Bobby: well, I think that we can get back on track now.
Moonlight: (Walk in looking at his phone) um, Bobby?
Bobby: What (Looks at phone in fear) …buck.
They looked up at the strange pink temple in front of them. It looked like it just went through the greatest party in the universe; there were red cups everywhere, toilet paper draped over the temple, hundreds of different party favors, it was a disaster zone. The one thing that stood at in all of this mess was what was in the center of the mess; three balloons that were still floating in the air. They weren't tied down; they were just floating there without moving at all. The three balloons were pink, blue, and yellow.
"Oh yeah, next beast that comes at me while get that, and that, and that, and tha- WOW." Riana called out as she slipped and landed on her butt when Anna pulled her down.
"Settle down, Jackie Chan, we still have to figure out how to get through this next temple." Anna said with bored eyes as Riana glared. While they argued, Tina and Rachel were trying to find a way in to the temple. Meanwhile, Penny was staring at this strange looking eye; that suddenly blinked and looked at her.
"Cool, it blinked" She said as she just stared at it. It was like they were having a staring contest; until penny decided to poke the eye. As soon as she did that, the temple doors started to vibrate and fall down; allowing Penny to skip into the temple.
"I poked a weird eye." She kept singing as she skipped around her friends; until Riana grabbed her by the back of her top. They continued to walk through the temple until they found the first test room. It was a huge room with mirrors everywhere.
"Okay girls, well all hold each other's hand; that way, if the mirrors start to confuse us, we'll know that we are still together." Tina said. They all grabbed each other's hands and walked into the mirror maze; but as soon as they stepped in, the door behind them closed up and more mirrors shot up separating them all. They started to panic a bit, but kept it together in order to get out of the maze. Unknown to them, their reflections were different then they should have been; Riana's was nerdy looking with glasses, zits, and messy hair with pens and pencils running through it. Anna was looking like someone from a rich family in New York. Tina's looked like a hippie. Rachel's looked she belonged in a cardboard box. Felicia's looked like she could take out a biker gang. Penny's was the only that wouldn't stay as one different reflection; it kept switching between her many different personas.
"I'm bored and want something to jump out. Scaring people is always fun." Penny smiled as she turned around and noticed her reflection still switching away.
"Cool, you're like a chameleon; only you're switching between different versions. You know, I tried to change color once; I held my breath for as long as possible and turned as dark purple as possible. I eventually decided to scare my best friend Riana with a prank where I colored my entire body to look like her bedroom wall and waited until she walked in and flopped on to the bed and I dog piled her. I probably should have worn some underwear before I did that; but I'm sure it was okay. I mean, she was a little mad when her face connected with butt for a long period of time; but she did tell me that was a good joke afterwards." Penny smiled as her reflection just looked at her like 'What?'. It just shook its head smiling and dispersed; turning into dust along with all the mirrors revealing the exit.
"I don't think it liked my story." Penny smiled as she skipped along. Everyone followed Penny as she continued down the dark corridor without a care in the world. Tina had a bit of concern as she started a five way conversation with herself.
"Hey, can I ask; what is wrong with Penny?" Tina asked as they all looked at each other.
"Um, to be honest; we actually do not have any clue." Anna said.
"Really; but you girls are best friends? You must know something about Penny's earlier days." Tina said confused.
"Actually; there really is no story behind Penny. I mean, I have been her best friend the longest ever since she just appeared in town." Riana said.
"Just appeared; what do you mean she just appeared?"
"Well; when I was about five, I was passing by the candy shop when I met Penny." Riana started as she remembered that day.
(Flashback)
Five year old Riana was using a couple of sticks she found like katana blades; swinging them around, killing invisible enemies. She was doing this; she heard some weird noises in the alleyway next to the candy shop. She walked over and saw a very dirty six year old Penny; she seemed to be having a full on conversation with herself.
"Now Lovey, if I have told you once, then I has told you a hundred times; no hugging on Emo. She is very sensitive. Now, what were you saying Crazy; oh yeah, Lusty is a weird little one." Penny smiled as Riana spoke up.
"Who are you talking to?" she asked.
"My friends; for now. They have been pretty bad and I have been thinking about getting new ones." Penny smiled as Riana giggled.
"Your weird; I like that. Would you like to be friends?" Riana smiled.
"Does a cat with one leg have zero lives? Yeah I would." Penny smiled.
"Oh, by the way; my name is Riana Flash."
"I'm Penelope Diana Pep; but call me Penny Pep." Penny smiled back.
"Penny Pep; you really are weird." Riana giggled again.
(End Flashback)
"She says she doesn't remember anything about how she arrived in Pineville. All she knows is that her town was consumed by light and her name; that's it." Riana said.
(Moonlight: please don't tell me.
Johnny: yep, it's a September reference if anyone gets it.
Sarah: you just gave it away.
Johnny: … crap.)
"Consumed by light; why does that sound familiar?" Tina said to herself. They arrived into another cavern; this time the exit was blocked by a giant dragon. Felicia tries to scream, but no sounds come out of her mouth. They all try to speak, but it fails; they can't make a single sound. Tina pulls out the book and shows them the way out; they have to wake up the dragon and it will move out of the way. They run over and start shaking it, jumping on it, even tickling its nose, which gives off the effect of fire singing Penny's hair as she silently laughs. They all collapse as they realize the only way to wake him is to make sound; but they can't. As they try to figure out what to do, Penny walks over and stares intently at the dragon; just then Crazy whisper into her ear.
(Moonlight: I thought they can't make a sound.
Johnny: it's in her mind; she can talk in her mind.
Moonlight: …makes as much sense as anything else in this story)
"A Balloon to the ear will wake it up." She whispered as Penny smiled. She fished through her air just to find her biggest balloon she has. She keeps blowing, and blowing, and blowing into it. It gets so big; that it fills the cavern up. Suddenly, Crazy pulls a needle out of her hair and pokes the Balloon; the force of the air in the balloon caused enough vibrations in the air to create a barely audible pop. But it was just what the dragon needed; it blinked its eyes and yawned silently as it shifted over, allowing them to escape.
"You guys are welcome." Penny mouths s she skips along. They continue following; not saying another word. They eventually arrived into a second rectangle room; only this one had a bottomless pit for a floor. They looked over and saw the only way across was a rickety old wooden bridge; surrounded by a strange greenish gas. They held their breath for as long as possible as they tried to get across the bridge as fast as possible. But eventually, Rachel gives out first when her face started to turn purple.
"I'm sorry, I just can't anymore." She said in a tiny voice. She then started to giggle, and then started laughing hysterical. The girls quickly found out that the gas wasn't poisonous; it just had a strong helium quality that gave the inhaler a higher voice.
"This is awesome; I sound like one of the chipmunks." Riana laughed as she felt someone tap her on the back. She turned to see Felicia, Rachel, and Penny counting down to something. Then they turned around and started to sing Christmas time is here in the chipmunk voice. Everyone started laughing even harder. Penny almost flew off the end, she laughed so hard; then she looked down and noticed some strange things; but with the fog and her eyes for some reason blurry, she couldn't make it out quite right. Finally she focused her eyes, and gasped in horror; down below the bridge were bones of people who couldn't stop laughing. They even had grins on their bones. Penny realized that the gas was poisonous in large amounts; so the longer there are in the cloud, the sooner they all die.
"I got to save my friends." Penny said in a voice that made her think of Justin Bieber and giggle. Then she slapped herself and got determined again. She got behind her friends and started to push them towards the end. Finally they got to the other side and stopped laughing; and started coughing and gasping for air.
"Oh, my head feels lighter than a turkey on Thanksgiving." Anna said as she held her head and moaned.
(Moonlight: … I don't get it.
Johnny: a turkey loses its head on thanksgiving; so she's exaggerating that she feels like she can't feel her head, it's so light.
Moonlight: …What?
Johnny: …she's southern.
Moonlight: Ohhh, why didn't you say so?
Johnny: oy.)
"Thanks Penny for saving us." Tina coughed as she regained her breath. She looked up to see Penny had disappeared.
"Where did penny go?" Riana asked; then they heard the squeaky voice of their friend back in the cloud as she song Justin Bieber's song Baby.
"Oy, I'll get her." Riana sighed as she walked into the cloud and came back with Penny as she groaned from light-headedness.
"I can see pretty little chipmunks' trying to shuffle to Party Rock Anthem." Penny smiled as her eyes were glazed. Everyone just faced-palm and walked along down the temple while Riana carried a delusional Penny who thought that Riana had a giant crab on her ass and she was trying to smack it.
"If she slaps my butt one more time, I while drop her in the chasm." Riana said flatly as she dropped Penny on the ground and started to drag her. They eventually found the next test room as Riana let go off Penny. They looked around and saw a weird looking ogre at the end of the room with the biggest frown ever.
"Let me handle this; I'm a people person." Rachel smiled walking over to the ogre; and regretting it as she got a closer look at it.
"Ew, I mean hi. I'm Rachel and we would like to get through to the Element please." Rachel smiled as the ogre glared and keeping his frown he said, "Sure, if you could get me to smile."
"Oh well, I'm sure you could smile for a pretty little thing like me." Rachel smiled, getting real close and started to flirt with ogre as he just pushed her away.
"Try all you like girlie; you won't be the first time." The ogre pointed at the skeletons of school girls.
"Oh, well uh; never mind." Rachel smiled running over to the group.
"Nice going, princess." Riana smiled as Rachel glared.
"Shut it, Raenishea Flanasha." Rachel glared as Riana tackled Rachel; allowing Penny still delusional from the cloud of toxic laughing gas to crawl over to the ogre. She stood face to face with the ogre and said, "Hey mom; what's for dinner?" everyone turned towards her as the ogre gripped his spear and everyone started to panic a bit as the ogre hit the ground laughing.
"Oh my god; that is awesome. I like this one, she is defiantly comedian material." The ogre smiled, wiping a tear. He stepped out of the way as the door opened up and revealed the second element.
"Oh, pretty." Penny smiled grapping the pink balloon shaped gem. It changed into a pair of earrings that she clipped onto her ears.
"Well, that's two; only four more and we can defeat Nightmare moon." Tina smiled as the next temple revealed itself.
"Well, let's get a cracking." Riana said as she started dragging Penny again. They jumped through the portal and got ready for their next tests.
Johnny: can you guess what element this was? Bet you can't.
Moonlight: read and review.