Hey guys, not much of an author's note up here, but be sure to read down after the Epilogue, becasue theres much important stuff down there in terms of a sequel, what won, and whatnot.

--Epilogue: Immediate Aftermath--

Alvin relinquished the cookies, telling Dave how to take a joke properly. Of course, everyone knew he would have eaten them all.

Later that afternoon, they media did manage to get one interview out of it. Fritzie managed to get her two cents in, and it sealed her as a celebrity.

When she was asked about her what helped her cope with it, she had a plain and simple answer for that.

"When I was on my way here, there was a real goofy bus driver that took me from the airport to the middle of town. Hi Calvin, you have no idea how much you helped me, thanks a bunch bro!" She said, giving a thumbs up at the screen.

Calvin happened to be watching the TV at home after a busy day at work. His jaw dropped when he saw it.

"Oh, and what did he say to you that was so special?" The reporter asked. Fritzie sank casually into her chair and stuck one of her arms out to the side casually.

"All yeh need to do is be at the right place at the right time and do the right thing," she said, imitating his voice. "Simon just so happened to say that, and it instantly made me feel better, because he was such a nice guy to me. It's unusual compared to the usual dog prejudices I deal with on an almost daily basis. Anyways, Calvin, if yer' watching, you were right! Have a good 'un buddeh!"

Calvin grinned at himself furiously. "Methinks I struck a chord on teh awesomeness. I knew she was superstar material." He said in content as he leaned back into the couch.

"Well, even eccentric people can do good things in the world," the reporter commented. It was supposed to sound peachy, but it came out rather rude instead. Fritzie raised an eyebrow.

"Hey, if everyone in the world was sane, the world would be a dull and ininteresting place. That and the world would have one too many reporters," Fritzie said dryly. Simon fell onto the set laughing.

As things began to get settled around the house, Fritzie, Simon and Alvin began to get more interested in 'cosplaying' per say in their backyard, and Theodore found it fun to watch, even though it was not as fun as actually taking part of it.

Fritzie surprisingly not only got along with the boys incredibly well, but she also got along with the girls incredibly well too. She was able to stop many a fight between Alvin and Brittany, which was in a sense, awesome for everyone. Occasionally though, Fritzie would take part of the fray. After all, she didn't entirely want to be a killjoy. It just wasn't her style.

However, while a tension began to relieviate a little between Alvin and Brittany, there was a new tension beginning between Alvin and Simon. As Alvin became somewhat calmer since he had a way to vent, Simon became a little bit more aggressive. And as a result from it, Theodore started becoming a bit less tolerant to their fights. It started off slow though.

I quit my job about two hours after my call. I went ahead and gave her my work clothes that day, and said I will be back for my final check in eleven days. As far as saying goodbye to any of my coworkers, there was only a handful of people I could say goodbye to and they were all there. The rest of them quit during the time between February and May, and were replaced by idiots or insensitive people. What a bad aftertaste.

Saying goodbye to my three friends in question were a bit difficult. My friend Erich moved in April, and my friend Nathan lived in Ocala, so I really didn't have time or contact to bid farewell. In all reality though, if the job opportunity turned into an actual job, it would mean that I would be able to visit once every few months. After all, I still had family in the county. Why not?

Cameron asked me to take him with me. I had to laugh. As much as I would have loved it, he was still in high school, and was seventeen. I couldn't legally do that, much to my dismay. Plus I didn't want to pressure Dave if I didn't have to.

Paul and Eden were a bit more upset than Cameron, but they understood and told me whatever I did they would support me as best they could. They were as close as siblings to me, even though I rarely got to see them lately, and that Eden's boyfriend had a few irks about me.

I packed up what few belongings I really needed and set out for California the next morning. It was going to be a long four day drive. I had enough money in the bank to get by for about a month by myself. Even if Dave didn't help me, which I really didn't want to exactly in terms of finances, it gave me some time to find a decent apartment or perhaps rent a house and learn the ropes if I got the job. If the opportunity fell through, I would have to look for a new job when I got back home, but I was ready to leave my current job anyways. That wasn't anything new.

The greatest adrenaline rush of my life was when I arrived at Dave's doorstep, and Fritzie tackled me back to the pavement. It was exciting living a new life; seeing my doggy little sister happy finally, and living temporarily with three of the worlds coolest kids.

Two days after my arrival, Theodore finally gotten his hard cast. It was a shiny new green full leg cast. It was a bit cumbersome, but it was the only way how Theodore would fully heal. He thought it was pretty cool though at first. And going back to school that Monday, it quickly filled up with signatures, including Fritzie's (which read 'Siblings by luck, watching out for you buddy. -Fritzie' and with a little paw print on it) and mine (which was actually a drawing and a little blurb that said 'You're my baby brother too. :P -Narf')

As I got settled, Dave insisted on paying for my flight to get my paycheck round trip. I found out that he forgot to put the phone number on the paper I received in the letter, which was the strangest mistake he ever made. At the time, I thought it was stupid too, but when I arrived and heard it then, I looked back in retrospect, and asked if it was worth forgetting to do.

Dave thought about it for a second, and nodded. It was dozens of tiny mistakes and timing that made this work out the way it did. And in more ways than not, it was the best things that could have ever happened.

I began training Fritzie on her impulses the day the boys started up school again. Knowledge wise, she was a fast learner. And as Simon promised, she was tutored on colors. She had the whole concept down pact in two days, and knew all of the basic and intermediate colors by heart. It was quite amazing being able to have Fritzie understand color. However, trying to change her personality and primative impulses were more of challenge to deal with, and often, living in the Seville household made it that much harder.

Within a few weeks, one of the houses in the neighborhood went up for rent, and considering my new job, it became a good place to start a new life (and finally get some privacy.)

However, as my life finally started to settle, and the strange dreams subsided, problems began to grow in the immediate surroundings. Fritzie started having strange dreams that were a little bit beyond my comprehension. The Seville brothers started to change in personality. And finally, the biggest problem in our lives was was waiting half dead in the woods on the side of the interstate fifty or so miles out of town.

Firstly, to clear up a few details.

For starters, I did NOT try to make this story sound like a spin off idea of Neptune's Ocean. It's a great story, and it does look like I borrowed the idea from it. If you never read Neptune's Ocean, be sure to check it out and at least read the first chapter. If you have, or you just came back from looking at it, you will probably understand what I'm talking about.

In essence, writing the fanfic did in fact borrow the idea, however, this was not my idea to do this. This story was actually written from a role-play instead. One of the role-players, suitingly enough happened to be the Theodore of that particular sub-forum at the time decided to use that as an evasive maneuver to abruptly end the role-play, or at least duck out of it. Instead, I stuck it to him, and had my original character Fritzie, who has been a symbolic character in my drawings for the last eight years, save him in the nick of time. As the fanfic began to unravel though, it was one of those things where it became a shame to just leave it as a role-play. So I took it up a notch, and when I was positive it would make a good fanfic, I began writing this. What ultimately turned up though, was that to save the role-play after the Theodore's absence, I had to resume his role, playing Alvin, Fritzie, AND Theodore simultaneously. It wasn't a bore though. :P

The fanfic does not 100 percent follow the role-play, needless to say. There were many missing gaps, and the role-play is slightly out of order. Role-playing isn't the same as writing a fanfic. It doesn't need to be exactly in chronological order to make sense, unless you got lost in the dust, like the Brittany of the forum did, and that's why Brittany 'went into shock.' (Understand now, Allie? :P)

This story was actually very fun to role-play, and just as fun to write. I could not have done it, without Andrew, (who played as Theodore for only chapter four, the rest was written by as filler space, or played by myself) Allie, (who played as the Brittany in the story) and most importantly, Felicity, who actually in the role play wrote a large chunk of the groundwork. (playing as Simon, Dave, the police officer, and Doctor Harris) The rest, the song choices, Alvin, the remainder of Theodore's lines, Fritzie, Tal, (which is me in real life, as if I were involved in the situations) the 'bad guy,' the first four and the final two chapters is my work. I wrote 65 of the material of this fanfic, and written the entire finished product by myself.

I feel shameful taking all of the credit though, so I have to give major kudos to the three that role-played with me, and although Andrew has the smallest part, it's all him that made the story go in the direction that it did.

I will leave a link to the exact groundwork of the story. HOWEVER, and a big however, the sequel's immediate groundworks are also there. So if you don't like spoilers, don't stray off the post that I linked you to, okay?

I not only have large sequel idea to this storyline, but two. The first sequel (Unlikely Hero II) is called "The Small and the Forlorn," and the third sequel (Unlikely Hero III) if I can hang on that long, will be called "Finding Your Place," and it deals with the a few surprises that happen after The Small and the Forlorn.

I would like to warn you, the next story is pretty dark. It will contain similar humorous gigs in it, but the story itself is generally dark. The third story if I can hang in there is a much more lighthearted story, but you have to get through the night in order to get to the next day, right?

I'm very proud of this story. The reason being is that I never completed a story on this caliber before. Most stories don't get further than the planning stage, and even fewer make it past the first three chapters, example, my other AATC fanfic series. I made grand plans with it, going into several sequels, but for the most part died off. The title of this fanfic was actually borrowed from what was originally, going to be book six of the old series. I'd rather not get into it, because I'm almost positive I won't touch that series, not after what rolled out of this one. The only story I got close to as far as this one went, was my original story "Bone Wars" which is based off of Fritzie and her group of slicker dog friends getting sucked into a space war. I reached about eighty pages into that story, this one was around one-seventy (not including the various author's notes).

What I really wasn't expecting was my first complete story to be a fanfic, latter known a fanfic of a cartoon that I missed growing up. Hopefully as I discover more about the Chipmunk universe, I will be able to get a better feel of character interactions. I understand that some of the character's personalities are a bit off, particularly Alvin, which was my ORIGINAL role in the role-play. (Along with Fritzie of course.) However, if you were a stressed out kid because your brother was involved in a hit and run, you probably would act out-of-character at times too, right?

And as I released this story, I actually did learn a few things. And those things will have a major influence on book three.

In terms of side stories, one side story will be a Fritzie role-play with Alvin, Simon, Jeanette, Eleanor, and the injured Theodore. I might lay a song in there, I don't know though.

And one final thing, before I shut up with the massive overgabbing, I was absolutely aghast at my story's word count! Its epic caliber. EPIC.

Thank you guys so much for reading. Keep in tune for any future installments! :D

-Narf