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I was woken up by a scream, and for a moment, I forgot where I was. Then I looked around the cabin at the girls in my activity group. There was Sophie, of course, but there was also Tracy, Mia, Jen and Lisa. The girl who had screamed must've been Jen, who had a voice like a police car when she got scared. If she ever freaked in a particular class (like if she saw a roach or something), one of the boys would turn to a girl (sometimes me) and say "They're coming for you." Jen wouldn't care, because when the freak-out was over, she'd laugh at them.
But now she wasn't laughing. All the girls were staring at me. No one was screaming now, but they looked shocked out of their minds.
"What's going on?" I asked, blinking and rubbing my eyes. That's when I saw it – my hands were covered by white gloves, and was connected to a slim furry black arm. I tried to turn myself human, but nothing was working. I concentrated three times, but every time, I opened my eyes and found that I was still a toon.
"Is that really you, Alex?" Tracy asked in a whisper. "What happened to you?"
"You look like a cartoon character!" Lisa added. "How can you even come out of the room like this?"
"And how are we going to explain it to the teachers?" finished Jen, glaring at me.
I sighed. "Yes, I know, I'm a toon at this moment. I can't explain it at this moment. Soph, do you mind getting Kaylee? And Ya – I mean, Lee? They both know more about this than I do."
Sophie sighed. "Fine, but only because there's no way you're leaving this cabin until you're back to normal."
JASMINE'S POV
It was at breakfast time that Sophie came up to our table.
"Lee?" she said breathlessly. "There's something up with Alex, and she says you know more about it than she does. She's in the cabin."
Lee stood up. Damn! I could usually get any guy I wanted, but Lee just seemed to want to play with my advances. Yes, I was a cheerleader stereotype. What of it? He wasn't supposed to be the player. I was! With the amount of time he flirted with me in the first week, you'd think we'd be together by now. But he'd slowed down a lot now, although he still smiled and talked to me. I knew who was stopping him too. That Alex Romana.
It was her, right from the first day. She'd basically latched onto him, even now. She sent her little friend over to get Lee to talk to her. I don't even know why one of the cutest guys in school would want to talk to her, but he didn't tell her to get lost, like he should've.
"Lee, you can't go now!" I complained. "You could talk to Alex any time. You're not even supposed to go into anyone else's cabin."
Lee simply shrugged. "Sorry, Jas. Alex has my agent's number. If you want to schedule an appointment, call the number."
I scowled. "What the-?"
Lee laughed. "Kidding. But it sounds like an emergency. Is it?"
"Definitely!" Sophie said. "She also says Kay knows more about it, but I'm going to go to her next."
As soon as Lee had left, Sophie did go up to Kaylee's table to talk to her. Yes, the one who had been held back this year because she was retarded. Well, she couldn't be a junior this year with her brains, anyway.
As soon as Kaylee had gone, and everyone else at Alex's table were in the room, I sneaked off and followed Kaylee to Alex's cabin.
To my surprise, Lee and Alex weren't there at all, but Kaylee seemed to know the two...creature things in the room.
I could just about hear what they were saying.
"Lexi, what's up?" I heard Kaylee ask sympathetically.
"I..." the girl creature groaned. "I went into this form last night. I thought I'd turned back, but I woke up in this form, and now I can't turn back. " I held back a gasp. The girl creature was Alex! Which meant the other creature had to be Lee.
I surveyed the creatures. They were weird little things, with long ears and tails and white gloves. They had a cartoonish quality to them.
Kaylee turned to Lee. "She told me all about it. So do you know how to turn her back?"
For the first time, the smile vanished from Lee's face. "It was easy to turn toon and human before that. I don't know what's happened. I mean, I can do it." For a moment, Lee stood up and closed his eyes. Then he suddenly turned to the boy I knew.
"That's the thing!" Alex said. "I could do that before – Kay, I showed you, remember? - but for some reason I can't do it any more!" Suddenly, she raised her eyebrows, and her blue eyes locked on mine. "Oh.." She jumped out of her bed and opened the door, glaring at me. "How much did you hear?" she demanded.
The only thing I could think of was playing innocent. "Not much..." I said.
Kaylee joined Alex in glaring at me. "I know that look on your face, Jasmine. We're not stupid. If you dare tell anyone what you saw – or whatever you heard, you'll regret it."
Alex turned back to Lee. "Did you say anything to her?"
"This is what happens when free will overrules reason." Lee said, seeming calmer. "It's probably just my magnetic personality. I didn't know she was there, honest, but she won't tell. Right, Jas?"
I smirked. "We'll see."
Alex looked very distressed now. "Please, there's got to be something you can do!" she pleaded. "Anvils, buzzers, talking her crazy...anything!"
I stared at her. "You what? You're insane! That's cartoony solutions."
"Jas, just don't tell." Lee said. "Alex is right. Cartoons are my specialty."
A grin spread over Kaylee's face. "You should make her your newest special friend!"
I stepped back. That sounded weird, and I was pretty sure special didn't mean 'with benefits'. But Lee grinned. "Kaylee, that's a pretty good idea. But I better stay with this situation today. Can you take Jas back and make up something?"
Kaylee nodded, and pulled me back through to tell the teachers about the situation falsely.
So now Jasmine knows that Yakko is a toon! But at least she doesn't know who he really is. And Yakko, at least, has a new special friend, which Wakko and Dot might adopt at some point, too. Please, please, please review and tell me what should happen next!
