The Make-A-Pet Mystery by Carolyn Keene

Author:Carolyn Keene
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Tags: Girls & Women, Juvenile Fiction, Mysteries & Detective Stories, General, Social Themes, Friendship
ISBN: 9781442446205
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2012-01-03T00:00:00+00:00

“What does Violet mean, her avatar is totally out of control?” Bess said, confused.

“George, can you ask Violet?” Nancy said.

“Sure.” George typed:

Hi. It’s George. Bess and Nancy are with me. What’s going on?

Violet wrote back:

Princess Pompom (that’s my avatar’s name) and Hoppity (the computer Hoppity, not the real Hoppity) are doing all kinds of stupid stuff. Like picking fights with friends. And making dumb mistakes on purpose. And not collecting treasure when they’re supposed to. They’re losing points like crazy!!!!!!!

“Maybe Violet’s not very good at the Petopia game,” Bess said, shrugging.

“Maybe,” George said. She typed:

We don’t understand. Are you making Princess Pompom and computer Hoppity do this stuff?

Violet wrote back:

NO!!!!!!! That’s what’s crazy. It’s like someone is lodging in as me and playing the game when I’m not playing and making Princess Pompom and computer Hoppity do this stuff.

Nancy, Bess, and George exchanged glances. “Are you guys thinking what I’m thinking?” Nancy said after a moment.

George nodded. “Someone got Violet’s secret password!”

Bess rolled her eyes. “Well, that wouldn’t be hard! She was practically telling everyone what it was, over at Deirdre’s house.

Remember? And then she kept talking about it the whole time we were there, even after Gaby told her to stop.”

“Oh yeah.” Nancy recalled Violet asking the other girls which password was better, Fluffy-something or Carrot-something.

“George, can you ask Violet if she picked one of those passwords she was talking about at Deirdre’s?”

George nodded and typed the message. A moment later Violet wrote back:

Yes, I picked Carrotcake456. I thought it would be easier to remember than Fluffybunny123 because carrot cake is my favorite dessert! And my birthday is April, which is 4! And 5 and 6 come after 4!

Violet added:

Why—was that dumb? Should I change my password or something?

“Uh, yeah,” Bess said, rolling her eyes again.

Nancy held up her hand. “No! George, tell Violet not to change it.”

“Why not?” George asked Nancy. “If she doesn’t change it, the person is just going to keep lodging—I mean, logging in to Violet’s account and messing up her Petopia game. Right?”

“That’s exactly what we want,” Nancy replied. “Maybe the person will make a mistake and leave a clue. And we might be able to figure out who she is. Or he,” she added quickly, thinking of Antonio. Except, Antonio wasn’t at Deirdre’s house on Sunday.

So how would he know Violet’s password?

“Nancy, you’re brilliant!” George said. She began typing another message to Violet.

“Watch out, Natasha!” Nancy cried out.

Nancy repeatedly tapped the up arrow on her keyboard to make her Petopia avatar run and jump. On the screen, Natasha and the cyber Mocha Chip, which was another name for the computer Mocha Chip, leaped off the cobblestone path and into a fizzleberry bush—just in time to avoid a fire-breathing dragon.

It was after dinner, and Nancy was in her cozy blue pajamas.

Her father had given her permission to play a few minutes of Petopia before going to bed.

The only other time she had played Petopia was on Sunday night, after coming home from Deirdre’s. Since

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