The Heroes That Freed Kelloggsville

Talent Show Baked with Sick Disaster

As the day of talent show slowly crept closer,Kate and Mathew worked vigorously on put the finishing touches on their acts.On the day-night of the talent show, Kate and Mathew carefully grabbed their equipment loaded them into her mom's car. Then they drove off. As they drove through town( passing the illuminated buildings and sidewalks) Mathew's heart started to beat very fast like a basketball player before a big game. He didn't know why but for some reason the boy felt nervous about making a mistake during    his performance and getting laughed at by a bunch of total strangers. Even though he did it at home, he at least felt comfortable since he knew a lot more people.Arriving at a small rundown building, Mathew’s eyes quickly started to widen in shock and disbelief.”This was so unreal”, he thought as his sadness for the people of Kelloggsville continued to  grow.Hopping out of the car, Mathew, Kate, and her mom carried their supplies to the building's right side door that led to the backstage room. . Then they went inside and sat everything neatly on the floor. Since they were all set, Kate's mom wished the two of them good luck and then headed toward the right-hand side wall that led to the audience seats. Looking around, Mathew and Kate stood in amazement at all the cool acts. There were mimes, jugglers, and even clowns. Two of the jugglers they saw looked very familiar. They both had wavy blonde hair and blue eyes. Thinking about it, the boy then realized that they looked exactly like the Josiah and Khristopher Keaton who were picking on the group of kids when he first arrived in Kelloggsville.

Only however, these two boys were both wearing glasses. Spotting them out of the corner of their eyes, the two boys suddenly started to approach them.One of them was holding what looked like a cube container filled with cookies. Reaching them, the boys then introduced themselves, their names were Bernard and Richard Daniels. After Kate and Mathew had introduced themselves to the twins, Richard told them they were doing a juggling act. After Mathew and Kate told the two boys their names, the two twins offered them a cookie. Since Kate wasn't a big fan of cookies she declined the generous offer while Mathew grabbed one and ate it. When the show began the audience lights dimmed and a man in a black and white suit came onto the stage. After introducing the show, he then called the first performer onto the stage who was a magician named Eric Knight

During some of the acts, Mathew would peek through the curtain a little bit to get a better look at the performers and their talents. Sitting in the first row of chairs( with desks), he saw 4 judges who each held a marker in their hands. Observing some of the acts the boy noticed a few of the performers start to mess up their performance halfway through. "What was happening?" he wondered. Watching all the amazing acts, the boy saw one that really blew him away. It was a stand-up comedy performance by a boy who looked close to Mathew or Kate's age. He had blonde hair, and blue eyes, and wore khakis and a red, blue, and green checkered shirt. Listening to him tell his hilarious jokes, Mathew couldn't help himself and had to laugh. Luckily though, he was able to hold it in. Looking at her friend (as he watched the comedian), Kate then walked up to Mathew and told him that the boy's name was Wallie Weisterman and that he was the town's comedian. Then she informed him how every once in a while he would have a comedy show in the building. She added that he always performed his comedic bits at the talent show and every year prior to Queen Olivia's reign he would win . Hearing his Jokes Mathew could easily start to see why he was such a star.

Listening to him was like watching Jerry Seinfeld on "Seinfeld". Thinking about him and Kate's plan , he thought that his funny personality could really help as a great distraction device.

Before Kate went on stage, Mathew gave her a hug and wished her good luck. Once she started singing the girl sounded like she was on a roll until suddenly he heard her stop a start to panic. Quickly Mathew jumped to the rescue and began coaching her through some breathing techniques.   The he told  her that everything  was going to be okay.Feeling comforted by his sweet words  the girls heart started to skip a beat and she smiled a little bit.Noticing her mood shift, the boy trtried to convince her to continue singing her song,but instead she retreated back into the curtain.Trying to fill the loud uncomfortable silence, Mathew started singing Kates song and he learned that night why he stuck did art.However, hearing his horrendous voice and watching the audience slowly disperse, Kate started to blush and reveal her rosey red cheeks. Then she decideded to save her best friend from the embarrassement like how he had helped her.After s she finished her act Kate got a big standing ovation which made her burst into tears of joy.When the judges Once she arrived backstage Mathew told Kate "great job", and gave  her a hug.Then Kate gave Mathew a  hug and thanked her for beliving in her and  helping her find confidense herself.   Once his  turn finally drew near Mathew and Kate quickly walked over to grab his materials. As hedid this he noticed his body start to tingle and shake.Luckily though they all vanished one he walked out on to the stage,or so he thought anyway.   Walked over to grab their materials and then made their items way onto the stage. Halfway through through concocting his Mathew felt his hand start to grow weaker, and he started to lose control of the paintbrush. He tried his best to grip it tightly and continue painting, but instead, when he placed the brush on the canvas it skidded from side to side. When he  was done, the judges looked at their paintings, and then they all gave him a big fat 0 on a piece of paper. Returning backstage,in disappointment  the boy found Kate who gave him a big hug, told him,"Congratulations".Then she leaned in and gave him a kiss on the cheeks which made Mathew's  hair stand up like he had just been struck by lightning.As they watched, the two of them  noticed something strange  happening.Everyone who performed began to weirdly shake like he had and had a fantastic performance until they messed up at the end.Then Mathew suddenly started to feel really sick and had to make a quick dash for the restroom which stretched a mile long with previous performers who also looked very sick. Once the last performance was done, they stayed on stage, and all the other performers then walked onto the stage so that the announcer could announce the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners and give out medals. After talking it over with the judges, the announcer then declared the third-place winner was Eric Knight with his magic tricks. In second place surprisingly was Wallie and his comedy performance and last but not least in 1st place were Benjamin and Richard Daniels with their juggling act. With the show over, Kate and Mathew walked off the stage and searched for their mom om in the audience. Finding her, the three of them left the building and then hopped in the car and drove home.That night Mathew thought about the Carnival and about how all the performers were getting sick.All the performers that is except for Benjamin and Richard Daniels.Thinking back to when Kate and him had met them and got offered the cookies, Mathew started to wonder if maybe they had put something in the cookies to sabotage the performers and cause them to all get sick.