Chapter 9 Costume Troubles
In the apartment building music could be heard coming from Martha's room as Natalie, Taylor, and she all rocked out on instruments. Martha was playing an electric guitar, Taylor was bashing a drum set as hard as they could, and Natalie was playing a keytar.
"I'M IN SIGHT THAN BING BANG BOOM I'M OUT OF SIGHT!" Martha sang loudly.
"I WEAR A MASK AND DO MY TASK TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT!" Natalie screamed.
"I FIGHT FOR ALL AND I DO NOT STALL!" Taylor sang.
"WE WORK TOGETHER IN THE NIGHT CAUSE WE'RE NINJA'S! YEAH YEAH! WE'RE NINJAS AND WE FIGHT FOR YOU! LET ME HEAR YOU SAY IT! WE'RE NINJAS AND WE FIGHT FOR YOU!" The trio sang together as they finished their song.
"THANK YOU FOR COMING! WE'RE NINJA STARS! GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE!" Martha called out to the imaginary crowd.
"Phew, that was intense," Natalie said as she took off her keytar.
"Yeah it was, and I think that was our best song yet. Martha I'm so glad you decided we should enter the school's battle of the bands," Taylor said as they put down their drum sticks.
"I'm happy to! I've always wanted to have a band, alongside being a ninja. Unfortunately my friends couldn't join as they had other interests. But I'm glad you two wanted to form a band with me. And really Tay, that song you wrote was amazing! I can't wait to sing it tonight!" Martha exclaimed, very excited to play tonight.
"Thanks I've always had a talent for writing of all kinds," Taylor explained.
"I can see that your notebook has poems, short stories, and songs," Natalie said as she looked through Taylor's notebook.
"Hehe, I write when I'm bored and there's nothing else for me to do. Most of that was when I was still going to my previous school but now that I transferred I don't do it as often during school hours. That shows how different my previous school was compared to Starhigh," Taylor pointed out.
"It definitely is, oh I just remembered we need to meet up with Leha and John," Martha reminded.
"The sewing twins?" Natalie asked.
"Yeah, I asked them to make our band costumes. They should be done today so let's head down to their place and see how they look," Martha explained.
"Oh right well let's get going! I'm so excited to see how the costumes turned out!" Natalie exclaimed.
"Me too! The sewing twins earned that name for a reason! As they are incredible at stitching, sewing and so much more!" Taylor exclaimed as Martha had shown them some of the twins' clothes and they had heard about them as well.
"Come on let's get going, those outfits aren't gonna try themselves on," Martha said.
Natalie and Taylor nodded, so the three of them all packed up their things then headed out to Martha's car. They walked down the stairs and outside through the other exit that didn't go through the bakery as there was a lunch rush currently going on. So the bakery was currently filled with a bunch of customers; none of them wanted to get caught in the crowd so they went through the other exit in the apartment.
Once outside Martha got out her keys from her purse and pressed a button that unlocked the car. She got in first then popped the trunk open so the three could easily place their instruments in there. After opening the trunk Natalie and Taylor placed their instruments inside the trunk, which wasn't too hard to do as they were safely inside their case so one of them had to worry about them getting damaged. Once all the instruments were inside Taylor went up to the front passenger seat and Natalie went to the back seat behind Martha. Now inside the car the three all put on their seatbelts, Martha then put the car in reverse and pulled out of the parking lot. Afterwards she put the car in drive then drove off to the twin's place excited to see what they had done.
Soon they arrived at the twin's place which was in the suburban part of the city so the area was more quiet as there were more normal houses rather than skyscrapers of apartments and buildings for companies. Martha parked her car in the twins driveway and the three all got out of the car and headed inside the house. When they got to the door Natalie rang the doorbell. After she did, footsteps were heard on the other side of the door. A click was then heard on the other side of the door and it opened. The trio were greeted with a woman in an apron with some spaghetti sauce stains on it.
"Hello, Miss Climer! We're here to see your twins!" Martha explained in an excited and cherry tone.
"Oh right you three need them to make your outfits for the battle of the bands. Well come on in! Oh and if you all are hungry I'm almost done with lunch so if any of you are in the mood for spaghetti then go on and stay," Miss Climer offered kindly.
"Thanks I am pretty hungry so I could go for some lunch," Taylor said.
"Hehe I'm glad to hear that, now my kids are upstairs, my wife will let you know when lunch is ready," Miss Climer informed.
"Thanks, I can't wait to eat, I'm hungry," Natalie said.
"C'mon guys! Let's go already! Tomorrow is the day and I wanna impress everyone in the school with our tunes and have the twins be recognized for their talent in the art of fashion and sewing!" Martha exclaimed.
The trio ran upstairs to meet up with the twins, Miss Climer smiled proudly that her children will be recognized for their talents. The three arrived at a door that had "Don't Enter Work Going on!" written on a sign. Natalie went up to the door and lightly knocked on it hoping that the twins were inside. The three heard some footsteps and wheels rolling on the other side of the door. When the footsteps reached the door the knob turned and the door opened up slightly before a chain restricted it from opening up any further. On the other side was an albino boy with a black T-shirt and gray shorts on.
He looked through the crack in the door and when he saw the trio he smiled brightly. "Hey guys, give me a sec and I'll undo the lock," the guy said before closing the door again. Once closed some clicks were heard before it opened again, this time it opened all the way.
"Hey John, where's Leha?" Martha asked as Natalie, Taylor, and she all walked into the room.
"I'm right here!" Leha called out. The trio looked and saw another albino girl standing next to three mannequins.
"And I just finished putting the final touches on your outfits, what do you all think?" Leha asked as she backed up and allowed the three to see the outfits.
"Wow Impressive! Looks like you made the right call to ask the twins to make the outfits M!" Taylor exclaimed as they saw the work.
Their outfit was a sleeveless silk black jacket, a purple and white zigzag style shirt, white tights with yellow lightning bolts, and to top it all off black boots with spiked belts.
"Wow! It has the colors of the Non-Binary flag!" Taylor exclaimed, happy and impressed.
"Yeah my bro and I thought that you'd like something that represents who you are," Leha explained.
"Well thanks! This is awesome!" Taylor exclaimed happily.
"Mine's awesome too!" Natlaie exclaimed.
Her outfit was a black sleeveless vest, a layered high low dress, and some black full heel shoes. Finally Martha was the most impressed by the twins' work, her outfit was a yellow and white sequin covered tank top, a black pair of ripped leggings, and white shoes with black soles.
"Thank you two! After tonight the school will know you two are fashion experts!" Martha exclaimed.
"We hope so, also no need to pay us, they're on the house for you Marth," John said.
"Really? Are you sure about that?" Martha asked.
"Of course, you're the boss Marth, and besides you did help us out when we were struggling with our fashion block last week. So consider this as our thank you for the help," Leha explained.
"Hehe, well can't argue with that, thanks you guys, we're gonna rock out tonight!" Martha exclaimed full of excitement.
The following day the trio arrived at school with their instruments and new outfits in their respective cases. All three were excited for tonight as the battle of the bands was after school and they were ready for it.
"OMG! This is so exciting! I can't wait to show off our skills!" Martha exclaimed.
"Yeah we've been practicing since we signed up and now we're ready for tonight!" Natalie declared full of confidence.
"Ugh! What makes you all think you'll be winning?" the three heard a snarky voice say. They looked back and saw Carol along with Stella standing not too far away from them.
"Oh great, what do you two want?" Martha asked, annoyed already.
"Nothing, we're just telling you three to quit before you even start. After all, we're going to win this year as we did last year," Stella said while checking her nails.
"Um the only reason that happened is because you cheated! But this year we're not going to let your cheating stop us!" Martha declared.
"Hmp, well see about that!" Carol declared before she and Stella walked away.
"Those two honestly!" Taylor exclaimed angrily.
"Did they really cheat?" Natalie asked.
"Yeah but they were never caught so they didn't get in trouble for it," Martha explained while crossing her arms.
"Well we shouldn't worry about that, after all M we've got you and it's almost impossible to trick you," Taylor explained as they felt confident in her.
"Thanks Tay, now let's drop off our outfits and instruments in the auditorium with the others," Martha instructed.
"Yes let's do that, classes will start soon and I don't want any of the teachers or even the principal being on our case about it," Natalie explained.
Taylor nodded and the three all headed off to the auditorium, unaware that Jock had heard them. "Oh well then I got an idea to show those three what happens when you mock my girl," Jock declared as he smirked and walked away.
After dropping off their outfits and instruments the three headed to their first class. When they left the auditorium they were greeted by the twins who looked very happy and excited.
"Oh hey John, hey Leha, what's up?" Natalie asked.
"Not much, we're just excited for tonight! Our outfits are gonna be displayed and we're praying that this will help us achieve our dreams!" Leha exclaimed.
"We have been working really hard on them and don't want it to go to waste," John explained.
"Well I hope so as well, after all you two did amazing work on the outfits. With talent like that you both deserve the attention!" Taylor exclaimed.
"Thanks Tay, we hope it'll go well," Leha prayed.
"After all, who wouldn't notice true talent?" Martha asked.
Everyone nodded in agreement as it's hard to miss talent, the bell then ran informing the group that classes would begin soon. So they all ran to their first classes so none of them would get in trouble with the teachers. After they left Jock and Carol appeared out of the shadows of the auditorium, the two overheard the conversation and had a pretty devious plan.
"So the one legged girl asked the ghost twins to make her cousin and partner outfits for her band?" Carol asked.
"It seems that way. Hehe, it makes the plan even better, after all talentless peasants like them don't deserve recognition," Jock explained.
"No they dont, come on babe, let's do this! The teachers will know better than to ask me why I was late for class anyway," Carol said.
The couple then went into the room where the instruments and outfits were being kept. After entering they saw a variety of instruments and outfits inside. Jock and Carol began digging through the costumes hoping to find the ones that belonged to Natalie, Martha, and Taylor. They soon found the costumes inside plastic protectors with the trio's names written on them.
"Hehe, well babe, you ready?" Jock asked while pulling out a pair of scissors.
"As I'll ever be," Carol replied while also pulling out a pair of her own scissors.
The evil bulles snickered as they took the costumes out of the plastic bags and began cutting them up. Several hours passed and now the battle of the bands was about to begin; parents and other students who weren't singing on stage were filling the room. The band students were filling the backstage, all excited to start singing.
"How exciting is this?" Natalie asked.
"Very exciting! But now that the moment is here, I uh, I'm kinda nervous about this," Taylor explained, expressing their feelings with how their hands were shaking and the sound of their voice.
"Hey Tay dont worry, you're going to be just fine. And hey here's a little tip, you won't be feeling so nervous as soon as you start singing," Martha explained.
"O-Okay, I'll try that," Taylor replied, still nervous but taking Martha's advice to heart.
When they entered the back stage the trio was surprised to see most of the other students standing around the clothing rack that the costumes were on. Whispers could be heard coming from all the students but none could be properly made out with how many there were. Curious, the trio pushed past the other students and when they reached the source of this commotion they couldn't believe their eyes. The costumes that the twins had made were all cut to shreds and ruined.
"What in the world!" Martha screamed in shock.
"What happened to the costumes?!" Natalie asked in shock.
"Who did this! And why did they do this?!" Taylor added.
"Hehe, oh dear looks like you three won't be able to perform in the battle of the bands tonight," a snarky voice mocked. Everyone looked and saw Carol standing on the other side of the students.
"Carol! DID YOU DO THIS!" Martha screamed in an angry tone.
"Oh what makes you say that?" Carol asked, pretending to be innocent.
"Ugh! I know you'd do something like this to be first! Not to mention that the twins had worked very hard on our outfits and they were stunning too!" Martha angrily exclaimed.
"Ugh those two ghosts can't even make a usable rag! So what made you three believe that those rags could be even remotely close to looking nice!" Carol declared in a snarky tone.
"What's going on here?!" the voice of Leha asked, confused and concerned. Carol turned and saw Leha and John standing in the doorway, both looking very concerned about what was going on.
"Oh look, the ghost twins are here," Carol said.
"Oh zip it Carol! What happened?!" John asked.
Martha stormed up and roughly grabbed onto Carol's wrist before ranting in an angry tone, "This psycho had cut up the outfits you two worked so hard to make!"
"SHE WHAT?!" the twins screamed at the same time.
"Oh please they were hideous anyway!" Carol exclaimed as she ripped her wrist out of Martha's grip.
"YOU LITTLE... UGH!" Leha screamed angrily as tears started forming in her eyes.
"YOU JUST DESTROYED OUR HARD WORK! WE WANTED OUR DESIGNS TO BE DISPLAYED ON SHOW FOR THE FIRST TIME! NOW THANKS TO YOU ALL THAT HARD WORK WE PUT IN TO MAKE OUR DREAMS COME TRUE ARE GONE!" John screamed as he and Leha ran out of the room both crying.
"Hmp those two shouldn't even bother, they don't have talent," Carol declared in a snarky tone.
"Don't make me laugh! You wouldn't know talent even if it slapped you in the face!" Natlaie exclaimed equally as angry.
Meanwhile in the limbo prison Judas sensed the negative emotions from earth. He looked into his mirror to earth and saw the twins both hugging each other and crying in despair. "Ah, anger, disappointment, and the desire to get revenge, perfect for my corruption," Judas said in delight.
He raised his hand up to the mirror and two black blobs dropped out of his hand. "Go my creations and corrupt their hearts!" Judas commanded evilly.
The blobs dropped down right behind the twins and slithered right up to them. One of the blobs spotted a pair of scissors sticking out of John's pocket so it leaped up and merged with them. The other blob spotted a thread and needle sticking out of Leha's pocket so it leaped up and merged with it. The twins head's shot up and their eyes turned black as they started to hear Judas talking to them.
"Snip and Stitch, I am Judas. I'm giving the two of you the power to create anything you desire with your scissors and thread. Allowing you both to show everyone your talent and take your revenge on those who destroy it. All I ask of you two in return are the Colored Ninja charms, do we have a deal?" Judas asked the twins.
"Hehe, everyone will see the talent we hold and they will regret destroying our hard work!" both Snip and Stitch declared at the same time. A black haze surrounded them as they transformed into super villains.
Meanwhile the trio were in a changing room looking at the now shredded costumes. Taylor groaned as they really liked their outfit and now it was in shreds before they even got to wear it once.
"I can't believe Carol! She tore up a perfectly good trio of costumes! And none of us even got to wear them once!" Taylor exclaimed angrily.
"Well I think Natalie and I can fix them," Martha said as she looked through the book Eri gave them.
"Wait, you can?" Taylor asked, surprised.
"Yeah I just gotta find the right spell, the one Natalie and I had used on the pot was useful but I wanna see if there's any more," Martha explained.
"Why do you want to find another spell?" Natlaie asked curious about her cousin's motives.
"I just wanna see what else we can do," Martha answered.
"Okay, I guess that's a fair point, you're always curious to see the limits of everything," Natalie said as she sat back in her seat.
However as Martha looked through the book screams were heard on the other side of the door. The trio looked at each other before they all scrambled up and out of the room. Bursting out of the door the trio saw other bands all running away from something that had entered the backstage. They looked and saw the twins but now corrupted by Judas, now as super villains. Snip had white hair and silver skin, and a silver suit where the shirt had no sleeves and had two silver lines looking like scissor blades while the rest was white. His pants were gray with white lines that also resembled scissor blades, he also wore silver shoes, and white gloves. Next to him was Stitch. She had black hair, and gray skin. Her shirt had many patches that were stitched together and were white, black, and silver. Her pants were gray and also had stitch marks on them, finally, she wore silver boots.
"Who ever destroyed our clothes will be punished!" Snip declared.
"Yes until then you all will face the wrath of Snip and Stitch!" Stitch added as she started throwing sewing needles at everyone and everything. The force that the needles were thrown had pinned some students to the wall, but thankful, it was just by their clothes.
When the trio saw this they all retreated back into the changing room as some needles were heading towards them. Thankfully none of them got hit and the needles just pierced the door.
"Phew that was close!" Taylor exclaimed as they let out a sigh of relief.
"Well looks like it's time to fight! Taylor you see if you can find a spell in here for me and Natalie to fix our clothes, and we'll take care of the two corrupted!" Martha declared as she shoved the book in Taylor's hands.
"On it! And I'll do what I can to keep your secret from the other students! As I've dubbed myself as your wingman, or wingperson," Taylor explained as they started looking through the book.
"Great! Couldn't ask for a better one! Now let's go cous!" Martha exclaimed excitedly.
"Yeah! Let's save the twins before someone gets hurt or killed... well Carol could get a little hurt to teach her a lesson," Natalie added.
"Alright! Yellow Ninja Let's Shed some Light!" Martha called out.
"Purple Ninja Let's Purify!" Natalie called out as well.
The two cousins transformed and once the transformation was finished they both threw smoke bombs outside the room and appeared in the smoke. Snip and Stitch looked right at the yellow and purple smoke. Once it was clear they saw the Purple and Yellow Ninjas.
"Ah Purple and Yellow! We were expecting you two to show up!" Snip declare.
"Yes we just knew you two would show up," Stitch declared.
"Well what did you think we were going to do? Just stand by and let you two destroy this place? Ha! That's unlikely," Yellow declared while smiling.
"Yeah! Now why don't we just make this quick and let me purify the both of you!" Purple demanded.
"Oh I'm sorry, but those who mocked us will pay! And we shall repay our master by giving him the charms!" Snip declared. He then pulled out a pair of black corrupted scissors which grew to super size.
Stitch then pulled out a large needle that was now the size of a sword. The two ninja's both gasped in surprise but composed themselves and Purple reached into her suit and pulled out a katana, while Yellow pulled out a pair of nunchucks. Stitch then charged at Purple and the two collided their blades together, going into a sword fight.
Snip charged at Yellow, attempting to harm her with his scissors but the blades were halted by the nunchuck's chains. Yellow shoved Snip scissor's off of her before she pulled out some ninja rings and threw them at him. Snip deflected the rings thrown at him with his scissors. Stitch screamed as she tried to impale Purple on her needle but was blocked by Purple's katana. She pulled out some needles and threw them at her, because of how small they were, Purple wasn't able to see them and her sleeves and hoodie were caught then pinned to the wall.
"Ah! Oh crap this isn't good!" Purple exclaimed as she tried to pull herself free.
"Purple! OH no!" Yellow screamed when she saw Purple getting pinned.
The distraction gave Snip the upper hand and he threw some scissors at her. By the time she looked back at him the scissors hit her mask tips, pinning her to a nearby support beam.
"Ugh! Agh! Shouldn't have taken my eyes off him!" Yellow scolded herself.
"Hehe, well sister what do you say? Should we take their charms?" Snip asked.
"Oh sure Brother best time as any!" Stitch exclaimed.
"No! We won't let you do that!" Purple declared as she struggled even more to get loose.
"Sorry but it seems like-" Snip was saying when the sound of a door bursting open was heard.
"HEY! SHUT UP! UNLIKE YOU TALENTLESS LOSERS! I'M TRYING TO WARM UP MY VOICE!" Carol screamed as she stood in the doorway of her dressing room. Her face held annoyance all over it; however, as soon as she saw the two bad guys her face paled a bit. "Oh Um, I um," Carol stuttered out but was suddenly wrapped up in thread and dragged over to the twins.
"YOU! You're the brat who destroyed our clothes!" Stitch screamed angrily.
"Now we're going to destroy what makes you think you're so special! First we'll cut up your clothes like you did with ours then we'll ruin that face of yours!" Snip screamed equally as angry.
Carol gulped a lump in her throat down as the twins threatened to destroy her lovely face and very beautiful clothes. "NO please don't! My clothes are more beautiful and expensive than yours ever will be! And my face is one of a kind! Unlike anyone else in this school as everybody else are just ugly trolls!" Carol begged not helping her situation in the slightest.
"That's exactly the reason we're going to destroy them!" the twins both declared.
During this time while the twins and Carol were all focussed on each other. Taylor came rushing out of the changing room and saw what was going on. Thinking quickly they ran up to Yellow and helped pull off the scissors that were pinning her.
"Ugh! Thanks, um... kid!" Yellow exclaimed, pretending she didn't know them as the other students were possibly still around, just hiding.
"Any time Yellow Ninja! Now let's free Purple so you two can stop this!" Taylor exclaimed playing along with the act.
Yellow nodded and the two ran up to Purple and pulled off all the needles that were pinning her to the wall. Once she was freed the two ninja ran up behind the twins. They saw that snip was holding one of Stitch's pins right up to Carol's face. At first the two were tempted for the twins to go through with it, but their morality and conscience opposed it.
"HEY! STITCH SNIP! OVER HERE!" Yellow called out.
The twins whipped around and saw that the two ninja's were now freed. Within only a moment Yellow blurted out, "BLINDING LIGHT!" shot the attack right at the twins.
"UGH! I CAN'T SEE!" Snip cried out.
"BROTHER WHERE ARE YOU?!" Stitch called out as she let go of Carol and tried to look for her brother.
"AGH!!! MY EYES! I CAN'T SEE!" Carol cried out in pain as she got shot with the light.
"Huh, well I'll consider that as a form of karma for Carol, even if she deserves so much more," Yellow commented.
"Yellow wrap them up! I'll need them together to hit their weapons as that's the source of the corruption!" Purple exclaimed.
"On it!" Yellow responded as she pulled out a yellow ninja chain. She threw it at the twins, wrapping them up in it, this kept them from moving which was just what Purple wants. Running up to them Purple ripped the scissors and needles out from their hands.
"Alright let's finish this! Purify Bloom!" Purple called out and blasted the two items. Purple flowers surrounded the two items then withered away returning the items back to normal. A black haze then surrounded the twins and they both returned back to normal, but in a daze.
"Ugh, w-what happened?" John asked in a daze.
"It's nothing to worry about you two," Yellow reassured as she unwrapped the twins.
"Really?... well if you say so," Leha replied.
"Hey, Purple, Yellow I heard you two used a spell to fix a broken pot, so um could you two do me, my girlfriend, and her cousin a favor?" Taylor asked.
"Huh? Sure, what is it?" Purple asked.
Taylor then threw the shredded clothing they were carrying in front of the two ninjas. "Oh that, sure we can fix them up!" Purple answered.
"Wait really?" John asked.
"Yeah! We'll try to make them good as new," Yellow answered while smiling.
"Yes! Bro that means our dreams aren't in vain nor is our hard work!" Leha exclaimed happily.
The twins both smiled with glee and watched in anticipation as the two ninjas went to work. Purple and Yellow raised their hands and uttered the same spell that fixed up the pot. The clothes floated up and once they finished the incantation the clothes had fully repaired themselves.
"YES!" John screamed in joy.
"THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!" Leha screamed as she jumped and bear hugged the two ninjas.
"Hey anytime! We gotta go now! But we'll be back!" Purple blurted out as she and Yellow smoke bombs out of the room.
Some time later, Natalie, Martha, and Taylor were all dressed in their new clothes waiting for the current band to finish up their song. "Alright! This is gonna be good!" Martha exclaimed excitedly.
"Yeah and I feel a lot better now! And these clothes are super comfy!" Taylor exclaimed happily with what they were wearing.
"Yeah, and it felt good to see that Carol got disqualified as she got caught on camera cutting up our clothes," Natalie said, happy that Carol got what she deserved.
"Me too! That'll hopefully teach her that cheaters never prosper! After all I always say that if you need to cheat to win, then you know you have no talent," Martha stated.
"Couldn't agree with you more, M," Taylor said.
"Same here, cousin," Natalie added.
"Next up! The Ninja Stars!" The principal announced as the current band finished up their song.
"Alright friends! Let's do this!" Martha exclaimed as the trio ran out on stage to sing their hearts out, and to hopefully make the twin's dreams come true.
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