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=__cheese__= //**by Libby**// “Tiffany! Where are you?" Caroline called into the ocean mist. As she called she could hear faint moans coming from the shoreline. She walked down shore to find her best friend Tiffany huddled over a ball of cheese. “This is the cause of all my sadness,” she said while holding the cheese up to show Caroline. “ I will have cheese destroyed from the earth if it's the last thing I do for it has ruined my life! I will replace it with the wonderful and fantastic, Cheese-Wiz!" “NNNNNNOOOOOOO!” Caroline screamed, for she loved cheese and all other dairy products. Almost everyone in Cheese Ville loved cheese! Tiffany however did not. She was the founder and only customer of Cheese-Wiz incorporated. Frustrated that there were no customers she set out to figure out why her business was going so slowly. After her endless journey she had finally found her lifelong enemy, cheese. Caroline was smart but was shy so she barely had any friends; in fact Tiffany was her only friend. After Caroline had passed up Tiffany's offer to help conquer the world, Tiffany hired Lactosian, a lactose-intolerant cyborg. Tiffany said goodbye to Caroline and sailed off into the ocean to build her secret lair on Mt. Fujiyama. Once she had disappeared from the horizon, Caroline went to go warn the others of Tiffany’s plans. Of course nobody believed that one of their citizens was planning to wipe out cheese and to rule the world. That night the natives held their ceremonial cheese festival, holding it on the first Friday of each month; it was a well-known tradition. As the ceremonies started and the beating of the drums began a soft hum came out of the distance and sounded like it was floating in the air. Gradually it became louder and louder, until hovering in the sky was a helicopter with Tiffany inside. “People of Cheese Ville enjoy this cheese ceremony because it is your last one, for when I rule the world cheese will not exist!” The elders were very frightened and children huddled with their mothers. “People, people! Caroline called out trying to hide her scared expression, “Don't you recognize that girl? It was Tiffany Wiz-Master! We know her. Let’s forget what happened and boogie ‘til the cheese is served. “ At first the crowd was uneasy, but once the cheese was served they forgot all of their troubles. The ceremony ended later than usual and the next day everybody was tired. One of the elders Carmen almost cut her hand off preparing cheese sandwiches. Caroline was the only one who was worried about Tiffany after all she was her best friend. Maybe Tiffany had gone to the dark side, dun, dun, dun! Caroline decided to set out and find the great cheese king. Once she got into her boat she realized she couldn’t travel from the Pacific Ocean to Wisconsin. She got a ticket on a plane to Wisconsin! Caroline walked down the planes steps admiring the beautiful city that lay before her. Signs everywhere said free cheese samples and she even saw a few cheese houses. She asked a tour guide where the great cheese king lived. “Little miss you can’t go and see him for he is very old yet very magical.” “But I have to!” Caroline complained, “This girl Tiffany is trying to wipe out cheese!” Gasps were heard from the crowd gathering around. The tour guide knowing he had to tell Caroline where to fine the cheese king gave her directions to the palace. At the gate of the cheese kings palace she explained her situation to the guard. He let Caroline in and led her to the cheese kings throne. There sat the oldest, fattest man ever. “State your business here, young lady!” Caroline explained her story once more. “And where do you live Caroline?” “I live in Cheesy Ville on the Pacific Coast.” “Caroline I am your father!” “I don’t believe that.” The cheese king told of his many adventures and how he met Caroline's mother. At the end of his long talk he promised to help Caroline. She and him set out for a treacherous journey to the great-unknown mount Fujiyama! As they scaled the mountain Caroline’s father had a heart attack. He fell down to his doom! Tiffany wept for days and days. One night when the moon was full, a figure rose above Caroline. She shouted and screamed! “Why are you crying young one,” the figure said. “I have lost one dear to me, who are you?“ Caroline wailed. “ Caroline I am your father!” Caroline jumped and screamed and laughed, she was overjoyed to see her father’s soul. “I’m here to guide you on your way to Tiffany’s lair!” As happy as Caroline was it didn’t stop her from saying, “Can we start tomorrow.” “Of course my precious.” As Tiffany slept she felt an uncertain feeling crawl around inside of her. It tickled at her soul and pressured to open up her true feelings about her father’s death. Although she knew his soul was with her she couldn’t help feeling alone. The next day she looked around for her father but he wasn’t there! After hours of searching Caroline realized she had only dreamt of her father returning. She decided it would be best to continue on her quest. While she was climbing up the mountain an avalanche occurred. Caroline quickly dove into a little opening that was too small to be a cave. When the rumbling had stopped Caroline tried to get out of the opening, but found that she was stuck, the snow had covered over the entrance. Desperately Caroline felt the walls to confirm that she was stuck. While doing that she found a little knob attached to the rock. Caroline slowly turned the knob opening a doorway to a secret passage. Caroline stumbled into the passageway and pulled out a compass from her backpack and a flashlight. Caroline had packed everything she had in possesion into her small little backpack. She shone the flashlight over the compass and shouted with joy. The secret passageway led right to the summit of mount Fujiyama. Using the flashlight Caroline slowly found her way to an opening that she believed led into Tiffany’s lair. Sure enough Lactosian was sitting in a chair by a large control panel. On the screen in front of him was a picture of Tiffany on top of mount Fujiyama. The motto underneath it said, “Buy Cheese -Wiz or DIE!” Caroline was ready to scream, but she held it in. Making no extra noise Caroline drank some of her favorite milk so she could think of her plan. Call her crazy but this milk was so rich and good for her that it made her extra smart. A few minutes later her mind was ready and she had an excellent plan. Sneaking up behind Lactosian Caroline poured her milk on top of Lactosian. Lactosian screamed so loud he almost broke the windows. Slowly he melted into a little puddle of cyborg metal and milk. Now that Lactosian was gone Caroline could access the control panel. Caroline knew she would have a hard time hacking into Tiffany’s database, because someone as deep as Tiffany wouldn’t use an easy password. Caroline slaved over trying to find a password. It was critical that it didn’t take her too long, because every time she guessed wrong a loud beep rang through the lair. After almost a million tries Caroline heard Tiffany’s voice yelling, “Lactosian did you forget the password again?” Caroline disguised her voice as the dumb lactose- intolerant cyborg, “I’m so-orry Tiffany, but I didn't ge-et enough sleep a-and-“ “That’s enough Lactosian, the password is P-A-S-S-W-O-R-D.” As Caroline joyously typed in the password she thought about how stupid Tiffany could be. Once in the database, Caroline found out what exactly Tiffany was up to. Quickly revising it to her liking Caroline smiled because with these new plans Tiffany could never take over the world and destroy cheese. As soon as Caroline was done she heard a scratching sound, like a cat in the vents. Caroline climbed atop a chair to find that it was in fact a cat in the vent. This cat’s white, fluffy fur was covered in grease, and smelled like an old trash bag that was forgotten long ago. Caroline wanting to aid this kitten slowly reached out to pet him. He in turn bit her finger and it immediately became pink and puffy. Caroline coaxed the cat out of the vent to see what shocked her the most about the cat’s appearance. He was wearing a collar, but not an ordinary collar he was wearing a buzz collar. These were only intended for dogs because cats couldn’t stand the shocks administered by this collar. No wonder this cat was afraid of her after all Caroline could have been holding the buzzer. Looking the cat over thoroughly Caroline decided that the cat wasn’t physically hurt, but probably mentally. Not wanting to get hurt again Caroline made a little bed for the cat, but didn’t dare to touch him. Instead she went looking for some milk in Tiffany’s surprisingly big lair. When Caroline was out of the control room she instantly lost and felt like she stood out in this bright red hallway. The only pictures on the walls were the devastating pictures of Tiffany and her motto, “ Eat it or die!” they read. Slowly and quietly Caroline expertly crawled beside the edge of the walls. Unfortunately for her she stood out like a sore thumb. As Caroline crawled Tiffany’s cameras were watching her, suddenly an earsplitting alarm went off. Caroline knew now that she had been spotted. Unfortunately there was nowhere to hide from Tiffany’s guards. As Caroline pulled out her scissors hoping to defend herself a tiny bit, Tiffany’s voice came onto a loudspeaker. “Caroline I didn’t want to hurt you, but there is no other choice!” Caroline could hear the thumping of the guard’s feet getting closer and closer. With not much time she ran the other way. This turned out to be a waste of time because the distant sound of feet proved her worst fears. She was cornered. Caroline called out into the hallway trying to sound as much like Tiffany as she could. “Stop what you are doing, there is an impersonator in the building. She is manipulating all of you I’m the real Tiffany. You all must go to the control room and kill her!” A voice over the loudspeaker bellowed, “Don’t listen to her I am the real Tiffany.” The guards seeming confused stopped their running toward Caroline and for a second everything was silent. Then Caroline heard the faintest shuffle of feet and a shrill voice shouting, “Where is she? Where is she?” As Tiffany rounded the corner Caroline wished that she was invisible. Tiffany was pure red and was shaking with fury. Her mouth was pursed like she was eating an incredibly sour lemon. Her eyes were bloodshot and Caroline could have sworn they were going to pop out. “You mocked me, how dare you! I will crush every bone in your body so that you will never breathe again.” “I’m sorry to hear that, but you will never get the chance.” Tiffany enraged at this remark charged at Caroline. Ready for an attack Caroline pulled a big wad of cheese out of her bag slowly she aimed and hit Tiffany right in the face. As the ball of cheddar hit Tiffany she screamed so loud it caused an avalanche. A layer of thick snow covered over the tin ceiling. Tiffany hysterically started laughing. “Caroline you have found my weakness!” She reached for a switch and out came laughing gas. Realizing what Tiffany had done she frantically reached for the button. Unfortunately she was laughing too hard to turn off the gas. At the point where everyone was becoming crazy, the fluffy cat came in. He was holding a mask that you would usually see firemen in. Caroline was forever grateful to this cat, it saved her life. Now all Caroline needed to do was turn off the power so Tiffany would never be seen again. Running through the corridors Caroline looked for an entrance to the basement. When she found a room with a sign labeling it as an entrance to the basement she ran straight into it. The door was locked with a password. Tiffany was too careful, almost as if she was expecting her to come. Remembering the password Caroline typed in P-A-S-S-W-O-R-D. A loud beeping sound was heard throughout the lair. Frustrated Caroline tried password after password. Suddenly a thought hit her she typed in, C-A-R-O-L-I-N-E. The doors opened to reveal a dimly lit staircase leading to a basement. She pulled out her flashlight and descended upon the stairs. Once at the base of the stairwell, what met Caroline’s eyes was a huge surprise. She shone her flashlight onto a desk with plans on it. These plans weren’t what Tiffany had imagined. They weren’t about cheese-wiz at all. These were plans to take over the world with cyborgs! Looking back she had never of how Tiffany had found Lactosian. But it all made sense, he must have gone wrong when she was making him. Above the desk on a bulletin board was a picture of Lactosian sitting on a metal table waiting to come to life. Looking close Caroline saw a spilled bottle of milk next to him. Tiffany must have spilled milk on him and he probably somehow developed to become lactose intolerant. To Caroline Tiffany seemed like an evil genius, this was much worse than trying to wipe out cheese. She had been covering it up all of the time. Shining the flashlight all around Caroline finally found a light switch. The lights flickered on to reveal an army of cyborgs. Caroline knew what she needed to do. She had to manually shut off all of them. Starting with the cyborg closest to her Caroline looked it over thoroughly. In the back as clear as daylight was a self-destruct button. Flipping the switch Caroline ducked for cover. An explosion rang through the building. Going down the row of cyborgs Caroline self-destructed them. She was so involved in her destructing that she didn’t hear the creak of a door and the pitter-patter of steps on the stairs. As Caroline was nearing the end of the cyborg line a voice as cold as steel commanded the last three cyborgs standing to attack. Whirling around Caroline turned to face a fat and sinister man, her dad. This struck her like a hard blow from a cyborg to the face. Sprawled on the floor the cyborgs got ready to demolish her. “Wait, dad why did you do this?” “I was an old man who was ruler of cheese, I couldn’t resist an offer to be ruler of the world!” Tiffany walked into the room with a wide grin on her face. If only Caroline had a plan! Then it hit her, she had a whole world out there that wouldn’t like to be ruled by cyborgs. Pulling out her conch shell Caroline blew with all of her might it seemed as if the whole world had heard her cry for help. As things were getting brighter a cyborg grabbed the conch shell and hurled it against a wall. It smashed into a million pieces. Caroline was doomed she shut her eyes tight as the cyborg lowered his foot upon her. As its foot came crashing down upon her Caroline rolled out from beneath it. During that split second Caroline had realized something. That she wasn’t going down without a fight she was determined to do her best. She only wished that she had backup. While fighting off the cyborgs Caroline tried to develop a plan but nothing came to mind. All she could do was try to cover her head where she had been bashed around a million times. Even though she was struggling she held on until an almost fatal blow rendered her helpless. As Caroline curled into a ball on the solid floor she wished that someone somewhere had heard her cry for help. That day had been a whole fake, all of it. Was she really that predictable? Had Tiffany been pretending to be her friend all along? Caroline couldn’t believe it she had had so many good times with Tiffany. Caroline’s thoughts were interrupted by a loud banging coming from inside the lair. It couldn’t have been the workmen they had all passed out from the laughing gas. That meant help was on the way, Caroline would be safe and the world would be too. Grabbing a bullhorn Caroline yelled to her saviors, “I’m in the basement, HURRAY!” “These walls are soundproof they can’t hear!” Came the stale voice of Caroline’s father. “You will never be found,” came a voice from the corner, obviously Tiffany’s. Contradicting Tiffany’s statement, Carline heard the villager's footsteps and it sounded like they were coming down the stairs. Caroline’s prayers were being answered she would save the world. Caroline looked up to see a little girl leading a fairly small group of people wearing kilts into the room. Caroline’s hope faded as quickly as it had came. “Attack!” Yelled the empowering voice of the girl. Caroline had been wrong this small village was it’s own army. They easily had Tiffany and Caroline’s father tied up. The little girl was fighting a cyborg and she seemed to be winning! All Caroline could do was watch because she had absolutely no energy left. The townspeople pummeled the cyborgs and they were soon defeated! Caroline thanked her saviors and they feasted on Tiffany's food. Caroline excused herself and found a corner to reflect. She realized that even though she had saved the world she had no friends. She had no one to share her experience with. Caroline was lonely she didn't even have a faithful father. Which reminded her, what would she do with Tiffany and her father? She thought endlessly about this and decided that she would send Tiffany and her father to an insane asylum. They were pretty insane and Caroline thought they would be quite content there. Once Caroline was rid of "Bob and Marley," the names she had made for Tiffany and her father, Caroline began her long journey home. Although Caroline was now a triumphant hero she felt like she was missing something

AFTERWORDS From the moment Caroline returned home she knew she would always be regarded as a brave hero. She spent the days of her life down by the shore or being with her many new friends she had made. Although Caroline grew old and her memories were fading, she still had the same old cheese loving child inside of her. "Bob and Marley" on the otherhand didn't lead as great a life as Caroline did. They led the rest of their dreary lives in small isolated, squishy rooms. As for the magnificent townspeople who saved Caroline, they went on leading their regular lives except that they earned a lifetime supply of cheese for their bravery.