Annie Grey

"I agree, now I think that we need to distract her, she won't want to be caught off guard." said Matt as they all nodded.

"Who is going to distract her?" asked Ollie.

"I'll do it, because she'll easily suspect if you are annoying her on purpose, and well Matt's the only one who can throw with a lot of power naturally." said Annie.

"So I'll focus on distracting her, Matt will focus on throwing the ball and you Ollie focus on stopping her from catching the ball." said Annie as they all nodded.

"Oh, I see that you guys are done plotting against me now." Maddie shouted at them as Matt scoffed.

"Shouldn't you be a tad worried that we're all plotting against you and no one is on your side at all?" Matt asked.

"Nope, because intelligent people like myself are always faced with opposition from others, it's nothing new." Maddie said confidently. Matt felt like rolling his eyes, he did not know how she could be so proud of her abilities.

"It doesn't matter because no matter how intelligent you are, without people on your side, it's going to be hard to win." he replied.

"We'll see about that, enough talking, throw the ball!" she shouted. Annie threw the ball to Matt as they all shot each other knowing glances.

It was clear to Maddie that they had devised some sort of plan against her, but it didn't bother her at all, they wouldn't win.

"Why so silent blondie?" asked Maddie looking at Ollie, he suddenly went so quiet and he looked very awkward as well, he definitely had some sort of role to play in this their plan, and she would start by taking out the weakest link in her opinion.

"Hey Maddie, you know for someone who was really unpleasant in the morning your mood has really taken a 360 degree turn, if you ask me, it's almost as if you're actually having fun." said Annie taking away Maddie's attention from Ollie to her.

"Oh wow really, don't get me wrong, this isn't me having fun, I'm not having fun at all." she replied.

"Yeah right, that's hard to believe." said Annie.

"Oh Annie, you know me, and if this was even just a little bit fun, I wouldn't be like this." said Maddie as she laughed.

"I know you, and you are definitely having fun." said Annie as she swiftly tucked her arm behind her back.

Maddie was quick to notice that movement from how far away she was.

"No I'm not, fun is when I'm watching cute cat videos, this isn't fun." she responded.

"Stop fighting it Maddie, it's alright for you to enjoy an activity that Ollie suggested." said Annie, she knew just what to say to make Maddie instantly defensive, she would never admit that Ollie actually suggested something fun.

"No he didn't! We all know it, this is childish, very, very childish!" Maddie replied aggressively. Annie on the other hand started to count down from five with her fingers behind her back, both Matt and Ollie were paying attention to her counting.

"Just admit it Maddie, this is fun not childish, the ground won't open up and swallow you if you do." said Annie as two fingers were left.

"Oh but I would rather the ground open up and swallow me than admit that!" she replied as Annie's fingers dropped from two, to one, to zero and as soon as there were no fingers left Matt threw the ball with all his strength as it went flying through the air violently.

"Drats!" exclaimed Maddie as she saw the ball heading straight for her, for some odd reason she had a feeling that she wouldn't be able to stop this one with a barrier so she began to run. She ran after the ball as from overhead it overtook her.

She increased her pace, running faster, she felt like she was about to catch up to the ball when she suddenly felt the ground give way underneath her, she slipped and fell tumbling down covered in dirt and mild scratches.

Before she knew it she got up and found herself in some sort of hole in the ground, she looked up and could see the sky from the opening of the hole.

She was deep underground and the only thought on her mind was that the ball should not fall down, she was not even concerned about how she was covered in dirt right now.

"That's what I'm talking about!!" said Annie happily as she, Matt and Ollie gave each other high fives.

Maddie scoffed, closed her eyes and she could see that the ball was about to hit the ground. Maddie clapped her hands and in a split moment a green portal opened up in front of the ball as it was about to hit the ground.

The ball suddenly appeared behind them and hit the ground as an explosion of what appeared to be paint compassed them.

"What just happened?!" asked Annie as she spit out paint that had entered her mouth.

"You lost, that's what." said Maddie victoriously as she was lifted out of the hole and the paint dispelled only remaining on their clothes and skin.

"But how?! We saw the ball right there, it was about to fall, we were about to win." said Matt, this was unbelievable, there was no way Maddie won, no way.

"But you didn't hehe." said Maddie as she giggled.

"I only have won question, how did you win?" asked Annie, she did not look pleased at all.

Ollie on the other hand started to laugh.

"Teleportation spell." said Ollie and Maddie at the same time and they both laughed.

"Of course, you're so annoying, why didn't you just let us win?!" asked Matt annoyed.

"And miss the priceless look on your faces? No way." laughed Maddie.

"Of course the three of you combined can't even beat me." she said triumphantly.

"This is pointless." said Matt, he definitely was not taking this well at all.

"What's pointless was the fact that you guys trapped me in a hole, as if that would stop me from winning." she scoffed.

"And it's so worth it to be covered in dirt and see you guys covered head to toe in paint." she laughed.

"You know what, in all honesty, it was a good game, even though we didn't really go play as intensely as you did." said Ollie as he laughed and Maddie cleaned herself up.

"Yes, I agree with Ollie, it was a good game, it was fun, and I have to admit that last play was as classy as it was devious." said Annie as she laughed.

"What's devious is you guys putting me in a hole, and I know it was you blondie." Maddie narrowed her eyes at him as he chuckled.

"I agree with Ollie, next time we will definitely match your aggressive nature." said Matt.

"But I agree it was fun." he said as he laughed.

"Oh please, even if you guys were very aggressive I would have won anyway." said Maddie as she brought her phone out of her pocket and took a picture to preserve this moment in time forever.

"Just a picture to make sure you never forget that I won." she said happily as her phone disappeared.

"Will you ever let us hear the end of this?" asked Matt.

"Not a chance." she laughed.

"Anyway, I think that's enough games for today, I'm hungry." said Ollie with a wave of his hand all the paint on them had disappeared.

"For once blondie you say something reasonable. I am starving as well, beating you three really took a lot of energy." said Maddie dramatically as Annie almost rolled her eyes, shaking her head she walked back to the picnic blanket.

"I have to agree, running around like this really does burn energy." she replied as she sat down.

"Relaxing would be more satisfying if we had won." said Matt as he sat down.

"I agree, but the fact that we can all agree we enjoyed ourselves is satisfying enough." said Ollie smiling.

Maddie was about to say something to refute him but she decided to hold her peace, after all, she had won like she said she would. Against all odds she beat the three of them easily.

"Stop thinking about how you beat us so easily." said Matt, he knew exactly what she was thinking.

"I can't help but think about it when it's true." Maddie said smugly, the smile of a winner was always different from that of a loser and they all knew it.

"Geez Maddie, you didn't win the Olympics, give us a break." said Annie as she laughed.

"What are the Olympics?" asked Ollie confused.

"It's just a human thing where basically all our different countries come together to compete in different sports." explained Matt.

"Ahh I see, we have something like that over here as well it's called the—" said Ollie

"We are here to eat not for a culture lesson." said Maddie as Ollie laughed.

"True, so as the winner, would you like to have the honour of checking the picnic basket?" he asked.