The Chariton Family

These next segments introduce the Chariton family! Two of these were initially written for Numbuh 6.13's birthdays.

Happy 33

Streamers, balloons, and colorful party decorations littered the Chariton home as children worked tirelessly to set it all up, being ordered around by a girl in a black blouse, blue shirt, tan-colored skin, blue knee-high socks, and brown hair. "Hurry up, you guys! Mom's gonna be home any minute!"

"Why are we helping throw a party for Mrs. Chariton, again?" Mason asked, filling plastic cups full of punch with Sheila and Haruka.

"Didn't she 'elp create you guys, Mate?" Sheila asked.

"What?"

"Er, that's not what she meant." Haruka replied. "She may be Sunni's mom, but she is an old family friend of ours. You know that, right?"

"Yeah. Good point." Mason agreed. It was true that, even though Mika was married and had her own kids, she was always a very friendly person to most of her other friends' kids, and that was why they agreed to help Sunni prepare a party for her.

"No, no, you're not pumping those balloons hard enough!" Sunni yelled to Harry Gilligan, who was trying to pump up the balloons.

"Gee, I'm working hard as I can. My lungs don't have the strength to blow all these up."

"Um, Sunni, we have a problem." Lee Andrew called, running over beside Leanne. "Our shadows are choking on the scarfs we were gonna use for that party trick."

"Did you tell the shadows they aren't supposed to SWALLOW the scarfs?"

"Hey, guys, here they come!" Cheren yelled, seeing a car coming down the road.

"Quick, everybody hide!" Sunni ordered, switching off the lights as everyone ducked.

Mario was about to reach up and grab one of the cookies off the table, but Dillon smacked his hand away and pulled his Shadow down.

The car finally pulled up and stopped on the driveway as Mr. and Mrs. Chariton stepped out. "Rainier, you kept driving us around for HOURS, what are you keeping me so busy for?" Mika asked joyfully.

"Just calm down, Miky, you'll see soon enough." Rainier told her, pulling out his keys and using them to open the front door to their house. The whole place was pure darkness, so Rainier switched the lights on, and the children immediately jumped out.

"SURPRISE!" Mika was startled and gasped.

"Happy birthday, Mom!" Sunni exclaimed.

"Aw, Sunni! Did you all do this for me?" Mika asked, looking around and seeing many of her friends' kids: Cheren, Chris, and Aurora Uno, Harry, Artie, and Haylee Gilligan, Kirie Beatles, Mason and Haruka Dimalanta, Sheila Frantic, Dillon York, Lee and Leanne Grayson, and Daniel and Columbine Whitby.

"We sure did!" Mason exclaimed. "Just to say thanks for being a good friend to all of us."

"Yeah! You're really not bad for an adult." Dillon smiled.

"Oh, really, Dillon?" Leanne asked rhetorically. Her Shadow stuck her tongue out at him.

Mika only chuckled. "Oh, you kids."

"Look! We got the cake!" Panini Drilovsky called, walking in from the kitchen with her brother, Francis, as well as Lucario.

"Fresh from the oven." The aura fox smiled. "Baked with all the likes, with a hint of Firstborn magic."

"MEW Mew Mew!" the psychic Firstborn smiled, hovering over the cake. The two Drilovskys set the rectangle-shaped cake down, decorated with mostly white icing, with pink around the edges, a few tiny rings stuck in with pictures of Mew, Regice, and other Pokémon, 13 candles around the cake, and "Happy 33, Numbuh June-13" written in pink icing on the center.

"13 candles because that was your Numbuh." Chris told her.

"That's still kind of funny since she was born the 12th." Columbine said.

"Happy 33rd birthday, Mrs. Chariton!" Haruka smiled.

"You're the best, Mom." Sunni smiled.

"Awe, thanks, guys." Mika smiled, taking a seat in front of her cake. "You kids are the best!"

This next part was written after Numbuh 6.13 came up with a second daughter for Mika, thus debuting her and showcasing a piece of their characteristics.

Calm, Cool, and Collected

And so it came to pass that I, Malchior of Nol, did lay siege to the dread dragon, Rorek. Though it did seem that the dragon was greater than my magics could defeat. And… as the fell beast struck… I-

"Give it back, Michelle! It's my turn!"

"No! It's mine!"

Sunni Chariton was interrupted from her reading, angrily looking up at the bickering Anthony and Michelle McKenzie a few feet away. Sunni and her sister were currently at the park, relaxing under the shade of a tree as both of them each held their own book, reading from behind opposite ends of the tree. Sunni was quite enjoying this moment, until the two bickering siblings made their way over and started fighting over a 3DS. Sunni glanced behind the tree, her sister, Darcy rested on her front with her legs sticking up and crossed in an "X" as she continued to read her book.

Darcy wore a simple spaghetti-strapped black dress cropped above her knees, dotted with purple rosettes, white knee socks, and black Mary Janes. In her hair, she wore a thin black headband with purple roses and purple ribbons. The younger sister had pale, peach-colored skin, onyx black hair that looked midnight-blue (with bangs that border on her eyes), and slanted dark-violet eyes.

"It's my turn to play it this time!" Anthony yelled, still desperately trying to pry the game away from his sister. "Give it back!"

"You tried to take it the first time! This is payback!" Michelle denied.

"Ugh. Aren't you gonna do something?" Sunni Chariton asked her sister.

"Eh… it's no big deal." Darcy stated simply, flipping a page.

Furrowing her eyes, Sunni shut her book for a moment and angrily approached the two McKenzie children. "THAT'S ENOUGH!" she shouted, making the two cease fighting and frightfully face her. "Michelle, give him the freaking game already and get out of here before I go all mind-freak and make your heads explode!"

Michelle did what she said and shoved the handheld game into Anthony's hands. The two dashed away before the angry psychic could do anything. Sunni breathed a sigh of relief before going back under the tree and continuing to read.

Though it did seem the dragon was greater than my magics could defeat. And… as the fell beast struck! I-

The sounds of loud, obnoxious burping drew Sunni's attention away from the book. She faced ahead with a glare as Mason and Sheila were currently walking through the park, holding cans of their favorite soda in their hands as they threw burps at each other. Both of them ended with rather long burps, but Sheila's was longer, and Mason tried to release another one, but only little puffs of breath came out. "HHAHA! Ah win again, Mate!" the wereraccoon exclaimed.

"Not fair, Sheila! You have more soda than me!"

"Nuh-uh! Oi still got a li'le bit left!"

"Me too! Let's go again!"

"Foine!" With that, the two tilted their heads all the way back and engulfed what remained of the cans, releasing more burps. They then quickly pulled out two more cans and drank away. Annoyed by all of this, Sunni shut her book and angrily walked over. She swiped the cans from the two before they could drink again, tossed them in the air, and sent them flying away with an aerial-kick.

The two disappointedly watched their cans fly off in the distance before directing their attention at the angry Sunni. "Now go have your little 'burp-off' somewhere else before I turn you into dung beetles and squish you like BUGS!" Mason and Sheila exchanged frightful glances before backing away from the angry Chariton. With them gone, Sunni proceeded to go back under the tree and pick up her book.

"Turn them into dung beetles?" Darcy asked, disbelieved.

"Well, I can shrink them, can't I? Close enough…" With that, she continued to read.

-greater than my magics could defeat. And as the fell beast struck… I…-&%(^

"AHH! Stop squirting me, Rupert!" Berry Bean yelled as Rupert Dickson chased her and her cousin, Lilac Farley around with a water-squirter gun.

"Yeah, you're getting us wet!" the blonde-haired catgirl yelled.

"Come on, girls! Afraid of a little water?" the Dickson boy asked. While trying to shoot Berry at one point, the werecat jumped out of the way, causing Rupert to squirt Sunni with water, getting her book wet. "Whoops…" Rupert looked in fear.

Sunni slammed her book shut and angrily approached the Dickson boy, using her psychic to lift the squirt gun above Rupert's head, and squishing and twisting it up before ripping it in half, making the water spill over him. "Hey!"

"Repeat after me:" Sunni ordered, waving her hand by Rupert's face. "You will listen to what I say."

"I will listen to what you say…" Rupert repeated in a hypnotized tone.

"You will take these girls someplace else where you won't bother me."

"I will take these girls someplace else where we won't bother you…"

"Aww!" Lilac whined.

"You will also be their servant for the next several hours."

"I will also be their servant for the next several hours…"

"And do whatever they say."

"And do whatever they say…"

"Ooooh!" Lilac and Berry drew out in awe.

The two 5-year-old werecats took Rupert by the arms and led him off. "Come on, Rupert. We'll let you wear a pretty dress while you trim our toenails." Berry smirked.

"Yes, My Master…"

Sunni sighed in relief before going back to read her book under the tree.

And as the fell beast struck, I summoned the forces of my magic book. With a curse more ancient than foul Rorek itself, I-

"Hey, Sunni, what's up!" Sunni's expression turned to pure annoyance when the tiny alien, Vweeb jumped onto her book. Her hands trembled as she strongly resisted the urge to slam the book shut and squish the tiny alien. She looked up as Danny Jackson and Artie Gilligan ran over as well. "Great party for your mom the other day!"

"Yeah, Vweeb fell in the cake and almost got eaten by Sheila!" Danny exclaimed.

"Uugh! What do you guys want?" Sunni angrily asked.

Vweeb leapt back to stand between Artie and Danny as Danny pulled out a bottle of milk. "We're practicing for a talent show! Watch as the amazing Vweeb chugs down this entire half-gallon of milk!" Danny announced.

"Oh boy…" Sunni stated in disbelief, already knowing where this was headed.

Danny used his waterbending to bend the milk out of the bottle, and Vweeb kept his mouth wide open, letting Danny stuff some of the milk inside the Kateenian, puffing him up. "Now watch this!" Danny instructed as Artie held his mouth open, letting Danny bend the milk inside him. The two squirted the milk out of their noses and successfully shot it into the others' wide-open mouth.

"Euh!" Sunni was completely grossed out.

The two kept repeating this process and exchanging the squirted milk. "And now for the finish!" Danny spoke, and Artie proceeded to shoot what remained of his milk inside of Vweeb's mouth.

"Ulp… uh-oh…" Vweeb gulped, beginning to puff up even more. Sunni only put on a grossed and worried look, shielding her face with her book. "PLEEHHHH!" In a matter of seconds, Vweeb had unleashed an explosion of milk all over Sunni's body. "TA-DAAA!"

"So, whaddya think?" Artie asked.

"We're gonna go show Makava and Arianna later!" Danny said. "I think it's pretty neat!"

"AAUGH!" Sunni screamed, using psychic to blow the milk off of her, getting the boys wet. "Will you two just let me READ already?!"

"Alright, alright, geez!" Vweeb said as the boys raised hands in defense and walked away.

"Come on, guys, let's get more milk. Talk about a hothead!" Danny said.

As Sunni angrily sat back down to read her book, she glanced back at her sister, Darcy, who still lied on her front and swung her feet around in the air, continuing to read. "HOW can you still READ with all this going on?! Don't you get annoyed??"

"Eh… not really. I just go with the flow…" Darcy stated simply, peacefully turning another page in her book.

"Ugh!" Sunni only rolled her eyes.

"OI, EVERYBODY!" Sunni then faced ahead as Mad Mod ran into the center of the park. "Who's ready ta celebrate freedom aftuh nearly 20 years of bein' frozen in liquid nitrogen with a li'le playground roundhouse?!"

"YEEEAAAH!" the many Brotherhood villains exclaimed, charging into the park to begin wreaking loud, obnoxious havoc after nearly 20 years of being frozen.

"Uugh…" Sunni only sat her book down and stood up. "I'll be back in a bit. I need to blow off some steam."

"Later, Sunni." Darcy stated simply, not taking her eyes off the book. With that, the older sister ran off and began pummeling every villain she could.

The three boys, Artie, Danny, and Vweeb, stood and watched from afar as all this went on. "Boy, talk about a bad place to read." Artie said.

"Seriously, how CAN Darcy read through all that?" Vweeb asked.

"Well, Vweeb, Darcy's a lot like my mom:" Artie replied, "she's just one of those people that's just calm, cool, and collected."

After a while, Sandman, Coldman, and a bunch of Kids Next Door operatives like Cheren, Aurora, Panini, and Francis ran into the park, the loud explosions and destruction growing even more while Darcy continued to read her book in peace. During which, a few broken, burning playground pieces landed beside her, and a screaming Gizmo ran around her in circles with his butt lit aflame as he flailed his arms. As her eyes kept on the book, she did hear her sister say, "Hey! It's the dragon from the book I was reading!"

This next one was dedicated to real-life Mika's 14th birthday.

Happy 4th

The Lavender Town Park was quite active this morning. At the same time, there was little activity going on. There were lots of kids that morning, but all were standing around, eyes focused on one thing: the little 4-year-old girl bubbly dancing about in one spot, her eyes closed as she made several gestures, such as pouring and drinking tea, getting pelted with several objects to carry, and falling over. To the kids, this was a regular thing to happen daily. The little girl would come to the park and ignore everything around her, acting like she was in her own little world. Some of them thought her to be oblivious, idiotic, or just plain mad.

Of course, little Mikaela Corella really was in her own little world. She only saw herself in Wonderland, partying with the eccentric Mad Hatter and the ecstatic March Hare. They were happily partying at the Tea Party Garden, celebrating Mika's unbirthday, even though it actually was her birthday. Everyone was there, happy to celebrate this special day. Not just the people of Wonderland, but other people, too, such as Pokémon, and strange, grey-skinned people with orange horns on their head. They had a wonderful time. There were messes everywhere. Everyone was happy.

While in the real world, there was nothing going on there at all. Just a weird little girl, with a crazy imagination. Mika Corella.

As Mika partied away in her Wonderland, the Tea Garden around her instantly vanished as a hand grabbed her arm. "Okay, Mika, you can party later." A woman chuckled. Mika opened her eyes at last to find the smiling face of her mother.

On the car ride home, Mika sat in the backseat, eyes focused on a simple pencil as she made it dance around in midair with her telekinesis. "Mommy… am I a weirdo?"

"Hm? Why are you asking that, honey?"

"The kids at the park keep saying I'm a weirdo… and.. I keep seeing things no one else can see. I think I'm weird."

The mother chuckled, "Hm-hm, you're not weird, darling. You're just mad."

"Mad?"

"But let me tell you something: some of the best people are."

"Really?"

"Yes, and when we get home, I'd like to show you something."

It wasn't long until they got home, and the mother led Mika upstairs to her room, where she got a book off Mika's nightstand and knelt down to show it to her. "You remember this, don't you?"

"It's my favorite book!" Mika exclaimed. "Alice in Wonderland!"

"That's right! Alice was a real person, you know."

"She was?"

"Yes! Her adventures were inspirational! Like you, she had a powerful imagination. So powerful, that what she imagined became real."

"So… Wonderland was real?"

"No one knows. It could've been real, or she just imagined it so well, that she thought it was real. But the truth is… that's how a lot of things start. The Great Wall, your school, this house even, all started as someone's imagination. And your imagination is stronger than anyone's I've seen. You're a mad girl, Mika, and that madness will help you accomplish many things."

"You mean I can create a Wonderland?" Mika asked, excitement all over her face.

"You can create any land you want!" her mom smiled, ruffling her hair. "Alright, let's go downstairs. Your friends will be showing up for your birthday soon." With that, she stood up and guided her daughter downstairs.

"Hey, Mom? Can we celebrate my unbirthday, too?"

"We do that everyday, darling!"

"Not on my birthday!" With that, they both laughed.

27 years later…

The memory played in 33-year-old Mikaela Chariton's head as she kneeled on the beach, bowing her head in respect. After all the happy years she's spent with her parents, she wishes they could still be here. She wonders if they're still watching her from the Spirit World right now.

"Hey, Mom?" she looked up from her reminiscing at her oldest daughter, Sunni, who held up a cupcake.

"We made a cake for you… but it sorta got ruined. So we… bought some cupcakes."

What Mika was sure of was that her parents loved her, as much as she loved her daughters. "It's all I need." Mika smiled as she took the cupcake, eating away.

"Hey, Mrs. Chariton, hurry up!" Lee Andrew hurried out and yelled. "We're just about to play Pin The Sword Into Jack Noir!"

"Oh, we're coming!" Mika called as she got to her feet, her daughter and Lee already running off. Unbeknownst to her, someone was watching her: a strange woman in a long, blue dress, blond hair, and deep blue eyes: Alice.

Mika stopped, sensing the woman's presence, and turned. There was nothing there. Mika stared confusedly at the spot as her daughter yelled anxiously, "Mooooom!"

Mika shook out of her thoughts and hurried after her daughter. Alice remained in her spot and smiled at the grown woman.