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exclaimed. “It’s a real movie set.” He turned to Maeve and grinned. “We have just landed on Planet Pirate Movie!”
    Duh! How could I, with all my professional actor experience, have missed something so obvious? Maeve thought, looking up at the bright lights and wires hanging from the trees and the gigantic cameras lurking behind the houses.
    Me and my imagination…, she scolded herself as she clasped her hands together in delight. After all, a movie set was way more fun than a lost princess trying to battlealiens while time traveling to some weird galaxy.
    All of a sudden Maeve heard footsteps, but before she could turn around, a shadow fell over Isabel. Maeve had never before seen her friend jump so high!
    â€œWho’s there?” Izzy yelped, and, feeling shaken, turned to see a scowling woman wearing moon-shaped sunglasses and a backward baseball cap.
    â€œWhere have you kids been? Call time was over an hour ago.” She glanced at her watch and sighed. “Oh, well. I’m Bethany, the costume director. Come with me. Hair and makeup are waiting.”
    â€œI think there’s been some mistake,” a calm and in-charge Betsy began to explain. “We aren’t with the movie. We’re just on a field trip and we got a little lost in these woods.” Maeve knew that honesty was the best policy, but would it have killed Betsy to keep quiet just this one time?
    The woman in sunglasses frowned. “Bummer. Ozmond is going to flip! How am I ever going to find replacements for extras at the last minute?” she sighed and walked away, slapping her hands against her legs in frustration.
    Maeve’s heart was thumping. “Wait!” she called out.
    Bethany frowned and peered over the top of her glasses. “Look, I’m very busy here, in case you haven’t noticed.”
    â€œWe could be your extras,” Maeve blurted.
    Bethany turned around. “Hmm…you are the right age…. We needed more boys, but with the right costumes…We’ll just need to get you some release forms,” Bethanysaid, as her expression changed from My life is quite possibly over to Things are definitely looking up .
    â€œMaeve, have you forgotten? We have clues to solve and we should be getting back to the bike path….” Betsy scolded. “Besides, who’s going to sign our release forms?”
    â€œ Dude! ” Fabiana whispered to Betsy. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!”
    Betsy looked skeptical. “But—”
    â€œWe can take a break for a little while to be in a movie! ” Fabiana assured her. Then she chimed to Bethany, “We’d be happy to fill in. In fact, I have signed photo and film-release forms right here!”
    Bethany scanned the papers and nodded briskly. “Great! Everything seems to be in order.”
    Fabiana to the rescue, thought a grateful Maeve.
    â€œAfter losing that map, I made extra sure to keep track of the envelope with all the papers,” Fabiana whispered to Maeve. “Lucky for us I did!”
    Fabiana, who had played a starring role in the high school musical West Side Story , looked as eager as Maeve to be part of a real live movie. The other Cranberry Boggers’ heads bobbed up and down enthusiastically. Being in a movie was something to tell their friends and family. The scavenger hunt was completely forgotten. “Follow me,” Bethany instructed, and marched toward the chaos.
    A chorus of yays and woo-hoos erupted from everyone in the group. Except Betsy.
    â€œWhat time period is this supposed to be?” she asked in a vintage Betsy something doesn’t look right tone.
    â€œ1717,” replied Bethany. “This movie’s about Black Sam Bellamy and the Whydah .”
    Betsy put her hands on her hip and stared at Bethany in disbelief. “Has anyone here ever read a history book?” Betsy’s eyebrows were furrowed in annoyance.
    As the