Jaune and Courage the Cowardly Dog
Chap 14: So in Louvre Are We Two
"Eh, Yuck." Eustace exclaimed disgusted at the kissing couple in front of him.
"Isn't it amazing that we won this trip to Paris just by finding a coupon in a cereal box." Muriel exclaimed with Courage agreeing with her.
"And thank you so much for bringing me along." Iris said next to me.
"Oh, it's no problem at all. Especially now that you and Jaune ae now dating." Muriel said causing me and Iris to blush heavily.
It has been exactly two months since we first met Iris and that she nearly blew us all away with the cloud above her head. Since then, nothing much really happened. We just went about our days as usual. But it was about two weeks later that something happened. I was in town shopping for some food for Muriel to make dinner. But when I finished and was on my way back, I bumped into Iris again. We exchanged a few words and since I still had a bit of time before I had to go back to the farm, we decided to hang out a bit at the nearby park. It felt really nice talking to her that I actually lost track of time. But as I got up to leave and head back to home, before I could even think about it, I asked her out on a date. I tried to save myself but only ended up a stuttering mess. Luckily, and to my great surprise, she giggled before saying yes. And since then, up until now, we have been in a relationship with us going to Paris as our fourth date.
"Anyway, lets head up into the museum." Muriel said snapping me from my thoughts. We nodded and we proceeded up the steps to the museum. We were about to enter but were stopped by the security guard next to the door.
"You must not enter le museum now, madame. It is only five minutes until closing." The guard said.
"Good. I'm tired." Eustace said bitterly. Feeling a tap on my shoulder, I looked up and saw Iris pull me over to the side a bit where we can talk privately.
"Yes Iris?" I asked.
"I should have asked this a while ago, but is that man always like that?" She asked nodding to Eustace.
"You mean Eustace? Yeah, he is always like that. A bitter nasty man. But you get used to him eventually to the point where you can just go along and be able to brush off whatever he says." I answered. She seemed a bit usure about that but nodded anyway. We then walked back over where we heard Muriel trying to convince the guard to let us in.
"But I've got to see the Mona Lisa. My mother always said Mona and I were like twins. Don't you agree?" Muriel asked with a smile.
"Um, Iris." I asked her.
"Yes." She answered with a smile.
"What is the Mona Lisa?" I asked her. She seemed a bit surprised at this before suddenly remembering that I know little about this place.
"Oh, right. You're from Vale and don't know much about this place. Well, the Mona Lisa is a painting of a lady known for her mysterious smile and eyes that seem to follow you around the room. It is one of the most famous paintings in the world that has attracted millions of people to come just to see her smile." She answered.
"Wow. Must be some painting." I said amazed that a single painting could garner that much attention.
"It sure is." Iris said giggling at my expression. I blushed when she noticed this. But instead of laughing, she grabbed my hand and intertwined our fingers together.
"Uh, you look nothing like the Mona Lisa and I'll give you five minutes to go see for yourself." The guard argued while stepping to the side allowing us to go inside the museum. But as we entered the museum, I heard the guard say something along the lines of 'Stupid American.'
Ignoring him, we continued into the museum. And with each passing moment, I was amazed by the different paintings and sculptures around me. All of them were of different art styles with the statues being so realistic. They were all beautiful and amazing which made me wonder who were the artists and how long did it take them to make their work of arts. Yet, in the back of my mind, I knew that the most beautiful one here was the goddess standing next to me. Looking up to her, I saw that she was equally amazed by the works of art here as well. Soon, we entered a large room with even more work but this time had a sky light as well.
"Even the heavens are more beautiful from here." Muriel said getting our attention. "Look, Venus and Mars are lining up tonight."
"Wow!" Both me and Iris said at the same time in amazement at seeing the planets lining up. Only to blush when we realized that we said it at the same time. And even more so when Courage gave us a knowing look.
"There is magic at work. I can feel it." Muriel said turning to us.
"Big deal." Eustace said moving forward. I rolled my eyes at him before turning to Iris.
"Iris. Let's take a picture." I told her as I took out my scroll.
"Sure." She said moving next to me. Smiling I raised my scroll and set up to it can take a picture of us with the planets in the background.
"Say cheese." I said as I mentally countdown until the scroll took the picture. But right before the scroll did so, Iris leaned in and kissed me on the cheek. I blushed heavily but enjoyed it still. Picking up the scroll, we looked at the photo and saw that it took the photo at the correct moment with the planets nearly perfectly aligned while Iris kissed me on the cheek.
"That's certainly a keepsake." Iris said looking over my shoulder to see the photo,
"It truly is. Come on. Let's keep going." I said putting away my scroll. She nodded and grabbed my hand. Smiling, I intertwined our fingers before we continued on. We kept going around the room, admiring all the works of art that were here. Yet, all the while, I kept sneaking looks back at Iris.
"Yuck!" Eustace suddenly said getting our attention. Turning to him, we saw that he was sitting at the base of a sculpture. He then got up and walked away in disgust
"That's a lovely couple." Iris said as we walked up to the sculpture. I kneeled down to better see the plaque that held the name of this sculpture.
"The Kiss." I read standing back up.
"A fitting name." Iris said with a blush as she looked at the sculpture. I was confused for a moment before realizing that she either was blushing at how passionate the couple were kissing or the fact that they were both naked. We looked towards each other but quickly looked away with a heavy blush as the thought of us kissing each other like that crossed our minds.
"Look! There she is!" Muriel exclaimed excitedly. Turning to her, we saw that she was pointing to a painting. "The most famous painting in the world, all because of her mysterious smile."
"Wow." I said amazed as I walked near the painting of the Mona Lisa. It is an excellent work of art and I cannot even begin to imagine how long it would take to make something like this.
"Can you paint Jaune?" Iris asked walking up next to me.
"Somewhat. I took a few classes before." I answered.
"How about when we get back, we try and making a painting of us together?" She asked sure.
"Sure." I answered smiling.
"I want to take a picture of ma and the Mona Lisa. Jaune, be a dear and take a picture of me along with Courage." Muriel told me as she moved to stand next to the picture.
"Sure." I said as I moved next to Courage and took out my scroll. Setting it to the camera feature, I moved it so I can take her picture. Courage by my side was using the camera he brought and adjusted it as well.
'Move to the side a bit.' Courage told Muriel to move to the left a bit.
"Perfect. Smile." I told Muriel as I readied to take the picture. But as I was about to press the button, the Mona Lisa smiled and winked at me causing me to jump in shock. And by the sound of Courage gasping, I am pretty sure he saw it as well.
"Everything all right Jaune?" Iris asked me worried. Looking back through the scroll to the picture, I saw that the painting was still as if nothing happened.
"Um, yeah. I thought I saw the painting move for a second." I answered. She seemed confused by this but Courage spoke up before she could.
'Wait, you saw the painting smile and wink too?' He asked worried and confused. I was about to answer, but the museum's P.A. system came online before I could.
'Ladies and gentlemen, it is ze closing time' The guard from earlier said before turning off the P.A. system.
"Hurry up you two. It's closing time." Muriel said bringing our attention back to her.
'All right, just give me a second.' Courage said as he turned his camera around and used his ear to wipe the lens clean. He then brought the camera back up to his face.
"Okay. Smile Muriel." I told her. She smiled and leaned in a bit closer to the painting. But as I was about to take the picture, the Mona Lisa lifted her hand and blew me and Courage a kiss.
'AAHHH!' Courage screamed when he saw this as well.
"WHAT THE!" I yelled when I saw that.
"It's okay you two. The resemblance is overwhelming." Muriel said turning to admire the painting.
"Um, yeah. It is." I said hesitantly not taking my eyes of the painting.
"What happened Jaune?" Iris asked.
"Well, the painting moved again." I told her.
"Are you sure you're not seeing things?" She asked worried.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure I saw the Mona Lisa move again." I answered, still not taking my eyes off the painting. Iris seemed extremely concerned and nervous at this and seemed she was about to say something but was cut off by Eustace.
"Hey, kid. Dog. Come over here." Eustace yelled getting our attention. Turning to him, we saw that he was next to another sculpture. Walking over to him, I saw that it was a sculpture of a naked mand sitting down with his fist under his chin. "Take a picture of me with this idiot."
"Fine, just move in front so we can take it." I told him as I set my scroll to take the picture.
"'The Thinker' huh? I know what he's thinking. 'How come there's no T.V. set?'" Eustace mocked as he climbed the statue.
'No appreciation for anything.' I thought as I watched him climb the sculpture and posed on top acting as if it was easily replaceable.
"Okay. Ready." I said as I raised my scroll, but right before I pressed the button, like with the Mona Lisa, I saw the statue move as if happy and surprised that he can move.
'AAHHH!' Courage suddenly screamed getting my attention. Only him to accidently press the button on his camera, causing the bulb to go off. Blinding the both of us for a moment. Rubbing my eyes to clear the spots, I looked back at the statue regularly and then through the scroll only to see that it was back in its original spot as if it never moved.
"Did you see that Courage?" I asked him. He nodded and then looked at his camera, only for the bulb to go off again but without him pressing the button this time. But like last time, the flash blinding both of us. This time though, my vision went white for a moment, sending me to the floor.
"You okay Jaune?" Iris asked as she helped me to my feet while struggling not to laugh.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I answered with a smile as I rubbed my eyes again to make the stars go away.
"Come on. Your folks are already leaving." She said while pointing to Muriel and Eustace who were already leaving the room.
Nodding, she grabbed my hand and we began to follow them back to the exit. But I wasn't really able to focus on leaving as I was admiring all the beautiful works of art this place had. Even Muriel was taken aback by them as she continuously looked back and forth between paintings and sculptures. Entering the next room, we saw to our right what looked like a small replica of our living room back at the farmhouse except this one had a fireplace in the back.
"I got to take a breather." Eustace said moving to sit in the chair that looked exactly like his back home.
"Feels just like home." Muriel said as she went to the stove that was nearby for some reason, poured herself a cup of tea, that was also there for some strange reason and sat down in the nearby rocking chair. That looked exactly the same as hers. But as soon as she sat down on the chair, both her and Eustace fell asleep. Courage then went up, jumped onto Muriel's lap and fell asleep as well.
"Jaune." Iris said getting my attention.
"Yes, let's go back to the other room and see the planets align." She suggested.
"Sure." I said with a smile.
Smiling as well, she grabbed my hand and walked back to the other room. Though as we did, we saw a sign next to Eustace's chair that read 'American Stupeed' on it. And I had to hold in my laughter at that. Shaking my head, we continued our way back to the other room. As we went back, I admired all the painting's again and how amazing they looked. Yet not as amazing or beautiful as Iris here. Soon we reached the room with the skylight. And for some reason, the planets that were there seemed even closer and more beautiful.
"Such a beautiful sight, right Jaune?" Iris asked as she watched the planets slowly move together to align themselves with each other.
"It truly is Iris." I said agreeing with her. Looking around, I saw some seats that we could use. Bringing them over, we sat down and continued to look at the planets as they continued to move closer.
"Hey, Iris?" I asked getting her attention.
"Yes, Jaune." She said turning to face me.
"What happened to the cloud that was on your head? Sometimes it's there and other times it's not." I asked.
"Oh. I have complete control over it and can make it appear and disappear whenever I want it to. Typically, I only have it out when I'm working or with other gods and goddesses. Other than that, I usually prefer it to be away." She answered.
I nodded in understanding and turned back to watch the planets. All the while, thinking of how drastically my life had changed since getting expelled from Beacon. I have a family now that loves me. Well, Muriel anyway. Though I am not sure if she sees me as son or not. Then there is the fact that Courage is essentially the brother I always wanted. And now, we essentially go on adventures together. Weird ones that sometimes came close to ending our lives, but adventures all the same. I have even made amends with all my friends and got to see them again.
'But the best thing to happen so far, is that I am now dating Iris, a storm goddess.' I thought as I looked over at her and saw her admire the planets and how close they seem to us. 'I wonder what the Arc Family would say if they see me now.' But before I could too deep in thoughts, I heard Muriel call out to us.
"Jaune. Iris." She called out to us.
"Yes, Muriel?" I asked getting up from the chair with Iris getting up as well.
"It's time to go." She answered.
"Alright." I said as I began to make my way to the exit but Muriel called out to me again.
"But first, I want to see Mona one more time." She said with a smile.
Sighing, I nodded. She smiled and went over to the painting while Eustace went back to 'The Thinker.' Looking around, Iris and me decided to go and see that sculpture named 'The Kiss." We spent about ten minutes just admiring the sculpture while enjoying being together with hands clasped together. After a few minutes, we turned to each with a blush but lost ourselves to each other. Leaning in, we were about to kiss when all of a sudden, a purple aura started glowing around each of the sculptures and paintings causing us to pull away in confusion.
"What's going on?" Both me and Iris said at the same time. Looking around, we saw that every painting and sculpture was glowing. But out of the corner of my eye, I saw the same thing that was purple aura was in the sky as well. Looking up, I found the reason for this strangeness.
"Iris, look." I said pointing up to the sky.
"Oh, no." She said when she saw what was causing it. The planets Venus and Mars had lined up and caused a purple beam of energy to shoot down to exactly where we are.
'EEE!' I heard Courage suddenly say. Turning to face him, I saw that he was attempting to pull Muriel away from the Mona Lisa that had her hand out as if to pull Muriel into the painting.
"Hold on Courage." I shouted as I immediately dashed towards him and helped pulled a starstruck Muriel away from the painting. Only to fail when all of a sudden, the Mona Lisa suddenly reached out of the painting and pulled Muriel into the painting before jumping out herself.
'AAHHH!' Courage shouted in terror while his skin came of his body leaving behind a skeleton. The Mona Lisa in question, merely giggled.
"WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!" I yelled out in shock. Turning to Iris, I saw that she was just as shocked as I was.
"Hey, Thinker. You thinking what I'm thinking?" The Mona Lisa asked the statue of the Thinker behind us. Turning around, we saw that the statue of the Thinker had come to life as well and was now standing up.
"Put some clothes on you beatnik!" Eustace demanded the statue. The Thinker looked down at himself before looking back at Eustace. He then grabbed Eustace and stole his clothes from him and wore it. Eustace, was also now stuck in the Thinker's position on the stone.
"So, what have you been thinking about all this time?" Mona Lisa asked the Thinker.
"Uh, Um. Your smile. I—I think." He answered unsure of himself. The Mona Lisa then spoke something in a language that I did not know before moving up against the Thinker and running her hands along his chest before moving up to his face.
"What do you say we go someplace and have a little fun, no?" She asked him.
"Uh, maybe we should, or maybe we shouldn't. Might be fun. Might be weird. Hmm. I need to think about this." He said before putting on a thinking face and begin to 'think.'
'Lives up to the name.' I thought seeing him grunting as he began to 'think.' Shaking my head, I moved towards them determined to get some answered. "Um, excuse me."
"Ah, a young man and his lover. How are you two enjoying your date?" Mona asked us with a smile and knowing look. We blushed at this for a moment before shaking it off.
"Mona Lisa. What is happening?" Iris asked motioning to them and the other pictures that seemed to be moving.
"A storm goddess. How interesting and rare. Normally a goddess wouldn't date a mortal." Mona said astonished instead of answering.
"Please, answer the question." Iris calmly threatened while summoning her cloud again where it roared angrily. But it only caused the Thinker to think some while Mona simply giggled.
"You're a feisty one aren't you. Well, to answer your question, every hundred years or so, the planets Mars and Venus line up granting us life and the ability to move about. From either our paintings or in Thinker's case here, his plinth, or as you might call it, the base." Mona answered.
"How long does this event last?" I asked while trying to calm Iris down.
"Only a few hours. Which is enough for us to mingle and get to know each other. But once it ends, we have to be back in our spots otherwise we will be stuck where we currently are. Unless we have some to take our spots." Mona answered with a wink.
'Oh, No!' Courage said next to us. It took me a moment before realizing what she meant.
'So, if we don't get her out soon, she will be stuck like that until the planets line up again.' I realized in fear.
"Well, let's go Thinker. When the planets separate again, you and me we're going to be stuck in place forever. Let's make sure it's someplace really worth smiling about, si?" Mona asked hugging the Thinker.
"Um, well..." He replied before being dragged off by Mona.
"Courage, what do-" I began to ask Courage while turning to him. Only to stifle a laugh as I realized his opened mouth silent scream expression perfectly mirrored the painting behind him.
"So, what should we do Jaune?" Iris asked next to me. Turning to her, I saw that her storm cloud had increased in strength with thunder rumbling and lightning coming out of it.
"Well, first, let's calm down Iris. We don't want to destroy anything as they could be useful later not to mention we don't want to get a fine." I answered as I noticed that some paintings were close to flying off because of the strong winds coming from her cloud. She seemed to notice this as well.
"Right." She said as she made her cloud go away while calming down. "So, how should we go about this?" I was about to answer but stopped when Muriel's voice called out to us but weakly.
"Muriel." I said running to the painting where she currently is stuck in. Courage came up as well and took the painting off the wall and shake it. Trying to see if he can get her out that way.
"Courage, that's not going to work." I told him as I took the paining from him and placed it back on the wall.
'We have to try something. You heard what she said! When the planets are no longer aligned, she will be stuck like this until they align again.' He said panicking.
"I know. But we can't just do that. We don't know if doing that will harm her." I said trying to calm him down.
'What should we do then?' He asked.
"I honestly have no idea." I answered trying not to panic as well.
"Calm down you two. Panicking won't help. Let's take this one step at a time." Iris interjected.
"You're right Iris." I said taking a deep breath.
'But where should we start?' Courage asked. I thought about it for a moment, but before I could answer, we all heard the giggling of the Mona Lisa.
"I'd say, we start by getting those two back to where they belong." I suggested while trying to find where the giggling was coming from.
"Sounds good." Iris said with Courage nodding in agreement as well.
"Now, we just need to find where they currently are." I said as I began to follow the sound of the Mona giggling. We passed by a few paintings trying to find them. Eventually, Courage managed to find where the source was coming from.
'Over here.' He shouted pointing to another picture. We went over to him and saw a painting of a park with a body of water nearby with tons of people gather around. Looking at the plaque, I saw its name.
"The Park, huh. Fitting." I said looking back up at the painting.
"Actually, it's true name is called 'A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.' It was painted by Georges Seurat." Iris corrected.
"Really, then why is it just called the park?" I asked confused.
"Most likely because it's easier to say during conversations." She answered with a shrug of her shoulders. I was about to say something but stopped when we heard Mona's voice coming from the painting.
"Come on big guy. Let's you and me get naturale and jump right in." We heard her say.
"Okay, so she's in the painting. How do we get in ourselves?" I asked.
"Maybe, like this...woah." Iris started only to fall into the painting herself.
"IRIS!" I shouted in fear and dove in after her with Courage right behind me.
"Ow." We all said as we fell on the ground. Getting up, we saw that we were in fact, inside the painting.
"Wow, this is amazing." I said as I looked around and got a new perspective of the painting. One that I doubt anyone else has seen.
"It sure is Jaune." Iris agreed.
'We can sight see later. We still have to find the other two.' Courage said reminding us of our objective and how short on time we are.
"Right. Now, where could they be?" Iris asked looking around. Luckily, the voice of the Thinker told us where to find them.
"Um, I don't know. Might be too cold. Might get sunburnt. Might be mosquitos. Let me think." He said while laying down. Looking over to Mona, we saw that she annoyed at the fact that he was thinking instead of going along with her. We began to approach them and were close to reaching them but we were halted when a police officer suddenly came up from behind us and blew his whistle while grabbing Courage.
"Eh, you see not the sign? No dogs allowed." The officer said while pointing with his baton to the sign that said no dogs allowed.
"But, officer." I began but he cut me off.
"No exceptions!" He yelled before going over to the edge of the painting and kicking Courage out of the painting.
"Have a nice day you two." The officer said before leaving.
"Great. That happened." I said annoyed. "At least we found Mona and the Thinker."
"I wouldn't be too sure about that Jaune." Iris said pointing over to where they just were. "They seem to have left while we were distracted by the officer."
"Great. Well, let's go make sure Courage is okay." I sighed before taking another look around. "You know, if it wasn't for the fact that this place is a painting, it would be a nice place to enjoy time together."
"It surely is. Maybe we can go to the beach or park another time." Iris agreed before suggesting.
"That would be nice." I said as we headed to the edge of the painting and jump out of it. "Okay, now we could Courage be."
"Over there." Iris said. Turning to where she was pointing, I saw that Courage had landed in another painting. This painting showed a saloon with three dogs around a table player poker, I think. Moving closer to the painting, we saw that Courage had decided to play along. Only to be sent flying out of the painting a moment later. Luckily, I managed to catch him midair.
"You okay Courage?" I asked him as I lowered him to the floor.
'Yeah, I'm alright.' He answered while rubbing his head.
"What happened?" Iris asked.
'Oh, I picked up my cards and player them. I had a royal flush and won the game. But the other dogs were sore losers and kicked me out because of it.' He answered while chuckling a bit. We both chuckled a bit as well. But stopped when Muriel's voice weakly called out to us.
"Courage... Jaune..." She weakly called out to us. We all immediately rushed back to where she was.
"Muriel. Can you hear us?" I asked.
"I feel myself drying. Get me out before... it's...too...late." She told us.
'Oh no.' Courage said panicked as his eyes became bloodshot.
"We have to hurry. The planets are starting to drift away from each other." Iris warned while pointing to the sky. We looked up and saw that Mars and Venus were no longer perfectly aligned and were now slowly starting to move away from each other.
"Crap. Don't worry Muriel. We'll get you out." I told her. Only to receive no answer as she seemed to hav froze again.
'Quick, we have to find those two.' Courage said bouncing up and down in fear while looking around.
"And this time, I will force them back." Iris said angrily while summoning her cloud again.
"As much as I would like for you to do that, we cannot take the risk." I reminded her. She nodded and made her cloud go away. Yet, her anger did not fade.
"Now, where could those two be?" Iris asked looking around. Trying to see is she could see them if they were in one of the paintings. Luckily, we did not to search for long as we heard Mona's laugh again.
"This way/" I said as we began to follow the laughter. Only to stop when we passed by the statue of the couple kissing from earlier.
'EWW!' Courage said grossed out while sticking out his tongue.
"Courage, don't be rude." I said as I gave him a light smack on the head.
"I think it's lovely." Iris said admiring the couple passionately kissing each other.
"I agree." I said while looking at the kissing couple.
'You two love birds coming.' Courage yelled getting our attention. We looked at each other blushing before shaking our heads and running after Courage. Soon, after a few turns, we found the laughter coming from another painting.
"The Persistence of Memory." I read out loud. "Honestly, I'm not sure what I am looking at nor the meaning behind this painting,"
"It's okay. Neither do I Jaune." Iris said while seemingly confused as well. But then she suddenly pointed out a spot in the painting. "Wait, there they are." Looking closely, I saw that Mona and the Thinker were on the log in the painting.
"I thought a little bit of something strange might loosen you up." Mona explained. Then, the weird blob on the ground near them and what appeared to be mummy wrappings moved closer to them and agreeing with Mona.
"Nice job Iris." I told her to which she blushed a bit. "Okay, wait here. I'll be right back."
I bended my knees and then jumped right into the painting with Courage right behind me. I was hoping that I would stick the landing, but I instead landed on a clock which bounced me up into the air a bit. Out of reflex, I grabbed onto the nearest thing which just so happened to be another melted clock. But as soon as I did so, I started to sting forward. I let go hoping to land easily, but was instead flown forward and landed on one of the strange guys, bounce off him and get sent flying out of the painting along with Courage who somehow mirrored my exact movements. But instead of landing in the museum again, we were sent flying into another painting. This time, it was of a corner diner that one might find in the place New York or Vale. Shaking my head, I got up and found out that we landed right behind the counter.
"JAUNE!? COURAGE!?" I heard Iris yell out. Turning to where I felt the exit was, I saw Iris going through the halls trying to find us.
"IRIS! Over here!" I shouted trying to get her attention. Luckily, she heard me and jumped into the painting and then over the counter to join us.
"Oh, thank goodness I found you. Are you two, okay?" Iris asked scared.
"We're fine. But we lost Mona and Thinker again." I answered. But as soon as I did, Courage immediately pulled us down behind the counter so we could not be seen.
"What's wrong Courage?" I asked him.
'They're coming this way.' He answered. I was about to ask but got my answer when we heard Mona's voice along with their footsteps heading in our direction.
"You've got to stop the questioning everything and enjoy the moment, you know?" Mona told Thinker as they sat down at the counter. But she only received silence. Taking a chance, I looked above and saw that the reason why the Thinker did not answer was because he was reading the menu.
"That's rude." Iris whispered annoyed at seeing that the Thinker is not paying attention to Mona his date.
"It certainly is." I whispered back agreeing with her. And judging by the look on Mona's face, we can tell she was annoyed and boarding mad as well at what the Thinker just did.
"Hey, Thinker, you there?" Mona asked through clenched teeth. She also smacked the thinker on the chest to try and grab his attention only for him to not even notice at all.
"Hmm. Should I have tea with lemon, decaf with cream? Hmm." Was all the Thinker said in response, completely ignorant to what Mona just said.
"I need somebody who just take me in his arms and give me a big smooch-a-rooni. You know, a kiss." Mona said turning to the Thinker and pursing her lips to kiss him. Only for him to lean back away from her.
"I need to think about it." The Thinker replied before going back to the menu.
'Wait, I have an idea.' Courage suddenly whispered to us with a bulb over his head.
"What is it Courage?" Iris asked quietly.
'First, let's get out of this painting and I'll tell you.' Courage answered before moving forward and jumping out of the painting.
"What's your plan Courage?" I asked him now that we were away from the other two.
'Mona wants to be loved right.' Courage began by asking us.
"Yes." I answered not sure where he was going with this.
"But the Thinker is not showing her any love." Iris added annoyed.
'Well, how about we get Mona a lover?' Courage asked. This caused me and Iris to look at each other in confusion.
"That might work, but where are we going to find someone that will love her in such short notice?" I asked him.
'How about the guy in the statue of the two people kissing?' Courage suggested.
"But Courage, those two are in love with each other and are showing their love to each other in a passionate kiss. Hence why there are called, 'The Kiss.' I think. Anyway, what makes you think he would just up and leave the one he is kissing and go for Mona?" I asked. Instead of answering, Courage looked down as he clearly hadn't thought of that.
"Wait, I have an idea." Iris suddenly said getting our attention.
'What is it?' Courage asked.
"While normally I wouldn't want to break a couple up, this is just the exception. While I was searching for the both of you, I found a painting with cupid and his bow in it. We can use his bow to make the guy fall in love with Mona." She answered.
'Doesn't that make the person fall in love with the first person they see?' Courage asked confused.
"Yes, but it can even be a picture and the person will fall in love with the person, not the picture." She explained.
"But where will we find a picture of the Mona Lisa at this time of night?" I asked. Instead of answering, Iris pointed behind her to a shop that held some pictures of the Moan Lisa.
"Talk about convenient and timing. All right. I'll grab the photo. You two get the arrow." I told them.
They nodded and went off to the painting while I grabbed the photo. Entering the shop, I quickly grabbed the photo before running over to the others and saw that they had the bow. Looking up at the painting, I saw that a winged baby, presumably cupid as the name of the painting suggested, laughed while holding a gaming console. Looking over at Courage for an answer, he simply laughed before heading back over to the couple kissing. Iris then took the bow and arrow and aimed it at the guy. She fired it where it struck him in the back and when it did so, hearts started to come out of it. He stopped kissing he girl and looked over at us. I quickly raised the photo so he could see it. And once he did, his eyes bulged out of his head in shock and possible love while a car horn played from somewhere at the same time.
"Woah, Mama." He said in a deep voice. He then turned to the lady he was just kissing. "Sorry, baby. I think we should see other people."
"Men!" The lady said disgusted as the guy walked away. For a moment, I was about to tell him to put on some clothes. Luckily, I did not need to as he ripped the clothes off some poor guy from another painting and put them on.
"Now, where can I find this lovely lady you three showed me?" He asked us.
"She is in that painting over there." Iris answered while pointing over to the painting we were just in. Walking over to it, we could hear the Thinker still thinking on what he should order. Still completely ignoring Mona.
"Whoa, baby." The guy said spotting Mona. He gave a loud whistle which caught Mona's attention. She turned around and her eyes bulged out of her head for a moment when she spotted the guy.
"Well. If you're not going to kiss me, I think there's somebody who is." Mona said to the Thinker who didn't hear her at all. She then jumped out of the painting and into the guy's arms where they kissed each other. Courage then tugged on my pants. Looking down at him, I saw that he was pointing over to Mona's painting that Muriel was still stuck in. Nodding, we went over to it and brought it over. Raising it above our heads, we then slammed it over Mona and the guy she was kissing. Flipping the painting over, we realized we forgot something that made us feel like idiots.
"Oh, my." Muriel said shocked as the two were now kissing her cheeks.
'Blech.' Courage said in shock and embarrassment.
"Forgot about that little detail, didn't you?" Iris asked giggling. I laughed at this while trying to hide my embarrassment. I was about to say something but stopped when the purple glowing aura from earlier came back and surrounded every painting and sculpture again.
"Quick, grab her hand." I said as I reached in the painting and grabbed Muriel's right hand while iris and Courage grabbed her left. We pulled as hard and as quick as we can and managed to get Muriel out just in time.
'Yes!' Courage shouted in joy that Muriel as back safe and sound now.
"Now that is a lovely painting." Iris said next to me. Looking back down at the painting, I saw that Mona and the guy were now frozen but this time happily kissing each other. Hearing a sound come nearby, we looked up and saw that the Thinker was still in that painting of the diner trying to think of what to order. But this time, there was a waiter trying to take his order.
'She's going to be there for a while.' I thought at seeing her impatient look at how long it is taking the Thinker.
"Ah. You three are true artists." Muriel said getting our attention. Turning to face her, we saw that she pointing at another painting. This one had a farmer and his wife with a farmhouse in the back of them. "Look, that one reminds me of home."
'You thinking what I'm thinking?' Courage asked me with a smile as he picked up Muriel. Turning to Iris, I saw her smile and grab my hand and nodded.
"Sure am. Let's go," I answered. We then ran up to the painting and jumped into it. Despite the fact the Mars and Venus are no longer aligned. Once in the painting, we ran to the farmhouse. The farmer and his wife looking surprise that we just did that.
Half an Hour later
"Like sisters." Muriel said as she hung up the photo, we took of her and The Mona Lisa.
"You two truly look alike." I said agreeing with her. I was sitting in Eustace chair with iris sitting next to me taking a nap.
"I wonder when Eustace will be getting back?" She asked.
'Hopefully, not anytime soon.' I mentally thought as I pulled out my scroll. Opening it, I began to look through the pictures me and Iris took together while at the Museum. They brought a smile to my face. Turning to Iris, I leaned in and gave her a light kiss on the cheek. But as I pulled away, a thought came to mind.
'How will me friends react to me dating a goddess?' I thought with worry at their reactions and the possible chaos that might come about from it. But I calmed down when I felt Iris squeeze my hand while still asleep. Giving me confidence and making the worry go away. Putting my scroll away, I leaned back into the chair and decided to take a nap as well.
Note:
Surprisingly, the Storm Goddess won by only three votes to the Queen of the Black Puddle.
These are the next chapters that will come along with who will appear in them from Rwby if any. Just need to write them out.
(1) The demon in the mattress. (2) Mega Muriel the Magnificent with Penny. (3) Nowhere T.V. with Glynda (4) Fishy Business with Blake. (5) Dome of Doom with Peach. (6) Son of the Chicken from Outer Space with Winter. (7) The House of Discontent with Oobleck.
Should Coco appear in The Human Habitrail or The Quilt Club?
The episode Perfect won't be for a while but who should appear in it? Winter or Glynda? Or both? Or someone else?