Chapter 1: Red Rose's Special Surprise

In the forest of Isle One, the three friends: Cuphead, Mugman, and Red Rose are walking along the trail to visit Cagney and Hilda. The three have plans with them. The three are walking over the bridge to get to Cagney's garden.

"I can't wait for us to have some fun at the field close to Cagney's garden and have some lunch," Cuphead says.

Mugman asks, "Cuphead, you remember the real reason why we're going there, right?"

"Uh, I think I forgot," Cuphead admits with a sheepish smile.

"The reason why we're going is because we agreed to help Hild and Cagney with the garden," Red Rose says.

"Oh right," Cuphead says.

"Don't worry, we'll get lunch after helping Cangey with the garden. Hilda agreed to help, and it will help get the job faster," Mugman says.

"That's good," Cuphead says.

Then Cuphead asks, "Hey Red Rose, you told us that you your mother had to go to the doctor yesterday."

"Yeah. You never told us what happened. Is she alright?" Mugman asks.

Red Rose smiles, "Well, as a matter a fact, something did happen. Something special."

"What is it?" Mugman asks.

"Yeah. Don't keep us in suspense," Cuphead says.

Red Rose smiles and giggles in response. Cuphead and Mugman are a bit confused and wonder what Red Rose has to tell them.

Red Rose says, "My mom is going to have a baby. I'm going to be a big sister."

Cuphead and Mugman show big smiles on their faces.

"Oh wow! Congratulations!" Mugman cheers.

"Yeah. You're going to be a big sister," Cuphead says.

Red Rose smiles, "Yeah. I am excited, but to be honest, I'm a little nervous too."

"What's there to be nervous about?" Cuphead asks.

"Well, I never take care of other kids before since I got to Inkwell Isle. On my father's ship, I was the only kid in there. It's kind of lonely," Red Rose says.

"I see," Mugman says.

"But don't worry, I'm sure you have months to prepare of taking care of your the baby," Cuphead says.

"Is it a boy or girl?" Mugman asks.

"It's too soon to be certain. The baby will come in nine months," Red Rose says.

"And it shows you have a lot of time," Cuphead says.

"Yeah. Let's go. We don't wanna keep Cagney and Hilda waiting," Red Rose says.

"Right," Cuphead says.

Then shouts in excitement, "Last one there is a rotten egg!" and runs off.

"Hey! No head starts!" Red Rose screams, with laughter.

Then Red Rose and Mugman begin to run after Cuphead. The three laugh with smiles as they run down the path to get to Cagney's garden.

In the garden, Hilda is planting some flowing in the garden. Then she grabs a watering can to water them. Cagney is looking down the path to see if the children have come.

"Where are they? They should have been here by now," Cagney asks.

"I'm sure they'll be here soon. Try not to get your roots in a knot," Hilda says.

"I know, but they promised to help us and they're late," Cagney says.

Then Hilda says, "Don't worry, they'll come. Red Rose will make sure Cuphead comes. He can be forgetful sometimes."

"I think a flower is starting to bloom for them," Cagney replies with a smile.

Just then, they hear someone shouts, "Cagney! Hilda! We're here!"

Hilda and Cagney look to see Red Rose and the boys walking this say. The three teens walk over to see the two are already working on the garden.

"Hey kids, glad to see you made it," Hilda says.

"Sorry, we were a little late. We had to get a certain sleepy head up this morning," Red Rose says.

Mugman laughs, "Yeah. Cuphead was sleeping like a rock."

"Was not!" Cuphead denies.

Mugman and Red Rose laugh, "You were."

Cuphead cross his arms and turns away in a huff. Cagney and Hilda laugh along with them.

"Glad to see you guys are having fun with it," Cuphead says with irritation.

Hilda stops laughing, "Alright kids, let's get to work on getting the garden finish."

"Yes Hilda," The three happily reply.

The three grab the gardening tools and begin to help out with the gardening. Mugman and Cagney help with digging small and large holes for the garden. Then Hilda and Red Rose put the flowers and trees in the holes. Cuphead's job is to water the flowers and trees. With five of them working together, they are able to get the job faster. Still it has taken them a few hours to do so, and it's already lunch by the time they are done.

After planting the garden, The three friends along with the two adults are having lunch in the new finished garden.

"Red Rose, your mother told that she's going to have a baby," Hilda says.

"It's true. I'm kind of excited and nervous, I'm going to be a big sister," Red Rose says.

"Yeah. Do you think we get to play with the baby?" Cuphead asks.

"Of course you can. But I need to remember that I'll be helping my parents out with the baby. I wonder how my father is going to react when he gets back," Red Rose says.

"Oh, so your dad's not here," Mugman replies.

"He's helping with some deliveries over sea. He should be back at any day now," Red Rose says.

"Man I can't believe that it's already a year since or so since we met each other," Cuphead says.

"Yeah. I can't believe how much time flies over the year," Mugman says.

"You can say that again," Red Rose says,

Then she asks, "So what do you wanna do after lunch?"

"How about we go to Isle Three and head to the beach," Cuphead says.

"Sounds good to me," Mugman says.

"Well hope you three will have a lot of fun. I think I'm going to relax in my new garden some more," Cagney says.

Then Hilda says, "As for me, I need to get to work at the observatory."

"Then it looks like we're off to the beach," Red Rose happily says.

"The let's finish lunch first," Cuphead says. Then continues to eat.

The three friends continue to have their lunch and are going to have fun at the beach. However, they are unaware that someone is spying on them from the bushes. Someone is spying on them with glowing yellow eyes.