Chapter 57: Apparent Tranquility
A week later, everything had continued normally. Diddy and Dixie had had quiet days, in fact, they hadn't had days like this since their first weeks on that island. They no longer had their four past friends with whom they went out and played daily, but after all the discord they had with them, they no longer missed them so much; although they had met them by chance a couple of times, they only greeted them but nothing more, as if they were just acquaintances. Likewise, there was no longer any ship to build. It was just days of waiting for the time to come when they could return to DK Island. Even during that week, Dixie had sent a couple more letters to DK Island, even if she wasn't sure she would get a response. Diddy, for his part, didn't do the same, since he preferred to wait for a first response about the letters to arrive.
Diddy and Dixie were still waiting for Mr. Pinky; every hour of the day they peeked outside the house in case they saw him coming, but he still gave no signs. Both wondered how much he would have to do at the school he went to, since he had been away from home for more than a week.
"When is he coming?" Diddy wondered as he leaned out of their bedroom window.
"How much will he have to do over there?" Dixie said as she read a magazine, swinging in the hammock. "What if we are going to look for him?"
"Do you want to get lost on another island?" Diddy replied with strangeness.
"I was just joking, of course not," Dixie said with a small laugh, before being serious again. "What if we send him a letter to ask if he's still okay?"
"It wouldn't be bad; we could try. Although we don't know yet if the letters will arrive."
"To the island where he went, they must arrive. If you want, I can send it to him; I'm going to send another letter to DK Island later."
"Again?" Diddy asked, smiling with a look of surprise. "You've already gone to send two more these days, but they still don't tell us whether or not they arrive."
"Well, for that very reason, in case they don't arrive. Several attempts have to be made."
"Okay. Let's see if those swordfish can get to DK Island as we were told," Diddy added with a shrug. "Anyway, maybe we have to wait a couple more days for Mr. Pinky."
"Hey, and it's already more than noon hours, let's go get some bananas or something for lunch."
Diddy nodded and they both left the house to look for food afterwards; that was another thing they had to do on their own during the last week that Mr. Pinky wasn't present, although they also missed the special meals he prepared, especially on weekends.
Diddy and Dixie were sitting on one of the branches of a tree, eating a few bananas for lunch. When suddenly, a small group of the animals that were from the circus, consisting of a zebra, a gorilla and an elephant, arrived and called them.
"Hey! Diddy! Dixie!" the animals called them.
Diddy and Dixie immediately turned and were surprised to see them looking for them, since it wasn't very common that they do so outside the shelter. They both came down to talk and would think they would have something good to say... if not for the faces they brought.
"Hi! Is something wrong?" Diddy asked them.
The animals were seen with worried faces as if they had nothing good to say to them, which began to raise doubts on Diddy and Dixie.
"Uh, hey…" said the zebra in a worried tone. "It's that someone has come to look for you."
"Look for us?" asked Diddy, confused. "For us?"
"Who?" Dixie added, looking at them strangely. "It's not the group of friends we had, right?"
"No, no, they aren't," said the gorilla. "They are two ape kids that we have never seen and who came from another island. They say they're waiting for you on the low cliff that is meters from the shelter."
"What are you saying?" Diddy exclaimed, instantly confused. "How are they waiting for us?"
Diddy and Dixie made a gesture of extreme confusion at the same time at what those animals were telling them. They wondered at first who could have come for them to that island and in that situation.
"But who are they? What do they look like?" Diddy asked them.
The circus animals looked at each other seemingly nervous, which further confused Diddy and Dixie. They were quiet for a moment while the pair of kongs insisted that they say so.
"It's t-that one of them claims to be the…" the animals weren't seeming sure to tell them everything in detail. "Well... they're actually looking for Dixie."
"Me?" exclaimed Dixie with extreme confusion. "But who?! Who are those ones?"
"Could you give us more details, please?" Diddy demanded.
"J-just go see!" answered the animals, stuttering and convincing them to go and see them.
"But tell us well!" Dixie exclaimed, insisting. "How do those two kids that you say look like? Are they tall, short, gorillas, chimpanzees or what?"
"You have to see them," the zebra insisted along with the others. "Uhh... and Diddy better not go-"
"Shut up," the elephant whispered between his teeth and gave the zebra a little push.
"Uh, just go see those kids, little monkeys!" added the gorilla, nudging them to where they had been indicated.
"But tell us what they look like," replied Dixie, looking at them more strangely. "And why do you look scared?"
"Just go and see it on your own!" said the elephant in the same way as the gorilla.
Diddy and Dixie were completely confused and looked at the animals with extreme weirdness. They expected that maybe it was some joke or a surprise on their part, so they went to where they had been told that there was a supposed pair of ape kids waiting for them; after all, the two of them didn't even expect anyone.
Meanwhile, the animals that were from the circus stared at them both with concern as they walked away... as if it were something of importance.
"Do you think that's true?" whispered the gorilla to the other animals.
"I hope not," the zebra added, looking nervous.
Diddy and Dixie were running to the animal shelter. After all, they were quite curious to know who had supposedly come looking for them, which was very strange, since no one out of that island knew that the two of them were there. In addition, by the way the animals said it, it gave signs that perhaps something wasn't right.
Arriving near the shelter, they went to the low cliff that the animals had mentioned to them. But when they got there, there was no presence of any individual.
"This is very strange," said Diddy, looking everywhere, looking for the supposed kids mentioned by the animals. "I don't see anyone."
"I think they wanted to make a joke on us," Dixie added, shrugging. "Besides, who would come for us now?"
"Or let's ask them well what they wanted to tell us."
Diddy and Dixie downplayed the matter and decided to turn around to leave the place; maybe the animals wanted to play a joke on them as they thought. When suddenly...
"Dixie!" exclaimed a distant voice that, just by hearing it, both recognized it and opened their eyes with intensity.
Diddy and Dixie looked at each other quickly and turned to see who had called... Both of them almost stopped breathing when they saw who he was, because it was someone they never expected to find there, and they hardly knew how to react to his presence... An orangutan boy in a green vest and with a tuft on his head.
"W-w-what?!" the two stuttered without recovering at all.
"Dixie!" exclaimed the orangutan boy walking towards them, with a gift box that had a voluptuous and colorful ribbon.
"N-no, no! I must be dreaming again!" Dixie whispered in a trembling tone, holding Diddy's arm.
"Oh, I was hoping to see you again, pretty," the orangutan boy said in a sweet tone as he arrived, and then spoke to Diddy. "Ah, hi, dwarf monkey, how long no see."
"B-b-but..." stammered Dixie, trembling with fear. "W-weren't y-you d-dea-"
Suddenly, someone else arrived on the scene: a red-footed langur boy appeared riding a jet ski, complex enough to be of their own.
"Hey! How are you, monkeys?!" exclaimed the langur boy towards Diddy and Dixie, from the jet ski. "Long time no see you two!"
Diddy and Dixie wanted to convince themselves that they would be dreaming that they had Jemky and Melenky in front of them. Because of nerves, they couldn't even think about what to do; they couldn't believe what they were seeing, much less on that island.
"Uhh, Dixie…" Jemky said, looking sideways at Diddy, the box in his hands. "Does your little friend Diddy already know?"
"W-what?!" exclaimed Dixie, trying to recover from the impression, "And w-weren't you dead?!" she added, pointing to Jemky's chest and looking for his scar.
"What?! "Dead me?!" exclaimed Jemky, looking at her strangely. "What are you talking about?"
Jemky looked at his chest under his vest. To Diddy and Dixie's surprise... there was no trace of having been shot as Dixie had recounted, not even any scar.
"But...!" Diddy exclaimed in shock.
"You must be up to something now!" exclaimed Dixie, pointing at them.
"Huh?! What are you talking about" Jemky and Melenky exclaimed simultaneously, looking at Dixie strangely.
"You want to do something to us right now!" replied Dixie defensively. "You carry guns!"
"What?! What are you talking about?!" Melenky replied, looking at her with oddity along with Jemky. "What guns do you say?"
"Ahh, I get it, Dixie," Jemky said, changing his tone and starting to laugh. "Are you telling me about those little fake stories you told Diddy about how I threatened you and you shot me when Rocky's accident happened?"
"But that's what happened!" said Dixie, looking at them with absolute oddity. "And what are you talking about Rocky?! You were the one I shot! And how the heck did you two get here?!"
"Oh, calm down, baby, I understand what you mean," Jemky added calmly. "I know you still don't want Diddy to know about ours."
"By the way, for your information, Dixie and I are dating!" added Diddy firmly, before hugging Dixie.
"W-what?!" exclaimed Jemky, gaping for a few seconds. "Is that true, Dixie?!"
"Well, yes!" replied Dixie in the same way as Diddy. "Diddy is my boyfriend! Any problems?!"
Suddenly, Jemky started to show a disappointed face, while Diddy and Dixie kept watching him for any attack. Suddenly, Jemky began to be furious, dropped the box he was carrying to the ground and angrily headed towards Dixie.
"You are a liar!" he exclaimed before grabbing her hard by the hair.
"Hey, but what's wrong with you?!" replied Dixie trying to push him away and confused by Jemky's attitude.
"Hey, let her go!" Diddy exclaimed, coming out to defend her and pushing Jemky hard. "What's wrong with you, you idiot?!"
"So, are you the boyfriend of this liar, you whipper-snapper monkey?!" Jemky asked him, looking too furious.
"Yes, do you have any problems?!" replied Diddy, looking at him in confusion. "And why do you say so to her?!"
"Have you gone crazy?!" Dixie added in the same way.
"It can't be…" Jemky muttered before heading back to Dixie and grabbing her hair. "You told me you had nothing with that stupid Diddy!"
Dixie gave Jemky a single push immediately while she was confused by everything he was saying.
"What are you talking about?!" exclaimed Dixie. "We haven't even seen you for a couple of months!"
"And first of all: how did you know we were here?!" Diddy added, looking at them suspiciously.
"Well, Dixie told me to come!" Jemky said, to which Diddy and Dixie looked at him with extreme oddity.
"You're crazy!" Dixie replied, losing her patience. "How am I going to tell you to come?!"
"Don't act crazy, YOU told me to come for you and we'd have a secret date!" Jemky replied, pointing to her. "You told me that in that LETTER YOU SENT ME!"
Diddy and Dixie were too confused, and just looked at Jemky as if he were a lunatic.
"What letter are you talking about?!" Dixie asked in confusion. "You're speaking nonsense!"
"Well, this one, LOOK!" replied Jemky, taking a letter from his pocket and showing it to her. "You told me you were here with Diddy but you didn't have anything with him, and that you and I would have a date! That's what I came for: to see you!"
Jemky handed the letter to Dixie stamping it to her face, she took it and Diddy also joined in observing it with great oddity... To the surprise of both, the letter contained in a corner the same stamp that had Mr. Pinky's, which said "Hurricane Island Post Office" and, as if that were not enough... it was written in the same Dixie handwriting, which left both of them speechless. They stopped to read it quickly:
"Dear Jemky,
I hope you had a wonderful vacation. I'm sure you haven't heard about me for more than two months, but don't worry, I'm fine. I'm on an island called Hurricane Island, and you don't even know how I came here: Diddy had been kidnapped by circus tamers and I went to rescue him, we ended up freeing all the animals there. When we were returning in a boat, some waves swept us to this island, and due to a hurricane season, we haven't been able to return to DK Island, so we had to stay here. No, I have nothing to do with Diddy if that's what you think, we're still friends, but I don't like him anymore, and he hasn't told me yet that he likes me. Sincerely, I don't know what I thought when I expected so much from him when you were the one who managed to win my heart in such a short time, Jemky. And you can't imagine who we find here: Mr. Pinky! In fact, we're living in their house. Mr. Pinky has treated us wonderfully, he's no longer as arrogant as when we met him, only the first day he scolded us for trying to return to DK Island. We have also met new friends, we were even building a ship to return to DK Island, but they turned out to be fake friends and we got away from them. Mr. Pinky isn't on the island now, but he sent us a letter. And you know what? As soon as we heard that there were already mail services here, I suggested to Diddy that we send letters to DK Island and I wanted to write to you too. I haven't told Diddy, in fact, he doesn't know that you and I had ours, you know... he doesn't like you at all, so I had to make up that I was with you because you had threatened me, even on DK Island I had to say that. A few days ago, I also told Diddy that ours had only been a joke and a deal that you had proposed me for him, I also told him about the accident that happened with Rocky, I have been telling Diddy that that kid was you and that I had shot you so that he would believe that we wouldn't see you again. I even told him I had nightmares about you. I really miss you so much, Jemky, I would give anything to see you again and be with you. I spend every day thinking about you. By the way, it occurred to me if you could come to this island and we would see each other for a while in secret. And don't worry... Diddy won't have to know. And of course, if you also want and can come, I would be very happy. If you come, go to an animal shelter nearby and ask for me the animals that were from the circus, I'll go out to see you. I hope you still love me, Jemky, because I do love you, I love you too much. If you can and receive this letter, answer me.
With love, Dixie"
The letter ended with the address of Hurricane Island and the island where the group of bully kids lived, the date of one day after they sent the letters to DK Island and, in addition, with the same signature of Dixie. Besides, it brought the same map with which Mr. Pinky's letter had come.
Both Diddy and Dixie... froze when they finished reading it; they didn't know what to think about it... The events that were mentioned there, were the same that had happened to them throughout that season and, as it would be supposed, it was impossible for the evil kids to know all that. Dixie, still shocked, tried to decipher where that letter could have come from and with that information. On the other hand, Diddy had gone blank and suddenly began to fill himself with various thoughts.
"Have you already seen it?!" Jemky exclaimed, still furious. "I came just for you but it turns out that you are now dating that dwarf Diddy!"
"The real question is: Where did you get this letter?!" replied Dixie, demanding an explanation.
"You sent it to me!" reaffirmed Jemky. "Some swordfishes handed it to me! Look what you're like, Dixie! Have you forgotten ours?!"
"What are you talking about?! I didn't even have anything with you! Tell me where you got it from!"
"Huh, how could it not?!" he protested. "To begin with, you agreed to date me after that useless Diddy didn't tell you he liked you!"
"First, DON'T say that way to Diddy! And second, you did propose that stupid deal for that emerald!"
"But look what a liar you are!" he exclaimed, giving her a little push. "Did you forget that you told me you were only going to love me, the last day we met?!"
"Are you insane?!" Dixie exclaimed, feeling indignant at all the defamations Jemky was hurling at her. "In the last days of school, YOU and your group threatened me, you all forced me to steal Diddy's pyramid!"
Jemky, hearing that, began to laugh immediately, while Dixie was with almost exhausted patience and with all the desire to give him his good comeuppance. Diddy, for his part, was still confused.
"Hey, baby, stop lying to your 'boyfriend' like that if that's how you consider that fool Diddy!" Jemky told her, finishing laughing. "I remind you that you stole that pyramid yourself so that I could present it to Mr. Pinky."
"Look, stop talking nonsense before I leave you worse than when I shot you!" Dixie replied in a threatening tone, showing her fists.
"And is it a lie?!" Jemky replied before lowering his voice. "Besides, hadn't you done it so you could give me that emerald that your mommy told you to give to someone you love very much?"
Dixie was completely shocked by the last thing Jemky mentioned, as that detail was totally impossible for him to know. Likewise, Diddy was more shocked with what was said.
"B-but how do you know that?!" Dixie asked without recovering from the impact.
"And how else am I going to know?! You told me yourself!" replied Jemky, raising his voice again. "You told me that you had given it to Diddy but then decided to give it to me because that fool never told you he liked you!"
"URGH, stop saying fallacies, you DUMB STUPID ORANGUTAN!" Dixie shouted in anger before grabbing Jemky's tufts tightly. "Now tell me where you found out about all that letter says!"
"I'm telling you that YOU sent it to me!" Jemky insisted, pushing her away at once.
"Have you been following us or something?!" Dixie speculated, pointing to Jemky and Melenky.
"What?! We didn't even know about your lives!" Melenky said. "That letter was sent by you, Dixie."
"I didn't send anything, not even-"
"Huh, and it wasn't just one letter!" interrupted Jemky. "You sent me two more and I answered them to you this week, even in the last one you even wrote to me that you hid them in Mr.Pinky's closet!"
"I swear you're insane, Jemky," Dixie replied in a calmer tone, looking at him strangely.
"You're a FIRST-CLASS LIAR!"
Jemky went back to Dixie to pull her hair with both hands, to which she tried to let go as best she could.
"Hey, leave her, deranged orangutan!" Diddy exclaimed, coming to Dixie's defense.
"You don't even mess around, you stupid monkey, YOU STOLE DIXIE FROM ME!" he replied, starting to slap him.
Diddy began attacking Jemky back to push him away, and then Dixie gave him a single slap as well. Then, between them, they pushed him into the water, causing him to fall into it. Jemky, all soaked, got out of the water again, looking furiously at them both.
"ARGH, all right! Ours, DIXIE, is over!" Jemky shouted, pointing at her. "I'll NEVER forgive you for this!" he exclaimed angrily, before picking up the gift box to throw on the ground. "And look what I had brought you!"
Jemky opened the box quickly, where he showed a bouquet of flowers with bananas and sweets, and then took out more things from it.
"Look at this! I even brought you the gift I gave you on our last date!" he exclaimed, showing her a painting.
Suddenly, Dixie froze... That painting that Jemky was showing her had branches and colored leaves that formed trees, as well as having colorful stones that formed the silhouettes of her... and Jemky... It was the same model she had given Diddy on the last date.
"But…" Dixie said without any more words.
"And look what I had done for you too!" interrupted Jemky, pulling out one last thing. "I made an album with our photos that were taken on DK Island, after the extra classes!"
Jemky threw her a notebook that had Dixie's and his names on it. Dixie took it in a forced way and opened it... Both she and Diddy ended up gasping and paralyzing at what they were seeing.
"But what the heck?!" Dixie exclaimed instantly, shocked in her entirety and rapidly changing each of the pages; just by looking one by one... she didn't know what to think.
"Dixie...?" Diddy said frozen at all, looking up at her with a shocked expression when he saw those photos.
The photos inside the album clearly showed Dixie with Jemky together... as if they were a couple. Among them, there were photos of the two embracing, holding hands, kissing each other on the cheek, even the two appeared kissing and, as if that were not enough, Dixie looked quite happy and at ease with Jemky there.
"No, no, no! But this never happened!" said Dixie, casting a murderous glance at Jemky. "Tell me where you got this! WHAT THE HECK WITH YOU!" she added, throwing herself at him to attack him.
"Let... LET ME!" Jemky exclaimed, pushing her aside and snatching her the photo album, "You don't even want to accept some photos! Well, this's over, Dixie! I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE!"
Jemky took the entire gift box and headed all furious towards the jet ski, but not before Dixie took him by the tufts again.
"NO! You're going to tell me now WHAT'S ALL THIS!" Dixie ordered firmly. "How did you know we were here?! Where did you get our information?! AND WHAT THE HECK WITH THOSE PHOTOS?!"
"ARGH, BUT WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO TELL YOU?!" Jemky interrupted, pushing her and shouting in protest. "That's all true, don't act crazy! But this is over, Dixie! I HATE YOU! Never talk to me again! And for my part, YOU'LL STAY ON THIS ISLAND!"
Jemky then headed back towards the jet ski as fast as he could, at the same time Dixie went after him.
"NO! Come back here and I WANT AN EXPLANATION!" Dixie exclaimed, trying to catch up, but he had already gotten on the jet ski with Melenky, and they started speeding up instantly. "JEMKYYY! MELENKY!"
"AND THAT STUPID MONKEY WON'T LOVE YOU LIKE I DO!" Jemky exclaimed in the distance, pointing to Diddy.
Jemky and Melenky continued their course at full speed and were moving farther and farther away from the island. Jemky showed himself with a face of disappointment for Dixie as he turned to look at her from a distance... Although when they were going much further, he seemed to change it for one of malice suddenly.
"Now, accelerate faster, Melenky!" Jemky said before turning to look at Diddy and Dixie at such a long distance.
"Will we go back and see how those two break up?" Melenky asked him as he drove.
"No, clown, we must go back to our positions, let's go, quickly!" Jemky replied before pulling out a device that appeared to be an intercom, and began to speak towards it in a sneaky manner. "Mandrew! Rocky! We already did it!"
"Okay!" it was heard through the device... with Mandrew's voice?
Then, Jemky and Melenky made a gesture of malice while laughing...
Meanwhile, Dixie, from the shores of the sea, continued to insult Jemky above all for all the mysterious defamations he made to her and the scandal he made in a few minutes; she didn't even know what had just happened.
"Stupid thugs, I hate you! I hate you, Jemky!" Dixie grumbled before turning to Diddy. "We have to go for them and find out how-"
But Dixie stopped when suddenly, she noticed the expression Diddy was wearing. He was all serious as he looked at Dixie with some confusion... It was a face that Dixie didn't often see on him.
"Dixie…" Diddy said to her in a tone of seriousness and utter confusion. "W-what was all that?"
"What?" Dixie exclaimed, looking at him strangely.
"Do you... you sent that-"
"How?" added Dixie before grasping what he meant and trying to calm him down. "No, no, Diddy! Nothing that fool said is true if that's what you're thinking! I didn't write that nor-"
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, Dixie!" interrupted Diddy as he seemed to look at her with some suspicion. "W-what happened there? You-"
"No, no, Diddy, that's not true!" replied Dixie. "Tell me you didn't think that!"
"Dixie, but it's that... the photos and-"
"Hey, no, they're not real if that's what you think! I don't understand it either!" reaffirmed Dixie. "And I also have no idea where they found out everything that has happened to us. And not to mention those photos, I swear that never happened!"
"W-wait, Dixie...!" repeated Diddy again, looking at her seriously. "You never told me that story like that."
"Hey... did you really believe that dumb burnt-fur?" Dixie asked, shocked to see how he was reacting to the inexplicable event.
"Dixie... Please just tell me," Diddy replied, still remaining serious. "W-what did you do? Did you send-"
"No, no, Diddy!" Dixie reaffirmed. "I don't know where all that came from!"
"Dixie! Please, seriously, just tell me," Diddy exclaimed again. "You... Tell me if you were really with Jemky or something"
"But I've never loved him!" How can I love that jerk?!" Dixie exclaimed insistently. "Seriously, I don't know where or how they knew we were here! I don't know where he got those photos, I don't know who sent that letter! And I don't even know how Jemky managed to survive!"
"Well, according to how you told me, Jemky didn't have any scars or anything. So, that really happened to Rocky?" Diddy contradicted. "W-what really happened there?! Is that why Mr. Pinky said it could have been Rocky?"
"No, it wasn't that way! I already told you everything, it's happened how I told you, maybe Jemky healed quickly! And I don't understand how they knew everything that has happened to us since we left DK Island!"
"Wait, wait, Dixie!" interrupted Diddy in seriousness. "It's not that I want to make it up, but that letter had your handwriting and even had the same as Mr. Pinky's about that map, and we came to this island because of that storm, so... how did they find out that we were exactly here? Also... what about the emerald fact? And what about that painting? And those photos-"
"I don't know anything, Diddy!" Dixie replied. "I swear I don't understand where he got all that! Those photos never happened! I don't know where he knew that was what that painting looked like! And no idea how he knew the meaning of that emerald!... Diddy... don't you realize that maybe they could have been spying on us or following us in some way?"
"But how could they know so many things about us?! Even things that only we knew," Diddy replied, apparently not knowing what to think. "Dixie, please just tell me the truth!"
"I'm telling you the truth! Are you really not believing me?! Do you believe that stupid?!"
"I really want to believe you, Dixie, seriously, I wouldn't expect that from you, but some things don't add up!" replied Diddy, raising his voice, before pausing and trying to stay calm. "Dixie... please, I just want you to tell me the truth if there was actually anything between you and Jemky. I'm not going to stop you, I just want you to be honest with me…" he added in a calmer way, begging her with his eyes. "Please, Dixi-"
"But that didn't happen! I didn't do anything!" Dixie replied, still defending her position. "I'm serious, Diddy!"
"Dixie…" Diddy said, staring at her, before breathing a sigh and expecting one last clear answer from her, "at least tell me if Jemky also forced you to take those pictures after those extra classes, or something like that."
"No! I have no idea where they came from!" replied Dixie, losing her patience. "Those photos never happened, Diddy! They have to be fake!"
Diddy only made a small shock gesture at Dixie's seemingly dubious response. He was silent for a few seconds as he continued to look at her with absolute seriousness, and then turned around to start walking.
"Diddy! Where are you going?" she asked him as she followed him.
"I just need to see Mr. Pinky's closet," Diddy replied firmly.
"Are you serious, Diddy?! Ugh, look at it and you'll see that it's not true either!"
Diddy continued walking in the direction of the house and, indeed... he was somewhat incredulous now with Dixie's whole version about Jemky; for all the things the orangutan boy had shown looked pretty strange and, with each of them, Diddy began to think something wasn't right. He was starting to get the same feeling as when he thought Dixie was dating Jemky, but this time much worse.
But on the other hand, Dixie was too confused and outraged at the same time: clearly, everything Jemky said and showed was not true, and she didn't know where they had obtained so much information about them, even small details that very few knew... And not to mention those photos that never happened. Dixie, while walking behind Diddy, was also trying to analyze who could have provided all the information to the evil kids, but many things didn't add up, and what was most difficult to decipher is how they got to that specific island.
Diddy arrived at the house, with all the uncertainty latent in him. He looked for the keys and went straight to Mr. Pinky's room. Dixie went after him and managed to catch up with him; she was all calm, as she was sure that none of the defamations she received from Jemky were true, so she calmly waited for Diddy to check it out.
"You'll see that what that burnt-hair said about the letters in the closet is a lie," Dixie said to Diddy with a shrug as he was checking Mr. Pinky's closet.
Diddy searched every corner of the closet. He couldn't find anything, but when he checked one last drawer... he got a not-so-pleasant surprise. That only spilled the last drop of the matter and left him frozen for a few seconds, he turned to Dixie with a shocked expression... and with a couple of letters in his hand, which began to tremble. Dixie, seeing that, was paralyzed and questioning if the universe would be against her at that moment or something similar.
"W-what?!" Dixie exclaimed, all in confusion.
Immediately, Diddy opened the envelopes of the letters, which also had the same postage stamp. Dixie joined in to read them, hoping that at least they were some of Mr. Pinky's papers... but no, they were letters that claimed to be sent from Jemky to Dixie... Seeing them, Diddy felt as if a strong knot formed in his stomach and chest. Those letters appeared to be Jemky's replies to the main letter that Dixie had supposedly sent; in these they said references about the indications of how to get to Hurricane Island, apart from some loving words and other details linked to the current context where even details were mentioned that it was impossible for those evil kids to know, all with the address of the Hurricane Island and the dates of the last days.
Diddy finished all shocked and came to his senses. He gave Dixie a look of indignation, reluctantly put away the letters, and then immediately left the house to get down from it. At the same time, Dixie was only completely shocked; now she didn't know why all that was happening, or how those letters got there.
Dixie also came down from the house immediately to try to catch up with Diddy and explain that she knew nothing about it.
"Diddy, no!" Dixie exclaimed desperately, waiting for him to react. "I swear I didn't even know about those letters! I don't know where they came from! I-I mean, I did send more letters these days, but they were for DK Island!"
"Enough was enough, Dixie! Tell me the truth!" Diddy replied, turning to look at her firmly. "Was that why you wanted to send more letters later?!... And wait a minute, that's why you also told me that Jemky's matter had been a deal and a joke for me?"
"No, Diddy!" Dixie reaffirmed, putting her hands on his shoulders. "Please, Diddy, believe me, I don't know what all this is, I swear by my life."
"Dixie, this is serious," Diddy replied, staring at her and now in a pleading tone. "I'll defend you from that orangutan, but I have no problem with you telling me the truth, it doesn't matter if it's not what I want to hear, but I need the truth, Dixie!"
"I'm speaking to you with the truth!" she also pleaded with him. "Besides, haven't you ever thought that we might be in danger if those stupid kids have been knowing about us?"
"But how could they have known all that about us?!" Diddy replied. "I mean, how do you explain the deal you told me about Jemky?! And about the letters we sent to DK Island and from Mr. Pin-"
"I don't know either, Diddy!" Dixie replied in the same way. "I have no idea how they knew that! Please don't think I did it, believe me!"
"Oh, Dixie, please, I really want to believe you, but this is all very weird! I just want you to tell me how things really went and that's all. I want to hear it from you! And what about the photos?! At least tell me how it was about the phot-"
"It's all as I've told you!" she replied, losing patience, before speaking in a low tone. "Diddy... seriously, I didn't know anything about this, not about the letters, not about anything, not about the photos, that never happened, we never took them even as a joke! They must be fake!"
"But why are you lying to me?!" Diddy replied, turning away from her and beginning to shed tears from his eyes. "I did love you, Dixie, and I thought you loved me the same way, too."
"Of course I love you, Diddy! Don't say that!" replied Dixie trying to calm him down and taking him by the shoulders again. "No, Diddy, please don't cry! If you want, let's find out where all this came from; that is what we should do now."
"No, Dixie! You said the same thing to me recently with the letters in the closet," he exclaimed, turning back and wiping his eyes. "I don't want to be like that with you! Not if you've had me as an option or whatever you've considered me."
"Diddy!" exclaimed Dixie, not knowing what else to say to him to make him believe in her word. "You have to believe me! I really don't know!"
"No! This is over, Dixie!" he said firmly before turning and leaving, still with tears in his eyes.
"What?! Hey, no! Diddy!" Dixie replied, taking his arm in despair. "No, no, no! Wait, Diddy! I don't want to end this because of something so unfair!"
"I'm serious, Dixie Kong!" Diddy replied, turning away. "I'm not going to continue with this, you don't want to explain to me how everything happened!"
"Are you really not going to love me anymore just for something I have no idea how it happened?" Dixie asked indignantly.
"I do love you, Dixie, and I could still love you," Diddy replied, speaking seriously. "But I also have limits. I don't like you to hide things from me."
"No, Diddy!" replied Dixie, still stopping him. "I don't want to end this way!"
"I said yes, Dixie, I'm sorry!" Diddy replied, letting go of her. "And I need to be alone for a while, please."
With that said, Diddy began to walk away, and Dixie tried to follow him at speed.
"DIDDY! No, Diddy, please!" Dixie exclaimed, before stopping as Diddy continued to run. "Ugh, you know what?! I'll find out all this for MYSELF AND I'LL PROVE YOU OTHERWISE, DIDDY!"
Diddy continued to run as far as he could and didn't even bother to turn to look at Dixie again.
Dixie, for her part, was deeply outraged at everything that had just happened. She had no idea how it all happened in a moment; all the defamations that Jemky threw at her were false and, to top it off, there were those letters in Mr. Pinky's closet as he had mentioned. She also felt so bad for Diddy, as it wasn't fair when she didn't even know where they got information on the whereabouts of the two of them.
Even so, Dixie kept convincing herself that something wasn't right at all and that it was likely that someone could have given them away just to the group of bullies from the school, and that or those someone would be on the same Hurricane Island. However, she also had the idea that those evil children have perhaps been following in their footsteps all along and neither she nor Diddy would have noticed... but that was actually very rare, since Hurricane Island was too far from DK Island for them to know, in addition that the way they got there was because of a storm.
Dixie stopped to try to draw quick conclusions about the situation: the whole journey from the circus to the things that happened to them on Hurricane Island, many animals there knew; but on the other hand, the accidental crime she committed against Jemky nobody knew, only Diddy; likewise, it was strange that they knew about the meaning of the emerald and about the Mr. Pinky's letter and those that they sent to DK Island, since only Diddy and Dixie knew about it; and, finally, that painting was so coincidental that it was identical to the one she gave to Diddy. And about the photos, Dixie had no idea where they came from, as she never took them. She didn't even know how it was possible that Jemky had survived and in such a short time as if nothing had happened to him, since she had shot him straight in the chest and he went for a long time without receiving any attention.
Dixie had so many theories on the matter that she no longer knew what to think. She hated Jemky more than ever, and felt that if she managed to find him again, she wouldn't mind beating him down until she couldn't. During all that time, the bully kids from the school were the ones they least wanted to run into; she thought that at least in Hurricane Island they would be safe from them... But it didn't turn out that way...