By Acadia Arneson
The next day Jackie woke up in a different room. She was confused as to where she was but then she remembered what happened the day before. She got up and started walking around the castle. She had ended up in the Great Hall where she found Shiki sitting in a chair reading a newspaper. Shiki shook his head not noticing Jackie. He looked up to see Jackie looking around the room. “Ahh Jackie, you are awake. Come sit as we have things to discuss”. Shiki then called for Nix as he would be needed in the explanation. Just as Jackie was settling in a comfy blue chair, Nix came in with notes and papers. He placed them on the table and sat down next to Shiki. Shiki then turned to address Jackie. “Do you know why you are here?” Jackie was curious as to why Shiki asked that question. She ended up shaking her head and said “I have no idea why I’m here. “ Shiki and Nix looked at one another in dismay. How were they going to explain what was going to happen? Shiki sighed and said,“Jackie you were chosen to save the animal kingdom, Maybe even the world.” Nix held up a picture that had a man and the old President. Jackie stared at the picture. She saw the old President shaking hands with the new president of the USA. The man had salt and pepper hair with flakes of gray in it. He had a hunched back kinda like quasimodo but not much. He looked familiar to Jackie. Jackie wondered why they were showing the two Presidents. Nix said “The man is named Mr. Pika AKA Pika-Man to the people. He has just been sworn in as president. We have reason to believe that he will use his presidential power for evil.” Shiki nodded and said, “We have spies in the White House to watch for any trouble.” Shiki then said, “We want you to become a dog to infiltrate the Oval Office and see what he’s going to do.” Jackie stared at them. How was she going to turn into a dog? Well wait a minute, What’s this got to do with me? What if I say no? How am I supposed to save the world? Jackie wondered. She was going to help these animals because she has a dog at home that she takes care of. Jackie nodded and said, “I’ll help but how will I turn into a dog?” Shiki and Nix smiled as they were hoping that she would say yes. Shiki said “Now that we got that sorted out, we will be training you to turn into a dog to give as a gift to Mr. Pika Man.” Nix took jackie’s hand “You will be great.. Do not worry. We would not have any harm come to you.” End of chapter 2. Next time we see Jackie turn into a dog. Will she succeed? Find out next time!