Arrivals

And now, our TRUE story begins.

At her candy counter, unlike any other day, Maddie Fitzgerald was pacing. Next to the counter, were two chairs, one marked "Keely," the other marked "Chelsea." Maddie, obviously was very nervous, as after pacing for 10 minutes, she's hadn't noticed the line of 20 people, with Zack and Cody Martin at the head. Not only was everyone annoyed by the wait, but at the fact that Zack, who was in love with Maddie, consistently continued to call her "Sweet Thang."

"Sweet Thang? Sweet Thang?" Zack went on. This went on until Mr. Marion Moesby, Tipton manager, came into the scene.

"Madeline Fitzgerald, you have five seconds to get back to work or you are FIRED!"

It was upon hearing the word 'fired' that Maddie immediately returned to work, things back to normal in no time.

"Oh my god!" said Maddie, glancing at her watch. "They'll be here in a few minutes!"

Maddie left her counter immediately and began running quickly, running into Esteban, one of the employees.

"ESTEBAN!" Maddie screamed, bumping him into a table, where a vase almost fell. "Are all of the rooms clean and PERFECT?"

"Oh YES! Oh Yes! Please don't hurt me! You little blond people with pink highlights! AHH!" Esteban said, running off, frightened.

And now, it is time. Two pre-teens entered from each door, looking at the Tipton.

"So what are you doing at this place?" asked one to the other.

"My sister's friend is having some stupid pen pal reunion junk. You?"

"Same. Except it's my brother's friend. Pim Diffy." she said, holding out her hand.

"Cory Baxter." the boy replied shaking her hand.

Zack noticed the two, went over, and introduced himself. Then Cody saw them, not really paying attention to Zack or Cory. His mind was completely focused on Pim. Cody has been lovestruck before, but Pim was a totally different story.

"Hiya…meah,…coda….wghd.afrdhtrh…ghwdegvrhyjy!" Cody said oddly.

"And THAT," Zack began, "is my idiotic brother, Cody. As you can see, I am much smarter than him."

"Is he sick or something?" Cory asked.

"Maybe he ate a Lhota Bean." said Pim, referring to a very poisonous bean from the future.

"What?" said Cory and Zack, dumbfounded.

"Oh nothing!" a man, who turned out to be Pim's father, said, entering the hotel. "Just, something…off of a TV show. Yeah! That's it! A TV show!"

"If we walk away now, maybe we won't get killed." said Cory, as Zack led him to the Reception desk.

As Pim and her father went to the desk as well, with Cody dreamily following, three more teenagers entered.

"Was that a GUY drooling over MY sister?" said one of them.

"Only if your sister is Richie Rich over there." said another, commenting on London Tipton, who was prancing around the hotel.

"Quiet Rae!" a different one said as the Baxter parents entered the hotel. "That's LONDON TIPTON!"

"You mean that fool who let that St. Mark employee thrash the hotel?" Raven Baxter said.

"THAT'S London Tipton!" said the first guy, who turned out to be Phil Diffy. "I always thought she was a blonde!"

"You know," said the third teen, Eddie Thomas, "maybe Chelsea should become a blond. It'd suit her well."

Two more adults, Mandy Teslow and Barbara Diffy, came in as Raven, Phil, and Eddie walked away. Then two final teens came into the hotel. Each noticed her name on a chair and sat down. Maddie almost collapsed when seeing anyone getting close to a chair.

"Keely? Chelsea?"

"Maddie?"

"Keely?"

"Chelsea!"

"Maddie!"

"Keely!"

"Maddie!"

"Chelsea! Keely!"

This went on for about 10 minutes before Mr. Moesby came up. "Moesby!" he screamed, adding his name to the fun. The girls screamed, jumping up and down, hugging each other. They knew it would be a great time.