It was soon bright and early in the morning and Emily Elizabeth was beginning to wake up, and where she was feeling as light as a feather after what she experienced last night. She opened the curtains in excitement. "Good morning, Cliff-"
No one was there much to her shock, so she opened the window and walked out to her balcony.
"Clifford?" Emily Elizabeth frowned only to see the doghouse empty. "I wonder where he is?" She then remembered what she heard last night.
'Goodbye, Emily Elizabeth, I'll come back to you soon, I promise.'
"So, it wasn't a dream..." Emily Elizabeth said to herself. "I really heard Clifford," She soon began to think of why Clifford said that. "Clifford left, but he said he'd come back... Where would he go?" Emily Elizabeth pondered as she decided to get dressed.
Meanwhile, back with the others...
There were two men on the docks who were fishing as Clifford swam toward them. Seeing the big red dog bewildered them and shocked them. Clifford soon jumped out of the ocean and landed on the docks which frightened the fishermen since they had never seen him before.
"Um, hi." Atticus greeted the fishermen.
"Y-You know this beast?!" One man asked Atticus.
"He's not a beast," Atticus said. "He's a giant dog."
"Well, keep it away from us!" The first fisherman shivered with the other fisherman until they fell into the water together.
"Okay, okay." Atticus said.
"Why do people gotta judge?" Akito asked his father.
"That's just how some people are, son." Atticus sighed.
"That's unfair." Scruffy said.
"Sometimes life isn't fair," Atticus replied. "Cherry often said that, but she's right."
"Yeah." Mo nodded.
"I hope she'll be okay without us." Atticus said since Cherry didn't want to go and decided to try to relax back at the island for a change since she had been under a bit of stress lately.
"I'm sure she'll be okay." Mo said.
Cut to Cherry on the beach in her swimsuit as she sat in a chair with sunglasses, a floppy hat, and drinking a big drink and her legs crossed as she actually looked relaxed for the first time in almost 20 years, and where nothing would ruin her relaxation.
Back with the others again...
Atticus and Mo walked together while holding hands as they went into the city. Two people were sunbathing until they saw their sun was blocked by the big red dog which frightened them. Everyone on the beach soon screamed and ran away from the sight of Clifford.
"What's wrong with these guys?" Clifford frowned at the screaming public. "They look scared."
"Maybe they saw a shark in the water." T-Bone suggested.
"And to think we were just out there!" Cleo gasped out of fright. "Ooh, look at all the cars!"
"Wow, and all the people..." Clifford said as he looked into the city with the others. "This... This looks almost like my old home with Daffodil." The mention of Daffodil caused memories to come back to him. He thought back to his puppy days.
He was best friends with two kittens owned by a man named Mr. Solomon who were named Flo and Zo. He even remembered a bird named Norville who was like a mentor for him. There was also Emily Elizabeth's best friend at the time with her dog named Jorge, and there was also the Sidarskis which was a mouse family who lived in the basement of their apartment building. He even had great times with a rabbit who was Daffodil. Until, one day seemed unlike any other.
"Come on, Daffodil, let's play." Puppy Clifford told the bunny.
"Not today, Clifford..." Daffodil sighed as she sounded sick and tired. "Maybe later..."
"Aw, well, okay." Clifford said.
Daffodil soon went to sleep while Clifford went off to play with the others.
"Are you okay, Daffodil?" Emily Elizabeth checked on her pet rabbit. "You don't look so good..."
Daffodil looked up at Emily Elizabeth with bleary eyes.
Clifford began to play with the kittens while Emily Elizabeth's mother called the vet.
"Is everything okay, Clifford?" Zo asked.
"Oh, it's just that Daffodil's been a lot tired lately, even more than usual," Clifford told the kittens. "She's always wanted to be by herself, but this time, she seems more distant than usual, she won't even eat her carrots."
"Really?" Flo asked. "That's weird."
"You're telling me." Clifford agreed as they played with his sock spider.
Unknown to him, this day would have a sad turning of events.
"Thanks for watching Clifford while we go to the vet, Nina," Emily Elizabeth told her best friend. "We'll be back later."
"No problem, Emily Elizabeth," Nina smiled. "Besides, Clifford and Jorge are almost like brothers."
And where they were right as Jorge and Clifford really did act like brothers. The little red puppy giggled as he ran to play with Jorge while Emily Elizabeth went with her parents to see the vet with a poor and sick Daffodil.
"So, what do wanna play today, Clifford?" Jorge asked his little brother figure.
"Hmm..." Clifford stopped to think.
"Clifford? Clifford!" Jorge repeated, now sounding a lot like Cleo.
Clifford was back in present day.
"Hey, big guy, anybody home?" Cleo waved her paw in front of Clifford's enormous eyes. "We gotta get moving if we want those Tummy Yummies!"
"Oh, uh, yeah." Clifford said softly as he kept walking.
"Is Uncle Clifford okay, Aunt Cleo?" Kiki asked.
"I'm sure he's fine, though I'm not sure what that was about." Cleo shrugged to her energetic niece.
Scruffy had a feeling he knew why it looked like Clifford's mind was somewhere else for a few seconds.
A cop whistled to himself as today seemed like a peaceful and quiet day in the city. He then heard thumping and looked concerned once he saw Clifford coming into town. The other citizens panicked at the sight and size of Clifford as he walked down the street.
"Okay, that sounds is just now getting annoying." Scruffy and Dot groaned.
"Ugh..." Snow White groaned herself as she slid on her sleep mask. "Wake me when we get there."
"Let's just ignore all of the panicking people." Patch said.
"Man, and I thought it was annoying when people were afraid of Shrek all the time before the triplets were born." Mo commented.
"I hope we make it to Larry and his amazing animals soon." Estelle said.
"Me too." Akito agreed with his twin sister.
Clifford tried not to let the other people get to them, but he felt uncomfortable with them being afraid of him.
Soon enough, they were out of the city.
"This brings back memories." Snow White said as they hid in an alley.
"It sure does." Vincent agreed with his pet kitten.
"You used to live in an alley, Snow White?" Oliver asked his girlfriend.
"Mm-hmm," Snow White nodded. "It wasn't easy though, especially when I got separated from Garfield."
"So, when did you first meet Vincent?" Jenny asked.
"Oh, I was just wandering around, trying to find something to eat, and he just picked me up right off the ground and brought me into your home while you were getting your hair done for your birthday the next day." Snow White replied.
"Aw!" Jenny smiled.
Vincent blushed to her smile.
"Now what?" Clifford asked.
"We need a plan." Cleo replied.
"Yeah," Oliver nodded. "A plan."
"All right, who has a plan?" T-Bone asked.
"Hello?~" Cleo smirked. "I do of course!"
"Then what's the plan?" Georgette asked.
"Stick close and follow me," Cleo replied as she zipped toward the wall like a secret agent. "Ready, guys?"
"I already have a bad feeling about this." Georgette sighed.
"Cleo would make an interesting Pound Puppy." Patch commented.
Cleo soon led them out of the alley only to run into a street parade.
"I had a feeling this would happen." Georgette groaned.
"You always think my plans fall flat!" Cleo told her sister.
"That's because they do." Georgette smirked.
"What now?" Oliver asked.
"RUN!" Cleo yelped.
They soon ran off out of the city limits.
The Pokemon soon joined the others, though realized that this was not Birdwell Island. "What the-?" They soon asked out of confusion.
"And you guys thought I slept in." Snow White smirked.
"No time for smart remarks." Scruffy said.
"Sorry." Snow White shrugged innocently.
"Whew!" Cleo breathed in relief once they were safe now. "That worked out well, don't you think?"
"What was the plan again?" T-Bone asked her after panting with Clifford.
"What plan?" Scruffy added.
"Care to share, Cleo?" Georgette grinned to her sister.
Cleo muttered in misfortune.