Alison was enjoying her day, it was a Saturday and she was looking for Caitlyn so that they could have a game together. She didn't have far to look before she bumped into Caitlyn who was carrying Godzilla and looking very perplexed. Caitlyn was wearing her white socks but was otherwise shoeless. "Hello Caitlyn, How are you and Godzilla doing today? And where are your shoes?" "Hi Alison, we are hot on a trail at the moment." "You are? what trail is this then? I love a good mystery." "Well, when I woke up this morning I wanted to put on my favorite Mary Janes shoes, but I cannot find them anywhere. So I asked Godzilla to help, he is a very good detective." "Oh, can I help? I am sure between the 3 of us we will find them." Caitlyn thought that was an excellent idea and the 3 of them were quickly on the trail.

"Well Alison, Godzilla found this little truck and we have checked it out for clues." "And were there any?" "Nope, but I did find this strange pair of sunglasses." "Um, Caitlyn, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but they don't fit too well." "I know, but its always nice to dream isn't it?"

Godzilla growled and started looking around, maybe there were clues in other places to investigate and he was getting restless (as city stomping monsters often do). Caitlyn and Alison went to investigate.

Nothing in the QuikTrip cup. Or under the wardrobe.

As the 2 girls searched, Godzilla had been busy, he had already searched in all the likely places and eventually found a clue! Right next to Caitlyn's portable Zen Garden he found the original My Twinn box that her pair of Mary Jane's had come in. Scattered all around were different colour M&M's. Inside the box was a packet of M&M speckled eggs but no sign of Caitlyn's shoes. Everybody was very puzzled. Could it be that there had been some space time continuum that had dematerialised Caitlyn's shoes and turned them into M&M's? Would Caitlyn have to declare this yet another X-File? or was there a simpler explanation?

"Look Alison, its my old shoe box, the one they shipped my Mary Jane's in." "Well, it looks more like somebody was using it to stash away a hoard of M&M's." "Hmmm, whoever took my Mary Jane's not only had good taste in shoes, but also excellent taste in chocolates." Alison was quick to agree with that, seeing as she loved M&M's herself. She also noticed a trail of M&M's leading away from the crime scene. "Oh, look, they have left a trail behind, lets follow it and see where it leads." Caitlyn wasn't too sure about that, "But what if its aliens? or crooks? or a gang of GI Joe figures intent on kidnapping us?" Amongst the other dolls Caitlyn was well known for her overactive imagination. "That's OK Cait, I can do Karate, and we have Godzilla to protect us." "Alright, lets follow the trail."

Bravely they followed the multicoloured trail of M&M's all through the house. At times the trail was sparse and at others very thick, but they persevered. Godzilla ever ready with his radioactive breath, Alison in a suitably appropriate Bruce Lee walk, and Caitlyn (who had no head for fisticuffs or violence) bringing up the rear with a egg whisk "Its in case I encounter Humpty Dumpty and I need to beat him" she explained when Alison asked her about it.

Then they struck paydirt, at the end of the trail they spotted Caitlyn's shoes peeping out from under the curtain. They had found the culprit. It was time to put an end to the mystery and confront the Phantom Shoe Thief "Come out with your hands up or Godzilla will use his radioactive breath!!!" Alison ordered. A scared voice came from behind the curtain, "Don't shoot, don't shoot, please, I just wanted to see how I looked in those pretty shoes. I never meant any harm."

The culprit was Green, very round and had big eyes and a big white M on her tummy. "Gee, a big M&M!" everybody exclaimed. They marched the big M&M back to the table, intending to find out what was going on. "It's true, I am a big M&M and I have been stuck in the seventies all these years. Look, all I have to wear are white go-go boots and its very embarrassing."

Both Alison and Caitlyn had to agree with that sentiment themselves. "But where do you come from?" "When the pair of you were being packed to come back to South Africa I snuck into the suitcase because I wanted to travel and come here with the pair of you. But once we were all unpacked I hid, hoping that one day I would be able to come out and we could all be friends." "Friends? of course we can be friends, anybody with such good taste in shoes and chocolate can't be bad and we would love to be your friend." Caitlyn replied. Alison nodded her agreement and Godzilla just made a rumbling noise as he ate the last M&M left over on the trail. "Come everybody, lets go play somewhere and leave everybody to enjoy their day further, I will bring an egg whisk." said Caitlyn, pulling off her socks. "I will bring Godzilla, he is getting way too fat to walk anymore." said Alison as she hopped around on one leg taking off her shoes and socks. "And I will bring chocolate", said Green in her perpetual go-go boots as they all went out to play.

Many M&M's were eaten during the making of this story.
Godzilla and M&M are trademarks of their respective owners. Caitlyn and Green now have an arrangement regarding who gets to wear the Mary Jane's. Godzilla has given up on stomping Tokyo and is on diet, while Alison is just happy to have found a new friend.