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any Pony Club meet, but Ashford Racetrack is about two miles away from something called Ashford Farms,” said Skye.
    “Okay,” Lisa said. “We’ll have to check it out with Max, but I don’t see why we can’t come right over.”
    “Great!” replied Skye. “It’s a closed set, but I’ve left your names at the front gate. You shouldn’t have any trouble getting in.”
    “Okay, then. We’ll see you in a little while.”
    “Super. Just hurry, though!”
    She hung up the phone, a puzzled frown on her face.
    “What’s going on?” asked Carole.
    Lisa shrugged. “I don’t know. Skye sounded very mysterious—and very worried. All he said was that he needed to see us immediately, and to please hurry over. He’s left our names at the front gate.”
    “Gosh.” Stevie’s eyes grew wide. “Maybe he needs some extra advice on riding.” She leaped off the bed. “Maybe he needs us to be technical advisers on this film! I can see our names on the big screen now!”
    “I think we’d better ask Max if we can go, first, Stevie,” Carole laughed. “Then we can worry about who gets top billing in Skye’s movie.”
    “Okay, okay,” agreed Stevie.
    They hurried to the room across the hall, where the door was already ajar. Veronica was standing beside the TV set, complaining to Max and Deborah that her bed was lumpy and uncomfortable.
    “Hi, guys!” Max looked glad to see them as they trooped into the room. “We were just wondering if you’d like to go to Disneyland with us and take Maxi on the teacup ride.”
    Lisa glanced at Stevie and Carole. “Actually, Max, we were wondering if we could do something a little different. We just called Skye, and he really needs our help.”
    Max frowned. “What kind of help?”
    “We’re not sure. All we know is that he’s making a movie at Ashford Racetrack and wants us to come see him immediately.”
    “A real movie set? That sounds a lot more interesting than Disneyland,” Veronica cooed hopefully.
    “Well, it would be, except that it’s a closed set and Skye’s only put our three names on the guest list,” Lisa explained, hoping this wouldn’t hurt Max’s and Deborah’s feelings.
    Max smiled. “Would Skye just happen to have that same limo waiting outside for you?”
    The girls ran to the window and looked out. Stephan was standing there, chatting with the hotel doorman, the long black limo stretched out behind him.
    “I guess so,” Lisa said, amazed that someone would actually have a car waiting to drive them somewhere.
    “Well, I guess you’d better go, then, if Skye needs your help that badly,” said Max. “Veronica can come with us and take Maxi on the teacup ride.”
    Veronica made a small noise at the back of her throat. Everyone turned and stared at her. She looked pea green with envy, but there was nothing anyone could do. Her name was not on the guest list, and Hollywood studios were notorious about keeping un-wanted people off their sets.
    “Then I guess we’ll see you guys later,” said Lisa. “I hope all of you have a good time at Disneyland.”
    Again, Veronica made that funny choking noise, but the girls didn’t stop to listen. A limo was waiting to drive them to Skye, and he needed them immediately.

“O OOOOH .” S TEVIE SETTLED back against the plush blue upholstery of the limo. “This is getting to feel just like home.”
    “Don’t get too comfortable, Stevie, or it’ll be tough readjusting to your usual place on the backseat of your mom’s station wagon,” Carole said with a laugh.
    “I know,” agreed Stevie. “But I can enjoy it while it lasts! All this luxury and no Veronica!”
    “She looked pretty green, didn’t she?” Carole giggled.
    “For once she was envious of something we were doing instead of trying to make us jealous of her,” Lisa replied. “I loved every minute of it!”
    They settled back and looked through the tinted windows as Stephan drove smoothly along the highway.People turned and stared at