That Saturday night, Cody and Zach were seated once again in the lobby, slouched in the armchairs. And again, they were bored.

"Can you believe it is still raining?" Cody asked.

"It's crazy! It's been raining all day long. All day." Zach complained.

Maddie was working at the candy counter, London was out at the mall getting accessories for her dog, their mother was cleaning up the kitchen, and let's just face it – the boys had not one single person other than themselves to talk to.

"Come on, Cody. Let's go play our video game in our living room." Zach said, jumping up from his chair.

"Fine." Cody said, not in the mood, but doing what his brother said anyway.

As the two walked from the lobby and got to suite 412 (their room) they heard a huge bang in the room next to them. Something was definitely happening over in room 411.

They exchanged curious looks, then put their ears to the door. They strained to hear. What was that low grumbling noise? What was it…?

"Aaaa-oooo. Faaaaa-oooo."

"Okay? That's different! It sounds like chanting." Cody whispered, taking his ear away from the stranger's door.

Zach took his ear away from the door too, scratched his head, the put his ear back to the door.

"Listen! Did you hear that!" Zach asked, eyes popped wide open, not taking his ear away.

"No! Why? What happened?" Cody asked, excited.

"There was a small 'vwoom' noise, then a gurgling gross sound. Then…then…"

Zach looked up horrified.

"What?" Cody asked.

"Fast! Get inside our - "

Room 411's door swung open, and there stood the strange Sir Lion P. Nickel, looking at the boys, who were caught red-handed.

In a high-pitched voice, he asked, "What are you young boys doing outside my door?" He stared into the twin's scared eyes.

"Um, we weren't doing anything. We were about to um, go into our suite. See? That's ours." Cody said, pointing to room 412, while Zach nodded his head vigorously.

"I distinctly heard your voices out here yelling 'Listen! Did you hear that?" and I saw you putting your ear to my door." He stated, now crossing his arms and giving them the expression of a 'beat that, punks'.

"You saw us putting our ears to your door?" Zach asked, eyeing him suspiciously.

The man's face turned a deep maroon red, and then he said, "Uhh, wait. No, you misunderstood. I, um, just er…never mind that! Just don't, under any circumstances, listen to what I'm up to in my room. It's very rude, mind you."

"Sure, okay." Cody said. But, still, how'd he see us listening in on him? How? There's no way – he was on one side of the door, and we were on the other! Huh! Cody thought.

"Well, you two, I'm busy right now. So, please, don't be bothering me again." Sir Lion P. Nickel said. He rushed into his room again, and then slammed the door behind him.

All that had happened so fast, the boys were dumbfounded. Wow.

"Well, now what?" Cody asked.

"Wanna play our video game?" Zach replied.

"Yeah, sure." With that, the two boys opened the door to their suite, but right before Zach was about to close the door, he saw something lying on the ground, right by Sir Lion P Nickel's room.

"Wait, Cody! What's that!" He pointed at the shiny, glowing rock/pebble looking thing.

"Huh?" Cody said, poking his head back out to look into the hallway.

"I have no idea." He answered.

Zach went to pick it up. As he held it in his palm, it glowed a flashing, exotic, lime green color. He touched its smooth surface with his other hand. It had no bumps or ridges. It was the softest thing he'd ever felt. Underneath all of the glowing light, he could see his reflection smiling back at him.

"Woah! What…what is that?" Cody stuttered, trying to grab the pebble from his brother's hands. Zach pulled away. This magical stone would be his now.

"How should I know? All I know is that it's awesome!"

With that, he slipped the rock into his pocket and the two of them went in to play video games.