A/N: Thank you to all read the last chapter and thanks of read last month, as we bested our 325 visitor total for June with 334 in July. Awesome! Sorry for being a bit slow for this one, but I started doing more of the story beyond this point. I know where I plan to go with it, it's just a matter of putting it in story form and possibly making a couple more filler spots. Anyway, enough talk; here's Chapter 24. All rights go to their respective owners. Without further adu, let's go!
Chapter 24: Nightmares, Nightmares, Everywhere
It was the most terrible and miserable moment of little Theodore's life. Ian revealed that the young chipmunk was the ploy to Ian's master scheme to rid the chipmunks and chipettes from the spotlight. The only thing he could do now was just try to sleep and hope for the best, but was no use. Theodore was haunted by nightmares his whole young life, and tonight was worse than ever. Tossing and turning trying to wake up, but the horror kept him from thinking to himself to do so as he went deeper and deeper in his dream.
('Theodore's Dream')
Theodore was running on all fours as fast as he could to his best friend Eleanor who was also running to him. The two grasp each other in a long embracing hug with all the others around them.
"Eleanor! I'm so happy to see you again." Theodore tells her with joy putting a smile on both of their faces.
"Theodore...I'm sorry." Theodore looks down to her as her smile disappears looking into his jade colored eyes.
"I'm sorry too." He says nodding understanding why she states the sentence, little does he know that it isn't what she means.
"I'm sorry...but I can't talk to you anymore." Eleanor tells him shaking her head stepping back from him breaking away from their embrace. Leaving Theodore to question what has happened and making him confused.
"What? Why?" He asked to her, looking to her and the others.
"Because... it's your fault." Her eyes turned angry as she pointed at him with mean-ness. Theodore gasped at those words, her best friend he thought had deserted him with all of them watching.
"Huh?" He continued to question as the others began to walk each to Eleanor having the same facial expression as herself.
"It's your fault Theodore." Alvin then chimed in which they all nodded to.
"Your fault."
"Your fault."
They continued a drone like taunt at the young chipmunk pointing at him with every sentence as he looked around to see himself surrounded by hundreds of people and friends blaming him for the problems that have happened. He begins to hyper-vent as he becomes more and more scared at the turn of events.
"No..." Theodore whined. "No!" Again he said. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" He yelled out at the top of his lungs with his eyes closed, holding his ears to prevent himself from seeing or hearing anymore before he completely lost as the taunting continued still.
'END'
Theodore gasped for relief and shot up from his super size bed upon his realization that it was only a dream. He slowly looked around the dark room as he continued to catch his breath from the horror he endured. At this point he would have asked Dave or one of his peers if he could sleep with them to keep his mind away from anymore bad dreams, but he was living with Ian; Ian would probably be happy for him. Plus recalled the last tme he recalled such an attempt to have Ian befriend him after a nightmare. Now the feelings were even worse between them; there was no possible way he could face Ian after happened just several hours before. All he could do was just tuck himself back in and try and get through the night. His nightmare resulted in him being alone, but he was living it just the same; he only hoped that nightmare wouldn't be a sign of the future.
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Back home, Theodore wasn't the only one having nightmares. While the kids were trying to sleep through the night, a chipette in purple was tossing and turning in her bed trying to fight through her dreams. Jeanette suddenly shot up from her bed panting for her life. She looked around at her friends to see if everyone else was sleeping, but to her surprise, when she looked over to her best friend Simon was awake also, he was looking away every now and then almost as if he was trying to advert his eyes from her. Jeanette came to the conclusion that her nightmare would keep her awake by herself. With that, Jeanette jumped off her bed, walked over slowly, and hopped onto the side of Simon's bed which he looked over to her with a smile.
"Simon? Can't sleep either?" Jeanette asked to him who was still was lying down.
"Nope...I'm awake." Simon responded back as he tried to get comfortable in his bed.
"I...I had a nightmare Simon. Is it alright if I sleep with you tonight?" Simon looked over to her. It was the first time Jeanette had ever done that. It clearly told him how close they had become and to sleep together was that unusual next step. Though he was all for, he was still hesitant for the response she was hoping for.
"Sh-Sure Jeanette." Simon finally stuttered out as he lifted up the covers, though he didn't move.
"Thanks. Can you scoot over?" Jeanette requested to him, but he shook his head making her stop.
"I don't think I can." Simon politely told her.
"Why not?" Jeanette she wondered.
Simon proceeded to scoot back allowing Jeanette to look behind him. Behind him was Jeanette's sister in her green pigtails as she was resting comfortablely next to Simon. Jeanette silently awed as Eleanor slowly nuzzled herself on the human sized pillow as Simon looked over to her and then back to Jeanette.
"She had a nightmare too." Simon whispered. Jeanette awed as she gently scooted into the cover on the other side of Eleanor with Simon being the sandwich in between the two chipettes.
"I wonder what she was dreaming about." Jeanette wondered looking over to her sister who was still in a deep slumber.
(*Eleanor's Recent Nightmare*)
Eleanor was looking around franticly as she was trying to catch her breath at everything surrounding her. She then looked down at more of the same in denial of what was in front of her as well as all-around.
"No...no...No!" She cried out as all in sight was nothing but a breakfast meal of oats, as far as the eye could see. Reminding her of the events of what happened to her at the hands of her friends and sisters.
"Oatmeal!" NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" She screamed out loud holding her hand looking up to the sky.
'END'
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The morning sun rose up at the Seville's household and the kids were all resting comfortably as Simon, Jeanette, and Eleanor were sleeping peaceful. Brittany was starting to stir in her bed as she yawned and flipped onto her other side as she wiped the sleep from her eyes, she noticed someone in her bed.
"Morning sleepy head." Alvin smirked at her six inches from her face.
"AHHHHHHH!" Brittany screamed out at the top of her lungs which woke the others up from their deep slumber and caused Brittany to retreat backwards until she fell out of her bed, Alvin then looked over the side to check on her as she looked far from thrilled.
"Ha ha! That was fun! I can get used to that." Alvin chuckled as he still looked over, Brittany just shook her head in disbelief still not believing what she was seeing.
"Alvin!? W-Wh-What are you doing my bed!?" Brittany sternly asked Alvin.
"Well..." Alvin chuckled. "I saw all of them sleeping together...so...I thought we could do the same." Upon Alvin's answer, Brittany turned around to view Simon's bed which to her surprise, her two sisters were laying in, putting a completely shocked and confused look on her face.
Eleanor was the first to speak to her sister to explain all three of them were acompaning the same bed. "I had a nightmare Brit. I had sleep with somebody." Jeanette then followed up. "I had one too." Brittany just scoffed at her luck.
"Well great! Now I'm going to have nightmares too." Brittany sarcastically stated and walked off which not long after, Dave ran into the room in a panic.
"What happened? I heard one of you scream." Dave out of breath said. Alvin just waved it off.
"Oh, just Brittany being Brittany." Alvin joked about it.
"And Alvin being Alvin." Simon making it clear to Dave which Dave then looked down at the red-clad chipmunk. "Alvin." Dave said with a harsh demeanor. Alvin just sighed at the turn of events.
"Dave being Dave." Alvin mono-tonely stated soon after.
There is Chapter 24, not a very important chapter in the grand scheme of things, but I felt like I needed to add a bit of humor to a continuely growing drama filled story. At least I hope it came off humoring at least. Heh heh... What will happen next time, we'll see together. Until then, thanks for reading! :)
