Chapter 25: Be careful what you dream for Part I
(A/N: So, here I am again, after a month almost completely dedicated to study. Sorry if this chapter is a bit crappy, but I've been a month without writing anything and I'm a bit rusty. I wanted to give Matt more screentime in this chapter in an attempt of making him stand out a bit more. I also threw some BrianxJillian in this chapter (and will be more in the next one) because I love this pairing. Well, enough babbling, let's go with the chapter)
Nothing feels better after a hard day at work where you have to put up with a bitchy boss and an over-retarded co-worker than going to have some drinks with your friends at a borderline-decent pub. Yeah, to make long things short, Peter is drinking with his friends at the clam as usual.
"So, how about our plan for this weekend?" asked Peter. "It still stands?"
"Sure it is" said Quagmire.
"I hope that this trip will be better than the X-men convention" said Cleveland dryly.
Flashback
Peter, Joe, Quagmire and Cleveland are in an X-men convention disguised. Peter is dressed as wolverine, Quagmire is dressed as Cyclops, Joe is dressed as Professor X and Cleveland…is dressed as Storm.
"Why I have to be storm?" asked Cleveland, pissed.
"We told you a thousand times, Storm is the only black mutant" explained Peter.
"That's not true!" complained Cleveland "What about Bishop?"
"Come on, Bishop isn't very popular, in fact he even didn't appear on the movies" said Joe. "Besides, I also was forced to be Professor X because he's the only one who is handicapped AND YOU DON'T SEE ME COMPLAINING LIKE A QUEER!" shouted Joe.
"At least, tell that sick pervert to stop nipping my butt!!" said Cleveland.
"Sorry if I make you feel uncomfortable, but when I see you with that white wig, that fake breast and…giggity!" said Quagmire
End Flashback
"Hey guys, you know what we can do for having some laughs?" suggested Peter slyly.
"What?" asked Cleveland.
"We could go stand over near Brian, and we'll take a drink every time he says 'bonerific', you know, his trademark catchphrase" said Peter as he snorted a bit loudly.
The guys then walked near Brian, who was in the bar having a drink and talking with his girlfriend Jillian.
"So, Brian, how do you feel tonight?" asked Quagmire.
"Good. I'm really enjoying tonight" said Brian.
"And…how's your relationship with Jillian going?" asked Peter.
"Fine, I'm glad that you ask. Now that Jillian was nice enough to give me a second chance, I'm going to make damn sure that she feels loved and appreciated" said Brian sweetly, as he held Jillian's hand and smiled. Jillian smiled him back.
"So, everything goes fine, good, or something that rhymes with 'terrific', huh?" asked Joe.
Brian then released Jillian's hand and frowned, now aware of the game that they were playing on him.
"Are you with that crap again?" asked Brian, annoyed. "Well, you can stay there all night and wait me to say that word, because I WON'T!"
"Which word?" asked Cleveland.
"Bonerific" said Brian.
"HAAAAAAAAAAA!!" laughed the group while pointing Brian.
"Did I tell you?! You can't keep this guy from saying it!" laughed Peter.
"But 'Bonerific isn't even a real word…!" complained Brian.
"He did it again! He did it again!" laughed Cleveland.
Brian rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"Come on, Jillian, let's go somewhere with less idiots" growled Brian, as he and Jillian left the bar.
Peter and the guys continued drinking and talking about trivial things when Horace walked to them.
"Sorry, but it's time for closing" announced the barman.
"Okay" said Joe. "Who's going to drive?"
"Don't look at me" said Cleveland. "I've been drinking as much as you"
"God, that means that we must go back to our houses WALKING?" asked Quagmire horrified.
"Don't worry, nobody will walk tonight!" said Peter, then looked at Joe. "Although I know somebody who would love to…well, because unlike you I'm a smart person, I called my son in law to be our designated driver. He should arrive here at any moment.
In that very moment, Matt entered in the bar, dragging his feet, looking really exhausted.
"Peter…did you call me?" asked Matt before yawning.
"Yes, I want you to take us home" said Peter as he tossed the keys of his car to Matt.
"Peter, are you sure the kid's okay?" asked Joe.
"Yes, he looks worst than Cleveland Junior's teachers when they try to calm him down, and I can say that that's really hard" said Cleveland.
"Nah, he looks fine, right buddy?" asked Peter to Matt.
"Where am I?" asked Matt, as he has just woke up from a dream.
Minutes later, everybody is in Peter's station wagon, with Matt driving…or at least trying to.
"Hey, try not to sleep while driving, okay?" said Joe.
"Peter, the boy seems a bit tired" said Quagmire, showing some worry.
"Lois told me that he's been several nights in which he couldn't get to sleep. But he sleeps with Meg after all, so, who could?" asked Peter.
Nobody laughed at his pun.
"Hey, where are we?" asked Cleveland, as he looked through the window of the back seat.
In fact, they where in a part of Quahog totally unknown for them.
"Peter, Matt can't drive properly tonight" said Joe. "Let's get back on a bus or a taxi"
"Nah, he's fine, right, Matthew?" said Peter, still optimist.
"Huh? Did you say something?" asked Matt, sleepy as he turned back.
"Keep watching the road, you idiot!" shouted Joe.
"What?"
The station wagon then crashed against a streetlamp.
The next day, by the lunch time, Peter and Matt are taken to home from the hospital by their wives.
"Thanks god that none of you had serious wounds" said Lois as she helped Peter to sit on the kitchen. Meg did the same with Matt.
"Dad, why the hell did you called Matt to be your designated driver?" asked Meg, full of anger. "You knew that he's going through insomnia recently!"
"And what the hell did you want me to do? All of us were drunk!" protested Peter.
"Maybe if you didn't drink that much…" reproached Lois, a bit angry. Peter then gasped and looked at her in shock.
"Lois, because I love you, I'm going to pretend that I didn't hear that" said Peter, visibly offended. "In fact, I'm going to pretend that you said 'pineapple' for no reason. Hehehehehehehehe! Lois, why did you said 'pineapple' for no reason? God, you women are so stupid…"
In that moment, Rosie teleported in the middle of the room and jumped on her dad's lap. Flare (who was now a fully grown phoenix, and had almost the size of Brian) entered in the room flying and sat in the table near his owner.
"Daddy!" shouted the toddler, cheerful. "Play with me and Flare!"
"Sorry, sport, but daddy is too tired to play with you…" said Matt weakly before yawning. "Why don't you play with Stewie?"
"He doesn't want to play with me" said Rosie. "He said that he has some unfinished business of his own. I wonder what mean that"
Cutaway
Stewie is in his secret lab, dressed with a lab coat. He has his teddy bear Rupert is strapped to a lab table, with some cables attached to it.
"And now, Rupert, my friend, you'll stop being only a stuffed animal and become a REAL ANIMAL!" shouted Stewie before switching his device.
Electricity flows through the cables attached to Rupert, until there's a big explosion. Stewie, coughing, waves his hands to disperse the smoke and see if his experiment was a success.
"Rupert…are you real now?" asked Stewie.
And yes, in the lab table there's a huge real it's very angry.
"Oh, Rupert, you're alive! Gimme a hug!" said Stewie with joy as he walked to the angry bear.
(The last scene was removed from the cutaway)
End Cutaway
Flare then shrieked.
"Rosie, sweetie, I don't think that the kitchen is a nice place for an animal" said Lois.
"Well, Brian eats in the kitchen with us. I don't see why Flare has to be different" replied Rosie. "Besides, he's hungry, and he knows that the kitchen is the proper place to eat, unlike other people who eat from garbage"
"I don't eat from garbage!" complained Brian offscreen. "At least not anymore…"
Lois then took from a cupboard a piece of meat and threw it to Flare, that caught it and swallowed it entirely. The phoenix then let out a loud shriek enclosed with a fiery sudden blaze. Lois screamed in terror and clumsily stepped backwards. Although she avoided the blaze, her hair and clothes were slightly charred.
"Haha, Flare says that he likes you!" laughed Rosie.
"Oh…that's great…" stammered Lois.
"Flare also says that he's sorry for scaring you. He still has some troubles with his fire breath" said Rosie, apologizing for her bird pet.
Minutes later, everybody is having lunch in the kitchen, discussing about the accident and Matt's insomnia.
"God, this is horrible" said Matt. "It's been three nights in which I cannot sleep" said Matt, who was so tired that he couldn't even eat. "Even if fall asleep, I can't sleep more than an hour"
"Poor Matthew" said Meg as she placed a hand on her husbands shoulder.
"Hey, Meg, why don't you use the spellbook to help Matt to sleep?" suggested Chris.
"No!" suddenly said Matt. "I don't want magic being used on me, okay?"
"Awww…my dreams of being useful were crushed…hey, I have another idea, why don't you buy a fish, attach a string to it, put somewhere in the street, wait a cat to see it, and when he's going to get it, you pull the string and surprise the cat!"
"And, how is going that to help me to sleep?" asked Matt.
"It won't, but it will be funny!" laughed Chris.
"Matt, if you can't sleep, why don't you spend the night doing something productive or entertaining?" suggested Brian. "You could read a book, go for a walk, do some exercise or find a hobby to do at night"
"Hey, you're right!" said Matt. "You know, when I was little I used to build castles, houses and stuff like that by using anything but matches and glue"
"That's a good idea!" said Peter. "You could inhale the glue until you lose conscious, and thus this, you'll sleep!"
"Peter, I think that he's saying that he could spend the night in building things with matches and glue until he's so tired that he falls asleep" said Lois.
Peter then looked at her in shock.
"Hehehehehe! Why did you say 'The mole builds his house near a volcano' for no reason, Lois? God, each day your stupidity amazes me more…" said Peter.
The night arrived, and when everybody was ready to get home, Matt was preparing for build a castle of matches.
"Here you have all what you need" said Lois, as he gave him a huge bag. "three hundred boxes of matches and twenty glue storage jars. I hope it will be enough"
"Don't worry, I'm sure it will be" said Matt.
"The bed is going to seem so empty and big without you…" said Mg a bit downbeat.
"Don't worry honey, it will be only for tonight. Tomorrow, after I slept at least six hours, we will have more sex than we have on our wedding night"
"Uh…Matt, we barely have sex on our wedding night, remember?" said Meg.
Flashback
Matt is lying on a hospital bed, with Meg(still in her wedding dress) at his side. It's late in the night.
"God, I've never imagined that our wedding night it would be this crappy" said Meg.
"Well, thank your dad for this" said Matt bitterly.
"At least the doctors said that you're okay…" said Meg. Then she came closer to him. "Matt, you know, if we are silent enough and careful with your wounds, we could…" Meg then whispered the last part to his husband, and both of them giggled.
"Okay, let's do it!" said Matt, upbeat.
But when Meg was about to undress, a male nurse entered in the room.
"Sorry, Mrs. Kennedy, but the visit hour is over" announced the nurse.
"Can you let me stay five minutes more?" begged Meg.
"Sorry, but no. Those are the hospital rules. You can visit him again tomorrow. Besides, I have to give him his daily medicines" said the nurse.
"Okay" said Meg before leaving. She also blew her husband a kiss.
"Well, Mr. Kennedy, this won't hurt, but you'll feel sleepy" said the nurse before injecting the medicine.
Matt then began to blink, until he felt asleep, due to the painkiller's effect. The nurse then came closer to him and stroke his cheek.
"What a hot body wasted in a vagina…" moaned the nurse in a new effeminate voice.
End Flashback
The very next day, the family woke up at morning, and went downstairs, to see if Matt was able to sleep.
"Matt, darling, were you able to-HOLY CRAP!" shouted Meg.
In the living room there were several match-made castles, pyramids, towers, the Mount Rushmore, and even match-made replicas of the whole family.
"It didn't work…" said Matt, who was in a corner, with his kneed clutched to his chest. "WHY I CAN'T SLEEP?!" shouted.
"My god, this is even worse than that time Brian and I were high on pot" said Peter.
Flashback
Peter and Brian are in the living room, smoking pot.
"Brian, you're a dog, right?" asked Peter.
"Yup" replied Brian.
"And you're atheist, right?" asked again Peter.
"Yes…" said Brian.
"How can you be atheist being a dog?" asked Peter.
"What…? What the hell has to do being a dog with being atheist?" asked Brian in surprise. "I think that we smoked too much…"
"Brian, don't you realize? 'God' is 'Dog' spelled backwards!" said Peter.
Brian's eyes then widen in horror.
"Om my god...it's…TRUE! What I've done? Forgive me Lord!" shouted Brian as he ran out from the house.
"Hehehehehehehe…idiot…he didn't realize that 'God' spells with H…" laughed Peter before falling unconscious.
End Flashback
Later that day, Meg is working as usual in the gardening store with Daphne (who is no longer using her old lady disguise).
"I heard that your boy has some insomnia" said Daphne.
"Yes" replied Meg. "Poor Matt, nights have become a living hell for him"
"You know, there may be some remedies for the insomnia in your spellbook…" hinted Daphne.
"No" said Meg. "Matt don't like the idea of magic used on him, even if it's for good"
"Oh, don't worry, it isn't magical literally. Say, do you have the book here?" asked the witch.
Meg then opened her backpack and pulled out the spellbook. She put it on the counter.
"Natural remedies!" shouted Daphne as she pointed with her index finger to the book. The spellbook opened by itself, and its pages began to turn until it reached the section 'Natural Remedies'.
"I need to learn that" said Meg.
Daphne then began to look through the pages.
"A-ha! Here it is" said Daphne, who was pointing to some recipe. "The Tea of Dreams"
"Tea of Dreams?" asked Meg.
"Yes" replied Daphne as she was looking for the ingredients through the store. "Is an ancient remedy for insomnia, and it doesn't involve magic. It has some side effects, but they only affect witches and mages, so your husband has nothing to fear"
"So, if I give him this tea, he'll be able to sleep tonight?" asked Meg, while stuffing the herbs and seeds in her backpack.
"I ensure you that" said Daphne.
"Wow! Thanks a lot!" said Meg before closing hr backpack and leaving the store.
Daphne then resumed her job at the store, when she realized of something.
"Hey! Where the hell are you going? There is an hour to go till closing!!" shouted Daphne.
Minutes later, Meg arrives at the Griffin house, where a really tired Matt is watching TV with Rosie.
"Matt! I have good news!" said Meg.
"Did you get those tickets for Wrestlemania 25?" asked Matt excited.
"Uh, no" said Meg, who noticed her husband's disappointed expression. "I found a way you can sleep!"
"Really?" asked Matt, again upbeat.
"Yes. You know, there's a section in the spellbook that-"said Meg before being interrupted by Matt.
"Ah, no! I told you that I don't want-" said Matt, but he was also interrupted.
"You didn't even let me explain!" shouted Meg. "There's a recipe for a special tea in the spellbook that helps people to sleep. And don't worry, it hasn't any magical stuff, it's just only some herbs mixed with water".
"So, you'll be able to sleep?" asked Rosie, full of hope.
"Yes sweetie" said Meg. "And I'm pretty sure that dad will play with you a lot after it"
The night arrived soon. Moments after getting on bed, Meg prepared the special tea for Matt, and, for first time in days, he was able to sleep the whole night.
The next morning, Matt woke up, realizing that he has been sleeping.
"Meg, wake up!" said Matt as she shook Meg gently.
"Huh…what time is it?" asked Meg.
"7:03 in the morning. Get up, we must prepare for school" said Matt. "Oh, and newsflash: I was able to sleep all the night!" said Matt cheerfully.
"Really? That's awesome!" said Meg, before hugging her husband. "I knew that that tea would work!"
Later, everybody is in the kitchen having breakfast.
"Matt, you look much better today!" praised Lois. "I guess that you were able to sleep"
"Sure I was!" said Matt. His voice irradiated optimist and energy. "And now, I have enough energy to pay attention at school, make headway at work, play with my beloved daughter and spend time with my wife"
"Geez, you're such a sucker if you want to do that" pointed Peter. "You should spend the day in doing more productive and useful things like drink, hang out with friends, watch porn, drink while hanging out with friends, drink while watching porn, watching porn with friends, or drink while watching porn with your friends."
"Wow, what a wide range of activities" said Brian dryly. "It seems that the word 'boredom' is unknown for you"
"Of course it is, just like the word 'gravity' is unknown for Chinese people" said Peter
(A/N: If you have seen some Chinese-themed movies about ninjas/samurais like 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' or 'The Forbidden Kingdom', you'll know what I'm talking about)
After breakfast, Matt and Meg are heading to the James Woods high in Matt's motorbike.
"God, I can't remember the last time I felt this great!" said Matt.
"I'm so happy for you" said Meg.
"I've ever had a dream" mentioned Matt. "And it was so real…"
"What was it about?" asked Meg.
"You see, you know, we were at class as usual, when somebody pulled the fire alarm. Everybody ran out of the classes, but when we reached the hall, everybody slipped on the floor and fell. It was a prank made by some punks who waxed the floor" commented Matt. "Then, when were back at home, your parents were discussing. I didn't hear it too well, but it was about Peter squandering the family savings on some stupid stuff…then…the last part" said Matt trying to remember. "The last part was the most horrifying."
"What it was?" asked Meg, intrigued.
"I dreamt that Brian was with Jillian at her apartment. But the apartment was set on flames. They tried to escape, but due to the inhalation of smoke they fell unconscious, and were engulfed by the flames" said Matt.
"That's horrible!" said Meg, shocked.
"Yes, I felt relieved when I realized that it was only a dream. Well, here we are…" said Matt, parking his motorbike in front of the school.
Meanwhile, Peter is working at the brewery as usual, when he's approached by his boss Angela.
"GRIFFIN!" roared Angela. "Where are those shipping reports!?"
"Sorry, but I have some difficulties that prevented me from file them" excused Peter.
"Difficulties? Which difficulties?" asked Angela, still angered.
"You see, today is Monday, and on Mondays I use to watch the new youtube videos of skaters hitting against walls or rolling down the stairs in their vain attempt to do aerobatics. It's so freakin' sweet!" said Peter.
"I don't mind the skaters!" shouted Angela. "You're here to work, not to amuse yourself! Now get back to work!"
"Okay, okay…" said Peter as he watched how his boss left the room. "Stupid bitch…hey, what's this?" said Peter, looking at the screen of his computer. "A multi-property chalet in Colorado? Frekin' sweet!"
Back to the James Woods High, Meg, Matt and their classmates are noting down the teacher's explanations, when the fire alarm suddenly rang. Matt and Meg looked at each other with puzzled expression.
"Okay, some fire started somewhere in the school" said the teacher. "Now I want you to keep calm and walk slowly out of the-" however, the teacher was trampled by the hysterical mass of students who didn't want to die burned. However, when they were in the locker's hall, everybody slipped and fell on their asses.
"What the hell is this?" asked one of the students, while rubbing his ass.
"Somebody waxed the floor!" complained another
"Who made this mess?" asked another one.
"Okay, what's going on? Why is everybody making such a…?" asked Principal Shepherd as he exited his office. However he also slipped with the waxed floor and fell backwards in a very comical way, making everybody to laugh at him. "WHO DID THIS!!?"
From the stairs, some guys from the last year were recording everything with a digital recorder.
"God, this was better than expected!" laughed one of the boys.
"Yeah, me too! I can wait to upload it to youtube!" laughed another one.
"You bastards! I'm going to…!" threatened Shepherd while he was trying to stand up. However, he fell again, making everybody to laugh even harder.
In the way back to the Griffin house, Matt and Meg are talking about what happened at the school.
"Can you believe it?" asked Meg. "It was just like your dream!"
"Well, not exactly" replied Matt. "The part with Principal Shepherd wasn't in the dream. And it was the funniest part!"
"Yeah, sure it was" laughed Meg. "But aren't you a bit…scared?"
"Scared?"
"Yeah, imagine that what you dreamed after that comes true again" said Meg. "It would be horrible"
"Meg, are you sure that that tea you gave me it wasn't magical or have some side effects?" asked Matt
"No!" replied Meg. "Daphne guaranteed me that it only has side effects on witches or wizards, not on regular people!"
"Okay, I'll believe you…" said Matt.
"Let's calm down" said Meg. "I'm pretty sure that it was only a weird coincidence. You said that Principal Shepherd didn't appear in your dream, don' you? Then it will be probably nothing"
"I hope you're right" said Matt, as he parked the motorbike near the family station wagon. The Kennedys entered in the house, only to be greeted by an angry Lois who was arguing with Peter.
"Why you always have to be so damn impulsive!?" yelled Lois.
"Do you want to know why!?" replied Peter. "Because I want some more incentive in my life, that's it!"
"Incentive in your life? What the hell has that to do with what you've done?" said Lois.
"Mom, dad! Calm down!" said Meg.
"What's going on?" asked Matt.
"Peter squandered almost all our savings in a multi-property chalet on Colorado" said Chris nonchalantly. "You know, it has been really long since the last time Peter dilapidated our money in some stupid scheme"
"So, we have a house in Colorado?" asked Stewie. "Sweet, I always wanted to have a house there! It would be fun to ski on Christmas break"
"I don't like the idea" said Rosie. "I can't take Flare to such a cold place"
Flare then cawed.
"I know it" replied Rosie
"Well, nobody cares about your stupid bird" said Stewie, then he turned to Peter. "Say, Fatman, how many days we have that house?"
"The first week of July" said Peter.
"ON JULY!?" asked Stewie in shock. "You damn fat bastard! You know, I decided not to kill you after this, but I make my mind, and I will!" shouted Stewie before running out of the room.
Meg took Matt upstairs, leaving Peter and Lois arguing.
"Do you still think it is a coincidence?" Asked Matt
"Okay, maybe it isn't" said Meg. "But it can't be the tea! Daphne told me it was completely safe!"
Suddenly, a green light filled the hallway, and Daphne appeared in front of them.
"Meg, I have some news regarding the tea" said Daphne, a bit worried.
"What is it?" asked Meg.
"Remember that I told you that the tea only helped to sleep in normal humans?" asked Daphne. "Well, I forgot that you are not a 'normal human' at all"
"What do you mean?" asked Meg.
"Like you should know by know, every time you cast a spell, you absorb some of the magic energy unleashed on it. Well, that technically makes your body vulnerable to some effects that only affect mages. In mages or witches, the Tea of Dreams makes people to dream with future events" explained Daphne.
"But was Matt who drank the tea, not me!" said Meg.
"Well, you may transfer him some of your magic energy accumulated in your body" said Daphne. "Well, that's all you need to know. However, if you dream something bad, remember that you can prevent it. Fate is not unchangeable. Well, goodbye!" said Daphne, before disappearing in another flash of green light.
"Okay, we must stop Brian from going to Jillian's apartment" said Meg.
"Big time" said Matt, as both rushed downstairs to the living room. There was Peter who was watching TV.
"Dad! Where's Brian?" asked Meg.
"He went to his stupid but awfully hot girlfriend's house " said Peter. "Why do you ask?"
"Peter, if we don't do something, Brian and Jillian WILL DIE!" shouted Matt.
"OH MY GOD!" shouted Peter. "Until now I've never realized that my left hand is a bit smaller than my right hand. Sorry, I wasn't listening, what did you say?"
Both Meg and Matt rolled their eyes and sighed in annoyance.
Meanwhile, at Jillian's apartment, Brian and Jillian are sat on a couch, hugging each other, watching an horror film.
"You really got a wonderful idea now that this night Nathalie has to work" said Jillian. "You and me, alone, spending a night together…"
"Yes, I'm enjoying it too" said Brian. "And for make sure that nobody will interrupt us, I've switched off my cell phone"
"Brian, have you thought about…you know…live together?" asked Jillian.
"Yes, but…I don't think that I'm prepared" said Brian. "Is not you, it's just…that I don't feel like leaving the Griffins"
"I know that feeling" said Jillian. "I also felt the same when I left my parent's house. But don't worry, this time I won't pressure you. We will live together when you're prepared, I don't mind how much I have to wait"
"I'm glad to hear it" said Brian. "Well, let's watch the movie"
"Oh my god! The assassin is going to get her! Get out of the house!" shouted Jillian to the screen.
"Jillian, she can't hear you" said Brian.
"GET OUT OF THE HOUSE!" shouted Jillian even louder. "Oh, she must be deaf, she didn't heard me and now the assassin got her!"
"Jillian, it's a movie, it isnt'-"
"Brian, this movie is too scary" said Jillian. "Why don't we go to bed and we do…you know…" said Jillian as he stroked Brian's chest with her finger.
"Make love?" asked Brian.
"Actually, I was thinking in play a pillow fight, but that sounds even better!" said Jillian. "Come on"
"You go first" said Brian. "I think I need to smoke" said Brian.
Meanwhile, Peter, Matt and Meg are in the family station wagon, speeding down the streets of Quahog, trying to arrive at Jillian's place as fast as possible.
"Damn! Brian has his cell turned off!" said Matt, who was trying to contact with the dog.
"Dad, do you know where does Jillian live?" asked Meg.
"Brian gave me her address. I don't know exactly where it is, but our GPS will do" said Peter.
"Turn to the right in the next traffic circle" said the suave female voice of the GPS. "In Soviet Russia, traffic circles turn you" Said the GPS in a deep male voice with strong Russian accent.
Peter then pulled out the GPS and threw it away.
"I'll ask a traffic policeman" said Peter.
Back at Jillian's house, Brian and Jillian are making love passionately, when Brian suddenly stops.
"Oogy, why did you stop?" asked Jillian.
"I smelled something…" said Brian "Like something that it's burning…Jillian, did you left something on the grill?"
"No…" said Jillian. "But now that you say it…yes, it's like something is burning…"
"I'll se what it is" said Brian as he went to see what it was. But when he opened the door, he saw that Jillian's apartment was on fire. "OH MY GOD!"
Back at Peter, Meg, and Matt, they finally arrived at Jillian's apartment block, even without with the GPS.
"Okay, this is the building. However, we don't know where Jillian lives" said Meg.
"Whoa, look at that!" said Peter pointed to a window of the building. "Those are good lamps!"
"Peter, what the hell are you talking about…?" asked Matt. Then he looked where Peter was pointing, to see that there was an apartment on fire. "That apartment is on fire!"
"That must be Jillian's, then" said Meg. "What are we going to do?"
"I'll tell you" said Matt. "You stay here and call the fire-fighters. Peter and I will try to enter and help Brian and Jillian to get out"
"Are you sure?" asked Meg, visibly worried. "It's like there's an inferno up there!"
"Don't worry, I will be back" said Matt. "Come on Peter!"
Peter and Matt rushed through the stairs until they reached Jillian's door.
"Crap, it's locked!" said Matt, who was trying to open the door. "Brian! Jillian! Can you hear me?"
However, nobody replied.
"Well, it seems that they're not there" said Peter. "We will come back tomorrow…"
"Peter, maybe they fell unconscious due to the smoke!" said Matt.
"ohhhhh, yes, it makes sense" said Peter. "But what are we going to do?"
"We need to think a way to open this door, and we need to think it FAST" urged Matt.
"Maybe I can help you" said a female voice. Peter and Matt turned back and they saw Rosie.
"Rosie? What are you doing here?" asked Matt. "And how did you get here so fast?"
"I came here because I have a hunch that you may need my abilities. And answering the second question, I came here flying" said Rosie.
"Don't lie, you can't fly" said Matt.
"No, but he can" said Rosie, pointing to Flare, who was near her.
"Rosie, you must get out of here NOW!" said Matt. "This place is dangerous!"
"I know, but I can be helpful too" said Rosie. Her eyes began to glow, and the door of the apartment opened with a click.
"Okay, that was good, but you shouldn't came here…" said Matt.
Matt and Peter were about to enter in the hell that Jillian's apartment has become, but they couldn't. The fire was to intense.
"Crap, we can't pass!" said Peter.
"Peter, look for a fire extinguisher!" said Matt.
"Sorry, but there aren't any fire extinguishers in any house of Quahog. Mayor West wanted all because he said that they were going to be used against crime…"
Cutaway
Mayor West is on a homemade Bat Mobile, with several fire extinguishers as propelling.
"Okay, now, time to fight crime!" said West as the 1960 Batman music theme plays in the background. However, when he starts the car, one of the front wheels fell off from the car, and the Bat Mobile began to spin around in circles.
End Cutaway
"Maybe I still can be helpful" said Rosie. "Flare!"
The phoenix entered in the house, opened his wings, and stood in mid-air like if some invisible force was holding him, and began to absorb the fire. He couldn't absorb too much fire; however, it was enough to let Peter and Matt to get inside and bring Brian and Jillian out.
"Do you still think that I shouldn't come here?" asked Rosie proudly.
"Yes…" muttered Matt.
The next day, everybody (including Jillian and Nathalie) are in the Griffin house talking about the incident of the last night. Matt decided not to tell Meg that Rosie was with them.
"You can stay here while your apartment is rebuilt" said Brian. "Since I was who unwittingly started the fire with my cigarette…"
"Well, where are we going to sleep?" asked Nathalie.
"You can sleep in these sleeping bags" said Lois. "I'd wish that we could offer you something better, but this is all that we have"
"Don't worry, Mrs. Griffin, it will be fine" said Nathalie. "Hey, Meg, I have an idea, how about a slumber party tonight?"
"Sounds great!" said Meg.
"Can I join in?" asked Jillian.
"I can't see why not" said Meg.
"How about me?" asked Stewie.
"Why I'm not surprised to hear that?" asked Brian.
"Well, I hope you have fun" said Matt. "I'll take this opportunity to sleep some more. I hope that the effects of the Tea of Dreams have faded already, I don't like the idea of playing Medium"
However, Matt will be playing Medium for some more time. Because, while Meg was having her slumber party with Nathalie, Jillian, and her other friends, he was dreaming with the future once more. He saw Jillian and Brian talking in the living room.
"Jillian, did you want to talk with me?" asked Brian.
"Yes, oogy. I don't know how to tell you this, but…"
When Matt heard what Jillian just said, he suddenly woke up.
"Oh my god…!" shouted Matt.
End Chapter
What is that important thing that Jillian will say to Brian? What future events will see Matt thanks to the magic tea? Find it out in the next chapter of the spellbook!
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