Chapter 2: The Lawsuit
"Fifi, your mentor, Pepé Le Pew is here to see you," called Fluttershy. The first thing Fifi did was pull at Pepé's face.
"Le ouch! What are you doing?!" asked Pepé.
"Trying to make sure you're ze real Pepé and not Elmyra een disguise!" said Fifi.
"I am ze real Pepé! Look," said Pepé. He lifted his tail showing actual stink glands. He also showed his ID too.
"You're right. Eet ees you," said Fifi.
"Deed I hear you correctly? Deed you say Elmyra impersonated moi?" asked Pepé.
"Oui. She deed. She deed zat so she could use tomato juice on moi. But Fluttershy saved moi and actually sent her running away with some sort of stare," said Fifi.
"Ees ziss true?" asked Pepé.
"Yes," said Fluttershy.
"Ze nerve of zat girl! How dare she impersonate moi to toy with your heart! I heard zat she's being sued by ze Acme Acres Parade Float Company for stealing a rose float," said Pepé.
"Hold on! Deed you say being sued?" asked Fifi.
"Oui," said Pepé.
"Ziss ees what we need to put Elmyra een her place once and for all! We need to gather all ze animals who were abused by Elmyra who are still alive! Including ma fellow students! Zey are ahll witnesses to her crimes! We need all ze evidence we need to seal her fate!" said Fifi.
"Okay. Will do," said Pepé.
In the coming days of the lawsuit, Fifi add Pepé gathered all the other animals to be witnesses of Elmyra's crimes of animal abuse. They included Fifi's fellow students and Elmyra's other pets who were still alive. Very soon, the day of the lawsuit against Elmyra had arrived. Everybody was gathered at the Acme Acres courthouse. Some of the people attending besides the witnesses also included Elmyra's family and the other teachers of Acme Looniversity. But there were also animal rights activists present too. "Elmyra Duff, you are hereby charged with the crimes of animal abuse, stalking a student, impersonating a teacher and stealing a rose float. How do you plea?" asked the judge.
"Not guilty?" asked Elmyra.
"Call up the most recent victim of her animal abuse, Fifi La Fume," said the judge.
"Fifi La Fume," said the Jury. Fifi La Fume stepped forward to state her testimony.
"Is it true that Elmyra was trying to force you to be her pet, which is what caused her to end up in this very courtroom?" asked the Judge.
"Oui," said Fifi.
"Do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth?" asked the judge.
"Oui," said Fifi. She then began to speak. "Zat little demon spawn over zere was trying to force moi to be her pet, stupidly theenking I'm a cat when I'm actually a skunk! She can't tell ze difference between certain animals. I mean, what would happen eef she tries to adopt a wolf theenking eet's an ordinary dog? She could endanger her family and other pets as well as herself cause ze wolf might kill zem. But anyway, she stalked me all day. She put a milk dish at my home, filled my desk with sand and filled my locker with flea collars! And she couldn't focus on ze women's basketball game cause she was more focused on moi," said Fifi. People started to glare at Elmyra, causing her to sweat. "She impersonated my mentahr, Pepé Le Pew so she could lure me out and cover moi een tomato juice! Even aftair I washed ze juice off at a car wash, she stole a rose float and her rose allergy prevented her from getting stunk out! I almost lost ma freedom, but Fluttershy's pet Dalmatian, Jewel over zere came to ma rescue and attacked her, making her let go of moi. Fluttershy zen scared Elmyra away with her stare and she took moi to ze vet to get ma wounds treated. And now, I am living with Fluttershy," said Fifi. When Elmyra heard this, she got angry at Fluttershy.
"You thief! Fifi was my kitty!" said Elmyra.
"Objection, your honor! Fifi never belonged to Elmyra cause she never wanted to be with her! And for the last time, she's a skunk, not a cat!" said Fluttershy.
"Fluttershy's right! Ah was forced to be your pet once, until ah was rescued by Buster! I hated living with vous! And I do not eentend to go back, especially after ze way you harassed me! I'll nevair forgive you for impersonating my mentor! NEVAIR!" said Fifi.
"I don't appreciate you impersonating moi and toying with ma pupil's heart. A woman's heart ees delicate like a flower. You ov all people should know zat, considering zat you're a woman yourself," scolded Pepé.
"Come on, she's just a kid. She doesn't know any better," said Elmer.
"She may be a kid, but what she did is still considered animal cruelty," said Fluttershy.
"Ms. Fluttershy, what were you doing before you rescued Fifi from the defendant?" asked the judge.
"I was taking Jewel out for her daily walk. During the walk, Jewel's ears picked up Fifi's cries for help. She pulled me to where Fifi and Elmyra were at. When we got there, we saw Elmyra slamming Fifi on the ground by the tail," said Fluttershy. Everybody gasped when they heard this. "Jewel got angry and she attacked Elmyra, making her let go of Fifi. When I was going to take Fifi to the vet, Elmyra insensitively insisted that she didn't need to. But I knew otherwise. We fought over Fifi until I scared her off with a stare. After I scared Elmyra off, I took Fifi to the vet. Thankfully, the only thing that she suffered were bruises. And I decided that Fifi wasn't safe living alone in the junkyard since Elmyra knows where she lived. And Fifi shouldn't be living in a dirty junkyard anyway. So, I offered to take her in as my pet, which Fifi accepted since I was more kind and gentle than Elmyra," said Fluttershy.
"But I am kind and gentle!" objected Elmyra.
"No you're not," said Fifi.
"She's right. Us animals have all been victim's of Elmyra's abuse, your honor," said Hubie Mouse.
"She's the worst pet owner in the world!" said Bertie Mouse.
"I agree!" said Tyrone Turtle.
"She'd dress us up as babies!" said Buster.
"And feed us horrible tasting food!" said Babs.
"She would also give us scalding hot baths!" said Plucky.
"She cut Dizzy's fur til Dizzy resembled a poodle!" said Dizzy.
"She dressed me up as a doll and hit me with a ping pong paddle in my bat form!" said Count Blood Count. Calamity held up a sign that read, "She captured me, thinking I was a puppy after I failed to help her catch Buster!"
"She sucked up the water in my fishbowl!" said Elmyra's pet goldfish. Barky Marky barked something.
"Barky Marky says that when he was playing fetch with her, she kept throwing that ball to places where he kept getting hurt," said Fluttershy.
"She drove me crazy while I tried to do my internship at the toy store," said Hamton.
"She caged me thinking I was a rabbit, no thanks to those two rabbits dressing me up like one!" said Montana Max. Buster and Babs chucked nervously.
"And when I faked getting sick, her healing as a student nurse proved more harmful," said Plucky.
"I was subjected to her abuse too!" said Octavius the Octopus.
"She invaded our home, but the police sent us to the zoo instead of arresting her!" said Papa Bear.
"And that's not the worst of it. As a pet of Elmyra, I have witnessed Elmyra kill some of her pets accidentally due to her obliviousness. And I have proof," said Furrball. He showed everybody pictures of graves of Elmyra's dead pets.
"Those pictures are real," said MacArthur. The animal rights activists started to yell and insult Elmyra.
"Animal killer!" said one person.
"Murderer!" yelled another. A big and strong person got out a large can of red paint and dumped the whole thing all over Elmyra.
"HEY!" cried Elmyra. Elmyra was covered in red paint from head to toe.
"Knock it off!" cried Elmer.
"You're not saint yourself! You taught her to kill animals, being a hunter as well!" said a third animal rights activist.
"I did not!" objected Elmer.
"Oh yes you did!" said a fourth animal activist. Elmer argued loudly with the animal rights activists.
"Order! Order!" said the judge, banging his gavel. Everybody went silent. The head of the Acme Acres Float Company spoke next.
"Ms. Duff, stealing a float is a high offense. It's not just bad cause it's stealing, they're expensive too. What if it got badly damaged to the point that we'd have to replace it? That would be several hundreds of dollars down the drain. And your family would have to be the one to pay for the damage," said the head of the Acme Acres Float Co.
"He's right," said Emily.
After everybody gave their testimonies, it was time to decide Elmyra's verdict. "Gentlemen of the jury, have you reached your verdict?" asked the judge.
"We have your honor. And we find the defendant guilty as charged," said the jury.
"HOORAY!" yelled the animals.
"Elmyra Duff, as punishment, since you're still a kid, instead of jail, you shall be under house arrest for three months," said the judge.
"What is house arrest?" asked Elmyra.
"It means you can't leave the house for three months," said Emily.
"Noooo!" cried Elmyra.
"You're also expelled from Acme Looniversity, meaning you cannot go to Acme Loo ever again," said Bugs Bunny.
"Nnnnnoooo!" shouted Elmyra again.
"And one more thing . . . seeing how animals aren't safe with you, you will lose custody of all your pets," said the judge.
"NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed Elmyra. She fell to knees and began to cry hysterically. Her family then began to take her out of the courtroom. Elmer Fudd hung his head sadly since there was nothing he could do to help his former student. Fifi turned to everybody in court.
"Zank you all for standing by ma side and putting zat freak een her place," said Fifi.
"No problem," said Buster.
There you have it, folks. Justice has been delivered on Elmyra Duff and she got a triple punishment. Next chapter, Fluttershy is going to adopt some of Elmyra's former pets, including a certain blue cat . . .