This is my first One Piece fanfic, and I have concer-wait second One Piece Fanfic, but the very first fanfic I have made implementing a character completely own by me. The anime's so long to write, but I love it to death...I also love cartoons, and thus...it gives me an idea after watching Toon World in Yu-Gi-Oh, and the Mask, and an assortment of Looney Tune cartoons. I...feel I will bring all but backlash and critiques of One Piece writers better than me so, idk by all means. The only characters I own is Autumn, Emi, and Topper, everyone else belongs to Eiichro Oda. Enjoy.
Autumn's dotted eyes open up, a small groan was heard from the yellow kitten. She looked to see the beautiful bright white sun shining down upon her pristine white face and dotted nose, and the blissful cotton-candy shaped white clouds were dancing all around the bright blue sky.
"G'mornin, miss," says the sun.
Birds singing, the atmospheric sound of springtime emanating from them place. It was...quite tranquil. If Autumn indeed met her death, then it's clear that she has now been welcomed to Heaven's gate with open a-did that sun just talk? Her dotted eyes snapped open once again realizing that very notion.
"Uh...did you just talk?" Autumn says to the talking sun.
"A-hyuk! Of course I talked! Why couldn't I?" The sun says with a gleeful smile in his eyes. The blonde cat only looked in confusion at this...a...talking sun?
"Well uh, it has come to my attention...that my sun has never talked before up until now. In fact, allot of people in Water 7 would PROOOOOOOBABLY freak out at the sight of a talking sun. So um...I'd be lying if I said this is a surprise." Autumn simply says casually.
"Aww, but golly Miss...I'd also be lyin' if I said you were in Water 7 still..." The sun says to the blonde cat. Pampering her mildly wavy hairstyle, Autumn only looked at the sun with such confusion in her ovular pac-man shaped eyes.
"Well, yeah that's t-say whaaaaaa?" Autumn asks as she rose up from the ground only to see that what the Sun is saying is completely true. I don't think we're in Water 7 anymore. As if she didn't feel her hair, or her clothing soaked from the water...but this. This is an entirely new thing that Autumn's ever seen.
From her perspective she rises up from the ground to see...a strange sight. There was no sign of Water 7...rather, something completely different. It seems she has made her way in...a flower glade. Flowers, trees, and birds and bees all around as the sun was shining brightly down on her.
Now...it would be quite fine, but the thing that only made her uneasy...was the fact that...EVERYTHING had pacman shaped eyes, the very same as her's. Be it dotted or with an iris, they all still have that same design of eyes. Not only that, but a brighten gleaming smile, the same as her. The flowers, the trees, EVERYTHING had a smiling face; Autumn can only look in shock at such a thing.
"I must've hit my head in the water, harder than I thought...On the bright side, at least my dress ain't soaked. I'm kinda fond of it, at this point." Autumn says blinking in confusion.
"Golly, ya sure really had a good night snooze, huh?" The sun says happily. Autumn soon rose up from the ground completely.
"Now, call me loony, but I don't remember my taking my glove off and hand extending to the sun to make ya talk, or all around to make ya'll alive and such." Autumn says right back at the sun. The kitten soon rose up and looked around to see not only the sun itself, but the trees all around her were bobbing happily as they all were dawning the same smile. She even sees many of the flowers around her with faces as they were bobbing happily up and down.
"Wowza..." Autumn muses.
"A nice place, ain't it?" A voice called out. Soon Autumn turned to see another small cat, just about the same height as Autumn, sitting atop one of the bouncing trees, whilst eating an apple.
Just like Autumn, the cat also had dotted pacman eyes, a dotted nose, and a pristine white face the same as the female cartoon. However, he seems to be wearing a sailor's getup. He's a pristine black cat with white all over its face. The said cat was wearing a white sailor shirt. The cat with his tail behind him was wearing blue shorts with two buttons in the center, and bright yellow boots.
"Sure, sure, nice place. Could do without the entire landscape having a mind of its own, but otherwise, it's a beautiful place, that's for sure." Autumn retorts back sarcastically. The older cat snickered.
"You're not wrong on that remark, I'll tell ya that much. This whole place my dear, ain't something you would EVER find in that big ol' drinking fountain home of yours. Uh...what's it's name? Water 7, that's it!" The older cat says.
"So, where am I, bud?" Autumn asks the other cat.
"Well, one thing's for sure, you ain't in Kansas anymore." The other cat quipped.
"You're not wrong, but ehhhh...it would make me a bit more comfortable to actually know where I am. Is that a crime?" Autumn casually says as she shrugged to the cat.
"Not at all!" The black cat says happily. Soon the male kitten formed his tail like a hook, and hooked it on the branch as his tail extended and he slowly made his way down to the kitten toon. Gently, he reached the ground and his tail retreated back.
"This, my friend, is Toontown...well this ain't the real deal, but uh...yeah toon world!." the older cat welcomes the little kitten. He soon tips his cranium to Autumn.
"And I am Cheshire, Cheshire Cat, at your service, lil lady. Pleasure to see the newest Descendant." he introduces.
"Name's Autumn pal, pleased to meet you as well." Autumn introduced as she soon looked at the cat in perplex."Now, hold on...Descendant, Toontown? You still got me, Chess, - can I call you chess? - Anyway, I'm not quite sure what you're on about." Autumn says as she shrugged in perplex.
"Well it's like this: you ate the Toon-Toon Fruit, right?" Cheshire asks.
"So I've been told, so I'm guessing so. The fruit I ate didn't really have a label or anything, so how was I supposed to know?" Autumn retorts shrugging her arms. Cheshire only snickers at the kitten.
"Touché. Well, that's your lil history lesson there, my dear. You've consumed the Toon-Toon Fruit. Devil Fruit that belonged to Toontown's greatest cartoonist and scholar and savior: Dizon Knee. He left quite an impact on the ocean, I'll tell ya that." Cheshire says.
"I see...and this Dizon Knee died, right?" Autumn asks.
"Yeppers. Poor guy didn't wind up to be a cartoon like he dreamed of, so some troublemaker was able to kill him. See, Toontown is a popup book. That popup book was his last and his GREATEST masterpiece ever made. Think about it, an entirely different dimension within a large pop-up book. The ability to COMPLETELY defy all laws of physics WAITIN' for the takin! Now that's a thing people would actually kill for. And YOU, Autumn, are the key to finding it." Cheshire says pointing to the kitten.
"I'm pickin' up a 'Chosen one' scenario in this story," Autumn says looking to the audience as he turned back to Cheshire. "But aren't I already in Toon World, like ya said?" Autumn asks the cat.
"Well...not quite. You ain't in the book, that's for sure." Cheshire says. "Think of it as a...uhhhhhhh...what do they usually that thing...in that one movie?" Cheshire asks pondering the word for it.
"A dreamscape?" Autumn answered.
"Yeah, that's right, dreamscape!" Cheshire pointed out.
"So I'm dreaming?" Autumn asks.
"Yes indeedy, you're asleep and recovering via bed rest. I'd almost conclude that you've got yourself a lucky rabbit's foot within those dress pocket, because luck was REALLY on your side when that owner of yours helped you out." Cheshire says as the kitten looked in confusion.
"Meow...?" Autumn mewed in confusion.
"What? C'mon you didn't know? SHE DIDN'T TELL YA!? Geez!" The cat says slapping his head in frustration.
"Ahem...uhhhhhhh...she didn't tell me what?" Autumn asks.
"The rule of ANY Devil Fruit user: If you consume a Devil Fruit, then you might as well call yourself an anchor while you're at it. Because when a Devil Fruit user goes in the water, they'll be unable to move their body on contact, and they'll sink like one!" Cheshire emphasizes as he literally turned himself into an anchor, and reverted back to a cat.
"Golly, pretty crucial information to leave out." Autumn says baffled.
"You said it, but don't worry, kid. That owner of yours was able to save you before you get eaten by the sharks, probably bein' the first toon to actually die. Well...not die, more like just getting chomped and chomped and chomped until you're a toony paste." Cheshire explains moving on to a different topic.
"So Emi saved me?" Autumn asks.
"Yes, she saved you, and you're dreamin' getting bed rest. I WOULD let you go, Buuuuuut, aside from that, Devil Fruit users do some trainin' to put their powers to use, makin' them stronger and whatnot. That's why those chumps go out in sea to find the One Piece." Cheshire says casually.
"What's the One Piece?" Autumn asks.
"The title of the original show - please support the official release, thank ya!" Cheshire says winking at the audience when he soon turned back to explain to Autumn.
"Anyway, the One Piece is a different beast of its own, rawr. Just picture it Autumn, treasure greater than any Pirate's fairy tale. Getting the One Piece basically means conquering EVERYTHING this big ol' goldfish bowl called the world has to offer. There was only ONE person in the world that got to that point. Name's Gol d Roger, and boy oh boy is his name in those storybooks. Seein' as you're a cat from the Grand Line, I'm surprised ya haven't heard the story!" Cheshire yelled out in surprise.
"Guess I wasn't paying attention. Then again, Emi babbles about allot of things. I'm sure this 'One Piece' and this 'Gol d Roger' was apart of it." Autumn assured.
"The Grand Line and New World's pretty much a vast canvas of opportunities. Say...fulfilling Knee's dream...? Heh? Heh?" Cheshire hinted as he nudged the kitten by the shoulder.
"Which is...?" Autumn asks.
"Simple: for someone to find the Toon World, and continue writing stories where he left off for all the world to see!" Cheshire emphasizes. Autumn soon raised her gloved hand up.
"Question uh...you seem to know ALLOT about Knee and this 'legacy', don't ya cat? What's the cat hiding in the bag, I wonder?" Autumn asks giving the black cat a smirk. Cheshire only pats the smaller kitten as she scrunched her face in annoyance.
"I like to be pet, but not by another cat here, chum." Autumn complained.
"I'll tell ya MY story when YOU get some training done." Cheshire challenged as the cream kitten looked at him once again.
"Training? Moi? Have you no heart? An actor NEVER trains!" Autumn says taking offense as she poses dramatically, while pampering her wavy hair.
"Ehhhhhhh...yeah they do. Anyway, Autumn; you have the WONDERS of the Toon World right in front of you, and all the world needs to provide you with the wits, humor, and explosives needed to fight off against the real world. So you my friend...are gonna need to prepare for what's next, and we're gonna do it in here." Cheshire says as Autumn looked at the older cat in understanding.
"Ohhhhhhh, so ya want me to train in this 'dream' thingy?" Autumn asks.
"Ay yo! I'll turn you puny kitty into something stronger!" Cheshire says dawning a Sylvester Stallone impression as he was suddenly dawning blue boxing shorts, and punching gloves. Completely shirtless, until immediately he reverted back to his Sailor garb."And why not? I mean you were REALLY in a pickle it seems, with that fancy fella." Cheshire says as Autumn's ears drooped down a bit.
"Yeah...I did." Autumn says as her voice lowered in sadness.
"Sooner or later, it won't be the end of it, Autumn. Lemme tell ya, Knee's power got him ALLOT of attention, both of admiration and...well...let's just say people will look at you funny. That's the ONLY nicest way to put it. Long story short, you'll get a pretty hostile crowd that'll make that gentleman guy seem like one of them daises." Cheshire assured. Autumn started to look...in concern.
"I'm a daisy!" A daisy beamed.
"It's not everyday you would want a crowd that would kill ya, huh?" Autumn asks. Cheshire nodded his head no.
"Tough crowd, indeed." Cheshire sighs. "Now, the question is...do YOU have what it takes to handle a tough crowd?" the black cat says extending his gloved hand at Autumn. The kitten only smirked.
"Hey, when you're a headliner you've always gotta deal with them huh? I said, bring it on!" Autumn says determined. The sailor cat chuckles.
"I like the way you think, kid. The zeal definitely brings this sailor to life. You really are Knee's descendant, and no one's gonna tell ya otherwise." Cheshire assured as the dark colored cat can only smirk at the bright colored kitten in front of him.
"So, as you know Knee is an extraordinary cartoonist, using the Toon-Toon Fruit to actually bring his characters to life. In his days, that man's made ALLOT of colorful cartoon characters. All of them based off of one faction that we see today:" Cheshire explains as he brought down a panel with a picture of a drawn Jolly Rodger.
"Pirates." Cheshire replies.
"Pirates?" Autumn asks.
"Yeah, Knee's a Pirate fanatic. The life of the high seas, oh it's a Pirate's life for he. So he created his cartoons solely on Pirate adventures." Cheshire says to the kitten. A question arose.
"Now...how do ya know all this, Cheshire? You seem to know awfully allot about Knee and his creativity." The kitten asks the bright colored cat.
"Let's just say...Knee and I are a packaged deal. I can tell ya more...IF you get some training done. Even Toon-Toon users can do ludicrous things...why? Because they've been given the power of a toon itself." Cheshire says. Suddenly a projector screen arose from behind him.
"What's that there movie screen?" Autumn asks.
"Your first training session." Cheshire replies. "See, here's how it'll go. To power up your Toon abilities you'll go through a series of cartoons made by ol' Knee himself. There are many foes throughout the Toon World that'll sure to give ya a whacking, but the only way to stop 'em...is to outsmart them." Cheshire explains.
"Outsmart them, huh? Well, I already did that with the nefarious 'Franky Family' that good?" Autumn asks.
"It's a start, but heh, you can do better. Step inside the projector screen, AND LET'S START THE SHOW!" Cheshire announces gaining the forest's attention.
"Golly, a show's gonna start?" The sun asks.
"WHOO!" The flowers and the trees cheered. Autumn only looked in confusion.
"So uh...what am I doin?" Autumn asks.
"Simply charge in and jump at the projector screen. Don't worry, it'll do the rest." Cheshire assured. Autumn only shrugged. She's unaware on how this'll go, but there's nowhere to go but up...or center. She soon rolled her nonexistent sleeves up, and soon charged off to the projector screen. Soon, she leaps up and taken by surprise...the projector screen was...sucking her within.
"Looks like it's time to start the show, heh." Cheshire says as the sailor held his hat and charged as well. He took a leap and jumped into the projector screen. Soon everything went black.
The scene opens up with Autumn in what appears to be a wooden cabin. The kitten looks around to see if Cheshire's anywhere around. No sign of the sailor cat. Rather...instead she feels the sound of rocking, and rocking...as if...she was on a ship.
"A ship huh? Can't say this is the first place to take someone out for." Autumn says to herself.
"JUST START WALKIN'! Go through the door for your first...friend, heh." Cheshire says despite the fact that Autumn cannot see him anywhere. The cat simply shrugged as she soon open the cabin door, and walked through the wooden hallway. Her shining orange flats silently made a noise as she traversed through the wooden floors.
"So, here's how it'll work. Series of High Sea, baddies, and in each baddie, you're gonna outwit them with a specific...slapstick power." Cheshire explains as Autumn walks through the hallway.
"Slapstick power?" Autumn asks.
"Autumn, honey, you've gotta somewhat know what Slapstick is..." Cheshire hinted, but the blonde cat only spread silent. A sigh was heard. "Uncultured feline. Basically, Slapstick is the very essence of physical comedy. We the toons have been given a ton of enemies, but we utilize the art of slapstick to hurt them in a...well humiliating way, heh." Cheshire explains.
"Aww, but I've done that already, pally!" Autumn chuckles.
"Yeah. You did, and uhhh...how'd that go for ya, missy?" Cheshire retorted as Autumn looked at...nothing in annoyance.
"HEY, Quit bringin' it up, will ya?" Autumn yelled out.
"Look, what I'm sayin' Autumn, is that you've got an entire arsenal of chuckles, and gags, and firearms, and the whole kit and caboodle, but it'll avail to NOTHING if not using it properly. The TNT, and the Musket shot is all too advanced for you. That bein' said, you've gotta promise me one thing:" Cheshire proposed.
"Which is...?" Autumn asks.
"NEVER go out of line. There's allot we've gotta cover, and you already got yourself a large arsenal, like all of us. So promise me not to use ANY of them, until I actually TEACH you how to use them. These ain't toys, Autumn. If not used as slapstick, then it could be lethal. Toons bring joy and happiness to everyone, we don't kill. If you use them without me tellin' ya how to use them the right...then you WILL kill." Cheshire explains. Autumn frowned in concern hearing the stern, dangerous tone of the other toon cat's voice. He was dead serious.
"Oh my..." Autumn mused in worry.
"And you wouldn't want that, now would you, Autumn?" Cheshire asks.
"N-No...I don't..." Autumn frowned as her footsteps began to become slower, as she was in deep thought about this. Her ears drooped as well. Autumn never knew that she could've very well became a killer. In fact...she may've already done it...but she decided not to bring it up, even Cheshire might've already known.
"He's still out there, Autumn, so...you're fine." Cheshire assured as Autumn's ears perked up.
"W-What? That guy's fine?" Autumn asks.
"Of course not! He ate a Devil Fruit too! C'mon, I saw the whole thing on the subconscious TV that's your mind! Pretty intense battle," Cheshire says.
"So...I-I didn't kill him? He's still out there?" Autumn asks.
"Nope, you didn't kill em' Autumn," Cheshire replied. Autumn once again drooped her ears, realizing one thing...
"But...I could've killed him, Cheshire. If he didn't had Devil Fruit powers...th-then...I would've..." Autumn says as tears - and sincere tears, no less - began flowing down from her eyes. She could still remember the savage face she bared, when she first found the musket within Topper's hat, and the TNT she had given to the Franky Family.
"I-I've...done so much already...and I could've easily killed people...Chess...what...would Emi think of me then...?" Autumn says as she completely stopped and curdled into a ball, with tears basically flowing down her eyes like a waterfall.
Autumn, AUTUMN, C'MON! We haven't even gotten past anything yet, and you're crying? C'mon, Autumn...don't think too much about it. With my guidance, you won't have that problem, I assure ya. It's just a warning, my dear, and a warning that you should...PROOOOOOOBABLY heed." Cheshire assured.
"IM A KILLER~" Autumn wailed out as tears shot out her dotted eyes like a cannon.
"You're NOT a killer, Autumn! C'mon...I'll be there to help ya, one step of the way! My question is what would Emi think of you, curling up into a little furball, and crying till your eyes are dry? Especially considering you've shown her you've turned into a completely different person, eh?" Cheshire says, drawing an interesting point to the blonde kitten. Her crying ceased, but that doesn't mean her mood is up.
"I...I don't know. Heck, I don't even know what Autumn thinks of me now...especially considering I've...well I've been nothing more than a burden to her." Autumn says in a low tone.
"AND WHO THE HECK SAYS THAT?!" Cheshire yelled out.
"I dunno...that's what I'm thinking at least...or...at least what I've BEEN thinking since my...rebirth...or...awakening...or...whatever the heck you call it." Autumn confessed.
"Oh brother, Autumn, where did THIS come from? Listen, I don't know WHAT reason you believe you've been nothin' more than a burden, but well, you're a pet right?" Cheshire asks. Autumn simply nodded her head.
"Exactly. Humans don't pick up pets for nothing, humans pick up pets because they see that they're in need of a home. You're no exception, missy. Emi...doesn't think you're a burden. Pets are handful, I can relate, but either way it doesn't excuse the fact that pets...have no hope without an owner." Cheshire says deeply as those final words echoes in Autumn's small ears.
"Pets...have no hope without an owner...huh...I never thought of it this way." Autumn says.
"Yes sirree, Autumn. Once a pet's given an owner, a bond's been made. A bond between the pet...and their new friend. A bond between best friends, trust me...is a glee one, ESPECIALLY with pets. Be it cat, dog, parrot, goldfish, cousin Jimbo, no matter what species ya are, you're man's best friend!" Cheshire cheered.
"Bark, bark." Autumn says rolling her eyes. "See, that right there is why I feel I'm a burden to Emi. All this talk of being Man's Best Friend, but here I was in the past being nothing more than a Queen, and Emi her servant." Autumn complains.
"But..." Cheshire continues.
"But...I have plans, my friend. I don't know what, but Ima do something that'll really WOW Emi, as a late appreciation that she knows that I still Love her like hell, and THIS I swear!" Autumn pledged. A chuckle was heard
"Y'know...I've only met you for a few minutes in this dream, but I like ya kid. You really remind me of him. I'm sure you'll do good, kid. " Cheshire compliment as the kitten casually placed her hands behind her back, as she gave the...unseen cat a smile. Soon, the cats got back on topic.
"Now then, enough talk, if you wanna do something for that girl, you're gonna need to hold your own out there, doll, especially with that dapper man out there. Training time. Today we will be covering the most basic lessons of slapstick: Pie. Oh~ the beauty of laughter when it comes to stuffing a sweet, sweet, pie to a baddies' face. Today...you'll do just that." Cheshire explains.
"Oh? And is that why we're on the ship?" Autumn asks.
"Yep, this is your first cartoon: Pastry Pugilism! Starring my old 'friend', Bosom Bonehead. See the scenario of this story is Bonehead's successful capturing of a cruise ship during a sweet, sweet, banquet of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Arctic. Through the door you'll be sent inside the cartoon, starting off with the dapper after party of the wedding. Remember, when Bonehead's Pirates invade, act natural, look him in the eye, have a little smooth talk with him...and then...BAM! Pie in the face!" Cheshire explains.
"Hmmm, nice. If that's the case I'm ready, and hungry for some pie." Autumn says as she is soon approaching a door at the end of the corridor.
"Autumn," Cheshire says in a serious tone. The cream kitten looked up in confusion. "Don't forget to do the most important thing of all, kid..." Cheshire says in a...more dangerous tone. The kitten looked nervously.
"Which is...?" Autumn asks.
"To...SMILE AND HAVE FUN!" Cheshire yells out in excitement as the door in front of Autumn opens by itself, completely enveloped in light. Autumn soon narrowed her eyes and soon walked towards the bright light, as the entire scene turned white.
The curtain rises up. Revealing Autumn taking a pose by leaning her back on the title card next to her.
Dizon Knee Cartoons
Presents a
The Catastrophic Comedian Cartoon
Pastry Pugilism
The opens up with...a band, a big ol' band. The episode begins with everyone having a good time in a big ol' ballroom. Both humans, animals, and even talking with most of the inanimate objects in the ballroom. conversing with each other and chowing down on only one type of delicacies: desserts. We're talking a whole kit and caboodle of cakes, pies, brownies, cupcakes, croquembuche, and all sorts of pastries all around. Everyone seems to be crowding around the table occupied by two penguins, one to be a female, and one a male. Seems to be the lucky couple. Among the table of wine drinking, dapper drinking passengers...was a single, familiar blonde-haired, blonde-furred kitten sitting, on a seat. She soon looked down in realization.
"Meow, meow, meow, new clothing in this dream? Well I admit...I'm an autumn, person, but I'm sure I can pull off this ice blue look." The anthropomorphic cartoon character says as she looked to see that her yellow dandelion colored short dress was now turned into an ice blue, colored short dress. Almost as if it's the sign of winter. The blonde colored kitten's wearing the same white cloth around her waste, and ribbon on her tail, and this time in place of her shining orange flats, she wears such simmering white heels, almost too big for her. The only thing that remained from her attire are her pristine white gloves with their ring-like cuffs.
"Though, I have to admit, the heels are a pretty nice addition to this getup, oh and the bow too!" Autumn says as she soon took notice of a small periwinkle ribbon atop the side of her hair. The little anthropomorphic kitten soon ceased admiring her new look, and watched intently as the scene unfolds in front of her.
"A TOAST!" A man yelled out raising his glass as Autumn watched at the scene in attention. Soon a human and many other around him soon raised a glass, as the dapper penguin and his penguin wife smiles happily as they raised their glasses as well.
"Does this count as a glass?" Autumn asks raising a pair of sunglasses, unfortunately no one heeded her.
"To the newly weds, Iceaac and Burgundy, the coolest anthropomorphic Penguins in all Toontown! May they live another HUNDRED years, and may their relationship last a long as the Winter region they live in, EH?!" The human recited.
"I'll drink to that, h-cup!" A wine glass says groggily.
"TO US! May our love be long living as the arctic itself." The male penguin known as Iceaac says.
"And a toast to someone as beautiful as the Borealis." The female penguin known as Burgundy says. They soon kiss once again.
"TO THE NEWLYWEDS!" The human toast bringer cheers.
"TO THE NEWLYWEDS!" Everyone in the ballroom cheered as the sound of glass tips were heard throughout the ballroom. Autumn soon notices that Burgundy appears to be wearing something, a bright and shiny opal jeweled ring. Her eyes were starry-eyed at the sight of the ring.
"Ooooooooh shiny~" Autumn says in awe as she pulled in front of her a small pink cake. She was about to scarf it down whilst looking at the scene progressing, but soon...a boasting, loud, voice interrupted her.
"TO THE NEWLYWEDS INDEED, YAHAHAHAHAHAR!" A voice echoed out, making all the guests stop what their doing.
SLAM!
The door was slammed open, as everyone looked in surprise. A group of skeletal pirates awaited before them. Most skinny, most tall, and most...are exceeding chubby. They are known as skeletal pirates, and the one in front leads the pirates.
"IT'S BOSOM BONEHEAD!" Burgundy screamed in fear.
"Mew?" Autumn says looking in attention.
"Ya-ha-harrrrrr! Aye, Miss. Penguin, and it's to be said that you've something that belongs to us, hehe." Bonehead says as Autumn looked in concern. Soon Iceaac stood in front of her to defend his beloved.
"She has no treasure, Bonehead! What could you POSSIBLY want from her?" He asks.
"Well uhhhh...we want uhh...THAT! That thing a shiny, shining, on that flipper of yers!" Bonehead says as Burgundy's ring began to give another shining twinkle. She knew just what the skeletal pirate's after.
"M-my wedding ring? I can't! I musn't! You meanie!" Burgundy says protecting her precious ring.
"IT SHALL, HA-HAR! MEN, BLOCK THE DOOR KEEP ANYONE FROM LEAVING!" Bonehead ordered. A large, rotund, skeletal pirate only looked at the leader in confusion.
"Duhhhh...can we have some cake too, Boss?" The pirate asks.
"NO! I TOLD YOU NO CAKE! WE CAN'T EVEN EAT THE STUFF! NOW BLOCK THE DOOR!" Bonehead yells out slapping the big skeleton pirate, making its head spin...literally. The rest of the Skeletal Pirate Crew formed a wall of sturdy bones on the door, preventing anyone from leaving the ballroom.
"YAR!" Bonehead says as he grabs a small rib and slings it like a boomerang, catching Burgundy's ring as the rib retraced back to his hand.
"Oh no!" Burgundy yells out as her eyes literally bulged out and back in.
"Why I oughta, you won't get away with this, Bosom Bonehead!" Iceaac says as he soon zips towards the Pirate Boss. Soon, Bonehead took out his bone of his upper arm, and whacked Iceaac on the head with it. As Bonehead places back both bones, Iceaac with a thick long bump on his head, falls to the ground unconscious,
"ICEAAC!" Burgundy yells out, when suddenly the large skeletal pirate approaches her and the guests, and unattached his own ribcage, trapping EVERYONE within...yeah he was pretty big. Everyone was captured, and the opal ring was all Bonehead's.
"AHA! Thank ye for your kindness, everyone! Now that we have the ring...well, what more could we do? Why...we COULD commandeer this fine vessel, and have you ALL as ransom so we can grab some MORE boo-ty...?" Bonehead says as he dosed off noticing something. One person remains free. One...certain cat wasn't captured, as she was simply enjoying the show, eating the cake and trying not to get any on her ice blue dress.
"Hi!" Autumn says waving cluelessly at the skeletal Bosom.
"Arr...ahoy, Missy..." Bonehead says as he soon approached the kitten, bothersome in his eyes as she was blissfully enjoying her cake.
"Why ain't ya in a cage, lass?" Bonehead asks.
"Hmmmm, I dunno, I'm not really a caged animal. Cages just aren't my thing, y'know..." Autumn says casually as she continued scarfing down a piece of cake. Bonehead wasn't happy with what's transpiring.
"Arrr...DON'T YE KNOW WHO I AM, LASSY! I BE BOSOM BONEHEAD OF THE SKELETAL PIRATES! AND I AIN'T ONE TO BE TRIFLED WITH!" Bonehead introduces as his blade was now pointed at Autumn's back.
"Meow...Bonehead, Skeletal Pirates, well...if ya ask me, Capt'n, I like your style." Autumn says as Bonehead looked at her in surprise.
"W-Ya really do?" Bonehead asks.
"Yep! If you ask me, Bonehead is a pretty...HUMERUS name! heheheheheheh!" Autumn quipped as Bonehead began steaming the moment the joke was made.
"Arrrrrr...makin' fun of me name, lass? NOW YOU'LL GET IT!" Bonehead says, but Autumn didn't heed what the Bosom says, as she whistles casually. Unbeknownst to Bonehead as he was making his declarations towards Autumn, the kitten simply whistled as she extended her arm, carefully, until it reaches the back of Bonehead's skull without his notice.
"Let this be the day lass, ye be tumblin' with the most ferocious pirates in the Har-Har Harbors of Adventureland! The Skeletal Pirates ain't a toy to be trifled with, AND A JOKE FOR YOUR PITIFUL JOKEBOOKS! THIS! WILL! NOT! S-AAAAAA-AAAAH!" Bonehead screamed as to everyone's surprise, Autumn knocked Bonehead's skull off his neck, landing the skull on the cake with a SPLAT!
"Nice one, Partner." Cheshire says in Autumn's mind. Many of the captive guests and the other skeletal pirates looked in shock.
"The Bosom met with cake!" One of the pirates says in surprise.
"The Captain doesn't like cake!" Another remarks.
"Duhhhhh...he doesn't?" The big lug skeleton asks in confusion.
"GAH! OF COURSE NOT!" Bonehead yells out with his skull completely covered in cake.
"I DESPISE cake! I'm a skeleton, I can't even eat the stuff! Bah, cakes, pies, I be no sweet-tooth, and I NEVER will be! And YOU lass, are going to remember that lesson, FIRST H-what?!" Bonehead yells out as he turned around to see that Autumn was gone. He looked around, and found no trace of the anthropomorphic kitten.
"Where? WHERE IS THAT BLASTED CAT!?" Bonehead yells out as his body unsheathed its blade, ready for battle.
"Element of surprise, the best chance you get, pie him in the face again!" Cheshire says as Autumn remains hidden...where? Unknown to everyone.
"What's the matter, girlie? Are ya chicken to face the finest skeletal pirate in the Seas?" Bonehead asks. Suddenly, he suddenly felt something resting atop his head. He looked up to see Autumn casually smiling. Soon...his sight was blinded.
"Nah, I'm no chicken, but this is!" Autumn says as she threw a pie with a chicken resting on it to Bonehead's face, blinding him.
"BLBLBLBLBLBLBLBLAH! Disgusting!" Bonehead yells as he shook and shook to get rid of the pie blinding him. Soon his vision returns...but he still feels something on his head.
"B-GAWK!" The chicken in the pie yelled out as it began pecking Bonehad's cranium to oblivion.
"BLASTED BIRD!" Bonehead yells out as his body grabbed him shooing the chicken as it flaps and flaps frantically away from the Bosom. He placed his head back between his shoulder and began his search once more.
"Foolish kitten, you think it's a good idea to make a dupe outta me? Bosom Bonehead? It'll take more than a pie with a chicken in it, to best me!" Bonehead assures.
"I call it Chicken Pot Pie, you should try it sometimes! And yeah, I know I forgot about the pot, I didn't have time to improvise, sue me; A headliner could only do SO much." Autumn says as she was standing behind the table row of pies. Bonehead was red with anger.
"Grrrrrrrr...WHY YA HALF-BREED, RODENT! I'LL MAKE A CAT'S PELT OUTTA YE YET!" Bonehead yells out as he charged straight for her, but the blonde-haired kitten heeded no attention, as she soon turned to the row of pies.
"Hmmm...let's what I'm workin' with here..." Autumn says taking a pie with her gloved hands one by one.
"Apple Pie? Nah, too basic, love the apple on top though." Autumn says throwing the apple pie back, unbeknownst to her, hitting Bonehead dead-on, with the apple lodged in the Skeletal Pirate's eye. The Bosom pulled out the apple, slammed it to the ground and continued his charge, however more pies began flying.
"Blueberry Pie? Bleh, I'm no blueberry kitty, pass." Autumn says as Bonehead was pelted with the blueberry pie, covering him in pitch blue berry juice, with a few blueberries flying to him. He continued his charge.
"Lemon Meringue Pie? PLEASE I wasn't something better than that!" Autumn yelled out, as the pie was pelted back to Bonehead covering him in cream, and a few lemon slices. He shrugged it off and continued his charge.
"YE BE LUCKY I'VE NO EYES, ELSE YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER THING COMING, LASSIE!" Bonehead yells out as his charge continues.
"Pecan Pie? I'm not a NUTTY person when it comes to nuts either. They're boooooooring." Autumn says in boredom as the Pecan Pie was pelted back to the Captain, meeting with nothing more than brown. He soon shakes and dismisses it off. He looked around.
"Huh...was that it?" Bonehead says unimpressed. Suddenly a whole barrage of pecans came flying at him, as if he was being shot with bullets. Unimpressed of this joke, he continues his charge, he's close to the table.
"PUMPKIN PIE?! C'MON THEY AREN'T EVEN TRYING ANYMORE!" Autumn yells out as the Pie flew back to Bonehead, and even a full Jack-O-Lantern came flying back, taking the Bosom by surprise. Before he could even do anything, his head was sent flying, as the Pumpkin soon took its place.
"A-HA! I'VE GOT IT! Whoo, I knew I didn't come to this table for nothing" Autumn says excitedly as she soon took from the table a...
"Banana Cream Pie! Ooooooh, my most FAVORITE pie of all~ Just the very pie ima smack a certain skeleton in the face...with?" Autumn says as she soon turned around to notice a mess in front of her, and the Bosom's head, replaced with a Jack-O-Lantern.
"Oh, Mr. Bonehead, where are you? C'mon, you don't have to have a pumpkin to substitute for ya!" Autumn says looking around for Bonehead's...head. The audience, and the pirates only looked in surprise at the little anthropomorphic kitty.
"This kid's insane, why...she's usin' the Bosom's least favorite thing against him!" One of the pirates blocking the door says in surprise. Soon...Autumn began turning to see the body slamming down the pumpkin, and a shaking heard from a nearby table.
"ENOUGH!" Bonehead yells out as his head was standing on one of the tables as he only glared at Autumn.
"I...be Bosom Bonehead, lass, and don't forget it! The Captain didn't place me in charge of this raid for nothin!' I ain't gonna be showed to the door, without the Arctic Opal, which of course I have. Now, I would've left already with it in me hands..." Bonehead says seeing the ring around his hands, but he soon clenched them.
"But I ain't leavin' until I show you some RESPECT!" Bonehead declares as the pirates roared and cheered in agreement. Suddenly...he notices something...again.
"BLAST IT ALL, WHERE DID SHE GO NOW?!" Bonehead yells out realizing that Autumn was once again, no longer in front of him.
"Oooooooh~" Autumn sings in awe. Bonehead turns to see that the cream kitten in blue was now standing in front of the croquembuche table. She was standing in awe at the pastry ball tower, her mouth practically watering at the sight.
"Such etiquette, such pizzazz, such...wonders o' plenty! A TOWER OF SWEETS!" Autumn says in awe as she soon carefully grabs the platter carrying the tower.
"BLASTED GIRL, YE AIN'T GONNA ENJOY THAT CROQUEMBUSH TOWER ON MY WATCH!" Bonehead yells out as he soon began his charge with his blade at hand. Meanwhile, Autumn throws the tower up in the air, with her mouth opened wide.
"WOAH!" Bonehead yells out as he slipped up from the pie remains, and slammed to the ground.
SLAM!
Unfortunately for him, the platter holding the croquembush tower slammed on his face, making all his bones fly. Soon, all of the bones landed blissfully on the platter as the metal made a sound within each bone drop. Soon, all the bones were stacking up and up until they finally made a miniature tower...the Eiffel Tower to be exact.
Meanwhile with Autumn, the rest of the tower flew into her mouth, as she swallowed it hole in satisfactory. She soon picked her teeth with a tooth pick, satisfied with her delicious meal.
"Mmmmmm~ I've heard of croquembush before, but I NEVER expected it to taste so heavenly~" Autumn muses.
"I hope you've got room for more, Autumn. Bonehead's almost down for the count, you need just one more thing that'll really take the cake." Cheshire says to the little blonde-haired kitten.
"Take the cake, huh?" with a snap of a finger, and an idea brewing, a lightbulb with eyes soon appeared floating atop of Autumn's head as the kitten smiles.
"A-hyuk, she has an idea!" The lightbulb says as he soon disappears.
"I certainly do, hehehe." Autumn says mischievously.
"Duhhhhhh, is Mr. Bonehead losing?" The big skeletal pirate asks whilst in a cage.
"The Bosom, it doesn't seem like he stands a chance against the girl. I don't quite know if this is a good thing or a bad thing." Burgundy says in concern.
"Maybe we should give up?" A pirate barricading the door asks. "I mean...it kinda seems like the boss isn't gonna win this one, that Toon she's...she's crazy! She's insane! She's...well..." He continues trying to find the right word...but soon, the word clicked in...EVERYONE'S mind.
"ZANY!" Everyone in the ballroom says in surprise. Bonehead however, was only red with rage. He soon shook and shiver, sending away the platter as his bones flew, once more. They soon perfectly stacked up back into his body, as it grabs the skull and places it back between the shoulders. Bonehead was angry.
"WHO CARES! I AIN'T AFRAID OF SOMEONE SO 'ZANY' IT ONLY PROVES THAT SHE'S AN EASY TARGET, AND I WILL NOT LOSE TO AN EASY TARGET!" Bonehead declares as he tries to look for her...again.
"FOR PETE'S SAKE COME OUT AND FIGHT ME, FOR ONCE!" Bonehead screams out in frustration.
"At last...!" He heard Autumn muses in satisfactory. He soon turned to see the kitten looking in awe at the pièce de résistance of the pastry party towering before her: the wedding cake. Bonehead smiles in realization.
"Heh, it's too large to throw, and too large to lift! Whatever trick this girl plans to use next will result in FAILURE! HAHAHAHAHAHA! Now's my chance...TO END THIS CHARADE ONCE AND FOR ALL!" Bonehead says as he soon charged with his blade at hand, the final assault is at hand. Autumn only rolled her eyes, knowing that he's coming straight for her.
"He's got ambition, I'll give ya that, Chess." Autumn says to herself, knowing that Cheshire heard her.
"Oh, you have no idea. However, he's pretty headstrong at best. What, oh what, I wonder, will you do to stop him?" Cheshire says sarcastically as the black cat winks at the blonde kitten.
"RAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Bonehead screams in madness, forming a spinning cyclone, basically running at top speed. Thinking of no other target except Autumn, with a maddening look in his holed eyes. Autumn only heeded no mind of the raging bull behind her. She simply lifted one leg.
"Wait for it..." Cheshire cautions.
"LIFTING A LEG UP? WHAT YOU ATTEMPT TO TRIP ME, LITTLE KITTEN?!" Bonehead roars as literal bull horns were formed on Bonehead's skull.
"Wait...for...it..." Cheshire cautions once more as Bonehead was charging closer and closer.
"YAR-HA-HAAAAAAAAAR!" Bonehead screams as he raises his blade up high, as he was finally at back distance of Autumn.
"Move...left if you may." Cheshire says casually, as Autumn simply smiles, as she casually moves to her left, making Bonehead look in surprise, to the point where his pupils were pitch black exclamation marks.
SLAM! Bonehead slammed to the table, making all of his bones fly.
SLAT! Bonehead's skull was sent flying, meeting with the creamy goodness of the wedding cake.
CRASH! Bonehead's skull soon met with the wall. Literally the force was strong enough for his own skull to be stuck in between the walls. Soon, the skull falls to the ground as Bonehead only had swirls in his eyes.
"Ugh..." Bonehead groaned. He soon regained composure after realizing that he's being shadowed. He soon looked up to see the cake began to slowly tumble down to his direction. His pupils dilated in fear.
"Rubbish." Bonehead says bluntly.
SPLAT! A tower...no. A MOUNTAIN made out of cake was made this day, and a certain Skeletal Pirate boss was just within it. His eyes perked up from the pristine white cake batter.
"I hate...that cat." Bonehead muffled, as he sighed in defeat.
"S-SHE DEFEATED BOSOM BONEHEAD!" Burgundy says happily as many of the captive guests clapped and cheered. The raid is over, and Bonehead has lost. Autumn soon grabbed from one of the fallen bones, the skeletal hand that holds Burgundy's wedding ring. She soon looked around at the remaining pirates who only shivered in fear.
"And not a single piece on my dress. I'd rather not have Cheshire dry clean. Now, I'm guessing you guys want some cake too?" Autumn offered to the rotund Pirate. With such a giddy expression, he grabbed a piece of cake from the anthropomorphic female kitten's gloves.
"Yummy!" The rotund pirate says, but the rest of the crew only retracted their bones, and fled as quickly as possible.
"RETREEEAT!" They all yelled out, as they freed the captives, and unbarred the exits. The rotund skeletal pirate only pouted in sadness as he reluctantly walked to catch up with his crew.
"D'awww...I wanted some cake to eat till my fill." He says as he made his way out. Suddenly, a whistle echoed out. The rotund pirate only turned to the blonde-furred anthropomorphic cat, and the fallen wedding cake behind her. Soon, Bonehead's skull rolled to Autumn's pristine white heels as she looked down.
"Y'know...your boss is over here right? Soooooo...there's really no keeping you from...y'know..." Autumn says casually. The rotund skeletal Pirate drooled in excitement.
"CAAAAAAAKE!" The big Pirate yells out in happiness as he soon digs in, whilst digging for the Bosom. He soon finds and picks up Bonehead's skull...but only to continue scarfing down the remains of the wedding cake.
"Y'know you found my skull, right?" Bonehead sighs trying to gain the skeletal big boy's attention...only to be ignored, and forced to hear the scarfing of a skeleton. Meanwhile, all the guests crowded Autumn as they echoed the ballroom with claps and cheers. Autumn soon presented the opal stone ring back to Burgundy.
"Oh thank you, thank you! Why...why you saved this wedding from the vial Bosom Bonehead! Though I'd wish you didn't have to take him on in such a...messy manor." Burgundy says as she took the ring in happiness.
"What can I say? I'm just a kitten who adores the taste of pastries! Yum-yum~" Autumn says as she rubbed her belly in satisfactory, knowing that she's eaten allot of cake throughout this endeavor and surprisingly not a single mess was made on her ice blue dress. Soon, Burgundy looked around for a certain OTHER penguin.
"Iceaac? ICEAAC! Oh goodness, where did he run off to?" Burgundy asks frantically.
"Did you try the floor?" Autumn asks pointing to the ground, as Iceaac began to wake up, and come into after getting brutally bonked in the head by the Bosom.
"I'm ok, my darling...just a little head trauma, it's nothing to be so heated about. What I AM heated about however, is the whereabouts of that no good, rotten, Bonehead! Where is he?" Iceaac asks.
"Oh, honey you've missed it! Bosom Bonehead and his crew left the scene, and my ring is finally back in my flippers, all because of this little kitten," Burgundy says pulling Autumn in front of her.
"Hi." Autumn says casually.
"She may not look it, but she's mighty indeed! She single-handedly defeated Bosom Bonehead using nothing more than a whole arsenal of pastries and sweets all around!" Burgundy explains as Iceaac looks around the ballroom.
"Well...that explains the mess," Iceaac says as he soon shakes Autumn's gloved hands.
"Nonetheless, thank you for all that you've done, youngster. It's been awhile since someone challenged AND defeated Bonehead himself. You've really saved this wedding." Iceaac continued as Autumn casually placed her hands behind her back.
"Like I said, it was nothin' now uhh...what's gonna happen now?" Autumn asks.
"What happens next? How about some quality time with the wife, for me...eh?" Iceaac says as the two began to hold hands.
"I would very much love it, my northern star~" Burgundy says as they slowly leaned in to each other.
"My little snow bunny~" Iceaac says as they soon leaned in...and kissed each other, being so long living. Autumn...wasn't taking it so well. Immediately the kitten's face turned green in disgust.
"BLEH! For once I'm about to gag something OTHER than a hairball..." Autumn retched.
"I...think you've got enough screen time, for this episode Autumn. Ready to head back?" Cheshire asks the cream kitten.
"Yes PLEASE. In case you couldn't tell, I'm not really into this lovey-dovey stuff." Autumn gagged as the exit door slowly opened, with a bright light peeking out from it.
"Alrighty then, exit's that-a-way. It'll get you back to the forest glade. I've got a little prize for you, for your ace on your first training." Cheshire explains as Autumn's eyes began to gleam the moment Cheshire mentions 'prize'
"Sir...you had me at prize." Autumn says frantically as she soon made her way to the exit with no hesitation at all. Before stepping into the light, Autumn soon turned to take one last look of the ballroom. Sure enough, everyone was having a good time, once again, and the newlyweds were happily kissing, once more. Everything reverted back to the way it was before the raid happened...minus the mess made.
"Heh, it's almost as if nothing happened. Oh well, time to end the show, huh?" Autumn says as she turned back and gently slammed the door wide open, soon blanketing her and everything in a pristine bright light. The show was over. Everyone in the ballroom uttered one last thing, before the curtains close.
"TO THE NEWLYWEDS!" Everyone cheered out as glass cups were heard all over the ballroom. The curtains soon close.
Autumn returns back to the glade, reverting back to her regular dandelion colored dress, and shining orange flats. Despite the fact that she has the heels resting next to her. She soon met back with the talking sun, the talking trees, flowers, everyone was expecting her return, it seems. She soon looked up on one of the trees to see Cheshire casually resting, munching on an apple.
"So...how'd I do?" Autumn asks as she swished her blonde tail with such satisfaction. Immediately the black cat gave the cream kitten a thumbs up.
"You did spectacular in there, Autumn. Couldn't of done it better myself, I'll give you that." Cheshire says as Autumn beams with joy.
"YEEEEEES! I PASSED! WHOOOO!" Autumn cheered.
"Y'know this isn't some math quiz, right? It's just training and trust me, there will be more where that came from. There's allot we've gotta cover, Autumn, make no mistake on that." Cheshire reminds the blonde kitten.
"I know, I know. So uh...how am I able to come back and forth through here?" Autumn asks.
"It's a dream, Autumn. The way you'll come back, is the way you've got in, in the first place: through sleep, and unconsciousness. Whenever you get knocked out, you get sent right back here, and I'll be waitin' on ya." Cheshire says casually.
"Makes sense. Now...how do I get back?" Autumn asks. Cheshire simply slaps his pristine white face in frustration.
"IT'S LIKE I'M TALKING TO A BRICK WALL, HERE! AND I TALK TO BRICK WALLS ON A DAILY BASIS! Autumn, it's simple: you come back here when you go to sleep, and you go back to the real world when you wake up, we're not really talkin' rocket science here." Cheshire explains in frustration.
"I'm kinda new to this dream thing, Cheshire, please." Autumn says rolling her eyes. Cheshire sighs.
"Fair enough. Alright, alright, I'll wake you up, but before I do, I've got a little present for you." Cheshire says as he soon leaps off the tree and hands Autumn something. It appears to be a bag with a sticker of a hammer in the middle of it. Needless to say, Autumn wasn't impressed.
"A bag?" Autumn asks.
"Actually, much more. Toons call it 'Hammerspace' your lil' pockets isn't quite enough to hold everything in, even when it does, everything'll just come out a sloppy mess. That's why we have this Hammerspace." Cheshire explains as he opens the small rugged bag and poked his head in it.
"C'mon, take a look." Cheshire echoed. Confused, the cream kitten soon slowly pokes her head in the gag bag as well.
"Woah..." Autumn says in awe. Sure enough, she sees nothing more, than an overly large storage facility within the bag itself...surprising, indeed.
"Oh yeah, storage facility in a bag, THAT'S basically what a hammer space is. See those toons carrying and pushing the crates down yonder?" Cheshire asks as Autumn soon noticed a whole team of toons down below. They were ALL wearing steel grey hammer like helmets and purple robes with brown shows. The only thing noticeable about these toons are the fact that all of them have bright, yellow, pacman eyes shining from their shadowed faces.
"They're strange guys, I know. We usually call them the Hammerlings, because...well Dizon Knee wasn't all that creative with names. Anyway, whatever gag you need, in the Hammerspace, the Hammerlings will find that gag you need, and reach it for ya." Cheshire says to the kitten.
"Ooooooh~ convince!" Autumn says in awe as Cheshire poked his head out of the bag. As did Autumn.
"Your Hammerspace, madam." Cheshire says handing Autumn her new small bag. She places it in her pocket.
"Once in your pocket, the Hammerspace'll be active and anything you need will come out through your pockets. Course, you can move the Hammerspace into something else, say...another bag, or a hat, or even your own mouth." Cheshire explains.
"Ew...WAITAMINUTE!" Autumn yells out in realization. "Hat...TOPPER! I've been busy with trainin' I didn't even wake up to even LOOK for my right hand man! I've gotta go up there and find him! Last we've met, he was slung somewhere by that Gentledude." Autumn explains.
"So...that being said, you ready to go back to the real world?" Cheshire asks. Autumn nodded, immediately knowing her decision.
"Yes. I've gotta find Topper, and fast. Odds are that gentleman guy is on to us, and he's most likely finding him as we speak. I've just gotta find Topper before he d-what are you doing?" Autumn asks immediately seeing Cheshire with a mallet in his hand. He looks at Autumn mischievously as he raises the mallet up high.
"Heheh...SAY HI TO EMI FOR ME!" Cheshire yells out, before slamming it down with a...
POW!
"MEW!" Autumn screeched out, as her heart literally slammed outta her chest, with a face, practically breathing frantically the same as Autumn did. Soon, sighing...calming down, the heart soon returned back into Autumn's chest, as the kitten patched it up and sighed in relief as well. She looked at the window next to her, the sun still blissfully shines down on the anthropomorphic kitten.
Autumn soon realizes that she's donning new attire, once more. This time she looks to be wearing pajamas that surprisingly fits her as well. She appears to be wearing a pink and fluffy pajama robe. Below them the anthropomorphic kitten wears polka dotted ankle high pajama pants, and finally pink and soft, and fluffy bunny slippers. The only thing that remained once more were her gloves. Autumn also noticed something off with her hair. Her glove clenching her head, she sat up from...the bed.
"Hohhhhhhhh...now that was a mundane way to wake me up..." Autumn says. She suddenly soon arose and noticed that she was back in the apartment, specifically she appears to be in Emi's room. Her room scattered with her finished murals and the girl's fluffy white King size bed. As her tail poked from behind, Autumn soon jumped off the bed and soon, sat herself on the mirror.
To the cat's surprise, her hair has become completely frilly, something that Autumn sighed at. Last the anthropomorphic cat remembered, after her 'win' against the gentleman, she drowned in the ocean. Her frilly hair and attire clearly indicates that Emi indeed has saved her. The kitten pouted.
"The least she could do is grab some hair rollers or something. Still... " Autumn says to herself, as she opened the drawer, finding a large amount of hair rollers, perfect enough for the cat's hair. "I'm still thankful...who am I kidding, I'll always be thankful for Emi." Autumn says to herself. Before getting to work, she soon realizes something. She soon reached her pocket...and found indeed, the Hammerspace within it.
"So, I was able to grab it while in the dream world? Wicked." The scream kitten says as she placed the hammerspace back into her pocket. She got to work, and grabbed as many hair rollers as she could.
The Art Studio
As the shades cover the darkness of the art studio, Emi couldn't help but draw. Draw and paint her troubles away. Painting, to Emi, is like picturing a lush forest. Once you reside yourself in it...you can only picture nothing more than the calming babbling brook, the blissful singing of the birds, it was a paradise of relaxation. Relaxation is the one thing that Emi needs...especially after the heart attack she has been given, due to not only Autumn's risk, but Emi's obliviousness to tell her of the one downside of Devil Fruits.
"Y'know..." A familiar voice chimed between Emi's painting. She turned around seeing Autumn in the said pajamas Emi gave her. This time, all throughout her blonde mildly frilly hairstyle are hair rollers practically covering her hair, attached by the hair clips. "Hair clips are an artisan work, so I wouldn't expect you to get it right." Autumn says as she only smiled casually at the human girl.
"AUTUMN!" The kitten jumped the moment a Emi's voice bellowed out. The kitten turned around to see her owner approaching her, with tears flowing down her eyes. It's clear the hair rollers were not Emi's concern.
"I wouldn't expect myself to do anything with your hair, I can't even fix my own! But that doesn't matter! I can't believe it, you're ALRIGHT! I'm so glad!" Emi says happily with tears flowing down, to the point she needed to take her glasses off to wipe then. Autumn pats her owner on the back, as she smiled warmly.
"Seems like somebody was a wee bit worried." Autumn says casually. What Autumn didn't expect was a sudden grab from her owner, as Emi was squeezing and crying and hugging her kitten.
"OF COURSE I WAS WORRIED! HOW COULD YOU THINK I WASN'T, I LEGIT THOUGHT I LOST YOU FOR A SECOND!" Emi bellowed out, unbeknownst to the girl, she was squeezing Autumn so hard to the point the kitten's pacman eyes were practically, and both literally, bulging out, like a balloon.
"Yeah...uh-huh...um...you...know if you keep this up, you will!" Autumn squeaked out as she was being crushed to oblivion, and Emi didn't notice.
"Heheh...sorry." Emi says bashfully as she puts Autumn down. The kitten regains her breathing again.
"Y'know it probably would've helped if you...y'know, told me I couldn't swim in the first place?" Autumn says as she shook her head in disappointment at Emi, as the red-haired girl sighed in disappointment.
"You're right. Something so crucial slipped my mind, and I almost lost you because of it...I'm sorry, Autumn." Emi says apologetically as she lowered her head in disappointment in herself. Her head soon perked up in realization.
"Wait a minute...how did you find out, Autumn? A-and most importantly, what happened? Did you fall? Did you decide to take a swim? How on earth did you fall into the water?" Emi asks.
"Well for starters, I gotta thank you for providing me these comfy pajamas. I feel as snug as a bug on a rug." Autumn says as she hugged herself tightly, feeling the fluffy warmth of the pajamas.
"Once again, I've got allot of clothing that I'm sure would fit you. By the way, you never told me. What happened to my sweater, or most important, WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE?!" Emi demanded. A gloved finger was soon placed upon the cat's completely white face.
"Well...I can tell you, but I've got my own search, for a bit. I've got me a Topper to find and fast. We got separated, y'see." Autumn says as she shook her head, getting rid of all the hair curlers, placing her mildly wavy hair back to its blonde perfection. Emi looks at her pet in confusion.
"Who's Topper?" Emi asks.
"A top hat friend I've made using my Toon-Toon Fruit powers." Autumn replies.
"Toon-Toon Fruit?" Emi asks.
"Yeppers, the name of the Devil Fruit I ate." Autumn replies.
"I see. How did you find out?" Emi asks.
"Well, the man in the suit really laid it on, a bit thick." Autumn replies.
"What man in a suit?" Emi asks.
"The one that tried to kill me, and the reason why I drowned. Now if interviews are over," Autumn says as she soon grabbed her soaked clothing. She soon spun and spun around like crazy as drips of water flew throughout the art studio. Soon enough, the yellow cat ceased, seeing her yellow dress completely dry of water. She soon spun around, once more, hurling the dress in the air. The spinning top soon lowered her feet...and then soon blasted up the ceiling like a cannon, popping her deep yellow dress and bloomers back on. She then took off her slippers and placed back on her flats, completing her dress, once more. "I've got me a Topper to find" Autumn says hastily as she waves to the artist and she leaves the apartment.
"H-how did you...?" Emi says looking at the pajams on the floor. She simply shrugged it off, given how crazy Autumn has formed into, now that she ate the Toon-Toon Fruit. "Alright, alright, you be careful this time, Autumn." Emi says as the door closed in front of her. Soon, the red-haired girl immediately stopped, before returning back to her drawings. Her eyes, dilated in fear...as Autumn mentions one thing...one crucial thing, before she left.
"SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO KILL HER?!" Emi screams out loud in realization.
"AUTUMN, HOLD UP!" She yells out as she grabbed her orange hoodie and ran outside the apartment, beginning her search for the cream anthropomorphic kitten.
Yeah, this one was a bit late. That's because...I kinda needed to think about...a training thing for Autumn. Without it...she'd just be...well overpowered. That's why I remarked her recklessness. That being said, more of these 'cartoons' will be throughout the story, as a means to power not only her Paramecia powers, but the slapstick (like in cartoons) that comes with it. Now, if you guys have any suggestions/critiques, I'm opened to them...(as long as it's not a ship, I uh...have no intentions to ship Autumn or Emi with anyone.)Anyway, next chapter, Autumn searches for Topper. She explores some territories that she hasn't met with...one place in particular...would be Scrap Island, the island of many ships.
