"Oh my gosh!" Omega gasped, reading the text. "I can't believe she'd say that about her own daughter."

"I can understand wanting your kids to do well," said Mariposa. "But it doesn't take a genius to know this will not only have the opposite effect, but it'd more likely to damage them emotionally."

Suddenly, backup arrived. Ahsoka, Obi-Wan, Masters Fisto, Yoda, and Mundi all arrived on their horses. And a couple of Roya's friends arrived in the form of Vivian and Dracona.

"We came as fast as we could!" Dracona said.

"Que es el problema?" Fiesta asked.

"Well..." Omega began, when all of a sudden...

"Ow!" Vivian growled when something was thrown at her head.

"Oopsie." said Tech, the one who threw the ball.

"You hit the funny doggie!" Garrett said, acting like a child.

"I'm a viventia, and that 'doggie' part of me is a wolf!" Vivan said angrily.

That was when everyone noticed the playpen was broken by some of the victim's discovering they could cast spells. And now everyone who was mentally reverted to three years old was running amock!

"Freedom!" Carmine exclaimed, and began running about.

"Not again!" Hunter groaned.

"Ooh! What's that?" Anakin said, crawling on the floor, where he spotted a caterpillar, and he started imitating it by crawling on his stomach.

Ahsoka and Obi-Wan looked especially confused.

"Okay, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say my master has officially lost it." Ahsoka said.

"He may not be the only one," said Obi-Wan, looking at the other adults.

Padme and Lanaisha, Roya's mom, were playing Ring Around the Rosie, Qui-Gon started running around in the palace, Garrett was playing on a rocking horse he was obviously way too big to ride, and Roya's father was swinging on whatever he could find.

"Okay... what is going on?" Obi-Wan said.

"Why is everyone acting like they're three years old?" Magenta asked.

"They've been mentally reverted back to that age," said Carousella.

"Let me guess, a clavatized villain or an escaped prisoner?" Grassi guessed.

"The first one." Boba said. "Madison, a girl on the cheer squad at our school, went crazy during the graduation ceremony and became Brainstorm, who apparently takes people's intelligence. Even Tech's."

That was demonstrated as Tech tied a rope around Little Star and was dragging it around like a puppy on a leash.

"Tech! That's my plushie!" Omega said, taking back her toy.

"What exactly led to the clavatization?" Kit Fisto.

"We think this text message did." Lamenta said. And she read it out loud.

I still can't believe you didn't get valedictorian. I am very disappointed in you. Salutatorian is just second place in smarts, which is first place for losers. Do you have any idea how humiliating this is for me? When your brother was in kindergarten, he graduated valedictorian, and now he's about to get his P.H.D at a top university, while you couldn't beat some lazy princess in something as simple as school. Why can't you be more like your brother?

None of the Jedi could believe what they heard.

"Did one of my birth parents suddenly get released for good behavior and adopt Madison or something?" Comedia asked, being the most familiar with such hurtful words.

"That's just horrible for anyone to say about anyone, especially a parent to their own child." Obi-Wan said.

"Not only that," said Boba. "She called my girlfriend lazy. And Roya is anything but that. She's only thirteen and already started a fashion empire for Pete's sake. She earned that title."

"Now I really understand what you meant when you told me being royal made achievements more difficult." Omega said.

"At least your parents actually recognize when you do well in school." Comedia said. She snorted with annoyance as she recalled her biological parents' responses to any time she got her report card from school. "Literally straight A's every report card, and not even a 'good job, Comedia.'"

"You got straight A's?" Echo said.

"Is that so hard to believe?" Comedia sounded a bit offended.

"It's just, you're usually pretty... well, silly. I thought you spent more time doing pranks and messin' about."

"I confess I did not anticipate it either, but Comedia is actually very intelligent." Ki-Adi said. "I discovered such during all of her study sessions. You should see her IQ scores."

"Read 'em and weep." Comedia showed her new phone, on which she held a screenshot of her scores of an IQ test she took recently.

"How did you get so smart?" Wrecker asked.

"You wanna be a great prankster? You gotta know a lot about complicated things like physics, geometry, and of course chemistry. Pranks and birthday party magicians' tricks... those are all science experiments dressed up as entertainment. How do you think I was able to catapult a pie across the hall to hit right on target at the right moment?"

"That actually does make a lot of sense." Carousella said. "When we were training to be guards, we had to learn a lot of physics and geometry too so we'd know how to angle our trajectories, physical blows, and how to dodge more quickly and swiftly."

"And history too." Crescent said. "Learn from past mistakes so history doesn't repeat itself, and from past successes to calculate a better chance at victory."

"Same can be said for music. It's pretty much math with a beat that you can dance to." Magenta said. "And science involving vibration that creates the sound."

"Brainstorm is no doubt using that intelligence for something devious." Gabby said. "The only thing we don't know is where she is and how to defeat her."

"Well, we know that if Madison was clavatized," said Goldie. "Obviously Mariverde must be planning to have her get your family's crown jewels. But every clavatized villain so far has been more focused on getting what they want versus getting the jewels."

"Where is the last place you saw this Madison, or Brainstorm?" Kit asked.

"At school." Boba said."

"Then that is where we will start." Obi-Wan said.

"But we'll need someone to stay and make sure the others don't hurt themselves." Boba said.

Master Yoda, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan accompanied Wrecker, Crosshair, Comedia, and the children and their horses to the school to search. Brainstorm was nowhere to be seen. So, the group split up to cover more ground and search for any clue that may lead them to Brainstorm's whereabouts.

"What exactly are we supposed to find here?" Vivian asked, sniffing around for clues.

"I'm not sure." Obi-Wan said. "However, I do sense a great deal of distress approaching."

"Please, someone help! She's holding my wife!" cried a voice in one of the halls. "My Lilian!"

"Like that?" Peppermint guessed.

Obi-Wan exited the hall to see Mr. Sumner shouting for help.

"Excuse me. Can we help you?" Obi-Wan asked.

"Do you know Princess Roya's whereabouts?" asked Mr. Sumner. "I need her specifically."

"I don't think she's gonna be much help right now." Peppermint said. "If your wife's in trouble, maybe we can help."

"I'm not sure that's possible. She asked for her specifically."

"Who?" said Obi-Wan.

"Brainstorm."

Quickly, Obi-Wan hit his comm to summon everyone to meet in the auditorium regarding a lead on Brainstorm's whereabouts

It turned out that Brainstorm had a message written for Roya.

Roya,

You think you're so clever, so privileged that you don't have to earn anything in your life. Well, I got news for you, Princess. Most of us have to actually work for what we have, and for the things we want. Things like the title of valedictorian, which I worked my entire school career for to start my own fashion empire someday. Unlike you, I wasn't born with servants and valets to do my homework and everything else for me, or gold and jewels to bribe my way to getting A's.

"Wow, Madison really has a prejudiced mind towards royals, doesn't she?" said Comedia. "But, all that stuff minus the fashion empire sounds like stuff my parents would do."

"That's not all she's written though." Ahsoka said. "Listen to this." And she read the rest of the message. "'I have the woman responsible for the big mistake, and if you want her back, you will have to come for a rematch and help me prove who truly deserves the title of valedictorian."

"If she wants a rematch, why would she steal Roya's smarts?" Peppermint asked.

"Looks to me like if Roya's been cheating like she's accusing her of, then she might as well cheat to make sure she can't win the rematch."

"Well, if Madison wants a rematch, that's what we're gonna give her." Boba said.

Normally, Boba knew Roya could fight her own battles, but this time, he was going to fight for his woman. He might not have been related by blood, but he definitely took after Anakin in terms of caring for a lady love. No one messed with Boba's girlfriend and got away with it.

"Where does it say to meet her?"

Obi-Wan looked at the note again and found a location.

"Point of No Escape Room-a-Torium."

"Why would she go to an escape room?" Omega asked.

"Why else?" Comedia said. "You need a lot of smarts to beat one."

Point of No Escape Room-a-Torium was perhaps one of the trickest escape room warehouses in all of Naboo. It was filled with mazes, trivial games, puzzles, and all kinds of thing to test your mental abilities and strategic skills. But it was not for the faint of heart. In every escape room, you only had one hour to figure out all the puzzles and escape the room. The pressure was on in these rooms, and with Brainstorm involved, there was no telling what they were in for.

The rescue team arrived at the escape room, where they walked in to find that no workers were in sight.

"This is the place." Mr. Sumner said. "Brainstorm is holding Lilian somewhere in here, but she put a cloth bag over my head when she threw me out so I wouldn't see where."

"Hmm... split up, we must." Yoda said.

"Are you sure that's a smart idea?" Magenta said.

"If we cover more ground, we will have a better chance at finding Mrs. Sumner." Obi-Wan said.

"In that case, you all gotta be careful." Gabby said. "Not all of you have seen Brainstorm's work like we have."

"My master and I have been in scarier situations." Ahsoka said. "If a puzzle game is the best weapon she's got, we'll be fine."

"Unless you got Wrecker's brain." Crosshair teased.

"Crosshair!" Maybelle scolded.

"No, he's right. I'm not very skilled in here." Wrecker knocked on his head. "Ow! See?"

"Genius or not," said Carousella. "We need every mind we've got. Right now, we're the only ones smart enough to do anything."

There were only three rooms with open doors. So, the team split up into three groups:

Crosshair took Omega, Ahsoka, and Goldie, Yoda got Gabby and Wrecker, and Obi-Wan took Boba, Lamenta and Comedia. Of course, the other horses all went in with them. But, Goldie exclaimed "Wait!"

"I thought we told you go before we left." Crosshair said.

"No! The doors. These three were just left open for us to go in." Goldie said. "Doesn't that seem a little suspicious?"

"Goldie has a point." Gabby said. "In a lot of superhero and mystery stories, the villains will often leave some kind of trap in the form of a false sense of security."

"My wife is in there!" Mr. Sumner said. "We have to go now."

And of course, he ran in.

"Looks like we're goin' in." Crosshair shrugged.

"Heard him, you did." Yoda said, moving Magenta's rein. "In we go."

"Let's show that brat who's smart around here." Magenta said walking inside.

"Yet again," Gabby rolled her eyes. "Little kids get ignored in terms of ideas."

Obi-Wan placed Lamenta on Crescent's back and held his rein as they entered the escape rooms.

Except, the moment all three groups entered their chosen rooms...

the doors slammed shut and all turned dark. Then over the loudspeakers, everyone heard a familiar voice.

Brainstorm laughed and taunted the groups who came before her.

"I had a feeling you people wouldn't send Roya over, and for that, you will face consequences for not playing by the rules."

"You haven't exactly been playing fairly either, Madison." Omega said. "How exactly is Roya supposed to do a mental challenge when you took her intelligence?"

"You're pretty smart for a blonde princess."

Omega held a strand of her hair and was immediately offended.

"Hey! My hair doesn't make me dumb!"

"We'll see about that. Since Roya's boyfriend is here instead, I'll make a deal for you. Make it through these challenges, and I will set you all free and return Roya's intelligence. But be warned, you only have an hour to get it done. And..."

Suddenly, everyone's phones and communicators just vanished.

"My phone!" Boba exclaimed.

"No contact with the holo-net or the outside world while you're in here." Brainstorm said. "If even one of you tries any funny business, the principal here will be expelled from this galaxy."

"No!" exclaimed Mr. Sumner.

"Remember, no tricks." Brainstorm said.

And so, the challenges began.

In one room, Crosshair's group was in what looked like...a library?

In another, Obi-Wan's group was in... a bakery?

And Yoda's group... they were in what looked like a kindergarten classroom.

"Welcome to your challenges." Brainstorm said. Now, each of you will find a yellow envelope with your first challenge somewhere in your rooms. Each of you will face but one challenge, and you will have only one hour to find the envelopes and complete the challenges."

So, everyone began searching everywhere they could for a yellow envelope with their challenges

Library

There were a lot of books in this library, as in a lot of places the envelope could have been hidden. Omega and Crosshair shook every book they picked up and threw away every one that didn't have the envelope in it, which by now they found out was at least fifty.

"No envelope in these books." Omega said. "Goldie?"

Goldie and Estrella were checking underneath some chair cushions and beanbag chairs.

"Nothing underneath these beanbags or the chair cushions." Goldie said.

Estrella closed a desk drawer she was checking too.

"Nada in this desk either." Estrella even tried looking underneath the desk.

Fiesta and Ahsoka even checked in some plants that were in there and behind some pictures on the wall.

"Nada aqui." Fiesta said.

"No envelope behind any pictures or in the frames." Ahsoka added. "We'll just have to keep shaking books."

So, they did, but still no envelope.

"This is ridiculous!" said Mr. Sumner. "I've dealt with entitled politicians who didn't put up such a fight."

"Well, where else could it be?" Omega said.

Maybelle then eyed the rug that Estrella was standing on and then remembered a time when she made a card for Mother's Day and needed to hide it somewhere her mom wouldn't see it. Her room would've been too obvious, but one place she knew no one would think to look for it would be... under the welcome mat.

"I wonder..." Maybelle used her magic and literally pulled the rug from under Estrella, making the poor mare flip and fall onto her stomach. "Watch yer step!"

"Whoa! Oof!" Estrella groaned as she picked herself up. "Maybelle! Para qué hiciste eso?

"Look what I found."

"The envelope!" Omega exclaimed. "Maybelle, you found it."

"I just remembered from experience finding great hidin' spots."

Omega then opened the envelope to read the challenge. But the others looked confused.

"It's blank." Goldie said.

"No, it isn't." Omega said. "There's writing on it, see?"

"I don't see anything." Crosshair said, looking at the paper.

"Neither do I." Estrella said.

Bakery

Obi-Wan, Boba, Lamenta, Peppermint, Crescent, and Comedia searched every nook and cranny of the bakery to find their envelope. And eventually, Boba looked inside a cookbook and...

"I found it!" Boba exclaimed.

"Great!" Peppermint said. "What's the challenge?"

Boba opened the envelope, but everyone except him was confused.

"A blank piece of paper?" said Comedia.

"It's not blank. It's got a recipe of some kind on it." Boba said.

"Then why can't we see it?" Obi-Wan said, equally perplexed.

"Maybe it's invisible ink and just cooled down." Remix exhaled on the paper.

Boba fanned the air in front of him.

"No, there's writing on it. And maybe chew some gum, Remix." He said.

Kindergarten

"I have fond memories of foal kindergarten." sighed Magenta, looking through some art supplies for the envelope.

"Look what I found!" Wrecker said pulling something out from the toy box. An envelope.

"You found the envelope, Wrecker!" Gabby exclaimed happily. "So, what's the challenge?"

Wrecker opened the envelope and pulled out the paper.

"Uhh... I think you should read it." Wrecker said, giving Gabby the paper.

Gabby looked at it, but got confused.

"There's nothing written on this." Gabby said.

"Huh?" Wrecker scratched his head. "What do you mean?"

Carousella looked at it and agreed.

"Gabby's right. I don't see anything either."

"Neither do I." said Pinto.

"Neither do I." Magenta added.

"Hmm. Bizarre this is." Yoda said.

Just then, another message came up over the loudspeakers from Brainstorm.

"Oh... did I forget to mention that only the ones who opened the envelopes can see the messages?" Brainstorm taunted.

"Brainstorm!" Boba said angrily. "You're really testing our patience here!"

"Madison, surely there is a civilized way to deal with this." Obi-Wan said. "We saw the message your mother sent you."

"You went through my phone?!" Brainstorm said angrily. "Have Jedi no respect for privacy?!"

"Madison, I understand you were hurt, but you mustn't allow Mariverde to manipulate you."

"I'm not manipulated by anyone! This is my choice, and I will have what I deserve one way or another!"

"Madison-"

"And my name is Brainstorm!"

"Well, Brainstorm," said Peppermint. "For someone with so much smarts, you should be able to realize that Mariverde is only using you."

Brainstorm heard the words, but then Mariverde spoke again.

"Don't listen to them. They know you are more powerful with those smarts. Now use them to get the crown jewels while you have the chance."

And Brainstorm had an idea.

"There is another way. You have four members of the royal family with you. And I know for a fact that these particular members keep their special necklaces and bracelet with them at all times. Even in cheer practice, neither of the twins ever take them off." Brainstorm said. "In words you can understand, give me the jewels, and I will let you go."

"No!" Gabby said, speaking for all of them. "If you give Mariverde our jewels, she'll use them for her own gain, and she'll stomp on anyone who gets in her way or that she finds useless, including you! Brainstorm, please listen to reason. Your mom is the one you're really mad at. If you just come and talk with us, we can sort this out."

Brainstorm started to listen again, and started to calm some and think maybe she should get rid of the mariclava... until Mariverde called her again. And this time... Brainstorm saw someone with swirly spiral eyes looking into hers.

"Listen carefully, Brainstorm." said Mariverde. "You will continue on with your mission to get the crown jewels. You will not listen to anyone but Mariverde. If anyone tries to talk you out of it, you will give them less time. You will do whatever it takes to get the jewels."

"I will do whatever it takes to get the jewels." Brainstorm repeated in a tranced state.

"Madison! Please listen!" Omega called, begging Brainstorm to see reason.

Brainstorm then decided to add to the challenge.

"Since you refused to give up the jewels, I am giving you now only twenty minutes to complete the challenges. If, I mean, when you fail, you will hand over the jewels to me in exchange for your beloved principal."

"Uh... what just happened?" Wrecker said.

"We have less time to do the challenge." Magenta said. "And only one of every group can actually see the message."

So, there was only one thing left to do: beat the escape rooms.

Bakery

Boba looked at the challenge and found a recipe for a very berry cream cake.

"Oh, I know that recipe!" Peppermint said. "Strawberry Sundae showed me how to make it when we helped her and Master Windu with the opening of the shop."

But, this recipe looked a little complicated.

4 cups of flour

2/3 cup of milk

2 tablespoons baking powder

1 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream

3 large eggs

1 1/2 sticks of butter

1 mix of berries (1/2 lb strawberries, twice as many raspberries, blackberries in one quarter the amount of strawberries)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, bake for twenty minutes

The challenge: bake four layers o inch cakes before time is up.

But, there was only one oven, and it was 18 x 9 inches. In other words, it was only big enough to make two layers at the specified time. And according to the recipe, prep time was approximately 10 minutes, and they only had twenty minutes to prep the cakes, bake them, and beat the challenge.

"Then it sounds like we're going to need to multiply a few fractions, calculate the temperature and cooking times, and cook the entire portion for 4 cakes at once." Obi-Wan said.

"One minor detail," said Brainstorm over the loudspeaker. "He or she who opens the envelope must be the one to complete the equation or assignment."

"Oh no!" Boba panicked.

"What's wrong, Boba?" Comedia asked.

"Yeah, you're great at math." Remix said.

"But not fractions! Those fried my brain in school." Boba held his head. "Oh no! I'm getting a headache just thinking about them now!"

"Don't worry, Boba." Comedia said. "Fractions are a big part of geometry and physics. I can help you. Let's just take it one step at a time."

Luckily, Comedia had some markers under her hat.

"Why do you have markers in your hat?" Lamenta asked.

"Don't tell my dad, but I was going to start working on my Father's Day card when you guys contacted the Temple for help." Comedia said. And she started to write on the wall. "Okay, Boba. Read the problem, and I'll write down every factor of it so you can figure it out."

Figuring out the amount of flour and eggs was easy because Boba only had to multiply whole numbers for that. But then they had to figure out the temperature to figure out how much to adjust the temperature so the cakes would bake in five minutes or less. And while Obi-Wan and Peppermint prepared the ingredients, Comedia guided Boba through the hard part (for him, anyway): multiplying fractions by a whole number.

"Okay, Boba. Look carefully." Comedia said. "To multiply a fraction by a whole number, you have to multiply the whole number by the numerator, but keep the denominator the same."

"Which is which again?" Boba asked.

"The numerator is the one on top, and the denominator is on the bottom." Comedia said. "The way I remember it, I remember it like this. The high numerator dominates the denominator. In other words, it helps me remember the numerator is up high, while the denominator is down low."

"Oh... I think I get it."

So, Boba took a marker and started to write down each fraction and calculate them, with Comedia there to supervise and help him if he got stuck.

Library

Omega did not like the look of her challenge. On her paper, she had to write an essay in the form of a short story, and this story had to include three words: endeavor, conscientious, and despicable. And essay writing was Omega's least favorite subject in school. She liked reading, but sometimes had a little trouble with vocabulary and paragraph placements.

"Now I'm starting to wonder how I managed to pass Basic class." Omega groaned.

"You can do it, Omega." Goldie said. "Writing stories is a lot of fun. My mom does it all the time."

"I've written lots of essays for my studies at the Temple." Ahsoka said. "I can help you with writing your story. But we'd better hurry."

"Okay, how should I start?" Omega said, nervous.

"Let's start simple. Just write the first beginning that comes to mind."

So, Omega took a moment to think, and then she took a pencil and started to write on some paper.

In a palace somewhere not too far away, there lived a family with a great big secret...

Classroom

"Okay, Wrecker. What's the challenge?" Gabby asked.

"Uhh... I..." Wrecker seemed nervous.

"Wrecker, what's wrong?"

"I... I don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know?" Magenta said, confused.

"I don't know what it says!" Wrecker said.

"What?"

Wrecker seemed mortified, as he'd been keeping a secret for a long time.

"I don't know how to read. I never learned how." Wrecker held his head and started to cry.

"Don't cry, Wrecker." Gabby said, hugging the strongest batcher.

"I'm so dumb! I don't know how to do anything. I'm no good at reading, can't write, can't even count past twenty if my life depended on it."

"Wrecker, you're not dumb. You're just smart in a different way." Carousella said. "And not knowing how to read isn't something to be ashamed of. Believe it or not, I didn't learn how to read Basic until I was seven. Lots of people struggle with different things."

"Yeah," said Gabby. "And you're good at lots of other things."

"Like what?"

"Well... you're great at lifting heavy objects. And... you're very strong at muscles and at heart."

"You're also very spirited." Magenta added. "And you're great with kids. The younglings are always happy to play with you."

"Not to mention you have good taste in treats." Gabby said. "Remember when Peppermint was experimenting with candy bark recipes, and you helped her taste test them until you found the best one?"

"Oh yeah. That was yummy." Wrecker started to smile again talking about candy.

"Yeah, and in doing so, Peppermint learned something. She learned the best recipe that's definitely child approved. Or at least approved by someone with child-like spirit."

"But I still can't read, and I'm the only one who can see this thing."

"Never too old or too young are you to learn something new." Yoda said. "Teach you to read, we can."

"I'm not sure we have enough time." Magenta said, looking at the timer. "It takes at least three days to learn letter sounds alone."

"Gabby, you learned to read at age three. How long did it take you?" Carousella asked.

"About two hours, I think." Gabby said. "Still, it might take a while to teach Wrecker how to read."

They didn't have enough time to teach Wrecker to read, and matching the letters on the paper to the letters on the nearby alphabet chart would take too long too. It seemed that Brainstorm purposely made each challenge with something the finder was bad at so they would lose the challenge. And somehow Brainstorm knew Wrecker couldn't read, and thus wouldn't be able to read the challenge only he could see, thus making it impossible to complete said challenge.

But then, Gabby had an idea. She remembered a spell that Garrett tutored her in. She recalled telling Garrett how a while back she'd accidentally switched four people's bodies out of anger, and then he taught her how she could intentionally switch bodies with someone else. And if she recalled correctly, her mind was the only thing that transferred to Anakin's body, but her powers didn't. So, if her hypothesis was correct...

"Hold still, Wrecker." Gabby said, and she concentrated. "Gabriella Skywalker, Wrecker Fett, mutatra copora!"

Wrecker suddenly felt weird and then... he suddenly felt a lot smaller.

"What happened?" Wrecker put his head on his... hair?

Wrecker held a strand and suddenly wondered how he grew long brown hair so quickly, until he looked up and saw... himself?!

"AHH! What did you do?"

"Switched our bodies," said Gabby's voice coming out from Wrecker's body.

Gabby picked up the paper and looked at it, and to her great surprise, she could see writing on it.

"I can see the message." Gabby confirmed.

"To find the key to set you free, look for a book with a curious little monkey."

Gabby switched back with Wrecker, which made them both dizzy.

"Even if I could read that, where are we supposed to find a book like that?" Wrecker asked.

"A Curious George book!" Gabby said. "My mom read those to me when I was smaller."

"I loved those books when I was little!" Magenta said.

"Me too!" Carousella said.

"Let's check the bookshelves!" Gabby said.

So, everyone looked at the bookshelves and found a lot of children's books. Goodnight Moon, Stellaluna, Stuart Little, Corduroy, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Green Eggs & Ham, even Clifford the Big Red Dog books.

"Where the heck are all the Curious George books?" Gabby said.

Magenta face hoofed.

"I just remembered. Kindergartners are not always so good at putting things back where they got them from." she said.

"So, it's not even on the shelf?" Wrecker said.

"Probably."

"Wait a minute! I think I saw a book with a monkey on it somewhere!"

"Do you remember where? Think hard."

Wrecker started to think. He remembered seeing a monkey, but he also remembered seeing a ball, a bear, and a starship?

"Wait... those sound like... toys." Gabby said.

"It was in the toy box!" Wrecker exclaimed. And he ran over to the toy chest, and sure enough, inside was a Curious George book, and taped inside the cover was a key. "I found it!"

"See, Wrecker? You're smart in your own way. And when we get home, we're gonna teach you how to read, and you'll be able to enjoy all kinds of stories. Meaning, story time is anytime."

And Wrecker loved story time.

"Yes!"

Wrecker held Gabby up to unlock the door, and they made it out.

And soon, the other two groups managed to make it out of their rooms, except... now they were in what looked like three paths into a maze of clouds.

"You made it past the challenges, I see." Brainstorm said.

"That's right, Brainstorm." Ahsoka said. "Now let Principal Sumner go."

"Oh, I will. But you will have to find her first."

"That wasn't the deal!" Omega said angrily. "We beat your challenges."

"Well, I changed my mind. If any of you were as smart as you thought you were, you would know about pop quizzes. And here's your pop challenge. Get through the maze, and you'll find Mrs. Sumner. But be warned. These brainstorm clouds have a real stormy temper."

Brainstorm laughed at the groups again, and the maze boomed and flashed with lightning. Everyone had to cover their ears from the loud booming.

"This doesn't look good." Remix said.

"Gabby, you and Lamenta can control weather patterns," said Ahsoka. "Think you can do something about these clouds?"

"We can try." Gabby said. "Not one word, Uncle Yoda."

So, Gabby and Lamenta attempted to shrink or move Brainstorm's clouds, only for lightning to strike and barely miss them.

"Okay... this may be more of a challenge than we thought." Lamenta said.