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Sai and Alli had returned to the garden centre with their new companion, whom they had now learnt was called Tom Felton. Both girls were keeping their distance though, as however cute he was, he still stank of rubbish bins. Realising this might be a slight problem if they were going to use him to attract the fangirls; Sai suggested that some kind of bath or shower might be in order.
Fortunately by some wonderful coincidence, the garden centre was right next to a film studio (which would explain what Orlando was doing nearby). The three of them snuck in through a helpfully unguarded back door and managed to find their way into an empty dressing room that was equipped with just what they needed. Sai and Alli left Tom in the bathroom and collapsed into a couple of chairs, sitting quietly for a while as it would likely be the last chance they’d have to do so for a while. They needed to get those fangirls and get back to Mount Doom and they didn't have long to do it.
As they were sitting there Sai heard singing coming from somewhere nearby. Standing up she moved towards the wall on the right side of the room and put her ear against it. Sure enough the singing seemed to be coming from the next room. She recognised the voice, and remembered her original plan for what to take from a celebrity. She wasn’t entirely sure that Anakron would accept the fangirls as being both her and Alli’s prizes, and thought she would have a go at getting one of her own just in case.
Informing Alli that she would be right back, Sai left the room, hearing Alli’s warning words as she went.
“Don’t get yourself caught!”
Heeding this advice, Sai crept slowly down the corridor, ready to run back if anyone came round the corner at either end. As she approached the next door down she could see that it was open, and she carefully poked her head through. She saw the object she was planning on taking first, it wasn’t exactly hard to miss, but for once was thankful for it as it meant the woman had her back to Sai. Still, now that she was here and actually had the opportunity to take it, Sai wasn’t sure how she was going to do it. She knew that pretty much anything was possible in Mordor, but she hadn’t been there long enough to know what worked and what didn’t.
She tried to think of Anakronisms, things that might have been sent to Mordor over the years that could help her, and finally came up with just one idea. Magic. Some high-minded fundamentalist type must have sent it to Mordor at some point, how could they resist? Desperately hoping that this was the case Sai tried to think of a spell, something that would work without causing any problems. She’d heard of consequences, and didn’t want to deal with them.
A movement behind her caught her attention and she turned ready to run, but it was just Alli.
“We’re ready to go!” she whispered. “Come on.”
Turning back Sai gabbled the first rhyming words that came into her head.
"I want to make J-Lo sad,
Make her weepy, make her whiney,
I think I know the perfect thing,
Take away her precious hiney!"
As she watched the giant moon in front of her slowly began to shrink, and as it did a small box appeared in her hands. Smiling, Sai opened it up a little, and saw a piece of paper lying inside with the words – "IOU one bottom". She’d no idea where the real thing had ended up but it was gone at any rate, she just hoped that was good enough for Anakron. Quickly pocketing the box, she ran back down the corridor, joined Alli and Tom and left the building.
A few minutes later they were back in the gardens, with a clean smelling Tom in tow. They had explained the plan to him on the way and had warned him to be prepared for the onslaught of fangirls that they hoped he was about to face. As they walked through the doors, every female head in the room turned from Orlando to Tom and back. Sai watched as the mental weighing up took place. The men were of similar height and build, with the same feminine, pretty faces. But Tom had the advantage being a new commodity.
Finally, with one movement, like a school of fish, every girl stood and headed towards Tom – the plan had worked!
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