Operation: FAIL, Part 3

Chapter 3: A Windy Night

Sector RZ's neighborhood, nighttime

A dark and dreary night over Rozeland. The sky was black and cloudy, and a cold, howling wind rustled the trees. "Ahhhhhhhwwwwww! Come on, you stupid wind, move outta the way! I wanna see the moon!" cried Diwata, sitting on her roof. "Moon moon moon! Waaaaaaaahhhhhh!"

Lee sat on the front porch of his house with his head in his hand in boredom. His mother walked out and sat beside him. "Br-r-r-r-r-r it's chilly. You know, Lee, if you stay out here too long, you'll start sneezing like Michael McDonald."

Somewhere else

Michael McDonald was on the couch in his room when he felt a sneeze coming on. "…HAA…Haaa…aaa…haa-aaa…aa-aaa-AACHOO-ooooo!" he sneezed in a sing-song tone.

Back with them

"I don't care." Lee replied. "The cold never bothered me, anyway."

"THE COLD NEVER BOTHERED ME, ANYWAAAY!" Ashley jumped at this sudden vocal. "THE COLD NEVER BOTHERED MEEEEE-"

"DAVID!!" she screamed. "TURN THAT BOOMBOX OFF OR I'LL HIT YOU UPSIDE THE HEAD WITH IT! Sigh…" Sat back down. "So what's bothering you, Lee? Another mess-up?"

"Well, yes… but there's something else, too. Wendy just up and vanished and I don't know where."

"Wendy? You mean your imaginary friend?"

"She's NOT imaginary, she was real and I was trying to help her and NOW she's MISSING!!"

"Okay, okay! Well, why do you think she would leave?"

"…I guess…I guess it's 'cause she went all crazy with her power. But she chased out the Ice Cream Men, that's all that matters! I don't care if I got hurt in the process! It wasn't her fault… it's not HER fault she was born with powerful chi. Why should she hate herself because she isn't GOOD at something?!"

"It's not easy to feel strong over our mistakes. But it might mean something if she heard it from you. Maybe you just need to tell her…"

"…" Lee stood up, "All right. I'm going to find her then!"

"Right now? But it's 8p.m., and you don't even know where she went."

"It's still Wendy out, so she—I mean, WINDY out, so she has to still be close. I have to try, I'm gonna find her!" He rushed inside. In what felt like seconds, Lee was zipping out the door and toward the town on his skateboard. "DON'T WAIT UP FOR ME!"

"OKAAAAY!" Diwata waved happily. "BRING BACK A SOUVENIR, LEEEE!"

Oil Ice Mountain, Iceland

Box Ghost carried Dr. Light and Toiletnator this time, landing them at the base of the mountain as Lou led the way. He held a cup of the pee found in Alaska, sniffed it, and began sniffing around the mountain. "I'm picking up a source of urine that matches this one coming from this mountain. If we're lucky, it should lead us to the girl Bob is after!"

"I'm still a little stuck on the fact that… you can do this." Light said.

"The advantage of being a plumber." Box Ghost said.

"It's getting stronger! And if I'm right… the source should be right over… THAT hill!" He pointed just ahead. Lou eagerly hurried up and… "WAAAAAHHH—oof, eek, ooo, AHH, ow, GAH, D'OW!" went plummeting down a cliff and bouncing down the icy rocks before splashing headfirst in a small, yellow puddle. He glanced up, finding twins in green and yellow coats standing over him. Shortly after, Box Ghost carried Dr. Light down.

"Hey, old man? Why are you swimming in our pee puddle?" Sonny asked.

Lou jumped to his feet, "I FOUND yoooou! Thought you kids could hide your scent from the… TOILETNATOR?!"

"WE DON'T KNOW YOU!"

"D'awwww." His head slumped.

"Then perhaps you know… the BOX Ghoooost! Whose terror is unknown by NO kiiiid!"

"A BOX GHOST? COOOOL!"

"Enough! Listen, you little snots." Dr. Light stated. "We are tracking a peculiar figure, some child with blue hair. Know anything of the sort?"

"Blue hair? Why does that sound familiar, Donna?"

"I dunno, Sonny? Maybe it's 'cause…"

"WE PLAY SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!"

"NO!!" Lou anime-dropped.

"Come to think of it, that sky yeti we found rescued a blue-haired girl." Sonny recalled.

"Sky yeti?" Lou asked.

"Yes! He said he was LEE! Of Sector R-ZEE!" sang Donna. "He saved a blue-haired girl, and then… SHE FLEE!"

"Sector RZ, you say?" Light smirked, having met this group recently. "And is this girl, per chance, with them now?"

"I dunno. You'll have to ask Leanne for that. She owned the S.C.A.M.P.E.R.." replied Sonny.

"Not that you'll catch 'er! 'Cause sheee gooo FASTER!" cheered Donna.

"Maybe… but perhaps this 'Lee' fellow will possess some solution." Light thought. "We should head back to Rozeland now."

"No problem! I swiped some pee from one of the school's bathrooms in case we had to go back!" Lou perked, making the villains freeze in disgust. "TOILETNATOR AWAAAAYY!" He dashed off.

"I'm bathing after this…" Light said.

Rozeland, Virginia

Lee was hurriedly rolling to town on his skateboard. He didn't skate himself, but rather had Damien do so while Lee looked for Wendy, aiming a flashlight at the ground so his shadow was able to work. "Master, are you really sure Wendy is still in the area? We don't know how long the wind stays here after she's gone."

"She has to still be here, she's just gotta be!" Lee insisted. "You think she would at least leave an apology note. I just…I just CAN'T accept that she'd just run away!"

Lee passed the street with the ice cream stand and Eye Care. The ice cream was closed, so he rushed into the Eye Care. "Hey, did a girl with blue hair and long ears come in today?" he asked the lady at the register.

"No one by that name works here, you'll have to make an appointment."

"I'm not MAKING an appointment, I just wanna know if you've seen her!"

"Office hours Monday-Friday are 8a.m. to 9p—…p—…p…PEEOOOOO." She suddenly blacked out.

A man walked in and opened a hatch on the back of her robotic head. "We're trying to get the newer model. We'll just be a minute." He dragged the robot to a back room.

"Siiiigh." Lee walked out and skated further into town. "WENDYYYYY!" he screamed to the heavens. "WENDY, WHERE ARE YOOOOU?"

"YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WENDYYYYY'S?"

"NOO. I'M LOOKING FOR WENDYYYY."

"THEY HAVE A FRISCH'S A FEW BLOCKS OVER."

"NO!! I AM LOOKING… FOR-"

"I'LL tell you where Wendy iiiiiiis!"

"REALLY? WHERE?"

"It's 'Wendy' EEEEEEVERYWHEEEERE!"

"HAAAAAA!" Every other person within earshot laughed.

"AAAAAAUUUUUGH." Lee stopped and sat on the sidewalk. "What'm I thinking? Even if she IS still in town, I'll never find her! She's probably a hundred miles away by now."

"Aren't you giving up too easily, Master? I would at least look for a silver lining before you do."

"Silver line, shmilver line. It's practically 40 degrees, probly gonna STORM, and all this wind ain't helpin' for… Wait…" He immediately jumped up, "The wind! Man, am I stupid!" He slapped his forehead. "The wind's probably blowing where WENDY is!" He exclaimed with a bright smile.

"I thought that was obvious, in more ways than one."

"Pssh, YOU woulda told me if YOU did."

"Would IIII? Hee hee heeee!"

"Siiigh. Come on, let's just follow it." He got on his skateboard again and followed the wind, rolling out of town.

Lee was soon passing his neighborhood and headed for the outskirts of town. He knew he might be out for a while, but he wasn't going to abandon his friend, yet. Besides, he certainly knew the others would never-

"LEE!!"

"Ahh!" Lee slipped and fell, his skateboard flying in the air.

"There you are!" Leanne stated, looking scoldingly with her teammates. "Lee, whaddo you think you're doing?! We gave you enough time to cool down, but you gotta come help us fix the TV."

"No, I gotta go find Wendy." Damien brought back the skateboard as Lee got on.

"Lee, will you just give this imaginary girl a rest, why can't you just admit you messed up like you always do?"

"Especially when it's YOUR fault the TV got broken, how're we gonna look when Moonbase calls?? I ain't taking the blame for that." Lulu stated.

"Yeah, Dumb-Dumb, so help us fix it so we can watch some cartoons." Denny told him.

"WENDY is NOT imaginary, she's the REAL DEAL, and a WAY better friend than ANY of you."

"Lee, just come back to the treehouse and let's just-" Leanne tried to say, taking his arm.

"GO TO HELL!!" He pushed her away, much to their shock. "Okay, so MAYBE I don't know her very well, MAYBE she's a bad guy leading me into a trap, but I don't care anymore! If I'm gonna mess something up anyway, at least I would've known that instead of feeling guilty about leaving a friend. Not that YOU guys care, you guys probably just want me around to LAUGH at. 'Oh, didju see when Lee scraped his knee on the swing, did you see him trip on the stag beetle, look at Lee totally fail at Guitar Hero, MAAH-MAAH-MAAAAAAHH.' As far as I know, Wendy's a REAL girl with REAL troubles she's trying to deal with, and she was a MILLION times nicer than ANY of you. So I'M going to find her, and you guys can just SUCK off!" And with no hesitation, he skated away—"WAAAH!" He slipped 'cause he wasn't using Damien. "…You guys are the worst." So he skated away with Damien's help.

"…Where did THAT come from?" Lulu asked.

"Siiiigh. He won't get far. Come on, let's fix the TV." Leanne said, leading her friends back home. Diwata looked to Lee's direction with worry before joining her friends.

A few miles away from Rozeland

Wendy had seated herself on a lone rock near a countryside road. No one had any interest of traveling on this cold, windy dark, so she was the only soul in the darkness of this grassland. Just as it was from the beginning. Just her and the cold wind that followed her. Howling through the night, the sounds of her sobbing gone unheard, her dress soaked with her tears.

A peaceful stroll on Niagara Falls, the wind blowing Wendy's hair as she viewed the miraculous, roaring falls. She stood on the railing and embraced the wind and sunny day, smiling at the beautiful expanse. But a rather sudden gust came and caused a tourist to lose hold of his camera, letting it fall in the chasm. "Oh, man! 50 dollars gone just like that! Stupid wind, that weatherman didn't know jack!" Wendy frowned in shame.

Wendy sat upon a narrow cliff on the Rocky Mountains, viewing the rugged expanse, the breeze strong as ever. On the path below, a group of hikers trekked up, each carrying heavy backpacks. A sudden gust, and- "WHOOOA!" One of the men slipped off the edge.

"JOHN!" His friend got down and grabbed his hand, John's bags having slipped off his back. It was a miracle he managed to help him up. "You okay?"

"Yeah… ugh, the radio said it wouldn't be windy, where do they get their info?!" Wendy was already gone.

Wendy was passing through a town along a restaurant street. "MMM-MMM, MMMM!" Unsuspectingly passing an alley, a mugger jumped out and cupped a hand over her mouth, pulling her in.

"Ahright, Girly, where're your parents 'cause they giving me your allowance."

"MMMMMM!" Wendy's eyes brimmed green, the mugger blown away by her sudden wind. She levitated in the air as a tornado spun around her. The mugger was sucked inside as Wendy started moving around the street, sucking in many restaurant-goers, passerby, and even flinging cars upside-down. Wendy floated up several blocks before the wind finally died. Wendy landed on her feet, seeing many downed townsfolk. Shuddering at her own power, she hightailed away from town.

She cried still. "Why…Why can't I make any friends?! Why was I born with this curse? Sniff!" She wiped some tears. "No one wants to hang out with me… because of this wind. I end up making a storm… and ruining everyone's day! Sniff! Then finally… someone tries to help me. He wanted to hang out with me… and then…then I…" She buried her eyes in her hands and kept sobbing. "Am I… not allowed to have friends? Was I meant to be alone… forever and ever? What did I do to deserve that, sniff! I wish there was something I could do…"

"Is that so… little one?" Wendy gasped and looked to a nearby tree, almost totally shrouded in darkness. A being in a blowing white robe and straw hat stepped out.

"Who are you?!"

"I am someone that seeks souls in need. I am that which wishes for light to return to this world. And contained inside your body… is a great deal of darkness."

"D-Darkness? What kind of darkness?"

"A kind of darkness that was defeated some decades ago… but has risen again in your form."

"I-Is that what's causing my…my wind curse? …" After seconds of silence, Wendy got to her feet, "Please! Tell me what's wrong with me! What is this darkness?!"

The cloaked man stepped closer. "Let us gaze into your memories…" He tilted his head up, revealing the flashing colorful '8' underneath his hat. The minute it flashed in Wendy's eyes, she was awash in memories.

A blue-haired baby, newly born, cried upon entering this world, wrapped in a blue blanket. The shadowed mother held her to her face as tears dripped. Just then, the mother was running down a hall. "Let her go!—AAAAAHH!" followed by a flash of green. The baby was then placed inside a basket, on a pedestal surrounded by candles.

"It took me—23—years to make it this far. There can be no mistakes this time.—()#!" said a pitch-black being with only a sharp red eye the only color on him.

"You leave my daughter out of this!!" another shadowed man yelled.

"Oh, you should be delighted."—The man's red eye narrowed, an evil grin on his dark face. "By making y—ou—r daughter a Horcrux, she cannot be killed by normal means. And neither can I…—=--! & *" The memory flashed after nearly every few words.

Flash, "You'll NEVER get away with this—&*^% LO—RD VOLDEMORT."

"AVADA KEDAVRA!" The man was destroyed by a green flash.

Half of the red-eyed man's body, or rather his spirit, seemed to split away from his body and enter the baby's. Her blood-red eyes peeped half-open. "Aww, look… she has my eyes—*&^now. …"

Wendy backed away and rubbed her eyes. All that flashing was gonna make them burn for a while. "Do you understand now?" asked the robed man.

She stopped rubbing. "Th-That baby… was me?"

He said nothing.

Wendy confirmed that as a yes and thought further. "I've heard of this… Voldemort. B-But… I read that he died in '98. How could he…"

"It seemed that way… but he has arisen somehow. And YOU…" He slowly raised an arm and pointed a finger, "you are one of his HORCRUXES."

Wendy's pupils shrunk. Her knees shuddered with the greatest fear and realization. Was that really the truth behind her endless wind? The source of her endless storm?

"The fact is, you were born an airbender of exceeding expectations… and he knew that. He knew you were the perfect vessel… to carry his soul."

"No!" She fell to her knees and gripped her head. "This CAN'T be true! It just can't! I never wanted to hurt anyone! I never wanted to bring danger! SO WHY DO I HAVE A MAN LIKE THAT INSIDE ME?!"

"Perhaps… you should ask him yourself."

She gasped and looked up.

"The man who created this curse, Lord Voldemort himself… has tracked your whereabouts. At this moment, he awaits you in Professor Bob's laboratory."

"But why is he waiting there?!"

"It appears he intends to punish him for trying to harness his sealed energy. If you return there… you may be able to keep the worst from happening. After all… the two of you are connected now. He cannot survive without you… and perhaps… he may be able to help you."

"Whaddyou… mean?"

"He is the only being whom you couldn't make suffer with your wind curse. He is the only being that could teach you to control the power which belonged to him. He is the only one… that can call himself your father now… Wendy."

The only one that could be her father… but he was a terrible man. He killed hundreds… and never apologized. Wendy would never want to be related to someone like that. …But it appeared she didn't have a choice. The two of them were already connected… and the way she is, she could never make any friends. But as long as she could never hurt anyone… maybe it was for the best. She stood up with a serious look in her eyes. "Mm-hm." She nodded. "Okay. I'll return to him."

"I'll show you the way." He revealed his flashing '8' again, and at that instant, a glowing green path spread across the landscape, miles across the world. Knowing that was her way, Wendy treaded the earth at Sonic-like speed. The mysterious figure flashed his '8' again before disappearing.

"Caw…caw…" A lone crow within the tree flapped its wings and flew away.

Sector RZ Treehouse; the next day

The wind had died down, but the sky was still gray, and the air cold. "Huhuhuhu. I wish Spring would hurry up already." Denny shuddered, entering the living room with his friends. "Lulu, hurry and fix the oven so we can eat something hot."

"Siiiigh." She begrudgingly went to do so.

"Diwata, go wake Lee up, he's probably in his room." Leanne assumed. "Probably too prideful to admit this blue-haired girl's a fake, so he snuck into the treehouse after we went to sleep."

She and Denny went to sit at the couch, the former grabbing the remote. "I dunno, he seemed pretty steamed last night." Denny said. "What if he ended up getting kidnapped? He might be a shadowbender, but he still ain't very good."

"Please, he probably didn't run that far. He's stupid, but he's not THAT stupid… sorta. So after he gets out of his room with Dee-Dee, why don't we agree to say nothing and let our lives go on peaceful." She pressed the remote to switch the TV on.

And almost unexpectedly, the alarms blared and 65.49's image appeared onscreen. "This is Moonbase calling Sector RZ. Supreme Leader requests your attendance. So get up here ASAN. …That's ASANow." Switched off.

"GUYSGUYSGUYS!" screamed Diwata frantically. "I CAN'T FIND LEE ANYWHERE!"

"What?!" Leanne jumped from the couch. "But he wasn't in OUR house!"

"LEE GOT EATEN BY OGRES!!" Denny cried. That's when the phone rang, and he answered Shrek on the other line.

"Just so ya know, we prefer our children with a little more growth, and a wee less in the nostrils, he he." Hung up.

"Well, maybe that's what Cheren wanted us for, he probably went to Moonbase." Lulu assumed.

"Sigh, guess we don't have time to search. Lee, you BETTER not screw us up!" The four hurried to the hangar.

KND Moonbase

The team took land and made their way to the bridge, where Cheren waited beside Larry. "Glad you could make it, Sector RZ." Cheren spoke. "In case you aren't aware, you and another sector are currently competing for 10th place in the Top 10 sectors, a place which you currently hold, but are steadily losing. We've picked up a series of evil auras in various locations, so we thought we'd send both of you to certain ones and send mini hover cameras to monitor your progress and use of teamwork and skills. We'll assign one to each member of your team," Larry held out a plate of tiny drones, "so the other sector gets 6 while you get…" Upon closer inspection, they had one extra drone out of 5. "Um, RZ? Where's Numbuh 3.2?"

Now is when they were caught off guard. "Oh, Lee… uhhhh…" Leanne tried to think.

"Oh!" Dee-Dee perked. "Well, Lee went looking for this imaginary blue-haired girl, so we went to find him, which we did, and told him to come home, but he wanted to find her, but Lulu said it's his fault the TV's broken, and Denny called him dumb, and Lea told him to admit he messed up, then Lee said that we're bad friends and we suck, and the mystery girl is way better, so he ran off, and Lea said he'd come back, but he got eaten by ogres, so he didn't, and then YOU called us to Moonbase and asked where Lee is, and then I said-"

"THAT'S… enough, Dee." Lea said.

"Soooo if I heard it correctly… Lee is resting in the bellies of ogres because you got in a fight?" Cheren queried.

"Well, the ogre part is conjectural, but… everything else, yeah."

"Siiiigh." He pinched his nasal bridge. "Larry?"

"Yokay. Hey!" Larry perked, clapping his hands. "Come on, boys! Come on!" The tiny drones flew around him as he led them away. "Come get treats, boys! Come on!"

Cheren faced the team more seriously. "Sector RZ, a sector isn't just given points based on their mission success rate, but on their ability to work as a team, too. And you guys kept your place because you all seemed to work well together, but lately, I've been noticing rocky tension between you. But based on what I've heard today, you've given me no choice. …You're being ranked down to 11th place." They looked away in shame. Cheren looked to their left and said, "Sector KB, you're in 10th place now."

"WEEEEEEEHOO!" cheered Numbuh 2=1, the sector's leader. "THIS calls for a little MIIIIAMI!" Disco lights kicked on and made the Moonbase colorful. "Every Time We Leave" started to play, the six members of Sector KB dancing with the greatest enthusiasm. Their moves were in sync as they performed the Egyptian walk, followed by a variety of nimble dances. The team partied 'til they just couldn't party anymore, and they deserved it. They earned 10th place on the sector roster, and it was thanks to the efforts of their wonderful teamwork. All they could do now, was dance the day and night away.

Depressed and defeated, Sector RZ walked away.

A few miles from Rozeland

"Snoooore… sigh… snooore…nnn, eh?" Lee had passed out beside a rock near a countryside road, waking up to a gray cloudy sky. "Oh, man…" He got up, "I got tired and took a short nap… then I guess I fell asleep." He searched around for any signs that his friend was near, but the wind was very gentle now. "Siiigh… it's no use. Wendy's definitely gotta be gone by now… I'll never be able to face the others."

"You tried your best, Master… perhaps they'll understand."

"My butt. Sigh…" He sat on the rock. "I almost feel like Wendy was imaginary… she came so fast, then… she left so fast. …I really wish I could've helped her… I wish there was some piece of evidence that… she was really here."

"Wooooo-ooooohhh!" The sound of a whirring, speeding plane sounded in the distance. But when Lee looked up, he saw not a plane, nor a bird that made that kinda noise, but the Box Ghost speeding down with his Team Failure allies, quaking the ground upon impact. Lee shielded himself before slowly approaching the crater. He stared for a few seconds before Lou hopped out.

"BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA. Sector RZ member, 'Leeeee', you will face the unending wrath of the TOILETNATOR, unless you IMMEDIATELY HAND OVER… uh… whaddid he say her name was?"

"I think it was Maddy or somethin'." Box Ghost said.

"I'm pretty sure it was Arby." Light followed.

"Hardee?" Lou asked.

"Wait… you mean Wendy??" Lee asked.

"WE SAID IT FIRST!! BEWARE!" proclaimed Box Ghost.

"Wait, why are YOU guys looking for Wendy?! Did Professor Bob send you??"

"Funny, we never SAID her name was WENDY!" Lou smirked.

"Yes you did."

"Uhhhh… we did?"

"Yeah."

"When?"

"Once upon a dream."

"REALLY?" They queried.

Some music played as Lee danced calmly and gracefully. "Yoooouu toooold me, you did it so once… UPOOON a dreeeeam. YOOOU TOOOLD ME, you mentioned it ONCE… UPOOON A DREAM."

"Ohhhhh! Well, that makes sense!" Lou beamed.

"Anyway, you're too late, she's already gone. She's probably over in Australia by now…"

"Ahhhhh. But I'm TIIIIRRRRED." Box Ghost whined.

"I could call my Australian cousin, Dualnator." Lou said.

"Hold on… take me to Professor Bob." Lee requested. "I wanna know how he found out about Wendy to begin with. Did he just stumble upon her, or…"

"HA! And what makes you think we'd take you?" Light glared.

"Well, I… am actually one of Kids Next Door's most valuable members, and I'd fetch a really high bounty in the villain market. And if Wendy finds out I'm captured and comes to rescue me, you can catch her too and get a biiig promotion."

"HMMMMMM…" It really was something to think about. "Are you REALLY a top operative?" Lou queried.

"Oh, I'm top somethin', all right. The fact is, both of us want to find Wendy, and Professor Bob is the key to doing that."

"I'm still not sure." Box Ghost said.

"If you do, I'll let you borrow my sister's toilet-themed lunchbox that glows in the dark."

"A HOSTAGE IT IS!" They grinned.

"Positively delightful…" Lee smiled coolly.

Black Acropolis, Alaska

It might've been miles across the world, but it only took 10 hours with Wendy's breakneck speed. "PROFESSOR BOB!" She leaped over the base's roof, dropped to and ran across the central yard, and into the base's center. "Please, don't hurt 'im!" She couldn't be in a bigger rush. A life was at stake, and she had to do all she could to prevent it. "LORD VOLDE-…"

There he stood, back facing her. Pitch-black robe, skeletal fingers clutching a wand, and clear, bald head. Wendy approached him cautiously, his very presence making her shudder. This was the man whose presence lay within her. The man who was the source of her darkness. This was… "L-Lord Voldemort?"

The wizard turned around, sporting an extremely happy face, wide red eyes and wide grin exposing many rotten teeth. "GREETINGS! I am VOLDEMORT! Would you like to be my FRIEND?!"

"U-Uhhh-h-hhh…" He was scarier than Wendy perceived.

He embraced her in a very tight hug. "I LOVE YOU, CINDY."

"I-I-It's Wendy!…ack…" She felt like a balloon going to burst.

"DANCE with me, Beauty!" Mariachi music played as Voldemort tap-danced with light-fast feet, making Wendy dance with him as she twirled around. "Whooooaaa!"

"So nice that you two are bonding so well." Wendy looked as Professor Bob walked in, the girl still forced to dance.

"P-Professor Bob! Why is he…"

"Come now, you didn't think the REAL Lord Voldemort would care for some snotty girl?! He died 34 years ago! Thankfully, Eggman left a few of his clones before he left the place."

"So he was NEVER here?! But the man in the robe said…"

"I don't know who THAT is, but you came here of your own free will oh so helplessly. Now my Weatherator will FINALLY have a perfect functioning power source!"

"I WON'T LET YOU USE ME!" She was about to rush out the exit.

"CRUCIO!" Voldemort aimed his wand.

"AAAAAHHHHH!" Wendy fell in horrible, unimaginable pain. She couldn't stand, she couldn't fight it… she felt like an insect being steadily crushed by a giant sneaker.

"Now, child, there's no reason to cry. You're about to become part of science! Finally, a use for that overbearing chi of yours! Be happy that you're finally doing someone a favor, instead of ruining everyone's fishing day!"

How could I be so stupid?! Wendy shook from pain. I can't believe I fell for his trick!

"It's a momentous day, Wendy!" Professor Bob turned on his machine. "Time to MAKE IT SNOW!"

Dr. Facilier's Voodoo Emporium

A calm, casual morning in the witch-doctor's emporium. Since he doesn't get customers in the mornings much, he could sleep peacefully on his chair, top-hat covering his eyes. Knock-knock-knock-knock.

"Mmmm…nn…"

Knock-knock-knock-knock.

"Mmmm…eh?" He lifted his hat up. The door was totally still. For a second, he got the strange idea he had a customer.

At that instant, it flew open, letting in a furious wind that blew out his candles. "Ahhh!" He tried to keep his hat on, and held some of the items on his table. Several items on the shelves threatened to fall, so his shadow flew around and hurriedly put them all back. "Yo, close the door, you're gonna mess up mah shop!"

The dark, shadowed being walked in, the wind blowing his cape. "…!" Facilier gaped, "It…It's you!…"