A/N: Hi, everyone. I've published some Kung Fu Panda fics, but it's time I wrote about something else: Looney Tunes.
This one features Pepé and Penelope. Pepé has got to be my favorite LT character of all time. OF ALL TIME! (dramatic echo)
When you read this story, just pretend that all of them have French accents. :)
Enjoy!
Rescue of Love (Sauvetage de l'amour)
Chapter 1: Going to Meet Her Date
Camera flashes blinded Penelope as she walked down the red-carpeted front stairs of the grand building that hosted Le concours de beauté parisien. Alongside her was her brother, Éric, who put his arm on her shoulder, which was covered with only a red spaghetti strap. She was trying hard not to trip over her long beauty pageant dress that was so long that it was dragging behind her on the ground.
"Congratulations, Penelope! It's so amazing that you've won!" Éric exclaimed to his sister. He was similar in appearance to Penelope- black cat with a white underside, except with much shorter eyelashes and slightly larger muscles. He had donned a special penguin tuxedo suit for Le concours de beauté parisien.
"Thank you, Éric," responded Penelope as they continued to walk down. She looked at the road right in front of the building and turned her head left. Radiant white lights shone as a limousine ran right down the street and halted right in front of the red carpet. A chauffeur, a cat with brown fur and dressed in a tuxedo similar to Éric's, walked up to the door and pulled on the sleek, silver handle of the car door. Penelope, followed by her brother, entered through the open door and sat in the comfortable leather seats. They looked outside as cameras continued to flash and the chauffeur shut the door. Penelope heard the engine inside roar quietly as they drove quickly away. The crowd of people and flashes of the cameras seemed to drift away as the car travelled far into the city.
"So," Penelope said, turning to Éric. "Where are we going now?"
"You don't remember?" asked Éric in disbelief. "You're going on your blind date!"
"Oh, right!" Penelope said, smiling and nodding her head. "Oh, that makes me sooo nervous!"
"I know this guy, ma sœur." Éric said. "Don't worry, it will be magnificent!"
Penelope giggled. "Well, as long as it isn't that skunk that's always chasing me around!"
Éric laughed. "Pfft, of course not! Besides, I heard that that skunk is in the law enforcement! He's supposed to be protecting people, not hugging girls on the street!"
The two of them laughed out loud for a couple of seconds.
"How much longer until our destination?" asked Penelope, gazing at all the neon lights outside, around the city.
"Not much longer," replied Éric. "Maybe about 15 minutes."
Penelope looked down at her lap and the red, silky dress that covered it. Then she looked outside at all the neon lights that shone and the vast array of colors that they created.
"What is the name of the place where I'm having this date?" she asked her brother suddenly, facing him once again.
"The fancy restaurant named La Maison Exquise de Laurent," Éric answered. "I don't know if you've ever heard of it..."
"No, I haven't!" said Penelope, staring back out the window. "Is the food good?"
"Penelope, I've been there, maybe...deux fois?" Éric said, holding two fingers. "The food is fantastic! Best stuff you will ever taste in your life! Not to mention that the restaurant is so finely structured in its architecture! It will be the most exquisite restaurant you've ever visited."
"And you happen to know this date of mine?" the female cat asked.
"Oui, ma sœur," answered Éric. "Don't worry, he's a nice guy. Like I said, it will be magnificent!"
"Then I can't wait!" Penelope said joyfully. "I'm serious! I wish the car could just teleport over to that restaurant!"
"Penelope!" Éric exclaimed, putting his left paw on his sister's back. "I know you can be patient. There's no such thing as a teleporting car, anyway." He laughed afterwards.
"I know that, Éric!" Penelope laughed. "I'm not stupid!"
"Oh, come on, sœur," said Éric. "Don't take it that way."
"Yeah, I know, I was just kidding," said Penelope, turning her eyes away from her brother. She stared at the back of the seat in front of Éric, then at her lap again.
For so many minutes, Penelope continued to stare at her lap, thinking about how her date would go. She would also occasionally stare out at the sidewalk and buildings along the street on which they were driving.
Penelope had been thinking so hard that she was startled when her brother made a sudden announcement.
"Here we are!" Éric exclaimed.
Penelope faced her brother again, with a look of shock on her face. "Éric! You startled me!"
"Sorry, Pen," apologized Éric, pointing outside, to Penelope's left. "Look."
Penelope turned her head around to her left. A restaurant employee- yet another feline with brown fur- approached the door and opened it. Penelope new they had arrived at
"Bienvenue," the brown cat said. "Are both of you going to eat here?"ff
"Oh, no, just my sister," answered Éric. Penelope smiled. "She's with another man."
"Well, then," said the restaurant employee. "Follow me, ma'am, and we'll get you seated." Penelope hopped right out of the car, her heart beating with excitement. She turned around to wave goodbye to Éric.
After they climbed to the top of a small flight of red carpet-covered stairs leading to the restaurant entrance, the restaurant worker swung the glass door open and led Penelope right in.
And the restaurant was one of the most magnificent buildings Penelope had ever seen. Standing in a waiting area, there were white Romanesque pillars, a carpet with beautiful patterns, and well-polished glass doors. Inside the restaurant the tables lay in a nice pattern, the lighting was just right, and the walls had exquisite floral patterns on them. There was plenty of room and myriads of diners inside, along with some large number of waiters in fine uniforms. Penelope stared out the doors separating the restaurant from the waiting area, enamored of the whole interior of the restaurant.
"Penelope?" asked a deep voice to her right. Penelope turned her head to the direction of the call.
And there she saw a handsome cat, who looked much like Éric and herself, sitting on a comfortable bench. His eyes were slightly larger than Penelope's, but he was even more muscular than Éric. When he smiled, it had an undescribable charm to it. Penelope immediately fell lovestruck at first sight.
"You...are you my blind date?" she asked.
"Why, yes, yes, of course!" said the male cat as he got up. As he approached Penelope, she noticed that he was just a couple of inches taller than her. He wasn't exactly towering over her, just slightly taller.
"Je m'appelle Bertrand," he greeted as he bent down to embrace Penelope. Penelope returned his hug with a passionate hug of her own.
"Bertrand, huh?" Penelope asked. "Love that name." She gazed out into the restaurant again. "Are we going to enter or not?"
"Absolutely," said Bertrand, smiling and flashing some pearly whites. Penelope giggled, still admiring her new date. The two of them held hands and pushed open the glass doors leading to the tables.
A/N: So many cats! X3
By the way, here are some translations of the words I used:
Le concours de beauté parisien- Parisian Beauty Pageant
Ma sœur- My sister (sœur by itself means "sister")
La Maison Exquise de Laurent- The Exquisite House of Laurent (nice name for a restaurant, huh? :P Laurent is the French equivalent of Lawrence)
Deux Fois- Two times
Je m'appelle- My name is
There's the first chapter of my first Looney Tunes fic for you. Watch out for future chapters. À tout à l'heure!
