Little Genius :: II
Table of Contents
Competitors
Faked Milk
Bickering Roomies
Trading Bodies
Finale
Competitors
Time next morning
Place Quinn's room
People Zoey Brooks, Lola Martinez, Camille, Quinn Pensky, Shane Diamond
Zoey sighed with relief. She did not have to take Dustin to the school, as Marissa Benson, the mother had picked him up right after breakfast.
Camille was here in order to feigbn being Quinn, but, even more, for talkking in advance about the tasks they were expecting at Quinn's job.
For that avail, Shane had come, too.
Zoey and Lola had hitherto seen Shane only on the web, but now their jaw dropped. "Shane..."
Their voice was incredibly slow and swooning.
Shane smiled. "Hi girls, what's up?"
Zoey was still mesmerised. "Aw Shane!"
Lola was even more convincing, as she had already tried out for many rôles as a girl meeting a hot boy for the first time. "Do you know how hot you computer nerds are?"
Zoey smiled, "yeah, nothing is more sexy than the computer club!"
Shane shrugged. "Do you think so?"
Quinn was nowhere near happy about Lola's and Zoey's crush. They had been close a few days earlier, but now that they have seen him live they have even more gone beyond reason. And they had always complained about Quinn's nerdiness, and they had complained about Firewire's dweeby outfit. But now, all of a sudden, those dumb girls who hate everything that has to do with science and technology go all crazy for a computer- and science geek? That was so wrong and hypocritical. They didn't deserve such a cool and smart guy who understood everything possible about electronics.
The more Zoey and Lola swooned, the more jealous became Quinn.
Camille looked at the watch. "Not that I want to be pushy, but... `Quinn''s job starts in less than an hour, Zoey has to make it to her classes, and Lola has to go to the studio."
Alas, Zoey and Lola did not hurry.
Camille left the building. "OK, I'm off..."
Shane followed.
Lola swooned, croaking, "let's go for a movie tonight?"
Zoey shook her head. "No, Shane, have a candle light dinner with me!"
The door being shut, Lola and Zoey regained consciousness.
Lola remarked that it was Zoey's turn to take Quinn with her.
Zoey grunted, "don't think you can secretly date Shane! I'm going to watch you..."
Time was pressing.
Quinn was worried. Shane was too good for Zoey and Lola, let alone he didn't deserve being torn between them. They only liked him for his looks. But what better boy could Quinn dream of than one who was cute and who shared her interest for electronics and science? That was so unfair that she was unable to fight for him as long as she was an infant.
Zoey took Quinn's high-tech perambulator. Quinn had once invented that thing for a pregnant teacher's wife, and precisely Mrs. Bender, at Pacific Coast Academy when the latter was pregnant. 37 She had hardly anticipated that she was soon going to be transported in that particular invention of hers... Then she left the building with Quinn.
Quinn started weeping. She pushed a button inside the perambulator, making Nevel's recorder sound across the vehicle. Nevel's live music was definitely better. But she calmed down, anyways.
Zoey was very glad because the combination's of Quinn's technology freed her from many nasty tasks, such as feeding, changing diapers, and stuff. Everything was automated.
Place art school
People Zoey Brooks, Miss Fielder, Stuart Laserbeam 38, Maria Hughes 39, Geena Fabiano, some other art students and guests (background)
Miss Fielder had collected the students.
Today, it was info day for pupils, usually high-school kids, interested in applying at this school.
The teacher greeted the guests. "Good morning. This is a class for freshman. So the students you see here are also quite new, but, as first impressions count a lot..." She choked. Her first impression of Spencer Shay had been that of an impatient wannabe artist, but she had come to see that he was extremely creative, and she could still learn a lot from him, if only... She sighed deeply. "OK, before I get to talk about medieval church arts, you may ask the students about their first impressions at this school." She was still so much taken by her loss of Spencer, shedesperately needed that break in order to recover.
Zoey looked at one of the guests. "Maria!" That was the girl of which Quinn had been jealous, as she had believed her to steal Mark from her, while, indeed, she had been hired for making Mark's gift for Quinn, a picture.
Maria recognised Zoey. "Hi, you're... Zoey Brooks?"
Zoey nodded. "So, I think you would be great here. You're very gifted as a painter."
Maria smiled. "Oh, I had not noticed that you were pregnant in your senior year..." She looked at Quinn.
Zoey laughed. "That's not my baby, it belongs to a friend..."
Maria shrugged. "You're really a caring person."
Zoey smiled. Then she told Maria her impressions about this school.
Quinn had no difficulties in recognising Maria. Maybe Maria should better have stolen Mark from her. Her whole jealousy drama had been so ridiculous. There was no reason left to be mad at Maria. Alas, the painter girl had now found two successors --- Lola and Zoey! Those wee now the enemies who tried to steal Quinn's portential dream boy. And what to do? Yes, Malika could probably transmutate her back into a teenager, but she needed to know that Quinn wanted that. Alas, what if Zoey or Lola, let alone both of them, figured why Quinn wanted to grow up again? They would try to get rid of Quinn, viz. keep her in her current situation, at any cost, as they feared her competition, just like that of each other or any other teenage girls, no, even more than that, as they knew that Quinn would impress Shane with her head, not just with her looks. A way needed to be found in order to sneak her wish past Lola and Zoey. Dustin hated nevel, and thus he was totally not likely to deliver him a message. Camille had not got any laptop on her own. That was so scary.
Maria was going to ask other students.
Next, Stuart Laserbeam stepped up to Zoey. He was apparently older than a typical highschool senior.
Zoey smilewd at Stuart. "Hi, so you look forward to studying art?"
Leslie nodded. "Basically, I'm a business school dropout."
Zoey gasped. "That's daring!"
Stuart nodded. "Dad always wanted me to make an MBA, they are well-paid and safe and... But it isn't my thing, it just doen't cut it. Fortunately, my dad had to admit that he was also a closet artist of some sorts, but it's still hard for me..."
Zoey nodded. "I know these arguments too well. My mom..." She shuddered. "Well, my parents live in England, and they wanted me to go there to some business school or law school. As a consequence, I had to work a lot during the vacations in order to pay my fees, as mom refuses to pay more than for my living."
Stuart sighed.
Geena Fabiano was Zoey's next guest. She came from a village in Pennsylvania. "My main interest is fashion design. I've made all my outfit on my own."
Zoey smiled. "I'm a fashion designer, too."
Zoey and Geena high-fived.
Stuart gasped. "My brother's best friend works for MadStyle as a VP. And she's only 15 years old! Maybe there's a chance for a paid summer internship?"
Zoey and Geena gasped.
In any case, Zoey agreed on meeting Stuart, Geena, and Maria again during next day's lunch break.
Quinn was more and more worried.
Faked Milk
Time next morning
Place Nevel's apartment
People Magic Malika, Nevel Papperman
Nevel walked up and down his room, pondering and uttering incomplete sentences.
Malika wondered, "what's up. sweetie?"
Nevel moaned, "deal with Quinn was to let her remain a baby until a signal of hers..."
Malika nodded. "that's it..."
Nevel sighed. "But if she's unable to give us a sign, inspite of desperately wanting to do so?"
Malika looked quizzically. "She has got the computer..."
Nevel nodded. "See, when we talked to Quinn via computer, she made many typoes. We needed to guess and correct a lot."
Malika nodded.
Nevel concluded, "in other words, Quinn might need the help of others in order to inform us."
Malika agreed. "But that's why her friends are there to care for her."
Nevel sighed. "I was never comfortable with trusting Zoey, even less Lola, and Dustin as a total Carly addict..."
Malika sighed. "Do you think they would deliberately prevent Quinn from..."
Nevel boomed, "oh yeah!"
Malika choked. She was, of course, not a friend of Zoey, Lola, or even Dustin, either. But she had not yet thought about possible motivations.
Nevel mentioned some. "Quinn does useful stuff for them. Some of it is harder to achieve for an adult."
Malika nodded. "People tend to underestimat Quinn's intelligence."
"He who undersestimates Quinn's intelligence will rue the day. Will he rue it? He will rue it! Until dystopia will he rue it," claimed Nevel with iuncompromisable endeavour.
Malika grinned.
Quinn helped Dustin and Zoey to uncover scandals in the school district of the westside of Seattle. She helped Lola to advance her career. She provided Camille with an excellent occasion to demonstrate her skills.
None of those would have been possible for adult Quinn.
Not even mentioning possible boyfriends, Malika and Nevel had thus found enough reasons for those who cared for Quinn to keep her in her current situation.
So... what to do?
Malika was flabbergasted by one thing. "You distrust Camille?"
Nevel moaned with despair. "I know. Camille is as much related to me as is Quinn. I should be able to love them equally."
"You do," replied Malika, "but Camille is not as responsible for Quinn as Zoey and Lola..."
Nevel sighed. He needed to figure whether Quinn was still happy to continue as a baby, regardless of Zoey's and Lola's rôle.
Malika scratched her head. Then she picked a booklet titled How To Learn Witchcraft by Megan Parker.
Nevel shrugged.
Malika explained. "OK, this is the chapter for telepathy."
Nevel moaned, "you mean: I should read Quinn's mind?"
Malika grinned. "Oh yeah. It will take you some practice, but you care about her. This won't be impossible."
Nevel sighed. "Let's start it! And if we figure that they are mean to Quinn... you will turn them into cockroaches with your killer eyes, won't you?"
Malika shrugged.
Time evening of same day
Place Quinn's room
People Quinn Pensky, Zoey Brooks, Lola Martinez, Dustin Brooks, Shane (phone)
Lola had just returned with Quinn from TVS Studio, "No longer fluffy costumes..."
Zoey smiled. "What about the baby star thing?"
Lola grinned. "That's going great. I will act as Quinn's mom in an ad about baby goo."
Zoey nodded.
Camille had faked a signature of Quinn's mom, allowing Quinn to participate in the cast.
Lola continued, "I'm sure Quinn has experimented a bit with the wires in the studio while that stupoid director was not watching. That perv was more interested in my legs."
Zoey choked with disgust. "Once more, and he's going to learn a lesson, the hard way!"
Camille nodded solemnly.
Dustin suggested, "I may hide Quinn's snake Marvin 40 in his clothes."
Then they plugged in some laptop.
Quinn started typing.
Lola watched her. "If I read it correctly, Quinn wants to tell us that the good stinks."
Zoey gasped.
Camilled sighed. "OK, we need to stop the production oif the goo, before millions of babies get poisoned. I guess that Shane is also good in chemistry, he may analyse the goo here with Quinn's laboratory."
Quinn confirmed that. Shane being here would have been nice.
Zoey did not have much time left. "I am going to meet Stuart, Geena, and Maria over in the Groovy Smoothie."
Dustin grinned. "With Miss Fielder and Spencer..."
Camille and Lola gasped.
Dustin explained, "well, that's the plan: Miss Fielder will jopin Zoey to the bar, and then Carly and Spencer will pass by. Accidentally, that is..." he chuckled with excessive mischief.
Zoey grinned.
Lola and Camille smiled. "Good old trick..."
Zoey started changing clothes.
Camille wondered when to ask Shane.
Lola grinned. "He better start tonight. The earlier we can save the babies, the better!" And with Zoey's absence, the chances of seducing Shane were much greater.
Zoey sighed. She knew what Lola was up to. But she did not think of any reason to delay the scientific examination of the baby goo.
Camille nodded. She took her cellular phone and typed the number of Shane.
Shane picked up the phone and asked Camille about what was going on.
Camille explained the situation.
Shane coughed and promised to come over as soon as possible, given the serious situation.
Lola grinned with glee.
Time an hour later
People Lola martinez, Quinn Pensky, Shane
Zoey was gone.
Camille had snuck away, too.
Lola and Quinn had played Girly Cow on the interweb until Shane's arrival.
Shane was already eager on starting with the examination of the goo.
Lola took her hand bag. "There it is!" She played seductively with her lips.
Shane only thought about the goo. "OK, where is the laboratory?"
Lola did not react to the question. She took an apple and offered it unto Shane.
According to Lola's theory, good kissers could be identified easily by watching them eating an apple. 41
Shane thanked Lola, but he was allergic to ripe apples. Thus he had to reject the apple.
Lola was slightly disappointed.
Quinn knew why Lola wanted to give him an apple.
Her jealousy increased.
Shane found Quinn's scientific equipment. "OK, let's start..."
Quinn had listed her observations on the screen of the laptops.
Shane just needed to go through the list and perform the necessary tests.
Lola needed to go for a live test of Shane's kissing abilities.
Shane, on the other hand, was still occupied with the test tubes.
Lola suffered a lot. She had already learned the hard way not to come too close to a test tube containing obnoxious liquids.
Quinn's jealousy grew more and more.
She could not help releasing some malodorous gas through her rear orifice, attaching a stink to Lola's clothes.
Alas, Lola started noticing that Quinn blushed occasionally when Shane happened to come closer. She figured that Quinn was one additional competitor. Maybe she better stayed a baby...
Shane's verdict was clear.
He listed a long queue of illegal and obnoxious substances contained in the goo. "We need to inform the federal milk office. It contains faked milk." 42
Lola looked aghast. Disgusted by the thought of poisoned food, she was no longer able to try to seduce Shane.
Her evening was spoiled.
Bickering Roomies
Time next morning
People Quinn Pensky, Zoey Brooks, Lola Martinez, Dustin Brooks, Camille (later)
Ere the rise of the sun and the paling of the sky, Zoey yawned herself awake.
It had been an exciting evening.
Along with the other students of arts, she had been able to reunite Spencer Shay and Miss Fielder over a dinner.
These adult artists were now finally able to mix more colours with their lips.
Alas, Zoey had been anxious because she had known very well of Lola's intentions concerning Shane Diamond, which happened to collide frontally with her own, causing an earthquake of no less than Richter 5. And now she was too curious.
Not knowing how far Lola had progressed on her quest involving Shane made Zoey insane.
She had to stand up and figure what had been going on between the two of them. She was looking for Lola's lipgloss. Unable to find any lying around, she decided to examine Lola's lips.
The red and fat layer of gloss on Lola's fleshy lips appeared still unscathed.
There were no apparent signs of kissing.
And their bathroom showed now signs of Lola having been able to renew the gloss after her evil actions.
But... what if Lola and Shane had simply skipped kissing?
Zoey was totally disgusted by the thought, but she was too curious and too jealous to let it be. She scrutinised Lola's clothes.
Had Shane actually left the building before Zoey's return from dinner?
Zoey doubted it. She was looking for Shane in Lola's closet. Then she dared to think that Shane was still under Lola's blanket. She closed her eyes for a moment, stood next to her `friend's' bed, and started pulling the blanket.
Lola was apparently alone in her bed, wearing her usual pyjamas. But now she woke up from the mayhem. "Zoey," thundered the histrionic drama queene, "what are you doing here?"
Zoey fainted. "What exactly are you doing with Shane?"
Lola was on her feet, she jumped at Zoey, thundering "You're lucky that I'm not Shelby, otherwise I would punch you through the roof!"
Dustin woke up from the mayhem. "Shut up you stupid wenches! You're worse than Nicole and Dana!"
Lola and Zoey were upset. "Dustin! What are you doing here?"
Dustin yawned. "I have been afraid alone."
Lola accused Zoey of being an inept guardian.
Zoey remarked. "I would have been able to educate Dustin a whole lot better in the absence of some illoyal pest of a room-mate named Lola Martinez who always needed my attention."
The two girls wrestled again, worse than a year ago when they were competiing in Logan's beauty pageant. 43
Dustin ran out of the room and started weeping.
Quinn was screaming as well.
Lola and Zoey did not care.
Finally, they were totally exhausted.
Lola pulled Zoey closer. "If we aren't careful, Quinn is going to steal Shane from us."
Zoey chuckled. "Quinn is a little baby. Teenage boys are more into real girls like us."
Lola sighed. "Don't you see it? Quinn totally blushes when Shane is around. And when she's back to normal, nothing will stop her from grabbing shane, as he adores her mind, while we are just dumb wenches for him. So whom will he chose?"
Zoey gasped. "Correct. But we can't do zilch about it. Once Quinn thinks she had enough fun as a smart baby, she will tell Malika to return her, and..."
Lola whispered, "we need to be careful and prevent Quinn from informing Malika."
"That would not be fair," objected Zoey.
"Do you want to be a righteous virgin forever," asked Lola, "or do you want one of the hottest boys of the East coast?"
Zoey sighed. Shane was too tempting. She gave in.
Only one of them could have Shane.
But refusing to work together would strip both of them of the chance of their lives.
The door bell rang.
Zoey and Lola opened for Camille.
The drama queen squealed. "What happened to you?"
Lola, Zoey, and their clothes were covered all over with traces semming from their mortal combat.
Lola replied, "I was practising a skit for my new show."
Zoey choked, but she saw no other chance. "Yeah, as she said."
Camille shrugged. "What skit?"
Zoey stammered, "it's about two best friends and room-mates, arguing over..."
Camille wanted to know more details.
Lola continued, "they argue over a common boyfriend."
Camilled grinned. "Oh, I can help you there. I've often been cast for a whole bunch of stuff like that. So, watch and learn!" She started acting.
Zoey yawned.
Lola paid some more attention.
Of course there was no way for Lola and Zoey to let Camille know about what was really going on. Today, they had to inform the federal milk office about fake milk in baby food, and the governor of the state of Washington about some corruption affair in the school district of Seattle West.
It was Zoey's turn to take Quinn to her school.
Neither Zoey nor Lola suspected that there was another way for Nevel to learn about their mean plans.
Place Nevel's room
People Nevel Papperman, Magic Malika (phone)
Nevel woke up, soaked with cold sweat. He had dreamt about Quinn being kidnapped by her evil friends Lola and Zoey who also forced Shane into marrying one of them. He started grabbing his cellular phone. Then he typed Malika's number. "Hi sweetheart! I had a terrible dream..."
Malika tried to calm Nevel down.
Then Nevel talked about his nightmare. "Isn't that a sign of Quinn wishing telepathically to be returned to teenage?"
Malika shrugged helplessly. "It could very well be. Keep good care of your thoughts today. And if anything appears strange, and related to Quinn..."
Nevel continued, "you will make Lola and Zoey pay for their evilness, won't you?"
Malika promised to do so.
Nevel grinned. "They will rue the day, until dystopia will they rue it."
Trading Bodies
Time evening of same dat
Place Quinn's room
People Quinn Pensky, Lola Martinez, Zoey Brooks, Magic Malika (later), Nevel Papperman (later)
Lola and Zoey were back from their respective daylight business.
Quinn was placed onto a table, along with her perambulator.
Lola wondered, "Camille is not here?"
Zoey shrugged. "She should have arrived half an hour ago."
Lola guessed, "she might be stuck in the traffic..."
Zoey was worried.
Suddenly, a puff of smoke appeared in their midst.
Magic Malika condensed from the billowing cloud. "Hey! Not that fast! By the way, you might not need Camille tonight, that's why I've granted her a free evening..."
Lola and Zoey were consternated.
Nevel Papperman appeared in another corner of the room. He took Quinn into his arms. "Don't worry, now I'm here!"
Malika grinned. "you have violated your taskas as foster moms..."
Zoey and Lola looked aghast.
Malika explained, "good moms don't steal their daughter's boyfriend."
"Quinn is a baby," stammered Lola, "she can't have a boyfriend."
"Oh, right," replied Malika, "you know too well that Quinn is the only one of the three of youi who is able to adore Shane for his mind. You're only after his body."
Zoey glared aghast.
Lola scratched her chin. "Is that wrong?"
Nevel intervened, "it might be OK, for those shallow guys Lola uses to make out with, but Shane is nothing like that! This means that you're going to rue the day! You rue it!"
Lola was still dumbfounded.
Zoey went pale.
Malika gazed with her left eye at Zoey who stood to her right-hand sight, and with her right eye at Lola who stood to her left-]hand side. Then she uttered some ancient-]sounding words of power.
At the same time. Quinn grew older.
Zoey and Lola were utterly dizzy.
Quinn sighed with relief. "Thanks! I think I'm going to look for new friends."
Nevel was disappointed. "What exactly is the punishment for Lola and Zoey?"
Malika cackled with glee. "Just wait and see!"
A few minutes later, Lola and Zoey recovered from their mental confusion they looked aghast at each other.
"You're me," boomed Lola.
"No, you're me," replied flabbergasted Zoey.
They started fumbling with each other.
Nevel guessed, "you've switched Lola and Zoey?"
Malika nodded.
Quinn smiled. "Cool, I should invent a machine to do the same..."
Nevel and Quinn high-fived.
Malika remarked, "the curse will wear out once you regret what you have done to Quinn."
Lola and Zoey shrugged.
Malika explained, "OK, for starters, Lola is an attractive actress. She could have any shallow-minded good-looking boy she wanted to get. Why does she have to choose someone with a brain between his skull bones?"
Nevel nodded.
Quinn swooned, "Shane..."
"Zoey, I'm even more disappointed by you. Every boy likes you," boomed Malika, "you, less than any other girl, should be one to steal a boy from one of your best friends. Especially as you hate chemestry. It would be very uncool for you to pretend to love it, just because Shane likes experimenting with chemicals."
Zoey was embarrassed. How did Malika know about all that?
Nevel nodded.
Malika continued, "OK, that's just the beginning. Indeed, my witchcraft mistress Megan had got an annoying and shallow elder brother named Drake Parker. He is in Lola's league. And that business school dropout, Stuart, would understand Zoey better than any other boy."
Lola started melting away at the thought of Drake Parker, a famous rock idol.
Zoey sighed. Probably...
Quinn thanked Nevel and Malika. "I'm now able to get along here on my own."
Nevel and Malika waved at Quinn before disappearing again in some puff of smoke.
Malika made a final remark. "Dustin will be a bit later... there's something going on at his school..."
Zoey and Lola were still shocked. How were they going to get along at the art school or at the TV studio in their new bodies?
Place locker hall of Ridgway School
People Dustin Brooks, Carly Shay, Sam Puckett, Fredward Benson, Gibby Carlsen, Principal Franklin, many other pupils (background)
The dat at Ridgeway had been all exciting.
In the morning, a platoon of Seattle's police forces had surrounded the building, under the lead of Officer Carl 44 and Stu Staimbler 45
The reason was the following:
Reasearches had resulted in the guess that Superintendend Gorman, Mrs. Briggs, and Mr. Howard were all members of a criminal syndicate that had produced and sold fake milk.
The cafeteria of Ridgeway stored tons of fake dairy products.
Carly's grandpa and the mayor of Seattle had thanked the pupils for their firm cooperative stance.
Principal Franklin was thus restored in his office. For that avail, the pupils had a day off classes.
Insstead, the pupils were allowed to have a party in the locker hall.
They cheered aloud.
Coloured pieces of paper kept on raining down.
Principal Franklin announced that they needed now two new teachers, one to replace Mrs. Briggs, and one to replace Mr. Howard. "It's going to take months to get appropriate substitutes..."
Dustin raised his hand, "how about student teachers?"
Theodore Franklin looked at Dustin. "Do you know someone?"
Dustin replied, "my sister could teach everything except chemistry and physics..."
Theodore Franklin scratched his head. "Isn't she an artist?"
Dustin remarked, "with a straight A in everything but that science stuff."
Franklin shrugged. "OK, that should be enough for a temporary part-time teacher."
Carly high-fived with Dustin. "And we may look for more student teachers via web show..."
Freddie and Sam agreed wholeheartedly.
Shirtless Gibby suggested his pen friend Lulu"from True Jackson VP, but here identified with an anonymous girl from iCarly : iHave A Lovesick Teacher" to teach mathematics and accounting.
Franklin grunted, "wait, she's just a high-school girl..."
"But she's smarter than you," remarked Gibby.
Franklin glared annoyed at Gibby, "go back to your therapist!"
Gibby sobbed.
Neither Principal Franklin nor most of the pupils could know that Quinn was behind the discovery of the scandal.
Dustin was now at home, and he was certainly surprised. Camille was Quinn? Lola was Zoey? Zoey was Lola? His head was spinning like a record.
Finale
Time next morning
Place TV Studio
People Zoey Brooks (looking like Lola), producer Brad, many studio workers (background)
Brad had read a notice."Quinn is no longer coming to TVS?"
Zoey nodded. "As you see! Her mother has withdrawn her consent."
"We have got a contract," boomed Brad, "in case of failure..."
Of course the signature of Quinn's `mom' had been a fraud, faked by Camille.
It was thus not valid.
But using that in order to prove the lack of the contract's validity would have opened a dozen of cans of worms, if not more.
Zoey could not want that to happen.
Zebo the dino entered the stage.
Because of Lola's fears, it had been replaced with a robot invented a few years ago by Quinn and hastily repainted to look like the original Zebo.
Zoey sweated. She was not an actress. She knew what to say, but not how to say it.
Alas, it was impossible to live any longer with the knowledge of legal threats by TVS.
Lola in her place would have been able to change Brad's mind by some improvisional drama.
But Zoey was totally at a loss.
All of a sudden, a little cloud of smoke appeared in the studio.
The billowing mist condensed into a human shape.
Zoey, unlike the rest of the studio, knew the nature of that smoke. Alas, she was a bit terrified by her memories of that equally billowing mist of Charles Galloway.
Malika grinned. "Swallow that, Brad!"
Brad was consternated, "whoever you are... leave that studio withing one minute, or I will call security!"
Malika snickered. "If you need a baby... act as one!"
Brad looked puzzled. That was impossible!
Malika glared viciously at Brad.
The producer started changing visibly, ending up as a baby, just happened unto Quinn.
The studio workers were like petrified.
Malika waved at Zoey, and then she disappeared again in a puff of smoke.
The studio workers were unable to move or talk.
Zoey scratched her chin. Then she picked up crying little Brad and took him to the lost-and-found office of the studio block. Alas, she could not help giggling. And she wondered about what Lola was doing at her school.
Place Art School
People Lola Martinez (looking like Zoey), Miss Fielder, Harry Joiner, amany pupils (background)
AS a gifted actress, Lola could simply consider her current situation as some sort of wearing a blond wig and acting as Zoey.
Fortunately, there was no test at Seattle School of Art.
Alas, Lola was not totally at ease.
Zoey was most likely to ruin her career by poor acting.
Lola had already informed her cousin Tori Vega from Los Angeles.
Tori was an aspiring entertainer, although more one of the singing sort, and she looked almost like Lola. Unlike Lola, she had not yet ruined her chances of making it to the top of Hollywood.
Too bad Tori was still at school, and she could not show up any moment.
But this was certainly a viable solution in the case of Zoey and Lola remaining in each other's body for much longer.
But for today, Zoey had to replace her.
Miss Fielder was looking forward to a few days off.
It was probably some sort of honeymoon with Spencer.
Harry Joiner talked a lot about a new project where he needed the students' cooperation. "There's art for people, but there's also art with people. I have already tried to make a giant sculpture composed of many humans, but I had only had a bunch of ignorants by my side. But with your contribution, I may make some mightily impressive sculpture composed of hundreds of people."
Lola grinned. She asked, "how about using some good actors?"
Harry Joiner deemed that idea excellent. "Alas, acknowledged stars are too expensive. We need some gifted talents..."
Lola beamed like a supernova. What a perfect job for herself!
Alas, being visual artists, the job of the students was to design the human sculpture, not to perform in it.
Too bad Lola had no clue about designing something visually impressive. That was so Zoey's job!
And the pupils' schedule for the whole next week, and even beyond, consisted of designing the human sculpture.
Lola was going to be desperate.
All of a sudden, Malika appeared behind Lola.
The drama queen startled.
Malika grinned. "OK, it seems that you wenches have now understood that a good-looking body means nothing, and the most important is what resides inside it."
Lola moaned with despair.
Malika uttered a few strange words, causing Lola and Zoey to switch bodies again.
Time indefinite future
Gorman being removed from his office, the school district of the Western Seattle was in desperate need of a new superintentent.
Alas, the board knew of only one reliable canditate: Principal Franklin.
This was a hard shock for the pupils.
None of the teachers of Ridgeway was willing to replace Ted Franklin as a headmaster.
The board had to look far away for a headmaster,
Finally, they decided in favour of one Principal Brandywine from Rocky Road School in Pennsylvania.
That happened to be the school of Addie Singer, the new girlfriend of Zoey's ex-boyfriend Chase Matthews.
Mrs. Briggs and Mrs. Howard needed to be replaced as well.
Upon Quinn's suggestion, Mr. Jamisson from New York City 46 was hired as a teacher for algebra, science, and geometry. He was not only Lulu Johnson's teacher, but also the judge of the last National Science Fair where Quinn had participated.
Mr. Wright from James K. Polk School in La Mesa, California was going to replace Mrs. Briggs. He was the principal of his school, but he preferred to be a normal teacher.
Harry Joiner's project was really successful, making Zoey and her new boyfriend Stuart Laserbeam famous for their wonderful contributions.
In serving as a performimg artist inside the human sculpture, Lola and her boyfriend Drake Parker recommended themselves again for Hollywood. They had happened to save the life of Mr. Fujisaki, the man above Malcolm Reese, thus rendering Logan's opinions and those of Logan's fiancé Mercedes Griffin --- a spoiled daughter of another Hollywood producer had got Drake expelled --- obsolete.
Camille and her new boyfriend Kendall Knight were equally involved in that project and turned into big stars.
Lola donated some of her money unto Quinn and her husband Shane, enabling them to buy Bill Windows's company and take over the whole world of information technology.
Nevel and Malika? If they haven't yet disappeared in a puff of smoke, they may still be found somewhere...
The End
[ 37] their baby appears in Zoey 101 : Favor Chain
[ 38] cf. True Jackson VP : The Gift
[ 39] cf. Zoey 101 : Quarantine --- surname taken from same actress's one-time guest rôle in Hannah Montana
[ 40] cf. Zoey 101 : Girls Will Be Boys
[ 41] cf. Zoey 101 : Curse At PCA
[ 42] cf. iCarly : iSpy A Mean Teacher
[ 43] cf. Zoey 101 : Miss PCA
[ 44] cf. iCarly : iWant More Viewers
[ 45] cf. iCarly : iStakeout
[ 46] cf. True Jackson VP : True's New Assistant
Competitors
Faked Milk
Bickering Roomies
Trading Bodies
Finale
Competitors
Time next morning
Place Quinn's room
People Zoey Brooks, Lola Martinez, Camille, Quinn Pensky, Shane Diamond
Zoey sighed with relief. She did not have to take Dustin to the school, as Marissa Benson, the mother had picked him up right after breakfast.
Camille was here in order to feigbn being Quinn, but, even more, for talkking in advance about the tasks they were expecting at Quinn's job.
For that avail, Shane had come, too.
Zoey and Lola had hitherto seen Shane only on the web, but now their jaw dropped. "Shane..."
Their voice was incredibly slow and swooning.
Shane smiled. "Hi girls, what's up?"
Zoey was still mesmerised. "Aw Shane!"
Lola was even more convincing, as she had already tried out for many rôles as a girl meeting a hot boy for the first time. "Do you know how hot you computer nerds are?"
Zoey smiled, "yeah, nothing is more sexy than the computer club!"
Shane shrugged. "Do you think so?"
Quinn was nowhere near happy about Lola's and Zoey's crush. They had been close a few days earlier, but now that they have seen him live they have even more gone beyond reason. And they had always complained about Quinn's nerdiness, and they had complained about Firewire's dweeby outfit. But now, all of a sudden, those dumb girls who hate everything that has to do with science and technology go all crazy for a computer- and science geek? That was so wrong and hypocritical. They didn't deserve such a cool and smart guy who understood everything possible about electronics.
The more Zoey and Lola swooned, the more jealous became Quinn.
Camille looked at the watch. "Not that I want to be pushy, but... `Quinn''s job starts in less than an hour, Zoey has to make it to her classes, and Lola has to go to the studio."
Alas, Zoey and Lola did not hurry.
Camille left the building. "OK, I'm off..."
Shane followed.
Lola swooned, croaking, "let's go for a movie tonight?"
Zoey shook her head. "No, Shane, have a candle light dinner with me!"
The door being shut, Lola and Zoey regained consciousness.
Lola remarked that it was Zoey's turn to take Quinn with her.
Zoey grunted, "don't think you can secretly date Shane! I'm going to watch you..."
Time was pressing.
Quinn was worried. Shane was too good for Zoey and Lola, let alone he didn't deserve being torn between them. They only liked him for his looks. But what better boy could Quinn dream of than one who was cute and who shared her interest for electronics and science? That was so unfair that she was unable to fight for him as long as she was an infant.
Zoey took Quinn's high-tech perambulator. Quinn had once invented that thing for a pregnant teacher's wife, and precisely Mrs. Bender, at Pacific Coast Academy when the latter was pregnant. 37 She had hardly anticipated that she was soon going to be transported in that particular invention of hers... Then she left the building with Quinn.
Quinn started weeping. She pushed a button inside the perambulator, making Nevel's recorder sound across the vehicle. Nevel's live music was definitely better. But she calmed down, anyways.
Zoey was very glad because the combination's of Quinn's technology freed her from many nasty tasks, such as feeding, changing diapers, and stuff. Everything was automated.
Place art school
People Zoey Brooks, Miss Fielder, Stuart Laserbeam 38, Maria Hughes 39, Geena Fabiano, some other art students and guests (background)
Miss Fielder had collected the students.
Today, it was info day for pupils, usually high-school kids, interested in applying at this school.
The teacher greeted the guests. "Good morning. This is a class for freshman. So the students you see here are also quite new, but, as first impressions count a lot..." She choked. Her first impression of Spencer Shay had been that of an impatient wannabe artist, but she had come to see that he was extremely creative, and she could still learn a lot from him, if only... She sighed deeply. "OK, before I get to talk about medieval church arts, you may ask the students about their first impressions at this school." She was still so much taken by her loss of Spencer, shedesperately needed that break in order to recover.
Zoey looked at one of the guests. "Maria!" That was the girl of which Quinn had been jealous, as she had believed her to steal Mark from her, while, indeed, she had been hired for making Mark's gift for Quinn, a picture.
Maria recognised Zoey. "Hi, you're... Zoey Brooks?"
Zoey nodded. "So, I think you would be great here. You're very gifted as a painter."
Maria smiled. "Oh, I had not noticed that you were pregnant in your senior year..." She looked at Quinn.
Zoey laughed. "That's not my baby, it belongs to a friend..."
Maria shrugged. "You're really a caring person."
Zoey smiled. Then she told Maria her impressions about this school.
Quinn had no difficulties in recognising Maria. Maybe Maria should better have stolen Mark from her. Her whole jealousy drama had been so ridiculous. There was no reason left to be mad at Maria. Alas, the painter girl had now found two successors --- Lola and Zoey! Those wee now the enemies who tried to steal Quinn's portential dream boy. And what to do? Yes, Malika could probably transmutate her back into a teenager, but she needed to know that Quinn wanted that. Alas, what if Zoey or Lola, let alone both of them, figured why Quinn wanted to grow up again? They would try to get rid of Quinn, viz. keep her in her current situation, at any cost, as they feared her competition, just like that of each other or any other teenage girls, no, even more than that, as they knew that Quinn would impress Shane with her head, not just with her looks. A way needed to be found in order to sneak her wish past Lola and Zoey. Dustin hated nevel, and thus he was totally not likely to deliver him a message. Camille had not got any laptop on her own. That was so scary.
Maria was going to ask other students.
Next, Stuart Laserbeam stepped up to Zoey. He was apparently older than a typical highschool senior.
Zoey smilewd at Stuart. "Hi, so you look forward to studying art?"
Leslie nodded. "Basically, I'm a business school dropout."
Zoey gasped. "That's daring!"
Stuart nodded. "Dad always wanted me to make an MBA, they are well-paid and safe and... But it isn't my thing, it just doen't cut it. Fortunately, my dad had to admit that he was also a closet artist of some sorts, but it's still hard for me..."
Zoey nodded. "I know these arguments too well. My mom..." She shuddered. "Well, my parents live in England, and they wanted me to go there to some business school or law school. As a consequence, I had to work a lot during the vacations in order to pay my fees, as mom refuses to pay more than for my living."
Stuart sighed.
Geena Fabiano was Zoey's next guest. She came from a village in Pennsylvania. "My main interest is fashion design. I've made all my outfit on my own."
Zoey smiled. "I'm a fashion designer, too."
Zoey and Geena high-fived.
Stuart gasped. "My brother's best friend works for MadStyle as a VP. And she's only 15 years old! Maybe there's a chance for a paid summer internship?"
Zoey and Geena gasped.
In any case, Zoey agreed on meeting Stuart, Geena, and Maria again during next day's lunch break.
Quinn was more and more worried.
Faked Milk
Time next morning
Place Nevel's apartment
People Magic Malika, Nevel Papperman
Nevel walked up and down his room, pondering and uttering incomplete sentences.
Malika wondered, "what's up. sweetie?"
Nevel moaned, "deal with Quinn was to let her remain a baby until a signal of hers..."
Malika nodded. "that's it..."
Nevel sighed. "But if she's unable to give us a sign, inspite of desperately wanting to do so?"
Malika looked quizzically. "She has got the computer..."
Nevel nodded. "See, when we talked to Quinn via computer, she made many typoes. We needed to guess and correct a lot."
Malika nodded.
Nevel concluded, "in other words, Quinn might need the help of others in order to inform us."
Malika agreed. "But that's why her friends are there to care for her."
Nevel sighed. "I was never comfortable with trusting Zoey, even less Lola, and Dustin as a total Carly addict..."
Malika sighed. "Do you think they would deliberately prevent Quinn from..."
Nevel boomed, "oh yeah!"
Malika choked. She was, of course, not a friend of Zoey, Lola, or even Dustin, either. But she had not yet thought about possible motivations.
Nevel mentioned some. "Quinn does useful stuff for them. Some of it is harder to achieve for an adult."
Malika nodded. "People tend to underestimat Quinn's intelligence."
"He who undersestimates Quinn's intelligence will rue the day. Will he rue it? He will rue it! Until dystopia will he rue it," claimed Nevel with iuncompromisable endeavour.
Malika grinned.
Quinn helped Dustin and Zoey to uncover scandals in the school district of the westside of Seattle. She helped Lola to advance her career. She provided Camille with an excellent occasion to demonstrate her skills.
None of those would have been possible for adult Quinn.
Not even mentioning possible boyfriends, Malika and Nevel had thus found enough reasons for those who cared for Quinn to keep her in her current situation.
So... what to do?
Malika was flabbergasted by one thing. "You distrust Camille?"
Nevel moaned with despair. "I know. Camille is as much related to me as is Quinn. I should be able to love them equally."
"You do," replied Malika, "but Camille is not as responsible for Quinn as Zoey and Lola..."
Nevel sighed. He needed to figure whether Quinn was still happy to continue as a baby, regardless of Zoey's and Lola's rôle.
Malika scratched her head. Then she picked a booklet titled How To Learn Witchcraft by Megan Parker.
Nevel shrugged.
Malika explained. "OK, this is the chapter for telepathy."
Nevel moaned, "you mean: I should read Quinn's mind?"
Malika grinned. "Oh yeah. It will take you some practice, but you care about her. This won't be impossible."
Nevel sighed. "Let's start it! And if we figure that they are mean to Quinn... you will turn them into cockroaches with your killer eyes, won't you?"
Malika shrugged.
Time evening of same day
Place Quinn's room
People Quinn Pensky, Zoey Brooks, Lola Martinez, Dustin Brooks, Shane (phone)
Lola had just returned with Quinn from TVS Studio, "No longer fluffy costumes..."
Zoey smiled. "What about the baby star thing?"
Lola grinned. "That's going great. I will act as Quinn's mom in an ad about baby goo."
Zoey nodded.
Camille had faked a signature of Quinn's mom, allowing Quinn to participate in the cast.
Lola continued, "I'm sure Quinn has experimented a bit with the wires in the studio while that stupoid director was not watching. That perv was more interested in my legs."
Zoey choked with disgust. "Once more, and he's going to learn a lesson, the hard way!"
Camille nodded solemnly.
Dustin suggested, "I may hide Quinn's snake Marvin 40 in his clothes."
Then they plugged in some laptop.
Quinn started typing.
Lola watched her. "If I read it correctly, Quinn wants to tell us that the good stinks."
Zoey gasped.
Camilled sighed. "OK, we need to stop the production oif the goo, before millions of babies get poisoned. I guess that Shane is also good in chemistry, he may analyse the goo here with Quinn's laboratory."
Quinn confirmed that. Shane being here would have been nice.
Zoey did not have much time left. "I am going to meet Stuart, Geena, and Maria over in the Groovy Smoothie."
Dustin grinned. "With Miss Fielder and Spencer..."
Camille and Lola gasped.
Dustin explained, "well, that's the plan: Miss Fielder will jopin Zoey to the bar, and then Carly and Spencer will pass by. Accidentally, that is..." he chuckled with excessive mischief.
Zoey grinned.
Lola and Camille smiled. "Good old trick..."
Zoey started changing clothes.
Camille wondered when to ask Shane.
Lola grinned. "He better start tonight. The earlier we can save the babies, the better!" And with Zoey's absence, the chances of seducing Shane were much greater.
Zoey sighed. She knew what Lola was up to. But she did not think of any reason to delay the scientific examination of the baby goo.
Camille nodded. She took her cellular phone and typed the number of Shane.
Shane picked up the phone and asked Camille about what was going on.
Camille explained the situation.
Shane coughed and promised to come over as soon as possible, given the serious situation.
Lola grinned with glee.
Time an hour later
People Lola martinez, Quinn Pensky, Shane
Zoey was gone.
Camille had snuck away, too.
Lola and Quinn had played Girly Cow on the interweb until Shane's arrival.
Shane was already eager on starting with the examination of the goo.
Lola took her hand bag. "There it is!" She played seductively with her lips.
Shane only thought about the goo. "OK, where is the laboratory?"
Lola did not react to the question. She took an apple and offered it unto Shane.
According to Lola's theory, good kissers could be identified easily by watching them eating an apple. 41
Shane thanked Lola, but he was allergic to ripe apples. Thus he had to reject the apple.
Lola was slightly disappointed.
Quinn knew why Lola wanted to give him an apple.
Her jealousy increased.
Shane found Quinn's scientific equipment. "OK, let's start..."
Quinn had listed her observations on the screen of the laptops.
Shane just needed to go through the list and perform the necessary tests.
Lola needed to go for a live test of Shane's kissing abilities.
Shane, on the other hand, was still occupied with the test tubes.
Lola suffered a lot. She had already learned the hard way not to come too close to a test tube containing obnoxious liquids.
Quinn's jealousy grew more and more.
She could not help releasing some malodorous gas through her rear orifice, attaching a stink to Lola's clothes.
Alas, Lola started noticing that Quinn blushed occasionally when Shane happened to come closer. She figured that Quinn was one additional competitor. Maybe she better stayed a baby...
Shane's verdict was clear.
He listed a long queue of illegal and obnoxious substances contained in the goo. "We need to inform the federal milk office. It contains faked milk." 42
Lola looked aghast. Disgusted by the thought of poisoned food, she was no longer able to try to seduce Shane.
Her evening was spoiled.
Bickering Roomies
Time next morning
People Quinn Pensky, Zoey Brooks, Lola Martinez, Dustin Brooks, Camille (later)
Ere the rise of the sun and the paling of the sky, Zoey yawned herself awake.
It had been an exciting evening.
Along with the other students of arts, she had been able to reunite Spencer Shay and Miss Fielder over a dinner.
These adult artists were now finally able to mix more colours with their lips.
Alas, Zoey had been anxious because she had known very well of Lola's intentions concerning Shane Diamond, which happened to collide frontally with her own, causing an earthquake of no less than Richter 5. And now she was too curious.
Not knowing how far Lola had progressed on her quest involving Shane made Zoey insane.
She had to stand up and figure what had been going on between the two of them. She was looking for Lola's lipgloss. Unable to find any lying around, she decided to examine Lola's lips.
The red and fat layer of gloss on Lola's fleshy lips appeared still unscathed.
There were no apparent signs of kissing.
And their bathroom showed now signs of Lola having been able to renew the gloss after her evil actions.
But... what if Lola and Shane had simply skipped kissing?
Zoey was totally disgusted by the thought, but she was too curious and too jealous to let it be. She scrutinised Lola's clothes.
Had Shane actually left the building before Zoey's return from dinner?
Zoey doubted it. She was looking for Shane in Lola's closet. Then she dared to think that Shane was still under Lola's blanket. She closed her eyes for a moment, stood next to her `friend's' bed, and started pulling the blanket.
Lola was apparently alone in her bed, wearing her usual pyjamas. But now she woke up from the mayhem. "Zoey," thundered the histrionic drama queene, "what are you doing here?"
Zoey fainted. "What exactly are you doing with Shane?"
Lola was on her feet, she jumped at Zoey, thundering "You're lucky that I'm not Shelby, otherwise I would punch you through the roof!"
Dustin woke up from the mayhem. "Shut up you stupid wenches! You're worse than Nicole and Dana!"
Lola and Zoey were upset. "Dustin! What are you doing here?"
Dustin yawned. "I have been afraid alone."
Lola accused Zoey of being an inept guardian.
Zoey remarked. "I would have been able to educate Dustin a whole lot better in the absence of some illoyal pest of a room-mate named Lola Martinez who always needed my attention."
The two girls wrestled again, worse than a year ago when they were competiing in Logan's beauty pageant. 43
Dustin ran out of the room and started weeping.
Quinn was screaming as well.
Lola and Zoey did not care.
Finally, they were totally exhausted.
Lola pulled Zoey closer. "If we aren't careful, Quinn is going to steal Shane from us."
Zoey chuckled. "Quinn is a little baby. Teenage boys are more into real girls like us."
Lola sighed. "Don't you see it? Quinn totally blushes when Shane is around. And when she's back to normal, nothing will stop her from grabbing shane, as he adores her mind, while we are just dumb wenches for him. So whom will he chose?"
Zoey gasped. "Correct. But we can't do zilch about it. Once Quinn thinks she had enough fun as a smart baby, she will tell Malika to return her, and..."
Lola whispered, "we need to be careful and prevent Quinn from informing Malika."
"That would not be fair," objected Zoey.
"Do you want to be a righteous virgin forever," asked Lola, "or do you want one of the hottest boys of the East coast?"
Zoey sighed. Shane was too tempting. She gave in.
Only one of them could have Shane.
But refusing to work together would strip both of them of the chance of their lives.
The door bell rang.
Zoey and Lola opened for Camille.
The drama queen squealed. "What happened to you?"
Lola, Zoey, and their clothes were covered all over with traces semming from their mortal combat.
Lola replied, "I was practising a skit for my new show."
Zoey choked, but she saw no other chance. "Yeah, as she said."
Camille shrugged. "What skit?"
Zoey stammered, "it's about two best friends and room-mates, arguing over..."
Camille wanted to know more details.
Lola continued, "they argue over a common boyfriend."
Camilled grinned. "Oh, I can help you there. I've often been cast for a whole bunch of stuff like that. So, watch and learn!" She started acting.
Zoey yawned.
Lola paid some more attention.
Of course there was no way for Lola and Zoey to let Camille know about what was really going on. Today, they had to inform the federal milk office about fake milk in baby food, and the governor of the state of Washington about some corruption affair in the school district of Seattle West.
It was Zoey's turn to take Quinn to her school.
Neither Zoey nor Lola suspected that there was another way for Nevel to learn about their mean plans.
Place Nevel's room
People Nevel Papperman, Magic Malika (phone)
Nevel woke up, soaked with cold sweat. He had dreamt about Quinn being kidnapped by her evil friends Lola and Zoey who also forced Shane into marrying one of them. He started grabbing his cellular phone. Then he typed Malika's number. "Hi sweetheart! I had a terrible dream..."
Malika tried to calm Nevel down.
Then Nevel talked about his nightmare. "Isn't that a sign of Quinn wishing telepathically to be returned to teenage?"
Malika shrugged helplessly. "It could very well be. Keep good care of your thoughts today. And if anything appears strange, and related to Quinn..."
Nevel continued, "you will make Lola and Zoey pay for their evilness, won't you?"
Malika promised to do so.
Nevel grinned. "They will rue the day, until dystopia will they rue it."
Trading Bodies
Time evening of same dat
Place Quinn's room
People Quinn Pensky, Lola Martinez, Zoey Brooks, Magic Malika (later), Nevel Papperman (later)
Lola and Zoey were back from their respective daylight business.
Quinn was placed onto a table, along with her perambulator.
Lola wondered, "Camille is not here?"
Zoey shrugged. "She should have arrived half an hour ago."
Lola guessed, "she might be stuck in the traffic..."
Zoey was worried.
Suddenly, a puff of smoke appeared in their midst.
Magic Malika condensed from the billowing cloud. "Hey! Not that fast! By the way, you might not need Camille tonight, that's why I've granted her a free evening..."
Lola and Zoey were consternated.
Nevel Papperman appeared in another corner of the room. He took Quinn into his arms. "Don't worry, now I'm here!"
Malika grinned. "you have violated your taskas as foster moms..."
Zoey and Lola looked aghast.
Malika explained, "good moms don't steal their daughter's boyfriend."
"Quinn is a baby," stammered Lola, "she can't have a boyfriend."
"Oh, right," replied Malika, "you know too well that Quinn is the only one of the three of youi who is able to adore Shane for his mind. You're only after his body."
Zoey glared aghast.
Lola scratched her chin. "Is that wrong?"
Nevel intervened, "it might be OK, for those shallow guys Lola uses to make out with, but Shane is nothing like that! This means that you're going to rue the day! You rue it!"
Lola was still dumbfounded.
Zoey went pale.
Malika gazed with her left eye at Zoey who stood to her right-hand sight, and with her right eye at Lola who stood to her left-]hand side. Then she uttered some ancient-]sounding words of power.
At the same time. Quinn grew older.
Zoey and Lola were utterly dizzy.
Quinn sighed with relief. "Thanks! I think I'm going to look for new friends."
Nevel was disappointed. "What exactly is the punishment for Lola and Zoey?"
Malika cackled with glee. "Just wait and see!"
A few minutes later, Lola and Zoey recovered from their mental confusion they looked aghast at each other.
"You're me," boomed Lola.
"No, you're me," replied flabbergasted Zoey.
They started fumbling with each other.
Nevel guessed, "you've switched Lola and Zoey?"
Malika nodded.
Quinn smiled. "Cool, I should invent a machine to do the same..."
Nevel and Quinn high-fived.
Malika remarked, "the curse will wear out once you regret what you have done to Quinn."
Lola and Zoey shrugged.
Malika explained, "OK, for starters, Lola is an attractive actress. She could have any shallow-minded good-looking boy she wanted to get. Why does she have to choose someone with a brain between his skull bones?"
Nevel nodded.
Quinn swooned, "Shane..."
"Zoey, I'm even more disappointed by you. Every boy likes you," boomed Malika, "you, less than any other girl, should be one to steal a boy from one of your best friends. Especially as you hate chemestry. It would be very uncool for you to pretend to love it, just because Shane likes experimenting with chemicals."
Zoey was embarrassed. How did Malika know about all that?
Nevel nodded.
Malika continued, "OK, that's just the beginning. Indeed, my witchcraft mistress Megan had got an annoying and shallow elder brother named Drake Parker. He is in Lola's league. And that business school dropout, Stuart, would understand Zoey better than any other boy."
Lola started melting away at the thought of Drake Parker, a famous rock idol.
Zoey sighed. Probably...
Quinn thanked Nevel and Malika. "I'm now able to get along here on my own."
Nevel and Malika waved at Quinn before disappearing again in some puff of smoke.
Malika made a final remark. "Dustin will be a bit later... there's something going on at his school..."
Zoey and Lola were still shocked. How were they going to get along at the art school or at the TV studio in their new bodies?
Place locker hall of Ridgway School
People Dustin Brooks, Carly Shay, Sam Puckett, Fredward Benson, Gibby Carlsen, Principal Franklin, many other pupils (background)
The dat at Ridgeway had been all exciting.
In the morning, a platoon of Seattle's police forces had surrounded the building, under the lead of Officer Carl 44 and Stu Staimbler 45
The reason was the following:
Reasearches had resulted in the guess that Superintendend Gorman, Mrs. Briggs, and Mr. Howard were all members of a criminal syndicate that had produced and sold fake milk.
The cafeteria of Ridgeway stored tons of fake dairy products.
Carly's grandpa and the mayor of Seattle had thanked the pupils for their firm cooperative stance.
Principal Franklin was thus restored in his office. For that avail, the pupils had a day off classes.
Insstead, the pupils were allowed to have a party in the locker hall.
They cheered aloud.
Coloured pieces of paper kept on raining down.
Principal Franklin announced that they needed now two new teachers, one to replace Mrs. Briggs, and one to replace Mr. Howard. "It's going to take months to get appropriate substitutes..."
Dustin raised his hand, "how about student teachers?"
Theodore Franklin looked at Dustin. "Do you know someone?"
Dustin replied, "my sister could teach everything except chemistry and physics..."
Theodore Franklin scratched his head. "Isn't she an artist?"
Dustin remarked, "with a straight A in everything but that science stuff."
Franklin shrugged. "OK, that should be enough for a temporary part-time teacher."
Carly high-fived with Dustin. "And we may look for more student teachers via web show..."
Freddie and Sam agreed wholeheartedly.
Shirtless Gibby suggested his pen friend Lulu"from True Jackson VP, but here identified with an anonymous girl from iCarly : iHave A Lovesick Teacher" to teach mathematics and accounting.
Franklin grunted, "wait, she's just a high-school girl..."
"But she's smarter than you," remarked Gibby.
Franklin glared annoyed at Gibby, "go back to your therapist!"
Gibby sobbed.
Neither Principal Franklin nor most of the pupils could know that Quinn was behind the discovery of the scandal.
Dustin was now at home, and he was certainly surprised. Camille was Quinn? Lola was Zoey? Zoey was Lola? His head was spinning like a record.
Finale
Time next morning
Place TV Studio
People Zoey Brooks (looking like Lola), producer Brad, many studio workers (background)
Brad had read a notice."Quinn is no longer coming to TVS?"
Zoey nodded. "As you see! Her mother has withdrawn her consent."
"We have got a contract," boomed Brad, "in case of failure..."
Of course the signature of Quinn's `mom' had been a fraud, faked by Camille.
It was thus not valid.
But using that in order to prove the lack of the contract's validity would have opened a dozen of cans of worms, if not more.
Zoey could not want that to happen.
Zebo the dino entered the stage.
Because of Lola's fears, it had been replaced with a robot invented a few years ago by Quinn and hastily repainted to look like the original Zebo.
Zoey sweated. She was not an actress. She knew what to say, but not how to say it.
Alas, it was impossible to live any longer with the knowledge of legal threats by TVS.
Lola in her place would have been able to change Brad's mind by some improvisional drama.
But Zoey was totally at a loss.
All of a sudden, a little cloud of smoke appeared in the studio.
The billowing mist condensed into a human shape.
Zoey, unlike the rest of the studio, knew the nature of that smoke. Alas, she was a bit terrified by her memories of that equally billowing mist of Charles Galloway.
Malika grinned. "Swallow that, Brad!"
Brad was consternated, "whoever you are... leave that studio withing one minute, or I will call security!"
Malika snickered. "If you need a baby... act as one!"
Brad looked puzzled. That was impossible!
Malika glared viciously at Brad.
The producer started changing visibly, ending up as a baby, just happened unto Quinn.
The studio workers were like petrified.
Malika waved at Zoey, and then she disappeared again in a puff of smoke.
The studio workers were unable to move or talk.
Zoey scratched her chin. Then she picked up crying little Brad and took him to the lost-and-found office of the studio block. Alas, she could not help giggling. And she wondered about what Lola was doing at her school.
Place Art School
People Lola Martinez (looking like Zoey), Miss Fielder, Harry Joiner, amany pupils (background)
AS a gifted actress, Lola could simply consider her current situation as some sort of wearing a blond wig and acting as Zoey.
Fortunately, there was no test at Seattle School of Art.
Alas, Lola was not totally at ease.
Zoey was most likely to ruin her career by poor acting.
Lola had already informed her cousin Tori Vega from Los Angeles.
Tori was an aspiring entertainer, although more one of the singing sort, and she looked almost like Lola. Unlike Lola, she had not yet ruined her chances of making it to the top of Hollywood.
Too bad Tori was still at school, and she could not show up any moment.
But this was certainly a viable solution in the case of Zoey and Lola remaining in each other's body for much longer.
But for today, Zoey had to replace her.
Miss Fielder was looking forward to a few days off.
It was probably some sort of honeymoon with Spencer.
Harry Joiner talked a lot about a new project where he needed the students' cooperation. "There's art for people, but there's also art with people. I have already tried to make a giant sculpture composed of many humans, but I had only had a bunch of ignorants by my side. But with your contribution, I may make some mightily impressive sculpture composed of hundreds of people."
Lola grinned. She asked, "how about using some good actors?"
Harry Joiner deemed that idea excellent. "Alas, acknowledged stars are too expensive. We need some gifted talents..."
Lola beamed like a supernova. What a perfect job for herself!
Alas, being visual artists, the job of the students was to design the human sculpture, not to perform in it.
Too bad Lola had no clue about designing something visually impressive. That was so Zoey's job!
And the pupils' schedule for the whole next week, and even beyond, consisted of designing the human sculpture.
Lola was going to be desperate.
All of a sudden, Malika appeared behind Lola.
The drama queen startled.
Malika grinned. "OK, it seems that you wenches have now understood that a good-looking body means nothing, and the most important is what resides inside it."
Lola moaned with despair.
Malika uttered a few strange words, causing Lola and Zoey to switch bodies again.
Time indefinite future
Gorman being removed from his office, the school district of the Western Seattle was in desperate need of a new superintentent.
Alas, the board knew of only one reliable canditate: Principal Franklin.
This was a hard shock for the pupils.
None of the teachers of Ridgeway was willing to replace Ted Franklin as a headmaster.
The board had to look far away for a headmaster,
Finally, they decided in favour of one Principal Brandywine from Rocky Road School in Pennsylvania.
That happened to be the school of Addie Singer, the new girlfriend of Zoey's ex-boyfriend Chase Matthews.
Mrs. Briggs and Mrs. Howard needed to be replaced as well.
Upon Quinn's suggestion, Mr. Jamisson from New York City 46 was hired as a teacher for algebra, science, and geometry. He was not only Lulu Johnson's teacher, but also the judge of the last National Science Fair where Quinn had participated.
Mr. Wright from James K. Polk School in La Mesa, California was going to replace Mrs. Briggs. He was the principal of his school, but he preferred to be a normal teacher.
Harry Joiner's project was really successful, making Zoey and her new boyfriend Stuart Laserbeam famous for their wonderful contributions.
In serving as a performimg artist inside the human sculpture, Lola and her boyfriend Drake Parker recommended themselves again for Hollywood. They had happened to save the life of Mr. Fujisaki, the man above Malcolm Reese, thus rendering Logan's opinions and those of Logan's fiancé Mercedes Griffin --- a spoiled daughter of another Hollywood producer had got Drake expelled --- obsolete.
Camille and her new boyfriend Kendall Knight were equally involved in that project and turned into big stars.
Lola donated some of her money unto Quinn and her husband Shane, enabling them to buy Bill Windows's company and take over the whole world of information technology.
Nevel and Malika? If they haven't yet disappeared in a puff of smoke, they may still be found somewhere...
The End
[ 37] their baby appears in Zoey 101 : Favor Chain
[ 38] cf. True Jackson VP : The Gift
[ 39] cf. Zoey 101 : Quarantine --- surname taken from same actress's one-time guest rôle in Hannah Montana
[ 40] cf. Zoey 101 : Girls Will Be Boys
[ 41] cf. Zoey 101 : Curse At PCA
[ 42] cf. iCarly : iSpy A Mean Teacher
[ 43] cf. Zoey 101 : Miss PCA
[ 44] cf. iCarly : iWant More Viewers
[ 45] cf. iCarly : iStakeout
[ 46] cf. True Jackson VP : True's New Assistant