"Brittany! Jeanette!"
"Chubby one! Boy chubby one!"
"Alvin! Simon!"
Dave and Ian were walking through the forest on the other side of the island, searching for the Chipettes and the Chipmunks. They were walking alongside a brown river, most likely filled with dirty water.
Dave sighed, "I hope they're ok."
"Who cares if they're ok? I just need them to be here."
Dave frowned, "Oh, and here I am thinking you've changed and don't only care about yourself."
"Nope!," Ian smiled before turning to point an accusing finger at Dave. A while ago, he had ripped through the fabric on his suit so he could use his hands properly, "And it's a good thing, too. Because right now the rage I'm feeling for you and those chipmunks is the only thing keeping me going."
Dave just gave him a flat look.
"Shall we keep going?," Ian asked in a lighter tone.
"Ian, just keep an eye out for something to eat or drink, alright?," Dave said as he continued walking.
Ian rolled his eyes, "Alright," he suddenly gasped, "Right there!"
Dave stopped and turned around, "Where?"
"That thing on your head," Ian pointed at Dave's green sunhat covered in pasta pieces.
Dave glanced at his hat and frowned, "You can't eat this, it was a gift from Eleanor."
"Oh, that explains it. I was gonna say, it's really ugly," Ian chuckled, "Like, really, wow," he cringed, "Ugly."
"It's not ugly," Dave adjusted the hat on his head, "It protects my eyes from the sun and I can cover my face with it when I sleep so I don't get sunburn. But Eleanor said she made it with love, and that's what matters most."
"Yeah, she also made it with macaroni," Ian said before reaching for the hat, only to be stopped by Dave.
"You will not eat my daughter's hat," he said sternly before turning around and walking off, ignoring Ian's comeback.
"She's not your daughter, Dave. She's just a chipmunk!"
That night, Brittany was sitting up in a tree branch, gazing at the night sky. She shivered slightly as a cold breeze brushed by her fur and she wrapped her arms around herself to stay warm. A breeze. That was what got them all in this mess. A stupid breeze had to pick her up and carry her, her sisters, and the Chipmunks far away from their father.
She sighed, it just wasn't fair. She was only trying to make up for her mistakes, but even when she tried to make things better, she still ruined them for everybody. And she was just trying to have fun. But...looking back on it now, she did do some bad things on the ship. She claimed that she couldn't help herself, that it was just a natural teenage instinct.
She scoffed in her head, not all teenagers are trouble-makers, she realized. Even Alvin knows when things have gone too far, but her? She just won't stop until Dave comes to stop her. But now, here she is, stranded on a desert island, miles from civilization, the International Music Awards, and Dave.
"Oh Dave, where are you?," she moaned as she looked up at the stars. She sat down on the branch and laid her back against the tree trunk as she hugged herself for warmth.
'I...I'm sorry Dave,' she thought sadly to herself. She might never get the chance to tell him that in person.
On the other side of the island, Dave was leaning next to a tree as he looked up at the moon. He had been looking all over the island, and still no sign of the Chipettes or the Chipmunks.
"You're the worst dad ever."
Brittany's words still ran through his head. He knew she didn't mean it, she was just caught up in the moment. Right now, those words were the only thing keeping him going. He wanted to find Brittany so they could both make up and apologize to the other. That was the easy part. The hard part though, was actually finding Brittany and the others.
"Where are you, Brittany?," he sighed.
"Alright."
He turned his head and saw Ian standing in the middle of what appeared to be a large birds nest. He dusted off his hands in satisfaction.
"I'm gonna crash," he said as he laid down in the nest.
Dave sighed and looked back up at the moon.
Brittany came down from the tree and joined the others back at the campfire, all of them asleep in their leaf beds. Brittany sighed as she looked at each of their sleeping forms. This was all her fault. They were all in trouble because of her. Again.
She frowned as her eyes landed on Theodore, his arm wrapped up in leaves to help with the pain. That was her fault too. Theodore might be Alvin and Simon's little brother, but ever since they moved in with the girls, Brittany had begun treating him and Simon like her own little brothers. As for Alvin, well, let's just say things were different. Brittany liked him, like-liked him, more than friends. And judging by what Simon and Theodore told her, Alvin likes her too.
But of course, Alvin doesn't need to know about that.
Back to the point, she tried to have fun on a zip-line, and Theodore ended up with a sprained arm. Not to mention Jeanette got that spider bite. She sighed as she walked over to her leaf bed and laid down. She wrapped the leaf around herself and went to sleep, hoping that Dave would find them tomorrow.
But as she drifted off, wondering how to fix her problems, her sister's problems were just beginning.
Jeanette threw off her leaf blanket as she twitched in her sleep. She had wrapped a leaf around her arm to help with her spider bite, but it didn't seem to be helping now. She began mumbling and groaning in her sleep, the others not hearing her while they slept. Jeanette unconsciously scratched her bitten arm in her sleep before turning on her side. She started rolling all over the place, groaning as she suffered from spider venom. It began altering her brain waves and her personality as she slept, creating someone completely different from the Jeanette we know and love.
Jeanette's eyes snapped open early the next morning. She had fallen asleep in a strange position, with one arm across her chest and the other one stretched out next to her head. She glanced around and saw the other five chipmunks still asleep. Seizing the moment, she quickly jumped onto her hind paws. She noticed her bandage and grabbed it with her teeth and ripped it off. She then undid her usual bun and tied her hair into a ponytail with the leaf, leaving two strands of the leaf dangling from it like a bow. She then took off her jean jacket and tied it tightly around her waist.
She then quietly ran into the forest, careful not to wake the others. However, Eleanor heard her footsteps and began to wake up. She slowly opened her eyes and noticed the small paw-prints in the sand leading into the forest. She then noticed that Jeanette was no longer in her bed.
Jeanette climbed on top of a log and placed her paw on her hip as she looked around, checking her surroundings.
"Jeanette?"
Eleanor rubbed her eye sleepily as she approached her sister, who didn't turn to face her.
"What are you doing?"
"Who is this Jeanette you speak of?," Jeanette asked in a very authentic-sounding French accent.
"Uh...you?," Eleanor said with an eyebrow raised.
"No, I am not Jeanette. I am..."
She quickly spun around to face Eleanor.
"Jennifer!"
She let her ponytail fall onto her shoulder as she smiled brightly and looked up at...something.
"...that's pretty close to Jeanette," Eleanor commented as she joined Jeanette, or Jennifer, on the log.
"But yet, totally different," Jennifer crouched down to meet Eleanor's eye level, "Would you like to join me on my adventure?"
"What adventure?"
"The adventure called...LIFE!"
Eleanor was surprised at first by Jeanette's new persona known as 'Jennifer.' But, not having anything better to do at the moment, she ultimately decided that hanging out with Jennifer was her best option.
"Well, ok," Eleanor shrugged.
Jennifer smiled and turned around and jumped off the log, Eleanor trailing behind her.
"But just until the others wake up!"
Back at the beach, Brittany had woken up and was washing her hair with some ocean water she had gathered in a leaf. She was quietly humming to herself until another voice dragged her out of her thoughts.
"Brittany!"
"Ugh, what?," she asked, looking up at Alvin.
"Jeanette and Eleanor are gone!"
"Oh, they probably just went to get stuff for the shelter. It's all Jeanette can think about," Brittany said, rolling her eyes as she cupped some water in her paws and splashed it onto her face.
"I know but, it's not like them to wander off like that. Shouldn't you go look for them?"
"Um, I already have a situation of my own to deal with here, Alvin. It has been two days since my last bath and my hair is a mess. I can't just sit around all day looking like this!," Brittany gestured to her wet hair as she spoke dramatically.
Alvin rolled his eyes, "Oy."
"Pardon me, Brittany," they both turned their heads and saw Simon approaching them, "but as the oldest sibling, shouldn't it be your duty to make sure your sisters stay out of harm's way?"
"Simon, please. We're on a tiny little deserted island. The worst thing that could happen to them is a coconut falling on their heads," Brittany said as she styled her hair back to its original look.
Simon gave her a flat look.
"...right. While I'd love to say you're wrong and point out the many other things that could go wrong on this, 'tiny little island,' " he made finger quotations, "I have to go make a sling for Theodore. Because unlike some people, I care about my little brother's safety," he glared at Brittany briefly before turning on his heel and walking back to where Theodore was.
"Ha!," Alvin gave Brittany a smug look, "You just got owned by a nerd!"
"I heard that!"
"What?," Alvin asked as he walked in the same direction Simon took, "It was a compliment! Nerd's a compliment word, right?"
"No it isn't."
As the chipmunk brothers bickered, Brittany crossed her arms, insulted by Simon's words. But then, she frowned sadly and dropped her arms, realizing he might've been right.
"Ellie! Jeanette!"
Brittany was now walking through the forest, searching for her sisters.
"Jeanette! Eleanor! Ellie!"
She walked around a large tree and checked the area around it.
"Jen! Ellie!"
She turned around to look in the other direction, but was surprised when she came face-to-face with a familiar pair of violet eyes. What's stranger, was that they were upside-down.
"Bonjour, my friend," an unfamiliar French voice greeted before they were pulled back up the tree by something.
Brittany blinked.
"Jeanette? Are you...bungee-jumping?"
Just then, Eleanor walked up to her, "Her name's not Jeanette."
"It is Jennifer," Jennifer said as she came back down the tree before being pulled back up by a vine that was tied around her ankle.
Brittany watched her in confusion, "Uh, that's pretty close to Jeanette."
"Yeah, that's what I said too. But she's acting completely different," Eleanor smiled as Jennifer pinched her cheek as she came back down, laughing as she went back up.
Brittany's eyes widened, "The spider bite! That's it! Remember the side effects that Simon was talking about? Personality changes, loss of inhibition?"
Jennifer came back down, "Lier! Who are you?," she grabbed Brittany's shirt but let go before she went back up the tree.
Eleanor giggled, "Jennifer is pretty cool."
"It's Jeanette, Eleanor," Brittany frowned as she fixed her shirt, "And, no, she's not," she finished sternly.
Jennifer came back down and smiled, "Au revior, Bethany," she said before grabbing Eleanor and pulling her up the tree with her.
"Whee!"
Brittany glared up at them, "Britt-any. It's Brittany!"
At the top of the tree, Zoe was sitting on a tree branch watching Jennifer bungee-jump. She cheered as the two chipettes joined her on the branch.
"Whoo! C'est magnifique, Jennifer! Ok, Ellie, it's all you," Zoe smiled at the green-clad chipette.
"Wow, I've never done anything like this before," Eleanor said as Jennifer took the vine off her ankle and handed it to Eleanor.
"And you never will," Brittany frowned after climbing up the tree to join them on the branch. She took the vine from Eleanor and gave Jennifer a disapproving look, "How could you let her do this? What were you thinking?"
"Right now I'm thinking: 'When did my mom wash up on this island?,' " Zoe commented.
"What?"
"We were just having fun, why'd you have to show up and ruin everything?"
"W-What?," Brittany was shocked, she remembered saying those exact words to Dave, "I'm the fun one. Jeanette's the smart one, and she would never do something like this."
"Good thing she's not here 'cause she sounds like a bigger buzzkill than you," Zoe smirked.
Jennifer and Eleanor laughed causing Brittany to gape at them.
"Come on," Brittany gave Eleanor a concerned look as she took the vine from her older sister and wrapped it around her ankle, "Eleanor, you can't bungee-jump. You get scared just hanging from the gym rings."
"Girl up, Brittany," Eleanor said before jumping off the branch. Jennifer wrapped her arm around Brittany as they all watched Eleanor go down the tree.
But when she reached the bottom however, she didn't come back up. She just hung there upside-down. She was too heavy for the vine to lift her back up, so the vine broke and Eleanor fell, getting her head stuck in the ground.
"Uh, a little help?"
"And...done," Simon smiled proudly as he admired his handy work. He had just finished making a sling for Theodore's arm out of some small leaves. It looked just like a regular sling that people wore on their arms when they injured it, "Just keep that sling on for a week or two and don't do anything that could injure it even more."
The Chipmunks had all gone into the forest to find leaves for Theodore's sling, and also to find the Chipettes.
"But what if it gets itchy?," Theodore asked.
"Well that could mean two things. Either your arm just has a bad itch, if so, you can not take the sling off to scratch it."
"Or...?," Alvin asked suspiciously as he crossed his arms.
"Or I might've made this sling out of poison ivy," Simon finished nervously.
"Ok," Alvin glanced at Theodore, "Well, let's just hope for the best."
He cupped his paw around his mouth and whispered to Theodore.
"Whatever you do, do not scratch that arm."
Theodore bit his lip nervously.
Just then, an unknown voice called out from above them.
"J'arrive!"
They all looked up to see Jennifer swinging from a vine above them. She let go and flipped in the air before coming down. She landed on her front paws and jumped back onto her hind paws like an acrobat. She did the same thing again before standing in front of the boys, smiling as she held her front paws up.
"Merci, thank you, monsiers," she smiled looking at Alvin and Theodore, who both jaw-dropped after seeing Jennifer's amazing acrobatic skills, "I know it is hard to understand perfection when you see it," she turned towards Simon, the only chipmunk who's jaw wasn't wide-open. He just stared at Jennifer with wide-eyes.
Jennifer's eyes widened once she saw Simon. She froze for a second, looking him over.
"Ha, right now, for example," she took Simon's paws and smiled flirtatiously as she stared into his eyes.
"Oh, well uh, thank you," Simon said bashfully.
Simon had immediately remembered the side-effects that Jeanette's spider bite might've caused and assumed that this was the result of the venom coursing through her body last night. Still, he couldn't help but smile as Jennifer held his paws and looked him in the eye.
After recovering from the shock, Alvin noticed Brittany standing nearby with her arms crossed, facing away from the others.
He walked over to her, glancing at Simon and Jennifer again, "What's gotten into her?," he asked, pointing his thumb back at Jennifer.
Brittany turned her head towards Alvin, "Spider venom. Yeah, yeah! She thinks she's some sort of, fun-loving French chick."
Alvin perked up at this and glanced behind him again, "Really?"
Brittany chuckled, "Now she thinks she's," she put one paw on Alvin's shoulder and her other paw on her heart, closing her eyes as she mimicked Jennifer's accent, "the most wonderful chipette in the world."
Some giggling from behind them caught their attention. Alvin glanced behind him while Brittany just opened one eyelid. Jennifer was now stroking the fur on Simon's head with her finger while her other paw was on his shoulder. Simon just smiled, enjoying the attention.
"Jeanette?," Brittany asked, walking up to them, "Jeanette?," but it was as if neither of them could hear her.
Brittany sighed.
"...Jennifer?"
"Oui?," Jennifer asked, as if she had just heard her.
"I think we should get to work on that shelter. You know? The one you said we should build?"
Jennifer scoffed, "Who needs a house when you can sleep under the stars?"
"Who needs a house? WE DO! It's gonna rain!," Brittany said looking at the sky that was now full of dark clouds.
"And what's wrong with that? The water will just hydrate that beautiful face," Jennifer smiled at Simon, "And yours too."
Simon frowned for a second, but smiled again when Jennifer grabbed his shoulders and looked into his eyes again.
"Ok, this is crazy!," Brittany frowned, "Building a shelter was your idea! Yours!"
BOOM!
As Brittany spoke, thunder boomed from the sky and the rain started to come down.
"Oh, great! Just perfect!," Brittany put her paws on her hips and turned to the others, "Ok guys, we're gonna build a shelter and I need everybody's help. Let's move."
She began to lead Alvin, Eleanor and Theodore out of the rain.
"I'll try, but, I feel so useless," Theodore frowned sadly, looking down at his injured arm.
Simon began to follow them, but Jennifer grabbed him tightly and turned him towards her.
"Um, wha-what are you doing?," Simon asked nervously.
"What I've wanted to do since the second I saw you."
Jennifer grabbed Simon's paw and pulled him about a foot away before swinging him in front of her.
"Whoa!," he yelped at the sudden movement.
Jennifer spun around before grabbing his paws again. She stepped back, allowing her arms to stretch out a bit.
"What?," Brittany made an exasperated face.
"Huh?," Alvin asked, turned around to watch.
Brittany, Alvin, Eleanor and Theodore were all standing under a leaf as they watched the two bespectacled chipmunks dance in the rain. Zoe was sitting under a tree nearby with her basketball, just watching with fascination.
Jennifer and Simon continued dancing, with Jennifer taking the lead. She and Simon spun around several time until she grabbed his shoulders and leaned backwards. Simon, out of instinct, quickly put his paws around her to keep her from falling. It looked as if Simon was dipping her. Jennifer smirked as Simon gave her a wide-eyed stare. She pushed the bridge of his glasses up on his face, causing him to smile and blush lightly under his fur.
Brittany coughed loudly, "Hello! You guys are gonna catch pneumonia if you keep dancing in the rain like that!"
Jennifer pretended she didn't hear her as she stood back up and started singing.
Jennifer: I say hey, I be gone today
But I'll be back around the way
Jennifer jumped up and spun in the air before coming back down. Simon caught her and the female continued singing.
Seems like everywhere I go
The more I see, the less I know
But I know one thing...
Jennifer began spinning around in the mud, causing her to kick some onto Alvin's face and Brittany's shirt.
"Ugh!," Alvin spit some mud out of his mouth.
Brittany frowned and wiped some mud off her shirt, "You should be careful, kicking mud around like that," she began, taking a few steps closer to the dancing chipmunks.
"Watch it!," Alvin added, glaring at Jennifer.
"Someone could break a leg!"
But Jennifer and Simon ignored them, and just continued dancing.
I've been a lot of places all around the way
Brittany was shocked. Since when can Jeanette rap?
I've seen a lot of joy and I've seen a lot of pain
But I don't wanna write a love song for the world
No, I just wanna write a song about a boy and a girl
"Aw," Theodore moaned as Simon and Jennifer kicked some more mud, "That looks like fun."
Eleanor noticed Theodore's sad face and frowned, wondering how she could cheer him up.
Rocking in the dance hall moving with you
Dancing in the night in the middle of June
My mama told me don't lose you
Jennifer led Simon over to Eleanor. She dipped herself again and whispered something into Eleanor's ear before standing upright and spinning around again with Simon.
I say hey...
Eleanor held her paws together nervously as she approached Theodore.
"Um, Theodore? Would you like to dance?," she asked nervously.
Theodore looked at his arm, "Um, maybe."
"Maybe with me?"
Theodore perked up, "Really?"
"Yes Theodore!," Eleanor smiled and took Theodore's other paw. They both giggled as they began dancing in the rain. Theodore put his paw behind Eleanor's head as she dipped her and she held onto his shoulder.
"I can't believe Simon's getting all the attention."
Alvin had his arms crossed as he watched his brothers dance.
"I mean, I'm the cool one! Simon's the smart one. You don't see me running around acting all smart and copying his life, do you?"
Brittany nodded, "I know! I'm the fun one, and you're the cool one."
"Exactly!"
By now, Zoe had joined the others in their dancing and was holding her basketball under her arm as she danced in the rain.
"Do you know how slippery that mud is?," Brittany put her paws on her hips as she glared sternly at the others, "This is ridiculous. Are you even listening to me?"
Finally, she cupped both her paws around her mouth and yelled.
"JEANEEEEEEEEEETTE!"
Brittany continued glaring at her dancing sister, who paid no attention to her. She was acting so irresponsible, so ignorant, so annoying, so- -
"Uh Brittany?," Alvin took a reluctant step towards his angry counterpart, "You're acting a lot like Dave."
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"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
