All three of them then entered the dining room where everyone was waiting for them.

"Looks like everyone was just waiting for us." Oddball said.

"Been waiting long?" Jessica asked.

"No, we all just got here a few minutes ago." Atticus replied.

"Yeah." Patch added.

"Please, sit down, my dears." Chloe smiled to the company.

The others smiled back and soon sat at the table, even the dogs did as it was the lifestyle of a rich dog which surprised Patch and Lucky when they visited Aunt Coco and Uncle Beamer over the summer that they were allowed on the furniture.

'I wonder what we'll be doing next?' Patch thought to himself.

Everyone soon ate breakfast together. Patch saw Oddball having trouble, so he gently picked her up and helped her.

"Thanks, Uncle Patch." Oddball smiled.

"Of course, Oddball." Patch smiled back to his niece.

Oddball soon began to eat breakfast with the others. Patch smiled to her and soon joined the others in eating breakfast.

"Wish me luck," Chloe sighed. "It's not going to be easy looking after Cruella deVil even though she says she's rehabilitated."

"I know what you mean, but what am I going to do about Jackson?" Jessica frowned.

"I'll handle him." Attcus said.

"Oh, Atticus, I couldn't make you do that." Jessica replied.

"I insist," Atticus told his big sister. "That boy is gonna pay for the torment he caused all of us like his aunt for kidnapping Patch and his brothers and sisters."

"Well, okay." Jessica said.

"I won't fail you." Atticus saluted his sister while puffing his chest.

Jessica giggled. "You used to do that sometimes when you were a baby."

"Really?" Atticus smiled. "Huh... I guess I was destined to be strong."

"And where your adventures helped you become strong." Jessica smiled.

Atticus smiled back.

Chloe sighed as she then decided to get to work after she finished breakfast. "I better run along now." she told the others.

"I think Aunt Chloe needs some company to handle Cruella." Amber said to Darla out of concern.

"Hmm... Maybe Jessica can come with." Darla suggested.

Jessica took a drink from her glass of milk. "You think so?"

"Please, Jessie?" Darla puppy dog pouted to her big sister.

"No, not the puppy dog pout!" Jessica cried out. "My one true weakness!"

It didn't take long for Jessica to give in.

"Okay, I'll go with Chloe, but it won't be easy." Jessica replied.

"I know you're strong, Jessie." Darla smiled to her big sister.

Jessica looked over to Oddball who seemed to smile at her which made her smile back.

"Should I come with in case Jackson is there too?" Atticus asked.

"Hmm... Well, okay," Jessica allowed. "You're not a baby anymore, so you should be able to defend yourself. Wear your best clothes."

"You know I will." Atticus smiled to his sister.

"I know." Jessica smiled back.

The two soon got in their best clothes before they would join Chloe at her work.

"You look so pretty." Oddball smiled up at Jessica.

"Oh, thank you." Jessica smiled back as she wore a purple and black work dress she wore for mock interviews at school to help her get a job.

Atticus soon came out, looking a little uncomfortable with his suit.

"You okay, Atticus?" Darla asked her big brother as she sat on the couch with Amber while Coco and Beamer watched a soap opera with Dipstick and Dottie while Little Dipper, Domino, and Oddball were playing.

"Forgot how uncomfortable suits-" Atticus said before his suit burst. "Felt."

Jessica sighed and face-palmed. Atticus smiled sheepishly and even blushed.

"I don't know about you sometimes..." Jessica sighed as she decided to help her little brother.

"Sorry, now I know how Goku feels when he wears suits some times." Atticus said.

"Atticus, please, just wear a suit to look professional." Jessica told him.

Atticus sighed as that wouldn't be easy and he soon got on another suit and looked rather grumpy.

"Don't... You... Dare..." Jessica warned about his muscles.

Atticus soon thought of how to make this work and soon used his magic on his suit. Jessica waited to see if it would work.

Atticus waited and then smiled as his magic worked. "Perfect fit!"

"Whew!" Jessica smiled in relief.

"Are you two ready then?" Chloe asked.

"We're ready." Atticus and Jessica replied.

"All right, come with me." Chloe nodded and then walked with them to take them to her work while everyone else would stay at the mansion, and where hopefully, everything would be fine.


Chloe sat behind her desk while Atticus and Jessica sat in chairs in front of her while they read some books to pass the time. Soon enough, a certain woman in business clothing appeared with her favorite niece and nephew who were also dressed up.

Chloe gasped as she saw Cruella deVil up close, but tried to keep calm. "Miss deVil!"

"Jackson! Ivy!" Atticus and Jessica also gasped.

"You're five minutes late," Chloe muttered to Cruella. "It's a good start."

"Well, perhaps your clock's fast." Cruella suggested as she looked out the window to Big Ben while Jackson and Ivy approached Jessica and Atticus.

"How's it been, you two?" Jackson smirked as he shook hands with Atticus.

"Jackson, how nice to see you not locked up like your aunt." Atticus said through his teeth as he began to tighten his grip.

"I promise I've changed and so has my sister." Jackson said innocently.

"That's right, it's me," Ivy grinned innocently. "Cute as a button and ready to help~"

Neither Atticus and Jessica believed them.

"I'm your probation officer, Chloe Simon," Chloe greeted Cruella. "You already know Atticus and Jessica Fudo.

"Yes, of course you are," Cruella replied with a smile before sitting down before the woman. "And we're going to be such good friends."

"Is she serious?" Atticus asked.

"Hmm... Friends..." Chloe hummed about that as she sorted through her desk items.

"You're going to help me, my niece, and my nephew be useful members of society, aren't you?" Cruella asked Chloe. "Find us each a little niche somewhere? Could you manage something with puppy dogs?"

"I see you as a coal miner or something in the sewer perhaps," Chloe replied, not wanting Cruella anywhere near a dog due to the past with the 101 Dalmatians.

"Ah, I see..." Cruella frowned before gasping as she saw a framed picture. "Oh! You have doggies?"

"Yes, but they're back at her place." Atticus said as he stopped her from seeing the picture.

Cruella pouted and took another picture to see a different man with other dogs.

"Listen, can we just be sensible about this?" Chloe asked the devil woman.

"Yes! Let's..." Cruella agreed. "Well, Ivy and Jefferson, we must dash."

"Oh, of course." Ivy smiled.

"Well, we're off and nice grip by the way, Atticus," Jackson said before looking to his aunt. "And by the way Aunt, uh, Ella? My name is actually Jackson."

"Oh, right, dear, right..." Cruella giggled innocently.

The three of them soon left. Chloe looked surprised, but she let them go as long as they didn't get into any trouble. Atticus still glared at Jackson on his way out since they were pretty much mortal enemies.

"That was odd." Jessica said.

"I still don't trust them," Atticus replied. "And did you notice that Jackson said 'Aunt Ella' instead of 'Aunt Cruella'?"

"Hmm... Maybe it's an effect from her rehabilitation." Jessica suggested.

"She probably thought going by 'Ella' would make her sound sweet and cured..." Chloe replied. "I still don't trust her, especially since Dipstick remembers what she did to him and your dog Patch seems to also."

"He sure does." Atticus nodded.

Jessica frowned as she hoped she could help Chloe and the others, but especially little Oddball since she felt so attached to the spotless Dalmatian puppy.

"So, what now?" Atticus asked.

"We'll just have to keep an eye on the deVils..." Chloe sighed. "It won't be easy."

"I know that's for sure." Jessica agreed.

"It's okay, Jessica," Atticus comforted his big sister. "I'm right here and I'm not letting that jerk stop me."


Later on, they were soon back with the pets.

"I missed you." Oddball smiled to Jessica.

"Aw, I missed you too, sweetie." Jessica smiled back as she pet the puppy.

Atticus smiled as he was happy that Jessica and Oddball were getting along. Patch soon came to a stop and knelt on the floor after Little Dipper rode on his back and then Oddball ran to take her turn.


"My turn!" Domino told her.

"Nuh-uh, it's my turn!" Oddball pouted.

"Yeah, but you're busy." Domino smirked.

"Oddball, come on up, Domino, be patient." Patch told the puppies.

"Yes, Uncle Patch." The puppies replied.

Oddball soon started to play.

Patch smiled as he gave Oddball a ride on his back next. "All aboard! Chugga chugga chugga choo-choo!"

Oddball giggled as she loved this so far while her brothers watched, and where they soon saw how happy their sister was. There seemed to be a new song about Cruella a lot like the one Roger composed about the woman and her new alias as Ella as Chloe walked Dottie and Dipstick and saw the woman's face advertised as she played with dogs rather than wanting to kill them for their fur, and where this began to show that she might have actually changed.

"I'm not sure if I still trust 'Miss Ella' and her niece and nephew..." Darla commented.

"Me neither..." Amber replied. "I even tried to become Ivy's friend during that beauty pageant when I visited the farm during the summer."

"And it didn't end well." Patch said.

"You were all such good friends." Amber smiled as she pet Patch as she remembered when he, Lucky, Rolly, Cadpig, and Spot helped her out during the pageant against Ivy so she could get a special scholarship to gymnastics camp.

"And we'll always be friends." Patch smiled.

Amber smiled back as she pet Patch.

"I'm not sure if I can still trust Cruella around the dogs..." Atticus said as he helped Patch find his niece and nephews. "Especially with what Jackson did to me and Jessica in the past, and need I explain Ivy?"


They soon heard a knocking at the door.

"I'll get it, ma'am." Darla offered as she came to the door and opened it to see who it was, and where she saw that it was Jackson which made her gasp. "Oh, my!"

"May I come in?" Jackson asked politely.

"Um, sure." Darla said.

Jackson came into the house with a friendly smile which disturbed those who knew him well such as Jessica and Atticus. Darla knew Jackson too, but not as well as her adoptive older siblings.

"Hey, Jessica, hey, Atticus." Jackson greeted the Fudo siblings.

Jessica muttered shakily as she was still a little scared of him.

"Jackson." Atticus greeted.

"So, Atticus how's about you and I hang out sometime, you know, to get to know each other more?" Jackson offered.

"I don't know..." Atticus crossed his arms. "I am with my sisters."

"Oh, I'm sure they won't mind if you spent some time with another guy." Jackson insisted as he put his arm around Atticus in a friendly matter.

"Go on, Atticus, you can hang out with him just as long as he doesn't cause trouble." Jessica said.

"Stay safe," Atticus told them before going with the deVil boy. "Okay, whatya want, Jackson?"

"Oh, I just wanted to hang out and maybe go to the gym." Jackson said.

Atticus shrugged. "Can't decline to that invite."

The two of them soon went out to the gym.