This is Chapter 2 of Frankie Sleuth where the gang meets Ashley Posh and we learn of Mory and Vivian's past stories! Oh, and thanks for the review, purple puppy 2.0!
On the Foster's bus, a piano song was playing on the radio. Mory, Mr. Herrieman and Mac was enjoying it but the rest was bored and some may be a bit annoyed. "That's it! Red! Turn off that junk!" Terrence complained angrily to Frankie. "Sorry, Terrence but the Mory and I alternate CDs and this is Mory's turn." Frankie said. "And it's Frankie." Wilt corrected. "Whatever! All I do is I am listening to nerd music for the past two hours!" Terrence shouted annoyed. "Beethoven is not a nerd he is a..." Mory started to protest. "Old geezer." Terrence finished. Everyone just glared at Terrence. "Frankie, you never gave me a reason for Terrence and Duchess being here!" Bloo complained. "Apparently, Ashley thought Terrence and Duchess are friends of mine for some reason!" Frankie said. "I don't get it, Frankie, this Ashley girl sounds nice and polite and yet you act like she's a monster!" Mac said. "She's not a monster, she just a super-snob! She is just so snobby!" Frankie said crossed. "I hope SHE can tell the difference between true art and an ugly commoner!" Duchess snapped. Everyone just glared at Duchess. "Please tell me we are close to Oceanville, Frankie! I can't take another minute with Ug-Mug and Prince Jerk-a-lot!" Bloo complained as he held his head as if it was going to pop off. "Bloo, we won't be at Oceanville for at least half a hour! Just find something to entertain yourself until then!" Frankie said crossed. Bloo just sighed and hanged his head in disappointment but then remembered something. He got out a wind-up chicken. Duchess saw the chicken and gasped. "Oh no! All this and Clucky too?" Duchess said in despair. "Who's Clucky?" Terrence asked. Bloo then wound the chicken up to have it clucking. "That." Duchess pointed out. "Clucky is a prize I won at the arcade! He clucks for how much you wind him up!" Bloo said happily. "Nerd music, annoying clucking, what's next?" Terrence complained. "Well, as long as Bloo playing Clucky, I am playing my Game Boy Advance!" Mac said as he gets out his game console. "Oh no!" Terrence said. Mac, then starting pressing buttons on his Game Boy Advance causing annoying game music and beeps. Everyone was starting to lose their patience. Clucky's clucking, Mac's game playing and Beethoven's music was all annoying. Then, all of the sudden, Frankie parked the bus at the side of the road, stopped and ejected Mory's CD, grabbed Mac's Game Boy Advance and turned it off and grabbed Clucky and took out his batteries. "And it's going to stay like that until we reached Oceanville!" Frankie said crossed as she went back to the driver's seat. Everyone was shocked at Frankie's anger but said nothing when Frankie drove off. "That what happens when you play Clucky." Duchess said quietly. "Oh, shut up." Bloo said annoyed.
Half a hour later, the bus was finally at Oceanville. "Wow, it is beautiful!" Vivian said. "Oceanville has some of the most beautiful flowers there, Vivian!" Mory stated. "Wow!" Vivian said. "Hey, Frankie, where are we exactly supposed to go to meet Ashley?" Mory said. "It's said in this map that she lives at Ocean Mansion." Frankie said. "You mean that mansion?" Bloo said pointing to a mansion which looks old. "Uh, yeah. At least that is what the map says." Frankie said. "Supersnob, my foot!" Duchess said in disgust of the house. "See Frankie? If she was the same, she would have live in a prettier house." Mory said. "Yeah, I guess you are right." Frankie smiled. Then, she knocked on the door to have a girl, the same age as Frankie open the door. She has brown, long, beautiful hair, green shirt with flowers all over it, red long pants, white trainers. "Oh, Frankie, is that you, old girl?" She said. "Uh, yeah, it's me, Ashley." Frankie said a little shocked by her kindness. "And these must be your friends." Ashley said, referring to everyone else. "Well, at least most of us." Bloo said referring to Duchess and Terrence who just glared. "Hi, Ashley, do you remember me?" Mory asked. "It's hard to forget someone whose life you made miserable, Mory." Ashley said as her smile vanished. "Super-snob, my foot, indeed!" Mr. Herrieman whispered to Frankie. "Frankie, Mory, I'm so sorry, I have made your lives miserable for all those years!" Ashley said hugging them both. "Awww, she's so nice!" Vivian said. "Now I must invite you into my mansion!" Ashley said. "As if!" Duchess said. Coco stomped on her foot. "Ow!" Duchess said. "Uh, we just bring luggage in." Frankie said as she went to the trunk. Everyone went to collect their luggage and went into the mansion to see it was beautiful with jewels on carpets and shiny windows. "Wow, it is so beautiful!" Vivian said. "This place is a palace!" Duchess praised which is rare. "I did a little bit of decorating here." Ashley said sweetly. "Hold on, I show you to your bedrooms!" Ashley said leading the way. "Well, besides the fact the fact she is super-nice which is totally gross, Ashley is pretty cool!" Terrence praised which was rare as well. "Yeah, Ashley sure has changed, eh Frankie?" Mory said. "Yeah, maybe I was nervous for nothing!" Frankie said as everyone went to follow Ashley to get their rooms sorted.
Later, everyone has decided to explore Oceanville in groups. The first group has Frankie, Mory, Bloo and Madame Foster who was looking at the ocean on the beach. "Amazing, isn't it?" Mory asked. Everyone nodded. "Maybe if we're lucky, we might see a whale." Mory stated. Bloo then, ran behind a rock. "What is the matter, Bloo?" Mory asked in concern. "If you think I am going to wait here and get swallowed by a whale, you wrong!" Bloo protested. "Uh, Bloo, it is very rare for a whale to come on shore and eat people." Mory stated. "Oh, how come?" Bloo asked coming from behind the rock. "Well, for one thing, whales are vegetarians." Frankie started. "What's a vegetarian?" Bloo asked. "A vegetarian is someone who doesn't meat or in this case, humans or imaginary friends." Mory stated. "And another thing, if the whale goes anywhere near the shore, it will be beached." Frankie stated. "And some daredevils ride them just for appeals." Madame Foster stated. "I guess as long as we are over here and he is over there, the whale can't get us!" Bloo said a bit relieved. "That's right!" Mory said. "So, anyone up for seashell collecting?" Bloo challenged. "I'm up!" Madame Foster said positive as they both went down the beach to collect shells. "Hey, Frankie?" Mory called. "Yeah, Mory?" Frankie answered. "I am sorry, we made you angry back there." Mory apologized. "That's okay, I shouldn't have gotten so mad in the first place!" Frankie admitted. Then, she gotten worried. "Something's the matter, Frankie?" Mory asked concerned. "It just that I would never have guessed that Ashley would have changed." Frankie said. "Well, I don't mean to be rude but you always judge a book by their cover!" Mory said. "I do not!" Frankie protested. "Oh, yeah? What about when I came to get a job at Foster's?" Mory reminded her. Frankie just remembered. When Mory came to Foster's, she wouldn't give him a chance.
Two months ago, Mr. Herrieman was talking to Mory in his office. "So Master Mory, tell me a bit about yourself?" Mr. Herrieman asked. "Well, I like chess, children, imaginary friends, computers and science." Mory said, a bit nervous. "Do you have any enemies?" Mr. Herrieman asked. "Not really." Mory said. "Do you like work?" Mr. Herrieman asked. "Yes, Mr. Herrieman. "I think that laziness is one of the worst traits a person can have!" Mory said proudly. "Good work, Master Mory! You got the job!" Mr. Herrieman said as he shook his hand. "Really? Oh, Thank you, Mr. Herrieman, thank you! I promise!" Mory said super-happy. Then, Frankie came into door with a mop. "Okay, Mr. Herrieman, I am ready to..." Frankie started until she saw Mory. "Mory?" Frankie said surprised. "Frankie?" Mory said as surprised as well. "You two know each other?" Mr. Herrieman asked. "We knew each other since we have in college!" Mory said proudly. "Um, yeah, that's right!" Frankie said sheepishly. "Well, that's wonderful! You could give Master Mory the grand tour, Miss Francis!" Mr. Herrieman said delighted. "What?" Frankie said, a bit surprised. "I am going to be working here, now!" Mory said delighted. Frankie looked shocked. " That's right, we are going to be panthers!" Mory said. That last word really got to Frankie. Panthers! Panthers! Panthers! "Miss Francis, please give your new panther a tour of the house!" Mr. Herrieman said. "Yeah, sure, come on, Mory." Frankie said, leaving the room with Mory, still "suffering" from that panther comment. "How bad can it be?" She said to herself.
In the hallways, Frankie and Mory came across, Bloo, Mac, Wilt, Eduardo and Coco. Eduardo hid behind Wilt. "Hey, guys!" Frankie greeted. "Hey, Frankie! Who's your friend?" Bloo said. "This is Mory, he is going to work here!" Frankie said. "Hi, everyone!" Mory said. "Hi, I am Blooregard Q. Kazoo! But you could just me Bloo!" Bloo said. "Hi, I'm Wilt and welcome to Foster's!" Wilt said. "My name is Mac!" Mac said. "Coco Cococo!" Coco said. "Her name is Coco." Coco translated. "And I am Eduardo." Eduardo said shyly. "Hey, everyone! Me and Frankie are going to panthers!" Mory said proudly. "Why don't you get your own talk show and broadcast it to the world while you at it." Frankie muttered to herself. "What was that, Frankie?" Wilt asked noticing her lips moving. "Oh, I said you better watch out for Duchess!" Frankie lied. "Duchess? As in an actual duchess in this house?" Mory asked. "More like a duchess wannabe! She just looks like a duchess and is a royal pain in the butt!" Bloo corrected. "Is she really that bad?" Mory asked. "That bad? She nearly fed me to an Extremeasaur once!" Bloo said angrily. "What's an Extremeasaur?" Mory asked. "Big, mean, furious imaginary friends created by jerky teenagers. We keep them in a giant metal cube outside in the middle of the hedge maze." Wilt said. "Are you sure an Extremeasaur can't break from its prison?" Mory said. "Nope. The only way to open the prison is the key which Mr. Herrieman has in his office." Mac said. "Well, as long nobody could get the key, I guess we are all safe." Mory said relieved. "Yeah, so you wanna know where's your room is, Mory?" Frankie asked. "Yes, please!" Mory said. "What about Madame Foster? You gotta meet her!" Bloo suggested. "Who is Madame Foster?" Mory asked. "The reason this building is invented. Without her, we would have never even be here right now." Wilt said. "Wow." Mory said. "Come on. I know where her room is." Frankie leading the way with Mory following. "Mory is actually kind of cool." Mac said. "Too bad, Frankie don't want to be panthers with Mory!" Wilt said sadly. "What are you talking about, Senor Wilt?" Eduardo asked. "Well, Mory told us that Frankie and him are going to be panthers, Frankie cringed." Wilt said. "You don't really that Frankie hates Mory?" Mac asked. "No, just a bit uncomfortable." Wilt said making the others think. Unknown to them, a shadowy figure was hiding in one of the rooms listening in on their conversation. "Perfect. I could finally kill Frankie!" The figure laughed.
Inside Madame Foster's room, Madame Foster is talking to Frankie and Mory. "So you are the new caretaker, eh?" Madame Foster said. "Um, yes, Madame Foster." Mory said sheepishly. "Well, you look like you are a smart, young boy!" Madame Foster said. "Yeah, I guess." Frankie said quietly. "Thanks, Madame Foster!" Mory said. Then, Wilt walked by. "Oh, Wilt, could you show Mory the vacant room, please? I need to talk to Madame Foster alone." Frankie said. "Oh, that's okay." Wilt said as Mory followed him out of the room. "Grandma, I don't think, I could take having Mory here." Frankie said frowning. "Why not, Frankie?" Madame Foster asked, concerned. "Well, Mory always consider us friends but I always thought that we are acquaintances." Frankie started. "Yeah..." Madame Foster said. "Well, one time on Valentine's day, he sent me a Valentine Day's card. So I thought he had a crush on me." Frankie said. "So what is the problem?" Madame Foster asked. "Well, ever since after that, I always consider him a friend but I just felt a bit guilty that he wants more than that and I don't know whether to..." Frankie said. "Well, it will just come in, if you like Mory or not." Madame Foster said. "Yeah, I guess, It just that ever since I found out if we are going to be panthers, I just didn't what to do. Now I feel like I am taking him for granted." Frankie said, sadly. "Try talking to him again see what happens, again. See what happens." Madame Foster said. "Yeah, I guess. Thanks, Grandma." Frankie said as she hugged Madame Foster.
After finishing his paperwork on Mory, Mr. Herrieman put the folders in its rightful place, then went to check if the other imaginary friends is behaving outside his office. That's when the shadowy figure sneaked in. "Hmm. If I was an old, strict bunny and I held the key which unleashes a deadly monster, where would I put it?" He/she said as he/she looked around to see a box that says "Things for imaginary friends to never, ever touch ever, seems right." He/She said, getting a foot stool and climbed up it to get the box. "Glue, gum and, hey! This is a strange-looking key! Probably opens a certain strange-looking imaginary friend!" He/she said as he/she snickered. "Now I need an item Frankie uses so it will gets her scent!" The shadowy figure said looking around for an item. "I wonder. Well, it's not like that bunny uses it!" The shadowy figure said as he/she picked up a mop.
In Mory's new room, Mory and Wilt are packing away Mory's stuff. "It's nice that you want to help unpack my stuff!" Mory said. "That's okay! I love helping people out!" Wilt said he continue to pack stuff away. "Hey, Wilt!" Mory started. "Yeah, Mory?" Wilt said. "Did Mory talk about me much?" Mory said. "Well, she said that you was an acquaintance." Wilt said. "I knew it." Mory said sadly. "What's the matter, Mory?" Wilt said concerned. "Well, what I tell you must not leave this room, okay?" Mory said as he closed his door. "I promise." Wilt said. "Well, I have always had a crush on Frankie but I thought she never liked because of my appearance." Mory said. "Wow." Wilt said, sadly. "Yeah, well, I came her a Valentine Day's card, last year, hoping it will make my relationship with Frankie stronger but instead I think I offended her somehow." Mory said sadly. "That's bad!" Wilt said sadly as well. "Yeah, and now that we know we're panthers, I thought it was a great way to get closer to her but every time I mention that we are panthers, she cringes." Mory said. "Maybe it is because you are trying too hard." Wilt suggested. "Huh?" Mory said. "Well, if a girl knows you like her, she mostly try to hide her feelings so she will not hurt your feelings." Wilt said. "Well, I guess I am overdoing it with the panther thing. What should I do?" Mory asked. "Try treating as a normal person like everyone else, the next time you talk to her." Wilt suggested. "Gee, I guess that can work. Thanks, Wilt and I don't care if you are a jock, you are cool!" Mory said as he opened the door and walked out. "Thanks, Mory, I was just giving you... Wait! What does being a jock mean?" Wilt asked confused.
In the middle of the hedge maze, a vicious beast in a metal, giant cube is trying to break free from its prison. Then, the shadowy figure come out holding the mop and the mop. "Gonna time this just right." The shadowy figure said as he/she threw the mop through the airhole. The monster ate it up. "Good, you got the scent, now for Phase 2!" The shadowy figure carefully opened the door with the key so he/she doesn't get hurt in the process. The monster came to be a big, black ball with red eyes and a mouth with many big teeth. And very hard thorny balls for legs. He ran towards the mansion. "Great, My little Extremeasaur, kill Frankie!" The shadowy figure said as he/she laughed evilly.
In the hallways, Frankie was thinking to herself. "Oh, talk to him again. See what happens." She thought. Meanwhile, on the other side of the hallways. "Oh, talk to her again. See what happens." He thought. Then, they met. "Mory!" Frankie said. "Frankie!" Mory said. "We need to talk!" Frankie and Mory said together. Then, the mansion started shaking. "What is going on?" Mory said shocked. The mansion shook again. "I don't know! it feels like we are being tackled by a giant battering ram!" Frankie said. Then, Eduardo ran down the hallways screaming. "Eduardo, what is going on?" Frankie said. "An Extremeasaur is attacking the mansion!" Eduardo said while still running down the hallways. "No! It can't be!" Frankie said shocked. "Everyone! An Extremeasaur is attacking the mansion! I repeat! An Extremeasaur released from its prison!" Mr. Herrieman said through the speaker. Then, a crowd of imaginary friend came running by screaming. "We better go too!" Frankie said to Mory as the two ran down the stairs to escape the mansion.
Outside the mansion, there was crowd of worried imaginary friends. Frankie and Mory was the last to come out. "Is everyone here?" Frankie said. Then, the Extremeasaur came from around the corner. "Well, the Extremeasaur is here, that means we are all here!" Bloo said sarcastically. Then, the Extremeasaur started to charge at everyone. "Everyone, split up!" Frankie said as everyone ran away screaming. Frankie ran into the garden try to lose it but instead it's following her. "Aughh!" Frankie screamed. Mory who took a path near Frankie's path, saw this. "Guys, the Extremeasaur is after Frankie!" Mory called out, hoping that anyone would have heard him. Bloo, Mac, Wilt, Eduardo and Coco came to see that what Mory is true! "Oh no! What are we going to do? What are we going to do?" Eduardo said stressing out. "We have to lure the Extremeasaur into the cube!" Wilt said. "How?" Mory said. "Mac, you are the smart one! So be smart and think of a plan to rescue Frankie!" Bloo said restless. "I can't think under pressure!" Mac shouted. "I know! We have to find the person who released the Extremeasaur in the first place!" Mory suggested. "Well, Duchess was with us in the crowd and Terrence doesn't know why to spell "skateboard" let only come up with a plan like this!" Mac stated. "Don't some Extremeasaures have to pick up a scent to get a certain victim?" Wilt asked. "Yeah, it does!" Mac agreed. "Who cares about that? We need to save Frankie, not learn history!" Bloo snapped as he ran to the chase scene. "But Bloo, we need a plan!" Mory said. "By the time, you think up with a plan, Frankie will be killed!" Bloo shouted back. "That guy has no patience." Mac said, rolling his eyes. "But he's right you know guys! Time is something we don't have!" Mory frowned. "Come on!" Wilt said following Bloo.
The gang stopped at the Extremeasaur Prison after losing Frankie and the Extremeasaur. "Where have they go?" Mory asked. "How hard is it to find a oversized wrecking ball?" Bloo complained. "Yes, guys, what is this?" Mac said pointing to broken pieces and a mophead. "The remains of a mop." Mory said. Then, he remembered. Frankie came into Mr. Herrieman with a mop and Wilt said an Extremeasaur can pick up a certain person's scent. "This is Frankie's mop! Whoever released the Extremeasaur must have fed it her mop!" Mory stated. "You don't think..." Mac started. "Yes, Mac, somebody is trying to kill Frankie!" Mory said. Everyone gasped. "Then, what are we waiting for? We have to save Frankie!" Bloo said hastily. "But Bloo, we don't even know where they are." Mac said. Then, a destroyed car flies in the daylight sun. "Oh no?" Bloo said, smirking.
In a junkyard, Frankie is trapped by the Extremeasaur. "Now, now, nice Extremeasaur." Frankie said trying to coax to the Extremeasaur to don't eat her. The Extremeasaur didn't listen and was about to eat her until it got hit by water balloons from above. Frankie looked up to see Bloo, Mac, Wilt, Eduardo and Coco riding on unicorns, holding water balloons. "Yeah, Extremeasaur, drink water!" Bloo said as he dropped water balloons onto the Extremeasaur. Frankie about to run away when she swooped up a fast force. She looked up to see Mory riding a unicorn. "Hey, Frankie!" Mory said. "Thanks, Mory. Listen. I want to apologise for taking you for granted earlier." Frankie said. "That's okay! I'm sorry I offended you earlier!" Mory said. "That's okay, Mory! Now, come on! We have an Extremeasaur to trap!" Frankie said bravely. Mory nodded. "Hey, guys, knock over that wall!" Mory shouted. Everyone nodded and they all charged at the wall, covering the Extremeasaur in destroyed cars. The Extremeasaur couldn't escape his new prison. "Frankie, I don't know who released that Extremeasaur but I do know that she is trying to kill you." Mory frowned. "But who would want to kill me?" Frankie asked scared. Unknown to everyone, the shadowy figure saw everything. "Aw, man! I was so close! Okay, no more playing nice! I am killing Frankie and I'll kill her little friends too!" The shadowy figure said in anger.
Back to the present. "Mory?" Frankie asked. "Yeah, Frankie?" Mory asked. "Who do you think was going to kill me?" Frankie asked scared. "Probably someone who really hates you?" Mory frowned. "The only person who I think could possibly hate me is Ashley Posh but she is nice now." Frankie said. "Well, whoever the stalker is, we will never let he or she hurt you." Mory said. "Really?" Frankie said a bit relieved. "I promise." Mory said smiling. Both looked at each other for a while. "Yo!" A voice called out. Both turned to see Bloo and Madame Foster holding a bunch of shells. "You're going to stand them or help us with these?" Bloo complained. "Coming, Bloo!" Mory said running towards Bloo and Madame Foster. "Coming, Frankie?" Mory called out. "I am coming!" Frankie called out. "I wonder who would go so far and to try to kill me?" Frankie thought.
The second group which has Wilt, Eduardo, Coco and Vivian was in a field of flowers. Wilt, Eduardo and Vivian are lying in a flowerbed. "Isn't it beautiful?" Vivian said. "Yeah." Wilt and Eduardo said. "Oh, that cloud looks like an ice cream cone!" Vivian said. "Yeah. Hey, that looks like a basketball!" Wilt said. "Hey, those bunch of little clouds looks like a bunch of butterflies!" Eduardo said. "Uh, Eduardo, those are a bunch of butterflies!" Wilt corrected. Then, a large crowd of butterflies flew by everyone. Everyone looked up to see Coco laying different-coloured eggs with butterflies coming out of them. "Wow, Coco, they're beautiful!" Vivian commented. "I love butterflies! Don't you, Senorita Vivian?" Eduardo asked. "Yeah, too bad, I don't see them much." Vivian said. "Say what?" Wilt said. "My kid, Raven hated butterflies." Vivian said. "Must be hard being an imaginary friend of a gothic, eh?" Eduardo frowned. "Yeah." Vivian said. "Nothing personal but Raven's not the type of person to think an imaginary friend like you." Wilt said. "Yeah, she was a bit disappointed that I was not gothic at first, but we began to get close together." Vivian said. "Do you miss Senorita Raven sometimes?" Eduardo said. "Yeah, sometimes." Vivian said. "Before I came to Foster's of course, she was my only friend." Vivian said. "Coco Coco?" Coco asked. "No, Raven don't have any friends besides me." Vivian said. "Not even Beldam or Marilyn?" Wilt asked. "No. Beldam never liked Raven and Marilyn is just... Marilyn." Vivian said. "Senorita Beldam is such a big meanie!" Eduardo said angrily. "Oh, Eduardo, I couldn't thank you enough for what you did for me." Vivian said. "That's okay, Senorita Vivian. Nobody should be treated like that!" Eduardo said.
A couple months ago, a week after Mory arrived. Frankie, Mory, Mr. Herrieman, Bloo, Mac, Wilt, Eduardo and Coco was talking the foyer. Then, they was a knock on the door. Frankie opened the door to see a gothic girl. She has pale skin, black long hair, black eyeshadow, black lipstick, a grey shirt with a skull on it, black jeans, black shoes. "Um, hi, little girl." Frankie said, cringing a bit. "Hi, I am Raven and do I you take lost imaginary friends?" The girl said. "Why, yes, you come to the right place." Mory said. "Oh, okay? Over here, girls!" Raven called out. Three imaginary friends came to Raven. The first one has a blue and white striped hat, white pale skin, white hair, a purple dress, white gloves, a pointy nose and looks she has a bad back. The second one is fat with a yellow and white striped hat, pink skin, orange hair, a purple dress, white gloves and purple boots. And the last one is of course, Vivian. "Hello, I am Beldam, these is my sisters, Marilyn and Vivian. And together we are the three Shadow Sirens!" Beldam said delighted. "The three Shadow Sirens?" Mr. Herrieman asked. "The three Shadow Siren? As in, the three Shadow Sirens from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year-Old Door?" Mory said. "Yeah, we are! We are a team and together we can overtake any challenge!" Beldam said, delighted. "Hola, Senorita Beldam, Senorita Marilyn and Senorita Vivian! I am Eduardo, welcome to Foster's!" Eduardo said. "Oh, I am happy to meet you, Eduardo!" Beldam said. "Wanna go for the grand tour?" Frankie said. "Oh, yes please! We would love that very much. Come on, ladies, let's go!" Beldam said as the Shadow Sirens followed Frankie. "Bye, Raven!" Vivian said as she waved goodbye to her kid. "Bye, girls." Raven said as she waved goodbye. "Don't worry, we take of them for your friends!" Mory said kindly. "Thanks." Raven said as she left the mansion. "Come on, Master Mory! We got work to do!" Mr. Herrieman said he left the foyer. Mory just nodded and followed him. "Come on, guys, let's go play!" Bloo said, leaving the foyer with Mac, and Coco following. "You're coming, Eduardo?" Wilt asked Eduardo who looks like he's in a trance. "Oh, uh, yes, sure, I guess." Eduardo said, breaking out his trance as the two went to follow the others.
Later, Eduardo was in the hallways, walking to his room. Then, he heard voices from a closed-door room. "I think those losers are the ugliest bunch I have ever seen!" Beldam said. "I don't think that they are ugly." Vivian said. Eduardo has decided to eavesdrop on them. "Oh, how would you know? You are the ugliest thing I ever saw!" Beldam yelled. Eduardo silently gasped and Vivian looks like she is about to be hit. "Now, you get us some snacks, now!" Beldam said. "But why?" Vivian asked. "Because that's all you're good for!" Beldam yelled. Vivian just back away, then ran to the door, opened it and ran out the door without noticing Eduardo. "I better tell Mr. Herrieman about her!" Eduardo said firmly.
A few minutes later, Eduardo came back with Mr. Herrieman, Mory, Frankie, Mac Bloo, Wilt and Coco. "Now are you sure it was Beldam who was shouting at Vivian?" Mory asked. "I heard her! It was her voice!" Eduardo said. "Okay! Okay! We believe you! Let ask Beldam first!" Frankie said calming him down. Frankie knocked on the door. "Oh, come in, please!" Beldam said sweetly. Frankie opened the door to see Beldam and Marilyn are eating potato chips while Vivian is just sitting there. "Oh, may I help you?" Beldam said sweetly. "Yeah, apologise to Vivian!" Eduardo snapped. "What?" Beldam asked confused. "Eduardo said that you was yelling at Vivian earlier." Frankie said. "Oh, why would I do a horrible thing to my baby sister?" Beldam asked. "Eduardo, are you sure that it was Beldam?" Frankie asked. "I'm sure! Vivian, tell them!" Eduardo said turning to Vivian. Everyone looked at Vivian. "No." Vivian said shyly. Eduardo's jaw dropped. He looked at everyone to see they glaring at him. "No! This can't be! Marilyn! You saw right?" Eduardo asked. "Duhhh!" Marilyn said. Everyone looked at her in confusion. "Don't worry about her, she always says "Duhhh" Beldam said sweetly. "Well, Master Eduardo, got any other witnesses left?" Mr. Herrieman said. "No, this can't be happening!" Eduardo said. "Master Eduardo, you disrespected Miss Beldam! You should apologise to her!" Mr. Herrieman said. "But she..." Eduardo started. "Sorry, Eduardo but you got no proof that Beldam was yelling at Vivian." Mory said sadly. "But..." Eduardo started but he knew that he has no proof. "La siento." Eduardo said under his breath. "That's Spanish for sorry." Mory translated. "Good, now that is taken care of, Miss Francis, Master Mory, we got some work to do!" Mr. Herrieman said leaving the room with Frankie and Mory following. "Well, you big, purple loser, seems like your little plan doesn't work, did it?" Beldam snickered. Bloo, Mac, Wilt and Coco gasped. "Hey, you can't call our friend a loser!" Bloo snapped. "Oh, yeah! I think I just did!" Beldam chuckled. "So you really did made fun of Vivian all this time!" Mac said. "So what if I did? It not like that thing is worth anything! Now if you don't mind, it doesn't help me being with you twerps either!" Beldam said as he pointed to the door. "Why I gotta..." Bloo started raising a fist. "Come on, Bloo! Let's get out of here!" Mac said dragging his friend out of the room while the others followed them. "See? See what a big jerko Beldam is?" Eduardo said. "Okay, Eduardo! We believe you!" Bloo said. "We have to do something!" Mac said. "But what? Asking Mr. Herrieman, Frankie and Mory didn't work." Wilt said. "Um, what exactly is the problem?" Bloo asked. "Coco Cococo Coco Cococo!" Coco said angrily. "Si. Senorita Vivian has no right to be picked on!" Eduardo agreed. "But what can we do?" Mac said. "We could hang her feet over a tub of hot cranberry sauce until she tells the truth." Bloo suggested. Everyone just looked at him as if he's crazy. "As cunning as that plan is, Beldam won't confess the truth in front Mr. Herrieman, Frankie and Mory." Mac stated. "In that case, I hope she likes being glazing!" Bloo chuckled. Everyone just glared at Bloo. "I think more sneakier plan is more needed." Mac suggested.
A few minutes later, Mac was holding a video camera with Bloo, Wilt, Eduardo and Coco listening to his plan. "Okay, the Shadow Sirens are gone. Now Wilt, you put this video camera up on the highest shelf but make sure to adjust the angle so that it will see them." Mac said. Wilt nodded and picked up the video camera and went into the room. He saw a shelf that is really high and put it there, then he adjusted the camera angle. Then, he went out. "The camera is in place." Wilt said. "Perfect, now tomorrow morning, you can use that tape to expose Beldam what she is really is." Mac said confidently. Then, the five left the hallway, without noticing Beldam was spying on them. "So that's their little game, eh?" Beldam snickered.
The next morning, Bloo, Wilt, Eduardo and Coco was outside the Shadow Sirens' room. "Perfect. Now with those three gone, you can get the tape, Wilt!" Bloo said. "Okay." Wilt said confident and went inside his room. Then, he went back out. "Guys, the camera! It's destroyed!" Wilt said stressed. "Including the tape?" Bloo asked. "Yeah." Wilt said disappointed. Eduardo moaned as he stomped his foot on the floor in anger. "Now what?" "Back to Plan A!" Bloo suggested. "No! We are not hanging Beldam's feet over a tub of hot cranberry sauce!" Everyone said mad. "Okay, what is Plan C then?" Bloo asked annoyed. Wilt, Eduardo and Coco began to think. "I suggest we ask an expert." Eduardo suggested. "What? An expert of spying?" Bloo asked. "No. An expert of mischief." Eduardo said. "Well, the only mischief-makers here are me, Beldam and..." Bloo started. Then, they know who Eduardo is talking about. "Eduardo, you not going ask him, are you?" Wilt said shocked. "What choice do we have, guys? This is imaginary friend abuse we are talking about!" Eduardo said. "Co Coco Co." Coco said sadly. "Yeah, I am in, too." Wilt said. Everyone looked at Bloo who gave a stern face. "All right, I'm in but I not happy about it!" Bloo said sternly.
The gang was talking to an imaginary friend. He is yellow with black stripes all over with spiked hair. "So, Beldam is picking on her little sister for no reason?" He asked. "Yeah, Bendy, that's the story." Eduardo said. "So what that has to do with me?" Bendy asked. "Well, we was hoping you would help us." Wilt asked. "And what if I don't?" Bendy said. Eduardo was silent for a minute. "Well, for one thing, I am bigger than you and I will squash you like a bug if you don't do as I say!" Eduardo snapped angrily. Everyone was shocked at his anger. "Come." Bendy gestured still shocked from that remark.
Beldam was in the living room drinking tea while Eduardo, Bendy, Bloo, Wilt and Coco was hiding behind the sofa. "Okay, I shoot that vase with my pea-shooter, then we ran out of the room while Beldam gets in trouble with Mr. Herrieman, Mory and Frankie, then they have to believe Eduardo." Bendy whispered. Everyone nodded. Bendy started to aim at the vase. Then, Beldam appeared in front of them, startling them. "You guys are too obvious to read." Beldam said. She then took Bendy's pea-shooter and left the room. "I don't believe this! It's like she's psychic or something like that!" Bloo complained. "Yeah, isn't it great?" Bendy said in a trance. "What are you talking about Bendy?" Eduardo said. "Beldam is so cunning, clever and sneaky. Sneakier than me!" Bendy said. "Bendy! You not supposed to fall in love in Beldam! She's the enemy!" Bloo snapped. "Maybe to you but to be she is a single lady. See ya!" Bendy said following Beldam out of the room. Eduardo got really mad. "Bendy, you rat! You was supposed to help us! But instead you're against us by falling in love with that witch! Get back here, you traitor! You back-stabber! You snake-in-the-grass! You... Oh, what's the point?" Eduardo said calming down. Bloo, Wilt and Coco cringed his little tantrum. "I say we hang HIM by his feet over a tub of cranberry sauce!" Bloo suggested. "No! We need a better plan than that!" Wilt said. "It is a better plan! You're just too stupid to understand the true beauty of it!" Bloo snapped. "Oh, what's the point? Beldam's too smart for us. We might as well give up." Eduardo said. "But we can't give up, we didn't even did my plan yet!" Bloo protested. "Oh, do it if you want to Bloo because I quit!" Eduardo said sadly as he left the room. Wilt and Coco felt sorry for him. "Quitter! Who needs him, anyway? I can do my plan all ourselves! Come on, guys!" Bloo snapped and goes the opposite way. "Hold perfectly still. Maybe he won't notice we not coming!" Wilt suggested. "Guys! Come on!" Bloo shouted from the room. "Okay. You help Bloo while I comfort Eduardo." Wilt sighed. Coco just nodded as they went separate ways.
Eduardo was sitting in the garden, looking sad. Wilt came over to him. "Yeah, Ed." Wilt said. "Hey, wait." Eduardo said. "Are you okay?" Wilt asked concerned. "Yeah, It's just that I wanted to save Vivian." Eduardo frowned. "I know. I know. But the only person who is a good witness is Vivian and she won't talk about it." Wilt said. "I wonder why she's so silent?" Eduardo asked. "I'm sorry, guys." A voice said. Both turned around to see Vivian. "Oh, hey, Vivian." Eduardo said. "Hey, Beldam told me about what did for me?" Vivian said shyly. "Beldam told you?" Wilt said unimpressed. "Yeah, right, more like "Those losers are actually trying to help you!" Vivian said mimicking Beldam's voice. Eduardo and Wilt snickered. "So how come you didn't tell what Beldam was doing?" Eduardo asked. "Because I am scared." Vivian said sadly. "She is pretty scary." Wilt admitted. "I'm sorry that I hurt your feelings, Eduardo." Vivian asked. "Don't worry, Senorita, I understand." Eduardo said calmly. "Hey, Vivian, why don't you hang out with us more often?" Wilt offered. "Really?" Vivian said. "Yeah. We can go on adventures and other stuff." Eduardo said. "Well..." Vivian started. Beldam then ran around the corner as if she is chased. Then, she looked around to see, then sighed in relief. "Finally, I escaped Bendy!" Beldam said looking Eduardo, Vivian and Wilt's direction. "Hey, Vivian, what are you doing with those losers?" Beldam started. "Talking to them." Vivian said. "Well, don't! They are a bunch of losers!" Beldam said. "But they're my friends!" Vivian protested. "Who would want be friends with you?" Beldam snapped. "Well, apparently, they do." Vivian said. "Why, you wretch! How dare you talk back to me!" Beldam snapped. "But Beldam, I didn't..." Vivian started before Beldam slapped her on the cheek. Eduardo and Wilt gasped at this, then Eduardo started to get really mad. He then ran towards Beldam, grabbed her the neck and lift her up. "Now, listen here you witch, you don't want to see you hit Vivian again!" Eduardo said crossed. "Gee, I never seen Eduardo so angry before." Wilt said shocked. "Never?" Vivian said. Then, Frankie, Mory and Mr. Herrieman come from around the corner. "Now, Master Mory, Miss Frances, it is time to..." Mr. Herrieman started until they saw Eduardo grabbing Beldam's neck. "Master Eduardo!" Mr. Herrieman said sternly. "Huh?" Eduardo said turning his head. "Put her down!" Mr. Herrieman said. Eduardo dropped her on the ground. "Oh, thank goodness, you three came! Eduardo gone crazy! He hit my baby sister and tried to choke me!" Beldam said hugging Mr. Herrieman's legs. "Eduardo, is that true?" Frankie said a bit shocked. "No, she was the one who hit Vivian, I only grabbed her because of that!" Eduardo said. "No. I would never hurt my baby sister! He is lying!" Beldam protested. "Eduardo, how can do such a thing?" Mory said with a bit of disappointment in his voice. "I'm sorry but Eduardo is telling the truth! Beldam really hit Vivian!" Wilt frowned. "No! Why is everyone against me?" Beldam said. "Because it's true!" Vivian said. "What?" Beldam said surprised. "Beldam did hit me! And she was picking on me too!" Vivian frowned. "Vivian, you snitch! How could you rat me out to these losers? How could you befriends those tramps? How could..." Beldam said realizing she said too much. She looked above to see Mr. Herrieman, Frankie and Mory glaring at her. She got up. "Now you don't actually believe that do you?" Beldam said sweetly. "Turn off the sweet act, Beldam!" Frankie snapped. "I am most disappointed in you, Miss Beldam! Picking on your little sister! I should discuss a suitable punishment for in my office!" Mr. Herrieman said pulling Beldam by her hand as he went inside the house. "Are you guys okay?" Mory asked. "We're fine, now." Beldam said smiling. "We are going inside the mansion to restock all the toilet paper!" Frankie said. "I come help!" Wilt said as followed Frankie and Mory in the house. "Gracias, Vivian." Eduardo said. "The way I see it, I should be thanking you." Vivian said as she smiled. Eduardo smiled as well. Then, Mac came in the garden. "Hey, Mac." Eduardo greeted. "Yeah, guys, have you seen Bloo?" Mac said. Eduardo and Vivian just shrugged their shoulders.
In a bathroom, Frankie, Mory and Wilt are putting toilet paper in its correct place, when Bloo and Coco came running by screaming. All three characters looked confused and became even more confused purple ooze came out of the bathroom taps. "Bloo!" Frankie shouted.
"I still can't believe Bloo actually did that!" Wilt laughed. "The house was fulled with cranberry sauce for two weeks and we have to live in the unicorn stables!" Eduardo said. "Is Bloo always like that?" Vivian asked. "Oh, yeah!" Eduardo and Wilt said. "I glad that you don't have to live in the same room as Beldam." Eduardo smiled. "And you can live in the same room as us!" Wilt smiled. "Yeah. Most of you are my best friends." Vivian smiled. "Don't worry, as long as we are alive, you will always have friends!" Eduardo smiled. Then, Coco came up to the three. "Co Coco Co Coco?" Coco asked. "Yeah, we better go back before the others start to worry about us." Wilt said as the four left the area.
The last group has Mr. Herrieman, Duchess, Mac and Terrence who are at the market place. Mr. Herrieman, Duchess and Mac are window-shopping while Terrence is waiting impatiently. "Guys, can we go now? I'm tried of waiting!" Terrence said impatiently. "Master Terrence, it's very rude interrupt someone's window-shopping!" Mr. Herrieman snapped. "Yeah, and besides, there are a lot of cool stuff here!" Mac said. "Are there any knives, guns or explosives?" Terrence asked. "No!" Mr. Herrieman snapped. "Then, there is no good stuff here!" Terrence said. "Why must you be so rude?" Mr. Herrieman asked. "Yeah, I'm enjoying myself, Mr. Herrieman is enjoying is enjoying himself. Even Duchess is enjoying herself!" Mac stated. "Speaking of which, where is Duchess?" Mr. Herrieman asked. "Hello, boys!" A familiar voice said. Everyone turned around to see Duchess, wearing a light blue dress with clouds on it, a straw hat flower hat, blue shoes and seagulls earrings. "Am I too beautiful for this dress?" Duchess said smiling. Mr. Herrieman, Mac and Terrence has disgusted faces, looking at her new outfit. "I think you got it backwards, Princess of Gross!" Terrence chuckled. "Well, I never! I shouldn't have asked you! You have no fashion taste!" Duchess huffed. "No fashion taste! What about my outfit right here?" Terrence asked. "No." Duchess said sternly. "What?" Terrence said shocked. "Maybe you would more popular if you washed your shirt every once in a while." Mac suggested. "Why should I?" Terrence asked. All Terrence got for an answer is Mr. Herrieman and Duchess backing away from him. "I think it's time to go home." Mr. Herrieman suggested. "Finally!" Terrence said in relieve. Everyone left the area.
All twelve guests was going home. Frankie, Mory, Bloo and Madame Foster were carrying seashells. Wilt, Eduardo, Coco and Vivian was carrying flowers and Duchess, Mr. Herrieman, Mac and Terrence was carrying Duchess' shopping bags. "I could listen to the seashells all day long!" Bloo said happy. "We have to find a lot of vases to put these flowers!" Vivian said happy as well. "I will the hottest imaginary friend of the town!" Duchess said happy too. "See, what did I tell ya, Frankie? We turned out to have fun and it's only the first day!" Mory exclaimed. "Well, I gotta admit Mory, this is a great idea! We finally made peace with Ashley Posh, we get to stay in a beach mansion. There's no downside!" Frankie said smiling. Then, they saw the mansion surrounded by yellow tape that says "Police! Do not touch!" with people surrounding it. "What on Earth?" Frankie said shocked. Everyone ran towards the mansion only to be stopped by police. One is a African-American and tall female, the other was a bald man with a ginger mustache. "Sorry, but you can't enter this area." The man said. "But we're temporary living here!" Frankie said. "So you're friends of Ashley Posh?" The man asked. Everyone nodded. "Well, apparently, Ashley Posh have been murdered." The man said grimly. Everyone gasped. "No!" Frankie said shocked. "Yeah, apparently, she got murdered by the recent bank robber." The man said. "Recent bank robber?" Terrence asked. "The bank robber Mom told us about!" Mac realised. "Yes. Apparently, he been breaking into banks and stealing tons of money without leaving a single trace of evidence." The man said. "We have evidence that one of you have murdered her!" The woman said sternly. Everyone gasped at the remark. "Do we now?" The man asked interested. "Well, in one of the rooms, we found a ton of cash which belongs to the Oceanville Bank!" The woman said. "No! That can't be true!" Vivian said sadly. "Oh, yes! Now you guys are under arrest for murdering Ashley Posh and robbing various banks!" The woman said holding up a pair of handcuffs. Some of them screamed. "But stripes make me look fat!" Duchess said sadly. "Well, you should of thought about that before you robbed banks and murdered Miss Posh!" The woman said. "But Miss! We didn't do it! We been framed!" Frankie said stressed. "Yeah, yeah, save it for the judge!" The woman said. "Now, now Bertha, how we know that they ARE framed?" The man asked. "But Chief!" Bertha started. "We need to give them a chance!" Chief said. "Fine." Bertha said. "Now you have three days to find the real culprit!" Chief said. "Three days?" Everyone said in surprise. "Yes, or otherwise, you have to go jail!" Chief said grimly. Everyone just stood there shocked and applauded as the search goes on.
On the balcony, everyone is looking at the sunset in sadness. "We have only three days to find the real culprit!" Mory said sadly. "If that's not impossible, I don't know what is!" Duchess said gloomily. "What are we gonna do?" Vivian said with tears running down her cheeks. Eduardo comforted her by putting his hand on her shoulder. "I suggest we just hoped for the best." Mr. Herrieman said. "Yeah, right, those losers couldn't find water if they fell out of a boat!" Terrence snapped. "Yeah, maybe you're right." Mac said sadly. "I am?" Terrence asked surprised that his brother actually agreed with him, on the other hand, it is a gloomy experience. "I wish Sherlock Holmes was here." Bloo said sadly. "Well, not only is he's dead. He's in England!" Mr. Herrieman explained. "Yeah, it's not like we can solve it ourselves." Madame Foster said sadly. Frankie couldn't believe even Madame Foster is sad. She looked around to see everyone sad and maybe even crying. She felt like crying as well as she looked down in sadness, closing her eyes. Then, she got an idea. "Why not solve the case ourselves?" Frankie asked looking up with positiveness. Everyone just looked at her funny.
There is Chapter 2 of Frankie Sleuth. Hope you enjoyed it. Oh, I am have some writer's block thinking about Mory's past. Sorry about that. Anyway, in the next chapter, the gang starts their mystery adventure.