Soon, Dee Dee and Brenda were in their respective homes with the latter telling her mother about her school day.

"Hi mommy" said Brenda.

"Hi sweetie" said Brenda's mother "How was your first day at your new school?"

"It was okay." Brenda said. "I've made two new friends. In fact, one of them actually lives next door to us."

"Oh, really?" Her mother asked. "What's her name?"

"Dee-Dee." Brenda replied. "Her friend's name is Taffy."

"That's good to know, honey" said Brenda's mother "Cause we are going to have dinner over at the Owens' house tonight"

"Ah, I see." Brenda nodded.

Meanwhile next door, Dee Dee was relating the day's events to her parents.

"So how was school, Brenda?" asked Ricky.

"It was good." Brenda replied. "Taffy and I made a new friend, who just moved in next door to us this past weekend."

"Oh, really?" Cassidy asked. "Who is she?"

"Her name is Brenda Chance and Taffy and I want to take her on the skiing trip this weekend" Dee Dee replied.

"Ah, I see." Ricky nodded understandingly.

"So can she come?" asked Dee Dee.

"We'll have to check it with her parents" said Cassidy "We're having dinner tonight. You know, to make them feel welcome to the neighborhood"

"Ah, okay." Dee Dee nodded. "I guess we'll soon find out."

Soon, evening came and the Chances arrived at the Owens residence.

"Now be on your best behavior, Brenda" said Brenda's father "I want to make a good impression on these guys"

"Okay daddy" said Brenda.

Brenda's father rang the doorbell and Ricky arrived at the door.

"Why, hello Mr. Chance." Ricky greeted the man. "My name is Ricky Owens."

Nice to meet you, Ricky" Brenda's father shook Ricky's hand "The name's Mel. Mel Chance. And this is my wife, Laurel"

"Hello." Laurel shook Ricky's hand. "And this is our daughter Brenda."

"Hi" Brenda said shyly.

"Nice to meet you Brenda" said Ricky "Come on in. I want you three to meet the rest of the family"

The Chances nodded as they followed Ricky into the house.

There, they found Dee Dee reading a book with a parrot in a scarf on her shoulders.

"Dee Dee!" Ricky called out, attracting her attention and that of the parrots. "Our visitors are here!"

"Coming" said Dee Dee "Come on, Uncle Pericles. Let's go see our guests"

"Oh boy" said Pericles "I can't wait to meet them"

The duo got up and went to greet the visitors.

"Hey Brenda" said Dee Dee "Glad you could make it"

"So am I, Dee Dee" Brenda said, then saw Pericles "Wow! What a cute birdy!"

"Why, thank you, I am flattered" said Pericles.

"Oh my God!" Brenda gasped "Did that bird just talk?"

"Of course I did, my dear" said Pericles.

"Brenda, this is my uncle, Professor Pericles" Dee Dee introduced the parrot.

"Nice meeting you." Pericles said as he extended his hand (Or rather, wing).

"Nice to meet you, professor" said Brenda as she shook Pericles' hand "My name is Brenda. How come you can talk?"

"Beats me." The parrot shrugged. "It just came to me."

"That doesn't even make sense" said Brenda.

"Well one day, you will understand" said Pericles.

"Anyways, this is my mother Lauriel and my father Mel." Brenda gestured towards her parents.

"Pleased to meet you" said Laurel.

"Charmed, I'm sure" Mel added.

"The pleasure is all yours" Pericles said as he made a courteous bow.

It was then that Cassidy joined them in the living room.

"Hey Dee Dee" said Cassidy "Are the new neighbors here yet? I heard the doorbell ring"

"Oh yes, they have arrived, Mom." Dee Dee said as she gestured towards the Chances.

"Nice to meet you two" Cassidy held out her hand "My name is Cassidy Owens and you must be our new neighbors"

"Yes." Mel nodded. "I'm Mel, and this is my wife Lauriel and my daughter Brenda."

"Welcome to the neighborhood" said Cassidy "So, dinners just about ready, why don't you guys come to the table and we can talk?"

"Sure" said Mel.

The two families walked into the dining room and took their seats.

"So, where are you guys from?" asked Ricky.

"We're from Central City." Mel replied.

"Central City? I heard from somebody that some people said they might've seen a ghost there" said Cassidy "Although the rumors aren't confirmed, as of the present time"

"Yes, that's what's been going on recently." Mel nodded.

"So what brings you three here to Coolsville?" asked Ricky "On this side of town that is"

"Well, I got a transfer to the Coolsville office of the company I was working at back in Central City." Mel explained.

"Where'd you work?" asked Cassidy.

"Quest Research Laboratories." Mel said.

"Quest Labs? That's where Dr. Benton Quest works" said Ricky "For a while he's been endangering the world with his awesome, but potentially world threatening inventions and putting his family in danger"

"Yeah" Cassidy added "We've distributed some of our clean and renewable energy to some of his inventions. I keep telling him to stop putting himself and the world in danger with his stupid inventions, but he won't listen"

"You talking about his constant butting heads with that crime lord Dr. Julius Zin?" Professor Pericles asked.

"Bingo" Cassidy snapped her fingers.

"Oh jeez." Lauriel said.

"He may be an awesome scientist, but he's a lousy father" Ricky remarked.

"But I digress" said Cassidy "We're going on a ski trip with the Dare's this weekend to the Twin Lodge. You guys wanna come?"

"Sounds like a good idea." Mel remarked before turning to his wife and added, "What do you think?"

"Why not?" replied Laurel "I mean, I've always wanted to go to the slopes. Plus, it'll give us some time to get to know each other"

"Awesome!" Dee Dee smiled. "I guess that's settled, then."

"Okay" said Brenda "Just as long as we don't run into anything scary or creepy or unusual there"

The weekend finally came and the families were driving right to the mountains.

It was a mountainous road and there was snow around the road.

Luckily, they brought their winter clothing along for the ride. After driving, they finally made it to the mountains.

"Here we are kids" said Cassidy "The mountains and the Twin Lodge"

"Zowie" said Taffy "Its more beautiful than I thought, Mrs. Owens"

"Hey look over there!" Dee Dee pointed to something parked in front of the lodge.

It was a limo with some sort of country's flag on it.

"I wonder what's that excitement about?" Ricky asked.

"That would be the flag of the country of Pastavazoolastan" Pericles replied "They're current government is monarchy and I hear the Prince Otto is vacationing here while his folks, the King and Queen are doing royal business back in their world"

"Let's go inside and find out" said Cassidy.

The Owens, the Dare's and the Chance's got out of their cars and started to walk inside.

Inside the resort, the families find the area packed with people.

"Boy" said Mel "Somebody really important must be coming here"

"Yeah" said Taffy's mother "I guess that limo is there for a reason"

All of a sudden, some guy blew some fanfare horn music.

"Make way! Make way for his royal majesty! Make way" said the man.

Then, all attention was turned towards the crown prince.

"And introducing his young majesty, Prince Otto of Pastavazoolastan" said the man.

Entered a dreamy young man around the girls' age, wearing some fancy winter clothing and carrying some sort of case.

"Zowie" said Taffy "A real live prince!"

"Now I've heard of 'No telling who you might meet', but this is ridiculous" Dee Dee remarked "Yet amazing. What do you think, Brenda?"

Brenda didn't hear Dee-Dee. She was awestruck by the prince and was getting a warm and fuzzy feeling in her stomach.

"Brenda?" Dee Dee asked again as she turned to Brenda.

Brenda smiled dreamily at the prince as he started to get his keys and handed his case to the man at the desk.

"Hello? Brenda" Dee Dee snapped her fingers "Are you awake?"

"Huh?" Brenda snapped back into attention and added, "Wh-what?"

"I asked you if you're surprised to see a prince in this resort" said Dee Dee.

"Oh yes." Brenda nodded. "I was."

"Anyways, let's go check in." Ricky suggested.

And so, they got checked in and the girls walked over to their rooms to get unpacked.

"This is great" said Taffy "Spending a weekend at a ski resort. What should we do first?"

"I have an idea" said Brenda "Why don't we go see the prince and take him skiing with us?"

"You think that's a good idea?" Taffy asked, sounding surprised by the suggestion. "I mean, will that prince's security allow him to ski with us?"

"I sure hope so" said Brenda "I mean, I've always wanted to hang out with a real prince"

"No time like the present" Dee Dee shrugged "Come on ladies"

The three walked over to the lounge downstairs and saw the prince talking to a man, who was standing next to a man holding his case.

"There's the prince" said Brenda "Let's go see him"

The prince was speaking to clerk at the check-in desk and was waiting to process the payment of his credit card.

"Okay your majesty" said the clerk "Enjoy your stay at the Twin Lodges and don't worry, your royal scepter is safe with us"

"I hope so" the prince remarked.

"Excuse us, Prince Otto?" asked a voice from behind.

"Yes?" he turned around.

He then saw the girls, who looked at him with excited faces, except Brenda who was awestruck and her heart was pounding as she saw the prince.

"What can I do for you ladies?" Otto asked as the girls approached him.

"Hello Prince Otto" said Dee Dee "I'm Dee Dee Sykes and these are my friends..."

"I'm Taffy Dare" Taffy made a courteous bow "Nice to meet you, your majesty"

"Nice to meet you, Taffy" said Otto, who then saw Brenda "Hey there pretty girl. I'm Otto, what's your name?"

Brenda cutely giggled and replied nervously "I Blenda...uh, Brenda! Brenda. Hi"

"Nice meeting you ladies." Otto smiled. "So what can I do for you?"

Brenda swallowed nervously "Well we were just wandering and we found ourselves wandering here and, uh..."

"We were wondering if you could hang out with us while you're here" said Dee Dee "Can you do that?"

The prince smiled at them sadly. "Sorry ladies, but I just so happen to be taking part in an international conference summit here for the weekend, so I will be busy during most of the weekend."

"Oh" Brenda said as she looked sad "I've always wanted to hang out with a prince. So maybe we'll see each other around?"

"I guess." The prince said. "Though I am scheduled to be skiing later this evening."

"That's good" said Dee Dee "You want us to meet you there later tonight?"

The prince thought for a while before nodding. "If you like."

"That's great" Brenda grinned "So I'll see you there?"

"Sure" said Otto.

Later that night, the girls met Otto over at the slopes to do some nighttime skiing.

"So you girls are ready to ski?" Otto asked.

"Well, I actually don't really know how to ski, sir." Brenda swallowed. "This is my first time."

"Don't worry, young lady." Otto smiled. "I'm also a certified skiing instructor and have taught the youth in my country how to ski, so I can teach you."

"Thanks" Brenda blushed.

Otto then put some skis on Brenda's feet and put his hands on her waist to keep her from falling. This caused the brunette to blush even harder and have butterflies in her stomach.

"You ready?" Otto asked as he led her to the top of the ski slope.

Brenda swallowed when she looked down.

"I'm uh...sc-sc-scared" Brenda gulped hard.

"Don't worry, malady" said Otto "I'll go down with you"

"Really?" Brenda blushed.

"Sure" Otto nodded.

Brenda nodded as she turned her attention towards the slope while positioning herself.

After the prince positioned himself, he started to count to three.

"One..." He said.

Brenda looked down and swallowed hard "Two..."

"Three!" Otto finished.

They then took off down the slope.

Otto was holding onto Brenda's waist as they were going down. She turned to Otto, who smiled at her and she blushed hard. Somehow, all of her fear had faded away.

"Yyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!" Brenda exclaimed as they sped down the slope, with Taffy and Dee Dee following suit.

"Hang on Brenda" said Taffy "We're coming to save ya!"

While Dee Dee and Taffy were following them, Brenda and Otto accidentally took a different route, leading to the snow covered woods. Just then, they bumped into a rock and landed right onto each other. They looked at each other and blushed.

"You okay?" Otto asked.

"I...I'm fine." Brenda blushed before brushing some of the snow off her coat.

"Here, let me help you" Otto said as he held out his hand.

Brenda grabbed Otto's hand and realized they were outside of the skiing grounds.

"Golly" said Brenda "Where are we?"

Otto looked around. "I don't really know, but if we follow our ski tracks, we should be able to find the others again."

"Great idea, Otto" said Brenda "Let's go"

Just then, they noticed that they were still holding hands and blushed at each other.

Brenda swallowed and wasn't quite sure how to take up the subject.

In the meantime, Taffy and Dee Dee noticed that they had lost Brenda and Otto.

"Hey where's Brenda?" asked Taffy "And where's Otto?"

"I don't know Taffy" said Dee Dee "They must've accidentally gone into the back bowl while they were skiiing"

"We'd better stop and look for them." Taffy said as they stopped.

"Right." Dee Dee nodded.

The duo then snuck to the back bowl and went to look for Brenda and Otto.

Meanwhile, those two had been following their ski tracks, but they were covered by the falling snow. Just then, Brenda felt some pain in her ankle.

"Ow" she yelped.

"What's wrong Brenda?" asked Otto.

"My ankle" she groaned "It hurts"

Otto took a look at her ankle and remembered that it may have struck the rock when they were skiing.

"You'd better seek medical attention." Otto said. "Allow me to support you."

Brenda complied as the prince allowed himself to support her.

He then picked up Brenda and carried her bridal style.

Eventually, they reached the main ski trail, just as Taffy and Dee Dee arrived.

"Guys" said Dee Dee "There you are"

"What happened?" Taffy asked.

"Your friend hurt her ankle after we had a small accident." Otto said. "She's going to need medical attention."

"Well come on" said Dee Dee "We'd better get her to the resort nurse"

Otto kept carrying Brenda bridal style, who smiled and blushed at him and vice versa. She got butterflies in her stomach as she held onto his neck.

Author's Note:

That's a nasty fall. Hopefully, Brenda's little injury isn't too serious and it's only her first weekend in Coolsville. Stay tuned for the next chapter when the girls go to solve their first mystery.