AN: Okay, here's a spinoff sequel to my 'Rottentown' fanfic. I'm hoping this is understandable without reading Rottentown, but I recommend you at least read Chapter 4 of that so you know what this is all about. Enjoy!

CHAPTER 1

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Stephanie sat in the living room, staring through a window at the dreary day outside. It looked like it might rain, and no one was around to play with. Her Uncle Milford had gone out to an antique show that morning, but he was due back any time now. Stephanie was so bored that she had actually decided to just sit and watch for him at the window.

"Come on Uncle, where are you?" she asked, in a weary voice.

She was hoping that he had bought something really exciting, because this day definitely needed some excitement.

After a few more minutes she spotted him coming up to the house.

"Hey Uncle Milford, what did you buy?" asked an excited Stephanie, as she ran to meet him at the front door.

He was carrying something very tall, covered with a white sheet.

"Oh hello Stephanie, you'll never believe what I found!" the Mayor responded, as he pulled the sheet away, revealing a tall mirror with a beautiful wood frame.

"It's an antique mirror, and it was such a great deal I just had to buy it. It's supposed to be thousands of years old!" the Mayor explained, still full of excitement from his purchase.

Stephanie slid her hand across the wood as she looked at it.

"Wow, it's so pretty!"

"I like your reflection too Stephanie, but how do you like the mirror?" the Mayor teased.

"Oh Uncle!" Stephanie blushed.

When she had finished admiring the mirror, she turned to face him.

"I think I'm going to go practice some dancing in my room now."

"Alright Stephanie, dinner should be ready soon." the Mayor told her, as she headed towards her bedroom.

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After about twenty minutes of dancing, Stephanie stopped to catch her breath, and fell backwards to rest on her bed.

"Whew, I'm beat, I wonder if dinners ready yet!""Uncle, how long until dinner?" she shouted, loud enough to hear in the kitchen.

Stephanie was surprised at the sharp, angry voice that responded to her.

"I don't know, if you're so hungry why don't you make it yourself?"

Stephanie was confused. It sounded like her Uncle, but he would never say anything like that to her. She couldn't even remember a time when he had been angry with her.

Stephanie got up and headed towards the kitchen to see what was going on, but as soon as she passed the mirror, she collapsed to her knees.

"What's going on?" she asked desperately, filling to the brim with frustration and anger.

She looked up and spotted her Uncle walking past her and into her bedroom.

"Stephanie, how many times have I told you to clean your room? It's disgusting!" he barked.

"I don't know, why don't you tell me? I don't care enough to pay attention to what you say!" Stephanie shouted back, wanting desperately to hit something.

The Mayor was fuming. "I know you don't, and it's because you're a spoiled little brat!"

"Shut up, I hate you! I'm going outside!" she screamed, and headed towards the door.

"Good, while you're at it, why don't you take your bags and go home!" roared the Mayor.

"Fine!" Stephanie countered, stormed into her room, and grabbed her bags. Then without another word, she stomped out of the front door, and slammed it shut.

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Up in the sky, Sportacus was just doing a quick scan of Lazytown with his telescope.

"Everything looks good to me." he said, and was about to head back into his airship, when he spotted an enraged Stephanie with all of her luggage.

"I wonder where Stephanie is going." thought Sportacus, tapping the end of his telescope against his mouth. "She sure looks angry, I'd better check it out."

"Skychaser!" he shouted, causing a flying device to shoot out of the side of his airship. Without another thought, Sportacus leapt off of the airship, and landed right on the Skychaser as it flew past.

Peddling with his feet, Sportacus guided the vehicle down towards Lazytown.

"Stephanie wait!" he shouted as soon as he was close enough. "Where are you going?"

"I'm going home! What's it to you?"

Sportacus hopped off of the Skychaser and walked up to her, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Easy Stephanie, what's wrong?"

His soothing voice and comforting touch suddenly calmed Stephanie down. The anger that was so strong a minute ago had completely vanished.

"I.. I don't know what happened." she told him, struggling to recover.

"Try and remember." Sportacus urged.

"I think I just had a huge fight with my Uncle." Stephanie started to explain. "I have no idea why though." Tears began streaming down her face. "He told me to go home!"

"That must have been some fight." said Sportacus as he put his arm around her. "Why don't we go back and try to sort this out?"

Stephanie looked afraid. "I can't go back! When I was in there, I was the angriest I've ever been. I don't want to feel that way ever again, Sportacus."

"Alright, you wait here, I'll go and talk to your Uncle, okay?"

Stephanie nodded, and Sportacus walked up towards the Mayor's house.

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Sportacus arrived at the front step, and banged on the door with his fist.

"Beat it!" a voice bellowed from inside.

Sportacus was taken aback. "Mayor? It's me Sportacus."

"I know who you are. Get off my property, NOW!"

"Something is definitely wrong here. I've never ever seen the mayor angry before." Sportacus thought to himself, and decided that he was going to have to let himself in.

After finding an open window, and climbing through, Sportacus found himself in the living room, and something did not feel right at all. The room was full of negative emotions, and Sportacus was almost overwhelmed.

"So much anger." Sportacus managed to mutter, trying to keep his composure.

He made his way across the room to where the emotions were strongest, and came face to face with the mirror.

Sportacus' heart skipped a beat as he laid eyes on it.

"It can't be!" said Sportacus, as he looked it over. "This is definitely the same mirror that I came across in the future, but how did the Mayor get ahold of it? Nevermind, I'll find that out later. Right now i've got to get it out of here." Sportacus decided and reached for a nearby tablecloth.

As he turned back to the mirror, for a split second he saw a pair of glowing red eyes staring back at him.

Without waiting to see if it was real or just his imagination, Sportacus threw the tablecloth over the mirror, covering the glass.

Almost immediately the room returned to normal.

The Mayor emerged from the kitchen, stumbling around a little bit.

"Oh my Sportacus, what's going on? I felt so angry, and I'm not sure why."

"It's alright Mayor." Sportacus told him. "It was this mirror. Something about it brings out the evil side of people."

"The mirror? Are you sure?" asked the Mayor.

Sportacus suddenly looked completely serious. "I'm positive, I've had a bad experience with it before. We need to get it out of Lazytown right away!"

"Oh dear..-" the Mayor began to say, but before he could finish, Sportacus had already taken the mirror and cracked it over his knee, breaking it in two.

"This mirror is nothing but trouble. I'm really sorry Mayor." said Sportacus apologetically.

The Mayor was clearly disappointed. "It's alright Sportacus. It's for the best, I'm sure."

"I'm going to take this to the dump, but I'll be right back!" Sportacus told him, and rushed out the door, carrying the two halves of the mirror under his arm.

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Stephanie was sitting on the stone wall as she spotted Sportacus leaving the house. She hopped down, and onto the ground.

"Is he still mad?" she asked as Sportacus came towards her.

"Nope, everything is fine now Stephanie. I think you should go and patch things up. I'll come by in a minute."

"Alright Sportacus, thanks!" Stephanie shouted to him as he disappeared around the corner.

"Sportacus sure seems serious about something." she thought.

Stephanie was soon at the front door, and after a bit of hesitation, stepped inside.

"Hi Uncle." she said as she entered the front door.

The Mayor looked a little uncomfortable. "Hello Stephanie how are things?"

"They're alright.." Stephanie answered hesitantly.

"That's good." responded the Mayor.

"Oh Uncle, I'm sorry for what I said, I didn't mean it." Stephanie suddenly blurted out, and went to hug him.

He was relieved that she wasn't mad at him, and hugged her back.

"I'm sorry too Stephanie, we weren't being ourselves."

"So does that mean I can stay?" she asked.

"Of course, I wouldn't have it any other way!" he assured her.

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"There that should do it." said Sportacus as he threw the broken mirror into the trash pile at the dump. He dusted his hands off just as it started to rain. Sportacus looked up into the sky, and let the rain trickle on his face.

Ever since he returned from the future, he couldn't stop wondering about the mirror and when it would turn up in the present. Now that it had, he felt like a great weight had been lifted off of his shoulders. He could finally put it all behind him.

Just then the rain began to pour down violently, and Sportacus hurried back to Stephanie's house.

He reached the front door, opened it, and stepped inside dripping wet.

"Have you two sorted things out?" he asked as he crossed his arms.

Stephanie brought him a towel and smiled. "Yep, everythings fine Sportacus. Uncle Milford told me about the mirror, but I'm confused. When did you run into it before?"

Sportacus took a breath. "Well it's a very long story Stephanie, but without getting into to much detail, I ran into the mirror in a far away place, and I had to face off against the evil inside of me. That's when I lost my crystal."

"The one that tells you when there's danger, right?" Stephanie asked.

"Yes, and today has gotten me thinking that it's about time I went to get a new one. The problem is they are only found on the island in the North Sea." explained Sportacus as he dried himself off. "I didn't want to have to leave Lazytown, but without a crystal, I've got no way of knowing when anyone needs help."

The Mayor suddenly became concerned. "Oh dear, how long will you be?"

"If I leave now, I can be back by tomorrow afternoon." answered Sportacus. "I'm counting on you two to keep things under control until I get back, okay?"

"You can count on us!" an enthusiastic Stephanie replied.

"Great, just don't go buying anymore mirrors." joked Sportacus with a grin.

"Don't worry Sportacus, I don't think I'll even be able to LOOK in one for quite awhile." groaned the Mayor.

Sportacus then headed up to his airship, and Stephanie and her Uncle waved goodbye as it disappeared into the night sky.