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  need you

  anymore.

  Then Sandy threw

  her black marker

  out the window.

  Luckily it landed right in a trash can,

  because nobody likes a litterbug, even

  a cute pink one .

  When Kiki walked in the front door, Mother,

  Father, and Lana Kittie said:

  We are

  glad you are

  home safe.

  Sweetie,

  your dinner

  is in the

  oven.

  Oh, It's just

  you. Where is

  Fashion Kitty?

  all at the same time.

  Come on dear,

  it's bedtime.

  I never got

  to play with

  Fashion Kitty.

  Lana!

  I just

  want to

  see her.

  I won't

  brush my

  teeth!

  Kiki liked to have some quiet time after a big Fashion

  Kitty adventure, so the family left her alone to eat

  her dinner. This was hard for Lana.

  After dinner, Kiki went straight to bed.

  She knew three things about tomorrow.

  Cassandra was going

  to be mad at Sandy.

  Cassandra

  was going to be mad

  at Fashion Kitty.

  How come

  you're

  wearing so

  much pink?

  You are not the

  boss! I'll fight you,

  Fashion Kitty!

  Cassandra was still

  going to be mean

  to Kiki.

  Look, it's

  Kiki, the Color

  Geekie!

  I hope I won't

  care about it so

  much tomorrow.

  Said Kiki to Mousie, and she

  drifted off to sleep.

  It's nice to be right, but somehow not that satisfying

  if you are right about something bad.

  I don't care

  what Fashion Kitty

  told you! She's no

  hero! She's a

  zero!

  Wow!

  She got to meet

  Fashion

  Kitty!

  Shudder!

  She sure

  is mean!

  I know.

  And I'm

  not friends

  with pink

  wearers!

  Fashion Kitty

  doesn't know anything

  about fashion!

  Right, kitties?

  In fact, I

  hate pink!

  Pink is out!

  Well ...

  um ...

  Uh...

  Good-bye,

  pink!

  And then Cassandra and her mumbling kitty

  clones walked off.

  Fashion Kitty wouldn't lie.

  She's a fashion hero.She

  always tells the truth.

  Don't cry, Sandy.

  You look great!

  I just

  don't

  know

  what to

  think!

  It's all so

  terrible!

  Really?

  Yes,

  reall y !

  But Kiki didn't feel much better, so she guessed

  that Sandy wasn't feeling much better, either.

  And she was right.

  I know that

  Fashion Kitty is right.

  But it's hard being the

  only one who

  believes the truth.

  Cassandra

  doesn't

  like me. . . .

  I wish

  I didn't love

  pink.

  But as the day went on, Sandy realized she was not

  as alone as she thought she was. And something

  happened that surprised even Kiki.

  It started with some thinking,

  Cassandra

  didn't need

  to yell.

  What's wrong

  with wearing a

  little pink?

  Fashion Kitty is

  always thoughtful

  and not bossy!

  and then some talking,

  You know, when

  I'm sad it always

  cheers me up to wear

  something colorful.

  Did you see Sandy

  today? Fashion

  Kitty helped her

  with her outfit.

  Me, too!

  I thought I

  was the only

  one.

  I thought

  it was cute.

  and then some friendly support,

  Sandy, we think it

  was horrible of Cassandra to stop

  being your friend.

  Just

  because

  you were

  wearing

  pink.

  Fashion Kitty

  is right! A true

  friend would like

  you no matter

  what.

  Go ahead,

  tell her.

  and finally some doing.

  We are all going to wear pink to show Cassandra

  that she is not the boss of our fashion!

  It was a movement in pink.

  I'm

  wearing

  pink

  and Fashion

  Kitty!

  my support

  for Sandy

  to show

  Almost everyone joined in, even some of the boys.

  This was a very brave fashion thing for a boy to

  do, because pink is not a normal boy color.

  I've got

  pink socks.

  I'm doing

  my part.

  It's daring, but

  I'm wearing this

  pink shirt.

  She was overjoyed, which

  means, happy, happy, happy!

  Kiki could not believe it.

  June, can you

  believe this?

  This is the most

  amazing thing that has

  ever happened at school.

  It’s great!

  Everyone

  is together.

  Cassandra could not

  believe it, either.

  She was incensed, which

  means, mad, mad, mad!

  I cannot believe this!

  I am in a sea of pink!

  It's all that stupid

  Fashion Kitty's

  fault!

  She's

  ruined

  everything!

  When you have the fashion popularity

  spotlight all to yourself,

  I am so

  happy.

  I am so

  wonderful.

  Even I am

  filled with

  love for me.

  Everyone

  loves me.

  it's not easy to give it up,

  Hey!

  Give it

  back!

  I'll share

  it with

  you . . .

  If you

  promise

  to be

  nice.

  That

  spotlight

  is mine!

  even if you don't deserve it anymore.

  For days it seemed like all everyone could talk about was Fashion Kitty . . .

  Can you believe that Fashion Kitty helped

  Sandy? I'd love to

  meet her.

  Tell me

  again what

  she said.

  Fashion Kitty said

  she loved pink.

  Me

  too.

  Fashion Kitty, and more Fashion Kitty. />
  What do you think

  Fashion Kitty eats? I bet

  she likes mousie

  burgers, like I do.

  I'd love to see her

  bounce superhigh.

  I

  doubt

  it.

  Or fly in

  the air.

  Umm ...

  maybe.

  CHEESE

  SANDWICH

  Even Kiki was getting a little tired of it.

  Kiki Kittie!

  Shame on you! You're

  jealous of Fashion Kitty,

  aren't you?

  Fashion Kitty this!

  Fashion Kitty that!

  Can we please talk about

  something else?

  Kiki!

  No!

  I. . .

  It's not easy to keep two big secrets from your best

  kitty friend in the whole world.

  I can't eat lunch

  with you if you are

  going to be that way.

  Kiki tried not to think

  about Mousie or

  Fashion Kitty

  as she ate her lunch.

  Not far away, someone else was wishing she didn't

  have to think about Fashion Kitty, either.

  I am the

  Fashion Queen!

  Me! Me! Me!

  Fashion Kitty this!

  Fashion Kitty that!

  I'm sick of it!

  You'll pay for

  ruining my life!

  You'll be Sorry

  when I'm through

  with you!

  I'll get

  even!!

  And that someone was stamping her foot on the ground,

  because that was what she did when

  she was really

  mad.

  She didn't know that Fashion Kitty (MOKA* Kiki

  Kittie) was already suffering, but not quite in

  the way Cassandra had imagined.

  I wish you could be

  Fashion Kitty all the time.

  Can't you change into

  Fashion Kitty now so

  we can play?

  No.

  How about for my

  birthday? Can you be

  Fashion Kitty on my

  birthday

  Sandy says pink

  is Fashion Kitty's

  favorite color.

  Why aren't you

  wearing more pink?

  I thought Fashion

  Kitty loved pink.

  See!

  I'm wearing

  it for you.

  I mean her.

  *MOKA

  (most often known as)

  This was almost too much Fashion Kitty,

  even for Kiki.

  Fashion Kitty told Sandy

  that pink was one of her

  favorite colors! Not her

  only favorite color.

  She likes other

  colors, too!

  See! Fashion Kitty

  wouldn't yell at me like you

  do! That's why I like her.

  Unfortunately, it did not end well.

  Don't

  bother

  me!

  Kiki just couldn't help it.

  I wouldn't

  play with

  you if you

  begged

  me!

  But before Father

  Kittie could say

  anything about the

  door, Mother Kittie

  said:

  Mother and Father Kittie

  looked at each other.

  They did not like to hear

  doors slamming shut.

  Come

  here, Lana.

  Let's make

  some cookies

  together.

  Sometimes mothers know the exact right thing

  to say and when to say it.

  And Father Kittie forgot

  about the slamming door.

  Lana ran to the

  kitchen, forgetting

  all about Kiki.

  I do love

  fresh-baked

  cookies!

  Cookies?

  Yummy!

  Mother Kittie could tell that Kiki was having a

  hard time being a fashion hero, and it would not

  make things one bit better if she got in trouble

  for slamming her door.

  Across town, Cassandra was up to no good.

  By wearing

  this horrible

  outfit she will

  have to come

  and save me

  from my fashion

  disaster.

  This is such

  an excellent

  way to get

  Fashion Kitty here.

  My fashion

  faux pas.*

  Cassandra waited, waited, and waited,

  Maybe

  this outfit

  isn't horrible

  enough.

  That'll

  be the

  end of

  her!

  I'll lock

  her in my

  bathroom.

  Where

  is she?

  *mistake

  but still no Fashion Kitty.

  HMMF!

  She didn't know that Fashion Kitty could only

  respond to real fashion emergencies, and not a

  fake fashion faux pas.

  I guess she's not

  coming!

  Oh, well, the bathroom

  plan wasn't that great.

  It would have been

  hard to keep her

  in there.

  That night two very different kitties went to sleep

  with smiles on their lips.

  Fashion Kitty,

  like it or not, you are

  going to help me be

  the Fashion Queen.

  There's nothing that

  a tummy full of

  cookies can't fix.

  One kitty was right, and the other kitty was wrong.

  Very wrong!

  I think these

  cookies you made

  last night are

  amazing!

  The next morning, Kiki

  made a special effort

  to be nice to Lana,

  You

  do?

  and on the way to school she made a promise

  to herself.

  I will make up with