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Jax usually liked adventures
Aunt Ragatha and Aunt Pomni had been back for about a week, and they seemed to be doing just fine after there trip
However, today's adventure he didn't like
Lets rewind...
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"Hello, my superstars!" Caine's voice boomed "I have a very special adventure in mind today- it'll be a fun one!" he smiled, and for dramatic cues (a drumroll somewhere in the ackround played)
"Kiddy Kingdom!"
Everyone looked confused
"Well, besides Jax, all of you are grown adults! So that means your brains are grown! And that means...well, you aren't as naive, unlike Jax"
"Papa!"
"I know, I know. But, for today's adventure, i'm turning you into the perfect age- knowing right from wrong, but also being easily swayed- 10 years old! And the Kiddy Kingdom is full of fun puzzles that will take a group of 10 year olds a good hour or two to solve...though, besides Jax, you'll lose all valuble information that a 10 year old shouldn't know- like marriage!"
"Wait wha-"
"...So, we're gonna turn into kids?" Ragatha asked
"Bingo! I knew you'd get it!" Caine smiled, pushing them through the portal- except Kinger
"Now, Kinger, why don't we play a game of chess?"
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Jax tripped on a rock on the way in, rubbing his knee before looking up-
His friends and family had slightly changed
They were all his height, for sure, and they had this look in their eyes he couldn't explain- sorta a look he remembers people saying he has- but also there physical looks
Ragatha still had her dress on, but her figure was a bit slimmer and her face a bit plumper, her hair in short pigtail braids, and her dress had less patches on it
Pomni, on the other hand, jester hat was gone, and instead were two pigtails in its place- instead of the jester like short-shorts she had before, she had a knee-length blue, red and golden ghram skirt
Zooble and Gangle hadn't changed at all besides in height, though they both seemed dazed and amused by the Kiddy Kingdom
He couldn't blame them- it was pretty big, and colorful- with mute and bold and primary colors everwhere- appealing to the eyes and to a kids mind
"So, this is the Kiddy Kingdom?" Ragatha asked in a voice that wasn't exactly hers- or it was, just a octaive higher
"I...think so?" Pomni grabbed Ragatha's hand, her voice higher than what it usually is
"Well" Jax said "Since I technically didn't change at all, and I know everything I should... be the leader?"
They looked at him, bewildered for a second- but, he is the only one who didn't temparaly forget things
"Sure!" Gangle pipped up
The others looked at each other before nodding
"Alrighty then!" Jax smiled, grabbing a long stick "Lets go!"
Jax was estatic- he, for once, got to lead the adventure!
It never happened before- ('he's just a kid, after all', was the excuse), but now, he could!
He hummed along to an old tune he knew, as the others followed suite
The Kiddy Kingdom was amazing. It was like a big playpen, but without the actual playpen- so more like a gigantic toyroom?
Giant blocks littered the floor and stacked up high, random crayons were like mini-bridges to climb over, and a spilled up of water was like a lake, all on a puzzle mat flooring
Safe to say this really is a Kiddy Kingdom
But soon, they ran into a problem- a wall puzzle
The Kiddy Kingdom was a really fun maze- but Caine did tell them that there would be one puzzle to stop them from escaping and ringing the bell to alert Caine they were done
The puzzle was...well, a puzzle. It had pieces to move, and colors to match...
It was a huge rubix cube
It was a 3 by 3 rubix cube, and it's humongus- so it wouldn't be easy to move at all- atleast without some help
"Cmon, guys!" Jax said, jumping to reach one of the sides
"I'm tired" Ragatha groaned "can't we take a small break?"
Jax had to agree- they only took one break, to drink some water, and his legs were a little tired
"Sure" He smiled, pulling out a small plastic bottle of water, and taking a swig
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Jax was loudly thumping his foot
Its a bad habit he has- usually when he's moody or impatiant, he'll thump his hind leg- and right now?
He's angry
Nobody is listening to him, even though they all agreed he could be the leader for this adventure!
Pomni and Ragatha were playing in each other's hair, and Zooble was throwing something at the wall, while Gangle just sorta sat near them, watching all this chaos with a big grin- almost like a desire to do something
"Guys, cmon!" He said "We gotta do this puzzle or we'll never get back!"
"I don't wanna do a puzzle!" Ragatha said "I wanna braid Pomni's hair first"
"that'll take forever!" He whined
Ragatha just shrugged
"Zooble, can't you help me?"
"No!" They simply said, grabbing a small block and throwing it at the wall-
DID GANGLE HAVE A GODDAMN MATCH?!
There was a small fire near a pile of Ribbions that weren't Gangle herself, with Gangle maniaclly laughing
He started to run towards her and taking the match away, stamping the fire with his foot
"Gangle, are you crazy?!" He asked "You shouldn't do that!"
"But it looked fun!" Gangle whined "Gimmie it back! You're not the boss of me!"
"Yes I am!" He said, his foot thumping faster "You all agreed I could be the leader for this adventure!"
"Well, I wanna be the leader!" Ragatha said "I'm the oldest! And we should take turns!"
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" Jax yelled- his foot was practically a purple blur right now, and tears were threatning to pool out of his eyes
Everyone listened- though they were looking more at his foot than him
"...What are you doing?" Pomni asked
"Thumpin'" He answered bitterly
"Why?"
"Im mad"
"Then don't be mad?"
"But I'm mad!"
"If you stop thumping your foot, won't you not be mad?"
Huh. Jax never thought of that before
He stopped thumping his foot
He was...still mad, but a little less mad then before?
"Well, what do ya know?" He said, a smile starting to form "It worked!"
"Really?" Pomni asked
"No"
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"Okay, here's what we're gonna do, team" Jax said, walking back and forth
"Me and Gangle will turn the sides- Aunt Pomni and Aunt Ragatha, pull on the fronts, and Zooble, pull on the top"
They all nodded- it was time to work together- even if they really didn't want to
They started to turn the blocks, and slowely and surely, all the blocks were in their place, and it started to glow- soon being turned into a portal
"Cmon!" Pomni said, grabbing Ragatha's hand
Jax sighed
"It was kinda fun have a group of ten year olds around" Jax smiled "And thanks for letting me be the leader, Aunt Raggy and Aunt Pomni"
"You're welcome!" Pomni grinned, as they all went through the portal
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"Aha!" Caine said, taking yet another piece of Kinger's chess pieces "I win again!"
"You're...really good at this" Kinger said, as he took another one of Caines peices "But I win"
"Nooooooooooooooo!"
Suddenly, a portal appeared in the main entrence, where they were playing chess, and everyone emirged
"woooh" Ragatha sighed, a bit dizzy, clutching her head "What happened?"
"You...really don't remember?" Jax asked
"Sorry, little buddy, but no"
"Well!" Caine smiled "I have some video proof right here for yall briliant minds- glad to see you all back, by the way!"
He pulled out a comedically large TV sceen, showing the younger versions of everyone- and how incredably stupid they'd all been
"Oh, jeez" Ragatha sighed, her face red as a beet "I am so sorry you had to go through that Jax, I don't know why I did that- I genually don't remember doing this, though" she shrugged
"Its okay" Jax said "As long as Papa promises to never turn you guys into 10 year olds again, I forgive you"
Yeah, everything's gonna be okay