A/N: Based on an RP done last month Read & Review!
Cherry and Atticus were asked to go to the elementary school to help out with the school play as it was Fall and time to go back to school. Luckily for them, the Chipmunks and Chipettes decided to take part in the school play production of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. They would meet after school with the elementary school kids and since it would be late and there wouldn't be buses to take them home, Cherry and Atticus also promised Dave and Ms. Miller they would get their chipmunk children home before it go too dark.
More recently, during the last weeks of summer, a mysterious man named Lawrence Talbot moved into the Chipmunks' neighborhood and Alvin found him very suspicious. And somehow Atticus found him both suspicious and mysterious. The bell rang for the other school as Cherry and Atticus met up to get to the Chipmunk and Chipettes' school.
"Jekyll and Hyde?" Cherry muttered. "Seems kinda graphic for an elementary school play."
"Yeah and kind of gruesome." Atticus said.
"Better than the Odyssey I guess." Cherry shrugged.
The elementary school drama teacher saw them coming. "Blueberry and Scout?"
"Cherry and Atticus." they corrected.
"Close enough, come inside." the drama teacher led them in as there were elementary school kids getting the stage ready. Alvin had a cape with a black top hat with frizzy hair, Simon was wearing a logical costume, Eleanor was sitting in a stool and reading a script, Jeanette was backstage with a tree costume talking with Brittany.
"My guess is that Brittany is going to be playing a weeping willow." Atticus guessed from his detective skills.
"She's not gonna like that." Cherry knew how dramatic Brittany could be.
"Alright, let's take it from the top." Mr. Rochelle told the students, he allowed Cherry and Atticus to sit in the seats next to him.
The play was ready to start, not everyone in costume yet, they were getting to the infamous transformation scene.
"No one must know my terrible secret, that I, kind, beloved Dr. Henry Jekyll have perfected a formula which can turn me into the evil, cruel, Mr. Hyde!" Alvin called in character, drinking the pink stuff, then coughed and gagged in disgust. "Simon! What're you trying to do, poison me!?"
"Cut, cut, cut, cut!" Rochelle cried.
"What did Alvin just drink?" Atticus asked.
"It's all just colored water," Simon explained. "Except for that pink stuff from the thermos."
Alvin gasped and coughed again. "That's been in there for months! I just got it back from the lost and found..."
Simon chuckled nervously. "Oops."
"Well, that was interesting." Atticus said.
Mr. Rochelle talked with Alvin about remaining in character, even if it included having something old from his lunchbox.
Darla opened the double doors and walked into the room wtih Amber following.
"Darla, you wanna be in the play too?" Cherry looked back at the girl.
"I thought it'd be good to act again, I loved it, even if I was exhausted almost all day." Darla smiled.
Rochelle looked back. "Darla Dimple? In this school!?"
"She's different then she was when she was a star." Atticus reassured the drama teacher.
"Oh, really?" Rochelle asked her.
"Yeah, she's a great friend," Amber assured him, took out her arm with Darla, showing they had bracelets, hers was blue violet while Darla's was aquamarine. "Best friends?"
"For life!" Darla added.
Rochelle smiled, he never would've dreamed to have the former child star in his theater room. "I have all your movies. Li'l Dickens, Yankee Doodle Darla, Darla Got Yer Gun, and Darladdin and the Magic Lamp... I was gonna get Li'l Ark Angel..."
"Yeah, sorry about that, but it's nice to meet a fan, even if he's a grown man." Darla chuckled.
"Well, it seems like this is going great," Atticus said before he sensed something was going to explode. "Oh, dear."
There was a mean boy backstage with Theodore, threatening him about a sandwich.
"Oh..." Cherry frowned at the youngest chipmunk brother, she couldn't stand bullies.
"Theodore," Eleanor looked down at him as he accidentally bumped into her stool. "Don't let Nathan bully you."
"It's not like I give him permission..." Theodore shrugged, then grunted as he was knocked in his head by Nathan using a broom.
Atticus tightened his hands into fists as he saw what Nathan did. Jeanette had to go to the bathroom, so Cherry and Amber decided to come to Brittany with the tree costume. Though Cherry thought it was just an excuse to escape Brittany's wrath once this would be explained to her.
"Hello, what's that supposed to be?" Brittany scoffed.
"Your costume." Amber said, putting it on her.
"Oh, no, no, no, you are so way off," Brittany sneered as she was forced into the costume. "I'm supposed to be a girl named Willa who cries a lot."
"No, Brittany, you're a weeping willow." Cherry said to her.
"A-Are you saying that I am a tree!?" Brittany was devastated.
"I'm afraid so, Brittany." Cherry shrugged.
"NOOO!" Brittany yelled, then fell on her face. "MR. ROCHELLE!"
"At least nothing horrible has happened." Atticus said.
Alvin mentioned he got a chemistry set from someone named Madame Raya and Mr. Rochelle allowed it if it would help him with his new acting position.
"Alvin, wait, you shouldn't mix unknown chemicals!" Simon cried.
"HIT THE DECK!" Cherry called, ducking down with Amber, Darla, and Atticus.
"This is gonna be messy." Amber bit her lip.
"Yes, yes it is." Atticus said.
Alvin ignored everyone and poured the chemicals together. There was a loud rumbling noise and there was a huge explosion that even came from the school roof. The principal saw and heard it and she knew exactly where it came from and decided to make a phone call.
"Oh, boy, the principal is going to call Dave for sure." Atticus said.
"Think we'll get in trouble too?" Amber was a little nervous.
"Maybe... Wouldn't be the first time..." Darla was actually scared, she may not had been scolded much growing up because she was a Hollywood icon, but she was actually afraid of being in trouble.
"Well, we better help clean up the mess." Atticus said.
Darla wrinkled her nose at the mess. "Looks like snot mucus."
"Come on, guys, we better help out." Cherry said to them.
And with that, everyone tried to clean up the grimy mess because of Alvin's shenanigans.
'*groans* Why did Alvin have to bring that chemistry set with him?' Atticus thought.
"Man, this stuff is stickier than bubblegum." Darla grunted as she tried to remove the goo from the ceiling.
"I'd rather clean up gum than this junk." Cherry added.
"Last time I was cleaning something stubborn like this, I offered to get a stain out of an expensive carpet from my great-aunt and great-uncle's place in Rickmansworth." Amber muttered, but wasn't as whiny as the others.
"At least Patch or Maisy aren't here to see this mess." Atticus said.
Darla laughed a little. "Yeah."
Mr. Rochelle saw the principal and talked with her for a moment.
"How's Patch like it here?" Amber asked with a smile.
"He loves it, especially with getting more to eat and lots of more room to run." Atticus said.
"I thought he would, Aunt Anita and Uncle Roger call to tell me that the others miss him, but they're glad he's happy," Amber smiled at that. "Oh, Darla, how's Maisy?"
"Just fine," Darla smiled. "She's gonna start talkin' in a week or two."
"Yep, Patch is even helping with her learning new words to say." Atticus said.
Nathan the bully was about to hurt Theodore again like earlier, but before he could, Alvin distracted the bully by cutting a sandbag down on him and comforting his little brother now. Cherry looked at that and smiled slightly. Alvin wasn't that bad a brother most of the time.
"He sure does do a great job being a good big brother to Theodore." Atticus said.
"I wish Theodore would tell Dave he's being bullied, it's so rough on the poor guy." Eleanor smiled.
"You're really caring to Theo, Ellie," Cherry looked to the youngest chipette. "Do you like him?"
Eleanor blushed slightly. "Well... Maybe a little..."
"That's close to a yes." Atticus said.
Eleanor blushed even more, her whole face looked red now. "Aw, okay... I like him... Besides, we all know Jeanette likes Simon... Plus, I heard Brittany in the shower the other day and she was singing a song about Alvin."
"Ooh." Atticus said.
"Great, everybody's got boyfriends except me and Darla..." Cherry rolled her eyes playfully.
"I don't have a boyfriend." Amber said then.
"What about that Tommy boy from the Thunderbolt Adventure Hour?" Cherry chuckled, she heard that he wanted to send her letters recently and wanted to get to know her better after their accidental encounter during the London adventure with Patch, Atticus, and Jessica.
"Oh, yeah..." Amber looked sheepish then.
It took about an hour to clean it all up.
"It's late, you all should get yourselves home, remember, stay after school tomorrow and we'll CONTINUE to rehearse for your parents and guardians." Mr. Rochelle smiled before he allowed the students to get themselves home.
"Come on, guys, we better get back before your bedtimes." Cherry said as she handed Brittany's jacket to the chipette.
Brittany slid her arms in and fastened her jacket quickly. "Why couldn't they get a bus for us?" she snorted.
"Because we walk to school and Cherry and Atticus taking us is best." Simon said.
"Was I asking you?" Brittany glared at him.
"This is going to be one long walk." Atticus said.