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REWRITE OF THIS CHAP

Shopping, Pranks And Harry.

"Weirdo!"

I looked around, sure that Mike would say something, but he had , I heard the sound of the door to the living room open and I turned my head towards the noise, in trooped one ... Two ... Three ... Four ... Five other children. As soon as a boy in a navy blue t-shirt and beige trousers kept up by a black belt high up his waist saw me he took something black and rectangular out of his pocket and started to walk quickly over to me.

I couldn't quite see what it was but the boy was nearly right in front of me. When he got to me he announced that his name was Gus. Bit of a weird name if you ask me, but then again, I'm called Mina so I can hardly talk!

After announcing his name, 'Gus' said, or rather, told me that I had to tell him my first and second name.

Mina Jenkins.

But of course, I said that in my head and not out laud. Gus seemed to get annoyed when I didn't answer him and just looked at him blankly like he hadn't said anything in the first place.

Just when I thought he was about to explode a blonde haired girl walked up to him and explained to him why I wasn't answering.

"Gus, remember what Mike said; she doesn't talk."

That just got the already cross Gus even more annoyed.

"But she needs to tell me her name otherwise I can't put her down in my notebook and if I don't put her down in my notebook then I can't take her on the tour and if I don't take her on the tour then I can't cross that off my list and I can't do anything until I have crossed her off my list so today WILL NOT WORK."

I could see he was getting more and more worked up and by the end of his little 'speech' he was shouting!

Luckily, the blonde girl stepped in again and said.

"What if I tell you her name and the you can take her on the tour?" She looked at me and smiled, "I'm Tee by the way." Then she introduced me to everybody else, despite the fact I already knew three of them: Carmen, Lily, Elektra and now Tee, I suppose.

I now know there are twelve kids at Elm Tree House or The Dumping Ground as I heard one of the kids call it, the one with short kinda spiked up hair and braces, he was also kinda cute. It's weird I've never been into boys. Oh god, I hope I don't get a crush on him.

So here are the kids: Lily, the purple lover; Carmen, who I have heard is a drama queen; Elektra, the moody one; Tee herself, a kind animal lover and is really nice and I hope we can be fiends.; Liam, the conner and scammer; Frank, Liam's assistant scammer; Johnny, Tee's sister and also especially tidy (and cute); Gus who I now know has Asperger's Syndrome.

Also, there is three others apparently. Harry,who loves Giraffes and Sapphire, who I'm told is an amazing artist, are out for the day but will be coming back to the Dumping Ground later on today.

The other boy is called Toby and he loves comics according to Tee! He is with his part time foster parents at the moment but he too is coming back later.

Tee told Gus my name who then decided it was time for my tour.

"Time for Mina's tour. I need everyone to go to their bedrooms at once. The tour starts in one minute and thirty seconds … twenty nine … twenty eight ..." He seemed to have calmed down now.

He turned to me, "Remember, your not allowed to talk on the tour,"

Pfft, that's likely

"Follow me the tour has started," I sighed and followed the strange boy out of the room.

After about five minutes of Gus drowning on about the kids here and why they where here I switched off. I had had enough of, "This is Carmen's room, she lives at the Dumping Ground. She is twelve years old and loves the colour pink. Her best friends are Lily and Tee. Carmen is in care because her mum didn't look after her properly, she once left Carmen on her own for a whole week so that she could go on holiday with her boyfriend."

I honestly did not care about why Carmen was in care any more that I care about why some random person on the other side of the world is in care. But Gus just carried on, and on, and on!

"Carmen's mum once turned up here saying that she had changed and offering Carmen a chance to live with her in Spain. Carmen took up the offer but then it turned out that Carmen's mum was lying. This is Tee's room.."

My brain fell asleep and I followed Gus around the house like a sleepwalker, not listing. I was jerked awake by Gus shouting in my ear "Tour's over, you can come out of your bedrooms now," Finally!

Then Tee came out of her bedroom

"Just in case you have forgotten where your bedroom is I will show you now. Tracy says you can decorate it however you want in whatever colour you would like! Isn't that great?" Tee took my hand and pulled me along the corridor. When she first grabbed my hand I flinched, I'm not used to people touching me. Most people, once finding out that I don't talk think I'm weird and sometimes call me names that hurt me like weirdo and freak. But Tee doesn't seem like that so I let her lead me along the hallway to my bedroom.

The walls of my room had faded from a what should have been sky blue to a greying grey but I didn't care, I could paint it! There was a huge bed in the right hand side of the room, next to the window and a small wardrobe with a few coat hangers in next to the bed. I smiled, it was all mine.

I heard a knock at the door and I turned my head towards the noise. Tee said "Come in," and the door opened. A young woman maybe in her early twenties walked in and looked at me.

"Hello Mina! I'm Tracy, I work here alongside Mike and Gina, but of course you've already met them," She said cheerfully, "I was wondering do you want to come and pick out some paint to paint your room with, with me now?"

I shrugged, hoping she'd walk out so i could follow her and then she'd know my answer. She took the hint and nodded before walking out. As I had planned I followed her out and she guessed my answer.

"Can I come?" Asked Tee from the corner.

"Of course, you will be some company for Mina."

I felt happy, Tee was coming, and more to the point she actually wanted to come with us!

At the shops

"Just point to the colour you want then Mina," Said Tracy, as considerate as ever. I looked over all the colours, there was way too many to choose from. There was about fifty different shades of green, all with different names too. Lime Green, Bottle Green, Grass Green, Baby Green, Teal Green, Forest Green, too many! And then I reached the blues, over one hundred types. Sky Blue, Baby Blue, Sapphire Blue, Dark Blue, Light Blue, Violet Blue, Aqua Blue, Royal Blue, the list was never ending!

"Why don't you get this one?" Tee asked, pointing to the Sapphire Blue. I had to agree the colour was amazing. It was a kind of dark blue mixed with a rich but lighter blue. Truly Divine.

Yes, I would like that one please.

I pointed to the Sapphire Blue and looked at Tracy.

"Good choice! All you have to do now is show that to our Sapphire and say you painted your room in that colour in honor of her and you will be in her good books already," Tracy joked and Tee chuckled.

"And trust me you do not want to be in her bad books," Tee giggled.

"She throws things at you!"

Inside my head I was laughing along with them, adding a few more jokes of my own. In reality, however, I was staring nonchalantly back at them, my face blank and expressionless.

They headed towards the till and I followed with the tin of Sapphire Blue paint carefully cradled in my arms like a baby.

Flashback

"Daddy, can I have this one? Please? Pretty please on toast with sugar on top?" I pulled my most winning smile, which was pretty winning since I was six.

"Oh, alright then! Bu-"

"Yay. Thank you daddy! You're the best daddy in the whole wide world!"

"-But you're going to have to promise to be very, very, very good, do you understand?"

"Yes daddy!"

We went and bought the item.

"That will be nine pounds and ninety nine pence please," Said the cashier, he was very tall and very fat and had a very large red nose that wasn't fake.

My dad handed over a ten pound note and received his one pence change.

"And that is one penny change sir, Thank you for shopping at Dunkies Paint and Hardware store, enjoy the rest of your day."

As we walked out of the shop I spotted my mum by the car.

"Mummy, Mummy, we got Sapphire Blue paint and we are going to paint my whole bedroom with it, aren't we daddy?"

"We most certainly are," He said, swinging me on to his shoulders.

End of Flashback

"Second thoughts, why don't we buy two tins so Tee can paint her room too?" Suggested Tracy. Tee then grinned so widely you would think she had just heard that she had won the lottery, not just offered the chance to paint her room!

"Yeah, that would be great, then we would have like matching rooms!" Squealed Tee, still grinning from ear to ear.

In my mind I smiled, she wanted to have a room like me! Tee ran back and got another tin of the Sapphire Blue paint and we headed once more to the till.

Tracy handed the tins over and began to get her purse out.

"That will be eighteen pounds and ninety eight pence please," (Notice my amazing maths skills :P ) Said the cashier, he was exceedingly tall and exceedingly fat and had an exceedingly large red nose that definitely wasn't fake.

Tracy handed over a twenty pound note and waited to received her change.

"And that is one pound and two pennies change miss, Thank you for shopping at Dunkies Paint and Hardware store, enjoy the rest of your day."

Tee and I skipped over to Tracy's car and waited for her there. Tee was garbling on about something that had happened last year at The Dumping Ground. I did not really understand what she was talking about, but I let her carry on.

" ... So we thought we were going to be shut down so we made a girl bedroom and a boy bedroom and we had slipper things on our feet so we wouldn't miss the carpet and we were all going to share bath water, not all at the same time obviously, just the water, and then Liam sold all the stuff we didn't need like the carpets and Gus's piano and the beds to the house clearance men but then Mike said we couldn't do it so we had to buy all the things back. Then they closed Elm Tree House down but during the protest Lily fell off the roof but she was fine, anyway when we heard they were sending us to Burneywood ( Hell on earth ) we locked ourselves in the basement but then that didn't work so we just went to Byrneywood. Well, actually only Carmen, Sapphire and Harry went to Burneywood the rest of us went somewhere else."

Tracy finally caught us up and we drove off.

Meanwhile, back at The Dumping Ground...

Carmen's P.O.V

"Well, I think that she is really weird, the way she just stares back at you and never talks," I argued back, we where having a heated discussion with Gus in charge. It was about the freak Mina. "I mean it is her choice to talk or not so she obviously can talk if she wants to she just decides not to because then every one will take pity on her and buy her loads of new clothes and stuff like that. I vote we get rid of her. And so does Lily, don't you Lil?" I turned to look at my best friend. She looked torn between agreeing with her best mate and saying what she thought. "Don't you?" I asked again in surprise.

"Well, no actually Carmen I don't think that,"

"What? Lily your supposed to be my best friend!" Mina is a freak, full stop. How can Lily think otherwise?

"She's only been here five minutes, how can you already hate her?" Said Lily

"I don't, I just think she is a bit ... creepy," I lied through my teeth.

"I am with Carmen on this one, it is just weird not talking. And Carmen is right, she chooses not to so that she gets fuss," Elektra joined forces with me so I moved my seat so she could sit next to me.

"Give 'er a chance, you don't know why she's in care, do ya!" ( My fail of writing Liam's accent ) Said Liam, taking sides with Lily.

"Yeah, she could have had a bad life and something happened. That's why she doesn't talk," Johnny had decided what team he was on: team Mina, and went to sit with Liam and Lily.

"But then, when will she tell us why she's in care?" Frank's go now. All six of us had divided ourselves into two groups. I was with Elektra and Frank who also didn't like Mina. The other group was Liam, Lily and Johnny who didn't mind Mina. Gus was at the end of the table taking notes on both sides' argument. The side that Gus thought had the best argument won the discussion.

"When she feels ready, obviously!" Lily again. But then suddenly I thought of a come back, and a good one too, it was sure to win for us and then Elektra and Frank would buy me loads of stuff and everyone would realise how amazing I am to have thought of it. I was so busy daydreaming about the presents they would give me I forgot to actually say it. Unfortunately Elektra seemed to have thought of that point too and actually said it.

"But if she doesn't talk then how is she going to tell us why she doesn't talk?"

"Yeahh," me and Frank agreed.

"We just have to convince her that talking helps and there is a point to talking." Arrggg! Why does Liam always have to think of every thing?

"And the side that win the discussion is the... Mina team!" Gus cried. All three Mina team members shouted 'Yayy!' And Liam said,

"Does this mean that we are all going to be nice to her and every one has to try and convince her that talking can help?"

"Yes," Said Gus. Then they all cheered.

Back in the car with Tee, Mina and Tracy.

Back to Mina's P.O.V

"Let's stop in the park on the way home and get an ice cream, yeah?

"Yeah great idea Tracy, can I have bubblegum flavor please?

Flashback

"What flavor do you want Honey?" Asked my dad, "Honeycomb, Strawberry?"

"What flavors do they have daddy?" I asked.

"Well, let's see ... they have: Honeycomb, Strawberry, Bubblegum, Raspberry, Banoffe, Banana, Toffe, Coffe, Hazlenut Crunch, Liquorish, Rasperry Riple, Chocolate, Marshmallow Delight, Vanilla, Chocolate Crackle, Thunder and Lightning, Caramel Surprise and Creamy Dreamy. ( Best ice cream flavor in the world is creamy dreamy) Which one would you like Poppet?"

"Can I have two flavors daddy, because I really want to try two flavors?" I asked, putting on my angel grin.

"Hmm, which two flavors do you want love?" He asked, I could sense that he was on the verge of saying yes.

"Creamy Dreamy and Bubblegum please daddy?" I said tentatively.

"Oh all right then, but only if you don't tell mummy?"

I nodded my head vigorously "I wont. Promise."

"Can we have a double scoop of Creamy Dreamy and Bubblegum please?" Daddy asked the ice cream lady with large boobs.

"That's two pounds fifty please?"

Daddy gave the woman two pounds fifty exactly and I got my Ice cream.

End of the Flashback

"We'll see Tee" Said Tracy, but I knew that meant 'yes of course' and so did Tee as she started grinning again. We got out of the car and ran to the the small ice cream shop. Tee and I looked at all of the flavors. There was Honeycomb, Strawberry, Bubblegum, Raspberry, Banoffe, Banana, Toffe, Coffe, Hazlenut Crunch, Liquorish, Rasperry Riple, Chocolate, Marshmallow Delight, Vanilla, Chocolate Crackle, Thunder and Lightning, Caramel Surprise and Creamy Dreamy.

"Can we have two flavors Tracy, because we really want to try two flavors?" Tee asked, putting on her angel grin.

"Hmm, which two flavors do you want?" She asked, I could sense that she was on the verge of saying yes.

"Creamy Dreamy and Bubblegum please Tracy?" Tee said tentatively. And I poked my finger at the same ones and Tracy got the message.

"Oh all right then, but only if you don't tell Mike?"

Tee nodded her head vigorously and I did the same, just in my own head "We wont. Promise." She said.

"Can we have two double scoops of Creamy Dreamy and Bubblegum please?"Tracy asked the ice cream lady with huge boobs.

"That's five pounds please?"

Tracy gave the woman five pounds exactly and we got our Ice creams.

We wandered through the park, licking slowly at our ice creams, savoring the taste. Just then a little boy with blonde hair and cute blue eyes came running towards us, closely followed by a much older girl with dark brown kinda frizzy hair and brown eyes.

"Tracy!" He shouted giving Tracy a big hug.

"Aw, hello Harry. Did you have a nice day?" Tracy answered. Ah, so this is Harry. Does that mean the girl behind is Sapphire?

"Yes and Sapphire bought Jeff a friend. Look!" He said, shoving a mini toy giraffe in her face. "He is called Jeff Number Two!"

"That's nice Harry!"

"Do you like him Tracy?"

"Of course I do, but maybe you could call him something different, he might not like to be called Jeff The Second?"

"No, no, no, he likes it don't you Jeff Two?" He made Jeff The Second nod his head and whisper something into his ear. "Jeff The Second asks who's she?"

"Oh yeah, sorry Harry, I forgot to introduce you. This is Mina. Mina meet Harry," She pointed at the cute blonde boy who I knew was Harry. "Harry meet Mina." She pointed at me this time.

"Hello Mina, do you like Giraffes?"

Yes Harry. I said in my mind. Yes I do.

"Oh, um ... Harry, she doesn't talk." Tracy seemed to find it awkward to tell the small child that I don't speak out laud.

"Okay, neither does Jeff. He just says what he wants to say in his head," Harry seemed fine with the fact that I don't speak to people. "I'm the only one who can understand him!" He carried on proudly, "Maybe I'm the only one who can understand you too Mina?"

I nearly smiled, then stopped myself, just in time. He was just too cute! I saw Tracy and Tee smile too. Then the girl I presumed was Sapphire - since she was with Harry - spoke.

"Who's this Tracy? Another new girl for The Dumping Ground?"

"Yes, that's right. Be nice to her. Okay?" Tracy said anxiously.

"I will, just as long as I'm not sharing a room with her."

"Don't worry, you are not."

She let out a clearly visible sigh,

"Good, come on Harry let's go home."

"No Sapphire, I want to stay with Mina!" Harry argued back, much to my surprise. I nearly smiled again and stopped myself just in time again. What was it about this boy that made me fell like I really wanted to smile, or reach down and give him a big hug? Like the one he gave to Tracy. Or the ones I used to give to my mum and dad.

Sapphire looked at him with about as much surprise as I had done, but for a different reason.

"What? No. Harry, you don't want to hang around her, she don't talk!"

"Yes I do Sapphire. She looks nice."

Aww, I just wanted to talk to him and say thank you. But I didn't . Because I couldn't. I wasn't ready to talk again yet. I nearly let my face slip into a smile this time, but I stopped it right before it was a proper one. Tracy noticed though and gave me an encouraging little squeeze on the shoulder and a nod of her head.

"No, come on Harry. We are going home. You'll see Mina - What's her face - in a bit. Come on."

Harry followed her out of the park this time but gave me one last big smile before joining Sapphire. This time I couldn't help myself and smiled a full smile that lasted about a second before I quickly withdrew into my shell again. Tracy noticed again and nudged Tee. Tee saw and grinned too. I had turned my smile off again by that point though.

"Come on, let's go home to!" Tracy smiled.

"Yeah," Agreed Tee, "Then you'll get to see Harry again soon too," She smiled too, and I followed her out of the park and into the red car. The journey back to Elm Tree House didn't take long and soon I was standing back in front of the door, ringing the door bell. Soon, Elektra with Carmen and Frank close behind her, like body gourds, came and answered the door.

Almost immediately Tee started showed them the paint that we had bought.

"Look it's called Sapphire Blue, that is the name of this colour. We named it after Sapph!" She was on a roll, again! But, then she started swinging it around her head wildly, for goodness knows why! As soon as she started I knew it was a mistake. The paint tin's lid flew open just as it was coming down, and instead of going all over Tee as I had thought it would, it flew forward and landed all over Elektra, Carmen and Frank.

Most of the paint splashed over Elektra's hair, but some went on her light blue, now Sapphire Blue T-shirt and her dark blue jeans. Electra got the most of the paint since she was directly in front of Tee. However, Carmen and Frank still got a small splash.

I stared, wondering what Elektra would do, it wouldn't be good, whatever it was. Elektra was speechless, she probably could not believe what had just happened. Then, finally, she spoke, sorry, she shouted. I could see the anger bubbling up inside her as she shouted louder and louder.

"What the hell where you thinking? Throwing paint all over me? I'll get you for the Tee Taylor, I will! And you too Mina, whatever your name is. I'll get both of you for this!"

"Elektra, why don't you go and get cleared up, and you too Carmen, and Frank. I'm sure you can see Tee didn't mean it, did you Tee?"

"No , I am really sorry Elektra and you Carmen and Frank,"

"There, see? She didn't. Now go and get cleaned up. Go on. Chop, chop!"

They turned and headed off towards the stairs, but just at that moment, Lily came down them and burst out laughing at the site of the three blue aliens.

"Ahaha. What happened to you three?" She asked Carmen, still laughing, "Did you get attacked by a blue paint monster or something?"

"Shut up, Lily. We are not friends any more. Remember?" Carmen growled back, stressing both the words remember and not as she did. And the three carried on up the stairs.

I heard Tee ask Lily why she and Carmen weren't friends any more and Lily started talking about some discussion that every one had, which I did not really understand.

"We were having a discussion about Mina,"

I leaned further towards them and listened carefully in.

"Me, Liam and Johnny don't mind her - ,"

Yay, Johnny doesn't mind me. But that doesn't actually mean that he likes me, does it? Lily carried on.

" - But Carmen, Frank and Elektra really don't like her and think that she is freaky. So we ended up having an argument, or 'discussion' as Gus put it, about her. My team won the argument or 'discussion', which ever you prefer. So since we won the argument slash discussion, it has been team against team for nearly everything so far. For example, Elektra's team were in the garden and then my team decided to go to the garden, they didn't let us. Each team is trying o think of a plan to either get Mina to talk and / or tell us about her past, ( My team ) or get rid of Mina ( Elektra's team ) ."

She finished, panting, having said all that in just one breath.

I was bewildered, half of Elm Tree House hated me and the other half wanted me to talk and tell them about my past, riiiiiiiiiiight.

"Well, I'm on your team for definite! She's really nice and fun too!"

Thank you Tee!

She likes me, and whats more, she thinks that I am nice and that I am fun too! This day just gets better and better!

"Yeah, I agree. She seems nice and fun. Even though I don't really know her and she does not talk, she still seems fun and nice!" Lily said again.

Thank you Lil!

Lily likes me too! And agrees with Tee that I am fun and nice! I decided now was a good time to go and join in on their conversation. I don't mean join in as in talk, I mean join in and listen to them talking, with them knowing I am there, and talking to me. So I walk over the few meters between us and go and join them.

In Elektra's room

Elektra's P.O.V

After I had got cleaned up I called a team meeting with Carmen and Frank. When they got to my room they both whispered our secret password and I allowed them to come in.

"Cobra," Whispered Carmen, and then she did the three secret knocks.

"Cobra," Whispered Frank and then he did the three secret knocks.

"Come in," I said as they walked in. "Right, we are not letting them get away with pouring paint all over us are we?"

"Well, it wasn't on purpose, and Tee did say sorry," Frank said, a very worried and doubtful look on his face

What? Was Frank going soft?

"It was on purpose, and anyway, she didn't mean the sorry she said, did she Carmen?" I said, poking Carmen sharply in the ribs. I knew she'd say yes. Carmen would do anything to get back at Lily for laughing at her earlier today. That is Carmen for you.

"Yes, it was obviously on purpose."

See? I told you.

"Come on Frank, wouldn't you like to play a harmless prank on them for getting your new shirt all paint-y?" I knew he'd say yes this time too.

"Okay, but only if it's a prank, it could be fun!"

What did I tell you?

"Good, right, have either of you got any ideas for a prank or two that is relatively easy to pull and that we could play on them?" I said hopefully. Looking from face to face I saw that they hadn't and sure enough, they voiced their thoughts after a minute of quiet thinking.

"No sorry Elektra, I have not really pulled a prank before." Not pulled a prank before? And I thought he was a scammer!

"Carmen?" I knew the answer even before I'd began to ask the question. The answer would be another no.

"No."

There we go, I knew it. But it is a good thing I always know a few pranks ready to pull.

"Then it is lucky I do, listen!" I leaned forward and whispered my idea to them. They nodded and we began to discuss how to pull it. A while later when our plan was already for action I nodded at my two helpers and they disappeared out of my room to put the prank into action. I lay back on my bed feeling content.

In the living room a while later

Lily P.O.V

"Le''s all go into the garden to talk," Said Liam, "I dunno why, but I always find it easier to talk outside."

So we all got up, following our leader ( Liam ) out of the room and outside, just as we were passing underneath Carmen's bedroom window, the window was pulled up suddenly and Carmen's and Frank's heads popped out followed by two full buckets of pink, fat, slimy worms, slugs the size of your hand and LOTS of mud. Carmen and Frank tipped the critter filled buckets and before we knew what was happening the contents of the bucket fell on mine and Liam's head.

I screeched and looked up to where Carmen and Frank were giggling to each other and high - fiving each others muddy hand. They looked down at me and Liam covered in earth, gave one more small chuckle each and their heads disappeared once more back into Carmen's room and once again, the window was slammed shut.

Arhhhh, I was so annoyed, I wanted to punch them both then and there, and judging from the look on Liam's face, he wanted to do the same. But being sensible me I controlled my anger and soon found the whole thing kind of funny. The others in our team were looking daggers at the window above, as if killing the window would have an effect on Carmen and Frank, who were probably on their way to tell Elektra how successful their prank had been as we speak.

But after a few minutes of silence I burst out laughing, unable to control myself any longer. One I had started laughing Liam did too and after realising that their leader found it funny, the rest of the team started laughing uncontrollably too. I laughed for about five minutes before I realised that I had slugs and worms in my hair and down my back. Urgh, gross. I immediately stopped laughing and started screaming instead, which made everyone else laugh even harder than they already were, if that is possible.

"Arggg! There are worms and slugs down my back, argg!" I screemed, every one just carried on laughing at me and Liam, but I suspect it was more to me than to Liam."No, stop laughing, it is NOT funny. Shut up!" I was getting frustrated, and I swear I would have shouted as loud as I possibly could and told every one that I would punch them in the face if they did not shut up right that instant right then if Liam had not interrupted when he did. He had realised something and as soon as he told us everybody shut up immediately.

"Hey, everyone, shut up a minute, I just thought of somethin'." As soon as those words were out of his mouth every body went quiet. It is like he has some weird power that no matter what he says, all he has to do is say it and straight way everyone falls silent. Whatever he says and however quiet he says it, everyone will here what he said, listen to what he said and do what he said in a matter of seconds. "I just thought of somethin'," He repeated, "You all know what this means, don't you?" No-one said anything so he carried on, "This means war. A prank war. Team Liam vs Team Elektra. And listen, I have an idea. First what we do is we go to Gus, and ask him to keep notes on what pranks both teams do, tomorrow before bed we ask him which team has had the most successful pranks, whichever team has had the most successful pranks win. Secondly, we send one person to tell Team Elektra about it, say that if they refuse then we automatically win. " He finished then looked at Tee, "Tee will go and tell Team Elektra, also tell her it begins tomorrow morning at whatever time you get up and finishes just before bed time. Me and Lily need to go and get changed."

In Elektra's room

Frank's P.O.V

We threw the contents of our bucket, hoping it would land on someone. And much to our surprise, it did. Both buckets hit a target. Mine went all over Lily's head and she started screaming, but not before Carmen tipped her bucket and the mu, worms and slugs flew down and landed on Liam, he yelped in surprise and looked up towards us, as did Lily but a few seconds after. I had to laugh, even though Liam is supposed to be my best mate, which he isn't now. Carmen and I high - fived and then Carmen burst out laughing at the sight of her best friend ( Lily ) covered in mud.

We laughed a bit longer then decided to go back and tell Elektra how it had gone, she deserved to know, after all , it was her idea to prank them. And her idea to do this to them! So, still laughing, we walked back to Elektra's bedroom. I knocked three times, whispered Cobra, and she let me in, then it was Carmen's turn. She did the same as me, the knocking three times and the whispering of Cobra. Elektra let her in too and then faced us both,

"Well then? How did it go? Did it work? Did you get them? Come on tell me!"

"It went really well, what we did is we waited behind the window, out of sight until we saw them coming, just like you told us to, then as they went underneath us we quickly pulled the window up, and chucked the two buckets' contents out of the window. We were not sure if it would hit anyone, but it did! Mine hit Lily bang on the head and Carmen's went all over Liam! They both started shouting so we came back here to tell you," I quickly re - told Elektra our story and she looked suitably impressed.

"Good, well done. I bet Tee will never chuck paint over us again!"

Just as Elektra had finished speaking there was a knock at the door and none other than Tee Taylor herself walked in, her nose in the air.

"What do you want?" Elektra snapped at her.

"I've got a message from our team," She announced.

"Carry on," For some reason Elektra seemed interested.

"Our team challenges you to a prank war, Gus will be in charge of the point scoring. Which ever team pulls the most successful pranks win. The prank war start tomorrow from twelve in the night to when the first person goes to bed tomorrow evening. The winning team will decide what happens to Mina. When I say what happens to her, I mean whether we will be nice to her or not."

"And what happens if we don't accept the challenge?" I knew Elektra was going to, she just wanted to know what would happen if she did not want to.

"If you do not accept the challenge then Team Liam will automatically win the prank war and you lot," She paused, looking Elektra straight in the eyes. I saw Elektra glare at her. "And you lot, will have to be nice to her for the rest of her time at The Dumping Ground." She finished and looked around. I saw Elektra glare once more at her and then answer the question. She gave the answer I had suspected she would give from the very start.

"Fine, we accept the challenge," Tee looked pleased with herself. "But, on one condition,"

Tee's happy grin faded at once.

"What?" She asked suspiciously.

"On the condition that the pranking starts now." Hmm, clever move Elektra.

Tee looked like she was thinking carefully at that one, like she could not decide whether to let Elektra win on this one or not. On one hand she knew Liam would not be pleased if she said no to that condition and our team did not accept the challenge, even though they would win. But on the other hand, he might be even more cross with her if she agreed to something first and asked him later. Finally, she made her decision.

"Well ... We have not asked Gus yet if he would do the points, so why don't I go ask him and when he says yes, that is when the pranking starts?"

Aha! Clever Tee.

"Okay agreed. See you when the pranking starts!" Elektra grinned then pushed Tee roughly out of the room and shut the door quickly in her face. Then she looked around at us and said. "Let's get pranking!"

Back in the living room.

Tee's P.O.V

After getting the door slammed shut in my face, I walked back to the living room to find them and tell them about the deal I had made. I just hoped that Liam wouldn't be too cross with me.

I reached the living room and walked in.

"Well, what did they say?"

"Did they say yes?"

"Did they seem happy about it?"

"Was Elektra mean to you?"

"I bet they said yes!"

"Did they agree?"

"Where were they?"

"Were they in their room?"

"Was Carmen and Frank with them?"

I was a little overcome with the amount of questions I was asked as I stepped through the doorway. I answered as many as I could remember, then told them what happened.

"Yes, yes, kind of, a little, yes, yes, yes - in Elektra's, yes they were."

"Okay, Tee. Start from the start and tell us exactly what happened." Liam said.

"Right, first I told them about the prank war and challenged them to it. Elektra then asked what would happen if they refused. I said that we would win and they would have to be nice to Mina for ever," I glanced at Liam and he nodded for me to carry on, "Elektra said that they would accept on one condition, that the prank war started today," Before I could carry on Liam interrupted and muttered,

"Just like Elektra to make sure it is convenient for her," He noticed that I had stopped and said, "Sorry, carry on Tee."

"I told her that I hadn't asked Gus to point score yet and that when he said yes the prank war would start."

"Good thinking Tee, then you have time to come back and tell us before Elektra starts playing pranks on us, " Lily, my best friend told me. I smiled.

"Thanks. Elektra agreed to that and pushed me out of her room, this means that as soon as we ask Gus to score points, the prank war starts."

"Yes, and knowing Elektra, she will probably have some prank ready so the second after Gus says yes, when we aren't ready she can pull it. Well , we will just have to have a prank or two up our sleeves, ready to pull too, if need be. And luckily for you, I have just the one!" Liam said excitedly, "Listen,"

We put our heads together and he told us his plan, we all nodded and I went off to ask Gus whether or not he would be point scorer and judge for the prank war. None of us had any doubts that he would say no. Gus loves doing stuff like this.

I went out of the room in search of Gus. When I reached the hall I found him playing the piano, I was about to stop him when I thought better of it, after all, I wanted Gus in a good mood, not a bad one. And he probably wouldn't listen to me if I interrupted his Piano playing.

Soo, was it okay? please tell me! the next chap is called the prank war and will only be a thousand words or so, not as long as this was my longest chap so far! YAY please read and review, they keep me going!

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