Akito and Estelle's Adventures of Ponyo

chapter 5

Estelle coughed slightly.

"Oh, don't get sick like that time with Balto." Akito whispered to his twin sister.

"I don't get how that happened to me," Estelle whispered back. "Mom and Dad said we'd never get sick."

Lee came over to Estelle and felt her forehead. Estelle looked to him.

"Cold and wet, but then again, we all are." Lee said before they went inside.

They came to the doors, but they seemed to be stuck.

"The electricity must be out." Vincent said.

"That would explain why it's so dark in there." Felicity nodded.

Lee grunted and soon got the door open as he saw his aunt taking care of some elders in the back. They soon got inside from the rain.

"Guys, I'm sorry, the door didn't open, right?" Lisa frowned.

"Did the power go out?" Vincent asked.

"Yeah, it did," Lisa smiled, handing them dry clothes to dry off from the cold, wet rain. "Everything okay at school?"

"Yeah, though was a bit messy." Vincent said.

"Van Gogh here thought it'd be a good idea to give the kids some paint." Lee said about Vincent.

"I never thought kids would get that messy." Vincent said.

Eloise soon remembered her cooking lesson with one of the cooks in the Plaza Hotel kitchen where she got eggs everywhere and she smiled nervously.

"Hey, if your shift's over, you can go home." A co-worker told Lisa.

"Are you sure you don't need my help?" Lisa asked her.

"Don't worry, we'll be fine," The co-worker told her. "A little rainstorm keeps the seniors entertained. If I were you, I'd get out of here while you still can."

"I agree with her." Akito said.

"Wait here, guys, I'll be right back." Lisa told them.

"Okay." Sosuke said softly.

Lisa then walked away as some wheel-chaired seniors stared at the rainstorm outside. The teenagers soon came over to the seniors.

"Hi, Yoshi." Sosuke greeted one woman.

"Oh, Sosuke, is that you?" The woman smiled to him. "It got so dark; I can barely see you."

Akito soon brought out Rapidash for light.

"Whoa!" Yoshi yelped. "That sure is bright... Oh, hello, little pony~"

"I prefer to be called a 'Fire Horse'." Rapidash mumbled slightly.

"Rapidash should help make the room less dark." Akito said.

"Here you go, Yoshi, I made this for you." Sosuke told the smiling old woman, handing her an origami which looked like Ponyo.

"Oh, what do we have here?" Yoshi smiled as she held out the artwork.

"Here's one for you too, Noriko." Sosuke smiled to the other old woman, handing her the other one.

"We'll give you a hint: she squirted water in a certain elderly lady's face the other day." Estelle told them.

"Oh, that's your friend, Ponyo, isn't it?" Yoshi smiled.

"Yeah!" Akito smiled back.

"I can't see a thing!" An old lady complained, reminding Eloise of Mrs. Thornton. "I don't know why we're still here, it's just a little rain... I wanna go back to my own house!"