104R 9: Meeting New Friends.
February 6'th, (2022)
The next morning rolled around, and Dice, Mickey and Olive all awoke inside the box.
"Hey, you guys! Ugh! Help! Ugh! Help! My tongue is stuck!" Said Max, with his tonuge stuck to a cold, frozen water spout.
"Max? What are you doing?" Mickey asked as he and the others looked outside the box at their brother.
"I thought i was tasting a popcicle." Said Max. The eight week old pup pulled and pulled and pulled until he had finally managed to free his tongue from the frozen water spout.
Dice, Mickey and Olive jumped out of the box and ran out of the ally.
Max stepped out of the ally, with his tongue hanging out. "I think i lost a taste bud." The eight week old puppy then went to join up with his three sibblings.
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Later, at the London, England high school, all of the kids were exiting the building. School had just got out for the day and all of the kids were headeding home to their families. Unlike most of the students in schools in UK, these kids were wearing regular cloths and not uniforms.
Keegan came out of the school, with a pale brown 70's backpack on his back, and walked down the steps, where six creepy teenagers blocked his path.
"Hey, you're the new kid, right?" Asked one of the creepy-looking teens in a british accent.
Keegan nodded.
"I'm Bryce. And these are the cools. The K and the Z." Said the teen known as Bryce.
"Hi, i'm Keegan."
"So where you from, Keegan?" Bryce asked.
"I'm from Ontario, Canada." Said Keegan.
"Of course, Canada. A Canadian-born kid." Said Bryce. "So let me fill you in on how things work around here. You need to pay not to get hurt."
"What?" Keegan asked.
"Got any money left?" Bryce asked.
"No." Said Keegan.
"That's too bad." Said Bryce. The creepy teen then pushed Keegan down onto the steps.
"Ow!" Said Keegan.
"See what i mean? No money, big hurt." Said Bryce. "You better have some money for us tomorrow, Keegan."
"You guys!" Came a british voice.
The boys all looked and saw a young girl and a boy coming out of the building and down the steps.
The girl was 10 years old, she had curly blond hair and blue eyes. Her blond hair went past her shoulders while the back of it went down to her upperback. And she had on a pink 'DISNEY PRINCESS' backpack with a headshot picture of Princess Belle on the back of it in her yellow dress. "Leave him alone!" She said in a british accent.
The boy was 10 years old, he had long shaggy dirty blond hair that stopped at the top of his neck, blue eyes and brown freckles all over his face. He had on a green (2016) 'JUNGLE BOOK' backpack that had a picture of Mowglie on the back of it on the left, squatted down, holding a burning tourch in his left hand, with an image of Bageerah taking up the rest of the picture on the right, and the title 'Disney The JUNGLE BOOK'at the top of the picture written in yellow. The backpack's straps were black, along with the front of it and it's top handle. "Yeah, Izzy's right! You are all bullies!" He said in a british accent.
"Oh, Hey there, Isabella. Charlie." Said one of the teens.
"Aint that cute? Keegan's girlfriend is protecting him." Said Bryce.
Isabella and Charlie made it to the bottom of the steps and faced Bryce.
"I'm not his 'girlfriend', but we are telling on you if you don't leave." Said Isabella.
"BOO!" Said Bryce, getting in Isabella's face. However, she didn't flinch. "Come on, guys, lets leave the love birds alone." The creepy teen turnned to Keegan. "Tomorrow, Keegan." He said before he and his creepy gang walked off.
Isabella and Charlie turnned to Keegan.
"You okay?" Isabella asked.
"Yeah, but..." Keegan stood up. "i could've handled myself."
"Yeah, i can see that." Said Isabella.
"Well, thanks." Said Keegan.
"No problem. I'm Isabella Justine."
"And i'm Charlie Dodge."
"Nice to meet you, i'm Keegan. Keegan Lewis."
"Don't think about them. They're just dumb bullies." Said Isabella.
"Izzy's right, they like to pick on kids smaller then they are. I should know, i was one of them." Said Charlie.
"They wouldn't do this if Copper was here." Said Keegan before walking off.
"Who's Copper?" Asked Isabella as she and Charlie followed Keegan.
"My dog. He's a liver-spotted Dalmatian puppy. And a firehouse dog. He always came to school with me." Said Keegan.
"Where is he now?" Charlie asked.
"I had to leave him in Ontario. See, we're from Canada, but the late owner of the house we're staying in has it written in her will not to allow pets." Said Keegan.
"That's too bad. He sounds pretty cool." Said Charlie.
"Can he do tricks?" Isabella asked.
"Absolutely. He can role over, play dead, even ride a scateboard." Said Keegan.
"Wow." Said Isabella and Charlie.
"And we love the same music too. I left him my iPod." Said Keegan.
"Cool. So are you and your family staying?" Isabella asked.
"At De ViL Manor." Said Keegan.
"Cruella De ViL's house?" Isabella asked.
"Yeah." Said Keegan.
"The home of the devil?" Charlie asked.
"Yeah, yeah." Said Keegan.
"Are you serious right now?!" Isabella asked.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is that a problem?" Said Keegan.
"Uh...i just remembered, i have to get home and study for this exame. See you tomorrow." Said Isabella before running off.
"Wait, Izzy! We friends have to stick together!" Said Charlie as he ran after Isabella.
"Was it something i said?" Keegan asked. Just then, there was a loud honk and the Canada boy looked and saw Candace in a blue convertable car, waving at him.
"Hey, Keegan!" Candace said.
"Aunt Candace?" Keegan said. The 11 year old rushed over to the blue convertable that his aunt was sitting here. "What are you doing here?"
"Oh nothing, i was just in the area, passing by, that's all. How are you today?" Candace asked.
"I'm fine, but...how did you know where i was?" Keegan asked.
"I didn't. Like i said, i was just passing through the area. I just happened to come across you as i was driving by. So how was your day?" Said Candace.
Keegan: "Okay, i guess. Except..."
"Except what?" Candace asked.
"Except...i don't have a ride home from school. I thought about taking the bus, but i figured 'nah, i'll just call my Dad and ask him to come pick me up." Said Keegan.
"Or you let me drive you home." Said Candace.
"Thanks, but no thanks. My Dad would have a fit." Said Keegan.
"About what? For me driving you home from school?" Candace asked.
"No, for getting in a car with a stranger who offered to drive me home from school." Said Keegan.
"But i'm not a stranger, i'm your aunt Candace. You're mother's sister. I'm family. You and your Dad have known me for years. How can i be a stranger?"
"I guess you're right." Said Keegan.
"So you'll get in?" Candace asked.
"Count me in." Said Keegan. The 11 year old Canada-born kid got inside the blue convertable on the front passenger side and Candace drove off down the street.
"So...how was your first day of school, kiddo?" Said Candace.
"Okay, i guess. I made some new friends on the first day." Said Keegan.
"I saw that. Isabella and Charlie." Said Candace.
"You know them?" Keegan asked.
"Yes, of course i do. Isabella's cousin and hang out a lot and some times she'll bring her over to my place so we can all hang out together." Said Candace.
"Well, what does her cousin do?" Keegan asked.
"She's a probation officer. She helps criminals, who are released from prison, turn their lives around." Said Candace.
"Cool, what's her name?" Keegan asked.
"Chloe. Chloe Simon." Said Candace.
"As in...'THE' Chloe Simon? The Chloe Simon that was Cruella De ViL's probation officer in (2000) before the 102 Dalmatians incident? That Chloe Simon?" Keegan asked.
"Yeah. But how did you know?" Candace asked.
"Disney just released 101, 102 and 103 Dalmatians, the first three UK true based films, world wide last year. The fourth true based instalment, 104 Dalmatians, just came out this year. It's based on the novel, The Texas 104 Dalmatians, by Gigi Miller, as well as the (2020) U.S. Texas 104 Dalmatians incident. My Dad took me, my step-mom and Copper to see it before we moved here." Said Keegan.
"So how was the movie?" Candace asked.
Keegan looked at Candace.
"I mean don't get me wrong, i've seen it in theaters, like, four or five times. I just wanna know what you thought about it." Said Candace.
"It was amazing. Probably the best one, next to the first movie. I loved every minute of it. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time we were in the theater." Said Keegan.
"So was i." Said Candace.
"Yeah, but the one thing i really loved about the movie was that this one had a new main villain. Making Cruella the secondary villain was totally understandable. I mean don't get me wrong, the first three UK films, 101, 102 and 103 Dalmatians, the original trilogy, were very enjoyable, but you have to ask yourself, "Why not make a different plot instead of the same old story, same old song and dance? Well, Disney pretty much answered that question with this new movie. When Stacy first appeared, i never thought that she would be the perfect canidate for main villain." Said Keegan.
"Yeah, she seemed nice at first, but her true colors were revealed as a deceiving, manipulative, conniving, backstabbing witch, who proved to be more sinister and even more insane than Cruella." Said Candace.
"I know, right? The movie was awesome." Said Keegan.
"Yeah, the movie was good. But the novel is, like, way better. You should read it some times." Said Candace.
"I just might take you up on that." Said Keegan. "I just wish that i could meet the real people who went through the incident. I wish i knew who they were. You know the writters changed their names in the movie. There's Mimi, Jordan, Ric. The only people's names they didn't change were the names of Cruella and her gang and Stacy. Those were pretty much the only names that remained unchanged."
"Well, that's understandable. People do like their privacy, after all. I know i do." Said Candace.
"Yeah, but still...i wish i could meet them." Said Keegan. "Speaking of which, when am i gonna get to meet the real miss Chloe Simon? I would love to meet one of the people from the 102 Dalmatians incident."
"Unfortunantly, not any time this month. She and her husband, Kevin, went on vacation to cellebrate Valentines Day and they won't be back until the end of February." Said Candace.
"Bummer. I wish i could meet her now. Next to the people of the U.S. Texas incident." Said Keegan.
"You might just get that chance someday. To meet the people who of the fourth incident, i mean." Said Candace.
"You think so?" Keegan asked.
"I know so. After all, this world is filled with mystery and suprises. Who knows what could happen?" Said Candace.
"Yeah...who knows?" Said Keegan.
Candace continued driving down the street in her blue convertable to take Keegan home.
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Elsewhere in London, Dice and the others were still wondering through the city, trying to find a way home, but couldn't find one.
"I'm pretty sure we're walking in circles." Said Mickey.
"This is totally bogous, dude. Got get me something to eat and stat." Said Max.
Not too far from where the four puppies were, Copper was running through the city of London looking for Keegan.
As Dice and the others ran, he looked back and saw that Max was missing.
"Guys, where did Max go?" Dice asked.
"Where's the dirt?" Max asked as he poked his head out of a hole in the sidewalk.
Dice, Mickey and Olive ran over to the hole that Max was in and saw him digging in it.
"Yo, if you keep digging, you're gonna end up in China." Said Dice.
"Is there food in China? Cause if there is. i'm gonna keep digging." Said Max. The eight week old pup then got out of the hole and rejoined his brothers and sister.
Copper sped through the city and soon came to a stop when he saw four Dalmatian puppies, who looked to be about eight weeks old. Three of them were black spotted while the other one was limon spotted.
One of them wore an orange collar around their neck, with two fluffy dice around the collar. His ears were white, with three black circle-shapped spots on his ears, matching the dice around his collar.
The other two wore red collar and had black ears, only one of them had a white circle-shapped spot on the left ear. One of them wore a black tag in the shape of Mickey Mouse's head while the other wore a teal blue tag in the shape of a bone.
The limon spotted Dalmatian wore a blue collar, with a golden circle-shapped name tag.
Copper ran over to an ally and to hide and poked his head out to spy on the four puppies.
Sensing that they were being watched, Mickey looked back, but just as he did, Copper ducked back in the ally. "Guys, i'm sensing someone's presense."
Copper poked his head out again.
"Huh?" Mickey looked, but the liver-spotted Dalmatian ducked back in the ally.
"What?" Max added, looking in the same direction as Mickey.
"What are you talking about? I don't see anything." Said Dice.
Max looked and saw a liver-spotted Dalmatian puppy with it's head poked out of an ally, but the brown spotted puppy ducked back in the ally.
"Over there! In that ally! I saw something!" Said Max.
The other three pups looked at the ally, only to see that there was nothing there.
"Uh...i was sure." Said Max.
The brown-spotted Dalmatian poked it's head out of the ally, revealing itself.
"There he is!" Said Max.
"It's a huge rat!" Said Dice.
"RUN!" Screamed the three Dalmatian brothers as they and Olive took running down the sidewalk.
"Hey, guys! Hey, stop, i didn't mean to scare you!" Said Copper before running out of the ally and chasing after the other four pups.
"Hurry up, dogs!" Said Dice as he and his sibblings ran through the city.
Max looked back and saw that the brown spotted rat was in hot persuit of him and the others. "He's gainning on me!"
"Hey! Wait up! Stop!" Said Copper while chasing after the four pups.
"Out of my way, Olive! Coming through!" Said Max as he ran passed his sister.
The four pups soon stopped in their tracks when they reached the end of sidewalk and saw that it continued on the other side of the trafficing street.
The brown spotted rodent soon caught up with them and stopped in his tracks and laughed at the four puppies.
"Why you laughin at my homedogs? We just saw a huge rodent!" Said Dice.
"Well, if you concider me a huge rodent. (Laughing)." Said the brown spotted rat. "Name's Copper. And i'm a liver-spotted Dalmatian puppy. And a firehouse dog."
"I'm Dice. Nice to meet you. These are my brothers, Mickey and Max. And that's our little sister, Olive. She doesn't talk."
"Where are you guys from?" Asked Copper.
"From America. We live in Kansas. We got dropped here from the sky, we're really, really lost, and...Where exactly are we, anyway?" Said Max.
"You're in London, England. One of the cities of the United Kingdom." Copper answered.
"LONDON, ENGLAND?!" Mickey gasped.
"UNITED KINGDOM?!" Max added.
"Wait a sec, there's four of you, and you just dropped from the sky? Hmm." Said Copper. The firehouse dog had to think about this for a minute. Dalmatian puppies didn't just fall out of the sky, there had to be a reason as to why they fell. It was very similar to what had happened to him. Almost exact. Was it possible that the people who had brought him here had brought these four pups here also? If so...why? "So...you guys ever been to London?"
"Right now, we just wanna get home." Said Dice.
"Well, let's go find my human friend, Keegan. He should be able to help." Said Copper.
"Lead the way, Copper." Said Max.
The four Dalmatians followed their new friend, Copper, across the street and onto the other side of the sidewalk. With all of that said and done, the four friends were now off to find Copper's human friend, Keegan, and find a way to get back home.
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