Chapter 24: Getting Chespin & Furrball Back

(Insert "A Creeping Shadow" from Pokémon)

Elmyra Duff took Clemont's Chespin and Furrball back to her house. After "playing" with him, she put Chespin in its cage. Fifi then took Furrball into another room to interrogate him. The spiky Grass Pokémon was trembling due to the abuse it had suffered all day. "So you're the latest unlucky animal to become Elmyra's pet," said a voice next to Chespin. Chespin looked and saw who the voice belonged to. It was a male skunk with dark blue and light blue fur. He wore a tattered black leather jacket. In addition, he had long hair and had grown a beard at this point.

"Who are you?" asked Chespin, scratching his head. "The name's Johnny Pew. I am a famous movie star. Or, I was until I ended up being captured by that stupid girl who thinks I'm a kitty. And I can't fight my way out with my stench cause she exposes me to tomato juice every time she wants to play with me. Then, at one point, there was this lawsuit scam cause Elmyra was desperate to get this Fifi La Fume girl. After Elmyra lost, almost all her pets were free, including me. But then, at one point, she captured me again after she was released from jail," said the skunk. He then grabbed at the bars of his cage. "I can't take being caged like this any longer! I have get out of here now before Elmyra decides to take to get surgery to remove my scent glands permanently!" cried Johnny. "The truth is, I belong to someone else. A boy named Clemont. But his little sister, Bonnie tried to have me lure Elmyra to him cause she wants to play matchmaker between the two. Because of Bonnie's stupidity, I ended up getting stolen along with Furrball," said Chespin. "Didn't your Trainer's little sister tell Elmyra that you're already owned by someone?" asked Johnny. "She tried to tell her, but she wouldn't listen," said Chespin.

(End Music)

Just then, both Chespin and Johnny heard some sad tune being played on a harmonica from one of the cages. Chespin saw that the one playing the harmonica was coming from a pink Pokémon with a spherical body. It had pointed ears with black insides and large, blue eyes. It had small, stubby arms and slightly longer feet. On top of its head is a curled tuft of fur on the top of its head. "Is that, a Jigglypuff?" asked Chespin. "Yep. From what pinkie told me, her goal was for people to hear her singing. The problem is that her singing causes people to fall asleep. That makes her angry to the point she scribbles people's faces with a marker. Then, a one point, these kids she keeps following after finally throw the harsh truth in her face. They said nobody will ever hear her song without falling asleep ever. Hearing the truth made her very sad that she ran off crying. Then, she was ambushed by these crooks called Team Rocket. The girl leading the trio wanted to kill her for always scribbling her face. She had a large snake attack until Jigglypuff fell into a hole that lead to Looney Tunes Land. Determined to prove the kids wrong, she thought she could have the residents of Acme Acres listen to her. But they fell asleep too and she scribbled their faces. The toons got angry and beat her up as revenge. After she got her butt kicked, Elmyra captured her and forced her to be her pet. Now the only song she sings now are the blues," said Johnny. Jigglypuff then began to cry.

"Let me out of here! Let me out of here!" said a voice. It was a young Great Dane with a brown coat and black nose. His ears were pointed and slightly bent at the tip. He wore the traditional Doo family collar. "Keep it down, Scrappy Doo," said Johnny. "What's his story?" asked Chespin. "He was the nephew of a dog named Scooby-Doo, who's part of a team of paranormal investigators called the Mystery Inc. But he annoyed them to the point that they kicked him off the team. I mean, seriously, why would they abandoned a little puppy in the middle of the desert?! But anyway, he tried some demon ritual to take over the world, but was foiled," said Johnny. "It's bad enough I was going to the pound for trying to take over the world. But imprisoned by that little demon spawn, this is bleep!" complained Scrappy.

"I'm not a real animal! I only transform into animals!" said another voice. It belonged to be a chibi, mutated human with green skin, dark green hair, black eyes and fangs. He wore a purple and black, sneakers with an animal paw printed on the sole, a silver utility belt and a pair of gray gloves. The cage he was in was a forcefield cage. He began to transform into various animals to try to break out such as a gorilla, rhinoceros, lion, Tyrannosaurus Rex and more. "And who's that?" asked Chespin. "Beast Boy. He was part of a team of superheroes from another dimension called the Teen Titans. But they didn't take their jobs as superheroes seriously. So as a result, they were banished from their home dimension by the residents and ended up here. They blamed each other for what happened and broke up as a result. Elmyra would later capture him and he's been stuck here ever since," said Johnny.

At that moment, Elmyra arrived back, with a trembling Furrball. She put Furrball back in his cage. Elmyra chuckled. "Now I know where Fifi lives! For six years, she's eluded my capture ever since that loathsome electric rat prevented me from capturing her," said Elmyra. Then, she threw a dart at a dartboard with a photo of Ash and Pikachu. "But no more! This time, she won't escape!" said Elmyra. She let out a maniacal laughter before leaving. Furrball turned to Chespin. "She forced me to tell her where Fifi currently lives. She's going after her now. It seems that ever since Pikachu prevented her from catching Fifi, she's been slowly losing her sanity," said Furrball. "Clemont, where are you? Fifi's in danger," said Chespin.

Clemont and Mary Melody arrived outside of Elmyra's house. Mary Melody was wearing a yellow dress for the dance. Her Charmeleon was present too in case danger struck. The outside of the house was actually covered in toilet paper. "What's with the toilet paper?" asked Clemont. "It's been thrown by the animal residents of Acme Acres," explained Melody. "They must really hate her if they did all that," said Clemont. "Yep," said Mary. "Char," said Charmeleon. "Okay. Here we go," said Clemont. "Let's hope they listen," said Mary.

Clemont rang the doorbell. The one who answered it was MacArthur Duff, Elmyra's father. He had brown hair, wore a white shirt, a blue-gray vest, black pants and white sneakers. "Hello. How can I help you, kids?" asked Mr. Duff. "My name is Clemont, the Lumiose City Gym Leader from the Kalos Region,"said Clemont. "And I'm Mary Melody. Is Elmyra home?" asked Mary. "Not at the moment. Why?" asked Mr. Duff. "She might have gotten hold of a Pokémon that actually belongs to me. A Chespin. It looks like this," said Clemont. He showed MacArthur a photo of him with Chespin. "I did see Elmyra take something that looked like that home," said Mr. Duff. "She's also got a hold of my pet cat, Furrball," said Mary. "If what you're saying is true, how did it happen?" asked Mr. Duff.

"You see, earlier today, my little sister; Bonnie, Chespin and I were doing some errands. During our shopping, she wandered off. My sister has a very bad habit of trying to play matchmaker between me and random girls. And she has the vain belief that your daughter might be the girl for me. Even though she was told that Elmyra liked Montana Max, Bonnie wouldn't take no for an answer. So, knowing Elmyra's desire for pets, she had Chespin get to chase him in order to lure Elmyra to where I am. Once Elmyra and I are in the same place, Bonnie would try to get us together. But it backfired and Chespin and Furrball got captured instead," said Clemont. "So all we ask is that, we Chespin and Furrball back, please," said Mary. MacArthur thought for a moment. "It seems you're telling the truth," said Mr. Duff.

Minutes later, Emily Duff brought Chespin and Furrball's cages and unlocked them. Elmyra's two siblings, Amanda and Duncan were present too. Emily was a woman with orange hair and blue eyes. She wore a white shirt with a pink jacket, a pink skirt, a pink bow in her hair, red lipstick and black shoes. Amanda was a girl with short purple hair and wore red lipstick, a pink shirt, a black vest & pants. Duncan was a boy younger than Elmyra and he had brown hair and wore a light green shirt, blue pants and white sneakers.

"Chespin!" cried Chespin happily. "Mary!" cried Furrball. The two ran up to Clemont and Mary and they hugged their companions. "Oh Chespin! I was worried sick about you," said Clemont. "Furrball, thank goodness you're all right!" said Mary. "I'm sorry if our daughter caused you all misery," said Mrs. Duff. "Where did Elmyra went to? She owes me and Chespin an apology," said Clemont. "As well as me and Furrball," said Mary. "My sister mentioned that she was going to find and catch this purple kitty that escaped her six years ago. She's been obsessed with catching it ever since it slipped through her grasp," said Amanda.

"Purple kitty?" asked Clemont. Clemont realized something. "Wait a minute. That's no purple cat she's trying to catch. She's trying catch a purple skunkette named Fifi La Fume," said Clemont. "If she can't tell the difference between a cat and a skunk or the difference between a real animal and a robot animal, than she's more dumb than I thought," said Amanda. "Amanda," said Mrs. Duff sternly. "Well, it's true, mother," said Amanda. "Fifi's supposed to go out to the graduation dance with a Pikachu belonging to my friend, Ash Ketchum," said Clemont.

"But I thought Elmyra doesn't know where Fifi lives at ever since she moved out of the junkyard," said Mary. "She does now," said Furrball. "What?" asked Mary. "When Elmyra captured me, she tortured me in order to make me confess where Fifi's home is. She's on her way to there now!" cried Furrball. "I may find love mushy, but we can't let her do something as foolish as ruin that party," said Duncan. "Duncan and I will go find her. Mary, Furrball, Charmeleon, you must warn Fifi," said Clemont. "Right," said Mary & Furrball. Clemont, Chespin and Duncan then left to find Elmyra, while Mary Melody, Furrball and Charmeleon ran to Fifi's house as fast as they could.

Just then, MacArthur approached Emily. "Emily, have you seen my axe? Its gone missing," said MacArthur. "I haven't seen it recently. Have you checked everywhere where you usually use it?" asked Emily. "I did. But there's no sign of it," said MacArthur.


This isn't good readers. Elmyra now knows where Fifi lives now and is dead set on making her pet once and for all. And as you just read, Elmyra actually holds a grudge against Pikachu for foiling her attempt to make Fifi her pet in my fixed ending of "Out of Odor". There will be an episode in my "Fifi's New Tiny Toon Adventures" fanfic that will explain how Jigglypuff ended up being a captive. Next chapter, Ash, Pikachu and Serena arrive at Fifi's house to pick up Fifi for the dance, unaware that Elmyra's on her way. Can Mary and Furrball arrive in time to warn them? Find out, next tomorrow . . .