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In 2018, the Humes family moved to Antarctica. Mary and Trevor Humes both got jobs studying the ice caps in the frozen unknown. The kids ,Lenard and Suzy Humes, were forced to move from their nice suburban house, their friends, and their school in Nebraska to the frozen unknown of Antarctica. Lenard is intellectually inclined and loves to read encyclopedias and novels. According to Suzy, he also has big ears. Suzy is a small, spunky, scrappy, independent, firecracker. She doesn't take anything from anybody and she sticks up for her brother. If you saw them, you would be surprised to know that they are related, let alone twins. They also brought along the family dog Jimbo who is loyal and loves to play fetch.

On a very rare day, the weather cleared and the clouds parted. So they took the opportunity to go play in the snow with Jimbo. After a couple rounds of fetch, Lenard started getting tired so Suzy took the bone from Lenard and heaved it as far as possible. Once Jimbo finally retrieved it, he didn't come back. Instead, he started barking uncontrollably and wouldn't stop. In a frenzy of panic, Suzy and Lenard rushed to their howling dog. Once they got there they couldn't believe what they saw. They were staring into the eyes of aliens frozen in time!

As Suzy went to touch the cryogenic freeze tube that the aliens were in, Lenard pulled her hand back just in time. Lenard's hypothesis was that the tube was so cold that it would freeze her hand instantly, never to move again. Next to the tube lied an extremely old book that had obviously been frozen in time as well, but had been thawed recently with this unseasonably warm day. Lenard picked the book up with a glint of wonder in his eyes. Jimbo became bored and darted back to the house. Soon the kids followed behind Jimbo and went straight to Lenard's room without saying a word. They had one thought, the same thought in their heads. Find out what is in that book!

When they got back to their house, they were half frozen and excited with whatever was inside that magical and mystical book. Once they had thawed, the siblings cautiously opened the book. Instantly, a green swirling tornado appeared and scooped the two up and off their feet. In a matter of seconds everything was extremely bright and they found themselves on a planet the locals called Mokacchokabokagleek. Everything was happy, except for one tall and sharp looking mountain with a colossal black castle on top. The black castle was where evil Emperor Junja dwells. The only portal back to Earth was through that very dark castle. First, the kids got the scoop on Junja from the locals.

All the locals say that he is an evil Emperor now, but he wasn't always that way.He lost his wife and daughter and he doesn't know anything about them now. Are they alive? Are they dead? All he knows is that he lost them on a planet called Earth. One nice alien told them, "He never comes out of that castle now. It's a shame because he was a wonderful young man last time I saw him, but that was 156 years ago. On this planet, we age very slowly." The kids had finally generated a plan after hearing the information on the Emperor. They were going to sneak into the castle, get home through the portal, thaw the aliens in the freeze tubes that were obviously his wife and daughter, and send them back to Junja so that the planet would be happy again.

To set their plan into action,they borrowed some black clothes from the planet Elder. Then they waited until night fall and built up their courage to start the perilous trek to the top of the mountain. When they got close enough, the kids were pleasantly surprised by a giant staircase leading to the dark dwelling. Once they finally arrived at the giant castle, there was a black electric gate. Thankfully, Lenard was smart enough to reinvent his phone into a homemade EMP (electromagnetic pulse) that totally fried the gate circuit and ultimately took the whole castle's power grid off line. Under the natural cover of darkness, they hopped the fence and scaled the castle until they found an open window on the top floor. They scared a couple of maids along the way, but nothing major. Once they were in, they conveniently found a nice map of the entire castle in the courtyard. The only bad news is that to get to the portal room, they had to go through Junja's room. This was very bad news considering that he was already asleep and he had super sonic hearing. There was no way they would make it through without being detected by Junja, so hopefully he was slow. The kids finally made their way to his room and carefully unlatched and slowly opened the chamber door. With one tiny squeak everything was still quiet enough. Once they took one step and the beast awoke, things got really bad really fast! The kids booked it, but the beast apparently could fly and soared up from his giant bed to meet them half way. The kids slid under him and through the door. The portal was in sight and they could practically taste freedom. Just as they were about to jump through the portal, Suzy slipped and Junja swooped down and snatched her up. Lenard noticed that the wings were artificial which meant they were electronic. He grabbed his "phone" and shot another EMP directed right at Junja. With a screech, the beast fell with deafening clatter and Suzy slipped free. "You'll thank us later!" ,said Lenard as they jumped through the portal.

Once they got home, they wasted no time getting the aliens thawed out in their parent's experimental industrial heater. They then put them in a room together and opened the book once more. As expected, the green tornado swept up everyone, including the aliens. A week later, the kids got an extensive thank you letter from Junja and the entire populus of the planet Mokacchokabokagleek. The kids now take regular visits there and they have also earned a spot on the Council of Intergalaxy as the new foreign dignitaries from Earth.

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