The Fourth Friend (An Amphibia Story)

Part 14: Truck Stop Polly

Skylar's P.O.V

It was currently dark and Hop Pop had turned in for the night leaving Anne, Sprig and I to drive the Fwagon.

'Man this road is treacherous' Anne comments. 'Thank goodness I got you two' she smile back at me and Sprig who were going over maps and scoping out the road.

'Hey, don't mention it'

'Now let's see here... looks like there's a sharp turn coming up on the-'

'SPRIG!' Polly cut him off. 'Guess what time it is! Story time!'

'Not now Polly, this stretch of road is dangerous and-'

'But it's a POP UP BOOK!' Polly opens the book and a giant cutout pops out, almost nocking me and Sprig over and making us drop out map and goggles.

'Guys! Which way!? Left or right!?' Anne panics.

'RIGHT!' Sprig says.

'NO LEFT!' I correct him.

Anne pulls the reins from side to side as me and Sprig continue to bicker. Polly's book suddenly falls on Anne's face making her drop the reins and cause the Fwagon to drive out of control. Anne stops the Fwagon just before Bessie crashed into a tree, making us all sigh in relief.

'WHAT IN TARNATION!' Hop Pop yells, bursting out of the Fwagon. 'This is what I get for letting you kids drive'

'Wait no. This wasn't our fault' Anne protests.

'Yeah yeah whatever' Hop Pop brushes off her comment. 'You four, inventory duty. I'm driving from now on'

We all groan as we head back inside. I pull out the list of things we need to check as Anne and Sprig start counting.

'Alright, how many mushroom bars we got left?'

'28, 29...' Sprig carefully counts before Polly buts in again.

'BOOM! I'm filthy!' She cheers, holding up a bath bucket.

'What the heck dude!'

'Hey I was counting those!'

'Right now, really!?'

'Who wants to give me a bath!' Polly asks before getting ready to make a splash.

'Wait no, not inside!'

'Whoo hoo!' Polly cheers before landing in the water and flooding the entire Fwagon. How so much water fits in one bucket, I'll never know.

'Ah crud! All our mushroom bars are mush!'

'What's all the ruckus!?' Hop Pop asks, clearly on the verge of falling asleep.

'It's Polly, she made a huge mess!' Sprig explains.

'Oh c'mon kids. I'm too tired for this'

'If you're tired Hop Pop, I know what'll wake you up. ZAP TAG! Just gotta build up a charge and...'

'POLLY NO! EVERYTHING'S WET!' I call out but it was too late.

Polly electrocuted Hop Pop which led to all of us being electrocuted too. When the charge finally died down we were all burnt and smoke was in the air.

'POLLY!' We all yell in unison.

'But, you guys loved Zap Tag back home' Polly says sadly.

'Yeah but we're not at home!' Hop Pop explains.

Polly lets out a sad sigh. 'Don't have to tell me twice'

It makes sense that Polly's acting like this, she just misses Wartwood.