It was January 18th, Peggy was cleaning up her bedroom. It had "Paula Poundcake" collectibles, "Rainbow Monkey" posters, frog-like items, unicorn pillows, golden balls, a bookcase filled with variations of "The Frog Prince," mystery movie DVDs, and biology and chemistry books. On her phone, she got a call from Miss Vandom to see what was going on. "My birthday is tomorrow, and my Cousin Daph is visiting from Ireland," Peggy announced.
"Daph O'Donovan?" asked Will. "Is he the Irishman who's attending Dublin University and is a dance major?"
"That's him," Peggy answered. "He'll be on an exchange student program at Hartfeld and wants to be there for my first birthday in America. That's tomorrow, January 19th."
"That's my birthday, too," Miss Vandom said. "We should celebrate it on the same day together."
"Are you up there, Peg?" called Mrs. O'Donovan. "Daph is here."
"Gotta go," said Peggy. "Make sure the jackalopes don't use the doggie area as a toilet again." Before she left, she grabbed a book wrapped in star-wrapping leftover from Christmas. As she got down, she saw a handsome Irishman wearing 1980s clothes. He was Peggy's cousin Daph. "Daph," she smiled as she hugged him. "Haven't seen you since our going away party."
"Same here," Daph replied. "I couldn't just miss out on my favorite paternal cousin's moving away party."
"Hi, Dawphin!" shouted Esme as she grabbed his leg. "I have youw weg."
"Easy, Esmeralda," said Daph. "It's good to see you, too."
"So, Daphnis," Brody said, "you're here for the dancing major while wrapping up your final year in college."
"That's right, Uncle Brody," replied Daph. "And I might get into a Broadway show. Like 'Hamilton', 'Hello Dolly', or 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'."
"'Hunchquack of Note the Dawn'?" asked Esme.
"'Hunchback of Notre Dame'," Mrs. O'Donovan said. "That's also where I gave you your full name, Esmeralda."
"Weally, Mommy?" asked Esme.
"Of course," Mrs. O'Donovan answered. "But no one would get it right, se we decided to shorten it to Esme."
"That makes senswey," Esme said.
Then Peggy showed Daph her present. He quickly removed the wrapping, revealing to be a picture book. "I saved all my babysitting money to buy this," Peggy explained. "I got the idea from the flea market where I can show you some of my bird-calling techniques."
"And I've also been takening my bawwet wessons," Esme said as she showed off her dancing.
Outside, Peggy did a little bird calling and a cardinal showed up. Esme, on the other hand, was dancing when she came a across a cardinal. "How cute," said Daph as he took a photo of Esme playing with the cardinal.
Bipon watched Peggy and her family from a distance, having fun while Esme playing with the cardinal. "You know," he said, "maybe I could help out with a little cardinal calls. It would be a great gift for O'Donovan."
XxoxX
The next day after breakfast, Peggy, Daph, and the rest of PRIMA were heading off to Hartfeld for a little tour. "That was amazing French toast you made, Daph," praised Peggy.
"I learned the best from Uncle Brody," Daph replied as they walked in.
As they were going around the hall, a red-haired girl wearing preppy clothes was rushing towards her next class when she bumped into Daph. He offered, "Let me help you, lass."
"Thanks," the girl said as she looked at Daph. They both stared at each other for a little while and blushed. Then the girl realized that she was late for her dance class. After the girl ran off, Daph began to wonder who she was.
"That's one of the other dance majors," Peggy said, "Chloe Dean. We met during the performing arts' department bake sale at Hartfeld U."
"That's Mrs. Dean's daughter?" asked Rayne. "I remember seeing pictures of her."
"She's beautiful," smiled Daph.
"Daphnis and Chloe," Addison smiled, "just like in the love story."
"What's going on here?" snapped a familiar voice.
Principal McLean was there to buy tickets for the winter symphony at Hartfeld U. "Shouldn't you five troublemakers be in school?"
"Have you got cotton balls in your ears?" Rayne asked. "The administration let us volunteer to show some college students around Hartfeld University."
"Okay, fine," Principal McLean said. "But I'm watching you five brats."
"That's Principal McLean," whispered Peggy. "You do not want to make him mad."
*There's something fishy about those girls*, Principal McLean thought to himself. Outside, he saw that there were Jeivan cardinals outside, thinking they were real cardinals. "You guys should be in the south right now!" he shouted. "Now fly off!" The Jeivan cardinals started pecking him, then a few of them messed around the university's power, causing a blackout. "Peg," he said, "what's going on?"
"A blackout," Peg said. "We're going to go find someone to fix it."
They took off, believing that this was all Jeivan work.
Guardians Unite
Outside, they saw Jeivan cardinals wrecking the power. Will came in and took down some of the cardinals. She came because she was organizing some fliers for the ballet club when she saw the Jeivan cardinals.
Little did they know was that Principal McLean was coming out. He had just bought his ticket for the symphony for $20. Outside, he saw PRIMA battling the cardinals. Will saw Principal McLean and toss a sleeping ball at him, causing him to fall asleep. She only did that so he wouldn't reveal PRIMA's secret.
Peggy was fighting them on when she remembered that sometimes, birds landed on electric wires to stay warm. So she summoned some electricity. That caused the Jeivan cardinals to relax and lie down. Bipon was parylyzed that the Jeivan cardinals were lying down on the job. By the power source of Hartfeld U. with a bolt of lightning from her hand, Peggy turned the power back on and the power was back to normal.
Daph was in the dance studio crawling in fear, because he was scared of the dark. Chloe walked up to him and asked, "Are you okay? I'm Chloe. You must be the new exchange student from Ireland."
"Yes," Daph replied as he blushed. "I'm Daph. It's short for Daphnis."
Chloe blushed back. Just then, the college dancers heard a groan. Principal McLean was waking up from his knockout. "I could've sworn I saw some of those ballet club girls dressed like witches," he said. "I must've been seeing things. Now to pay off those school bills."
Everyone looked confused on what he said.
XxoxX
Later at Covington Ice Cream, Will and Peggy were told to come to it for a little taste testing for the Flavor of the Month. Inside, the entire place shouted, "Happy birthday!"
"A suprise party for us?" Peggy smiled. "I can't believe this."
"I know," Mrs. O'Donovan said. "Since you enjoy this place so much since we moved here, we figured you could have your 16th birthday here."
"And Will has been working hard at her pet shop," Mr. O'Donovan replied. "She could use a little ice cream for relaxation."
Mr. and Mrs Covington finally unveiled the flavor of the month: Peggy's Princess Flavor. Since it was their birthday, Will and Peggy took the first bite. "Golden Delicious Apple with a touch of mint," said Peggy, "just like the gold ball from 'The Frog Prince' and the green flavoring of mint from Ireland."
"We didn't want you to be homesick," said Armel. "Every year we usually keep the December flavor up for another two weeks, so they can have the Christmas spirit."
"And after Rayne told us that this year's ballet production of 'The Frog Prince'," Selma replied, "We decided to base it on that."
XxoxX
Much later, they were celebrating Peggy and Will's birthday when Daph joined Peggy, Rayne, Isadora, Mahi, Addison and Alexa at the table. "Hey, girls," Daph said. "Mind if I join you?"
"No prob, Daph," Peggy said as her cousin joined in.
"Have you girls ever thought about seeing anyone?" Daph asked.
"Not exactly," Peggy answered as she blushes.
"I see your point," Daph replied. "You're not ready for dating."
"Let's go with that," Peggy replied as she staired blankly at Mahi.
The End.
Note: This is loosely based on the WITCH comic book: When Lightning Strikes.