Warioware: Who's that Girl Next Door Living in the Haunted Mansion?
"We're here!" 5-Volt announced when they reached their temporary home. They were staying there because their other house was being fumigated for Fronks. They were originally going to stay at a hotel but a friend of 5-Volt said they could stay in it since she and her family were on vacation. 5-Volt sighed heavenly. "It was so nice that my friend said we could live here for a week. Best of all, it's close to your school. Isn't that great, 9-Volt?" 9-Volt didn't answer. He was too busy playing on his 3DS in the backseat. His pet cat, C-Stick, was in her kennel on the floor. "9-Volt?" 5-Volt noticed her son playing. She grew mad and snatched the 3DS away from him.
"Mom!" 9-Volt complained, looking at her. "I was just about to beat the level!"
"Well, no more play time until you're done unpacking. Now hurry up, the sooner you finished unpacking, the sooner you can play."
"But, Mom!"
"No 'but, Mom' me mister! Now, come on, I'll show you to your temporary room, you're unpack, and only then, you can finished your game, understand?"
"But, Mom, I…" 5-Volt raised her eyebrows.
"9-Volt!" 9-Volt sighed. He knew when his mom used that tone, there was no use arguing with her. "Fine!" He unbuckled his seatbelt, and grabbed C-Stick's kennel. 5-Volt smiled. She always liked it when her son obeyed her. They got out of the car.
The next morning, 5-Volt came into her son's room and gasped. He was playing on his 3DS. C-Stick was lying down beside him. 5-Volt told her son that he could only bring one video game system.
"We're not staying forever." She had said. "Just one video game system."
"9-Volt!" She scolded. "It's a beautiful day. You shouldn't stay inside." She opened the curtain and 9-Volt recoiled from the light like a vampire, hissing.
"Mom!" He complained.
"You should go out and explore the neighborhood. And who knows? Maybe you'll make a friend or two. You never know if you stay in here all day."
"But, Mom." 9-Volt told her. "It's fall. It's cold out there." His mother shook her head.
"It's like summer out there. The weatherman said today might be the last nice day of the year. Now, go out there and get some fresh air."
"But, Mom!" His mom arched an eyebrow and pointed at the door.
"Now, 9-Volt!" 9-Volt sighed and went out of the room. His mom followed him downstairs. "And don't come home until you'll out there for at least an hour, understand?"
"Yes, Mom." 9-Volt put on his jacket and slipped his 3DS in one of the pockets. 5-Volt saw this and snatched it out of his hand. "Hey!"
"I'll take that. Now, go outside and when you come back, you'll get this back."
"But, you said go outside. I will. You didn't say I couldn't play outside."
"I said you should explore and maybe make a friend or two."
"But, what if for when I'm done exploring and I don't make any friends? What if they are all boring adults?" 9-Volt sighed after seeing his mom's face. "Fine!"
"Have fun!" 5-Volt smiled.
"Yeah, yeah!" If his mom actually played a video game, she would understand how fun it is and maybe let him play more. But, no. This is how it has to be. And with that, he went outside.
9-Volt had explored the whole neighborhood, and he hated it. He didn't see anyone his age. Not one he could imagine being friends with. Even if he did make a friend here, he'd have to go away when he and his mother move back home. He sighed. Oh well, at least he could count on some friends that'll never let him down, his video games.
He was about to go back into his house when he saw dark, decrepit mansion looming in front of him. He was so distracted that the piece of the fence in front of him fell to the ground. 9-Volt gasped. If 9-Volt had taken another step, he would have been squashed by the fence post. His heart pounded in his chest as he looked up and over the fence. He gasped again as he saw what was beyond the fence. A giant rabbit was staring right at him. He screamed and fell to the ground.
"Hey kid, are you okay?" 9-Volt opened his eyes and shook his head, He then saw a girl with black hair looking at him. A red creature was also looking at him.
"He seems fine." The red creature said. The girl then got mad at him.
"I asked the boy, not you! " She shouted. That shut the red creature up. She looked down at 9-Volt again. "So, you okay?" 9-Volt stood up and dusted himself off.
"Yeah, I'm okay." He said.
"Sorry about all of this." She apologized. She held out her hand. "I'm Ashley." She looked at the red creature. "This is Red." She looked at 9-Volt again. "What's your name?" But 9-Volt didn't answer. He was too busy being astonished at the giant rabbit. Ashley waved her hand in front of his face.
"Hello? H-e-llo? Anyone in there?" She finally had to snap her fingers to get 9-Volt's attention.
"What?" 9-Volt asked.
"I asked what your name was and you were just staring at my stuffed rabbit."
"Oh, sorry." 9-Volt shook her hand, which she immediately retracted. "My name's 9-Volt." Ashley just looked at him.
"9-Volt? What a strange name."
"Yeah, sure is." 9-Volt then heard her mom calling him.
"9-Volt!" His mom called. "Come in for dinner!"
"COMING, MOM!" 9-Volt shouted back. He and Ashley shared their goodbyes. He then heard something else and turned around. 9-Volt couldn't believe it; he didn't see the gigantic stuffed rabbit. Instead he saw a little stuffed rabbit in its place. He watched as Ashley picked it up and hugged it to her chest. She took one look at 9-Volt, and then went inside her house.
"9-VOLT!" His mom called again.
"COMING!" 9-Volt shouted. He, too, went inside his house.
"You're staying here?!" 18-Volt questioned 9-Volt as he sat down next to him on the school bus.
"Yeah." 9-Volt said. "My mom's friend lives here."
"How long are you staying here?"
"A week."
"Good, because if I were you, I would tell my mom to go somewhere else, somewhere far away from here." 9-Volt was confused.
"Why? What's wrong with this place?"
"Well, rumors has it that a family of witches are living on this very street. And one of them is our age, Ashley." 9-Volt just looked at him.
"The girl next door is named Ashley."
"Well, hopefully it's another girl named Ashley. If it's not, you're in trouble."
"Yeah, but if it is, I don't believe it. Witches aren't real." 18-Volt shrugged.
"If you say so." He then changed the subject. "So, did you bring every one of your video games?" 9-Volt sighed.
"I wanted to, but my mom made me bring one video game system, so I picked my 3DS."
"Aw, just one? That's a bummer."
"Tell me about it."
When the bus dropped them off at Diamond City Elementary, the boys were about to go into the school, when 9-Volt saw something in the sky.
"Look!" He said, pointing. 18-Volt looked up with him. They then saw it land in the bushes. "Come on; let's go check it out!" The boys went to look in the bushes. They gasped; it was Ashley. She was on a broom. She got off it and took it with her to class. "That's her; that's my next door neighbor."
"Uh-oh." 18-Volt spoke. "That's also the witch. You're living next door to a witch, my friend. Hopefully, she's not the new student that's coming in today." 9-Volt looked at him.
"How many new students do you think are coming today? School started back up a month ago." 18-Volt shrugged.
"Beats me, but it's possible that another kid named Ashley is starting today. Now, come on or we'll be late." 9-Volt nodded in agreement, and the two went into the school.
Once they were done with their lockers, 9-Volt and 18-Volt went to their classroom. They saw an empty desk in the corner, all ready for the new student. They went and sat at their desks just as the bell rang.
"Boys and girls," began their teacher, Mss. Raven Sancy. "As you know, a new student is starting today. Now, when she gets here, I want to see good behavior from each and every one of you."
"Yes, Mss. Sancy!" All of the kids said at once. Mss. Sancy smiled. "Good. Now, open your desks, take out your English books, and turn to page 62." All of the kids did as she said.
As they were doing their assignment on commas, the Principal, Mr. Neil Orlov, entered the room. With him was Ashley.
"Sorry to interrupt," He began. "But Ashley's here." Mss. Sancy looked up and went over to them.
"Thank you, Neil." She thanked him. The principal smiled.
"Have a good first day, little lady." He said. He then left. Mss. Sancy looked at her class.
"Class," She began. "This is Ashley." The kids all looked up at her. 9-Volt couldn't believe that the new student was his temporary next-door neighbor. "Give her a nice welcome."
"Hi, Ashley!" The kids all greeted her. Mss. Sancy pointed her to the empty desk.
"We already have a desk for you."
"Thank you, Miss. Sancy." Ashley said. She went to her desk. Mss. Sancy looked at the class and cleared her throat. The kids understood, and continued with their assignments. Mss. Sancy went to talk to Ashley.
When the lunch bell rang, the kids got up from their desks and ran to the door.
"Wait for me, kids." Mss. Sancy said. She went to the door. "I know you all can't wait to eat, but you have to wait for me." She opened the door and all of the kids followed her.
"Hey!" A tough –looking kid said to Ashley when she was sitting at a table next to another tough-looking kid. "You're sitting in my spot."
"Uh-oh." 18-Volt observed. He and 9-Volt were sitting at a nearby table. "It's Tough-Volt. I hate to be in Ashley's shoes right now." He picked up a noodle between his chopsticks, and ate it.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Ashley told him. "I didn't see a name on it."
"Yeah, but it's still my spot, Ask my friend."
"He let me have it."
"No, I didn't!" Tough-Volt's friend argued. He looked at Tough-Volt. "I never said that; she's lying. I told her not to sit here, that it's for my friend, but she refused and took it anyway."
"You're the new kid, aren't you?" Ashley nodded.
"Correct." She replied.
"Then I'm going to warn you, this is my seat and when I tell that to kids, they give it to me no questions asked. So, I'm going to ask again. Are you going to give me my seat?"
"No. You can sit in the empty seat next to me."
"But I don't want to. I want to sit next to my friend." Ashley crossed her arms across her chest.
"Well, I'm sitting here, and that's that!"
"Okay, I didn't want to do this, but you leave me no choice." He then shoved Ashley to the floor. "Here's your meal." He dropped her tray on the floor. He laughed as he sat in his seat. His friend laughed with him.
Ashley just huffed, picked up her tray, and went to find another table.
"Poor Ashley." 18-Volt said. "Strong-Volt and Tough-Volt are such jerks."
"That's what bullies are." 9-Volt told his friend. "Heartless jerks who make 'weak' kids' school days worse then they already are." The boys resumed on eating their lunches.
At the end of the day, Ashley shut her locker door when she had what she needed. She went to exit the school. Tough-Volt and his friend, Strong-Volt, went to her. 9-Volt and 18-Volt noticed this. The bullies blocked Ashley's path. She tried to move around but the bullies moved as well, still blocking Ashley's path.
"Excuse me!" Ashley said to them. "Would you mind? You two are blocking my path."
"Oh, I'm sorry." Tough-Volt lied. "It's just I was going to say if you want to leave the school, you'll be going the wrong way." Ashley didn't fall for it one bit.
"Oh, really? If that's true, then why are the other kids going this way?"
"Look, I know a shortcut that the other kids don't."
"Oh, really? Then where is it?" Tough-Volt and his friend grabbed Ashley and lifted her up. Ashley glared. "Hey! What are you doing to me? Put me down immediately!" The bullies sniggered.
"Oh, we'll put you down." Tough-Volt told her. They carried her off. The kids and teachers were all to busy going out for the buses or getting ready for After-School classes to notice.
They were nearing the trashcan when Ashley got out of their grasp.
"I can't believe you two!" She said. "Picking on the new girl on her first day at a new school in a new city. You two should be ashamed of yourselves! We could have been friends!"
"Friends?" Tough-Volt asked. "No way! You got to be kidding me!" He looked at his friend. "Come on, Strong-Volt. Let's ditch this girl." Strong-Volt agreed with his friend and left with him. Ashley glared at them.
Suddenly, she started waving her hands, yelling out nonsense words. She stopped when the two tough boys looked at her.
"What did you just do?" Tough-Volt asked. "Why did you shout all of those nonsense words?"
"I just put a hex on you."
"No, you didn't!" He then frowned. "What kind of hex?"
"In the morning, your pants won't fit you."
"You're bluffing!" Ashley shrugged.
"Whatever you say! Now as you excuse me boys, I'm going home." With that, she headed for the door with everyone else.
Before they got onto their bus, 9-Volt and 18-Volt went to the bushes. They have just got there when they saw Ashley take off on her broom. They stared on with astonishment.
"Whoa!" Both boys marveled at once. They then saw their bus leaving. They ran after it.
"WAIT!" 18-Volt yelled. "WE'RE COMING!" The bus stopped to let them catch up and get onboard. The bus then left.
As 9-Volt was walking home, he heard something and stopped dead in his tracks.
What the? He went below the window of Ashley's house and looked in. He saw Ashley, holding her stuffed rabbit, and Red. In the center was a big caldron. She was throwing things in.
What is she doing? 9-Volt wondered. When she was done, Ashley waved what looked like a scepter, said something, and a light beam came out. It hit Red and within minutes, the red creature grew 50-foot tall! 9-Volt's jaw dropped, as he hardly could believe what he just saw. He then saw Ashley do a face palm, say something, and looked at the window. In a panic, 9-Volt withdrew from the window, his heart pounding. Did Ashley see him? Not wanting to know, he stood up, and started running to his house.
"TOUGH-VOLT!" His mom shouted at him the next morning. Tough-Volt was in his room, trying to pull up his pants. "HURRY! THE SCHOOL BUS WILL BE HERE ANY MINUUTE!"
"I'M TRYING, MOM!" Tough-Volt yelled to his mom. He looked down.
What is wrong with my pants?! He wondered to himself. Why aren't they fitting?
"In the morning, your pants won't fit you." He remembered that Ashley girl telling him that. Could it be? Tough-Volt shook his head, not believing it. Nah! Hexes aren't real.
"TOUGH-VOLT!" His mom shouted again. "COME ON; GET A MOVE ON!"
"I'M COMING, MOM!" Tough-Volt yelled again. He tried to pull on his pants again. He sighed with disappointment when it didn't fit. He quickly put it away in a drawer and grabbed another ones of his pants.
"TOUGH-VOL…"
"I'M COMING, MOM! GAH!" He closed the drawer and hurried out of his room.
Outside, Ashley was spying on him through the window on her flying broom. She smiled to herself and flew off to school.
At school, 9-Volt had got into his classroom when his teacher screamed. He looked up and saw a live bunny hopping his way. He got out of the way and looked up as Mss. Sancy stomped her way to Ashley. She was carrying a backpack. Ashley looked up at her. She noticed her backpack in her teacher's hand. A smile spread across her face.
"Hey!" She said. "That's my backpack!"
"Yes." Mss. Sancy responded. "Tell me why it was by my desk." Ashley just shrugged.
"I don't know." She said. "I swear, no, I know, I put it in my locker before I got here." Mss. Sancy didn't believe her.
"Well, it wasn't! And why on Earth did you put a live bunny in my desk?"
"I didn't put a live bunny in your desk." Mss. Sancy put her hands on her hips.
"Oh, really?" Ashley nodded.
"Yeah, really." Mss. Sancy then took out a note from her pocket.
"I found this in the desk in front of the bunny, and it reads," She cleared her throat. "'I did this-Ashley.'" She took down the note. "Now, why would you do this to me, Ashley?"
"But, I didn't."
"Don't lie to me, young lady!"
"But it's the truth. I didn't do it."
"This is your last warning, Ashley. Did you put the bunny in my desk?" Ashley shook her head.
"No." She then marched to the phone.
"That's it! I'm calling the Principal."
"But I didn't...
"Look little lady, I can't handle this anymore. You're going to the Principal and that's final." Ashley scowled at Mss. Sancy and clenched her fists as the teacher put the phone to her ear.
9-Volt turned around as he heard laughter and was mad too, for he saw that it was Tough-Volt and Strong-Volt. So it was them! They're the ones who put that bunny in Mss. Sancy's drawer. One of them must have taken Ashley's backpack and placed it near the desk while the other one must have wrote the note, writing Ashley's name, thinking that Ashley did it when it was them all along! 9-Volt stepped forward.
"Excuse me, Mss. Sancy," He began. "Ashley's telling the truth. It wasn't her. It was…" But Mss. Sancy put her free hand up as she began to talk to the principal.
"Hello, sir. Sorry to interrupt, but it's about the new girl, Ash…" Ashley was so mad at her teacher that she cast a spell at her. She pointed all her fingers at her and kids gasped as sparks came out of them and then…poof, Mss. Sancy had disappeared and a spoon was in her place. The phone fell to the floor.
"What the…?" The spoon in Mss. Sancy's voice asked.
"Raven?" Mss. Sancy heard Neil's voice on the phone. "Raven? Are you there? Hello?"
"Mss. Sancy!" A boy said. "You're a spoon!"
"What?"
"Here!" A girl said, taking out her hand mirror. "Look!" Mss. Sancy saw herself in the mirror and screamed. She then fainted. Ashley then made the phone float in the air and made it hang up on the cradle.
18-Volt looked at his friend.
"Now are you convinced that Ashley's a witch?" He wanted to know. 9-Volt didn't reply; he just nodded.
"THEY'VE GONE TOO FAR!" 18-Volt and 9-Volt heard Ashley yell in the bushes. The boys went to have a look and gasped. Her broom was broken in two! She kicked the two broom pieces in frustration.
"How do you know it was them?" 18-Volt asked her, coming into the bushes. Ashley looked at him.
"It was obviously them. Who else could've done this?"
"She has a point there." 9-Volt said to his friend.
"I know it was them! Now, how am I going to get home?"
"You can ride home with us." Ashley turned to 9-Volt.
"Really?"
"Yeah. You can tell the bus driver that your bike was stolen and that you need a ride home." Ashley stood up.
"Thanks!" And with that, the three kids went to the bus.
"Those two boys need to be punished." Ashley said in her bus seat as the bus drove. 9-Volt was sitting next to her and 18-Volt was sitting across from them. 9-Volt looked at her.
"How?" He asked.
"Tonight, I'm going to make a potion. I'll have my revenge and they will not bother me any more." She turned to 9-Volt. "Want to come with me?"
"Me?" Ashley nodded.
"Well, I just beat the only game I have, so, sure. I'll have to ask my mom though."
"Of course." She looked at 18-Volt. "Do you want to come?" 18-Volt shook hos head.
"Can't." He replied. "My grandparents are visiting. You two have fun. Tell me about it tomorrow."
9-Volt was awestruck when he was in the room where Ashley perfects her magic. It was like being in a large science lab. A big, boiling cauldron was in the center. A rack of potions lined all of the walls. Although 9-Volt had seen this room before when he spied on Ashley, he was still astonished by it all.
"Look at all these potions! You have like a million of them! I swear, you have more potions then all of the video games that 18-Volt and I have combined!" He picked up a potion and looked at it. "Kitten spit?" He looked at Ashley who nodded.
"An ingredient I might need someday." She said. "That was a hard one to get, but I finally got it." 9-Volt put it away and looked at the other bottles.
"What potion are we going to conjure up for those two jerks?" He asked the witch girl who was by the caldron.
"You'll see." She held up her hand. "Now, hand me the ingredients that I need." 9-Volt nodded and did what she asked.
"You know, girls I know don't conjure potions or do magic. They ether play with dolls, comb their hair, and other stupid girly stuff." Ashley looked at him.
"I never do those things. Who has time for stupid stuff like that?"
"Right." He then changed the subject. "So, what kind of potion did you do?" Ashley poured the liquid from the caldron into an empty bottle.
"You'll see."
"So, what potion did Ashley do?" 18-Volt asked his friend the next morning on the bus. 9-Volt shrugged.
"Don't know." He admitted. "She didn't say."
"Oh, a surprise, huh?" 18-Volt rubbed his hands together. "Sweet suspense; I can't wait!"
"I can't open my locker!" Tough-Volt said in the locker bay.
"Did you forget your locker combo?" A girl asked.
"No. I always remember my combo."
"Well, maybe you forgot today." Tough-Volt glared at her.
"I didn't forget!"
"Then how come you're having trouble?"
"I don't know, okay?!" The girl panicked.
"Okay, okay, I was just trying to help!"
Just then, the janitor entered. He looked at the kids. He cleared his throat.
"Do your kids need any help?" All the kids except Tough-Volt, stood up. The girl pointed to Tough-Volt.
"Tough-Volt can't open his locker." The janitor looked at Tough-Volt.
"So, your locker's being stubborn on you? Don't worry sonny, I can help. Now, what's your combination?" Tough-Volt was about to tell the janitor when Ashley came up to them.
"Perhaps I can help." She offered. They both looked at her. "May I try?" The janitor nodded.
"Sure." He looked at Tough-Volt. "If it is okay with you, that is."
"Good luck." Tough-Volt said. "But you'll never open it." Ashley pulled on his locker gently and it opened. Tough-Volt's jaw dropped.
"You're welcome." Ashley said to the bully, bowing to him. She then left.
"Well," The janitor said, getting up. "Looks like you don't need me. Get to class." He left as well. Some kids laughed.
"What was that about?" A boy wanted to know. "A little girl can open Tough-Volt's locker, and he can't? Man, how embarrassing!" They laughed and laughed.
Tough-Volt didn't know what just happened. Did a girl just show him up? Tough-Volt shook his head in disbelief, took out his stuff, and went to his class.
"Watch this!" Ashley said to 18-Volt and 9-Volt. She looked at Tough-Volt, who was sitting with Strong-Volt and some other boys at a nearby table, 18-Volt and 9-Volt watched as Strong-Volt stood up, and stepped onto his table.
"Uh, what are you doing, man?" Tough-Volt wanted to know.
"I LOVE CHERRI METS!" Strong-Volt blurted out. He then placed his hands over his mouth. Did he just say that? Why did he say that? He looked at his crush, Cherri Mets. He just sat back down in his seat as the other kids oohed and aahed.
"Man!" Tough-Volt said. "Why did you shout that out like? You made yourself look like a moron!"
"I don't know."
For the rest of the week, Tough-Volt had a bad week. His pants ripped, revealing his underwear, his pants still didn't fit in the mornings, and he had a bad case of the hiccups during his oral speech on hiccups. Strong-Volt didn't have it any better. Whenever he talked, his voice came out like it was helium, Berry, his teddy bear was somehow in his backpack one day, and his hair turned pink.
One morning, the bullies couldn't take it anymore. They both decide to confront Ashley.
"Whatever you did to us," Tough-Volt began. "You need to undo it."
"Yeah!" Strong-Volt added. "Please! We can't take it anymore! We'll do anything!" Ashley smirked.
"I will only lift your curses if you promise not to be mean to anyone in this school ever again."
"But we can't! We're bullies; it's what we do. That's like saying stop breathing or stop being kids." Ashley glared at them. The bullies panicked.
"Okay, we'll be nice from now on."
"Good."
The rest of the day, Strong-Volt and Tough-Volt didn't do anything mean to Ashley. In fact, they sat with her and 18-Volt and 9-Volt during lunch and Tough-Volt dumped Ashley's tray for her. Strong-Volt shared his potato chips with them and Tough-Volt. 9-Volt felt confident that the bullies won't bother another student at Diamond Elementary ever again.
"Mom, what's with all of the boxes?" 9-Volt asked his mother on Sunday,
"Don't you remember?" His mom told him. "The Fronks are gone from our house. It's safe. We can go home now." 9-Volt beamed. So much had happened that week that he had forgotten why they had moved.
"I'll go tell 18-Volt." He said. He then went up the stairs to tell his friends.
As soon as 9-Volt put the phone on the cradle from calling 18-Volt, he heard his mom from downstairs.
"9-VOLT! THERE'S SOMEONE HERE TO MEET YOU!"
"COMING!" 9-Volt shouted back. He raced downstairs. He stopped when he saw Ashley by his mom. Ashley had something in her hand.
"Ashley?" 9-Volt asked. "What are you doing here?" Ashley gave him something. 9-Volt grabbed it and looked down at it. He couldn't believe it. It was Super Smash Brothers Brawl.
"Your friend told me that you liked video games." Ashley explained. "So I went to the store and bought it for you. I hope you like it. It was the last one in stock." She then became worried. "You don't have it, do you?" 9-Volt looked up at her, grinning from ear to ear.
"No, I don't. Thanks so much. I wanted this for a long time," Ashley sighed in relief.
"That's a relief."
"I would play this with you, but I only have my 3DS right now." Ashley nodded, and then looked all around at the boxes.
"9-Volt? What's with all of the boxes?"
"I'm moving." Ashley backed up.
"Moving?"
"Yeah, but don't worry. I'm just moving back to my original house after it got infested with Fronks. As much as I would like to stay home and play video games, I'll be back at school on Monday." Ashley sighed in relief. She smiled at 9-Volt.
"Good. Because if you moved schools or we lose connections with each other, you can no longer be my friend." 9-Volt smiled and gave a thumbs-up.
"Don't worry. We can still be friends."
"I'm glad. Well, see you Monday." And with that, she headed back towards her house.
"Yeah, see you Monday."
"I have a surprise for you." 9-Volt told Ashley on the morning bus ride. "You can come with me when my bus drops me off at home. I already asked my mom and she gave me permission to have you come over. You should call and get permission from your folks though."
"Okay." Ashley took out her cell phone. "I'll call them right now." And with that, she dialed her home phone number.
"They said yes." Ashley said to 9-Volt as she hung up her phone and put it in her pocket.
"Great. Then it's a date. Not a gross romantic kind of date, a friend date." He blushed. "Uh, you know what I mean."
"So, what have you got to show me?" Ashley asked when they were in front front of 9-Volt's original house
"It's in the garage." 9-Volt answered. "That is if my mom didn't move it. Come on." He went to the garage. Ashley followed.
"Here it is." 9-Volt said once they were in the garage. He picked up a long present and handed it to Ashley. "I hope you like it." Ashley grabbed it and tore the wrapping to reveal a broom. "I was saving the money for a new video game, but brought you a new broom instead. I hope you don't have a one already. I'm sorry it's not magic; I don't think they make flying brooms." Ashley felt overjoyed and hugged 9-Volt. 9-Volt was shocked; he wasn't expecting this.
"Thank you for this. My folks freaked when I told them my last one broke." She then released herself and looked at 9-Volt. "Oh, and don't worry about it not being magic; I can fix that." And with that, a purple flash went from her hands and into the broom. She went on her new broom and tapped the spot behind her. "Well? Don't you want to test it out with me?" 9-Volt nodded.
"Okay, but I have to open the garage door first." He went to the button on the wall, pressed it, and the garage opened. He then joined Ashley on the broom.
"Ready?" Ashley asked.
"Ready." And with that, Ashley tapped her feet together and the broom lifted off the floor. They then flew outside. They soared above 9-Volt's mom who was gardening.
"9-Volt!" She called. "Remember, close the garage when you leave!" She looked up and gasped. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. She rubbed her eyes. "I must be seeing things. I could swear that I saw my son and his friend on a flying broom." She shrugged and resumed gardening.
"So, how do you like the view?" Ashley asked 9-Volt in the air.
"Great!" 9-Volt answered, observing the sight below. "Wow! Everything sure does look like ants from up here." "18-Volt is surely missing out." He then changed the subject. "So, after this, do you want to play the on the Wii with me?"
"Sure."
9-Volt smiled to himself. For some reason, he didn't mind having to go to school. It was fun going with a witch. It was almost as much fun as playing video games…almost.