Two young kids, not very young, were on their way to an airport. Cherry and Atticus. They were leaving for their summer vacation and were on the way to visit some old faces in Cherry's life and to let Atticus meet and get introduced by them.
"Hello." Atticus said.
"Tickets please." Cherry told the woman behind a desk, handing some personal items in order to get boarded.
"Thank you." the woman said, taking the stuff and typing into a computer as men came to take their bags inside the plane.
"This is going to be so exciting, Cherry." Atticus said out of excitement.
"I hope we have a good time." Cherry said as she straightened her backpack she would take on the plane ride.
"Yeah, me too." Atticus said as he straightened his backpack he would take on the plane ride.
"We still got a bit of time, wanna grab a quick snack to take on the flight?" Cherry asked, shuddering about airplane food.
"Sure." Atticus said.
"Good." Cherry sighed, then went to a little chicken sandwich place to get herself a little real snack than peanuts or stale popcorn.
Atticus joined her. Cherry was looking at various foreign things in the airport such as coin machines for new currency when leaving the country, some signs in various different languages, and some PSA's from around the world. Atticus looked around the air port he then saw a camera in a gift shop.
"Cool." Atticus said.
"You wanna get that when we meet Elizabeth and James?" Cherry asked, noticing that he had found a camera.
"Yeah and to take pictures of every moment." Atticus answered.
Just be careful with the flash, they have a baby and it might scare him." Cherry warned.
"Flights are now boarding." the intercom said.
"Ooh, we better hurry." Cherry grabbed some things she wanted to take with her on the flight and had her ticket out, rushing to get on the plane with Atticus.
They got to the plane just in time.
"Thank goodness, feels like a rush." Cherry nearly panted and went to sit next to the window like she always does.
"You're telling me." Atticus said nearly panted and went to sit next to her.
Cherry took out some gum for herself. Even though she hated chewing gum, she only did it on plane rides. She took some of her mother's selling gum and popped some in her mouth for the flight, chewed a little while and waited until the plane would take off so she would chew a little bit more. Atticus was so excited.
"Want some?" Cherry offered so her ears wouldn't hurt during the plane ride.
"Sure." Atticus said.
Cherry took out some gum pieces and handed them to him.
"Thanks." Atticus said.
Cherry nodded, then glanced out the window as the pilot did the traditional welcoming everyone aboard and telling about safety procedures. Atticus payed full attention. Cherry's eyes slowly shut and she started to fall asleep. Atticus started to fall asleep as well. Cherry hummed a bit to the music she fell asleep to, but luckily her gum stayed in place.
Atticus was now having a dream and where it showed him being a puppy. Cherry was just thinking how things were going to be in James and Elizabeth's house now. She was excited to see Junior now because Elizabeth had told her he can speak a few words now and can sit up on his own. She wasn't as excited about that as much as his parents, but she was happy to know he and the puppies had developed since she last saw everyone. Atticus's dream was wonderful up until his dream became a nightmare and showed him as a puppy in the dog pound and in the same cell with a big monsterous dog and began to chase after Atticus as a puppy until he tripped and the dog charged at atticus as a puppy and was looked like he was going to attack him.
"Atticus? Atticus!" Cherry's voice grew distant in the boy's mind as he slept.
The dog then lunged at the puppy that was Atticus and it scared him so much that he woke up in complete sweat and was panting fast.
"Hello..." Cherry's face was in his.
"Um, Cherry, why is your face in my face?" Atticus asked, moving his face away from hers.
"Sorry," Cherry backed up a bit. "We're landing soon." she told him.
"Thanks." Atticus said after wiping his sweat.
"You okay there?" Cherry noticed how tense and frightened he seemed.
"Yeah, I just had nightmare." Atticus said.
"Oh, gosh..." Cherry took a cup and filled it with whatever was left in her water bottle and handed it to Atticus with a smile. "Here."
"Thanks." Atticus said.
Cherry smiled and looked out the window to see the clouds slowly disappearing as they were about to land. Going down the plane runway was always her favorite part, it was like an amusement park ride. After drinking the water, Atticus was now relaxed.
"Better?" Cherry asked, still looking out the window to get a good view of the new sights.
"Yeah." Atticus said.
"Good, we should be getting down soon." Cherry assured him.
"That's good to know." Atticus said.
Cherry gave her gum a couple more chews, then stopped again once the pilot made an announcement about them landing soon.
"I can't wait to meet them, except for that Aunt Sarah."Atticus said.
"Aunt Sarah's no fun..." Cherry grunted, holding herself. "She put a muzzle on poor Lady and those darn cats got us into trouble while James and Elizabeth were out of town."
"That's horrible." Atticus said.
"I think she changed though, she got dog biscuits for Lady, Tramp, and the puppies on Christmas the last I heard." Cherry remarked.
"Yeah, maybe she changed her spots." Atticus said.
Cherry shrugged and waited until the plane would come to a complete stop.
"And I can't wait to see Lady and Tramp and their pups."Atticus said.
"I haven't seen the pups since they were born," Cherry smiled. "I helped Lady give birth to them, I was kind of like a doggy midwife." she laughed a little in her memory.
"Well, I'm sure that they've grown a little since then." Atticus said.
"I'm sure they're old enough to walk on their own like Junior and can speak properly." Cherry added. She showed a picture of Lady with the girl puppies known as Danielle, Annette and Collette. "They have their mother's eyes..."
"I can see that," Atticus said then noticed a boy pup. "And I see the boy pup is just like his father."
"They say he chewed on almost everything, even the neighbor dog's little winter coat." Cherry mentioned, finding a picture of Lady and Tramp's puppy, fondly named Scamp.
"He seems like he would be a troublemaker." Atticus said.
"Being the son of the Tramp, that makes sense." Cherry said as she tucked the pictures in her bag for later.
There was a beam noise coming. "Ladies and gentlemen, we are nearly landing, just keep your seatbelts fastened until we come to a complete stop, and welcome to a new part of the world and have a happy holiday." the pilot called, calmly.
"Better do as the pilot says." Atticus said.
Cherry nodded and looked out the window, feeling excited as the clouds came out of view and the new airport was coming. "I love this part." she whispered, loving going down the runway.
"Really? Cool." Atticus said.
The pilot made his announcement again, allowing everyone to leave the plane and come out with their bags and go about their business now. Cherry grabbed her carry on bag and stepped out to the new airport, looking around curiously. Atticus joined her after getting his carry on bag.
"I think we're here, but where is everyone?" Cherry looked around, curiously. She didn't see anyone she recognized, but then saw a little puppy run up to her and nearly try to jump on her. "Oof!"
The puppy growled, then smiled and licked her face.
"Looks like we got our welcome here." Atticus said as he saw Cherry being licked by the puppy.
Cherry chuckled a little. "Down, boy, down!"
"Alright, Scamp, I think Cherry's had enough." A man said.
The puppy looked over to him, then walked to him and to a full grown dog who resembled him.
"Yuck!" Cherry grunted, wiping some of the puppy slobber off, but she wasn't entirely mad.
"Well, that's sure one way of welcoming visitors." Atticus said.
"We were looking for you, James." Cherry told the older man as he settled the scamp of a puppy.
The family saw Atticus next to Cherry.
"This is my friend Atticus, I hope he can stay for the celebration." Cherry told them.
"That'll be fine, dear." Elizabeth told her, smiling as she held now toddler Junior.
"And I'm guessing this little guy is Junior." Atticus said.
"That's him," Cherry said, smiling. "Does he know any words yet?"
"Oh, just the usual, Mama, Dada..." Elizabeth explained.
"That's a good start." Atticus said.
"Oh, its the triplets," Cherry beamed, picking up one of Lady and Tramp's cocker spaniel puppies. "I believe this one is Annette."
"I'm guessing that these two then must be Danielle and Collette." Atticus said looking at the other two cocker spaniel puppies.
"Yeah, and that's Scamp." Cherry concluded.
"Well, he defiantly looks like his father as a puppy." Atticus said.
"Have you two eaten yet? We have a dinner ready at home whenever you are." Elizabeth invited, holding onto Junior tight.
"I'm sure that'll be fine." Cherry answered.
"Come on, let's go." Cherry said, leaving with the Brown family.
Scamp appeared to be a very hyperactive puppy. He was focusing on food that people dropped in the airport, but heard a call and dashed towards his family.
"Wow, he's like a puppy version of me." Atticus said.
"We better get him home, probably anxious to play with his sisters again." Elizabeth said.
Scamp then whined as she mentioned the spaniel triplets and they weren't jumpy and wild like he was.
Annette, Danielle, and Collette all as if on cue rolled their eyes.
"I don't think he would like to play with them." Atticus said.
Cherry sighed and put her hand against her face. "I get along with my older brother just fine, why is it whenever I meet other brothers and sisters they have the need to shoehorn conflict?"
"Shoehorn conflict?"Atticus said out of confusion.
"You know, fight all the time, get into trouble..." Cherry explained.
"Ohh." Atticus said out of realization.
"Well, hopefully if we give Junior a little brother or sister, he won't fight." Elizabeth remarked as they got to get to the house as the people were singing Welcome.
Elizabeth held Junior as James unlocked the front door to their house and Scamp ran in, tracking mud everywhere.
"Bath time, girls." Lady told her daughters and decided to help her masters get the puppies in for a bath.
"I hate baths." Scamp said, groaning.
"I know, right?" Atticus said.
"Now, Scamp, baths are good for you." Cherry told the puppy who was so much like his father.
Tramp scratched himself with his hind leg as he spoke in private with Lady as James took Annette, Collette, and Danielle for their baths and Elizabeth went upstairs to put Junior down for a nap.
"Yeah, they are, but some of us don't like them, right Scamp?" Atticus asked
"Right wait you can understand me?" Scamp asked Atticus.
"Yeah, I've always understood animals."Atticus said.
"I didn't know you could..." Cherry glanced at Atticus.
"There's a lot of things you don't know about me." Atticus said to Cherry.
"Show-off..." Cherry muttered, but smiled down at Scamp. "Just think, if you do it now you won't have to worry about it later."
"Oh, I love getting a bath!" Annette said, rather smugly to rub it in to her dirty brother.
"It makes my fur so silky smooth!" Danielle added.
"Yeah!" Collette agreed.
Scamp and Atticus just rolled their eyes.
"Scamp, when you live in the house, you have to be clean." Tramp told his puppy as the girls went to relax outside with Lady.
Cherry decided to join the girls.
"Yeah, maybe for house dogs, but not me." Scamp said.
"The same with me." Atticus said.
Tramp sighed. Scamp was just like the way he was when he was a puppy, no wonder he never had one home before he met Lady. He then saw the pup going on the couch and didn't appreciate that with his new ways. "Scamp, you know you're not supposed to climb the furniture, now get down from there before you break something!"
"Oh come on lighten up." Atticus said to Tramp
"Yeah dad how about we got outside and rip some flowers, chase cats." Scamp said to Tramp and went over to the pillow his father was using and began to pull it away from his father.
"Come on now, you're going to make a mess." Tramp scolded them. "Atticus, you're a human being, you know you can't do this."
"Well, sorry if I never had any parents or family to teach right from wrong." Atticus said out of frustration.
Tramp sighed and put his paw to his muzzle.
"Wait, so, you mean you don't have a family?" Scamp asked Atticus.
"That's right and this makes me an orphan." Atticus said out of sadness.
Tramp thought that he should lighten up the moment.
"Tramp, I hope you're not making a mess in there!" James called from the kitchen.
"He's not, I was just trying to play the piano." Atticus lied.
"Okay!" James had a distant 'okay'.
Tramp lay down on the floor, feeling a bit tired like an old man. "Alright whirl winds, time to settle down." he told both Atticus and Scamp. "Why don't you go play with Junior?"
"Yeah, come on, Scamp." Atticus said.
They both went to play with Junior. Elizabeth had left the room to see something else.
Junior was playing instead of napping. He smiled to see one of the puppies. "Scamp!"
Scamp went over to Junior and began to sniff him and lick him. Junior giggled and clapped from Scamp. And where he then placed his fathers hat on Scamp, who then began play around with it.
James came in the room, wondering about his favorite hat and was alarmed as Scamp appeared to be teething on it. "Scamp!" he took the hat and moaned in dismay. "Oh, look what you did to my favorite hat..." he then grabbed the puppy and took him downstairs. "Let's see if you can behave long enough for me to give you a bath." he started the sink water.
Scamp began to sneak away so he wouldn't get a bath. James struggled with the puppy squirming to get away.
'I have to help Scamp somehow.' Atticus thought.
James kept trying to hold Scamp still, but the rambunctious puppy escaped and went outside. Since he was wet and slippery, the dirt turned back into mud and splashed against the girls. Cherry grunted a bit, she didn't really like getting dirty, Lady whined, backing up, and the triplet spaniels were no doubt in serious disgust. The three of them growled at Scamp and James decided that Scamp had to be punished and chained up the puppy in the yard.
"Maybe chaining you up will teach you a lesson..." James said, strictly.
"Come here, Cherry, I'll give you one of my outfits to wear." Elizabeth offered.
Cherry cringed, knowing how feminine Elizabeth liked to dress and would probably get stuck in some pink and frilly outfit. Atticus went outside to keep Scamp company.
"Serves him right." Annette scoffed.
"Simply incorrigible." Danielle added.
"He brought this out on himself." Collette finished.
The spaniel triplets then looked down to see themselves coated in mud and needing another bath. That then cheered them up and they had a race over who would have the bath first since it would be too much trouble if all of them at once took a bath. Along the way to get their baths they looked at Atticus, confused as to why he was going outside.
Tramp sighed as he looked at Scamp outside there chained up.
Lady came up to her mate. "Tramp?"
"Best thing Jim Dear could have done for our boy, chaining him up..." Tramp tried to sound stern about this and not upset.
And then he noticed Atticus had joined Scamp not as a punishment but by his own free will.
"I always get blamed for everything..." Scamp whined.
"Hey, maybe some howling will make you feel better." Atticus suggested.
"Yeah, maybe," Scamp smiled a bit. "Lots of dogs do that when they're upset..." he then was about to howl.
Lady and Tramp looked outside seeing Scamp very unhappy.
"I'll give him this." Cherry had a leftover sandwich from her plane trip with Atticus. She then came out, wearing her new outfit. It was a dull pink sweater with a white top on the inside, and a lighter pink skirt. The pinks made her cringe, but she had to be polite about wearing it in Elizabeth and James's house. She cringed when Atticus was howling with Scamp.
"Human's don't howl do they?" Scamp said out of confusion.
"Well no, but that doesn't mean I can't be the first human to howl."Atticus said.
"You do have a good point there." Scamp said.
They both then continued on with their howls.
Cherry sighed and put her hands on her ears. "I was gonna give you all a little something to eat, but forget it!" she grunted, then walked back inside, a little annoyed with their antics.
Tramp went outside with Scamp's food bowl.
Scamp looked up at his father and looked away, despite being hungry really, but just down because of what happened to him.
Tramp placed the food down to scamp. "I thought you might be I thought you might be hungry." He said.
Atticus did have food with him but didn't bring it out just yet.
"See? I always get blamed for everything." Scamp whined.
Cherry decided to stay in with everyone. 'What's gotten into him lately?' she wondered about Atticus, never really seeing him act like this before. It seemed unnatural for him. Sure, Atticus was never quite normal himself, but he was acting like a dog lately. Then she remembered that Atticus had a nightmare.
Elizabeth and James were telling Cherry what had been going on since she last saw them. Even Aunt Sarah was in a generous mood as they mentioned she sent dog biscuits for Christmas and was planning on coming to the picnic with them with her cats. Cherry shuddered about the cats coming, but hopefully they would be better than they had been before if Aunt Sarah was having a change of heart. Then Cherry heard Scamp and Tramp arguing and where Atticus was joining in, but he was joining in by scamps side of the argument.
Cherry decided to go out and see the two. "What's going on out here?"
Tramp went up to Cherry to tell her what was going on.
"What is it?" Cherry whispered to the former street dog.
"That friend of yours seriously needs a family to teach him right from wrong and to teach him to stop howling." Tramp whispered.
"He doesn't have a family," Cherry said, softly. "You're right though."
While Cherry and Tramp were whispering to each other Atticus began to tell scamp about the dream he had and which had turned into a nightmare. Cherry and Tramp went back inside. Lady was telling Tramp of how hard it must be since Tramp was a street dog all his life until he saved baby Junior from a disease infested rodent and James and Elizabeth thought he was a brave dog. That allowed them to adopt him and finally give him one family.