Author's Note: Okay, so for the last three weeks, my family's been in the process of packing and moving into our new house. During that time, the internet at our current home has been cut off and I've only just got it hooked up at my new house. I'm sorry for the long wait in an update. However, to make up for it and to satisfy the curiosity of all those who were wondering what it would have been like to have Courtney, Duncan, and Bunneh actually sing "When We're Human," I've posted up two new chapters. This chapter is just a bonus chapter that shows an alternate ending to the previous chapter, one that has them singing. I mainly did this because my sister really wanted to hear them sing it and, quite honestly, I did too. It's such a fun song and scene and I had a great time adapting it to fit Duncan, Courtney, and Bunneh. The next chapter is the real new chapter.
Before I start the bonus chapter, I'd like to apologize for getting Duncan's team messed up in the previous chapter. My bad. Don't worry, I edited the mistake. I'd also like to reply to a couple of wonderful reviews...
X0PapaRoachx0: No, "Bunneh" is not a reference to RWJ…whatever that is. It's actually a tribute to this old Danny Phantom RP group (The Evil Cookie Club) I had been in a couple of years ago. We called Dark Danny "Danneh" and slapped and humiliated him a lot. Such good fun.
CarmillaD: It's true that some tarantulas can eat frogs, but Bullfrogs can grow pretty frinkin' big and are known to eat mice, birds, and basically anything that can fit into their mouth. Anywho, thanks for the awesome comment! Glad you liked Bunneh!
Thank you all for the great reviews and I hope you enjoy this fun chapter!
"We're not singing, Bunneh!" Courtney told her and Duncan's new rabbit companion. The tarantula couple was following the slightly hare-brained Bunneh deep into the Canadian forest. The morning sun was shining down brightly, giving the leafy forest a cheerful, relaxed atmosphere. Squirrels scampered in the tree branches above the traveling trio while butterflies lazily floated along and birds twittered in the air. To Duncan and Courtney, it appeared like an entirely different place from the horrid, dangerous place it had been last night.
"Oh fine…" Bunneh forlornly mumbled, hopping a few feet ahead of the teen arachnids. "You two don't have to sing."
"Finally." Duncan grumpily muttered, crawling under an arched tree root as he followed DJ's former pet.
"I'll sing first and then you!" the tiny bunny said, smiling widely.
"WHAT?"
Oblivious to his companions' cries of protest, Bunneh began to loudly play his ukulele, hopping like a juggernaut left to right across the forest floor while Duncan and Courtney struggled to keep up.
"Oh, when you're human being,"Bunneh sang in his deep, rugged voice, addressing the spider couple. He grabbed hold of Duncan and began to spin the teen boy around singing, "Wawanakwa's where I'll be" Bunneh placed Duncan on a low tree branch and, grabbing Courtney with his long ears, threw her onto the branch next to Duncan.
"I'll show the world a new pet star like no one has ever seen!" the rabbit sang, wriggling his ears and eyebrows at the spiders. Duncan and Courtney were sitting on the low tree branch, watching and listening to Bunneh with amused smiles on their faces.
"You've all heard of Lassy. Oh Rin Tin Tin Tin!" Bunneh sang, wriggling his butt and tail back and forth. He whirled around like he was on stage, ukulele in paw and cried, "All those pets gotta step aside when they hear this bunny play! LISTEN!"
Bunneh began to hop on the large, bulging roots of the tree that Duncan and Courtney were in, play his ukulele loud and proud. Jumping up and down and upside down- it didn't matter what Bunneh was doing, he was still playing the ukulele like a pro, filling the air with an irresistible tune. Even Duncan and Courtney were impressed.
"Oh yeah! Play that twig!" Duncan shouted, swaying his round body back and forth with the music as his eight legs tapped with pleasure to the beat. Courtney watched Bunneh play with a smile on her face, making sure to roll her four eyes at on cue at Duncan's overenthusiastic dancing. This was worse than his dancing at Owen's victory party last season!
A raccoon that had been woken up by all the noise and music, stuck his furry masked head out hollow and fixed Duncan with a sleepy glare.
Suddenly, Bunneh, who was too busy playing his ukulele to look where he was hopping, missed a root and landed in a large bush, sending a shower of green leaves up at the tarantulas and raccoon. They all let out gasps of surprise before being covered in a rain of leaves.
As the shower of leaves subsided, Duncan and Courtney lowered strings of spider web down the tree, into the bush, and slowly began to lift Bunneh up.
"When you're human, as I hope you'll be," sang Bunneh as he was rose up into the tree on a swing of spider web. He jumped onto the tree branch with Duncan and Courtney. "I'm going to play this thing while the camera rolls and everyone's going to bow down to me!"
Pushing the tarantula couple aside, Bunneh strolled down the long tree limb as if it were the Hollywood red carpet, waving and blowing kisses to an invisible audience.
"Thank you! I love you guys! No autographs! Please ladies, there's enough Bunneh to go around!" gushed Bunneh showing off an even bigger ego than Chris as he led Duncan and Courtney across the tree branch, jumping over to the branch of the next tree. He passed by the raccoon's hollow and played his ukulele extra loudly. The raccoon growled and plugged in one ear with one paw and shook the other one angrily at the rabbit and the two spiders as they crossed over to the next tree.
Duncan, caught up in Bunneh's music and enthusiasm, began to sing along, much to Courtney's annoyance.
"When I'm myself again, a millionaire life is what I'll have." Sang Duncan, carving a skull with a crown on its head into the bark of the tree with a sharp stone he'd found. The tree the trio was in was covered in blooming orange flowers that hung over them like bright, sweet-smelling bells. Duncan snatched some flowers in his legs and tossed them in the air like confetti.
"A great big party every night! That doesn't sound too bad." Duncan sang as orange petals rained down on him and Courtney. Courtney made an angry noise and glared, furious that he was thinking of spending all his money on partying like Owen. One Owen was all the world needed!
Enticed by the cheerful music and singing, several pretty birds began to flutter and land on the branches around the rabbit and tarantulas. Duncan noticed and flashed the lovely feathered beauties a flirtish smile. The birds all swooned and giggled while Courtney simmered with rage.
"A redhead on my left arm." Duncan started to sing. A pretty red-feathered bird landed the branch and rubbed against the delinquent's left arm, "oohing" in delight.
"A brunette on my right!" A brown-feathered beauty landed on Duncan's right side, leaning against him and giggling.
Not wanting to miss out on having their share of the handsome tarantula, several bright yellow birds flew down and perched on the branch on either side of Duncan and the redhead and brunette bird.
"A blonde or two to hold the candles, now that sounds just about right!" Sang Duncan as the beautiful songbirds all kicked up their legs and fluttered their wings to dance along with the music. He twirled around and stuck his butt up in the air, shooting out a string of silk up; it stuck to a branch above him and pulled Duncan up into the air. The birds launched themselves into the air, circling around Duncan and flashing off their brilliant display of color.
"Hey Bunneh!" Duncan yelled as the silk string snapped and he came falling back to earth. A couple of birds flew below and caught him. "Life is short, when you're done, you're done! We're on this earth to have some fun!" sang Duncan as the birds lowered him onto the branch next to Bunneh. The eight-legged teen leaned against Bunneh's back, singing, "That's the way things are!"
"Tell it brother!" laugh Bunneh, still playing his ukulele. The rabbit was leading them over to a particularly thin branch that shook violently as they crossed it to make it to the next tree. Courtney, being the last one, was suffering the most; the girl tarantula could barely keep her balance and stay on as Bunneh and Duncan shook the branch with all their antics.
"When I'm human, and I'm going to be," Duncan sang, dancing right behind Bunneh, "I'm gonna tear things up like I did before! And that's a big fat guarantee!"
Duncan ended in his little musical number with a spectacular dance move, rolling down the downward branch, jumping up in the air, and doing a somersault right over Courtney. He landed right in the midst of the flock of lovely songbirds who all cheered and crowded around Duncan, smothering him with attention.
"Hello ladies." Duncan smoothly said, giving them a charming wink.
The lady birds all gushed and swooned, holding their wings over their hearts.
Courtney had had enough. Practically tasting vomit in her mouth, Courtney snapped off a twig and crawled over towards Duncan and the birds.
"Ever heard of the Birdeater tarantula?" the transformed girl snarled, viciously beating off the flirtatious birds away from Duncan with the twig, ignoring their cries of protest.
"Aww, is someone jealous?" Duncan cooed to Courtney in mocking tones. He was staring at her, blue eye half-lidded with amusement at her display of jealous brutality.
"Me? Jealous?" Courtney scoffed in annoyed tones, putting her front legs on the sides of her body, still holding the sharp twig. "They're birds!"
A cocky smirk spread across his spider face. "Can I help it that no species can resist me?" Duncan exclaimed. He lifted his face up towards the retreated birds and shouted, "CALL ME!"
The birds all exhaled sighs of sadness and waved farewell, blowing the gloriously handsome spider kisses as they left.
Courtney rolled her dark eyes and gave Duncan an irritated push in the chest. "Your modesty becomes you," She sang to Duncan in sarcastic tones, crawling away back towards Bunneh, "And your sense of responsibility. I worked hard for everything I got!" Courtney proclaimed, oblivious to Duncan, who was making faces at her backside. "And that's the way it's supposed to be!"
Duncan ignored her and snapped off two twigs from the branch. He snapped the two twigs in half, creating four smaller twigs; grabbing each small twig with four of his legs, Duncan began to bang them against the tree's surface like a drum as he walked and followed Bunneh, drowning out Courtney's words with the music.
"When I'm human being," Courtney proudly sang, "At least I'll act like one!" Courtney's large eyes filled with shock when she saw that Bunneh and Duncan, too busy playing the ukulele or banging twigs like a drum to notice where they were going, were about to walk off the branch into empty air.
"If you do your best each and every day," sang Courtney as she hurriedly scampered up the trunk of the tree that they were in. When she was high enough, the girl tarantula leaped off and fell straight onto the branch of the next tree over, lowering the branch with her weight so that it levered off where Bunneh and Duncan would walk onto it. "Good things are sure to come your way!"
"What you give is what you get!" the CIT continued to sing as she guided the absent-minded Bunneh and Duncan, who had too much music in their heads to pay attention, through the network of tree branches, lowering or raising the branches using her spider thread or twig. "That's my philosophy so never forget!"
"I commend it to you." Courtney sang to them as the trio finally reached a tree that's branches was stable, particularly to Duncan who was hanging upside down from the tree limb, banging the trunk with his twigs.
Duncan lifted himself back up as he and Bunneh leaped on either side of Courtney and the trio loudly sang.
"When we're human, and we're going to be!"
Bunneh threw his ukulele up in the air, caught it, pulled a few strings and sang, "I'm gonna be a star!"
Duncan leaped up, banging his twigs on the branch above them, singing, "I'm gonna live the rich life!"
Courtney puffed her chest out and raised her head rise, crying in a lovely voice, "I'm gonna do my best to take my place in the sunnnnnnn!"
SNAP!
The three friends froze, eyes wide with shock, as the branch beneath them groaned under their weight and finally snapped, falling to the ground with the trio still on it. The branch, with the rabbit and tarantulas clinging to it, hit the forest ground and began to slide down a large hill.
"Whhhheeeeennnnnnn...." the friends sang as the branch raced down the hill, gaining speed as it slid towards the bottom.
"Weeee'rrreeeeeeeeee……" At the bottom of the hill, there was large boulder. Bunneh, Courtney, and Duncan all grabbed on to each other as the branch nailed into the boulder and was sent flying up into the air. Down below them was a large lake.
"Humaaannnnnnnnn!"
SPLASH!
The wooden branch floated across the lake's still, watery surface. A second later, two small heads, popped up under the lake, soaking wet with soggy hair dripping over their spider faces.
"Let's…let's not do that again." Courtney suggested, flipping a strand of brown hair from her eyes.
"Gotcha." Duncan agreed, shaking the water from his mohawk.
Suddenly a larger head popped up from the water between them.
"WHOO-HOO!" Bunneh happily shouted, slapping the water with his paw. "WHO'S UP FOR A REPRISE?"
Duncan and Courtney each grabbed one of Bunneh's longs ears and roughly pushed him back underwater.
Well, that was fun to write. Hope you guys enjoyed reading it! Next chapter is the real one! Please read and review!^^