Author's notes: I know its been MONTHS since I last updated this story and I am sooo sorry for taking so long with it. School, holidays, my mom being sick (please keep my family in your prayers) and my own laziness are my reasons for this story's slow progress. Not to fear, this story will be completed. I will do my best to update on a regular basis. Finally, I just want to say thanks to all who have reviewed, faved, and sent me PMs, you know who you are. I truly appreciate all the feedback I've received. Now without further ado, here is chapter two (ha! that rhymed!).

Located somewhere in the middle of the ocean is a small island, home to another friend of Kim Possible. The sole resident of the little island is Monique, a brown-feathered seagull with wavy black hair tied at the back of her head. Monique was not only a close friend to Kim, Star, and Wade, she was also a self-proclaimed expert on humans, gossip, and fashion. Sitting on top of her perch, filled with discarded fashion magazines, Monique checks out her latest find from the human world; a telescope. Her thoughts on how to best use the instrument was interrupted by a sharp voice:

"Monique!" Kim shouted.

Looking through the wrong end of the telescope, Monique spots Kim, Star, and Wade who appeared to be miles away from her island. At least from her view anyways.

"Hey, Kim, how you doin' GF? (A.N. GF means Girlfriend. Monique will be doing her signature 'Monique-speak' throughout this story). When she lowered the telescope, she sees that her friends are actually right in front of her. "Dang, you guys swim fast!"

"Monique, check out what we found today," said Kim.

"We found it in a creepy, deserted ship," Wade remarked.

"You found more human stuff? Let me see." Kim hands Monique the fork. The seagull examined the utensil closely. Once she figured out what it supposedly was, she became very excited.

"Guys, you found something that is just TCTE," Monique squealed.

"TCTE?" asked Kim.

"The Coolest Thing Ever! This thing right here is a 'dinglehopper!'"

Confused, Star asks, "What the heck's a dinglehopper?"

Monique proudly holds up the fork as if she were promoting it as a product. "Girl, this is what humans use to create their funky hair styles." She placed the fork in her hair and twisted it. "You see, you just twirl the dinglehopper in your hair and give it a yank."

She pulled the fork out, resulting in wild, poofy hair. Patting down her 'new hairstyle,' Monique boasts, "And 'voila!' You are the hit of the party and the envy of all the girls!"

Kim and Star stare in awe at this awesome human device. "Wow! That is pretty cool!" Kim admitted.

Wade pushes the pipe towards Monique. "What about this thing?"

Holding the pipe with a critical eye, Monique said, "This thing must be retro cuz it looks so old. But I think it's a…uh…a snarfblat."

Astounded, Kim, Wade, and Star look at each other. "Oohhh, snarfblat," the trio remarked.

As she did with the 'dinglehopper,' Monique advertises the 'snarfblat' and all its features. "Now this here 'snarfblat' goes all the way back to the age of cavemen, where humans had nothing to do but stare at each other all day."

To demonstrate her point, Monique presses her face against Star's face. "And it got boring PDQ."

"Uh, Monique, will you get out of my face ASAP?'" Star managed to say with as much difficulty as one would expect with somebody's face in theirs.

Monique backed up from Star and continued with her speech. "So, the humans invented the snarfblat to make music that they could jam to. Watch."

Monique blows into the pipe but instead of sweet music, what popped out of the pipe were bubbles and clumps of seaweed.

"Speaking of music. Kim, wasn't there a concert you had to go to today?" asked Wade.

"The concert!" Kim slapped her forehead in frustration. She forgot that today was the concert, not knowing how she could since she was the main act. "Dad is so going to kill me when he finds out I missed it!"

"Yeah, your dad does get pretty tweaked when you bail out on family things. Remember that incident with your nerdy cousin Larry?" said Star.

"Don't remind me! Now I have to go back and face the music. No pun intended," groaned Kim.

Oblivious to her friends' conversations, Monique looks at the pipe and thought of other uses for it since music was clearly not its purpose. "Hmmm. Maybe you could hook the 'snarfblat' on a chain and sport it as a necklace. It ain't bling, but maybe…" Monique's train of thought was again interrupted when Kim grabbed the pipe from her.

"Sorry, Monique. But I gotta go. Thanks for all your help." Kim, Star, and Wade waved goodbye to Monique, then jumped back into the water.

"ABF! Anytime Best Friends!"

Unbeknownst to the trio, they were closely being watched by two moray eels. One of the eels is blue with black spiky hair, some of which was pulled in a short ponytail, a scar underneath his left eye, and black fins. His name is Drakken. The other eel is tanned, had short black hair with sideburns, and black fins. His name is Monty Fiske or Monty for short. Whenever the two eels were in close proximity to each other, Drakken's left eye and Monty's right eye would glow and provide their mistress a projected view of anything that was in their field of vision.

Right now, the swimming figures of Kim, Star, and Wade were being projected on a crystal ball-like bubble belonging to an eccentric witch named DNAmy. Unlike most of the citizens of Middlantica, DNAmy's lower body had the tentacles of a black octopus. With a pair of wide glasses on her plump, freckled face and a gap between her teeth, DNAmy looked fairly harmless. However, to all the people in the kingdom, she was anything but harmless.

Years ago, she worked as the royal doctor and used her potions to heal all the sick merpeople and other sea creatures who worked in the palace. However, DNAmy had a bizarre obsession with 'cuddle buddies,' cute, stuffed animals that had the characteristics of different creatures. In her spare time, she furthered her passion by using her potions to create living 'cuddle buddies,' often taking body parts from unsuspecting sea creatures and fusing them to create grotesque creatures of monstrous proportions.

Drakken and Monty, who were arrested for attempted assassinations of the king, were DNAmy's first experiments. DNAmy helped them escape from prison, partly because she had crushes on both convicts, and asked that in return, they agree to 'help' her with her projects. Drakken and Monty agreed, without thinking what kind of projects DNAmy was talking about. By the time they realized what they had gotten themselves into, it was too late. DNAmy concocted a potion made of eel parts and other various substances that turned Drakken and Monty into humanoid eels.

When King Possible later found out that DNAmy had helped the two felons escape and had participated in unethical experiments, he had DNAmy's 'cuddle buddies' destroyed and exiled the ex-doctor and her eel minions to the outskirts of the kingdom. From that time on, DNAmy, along with Drakken and Monty, vowed to get revenge on the king and began plotting a way to defeat him.

Overhearing the previous conversation between Kim and her friends, DNAmy snickered. "Better hurry home, Kimmy. We wouldn't want to miss your daddy's big to-do, now would we?"

DNAmy began to daydream about her former position and palace lifestyle. "Ahh! When I used to live in the palace, we had such delicious feasts and wonderful entertainment."

Her wistful grin quickly turned into a frown. "But now, look at me. While I'm the one being exiled and starving to death, the big meanie and the other merpeople get to celebrate and have fun. It's not fair!"

DNAmy began to move around in her lair contemplating her plan of revenge against the king. "Soon, they will all be sorry for what they've done to me!"

DNAmy called out to her minions/pets. "Drakken! Monty! Pumpkins, I want you to keep a close eye on the princess."

Looking off into the distance with a fixed glare and a twisted grin, DNAmy continues, "I will use her to finally get my revenge on King Possible!"

In the throne room, Kim faces her parents whose looks clearly conveyed their disappointment and disapproval for her unexplained absence. Her brothers were also upset at their sister for ruining their musical production. The twins made sure to stick around and watch Kim getting chewed out by their parents. Knowing that this was strictly a family matter, Star and Wade stayed near the entrance to the throne room, so that they were respectfully far away but close enough to listen to the conversations.

"I just don't know what we're going to do with you, young lady," said James Possible.

"We're very disappointed in you, Kim. Not only did your absence ruin the concert, but we were worried sick about where you were," scolded Anne Possible.

"Mom, Dad, I am so sorry. I totally forgot about today, I-," Kim tried to apologize but was cut off by more of her father's lecturing.

"As a result of your careless behavior…" stated James Possible.

"Yeah, careless behavior!" the twins chimed in simultaneously.

"…the entire celebration was, well, er…," James hesitated, not knowing the right words to say.

Jim began, "It was a disaster! That's what it was! This concert was to be the peak of-,"

-our famous career as musicians-slash-scientists. But thanks to Kim, the whole kingdom thinks we're big jokes, not big stars!" finished Tim.

Star and Wade had heard enough. They swam right up to Kim's parents and brothers in her defense.

"Hey, take it easy! It's not completely her fault," reasoned Star.

"Yeah, she would have probably remembered the concert if it wasn't for Gill," Wade stated.

"What exactly happened?" inquired Ann Possible.

Both Wade and Star recounted the story right after each other, which made it difficult for everyone, except Kim, to follow.

Star started off saying, "Well, first, Gill chased us--"

"And then we tried to get away but we couldn't---," said Wade.

"Then Gill growled at us---grrrrr---and then we were like 'whoooaaa nelly!" continued Star, throwing in her own sound effects.

"But then once we gave him the slip, we were safe," Wade said.

"Yeah, but then we went to see Monique, this seagull we know, and she was telling us about 'dinglehoppers' and 'snarfblats'….," Star babbled on not realizing that she had just mentioned the 's' word.

"SEAGULL?!" exclaimed both James and Anne.

"Oh snap!" Star groaned. She realized that she had just gotten Kim into even more trouble. Kim and Wade both glared at their friend for her stupidity.

"Did you go up to the surface again?!" exclaimed James.

Kim shrugged it off. "So not the drama, Dad. It's not like anything happened."

"Kim, we've been over this a hundred times! You know that its against the rules to make contact with the surface world. You could've been seen by those barbaric humans!"

"We're just trying to look out for you. We don't want to see our only daughter to be caught on some human's hook," reasoned Ann.

Kim began to get frustrated. Her parents, especially her father, always set rules for her to follow, which often made her feel like she was still a little mer-girl.

"Newsflash! I'm sixteen years old. I'm not a baby anymore!"

Kim's outburst only made her dad even angrier, furious that his own child refused to understand his rules and saw her outburst as a sign of blatant disrespect.

"Don't you take that tone of voice with me, young lady. As long as you are living in this palace, you will obey my rules!"

"If you would just listen for one min-"

Her father, not having a word of it, began to shout. "I don't want to hear another word out of you and I better not hear anything, ANYTHING about you going up to the surface again! Do I make myself clear?!"

Everyone looked at the king in shock. The king rarely raised his voice to anyone, especially to his own daughter. Then they looked at Kim to gage her response.

Kim's face began to redden in anger as she blinked away the tears that were quickly coming to her eyes. Overwhelmed with all sorts of emotions, Kim turned away from her family and quickly swam out of the throne room. Star and Wade soon followed after Kim. They both knew that their friend would need a sympathetic ear to vent to.

As James calmed down a little, he began to feel guilty about his reaction and the words he said to Kim. But his sense of pride soon overrode the guilt.

"Hmmph! Teenagers. They think they know everything. Just give them an inch and they swim all over you."

He looked to his wife and asked with a little uncertainty, "You don't think I was too hard on Kim, do you?"

Anne turned towards her husband with a mixed expression of frustration and tiredness, mostly because her husband and her daughter had these conversations before and the result was usually the same. However, she believed that Kim was growing up and that she was old enough to make her own choices. Though she worried about Kim's safety whenever she ventured to the surface, she knew that her daughter was responsible and could be trusted to make the right decisions. She only wished that her husband could trust her the same way.

"If you honestly have to ask, then you just answered your own question." replied Anne. She got up and swam out of the throne room to do some errands.

While thinking over what his wife had said, James looked towards his sons. "Do you boys think I was too hard on her?"

Still peeved that their sister messed up their concert, the twins decided to reassure their father that he was right, in hopes that Kim would get punished.

Jim replied, "Naw, dad. You were just showing Kim who's the boss."

"Yeah, besides Kim needs to be under tighter control," stated Tim.

Just as the twins predicted, their father felt more assured that his actions were reasonable and fair. "You boys are absolutely right!" he declared.

"Of course we're right," Jim and Tim said with smug grins on their faces.

"Kim needs constant supervision…".

"Constant!" repeated the twins.

"Someone to look after her, to keep her out of trouble…."

Jim and Tim continued, "That's all we've been saying!"

"And you two are just the ones to do the job!" James exclaimed.

Not expecting this response, the startled twins looked at him in shock.

"Why us?!!"

"Well, as the saying goes, 'Two heads are better than one.' I'd feel a lot better knowing that the two of you are watching over your sister and keeping her out of trouble," answered James.

The twins knew that once their father made his mind up about something, there was little nothing that could be done to change it. With glum faces, the twins swam out of the throne room to find where their sister went.

A little while later, the twins were able to catch up with Kim and her friends who were swimming towards a cave not too far from the palace. Kim, Star, and Wade rolled away a big rock, which served as a door to the mysterious cave, and went inside.

The twins looked at each other and then at the cave both wondering what their sister and her friends were doing inside the cave and if they were hiding something.

Jim looked to his brother and said "Hick-a-bicka-boo?" [What do you think they're doing in there?]

Tim replied "Hoosh-a." [Only one way to find out!]

The twins quietly swam into the cave and found an assortment of strange objects scattered inside the cavern. Not wanting their sister or her friends to spot them, they hid behind some of the objects while listening in on the trio's conversations.

"Are you okay, Kim?" asked Wade.

An equally concerned Star also tried to get her distressed friend to talk. "Yeah, Kim. Your dad totally went off on you. You sure you don't want to talk about it?"

Kim turned towards her friends with a small, melancholy smile. "I appreciate the help, guys. Its just that…" Kim paused and sighed deeply, then continued, "I wish I could make Dad understand. We just don't see things the same way." She extended her arm and pointed at her collection of human things. "How can a world that makes all of this cool stuff be so bad?" said Kim. She began to sing.

Look at this stuff

Kim picks up a knife from a silverware set and shows it to her friends.

Isn't it neat?

Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?

Wouldn't you think I'm the girl

The girl who has everything?

Kim looks up at all the things she collected over the years. Hundreds of trinkets, doo-dads, and various other items discarded by humans filled each layer in the cave.

Look at this trove

Treasures untold

How many wonders can one cavern hold?

Lookin' around here you'd think

Sure, she's got everything

I've got gadgets and gizmos aplenty

I've got whozits and whatzits galore

(You want thingamabobs? I got twenty)

Wade and Star stared in amazement at the strange, corkscrew-like tools inside the box that Kim was showing them. But just as quickly as she opened the box, Kim closed it back with a solemn sigh.

But who cares?

No big deal

I want more

Tim and Jim looked at each other and raised their eyebrows, both wondering what it is their sister wanted and where she was going with this.

I wanna be where the people are

I wanna see

Wanna see 'em dancin'

Walkin' around on those

(Whad'ya call 'em?)

Wade kicked up his tail fin to give Kim a little hint, to which she immediately got as she smiled and tickled Wade's fin, causing him to laugh.

oh - feet

Flippin' your fins you don't get too far

Legs are required for jumpin', dancin'

Strollin' along down a

(What's that word again?) street

Up where they walk

Up where they run

Up where they stay all day in the sun

Wanderin' free

Wish I could be

Part of that world

What would I give

If I could live

Outta these waters?

What would I pay

To spend a day

Warm on the sand?

Kim stretched herself out on the sandy ocean floor, with her friends joining her. Wade and Star grinned, feeling relaxed as they lounged on the ground. But their relaxation was cut short as they listened to Kim mulling over what other things humans do.

Betcha on land

They understand

Bet they don't reprimand their daughters

Bright young women

Sick o' swimmin'

Ready to stand

And ready to know what the people know

Kim swam up and plucked an encyclopedia, filled with hundreds of facts about people, places, and other things. She opened the book and showed it to her friends.

Ask 'em my questions

And get some answers

Kim goes to an old painting that shows a woman looking at a bright, burning candle.

What's a fire and why does it

(What's the word?) burn?

When's it my turn?

Wouldn't I love

Love to explore that shore above?

Out of the sea

Wish I could be

Part of that world

After Kim finished singing, Star and Wade looked at their friend with sad expressions on their faces. They knew that Kim had been highly fascinated with the surface world, her massive collection of human paraphernalia was a dead giveaway. After listening to her song, they finally understood that her fascination with humans stemmed from her overwhelming desire to be a part of the human world. Both of them wished they could help Kim, knowing how badly she wanted to be among the humans. But they had no idea how to go about it.

Their thoughts were soon interrupted when all three heard crashing sounds coming from a corner of the cave. Thinking it was Kim's father, Star and Wade quickly hid behind some of the objects to avoid the king's rampage.

However, it turned out that the twins, while listening to their sister's musical soliloquy, got stuck in some of their sister's treasures. Jim was stuck in a giant spring with an entangled pearl string necklace around his neck while Tim was stuck in a metal bucket with his head popping out of an accordion's bellows. Both boys looked pretty peeved at their situations.

Kim turned around and saw her brothers. "Tweebs?!" she yelped with a startled cry.

While trying to detangle themselves from the various objects, the twins looked at Kim with accusatory eyes and each one shouted:

"Kim, what are you doing?"

"What is all this stuff?!"

Kim sheepishly grinned. "Its, umm, just my collection…hee hee."

"Oh, is that all? Just your …," Jim responded with a seemingly calm composure.

"….collection. Guess there's nothing wrong with that," said an equally composed Tim.

But then, both boys became spastic and went off as they flinged all the items they were caught in.

"IF DAD KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, HE'S GONNA…!"

Emerging from his hiding place, Wade swam up to their faces. "Guys, you're not seriously gonna tell him, are you?"

"You two saw how your dad chewed Kim out just for going to the surface. Imagine what he'll do if he saw any of this," Star pointed out, who also came out of hiding.

"Oh come on tweebs! You can't tell Dad about this place. He would so not understand," begged Kim.

Seeing the kind of bind their sister was in, the twins decided to take it easy and be nice to her. At least this once.

Jim stated, "Sis, you're obviously under a lot of pressure. So why don't we--"

"--take you back home and get you something to eat," said Tim.

As everyone began to leave the cave, a dark shadow of an overhead ship passed over them.

Kim was the first to notice the ship and curiosity began to take over. 'What is that thing? I so got to check it out!' Kim thought. She began to swim up to the surface.

"Kim? Kim! Now what is that girl up to?" exclaimed Star. Wade, the twins, and herself followed Kim to see what was going on.

StarReader86: What will Kim find when she reaches the surface? Will her friends be able to stop Kim from getting into any more trouble? And what about DNAmy? What kind of plans does she have for our heroine? These questions and more will be answered in the next chapter!