It seemed to be a normal night so far. All was calm and quiet so far, but Cherry had her hands full with her dream-walking training since there was a case of nightmares going on.

"Dimples?" Cherry asked once she saw Darla who was now Atticus's adoptive little sister as she seemed to be having a nightmare of her own.

Lionel grumbled in his sleep. "Eh? What's going on?" he asked.

Cherry was in the house with him, but not exactly at the same time since she was in the Dream Realm right now. She looked like a zombie whenever she slept like this. Darla turned and twisted in her sleep, her nightmare clearly being very agonizing for her.

Cherry soon rushed over to Darla in her dream to wake her up. "Dimples, wake up, you're having a nightmare!" she then cried out to wake up the girl.

Darla soon screamed in her bed as she soon finally woke up and panted heavily which woke up Atticus and the rest of his family.

"Darla...?" Patch frowned out of concern.

"What's up, kid?" asked Lionel, poking his nightcap-clad head around the corner. "Or rather, what's keeping you up?"

Darla shivered a bit.

"Oh, Darla... You must've had a nightmare..." Atticus frowned as he sat down with his little sister.

"I did..." Darla frowned back.

"Hoo, boy... How many has it been this month, exactly?" asked Lionel.

"Cherry?!" Atticus called out.

Cherry soon rushed over with her notebook. "72 times." she then said.

"Darla, you should tell us about your nightmare, it'll feel less scary that way." Atticus smiled.

"Oh, but I can't get it out of my mind," Darla frowned. "You guys remember how terrible I was when you first met me."

"Yup." Cherry nodded.

"I saw the movie, but yes, I remember." Lionel added.

Darla let out a small moan.

"Is this because of that incident at Stage 13?" Atticus asked.

Darla nodded sadly.

"Aw, come on, Dimples," Cherry said. "Danny and Sawyer aren't mad at you anymore. You've gotten the other animals to forgive you. Even Cranston, for the grump he is, and you're living a great new life. You don't have to feel bad anymore."

"Yeah. Put the past behind you!" Lionel replied. "So what was the nightmare about? Confronted by your past self?"

"Mm-hmm..." Darla nodded.

"Figures..." Lionel replied. "Well, we gotta put the kibosh on these nightmares, tout de suite!"

"I'm doing the best I can from Princess Luna's training." Cherry said, sounding quite tired and exhausted from her best efforts.

"Maybe we can get Darla out on an adventure for a while?" Atticus suggested as he stroked the girl's blonde curls. "But where? Things have been quiet since she last saw the Sailor Scouts, so they might be too busy with other things to take her on an adventure."

Lionel suddenly snapped his fingers in realization. "Hey, I know... Why don't we go visit Fievel?" he suggested.

"Fievel?" Darla asked.

"Yeah, you know, our little mouse friend," Atticus replied. "Maybe visiting a new world will make you feel better."

"It always helps ME," Lionel replied. "I haven't seen him since I first met him during his journey to find his family. I wasn't there for his Wild West adventure, since I was busy catching up on previous adventures."

Darla wiped her eyes.

"Let me check my spell book real quick." Atticus said as he walked off to his room for a moment.

"Alright, take your time." Lionel replied.

Atticus and Patch went into his room for a moment.

"Hey, Dimples, don't feel so blue," Cherry said to Darla. "I mean sure, you flooded a stage with a bunch of us inside of an ark and we thought we could trust you and you just wanted me and Atticus dead because we knew your plan-"

Darla soon yelled out and cried as she felt bad about that.

"Oh... Uh... Whoops." Cherry muttered.

"Smooth move," Lionel replied sarcastically before turning to Darla. "Look, Darla... Sure you weren't exactly nice in the past... But that's not you anymore. You're learning from your mistakes and putting in the effort to become a better person."

"I'm really trying..." Darla said as she covered her eyes. "Especially since I've met Serena and the other Sailor Scouts. Atticus and Jessica even took me to Hollywood to make amends."

"See? Progress!" Lionel smiled. "But still, ya gotsa be brave. And if there's one rodent who knows about being brave, it's Fievel Mousekevitz. After all, he was plenty scared, but he didn't let it keep him from finding his family AND saving them, as well as the entire rodent community of New York. Have I ever mentioned the Giant Mouse of Minsk?"

"Aye, ye have." Cherry said as she attempted to sound Scottish.

"Oh, you shoulda seen it, Darla; it was enor-mouse!" Lionel replied. "And those cats were runnin' scared! Hoo-wee, it was a LAUGH RIOT!"

"Enor-mouse...?" Darla asked, giggling a little as that was kind of funny.

"Ah, see what I did there?" Lionel smirked, tussling her hair playfully. "Anyways, I'm sure Fievel and Tiger and Tony will like you."

"Hmm... I hope so..." Darla replied.

Atticus soon came back out with a spell to take them to where Fievel and his family were.

"What took you so long?" Cherry replied.

"Forgot where I put it..." Atticus replied. "But I found it!"

"Okay then," Lionel replied. "Let's get squeakin'!"

"Fair enough." Cherry said.

Atticus soon did the other world spell and used certain words to take them to the Mousekewitz family, and of course, they would be mice for this adventure like in the other adventures in An American Tail.

"Good morning, everyone~!" Lionel greeted as he and the others entered the Mousekevitz household. "Long time, no see!"

It seemed to be a rough morning in the Mousekewitz household.

"Holy Swiss Cheese, I'm gonna be late for work!" Tanya yelped as she ran out of bed.

"Whoa... Looks like Tanya's in a rush..." Lionel commented.

"You think so?" Cherry replied.

"Work?" Darla asked. "Why would a kid have to work?"

"Welcome to the turn of the century, Dimples," Cherry told her. "Children have jobs as well as their parents."

"It was... A difficult time." Lionel added.

"Do I have to get a job too?" Darla asked.

"Maybe you could go with Tanya for a while?" Atticus smiled to his little sister. "Be lucky you only have to go to school back home and not to have to worry about work."

"I guess... I've technically had a job since I was almost five though." Darla replied about her old life.

"Good luck, kiddo." Lionel replied as he patted her on the head.

"Oh, my..." Darla said about having to go to work before looking to see that her clothes changed to fit the time period since she was in her pajamas before.

"Oh, I can't believe I overslept, this is awful!" Tanya cried out. "Just awful!"

"Hey, if you rush they might not notice," Lionel stated. "Morning, Five. What's up with you?"

"I... I had a nightmare..." Fievel shivered, a little shook up.

"Just like Darla did..." Lionel noted. "Maybe you could help. Why don't you go with her? It might take your mind off the nightmares you been having."

"Uh... Well..." Fievel stammered.

"That might be good, go off and have an adventure." Cherry told them, pushing Fievel into the kitchen while Papa read the newspaper called The Daily Nibbler.

"Maybe we could tag along too," Lionel remarked. "Besides, we came for an adventure and by God, we're gonna have one!"

Tanya soon came out once she was dressed and ready to go to work.

"You vant to talk awful, vell, look at this headline," Papa huffed as he read his newspaper. "Manhattan Monster Mystery torments townmice!"

"My boss Mr. Daley came up with that," Tanya smiled bashfully. "I think it's catchy."

"Alliteration!" Lionel noted, and a "DING!" sound was heard.

"Tanya has yet another design change that's confusing as all heck in the American Tail continuity." Cherry added with another DING! which was more of a CinemaSin than a CinemaWin.

"Eh, whatever works," Lionel replied. "I thought it meant she was getting older. Also, it's Lacey Chabert voicing her instead of Cathy Cavadini, so... Yeah."

"I can't watch Fievel Goes West without thinking about Blossom from the Powerpuff Girls." Cherry then said.

"I think it's cockamamie!" Mama complained about the newspaper. "He should be ashamed printing such stories. It's a vunder any of us can sleep!"

"But Mama, Mr. Daley says that's what sells newspapers," Tanya said, straightening out her clothes. "Of course, Nellie Brie says that stories about monsters are just a bunch of babble and balderdash. They argue all the time." she then said with a deep, fulfilling sigh.

"Conflict of interests," Lionel nodded. "If I've seen it once I've seen it... Well, a lot."

"Not to mention it sounds like Tanya has a crush on that Mr. Daley guy." Atticus added.

"What?!" Tanya yelped. "That is just not true! I have a high admiration for my boss!"

"Yeah, a school girl high admiration." Cherry smirked.

"You actually met Nellie Brie?" Fievel asked his sister out of shock.

"Sure," Tanya smiled. "First day I'm on the job, she walks up, shakes my paw, and says 'Welcome to the Daily Nibbler'!"

"Very keen, indeed..." Lionel remarked.

Tanya just pouted to them.

"Say, vhen you see her, tell her that vas some article she wrote about those mice," Papa said to Tanya. "Slaving avay at the clothing factory!"

"So vhat kind of story is that?" Mama scoffed. "Everybody ve know vorks hard!"

"Who are you?" Fievel asked Darla.

"I'm Darla," Darla replied. "Atticus's little sister."

"I didn't know Atticus had a little sister." Fievel said.

"Well, it's her first time being here," Lionel explained. "We figured we could help her deal with her nightmare problems."

"Well, um, it's nice to meet you." Fievel said to Darla.

"So, this is the famous Fievel Mousekewitz." Darla then smiled.

"Oh, I don't know about famous." Fievel replied.

"Buddy, you helped construct a huge robot mouse AND stop a gang of notorious feline outlaws," Lionel replied. "If that's not fame, I don't know what is."

Fievel smiled bashfully to that before drinking the milk in a thimble that his mother gave him while she talked with his father about the newspaper. "Wow... She must be really brave..." he then frowned about how amazing Nellie Brie was.

"Yes, I suppose so." Tanya smiled as she got ready to go to work.

"This Nellie Brie character has some major chutzpah," Lionel remarked. "And that's just what we need!"

"So what are we going to do today?" Darla soon wondered.

"I think you should go to vork vith Tanya." Mama suggested.

"Huh?!" Tanya gasped.

"And have this neighbor Nellie Brie tell him that this monster is a bunch of 'booble and boulderdick'." Mama then said, patting Fievel on the head.

Cherry snickered slightly from what the Russian mouse woman said. Lionel joined in, also realizing it. Atticus tried to stop them, but chuckled himself as it was kind of funny.

"You mean 'babble and balderdash'." Papa smirked to his wife.

"Booble, Bobble, whatever!" Mama scoffed before smiling to her son. "Fievel, go get dressed."

"Okay, Mama." Fievel said before going off to his bedroom.

Eventually, Fievel returned, fully-dressed.

"Oh, Mama, please, I can't!" Tanya whined about taking her little brother along. "Tell her, Papa!"

"Mama... She is new on the job..." Papa replied.

"Yes, but how did you get this job?" Mama then asked.

"Well... From Tony, but-" Tanya frowned.

"And whose friend is Tony?" Mama then asked.

"Fievel's..." Tanya groaned.

"So, it's settled." Mama said.

"Alright, let's go!" Lionel decided.

"You okay, Fievel?" Darla frowned out of concern.

"I'm ready..." Fievel said, a bit tiredly.

"I'm doomed." Tanya groaned to herself.