Chapter 1: How It All Started
Today is a beautiful day in Duckburg...and what better way to start the day off than having breakfast, taking a shower and doing some other morning routines?
That's not the case for Dewey Duck, an adventurous, blue-clothed duck with a taste for exciting stuff. He prefers to start the day off by doing something fun and today, he's starting the day off by hot-wiring the houseboat that he lives in. At this point, he thinks Duckburg is a boring place now and he wants to go someplace new. Hot-wiring a boat is pretty tricky though and Dewey honestly didn't know if he's going to pull this off. There's so many complicated wires all over the place, but by sheer luck, Dewey had managed to start up the houseboat. He felt really excited as he said, "All right, boys! We'll get to Cape Suzette and back before anyone realizes that we're gone! So long, Dorkburg! Hello..."
It was at this point that an angry grownup duck, with a well-known name of Donald Duck, is standing at the doorway, looking at Dewey. "...Uncle...Donald... Wh-what's up?" Dewey finished weakly. Donald looks even more unamused by this. Dang it! I messed up again! Dewey thought.
Right after he finished that thought, Dewey got thrown into the car, along with his red-clothed and green-clothed duck brothers, who goes by the names of Huey and Louie, respectively. They were pretty much in on this whole unplanned boat trip plan the entire time. Dewey felt frustrated that their plan didn't work and he could see that his brothers share the same frustration. Unfortunately, that means an argument is inevitable.
"You were supposed to get him out by 10:00, Hubert!" Dewey said. Huey looked back with an annoyed expression as he retorted, "You were supposed to signal before you started the boat, Dewford!" Dewey just looks back with the same annoyed expression. Ugh, he always has to remind me that he's the most prepared one. I get it! And what's with the full name thing? I don't get it. Dewey thought. "We never get to do anything!" Louie commented. Well said, Louie! Dewey thought with agreement.
Dewey felt like this day couldn't get better...until he heard the GPS say the destination. He felt like he might be hallucinating and he needed confirmation until Huey said, "McDuck Manor? As in Scrooge McDuck?" That was enough to make Dewey climb up the seat and say, "The BAJILLIONAIRE?" He is feeling lots of excitement until Louie climbed up the seat as well and comment, "You're finally gonna sell us?" Wait, what? I don't really get what Louie just said, but I might as well go with the flow. Dewey thought with confusion.
Donald explained that this wasn't the case and that Scrooge owes him. "We're gonna meet Scrooge McDuck?!" Dewey said as he bounced in anticipation. Then he randomly talked about the tale of Scrooge taking down the rock monster and carving the statue of himself with its rocky remains, which just shows off Dewey's love of thrilling adventures. Huey told the tale that shows off his love for mysteries while Louie told the tale that shows off his love for money and treasures.
After that, they were pretty ready to go to McDuck Manor. Oh boy! This is gonna be the best day of my life! Dewey thought, not realizing that this day is going to get more exciting than he thought.
A hour later...
They finally arrived at McDuck Manor after a slow drive. Dewey looks around excitedly at his surroundings. Suddenly, a limo parked behind the car and the man of the hour walks out of the limo. Scrooge angrily shouted about something. Dewey couldn't tell. Then Donald just walks out of the car and he seems to be in an argument with Scrooge. Dewey would be concerned, but he's too excited to care, to the point that he got out of the car and rolled on the roof before going back inside.
Shortly after that, Donald brought the boys out so he can introduce them to Scrooge. Dewey's excitement level has reached over nine-thousand at this point. Oh my gosh, I'm meeting Scrooge McDuck for the first time! Is this even real?! He thought. Donald made the boys (and secretly Scrooge) promise not to pull off any tricks or stunts that could land them in trouble. Then Donald left the boys with Scrooge so he can go to his job interview. Scrooge and the boys walked inside the manor. Oh man! Once we get inside, I'm going to ask Uncle Scrooge lots of questions! Dewey thought excitedly.
Several minutes later...
The triplets are now at the locked room that Scrooge put them in out of annoyance. Welp. I guess asking Uncle Scrooge lots of questions is a bad idea after all. Dewey thought. Then he looked at the bag of marbles that Mrs. Beakley, the housekeeper, gave them. He doesn't want to play with marbles because it's boring to him. He wants adventure! He wants thrills! He wants danger! Huey and Louie complained about their predicament while Dewey came up with an idea. He walked up to the door and he just slams the doorknob repeatedly with a bag of markbles.
Huey and Louie noticed this and they just sat down and watched Dewey, figuring that this is more entertaining than complaining about problems.
A few minutes later, Dewey broke the doorknob off with a bag of marbles. His two brothers just looked at this in disbelief. "I can't believe that was your best plan!" Louie said. Dewey rolled his eyes as he said, "Come on, guys! Let's go touch some expensive stuff." Unbeknownst to Dewey, a mysterious figure lassoed Dewey out of the room. "DEWEY!" Louie and Huey cried out in worry before they got lassoed out of the room as well.
One minute later...
A bright light suddenly turned on. Dewey looked around in confusion. It seems that he and his brothers are suspended upside down. He looks around some more until he saw the same mysterious figure. This figure looked at them menacingly. Then the figure walked around them. "Who sent you here? Who are you working for? Answer me!" The figure said in a menacing tone.
Dewey couldn't help but notice that the figure has a bit of a feminine voice in that tone. He deducted that this figure is a girl. Then he wondered what kind of girl would be this hardcore. Louie certainly didn't have those thoughts because he immediately cried out, "Uncle Scroooooge!" Dewey looked at the figure, wondering what her next move is. The figure squealed. "Uncle Scrooge? Oh my gosh, the nephews!" She said as she clapped to turn on the room lights, revealing herself as Webby Vanderquack.
After Webby cut off the rope, the brothers fell. Louie and Huey got up while looking at Webby. She went over and helped Dewey up. Dewey looks at Webby with curiosity. Whoa... What kind of girl is this? Dewey thought with more curiosity. Then Webby asked some questions. One of them is, "Who's the evil triplet?" Dewey and Huey immediately point at Louie. Louie just shrugged. Webby just squeals excitedly as she took the pictures the triplets. The boys weren't exactly prepared for that and they end up getting silly looks in this picture.
So Webby is a big fan of my family and she's very energetic and spunky...could that mean that she loves adventures as much as I do? That would have been cool. Dewey thought with hope. Then he saw Webby putting the picture up on the wall, wrapping some sort of string around the thumbtacks holding up the boys' picture and Webby's drawing of herself, and she wrote the word "Friends" between the two pictures.
Dewey smiled at this even though he has no idea why. Maybe he just likes the thought that he's friends with the girl who could possibly share similar interests with him. These thoughts just kept on coming until he noticed that Webby just opened the vent for them to crawl through. He followed in last.
Several minutes later...
Dewey looked around in the Wing of Secrets (which is actually Scrooge's garage). He's currently in a bad mood because he heard Scrooge say bad things about family while he was crawling in the vents. His mood is so bad to the point that he just doesn't care when Louie tries to show him valuable stuff.
Webby sure don't notice this as she was too focused on eagerly showing the triplets some cool stuff. Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh! I still can't believe that they're here! I'm gonna show them as much cool stuff as I can! They will surely be mesmerized! Webby thought excitedly. Then she took a small glance at Dewey and she briefly noticed his negative expression. She felt a small twinge of concern in her heart. Dewey doesn't look like he's having fun...maybe if I showed him more cool stuff and maybe he will cheer up! She thought optimistically. Then she heard Dewey say, "It's fake." She walked over to where Dewey is at, along with everyone else.
Dewey is looking at the painting of Scrooge fighting off the pirates. What Dewey couldn't believe is that Donald is also in this picture, helping Scrooge defeat the pirates. Huey, Louie, and Webby also walked up to the painting. Of course, Huey and Louie didn't believe that either. There's no way that Uncle Donald is an adventurer. That sounds fake. Therefore, everything else is fake. Dewey thought. Webby begged to differ however. "Donald Duck is one of the most daring adventurers of all time!" She declared.
Dewey looks at Webby in disbelief. Is Webby's head working alright? Dewey assumed. Webby went around the room, trying to prove that it's real...until she showed the treasure chest. It suddenly opened up, revealing a floating bedsheet. Dewey just thought that it was a Halloween decoration as he pulled the bedsheet away. Well, he thought wrong...
Several minutes of fighting later...
The ghost (and two other hazards) are now defeated with a help of Scrooge McDuck, who randomly entered the garage. Unfortunately, after the little lecture, he accidentally unleashed another evil: A gold hunting dragon named Pixiu. Pixiu went after the Money Bin and Scrooge grabbed on to it to make sure that it won't take his fortune, leaving the kids behind in the garage for a short while.
After those events, Webby wanted to go after the dragon. Huey looked at Webby and he said, "Wait, where are you going?" Webby looked back at the triplets with a determined look as she said, "I'm gonna go eat a hamburger!" Dewey (and his brothers) knew what she meant and he admired her determination because that's exactly what he would do. "We're in!" He said while smiling.
"Cool!" Webby said. Then she added, "To be clear, I'm gonna go catch a dragon. The hamburger was a metaphor from before and..." Dewey inwardly chuckled. He found Webby's quirky personality very endearing. Wait, why am I having those thoughts? ...Actually, maybe I should just worry about that later. We got a gold dragon to catch. Dewey thought, not aware that he's going to have lots of those thoughts in a future.
Then Dewey interrupted Webby's explanation by saying, "Yeah, yeah, n-no, we get it, we get it. But how are we gonna get up there?" As if on cue, Launchpad peered into the garage from doorway and said, "I'm a pilot."
A few minutes later...
The kids are standing triumphantly in front of Scrooge while they're all in the plane. Scrooge is about to fall down to the ground once he got thrown off the dragon, but Dewey grabbed Scrooge's hand and the rest of the kids helped him pull Scrooge in.
Scrooge doesn't look pleased to see that the kids are not in their rooms like he told them to do, but Dewey explains that there's no time and that they have a plan. They'll use a garden hose to wrap it around Scrooge like a bungee cord. Then Scrooge will use a Medusa Gauntlet (that Louie stole from the garage) to turn the dragon into stone.
Dewey nodded at Webby and she nodded back. It's time to put the plan into action.
After putting the plan into action...
The kids are holding the garden hose for Scrooge to swing around and grab on to the dragon with the Medusa Gauntlet.
Dewey is standing at the front and Webby is standing behind him. They, along with the rest of the kids, worked together to make sure that Scrooge will swing in the right direction and grab on to Pixiu.
That's when Dewey and Webby first felt the chemistry spark between them. At the time, they don't know what the spark is and what that means, but they can agree that the feeling is really nice. This feeling... What is this? I don't get what the feeling means...but this feels nice. Dewey and Webby both thought together.
After they thought about that, Scrooge managed to turn the dragon into stone. Unfortunately, the thoughts must have been distracting Dewey and Webby because the dragon's tail launched Scrooge up into the air and the kids lost their grip on the garden hose. Fortunately, the roof is broken thanks to the dragon, so Scrooge dove through the open roof and into the sea of coins down below. The kids felt very happy about that and Launchpad felt the same way, to the point that he didn't pay attention to his flying as he inadvertently gave a family lesson.
After the crash...
The crash was thankfully non-fatal, so the kids and Launchpad survived. Scrooge got outside and he made the kids sit down so he can talk to them.
At first, Scrooge started off with a lecture about how they almost got him killed...twice (and Huey didn't help by adding that the monsters count as an almost-death total). Dewey and Webby looked at each other nervously, wondering what Scrooge is gonna say next.
What they didn't expect is that Scrooge laughed and he sat down with them, praising them for the help and thrills that they gave him. Dewey thought that this came out of nowhere, but he's not complaining. Webby just looks enthusiastically at Scrooge.
Then Scrooge said that he had missed trouble and that he had planned a trip for the kids. The kids looked very excitedly at Scrooge, especially Dewey and Webby. Then Scrooge called up Mrs. Beakley and he told her to clear his schedule because it's time for a field trip. The kids cheered very loudly.
I can't believe this! I'm finally going on a real adventure for a first time! Dewey thought excitedly once again. Then he looked at Webby. He smiled. Webby looked back at Dewey and she smiled back. And I bet the adventure is going to be even more fun with Webby since she loves adventure as much as I do... This is going to be the best adventure ever! Dewey thought again.
(And that's all for the first chapter! Wow, this is my first time writing a fanfiction about romance. The feeling is great and the writing is fun. :D Also, I'm really sorry if the beginning is really slow. I just wanted a build-up to when they meet Webby. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! ? See you later!)