Chapter 8

Dewey pulled his arm away from Huey. He was now so angry that his face turned red.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME HUBERT!" He yelled making Huey flinch. "They beat us up for the last time, you really wanna talk with them again, look where that got us!" He said pointing towards the group of knocked out bullies. "Derek has humiliated you, beat you up, and attacked our brother. What makes you think talking to them will work." Huey became angry and punched the tree. The whole tree began to shake making Dewey, Louie, and Webby scared.

"Do you really think beating them up solves anything?" Huey asked putting his finger up to Dewey's chest. "You really think they won't wanna beat us up more, because the last time Webby beat Derek up, I got branded!" Dewey immediately felt bad for the stuff he said.

"Huey," Dewey said. Huey folded his arms and turned away.

"It's your choice Dewey, we can either leave, or figure this out in a professional manner." Huey said. Dewey thought about his options.

"I guess I'd rather talk to them tied up than talk to them with their fists in my face." Dewey said. Huey smiled and unfolded his arms. Webby looked at Huey and Dewey.

"Wait, why isn't Derek in an orphanage?" Webby asked. Louie explained everything that happened.

"Oh, so it's Scrooge's fault." Dewey said smacking his forehead.

"Isn't it always." Huey said also smacking his forehead. Webby grabbed the chair that Louie was tied up to and placed it in front of Derek.

"First, Huey talks to Derek. Then Dewey talks to Richard." Webby said. Huey and Dewey both agreed. Louie was happy that his brothers were finally gonna solve the problem. Then he got an idea. Since there was snow on the ground, he made a snowball and threw it at Dewey. He laughed and Dewey threw one back at him. The triplets and Webby started a snowball fight while Derek and his group were still knocked out. Huey and Louie vs Dewey and Webby. As Huey and Louie threw balls of snow towards them, Dewey and Webby reached for the same patch of snow. They accidentally grabbed each other's hands. They immediately let go and blushed.

"You can have it, I'll get this patch." Dewey said as he rolled the snow into a ball and threw it at Huey. Webby smiled and started to say something.

"Dewey I..." Webby was cut off by Louie throwing a snowball at her face. Webby became angry and made 20 snow balls. She ran across the field and pelted both Louie and Huey with snowballs. Dewey watched gleefully as his brothers screamed for help. Once Webby got back, Dewey asked her something.

"What were you gonna say?" Dewey asked. Webby blushed as she placed her toe on the ground and turned her foot in and out. She then placed her hands behind her back.

"Oh, it was nothing, don't worry about it." Webby said blushing. Louie sat up and rubbed his head.

"Dang Webby, you went ballistic." Louie said. Huey agreed. Webby then questioned something.

"Why are we doing this?" Webby asked. The triplets were confused, so Webby explained. "Why are we having a snowball fight during a serious situation?" Dewey rubbed her back.

"To lighten the mood." Dewey explained. "We haven't had fun like this in a long time. Me and Huey..." Dewey was cut off.

"Huey and I." Huey stated before Louie threw a snowball at him. Dewey continued.

"We were thinking about the bullies so much that we haven't really had much time to have fun. But now we are actually enjoying ourselves." Dewey said. "This is the first time since I met Richard that I haven't been scared. I try to hide my fear from him but sometimes I feel like he can smell it." Huey started to continue his flashback.

Derek had just finished branding him. Derek threw him to the ground. Huey tried to touch his back but he winced.

"Whats wrong nerd?" Derek said walking towards Huey. "I know you're afraid, I can smell your fear." Huey crawl backwards until he reached the wall. Derek raised his fist and was about to punch Huey until he noticed something wet under Huey. "No way, you pissed yourself." Huey blushed as Derek laughed. Derek walked out of the bathroom laughing hysterically as Huey got up and dried himself off. He started to cry as he did so. He wiped away his tears when he heard someone come in. It was Dewey.

"Hey Huey, you wanna sit with my friends at lunch." Dewey said. Huey felt touched that his brother cared enough to let him sit with his friends again. Huey agreed as they walked out together.

Huey woke up from his flashback and grabbed Derek's knife. He walked over to the pond and looked at his reflection. He then looked at Dewey.

"Can you talk to Richard first, I need to do something." Huey said looking at the ground. Dewey was concerned.

"What are you gonna do?" Dewey asked looking at the knife.

"You'll see." Huey said as he walked over to the pond. "Webby, I need your help." Huey said. Webby walked over. "I need you to add an H and an L." He said pointing to his back. Webby agreed knowing it would mean the Derek doesn't own him anymore.

"You might wanna chew on this." Webby said putting a piece of cloth in his mouth as she cut him with the knife. She added and H in front of the D and an L behind the D. It ended up spelling HDL for Huey, Dewey, and Louie. As this happened Richard woke up. Dewey was the first person he saw.

"Hello Richard." Dewey said angrily. Richard was shaking, not because he was scared of Dewey. Richard started to speak.

"Where is it?" Richard said. "I need it!" Dewey then realized what he was talking about. Richard was talking about his drugs.

End of Chapter 8