Chapter 5

After they got away from the mysterious figure, they walked down the hall and went to join Shirley and Jake in the principal's office. On their way there, they found the music room and decided to look around. While looking around, they found a calendar on the wall with a day circled. Cassidy said, "This looks just like the calendar Shirley and I saw in the secret passage. I wonder why a music teacher would mark a day on his calendar and keep another copy." Brad said, "Maybe it's for a special reason." Brad accidentally dropped his flashlight, and when he leaned down to pick it up, the pin the gym teacher put on him fell off, and Brad returned to normal.

Brad said, "That's weird; I suddenly feel normal again." Cassidy picked up Brad's pin and had a thought about it. Brad said, "Wait, if my pin was rigged, maybe you guys are too." Ricky said, "What do you mean?" Brad said, "When did you start becoming so random?" Ricky said, "Right after I put this belt on." Brad said, "Well, then, hand it over, and let's see." Ricky took off his belt and gave it to Brad. Ricky said, "I think I feel better. That belt was a tight fit." Brad took Cassidy's glasses off her face. Cassidy said, "Hey, give me back my glasses." Brad hid the glasses she was wearing behind his back and gave her a new pair that he had in his pocket. Brad said, "OK, here." Cassidy put her authentic glasses on and couldn't see anything weird anymore. Cassidy said, "That's better. Now let's go find Shirley and Jake."

Shirley and Jake left the principal's office because they couldn't find anything. Then, they met up with Brad, Cassidy, and Ricky. Once they met, the tree monster appeared, and they ran for their lives. Then the tree monster chased them out of the school and into the park, where they found an ice palace. All five of them ran into the front door of the ice palace and hid from the tree monster in there. Once the tree monster got to the park, he lost Shirley and The Cue Crackers and left. While Shirley and The Clue Crackers were all in the ice palace, they looked around and found Judy locked up in the tower. Brad said, "Judy, you're alive." Shirley picked the lock on the door, opened it, and let Judy out.

Shirley also found her backpack in the tower and put it back on. Shirley said, "Looks like we're back in business." Cassidy said, "I don't know about that." Ricky said, "What do you mean?" Cassidy said, "Think about it. We're all here. Right?" Shirley said, "Right." Cassidy said, "And we also found explosives in the cave. Right?" Ricky said, "Yeah, so?" Cassidy said, "In 3, 2, 1." Then the ice castle started exploding, and Shirley and The Clue Crackers ran for the front door. Once they made it there, the ice castle exploded. After the villains saw the palace explode, they cheered for themselves because they thought their plan worked.

Later, the gym teacher was walking through the hallways of the school when he saw a shadow of Shirley's car and thought it was back. Then he screamed and ran for his life. The music teacher was practicing playing the guitar when suddenly, the piano started to play itself, and the music teacher yelled in fear. Then the lunch lady saw a ghost of Judy, screamed, and ran for her life. The librarian was organizing her books when the library doors slammed shut, and the shelves started to fall. Then the librarian screamed in terror and ran out of the library. All four of them ran for their lives through the hallways of the school until they saw a janitor opening his closet. Then, all four ran into the closet and slammed the door shut. Then Brad removed his janitor disguise and said, "Got them." Brad opened the closet door, and all four of them fell out. Then, all four looked up and saw Shirley and The Clue Crackers standing ahead of them. The librarian said, "You. It was you all along. They tricked us." The music teacher said, "But how?" Brad said, "Easy, I disguised myself as the janitor." Judy said, "I fooled the lunch lady with a movie projector." Shirley said, "I fooled the gym teacher by making a shadow of my car with my hands." Cassidy said, "I tricked the librarian by closing the doors with invisible wires and knocking over the shelves." Ricky said, "And Jake and I fooled the music teacher by setting a timer on the piano so it would play when the timer ran out." Brad said, "But how did all this happen, and what were they after anyway?" Cassidy said, "Simple, this mystery doesn't have a culprit; it has a conspiracy. And maybe if we remove these costumes, we'll find out who's behind this."

Later, the gym teacher was walking through the hallways of the school when he saw a shadow of Shirley's car and thought it was back. Then he screamed and ran for his life. The music teacher was practicing playing the guitar when suddenly, the piano started to play itself, and the music teacher yelled in fear. Then the lunch lady saw a ghost of Judy, screamed, and ran for her life. The librarian was organizing her books when the library doors slammed shut, and the shelves started to fall. Then the librarian screamed in terror and ran out of the library. All four of them ran for their lives through the hallways of the school until they saw a janitor opening his closet. Then, all four ran into the closet and slammed the door shut. Then Brad removed his janitor disguise and said, "Got them." Brad opened the closet door, and all four of them fell out. Then, all four looked up and saw Shirley and The Clue Crackers standing ahead of them. The librarian said, "You. It was you all along. They tricked us." The music teacher said, "But how?"