Chapter 11- The Magic Words
The group of teenage chipmunks entered the theater where the magic show was going to be performed. It seemed to get a pretty big crowd, so the teens only had the option to sit in the third row if they wanted to sit all together. They sat in this order: Theodore, Eleanor, Jeanette, Brittney, Alvin, DJ, and Simon. After Alvin embarrassed himself in front of Brittney back at Frankenstein's castle, the red chipmunk was desperate to find anyway to impress her. "Alright" Alvin began to speak to DJ "What's your bright idea now?".
The headphone wearing boy was quick to answer "It's a magic show Alvin! That means there has to be audience participation, and you know how much Brittney loves the stage. When the magician asks for assistance, volunteer her to go up! Not only will everyone recognize her, it would also help shift her image back to normal! She'll totally be thankful!".
"Hey, that's actually a good idea!" Alvin complimented "It's foolproof, no way I could mess this one up!"
Simon however, was skeptical of this plan "How do you even know if Brittney will even want to go up?".
"Of course she will!" DJ argued, "If I know anything about my mom, is that she would never pass down an opportunity to shine"
Meanwhile a couple of curious folks entered the theater as well: two goons that wore shades and trenchcoats. One was a tall man, while the other was a short man. "Hey Fred, are you sure that the chipmunks are even in this theme park?" the short goon asked.
"That's what the boss said" Fred answered in a confused tone "And she's usually not wrong, Gary".
"Well I'm sick of walking all over the damn place!" Gary snapped "How hard can it be to find 4 foot tall rodents?"
"Calm down, Gary" Fred tried to lighten the mood "Look, the magic show is about to start. How about we take a break and enjoy the performance".
"Are you stupid!" Gary barked "If Ms. Cameron found out that we were screwing around instead of getting dirt on those rats, we're dead meat!". Gary tried to march back outside but then he felt his back cramped. "On second thought," the short goon wheezed "I could use a 20 minute rest"
Fred fist pumped into the air, which his comrade reacted with a glare. The tall goon awkwardly lowered his arm, and then the both of them sat down in the back row.
The lights went out in the theater as everyone waited in anticipation for the show to start. The drums started to roll and the spotlights started to glow. "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls!" the announcer began through the speakers "You've seen magic on the silver screen, and now prepare to see it right in front of your very eyes! Welcome the star of the show, the wiz of wonder, the sorcerer of skeptical, Talbot the Terrific!"
All the chipmunks gasped when they heard the name of the act. It can't be, there's no way! Then in a puff of smoke, a familiar serious face appeared. DJ had to rub his eyes as he thought they were deceiving him. The magician was principal Talbot, but his hair was red and his skin slightly less wrinkly.
"Good morning everyone, I formally thank you for attending my show" Talbot introduced himself "Today I shall perform the art of magic"
Most of the teens didn't really know how to react to seeing their principal performing magic out of all things, it was weird enough to see him in the middle of summer. Alvin however, was ecstatic
"Principal Talbot, it's me!" the red chipmunk yelled as we waved his hands. Everyone beside him cringed, feeling like their companion was causing a disturbance. "Hey hey, it's me Alvin!" he continued to say loudly "Me, my brothers, and the Chipettes are here as well!"
The magician squinted his eyes towards the crowd, beginning to recognize the disruptive audience member "Alvin... Seville?"
Gary leapt out of his seat when he heard Talbot muttered his name. "Holy smokes Fred, those furballs are here!" the goon pestered his tall partner while shaking him by the collar.
"Hey principal Talbot!" Alvin greeted as he turned to his friends "Guys, our principal is a magician!". The others just turned away in embarrassment.
The performer recognized the other teens as well "Oh hello children!"
Even though the boy genius hadn't been in school for a month, Simon still didn't want to disappoint his principal. "Alvin, be quiet!" the blue teen hushed "You're interrupting the performance!"
"Oh am I doing that, principal Talbot?!" Alvin yelled to the magician.
"In fact you are, master Seville!" Talbot answered back "Will you be so kind and quiet down?"
"Sorry!" the furry teen cried. He was oblivious to how much he embarrassed his friends, especially his "date" Brittney, who was pretty red in the face.
Talbot then coughed awkwardly "Sorry about that, ladies and gentlemen. That was one of my students. I'm a principal for most of the year, but during the summer I'm a magician. You chipmunks aren't the only ones who enjoy performing…"
"Wait" a girl cried from the side "Oh my god, it's The Chipmunks and the Chipettes!". Everyone in the audience started to cheer as they swarmed around the rodents. They were yelling all sorts of things at them, like compliments and questions "We love you!" "What are guys doing here?" "Sign my head!". The chipmunks started to huddle together, feeling stampeded with attention. Gary beckoned Fred to get closer to the rockstars, as they were their current targets.
"Everyone settle down" Talbot tried to message the crowd. They all ignored him as they continued to make a lot of noise. "I SAID SETTLE DOWN!" the man yelled. And to prove he was a principal for a reason, the crowd immediately backed away from the chipmunks and sat quiet and attentive. "Thank you…" he muttered in an annoyed tone "To continue on with the performance, I'm going to make a rock float, as it will become lighter than air". And with a whip of his cape, a rock on a little table appeared out of thin air. Everyone started to clap at the man's first magic trick. He then took out his wand and tapped the rock, and miraculously it began to float. Everyone cheered some more, the teens were impressed at their principal's level of talent.
"Wow, principal Talbot is good! I didn't know he could do magic!" DJ remarked enthusiastically. The others looked at him confused, while Simon gave him a look of horror. DJ realized that he made seem like he somehow already knew Talbot, so he quickly came up with a reflection "I-I mean, I didn't know you guys had a magician for a principal!"
"I didn't either" Brittney shook her head in wonderment.
The magician snapped his fingers and the table and rocked vanished in smoke. "For my next act," Talbot continued "I'm going to need a volunteer…"
"Oo, principal Talbot!" Alvin cried as she stood on his seat and waved his hands.
Talbot kept searching round the room, not wanting to pick the troublemaker, but to his luck Alvin was the only one volunteering. He sighed "Alright master Seville, you're up"
"Oh, I don't want to go up" Alvin wagged his finger "I was hoping you would my lovely friend Brittney assist you"
Brittney cringed when she heard Alvin recommend her. The pink chipette would normally want to be the center of attention, but after what happened the past couple of days, plus the fact that the magician was her principal, the last thing she wanted was to come onto stage. DJ bit his lip as it was obvious that the plan was seriously backfiring.
"Alvin, I don't want to go up!" Brittney whispered angrily at the red chipmunk.
"What do you mean, you don't want to go up?!" Alvin exasperated in disbelief, shocked by the unexpected outcome.
"Alvin, I'm embarrassed" the pink chipette explained "Did you already forget how humiliating yesterday was?"
The red capped teen winced, Brittney's excuse was pretty valid. He started to feel guilty even thinking this was a good plan.
Gary smirked devilishly as he took out a notepad and pen "This is perfect Fred! I can see the headlines now, "Alvin Seville Humiliates Brittney Miller at Magic Show!". Come on, let's get a better angle for pictures!". Gary then pulled Fred by the collar and the two of them snuck towards the first row. They started to crawl, so to not get seen, but ironically everyone on the first row looked down at them strangely. Gary and Fred gave them innocent smiles as they quickly came up with a new plan. Fred then spotted to what seemed to him to be the perfect hiding spot, and he grabbed his partner and ran over to the trash bins. Fred jumped into the recycling bin while he threw Gary into the disposable one. Gary gave him a death glare, which he obviously returned with a thumbs up.
Alvin froze up as everyone in the theater stared at him. He sweat, not sure what to do next. "God I'm such a clown" he cursed himself, but then an idea popped "That's it!". The red capped teen coughed before speaking up again "Don't be shy Britt, I'll come up with you!". He then pulled Brittney towards the stage against her will, while the other teens covered their eyes, believing Alvin screwed up royally.
Talbot was a bit hesitant allowing the two most disruptive children he knew to help him with his act, but shrugged it off seeing how no one else was volunteering "Please welcome Alvin Seville and Brittney Miller!"
The crowd started to cheer loudly, even with the awkward display a moment ago, they were still ecstatic to see the rockstars in person. Alvin and Brittney waved to everyone, though the auburn haired teen was still nervous.
"What is he doing?!" DJ cried to his uncle beside him.
Simon then turned to his nephew with a blank expression "Knowing my brother, probably something really stupid"
Once the cheering died down, the magician continued on "Hope you two been having a good summer so far, or at least until what happened a couple of days ago. Even a clueless old man like me had heard about the commotion"
Brittney felt like she was dying. "Oh we've been fine Principal Talbot" she nervously lied "why did he have to bring that up?!"
"Yeah, things are cool now between me and Brittney" Alvin answered enthusiastically "In fact I'm treating her to a day at Majestic Movie Studios as an apology". The crowd cooed at the red chipmunk's comment. "But I do have to admit, the score is still uneven" he continued. Alvin then walked over to his principal and whispered something in his ear.
"Are you sure, master Seville?" Talbot whispered. Alvin confidently nodded. The magician shrugged, deciding to go along with his student's request. "Alright, if you wish. As of master Seville's recommendation, I shall perform a rather ambitious feat, evening the score between him and master Miller". Everyone looked onward with confusion to what Talbot was talking about.
"How are going to do that, principal Talbot" Brittney questioned.
"Just hold by wand, and follow my instructions" Talbot answered elegantly as he passed his wand to the chipette "master Seville, may you please stand over there". Talbot then gestured the chipmunk to stand about ten feet away from Brittney, all the while acting nonchalantly. Talbot then continued to instruct his other assistant "First you wave the wand in the air in 5 rotations, then you point it directly towards master Seville, and magically the two of you shall be even. But don't forget to say the magic words"
"What are the magic words?" Brittney innocently asked.
Talbot then uncharacteristically smirked "Well master Seville certainly knows them. It's ooo eee, ooo ah ah, ting tang, walla walla bing bang".
Brittney then scoffed "You can't be serious".
"Hey, those are the magic words" Alvin shrugged "Come on, Britt. I don't have all day"
Brittney was confused to what was going on, but she gave in while rolling her eyes "Fine. Ooo eee, ooo ah ah, ting tang, walla walla bing bang".
The chipette did as she was instructed, and once she pointed the wand at Alvin, he was surrounded by smoke. Once the smoke dissipated, everyone was shocked to see that the rock n' roller was now dressed up as a clown. "What," the chipmunk asked "Is there something on my face?". Everyone started to howl with laughter, even Brittney. "What's so funny?" Alvin joked as he tripped onto the ground. Brittney was now rolling on the floor as even tears began to form. She was laughing harder then she did back at the castle. Alvin then joked some more as he got a really looked at himself and sighed "Looks like the joke's on me"
DJ laughed from his seat, though it was unexpected, he was happy that his father managed to turn things around.
"Hey Gary" Fred whispered to the bin next to him, "This is great! That red kid is literally making a fool out of himself"
"No it's not great you idiot!" Gary spat "This isn't humiliating, it's heartwarming!"
Brittney finally calmed herself down from her fit of laughter "Great trick, principal Talbot. And wonderful performance, Alvin"
"It's not over yet" Talbot remarked as he took the wand from the chipette's hand. And with another wave, music started to play in the speakers. Alvin twirled around and the spotlight fell on him. Despite looking like a clown, he was ready to sing:
I told the witch doctor
I was in love with you
I told the witch doctor
I was in love with you
And then the witch doctor
He told me what to do
He said that
Talbot then started to dance as he kept changing Alvin's outfit. They were all silly looking, one was baby clothes, another was a ballerina dress, and one even made him look like Brittney.
Ooo eee, Ooo ah ah, ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, Ooo ah ah, ting tang
Walla walla bing bang...
Talbot even began to sing along with the chipmunk.
Ooo eee, Ooo ah ah, ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, Ooo ah ah, ting tang
Walla walla bing bang
Everyone began to clap along to the song. Even Fred started to join, which he was promptly hit in the head by Gary's hand.
I told the witch doctor you didn't love me true
I told the witch doctor you didn't love me nice
And then the witch doctor, he gave me this advice
He said that
Alvin then took Brittney by the arms while dressed up like a bunny, and they began to dance with each other
Ooo eee, Ooo ah ah, ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, Ooo ah ah, ting tang
Walla walla bing bang...
Everyone then joined in on the dancing, except for Simon and Jeanette, who just glanced at each other awkwardly before turning away. Eleanor tried to keep an eye on DJ as he danced along as well, but lost focus when Theodore pulled her in a dance as well.
Ooo eee, Ooo ah ah, ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, Ooo ah ah, ting tang
Walla walla bing bang
Talbot waved his arm once again, but this time changing Alvin and Brittney's outfit with 50s clothes.
You've been keeping love from me just like you were a miser
And I'll admit I wasn't very smart
So I went out and found myself a guy that's so much wiser
And he taught me the way to win your heart
My friend the witch doctor, he taught me what to say
My friend the witch doctor, he taught me what to do
I know that you'll be mine when I say this to you
Ooo eee, Ooo ah ah, ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, Ooo ah ah, ting tang
Walla walla bing bang
Ooo eee, Ooo ah ah, ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, Ooo ah ah, ting tang
Walla walla bing bang
Once the music stopped everyone cheered. Alvin, Brittney, and Talbot held hands as they took a bow. Gary was about to blow his top off, as he fell out of the trash bin. Fred took a picture of the performers and showed his partner, giving a thumbs up. The short goon just snatched it and ripped it to pieces. The pink chipette gave her best friend a tight hug, which gave her son a lot of hope. The 21st century teen took out his photo, but it was still fading! DJ snapped his fingers, knowing there was still work to do.
"Wow" Theodore began to say to his girlfriend "I would never expect Alvin to ever put himself at the butt of a joke"
Eleanor agreed as well, but in a different way "What is that shapeshifter planning?"
After the show ended, all the chipmunks exited the theater. DJ was walking along quite confidently, but was taken by surprise when his father went over to wrap his arm around him. "How's my favorite wingman?!" Alvin sang "That was a great plan!"
"Oh don't give me all the credit" DJ proclaimed, "You really took it to the next level"
"What can I say?" Alvin boasted "I'm a real ladie's man"
"Shut up" DJ playfully pushed his father "Now all there's left is for you to ask her out!"
"Ask her out?..." Alvin paused as he froze.
"Don't tell me you're still scared" DJ responded.
"No, I just… forgot I needed to do that" the red capped teen answered softly "How do I even ask her?"
DJ paused as he wasn't really sure what to do either "Let me think for a moment". Alvin nodded as he gave the maroon chipmunk some space. This seemed to be the only thing standing between DJ and existing, yet he was drawing a blank. His father needed to ask in a spectacular way, so he had to think big. But can't expect a teenage boy to know how to win his mother's heart. He decided to turn to his uncle for answers "Hey Si, got any ideas to how Alvin should pop the question?"
"I don't know?" Simon denied "I may be quite knowledgeable, but when it comes to women, I'm clueless. I've been trying to figure out why Jeanette's been giving me the cold shoulder all day, and she's my best friend!"
"Well you have been acting weird around her!" DJ rebutted.
"How can I not!" Simon cried "I know her future, plus I'm trying to hide a time machine, and your real identity, from her"
"I understand, but I think you're being ridiculous" DJ snapped.
Before Simon could argue back, the teens bumped into someone. They looked up and saw it was a Sammy mascot. He turned around and looked straight at the chipmunks. "Excuse me, little liebchens" Sammy said ominously "I didn't see you there"
DJ backed away in terror, recognizing the voice. It was the same Sammy from back at the castle!
"Sammy" Theodore cheered "You're alright!"
"I'm not just alright," Sammy swung his arms "I'm absolutely positively jolly to see my friends, the singing chipmunks"
"Friends?" Simon questioned.
"Ja!" the mascot nodded "I thought because we're all annoying, I mean, beloved rodents, that we have each other's back. How about a picture?"
"Oh sorry, Sammy" DJ declined nervously "But we need to go"
"Why?" Eleanor pestered her suspect "Are you scared of him or something?"
"Me, scary?" Sammy questioned as he began to laugh hard "I'm just a friendly squirrel who wants a picture with his favorite singers. Here, I got the camera". The mascot then took out a camera on a stand, and pulled all the teens into a big hug. Everyone was pretty weirded out by this point, and were trying to free themselves.
"What's your deal, man?!" Alvin spat, he was at first flattered by the mascot, but now he was straight up peeved.
"Don't tell me you have forgotten about me?" Sammy began to said "I remember you, oh so very well. I'm so happy to meet you again, and your lovely girlfriends too"
"Who are you?!" Jeanette screamed.
"An old friend of the boys!" Sammy started to get progressively more aggressive "You know what they did?! How they ruined my creations, my dignity, my life! Well it's time I have returned the favor! Say goodbye to your brains!"
Alvin figured out who this menace was, and as a reflex he bit his arm. The man cried in pain as he dropped the chipmunks. "Everyone, run!" he screamed as he grabbed Brittney by the arm and ran.
Simon grabbed Jeanette as well, and so did Theodore with Eleanor. But the brothers all lead them in different directions. The only one remaining was DJ, who slowly backed away from the madman. "Get back here, you filthy rat!" Sammy yelled as lept to grab DJ. The teen managed to dodge run away, but unfortunately the man was on his tail.
Back with the smallest chipmunks, the two of them ran and ran. Theodore kept pulling his girlfriend until he saw an empty ally, where he decided to hide the both of them. The couple panted a bit, then Theodore peaked around the corner. Fortunately the Sammy mascot was nowhere in sight. "Oh, good" Theodore sighed "We've lost him"
Eleanor managed to catch her breath as well, but because of the sudden scare, she was quite agitated. "Teddy, who the heck was that?!" the blonde demanded to know.
"You may not believe this," Theodore stammered "But that was Dr. Frankenstein"
"Dr. Frankenstein?!" Eleanor exclaimed "Like the Dr. Frankenstein?!". Theodore timidly nodded. "How do you know him?!" she continued "What his he doing here?!"
The green chipmunk took a deep breath, "Remember that summer years ago, where me and my brothers got to perform here everyday?". Eleanor nodded, recalling that back then she and her sisters were quite jealous of the boys getting to go to such a fun place all summer while they were stuck with summer camp. Theodore then continued "Well one day we got lost in the park, and even got locked in. We decided to go to Frankenstein's castle, and we accidentally came across him. It turned out that the place was the real deal! We caught him performing on his monster, and he tried to kill us for witnessing!"
Eleanor gasped "That's why you boys acted so strange when me and my sisters came back from summer camp, how awful! How come you didn't tell us?"
"Well because we wanted to keep our friend a secret" Theodore explained.
"What friend?" Eleanor asked confused.
Theodore was about to explain who, when a big shadowy figure started to slowly approach the two of them from the back of the alleyway. The figure had to have been at least 7 feet tall (213 centimeters), and it grunted like a bear. The two chipmunks shook by their feet as the figure came into the light. It was a brooding green creature, barely resembled a human, it was more like an amalgamation of body parts belonging to different corpse, all sword together with stitches. Its face resembles a man's, but the top was flat, the eyebrows thick, and two bolts stuck outside of its neck. But the strangest part was that this monster was wearing a Majestic Movie Studios uniform.
"Stay back, you monster!" Eleanor roared in both fear and anger as she threw out her arms to protect her boyfriend. She shot a death glare at the monster, and surprisingly was frightened. It even flinched back, covering its face with its hands.
"Raerrrr!" the monster whimpered.
"Ellie, stop!" Theodore cried as he recognized who the monster was. He ran over and hugged the monster's leg and looked up "Frankie, it's me Theodore!"
Frankie opened his eyes and saw the green teen, which caused him to lit up "Friend!". The super tall monster then scooped up Theodore and gave him a big hug.
Theodore chucked with glee "I missed you too, Frankie"
Eleanor was lost with what was going on, "Teddy, isn't he Frankenstein's monster?"
Theodore nodded "Yep, but he prefers Frankie. You see he's actually a good guy. Sure he did chase us when we first met him, but that was only because the doctor made him. I realized he wasn't so bad when he came all the way to my home just to return the teddy bear you gave me for my birthday".
Eleanor let out another gasp, "Really?"
"Yeah, and after that he became friends with me and my brothers. He even saved us from Dr. Frankenstein" Theodore continued "But even though Frankie wouldn't even hurt a fly, everyone still thinks he's a monster. The park allows him to live here, but he has to pretend to be normal, or people will try to hurt him. That's why we kept it a secret!"
Eleanor frowned, she felt sorry and guilty for Frankie. She then ran over to him and looked up with watery eyes "I'm sorry for misjudging you. And thank you for protecting my boyfriend! You're no monster at all!"
Frankie bent down, giving the chipette a warm smile "Friend?"
Eleanor returned the smile "Friends!". She then gave the green man a big hug as well, which made him very happy. "Oh I'm Eleanor by the way" she added "Nice to meet you, Frankie!"
Frankie placed the two chipmunks down gently, and gave them a pat on the head. "Where other friends?" he grunted.
Theodore gasped as he tried to look around where the others had gone, but realized they were nowhere in sight. "Oh no we split up!" he cried "Frankie you need to help us! Me, Eleanor, and my siblings are being hunted by Dr. Frankenstein!"
Frankie reacted to the news by howling with anger, having a personal vendetta towards the man who created him.
"Frankie, will you please help us find them?" Eleanor pleaded "He threatened to dissect our brains!"
Frankie roared even louder "Bad doctor hurt Frankie's friends!". He then scooped up Theodore and Eleanor again, but this time placing them on his shoulders.
"Go get him, Frankie" Eleanor hollered. The subhuman then ran as fast as lightning with the small chipmunks rode on him. They were going to stop the evil doctor and save their friends.
I have to end it off here, sorry for the wait, I had a busy week. I'll promise to get the next chapter out sooner as my schedule will be more open. Didn't expect to see Talbot again, did you? Also it was nice to bring in the original Chipmunk song into the story. You've probably noticed that I'm finally spacing my paragraphs correctly. Get this, I somehow went through my entire life without noticing that characters are supposed to speak in different paragraphs, derp. Well better late never, I guess. I might fix the previous chapters as well, I was already planning on fixing the grammatical mistakes. So if that was bothering you, then you won't have to anymore.
Update: I finally fixed all the spacing. P.S I didn't learn how tie my shoes until I was 12, so not knowing things like this is pretty normal to me.