Vicky hated going to school whenever it was 'Bring your Parents to School Day'. While the other kids got to leave class for an hour or two to have lunch with their parents, Victoria and Amy were stuck with their teacher with the other handful of students whose parents also didn't come. The young fourth grade student stared at her goldfish crackers with her arms crossed, with her best imitation of Mom's scowl on her face. Amy sat at her desk on the other side of the room, reading her book silently since Miss Hernandez gave them free time. She didn't seem as disappointed as Vicky was.

Mom and Dad had promised that they would be able to make it this year. Even Uncle Neil and Auntie Sarah took time to go visit Crystal and Eric at their school! Why didn't Mom and Dad do the same for her and Amy? Vicky's stomach growled, which made her reach a hand out to grab one of her crackers, but she pulled it back at the last second. No eating! She was supposed to be mad and protesting right now. Her Auntie Sarah and Uncle Neil weren't even available to be substitutes, since they were always busy with hero work. It wasn't fair! Life wasn't fair!

Vicky puffed her cheeks with air and held her breath to stave off her hunger. It's been an hour since she last ate anything, and her plan was failing.

"Bwuah." Victoria gasped, finally opened her mouth, breathing in loudly. She grabbed a handful of goldfish and stuffed them in her tiny mouth. The young blonde licked the palm of her hand, cleaning it of the cheese powder that coated her favorite snack. Mmm, the salty cheese powder tasted good.

Ms. Hernandez's class phone started to ring, which caused the goldfish to feel like they were swimming around in Vicky's stomach. Another one of her classmates, one of the ones she didn't talk to since they smelled weird, was about to go have fun.

"Hello?" Ms. Hernandez said out loud, not bothering to look up from her binder as Vicky stared at her intently. Please-please-please be Mom or Dad! She'd even take Aunt Jess or Uncle Mike even if they did hate going out in public! "Yes, I'll send them." She hung up.

Them? Them?! That meant more than one person right?! Victoria and Amy were the only siblings left in the class! Ms. Hernandez finally looked up from her binder.

"Victoria, Amy, your guardian is here." Ms. Hernandez smiled. She knew how excited Vicky had been. "Please go to the main courtyard."

"Yay!" Victoria practically jumped off her seat, with a large grin on her face. It was finally her year! Wait a minute, Ms. Hernandez said guardian. Did that mean one of her aunts or uncles came in her parents' place? That was still a win in Vicky's books, as long as she was able to leave class.

"Let's go Vicky." Amy placed her book on her desk, closing carefully to avoid making any bunny ears with the pages. Her younger sister tried acting mature, but her attempts failed as a kiddish smile formed on her normally bored face.

"Yeah!" Vicky was about to run through the door, when Amy interlocked her elbows with the blondes. "No fair!"

Amy's toothy smirk looked funny since she was missing her two front teeth. "No running in the halls." Amy should've known by now that rules were there to be broken.

Silly Amy.

The two sisters left their classroom without another word. By the time they got to the courtyard, it was full of foldable tables and chairs with families already claiming most of them. The big opening in the roof allowed the sunshine to rain on everyone. Vicky scanned each table, dropping her smile, but she didn't see anyone from her family. Everyone looked uncomfortable.

"Do you see Mom or Dad?" Vicky turned to Amy, who was staring off into the distance with wide eyes and a half grin. Vicky waved her free hand in front of her sister's face. "Hellooooo? Amy, what are you looking at?"

Vicky followed Amy's gaze, only to find herself staring at some legs, some very long and skinny legs standing right in the middle of the courtyard. Her gaze moved upwards, causing the young blonde to strain her neck until her eyes finally met the yellow sunglasses that sat on the face of the unusually tall man. Vicky had to use one of her hands to block the sun's glare, which hid the rest of the tall man's features.

She knew those sunglasses, and there was only one person in the entire world, no, the entire galaxy that was as tall as him!

"Uncle Boris!" The two girl's shouted in unison as they ran towards the middle of the courtyard. They didn't notice all the strange glances that the other parents and students sent their way. Each girl wrapped their arms around one of the man's legs, like they used to do whenever he was in town.

"Hmmm? Who's this?" Uncle Boris said slowly as he looked down. He always made the funniest faces that could even make Amy laugh. And it was funny, he always talked so slow when he was one of the fastest people that Vicky knew. She heard that he was even faster than Legend and Alexandria! He only used his powers to perform light shows whenever it was New Years, or thr Fourth of July.

"You already know it's us, Uncle Boris." Amy giggled, making sure not to step on their tall uncle's shoes. His head almost poked through the top of the courtyard. His real name was too long and hard to pronounce.

"Yeah!" Vicky agreed, nodding her head as hard as she could. Uncle Boris was her favorite uncle.

Sorry Uncle Neil and Uncle Mike!

"Ohhhhh, I see." Uncle Boris' face always looked like he swallowed a lemon. "Victoria and Amy-Claire. Did you two get taller?"

"I did! Amy's still short." Vicky finally let her Uncle's leg free, and placed a hand on the top of her head. "I grew a whole inch!"

"Nuhuh." Amy stuck her tongue out in Vicky's direction. "You got shorter!"

"So what are you doing here?" Victoria ignored Amy's protest. Uncle Boris always let them do whatever they wanted, whether it was letting them climb his limbs like a tree, or letting them have an extra tub or two of ice cream even when Mom told him no.

Uncle Boris hummed to himself for a few seconds before deciding to answer. "Africa's too boring now, so I decided to spend time with my two favorite nieces."

Ha! Take that Crystal! Mom must've called him. Still, Victoria was victorious! Hehe, she was so smart. And she had the World's Strongest Hero for an uncle.

Life was amazing.

A/N

This'll most likely end up being a two-shot. This was inspired by real life, whenever my parents couldn't make it they sent grandparents or a cousin in their place. It was rare, but it did happen.

I wrote this in honor of the debut of the live action One Piece series.

Now I need to update Smoker the White Hunter.