Alvin and the Chipmunks: New Beginnings

By

Jake Holmes

Chapter 1: It's a Start...

To all the readers: this is an original AATC idea. But if, for some reason, there is an idea that belongs to you, feel free to tell me in your review(s), as I may have not seen your fan fic and probably didn't realize it was your idea. Like any other fan fic writer, I don't own AATC, though there are a few OCs. Enjoy!

(At the end of a concert in Japan, Alvin and the Chipmunks and the Chipettes have some down time before they have to get home.)

Alvin: Man, I like Japan and all, but you know what they say, "Home is where the heart is". Can't wait for that plane ride home!

Brittany: (not looking forward to it) I kinda like Japan. Good food, good people, good…everything! Why go home?

Simon and Theodore: (at once) School!

Brittany: (exasperated) Oh yeah! You guys did the homework, right?

Simon: Yep, been done with it.

(Theodore and everybody else agreed to this answer, even Alvin, who normally doesn't do homework.)

Brittany: Of course you did. Think you guys can help a girl out?

Simon: (handing Brittany her copy of the homework assignment) We already knew you didn't do it, so Jeanette and I decided to do it for you. Don't expect to do again anytime soon.

Brittany: Thanks. Ms. Calvin gives the most difficult homework East Westman High has to offer.

Alvin: Do you guys get the feeling we're being watched and/or followed?

(At this time they realize they are being watched. Though Simon and Jeanette, the smart ones, didn't notice it first, they were the first to react to the fact that they were being followed. They turned towards the source and alerted their sibling to their pursuer.)

Jeanette: Guys look!

(Just then, a mass of ones and zeros appeared and out of this came a squirrel in a black hood, with silver tufts of fur showing from the edge of his hood (ever saw what Roxas from KH looked like when he had his Organization XIII coat hood on? That's exactly what he looked like). He walks up to them and starts to approach them. But before he can even get his name out, a group of enemies that have silverish skin and piercing red eyes lunge at Brittany. Alvin and this hooded figure immediately jump in front of Brittany and take the blow. Alvin counters with a right roundhouse kick (he learned some Kung Fu in Japan) and the hooded squirrel summons a broadsword out of thin air and attacks the monster, defeating it in one blow. Afterwards, the hooded stranger transported himself and the six of them to the airport where they quickly board the flight back to LAX. On the flight, Brittany, clearly shaken up by the situation, turns to the hooded figure.)

Brittany: Okay, you! Start talking! Who are you and why were you following us?

(The mysterious squirrel then pulled his hood back to reveal that he was about 3 weeks (18 chipmunk years) old. He reveals that he had silver fur with several scars on his body with some of them already bleeding because when he fought the beast, one or two of the wounds reopened. He walked up to Brittany and looked her up and down for a moment, turned to her sisters and looked them up and down, turned to the Alvin and his brothers and did the same thing. After repeating this several minutes, he looks towards Brittany to answer her question.)

?: My name is Jake Kisaragi and I was following you because I am, in a way, your guardian angel. I had to follow you because I was assigned you guys by an all-knowing deity.

Alvin: Jesus?

Jake: No. I'm Atheist.

Brittany: God?

Jake: As I've just said, I'm atheist!

Theodore: Allah?

Jake: For the love Pete! I just said I'm atheist! I don't believe in God or any of his friggin' variants!

Simon: Let me guess? The deity of eternity, Lohanu

Jake: Looks like somebody got it right. He told me that I need to stick around you guys to see that the things that attacked you never hurt you like they almost did Brittany.

Brittany: How do you know my name? And what were those creatures that attacked us?

Jake: (sighs) A guardian angel must always know the names of those they look after. The creatures that attacked you are called Shadow Druids. Creatures derived from the darkness in the shadows of every living creature. I should know, because I studied them a little. I learned that they can appear when you feel hate, anger, or jealousy. If you aren't careful, they will get a hold of your psyche and try to kill you mentally and physically, causing you to become a Shadow Druid yourself. I hold a weapon that can kill them and release the souls that they take from their victims. The souls are then returned to their rightful owners, but there's still a price for it. When you get your soul back, a shard of it is left behind for to use for a special cause. The souls wander in darkness, basically in limbo, until they can come together to form a power called Eternity Requiem. It's like being a Super Saiyan, except that you don't get a hair color change. You get all this immense power and you can use the power of the soul shards to lay waste to your enemies. However, once used, the soul shards will return to their rightful owners. Be warned that, as a price, the person who summons it will die.

Eleanor: Just like that?

Jake: Just like that. I've always wanted to try out what it was like to use this extraordinary power, but when I heard the price you pay for its use, I really don't want to fight too many of them on my own.

Alvin: So you came not only to protect us, but to train us in how to fight them ourselves?

Jake Yes, Alvin. That's exactly why I came here. (sees everyone's disapproving looks) Look, you don't have to do it if you don't want to. It's up to you guys. So, you in or out?

Brittany and Alvin: (in unison) We're in.

Simon and Jeanette: same as Alvin and Brittany) We're in, too.

Theodore and Eleanor: (same as the other four) Count us in, as well!

(Jake blinks back a tear. Finally he speaks.)

Jake: from here on out, all arguments are put aside, all quarrels ceased, and all disapproval of each other becomes approval. We are now a team. Nothing will stop us.

Alvin: (taking an edited phrase from the movie Red Tails) To the last soul, last sword, last hour, last minute, last man (he meant woman, too), WE FIGHT!

Simon and Theodore: WE FIGHT!

Brittany Jeanette, and Eleanor: WE FIGHT!

Jake: WE FIGHT!

(And so began their journey. There'll be many dangers and times where their trust in each other will be tested. But in order to save the world, they must keep pushing on and never stop believing in each other's skills.)

So that's the first chapter of my AATC fan fic. Like It? Cool add me or this story to your favorites. Any ideas for my next chapter? Let me know in your reviews (I ask this because I now have writer's block).