The Alessandro Identity DIXI

Previously on the Adventures of Billie,

we found out we've been chasing a shadow.

Alessandro doesn't exist.

I'm so sorry I lied to you guys.

I'm the worst friend ever.

Amani, we all make mistakes.

And your mistake was inventive with a multi-layered

and engaging lead character. I respect you for that.

Well, I know making up a fake boyfriend seems totally pathetic,

but I had my reasons.

-You guys saw what happened when I started here.

-That was horrible.

But we took all those posters down.

-I bet no-one even remembers any more.

-Well, I do.

Blake's always saying I'm too Amanly to ever have a boyfriend.

"Amanly, you're so muscly,

"you should be a body-builder.

"I'm surprised they let someone as Amanly as you

"join the girl's football team."

I thought if I just invented a boyfriend,

Blake would finally leave me alone.

Oh, Amani.

And then I found some photos online of a guy from a local football team

and made the fake Dixi profile.

The Alessandro identity.

But then someone hacked the profile,

changed the password so I couldn't log in any more,

and now everything's spiralled out of control.

You know, you'd all Dixi-friended Alessandro and now whoever's

on the account is leaving those mean messages.

You could've told us.

The League of Ordinary Heroes would've come to your rescue.

I think it's quite impressive you managed to pull it off till now.

Maybe you should quit athletics and focus on a career as

Double Agent Spy Detective.

Bubs, the moral of the story is honesty is the best policy.

A career in secrecy really isn't what Amani needs right now.

Well, neither is dealing with Selene.

Oh, what a tangled web we weave,

when we invent a boyfriend for our own popularity.

I can't believe the whole time I was trying to track down Alessandro,

you knew he wasn't even real.

Why would you let me hunt for someone who doesn't even exist?

Leave it, Selene. Amani apologised.

Yes, the important thing now is that we focus on finding who is

controlling the Alessandro account.

PHONE CHIMES

Oh, no! It's Alessandro!

Now the whole school's going to find out.

My whole life is ruined.

Hey, Amanly. How's the love life?

Made up any good boyfriends lately?

-Back off, Blake!

-Can you just leave me alone for once in your life?

Oh, I'm sure you'll have no problem being alone.

Careful, Billie.

Maybe you're a figment of her imagination too.

Or mine.

Ugh.

Blake's the literal actual worst.

Does he really think everyone's so stunned by his boyband face

-they don't notice what a horrible human he is?

-Forget Blake.

We need to work out who's taken over the Alessandro account.

Amani, who else could have access?

You know, the only think I can think of is

when I forgot to log out of the computer room.

Maybe someone saw?

PHONE CHIMES

Hold on! It's Abi.

Wait a second.

Didn't we just establish the Alessandro doesn't exist?

He doesn't.

So, how come Abi is keeping an eye on him?

Abi's lying.

Ugh, but, why?

We've come to Asta-Rathbone to ask Abi why she lied about spying

on Alessandro when we know that's impossible.

You know what else is impossible?

For Echo's campaign to get any worse.

According to the latest Dixi poll,

only two people have said they're going to vote for her,

-and that's you and me.

-We're doomed!

Blake the Snake is slithering his way to victory.

The election isn't until next week.

We're here investigating now.

You need to focus! Find Abi.

Look, it's Abi's drama teacher. Let's ask him.

OK, but if he starts shouting Shakespeare, I'm out of here.

Excuse me, have you seen Abi around?

Uh, I thought I saw her a moment ago.

Or was that this morning?

Abi or not Abi, that is the question.

Well, that was helpful.

Hey, have you seen Abi?

Yeah, she's over there.

Abi?

No, I'm Adi.

Oh, sorry, we're looking for our friend Abi. She's new.

Oh, I don't know her. Sozzleplex.

Hey, do you guys go to Drew Fletcher?

My girlfriend went there.

Are you here to do the arts course?

No, our friend is, though.

We're just solving a mystery.

You Drew Fletcher guys do that a lot.

Well, I hope you find her. Good luck.

Now I'm going to be late for athletics.

Keep me posted, guys.

Where is Abi? This whole thing is deeply suspicious.

She says she's tracking a boy who doesn't exist,

at a school where we can't find her.

-She's probably just in a rehearsal.

-Rehearsal for her next attack!

Uh, guys, I might be hallucinating,

but isn't that the boy who doesn't exist?

-Alessandro!

-Who?

Alessandro, you're real.

You've got the wrong guy. My name's Shaq.

Well, um, that cleared that mystery up, then.

I'm more confused than I have ever been.

Alessandro didn't exist,

but Alessandro does exist and is called Shaq.

And where's Abi?

I'm worried about her too, Princess Sparkle.

So, the next morning I decided to find out what is going on.

Those of us blessed with deductive reasoning already know

what's going on.

She's been Alessandro this whole time.

Hey, slow down there, Flash.

Abi's our friend.

I'm not just banging on her door and accusing her.

This is a delicate situation, OK? So let's be...

-..delicate.

-I just can't believe there's a real Alessandro.

Only he's called Shaq,

and he really goes to Asta-Rathbone.

-My mind is blown!

-Seriously?!

Given that he regularly plays for the local football team,

which you must have known when you stole that photo of him

off their website.

The odds of him going to a local school are

statistically overwhelming.

Remind me why we invited her along.

-ABI:

-Calm down, I know we're out of milk.

I'll get some now.

OMD! Girl Squad. That includes you, Bubs.

SELENE CLEARS HER THROAT

Oh, um, hey, Selene.

What's with the surprise visit? You guys missing me?

Why aren't you at school?

Um, none of us are school, hon.

It doesn't start for another 20 minutes.

-Yes, but why aren't you in school uniform?

-Cos I'm ill.

COUGHS

I'm going out to get cough drops, if that's allowed.

And we're out of milk. What's your problem? Seriously.

I'm gone one week and this is who you replace me with?

We know you're behind everything.

You've been attacking us all on Dixi. Admit it.

Selene, remember how we talked about "delicate?"

What is she on about? What is this?

-Abi, no-one's accusing you of anything...

-Yes, we are.

..but we know you lied about Alessandro.

You said you knew him, but he doesn't exist.

Amani made him up.

OK, I mean, yeah, I knew that.

I know he didn't exist, but...

A-ha! See, she's lying.

He does exist. He just isn't called Alessandro.

He's called Shaq.

-We found him at Asta-Rathbone when we were trying to find you.

-Hello!

If I can finish. I knew Alessandro didn't exist.

Of course I know Shaq.

I was just trying to protect a friend.

You know, how friends are nice to each other.

You should try it sometime.

I knew you'd be embarrassed if I said he wasn't

really your boyfriend. So, I lied.

OMD.

I'm so sorry, Abi. That's so sweet.

I can't believe I dragged you into this.

And I can't believe I thought logic and reason would get me

anywhere with you people.

How am I supposed to figure this out if you're all lying to each other

all the time?

You and your friends are ridiculous.

Solve this mystery on your own. I am out!

-BUBS:

-Missing you already.

-ABI:

-You guys didn't seriously think

I was attacking you on Dixi, did you?

No, we just...

..followed the clues.

I'm sorry.

Walk me to the shop and make it up to me?

You can catch me up, like why are you hanging with Selene now,

and how is Echo running for student president? She hates school.

Well, I mean we all hate school sometimes...

No, I mean hate-hate.

She did a whole vlog on how all the teachers are like evil overlords,

especially Miss Malik.

Echo hates Miss Malik?

Enough to say, trash her office?

No. It can't be.

Just because she's quiet, and always dresses in black,

and has a double life on Dixi where she monologues about how much

she hates everyone...

OMD! Echo's a super villain!

Abi's theory makes total sense.

Of course Echo's The Shredder.

I know it might look like there's no evidence that

Echo wrecked the office, PearlSillyTomato,

but I went back and checked out her Dixi posts.

She did a whole vlog on how much she hates Miss Malik.

Look.

They can ban our badges, take our wristbands,

wipe off our make-up,

but we will never join the clone army.

Then I went back over the footage from when we

searched Miss Malik's office, and guess what I found.

That drawer was full of confiscated stuff,

and it turns out all of it was Echo's.

Not only did she get revenge on Miss M by trashing her office,

she framed me to make sure I couldn't run in the elections,

-now she's going to take over the school.

-Whoa, whoa, whoa.

What about the part where we made Echo run for president?

Exactly. It's the ultimate double bluff.

Look at all the posters she had printed.

She was always planning to run. We fell right into her trap.

She's been one step ahead of us this whole time.

Jane, finally you're here.

Just for future reference, we prefer comic books.

Maybe something like snacks...

It's the Drew Fletcher Student Council Rule book.

Now, even though you've been cleared of trashing Miss Malik's office,

it's now too late for you to run against Echo and Blake.

But there is this.

Article 15, subsection 12, line 6.

"A student running for president may handover the candidacy

"to another student up to one week before the election."

OMD. That's perfect!

That's beyond perfect!

It means I can run against Blake again.

But Echo will never go for it.

Er, Echo, who tried to drop out of the election two days ago?

Somehow, I think we can convince her.

Unless I'm right about her. If she does stand down,

she really was only running because we made her.

But if she refuses, then it's proof that she was planning

this from the start and she really is an evil genius!

Billie, Bubs, just in time.

It's my head-to-head debate with Blake tomorrow

and my speech needs to slay him.

We need to show the world that Blake may give you a cupcake,

but his promises are all fake.

Oh, write that down!

Wow, all this work, you must be really stressed.

I bet you're wishing I never dragged you into this whole election thing.

I do miss loitering, there's no time to loiter any more.

And every time I think about making a speech,

my toes start to sweat and I get dizzy.

But someone needs to stand up against Blake, right?

Right! And it turns out that someone can be me.

All you have to do is let me take over the campaign and you can

go back to lurking in the shadows like the good old days.

Woohoo!

No?

You want me to stand down?

But I found my voice, like you said.

So, achievement unlocked. Nothing else to do here.

It's a perfect time to stand aside.

I thought you'd come to help me.

No, I won't stand down.

But you said you didn't even want to run for president.

Are you saying that was a lie?

I'm saying this is my campaign. My fight.

And with or without your help, I'm going to win.

That presidency is mine.

And then watch out, school, cos there'll be a new sheriff in town!

Hello-o-o-o!

It's Echo-o-o-o!

And I need you to hear this message and shout it from the rooftops.

Your vote counts.

Your voice matters.

I promise to be a good and honest president.

I will start by reforming the greenhouse.

And I will make change happen.

But here's the thing,

I don't mind which name you tick on your ballot paper,

I just want your opinion to be noted.

I was silent for too long.

I thought my views didn't matter, but now I realise they do.

And so do yours.

Whether you're a goth or a jock or whatever other stupid label

we have in this school,

find your voice and use it.