Okay... Well, since no one has reviewed, I figured I might as well publish the first chapter. See what you guys think!
It was a sunny Saturday morning. Well, it was almost morning… If you call 3:00 AM morning- Dave certainly didn't. The boys were obsessed with Alvin's new video game. Well, tricked into being obsessed with Alvin's new video game, Advanced Hop-Mushroom 3.
"Come on! Come on!" Alvin said to his player, eyes glued on the screen.
"I can't believe I'm doing this." Simon groaned as he jumped on a mushroom, getting another 100 points.
"I'm not even paying attention." Theodore ate a cookie, as he turned the joystick, making his player run right, then jump, then run again. He wasn't trying, yet had 5,003,678 points.
"GAME OVER." The game said in a robotic voice.
"How did you do that, Theodore?" Alvin asked, shocked that Theodore beat him. That he, the king of video games- or at least that was what he called himself- lost and got 3rd place. Theodore won, and Simon came close behind, with 5,003,665 points. Alvin lost with only 190,587 points.
"I don't know." He honestly responded with an innocent shrug. "I just pressed buttons and turned the stick-thing."
"Boys…" Dave opened the door, crossing his arms.
"Hi, Dave." Alvin smiled, waving nervously.
"Listen guys, you need to go to sleep, and then wake up no later than 9:00 for breakfast… And by the way, how long have you guys stayed up?" Dave said.
"Well, technically we, meaning Theodore and I, have been asleep, drowning out Alvin, who has been up since 9:00 PM, playing that useless jumping and running game, until 2:30 AM, when I woke up, and Alvin was still playing. "Can't you get some sleep?" And he said, "Like you could do better." "Fine. Let's make an agreement: if I beat you at this machine, then you go to sleep; if I lose, you can keep playing. Deal?" So we shook hands, Theodore woke up and played too, and we both beat Alvin, so we were about to tell him to go to sleep, as we both beat him, when you entered." Simon said. "I rest my case." He sat on his bed with a glare at Alvin.
"I see." Dave said. "Theodore, Simon, you're excused."
Theodore and Simon smiled, but looked over at Alvin.
"As for you Alvin…" Dave started as Alvin groaned. "No video games for a week. No TV for two days, and no computer for one day. And you have to take a nap." Dave concluded, closing the door and turning off the light.
"Thanks, Mr. Logical." Alvin glared at Simon. "You could've edited the truth a little bit."
"I refuse to lie." Simon said, taking off his glasses. "Goodnight."
"Night." Theodore yawned.
"Good night." Alvin groaned.
…
The next morning, Alvin, Simon and Theodore (Alvin reluctantly) went down for breakfast. After that, when Dave noticed how upset Alvin was, he took matters into his own hands.
Simon was reading and Theodore was watching cartoons. Because of this, Alvin was in their bedroom, lying on his bed staring at the ceiling; bored out of his mind.
He groaned in that way only Alvin can. "No T.V. No video games. No computer! I think I'm going to die of boredom…"
Suddenly he heard Dave hollering, "Boys!"
"Oh great; he probably wants to say another lecture about sleep importance…" Alvin complained as he reluctantly got up and went downstairs.
"I can tell you're down Alvin." Dave explained as Alvin just approached the "line" his brothers were in. "And maybe a little fresh air would do you some good. How would you boys like to go for a walk?"
"Dave…" Alvin was about to complain, but realized Dave was just trying to make him feel better. "That's a great idea!"
"I'm glad you think so Alvin." Dave smiled. "Now you boys be sure to stay on the block and don't go to far. And don't talk to strangers."
"Okay, Dave. Come on dear chipmunk brothers!" And with that, he walked out the door, with two very confused brothers trailing behind him.
"What was that about?" Simon asked as soon as they started walking.
"I was trying to be positive." He defended himself. "I actually think this is the most idiotic idea ever!"
"That sounds more like you; always depreciating the simple, innocent beauty of nature." Simone said in his usually sarcastic-like tone he uses around Alvin, which soon turned into an admirable one.
"Oh please! Nature equals boring any day!" Alvin spat out, obviously annoyed with the whole idea.
"But Alvin… It's autumn, and the leaves are all such pretty colors!" Theodore kindly explained, as leaves fell all around them.
A leaf fell on top of the visor part of Alvin's cap. "I am not amused, nature." He huffed the leaf away.
"Suit yourself." Simon figured that there was no point in arguing with Alvin any longer.
As they walked further, an old, supposedly hunchback lady in a black cloak was slowly walking past them. She cleared her throat to get their attention, but coughed instead.
Being naturally sweet, Theodore walked over to help her. "Are you okay Miss?"
"I'm quite alright, thank you little chipmunk." She smiled and coughed again. "I am very hoarse though. Could you nice young boys fetch me some water?"
"Sur-!" Theodore started, but Simon pulled him away.
"Theodore, remember what Dave said; no talking to strangers? As nice as that lady is, she's still a stranger, unless she knows Dave." He whispered to his clueless but well-meaning little brother.
"Oh…!" He whispered back, and walked up to the lady. "Excuse me, but do you know Dave Seville?"
"Theodore!" Simon groaned as he face-palmed himself.
"Why yes, of course I do! He's told me so much about you three."
"Ha!" Alvin proudly proclaimed; as if he had been on Theodore's side the whole time.
"Well excuse me for being cautious." Simon crossed his arms and glared at Alvin.
"That's quite alright young man." She stiffly patted his head and he flinched. There was something odd about this woman…
"May I ask what your name is ma'am?" Simon asked with slight pride in his voice.
"Um, why it's Miss Delane, darling." She sweetly answered.
"Simon, why don't you get the water?" Alvin asked with a proud smirk.
"Fine." He muttered as he trudged back to the house and knocked on the door.
"Simon? Why are you back so early?" Dave seemed surprised at his presence.
"I'm getting water for your friend. She is apparently very hoarse." Simon walked past Dave and went into the kitchen. He grabbed a little paper cup and filled it with tap water.
"What is this friend of mine's name Simon, if you don't mind my asking?" Dave interrupted him as he walked to the front door.
"Miss Delane. She's a hunchback elderly woman."
"I don't know any elderly woman named Delane." Dave spoke with surprise and wonder in his voice.
"Then…?" Simon started but abruptly stopped when he heard a shrill scream; it was Theodore. "Theodore! Alvin!" He dropped the cup as it spilled into the grass, and ran down the sidewalk.
"Simon! Wait! It's too dangerous!" Dave shouted as he ran after Simon.
Miss Delane's hunch in her back was gone, and Theodore and Alvin were in a cage, tied up.
So that's what caused her to hunch. Simon thought as he approached her. "Leave my brothers alone!" He pointed an accusing finger at her.
"Oh, sweetie. I'm not going to hurt them; we were just playing prison." She menacingly said and Simon gasped.
"Well if you're taking my brothers, then you're taking me too."
She laughed like she had just seen Alvin freak out of his depravity of monsters and happily settle for a candy mint (Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman). "Oh please; I wouldn't capture you if you were the last singing chipmunk on earth!"
This took Simon aback as he began to yell defensively. "Hey! What do you mean by that?"
Dave finally caught up with him. "Simon! No!"
"Relax Dave; Miss Delane apparently wouldn't capture me if I was the last chipmunk on earth." Simon crossed his arms and cruelly glared at her.
"I didn't say that! I said singing chipmunk."
"Well, either way you are not touching my boys." Dave tried to reach the cage but Delane was pretty quick for her "age." She grabbed he arms and tied him up with rope.
"Dave!" All three boys screamed. Alvin and Theodore's screeches were cut short as Delane put duct tape on their mouths, turning it into hushed muffling.
She did the same to Dave as he yelled "SIMON!"
Delane threw them in the back of a large pale yellow truck entitled 'D. Industries' and got in the front as she yelled, "Face it Simon! You're just a useless backup singer who doesn't have any guts to save his family!" Then she cackled and drove off, leaving a very depressed Simon behind.
...
Simon looked at the ground soberly and saw something that caught his eye. "Huh?" He picked up a folded piece of paper that appeared blank, but at the top it said:
SECRET MESSAGE FOR LAME CHIPMUNK (A.K.A. SIMON SEVILLE.)
"That's me." He sadly said as he dejectedly walked back to his house and shut the door.
Simon went up to his room and quickly figured out that it was written that "disappearing ink" thing- lemon juice. When he put it to the desk lamp he discovered it had Delane's factory address, or as it called her there, "Delane of the Dark." Below that it said, "Come and rescue your family if you dare."
He walked over to the phone. "I might as well inform the police." He dialed and soon a response came in.
"National Police Force; how can we help you?"
"My dad and brothers were just kidnapped by some crazy lady."
"Okay. Do you know the address?"
"Yes." When Simon finished, the policeman started talking again.
"I'm sorry young man, but that building has been closed down for the past seven years. It's torn down and old. Are you sure that's where she took them?"
"No, but it's the address she gave me." Simon explained.
"Maybe she was trying to trick you?"
"No. She wants me to go after them, because she knows that I just can't do it. She told me that I was a worthless back-up singer."
"Wait, who are you again?"
Simon groaned. "Simon Seville! You know, member of Alvin and the Chipmunks?"
The policeman stayed silent, pondering who he was.
"Smart? Books? Inhibited? Blue? Glasses?" Nothing. Simon groaned. "The tall, boring one?"
"Oh, yes I remember you. Hey could you get Theodore and Alvin's autographs for me?"
"UGH!" Simon hung up the phone in frustration. "Looks like I'll have to take matters into my own hands."
Why is it SO fun to bring a character's self esteem down? LOL. Don't worry it gets better. REVIEW! :D