PEANUTS: The Next ChapterEpisode 1: Another School Year

by HPDrummerman

The PEANUTS gang start a new school year. Charlie Brown and his friends meet a new student named Ox. When he develops a crush on Violet's best friend Patty, Lucy plans a mean prank on him. Also Thibault may be stalking Patty after their breakup the previous year. Meanwhile, Peppermint Patty is determined to do good in school this year.

6. Chapter 6

CHAPTER 6: THE CONTINUING ADVENTURES OF THE FOREIGN LEGION

AUTHOR'S NOTE: We're going to break from the main story for a little bit to look in on the World Famous Sergeant of the Foreign Legion and his troops, a.k.a. Snoopy, Woodstock, and their bird friends. It is told through Snoopy's thoughts.

Here's the World Famous Sergeant of the Foreign Legion and his troops on their way to take back Fort Zinderneuf from the enemy forces. We planned this attack for quite some time and now we have a plan in action. My second-in-command Captain Woodstock directs the rest of the troops to bring the cannon in. They bring the cannon to the front of Fort Zinderneuf and ready it.

Before we launch our attack, I give our enemies a chance to surrender willingly and spare themselves an assault from us. They laugh at us and don't surrender. I say "Pretty please with chocolate chip cookies on top?" They laugh even harder.

I direct my troops to ready the cannon. Captain Woodstock gives the order to the troops to light the cannon. "This is it, men! It's Sydney or the bush!" And in a split second…

BOOM!

When the dust settled I looked up. I was shocked at what I saw. We blew off the top of Fort Zinderneuf! I said to my troops, "What have we done?!"

Charlie Brown and Frieda were walking towards his house for a study date when they heard the explosion.

"What was that, Charlie Brown?" asked a frightened Frieda.

"I don't know," said an equally startled Charlie Brown. "It sounded like a cannon!"

As they got closer they saw smoke coming from the backyard of Charlie Brown's house. They ran back to see the top of Snoopy's doghouse blown off. And they saw a startled Snoopy and his bird friends dressed like the Foreign Legion. Snoopy simply thought in regards to the cannon, "We didn't know it was loaded."

"Good grief, Snoopy!" exclaimed Charlie Brown. "You've blown the roof off your doghouse! What were you thinking?!"

"I was thinking it was Fort Zinderneuf," thought Snoopy.

"Why can't I have a normal dog like everyone else?" lamented a spent Charlie Brown. "C'mon, Frieda. Let's get started studying."

Before she left with Charlie Brown, Frieda turned to Snoopy and said, "And this is why you should be out chasing rabbits." And she followed her boyfriend into the house to begin their studying, leaving the mischievous beagle to ponder how he was going to sleep on top of his house that night.

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