Viola was sitting in an audience.
She looked around, and saw Ellen, Aya and Ib sitting in different seats.
What's going on? She wondered.
She noticed bright red cutains on a stage. They looked as if they had been drawn; in crayon, at that.
There was a drumroll, and writing appeared on the curtains:
'Carrie Careless and the Gallette des Rois'.
The curtains opened, and a scene was shown of four crayon-people sitting at a table around a pie.
Strange music started to play in the background. It sounded like one of those horror-movie moments with an evil teddy bear or a doll.
Then, three of the people around the table spoke.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
A blue-haired girl spoke:
"Thanks, guys!"
Then a pink-haired girl spoke:
"For your special day...We made a Galette des Rois!"
"What's that?" Asked the blue-haired girl.
"There's a coin in this pie...And if you eat the slice with the coin in it...Then you'll be a happy person!"
The pink-haired girl spoke again.
"That sounds like fun!" The blue-haired girl jumped.
"Doesn't it?" The pink-haired girl agreed. "Okay, let's divide it up!" She grabbed a knife.
The curtains closed, then opened suddenly and revealed the next scene.
The pie was in quarters.
"Now pick the slice you want!" The pink-haired girl said.
"Let's eat!" Everyone said.
The curtains closed, then opened again.
"Nom, munch." That was the sound of everyone eating.
"Aah!" The blue-haired girl yelled.
"What is it?" Pink-hair asked.
"I think I just...swallowed something hard!" Blue-hair was shaking.
"Ahaha! Oh, Carrie!" Pink-hair said.
"It must have been the coin!" Said a boy with brown hair.
"What do I do?" 'Carrie' sounded worried.
"It's fine, the coin's small!" Pink-hair reassured her friend.
The curtains closed and opened again.
Pink-hair walked into a different room with a tall pink-haired woman pacing around.
"What's wrong, mum?" Pink-hair asked.
"Have you seen the key to the study?" Her mother sounded worried.
"To the study?" Pink-hair walked to a table next to a red door. "It's always right here on this tabl...Huh? It's the coin...The coin that should've..."
"Been put in the pie." Viola finished, realizing what had happened.
"Could it be that..." Pink hair muttered.
"Where could it have gone?" Her mother wondered aloud. "Oh, my dear will be so upset..." She walked out of the room.
"What do I...do..." Pink-hair said thoughtfully.
Suddenly, the knife on the plate fell to the floor.
Pink-hair picked it up.
The curtains closed, then revealed the next scene.
"Looks like I was just as careless as Carrie..." Pink-hair walked across a room, the knife in her hand.
The curtains closed.
Viola had a nasty feeling about what was going to happen next.
There was a spattering sound, then Pink-hair popped out from behind the curtain, covered in blood and clutching a key.
"I found the keeey! I'll open the door now!"
Viola covered her eyes in horror.
Who would do that?
When she opened them, she was back in the book room.
"That was a horrible story!" She got to her feet.
"It wasn't that bad," Aya shrugged her shoulders.
"Eh, who cares?" Ellen copied her.
There was a sound like a lock clicking.
"Let's go!" Ib pushed open the door.
They found themselves in another red room.
Viola spotted a light blue vase sitting on a table, and hurried over to it.
"Ellen! Put your rose here!"
Ellen ran over and put her pretty lilac rose into the jar.
It immediatly glowed and all of the petals were back on it.
Viola stared at the jar, memsmerised.
"Is it out of water?" Aya asked.
"No," Ib answered. "The blue vases never run out of water."
"Let's all heal our roses!" Aya put her dark blue rose inside the jar.
Viola put her rose in, too and both roses glowed.
"Cool!" Viola smiled.
"Let's go this way," Ib turned right."
"Why not try left?" Viola asked curiously.
"The Lady in Blue's in there. She'll try and steal our roses, too."
"Oh," Viola changed her mind immediatly and followed the others.
They walked through the next door and down a hallway in silence, when, suddenly, a painting spat at them.
"Don't step in that! It'll harm your rose." Ib moved around it.
Viola stepped over it and followed Ib through the next door. They came to a small room, with one other exit. It was blocked by a headless manequin.
"Oh no!" Aya cried.
"How do we get past it?" Viola was worried.
Do we have to go to the Lady in Blue now?