In the sky, The Klue Queens were planning their new strategy, "This is just great" growled Rylie, "We're on the run from some bodyguards."
XxoxX
Later, they arrived at Lititz Heights High where they saw Principal Hopkins and the summer school students criticizing the school being closed for no reason. The Klue Queens interviewed Principal Hopkins about what's going on. She explained that a group of movers closed it for theater space. "And the only thing they gave me is an old tape recorder with a poem about Raghu.
Raghu my dear, you're my loving view
Rati calls the lovely Hullabaloo
I got some candy I want you to chew
You and meet got a passion to pursue
And after college, it's our cue
We will make vows in review
and our eternal love will be true
"Wow," Kaylin said. "She is quite a poet."
"Let us go inside," Leah said, "because we're the Kirby Klue Queens."
Inside the building, they saw an Indian woman in a suit and short black hair. Chandika and Lorraine quickly recognized the woman. "Hello, Zohana," growled Chandika.
"Lorraine, Chandika," Zohana said, "I haven't seen you two in years."
"What are you doing here?" Chandika asked. "Another rehearsal for a bombed show?"
"You know it," Zohana answered. "My plays always bomb. This time I'm really in debt. Now I gotta earn a success in this play or else I'm done for." Kirby noticed a locket on Zohana's neck, which had an "R" on it.
"We were wondering if we could help out with your show?" Lorraine said. "My daughters and their friends would love to work on the choreography."
"You can look around in the basement," Zohana said. "Just don't disrupt us."
Leah suggested that they should check the basement for any clues. That was where they usually hid suspicious stuff.
"I've got to warn you," Chandika said as she got into the closet, "I'm a bit claustrophobic."
XxoxX
In the basement, they saw thousands of boxes of money. They had a feeling that Zohana was using the play as a cover-up for her smuggling ring. And boy, were they right. Kirby and Swinger found a newspaper about Zohana.
Unknown Woman steals poison from docks.
"It's Zohana," Lorraine recalled. "Perhaps she's behind Raghu's murder."
"Very clever," Zohana growled as she came up. "You really are the Kirby Klue Queens. Seen you on Facetube."
"You poisoned Raghu?" asked Chandika, "Why would you do this to me, pregnant and lonely?"
"He was my boyfriend since middle school," Zohana explained. "We'd even went to the same college together. My Raghu met that spineless storyteller Chandika and left me."
Chandika tried to attack, but Rylie stopped her. "And the whole suicide at sea was just a cover-up for murder," growled Lorraine.
As they were about to escape, Zohana closed the basement door and locked it. "Don't bother coming out," Zohana said. "This is an Owyang lock. It will be hard to figure out the code." Zohana and her crew went back to their poison smuggling ring.
"They say that school is torture," Estrella said as she banged the door, "but this takes the cake."
The girls felt like they were about to give up, so did Lorraine and Chandika. Kirby felt so bad for the Klue Queens; he pressed the stars on their accessories and activated the Warp Stars. Before Paige could take off, she grabbed a school scarf. "We finally found a way out," she declared.
"Thanks to Kirby," Leah said, "for letting us get back on our feet again."
"Poyo (You're welcome)," Kirby smiled.
Outside the school, the guards saw our heroes flying through the stars. "The boss is not going to like this," said a mover.
"I know," said another mover.
Everyone landed straightly in the park, where no one was looking. In a gazebo, the girls started to figure things out.
"Now I'm starting to figure out the clues to Raghu's murder," Leah said, "like the locket that Zohana had on. It had an R on. And that newspaper article of an unknown woman stealing poison on the docks? That must've been Zohana. And of course, that tape recorder with the poems about Raghu."
"What?" Chandika said. "I never like that good for nothing horror playwright. She never made kid adaptations on her series."
"How are we going to catch her?" asked Lorraine.
"I think I might know a way," Tania said.
XxoxX
Later at the school auditorium, people in the audience were getting ready for Zohana's latest play, "Thrill in the Garuda." Every single citizen in Lititz Heights was there, including the ultimate play critic: Mayor Hess. Her daughter-in-law was going to record this for their Facetube channel.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Zohana said, "welcome to the first-ever American production of 'Thrill in the Garuda', a play with passion and drama and blood everywhere."
This scared most of the children in the auditorium. "Daddy," Kristi said to her father, "I want to go home after this."
"Don't worry," Chief Hess said to Kristi. "As soon as Grandma and Mommy post online their video, we're going home."
Onstage, the Klue Queens were wearing 1950s apparel. Then everything turned into a Broadway musical styling of "Hairspray" and "Grease."
"What's going on?" asked Zohana. "Where is my crew?"
"We told them that they should quit and pursue their real passions," explained Leah, "unlike your REAL passion for Raghu."
"Who cares if I kill him?!" she shouted. "It doesn't change the fact that I never got over him when he fell in love with Chandika Munshif, writer of that stupid children's novel 'Kiss Friendship'!"
In the audience, everyone was surprised to see that Zohana killed Raghu out of love. Chandika came onstage and removed her glasses while doing some martial arts. "I studied karate in my private times," she explained. "I never told my father because he thinks I might get hurt. It's a good thing he rarely checks his social media."
Paige got out the scarf she got from the basement. "Here you go," she called as she tossed it to Chandika. "Figure someone could use it."
"Thank you, Paige," Chandika replied.
After a little fighting, Zohana took Chandika down. She was helpless.
Suddenly, Kirby found a way how to stop Zohana. He took out Leah's phone, touched her Viewtube app, and started playing the "Buddy Bird Show" counting sheep video. This made Zohana feel sleepy and go down.
"Many people do get cranky when they don't get enough sleep," Tania said.
"And don't mess with the power of purple," Chandika growled.
Tania and Chandika looked at each other and smiled. "Oh, Mom," Tania as she tearfully hugged her real mother.
XxoxX
Later, the police arrested Zohana for Raghu's murder and for smuggling poison. Dean Munshif rushed up to his daughter and hugged her. Then he saw the eyes of his granddaughter. "Tania," he said. "We finally get to meet as grandfather and grandchild."
Tania finally found out who her real mother was. Now the only thing was, what was going to happen now with her and her biological family?
"I'm going back to India," Chandika explained. "I'm starting another college teaching there. Gonna be a literature major."
"Are you going to tell your students about them?" asked Estrella.
"I am," Chandika replied. "And don't worry. I'm going to visit Tania when I can."
Tania smiled because she was going to see her real mother when she can. Just then, Mayor Hess came in smiling, "Nice job catching Zohana," she explained. "Her play is like a 1950s horror film, and the fairies got it all on fairy film for Queen Willow."
The Klue Queens were surprised by this. "You know that fairies exist?" asked Paige.
"As mayor," she said, "I promise to make sure magical creatures have a place to call home when they feel like having a small-town venue. You know the little garden you went to?"
"The one with the Indian flowers?" asked Kaylin. "I can't forget how pretty they are."
"You see," Mayor Hess said, "Citizens of Lititz Heights in the founding days built it so fairies can have a home. It also used to hide slaves during the Civil War. After the Second World War, the government quietly agreed that Lititz Heights will keep all the magical creatures safe."
"Speaking of magic," Leah said, "we have one more magical moment before Chandika and her father go back to India."
XxoxX
The next night at Roadhouse Fantasia, everyone was getting ready for a special event. Dean Munshif was enjoying some herbal tea. He was delighted that Zohana was in solitary confinement for murdering Raghu because he always liked him. He kicked him out of the school because he didn't want his daughter to get distracted from her studies. Even though she gave the baby up for adoption, Dean Munshif still supported his daughter as an author.
"Now welcome to the stage," announced Lorraine, "the Kirby Klue Queens!"
The Klue Queens came out dressed in beautiful Indian apparel while performing a Bollywood version of "You Can't Stop the Beat." Dean Munshif was amazed by this. "They're performing traditional Bollywood dancing," he smiled.
"I didn't plan on this," Mr. Hayato said, "but I always wanted to do a dinner theater here."
Dean Munshif saw Kirby eating his meal. "Here's some warm milk," he said to the puffball as he drank it. Then Kirby turned into Sleep Kirby and fell asleep. The Klue Queens knew that Dean Munshif didn't know about his copying abilities, but that was okay.
The End.