Alvin and the Chipmunks

The Threequel

Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Livin life on the wild side

Chapter Ten

You Think You Got It Rough

Author's note-Once again I apologise for being slack on updating. School was not being nice to me until now-You guess it, holidays have finally arrived! I am so glad to be back in business again! Anyway, without further ado, I present to you chapter ten of my 'AATC 3: Livin life on the wild side' story! Enjoy!

Soron blinked away the sleep from his eyes and uncurled himself from Vinny's gentle, sleeping embrace. She sighed and rolled over to her side as he did so, and he couldn't help but smile at how adorable she was asleep. "Love?" She murmured. "Come back to bed. Being up before the crack of dawn is much too early to be awake."

Soron leaned over and gently caressed her soft, furry cheek and replied. "It's never too early to learn. I'll return with our boys and their mates before you know it." He gave her a kiss to the forehead. "I love you Vin." He whispered. As he left their nest, he could sense a smile moving across her face.

"I love you too sweetie." She spoke softly.

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Soron had made his way to the apparent, next to the thrown couple, Alvin and Brittany's nest first, since they needed to be taught a little about being a respectful and exuberant, like waking up at early times. Even though he hadn't seen his son for over fifteen years, he still knew many of Alvin's characteristics, in which includes meek languor when it came to mornings, labelling 'not the kind of early bird I had expected for our next leader' to Soron's mind. He had yet to figure out Brittany's.

Soron climbed his way up the branches, his claws grappling the scales of the bark as he levelled higher and higher above ground. He had finally reached the correct level and pushed aside the beads clothing the doorway to Alvin and Brittany's nest, revealing the two sleeping side by side in the bundle of straw.

Brittany had curled up into a ball; her back gently pressed against Alvin's left arm. Alvin on the other hand, had his paw slightly touching his counterpart's shoulder blade, with his nose buried in the back of her neck. It was an adorable sight to see, but unfortunately, Soron had to break it up for the start of the big day he'd planned.

He drummed his paws along the wall of the trunk, his voice high and alerting. "Up and Adam kids!" He shouted. "The day has started! Let's go!" Soron's first attempt was a disappointing fail. The only he received was a slight twitch of their ears and something else rather amusing.

Alvin scrunched up his nose, as the paw against Brittany's shoulder manoeuvred around her waist, pulling her closer to him. "...Not yet, Dave..." He mumbled. The nerve of his tail twitched, causing Soron to stifle a fit of giggles. Alvin nuzzled the back of Brittany's neck. "Mmm...cookies and cream cookies and cream..."

Brittany jerked her shoulders upwards and giggled. "Hehe...daddy stop it!" She squirmed about, when the top of her head accidently connected with Alvin's jaw, causing him to recoil and automatically fling his whole body weight upright, squeaking in surprise as he did so. Brittany did the same, but screaming over the new face in the room.

"What the hell!" Alvin shouted, his whole face screwed up into a firm glare towards his father. Soron could not hold it in any longer, and without warning, he burst into a fit of laughter, his arms instantly clutched his stomach as he did so. Alvin and Brittany glanced at each other and gulped, before scooting further away to either side of the straw bed.

By then, Soron had finally collected himself and stood up, his hazel eyes squeezed together in a smirk as he looked over his son and Brittany. "Alright, I am good now." He said. "Its time for your first lesson in being in a tribe. The-Erm, Brittany? What in name are you doing?"

Brittany glanced up at him and threw a firm look, as she dusted off the grains of straw from the remains of her outfit. "There's this new thing." She said irately. "It's called a mattress. Look, I know out here decent things are scarce, but a mattress is vital to your back and...saving your clothes. Look at me! I'm screwed if I go out now looking like this!"

Alvin turned to her and scoffed. "Where did you get that, out of a 'heath for dummies' magazine?"

Brittany shot him a glare."We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view, darl." She fired back, as she slapped the one last piece of straw from her top.

Alvin rolled his eyes at her. "I'm already visualising the duct tape over your mouth, Honey."

"Oh you two stop it!" Soron snapped. Alvin and Brittany turned to face him as he continued to ramble. "If you's keep on quarrelling about like this we will never get to your first lesson." He explained.

Alvin groaned. "Lesson?" He whined. "I guess you can never get away from the wrath of school. Ever!" Soron shot him a scolding look and pinched his son's earlobe. "Ow ow ow! Watch the fur pa!" Brittany snickered.

Soron released Alvin's ear and hurried towards the doorway of the trunk, gesturing the two to follow him. "Now let's go." He said, now in a calm, but still firm voice. "I want to start early so we can cover more ground. Get your learning jocks on and now come!" And with that, he bounded out of the nest, leaving the clothed beads to sway soundly.

Brittany gave Alvin a random, mortified look. "...Jocks?" Alvin just shrugged his shoulders and started trailed his father, in which his counterpart hesitantly followed.

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"So, uh...What exactly do you have planned for us today, dad?" Theodore asked curiously, as he and the rest of the group, plus Soron, ambled on through the forest ahead of the Tribe still slumbering.

Soron glanced over his shoulder and smiled. "That is an excellent question, Teddy." He said. "Me and a group of assistants have participated on offering every single one of you lessons on how to survive in the wilderness."

Simon gave his father a confused look. "Don't we already know all of what to expect being wild? I mean, we weren't birth raised by humans, we were just being taken care of by hem for the last...fifteen years."

"Exactly." Soron replied simply. He kicked aside a stone in his path, before continuing. "Your instincts need a little kick start from the company of the humans. It has meddled with your young, chipmunk mind, leaving only what you have learned in those...fifteen years."

Simon looked ahead, deep in thought. "I haven't thought of it like that before." He said. "It all makes sense now."

"Good." Soron smiled.

About a mile out from the Tribe, both Brittany and Alvin had begun trailing the rest of the group, mainly because of Brittany's wound had started to act up, causing her to hobble a lot slower than before. Many times had Alvin offered her a piggy-back to ease the twinge, but she had refused every time, saying that she would be fine and didn't need his help.

Alvin scoffed and gained his pace, now about a foot ahead of Brittany. "Well, this will be the last time I ever try and to help you." The pink clad chipette narrowed her eyes at him, trying hard not to give out any signs of her being in pain.

"I told you before; I don't need your help. I'm capable of taking care of myself now, Alvin." She retorted, as she continued to walk as straight and steady as everybody else. But it didn't seem to be working out well for her. But at least she had stopped bleeding right?

Alvin rolled his eyes. "Yeah, sure." He replied passively. "Like what you told me at school, Brit. 'Oh no I'll be fine, Al, really. Ryan and Xander would never hurt a little insignificant girl like me. I bet that dodgeball wouldn't even touch me.' You could not sit for weeks after that! So what are you talking about?"

"That was almost a year ago, Alvin!" Brittany barked. "How on earth do you still remember that? And why did you bring it up in the first place?"

Alvin smirked. "Okay, answer to your first question; I have a memory of an elephant, and to your second question; because I was proving my point."

Brittany grabbed her hip and hissed under her breath, before sucking it in and replying. "And what point would that be?"

Alvin whirled around and looked at her as if she had grown another head. "I just told you!" He exclaimed incredulously. Then again he noticed the pain in her face, since it was scrunched up tightly and she had stopped walking. He softened a little and sighed, stepping towards her. "...Okay, this time, I'm not taking no for an answer. Come here."

Brittany's eyes widened. "Wait-What?" But Alvin didn't answer. He already had her off her feet and into his arms, as he turned around and proceeded following the others.

By this time Theodore and Eleanor had begun eyeing the two of them. The slightly irritated, yet somewhat comfortable look on Brittany's face made them both giggle with awe. "Can you believe Alvin?" Eleanor whispered to her counterpart.

"He's getting a little lovey dovey with Brittany I think." Theodore replied in the same tone. He and Eleanor slowed their pace a fraction, savouring the silent teasing only them could hear. "It's so adorable!"

"I heard that!" Brittany shouted. The two green clad chipmunks snickered.

"You know they're never gonna live this down, right?" Alvin chirped, screwing his face into a slight smirk. Brittany rolled her eyes and nodded. "Well you picked me up, not me." She replied as a matter of factly.

Alvin chuckled. "Well, yeah." He said. "But you're the one who hurt yourself, not me."

Brittany smiled. "Touché."

By the time the group made it to their destination, the sun had already begun to peer through the horizon, pushing light in through the trees and catching them as they neared another group of chipmunks waiting by a halo of stones and moss. The clearing was large and dense. Morning dew dripped from the leaves of the trees and the chirping of birds filled the air, causing the length of the grass to flutter as they took off into the dawning sky.

Soron approached the same chipmunk Alvin met yesterday and shook his paw. "Ah, Carlos!" He sighed happily. "I haven't seen you for quite a while, young lad. Where were you and your mate at these past months?"

Carlos smiled politely and replied. "Yeah, around. Been catching up with soccer, you know. Gabriela and I had neared the human Tribe last month though, not a very pretty sight. Those animals are crazy!" He gestured for Gabriela, who was standing silently in the midst of the other chipmunks. She approached him and wrapped an arm around his waist, nuzzling his shoulder lovingly. Carlos gave her a wink and finished. "But it is a pleasure to be back at home."

Soron smiled. "Yes, it is good my friend." He said. "Anyway, my son's, their mates and I are here to begin redeeming themselves over their fifteen years in human company. So, would you all make your way over and accompany your first task."

Simon piped in unexpectedly. "Um, just out of curiosity." He said. "What is the first task?"

"It is how we use reliance among others, partners, mates." Another chipmunk, seemingly known as Simon's male counterpart, Lachlan stepped forward confidently. No-one else appeared to notice, but Simon could see a glint of rivalry in the chipmunk's sharp, hazel eyes and the tone of voice he used as a reply sounded like he was talking to a complete idiot. Lachlan smirked at the blue clad chipmunk as he finished. "Surely you would know this, since you are, and undoubtedly the smartest of your brothers, hm?"

Simon eyes him firmly. "Sorry I asked then, (mutters to himself)...smartass." And with that, he ambled over along with Jeanette and the others further into the thick of the meadow, pushing aside chunks of long grass as he went. By the time he had finally caught up with his counterpart, they were walking over the shortest of the grass, much more suitable for a lesson-in which he, nor the others knew about.

"Now, Carlos, Declan, Gabriela and Fawn will assist Alvin and Brittany in their task" Soron leaned forward a little in Alvin and Brittany direction, frowning slightly. "...Partnership and Trust." The two eldest chipmunks smiled nervously in return, before glancing over at each other as they headed off to the West with the other four called up.

"Lachlan, CJ, Danielle and Jaydy will assist Simon and Jeanette in their task: Confidence and willpower."

Willpower? Simon thought incredulously, as he and Jeanette ambled into the East with the others.

Soron looked over towards Theodore and Eleanor sitting to the left of him, waiting silently for the name of their task. He smiled at them. "And last but not least, Butch, Avery, Bailey and Marni, you will assist Theodore and Eleanor in their task: Partnership and Confidence. After that we could all do a little choreography." He gave the two youngest chipmunks a grin and led them off.

Sorry it was so short, I had a MASSIVE writer's block, and school isn't making it any easier for me lately...But I hope you liked it! Please review, honest but kindly please.