"Alright, I need to find a way past the dome that's surrounding my city." April said."Don't you have friends inside the city that can open it for you?" Becky asked.

"I do, yes, but they'd be suspicious. They don't know that I'm Animalia and personally I'd like to keep it that way." April explained.

"Well what other ways do we have? I was locked out of the city once and the only way I could get the dome down was for someone to hit it for me. And I tried everything," Becky explained. They were walking home from school together—Violet had a dentist appointment so she left school early—and they seemed to be in their own bubble as they talked.

"Well I guess you have a point there. I mean, I've always hated lying to my friends, its just so hard to do. But I know I have no choice…" April complained. That had always been her least favorite part of being a superhero; she'd never been one to favor lying. She felt that one day she would be too sick and tired of lying that she would just let it slip by accident and she'd have hell to pay for it later on. But she knew that as long as she could keep it up for now, she would be fine for at least a little while.

"What are you going to say if they ask you why you were outside the dome?" Becky asked. April sighed.

"I'll have to say I was on vacation and I didn't realize he'd put up a dome." April felt like a terrible person speaking lies, even plotting them made her feel guilty.

Becky noticed that April looked sad and said, "Hey, if it's any consolation it's a better lie than I could have ever come up with." April smirked, and they continued on their way to Becky's spaceship.

~…~

April waited nervously for her friend to answer the phone. The phone rang and rang, until someone finally picked up. It was her friend's mother.

"Hello Mrs. Carmichael, is Sam there?" April asked.

"Why certainly, April hold on one second." There was a silence over the line for a bit, but April heard the faint sound of Sam's mother calling for him and saying he had a friend on the phone for him. Minutes later, Sam answered.

"Sam, I need you to do something for me with no questions asked." April said quickly. She was skeptic of how it seemed they were perfectly fine when the whole town was in danger. His parents were usually pretty good at protecting themselves in disasters such as rogue villains, but she was surprised that they were able to protect themselves to such a degree without a superhero in town.

"Yeah, sure what is it?"

"I need you to shut off the dome surrounding the town so I can get in." April explained.

"What? You do know that the only person who can't get in and out of the dome is Animalia and her alter ego—whoever that may be."

"What?"

"Yeah. April, everyone knows that. Negagloom can't just cut off our connections to the world like that, he's not that type of villain. April, where have you been?"

April was hesitant to respond at first. She was thankful for the fact that he wasn't staring her in the face, boring into her eyes with a look of concern written deep in his eyes. But then she wouldn't get to admire his serious face, his sparkly eyes and the way he was always concerned for her. They'd been friends since they were first born (in rooms right next to each other—they always shared a birthday since before they could remember. Their mothers were also best friends for most of their lives.)

"I, uhh…never mind that right now, Jerome, I'll explain everything later. Just open the dome in a half an hour, okay? Please do this for me?" April begged. She heard him sigh over the phone.

"Okay, I'll do it. But I expect that explanation, you hear?"

"I promise. Thank you, Sam." April hung up and when she stopped walking, she was at the edge of town where Becky and her family were waiting. April stopped and hugged them before saying her goodbyes.

"Well I just want to thank you all again, you've really helped me in ways you couldn't understand." April said. April had a map tucked away in her back pocket and she and Becky's family were standing at the edge of town. Becky was standing beside her, ready to guide the beginning of April's journey home.

"It's no problem at all, dear, we're always here for you," Becky's mother said with a smile.

Becky's family left for home, but Becky herself stayed behind.

"Thank you so much for helping me out, I really do appreciate it." April said. Becky smiled.

"Well hey, it's my job to help other people."

"I'll never forget you and your town," April embraced Becky in a hug and began to hover above Becky.

"You're always welcome in Bridgetown," April began to fly higher in the sky.

"And you're always welcome here,"

"Bye!"

"Bye!"

~…~

I waited outside the dome for Sam to shut it down. I saw him creeping behind Negagloom (who was too distracted by whatever it was he was admiring about himself to realize that someone was behind him about to foil his plans) and stuck him a thumbs up when he saw me there. When he saw me, he looked surprised at me and I wondered why. He looked confused at me, and I wondered why. He pressed the button that shut down the dome.

Negagloom heard the sound of the dome shutting down and I immediately prepared for a battle.

"What? What's happening?" Negagloom wondered nervously.

"Miss me, Nega?" I called. He turned to me in horror, knowing his plans were doomed now.

"What are you doing back? How did you shut down the dome?" He asked, very scared.

"Let's just say I have backup." I pointed to Sam, who was standing near the button that controlled the dome, leaning on it with a sly look on his face. I chuckled at his arrogance.

"No! My plan is ruined!" He whined. I shook my head at him. It had seemed the police had shown up just in time.

"You won't stand a chance now that I'm back in town!" I exclaimed. I was prepared for a fight, but apparently he was too in-shock to put up a fight for the town he had taken over in my absence, and the police already had him handcuffed. I watched the police court him away. It was actually nice for me to not have to fight him, because after a half an hour of flying, I am exhausted. I'd much rather watch villains get sent to jail and get re-acquainted with my friends and family. After all, it had been a while.

After the prison truck drove away, I walked over to Sam.

"So, umm, Animalia…how did you get outside the dome? …and where's April?" I was suddenly nervous to answer.

"W-well Nega was able to get me outside the dome before putting it up…as for your friend, I-I don't know where she is, I-I'm sorry…" I explained. He crossed his arms and gave me a sort of a 'tell the truth' look. He was on to me, and when Sam was curious he would get his answers one way or another.

"What? I'm not lying…" The fact that I kept drifting off nervously did not convince him that I was telling the truth.

"April?" He said curiously, in a sort of a 'come on, tell me the truth now' tone. I was shocked. He had always been a smart kid, but now he had put two and two together…

He knows.

I gave in and sighed.

"Yeah, okay it's me." I removed the green mask that had surrounded my eyes and showed him the evidence that I am Animalia.

"Why didn't you tell me before?" He asked.

"It's just…I didn't want you to get in harm's way by knowing my secret identity. I-I was just trying to protect you and everyone else," I explained, hoping with all the molecules in my body that he would understand and not be mad at me.

"Aww, I understand." He wrapped his arm around my shoulder as a friendly gesture and we walked home.

Aww, end. Sorry if it seemed like a bad way to end the story, or if it seems like there was really no plot to the story. It was only meant to be a small-plot story anyways, its all I had planned. Hey, who knows—maybe I'll make a sequel. Review?