all smiling. She dropped to her knees and cried.

Ziggy knocked on Pixel's door but Pixel refused to answer. Sadly Ziggy turned and went home. Pixel just sat on his bed and cried himself to sleep.

Back at the power plant, the foreman apologized to Sportacus. "I'm sorry I said what I did Sportacus. I just wasn't thinking." The foreman explained. He extended his hand and Sportacus shook it.

"I understand why you're upset. Let's put it behind us and fix the power." Sportacus smiled. But it was a hollow smile. Somewhere inside Sportacus knew that things would never be the same. So they started with the new wire and attaching it to the poles. They worked long into the night and by four in the morning everything was up and working. Sportacus left the power plant and headed for his airship. On the way he saw the tree house mess and finished picking it up. He had no idea what had happened the night before. It was now five in the morning and he climbed the ladder and went to sleep in his airship.

The Mayor awoke around seven and went out for a walk. He hadn't meant to explode on Trixie. He was just so upset about the whole thing. First, the workers were upset at Sportacus and then Trixie being so mad that she ruined the kids' friendship. He walked by Pixel's house and decided to see if he could talk to him. Pixel still refused to open the door and the Mayor had no idea what to do.

Sportacus slept restlessly until ten in the morning. He couldn't help but think about what happened the night before. Sportacus then got up, disengaged the air brake, and left the LazyTown skies.

Robbie saw Sportacus leave and he saw the kids fight the night before. "My plan worked!" He shouted and started to dance around. "Now I can be lazy whenever I want and those kids will never play again! The blue elf is gone too! This day is my favorite day ever!"

That best day ever lasted a long time. Pixel never sent out letters to Stephanie nor did he answer his phone. Stingy, Ziggy, and Trixie hadn't said a word to each other since that night. Sportacus hadn't come back either. Stephanie was getting more depressed everyday. Her letters and phone calls went unanswered by everyone with the exception of her Uncle. Even when she got her uncle on the phone the conversation lasted about two minutes. He wouldn't answer any of her questions. Confused and hurt Stephanie stopped trying after a month passed. Would things ever be back to normal in LazyTown?

TO BE CONTINUED….