alright since it's been a long time since i wrote a Sarah and MR Stratos story i will give a short explanation in case of any newcomers or in case some of the old readers have forgotten about it.
Sarah is a 7 year old girl living in an apartment with her dad Mike who is a police officer and guitarist, her grandma lives about 20 minutes away and next to her grandma.
the stories all take place during Sarah's summer vacation (for now) but as there aren't that many kids around the neighborhood Sarah is a rather lonely girl.
her best friend is MR Stratos, a stuffed arctic bear with sunglasses and Hawaiian shirt.
the story is clearly inspired by the Calvin and Hobbes comics as she keeps imaging that MR Stratos comes to life.
one thing Sarah often does is pretending that MR Stratos has tied her up for some reason, usually this means she ties her self up while she imagines that MR Stratos is the one behind the work.
sometimes she just dares him to do it, other times he has to be a bad guy who kidnaps her.
after a few stories i realized that it would be hard to make these stories seem fresh as they would always follow the same formula so i had another 7 year old girl called Charlotte move in next door to grandma who's parents are divorced, therefor she is around every second weekend.
Charlotte is also starting to imagine MR Stratos as a living creature and sometimes they will team together at tying up Sarah.
Sarah and MR Stratos: a new kid.
it was a warm Saturday about 11 in the morning.
today her father was not working so he had decided to fix the kitchen sink that had been a problem for a few days now.
meanwhile Sarah was in her room where she sat in a chair with several ropes around her body holding her arms to her side and her back against the chair.
MR Stratos was wearing a pirate hat as he grinned to his captive.
Sarah: oh please MR pirate, let me go.
MR Stratos: argh, not until you told me where the treasure is.
Sarah: but i told you that i don't know anything about a treasure.
MR Stratos: very well then, if you won't talk i guess that i could make your friend over here talk.
he pointed toward an hello kitty doll that was tied up against the foot of the bed.
Sarah: no, please don't hurt her.
suddenly Sarah's dad came into the room and saw her tied up as normal.
Mike: oh, i see that MR Stratos has kidnapped you again. maybe i should arrest him?
Sarah said sarcastic: haha dad very funny.
Mike: sorry to interrupt your game but it's timefor us to go to the grocery store now. i would let you stay at grandma if that was possible but she has her monthly trip to the hospital this weekend.
Sarah accepted that her fun game was over for now as her dad untied the ropes around ankles that was wearing purple socks, and then continued untying the rope around her upper body. you could now see the hello kitty face on Sarah's purple t-shirt. she got up from the chair and straightened out her purple checkered mini skirt.
Sarah walked with her father out the door as he laid his arm on her shoulder.
Mike: I'm sure MR Stratos can capture you again when we get back home.
when Sarah fastened her seatbelt in her fathers red Volkswagen Golf she noticed a new car she hadn't seen before on the same parking lot, it was an silver Audi A4 and out of it came a young boy she had never seen before.
Sarah: hey dad, who's that kid?
Mike: i don't know, it could one of the new neighbors that is moving in to the apartment below us.
they where gone for a couple of hours and Sarah didn't think much more about it.
when they got back Mike realized something.
Mike: oh dammit, i completely forgot. Sarah, i forgot to go by the plumber store and buy some parts i need for the sink. it will only take me about an half hour will you be alright by yourself for a short time.
Sarah: sure.
Sarah got the keys to the apartment and her dad rushed back to the car.
as she walked up stairs she almost collided with the boy who she had seen earlier.
Boy: oh, hello.
Sarah: hey.
Boy: who are you?
Sarah: my name is Sarah, i live in the apartment upstairs.
Boy: oh, cool. i just moved in to this apartment, my name is C.D.
Sarah looked at the new name sign hanging on the door. apparently their last name was Hiney.
C.D: so you live upstairs?
Sarah: yes, with my father. he just left for the plumber store and should be back soon.
C.D was also 7 years old and he had unusual long black hair for a boy and brown eyes, he was wearing a blue sweater and jeans.
after talking a little Sarah asked: maybe you want to play something?
C.D: sure, why not.
they went up to Sarah's apartment and she unlocked the door.
Sarah: so this is my room, and this is guy over here is MR Stratos.
C.D: well, the room is not really my kinda style but the bear seems like an alright fella.
he analyzed the room and notice the ropes next to the chair from earlier in the morning.
C.D: so what's up with the ropes?
Sarah: oh, MR Stratos and i like to play those games sometimes where he is the bad guy and kidnaps me, usually ends up with me getting tied up.
C.D: so what else do you play with the bear?
Sarah: anything. hey i got an idea, how about if Mr Stratos is a scientist?
C.D: that sounds fun.
they went into the kitchen and Sarah got a couple of glasses and MR Stratos sat with them.
Stratos: alright in this glass i will now make a potion that makes you able to see trough walls. who want's to try first?
C.D: i do, i do!
he took the empty glass and pretended to drink from it.
C.D: woah, it works! i can see trough the walls!
Sarah: my turn, make me a potion now.
MR Stratos mixed something into a glass and gave it to Sarah.
Stratos: this will make you able to jump really high.
Sarah: awsome.
she drank the glass and started to jump up and down.
C.D: Hey Stratos, can you make a potion that makes me invisible?
Stratos: sure.
once again MR Stratos started mixing something into the glasses and gave it to C.D.
he drank it and all of a sudden Sarah and MR Stratos could only see a couple of flying clothes.
Sarah: woah, it worked. i can only see your clothes now.
C.D: yeah, that might be a problem. i guess i have to get rid of them.
suddenly the clothes felled down on the ground and there was no sign of C.D. anywhere.
C.D: MOHAHA! now i can do anything!
Sarah could only hear the footsteps and then noticed the door to her bedroom opening. what was he up to?
now suddenly Sarah could see her ropes float out of her room trough the air and she knew where this was heading.
C.D: HAHAHA, i am the invisible burglar and i will now make you my captive while i steal your stuff.
suddenly Sarah felt one rope going around her wrists and they got tied up behind her back. she was pushed down into a kitchen chair by an invisible force and now another rope was tied around right foot and it was attached to the side of the kitchen chair.
same thing happened to her left foot and she was now sitting with her legs spread as a new rope was tied around her waist.
Sarah: what is going on? how can possible these ropes tie me up on their own? is it a ghost or something?
C.D: no, i am a invisible man and i will now steal your most precious items.
Sarah: my dad is in the police force, if you steal any of our stuff you will highly regret it you stupid fart.
another rope was now going around Sarah's chest so her entire upper body was now stuck to the chair back. she tried to struggle some and realized soon that she was really stuck and she would not get free without any help.
Sarah: MR Stratos! do something!
Mr Stratos was really big and even though C.D. now was invisible he still couldn't beat up the enormous white bear.
C.D: hmm, i guess i have trick him then.
suddenly a candy bar that was on the kitchen table started floating around the air. it immediately caught Mr Stratos's attention and he started to follow it into Sarah's room and BAM, the door was closed.
C.D: there we go, now i have gotten rid of that problem.
Sarah was now sitting helpless in the chair and unable to do anything about this invisible person who was walking around the room and looking for something to steal.
now she could see the cookie jar moving on top of the table.
C.D: well well, what do we have here? if it isn't cookies, the most precious thing on the planet.
the front door opened and Sarah's dad walked in with a plastic bag and hung his jacket up.
as he turned around he couldn't believe his own eyes. Sarah was tied up really well, perhaps a little to good for being the work of Mr Stratos.
then again, Mike had started getting used to seeing his daughter tied up but there was something else he noticed that was not really as normal.
he kept staring before he finally managed to say something.
Mike: uh, Sarah... who is that boy, why is he standing on top of our kitchen table with the cookie jar and why the heck is he buck naked?
C.D. looked up and then looked down at his body as he said: OH NO! THE EFFECT OF THE POTION HAS STOPPED!!!
he quickly jumped down from the table and ran out trough the door.
Sarah: that is C.D. dad, he just moved in to the apartment below us.
Mike: really, well he forgot his clothes.
Mike started to untie his daughter for the second time today as she explained everything that happened.
he then took the clothes that was spread around the floor and walked with Sarah downstairs to deliver them back.
as he rang the door bell Mike noticed the door sign and asked: what was his name again?
Sarah: C.D.
Mike: C.D. Hiney... how ironic.
a big man in his 40s' opened the door and Mike introduced himself and told everything that happened.
the man appeared to be C.D's uncle and he had been wondering where those clothes had gone when C.D. came running into the apartment.