The Road to Newtopia (The Calamity Girls Book 2)

Friend or Frobo?

Hop Pop took us all to town to pick up some stuff. "This is so great!" Polly exclaimed. "Our first day in forever with no responsibilities, so, what are we gonna do?" "You'll see." Hop Pop replied as he stopped at the seed store. "Ugh, no!" Polly complained. "Yup." Hop Pop smiled. "Oh, come on!" Polly continued complaining. "Don't worry, Marcy, we don't have to go into the boring..." "This is so cool!" Marcy exclaimed. "A store just for seeds? Why, we could be there for hours." "Don't tempt me." Hop Pop said as both him and Marcy were fangirling over seeds. "Have fun in there!" Anne called. "We're good here in the wagon." Sprig added. "Oh, and look after Polly, you three." Hop Pop reminded us as he walked into the store with Marcy. "Perfect." Polly said. "Now that the nerds are gone, you guys wanna go make mischief?" "I don't know about mischief, but we can definitely hang out." I replied. "How about you, Anne and Sprig?" Polly asked. "Guys?" They were too engaged to a game on Anne's phone called Robo Ring: World Tour. "You guys are still playing that game?" I asked. "You've been at it for weeks now." "Hey!" Polly exclaimed. "Did you hear us?!" "You know, in the past, I would've said yes, but I think I'm getting a little too old for that nonsense." Anne replied. "Sorry, Polly, but, me and Anne have changed, we're different now." Sprig added. "Some of us even sound different." Anne mumbled. "What?" Sprig asked. "Nothing." Anne replied. "Anyways, I think we should focus our energy on more mature activities, SPRIG, USE YOUR KITTY CAT BLASTER!" "On it." Sprig said as he continued with the game. "So, no one wants to cause trouble with me besides Rowena?" Polly asked. "Who are you guys and what have you done with Anne and Sprig?!" I cried. "Sorry, dude." Anne said. "And in case you haven't heard, we're responsible for Polly." "Boo!" Polly complained. "You'll get it one day, when you have someone to look after." Anne explains. "Death first!" Polly shouts as Sprig dies in the game. "Aw, man." Sprig sighed. "Don't worry, I'll watch her, technically, Hop Pop put all three of us in charge of Polly." I explained as I heard a thud. "Who's responsible for this?" A frog asked after Polly ruined his market setup. "Those two." Polly replied, pointing at Anne and Sprig as I got out of the cart and grabbed her.

I ran farther into town with Polly. "I never felt so alive." I said. "Right, who needs those two." Polly smiled. "Now, how can we be rambunctious to the max?" "I don't know, but I can't wait to see what you come up with." I replied. Polly looked around to see the fountain and another frog reading the paper. "People of Wartwood, welcome to The Splash Zone!" Polly shouts as she dove into the fountain and barely splashed the frog. "Aw, I really thought that splash would be bigger." "To be fair, you're a tadpole." I said. "How about you try?" Polly suggested. "No can do, I'd easily break the statue, I mean, it's a miracle that Marcy was able to fix it." I explained. "Oh." Polly said, looking around and finds a beetle pie. "Mmm, beetle pie."

Polly hops over to the bakery to try to grab the pie. "Need any help?" I asked. "No!" Polly snapped, accidentally knocking over Toadie. After I helped him up, I found Polly near a bunch of trash. "Mischief's no dang fun with just me and you." Polly sighed. "Yeah, hate to say it, but things aren't always interesting without Anne and Sprig." I replied, picking up an empty can, tossing it towards the trash. All of a sudden, the trash began to move. "That's odd." I took a closer look and it was revealed to be a robot that looked like a frog, causing me to jump and fall on my back. "Holy frog abuse!" "Is somebody in there?" Polly asked. The robot flashed its lights on Polly and stepped out of the trash, scaring her. "Oh my frog, a monster, stay back!" The robot also looked scared. "I think it's copying you." I said. Polly tried a few things to see if the robot would copy her, believe it or not, it did. Polly and I began to laugh and the robot did the same, but it wasn't very pleasant. "Whoa, your laugh is horrifying, I love it!" "You're no monster, you're just a big tadpole." Polly said. "I'm Polly, by the way, and this is Rowena, what's your name?" The robot couldn't say anything. "Can't talk, huh, you really are a baby." I cooed. The robot was adorable.