By 1:30, all the guests that had been invited were waiting in the mansion. Tweety had given Sylvester a spare key so he could let everybody in. The guests that had been invited were all in the main room, most of them looking at their watches and waiting for Tweety and his family to turn up. They had been told that Aaooga didn't know anything about this and were ready to surprise her. They were all excited about the party although some were a little nervous, remembering what had happened the last time they were here. The most nervous was Jessica, although she put on a poker face to hide it. Last time she was in the mansion, she was nearly possessed. She had never forgotten the feeling that she had felt that night, a demon trying to eat her mind away. She was still unsure as to how the attempt had failed. She was standing in between her parents with a party popper in her hand. Daffy was standing next to them, with Zach at his side. Melissa had stayed at home to look after the egg, which she had laid recently as well as to look after Porky and Petunia's children. Porky and Petunia were also at the party. They were standing next to Granny, who was as fit as she ever was, if a little slower. She had fully recovered from her hip operation but she was urged by the others not to do anything strenuous. Sylvester and Penelope were standing near the light switch, which was situated next to the window. Sylvester's hand was ready with the light switch while Penelope was looking out of the window. The plan was that when Aaooga was protesting, Penelope and Foghorn Leghorn, who was at the other window, would close the curtains. When Aaooga asked where she was, Sylvester would turn the lights on and everyone would surprise her. Miss. Prissy was standing next to Foghorn Leghorn, also looking out of the window. Sylvester Jr. was looking around the room. He was excited about the party to start and was finding it hard to stand still. He was running around the room and getting on everybody's nerves. Eventually, his father stopped him with his hand.
"Son, can you try and calm down." Sylvester said sternly.
"Father, I'm just too excited." Sylvester Jr. replied.
"I am too, but you'll just have to be a little bit patient."
"Am I the only one that's a little anxious?" Daffy asked.
"What about dear?" Granny asked back.
"There was a very bad incident the last time we were here."
"Oh yes, Tweety told me about that."
"Daff, if it makes you happier, we're a little nervous as well." Bugs said.
"What about Jess? She doesn't seem nervous at all." Daffy asked.
"Jess, are you nervous?" Lola asked. Jessica looked up at her mother.
"Yes, a little." Jessica replied.
"Why?" Petunia asked.
"The last time I came here, I was nearly possessed."
"Jess, let's not get into that incident." Bugs protested.
"Ok dad."
"Let's just w-w-wait until the birthday g-g-lady arrives." Porky added.
At about 2:00 that day, Tweety, Becky and Aaooga were just arriving at the mansion. Aaooga had been blindfolded earlier so she had no idea of where she was. Tweety was guiding her as carefully as he could, while Becky was sitting on his shoulder. She was making train noises to entertain herself. By the time they had reached the mansion, Aaooga had gotten rather agitated.
"Can I look now?" Aaooga asked.
"Not yet Aaooga." Tweety replied.
"Just where are we?"
"You'll see very shortly."
"Tweety, you have been very secretive over the past week. Why are you treating me like this on today of all days?"
"You shall see very shortly."
"You'd better have a good reason for all of this mister!"
"Where are we dad?" Becky asked.
"I'll explain later." Tweety replied. They had reached the door of the mansion by now. Everyone inside had been briefed as to what to do by Sylvester. The lights were turned off in the main room and all the curtains had been closed, so there was no light at all. Sylvester was ready at the light switch, ready to turn it on at the right moment. Tweety opened the door to the mansion and led Aaooga inside. Becky was still on his shoulder. When they were inside, Becky jumped off Tweety shoulder while he closed the front door. Tweety then took Aaooga's blindfold off, but because the room was dark, she couldn't see anything.
"Ok Tweety, where are we?" Aaooga asked. That was the line Sylvester and the others had been waiting for. Sylvester immediately turned the lights on and everyone pulled on some party poppers simultaneously.
"SURPRISE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY AAOOGA!" Te sudden shout nearly made Aaooga leap out of her skin. She looked around the room in shock and she couldn't believe her eyes.
"You all knew it was my birthday today?" Aaooga asked.
"Yep. We'd prepared this surprise party for you." Sylvester replied.
"It was all Tweety's idea." Penelope added. Aaooga immediately turned and looked at Tweety.
"So this is what you've been doing this past week?" Aaooga asked.
"Yes, I did it all for you." Tweety replied.
"And I thought you'd forgotten."
"Aaooga, I'd never forget your birthday."
"Oh Tweety, thank you!" Aaooga practically fell into Tweety's arms. This was one of the nicest things that he'd ever done for her; second to saving her life. Tweety returned the hug that Aaooga was giving her, causing nearly everyone to sigh in awe at the two canaries. After their hug, Aaooga turned around and faced the others.
"Well, let's say we get this celebration started." Aaooga suggested.
"YEAH!" Everyone exclaimed.
While everyone had begun the celebration, they were completely unaware that another figure had snuck into the mansion. This other figure was a canary, which looked almost exactly like Tweety, the only difference being that he had shorter eyelashes and a cape. He was also a vampire. He had snuck his way into the very bottom of the mansion and locked himself in the basement. The basement was completely empty, which suited the canary just fine. He just looked around the room with a sinister smile on his face.
"This will do fine, but it needs a bit of decoration." The canary muttered. He raised his hand and an altar magically appeared at the far end of the basement room. The altar was made of stone, but it had the same emblem engraved on all of it's sides. The emblem was a shield with what looked like the planet earth in the centre. The planet had a sword going right through the middle. A canary was sitting on the hilt of the sword. The canary flew over to the altar and stood on it. He waved his hand in a circular motion and a bunch of candles suddenly appeared around the side of the room. Just as magically as they had appeared, they lit themselves. With one final whirl of his hand, the basement floor tore open. A large fleet of zombies then sprang up from the floor, each one looking almost alike. They were all humans, half-rotted and with their mouths fixed open. The canary turned to address the zombies.
"Ok my minions of darkness, I shall split you into two teams. On my signal, half of you will spread yourselves out through this whole mansion. Your orders are to capture anyone you find and bring them here, by any means necessary. Your primary target is that accursed Tweety. However, any others you bring will be most appreciated, as more zombies would never hurt." All the zombies let out a terrifying moan in response to this.
"The other half of you will stay here with me. If by chance group A should be defeated, group B shall take their place. Otherwise, you shall remain here and assist in the restraint of our captives." The zombies let out another terrifying moan. The canary just smiled evilly. His eyes also gave off a sinister red glow. He then turned around and looked into the air, at nothing in particular.
"It will not be long now, father."
The party went on for quite some time. There was a huge variety of entertainment going around. The children were all playing games together. Sylvester Junior was doing his usual game of trying to catch Becky, but was having no luck. Jessica and Zach were watching this from a distance. They both knew that if they got involved, Becky wouldn't stand much chance. They had opted to play a board game. Aaooga and Tweety were sitting in a pile of presents that Aaooga had received. Aaooga admired them all. She hadn't yet opened the present that Tweety had given her, because she was saving that for last. Other than that, everyone was doing their usual dancing, although Lola was going much slower and not doing as much. Everyone understood the reason and were all sympathetic about it. She was having a sit down, with Bugs right beside her. Everyone was enjoying themselves and, so far, there hadn't been any trouble. Eventually, the clock reached 5:00. It was time to reveal Aaooga's birthday cake. Everyone gathered around the tables and were all looking at the box that contained the cake. Aaooga was closest to the cake, eager to find out what kind of cake it was. There were some small plastic plates and a knife next to the box, ready to cut the cake and share it out. Tweety was standing next to the box, ready to open it and reveal the type of cake it was.
"Ok everyone, ready to see the cake?" Tweety asked.
"I sure am." Aaooga replied.
"Cake! Cake! Cake!" Sylvester Jr, Jessica, Zach and Becky all chanted in unison.
"I'll take that as a yes." Tweety muttered. He grabbed the side of the box and pulled it away. It was a box that was slid open rather than lifted open. Underneath was a large white cake decorated with canaries made of icing sugar and a few candles. There were also a few black berries within the side of the cake, berries that Aaooga recognised instantly.
"Those berries, when I lived in Tibet, I practically lived on these." Aaooga exclaimed.
"I had them imported especially for the cake." Tweety replied.
"You did? Thank you!"
"Aaooga, you know I'd do just about anything for you." At about this point, Becky began glancing around the room nervously. Nobody seemed to notice but there was something troubling her. She seemed to be terrified about something, but she didn't know what it was. She hadn't noticed that Sylvester had lit the candles on the cake. She only realised when everybody sang the traditional 'happy birthday' song. When the song was finished, everyone was looking at the lit candles on the cake.
"Ok Aaooga, you know what to do now don't ya?" Bugs asked.
"I sure do, and thank you everyone for this." Aaooga replied. She leaned forward and was just about to blow the candles out when all of a sudden, the lights failed. The only light was from the candles.
"Oh great, a power failure." Daffy moaned. Thinking quickly, Sylvester went over to the windows and opened the curtain, only to find it pitch black outside.
"It's dark outside all of a sudden." Sylvester said.
"Who's got the feeling that this has happened before?" Jessica asked. Everyone other than Porky, Petunia, Granny and Becky put their hands in the air.
"It's called Déjà vu Jess." Bugs said. Miss. Prissy did a quick head count with what light was available.
"Nobody's missing." Miss. Prissy said.
"That's a relief." Foghorn replied
"I don't believe this." Aaooga moaned.
"Guys, it's just a power failure. We need to find the back-up generator and activate it." Daffy said calmly.
"Ok, where is the generator?" Tweety asked.
"Err…hmm…I don't know."
"That doesn't help." Zach muttered.
"Ok, we'll all have to split up and search for the back-up generator before the party can continue." Bugs instructed.
"There are enough candles for us to take one each and still have some left on the cake, providing we split up into teams." Tweety added.
"H-h-how many teams?" Porky asked. Tweety did a quick count of the candles and the people around.
"If we split into 6 groups, that will be enough."
"Sure thing." Miss. Prissy replied.
"Splitting up, I say, splitting up should be easy." Foghorn added.
"How?" Daffy asked.
"Family groups."
"I see."
"But who will granny go with?" Lola asked.
"We'll take her." Petunia replied.
"Are you sure my dear?" Granny asked.
"You don't have to worry Granny."
"Ok guys, as soon as the lights are back on, we all meet up back here." Bugs instructed. With that, the group split up into the six teams. Each team was going to search a different part of the mansion. They had to find the back-up generator and activate it before the party could continue.
A/N: It should get a little tenser in the next chapter. What do you think of the new vampire? Anyway, please review.