Lady and The Tramp: The Series

Episode 1: Friends in a Flash

Starring: Danielle, Sam

Featuring: Scamp, Annette, Colette

Word Count: 4540 words

After browsing their new photo album, Colette asks the question that leads to Danielle and Sam revealing the story on how Danielle became Sam's assistant, and how they became best friends.

Ready? Sego!

It was morning, shortly after breakfast time. Jim Dear had just left for work, Darling was upstairs with Junior, and everyone else was in the living room. Sam was sitting on a couch, reading a book about complex numbers. Nearby, the six puppies were sitting next to the unlit fireplace.

Danielle and Scamp were going through the photo album of their whole adventure through time, which was given to them by Scamp and Angel's future puppies as a gift on the previous night. Angel, Annette, Colette and Dexter were all crowded around them looking at the pictures.

"Hey, look at this one!" Annette said as she placed her paw on one of the pictures. It was a picture showing Danielle pulling her little trick on Buster and his friends back in 1911, causing them to crash into a truck full of manure.

Danielle and Scamp burst out laughing. "Oh, man! I remember that!" Danielle said as she tried to calm herself down. It had only been a day since their journey across time had come to an end, and Danielle still remembers everything vividly.

The last picture on the page showed Tramp knocking Buster out at the dance. Danielle was in the background, watching in shock. However, in that same picture, there was another Danielle, she was right behind a car, watching on with a look of satisfaction.

Colette ended up noticing it. "Hey, Danielle, there's two yous in that picture." Colette said as she pointed her paw at both Danielles. Danielle didn't know what she meant until she quickly remembered. "Oh that? I did say I came back to that date again, I had to get that book from Buster, so I saw Dad knockout Buster… twice, at the same time!" Danielle said with satisfaction.

"You're right, that does feel weird… and I'm not the one who saw another me." Said Angel. Danielle looked over at her. "Trust me, it's a LOT weirder when you see a clone and it's you. Well… not really a clone, but you get what I'm trying to say here."

Scamp then turned to the next page. That was when everyone saw the first picture on that page. It showed Danielle on stage with the guitar, looking at her disappearing paw in horror. "Woah, what's up with your paw in that pi-" Annette wasn't able to finish her sentence when Danielle, without warning, slammed the book shut, her eyes wide with fear.

"I've been trying to get that out of my head for a while… Why did Champ and Angela put that picture in there…" Danielle said as she stared straight ahead. Danielle may have fond memories of her trip, but there are also a good portion of memories from that same trip that she would rather forget.

Scamp began to shake. "That picture reminded me of that nightmare I had while in 1911…" Scamp closed his eyes, but immediately opened them, yelping in fear as he sees Danielle fading every time he closes his eyes. Scamp repeated it, getting worse each time.

By the fourth time, Scamp started whining and whimpering. He quickly wrapped his paws tightly around Danielle and pulled her close to him, clutching her in fear, his eyes shut tight. Scamp began muttering quietly, "You're not disappearing… you're not disappearing… you're not disappearing…"

Danielle didn't have time to prepare, Scamp had grabbed her so hard, she was struggling to breathe, and tried to loosen his grip on her, but all it did was make him squeeze tighter. She continued to try and fail to get Scamp to let go of her. It got to the point where Scamp was squeezing so tightly, Danielle's ability to breathe was becoming near impossible and her face started turning blue. "Let go of me Scamp, I can't breathe!" Danielle said loudly, her voice sounding like she desperately needed air.

Annette and Colette had enough, either Scamp releases Danielle, or he accidentally strangles her to death. "LET GO SCAMP!" Annette said loudly as she and Colette forcefully wrenched Scamp's paws off her and pulled her away. Danielle began to take in massive breaths of air, her face slowly returning to normal. Scamp however, didn't react, he was looking at the ground, shaking uncontrollably.

"Are you alright Danielle?" Dexter asked as ran up to Danielle and gently nuzzled her. "Yeah… I'm okay…" Danielle said as she breathed heavily. Colette then looked up at Scamp. "Scamp, don't kill her!" Said Colette, quite annoyed.

Scamp gasped and looked up at Danielle with wide eyes after he realized what he'd done and quickly apologized. "I… I am SO SORRY Danielle! I didn't mean t-" Danielle quickly cut him off. "Hey, hey, hey, i- it's okay Scamp, you were just scared… I would've done the same thing if I had a nightmare like that." Said Danielle calmly as her sisters released her. Scamp calmed down a little, but he was still shaking.

Annette looked at Danielle. "What's wrong with him?" Asked Annette with concern. "Scamp had a really bad nightmare about this… and I mean really, REALLY bad…" Danielle said in a serious tone.

Angel looked at Scamp, feeling worried. "You're going to be okay Scamp, it was only a dream." Angel in a gentle voice in an attempt to comfort him, but it didn't work. "DANIELLE WAS DISAPPEARING IN THAT NIGHTMARE, IT WAS AWFUL!" Whined Scamp.

Scamp broke down crying, tears flowing out of his eyes. Danielle walked back over to him and placed a paw on his back. "Oh, there, there…" Danielle said in a gentle tone.

Danielle then tried to comfort him. "Scamp…" Danielle said as she placed her other paw under Scamp's muzzle and gently turned his head towards her. Scamp had stopped crying at this gesture, but his eyes were still filled with tears. Danielle looked at him in the eyes. "The time machine is gone now… you don't have to be afraid anymore, I won't be disappearing again anytime soon."

Danielle slowly removed her paw from her brother's head. "Don't worry Scamp, I'm here… and I always will be…" Danielle said as she smiled.

Scamp slowly smiled weakly, he looked like he was about to cry again. Scamp threw his paws around Danielle's back and pulled her into a hug. But this time, he made sure he wasn't squeezing her to death. "Thanks Danielle…" Scamp said as he closed his eyes and rested his head on her. Danielle smiled warmly at this.

Despite Annette and Colette being totally bewildered by this, they couldn't help but find this extremely heartwarming. "Aww…" They both said at the same time. Danielle looked at them with a grin. "You guys just got to see a new side of Scamp here!"

Scamp then slowly released his youngest sister and wiped his tears away with his paws. Colette smiled warmly. "That was one of the sweetest things I've ever seen! But now it's time to quit the waterworks. Why don't we look at more pictures?" Said Colette.

Danielle turned her head to look at her. "You know? After seeing that haunting memory… I think we should take a break." Danielle said as she exhaled loudly. "I just hope that I don't help Sam make something like that again…"

Sam looked up from his book and at Danielle. "Oh, believe me, I'm not going to build something that extreme again! Relax Danielle, you're fine. You won't be helping me with something like that again." Said Sam. Danielle sighed with relief.

This popped a question into Colette's mind. "This reminds me… Danielle, there's something I've been meaning to ask you." Said Colette. Danielle looked at her. "What is it?" Asked Danielle. Colette took a moment to respond, but then she did. "About you and Sam… How did you become his lab assistant, his helping paw? Why did he choose you?" Asked Colette.

Danielle thought for a moment. "Well… it was kind of a funny story…" Danielle said as she placed a paw under her muzzle, thinking. Sam then joined in. "It was not just the story of how she became my assistant, it was also the story on how we became best friends." Sam said as he closed his book and set it down on a table next to him.

"It was like lightning! Now we're best friends!" Danielle said happily. "So, what did you guys do that made you become friends instantly?" Dexter asked as he walked up to the couch. "Oh, well, Danielle literally meant lightning. We became friends because of a lightning storm." Said Sam as he grinned.

"Hence the title of the episode." Danielle whispered to the reader.

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What? Did you really think I was going to tell her to stop breaking the fourth wall again? It doesn't matter if I do it or not, she'll just keep doing it anyway.

Now, where was I? … Oh yeah!

"Wait, a lightning storm is what made you guys friends?" Scamp said as everyone else jumped onto the couch on both sides of Sam. "Yup, that's right!" Said Danielle. "But how? How did a lightning storm make you guys become best friends?" Asked Annette.

"Well, Danielle and I will tell you. I'll start off with when it happened." Said Sam. "It all started a few days after Scamp came home after running away. I remember listening to the weatherman on the radio, he said that there was going to be a thunderstorm later that night…"

July 9th, 1912, 8 p.m.

The sun was just beginning to set, the sky was filled with thick clouds. It had only been a week since Scamp ran away, he eventually returned home with Angel after living out on the streets for three days.

Since his return, he acted different around Angel, something everyone had taken notice of. Annette, Colette and Danielle were sitting at the bottom of the stairs, talking about Scamp and Angel.

"Scamp has been different lately, mainly when he's around Angel." Said Colette. "Yeah! Because he LOVES her!" Danielle said in her goofy tone. "You know, I think you're right this time. I mean, it's not that farfetched." Said Annette.

They heard the back door open and close, a moment later, Sam, Jim Dear and Darling's 16-year-old son, walked into the room. Sam has been spending most of his days in the garage for the past month, with the exceptions of going to school and family trips. He said that the reason why he was almost always inside the garage, was because he claims that he was working on his greatest invention yet.

"Finally back inside are we?" Asked Colette. Sam nodded. "Yeah, I'm done for the night." Sam said tiredly as he walked past them and into the living room. Jim Dear and Darling were sitting in their rocking chairs.

Nearby was a radio, where the weatherman was saying that there was going to be a huge thunder storm within an hour.

Sam knocked on the doorframe to get their attention. "Hey, I think I'm gonna go to bed now, I'm feeling tired." Said Sam. "Well I think we all need some sleep." Said Darling. Sam nodded slowly walked past the three sisters and up the stairs.

The three sisters were about to start talking again, but then they heard Tramp's voice. "Alright kids, its time for bed!"

Everybody groaned at this, they weren't ready to go to bed. Scamp attempted to talk his way out of it. "Oh, come on Dad! Does it have to be now?" Scamp's complaining didn't work though. "Now son, you should know this by now." Tramp said sternly. Scamp sighed, reluctantly agreeing.

Shorty after everyone was in bed, Annette and Colette were able to fall asleep quickly, Lady and Tramp followed, and Scamp and Angel fell asleep not long after. Danielle was about to fall asleep, but then the thunder began.

Danielle opened her eyes and looked out of the window. Rain was flowing down the window, with the sounds of thunder appearing ever so often. Danielle, felt unnerved, she rested her head and closed her eyes again to try and fall asleep.

She tired to fall asleep for a while, but the sounds of thunder made it difficult. Danielle opened her eyes again, she wasn't liking the noise, it was making her feel uneasy.

Then the grandfather clock chimed once, it was one in the morning. Danielle looked out the window again, and after what felt like hours, she saw a flash of lightning light up the room with a loud, yet distant boom.

Danielle jumped out of her bed in fear, somehow, this didn't wake her sisters up. Danielle was crouched low to the ground, looking at the window. She slowly walked over to it and climbed up onto a chair and looked outside.

She saw that there wasn't anything out of the ordinary, just rain falling onto the grass, creating mud and collecting into puddles. Then the sky lit up in the distance as a bolt of lightning came down. The sound was faint, but Danielle could tell how loud it would've been if it was closer.

Danielle narrowed her eyes into the distance where the lightning struck. Then without warning, lightning struck much closer. The flash was a lot brighter and the strike was a lot louder. Danielle fell off the arm off the chair and ran away from the window.

Danielle stopped at the stairs, and looked back at the window with wide eyes as she trembled in fear. Now there was no way Danielle could sleep, she was too scared.

Danielle turned her head and looked up the stairs. 'Maybe I can sleep with Jim Dear and Darling, they would probably help me get through this.' Danielle thought as she slowly climbed the stairs. As she continued to climb, she glanced back towards the window she was just at, waiting for lightning to strike again.

By the third time she looked at the window and no lightning, she turned away and continued climbing. Then, lightning struck loudly again. Danielle bolted up the rest of the stairs, felling spooked. Danielle had finally reached the top of the stairs and took a quick glance at thee window again, there was no lightning.

Danielle sighed with relief and walked over to Jim Dear and Darling's door, it was shut tight. Danielle's ears drooped with disappointment; she had come all the way up her for nothing. But then, she noticed the door to Sam's bedroom was open slightly.

Danielle walked over to the door and peeked inside of the room. She saw that Sam was laying in his bed and was also awake, and he looked visibly tired. However, he didn't seem to notice that Danielle was at his door, looking at him.

Danielle began to slowly make his way to his bed. But only after a few steps, another loud strike of lightning dimly lit up the room. The lightning spooked Danielle again. Without thinking, she ran for his bed and jumped on top of it, landing right next to Sam.

Sam gasped loudly as he jumped away from Danielle, he almost screamed. He calmed down after a moment when he saw that it was Danielle. "Danielle, don't do that! You almost gave me a heart attack!" Hissed Sam.

Danielle realized her mistake. "Oh, sorry…" Danielle said as she slowly lowered her head. Sam then changed the subject. "But anyway, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in bed with your sisters?" Asked Sam in a hushed tone.

"Well, yeah I should be, but… I can't sleep… it's the lightning, it's scaring me… and I thought sleeping with someone else would help me…" Danielle said slowly. Sam sat there for a moment before speaking. "Well, by some coincidence, I couldn't sleep either… but I do think having some company would help me sleep."

Danielle's eyes lit up. "Wait, so, does that mean…?" Danielle trailed off before Sam smiled weakly. "Yes, you can Danielle." Sam said as he patted a spot on his bed. "Yay!" Danielle quietly squealed with joy.

Her happiness came to an abrupt end when lightning struck loudly again. Danielle whimpered as she ran close to Sam. It took a moment for Sam to respond. "Man, that lightning storm is really scaring you, is it?"

Danielle nodded slowly, her eyes wide with fear. She didn't move away from him, she was too scared. After a moment of silence, Danielle looked up at him. "Sam, can I ask you something?" Said Danielle, slowly.

"Sure, you can ask me anything?" Sam said as he gently stroked her fur. Danielle looked at him for a moment before asking her question. "Are you scared of the lightning too?" asked Danielle. Sam thought for a moment. "Well… I'm not scared of the lightning. Sure, I find it a little unnerving, but I wouldn't say I'm scared of it. I'm more annoyed than scared, because it won't let me sleep." Said Sam.

"Oh…" Danielle said as she slowly looked down, "Well, I do get scared… I… I just want to get over it…" Danielle said quietly. Sam looked at her sympathetically and sighed. "Danielle, to tell you the truth… I once had the same problem." Said Sam.

It took a moment for Danielle to react. "Huh?" Danielle said as she quickly looked back up at him in surprise.

Sam sighed again. "Yeah, I used to be scared of lightning storms too." He then began to tell a story. "When I was little, I remembered being terrified by the lightning, I went to sleep with my parents because I felt safer with them. As the years go by, whenever I experience a lightning storm, I started to become less scared of it, I learned that these storms, and having a fear of lightning was normal, and eventually, I stopped being scared…" Sam said with a weak smile.

Danielle stared at him for a moment before slowly smiling. "You, got over your fear, just like that?" Asked Danielle. Sam's smile grew. "Yep, that's right. This means you can do it as well. When the next time a thunder storm rolls around, I bet you'd be less scared of it next time."

Danielle felt a lot better. She stood up on her hind legs and placed her front paws on Sam's chest, looking up at him with her tongue hanging out and her tail wagging.

Sam gently grabbed her body with both hands and picked her up slightly. He held her close to him and Danielle licked his face. The two of them looked at each other.

Lightning then struck again, but all they did was look at the window and casually looked back at each other. "See? There is nothing to be afraid of about lightning…" Sam said in a gentle tone. After only a few seconds, lightning struck again. This time, it happened right outside the window, lighting up the bedroom really bright, and it was really loud.

Sam screamed as he jumped and hugged Danielle close to him. "AHH! OKAY, I TAKE IT BACK! THERE'S EVERYTHING TO BE AFRIAD ABOUT LIGHTNING! AHH!" Sam said loudly as he clutched Daniele like she was a teddy bear.

Danielle was frozen, she wasn't expecting Sam to react like that. After a moment, she casually shrugged. "Hm, that wasn't so bad." Danielle said flatly. Sam on the other hand, was shivering in fear, now there was no way he could go to sleep.

The storm continued to rage on throughout the night, before it finally stopped by sunrise.

Danielle slowly woke up to find herself still in Sam's clutches, yet she still found it comfortable. Then she saw Sam, he was awake, he looked like he didn't sleep at all. "Sam…?" Danielle said quietly. Sam didn't respond. Danielle then said his name a little louder.

Sam snapped out of it and got up. "Huh…?" Sam said in a tired and confused tone. He then saw that he was still holding Danielle. "Oh, Danielle…? What are you doing he-… oh, right… nevermind." Sam said as he remembered why Danielle was here.

Danielle looked at him. "Di-… did you sleep?" Aske Danielle. Sam gently shook his head after a moment of silence. "Was it because of the lightning?" Asked Danielle. Sam flinched and quickly looked at his window, only to find a clear and calming sunrise.

"Okay, I'm going to take that as a yes…" Said Danielle. Sam then gently put Danielle down onto his bed and got out of bed. As Sam walked over to his closet and grabbed his house coat, Danielle jumped off Sam's bed and picked up his slippers with her mouth. She brought them over to him one at a time as he put on his house coat.

Sam put on his slippers and the two of them walked out of his room. They reached the stairwell and walked down it. They found Annette and Colette at the bottom. When they noticed, they ran up the stairs over to her.

"There you are! You weren't in bed with us, where were you?" Asked Annette. Danielle answered her question. "Oh, there was a lightning storm last night, I couldn't sleep. So, slept in Sam's room."

"Why did you sleep in there?" Asked Colette. "I thought Sam could help me get through the night. The good news is that I'm not scared of lightning anymore!" Danielle said happily before her tone changed. "The bad news is that… I think Sam has a fear of lightning now."

Sam gasped as he turned to look at the large window near the top of the stairs. After a moment, he looked back at the floor and sighed with relief. "I think I'm going to have a coffee…" Sam said as he slowly advanced down the stairs.

The three sisters looked at him until he went into the kitchen. "What's up with him?" Asked Colette. "He's probably paranoid about the lightning." Said Annette. "Oh, he sure is. After all, he didn't sleep last night…" Said Danielle.

Later that day, Sam had asked Danielle to help him move some materials to the garage, Danielle was holding a toolbox with her mouth and took it to the lab for him. "Thanks Danielle! I'd give you a treat, but we don't have any. So, I'll just give you some pets instead." Sam said as he bent down and petted her. Danielle was starting to like doing this, she can tell Sam liked to have her around too. Danielle gave Sam a few licks as he petted her.

Sam then got up, Danielle was overjoyed, her tail was wagging vigorously. "Alright Danielle, you can head inside the house now." Sam said as he pointed towards the house. Danielle's excitement vanished.

"Aww… but I wanna help you build your new invention!" Whined Danielle. "Sorry Dani, but it's a secret invention. You can't help, unfortunately…" Said Sam. Danielle slowly looked down at the ground in disappointment.

Sam looked at her with sympathy. "How about this, when I finally finish working on it, I will let you be the first one to see it!" Said Sam in an attempt to cheer her up. Danielle looked back up at him with a smile. "Really? You would do that?" Danielle asked with excitement.

Sam nodded, confirming it. "Yay! I can't wait to see it!" Danielle said as she jumped up and down. "But you're gonna have to though, it's only like half-way done right now." Said Sam, his smile fading.

Danielle stopped jumping. "Oh…" Danielle said as she looked at the ground again. She then quickly looked back up. "At least I'll be the first to see it!" Danielle said with a smile. "Yes you will be!" Said Sam.

"Now, I think it's time for you to go find your sisters now. I'm pretty sure their wondering when you'll come back." Said Sam. "Yeah, I'm going to go find them. See ya!" Danielle said before she waved and walked off.

Present Day

"So, Danielle continued to help me out with tools and materials, helping me build what would be the now destroyed time machine." Said Sam. "And that is how I became his helping paw!" Danielle said happily. "My lab assistant." Sam said proudly.

"So, she just helps you build machines? I'm going to be honest, that's actually pretty cool!" Said Annette. "Oh, it is! BELIEVE me, it is." Said Danielle with a grin. "And it was all because of a lightning storm… all thanks to Mother Nature." Said Dexter.

"Say… if Sam got his fear of lightning because of that storm, doesn't that mean it's also the story of how Sam got his fear of lightning?" Asked Colette.

Sam turned to her. "Well, you would be partially right. It's how I got my TEMPORARY fear of lightning. Including the amount of time I've spent traveling through time, it's been around eight weeks since that night and I've been feeling a lot better. It feels really good that I FINALLY got over it…"

But as Sam finished speaking, a rumbling sound was heard and Sam began to shiver with fear as he moved his hands near his face. Sam quietly took a breath and… "AAAAAAAAaaaaaa..." Sam screamed as he sprang up from the couch and ran out of the room.

All the puppies looked on, absolutely dumbfounded. They then noticed that it was a bright sunny day outside. The rumbling stopped a few seconds later, Scamp then popped up from behind the couch and hoisted up an empty oil tin next to him.

Scamp snickered mischievously. "Got him! Ha ha!" Scamp said as he climbed over the top of the couch and fell to where Sam was just sitting, rolling with laughter. The other puppies just looked at him for several seconds before they started laughing too.

"Sam is not going to be happy when he finds out he got pranked!" Annette said as she tried to calm herself down. "Yeah, but it was SO worth it!" Said Scamp. Danielle sighed. "Today, has been a good day so far…" Danielle said as she slowly stopped laughing.

After everybody calmed down, Dexter was the first to speak. "So, what now?" Asked Dexter. "How about we go back to looking through the photo album?" Suggested Colette. Everyone nodded or barked in agreement, and together, they all jumped off the couch and ran beck to the photo album and continue on with their day.

Well, that's the end of the first episode! I have more planned, and the next episode will be released soon. Also, for this series, the author notes will come AFTER the episode now. I really hoped you enjoyed your happy new year by the way!

Anyway, stay tuned for Episode 2!