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A portal opened with a weird splashing sound. The Spot fell out onto the floor. He was white with black spots. The spots floated around him like dark holes.
He scrambled up and shook his head. "Okay, I can do this. Just watching two kids. I really need the money. Wait, where is everyone else?"
"Right here!" a loud voice boomed.
The Spot jumped. Floating in the air was Caine. His head was just a giant set of chattering teeth with eyeballs inside. He wore a fancy ringmaster outfit.
"Welcome my ink-stained friend!" Caine yelled, spinning around. "I have no idea how to watch real children! But I have great ideas!"
Sitting in the corner was Rodger. "Don't look at me. I only know how to take care of Toodles. If these kids want to play, we're in trouble."
"Oh, don't be silly!"
A pink pony burst through the door. It was Pinkie Pie. She threw confetti everywhere and bounced into the air. "Babysitting is easy! You just need snacks, games, and fun! And look, the kids are here!"
In the middle of the room sat Mabel and Nimona.
Mabel wore a bright sweater with a kitten on it. She was shaking a bottle of glitter paint. "A pink pony! Floating teeth! This is the best day ever! Do you guys have extra glitter? I want to shiny-up the walls!"
Nimona crossed her arms. She groaned loudly and glared at Mabel. "If you get glitter on me, I will turn into a giant shark and eat your table. I mean it."
"A shark?!" Mabel's eyes widened. "Can you be a shark wearing a sweater?! Let's make you one!"
"Ugh, you have too much energy," Nimona mumbled. She turned her arm into a giant gorilla fist and punched a teddy across the room. "Hey, spot guy. Can you open a portal to a volcano? This kid is driving me crazy."
The Spot waved his hands nervously. "No! No volcanoes! I still don't know how my spots work. I'm just a normal babysitter for now, okay? I can't handle a volcano."
"No problem!" Caine shouted. He flew right between them. "We have digital safety!" Caine snapped his fingers. A cage dropped over Nimona. "There! Safe and sound!" He patted the cage.
Nimona smirked. She instantly turned into a tiny pink mouse. She slipped right through the bars and climbed up Caine's back. She sat on his top hat. "Nice cage, teeth face."
"Hey my hat!" Caine yelled, flying upside down to shake her off.
"Everyone listen up!" Rodger said. He held up a schedule. "We're behind schedule. Pinkie Pie, make them be quiet."
"You got it!" Pinkie Pie cheered. She pulled a cotton candy machine out of nowhere. "Who wants sugar?! Sugar makes people happy!"
"Yes!" Mabel screamed, sticking a pencil into the machine.
"No!" Rodger and The Spot yelled.
"I like this mess," Nimona said. She bit right into a juice box. She looked at Mabel, who was now covered in pink sugar and shaking. "Hey, glitter girl. If I turn into a dragon, will you stop talking for five minutes?"
Mabel's smile widened. "Only if the dragon breathes sparkles!"
Nimona stared at her. "I am going to smash this room."
The Spot watched everything go wrong. One of his black spots fell off his elbow and stuck to the ceiling. "I think I would rather go back to robbing atm machines," he whispered.
The Spot panicked. "No, wait! When did my spots drip?"
The spot on the roof dripped right onto Rodger’s paper schedule. The Spot ran to grab it, but tripped. He fell face-first into Pinkie Pie’s cotton candy machine.
Crunch!
The Spot sat up. His whole face was covered in cotton candy. "Great. Now I'm sticky. This is so humiliating."
"Oooo, a cotton candy monster!" Mabel cheered. She was shaking from all the sugar. She grabbed a handful of glitter and threw it right at his face. "Now you're a shiny monster!"
Nimona laughed from the top of Caine's hat. "Hey, teeth face, fly me closer! I want to draw a face on him!"
"Get off my head!" Caine screamed. He started spinning around in circles. His eyes bounced inside his giant mouth. "This is against the rules! I will fix this with...uhm...bubbles?" He snapped his fingers. Bubbles filled the room, popping with bangs.
"Bubbles! I love them!" Mabel yelled. She started popping them with her fingers.
"Everyone stop!" Rodger yelled. He looked at his watch. "It is supposed to be quiet time! Pinkie Pie, the sugar was a bad idea!"
"Aw, don't be such a partypooper, Rodger!" Pinkie Pie bounced right past him. "They just need to play! Who wants to play a game?!" She pulled out a donkey tail.
"Please do not poke me," The Spot mumbled. He tried to wipe the sugar off his face. But another black spot slid off his hand and stuck to the floor.
Nimona saw it. "My turn!"
With a bright pink flash, she changed into a giant pink rhino. She jumped right into the black hole on the floor.
A second later, the old spot on the ceiling wiggled. Nimona's rhino head popped out of the roof, hanging upside down.
"Huh," Nimona’s rhino head said. "Well, I'm stuck. Hey, sweater kid, give me a juice box."
Mabel gasped. "An upside-down rhino! This is the best house ever!" She ran over and started tying balloons to Nimona’s back legs, which were still sticking out of the floor.
Rodger held his head. "I miss babysitting Toodles," he whispered. "Toodles never turned into a big animal."
Caine flew up to the rhino head. "Wow! A glitch! Don't worry, I will fix this with... I.. I don't know." The Spot grumbled.
The Spot sat in the corner. He looked at the flying teeth, the bouncing pony, and the pink rhino.
"I am not getting paid enough for this," he muttered, as a balloon popped next to his ear. He looked over at the clock on the wall and saw it had only been 20 minutes. Great.