The girls were enjoying themselves at Roadhouse Fantasia. "Get this," Rylie said. "'Breakdown Gazette' has featured the perfect cookie recipes based on hip-hop."

"What are they?" Estrella asked.

Rylie answered, "Peanut Butter Breakdance, Macadamia Down, and 360 Sprinkle."

"Speaking of sweets," Leah replied, "who's ready for dessert?"

"Me!" Estrella shouted with Swinger jumping around the table.

"Poyo poyo! (You know it!)" Kirby answered.

Leah walked into the kitchen when she realized something strange. "That's funny," she said. "The cake I worked on was here a minute ago."

In the freezer, 2 aliens came out. One said, "Humanum, vos discedite a nobis."

"What?" Leah asked.

"Humanam, vos discedite a nobis," said an alien. Then the aliens ran off, leaving behind a smoke of fog. Leah danced her way out of the smoke to escape.

"Sis!" Tania shouted as she rushed up to Leah. "Are you okay?"

"Evil aliens have stolen our cake," Leah explained as she coughed. "And for some reason, they said, 'Humanum, vis discredite a nobis'."

"That's 'Humans, stay away from us' in Latin," said a goth girl as she walked in.

"How did you get in here?" Kaylin asked.

Then Rylie slapped her face. "I must've forgotten to close the door again."

The goth had short hair dyed red and wore clothes that are similar to spiders. "Hey, Aranea," Leah replied. "Didn't see you there."

"You know I've been studying Latin for 4 years," Aranea replied.

"Poyo? (Latin?)" Kirby asked.

"There are two types of Latin, Kirby," Estrella explained. "The dance and the dead language. Well, for me I prefer the dance." She showed off some of her dancing with Swinger following her moves.

Aranea rolled her eyes. "I came here because I saw some Latin-speaking aliens sneak in here from the back."

They decided to go back to look for clues. "Estrella," shouted Paige, "come on!"

"Sorry, amigos," Estrella replied as she and Swinger went after them.

They looked around for any clues to who attacked the kitchen. "My dad is going to be angry when he comes back from the restaurant store," Paige groaned. "He promised himself he would try to find new foods."

While the girls were looking, Kirby and Swinger found some banana bread. They started to fight over the bread and fell onto the floor. Leah and Estrella rushed to them to see if they were alright. That was when they noticed something.

"That alien must've left behind that ray gun," Estrella said. She picked it up and gave it to Tania. "NASA," Tania read. "That's the space program."

"Why would an alien have a ray gun from NASA?" Kaylin asked.

XxoxX

At the bookstore, they were looking for books on the Latin language. "Latin," said an elderly scientist as he came up to them, "the rarest language of them all."

Tania recognized him as Albanus Avienus on TV. They were wondering what he was doing here. "I thought I would give a little hometown recharge," he explained.

"That's right," Tania recalled. "You were a student at Lititz Heights High and were part of the Latin club and the astronomy club of 1968."

"Poyo? (1968)?" Kirby asked.

"It was a year before Neil Armstrong landed on the moon," Tania replied.

"You know," Professor Avienus said, "that's the same school where I came up with my own Nasa project, Et Manducare."

"Et Mandawhat?" Leah asked.

"It's where I make my own freeze-dried pills for astronauts to use," he explained.

"That's right," Tania recalled. "Rocket ships don't have refrigerators."

"Unfortunately 10 years ago, I got banned from NASA," he moaned.

"We better get going," Leah said as the girls walked out of the bookstore.

As they got to, Swinger found a piece of paper that said, "Mediae coemeterium."

"Aranea," asked Leah, "do you know what this means?"

"Wait for me!" Kaylin shouted. "I had to buy a new Latin book for Aranea. She really loves those types of books."

They looked in the book to see what "Mediae coemeterium" meant. "It means 'Cemetery tonight'," Tania answered.

"But which one?" Paige asked.

They looked at the note and said, "Nicolaus Copernicus Cemetery."

"That's the guy who modeled the universe with the Sun in the middle," Tania recalled. "I've learned about him back in middle school."

"Yeah," Paige replied. "Maybe that's where we're meeting."

"So," Leah whispered, "we'll sneak out tonight. With a little slumber party action."

"And it's a good thing it's Saturday," Paige smiled.

XxoxX

Later that night, the girls snook into the cemetery to look for the aliens. Rylie brought some 360 Sprinkle cookies in case they got hungry. That was when they saw a familiar face by a grave.

"Aranea?" Kaylin asked. They walked up to her. On the grave, it read, "Ned Aracho."

"Isn't that your maternal grandfather?" Leah asked as Aranea turned her head.

"And the reason why I became a goth," Aranea explained. "He loved all types of spiders, but after he died 6 years ago. I thought I would retain his memory by becoming a goth." Kaylin comforted her for her 6-year loss.

Suddenly, Swinger saw some of the aliens sneaking into the mausoleum. They followed them inside. In the mausoleum, they were turning some desserts into pills.

"Master," said an alien, "is the experiment ready?"

"They are," the leader answered. "Now we'll see if the pills are rearing to go."

"Not if we can help it," Leah whispered.

"Suck it up, Kirby!" shouted Rylie as Kirby took in some 360 Sprinkle cookies. He ate some and he turned into Stone Kirby. He took out the aliens with his powers and knocked them out. Kaylin walked up close and saw that they had sewing stitches on them, meaning that they weren't really aliens, but scientists from NASA and that their leader was Dr. Avienus. This was a shock to them, especially Tania.

XxoxX

Later, the cops showed up learning about what happened. "There was the anti-gravity gun that had the NASA acronym on it," Tania explained. "Plus, there was a note in Latin, saying that they must meet at the cemetery at midnight."

"And remember when we met Dr. Avienus at the bookstore?" Paige said. "His project was called 'Et manducare', which means 'eat down' in Latin."

"After being banned from NASA for illegal food experiments, you tried to make your own freeze-dried pills," Tania suggested.

"Clever girls you are," Dr. Avienus replied as Officer Downs cuffed him. "If I ever get out of jail, maybe I can show you some of my Latin languages."

"Thanks," Leah smiled, "but we have our Latin speaking friend right here."

They walked up to Aranea, who then smiled. "Aranea," Paige noted, "we barely see you smile."

"I know," said Aranea. "But I'm glad you guys like the way I speak Latin."

The cops walked off with Dr. Avienus and his crew to the police car.

"That reminds me," Kaylin said as she got out the Latin book in her bag, "I got this for you."

"A new Latin book," Aranea said. "You know I've been short on cash for a new book."

"I figured that you could use a little help on your hobbies," Kaylin explained.

"Gratias tibi," Aranea replied, "That means 'thank you' in Latin." Then the two girls hugged.

The End