Mary Alice’s Fantabulous Site!

Welcome to my fantabulous site! Here are some of my favorite stories & poems that I wrote during Young Writer’s Camp! Enjoy!

~ Mary Alice ♥

The Virtual Pet Sisters

Chapter 1: Technical Difficulties

             Abby Patch came home beaming. She had just purchased a retired Webkinz St. Bernard from the local toy store nearby. The Webkinz company hadn't been selling the St. Bernards for monthes, and she, Abby Patch, had just found one.

Abby got home to load her Webkinz on to Webkinz World when she realized that her sister, Ashleyn, was already on the computer with her Build-A-Bear.

             "Get off, it's my turn." demanded Abby.

             "Can't." said Ashleyn. "I'm feeding my bear."

             "Can't that wait?" asked Abby, a little annoyed.

             "Well, why can't you just use Adam's computer?"

             Urgh, Adam. Adam was the girls' 18-year-old brother. Abby had classified Adam as disgusting. He was super smart, but he was obsessed with the rock band Queen. Queen was so old! 80's old, in fact!

Abby sighed impatiently. "Well, why can't you use Adam's computer?" argued Abby.

             "Because Adam is a disgusting, big-brained nerd! And his room reeks." replied Ashleyn.

             That made Abby even more annoyed. "So you were plotting against me... you just wanted me to take my precious St. Bernard Webkinz into Adam's room so that it would be cursed forever! I HATE you, Ashleyn!"

             Suddenly, the fists flew, the nails scratched, and words floated above as the girls began to cat-fight.

             "It's not my fault he smells like wet dog!"

             "You go!"

             "No, you go!"

             "No, YOU!"

Chapter 2: Adam to the Rescue!!!

             Adam Patch woke up because of what sounded like cats fighting. It didn't take him long to realize that those cats were named Abby and Ashleyn. He groggily got out of bed when he heard someone say his name.

             "It's not my fault Adam smells like wet dog! I told you that already!"

             What? He, Adam Patch, smell like wet dog? Alright, he decided. This was the last straw. He'd had enough of his sisters' fighting, and it was time for it to stop.

He stormed into the girls' room and yelled, "SHUT UP ALREADY!!!" He turned to Ashleyn. "Ashleyn, get that candle away from Abby's cow Shining Star. You could burn it." He turned to Abby. "Abby, take that stick of dynamite off of Ashleyn's chihauhau KoolKeys. You could blow up the house."

             Each girl did as they were told as Adam left the room and shut the door.              Where'd they get the candle and dynamite??? Adam wondered. Maybe I shouldn't ask...

             "Good riddens!" Adam muttered to himself. "Me? Smell like wet dog?" He sniffed his shirt. "Maybe I should wear some deo..."

 

Chapter 3: So how do you shop if you don't have any money???

             The next day the Patch family went shopping for groceries (and some deo for Adam).

             "I love the grocery store," said Adam, "because it's one store that doesn't sell Webkinz, or Shooting Stars, or-"

             "It's Shining Stars." Ashleyn corrected.

             "WHATEVER!" yelled Adam.

             But Adam was corrected once again when the whole family saw a sign that said, 'Webkinz sold HERE!!!'

             The girls ran up to the large display of Webkinz. "I'm gonna get that unicorn!" said Ashleyn.

             "That's what I was gonna get!" whined Abby. "And it's the only one they have!"

             "Well, did you bring any money?" asked Ashleyn.

             "Um... no, not really..." said Abby.

             "Then it's mine!" Ashleyn exclaimed happily. She picked up the unicorn and started walking towards the crowded checkout.

             "That's not fair!" screamed Abby.

             "Yes it is!"

             "No, it's NOT!"

             This began another cat-fight between the sisters.

             "SHUT UP!!!" yelled Adam. The girls were silent.

             Mrs. Patch, unaware of the girls' fighting habits, said, "Adam, that is no way to act in a grocery store! You're 18, you should know that!"

             "But look what they're doing! They were cat-fighting over another stupid Webkinz!"

             That night, the girls were told that they were grounded from their computers for a week.

 

Chapter 4: Cold Wars; Abby & Ashleyn Version

             Abby and Ashleyn sat on their beds, silently staring at each other. Adam opened the door to check on them.

             "Mom, they've stopped throwing the things at each other, but now they're just staring at each other again." Adam informed his mom.

The girls didn't even notice Adam as he left the room. They just kept staring.

             Abby decided to break the silence. She put her High School Musical CD in her boom-box, pressed play, and turned it all the way up. Ashleyn hated HSM. She took her iPod, turned on Jesse McCartney, plugged it into her idog, and turned it all the way up.

             Abby was starting to get annoyed. She threw a monkey Shining Star at Ashleyn. Ashleyn fought back by throwing her purple Ty Girl at Abby.

             "I wanna listen to HSM, please." Abby said calmly. she didn't want to fight again.

             "Well, I wanna listen to my music." said Ashleyn.

             "Mine." said Abby.

             "MINE."

             "Mine!"

             "MINE!"

             The girls kept yelling until Adam came into the room and yelled, "IT'S CALLED HEADPHONES!!! GET SOME!!!" The girls were silent. They paused their music and got some headphones. Then, it was silent again, and the girls continued their 'cold war'.

             Only one thing had changed since Adam had came in the room. Sure the girls were staring at each other before, but now if one said something, the other couldn't hear it.

             Adam peeked into the room. "Works every time." he said, smiling.

Chapter 5: Quantity is better than Quality

             The girls were practically rejoicing when the week was done. Abby got her precious St. Bernard Webkinz loaded onto the computer and the girls put their problems aside.

             But a new problem arose when the girls decided to count all of their virtual pets. It took them days to figure out that Abby had 201 pets and that Ashleyn only had 200.

             "You have one more than me!!!" exclaimed a shocked Ashleyn. "All because of that stupid St. Bernard!"

             "Har har!" laughed Abby.

             "But that's not fair!" whined Ashleyn.

             "Hee hee!" laughed Abby.

             "Not fair! Not fair!" screamed Ashleyn.

             Ashleyn started crying and ran to Adam.

             "Hey, squirt, why are you crying?" asked Adam.

             "Abby has one more pet than I do and she keeps shoving it in my face!"

             Adam actually felt bad for her. Wait, he had to stop himself. Feel bad? Never. But inside he knew he did.

Chapter 6: Problem Solved. Maybe.

             Abby was still laughing. She logged on to the Tamagotchi website and started playing. But the more she played, the worse she felt about being mean to Ashleyn. She checked her pockets. She had about $20...

 **************************************************************************

             Ashleyn was in Adam's room on his computer. Adam's deo helped a little, but Ashleyn still thought that he smelled like wet dog. Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. It startled Ashleyn a little bit. She opened the door to see a happy Abby standing there with her arms behind her back.

             "Let me guess," said Ashleyn, "you got another pet."

             "No, you did!" exclaimed Abby, as she handed Ashleyn a Webkinz unicorn. Ashleyn was speechless.

             "I-I-I love it!" Ashleyn said.

             "I didn't want to fight anymore," said Abby, "so here you go!"

             "Wow!" exclaimed Ashleyn. "You're the best!"

             "Problem solved!" said Adam.

             That stopped the conflicts until Webkinz came out with what could start them up again. It was good for Webkinz, but bad for the girls' peace, and it was called Webkinz Clothing.

Chapter 7: Adam's Secret

             "Great." said Adam.

             "What's wrong now?" asked Mrs. Patch.

             "They came out with Webkinz Clothes! I hope the girls don't find out!"

             "Oh calm down, Adam. It's just a phase."

             "Just a phase?!" excalimed Adam. To him, this wasn't just any phase. It was permanent. All he had ever heard about for the past 2 years was virtual pets this. Virtual pets that. Ooooh, a new virtual pet! Eeeew, an old virtual pet! He was sick of it.

             But Adam had a secret that he would never tell. He actually had a golden retriever Webkinz named Rover. It had expired, but for some reason he could still go on the site. He knew it was childish, but he didn't care.

***************************************************************************

             That night, the phone rang. Mrs. Patch quickly picked it up.

"Hello? Oh, hi Betty! Melonie needs a place to stay? Well, she's perfectly welcome to stay here! Of course she can bring them. She has how many? Wow. The girls would be thrilled! Ok, bye!" Mrs. Patch hung up.

             "Adam! Ashleyn! Abby! Guess what? Your Aunt Betty and your Uncle Mark are going on vacation for their anniversary and Melonie is going to be staying with us!"

Chapter 8: Melonie's Shocker

             Melonie was greeted by Abby and Ashleyn who were euphoric and excited to see her.

             "Hey, guys! Could you help me with muy bags?" Melonie asked.

             "How many do you have?" asked Abby who was just joking around.

             "Nine." replied Melonie.

             "Nine?!" asked Abby.

             "Why do you need nine bags?!" asked Ashleyn.

             "Well, one is for my clothes and stuff, and the rest are for my virtual pets!"

             "So you're into virtual pets, too?" asked Ashleyn.

             "Yep!" said Melonie. "And I love it!"

             "So how many do you have?" asked Abby.

             "Five." said Melonie.

             "Five...?" asked the girls.

             "Hundred." finished Melonie.

             Ashleyn fainted.

             "F-five hundred virtual pets???" asked Abby.

             "More like 563, but yeah, around that number!" replied Melonie.

             Abby's jaw dropped. 563 virtual pets??? She couldn't believe it!

             "Don't you think that's a little... extreme?" asked Abby.

             "Of course not! It's not as extreme as my mom who has 1,281." replied Melonie.

             This time, Abby fainted.

***************************************************************************

             The two girls woke up an hour later. They were thinking about how many virtual pets Melonie and her mom had, and how it was a little ridiculous.

             "Wow." was the first word that came out of Ashleyn's mouth. That's pretty much all she could say. Wow. Soon Abby woke up and looked at her sister who was staring into space in amusement.

             "Hey," said Abby. Ashleyn just sat.

             "Hey," Abby said again. Still no response from Ashleyn.

             "HEY!" yelled Abby.

             Ashleyn snapped out of it. Kind-of. "Huh? What? Where? Chuck Norris?" Ashleyn said, still a little dazed.

             Abby rolled her eyes. "You know the virtual pets?"

             "Yeah..." said Ashleyn, who had now totally snapped out of it.

             "I think we were being a little too ridiculous with them. can you believe how many Melonie and Aunt Betty have?"

             "How many did Aunt Betty have again?" Ashleyn asked. "I fainted so I wasn't awake and I didn't hear."

             "Don't faint again," said Abby, "but she had 1,281."

             "Wow," said Ashleyn. "No kidding!"

             "So," said Abby, "we shouldn't fight over them anymore. Deal?"

             "Deal!" Ashleyn said happily. The two girls shook hands.

             This ended conflicts until Aunt Betty and Uncle Mark came back with souveneirs.

             "Melonie! Guess what? They make Webkinz Clothes! I got some for you and your cousins!" Aunt Betty handed Melonie a dress, handed Abby a T-shirt, and handed Ashleyn a swimsuit.

             "My swimsuit is better than your T-shirt!" said Ashleyn.

             "Nuh-uh!" argued Abby.

             "Yes, it is!"

             "No it's not!"

             "Yes it is!"

             "You wanna fight?"

             "Here we go again..." sighed Adam.

THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Little Bit about Me!

A little bit about me, let’s see… well, for one thing I really love to write, but that’s pretty obvious. I’m obsessed with bunnies, cats, and parakeets. I really like the colors red, pink, and purple. You can hardly tell! I also love school and math, but my favorite thing to do afterward is play video games!

 

~Enjoy my site!

 

~Mary Alice ♥

Mary Alice’s Fantabulous Site!!!