At Havana Java, Addison was enjoying a soy cappuchino when she spotted Liam giving out brownies for free. Then he placed down a bag for charity. In grey, it said "Homeless Shelter." Addison was delighted, because he was mature and was thinking of others. "Are you stairing at Liam again?" Mae asked as she poked her older sister.
"I am," replied Addison. "I love the way he helps those in need."
After Liam gave out the last free brownie, he came up to Addison. She couldn't help but stare lovingly at him. He was African American, had eyes gray as a foggy night, and wore a polo shirt with a shamrock and a palm tree on it. "Hey, Addison," he said as he blushed. "I was thinking that we would go on a date."
"Really?" Addison asked. "Where?"
"At the bake sale at the hospital," explained Liam. "I met your grandfather while I was volunteering, and he agreed to let us come to the bake sale."
"I love that," Addison smiled. "And we can get to know each other better there."
Liam smiled and blushed. "Hey, Liam," shouted Mr. O'Mooney, "we got an order of scones at table 6!"
"Coming, Mr. O'Mooney," replied Liam as he took off.
Addison was excited because she was going on her first date with Liam. "Take it easy," Mae replied. "Grandpa told me that the day you guys volunteer at the bake sale is also my birthday."
"That's right," Addison recalled. "Because of cutbacks, we'll bring you the leftover goods for your birthday."
"I like that," Mae replied. "Grandma is going to be busy with her teaching tomorrow, too."
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The next day after school, Addison met up with Liam at the hospital. Dr. Bach was selling sugar cookies when he saw his eldest granddaughter sit down. "I'll let you lovebirds get along while I handle the biscuit sale," Dr. Bach said as he took off.
Addison decided to show Liam the hospital cafeteria. It was there that they both got the largest amount of chocolate pastries anyone has ever had. "You must really love chocolate, don't you?" Addison asked Liam.
"Of course," Liam replied.
"So what's your family like?" asked Addison. "I live with my grandparents. You already them at my birthday party."
"I live with my parents," explained Liam. "They're always to busy to help the less fortunate."
"Don't you have any siblings?" Addison asked. "I have an younger sister named Mae."
"Yeah," Liam recalled. "One of the cheerleaders. I've seen the basketball game."
"Mae always has done cheerleading ever since she was about 6," Addison explained.
"I have an older sister," Liam explained. "She can be really bossy sometimes, and a younger one who is totally hyperactive. I'm more close to my mother than my father. Sometimes she helps me feed the little ones."
Addison felt bad because her little sister wasn't joining her on helping their grandfather with the bake sale.
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Meanwhile, Mae was having cheer practice with her friends. "Okay," announced Coach Coppola. "That's enough for today. My husband is having that 1950s cheer movie marathon at The Tiara, and I promise to support him."
As they got down, Sasha and Lara saw Mae getting some Tropidrate flavor drink. "Don't you need water to keep yourself hydrated?" Sasha asked.
"Sounds like they're washed up," Lara replied.
"Tropidrate is a fruit-flavored sports drink," answered Mae. "The creator knew that people would get tired of water when they need to hydrate."
Sasha and Lara were both annoyed by this, so they decided to head home.
Mae headed off to her locker when she saw a mysterious figure taking food from the cafeteria. The figure created a portal that leads to the Jeivan Empire. Mae found her chance to prove that she was an honorary PRIMA member.
The portal lead Mae to the Jeivan Empire's outskirts. She saw millions of skulls all around the place.
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Out in the open, the figure revealed to be a girl with shaggy neck-length hair in the darkest shade of black. She wore clothes similar to Robin Hood. "Back off," snarled the girl. "This food is for the rebels."
"Listen, you thief," Mae shot back. "That's cafeteria property."
"I have a name you trespasser," said the thief. "It's Oana."
"Okay, Oana," Mae replied. "I found you sneaking around the cafeteria stealing our food."
"It's for the rebels," Oana said. "Are you the one they call Green Hood?"
Mae put her green hoodie on, placed her hood up, and said, "I *am* Green Hood."
"Follow me," replied Oana.
They found an old shack that said "Do Not Enter." Inside, Oana found a plank, revealing to be a door. She opened the door and climbed down the ladder. Mae did the same and closed the door.
In their hideout, Mae saw that there were numerous Jeivans trying to survive. "This is horrible," she replied. "All these people hate King Jeiva."
"You think they all worship Jeivajerk?" asked Oana. "We're the people who resisted his laws for the past 400 years."
"Oana," shouted a young rebel, "you're back!"
The young rebel looked like a 10-year-old girl with peasant clothing. "Amalia," smiled Oana. "How's my little sister?"
"Fantastic," replied Amalia. "And you brought a new recruit."
"Hey, Mom," called Oana, "we got a human here."
A mid-sized woman with spiky black hair came in. She examined Mae with her cloak to see if she wasn't a Jeivan spy. "You're clear," replied the leader.
"Who are you guys?" Mae asked.
"I'm Lamia," greeted the leader, "leader of the Wings of Courage."
Lamia also explained that 400 years ago, King Jeiva had a younger brother, Prince Jeivmal, who was the true king of the Jeivan Empire. He married a beautiful princess from the neighboring kingdom, Queen Elenoh, and had a little girl. Jeivmal's parents made him the king, because they feared that if Jeiva became king, he would rule it with an iron fist. Years past and King Jeiva became envious of Jeivmal's life. So he murdured both his brother and his wife by letting them in the labrynth and perish. Then he banished their only child forever from the kingdom. "Now I must regain my kingdom and stop Uncle Jeiva," Lamia concluded.
"What?" Mae asked.
"That's right," Lamia replied. "King Jeiva is my uncle. His jealousy ruined my life. Luckily, my husband was a peasant who lived on the outskirts. He took me in and let me work there. Eventually we got married and had our three kids."
"How sweet," Mae replied.
"Zippy doody daada!" shouted a familiar voice.
"That's Zemunth," replied Mae. "I know how to handle this."
"But let us come with you," Amalia replied. "You could use a new friend."
"I like that," replied Mae.
On the planes, Zemunth was playing with his airplane while Asinorth was practicing her Jeivalin, a Jeivan version of the violin. "Easy, Zemunth," replied Asinorth. "The rebels should be here any minute."
"You won't find them," Asinorth declared as she came out of the shack, "because I protect them."
Amalia summoned magic blasts, Oana blew attack dust, and Mae did some cheer routines to attack Zemunth. "Guess I'll have to do this myself," Asinorth said as she summoned Jeivan pigs.
As they were about to attack, lightning bolts came out of nowhere. PRIMA had come to save the day. Peggy sensed that Mae was in danger while she, Rayne, Isadora, and Mahi went shopping for spring apparel at the thrift store. Addison told her grandfather that she had to check on some storage. "Good timing, sis," Mae replied. "Now to handle a little skeleton dancing."
PRIMA took the Jeiva pigs down with their powers. After the last skeleton was taken down, Asinorth and Zemunth left. "Bye-bye, PRIMAs and princesses!"
"Princesses?" asked Addison.
"Guys," said Mae, "this is Oana and Amalia. They're rebels against King Jeiva."
"Are you telling me that not all Jeivans are evil?" asked Mahi.
"That's right," replied Lamia as she came out. "King Jeiva overthrew my mommy and daddy, leaving me all alone til peasants took me in. Lamia, Wings of Courage leader."
"I get the courage thing," Isadora replied, "meaning that it's the exact opposite of fear - like happy is the opposite of sad, sun is the opposite of rain, light is opposite of dark and pretty is opposite of ugly. But what about the 'wing' part?"
With two claps, Lamia summoned beautiful fairy wings and flew around like a fairy. "The Wings of Courage rebellion recently had a food shortage. I knew that if we set foot and get caught again, our wherabouts would be exposed. After we heard about your stories, I decided to send a few spies up there to take some leftover food nobody wants."
"That's good," Peggy replied. "My father would be horrified if he saw Jeivans in the kitchen."
"Don't mind that, hon," replied Lamia. "A few of them are shapeshifters."
"We have to get back," Mae explained. "It's my birthday today, and I don't want to keep my grandmother waiting."
"It's your birthday?" asked Amalia as she rushed into their hideout. "Happy birthday."
"Thanks," replied Mae as they teleported back to The Bach Residents.
At the Bach residence, Grandma Bach was polishing his glasses, which gave PRIMA a chance to change back.
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Later, Mae was opening her birthday present from Addison when Dr. Bach and Liam barged into the door with a leftover red velvet cake with a 15 on it. "Happy birthday, Mae," replied Liam and Grandpa Bach.
"A leftover red velvet cake from the bake sale," replied Mae. "How thoughtful."
"So, dear," replied Grandma Bach, "how many baked treats have you sold?"
"We sold 20 cakes, 4 dozen brownies, 5 dozen cupcakes and 7 dozen cookies," Dr. Bach answered. "So that gives the hospital $500."
"That's enough to by new toys for the children's playroom," Liam replied.
"But, what are we going to do with the baked leftovers?" Addison asked.
"I'm serving brownies to the homeless," Liam said. "They need them more than anyone."
Rayne decided to take the leftover cupcakes for the twins and Cassie, Peggy decided to take some leftover cookies for Esme, and Addison decided to take a leftover.
Mae looked at her present and saw that it was cupcake bunny slippers. Addison knew that her sister loved cupcakes and wanted to remind her that calluses weren't fun. Mae and Addison hugged each other. "If only our boy was still here," Grandma Bach said.
The End.
