REVIEW RESPONSE
Nightw2: Thanks for the complement. I watch both series quite a lot so I know the characters pretty well. I've also watched THFA about 12 times, maybe more so I know Aaooga well. The plot will develop more as the story progresses, including a little in this chapter.
Monicka: Thanks for the review. It will be a while until I finish this story as I'm working on 3 (including this one). Glad you like it. No offence, but I'm surprised you didn't see the second chapter as it was posted a while ago, unless there was a fault and you were unable to read it for some reason.
acosta pérez josé ramiro: I see that you've reviewed quite a few of my stories. Thanks for all of them. To answer your question, I hold the view that Granny does understand her pets when they actually talk but she chooses not to respond so she doesn't feel silly. The only of her pets that doesn't talk in her presence is Hector the dog. As Shaggy talks to Scooby all of the time, he doesn't feel silly talking to Tweety and Aaooga. By the way, I saw your review of 'In the Beginning' and saw that you like Honey Bunny, not that there's anything wrong with that. You've probably read some already but may I recommend reading stories by A. Penelope Quill. Pretty much all of her stories are Bugs and Honey, and there are very good, especially 'magic'
CapturedGranny had arrived at Old man cyther's house. It was an old house on the edge of town.
"Hope he's in." Granny said to herself as she picked up Tweety and Aaooga's birdcage and got out of the car. Sylvester was looking very worried.
"What's wrong Sylvester?" Aaooga asked. Sylvester didn't answer, he just walked next to granny, the other side of the birdcage.
"He's had bad experiences in these types of houses in the past, but I don't see anything." Tweety replied.
"Well, he's obviously scared of the house." Aaooga said.
"He's been a scaredy cat since we were young, but it has allowed me to have some fun with it." Tweety replied.
"Do you have any sense of fear?" Aaooga asked.
"I do, but it rarely comes to the surface." Tweety replied. They had arrived at the house. Granny put Tweety and Aaooga's birdcage down and knocked on the door.
"Perhaps a snack will help calm my nerves." Sylvester said evilly. He started to sneak up to the cage, but Tweety and Aaooga saw him coming.
"Here we go again." Aaooga muttered. Tweety gave an evil smile as Sylvester came closer.
"Puddy, if you eat us, we'll come back to haunt you for as long as you live." Tweety said to Sylvester with a sinister accent. Sylvester gulped.
"Ok, I'll leave you alone." Sylvester replied, his voice trembling. He backed off from the birdcage.
"Why don't you do that all the time?" Aaooga asked, whispering so Sylvester didn't hear.
"It works better when he's already scared." Tweety replied. Sylvester was still walking backwards. He bumped into a tree and a branch fell off and landed on his back.
"YIKES!" Sylvester screamed. He ran back to the group and jumped onto the first thing he saw, which happened to be Tweety and Aaooga's bird cage.
"Puddy, get off, this floor isn't…" Tweety began to say but before he could finish, the floor beneath the cage collapsed and the three of them fell into the basement of the house.
"Oh Flippety Gibbet. I'd better find them before anything happens." Granny muttered. She was still waiting for the door to open.
Fred, Daphnie and Velma were searching the warehouse for more clues to their monster.
"Hope Shaggy and Scooby are having more luck than we are." Velma said.
"Part of the problem is that we don't know what this monster looks like." Fred added.
"Hope we get to see it." Velma replied.
"Well, you've got your wish, look." Daphnie cried pointing behind them. They turned around and saw what looked like an octopus on land. It was blue and covered in red and green spots. The octopus raised its tentacles and fired ink from the suckers.
"Run for it!" Fred shouted. They moved just in time to avoid the ink. The Octopus gave chase.
"Is it still after us?" Daphnie asked.
"It's gaining on us." Velma replied.
"Quickly, in here." Fred said. They jumped into a cupboard nearby and hid. The octopus ran straight past.
"That was close." Daphnie said with a sigh of relief.
"Did any of you notice that the octopus had lost some of its skin?" Velma asked.
"Now that you mention it, yeah I did." Fred replied.
"I wonder," Velma thought to herself.
"Come on, let's go find Shaggy and Scooby." Fred suggested.
Tweety, Aaooga and Sylvester had fallen into the basemen of old man cyther's house. The birdcage was badly damaged and somewhat unusable. Tweety and Aaooga climbed out of their ruined house and glared at Sylvester.
"This is what we get for living with a scaredy cat." Tweety shouted.
"At least we're alive." Aaooga added.
"Not for long." Sylvester replied evilly. Tweety and Aaooga saw what was coming and fled before Sylvester could grab them.
"What do we do now?" Aaooga asked as they were flying.
"Fly towards the scariest part of the basement." Tweety replied. They flew deeper into the basement, with Sylvester chasing.
"Come back here you little snacks!" Sylvester shouted. Tweety and Aaooga hid in a small vent in the darkest corner of the basement.
"What now?" Aaooga asked.
"Now we wait for Sylvester's' yellow streak to get the better of him." Tweety replied. They stayed still and silent.
"No use hiding, I'll find you eventually." Sylvester said. He found a box in the opposite corner of the room to where Tweety and Aaooga were hiding.
"Aha, they must be in here." Sylvester said evilly. He opened the box and got attacked by a bunch of bats that were hiding in the box.
"YIKES! I wanna get out of here!" Sylvester shouted.
"I have to agree with Sylvester on this one." Aaooga said. Sylvester heard her.
"Aha, there you are." Sylvester said. He approached the canaries.
"Wait puddy, don't you want to get out?" Tweety asked.
"Yes, but I'm also hungry." Sylvester replied.
"We know you are, but isn't getting out of here more important?" Aaooga asked. Sylvester thought for a moment.
"I suppose you're right." Sylvester replied reluctantly.
"Then we call a truce until we get out of here." Tweety said, offering his wing. Sylvester reluctantly took it and shook hands.
"When we're out of here, you'll both have a one way trip to my belly." Sylvester warned.
"Whatever." Tweety replied, shrugging off the threat.
"Now let's get out of here." Aaooga added.
The group started to search the basement for a way back to granny. Tweety and Aaooga were behind Sylvester at Aaooga's request.
"Why did you want to be behind me anyway?" Sylvester asked while they were moving.
"Because I don't trust you completely." Aaooga replied.
"Figures." Sylvester muttered.
"Let's just concentrate on getting out of here, granny's going to be worried about all of us." Tweety said. They came across an area with three doors.
"One of these doors must lead back to granny." Sylvester said.
"Must you state the obvious?" Aaooga asked. Sylvester glared at her.
"Why you little…" Sylvester shouted. He leapt at Aaooga but missed and crashed into one of the doors. Tweety landed by Aaooga.
"Are you ok?" Tweety asked.
"I'm fine." Aaooga replied. They looked towards Sylvester, who was lying on the floor unconscious. The force of him hitting the door had knocked him out, even though the door was forced open.
"Thanks puddy tat." Tweety taunted as they flew through the open door.
Granny was now inside the house, talking to old man cyther. He was an old man with a long grey beard. His house was decorated with ornamental scythes.
"So, what do you know about the theft of the Green Fish Diamond?" Granny asked.
"I know nothing about it." Old man cyther snapped. Granny flinched.
"No need to be rude." Granny replied.
"I'll say this though, it was coming for a while." Old man cyther added.
"What do you mean?" Granny asked.
"That diamond is cursed." Old man cyther replied. Thunder lit up the sky when he said this.
"A curse?" Granny asked. Old man cyther took down a book from his shelf.
"This book will explain everything, take it with you if you want." Old man cyther said, handing the book to Granny.
"Thank you." Granny replied as she took the book.
"Anything else?" Old man cyther asked.
"Yes, some of my pets have fallen into your basement, can you help me find them?" Granny asked.
"Ok, follow me." Old man cyther replied. He led granny to the basement door.
Shaggy and Scooby were still cowering in the cafeteria where they had seen the ghost.
"Well, we know what the ghost looks like." Shaggy said.
"Reah." Scooby replied.
"Like, let's go find the others." Shaggy suggested.
"Rok." Scooby replied. They ran out of the cafeteria door and ran straight into Fred and the others.
"Watch it guys." Fred said as he climbed to his feet.
"Like, sorry." Shaggy replied.
"What's with you two?" Velma asked.
"Like, we saw a ghost in here." Shaggy replied.
"Reah," Scooby added. He did an imitation of the ghost.
"Can you describe this ghost?" Daphnie asked
"Ok, it was human, glowing and all spooky." Shaggy replied.
"That's not the same thing we saw." Fred said to himself.
"You saw something?" Shaggy asked.
"Yeah, an octopus on land." Daphnie replied.
"RIKES!" Scooby shouted.
"Why are there two monsters around?" Velma asked.
Tweety and Aaooga were flying through a passage in the basement trying to find their way out.
"Wonder if Sylvester's ok." Aaooga said.
"He always comes back, no matter what I do to him." Tweety replied.
"I see." Aaooga said. Tweety saw a final door up ahead.
"That door must lead out of here." Tweety said.
"Finally." Aaooga replied. They flew up to the door.
"Does granny have a spare cage for us?" Aaooga asked.
"She always takes two cages so she should have a spare." Tweety replied.
"That's a relief." Aaooga said. The door then opened without Tweety or Aaooga doing anything. Granny was on the other side.
"Tweety, Aaooga." Granny called. Tweety and Aaooga flew up to her and landed on her shoulder.
"Are those your pets?" Old man cyther asked.
"Two of them, my cat is still down there." Granny replied.
"Ok, we'll go down there and look for him." Old man cyther said. Sylvester came walking up as he said this.
"That was fast." Tweety remarked.
"I see what you mean about Sylvester." Aaooga replied with a giggle.
"I'm glad you didn't swallow Tweety or Aaooga." Granny said sternly to Sylvester.
"Anything else?" Old man cyther asked.
"That'll be all. Thank you for your time." Granny replied. They left Old man cyther's house.
The group were outside Old man cyther's house, which was on the outskirts of a forest.
"It's getting late, let's set up camp." Granny said. They drove to the edge of the forest and found an open area to set up their tents.
"Hector, can you go get some firewood?" Granny asked. Hector ran off into the forest. Tweety and Aaooga were having a rest in the spare birdcage. It looked exactly like the old one. They weren't asleep, just having a sit down.
"How often do you camp outside like this?" Aaooga asked.
"Quite often actually." Tweety replied. Sylvester was sitting in the car shivering.
"Brrr, it's cold tonight." Sylvester managed to say.
"We'll warm up when Hector gets back." Tweety replied. Hector then came back with a bunch of sticks in his mouth, which Granny used to start a fire.
"Well, let's get to bed. Hector, I'm putting you on watch tonight." Granny said.
"At least Sylvester's not on watch." Tweety muttered.
"Well, goodnight everyone." Granny said as she settled down to sleep.
"Goodnight Aaooga." Tweety said as he settled down in one corner of the cage. Aaooga settled down in the other.
"Goodnight Tweety." Aaooga replied.
During the night, Hector fell asleep on his watch. While he was napping, two masked figures approached the camp.
"Those lot may know too much, we have to deal with them." One of the figures said.
"We'll take one of them as a hostage and force them to stop the investigation in return for their friend's freedom." The other suggested.
"Which one shall we take?" The first figure asked.
"How about that canary." The other suggested, pointing to Aaooga.
"That'll do, we'll give them 10 days to leave if they want to see her again." The first figure suggested. They opened the birdcage and reached in to grab Aaooga. Aaooga woke up when she saw the hand.
"Yikes." Aaooga cried. She dodged the hand and rubbed Tweety to wake him up. As soon as he was awake, Aaooga was grabbed.
"Aaooga!" Tweety shouted.
"If you want to see her again, give up the case." One of the masked men said. They started to walk off, taking Aaooga with them.
"Tweety, help!" Aaooga shouted. The men walked away.
"No, I won't let them take her away from me." Tweety said to himself. He gave chase to the kidnappers. He saw them get into a 4x4 and drive off.
"Please don't hurt the one I love." Tweety said to himself as he followed the tyre tracks. Aaooga was in a bag in the back seat of the vehicle.
"My love, I know I haven't told you yet, but if you save me, I want to be your girlfriend." Aaooga said to herself.