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Lori and Kolulu
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When Lori got home--- at one thirty--- Kolulu asked Lori, "Why are you home so early from school?"

Not knowing what to say, Lori pretended she didn't hear. "What?" she asked, stalling for time.

"Why are you home so early from school?" Kolulu repeated.

"Well, because ... Because ... Because ..."

Kolulu started tapping her foot patiently and smiling to herself. "I'm waiting."

"Actually," Lori started to say.

"I knew it. You went to Dollar Tree, didn't you?"

"Well, yes. Hey, are you psychic or something? I never told you I was going to Dollar Tree. I told you I was going to school. How did you know where I went?" Lori thought for a moment before asking, "Were you spying on me? Because, since there was no other way you could know ..."

"Ha, ha. You're right. I followed you. FOLLOWED you, not SPIED on you. There's a big difference between the two."

"How could you?" Lori was offended by Kolulu not believing her.

"Well, it just didn't seem right to me that there would be school on Christmas Eve. Isn't that the time when everyone does their LAST last Christmas shopping? Like you?"

"And you."

There's a long silence...

Ding Dong!

"Now, who could that be, knocking on the door at one fourty-eight in the afternoon?" Lori asked herself out loud. 'And in the snow, too,' she thought.

Lori, followed by Kolulu close behind, opened the door.

Suddenly, Kolulu screamed out, "Hey, Tia! Remember me? It's Kolulu, your second best friend! Hey, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here with my partner Megumi to sing a Christmas Carol, the Thirteen Days of Christmas, our specialty," Tia responded.

"Huh? I thought there were only twelve days of Christmas?"

Very confused, Lori said, "I thought there was only ONE day of Christmas--- tomorrow. Do you guys know each other?"

Kolulu looked up at Lori and said, "Well, yeah. We used to be friends in ... Cuba."

Now, Tia was just as confused as Lori. "What? Cuba? We weren't friends in Cuba. Actually, we never went to Cuba. What is Cuba? Where is Cuba? Who is Cuba? When is Cuba? Why is Cuba? How is Cuba?"

Megumi put a hand on Tia's head and said, "Now, Tia. Stop acting like a maniac in front of your friend and her partner. Some of those questions didn't even make sense."

"Partner?" Lori asked, more confused than ever before.

Now calmed down, and surprised, Tia asked Kolulu, "You mean you haven't told your partner that you're a mamodo? Have you showed her your spell book yet?"

Kolulu started getting nervous, but said nothing.

"Partner? Mamodo? Spell book? Ugh ... I think I'm getting a headache. Either that, or theres a bug eating my brain. Maybe I'm getting a confusion fever ..."

Megumi looked at Lori closely and put a hand on her forehead and told her, it doesn't appear that you're getting a fever ..." Then to Tia she said, "Can we just sing the Thirteen Days of Christmas? I don't think your friend likes it that we're confusing her partner. Besides, don't you want to sing our specialty to these nice people?"

"Alright." Tia decided to settle that argument later.

Both Tia and Megumi took a deep breath, getting ready for the song, but were interrupted be Lori saying, "Hey, now I remember who you are. I thought you looked familiar. You're Megumi, everyone's idol. Shouldn't you be practicing for your new film, When Everyone Joins Forces, instead of wasting your time singing to normal and unfamous people like us?"

"Actually, yes, I should be, but I want to make my fans know that I care and am willing to sing Christmas Carols for them at their own doorstep. This is a non-profit organization," Megumi said with a smile. "Okay, Tia, are you ready to sing now?"

"Yeah!" And they sang the Thirteen Days of Christmas:

"On the first day of Christmas, my enemy gave to me: a bomb that exploded in my face.

"On the second day of Christmas, my enemy gave to me: two scary ghosts, and a bomb that exploded in my face.

"On the third day of Christmas, my enemy gave to me: three infestations, two scary ghosts, and a bomb that exploded in my face.

"On the fourth day of Christmas, my enemy gave to me: four rats with rabies, three infestations, two scary ghosts, and a bomb that exploded in my face.

"On the fifth day of Christmas, my enemy gave to me: five venomous snakes, four rats with rabies, three infestations, two scary ghosts, and a bomb that exploded in my face.

"On the sixth day of Christmas, my enemy gave to me: six charging rhinos, five venomous snakes, four rats with rabies, three infestations, two scary ghosts, and a bomb that exploded in my face.

"On the seventh day of Christmas, my enemy gave to me: seven bows and arrows, six charging rhinos, five venomous snakes, four rats with rabies, three infestations, two scary ghosts, and a bomb that exploded in my face.

"On the eighth day of Christmas, my enemy gave to me: eight broken iPods, seven bows and arrows, six charging rhinos, five venomous snakes, four rats with rabies, three infestations, two scary ghosts, and a bomb that exploded in my face.

"On the ninth day of Christmas, my enemy gave to me: nine evil grandmas, eight broken iPods, seven bows and arrows, six charging rhinos, five venomous snakes, four rats with rabies, three infestations, two scary ghosts, and a bomb that exploded in my face.

"On the tenth day of Christmas, my enemy gave to me: ten haunted houses, nine evil grandmas, eight broken iPods, seven bows and arrows, six charging rhinos, five venomous snakes, four rats with rabies, three infestations, two scray ghosts, and a bomb that exploded in my face.

"On the eleventh day of Christmas, my enemy gave to me: eleven disgusting insects, ten haunted houses, nine evil grandmas, eight broken iPods, seven bows and arrows, six charging rhinos, five venomous snakes, four rats with rabies, three infestations, two scary ghosts, and a bomb that exploded in my face.

"On the twelvth day of Christmas, my enemy gave to me: twelve screaming children, eleven disgusting insects, ten haunted houses, nine evil grandmas, eight broken iPods, seven bows and arrows, six charging rhinos, five venomous snakes, four rats with rabies, three infestations, two scary ghosts, and a bomb that exploded in my face.

"On the thirteenth day of Christmas, do you know what happened to me? I died ..."

Then Tia fake-fainted to the left, and Megumi fake-fainted to the right.

Lori and Kolulu were with their jaws dropped all the way down to the floor in surprise.

"Hey, Kolulu," Lori whispered, "I don't think Megumi will show her fans she cares with a song like THAT."

Then Megumi and Tia stood up and brushed off the snow.

"So how did you like our song?" Tia asked Kolulu.

"It was pretty good, actually." Kolulu responded.

"Yeah." Tia sighed. "But I think it could've gone better."

"What do you mean?" Megumi asked.

"You DO remember that we were both supposed to fake-faint in the same direction, right?" Megumi nodded. "Well, that direction was to the left."

"What? You've clearly forgotten that we practiced fake-fainting to the right!"

"And another thing, we were supposed to rise from the fake-faint after four seconds. You rose after five."

"No. We were SUPPOSED to rise after five seconds, remember?" Megumi argued.

"We were also supposed to stay still during the fake-faint, and with our eyes closed the whole entire time. But I saw you blink after two seconds."

"Then if you SAW me blink, then I guess you had your eyes OPENED, and we were supposed to have our eyes CLOSED!"

"Also, were supposed to sing the last part of the song, I died ..., in a lower note than the rest of the song!"

"Pfft, yeah, right. We practiced singing it in a higher note than the rest of the song to provide emphasis!"

By this time, Lori had closed the door because she didn't want to hear Megumi and Tia's arguing any longer.

Suddenly, they heard Tia shout, "I KNEW IT! IT WAS FAKE-FAINTING TO THE LEFT!"

'I hope she forgets what Tia said about the partner, spell book, and mamodo. I don't want her to get hurt.' Kolulu thought.

"So, Kolulu, what was that thing you wanted to tell me?" Lori asked.

"Huh? What thing?" Kolulu asked, confused.

"You know, that thing your friend, what was her name? Tia?" Kolulu nodded and Lori started all over again. "You know, that thing Tia said about the partner, spell book, and mamodo? She said 'You mean you haven't told your partner that you're a mamodo? Have you showed her your spell book yet?' That's the thing I'm talking about."

Kolulu started getting nervous. 'Oh, no! She remembered! Oh, great, what am I going to do now? This stinks ...'

TO BE CONTINUED ...


I'm really sorry not updating the story in a long time ... again ... But thankfully, this time I didn't get grounded. My computer broke, which is much worse. I tried to put chapter three in the story about a week ago, but the computer just kept on freezing. Even though it's broken, I'll still try to update the story quickly (that sounds impossible to me).