In a classroom at University of Pennsylvania, numerous films were stored for a final exam. A mysterious figure barged in and found a flash drive that said, "'Small Pueblo Paradise' by Carolina Pareja."

XxoxX

In the morning, the Klue Queens, Cristina, Carolina, and were on their way to Carolina's college. "I can't believe we're finally going to visit Carolina's college," Kaylin replied. "This is a dream come true."

"Speaking of sisters," said Rylie, "did you have to bring your baby sister Paige?"

Paige was cuddling her infant sister in her arms, "I have to bring Koharu," Paige explained, "because Mom is having some friends over and knew that leaving a baby alone wouldn't be a good idea. Peter couldn't do it, because he might do something stupid with her like teaching her how to skateboard at a young age."

"Yeah," Tania replied. "Peter's too irresponsible to look after children."

XxoxX

Later at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, they met an African-American artistic girl with ink stains all around her clothes. "Look at you," Cristina said. "You're all a total mess."

"Yeah," the artistic girl replied. "I always come out of my classes and dorm completely messy."

"Forgive us," Cristina explained. "We're guests of Carolina Pareja here."

"The film major from Lititz Heights," the girl recalled. "I'm Emilia, but everyone calls me Inky because I'm an art major here."

"We can tell," Carolina disgustingly replied. "What were you doing?"

"I was learning how to make stamps," Inky explained. "Now I'm doing stars."

"Aww," Paige said. "Little stars in the sky."

"Starries," said Koharu as she giggled.

"Look at this little baby," Inky replied. "I did some babysitting to get into college."

"That's good," Carolina replied, "because University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia is hard to get into."

"Get real!" shouted an overweight black girl. "This four-eyed shut-in doesn't know anything about the big world."

"Yes, I do," Inky declared. "You just don't have good taste in art."

Everyone was confused about who the girl was. "That's my college roommate Aaliyah," Inky explained. "She's always being rude to messy people like me. She majors film here."

"So do I," Carolina replied. "Speaking of which, we better get to the class to before Professor kills me."

By the filming room, an elderly African/Samoan-American man was panting back and forth. "Carolina is not going to like this," he said worriedly.

"I'm here, Professor Magasiva!" shouted Carolina as she barged in. "I'm sorry I'm late; I had to introduce my little sister and her friends to the college."

"Ms. Pareja", Professor Magasiva said as he hugged her. "It's good to see you and Cristina again."

He looked at Estrella, who was examining the posters. "And you must be Estrella, the youngest of the Pareja sisters," Professor Magasiva guessed. "Carolina told me about you."

"Gracias," Estrella replied. "We heard you panicking from miles and were wondering what the fuss is about."

"It's Carolina's documentary, 'Small Pueblo Paradise'," he explained. "Someone broke into the room last night and stole it. They used bobby pins to get into the building. The easiest trick in locksmithing."

Everyone was horrified by this.

Outside, Inky could hear what was going on and felt bad for her new friends.

"Now we need suspects," Kaylin said, "who would wanna steal Carolina's project."

"There are three suspects who would be behind the theft," Professor Magasiva explained as he handed the note.

Suspects

Sterling - Wants to drop out of the program for unknown reasons.

Aaliyah - Gets testy when it comes to tardiness and nags students for rude behavior in class.

Nevaeh - Always showing up late for class.

XxoxX

In the student lounge, they were going over the suspects while snacking on cheese puffs. "I hope I find my film on time," Carolina said.

Aaliyah was paralyzed. "You, finding your film?" she asked. "This is a joke, and you're eating cheese curls. They're completely messy. They remind me so much about Inky."

"I don't know about you guys," Inky replied as she came in, "but I'm going to help."

"WHAT?" asked the others.

"Poyo? (What?)" Kirby asked.

"I may be a mess and I only clean my room on Sundays due to dorm inspection," said Inky, "but I can't see a student fail their final exam. So I'm going to help."

Everyone looked at each other and smiled, knowing that they have a new ally.

As they split up, Kaylin, Cristina, and Rylie decided to check on Sterling. Thanks to Inky's advice, they knew that he minored in nursing. In the nursing room, they saw an African-American boy struggling with his nursing major. As he fell on the ground, Kaylin and Rylie decided to help him up and fix him some hot cocoa. "Listen," Cristina said as she came in. "Carolina's project has been stolen, and we were wondering if you took it, since Professor Magasiva heard you wanted to drop out."

"I'm going to drop out because of my grandma," Sterling explained.

"Yeah, right," Rylie sarcastically said as she brought in the hot chocolate. "That's always a lame old excuse."

"I think he speaks the truth," Kaylin explained as she grabbed the hot chocolate. "I know how you feel about a sick grandma. My mom's mother had a terminal illness when I was 10, just before my youngest sister was born."

Kaylin gently gave Sterling the hot chocolate and sipped it. "My grandmother's wish is to let me attend her alma mater here. By the time the year started, my parents called and told me that she was terminally ill. This could be the last year I ever get to see her alive. I know people come and go in their lives, like some who are completely messy."

They didn't know what he was talking about, but Kaylin did.

XxoxX

Meanwhile, Leah, Estrella, Swinger, and Inky were in her dorm, looking for answers about Aaliyah. Inky's side was a mess with numerous tarp, paintings, and sculptors, while Aaliyah's side was neat and tight, with lots of cleaning utensils.

Swinger saw a still life of bananas that Inky made. As he was about to eat them, Estrella grabbed him and told him to stay together. Then she spotted Aaliyah's bookcase on two topics. "Look at all these books," Estrella said. "They're all on movie-making and school discipline."

"Yeah," Inky replied. "Aaliyah is always being a tattletale."

"Doesn't she read other books for fun?" Leah asked. "Like Nancy Drew or Sherlock Holmes?"

"She only reads textbooks for fun," Inky replied, "which is rather annoying."

Kirby, Tania, Paige, Koharu, and Carolina were going around the filming room for any clues. As Paige placed Koharu down, she started to walk up and pick up a little pink note that said, "Caroling to the Pueblo."

"Carol Pueblo!" shouted Koharu.

Paige turned her head and smiled. "You took your first steps," she said as she held her infant sister. "And you got a note. 'Caroling to the Pueblo'...sounds like that Cuban Christmas carol the Parejas sing every year."

"Or maybe it's some kind of reminder," Tania replied. "Carolina's film is called 'Small Pueblo Paradise', which is a documentary about life in a small town for three Cuban girls."

"Si," Carolina replied. "It shows the change of life of immigration."

"And all the others are documentaries too," Tania said. "Sterling's seems to be about illnesses, Nevaeh's is about childcare, and Aaliyah's is about law and order. I just hope they don't do those annoying dings like they do in the 'Law & Order' franchise."

XxoxX

Outside, Kirby was going around when he saw a janitor mop and used it as a witch's broomstick. Tania came out seeing Kirby goofing off again. "Kirby," Tania hissed, "not here."

"Poyo (Sorry)," Kirby replied.

Just then, a bunch of toddlers roamed around the place with biracially Latina girl following them. "Now, now, ninos" she said in a Spanish accent. "We don't wander off from your supervisor."

"I didn't know University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia had a daycare," Paige whispered to Carolina.

"It's for the childcare majors," Carolina explained. "And look who we found."

One by one, they all gathered the toddlers so they wouldn't wander off. Neveah looked at them and yawned. "I'm sorry," she said. "You wouldn't believe how hard taking care of children is."

"We know the challenge," Tania explained as she grabbed a toddler. "Where were you when 'Small Pueblo Paradise' was stolen?"

"Carolina's film?" asked Neveah. "I was doing my job at the daycare. Some parents from a nearby book club were coming home late and they asked me to look after the children. I had to pay college tuition somehow."

"Paying off tuition?" Carolina asked as she grabbed a toddler. "That makes sense."

"Thank heavens," Neveah replied. "I've been coming in class late because of babysitting. I wanted to tell my professor, but after the 6th time I've been in late this month, I'm afraid I could get expelled."

"You should tell him how you feel, girl," Paige said. "Telling about it can make you feel better."

"You're right," Neveah replied.

"Hey, Nev!" shouted Sterling from behind as he grabbed a toddler. "Some visitors from Lititz Heights have been asking about me dropping out due to my grandma."

"Is her illness getting worse?" asked Neveah.

"We've been best friends since preschool, Nev," replied Sterling. "And by the time we went to college together, I saw this amazingly hot girl with art all around and ink stain on her shirt."

"Art and ink stains?" asked Paige. "You like Inky, don't you?"

"It's her art that made me fall for her," Sterling replied. "My parents are total neat freaks, and they don't want me dating a messy girl."

"Boo-hoo-hoo," cried Aaliyah from behind. "You and your neat freak troubles."

"Stop bragging, Aaliyah," said Neveah. "You're going too far."

"Not as far as 'Small Pueblo Paradumb' once I burn it in the fire," Aaliyah bragged as she covered her lips.

Everyone was surprised to learn that Aaliyah was going to burn Carolina's film. Paige gently placed Koharu down and told her to help out. As everyone was closing in on Aaliyah, Koharu found a paint palette that one of the toddlers dropped. "Kirby, sucky uppy!" Koharu shouted as she tossed the kiddy paint.

With a gulp of the kiddy paint, Kirby turned into Artist Kirby. He made a splash of rainbow colors all over Aaliyah, much to her dismay. She whined, "You ruined my clothes."

XxoxX

Later, Professor Magasiva was by Aaliyah, who was handcuffed for her crimes. "Why would a studious girl like you steal a documentary about Cuban immigration?" he asked.

"Every time I go to class," Aaliyah explained, "I barely notice that Carolina isn't there. Even on the day, she came last fall, only to ignore the class for her family. So I decided to teach her a lesson about class attendance by stealing her film project."

"I had to take the online college," Carolina explained. "After our troubles back in Cuba, I didn't want to part from my sisters until I got married."

"Don't forget the clues we found," Tania explained. "First we saw Aaliyah freaking out about Carolina having hope to find her film. That means that if she did find it, Aaliyah would get caught."

"And the note Koharu found about that says 'Caroling to the pueblo'," Rylie said. "It didn't mean a Christmas carol - it meant a reminder to steal her film."

"We also suspected it was Aaliyah when we saw her collection on books of moviemaking and school discipline," Leah explained. "Inky also told us about Aaliyah disciplining all the other students for their faults, which is kind of annoying."

"Since no one was hurt and the semester is almost over," Professor Magasiva explained, "I'm going to give her janitor duties until the first day of summer vacation."

Aaliyah was horrified by the punishment but had no choice.

"She was never a good college roommate," Inky explained to Estrella. "Next year, I'm getting a single room. That way I won't get complaints about someone getting their dress ruined from an ink stain."

"I think I have a better idea," Nevaeh said. "We can have our own apartment."

"We?" asked Inky.

Nevaeh and Sterling looked at each other. "Go on, Sterling," Nevaeh whispered to her best friend. "Tell Inky."

"Emilia," Sterling said, "I've been in love with you ever since the orientation at UOP. Will you go out with me?"

Inky smiled and kissed him. Everyone smiled at Inky accepting Sterling's love. Inky replied to him, "I always love a man who thinks of his family first." Everyone cheered.

XxoxX

A few days later at Lititz Heights Public Library, Leah had been going over some stuff with a few Friendly Scouts about college and majors. "Where are the other suspects now?" asked Fayth.

"Glad you asked," Leah replied. "Inky, Nevaeh, and Sterling decided to spend the summer together, remodeling their new apartment. They're going to have their own 'Extreme Makeover: Apartment Edition'."

"And did Carolina pass?" asked Fayth.

"She did," Leah said. "Now she's going to spend the summer making a movie about early films made in Lititz Heights, back when they didn't have sound."

Outside the conference room, they saw Swinger going around with some old VHS left in the storage room. Estrella told him that they were getting rid of the VHS and they wanted Swinger and Kirby to handle them. Kirby didn't want Swinger to break anything, so he ate all the VHS and turned himself into a film projector, playing "The Homesteader" by Oscar Michaeux, which made the Friendly Scouts distracted. Leah, Estrella, and Swinger decided to join in the fun too.

The end.

In memory of Pua Magasiva