Spottedstar106: hey, sorry we haven't acknowledged you for a long time… or have we. SAAAAAAANDY!!!!! But hey, you like Garrett Hedlund? That's not good. That's definitely not good. Sorry to say that we bully him a lot 'cos he's an extremely disliked character in our view. Ah well. Each to her own… or his. I guess. Oh, and as to your Chapter Three review for the Portal of Mayhem, we're virtually indestructible- like Stephenie Meyer's vampires. Whooo! Go Cooks!

Chapter 1:

SANDRA:

Wow. That is all I can say. This place is HUGE! It might be even bigger than Hogwarts! Aaaah!!! I'll be getting lost every day! On the other hand—lots of places to pull evil pranks! Nothing's going to be as fun without Candy though. Ah well, still got those mini video phones we bribed (with cheese, of course) Murtagh into making for us. See-saw...

CANDICE:

I'm sitting next to this (quite friendly) girl called Illiona Rifte. She looks a lot like me and Sandy! She has the exact same eyes as me, green with the same eyelashes. And she has Sandy's hair! Just a little shorter. And lastly, her height's kind of perfectly midway between mine and Sandy's! FREAKY! Other than that, class is pretty boring. I've learnt all this before, so it's like listening to an annoying song over and over again. Plus this History teacher's voice is high-pitched and irritating. Personally, I think I should be arranging a little surprise for her soon...

SANDRA:

My temporary family is interesting. "Mum" is a lawyer who likes to collect pencil sharpeners. "Dad" is a—oh good golly I can't remember. But when I do, I'll get back to you. Anyway, it's nice to have a fresh new family (no matter how eccentric) which loves and adores you and does your every will. They've got no kids, but they have a cat. A really fat black cat.

CANDICE:

After class, Illiona came over to ask me which dorm I was staying in.

"Lucky number 13."

"You consider that lucky too? I'm in that dorm too and that's what I always say! But then people look at me like I'm nuts or something. So I stopped saying it. But—OH! You like Sportsac bags too? I LOOVE Sportsac bags! Like the time—"

Gosh, she even TALKS like us.

SANDRA:

Gosh, am I one lucky kid. Here I am, having a tour of the school—not that the tour is bad, it's useful, but I'm having a tour of the school in the awful uniform and braids. Oh man, the school uniform is just bad. It's got a high, HIGH collar that's supposed to be starched and a long, disgusting PURPLE skirt! I have nothing against purple but this particular shade is simply ghastly! AAAAAH! With no shorts to wear underneath… oh well, I'll just sneak in a pair every day. And to top it off, the school blazer is the same horrid shade of purple, with funny grey stripes. Groan…

CANDICE:

You know, suddenly I find I'm not missing Sandy so much anymore. OF COURSE I'm missing her, but less than before. Because I just found out that Illiona, or Illy, is almost as good a partner for tricks.

"Listen, Candy, do you like Miss Pellerin? I hate her!! You like playing pranks, right, so will you help me with Miss Pellerin? To play a trick? Will you? Will you? Will you?"

Sure. No problem. Of course that's what I said. Then Illy suggested the old thumbtack trick.

"Are you kidding?! That's just so… UNORIGINAL! Look, I'll try and think up a good one, all right? I'll tell you if I think of anything good. And I'll ask my sister if she's got any ideas."