In the small town of Lititz Heights, the place was peaceful. Plenty of people were friendly, and the town's main source of their income was their restaurants. The most famous of them all was Roadhouse Fantasia, a buffet place where everyone could sit down, make friends, get the food they wanted, and have parties. There was only one problem: it was having financial troubles.
"No, no, no!" shouted the manager, Howard Downs. "How can it be 300 dollars down?!"
"Well, sir," asked his Japanese accountant, Hyobe Hayato, "I am the head accountant, aren't I?"
"Precisely," Mr. Downs replied. "You and some of the workers have been giving the meals for free for your children."
Hayato added, "We all need to eat, and recently my family and I have been looking to get our microwave repaired after my son Peter microwaved leftover Chinese takeout in its box again."
Mr. Downs was so stressed out, he started eating his favorite snack - lychee nuts.
XxoxX
In the lobby, 7 girls were enjoying their dinner. Leah McBruce was a beautiful blonde girl who was enjoying some spaghetti and meatballs, Kaylin Hester was an African-American girl enjoying some gumbo, Estrella Pareja was a Hispanic girl enjoying some banana cream pie, coconut cake, pineapple pudding, and chocolate cookies, Tania McBruce was an Indian girl enjoying some cheese pizza, Rylie Phelps was an overweight redhead eating a large bowl of fried rice, a bowl of butterscotch pudding, a large plate of mushroom pizza, a plate of broccoli, and plate of clams, and Paige Hayato was a Japanese girl eating some chess quesadillas.
Mr. Downs came into the lobby came out seeing the girls eating, and he was not happy on what the girls were doing. "Mr. Downs," Leah said, "you know our parents work here, so we get our meals for free."
"1984, Article 6 section 12: All workers with children eat their meals for free," Tania recalled.
"Thank you, Tania," Mr. Downs replied in horror. "Anyway, your crazy notions have got to stop. Leah brings her scouty troop time to time for free, Tania keeps informing the locals about food facts, Rylie hogs up all of the food except for the pork, Paige doesn't touch the meat, Kaylin cleans up too much, and as for Estrella, don't get me started."
Suddenly, they heard monkey noises. By the fruit bar, a monkey with a fedora has been eating the bananas.
"Swinger!" shouted Estrella. "You little mono. How many times do I have to tell you not to eat at the fruit bar? It's for the customers."
"And another thing," Mr. Downs said. "We don't allow pets here, so take your monkey out of the restaurant." He started leaving lychee nut shells on the grounds while Swinger growled at him.
XxoxX
While they were leaving, they looked across the street, where they saw an elaborate 5-star restaurant: Holman's. It was the most exclusive restaurant in town. Outside the restaurant was the rival's daughter, Billie Holman. She had long brown hair and clothes that were very expensive. "Hello, creeps," she said. "Your monkey snuck in."
"That's none of your business, Billie," Leah growled. "Swinger means no harm. He just loves bananas."
"Don't you, my dear mono?" Estrella said as she cuddled her monkey.
"My mom has a severe animal fur allergy, and I find them very disgusting," Billie replied. As she left, they felt angry by the way they hurt Swinger. Suddenly, they heard a "Poyo" in the alleyway. They decided to follow it. When they got to a dumpster, they found a cute pink alien eating up rotten pizza slices.
"Look at it," Kaylin smiled. "It's so cute."
"You think everything is cute, Kaylin," Tania recalled as she adjusted her glasses.
"What is your name, you little thing?" Leah asked.
"Kirby," greeted the creature.
After the girls greeted themselves, they decided to take him somewhere safe so Mr. Downs wouldn't exterminate it.
XxoxX
Later they arrived at the McBruce residence. Inside, a woman who looked like Leah but with glasses was reading the newspaper. She was Leah and Tania's mom, Lorraine. "Leah," she said, "did you remember to check the milk status?"
"I did, and we're a quarter left," Leah answered.
They arrived at their shed. By a star rug, they showed a secret tunnel.
"Let's have a little dance-off," Leah suggested.
"Poyo? (A dance off?)" Kirby asked.
Leah did some tap-dancing moves, Kaylin did a little ballet, Rylie did some hip-hopping, Estrella salsa'd with all of her might, Paige did the best disco ever, and Tania boogied to some Bollywood.
"Let's watch some TV," Kaylin said as she turned on the TV.
The news channel showed a Chinese girl. "And in other news, Holman's has been vandalized saying that, 'Holman's must move to Loseropolis'. The only clues that were found were coupons for Roadhouse Fantasia," she announced.
"That's what Billie gets for being so nasty," Tania growled.
This left the others in horror. They knew that they had relatives working there, and they wouldn't dare hurt other restaurants. Paige explained that for the past 3 weeks, restaurants were being ruined by a mysterious Restaurant Rampager. So far he'd been leaving coupons to the restaurant as a sign that they'd been there.
"Luckily they didn't do the upcoming restaurant, Jukebox Rock," Paige said. "It's a '50s-themed restaurant. The owner wanted to bring back what life was like in the 1950s."
"Poyo? (The 1950s)?" Kirby asked.
"It was a time of cool cars, cheer game, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley," Leah explained.
Swinger started to get jealous of Kirby because of his cuteness.
XxoxX
The next day after school, Kirby was waiting by the flowers. "Poyo, poyo, poyo, poyo, poyo, poyo (I've got a coupon for Hong Kong House of Chow)," he said.
"Hong Kong House of Chow," Tania said. "There weren't any reports of that place being ruined."
XxoxX
Unfortunately, they arrived at a damaged Hong Kong House of Chow. There was broken glass, destroyed chairs, and ruined Chinese art. The manager was horrified by what happened. Things only got worse when Swinger found a coupon for Roadhouse Fantasia.
The manager explained that last night he was counting up money when he saw a man coming in and eating all the lychee nuts. He knocked the manager out afterward, sending him to his home and stealing all of the lychee nuts there.
XxoxX
Disappointed, they decided to have dinner at Kaylin's house. There she saw her maternal uncle, Russell "Rusty" Richardson, who was the soup/sauce chef at Roadhouse Fantasia.
"Hey, Uncle Rusty," Kaylin greeted.
"Kaylin, sweetie," Rusty said in a Jamaican accent. "You're just in time for dinner. I'm serving broccoli gazpacho."
They were also joined by Kaylin's sisters Leelanee and Fayth.
XxoxX
In the morning, they were at a coffee shop where they ran into Mr. Downs. He was hogging up on non-stop bacon spread with lychee shreds, lychee pancakes, and lychee juice.
"Poyo, poyo, poyo, poyo? (Is he obsessed with lychee nuts?)" Kirby asked.
"I'm afraid so," Leah said.
Kirby started to drink a pot of coffee, turning into Hi Jump Kirby. He was dressed like a superhero and started jumping everywhere. Luckily, Estrella and Swinger stopped him so they wouldn't get in trouble.
"I can't believe he's giving us the day off," Paige said.
"That means," declared Estrella, "we'll be able to get ready for the grand opening of Jukebox Rock."
"Did somebody say Jukebox Rock?" beamed a '50s-styled girl. "I'm Norma Jean. I'm new in town."
"That's right," Kaylin recalled. "Your daddy is the owner of Jukebox Rock, right?"
"Yeah," Norma Jean replied before exclaiming proudly, "This is going to be the best restaurant ever!"
"Hehehe," Mr. Downs laughed as he ate a big bite of his pancake.
"I'll tell you one thing," Norma Jean continued. "Ever since I moved here from Nashville, that man has been yelling at me and spitting lychee nuts into my face. I tried promoting Jukebox Rock once to him, but he dumped lychee juice on me for no reason."
Ricardo came out from the bathroom and bumped into Leah. "Sorry, Leah," he said.
"No prob, Officer Downs," Leah smiled as she got up.
As she got back to her seat, Leah noticed something in her purse. It was a note.
Dear Leah and friends,
If you want to know who's been ruining the restaurants,
Please meet in Mr. Downs office at noon.
And bring your Kirby friend with you.
"I'll call the girls," Tania said.
XxoxX
Later at the restaurant, they were wondering why they would be here. Mr. Downs said it was closed today. Rylie noticed that the door was opened and they got in.
"Hello?" Paige called. "We're to talk about the information."
"They said to meet in Mr. Downs' office," Rylie recalled.
Suddenly, they saw that Mr. Downs' office door was opened and they went in. They found a blueprint showing the map of Lee Heights and a bunch of red marks. That was when they realized that Mr. Downs was the culprit.
"All the restaurants we went to left coupons for Roadhouse Fantasia," Tania recalled. "Then at Hong Kong House of Chow, the manager said that he saw man coming in and ate all lychee nuts. Plus there was blueprint we found in Mr. Down's office; it had red marks of the restaurants that was ruined. And finally a few hours ago, Mr. Downs was making a sarcastic laugh when Norma Jean said that Jukebox Rock was going to be the best restaurant ever."
"That's a sign that you don't want things to change," Leah replied.
All of the sudden, Ricardo came through the door, much to the Klue Queens' surprise.
"Wait for a second," Estrella realized. "You're the one who sent the letter to come."
"I had to," Ricardo answered. "I was sick and tired of my father of ruining other people's restaurant businesses. When he said that he couldn't accept my blessings to Cristina, he went too far."
"Now all we need to do is stop them," Rylie said.
"Poyo (I have an idea)," Kirby said.
"You speak Kirby?" Ricardo asked.
"It's my instincts," Leah smiled.
XxoxX
Later at the McBruces' residence, they started getting ready for the grand opening. Kaylin did their hair and makeup and got out the perfect dresses for them.
XxoxX
That night, they were looking around for Mr. Downs at the grand opening of Jukebox Rock. Kaylin found him going into the kitchen with a box of hot sauce. The girls followed him to the kitchen and found him by the ketchup. Before he had a chance to replace the ketchup, Kirby swallowed them up and turned into Fire Kirby. Everyone was amazed by it, except Mr. Downs. "You beast. You're running my restaurant sabotaging," he sneered as he covered his mouth.
Everyone was horrified by his horrible deed. Suddenly, he saw Paige holding his blueprints. "You hippie!" he shouted. "Give me back those blueprints!"
Paige tossed the blueprints and Kirby burned it with the fire powers. Everyone cheered for his performance. Mr. Downs tried to escape, but Rylie stopped him. "I got him!" she shouted.
Ricardo was very angry at his father. "You ruined restaurants, you yelled at the girls, and you didn't accept my blessings to Cristina."
"She wasn't that good of a waitress," Mr. Downs growled.
"Well, Mr. Downs," Leah said, "your plans to ruin restaurants are over."
XxoxX
The next day, Roadhouse Fantasia was now run by Mr. Hayato. The restaurant was celebrating his daughter and her friend's victory along with a new Under New Management party. There was music, dancing, and most of all, All You Can Eat. Rylie was hogging up some of the caramel cookies.
"Another decaf coffee, Rylie?" asked Estrella's eldest sister, Cristina.
Rylie nodded her head. As she passed by a table with policemen, she kissed Ricardo. "I'm glad your father is in jail," she said. "Now we can plan our wedding."
"And we'll be the perfect couple in Lititz Heights," Ricardo replied.
Norma Jean walked up to Kaylin and thanked her for saving her family's new restaurant. "In return, all of your meals are on the house," she added.
"I can't wait for a free banana split," Kaylin smiled while dancing to some swing music.
Estrella was playing with Swinger when Leah told her to round up Kaylin, Rylie, Tania, and Paige and meet them in the VIP room ASAP.
At the VIP room, Leah told them that solving mysteries could be fun. Usually, the police chief would take forever to crack a case, and they figured that they could do the quick stuff. Now they needed a name. They all looked at Kirby and they came up with a good name - Kirby Klue Queens.
"Poyo, poyo! (The Klue Queens rule!") shouted Kirby.
The End
