"Oddball, can I trust you to be on your best behavior for when we see my old friend?" Jessica smiled to her Dalmatian puppy after she finished packing some stuff.
"You sure can," Oddball smiled back. "And good thing we have a free way to get there."
"Yep," Jessica smiled. "Okay, I'm all packed. Is there something you need to do?"
Oddball looked away at first. "I don't think so." she then shrugged.
"All right, let's go then." Jessica said, putting her leash on.
Once they were outside, they began to feel the ground shake with the sound of footsteps and where this meant their transportation had arrived.
"He's here." Jessica and Oddball smiled.
Oddball soon had wide eyes and smiled sheepishly to Jessica.
"I told you..." Jessica sighed before calling out. "Hey, be right back a second, okay?!"
"Take your time, little lady." A familiar giant lumberjack's voice told her.
Jessica soon took Oddball to her favorite tree to get a quick bathroom break. "Every. Road Trip. Ever." she then teased her puppy.
"I'm sorry, Jessica." Oddball said to her.
"It's fine." Jessica smiled.
After the quick bathroom break, Jessica and Oddball came back to their transportation which was Paul Bunyan and Babe and where Christopher was coming as well.
"Bathroom break?" Christopher guessed.
"Yeah..." Jessica replied. "You know how Oddball gets."
Oddball smiled bashfully to them.
"Okay, Paul, we're back." Jessica then smiled.
Paul Bunyan soon bent down and sets his right hand down for them to get on.
"Here we go, Oddy." Jessica smiled as she went with Oddball and Christopher.
The three of them soon got on the palm of the giant lumberjack's right hand.
"Forward, march!" Jessica called.
Paul chuckled to that and soon walked with them so they could meet the others, and which wouldn't take too long with how big Paul and Babe were.
Being a lazy day at home, Cherry and Atticus played a video game together to pass the time, and where this kept them busy for some time until they heard giant footsteps coming which told them one thing.
"It's an earthquake!" Cherry panicked. "It's an earthquake!"
Atticus bit his lip at first before looking out the window, and then smiled. "No, it's Paul!" he then told her.
"Oh. That was my next guess." Cherry said.
Atticus playfully rolled his eyes. The two soon left the house with their own luggage as Paul was there, waiting for them. Babe smiled down to them and licked them, happy to see them like a friendly dog.
"Eeeek!" Cherry shuddered.
"Wait for me." Patch muffled as he came out with his own luggage.
They soon went to join Jessica, Oddball, and Christopher.
"Hi, Uncle Patch!" Oddball beamed to her favorite uncle.
"Hello, Oddball." Patch smiled to her once he set his own luggage down.
"Isn't this going to be fun?" Oddball beamed as she hopped around.
"It sure is, but settle down a little." Patch chuckled to his niece.
"Okay." Oddball smiled.
Once everyone was on the palm of Paul's hand, he stood up to walk to Mo's house which wasn't far for him and Babe. Mo was playing the piano, passing the time as she bobbed her head to the beat, and she soon began to play a bit louder like she was rocking out, even if it was a grand piano, used for concertos. She soon heard giant footsteps coming and which told her the giant lumberjack was coming. She soon grabbed her stuff, and ran out the door out of excitement since she felt bored waiting at home for this to happen, and now, it finally was. Once she was outside, Paul bent down and held his right hand out which had the others on the palm of his hand which still had enough room for her.
"Hey, guys." Mo smiled.
"Hey, Mo, sorry that took a bit long." Atticus said.
"Eh, it's okay, I got some piano practice done," Mo replied. "So, Jessica, it's nice to hang out with you since I don't know you that well."
"I can see that," Jessica smiled. "After all, you're my little brother's little girlfriend~"
"And possible future wife." Cherry smirked playfully.
"Cherry!" Atticus and Mo whined while Cherry laughed.
Paul and Babe soon began to walk to the wedding so they would be there on time.
"I'm so excited to become the maid of honor." Jessica beamed.
"You and Susan must be really good friends." Atticus smiled, happy for his sister.
"We are, and when I heard she was getting married, I was over-the-moon happy for her and her future husband, even though I had a bad feeling about him at first." Jessica said.
"Who's the guy she's marrying again?" Patch asked. "Derek something...?"
"Derek Dietl." Jessica replied.
"Ugh... That guy seems like such a-" Cherry rolled her eyes.
"I choose not to finish that sentence." Jessica interrupted as Oddball was with them.
Cherry narrowed her eyes in annoyance from that.
It didn't take them long to arrive at the wedding. Paul soon set them down, and they rushed to go and get dressed as it would almost be time to start.
"Jessica!" A brown-haired young woman smiled.
"Susan!" Jessica smiled back before they shared a hug.
After they separated from their hug, it was time for an introduction.
"So, everyone, this is my good friend from school, Susan," Jessica smiled. "Susan, this is my little brother, Atticus with his dog, Patch, and his girlfriend Mo, and his best friend, Cherry, oh, and can't forget Oddball who is Patch's niece and my puppy, and that's MY boyfriend Christopher~"
"Oh, you both look so cute." Susan smiled to Oddball and Patch.
Patch and Oddball simply smiled back as they knew that she didn't know that they could talk. Susan pet them both as they seemed nice, and they liked her right back as they could tell that she was a nice person.
"Um, hi, don't be alarmed by my height." Paul said.
Susan looked up, and then gasped in surprise to see the lumberjack and how tall he really was, she was shocked, but she didn't flip out.
"Susan, this is Paul Bunyan, and his pet blue ox, Babe." Jessica smiled.
"You're a big fella." Susan commented.
"I get that a lot... Also, do you like buttercups?" Paul asked as he soon knelt down, handing some to her. "I just thought you could use a special gift on your special day."
"Oh, that's so sweet of you." Susan smiled as she accepted the flowers.
"Ya know, they say if you hold a buttercup under your chin, and if it glows yellow, that means you like butter." Paul smiled to her.
Susan giggled as she held the flowers. "Did it work?" she then asked.
Paul looked to Susan like he was in love with her, even though she was going to marry someone else, and he smiled to her tenderly. "It sure does~"
Jessica and the others could tell that there was a connection since there was a yellow glow under Susan's chin, but the question was why since she was getting married? Their answer would soon come, but from the sky/outer space. Everyone soon hurried to get dressed and ready for the big day for Susan and Derek.
"Thanks for letting the dogs come too," Jessica smiled to her old friend. "Hard to believe you're getting married. I feel like it was just yesterday we met in the school cafeteria on your first day of school."
"I know just the feeling," Susan smiled back. "And now look at me, getting married."
"And I'm so happy for you." Jessica smiled back.
"I can't wait for Paris too." Susan beamed.
"Paris?" Jessica asked.
"Derek said we'd go there." Susan smiled out of excitement.
"Aw! That's so romantic," Jessica smiled back. "You two are going to have such a great time there."
"I just know it~" Susan beamed.
The two good friends shared a hug with each other as this felt very exciting.
Atticus, Patch, and Christopher were soon seen helping Paul get dressed for the wedding after the strong wiccan used his crystal power to make a giant dressing room for the giant lumberjack.
"Try this." Atticus smiled.
Paul soon smiled back and went to get himself ready.
"Not to mention the best part of a wedding," Patch smiled. "Free cake!"
"Just remember, the bride and the groom get the first and second slice of cakes." Christopher reminded him.
"I know, I know." Patch smiled.
After sometime, Paul soon came out in his wedding clothes and wedding shoes.
"Looking good." Atticus smiled up at the giant lumberjack.
"Thanks," Paul smiled back. "This is pretty cool."
"Yeah, weddings can be fun." Atticus nodded.
"Do you need some help with your bow tie big guy?" Christopher asked.
"I could use a little help with it." Paul smiled sheepishly.
Christopher soon stepped over. Paul then held out his hand to let Christopher step onto it and so that he could help out.
"Let me get that for ya." Christopher chuckled as he helped out.
"So Susan looked great today." Paul said while Christopher handled the bow tie.
"Yeah, and we could tell you were making goo-goo eyes at her while the buttercups were glowing under her chin." Patch smirked playfully.
"Oh... You saw that?" Paul asked.
"How could anyone miss it?" Atticus replied.
Paul sighed as he couldn't keep it hidden. "Well, I know she's getting married today, but... I dunno."
"Well, I've seen Derek on the news, and let me tell you, he is the kind of douche type of guy." Christopher said as he finished with the bow tie.
"Christopher!" Atticus gasped at the curse word.
"What?" Christopher smirked. "He seems like that kind of guy."
"Maybe, but you better hope Susan never finds out that you said that about Derek." Patch told him.
"I guess so." Christopher replied.
"All right, we better run along to the church." Atticus suggested.
"Or just get there by giant steps." Patch smiled.
"All right, if you wanna do it the easy way." Atticus teased his dog.
"Let's go along then." Patch chuckled.
Paul soon took a hold of them so that they could make it to the wedding, and where it didn't take them very long to get to the wedding, thanks to Paul and Babe.
Jessica held onto Oddball as she they walked into the church.
"Is that little Jessie Fudo?" An adult man smiled who was Susan's father, Carl.
"Hi, Mr. Murphy!" Jessica smiled back to him.
"My, how you have grown." Carl smiled back.
"It has been a while," Jessica giggled. "This is my puppy, Oddball. I hope it's okay that she and my brother's dog come too."
"Of course, they can come," Carl smiled before gently petting Oddball. "Hello, there."
Oddball simply smiled with a bark as she panted.
"She sure is a happy little lady, isn't she?" Carl smiled.
"She sure is." Jessica smiled back.
Oddball soon licked Carl's hand.
"Oh! That tickles!" Carl chuckled.
"Oddball just likes to lick people she likes." Jessica smiled.
"I can see why she lives with you then, you were always a sweet girl." Carl smiled back, trying not to get emotional as his daughter was getting married today.
Jessica soon brought out a box of tissues as she knew this was overwhelming for him.
"Oh, thank you." Carl smiled as he accepted the box of tissues.
"I better get ready with the other bridesmaids." Jessica smiled back before going to the church to see Susan's other friends who were the bridesmaids while she was the maid of honor.
"Isn't this great, Jessica?" One of Susan's friends smiled.
"It sure is," Jessica smiled back. "I'm a little jealous. I wish I could go to Paris." she then added, playful, but still sweet.
"Maybe someday, you will." Carl smiled back as he used the tissues.
Jessica smiled to him as she went with Oddball as Susan was on her way now in her dress. Once Carl saw his daughter in her dress, he soon got emotional again.
"Jessica, is Susan's dad going to be okay?" Oddball asked.
"He's fine, he's just really happy." Jessica smiled.
This confused Oddball since Carl was crying which was usually associated with sadness and not happiness.
"Most people get emotional at weddings." Jessica explained to her pet.
"Ohh." Oddball smiled.
"I know it's confusing, but you'll understand more when you're older." Jessica smiled back.
They soon went inside as a short woman looked over as she looked eager to see Susan.
"You must be Derek's mother." Jessica smiled to her.
"Oh, that would be me, dear." The woman smiled back.
"It's nice to meet you," Jessica smiled back before seeing Derek's mother's thumbs. "Uh..."
"Oh, these?" Mrs. Dietl replied. "One thumb's shorter than the other, it runs in the family."
"Does it skip a generation?" Jessica asked.
"Oh, yes, it does," Mrs. Dietl smiled. "I'm gonna have grandchildren with 'em!"
"Heh..." Jessica grinned politely even though that felt disturbing, but luckily, she seemed like a nice woman.
Susan was soon told the same thing.
"She seems nice." Jessica said to Susan.
"Very." Susan agreed.
"So, I guess you saw her thumbs." Jessica guessed.
"Yeah..." Susan smiled sheepishly. "She seems like a very nice woman though."
"I'm sure she is," Jessica smiled back as she took her friend's hands. "Oh, I'm so happy for you on your special day. Thanks for letting my little brother and his friends come too."
"It was no trouble at all," Susan smiled before frowning. "But is it normal to start having second thoughts?"
"Oh, it's just wedding day jitters, it happens to everyone, especially with cold feet," Jessica replied. "Why don't you get some fresh air outside?"
"Yeah, that probably will work." Susan smiled before going outside.
Jessica smiled back as she decided to meet the other bridesmaids.
"This dress is so itchy!" Cherry groaned as she scratched herself in her dress as she walked with the others.
"You'll live." Atticus replied.
"Atticus!" Cherry snapped.
Atticus looked around and secretly used some magic to make the dress less itchy.
"Ah..." Cherry soon smiled in relief. "Now I can relax."
"I have a feeling this wedding will be a very interesting one." Mo said.
"More interesting than ours?" Atticus asked for when the day will come.
Cherry soon stuck her tongue out.
"Maybe~... We don't know yet~..." Mo replied.
Paul could see the bride to be outside obviously to get some fresh air as she was having wedding day jitters. "I know she's getting married today, but... I just find myself drawn to her magically..." The giant lumberjack said to himself. "Does this make me a bad person?"
Susan sighed as she stood in the gazebo by herself.
"Wow... You look beautiful..." The groom said behind her with a smirk.
"So do you," Susan smiled to Derek before stammering nervously. "I mean, handsome. I mean... Sorry. I'm just a little frazzled. I just spent way too much time with our parents."
"Don't worry, okay? We'll be alone soon just us." Derek told her.
"Mmm... Eating cheese and baguettes by the Seine, feeding each other chocolate crêpes," Susan beamed before she soon saw that he didn't look too excited. "Is something wrong?"
"No, no! It's just that, well... There's been a slight change of plans," Derek told his bride. "We're not going to Paris."
"What?" Susan's eyes widened at first with a frown. "Why not?"
"Because we're going somewhere better." Derek replied.
"Better than Paris?" Susan asked.
"Oh, yeah." Derek replied.
"Where? Tahiti?" Susan smiled.
"Nope! Fresno!" Derek smiled back.
"Fresno!" Susan beamed, but she realized what he said and her excitement deflated. "Fresno. In what universe is Fresno better than Paris, Derek?"
"In the 'I've got an audition to become Channel 23's new evening anchor' universe," Derek replied. "I got the call from the general manager, he wants to come in immediately! Isn't that great?"
Paul didn't say anything, but he could sense that this wasn't what Susan had expected or hoped for on her wedding day, and Susan decided to try and be supportive for Derek.
"Derek! That's... Amazing! It's amazing," Susan replied to him, though Paul felt like she wasn't all that thrilled. "Fresno's like a top 50 market, isn't it?"
"Actually. It's 55th, but we're on our way, babe!" Derek replied as he gave her a kiss. "Now, look. About Paris..."
"It's okay, it's fine! As long as we're together, Fresno is the most romantic city in the whole world," Susan said. "I'm so proud of you."
"Of us! Not just me. I mean, of course, but we're a team now," Derek smiled. "You're so proud of us."
"Now, get out of here," Susan smiled back, a bit politely, playfully shoving him. "It's bad luck to see ms in my dress."
"Oh. Come on. You know I don't believe in that stuff," Derek said before he decided to leave the gazebo. "I'll be waiting for you at the altar... The handsome news anchor in the tux. All right? Love you! There, I said it."
"I love you, too." Susan smiled back.
Paul frowned as he could already tell that Susan was giving up her dream of going to Paris after the wedding. Susan soon saw his shadow and looked up.
"Oh... Uh... Hi, there." Paul smiled and waved to her.
"Oh, hello." Susan smiled back, giving a small wave.
"So, I heard about where you and Derek are going to be at after the wedding instead of Paris." Paul said.
"Yeah..." Susan replied. "I'm a little disappointed, but... These things happen."
"Yeah, I suppose they do," Paul said. "Anyways, I better check on Babe."
"She's your pet, right?" Susan asked him.
"Actually, Babe's a boy," Paul smiled. "And yeah, he is."
"Oh, I'm sorry." Susan replied.
"It's all right, I'm gonna get going..." Paul said to her as he began to leave. "Congratulations by the way."
"Thank you, Paul." Susan smiled as she waved to him as he left.
Just as he left, something big was coming down from the sky. Susan looked around as she thought she heard something. She soon saw a meteorite falling from the sky which made her gasp and she began to run to avoid getting hit by it, but as she came down the hill, she was struck anyway.
"Susan?!" Susan's mother, Wendy, came out, calling out for her daughter as she seemed to had gone missing. "Where could she be? SUSAN?! Where are you?" Wendy soon found Susan as her dress was slightly messed up.
Susan groaned as she came out from where she was hit.
"Susan, where have you been?" Wendy asked her daughter, cleaning her up a little.
"I think I just got hit by a meteorite." Susan murmured to her mother.
"Oh, Susan," Wendy replied as she helped Susan into the church. "Every bride feels that way on her wedding day."
Soon enough, a government vehicle parked in front the wedding. Patch and Oddball looked through the window as they saw that and looked to each other in concern.
"Should we send that vehicle away?" Oddball asked her uncle.
"I'm sure there's nothing wrong..." Patch smiled nervously. "We'll keep an eye out though."
"Okay." Oddball replied.
They soon left the window and went to go and join the wedding, everyone seemed to like them, except for Derek who seemed to not like them very much. Patch and Oddball soon went over to their owner's sides to stay away from Derek. Carl soon opened the door and smiled. The piano player looked over and soon played 'Here Comes the Bride' which made everybody stand up as Carl walked Susan down the aisle as the father of the bride. This was going to be a wedding that no one would forget.
"She looks so pretty." Oddball whispered.
"She does." Patch whispered back in agreement.
Derek soon took Susan's hands once she came to the end of the aisle, letting Jessica take her bouquet, and Derek removed her veil and looked a bit surprised.
"Wow! ...You're... Glowing..." Derek said to his bride.
"Thank you." Susan smiled, finding that as a compliment.
"No. No, Susan, you're, like, really glowing," Derek told her. "You're green!"
"Oh, no!" Susan gasped as she looked to see that she was indeed glowing and she began to grow in size and her hair began to change from brown to pure white. "Derek?!"
"Okay, this is definitely not normal." Jessica told Oddball.
"Is she sick?" Oddball frowned.
"What's going on?!" Derek cried out. "What's happening here?!"
"You're all shrinking!" Susan panicked.
"Not exactly, more like you're growing." Cherry told her.
"Well, make it stop!" Susan begged.
"Get me the government!" Derek told the priest.
The priest soon took out his cell phone while running away and jumped out of a stain-glassed window.
"I think we should all get out of here before the ceiling collapses because I have a feeling she won't stop growing until she's giant." Cherry suggested.
"Oh, good idea, Cherry," Atticus replied. "Now, let's have the people get out in an orderly fashion, and-"
"EVACUATE!" Cherry soon yelled out as she had a megaphone.
This caused everybody to run towards the entrance/exit.
"This is impossible!" Susan frowned to herself as she kept growing bigger and bigger. "No, this can't be happening."
Derek's mother was at the door, but had a hard time opening it because of her thumbs. The other people soon stampeded over her while they ran out the doors in a panic.
"Okay, is everyone out?" Mo asked.
"Derek's still in there!" Patch remembered.
"Oh, no. Someone help him," Cherry said, though she didn't sound like she cared. "Someone. Anyone. Please. Help him."
Susan soon broke out of the church as helicopters flew around and people ran away from the havoc.
"HERE COMES THE BRIDE!" A woman cried out.
"Oh, Carl, it's her wedding day!" Wendy frowned with his husband until they were taken away from Susan.
"Well, this is definitely going to be a wedding no one will forget." Mo smiled nervously.
"Oh, yeah, I can't wait for the reception." Cherry deadpanned.
"Derek? Derek!" Susan cried out for her groom, and soon tried to help him and picked him up like a doll in her hand. "Thank goodness you're okay! What's happening to me?"
"Don't panic! Don't worry!" Derek told her. "Whatever you do, don't drop-"
Straps soon came out to capture Susan which made her drop Derek without meaning to. Paul soon caught Derek so he wouldn't have a hard fall.
"Whew... Thanks, Paul." Susan smiled at the giant lumberjack who seemed to still be bigger than her as she seemed to only be up to his chest.
"You okay?" Paul asked her.
"I'm fine, but I don't understand what's happening to me." Susan frowned.
Paul soon gently set Derek down before getting Susan's arm free.
"Thanks." Susan said to him.
Paul smiled, happy to help her.
"Go away!" Oddball glared at the government members, barking at them to make them go away.
Patch began to bark at the government members. The government men soon looked to each other, and looked like they were going to shoot Patch and Oddball. Mo gasped to that and soon rushed over, tackling the Dalmatians to save them as the men began to shoot as she didn't want them to get hurt.
"Stay away from her!" Jessica told the government members.
"I'm sorry, but we have a job to do." One of the men told Jessica, firmly.
The men soon got ready to launch a giant size needle at Susan.
"Stop it!" Oddball pouted. "You're ruining Miss Susan's wedding day!"
"Please! Just leave me alone!" Susan cried out and shrieked as the needle jabbed into her thigh, and she soon took it out, a little wobbly, throwing it on the ground in front of one of the men which made him scream.
Paul soon saw Susan looking about wobbly and went over to her to see if she was alright after that needle had been jabbed into her thigh. Susan looked like she was going to pass out after being jabbed from the needle as it made her move slower. She soon fell straight down to the ground and looked like she was going to black out.
"There's another one! Get it!" One of the men told the others about Paul.
And where that's what they did.
"Get off of me!" Paul demanded as he was being handled roughly like Susan was.
Babe snorted to that and soon came to charge at the men for doing this to his best friend, and where two needles were jabbed into Babe's front leg and Paul's right arm.
"Paul! Babe!" Atticus cried out.
"Derek..." Susan weakly called to her groom, but she soon blacked out along with Paul and Babe.
"I'm telling my sister on you!" Cherry threatened the government. "My sister knows the President!"
"It's true." Atticus added.
The government men soon began to move them away as they took Susan, Paul, and Babe somewhere else where they couldn't hurt anyone since they were seen as monsters.
"We're going after them, aren't we?" Patch asked the others.
"Um... We can always try..." Atticus replied.
"I guess we'll have to," Mo added. "The government's gone too far this time."
"Yeah, Thor's told me all kinds of stories about Bruce Banner and The Hulk and the government." Cherry even included.
"Then let's get going." Patch said.
They soon rushed off, but soon stopped.
"Uh, but first, since we're dressed like this...?" Cherry smiled sheepishly.
"She has a point..." Atticus agreed and soon used his magic to change their clothes into their usual outfits, and they then kept running.
They continued to follow after the government. Oddball watched them leave and began to follow them.
"Oddball, come on, we should go." Jessica told her puppy, picking her up before she could go too far.
"But we have to go and save Susan, Paul, and Babe!" Oddball frowned.
"I'm not sure what we could do to help," Jessica replied. "Would it make you happy?"
"Mm-hmm..." Oddball pouted and nodded.
"Well... I'm not sure what we can do, but we'll help." Jessica soon said.
"Yay!" Oddball smiled.
"Okay, Oddball, I don't know what to do now, but we'll make things right." Jessica promised.
"You're the best owner ever~" Oddball smiled, nuzzling up against Jessica's face.
"I try my best." Jessica smiled back.
"So what do we have to do?" Oddball asked.
"Uh... I'm not sure..." Jessica said.
Christopher soon ran towards Jessica and hugged her. "Thank goodness you're not hurt." he smiled to her.
"Christopher, we have to try and save Susan, Paul, and Babe." Jessica said.
"We should," Christopher agreed. "I think I saw your brother and his friends go on ahead."
"Let's go with them." Oddball smiled.
"Come along then." Jessica smiled back to her puppy.
They soon went together in a car to go after the others so that they could save Susan, Paul, and Babe.