It was a typical lazy weekend afternoon at the Fudo house until there was a ring at the door.

Patrick answered the door, and after half a moment, he called out. "Darla, your grandmother is here!"

"Actually, Patrick, I was hopin' to speak to all of you since you're little Darla's family too." Charlotte smiled.

"Oh, of course, please come in." Patrick said.

Charlotte smiled and walked inside the house.

Darla looked over and beamed. "Nana!"

"Hello, sweetie..." Charlotte hugged her granddaughter.

"So, are we up for the usual?" Darla asked. "Some shopping, lunch, and a movie?"

"Actually, dear, I was wondering if you and your friends and new family would like to visit Louisiana next week?" Charlotte invited.

"Why? What's going on in Louisiana?" Darla asked.

"I thought you'd like a little vacation," Charlotte smiled. "That, and I hear your friends in Mystery Inc are going to be filming there for a special with that Daphne Blake girl to meet Simone Lenoir and Lena Dupree."

Atticus overheard those names and looked a little suspicious and worried.

"I'd like you all to come with me..." Charlotte smiled.

"I'm afraid I have to work and so does Emily, but I'm sure the kids would love to," Patrick smiled. "You wanna have Amber with you, Darla?"

"I'd love that!" Darla beamed about having a vacation with her best friend.

"Can I come too?" Patch smiled.

"Of course you can..." Darla said, then looked up to her grandmother. "Uh, he can, right?"

"Whoever you and your brother would like, dear." Charlotte allowed with a smile.

"Then I think we know who Atticus would like to join us." Patch smirked.

Atticus smiled bashfully. "You think Mo wouldn't mind?"

"I didn't say Mo, now did I?" Patch teased.

"You didn't need to." Darla also teased.

"Go on and ask her if she would like to come, dear." Charlotte smiled.

Atticus smiled bashfully and went to do just that.

"Are you going to ask that Amber girl, suga?" Charlotte asked Darla.

"Yeah, she's my best friend," Darla smiled. "I'd really like you to meet my friend Annabelle though, I don't have adventures with her often."

"I can tell." Charlotte smiled.

Darla smiled back.

"Guess I better tell the others I'll be going away for a little while." Patch decided.

"That would be best, suga." Charlotte said.

Darla smiled and hugged her grandmother.

Patch then went out the doggy door to pay a visit to Shelter 17. And where he used his magic to get there much faster. It was a typical day at the shelter so far. Patch walked out to meet the others, then got tackled slightly.

"Hi, Patch!" Rebound grinned with her tail wagging excitedly. "Wanna play? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh?!"

"Sorry Rebound, I can't today; I'm gonna be gone for a while on vacation." Patch said.

"Aww..." Rebound pouted.

Patch then gently got her off. "Um, we'll play when I get back?"

"YAY!" Rebound cheered then.

"I thought that might cheer you up." Patch smiled.

Rebound giggled excitedly. "When're you coming back?"

"Soon," Patch chuckled and walked off to tell Lucky and Cookie. "Really soon..."

"Okay then, I'll wait." Rebound smiled.

"Hopefully..." Patch whispered as he came to his parental figures.

Lucky and Cookie were sitting together and seemed to be laughing to each other's company.

Lucky then pushed a bone with a bow over to Cookie. "Um, I thought you'd like this as a gift."

"Oh, Lucky, how thoughtful." Cookie smiled.

"Anything for you..." Lucky smiled bashfully.

Patch put his paw to his muzzle and coughed slightly. Lucky and Cookie then blushed and looked over to the puppy.

"Hey Lucky, hey Cookie, can I talk with you two for a second?" Patch asked.

"Sure, honey, you know you can talk to us about anything." Cookie smiled warmly like a true surrogate mother.

"What's up, son?" Lucky smiled as well.

"Well you see, I'm gonna be going on a vacation to Louisiana." Patch said.

"Oh, is that right?" Cookie asked. "Atticus's aunt?"

"Darla's grandmother," Patch corrected. "You remember, her father used to be the King of Mardi Gras?"

"Ohh, yeah." Cookie smiled.

"Where you headed then?" Lucky asked. "New Orleans?"

"I'll just have to see, but I'll bring you back something." Patch promised.

"Great." Lucky smiled.

"Be safe now, ya hear?" Cookie smiled.

"Yes, ma'am." Patch nodded once to her.

"Good." Cookie smiled.

Patch nuzzled against them with a small smile. "I love you guys so much."

"We love you too." Lucky and Cookie smiled.

Patch smiled back and wiped his eye with his paw with a small sniffle.

"We'll miss you too, buddy." Lucky said.

Patch nodded and then decided to get going. "Tell the others I said bye."

"We promise." Cookie nodded.

Patch smiled back before teleporting away. Lucky and Cookie then smiled bashfully to each other as Patch went off.

Darla came to visit the Greening house to invite Annabelle on the trip along with her and Amber.

"Louisiana, huh?" Annabelle asked as she was polishing a wand while sitting on her bed.

"Yeah." Darla nodded.

"I've never been there..." Annabelle smiled to Darla.

"So, would you like to come?" Darla invited. "I'd also like you to meet my grandmother, she's from there."

"Hang on..." Annabelle said, then came over to Oliver. "Dad, can I go to Louisiana with Darla and Amber?"

"Of course you can." Oliver smiled.

"Thanks, Daddy!" Annabelle smiled and hugged her father.

Oliver smiled back and hugged his daughter back. "I'm so glad you're making friends."

"Same here." Annabelle smiled.

Oliver gently patted Annabelle on the head.

Annabelle then came back in her room to meet Darla. "He said yes."

"Yay!" Darla cheered.

Annabelle laughed with Darla and the girls hugged each other.

At the Smith house...

"I should be able to..." Amber replied as she was sitting on her piano bench in the living room with the other two girls on the couch. "Your grandmother won't mind, right?"

"Not at all," Darla smiled. "She's always wanted to meet my friends."

"Great." Amber smiled.

"Well, that's all of us then," Darla smiled back. "Now just for Atticus to tell Mo and Cherry."

"Yep." Annabelle smiled.

Meanwhile with Atticus...

Atticus had a flower in his hand as he was coming to the Brown house to invite Mo for the trip. "So, Mo, Darla's grandmother is in town, and she's gonna take us all out to Louisiana, if you wanna come, I mean, only if you want..." he then held out the flower as he practiced an invitation. "I would be honored if you would join us."

"Atticus?" Mo's voice asked.

Atticus's eyes widened, then turned to Mo.

"What's up?" Mo asked as she had Junior in his stroller.

"Um, w-well so, Mo, Darla's grandmother is in town, and she's gonna take us all out to Louisiana, if you wanna come, I mean, only if you want..." he then held out the flower to her. "I would be honored if you would join us."

"Oh, that sounds marvelous..." Mo smiled to the invitation.

"So you'll come?" Atticus smiled.

"I would love to." Mo smiled back.

Atticus smiled, she then looked away happily and he was about to kiss her, until... Junior giggled and hit Atticus with his rattle.

"Junior!" Mo called sharply to her baby brother.

"It's okay, it didn't hurt." Atticus smiled.

Junir just cooed and giggled.

Mo bent down and picked up her baby brother. "What am I going to do with you?"

Junior only seemed to giggle. Atticus gently patted the boy on his head. Junior then yawned and nuzzled up against Mo.

Mo then put Junior back down in the stroller. "I better take him in for his nap."

"Okay." Atticus smiled.

Mo smiled back and pushed the stroller gently back to her home. Atticus decided to walk with her and held out the flower for her.

Mo smirked. "I think you like me, Atticus Fudo."

"C-Can't I just give you a flower while wanting to be a gentleman?" Atticus said while blushing.

Mo took the flower with a small smirk. "Get over yourself, Houseboy."

"Don't you mean 'Strongman'?" Atticus smirked back.

"Whatever..." Mo laughed as she put the flower in her auburn hair.

"It looks pretty on you." Atticus smiled.

Mo smiled bashfully to that.

"Well, I better go and invite Cherry next." Atticus said.

"See you around." Mo smiled as she took her baby brother home.

Atticus smiled as he waved off to her and went to see his best friend. And where he knew that she would accept his invitation. Cherry was writing in her dream journal as Atticus came.

"Hey, Cherry." Atticus smiled.

"Atticus..." Cherry looked over after putting her pencil in her book and closed it.

"You wanna come with me to Louisiana?" Atticus asked.

"It's not Mardi Gras..." Cherry said.

"I know, but Darla's grandmother invited us to come with her..." Atticus replied.

"I feel like Forte said something about Louisiana..." Cherry replied shifty.

"The Mystery Inc will be there." Atticus smiled.

"Can't be that, but I'm in..." Cherry replied. "I just have a weird feeling."

"We'll soon find out when we get there." Atticus said.

"When're we going?" Cherry asked.

"Next week." Atticus said to her.

Cherry then went to her calendar and marked this in. "Alright, I'll remember." she then said.

"Thanks, you're the best." Atticus said.

"Mm-hmm..." Cherry hummed as she then had that as a reminder.

Atticus then soon left to get back to his house.

Darla was in her room, getting ready as her invitations were set.

"So, Dad, you got work as the Wiccan King?" Atticus asked.

"Yes, I have to work in a conference with Enchantra and Drell," Patrick replied. "There's a strange case going on the world with something called 'werecats'."

"That is strange." Atticus said.

"I'm going with him just to make sure things are okay," Emily said. "I may not be a witch or a female Wiccan, but he might need some help."

Patrick nodded in agreement.

"I'll go pack." Atticus said, then went to get his stuff ready for when Charlotte would come to take them to Louisiana.

"Ready to get packing?" Patch asked.

"Yeah, let's go." Atticus smiled to him.

Patch smiled back and joined him.

"I'm worried about the werecats, Emily," Patrick said to his wife. "What if they get to the children?"

"I'm sure Atticus can handle them." Emily said.

"I hope so..." Patrick said.

"Same here." Emily sighed.

Patrick hugged Emily with a small sigh. Emily soon hugged him back.