Courage the Cowardly Dog JR.
By Technomaru
Chapter 9: Enter Dr. Bellaluna
Note: I DEFINATELY do not own "Courage the Cowardly Dog", Edna is my character, Rachel belongs to Squeaken1 and Jennifer belongs to Yukimizuno
This chapter introduces a reocurring antagonist who will stalk Junior any chance she gets... well Courage Sr. never had a HUMAN reoccuring antagonist, also if she is familiar then let me tell you straight, she is not a anthropodmorphic duck with a obsession with dimes nor a magician with "friends on the other side"... she is inspired by those two!
the second half of the story will indeed parody magical girl anime, especially Sailor Moon.
I want to thank Queldorei-Outcast for designing the new antagonist for the story...
BE AFRAID! BE VERY VERY VERY VERY AFRAID!
(The darkest regions of Somewhere on the night of the full moon)
A spooky horseless cart is wheeling by itself towards an abandoned Mcdonalds in the city. Then the cart opens up and a evil wind blows out of it, transforming the Mcdonalds into a decent looking building that is tall, crooked, and covered in black and red colors.
Exiting the cart is a young teenage girl with flowing blonde hair and a evil smile with eyes to match, she wears a red and black outfit with red gloves and black boots. And it's complete with a red top hat with a black belt and a skull buckle on it.
The girl makes an evil grin and thinks to herself, "Ahhh, my new magic shop is complete... soon I will make a living here, and I will find the perfect ingredient for a magic talisman that will guarantee my title as powerful voodoo practicioner... "the tail of a puppy dog who is couragous and cowardly at the same time...hm hm hm hm...ha ha ha ha!"
(the next morning)
Edna, Rachel, Jenny and Courage walking to the local "Burgertime" restaurant for some lunch. Jenny then says to her friends, "Too bad Edwina couldn't join us, she just had to continue unloading at her new house." Rachel then says, "I dunno, I really don't trust that girl, especially since she just moved into town and she also possessed the "sparkle eye" technique I use in order to be cute." Edna then says, "Oh Rachel, you're always like this when someone new moves into town." Jenny then asks, "Hey if Principal Katz turns out to be a demon cat from heck, who's going to be our new principal?" The girls just shrug and Junior replies, "I'd like to know that too!"
As they continue to walk, they see a sign posted on the wall that reads, "Dr. Bellaluna's Magic Shoppe- 2 blocks away" Jenny reads this and comments to her friends, "Whoever posted this sign isn't a very good speller." Edna then says, "Lunch can wait, It's not everyday we see a Magic Shop in somewhere, let's check it out.
So they enter the Magic Shop and they see a big room full of masks that Junior thinks are moving, mirrors, rings, and other magic artifacts.
Then they are greeted by Bellaluna at her checkstand. Then she says to them, "Hello curious strangers to my shop of magic, the name's Dr. Bellaluna! Not only do I practice voodoo and other hoodoo, but I have the finest magical items up for sale."
Rachel then says, "How would we know you're not what my mom calls a "charlatan"?"
Bellaluna then starts sing-talking:
"Don't you disrespect me little girl!
Don't you derogate or deride!
You're in my world now
Not your world
And I..."
Edna then says, "Hey! Are you here to imitate a Disney Villain or show us around?" Bellaluna then replies, "Yes miss..."
The girls look at a magic mirror and Bellaluna tells them, "Oh that's a magic mirror that shows you what you look like 8 years later. The girls see themselves as cute 15 year olds and Edna says, "Wow, we look like we were drawn by Naoko Takeuchi, the creator of "Sailor Moon" Jenny then sees her 15 year old self and says, "I don't want to grow up! I wanna be a Toys R' Us kid!"
Bellaluna then says to them, "We also have a magic mirror that shows you what you look like 8 years ago!" Edna then adds up, "If we're 7 year olds and if that magic mirror shows what we look like 8 years ago then... UGH! It wouldn't be a pretty picture! Let's move on then." Jenny looks at that mirror and says to her friends, "That's it, I'm scarred for life!"
Then they see another "mirror" on the wall. Jenny asks Bellaluna, "Excuse me "Miss crazy magic girl", is that a mirror that make me look like the late Michael Jackson?" Bellaluna replies, "No "Little Miss Cloudcuckoolander", you're looking at a poster of Michael Jackson... I'm a fan... I even have one of the Michael Jackson puppets used in the BBC series "Spitting Image"."
Bellaluna then says to the girls, "And over here is the collection of rare ingredients for spells and potions: frogs lips, cat ear wax, albino bat guano, snake bellybutton lint..." Rachel asks her, "Hey wait a minute, Snakes don't have bellybuttons!" Bellaluna continues, "And that is why it's rare! Anyway I also have Rosanne Barr's eyecrust, a lock of Taylor Swift's hair and believe me it's not easy to get, and... I think I'll skip that ingredient! I use them to make all kinds of potions such as a love potion, a hate potion, and this bottle."
Rachel looks at the bottle and asks Bellaluna, "Umm what is a "loves him, hates him, loves him, hates him potion?" Bellaluna replies, "Oh that's what Gollum fans use to "get into character"."
And this room is where the really rare items are located but normally rich customers can buy such items." Jenny then says to Edna, "I don't think this is the type of magic shop that sells stuffed bunnies, playing cards, or fake dog doodie." Rachel then sees a bow and arrow and Bellaluna quickly tells her, "DON'T TOUCH IT! It's a bow and arrow set owned by Cupid's lesser known cousin Larry, his arrows work the opposite of his cousin's arrows... they cause hate!" Oh and over here is a reliqueary that was said to be owned by Grigori Rasputin but then again he's a monk, not a sorcerer... or is he?"
Edna then sees a ventriloquist that looks like a haggard middle age woman with glasses and a crooked shaped mouth. Upon further inspection she sees a piece of paper in the dummy's mouth that was rolled up to look like a cigarette. When Edna unrolled it, it reads:
"Karru marri odonna loma molonu karrano"
Edna then says, "Hmm that's a weird phrase, where have I heard that from?"
Suddenly, the Ventriloquist Dummy comes to life and grabs Edna and hisses as it pull out a butcher knife. Bellaluna comments, "Oh no! It's the dummy that houses the spirit of serial killer Kimberly Morris, oh what was Jeff Danhum thinking when he placed her spirit in there?" Junior then suddenly pounces on the dummy and kicks her off so hard that the dummy flies towards a Iron Maiden and it clamps shut, the dummy then shouts her dying screams.
Bellaluna then puts two and two together and thinks to herself, "That dog is scared of everything in my shop... yet he saved his owner from that dummy Kim Morris...COWARDLY AND BRAVE! heh heh heh"
Bellaluna then goes up to Edna and says to her, "Are you alright? Well if you are I have a deal to make, I'll give you 500 dollars for your dog, I take a liking to him."
Junior jumps into Edna's arms and she replies, "No, I love my doggy, he's not for sale!" Bellaluna then says to her, "Then how about 500 dollars, 44 cents, and I throw in the magic mirror that shows what you look like 6 years ago so you can see yourself as a cute baby, what do you say?"
Edna then clutches on to Junior and says to her, "Listen here you, this is a very special dog, he has protected me from all sorts of forms of evil ever since I adopted him from that puppy farm and I therefore I will not sell you my best friend for anything, not even if you're throwing in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory... could you get another dog for a pet?"
Bellaluna then drops one of her snowglobes upon hearing those words and says to Edna, "You think I want him as a pet? I just wanted one special part of him... you see my spellbook mentions in order to create a all-powerful talisman, I need "the tail of a puppy dog who is couragous and cowardly at the same time... and your dog ummm the tag reads "Courage Jr." umm yeah, and Courage Jr. fits the description so why don't you make things easier and hand him over please!"
Edna then says, "What the heck is that?" Bellaluna then says, "Ha! Nice try but it would take more than alot to... aaahhhh!" Then Bellaluna suddenly finds herself being attacked by Kimberly Morris again as she came out of the iron maiden. Edna then says to her friends, "Let's make a run for it!" As they continue to run from the Dr. Bellaluna, Rachel then says in panic, "The Kids Next Door are right! Teenagers are axe-crazy!
Jenny then says, "Every chase has to have chase music!" So Jenny puts a quarter in a jukebox and it plays "K2G" by Puffy Ami Yumi. Rachel then says, "I love this song... I mean EEK! Let's get out of here!"
"Oh great I knew the moment we went into this house one of those Hanna Barbara chases though a hall would happen…" said Edna as she runs with Junior in her arms. Bellaluna sighed then followed the group into a hallway with 14 doors.
So Bellaluna followed the door that Edna went into… however Edna and Junior came out from a door across the way very sneakily. Bellaluna came out from a different door and scared Edna, who ran away to another door.
(A scene shows Jenny and Rachel dancing)
For some reason Junior and Rachel came out of one the other doors riding a tandem bike then went though another door.
Edna came out another door followed by a skipping Jenny and both went though another door as Bellaluna came out on of the doors… Edna came from a different one… Jenny was hiding on the side that was not facing Bellaluna… Bellaluna then noticed Jenny figured from behind Edna and pointed at him. Jenny and Edna ran into another door followed by Bellaluna.
The Mystery Inc. gang came out of one doors and went thought another.
(A scene shows Edna and Rachel dancing)
Suddenly, Bellaluna is wearing Edna's clothes went into the hallway… Edna also entered the hall wearing Bellaluna's clothes… she had her hands on her hips and tapping her foot, Bellaluna just sheepishly grins. Then Junior came in and pointed at both of them, then acted confused. Both girls changed clothes in another door and Bellaluna followed Edna and Junior into another door.
Jenny and Rachel came though while on a rowboat, wearing a skipper hats while the boat went into another door.
(A scene shows Junior dancing with Bellaluna then he runs off at the minute Bellaluna pulls out an axe)
Edna came out a door followed by Junior. They both open a door and sees live-action footage of King Ghidorah and closes the door. Edna and Junior then open another door and at first they see a young girl playing the violin, Edna immediately shuts the door and says, "OH NO! NOT THAT AGAIN!" Then Junior hears a voice coming from the door saying, "I'm just a violin playing little girl, I won't scare you, please open the door." Edna then replies, "I'm not falling for that again and neither would the readers!" Junior then makes a sheepish grin and paints the words "PUPPY INSIDE" on the door and then the two hide behind a bookcase. They see Dr. Bellaluna open the door and she hears violin music as she says, "Hmm I don't recall inviting her to my shop, how cu...AAAAAHHHHHH WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT UGLY FACE ALL ABOUT! I JUST GONE AND WET MYSELF! umm... WHEN I CHANGE MY PANTS, YOUR TAIL IS MINE DOG!"
Meanwhile, Jenny and Rachel then open a door and they see four skeletons playing poker and one of them is apparently cheating because he is hiding cards in his bones. One of the Skeletons sees them and says to them, "Will you two skinbags get out of here? This is a private game and we don't want anyone ruining the mood, now get out of here...out out out!
Jenny then asks Rachel, "Did that scene make any sense to you?" Rachel shakes her head and Jenny then asks, "Will you ever mention it again?" Rachel shakes her head again and then Jenny says, "Big lipped alligator moment!"
"THE BIG LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT!"
Edna and Junior run into Rachel and Jenny and says, "C'mon guys, no more playing around, we need to escape and fast!
As Edna, Junior, Jenny, and Rachel manage to leave the shop so easily, Bellaluna pulls out a jack in the box and as it opens out springs out a green claw that grabs Junior and pulls it back into the shop and before the door slams shut, Bellaluna growls, "THE DOG IS MINE!"
Edna then tears up, knowing she lost her best friend, companion, and protector. Jenny then says, "Cheer up Edna, we'll think of a way to get him back, he's like our mascot if we were magical girls, we can't let evil win!" Rachel then adds, "Yes Jennifer, he saved us countless times and he saved me when I was turned into a were-mole so now it's our turn to save his tail... literally!"
Edna then cheers up and says, "You're right guys! GET OUT YOUR MAGIC ICE CREAM SCOOPS!"
And then the girls pull out their ice cream scoops and then Edna says to them, "There is one thing no force of evil cannot withstand is when 7 year old girls do something cute... VANILLA ICE CREAM POWER!"
Edna then lifts her ice cream scoop in the air and takes off her clothes, revealing a Sailor Moon like outfit but it's colored white and beige where the red should be. She also does a cute pose.
Rachel then shouts, "CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM POWER!" and then she lifts her ice cream scoop in the air and takes off her clothes, revealing a Sailor Moon like outfit but it's colored white and brown where the red should be. She also does a cute pose.
Jenny then shouts, "MINT BERRY CRUNCH POWER!" Edna then asks Jenny, "Were you watching "South Park" again?" Jenny replies, "South who? Oh ok ok... STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM POWER!" and then she lifts her ice cream scoop in the air and takes off her clothes, revealing a Sailor Moon like outfit but it's colored white and pink where the red should be. She also does a cute pose.
The three girls then shout, "THE ICE CREAM SENSHI TO THE RESCUE!" And then they see a door with a skull on it who asks them, "Who are you three, are you on the guest list?" They make cute poses and the Skull smiles and says, "How cute, come right in!" Rachel then whispers to Edna, "Works every time!"
In Bellaluna's lair, she has Junior strapped on a table and pulls out all sorts of cuttery and she asks him, "Ok puppy, before I put you to sleep, what preferred method would you like... surgical knife, cleaver, or axe?" Junior replies by peeing on the table out of fear.
Before Bellaluna pulls out the sleeping gas, Edna and the girls reach the lair in the nick of time.
Seeing the girls in magical girl outfits slightly confuses Bellaluna, Edna then says to her:
"Ice cream style, Ice cream grace.
Ice cream scoops in your face!"
Bellaluna then thinks to herself, "That is so confusing yet so adorable, I think I'll play along." Bellaluna then says to the girls, "Now before I cut off this puppy's tail in the name of the Negaverse, just who are you three?"
Edna: SAILOR VANILLA!
Rachel: SAILOR CHOCOLATE!
Jenny: SAILOR MINT BERRY CRUN... I mean SAILOR STRAWBERRY!
Then the three girls say in unison, "We are the Ice Cream Senshi and we fight for truth and love and... umm... make evil go away!"
Bellaluna then grins and says to the girls, "Oh is that so? Well what are you going to do about it? Hmmmm?"
Edna, Rachel, and Jenny then pulls out their ice cream scoops and then Rachel says to her, "Then prepare for our ultimate attack!"
Then the three shout in unison, "NEAPOLITAN BEAM!"
Then the three pretend they are firing a huge beam at Bellaluna... so she falls down and says, "Oh no! my evil plan is ruined, noooooooo!" As Bellaluna pretends to be "dying" Rachel and Jenny manage to untie Junior and the three manage to escape the lair.
Bellaluna comes to and says, "HA! With that type of acting, I should become a actress... uh... girls? THE DOG!" Then Bellaluna shape shifts into a lollipop (sucker), a donkey, and Steve-O, then as she shapeshifts back to normal she shouts in pure anger, "I'VE BEEN HAD! GET THEM MY MINIONS! AND BRING BACK THE DOG ALIVE!"
So the three girls and puppy run past the hallways full of spirits, monsters, and other unmentionable entities. Edna then says to her friends, "Whatever you do... don't look back, it's what she wants! As Bellaluna chases them, she says to herself, "Darn, there is no fooling that girl!" Jenny then slows her down by throwing sprinkles at her face while Rachel sprays some hot fudge on the ground, slowing Bellaluna down even more.
Soon the girls see a dead end in the form of a huge brick wall. Before the girls panic, Jenny grabs Junior and runs through the brick wall and they exit the door and continue to run. Edna then asks Jenny, "How did you know the wall was a illusion?" Jenny replies, "I didn't it was a instinct!" Junior then wags his tail and licks Jenny's face. Jenny continues, "Either way, at least our little Courage Junior is safe and in one piece."
Edna then says to the girls, "Stop! We have to call the ASPCA and report that sicko!" So after Rachel uses her phonecard in the payphone, Edna says to the phone, "Hello, ASPCA? I'd like to report a crazy voodoo practicing teenager who... huh? You don't say? You're after her too? What did she do?... oh man I'm going to be sick! She does THAT to animals? Yeah well she's after my puppy just for his tail and... You'll be here soon? Thanks?"
Jenny then asks, "What did they say?" Edna then replies, "Turns out they were after her for a long time! I don't want to say why but they really want her!"
(A half hour later)
Edna leads some men from the ASPCA to Dr. Bellaluna's magic shop and when they got there it vanished. The head of the team then says, "Darnnit! this always happens! The minute she gets reported, she is ahead of us and vanishes to other parts unknown!" Edna replies, "Well mister, the girl seems very interested in my puppy's tail so she's bound to come back eventually." The head of the team then gives Edna his card and says to her, "If any of you see her again, please let us know!"
So Edna, Junior, Jenny, and Rachel then go back to their homes.
(Meanwhile in an unidentified part of Somewhere)
Dr. Bellaluna's magic shop magically reappears in a new location and she says, "DARN! DARN! DARN! That was a close one! But don't rest too soon PUPPY! I'll be back and when I do, your tail will be my one way ticket to mastering magic...AND RULING THE WORLD! AAAAHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!"
Then a shrunken head says to the reader, "Oy, she gets so carried away! I hope she doesn't lose her... "head" trying to get that dog! huh? huh? Oh just end the chapter already!"
Next Time: Edna's worse fear is exposed and can Junior and her friends help her overcome it?
