AN:I have a feeling I haven't worked on this one for a while... Enjoy!
Birthday Bash! Chapter 4Previously...
Moses gapped at the otter, "whoa, I think someone's been around Jay for too long..." then another thought crossed the bandit's ever-so-empty brain, "if Jay were 'ere, he'd probably say... 'Oh my god! It's the sign of another cataclysm! Moses is thinking!' right after I said 'I think'..."
The little otter quivered in fear as Moses suddenly let out an enraged howl and yelling about how annoying the little shrimp was, and grumbling, he left the store.
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Jay began to stir in Senel's bed and he began to get the feeling that something was not right. He opened his eyes to find that he did not recognize the ceiling, he looked around and found it was not even his own room! He tried to get up from the bed but fell, "what the...?" (Senel and Will left him in the bundle of blankets as well as putting one of Senel's blankets on top of him... but he does not know this, duh.)
He wriggled around and loosened the blanket around him so he could crawl his way out of it. The young ninja looked around the room and he realized where he was, "why in the world am I in Senel's house?" He walked off the mess of blankets, when he stepped on a piece of paper, "what do we have here?" Jay picked up the paper and found it was a letter addressed to him, it read:
Dear Jay,
Since you are reading this letter, you must have woken up. You must be confused of why you are in Senel's house, so I'll explain to some extent. First of all, Senel and Will brought you there, second, you need to stay there until someone comes to pick you up, or until it's 5 o'clock if no one comes. And finally, if no one comes, you should go help him or her because they're probably stuck somewhere. By the way, the place you're supposed to go to, is the Oresoren Village, okay? Well, see you then!
From Shirley, Norma, Chloe, Grune, Senel, Will and Moses!
"O..kay...this is getting weirder and weirder..." Jay walked around Senel's house to look for a clock and he finally found one buried under a pile of clothes, Jay sighed, "sheesh, he's not Moses, he should at least do his laundry..." Jay shook his head. "Well, I have about an hour and a half left..." He turned to the pile of soiled clothes, "why does Senel have a pile of laundry? He's always wearing the same thing..." He picked up the clothes and took it downstairs with him, he found the laundry machine and threw them in. "Now, where does he keep the laundry detergent?"
Meanwhile at the Oresoren Village...
"Aaah choo!" Senel sniffled.
"Are you alright Senel?" Will asked. "You're not catching a cold are you?"
"Nah, just got a whiff of some dust," Senel scrubbed his nose. "I have a bad feeling about leaving Jay at my house..."
"Hey Senel!" a familiar voice was heard ringing throughout the village. "Moses is back to help!" he announced.
Will had come down the ladder and gave Moses a good knock on the head, "Ow! What was that for!" Moses whined.
"WHERE WERE YOU!" Will yelled. "YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING US! AND WHERE WERE YOU!"
"I...I was just..." Moses was too taken aback to answer.
"Yes?" Will now stood tapping his foot impatiently.
"I was..." Moses now blushed slightly. "I was gettin' Jay a birthday present!" he blurted out.
"Wha... what?" Senel looked down at the two confused. "Is that why you suddenly disappeared without telling us?"
"Ye...yes..." Moses said quietly and looked away.
The two now smiled at him and Will placed a hand over Moses' head, making him flinch, "I'm sorry Moses," now it was Will's turn to blush. "I should've listen to you before I did that," Will lowered his head. "Please forgive me!"
Moses was very surprised at Will, "umm... oh shucks, we're family, no need to apologize." Moses scratched the back of his head, "well, we ought to get this decoratin' thing done, huh?"
"Yes, let's get back to work!" Will said with enthusiasm.
Back with Jay...
"Sheesh... why do I have to do Senel's laundry?" Jay shook his head as he finally discovered the laundry detergent in the cupboard below the sink. "Who keeps laundry detergent in the kitchen? Argh, if anyone sees me talking to myself, they're going to think I'm going crazy..."
He loaded the laundry into the machine and stood back, "I hope I didn't put too much soap in..." He went back upstairs and sat on Senel's bed, growing rather bored, "where's that stupid bandit when you need him?" he said out loud. "He's always there to bug me when I want peace and quiet, but when I need him, he's never there!"
Jay now began to realize that Moses had actually been preventing him from becoming bored, and he actually wanted him to be there. He let out a sigh as he waited for the laundry machine to stop. The boy closed his eyes as he lay on the bed, listening to the constant sound of water mixing produced by the washing machine. The sound was rather comforting and sleep once again drew him into its warm grasp...
With the rest of the Fun Bunch...
The girls were upstairs in Jay's room and Norma began to get nosey with Jay's belongings, "hey, what do you think this is?" Norma picked up a strange looking object.
"I think it's a telescope..." Chloe examined it. "But you really shouldn't be sneaking around in his things."
"Oh, why not?" Norma whined. "It's not like he'll ever find out as long as everyone keeps quiet about it!"
"That may be true, but it's not right!" Shirley argued.
"You girls are no fun..." Norma pouted. "But still, what do you think he uses a telescope for?"
"Probably he uses it to gather information," Chloe stated.
"What if he's sneaking around in people's private lives?" Norma said, nudged Chloe suggestively.
"He wouldn't!" Shirley gasped.
"Yes, he's not like you and Moses, sneaking around and spying on people!" Chloe accused.
"We do not!" Norma said defensively.
"Yes you do!" Chloe said.
"Do not!"
"Do to!"
"Do not!"
"Do to!"
"That's enough! No more arguing!" Surprisingly, Grune was the one that broke them up. "We're supposed to be working together to prepare for Jay's birthday party!" Grune placed her hands on her hips. "We should get going or else the boys are going to beat us to the center!"
"Oh yea! We gotta hurry before they get there!" Norma thrusted her fist in the air and Grune followed, "CHARGE!"
The girls got back to work and in about an hour, the girls met the boys in the middle of the village, "alright, we got that done," Will wiped sweat from his forehead. They headed to the Oresoren's house once again to meet the Scallop Brothers and they were waiting for them outside. As soon as they got there, they began to discuss the formation they would take to surprise Jay, who would be there in about half an hour.
"Okay, first, we need a couple of you to hide near the entrance and when Jay comes in, we need you to make sure he gets here first," Poppo exclaimed.
"Oh, we'll do it!" Norma exclaimed as she grabbed Grune by the arm and ran off towards the entrance.
"Next, we need someone to go pick Jay up, right?" Shirley asked.
"I'll take care o'that!" Moses piped in and ran out the village.
"Well, that was easily taken care of..." Senel stared after the two, and turned back to the Oresoren, "what should we do?"
Suddenly, the Oresorens grinned evilly, "do you all like to play dress up? Ors?"
"Uh oh... I don't like the feeling this conversation is getting at..." Chloe backed away slowly, while everyone left sweat dropped.
"Oh, it isn't that bad," Pippo explained. "I have a feeling that he'll get here faster if you chase him here wearing..." He pulled something out from one of the boxes, "CLOWN COSTUMES!" dun dun dun...
"You want us to dress up in clown costumes?" Senel was wide-eyed, "why?"
"Well, it was quite a while back, before Jay met you all," Quppo began. "It was his birthday, and we heard that kids liked clowns so we dressed up like clowns to entertain him, and boy, were we wrong."
"Yea, he was terrified of clowns, and we haven't had a birthday party since then," Pippo looked down sadly. "That's why we wanted to give him a surprise party so he knows that birthdays aren't that bad."
"But if we dress up like clowns, wouldn't he hate it even more?" Chloe asked raising an eyebrow.
"Well, we figured that if it were you all in costumes, he'll know that clowns are nothing more than people dressed up in costumes!" Poppo finished.
"Oh, I see now!" Shirley clapped her hands together happily. "It will be fun too!"
It only took them all about ten minutes to dress up in the costumes and hid themselves in all sorts of places in the village.
At Senel's house...
Jay woke up noticing the washing machine had stopped, "well, I guess I'll have to dry it now..." Jay got off the bed and headed down the stairs and found that Senel did not own a drying machine, "well, I guess I have to hang them then..." He took the clothes out from the machine and took the laundry clips and headed outside. It hadn't occurred to him until he stepped outside that it must seem strange for a guy to be doing laundry for another guy. Most of the citizens knew about Senel and that he lived there, but to see another boy doing his laundry... Jay began to hope they didn't get the wrong idea, but it became worse.
He was half way finished hanging them all, when you-know-who came to pick him up, "so, yer doin' Senel's laundry today, are ya?" Moses came up behind him.
"Aahh!" Jay jumped up and drew his daggers in surprise, when he realized it was Moses. "What are you doing here?" That was when it hit him, Moses was the one that was supposed to come pick him up.
"Well, we'd better get goin' before it gets dark!" Moses exclaimed. He grabbed Jay's arm and began towards the entrance, "come'on, hurry up!"
"Wait, I have to finish hanging the laundry...!" Jay yelled as Moses dragged him to Will's house.
"Why are we at Will's house?" Jay asked.
"To pick up little Hattie, of course!" Moses said as he knocked on the door and Harriet answered.
"Hey! What are you two doing here?" Harriet asked looking rather surprised.
"We're gonna take you to the Oresoren Village!" Moses grinned. "Yer daddy asked me to!"
Moses took Jay and Harriet to the Oresoren Village, and when they entered, actually, when Jay entered, he found himself alone in the village. Moses had stayed outside the village with Harriet and he explained everything to her.
Jay began to wonder what was going on, there was no Oresorens in the streets nor in the stores, "where is everyone?"
Suddenly, two strangely dressed people jumped out from behind Jay, which shocked him, he whirled around and was horrified of what he saw...clowns! His eyes widened, "aahh!" he ran towards the center of the village as the two male clowns chased him. He got to the center and found that the two had disappeared, and when he turned to check they weren't there, two more clowns jumped out at him and chased him all the way to his house. He ran in and slammed the door shut and found that the lights were turned off inside and he began to worry, "PIPPO, POPPO, QUPPO!"
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I guess I'll leave the actual party part for the next chapter. I kinda got lazy... and it's way too long if I kept it as one chapter... Might as well make it two so I can enjoy making you all wait! Haha, just kidding! Please R & R
Jay: ...You told them I'm afraid of CLOWNS!
Me: Well, you aren't really afraid of it are you?
Jay: Uh... Um... No... I think...
Me: Well?
Jay: ...Not really...
Me: ... You are, aren't you... but you dress like one, so someone had said.
Jay: I do not!
Me: Yes you do!
Jay: Do not!
Me: Do to!
Moses: Would ya two quit it!
(bonk!)
Me & Jay: Owww...! Hey that's not your job!
Moses: Oh yea!
Will: That would be mine!
(bonk)
Moses: Oww... but I didn't do nothin' this time!
Jay: Yea, the authoress started it!
Me: Uh oh... run away!
(runs away with Will chasing after me with his Mighty Fist of Fury!)
Moses: (calls after the authoress) HEY! YOU MADE ME DISS MYSELF IN THE OTHER CHAPTER!