Chapter 11
It was now May twentieth and school would be soon over for Stephanie. She wasn't sure if she actually wanted to visit her Uncle this summer. Her parents said she should try to tough it out for at least two weeks. If she couldn't take it then they would come get her.
On Saturday, the twenty fifth, she took her suitcases and boarded the train to LazyTown. Her parents waved goodbye as the train pulled out of the station. Stephanie sighed and looked out the window. The conductor came by to collect her ticket.
"Is something wrong Miss?" The conductor asked.
Stephanie gave a weak smile and said, "I'm going to visit my Uncle. But things haven't been going so well over there."
"Sorry to hear about that. Well if you need anything let me know. LazyTown is our second last stop so it'll be around eight hours." The conductor smiled.
"Thank you very much." Stephanie said. The rest of the train ride was uneventful. Upon arriving in LazyTown the conductor helped Stephanie with her bags. "Goodbye miss and good luck." He said. "Thanks again, sir." Stephanie smiled. As the train pulled away she looked around for her Uncle at the station. He was nowhere to be seen, so she headed to his house by herself.
As Stephanie walked through town she realized that it looked a lot like last summer. The sports field was a mess and the tree house was missing. She didn't know what had happened back in March. She arrived at her Uncle's house and knocked on the door. Uncle Milford opened the door and was caught off guard.
"Stephanie is it May already?" He asked, confused.
"Yes Uncle. What is going on in LazyTown? Why has no one answered my letters or phone calls? Where is the tree house? Why is the sports field a mess? Why isn't anyone playing outside? Where is Sportacus?" Stephanie barraged the Mayor with all those questions.
"Come in and have a seat. I'll explain everything." Mayor Meanswell said. He then proceeded to tell her everything that happened the night Sportacus brought Pixel back.
"Ever since then no one talks to each other or leaves their homes. The sports field hasn't been used so I haven't taken care of it. Pixel was going to take care of it but he won't come out of his room. No one has rebuilt the tree house because they won't talk to each other. Sportacus has been gone since the day after he helped fix the power. No one knows were he went or why he left." Uncle Milford finished. Stephanie tried to absorb all that information in one sitting.
"I've given up on the whole idea of getting things back to normal." Mayor Meanswell sighed.
"There's always a way, Uncle! We have to do something!" Stephanie said determinately.
"How are we going to do it, Stephanie?" He asked. Stephanie thought about it. She continued to think until bedtime.
"Maybe something will come to me in my sleep." Stephanie said to her Uncle.
He smiled and said, "I hope so, Stephanie. Good night."
"Good night, Uncle Milford." Stephanie said. She fell asleep wondering what Sportacus would do in this situation.