Welcome to my first fanfiction :-D

As the summary states, this follows the episode "Mind Over Matterhorn" where the Chipmunks are on a hit Europe tour, currently in Switzerland, and the Chipettes are guests invited by Dave.

Early in that episode Brittany is very upset, so upset that she is not even interested in shopping.

I'm not going to tell you anymore of the episode.... you have to watch it for yourself.... but naturally Alvin finds some way to "fix" things and, well, here is a download link to the episode. It is one of my favourites.

http:// rapidshare .com
/files/223636791/Chipmunks_-_3x10A__036A__-_Mind_Over_Matterhorn .avi .html
You have to remove the spaces in the address.

Also, in the actual episode timeline, the Chipettes still live in their treehouse, they have not met Miss Miller yet.

Of course, if we could actually BUY the episodes I would not upload it.
It is a shame that Bagdasarian Company no longer own the syndication.
I would have bought the entire series from their website if they did.

Anyway, back to the story, I will add more chapters as I write them.

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"It's the curse of Stardom," said a smiling Eleanor as she leaned away from the flock of new fans, crowding the Chipettes for an autograph in the foyer of the Matterhorn Hotel. She leaned just long enough to see Alvin try to bury his head in his shirt at her comment.

"How typical of Alvin," she thought, "annoyed that we are actually stealing the limelight."

Silently, she enjoyed it. Both the look on Alvin's face and this newly found fame for herself and her sisters. And indeed this fame was well earned! That mountain trek up the Matterhorn was no leisurely tourist hike. Then managing to pull off that performance number as well as they did, each step placed with dreadful anticipation of the images that may befall the Chipettes. Images of a rag-tag trio of young singers with less style and glamour than the sausages that were served for breakfast that morning.

Well, glamour the newspapers did not convey, but what style these girls showed! What guts and originality they had in their choice of wardrobe. Sold by a mountain-peak performance on the Swiss Matterhorn, they had indeed, as Simon put it, started a trend. One need only look upon the advancing crowd to notice their unusual attire. A sock missing here, torn shirt shoulders there, hair styles that redefined destructured... if only their fans knew that this bold expression of style by the Chipettes was not intentional.

A camera bulb flashed over Brittany, clearly she had lost her feelings of humiliation from that day. It was the happiest Eleanor had seen her sister since Dave invited the Chipettes as guests of the Chipmunk's tour of Europe. Eleanor knew Brittany had been hiding feelings of upset. Sure, Brittany was no emotional hermit, but this tour bothered her, more than she let on to Eleanor and Jeanette. And why was Alvin trying so hard in his latest plan? Climb a snow-ridged mountain to sing at its summit... hardly conceivable, even by the standards of Alvin Seville. Why if Eleanor didn't know better...

"Eleanor!" an accented voice cried, "Please, can I get you in a photo with the other Chipettes? I have my father's camera."

All three Chipettes obliged, their smiles saying yes in any language. As the flash bulb lit, Ellie thought how she could ask Brittany about yesterday's turn of events, maybe even find some reason behind Alvin's, uh, kindness?

"It will wait for the plane," she decided. The plane to the final stop of the Chipmunk's Europe tour – Home. Leaving this afternoon.

"Why couldn't they have arrived here in Switzerland earlier in the tour? Then the Chipettes may have actually been part of the tour, not just guests. Oh well," Ellie thought, "Save the best till last – one of the rules of life I spose."