And it continues with the first fan episode.

To be honest, I'm thinking about changing the story to another category so that the others will know about the story. I don't want the story to sink into the ground here.

Also, starting from the chapter here, the difference between Cuphead and Cuppy is still shown.

In order not to confuse the two devils here again a few hints:

-Lucifer is the devil from the video game and is married with Alicia.

- The devil here is interested in her and ignores the wedding ring and wants her for himself.

-Lucifer gives her space while the devil here gives her no peace.

-There will also be no children as it is not an M-rated story.

I hope that it is now better understood than before ^^

Until then


It was the next day. Alicia and the others were in the living room listening to music from Elder Kettle's favorite radio. Of course, it was not music from Alicia's time. No Micheal Jackson, no Phil Collins and so on. No just old jazz and blues songs of which she didn't know the names. But even if it was not her taste in music, she had to bob along with the one or other song. Elder Kettle sat on his armchair next to the table on which his radio stood. He was reading a book called "The Maltese Falcon". She didn't know the book, but she remembered that her grandfather had a similar book.

Meanwhile, Cuppy and the two brothers played with marbles. Alicia watched them and saw that Cuppy was in the lead. His orange marbles had thrown Cuphead's and Mugman's red and blue marbles mostly out of the circle that Mugman had drawn with chalk on the wooden floor. Cuphead was on the move and was about to fire his marble when the song on the radio stopped playing. Everyone looked toward the radio and was confused. "Hey, why did the music stop playing?" asked Cuphead as he walked over to the radio, annoyed. Mugman and Cuppy looked at each other with a shrug before walking over to the radio as well. Elder Kettle and Alicia heard a soft voice coming from the radio.

He turns the radio up a little louder so that the others can also hear something. It was an interview. "Sorry dear people but we just got a very special person in our studio whom we would like to interview for you" said the radio announcer. "Hello dear radio listeners" said a voice with a French accent. "Dear radio listeners in our studio is the famous explorer Gaston LeBoast". When Alicia heard the name, she thought of Gaston from Beauty and the Beast. This swanky muscle mountain who wanted Belle for himself and wanted to kill the Beast.

Mugman, however, was beside himself when he heard the name and was happy as a clam. "Mugman, I've never seen you like this before," Alicia said when she saw how wide he was grinning. "Well, no wonder Mugsy here likes Gaston LeBoast a lot" said Cuphead as he patted his younger brother on the back. The latter was blushing with nervousness. "B-b-but Cuphead you don't have to mention that" he said in a nervous voice. Alicia had to smile and took him on her lap to calm him down a bit. He calmed down again as the redness disappeared from his face. But he snuggled into her and enjoyed the caress that Alicia gave him. Cuphead and Cuppy were jealous when they saw how Mugman liked it. They both pouted and crossed their arms as they looked at Alicia in offense. Elder Kettle had to laugh when he saw this. "Now don't tell me you two are jealous?".

But both fell silent until Alicia offered both of them to come on her lap as well. The two did not say no to this and sat down on the right lap while Elder Kettle smiled and turned his attention to the radio. "Of course I came to Inkwell Isle to fight a monster that has been scaring the inhabitants for a very long time," said LeBoast. The three cups looked at the radio. "Oh, you don't mean..." the radio announcer fell silent before he could finish his sentence. "Yep, that's the monster I mean," LeBoast said as the radio announcer's nervous gulping was heard. "Then let's hope you find it and come back safely".

Alicia was confused. Which monster is he talking about? She hoped it was not Grim. He was a dragon and all. But he wouldn't attack anyone without a reason. He had told her that several times. But she didn't know how he was here. She had not even seen him. And as a Wyvern, she didn't want to fly off in the middle of the day. She wanted to avoid panic. Especially if there was a Gaston clone on the island. Also, no one had seen her yesterday and at the carnival either. "As far as I know, it must be in the forest and that's where I'm going right now" said Gaston LeBoast. "Okay then we won't keep you waiting any longer LeBoast". The interview was over and the music played again.

The three cups went down from her lap and continued to play with the marbles. But Alicia did not feel well and was worried about Grim. Before Cuphead could say anything, Alicia was already out of the house. He followed her. "Hey Alicia wait where are you going?" he asked her as she walked through the gate and turned to face him. He also went through the gate and stood in front of her. "I uh..." Oh man how am I going to explain it to him without him freaking out? She exhaled and looked down at Cuphead who was looking at her with a confused look and was worried. "I just wanted to go for a walk that's all" she said and walked towards the forest. "Okay then I'll come with you!" said Cuphead and walked beside her into the forest.

She said nothing to this and went with him deeper into the forest. The trees became higher and wider the deeper they were in the forest. "Oh man I've never been here before" Cuphead said as he looked around and was amazed by this part of the forest. It almost looked like a fantasy forest with the little crystals growing on the rocks that were in little caves. Also, the mushrooms were growing very fast here. A mushroom with a white hat and red stripes that also colored the lamellae resembled Cuphead's straw very much. The mushroom was also as big as Cuphead. That fascinated him very much. So much so that he jumped on the mushroom which spread red and white spores that landed on the ground or on trees and stones from which a new mushroom immediately grew. This mushroom was not the only one here, but there were also blue and white striped ones and white ones with a golden hat.

The mushrooms reminded her of Cuphead, Mugman, and Ms. Chalice in terms of the color pattern. Alicia wondered where Chalice was anyway? Or if the two brothers knew her. Who knows. They both kept walking, leaving the mushroom field to go on. "I hope we don't meet that explorer" Alicia said slightly annoyed which Cuphead noticed. "Yeah, I don't like this guy either" he said, putting his hands in his pocket as he and Alicia continued walking down the path. "I also wonder why Mugsy likes this guy so much?". Alicia was about to say something about that when someone came out of a bush. They both stopped.

A large and slightly muscular anthropomorphic toon rat with grey fur, a black nose, dark grey inner ears and the usual black pie-shaped pupils. He wears a safari type of attire consisted of a beige coloured shirt with pockets and dark brown buttons, khaki shorts that reaches down over his knees and a brown belt. On his feet are dark brown spats, white gloves and a dark green ascot with white polka dots stood directly in front of the two. "So I didn't mishear when I heard that charming voice from behind the bushes, mademoiselle," said the rat with a French accent. Oh no, don't tell me that's Gaston. Alicia rolled her eyes as the rat approached her and took her hand and kissed the back of it like a fine gentleman. She hated it though and took her hand away.

Cuphead noticed that Alicia was uncomfortable and that she moved away from him. Or at least tried to. But Gaston literally fell in love with her and tried to kiss her. But Cuphead knew that Alicia was already taken. With the devil. Well, the devil from the world of Cuppy. "Hey, make-out machine, leave her alone!" he said to get Gaston's attention. "Oh you little gosse can't you see I'm talking to this lady right now?" said Gaston as he turned to Alicia who was no longer standing in front of him but next to Cuphead.

This shocked LeBoast very much. Normally, all the women ran after him and swarmed him. But Alicia was different and didn't seem to like him. He didn't like that, but he knew how to win her over. The hasty formula: The damsel in distress. "I am very sorry for the inconvenience and I wanted to ask you to help me in my La mission to find and defeat the monster". Both were not sure and agreed with the explorers. More or less they couldn't say no because every time Alicia or Cuphead wanted to go another direction than he stood in front of them. "Now then my Accompagnateur follow me!" said Gaston as he walked into a dead end. "Um, you know that's a dead end, right?" said Alicia. But the explorer ignored her and kept walking until he returned to the two of them, annoyed. "Yeah, I knew it was a dead end," he said, not even thanking Alicia.


Hours passed that the three spent in the forest. LeBoast, of course, got lost several times and ignored the instructions and clues that Alicia and Cuphead gave him until he saw them himself and passed them off as his. After a while, the three took a break from walking. Gaston took out of his pocket a small box which he opened and from which came a fetid smell. "Ew what's that smell!" said Cuphead as he held his nose and wiped away the threads of smell that were trying to crawl up his nose.

"This my cup friend is the best cheese around" said LeBoast as he held up the cheese to show Cuphead and Alicia. It was Brie. One of the few cheeses Alicia didn't like. And the smell didn't make it any better when Gaston cut a piece and poked it with the cheese knife to eat it that way. "Ah parfait" he said. Alicia and Cuphead were not thrilled about this, preferring to enjoy the many blueberries growing near them. Gaston thought nothing of it and enjoyed the rest of the Brie before they set off again to look for the monster.

It didn't take long until the three stood in front of a cave that looked dangerous. Also, everything around the cave seemed to be dead. No plants were growing. It was all dry and decayed. "This is the Monstres cave," Gaston said as he and the two peered out from behind a rock. "What kind of monster is this supposed to be?" asked Alicia. She was still worried that they would run into Grim. Or maybe into something else. But Gaston thought nothing of it and jumped out from behind the rock to face the beast they were yet to meet. "Alicia, if you please, can you be the first to enter the cave and lure the monster out?" the explorer asked her. "Are you out of your mind?!" she yelled at him. Cuphead was also annoyed by the whole thing.

Gaston was furious when Alicia refused to go into the cave. But he saw another way to lure her into the cave. Before Cuphead or Alicia could say anything, Gaston took Cuphead by the handle and threw him into the cave. Alicia was angry and shocked at the same time as she ran after Cuphead. Both were now in the lion's den. "Cuphead where are you?" called Alicia as she searched for the cup. The latter was lying on his head leaning against a rock, rubbing his head while stars circled overhead and he slowly regained consciousness.

Alicia heard his moan and went to him. "Ah, there you are" she said with relief as she helped him stand up. He shook his head and was back to his old self. "What happened where are we?" he asked looking around. "In the cave Baron von Brie threw you into," Alicia said with a roll of her eyes and an annoyed voice. Cuphead was also angry about this and was about to go outside when the two heard a familiar laugh and suddenly felt warmth. "Please don't tell me that we..." she didn't want to say it but Cuphead knew what she meant.

Yes both were in the underworld. And Alicia already suspected who the "monster" was. "If we get out of here alive, I'm going to kill that Baron Von Schnitzel!" said Alicia as she went deeper into the cave with Cuphead. The underworld looked a little different from the one in the book. But that didn't bother Alicia. She just wanted to hope that he would not find her. Otherwise not only she would be in danger, but also Cuphead. The latter still owed the devil his soul. "Ah the cave of the beast" said Gaston as he suddenly stood behind the two and lured them to a rock behind which they hid. Alicia didn't notice, but Cuphead did when he saw her devil's tail. "Um, Alicia," he whispered to her. She looked to him as he pointed to something. She followed his finger and saw her devil's tail that she was trying to hide from Gaston. Gaston just looked at her in confusion before turning his attention to what he was actually in the Underworld for.

"Well then my dearest would you agree to come and lure the monster out of his hiding place?". Alicia looked at him annoyed. "Why don't you go?" she said annoyed as she showed him her back. Cuphead saw the tail and sat on it so Gaston wouldn't see it. But he pushed him away and had an idea. Before Alicia saw it he threw her into the open field in front of where they were hiding. She was back in her demon form and was now more than angry.

"Oh you stupid..." she fell silent as she suddenly heard the laughter again and looked in the direction it came from. You've got to be kidding me! Out of a hallway came none other than the devil, who was more than pleased to see her here. "Well look who's here" he said as he approached her and lifted her chin. "You must have missed me or why are you here my dearest Alicia?" he asked her as he tried to kiss her. But she avoided his kissing mouth and walked away from him. "Honestly, I'd rather be anywhere but here" she said as she turned her back to him and started to leave.

Gaston took the chance and disappeared behind the rocks while Cuphead just watched the whole thing. He knew that his soul was at stake when he went down to Alicia. "Could you please get out of my way!" she said annoyed as the devil teleported in front of her again to either kiss or hug her. But the tail that wrapped around her waist said otherwise. Was she angrier than before? Yes she was. "Oh try not to run away my dearest" he said as he stroked her cheek with his fingers. She growled at him like a wolf but he just had to grin when he heard that. "You can growl beautifully" Seriously now? She really hoped he was pulling her leg.

"Aha there you are monster!" said a voice behind her. She turned around and saw Gaston with a sword in his hand as he pointed at the devil. But what happened next, Alicia couldn't quite process. When Gaston realized that the monster was the devil, he dropped his sword and ran out of the cave screaming for his mother.

Cuphead gave himself a face palm. But when he heard Alicia screaming in pain, he looked at the two. He saw a red liquid that was next to Alicia's feet. It was blood. The devil held her too tightly that she started to bleed. Cuppy would never forgive me if I left Alicia here. He thought and an idea came to his mind to free Alicia.

The devil took her with him despite the fact that she was still bleeding. "Let go of me you're hurting me!" she said several times as she tried to free herself from his grip. "Not until you marry me," he said. Oh yeah sure. She rolled her eyes when he said that. But he was serious and led her to an old elevator above which was a yellow eye with a red iris. It resembled the eye of the devil very much. He pushed the door aside before he went in with her and pressed one of the many buttons, closing the door and the elevator disappeared. Cuphead saw this as he followed them and was even more panicked than usual. Cuppy is killing me! He had to save her, but how?

"Do you know my dearest that you are special?" said the devil as he looked from the buttons that were rapidly going up and down to her, ignoring the blood that was now also in the elevator. "Maybe!" she said annoyed. She was still trying to free herself from his grip. But he just had to chuckle. "You know, I may look dangerous and scary, but I can be different, too," he said and started to tickle her behind her wolf ears. She calmed down and growled. He found her weak spot and exploited it. "That's so evil you know thaAhhhhhh!".

The pain around her waist was stronger again as the elevator stopped and the door opened. A Fat Demon Imp stood in front of the two and first saw the blood lying on the floor of the elevator before turning his attention to the devil and Alicia. "Duh boss she's bleeding" he said pointing at Alicia. Good guess smart guy. The devil now noticed as well. "Why are you bleeding?" he asked her in confusion as he walked with her out of the elevator. "Because I'm a real person and not a cartoon character like you!". Alicia was even more annoyed than before and tried to free herself until the devil loosened his tail around her waist and she fell to the ground, losing more blood. "Henchman bring the first aid kit!" the devil ordered this one. Henchman nodded and flew away with his little wings.

The devil looks after Henchman until he suddenly heard a familiar voice. "Hey Devil" it was not Alicia or Silk but Cuphead. Or rather the shadow of Cuphead that the devil saw in a hallway. "Come on if you want my soul!" Cuphead taunted the devil who angrily ran after Cuphead as the shadow disappeared. Alicia was now alone and could only stand up in pain when she noticed who was helping her to get up. It was Cuphead standing next to her. "Cuphead what are you doing here?" she asked him confused. "Well, I guess to save you" he said and went with Alicia to the elevator before the devil came back annoyed. At the end of the corridor he found only a stone dummy of Cuphead that he had destroyed in anger. But when he saw the elevator disappear and Alicia was no longer lying where she was before, he became even more angry than before.

Henchman who arrived just at the wrong moment saw how angry the devil was and disappeared behind a rock before the whole area around the devil burst into flames. When he calmed down, however, he saw the blood that was still on the ground. "Hmm a real human" said the devil thoughtfully.


Once on the surface, the two got out and found themselves in front of the cave again. The elevator closed and disappeared. But they saw no trace of Gaston. Alicia was still angry with him and wanted to punch him in the face. But the pain around her waist distracted her. "Alicia you are too hurt to walk" said Cuphead when he saw how exhausting it was for Alicia to walk even one step. "Maybe, but I can fly" she said and changed into her Wyvern form. Cuphead was surprised by the size and appearance. He had never seen anything so big. "Wwwwoooooooooowwww" said Cuphead as Alicia grabbed him by the collar and sat him on her back. "Hold on tight!" she said before stretching her wings. Cuphead held onto a back spine as Alicia took off and the dry trees toppled over from the strong wind.

Both were in the air and it was fortunately before sunset so that no one saw them. Cuphead enjoyed the flight very much and could see more of the island than usual because of the height. He saw the city, the pier and much more. The Inkwell Isle's were huge and had many places that still had to be discovered by the four. But that had to wait because the cottage was not far away from them and Alicia was getting worse the more blood she lost.

She landed in front of the cottage and put Cuphead down before she turned back and almost fell to the ground if Cuphead hadn't caught her. The door opened and Elder Kettle came out, annoyed. "Where have you two been?" he asked until he saw how worried Cuphead was and that Alicia was on the ground, bleeding to death. His anger was gone and he was now more worried about her. Mugman and Cuppy also came out of the door and saw Elder Kettle helping Cuphead bring the injured Alicia into the house.

Elder Kettle and Cuphead laid her down on the couch before the latter ran to the kitchen for bandages. It was a white metal box with a red cross underneath that said "First Aid". He opened it and tied a tourniquet around the area to stop the bleeding. While he did that, Cuppy and the two brothers wiped away the rest of the blood that was on the floor in the living room. "Lie here for now my dearest" said Elder Kettle as he caressed Alicia's cheeks. She nodded "Thank you again Elder Kettle and all three of you" she said as she felt Mugman reach for her hand and literally hug her. He stayed with her the whole time.

But Cuppy was not reassured. He was angry. Angry at Cuphead and therefore looked at him angrily before Elder Kettle went into the kitchen to prepare supper. Why she was hurt he knew. He also knew that Cuphead could have prevented it. But instead he just watched. "Why didn't you step in and save her before!" he yelled at him. Cuphead didn't know what to say when he saw the angry Cuppy. "I-I... uh..." he didn't get a chance to speak and that only made Cuppy angrier than before. "You could have prevented all of this if you had faced the devil and stopped cowering fearfully behind a rock!".

Cuphead knew that Cuppy was right. He could have prevented it, but instead he was a coward. Alicia saw how depressed he was. "Cuppy couldn't help it, it was Gaston LeBoast who wanted to use me as bait for the devil before he ran away like a scaredy-cat," she explained. Cuppy calmed down again. "That doesn't excuse the fact that he should have freed you earlier!" he added as he went into the kitchen. Cuphead hung his head. His straw bent down as well. Mugman saw it and tried to cheer his brother up while the two went into the kitchen. Alicia also felt hungry and was about to ask something when Cuppy arrived with two plates of sandwiches. "Don't be too hard on him, Cuppy," she said as Cuppy bit into his bread and swallowed the piece.

"I don't want to be so hard on him but he reminds me a lot of myself back when I gambled away our souls in the casino and we had to collect those contracts." Yes, Alicia knew that Cuppy was more mature when they had to collect the soul contracts than before. Mugman had told her many times what kind of nonsense he had done. Cuphead also had little concern for his own soul. The devil could just steal it from him in his sleep and he wasn't worried about that. But when he saw how badly she was hurt, she saw in his eyes for the first time that he cared.

"Go to him and cheer him up I'm already feeling a little better" she said and stroked his cheek. Cuppy didn't want to, but he decided to go and apologize to Cuphead in the kitchen. Alicia meanwhile ate her slice of bread and noticed that her clothes were full of blood. It's too bad I don't have any spare clothes. She had already guessed that she would have to go shopping again soon.

She already hated it because she knew that there were only dresses or dress-like clothes from that time. That some clothes would not fit her did not bother her. But she now knew that she could easily hurt herself here like in the book if not die. Cuppy knew this too and was even more angry at the devil than before. Not only that he turns on Alicia and wants to make her his queen. No, he can also hurt her and that only made him angrier. The next time I see him he will feel my finger gun!


Meanwhile, in the underworld. The devil was looking at two test tubes. One was black and seemed to move while the other was red and did not move. "He looked at them both again and did not notice that Henchman was standing next to him with a tray with his dinner. "What exactly are you looking at boss?" he asked. The devil did not look at him but still stared at the test tube with the red liquid. "I'm going to take a closer look at Alicia's blood and compare it with ours" he said when black dots came out of Alicia's blood that moved like the black blood.

Henchman was very surprised by this and stared at the black dots before the devil took the test tube and shook it gently. But the black dots did not mix with Alicia's blood. "So she is a hybrid". Henchman looked at him in confusion. "A human-demon-Toon hybrid" said the devil. "But if she's a hybrid, shouldn't she be bleeding?" asked Henchman, confused. "Yes, she shouldn't, actually. He put the test tube on the holder before looking at Henchman. "But since her blood doesn't mix with ours, she can die very quickly here," he explained. "Unless of course we find a way to mix the two together, then she wouldn't be able to die so quickly here." Of course he was the devil and wanted to use this chance to force her to be his queen when the time came.

But until then, he had to figure out how to mix the blood. That she was trapped here in the world pleased him very much. She could not escape. Just like the one cup that was always with her. He also had to grab his soul before his accountant found out. But for now, that was more important. The devil had other ways to get souls without having to intervene himself.

Meanwhile, the three cups were with Alicia, watching over her. She was lying in her bed in the guest room and was being well cared for by the three and Elder Kettle. Her bloody clothes were hanging on the clothesline outside while Elder Kettle gave her spare clothes to wear until then. The anger that Cuppy felt towards the devil was also transferred to Cuphead. He didn't care if his soul was at stake. If the devil dared to approach Alicia again, he would finish him off. With or without the help of his brother and Cuppy.