Summary: Deja takes a DNA test, only to find out she and Onyx are related to the CEO.
On a sunny morning, the Atomoni paid their attention in their activities inside the living room. Catalina was reading her magazine on the sofa chair, Deja surfed through the internet through her phone on the couch, and Sabrina drank the gallon of orange juice on the floor.
"Hey, girls. Remember I took my DNA test two days ago?" Deja asked.
"A DNA test?" Sabrina said with confusion.
"You mean a neat little kit came in the mail, we spit into a tube, we sent it back to a genetic testing service, and now third-parties, governments, and law enforcement agencies of unprecedented levels have access to our personal genomes?" Catalina questioned.
"Yeah, why?" Sabrina and Catalina answered.
"Well, I took it and the results are finally here." Deja explained.
"Cool." Sabrina said. She and Catalina sat on either side of Deja. "Let's see if you have any DNA relatives you didn't know about."
Once Deja clicked the "result here" button, the website revealed Deja's DNA result on the phone screen. The oni toons' eyes widened wide with utterly surprising gasps.
"No freakin' way!" Sabrina and Catalina exclaimed.
"This. Changes. Everything!" Deja shouted. She stretched her neck close to Sabrina's wide-eyed face. "Get Onyx on the phone NOW!"
At Termite Terrace studio, Amelia opened the door and entered inside her car, unknowingly noticing the four toons are sitting on the back seat of the van.
"Amelia!" Deja and Onyx shouted.
Amelia yelled in shock and then composed herself.
"You owe us a big explanation!" Deja and Onyx demanded.
"About what?" Amelia asked.
"About this." Deja replied. She showed the screenshot of her DNA test result from her phone to Amelia. "My DNA test said I was related to Nora through you. And since Onyx is my cousin, that makes her related to Nora too."
Amelia sighed.
"I knew this might happen sooner or later." Amelia said. "Yes, Nora is my cousin. Third cousin, to be precise. When she became CEO, she gave me this job as animator in this studio. And because we're family, Nora and I got invited to our family reunion tonight."
"A family reunion?" Deja, Onyx, Catalina, and Sabrina repeated.
Amelia held out a small white card that read "You Are Invited To The Norita Family Reunion" in green font towards the four toons.
"We are invited to the family reunion?" Deja and Onyx asked in unison.
"Of course. You two are my creations, so that does makes you related to me, after all." Amelia replied. "But I must warn you about the Norita family reunions. Those events are so competitive that the three-legged race was suspended due to doping allegations. You girls have Nora's horse adrenaline to thank for that."
Deja, Onyx, Catalina, and Sabrina exchanged puzzling faces.
"The family reunion is hosted by my great-grandaunt Flora Dora Norita." Amelia continued. "Not only she's the greatest businesswoman, she is the head of Mucho Telefono. The parent company of Warner Brothers."
"Wow. What a powerfully driven lady." Onyx commented.
"So, do you and Nora have other relatives Deja and Onyx should know about?" Catalina asked.
"Glad you ask. Nora has two older sisters Theodora and Maura, who are also my third cousins." Amelia answered. "And of course, you girls already met Nora's daughter Cora, who happens to be my third cousin once removed. Also, my great-grandmother is Flora's sister Aemilia."
"So, to clarify, Nora, Theodora and Maura are Deja and Onyx's fourth cousins, Cora is their fourth cousin once removed, and Flora Dora is their great-great grandaunt." Sabrina clarified.
"Whoa." Deja and Onyx said in awe. They leaned close to Amelia with happy faces. "Can Catalina and Sabrina come with us? Please!"
"Yeah, sorry, girls. But I can't make it." Sabrina said. "I have a date with Erika tonight and I'm taking her to a Cajun restaurant."
"And Zora is taking me and Camilla out for dinner to celebrate her birthday tonight." Catalina said.
"Well, guess it's just you and me." Onyx said to Deja.
"That's alright with me." Amelia said. "As long as you two have fun and spend quality time with the family."
"Just heads up for the Warners." Catalina reminded.
"Why?" Deja and Onyx asked with confuse faces.
"Because there's a big possibility that they might show up in this chapter." Sabrina replied. "Their zaniness is unstoppable and uncontainable."
"True." Deja and Onyx agreed.
Later that night, Amelia's van pulled up at Flora Dora's house. Deja and Onyx's eyes lit up with surprise. The house was a large pink mansion in a shape of a vintage rotary telephone dial that has a golden disk that has ten finger holes around the front door and a large golden handset positioned in a long cradle on the purple roof.
Amalia parked her van and hopped out of her vehicle. Vincent, Deja, and Onyx stepped out as well. Amalia wore a long red sleeveless dress that has a gold belt by the waist, over-the-elbow white gloves, and dark red high heels. Vincent wore a black suit with white dress shirt and blue tie, and black shoes. Deja wore a pink cobweb-themed dress with bishop sleeve cuffs and pink high heels. And Onyx wore a one-shouldered black dress and matching black low-heeled boots.
Everyone strolled their way to the front door and walked inside the main room that was filled with unrecognized people. Nora, Cora, Theodora, and Maura turned over to see Amelia, Vincent, Catalina, Sabrina, Deja, and Onyx walking towards them.
Nora wore a sleeveless dark blue thigh-length dress, a black choker necklace with a blue gem, dark blue gloves that reaches to her upper arms, and dark blue heels. Maura has shoulder-length brown hair with a red-violet headband, a red-violet choker necklace, purple glasses, a mole on the left cheek, and a diamond ring on her finger as she wore a sleeveless red-violet dress with matching fingernails and red-violet heels. Theodora has short brown hair, a burgundy choker necklace, a mole on the right cheek, and a diamond ring on her finger as she wore a sleeveless burgundy dress with matching fingernails and burgundy heels. Only Cora didn't wear any formal attire.
"Hello, Amelia." Nora greeted with a warm smile.
"Hello, Nora." Amalia said with a wave. She turned to Maura and Theodora with a fake smile. "You too, Theodora and Maura."
"Hello, Cousin Amelia." Maura said with a false smile. "I thought you'd too busy stimulating imaginary characters in that imaginary brain of yours."
"How Nora manages to find you a job working tirelessly at the studio is beyond me." Theodora added with a smirk.
"Hey, that's my creator slash mommy you're talking to!" Deja snapped as she stood in front of her startling aunts.
"Say another word about my creator slash auntie and I'll turn you both into greasy smelling ducks for a week!" Onyx said threateningly as she clutched her magic wand in her hand.
"It's okay, girls." Vincent said, placing his hands on Deja and Onyx's shoulders. "Why you go spending time with Cora for a while?"
"Okay." Deja and Onyx said.
Deja and Onyx pointed with their index and pinkie at their eyes and back to their aunts, glaring intensely at them. They then walked away with an upheld head, leaving Maura and Theodora bewildered by what happened. Nora and Amalia exchanged proud smiles for Deja and Onyx's boldness.
When Deja and Onyx walked up to Cora, they confided in Cora about the DNA result. Cora had looked at the toons so hard that she'd almost remained silent for a moment.
"Hold up. Let me get this straight. You took a DNA test and found out that you and your cousin are related to me and my mom this whole time?" Cora asked.
"Yup, pretty much." Deja replied. "Onyx and I are your fourth cousins once removed."
"Oh...that's cool." Cora said with a shrug. "I mean, having a celebrity relative won't be too bad as long as I get VIPs to every movie, TV, and music stars at the studio of my choosing."
"Deal." Deja said.
"Hey, how about a picture of our family reunion?" Onyx said as she snapped her fingers and conjured her phone in her hand.
"Sure." Cora smiled.
Deja slung her arms over Onyx's and Cora's shoulders. Onyx magically levitated her phone above with her hand.
"Family reunion selfie!" Onyx called with a grin.
As Onyx's phone camera flashed, the clock suddenly chimed.
Everyone looked up to see the elderly Flora Dora walking up to the loft ledge above them. Flora Dora has tan skin, grey hair, a mole on the left cheek, a pair of green circle earrings, and a gold necklace that has black string and a green jewel with golden outline. She wore a short puff-sleeved burgundy dress that has a slightly wide slit opening on the front with midnight blue skirt underneath, with matching burgundy fingernails and heels.
As Flora Dora couldn't see her family and her guests due to short stature, her butler lifted her up and a placed her on a stool, so she can have a better view to everyone down below.
Before Flora Dora was about to speak, Theodora's voice interrupted her.
"Speech! Speech!" Theodora shouted.
Nora facepalmed and Amelia rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"Yes, obviously that is what I'm about to do." Flora Dora said in annoyance. She cleared her throat and pulled out her golden single eyeglass to stare down at her relatives. "It means so much for me to see the blurry shapes of everyone gathered here today."
Cora reached over to pull out her phone, but Nora quickly covered it and looked up at her great-grandmother with a sheepish smile.
"But tonight is not just an ordinary family reunion." Flora Dora continued.
"Why not?" Maura asked with a shout.
"Obviously, I was about to explain." Flora Dora retorted. "Tonight, I will host a little competition for all my potential heirs, and the winner will inherit my fabulous estate!"
Everyone gasped in a mix of utter shock and surprise, while the businessmen looked greedily excited.
"First, we finally get to meet our great-great grandaunt. And now, she's selling her fortune?" Deja said. "Why would she go with a crazy idea like that?"
"Well, look at her. She's not gonna be around forever." Onyx explained. "Eventually, she gonna have to pass down her inheritance to her descendants." She crossed her arms with an amusing smile. "So, this reunion is gonna be a very entertaining competition."
Deja then noticed that Nora was gone out of sight.
"Hey, Cora, where's your mom?" Deja asked Cora.
"She's heading upstairs." Cora replied as she looked at her phone.
Deja and Onyx turned around to see Nora dashing quickly through the stairs. They followed after the CEO and spotted Nora holding up the Warners with both hands.
"The Warners?!" Deja and Onyx exclaimed. They both exchanged sideway grins. "Oh yeah. Sabrina and Catalina totally call it."
"Is this true?" Flora Dora asked Nora with a hopeful smile. "I warn you. I watch a lot of Tucker Carlson, so I am very gullible."
"Of course, it's true!" Yakko replied as he moved close to the startling Flora. "And we've got the DNA results to prove it."
"Say what?!" Deja and Onyx exclaimed as they exchanged bewilderment faces.
Everyone gathered inside an office room, where a computer screen showed a family tree that displayed the familial connection with the Warners, Deja, and Onyx.
"See? We're you're great-great-grand cousins once bitten twice removed on your brother's side." Dot explained to Flora.
"So, Deja and I are also related to the Warners?" Onyx asked.
"That's so awesome!" Deja beamed with a happy smile.
"So, what do you say? Can we enter your competition?" Dot asked Flora.
"Please? Pretty, pretty please?" Wakko pleaded.
"With cousin Onyx on top?" Yakko begged as she hugged Onyx.
"Of course, you can, my dears." Flora said with a smile as she patted Wakko on the hat. "In fact, you've already won the first challenge."
Flora opened up her black purse and took out three first place ribbons as she handed them to the Warners.
Nora gasped in shock.
"We have?" Yakko asked.
Maura, Theodora, Vincent, Amalia, and Cora gasped collectively in shock.
"Yes! I needed someone to fix my computer." Flora said. She held a printed paper of six pop-ups that all read "WARNING: YOUR SYSTEM MAY HAVE FOUND VIRUSES ON YOUR COMPUTER" on it. "Now, I can finally print my emails again."
"How'd you fix the computer, Yakko?" Dot asked her older brother.
"I just plugged it in." Yakko said, pointing his finger to the plug outlet.
Flora grabbed the Warners, Deja, and Onyx as she hugged them into a tight squeeze, which made Nora growl in anger.
The entire Norita family gathered together in the main room.
"In each round, one of you will be brutally eliminated for comedically failing at your task." Flora explained.
Above the fireplace was a row of photo frames of the Norita family on the mantle shelf. From Theodora, Maura, Cora, Nora, to Amelia and Vincent. Yakko laughed as he went up and placed the photo frame of him and his siblings on the shelf. Onyx then waved her wand around and pointed her magic to conjure a photo frame of herself and Deja on the shelf as well.
"Come now! It is time to find out who loves their Grandmama the most!" Flora said.
Maid and Butler Chorus:
Hey, Flora Dora, hoo, Flora Dora
Ha, Flora Dora, hoo! Ha!
Flora Dora, flobbity flay
She plans to give her riches away
Flora Dora, fanna the flames
Only the worthiest wins at these games.
Outside, a butler held out a large poster of a white angry-looking pampered cat with the tagline that read "LOST CAT REWARD!" on it.
Maid and Butler Chorus:
What if your grandmother's kitty gets loose?
Under the porch or climbed up in a spruce?
Everyone scattered around on the search for Flora's lost cat. But Theodora eventually climbed up to the tree and quickly found the cat.
Maid and Butler Chorus:
If you want to win at this fabulous fĂȘte
You must care for her exotic pets!
When Theodora accidentally grabbed the feline by its tail, the cat screeched angrily and clawed brutally all over Theodora's face. Theodora plummeted to the ground with her torn-up dress and tights along with nasty scratches on her face and legs.
But the cat safely landed onto Deja's tail and Onyx magically fed the cat with a cooked fish.
Flora came by and cherished Deja and Onyx, who smiled lovingly. Deja carried the cat in her arms and walked off as Onyx took Flora's hands and directed her to follow.
Nora glared intensely at Flora's loving approval to Deja and Onyx.
Theodora's picture frame plunged to the floor that indicated her loss in the competition.
Maid and Butler Chorus:
Hey, Flora Dora, hoo, Flora Dora.
Ha, Flora Dora.
Flora, Dora, floopity floo
One got the boot, now onto round two
Flora Dora, flappity flong
She forced us to learn and practice this song.
In the kitchen, everyone was determinedly focused on baking a delicious cake for Flora Dora. Nora, Cora, and Maura seemed to have some trouble for their part, while Amalia, Vincent, the Warners, and Deja and Onyx already finished baking their cakes.
Maid and Butler Chorus:
Now, you must make a delectable treat
That the Norita family eats
Flora examined at the Warners' water tower cake that featured themselves and the Mucho Telefono logo on the tower. She moved on to look at Deja and Onyx's Victorian gothic cake. She went on to look at Amalia and Vincent's Neapolitan cake. She looked at Maura's three-layered white and lavender cake, but it quickly reduced into a messed-up puddle.
Maid and Butler Chorus:
You know the rules of reality shows
The one without a cake must go!
Flora snapped her fingers, signaling the maid to pull the string. A trapdoor opened itself underneath Maura, sending her to plummet down with a frightening scream.
Maura's picture frame plunged to the floor that indicated her loss in the competition.
Maid and Butler Chorus:
Hey, Flora Dora, hoo, Flora Dora.
Ha, Flora Dora.
In the living room, Flora hugged the Warners, Deja, and Onyx close together as they looked at the Norita family album book on the couch. Amalia and Vincent joined them as they stared at the pictures with interest.
On the other hand, Nora yawned with a frown while Cora was too busy staring at her phone.
Maid and Butler Chorus:
Can you admire the albums she keeps?
They start in the twenties, so don't fall asleep
During the time, Nora started falling asleep with a snore, but she quickly woke herself up. Cora yawned tiredly while still focused on her phone.
Maid and Butler Chorus:
Rows of dead ancestors in the background
If you are bored, then you have lost this round
As the time past, Flora noticed Cora sleeping carelessly and snapped her fingers, commanding one of her butlers to take Cora away.
Cora's picture frame plunged to the floor that indicated her loss in the competition.
Maid and Butler Chorus:
Flora Dora, crema de cream
Though all her methods seem quite extreme
As Flora walked off, the Warners' eyes went wide open in rainbow-colored aura. Onyx waved her wand to cancel the spell.
Nora glared at them silently.
Maid and Butler Chorus:
Flora Dora, all she wants to do
Is have a pleasant visit with you.
The Warners, Deja, and Onyx cherished around the smiling Flora, who just took a sip of her tea. Nora glared on the left side while Amalia and Vincent smiled on the right.
Then, one of the butlers snapped a picture of the remaining contestants and placed it in the "Norita Family Memories" album book that contained all of the pictures of the family competition.
Maid and Butler Chorus:
Is have a pleasant visit with you
Nora, Amalia, Vincent, Atomoni, Warners, and Flora Dora sat together on the couch.
"Congratulations, my dears! You are the last ones in the competition." Flora said.
"Gee, I almost forgot it was a competition." Yakko said to his siblings, Deja, and Onyx.
"We just loved getting to know you." Wakko said to Flora.
"More tea and cookies, Great Grammy?" Dot asked, holding out a tray of cookies in her hands.
"I know a great bakery that delivers delicious cheesecakes." Deja added.
"And I can put on a magic show for you." Onyx offered.
Nora slammed the tray to the ground with a crazed look on her face.
"No cookies!" Nora exclaimed. She stood and walked up to Flora. "Grandma Flora, can't you see? They just wanna get their sticky little paws on the family fortune." She loomed over the Warners, Deja, and Onyx. "Flora hasn't worked her entire life to give her money to parasites like you. Money isn't something to be given away! It's something to be hoarded and held over the heads of the less fortunate!"
"Okay, Nora, that's enough." Amalia said as she stood up and faced Nora. "It's true Flora has indeed worked so hard for her company, but money isn't something to be hoarded. Money is for caring and assisting families for a bright future in life."
"Oh, Nora, my sweet!" Flora said. She stood and walked up to peck a kiss on Nora's cheek. "You're such...a disappointment."
Amalia and Vincent exchanged confusion while Nora frowned in surprise.
"Have I taught you nothing?" Flora said. "Amalia's right. It is not enough to grow the business." She walked over and hugged the Warners, Deja, and Onyx. "We must grow out family as well."
"Aww." The Warners, Deja, and Onyx smiled.
Flora Dora then released the toons.
"You're my best relatives! You've won my fortune!" Flora declared. "Barring any unlikely last-minute revelations."
The Warners, Deja, and Onyx cheered with victorious smiles.
Amalia and Vincent looked at the toons with proud smiles.
But Nora growled in defeat.
Then, a sudden knock on the door caught her attention. Nora stomped towards the front door. As she was about to open it, a man pushed the door and slammed her away.
"Stop everything! I have a last-minute revelation! There's been a terrible mistake!" The man shouted.
"Who are you?" Flora demanded.
"Madam, I work at the genetic mix-up department at 23 and WB." The man explained. "I only hope I got here in time to stop you from giving away your estate to the winner of a series of carnival games." He then looked at the maid cleaning up the broken glass with a vacuum. "But I see by these broken frames I may be too late."
"How do you know all this?" Flora asked.
"I work for a genetic testing service. I know everything that was, everything that is, and everything that will be." The 23 and WB employee answered. He called out to the maid. "Mind your step, by the way."
The maid tripped and fell onto the carpet as a result to the man's warning.
The 23 and WB employee walked up to the Warners.
"I'm sorry, kids, your DNA results were switched with..." The 23 and WB employee said.
"Ralphonzo!" Flora exclaimed, turning her head to the front door.
Everyone gasped collectively as they all spun their heads to the front door that revealed to be Ralph holding a kettle bell in his hands.
"Look. A brown dime." Ralph said as he bent down and picked up a penny in between his fingers.
"Uh, Ralph, that's a penny, not a dime." Amalia corrected.
"And more importantly, where are you going here?" Nora asked.
"Duh! I got your kettle bell, Ms. Nora." Ralph said as he showed a 20lbs kettle bell to Nora. "Sorry it took so long, but it fell on a snake, so I took it to a snake doctor, and she told me it was a garden hose. But then, I took it to the hardware store, and they said it was a snake! So, somebody is lying to me."
During Ralph's explanation, Flora circled around Ralph's appearance with her eyeglass. She then took out Ralph's driver license and examined it, which made her drop her eyeglass to the floor.
"It is not possible! It can't be!" Flora cried out. She then hugged Ralph with a happy smile. "Dear brother Ralphonzo!"
"Duh, what's happening?" Ralph asked with deep confusion.
"Yeah, you said it, Ralph." Dot said. She then imitated Ralph's confusion. "Duh, what's happening?"
"Look, everyone! He is the spitting image of my favorite brother, Ralphonzo!" Flora said.
Flora gestured her hand at a brown R.I.P. picture frame from above. The picture frame illustrated a man that greatly resembled to Ralph. Next to that picture was a platinum R.I.P. picture frame that has a woman that greatly resembled Amalia.
Wakko, Sabrina, Catalina, Nora, Amalia, Vincent, Deja, Onyx, Dot, and Yakko gasped in collective shock.
"Wait, does that mean...?" Onyx asked Deja.
"Yup." Deja replied.
One minute later, Onyx relaxed on a floatie chair in the pool with Flora and Ralph under a hot sunny day. Amalia and Vincent relaxed on the chairs under open umbrellas. (G-Girl5: Just go with it, readers)
"And-and-and-a-a-and we should do a movie about flaming meatballs that are superheroes." Ralph said to Nora on his phone. "So, one day, a giant meatball crashes into the Earth, and a baby meatball comes out of it, which is totally different from Superman. And then, he grows up and finds other warm, delicious meatballs, and they can have their own superpowers, too. Then, this bad guy, Mr. Fridge, which is totally different from Mr. Freeze, tries to make them all cold. So, they smash themselves together to form a super snowball. But out of meat, which brings us back to meatballs, and there you go. All tied up in a bow for you. Can you read that back to me?"
"No, absolutely not!" Nora answered through Ralph's phone.
"Then, I'll say it again." Ralph said.
"Please don't. P for Pancetta, Stew-icide Squad, and Wonder Woman Bread have already been fast-tracked. Any more of your foolish ideas, and you'll bankrupt this studio!" Nora said.
Then, Flora took the phone away from Ralph.
"Nora! You need to listen to my long-lost great nephew." Nora scolded. She pinched Ralph's cheek affectionately, making him laugh childishly. "After all, as chairman, he is your new boss."
"Yes, Great Grandma Flora." Nora said with an unenthusiastic sigh.
Flora ended the call while Onyx giggled and took a bite of her pizza slice.
Yakko, Wakko, and Dot joined the Atomoni in the cottage for snacks and drinks.
"So, that's what happened?" Sabrina asked.
"That's freaky." Catalina said.
"To be honest, related or not, the Warners are always like brothers and sister to me anyway." Deja said.
"Aww, thanks, Deja!" Dot beamed as she cherished Deja in a hug.
"It sure is crazy how the DNA testing service swapped our DNA with Ralph's." Wakko said as he sat on Sabrina's lap.
"Yup. Our real results were exactly what we thought they'd be." Yakko said. He looked at the image of Termite Terrace Animation building on Catalina's phone. "100% Termite Terrace."
"So, Ralph runs Warner Brothers now? What a dramatic end-of-season cliffhanger!" Dot exclaimed.
"How will we get out of this sticky wicket?" Yakko said.
"Sounds like a problem for next season." Sabrina stated.
"If there is one." Dot said.
"Guess we wait here until they make more new episodes, just like we did in the 90's." Yakko said.
"Sounds like a plan." Catalina agreed with a shrug.
"Yeah, I'm down." Deja concurred.
Wakko looked at the readers with a pallid face as his black eyes became enlarged and more soulless.
"This time, I wonder if we'll dream." Wakko wondered.
The camera zoomed into Wakko's soulless eye and faded to black.
Happy New Year, Everyone!
