Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2 VAMPYRA, WOLFY, AND FRANKY HAD not made it very far when a loud BOOM shook the treetops. "Was that thunder?" asked Wolfy. A flash of light lit up the night sky. "Was that lightning?" asked Vampyra. A sharp crack and crackle sent jagged sparks across the sky. "Are those fireworks?" said Franky. BOOM! FLASH! CRACK! CRACKLE! "I don't think that's thunder," said Franky. "Or lightning," Wolfy said. "Or fireworks," said Vampyra.

Franky, Wolfy, and Vampyra were right. It was not thunder, or lightning, or fireworks. And it was not coming from the cloudy sky. It was coming from the tallest tower of Castle Dracula, where Franky's grandfather Doctor Frankenstein lived. A bright green flash of light burst out of the top window of the tower. "Help!" someone yelled. "That sounded like my cousin Igor Junior!" said Franky. "It sounds like he needs our help," said Wolfy.

"If someone is in trouble, better get there on the double!" Vampyra said. Franky, Wolfy, and Vampyra put their hands together and said, "Junior Monster Scouts to the rescue! Let's go!"

They turned right back around and raced up the road, back to Castle Dracula and away from the party. But not everyone heard the cry for help. Not everyone thought something dangerous might be happening. In fact, the villagers thought the bright lights and loud booms and flashes and crackling crackles were a wonderful, spectacular fireworks show.

They oohed. They aahed. They clapped their hands and whistled. "What a splendid birthday gift for our village!" said the mayor. "Strike up the band! Sound the flügelhorns!" He cleared his throat and fluffed out his magnificent mustache. "Friends, neighbors, villagers one and all, won't you join me in song?" Hat in hand, the mayor began. "Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us..." The whole village joined in. You can join in too, but not yet. We'll come back to the birthday song in a moment. Right now, Igor Junior needs some help.

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