Misfit Chapter 19: "I Wish I Had That Moment Back"
Originally, this chapter was supposed to be about June, but you guys really seemed to like flashback chapters so I guess I'll do more. It will be a Louie/Della based one this time. But mostly Della. I guess the title gives away the song in this chapter.
The next chapter will be a Louie flashback from when he was little (well, probably), and in chapter 21 we will return back to present and learn what's going on with June and the mystery of what happened to Louie.
Also thank you to everyone who suggested a song in the reviews.
TIMEPHOON:
I take a deep breath, "No. Not this time."
"What? But I really am sorry. We hugged and everything!" Louie gawked.
"I watched your brothers blink out of existence because you wanted a shortcut to riches!"
"I said I was sorry."
No kidding, I'm not deaf!
"You took off in that contraption without thinking about the consequences or the people you would hurt!"
He put his hands in his pocket, "Wonder where I got that from."
Ouch.
"See here young man-"
"Your little scheme to bypass the present almost cost us out future! This all stops now! You are GROUNDED! No schemes, no treasure, and Louie Incorporated is DONE! Understand?!"
He starts panicking, "Look, let me clean up!" He stutters, "Uncle Scrooge? Mrs. B? Come on!"
"Now TO YOUR ROOM!"
"Stupid perfect scheme!"
"That was hard."
"It always is." Beakley tells me.
He glares at me then walks to his room and slams the door. I walk up to mine and sit on my bed, ranting about the whole event in my diary.
My hands ball into fists, how dare he?
I am the parent in this house!
HOW DARE HE DISRESPECT ME?!"
ME!
The legendary Della Duck!
Who does that boy think he is?!
Did he ever beat the world record for slaying the most hydras? Did he ever manage to navigate his way around Plain Awful? Did he ever win a medal for being the best pilot ever?!
NO!
NO HE DID NOT!
So how come he gets to say all this stuff to me and nothing happens to him.
In fact, I'm glad he's grounded.
A smile spreads across my face. I close the journal and rush downstairs, "Uncle Scrooge, Uncle Scrooge!"
"Yes, lass?" He's sitting downstairs with his nutmeg tea and a red robe on.
I remember the Big Rock Candy poster in the boys' room and how much they each want to go there.
Especially Louie.
I chuckle, "Why don't we go to Big Rock Candy Mountain tomorrow?! It would be so much fun! A chance to relax with my two boys; it would be awesome!"
"What about Louie? He's obsessed about that place! Surely he wouldn't like it if we went there without him! Why don't we go after you un-ground the lad, hmm?"
"He doesn't deserve to come on the trip, Scrooge! Don't you see?! We could have died! He risked his family's lives for some crappy gold!"
"Isn't that what you and Dewey did for the money seed?" He asks me.
"We didn't risk other people's lives!"
"Yes but you risked an 11year-old boy's life!"
"Your name is Scrooge McDuck! You must go on adventures with the kids all the time!"
Scrooge sighed, "Della, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; are you sure you want to ruin this for him?!"
"I disciplined him like Beakley told me to."
Scrooge face-palmed, "That is not what she meant and you know it."
I throw my hands up, exasperated, "Whatever! Point is he's not coming along with us, okay?"
"Why are you so hard on him?"
"Wha-what do you mean?" The question catches me off-guard.
"I mean, with….wait what was his name? Ah, Bluey! Wait…"
"It's Dewey."
"The lad nearly destroyed the Doomsday Vault. Huey brought a huge Bigfoot in here. How come you didn't do anything about that?"
"I-I don't know, okay?"
"Look, you appeal to Huey's Junior Woodchuck stuff, you share the same personality with Dewey…but Louie….he's different. More sensitive. He's hard to understand. He's gotten so good at sheltering his feelings, you don't know if he's faking happy or is genuinely happy. He acts all cool and everything, but really he's just scared! He wasn't trying to be rude to you, Della. He just doesn't want to lose a mom like you!"
"If he didn't want to lose me, why did he almost kill me?!"
"I just….I just want to make sure that he doesn't make the same mistake I did. That he doesn't do something he'll regret without thinking of the consequences. He's got practically every bad trait I do! He's sneaky, he's cunning, and he knows how to talk his way out of stuff! He needs to let go of these! I don't want him to end up like me! I don't want him to harm his own family!"
"But you can't change his personality!"
"Then his personality sucks!"
"Della!"
"I'm sorry, but seriously! How did I birth such a foul child?!"
"I will not let you talk about your own kid that way!" Scrooge gets up.
"It's true, Scrooge! You know it! Tell me, does he ever go on adventures, or just avoid them and take the easy way around."
"Well…"
"See? This needs to stop, Scrooge!"
Scrooge sighs, "Fine Della. If this is what you really want. He's your son. I won't get in the way of your relationship with him. But I'm warning you, you'll cause him more harm than good like this."
"I don't care." I walk back upstairs and get into bed. I turn and turn but I can't go to sleep.
"Hmmmmpph!" I turn over, "Why does Louie have to be like this?! Why does he have to be so…..different!"
I start to sing:
(To the music of "Wish I Could Take That Moment Back")
"When I grounded him today,
What if I had just said 'stay'?
We could have talked things out,
Was there really a need to shout?
Now he'll never ever truly love me
Now I'll never love him either
But how can I?
He's a schemer, he's a cheater!
I wish I had that moment back
If I just talked to him,
Maybe the chances of him loving me wouldn't be this slim
I guess it's ruined for good
Now we'll never know."
Louie:
"Maybe if I didn't storm off,
Maybe if I didn't scoff,
Maybe if I were that perfect kid she wanted me to be
Maybe then she'd see
Now we'll never know."
Della:
"I wish I had that moment back
Louie:
"I wish I could go back in time"
Della and Louie:
"I wish we could just make a brand new start
How so much I wish we could"
Della:
"I wish I had that moment back
But time has passed and now it's faded away
Into a cloud of grey."
Louie:
"I wish I had that moment back."
Della:
"But now it's nothing more than a bitter memory…
Della and Louie:
"I wish I had that moment back."
Even though a lot of fanfics I write have Della in them, she is actually my least favorite DuckTales character, including the villains. At first, I really liked her and thought she was a great character because she was so persistent to get back to her kids and she was funny. I liked her less when she grounded Louie. Dewey literally destroyed the whole Doomsday Vault for a money seed! Why didn't she ground him? Oh yeah because he's her favorite. How could we forget?! Anyways, I still didn't think she was that bad….until she threatened Louie's place in the family! Excuse me?! So Louie made a mistake….so did Dewey! Della really?!
Okay let's just finish the chapter before I start ranting about a blob of pixels on a screen lol.
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