At Havana Java, Mrs. O'Mooney was serving some muffins when they heard someone spitting out some croissants. "These croissants taste like bamboo," they said.

Peggy and Mahi heard this and sensed that the Bearakeets might be here. They snuck into the kitchen to find them eating the baking ingredients again. Billy Shears was playing with the flour, Maggie May ate numerous peanuts, Mr. Mustard started eating the butter, Ms. Lizzy juggled eggs, and and Rita lifted some cinnamon shaker. "What are the Bearakeets doing?" whispered Mahi.

"Don't know, lass," replied Peggy, "but I bet they got tired of hamster food."

Ms. Lizzy saw Peggy and flew up to her. "Hey, Ms. Lizzy," Peggy whispered. "Did you get tired of hamster food again?"

Ms. Lizzy nodded her head. Billy Shears came up to Mahi and pointed to Mr. O'Donovan, who was coming into the kitchen. "It's my dad," Peggy said. "He can't see us like this."

Rita, Maggie May, and Mr. Mustard decided to distract him with a little Bearakeet dust. Mr. O'Donovan got his glasses dirty and wiped them up. This gave Mahi and Peggy a chance to escape. After they sat back down they saw a sharp man with a police badge come in. "Oh, great," Mahi growled. "The Belcher is here."

"Who?" asked Peggy.

"Belka Bangash," Mahi said, "the town health inspector. Most of the citizens call him the Belcher because usually he burps very loud after eating his meals."

"I can tell," Peggy said. "And he's Alim's father, right?"

"You know it," Mahi answered.

"I'm sorry," Peggy said. "It's their montly bath time, and Mr. Mustard hates baths."

XxoxX

Back in the Jeivan Empire, Zemunth was having his bubble bath he took once every three months. He was playing with his rubber ducky singing "The Itsy Bitsy Spider." "Zemunth," demanded King Jeiva, "will you be coming out any time? Some peasants just snuck in uninvited and stole all the bread."

Zemunth barged out with a bathrobe on. "No one steal royal man's bread but me" shouted Zemunth as he ran off bare.

Asinorth came out of her room, disgusted by Zemunth's behavior. "Your Highness, will Zemunth ever learn to put some clothes on first? And this place smells like a skunk barn."

King Jeiva finally remembered the Jeivan skunk farm on the outskirts of town. That's when he came up with an idea to feed off the fear of the human citizens.

XxoxX

Outside Havana Java, Peggy was on the phone with Will. "Ms. Vandom," said Peggy, "why in Dublin were he Bearakeets eating the ingredients at Havana Java?"

"Because it's their monthly bath time and they didn't want a bath," Will explained, "Addison, Isadora, and Rayne have been trying to catch them."

"Mahi and I were just hanging out at Havana Java and we found them," Peggy replied.

"Good job," Will smiled. "Now get them over to Vandom's Animal Kingdom for their bath."

In a takeout bag, Mahi was trying to control the Bearakeets. "You guys are going to take that bath," she growled, "and you're gonna like it."

XxoxX

At Vandom's Animal Kingdom, Addison, Isadora, and Rayne were preparing the Bearakeets bath. "Bathtime usually is fun," Isadora replied. "Sometimes pets and little kids don't like baths, but after a while they get the hang of it. I remember when Cousin Toby use to hate baths, but using Captain Sudo's Sudsy Shampoos made him change his mind. You know that shampoo with the pirate captain on it. It was created in 1975 to convince kids that bathtime is fun."

"We are using Mrs. Caninton's dog soap for their bath," Addison said. "Ms. Vandom said that using dog bath soap would make a bearakeet love bath time."

Mahi and Peggy came in with the Bearakeets floating around in the takeout bag. "It's bathtime for the Bearakeets," Peggy said.

Suddenly, a smell came out of nowhere. "They must be getting stinkier than usual," suggested Mahi.

"I don't think that's the Bearakeets," Peggy said as she pointed outside to the Jeivan skunks terrorizing the citizens.

"Bath time will have to wait," Peggy said. "It's Guardian time."

Guardians Unite

PRIMA started to take down the Jeivan skunks. They had to get rid of them fast, or else its a 48 hour bath for the Bearakeets. Peggy did a big lightning bolt, which acidentally made its way to a tomato truck. That's when she got an idea. "Lads," she said, "you know how in performances people throw tomatoes at bad ones?"

"You're saying," Rayne said, "we throw tomatoes at the Jeivan skunks."

"Just like how you take a tomato juice bath after getting sprayed by a skunk," recalled Mahi. "I did that once on a performance to Hamlet. It was also a good chance to steal some snacks at the concession stand."

"Exactly my point about the tomatoes," Peggy said.

Isadora did a tornado, sucked the tomatoes and tossed them at the skunk. "We're making a skunk pizza," Rayne said.

The Jeivan skunks got annoyed by the tomato tornado, so they ran off into the night.

They changed back in time and when they got in, they saw that the Bearakeets were finally taking a bath. In the bath was a tomato. "Darn it," Isadora said. "I must've gotten some tomatoes into the bathtub for the Berakeets. Wait a sec - the windows weren't broken and the inside isn't covered with tomatoes. That must mean it's a bath toy."

"What you did there," Will said, "inspired me to get Alexa's old bath toys. Her favorite is a toy tomato. She loved spaghetti so much as a kid that I gave her a tomato bath toy for her third birthday."

"How sweet," Peggy smiled.

Just then, her cellphone rang the Irish Washerwoman. Peggy knew that was her dad's ringtone. "Hey, Dad," Peggy said on her phone. "How was the health inspector? Okay. Uh-huh. GREAT! See you at dinner. Make sure Esme doesn't get into the cookies again."

"What was that?" Will asked.

"It's the health inspector," Peggy answered. "He was impressed by the decor and the food. We passed the inspection. He said that his favorite is how the extra flavoring of the food and the super cleanliness of the floors were."

"I wonder how that happened?" Addison asked.

The Bearakeets looked at each other and smiled nervously. Then they got out of the bath and got the mini-towels just for them. "I'm glad that the Bearakeet bath is over with" Will said, "Bbecause I have a baby dragon that's in need of a bath."

"There is no way we're doing that again," Addison said as she rushed off. "I promised my grandmother I would help her with laundry."

"I'm out," Peggy said. "Gotta rush home for dinner."

"Same," Mahi said. "I, uh, need to wash my socks."

"Peace," Rayne said. "Elias and Eliseo need help with their Christmas pageant costumes. They're elves in the Santa sequence."

"Same for me, Ms. Vandom," Isadora replied. "Cousin Melanie is down with a cold, and Tia Delfina and I are going to fix up some vegetable soup for her. Damien is working late with inventory management with Mr. O'Mooney, Felipa has her book club, and Tobias has his chess club."

"Isadora!" shouted Peggy, Mahi, Rayne and Addison at the door.

"Sorry," Isadora replied, "Maybe you should get Alexa to do it. She'll be out of play rehersal anytime soon, which is one of the best chances to get to know the other students of Hartfeld better."

Peggy, Rayne, Isadora, Mahi, and Addison rushed out of Vandom's Animal Kingdom with nothing on their minds but cleanliness.

The End