Behold! The beginning of my newest production: The Misadventures of Ivy and Avery! To find info on the new characters, check out my profile. I have ones about my Purity: Earth Priestess characters there, too. This story is based off of the 1980s version of the Chipmunks, but set in 2010.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Chipmunks. I don't own Dave. I don't own the Chipettes (they're here too-yay!). I don't own any songs or other characters used here. Ivy, Avery, Chrissa, William, and Natalie are my OC's.
Ivy Seville bounced in her seat. She looked out of the window excitedly, clutching her favorite purple drawstring bag. It had a picture of Hatsune Miku on the front. Japanese characters spelled her name on the front. Next to her, her sister Chrissa watched Happy Feet from the DVD player in the car. On the other side, her brother Avery was playing a Nintendo DS, various music coming from the device. In the front, a woman sat in the passenger seat, and driving was a man, apparently her husband.
Ivy continued looking out the window, her smile growing wider and wider until she emitted a high-pitched squeal. No-one batted an eyelash. Avery, however, rolled his eyes and groaned. A tune that sounded a bit like "dun, dun, dun, dun" came from his DS.
"Ivy! Your pig-squeal cost me my final life!" he said in a whiny voice. Ivy scowled at him.
"Avery, we're moving to Hollywood. How are you not exploding with joy! And I don't squeal like a pig."
"Yes you do."
"If I squeal like a pig, then you whine like a baby."
"Wow. Nice comeback, sis."
"Go back to your nerd game, bro."
Chrissa frowned. As their argument continued, she threw her hands in her older siblings' faces.
"You guys! I can't hear the movie!" From the front seat, their mother shot them a warning look.
"Guys, can you settle down? I know you're stressed." Chrissa nodded in agreement.
"We've been in this car for HOURS!" Ivy raised her eyebrow at her little sister.
"Funny, you didn't start complaining until someone brought it up." Chrissa glared at Ivy. Their mom sighed and turned back around. She spoke to her husband in a sarcastic tone.
"So much for jet lag."
William Seville shook his head. They were, at this moment, driving to their new house in Hollywood, California. They had been on a plane from Beaver Cove, Maine for five hours and 20 minutes, only to be cooped up in their minivan for two hours to get to their new house. Just when it seemed like they would never get there, William turned into a housing development. Everyone perked up instantly, and even Avery put his game on pause.
The minivan stopped in front of a fair-sized house. It was painted yellow with a dark blue roof. Everyone hopped out of the car and gazed at the house. William walked to the front door and unlocked it. Ivy nearly ran him over trying to get into the house. She gasped at the sight.
The front door opened into a sort of intersection between rooms. The living room, which was to the right, had white carpet and two sofas, plus and easy chair. To the left was the kitchen, and further back was the dining room. There was a staircase on in between at the back wall, along with another door leading to the backyard. Everyone else came in, and took a few minutes to take everything in.
William sighed and put his hands on his hips in a satisfactory manner. Then he clapped his hands, rubbing them together slightly as if preparing for a big task.
"Alright! Let's get ready to move in our stuff!"
All the kids groaned. There was lots of stuff to be unloaded, and it would take forever to put it all away. The movers had already put the furniture in place, but their other things were all in boxes. Chrissa stepped over to her dad.
"Dad, when are we gonna see Uncle Dave?" Because they had lived in Maine previously, the kids had hardly ever gotten to see their Uncle David Seville except when Ivy and Avery were infants-they had never met their cousins Alvin, Simon and Theodore in person. They had only ever seen them on their televised concerts.
William smiled at his daughter. He himself was excited to see his younger brother again. William was older than Dave by three years. His wife, Natalie, had met Dave several times when they had still lived in California.
"Uncle Dave, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore are coming over in two days. Are you excited?"
Chrissa nodded vigorously.
"Two days…today is Saturday, so they're coming on Monday, right?"
"Exactly. Now, before we get started on all our unpacking, why don't you kids go check out your rooms?"
The three kids obliged, racing up the stairs. The second floor was almost as great as the first one. There were five bedrooms, one for guests, as well as two bathrooms and three storage closets. Ivy opened the door to one room and gasped.
There was white carpeting on the floor. The walls were vibrant colors of neon pink and purple. A bookshelf was on one wall, next to a hot pink computer desk. There was a walk-in closet with folding white doors. A floor lamp with flower-like lights stood in the corner near the bathroom door. A TV sat at an angle to face the bed.
When Avery got to his room, he dropped his DS on the floor. The walls were painted sky blue, and pale green carpeting covered the floor. There was a flat-screen TV facing the bed, which was perfect for plugging in his Playstation. There was a dark blue computer desk next to the window. Double doors on the wall across indicated a closet. He whooped and did a fist pump.
Chrissa jumped for joy upon entering her room. It was painted a cheery yellow with beige carpet. There was a closet near the bathroom door, and on the other wall sat the one thing she had wanted the most – a craft canter. There was a work table and drawers for putting lots of supplies in. She jumped up and down, deliriously happy.
Soon, everyone came back downstairs. There was work to be done. After a few hours of unloading, everyone had gotten their essential things into the house. After a dinner of spaghetti, the kids went into their rooms for the night.
Downstairs, William was talking to Dave on the phone. He was glad to be back in California. He was happy for his kids, too.
"Yes. Mmhmm. Yeah, can't wait until then. Okay. See you then. Buh-bye."
Hanging up the phone, William sighed. Taking a look around him, he felt glad to be here. It was that kind of feeling you get when you spend a day with your family or closest friends. He smiled and went into the living room to watch TV with Natalie.
Whoah. If you ask me, I think it got a little sappy at the end there :/ But anyway, this is how the story starts! Please review, and tune in next time for chapter two of the Misadventures of Ivy and Avery!
BTW: Ivy is supposed to kind-of be like me, but she's much more…I dunno, cool. XD Ivy isn't my real name, but that's the way it's pronounced, so I use it as a screen name…yeah.