Deracko the strawberry Tuskaninny walked into his NeoHome
at 7:00 AM NST. He was exhausted. He had been up all night patrolling the neighbourhood.
He was going to go to his bedroom where he could catch a few hours of sleep,
but something on the table caught his eye. It was a note. Deracko picked up
the note and read...
Dear
Deracko and Millyum,
I
have petnapped your beloved Chia. If you have any
wishes
in getting him back, you will place your rings
inside
of an envelope and place it by the Wishing
Well
tonight! If you do not obey, your Chia friend
may...have a little accident. You would be wise
to obey.
Your
Enemy Always,
Methalius
the Lenny
Deracko's eyes widened in shock. The Time Twisters
had dealt with many robbers before, but Methalius was their main enemy. He was
the only one who knew about the Rings of Time, three rings that can change time
in different ways. He had petnapped Chakeebo, and if they didn't give him their
rings he might...Deracko didn't want to think about that.
"Millyum! Come here, quick!" Deracko yelled.
A Faerie Zafara flew into the room. Deracko handed her the note which she read.
"What do we do? We've got to get Chakeebo back...but
we can't give up our Rings of Time!" exclaimed Millyum.
"We don't have to. We just travel back to last
night and stop Methalius from taking Chakeebo away," said Deracko. Millyum nodded.
Deracko put his arm on Millyum's shoulder. She brought the ring close to her
mouth to speak into it.
"Rewind eight hours."
Millyum and Deracko disappeared. They were floating
in a world of darkness. They were in another dimension while time went in reverse.
Seconds later, they returned. They crept down the hall to Chakeebo's room. They
sat down beside the door and waited. They did a lot of waiting in their type
of work. It was over an hour later when something was heard by the window in
Chakeebo's room. Deracko and Millyum peered in. Methalius the shadow Lenny was
sneaking in.
"Stop!" yelled Deracko. Methalius looked at them
and tossed a round ball at them. It was emitting gas. Deracko and Millyum tried
to get away but it was too late. They had already inhaled some gas. Their eyes
were getting heavy...they fainted.
***
Millyum was shaking Deracko when they woke up...the next day. The gas had made
them sleep.
"Huh...?" mumbled Deracko. He stood up and saw
the note on the table. It was basically the same as the other note except it
mentioned Deracko and Millyum seeing him. "What do we do know?"
"We could go back in time again and get Chakeebo
to stay in the living room with us," suggested Millyum.
"It won't work. He'll still get Chakeebo. What
we need to do is go forward in time to tonight. I have an idea," said Deracko.
Millyum put her arm on Deracko's shoulder. Deracko spoke into his Ring of Time.
"Fast Forward thirteen hours."
The two disappeared. Time went by like normal
for everyone else but not for Deracko and Millyum. They were in another dimension.
Time went by super fast for them. Thirteen hours felt like thirteen seconds.
"To the Wishing Well!" said Deracko. He picked
up an envelope and they left the NeoHome, hoping they could return with Chakeebo.
***
The moon provided light as Deracko and Millyum went to the Wishing Well. Deracko
placed an envelope containing two small rocks on the side of the well. He and
Millyum hid in the bushes. They waited awhile...hours. Finally a shape in the
distance was moving closer to them. It could just be a late night donator...but
it wasn't likely. The shape moved closer and closer until they saw what it was.
It was one of Methalius' goons, a Halloween Wocky. He picked up the envelope.
Deracko had an idea. He jumped up and covered the Wocky's eyes with his hands.
Luckily, the Wocky wasn't exactly someone you'd call smart.
"AHHHH! Somebody stole my eyes!" yelled the Wocky.
Millyum came out from hiding to talk to the Halloween Wocky.
"Yes, we stole your eyes! We'll only return them
to you if you tell us where your secret base is."
"Uh...our base is in the Deep Catacombs. Press
the loose stone block in the wall and a door will open, said the Wocky. Deracko
took his hands off of the Wocky's eyes and he and Millyum ran to the Deep Catacombs.
***
Deracko and Millyum were pressing stone blocks outside of the Art Gallery.
So far they hadn't had any luck...and there were so many blocks. Minutes later
Millyum's paw it the right block. It sunk into the wall, and so did the other
blocks! Tons of blocks started sinking in until a door way appeared.
"I wonder how those blocks go back into place,"
wondered Deracko out loud as he followed Millyum into the tunnel. They walked
down the hallway lit by torches, until they came into a room. About twenty Halloween,
ghost and mutant pets were in there, all Methalius' minions. Methalius was sitting
in a large chair with a small sack next to the chair...it was about the size
of a baby Chia. When Methalius saw Deracko and Millyum his eyes widened in shock.
"CHARGE!" he yelled to his minions. Deracko grabbed
Millyum's shoulder with his right hand and brought his ring close to his mouth
with the other.
"Fast Forward two minutes."
They vanished. The minions looked around confused.
They had never seen something like this.
"Don't get confused! I've seen this before! They
are--" Methalius was trying to explain to his goons they had vanished into time
but they got confused. They thought they were ghosts! A mutant Kiko punched
a ghost Zafara thinking she was Millyum. The ghost Zafara punched back! Pretty
soon the entire rooms was one big fight! Methalius was trying to stop the chaos
but he couldn't. Deracko and Millyum reappeared. They weren't noticed in all
of the chaos so they were able to pick up the sack Chakeebo was in and make
a clean getaway.
***
"Thanks again," said Chakeebo when they were back in their NeoHome He shut
his eyes and fell into a deep sleep. It was past midnight, but Deracko and Millyum
weren't tired...or at least they didn't think they were. That's the problem
with playing with time...you never knew if you were awake or not.
The End | 
