Chapter 7

Huey and Noah went to the manor to get themselves patched up. As they walked through the front door, Dewey and Louie ran over and helped their brother to his room. They brought in a first aid kit and a warm blanket for Huey and Noah. Huey explained to them every detail of what happened. Louie was fed up with Derek.

"That's it, I'm getting Uncle Scrooge!" Louie said angrily as he marched out of the room. Huey stopped him.

"No, let me just solve this myself." Huey said. Louie couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"Huebert, you can't be serious!" Louie said angrily. "He literally beats you up to the point where you think you deserve it. He's an awful person, he bullies you, and he's attacked this family. Tell me why telling Uncle Scrooge about this is a bad idea." Huey didn't say anything. He knew that Louie was right. "Didn't you're Junior Nerdbook Science Camp thing teach you that in a bullying situation, the best thing to do is tell an adult." Huey got upset.

"Junior Woodchucks, they're called Junior Woodchucks!" Huey said annoyed by Louie mispronouncing the name. "And you're right, but I don't want you telling him." Huey said as he got up. "I'll be the one to tell him." Huey got up and walked to Scrooge's study. He knocked on the door.

"Come in!" Huey heard on the other side of the room. He walked in and found Scrooge rearranging books on his bookshelf.

"Aw Huey, what can I do you for lad?" Scrooge said with his Scottish accent. Huey sat down on a chair and started twiddling his thumbs.

"Do you know anything about dealing with, oh I don't know, bullies?" Huey asked trying to seem subtle. Scrooge knew where this conversation was going.

"Does this have anything to do with Derek?" Scrooge asked sat down in front of Huey.

"I don't know how to get him to leave me alone and I needed..." Huey sighed as he looked at his Junior Woodchuck Guidebook (JWG) "Actual help." Scrooge got up and place a hand on Huey's shoulder as he kneeled down.

"Look lad, I've dealt with a lot of bullies in my time, and do you know how I handled them?" Scrooge asked as Huey thought he knew the answer.

"By being tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties." Huey said as Scrooge laughed at his own phrase.

"That's right lad, Derek is jealous of your wits, time to show him what you can really do." Scrooge said encouraging Huey. Huey was confused.

"Wait, I don't think parents are supposed to tell their kids to fight." Huey said confused by Scrooge's statement.

"I'm not your parent, I'm your uncle." Scrooge said inspirationally as Huey ran out the door to come up with a plan. He tried to write something down in the JWG, but he noticed something off. All the pages were blank. He screamed as Dewey rushed over.

"What's wrong?" Dewey asked. Huey started breathing heavily.

"He still has it." Huey said as he showed Dewey the blank pages. Dewey got angry.

"That's it! We're going to Derek's house." Dewey said angrily. "Louie, stay with Noah!" Dewey demanded as he dragged Huey out the door. Once they were outside, Huey started begging Dewey to turn back.

"Please Dewey, this is a bad idea!" Huey pleaded as Dewey ignored him. "He's stronger than both of us, we can't take him. He'll win for sure, and also he probably has a pool full of sharks waiting for us." Dewey was getting annoyed.

"You sound as scared as Louie gets when he goes to the doctors." Dewey said trying to calm Huey down. "We're gonna talk to him, and we're gonna stop this bullying." Once Dewey turned around, he noticed a bunch of guys in front of them. "Right, lets go the other way." Dewey said intimidated by the guys in front of him. As he turned around again, there were more guys in front of him. They were surrounded. One of the guys grabbed Dewey and held him as Derek came out.

"Woah, I was just about to come after you, but instead you came after me." Derek said evilly grinning. Huey gulped loudly.

"Give me back me book." Huey said intimidated as he placed his hand out. Derek grabbed his hand and crushed it. Huey screamed as he felt his hand breaking. Derek then got a hammer out and raised it.

"This is gonna feel worse then the door." Derek said as he slammed the hammer down on Huey's hand. Huey screamed and cried as he held his hand to lessen the pain. Derek laughed at this. "I think it's time we get to the letter N." Derek said as Dewey got free from the guy's grip. He ran up and punched Derek in the face. Derek got mad.

"Hit your brother or the book gets it." Derek said pulling out Huey's book and a lighter. Huey begged Derek not to burn it. "Make your choice nerd, it's now or never." Derek said as he moved the lighter closer. Dewey walked up to Huey.

"Just do it Hue, it's okay." Dewey said giving Huey an open shot. Huey didn't know what to do. After a moment of thinking, he made his decision. Huey raised his fist at his brother, but then lowered it. Instead of hitting his brother, he hugged him.

"Thanks." Huey said as he watched Derek burn the JWG. "But I'm not gonna hit you even if you wanted me too." Huey said as Derek slowly and maniacally clapped.

"I'm impressed nerd, you didn't give in." Derek said as he threw the burning book over to them. "No more punishment for today. See you tomorrow though." Huey tried to put out the fire as fast as he could. Once it was out, he started flipping through the pages to see if any of them survived the fire, but they didn't. He started to cry knowing that everything he's ever learned is now destroyed. Dewey rubbed his brother's back as he mourned for his dead book.

They saw their Uncle Scrooge running towards them, they didn't know why he would come out like that.

"Lads, you never told me Glomgold adopted Derek." Scrooge said as Huey tried to wipe away his tears. Scrooge noticed this and looked at Huey's book. He then looked back at Huey. "I know you think the war was lost, but this was just a battle." Huey started to cheer up a little after that. "Now come on, if Glomgolds involved it changes everything." Huey and Dewey followed their uncle back home.

Derek said goodbye to his friends and went inside his mansion. He was greeted by his sister.

"Did you burn the book?" Lucky asked already knowing the answer.

"Sure did, you should have seen the look on his nerdy face." Derek said as he laughed. Lucky didn't feel bad at all for Huey, she didn't even know the guy. She just hoped that Louie wouldn't get hurt, she didn't want him getting mixed up in all of this. Lucky didn't know why, but she felt that Louie maybe the only one that gets her. She stopped daydreaming when she realized that Derek was asking her a question.

"I'm sorry what?" Lucky said as Derek sighed with annoyance.

"I asked if you seen our dad anywhere, but clearly you didn't." Derek said as he went to his room angrily. Lucky was gonna go up into her room as well, but then something told her that she should go outside. As she walked onto the balcony and looked at the stars, she started to cry. She looked at her necklace that she always kept on the inside of her shirt. She then held onto it tight. Then she started talking.

"Hey mom, hey dad." Lucky said as she started to cry a little. "How's space going? I hope it's going well. Look, I know I haven't talk to you guys in a while, but I need help, like lots of help. I don't know if I should be doing this. You've always wanted to have a nice home with a loving family, and now I do. Or at least I think I do. Derek may be a jerk, but we actually have a sibling relationship. I'm not sure about our dad yet, but he's good to us. But I know deep in my heart what we're doing is wrong. I just don't know if I should say something or not. Mom or dad, please tell me what to do." Lucky started to cry knowing that they wouldn't answer the question because they weren't even there. "How can someone so lucky be so unlucky?" She asked as she started sobbing. She then saw a flier blowing in the wind. She took it and noticed it was a baby sitting ad. The picture showed 3 siblings wearing red, blue, and green shirts. The wind blew the paper away as Lucky looked back up at the stars. She let go of her necklace, but instead of putting it in her shirt, she kept it out.

"Thanks mom and dad, I know what to do now." Lucky said as she smiled at the stars.

End of Chapter 7