Hey, guys! Welcome to the first-ever OC Chapter for Hilda and Stitch! I hope that you guys will enjoy the chapter. Also, credit to drakin6345 for the creation of his OC Roland Trenton and Amun, and I would like to give credit to 9655 for his help in creating this chapter and the title of this chapter as the OCs Logan, Astrid, and Ivy belongs to him...anyway, I don't own anything, except for my OC'S.
NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!
~{Hilda and Stitch: Season 1-Episode 6: The Romantic Sabotage}~
"Mum, are you seriously going to go on that date with Mr. Trenton," Hilda asked with a frown on her face as we cut to the next day, in the morning time as we see the blue-haired girl standing in her Mother's Room while leaning against a wall with her arms crossed as Stitch sat beside her and the duo was watching a cheerful Joanna preparing for her date with an eager Pleakley helping her out as the long light auburn-haired woman was currently taking a shower inside of the bathroom and the one-eyed alien was looking over her closet to decide which clothes that she will wear for her and Roland's date.
"Yes, Hilda, we talked about this all night already. Yes, I'm going to go on my date with Roland." Joanna's voice rang out from the inside of the bathroom. "I don't see why you're so against it. Didn't we have a talk about your father and I being okay with each of us dating another person should one of us pass away?"
"W-Well, yeah, but i-it's just that, isn't this like...too soon?" Hilda asked quietly while looking away as she rubbed her long blue hair nervously. "You guys have only known each other for almost half a year. Don't people usually need a lot more time getting to know each other before they start dating?"
"Hilda, people almost immediately start dating right after they meet each other. I think that Roland and I have waited long enough." Joanna says matter-of-factly. "Now, Hilda, I don't want you getting upset that I'm dating Roland. We already had a discussion about it where you said that you were okay with us dating."
"Uh, well..." Hilda trailed off while biting her lip as she had never officially said that she was okay with the arrangement.
"Then it's settled," Joanna said in a satisfied tone as the shower was turned off, and the young woman could be seen walking out of the bathroom while wearing a bathrobe and a bath towel around her head. "So, Pleakley, you picked out my clothes yet?" Joanna asked expectantly as Pleakley turned to smile at her excitedly.
"Oh, yes, I have. I've picked the perfect clothes for you to wear." Pleakley says while pointing at something inside of his closet as he wore a long-sleeved collared-orange shirt with short rolled-up blue jeans and no shoes.
"Really? Thanks, Pleakley. I knew that I could count on you." Joanna says with a small smile on her face as she walked over to see what outfit the octopus-like alien picked for her, oblivious to the fact that a solemn Hilda leans back against the wall and drops down to the floor as a sympathetic Stitch walked over to pat her on the head to try and comfort the blue-haired child.
"So, Blonde-Haired Man, are you excited about dating the Auburn-Haired Woman?" Jumba asked curiously as we see him, Logan, and Amun residing inside Roland's Apartment and was currently sitting down on his Living Room Couch as Jumba was wearing a small bowl hat, four pairs of black sunglasses to cover his eyes, a small brown mustache, a sleeveless white tank top, a black belt with a silver belt buckle, and long blue jeans.
"Oh, yeah, I've been wanting to date Joanna for a while now, and I think this has been a long time coming." An excited Roland says while residing deep inside of his room as he was preparing for his and Joanna's date.
"Yeah, we can tell." An amused Logan says while leaning back against the couch as, earlier on, he had shown up to wish Joanna good luck on her date, and she had him and Jumba go over to Roland's Place to help him out.
"So, where is Blonde-Haired Man going to take Auburn-Haired Woman? Because Jumba had a few ideas on where you guys should go on your date. You two will be shocked to hear, but Jumba used to be quite the ladies' man." Jumba stated smugly while wiggling his eyebrows as Logan turned to raise an eyebrow at him.
"Really? You?" Logan asked quizzically as an annoyed Jumba turned to him.
"Yes, what was wrong with what Jumba said?"
"Oh, nothing, nothing," Logan says while looking away with a sweatdrop as Jumba narrowed his four eyes at him but didn't say anything as they waited for Roland to finish dressing up.
"Alright, it's nearly time, and you look absolutely fabulous, Joanna." Pleakley complimented while clasping his hands together in delight as we see him standing behind Hilda's Mother, who was sitting in front of him as Joanna was now dressed up in the clothing that Pleakley had picked out for her, which was a light blue blouse that shows off her shoulders with a dark blue scarf wrapped around her neck, a black/silver watch on her right arm, long navy blue jeans, and dark blue high heels.
"He, he, thanks, Pleakley," Joanna says with a cheerful smile as Hilda and Stitch had gone out of her room to eat some breakfast while Pleakley had stayed behind to help wash the young woman's hair and was gearing up to do her makeup later on. "Wow, something just came to me."
"What's on your mind, Girlfriend?" Pleakley asked while scrubbing and washing Joanna's hair in a small bin filled with shampoo and water.
"This will be the first time that I went out on a date with someone in four years that isn't with my husband. I will admit that I feel a bit nervous. What if it doesn't turn out well? I don't want to lose someone that I consider to be a good friend and neighbor." Joanna says doubtfully and worriedly as a smiling Pleakley waved off her concerns with a reassuring look on his face.
"Ah, don't worry about it, Joanna. I know that you may seem scared and anxious about what will happen during your date, but I can tell that you and Roland have some good chemistry with each other and you two will become a good couple and, if it doesn't work out, at least it's better to try and fail then do nothing about it. Besides, I'm sure that you two will still be good friends even if you two don't hit it off. There's no doubt about that." Pleakley says with a confident nod as Joanna slowly smiled at this gratefully, clearing up all of the doubts that she had about the date as she laughed.
"Well, that's good to hear. Thanks for the encouragement, Pleakley." Joanna says as Pleakley nodded and continued doing her hair.
"Alright, I'm done. What do you think?" Roland asked after stepping out of his room as the young man could be seen wearing a long-sleeved black opened jacket with a light gray t-shirt underneath, a black belt with a silver belt buckle, long blue jeans, and white shoes as Roland had also had his short dirty blonde hair gelled backwards.
"Nice. Jumba approves." Jumba says while giving Roland a thumbs-up as the blonde-haired man beamed at the praise.
"Yeah, you look great, Roland," Logan says while gently prying Amun off from his lap as he then placed him down on the floor before standing up from the couch as he walked over to his cousin's date. "Anyway, you mind if we talked a bit, Roland?"
"Uh, yeah, sure," Roland says with a raised confused eyebrow as Logan nodded in satisfaction and reached over to casually place his arm around Roland's shoulders as Logan leads him away from Jumba's earshot.
"So, Roland, don't take this the wrong way, but I'm really protective of my cousin and, even though we had only known each other for barely an hour, I can tell that you're a pretty cool dude, so I'm fully supportive of you dating Joanna. However, if I hear from my cousin that you mistreated her during the whole date, well...let's just say that you will be facing the wrath of something that even Trolls fear." Logan says threateningly but with a casual warm smile on his face as he tightened his grip on Roland's shoulders and the blonde-haired man got the message as he sweated nervously and nodded.
"Got it. You don't have to worry about that, Logan. I care a lot about Joanna, and I wouldn't dare on not treating her like a lady throughout the whole date." Roland stated firmly as Logan stared at him quietly for a few seconds with an emotionless look on his face before grinning as he laughed and slapped Roland's back goodnaturedly.
"Ha, ha, ha, that's all I needed to know. Good luck on your date, dude." Logan says as Roland smirked and nodded as they returned back to Jumba and Amun.
"Alright, blonde-haired man, are you ready for your date yet?" Jumba asked while standing up from the couch with Amun resting on his shoulder for some weird reason as Roland took a deep breath and puts on a more determined look as he nodded.
"Ready as I'll ever be," Roland says, quoting something from a TV Show that he saw Hilda and her friends watching one day, as Jumba nodded before the trio began making their way over to the Apartment Door with Roland standing in front of the others as he opened the door and saw Pleakley opening the door leading to Hilda and Stitch's apartment as he beamed at the sight of the blonde-haired man.
"Ah, Roland, good to see you. Don't worry, Joanna is done preparing for you two's date. Come on out, Joanna." A smiling Pleakley says while stepping aside as a shy-looking Joanna walked out of her apartment with her daughter and her alien friend following after her as Roland went wide-eyed at the sight of his date's attire.
"Wow, you look great, Joanna."
"He, he, thanks, you too," Joanna says with a blushing smile as Roland blushed as well before composing himself as he held out his arm.
"Well, anyway, come on, I have the whole day planned for us and, trust me, this will be the most amazing date that you ever had."
"Heh, I would hold you to that," Joanna says with a giggle while linking her arm around Roland's as they started walking away. "Bye, guys! Jumba, Pleakley, you're in charge of Hilda! Hilda, you're in charge of Stitch! Don't let him wreck anything in the house!" Joanna ordered as Hilda, Jumba, and Pleakley nodded while Stitch merely rolled his eyes as he grumbles in annoyance.
"Don't worry, Joanna, we will look after Hilda! You can count on us!" Pleakley says as he, Jumba, and Stitch waved at the duo goodbye as a reluctant, quiet Hilda did the same.
"Logan, look after Amun for me for the day, will ya?" Roland asked as Logan nodded while giving him a thumbs-up as Joanna and Roland turned a corner and disappeared from sight as, before anyone could say anything, Frida and David suddenly appeared on the scene as they walked over to the group.
"Huh? Frida, David? What are you two doing here?" A confused Pleakley asked as the kids raised an eyebrow at him.
"What do you mean? Hilda invited us over and told us that she told you and Jumba-,"
"Oh, hey, Frida, David, so happy to see you two! How are you? Good? Great, come in. We will be busy in Stitch and I's room, so don't bother us, bye!" Hilda says hurriedly while grabbing Frida and David's arms as the blue-haired girl practically dragged her friends over to her room with Stitch following after them as he shut the door behind them.
"...Well, that doesn't look suspicious at all," Logan says while rolling his eyes as he, Jumba, and Pleakley shared suspicious looks over Hilda's behavior.
"Okay, so do you mind explaining to us why you called us so early in the morning for Hilda?" A slightly groggy Frida asked with a mild glare, a little bit tired from yesterday's adventure as David doesn't look as tired due to mostly just sitting around all day.
"Yeah, you mention something about your Mum and your neighbor, right?" David asked with a shrug as he and Frida sat on the ground while Hilda was sitting in front of them on her bed as Stitch laid beside her.
"Yes, I have. Alright, look, I've decided to call you two over because my Mum...is going on a date with Mr. Trenton." Hilda says with a dramatic tone while raising her hands as a flash of lightning rang out, and a confused, spooked Stitch looked around as he wondered where that came from.
"...Oh, sweet, it's about time." A smiling Frida says with David nodding in agreement as Hilda stared at them both in surprise.
"Wait, you two aren't surprised by this?"
"Not really, no, it's quite obvious that they both liked each other since they constantly make googly eyes at each other."
"Lev kak a lit (They make a point)," Stitch pointed out to Hilda, who nodded in understatement as she then shakes her head and turned back to her friends.
"Well, then, anyway, I need you guys' help in sabotaging my Mum and Mr. Trenton's date," Hilda says, surprising her friends as Stitch, Frida, David, and Twig, who woke up from his nap on his doggy bed as even he was surprised by his owner's declaration.
"Wait, what? Hilda, why do you want to sabotage your Mum's Date?" A shocked Frida asked.
"Ih, isn't that bad?" A confused Stitch asked while tilting his head at the blue-haired girl's plan as she sighs heavily and shakes her head as Hilda gave her friends a serious look.
"Guys, I know my plan sounds bad, but trust me, Mum is NOT ready to date yet and dating Mr. Trenton is too soon, which is why as her Daughter, I will make sure to help her by sabotaging Mum and Mr. Trenton's date and making them realize that it's too early to date and decide to continue being friends for a little while longer."
"By how long?" A curious David asked.
"Hmmm, about ten years, give or take," Hilda answered casually with a shrug as Stitch and the kids stared at her in disbelief. "Look, guys, trust me, I know what I'm doing, so are you four with me or not?" Hilda asked impatiently as Stitch, Frida, David, and Twig shared a look as they had a secret conversation with each other that ended with them sighing heavily as they nodded reluctantly. "Great, now, here's the plan," Hilda says while whispering her plan to her friends as, unknown to them, Logan and the others could be seen eavesdropping on them by leaning against the door to hear their conversation.
"Hmph, I don't like the looks of this," Logan says with a glare as Jumba, Pleakley, and Amun nod in agreement.
"Agreed, Magic Man. It looks like we have a date to save." Jumba says while straightening his shirt as Pleakley nodded with a huff.
"Yep, we do, but first, let me call up some backup before we follow the kids," Logan says while pulling out his phone as he began making a call.
~[Date 1]~
"Thanks for taking me here, Roland. This place looks great." A smiling Joanna says as we see the duo having the first part of their date in a small cafe placed in the city of Trollberg named 'Le Cafe' as Joanna and Roland were sitting on the tables placed outside of the cafe as the young light auburn-haired woman was drinking some tea while the blond-haired man was drinking coffee.
"You're welcome," Roland says with a wink, causing her to giggle a bit as Joanna masks it by drinking her tea. "Anyway, let's really get to know each other. Like tell me, do you have any hobbies that I don't know about?" Roland asked curiously as Joanna beamed.
"Oh, well, this may come as a surprise, but back when I used to live in the woods, I loved doing a little gardening."
"Oh, really?" A surprised Roland asked as Joanna nodded with a little smile on her face.
"He, he, yep, my Mother got me into it when she taught me how to garden when I was a little girl. In fact, I had my own private garden in a small meadow placed near where our destroyed house used to be." Joanna says as an intrigued Roland and they continued talking among themselves friendly as, unknown to them, Hilda and her friends could be seen hiding behind a kiosk placed at the end of the street.
"Alright, there they are," Hilda says while narrowing her eyes at her Mother and Roland as the little girl wearing a big cream-colored sunhat that covered her very recognizable blue hair, a pair of orange sunglasses with blue accents, a cream-colored trenchcoat that reaches down to her legs, a pair of fingerless cream-colored gloves, and brown shoes.
"Yep, it seems," Frida says with a thoughtful hum while popping her upper body out of the kiosk as she wore a white bandana that is wrapped around her long dark brown hair, a pair of black sunglasses, a white trenchcoat that reaches down to her legs, black gloves, and black shoes.
"Hmmm, well, so far, it seems like they're having a good time," David spoke up while using a pair of binoculars to spy on the adults as he wore a dark brown fedora, a pair of light brown sunglasses, a dark brown trenchcoat that reaches down to his legs, fingerless dark brown gloves, and light brown shoes.
"Ih, nothing wrong so far. Joanna happy with Mr. Trenton. Stitch and others can go home now and play." Stitch says with an eager, hopeful smile on his face as he wore a black hoodie with the hood up as he used it to cover up his large rabbit-like ears, a pair of black glasses, black gloves, blue jeans, and black boots as Twig could be seen standing beside the alien experiment and his disguise consisted of him wearing a pair of black silly glasses that had goofy eyes and bushy eyebrows.
"Not yet, Stitch. Mum may look happy now, but trust me, she's miserable inside, so it's better to end this date as fast as we can before she and Mr. Trenton get hurt." Hilda says determinedly, not only wanting to sabotage the date to help out her Mother but her Neighbor as well.
"Well, if you think that's the best for your family, I guess," Frida says with a shrug while sharing a look with David, Stitch, and Twig, who shrugged as none of them were really that okay with Hilda's plan.
"Hmmm, I wonder what Blue-Haired Little Girl is planning right now?" Jumba asked with suspicious eyes as he, Pleakley, Logan, Amun, and, surprisingly, Marcus and Ivy could be seen hiding behind a car that was parked behind the kiosk that Hilda and the others were hiding behind. Jumba was wearing a light gray fedora with a small black wig placed under it, two pairs of black glasses to cover up his eyes, a dark gray trenchcoat that was unbuttoned and reached down to his waist due to it being too small for him, light gray gloves, long light gray pants, and no shoes.
"I don't know, but we should keep an eye out on what she and her little mischievous friends would do." A serious Pleakley says while wearing a dark pink sun hat with a long frizzily curly blonde hair underneath, black glasses with a singular black lense, red lipstick, a fake mole placed on his left cheek, a light pink trenchcoat with a long dark pink pantsuit underneath, light pink high-heel shoes.
"True, but I have to ask, why are we wearing these ridiculous outfits?" A confused Logan asked while gesturing at his outfit, which consisted of a dark purple beanie, a pair of black glasses, a light purple trenchcoat, light purple gloves, black jeans, and light purple shoes as Amun was wearing a simple black fedora and bowtie.
"Yeah, if the purpose of these outfits is to help disguise us, it's not working." A deadpan Marcus while placing his hands on his hips as he wore a black fedora, a pair of black glasses, dark gray trenchcoat that reaches down to his feet, fingerless black gloves, and black shoes as Ivy stood beside them and could be seen wearing a tiny dark orange sunhat, a pair of light orange glasses, and a small dark orange scarf.
"Heh, rookies, look, guys, the purpose of our outfits is not to disguise ourselves. It's to add some style while we're out doing our missions," Pleakley stated with a smile.
"Oh, so that's why you dress out as a woman in public a lot?"
"Yeah...that's why," Pleakley says with a nervous tone while looking away as Logan eyed him oddly but didn't have time to say anything as they noticed some activity from Hilda and the others.
"Ooh, look, Mr. Trenton is ordering some pancakes," Hilda says while pointing ahead as she and her friends spotted a waiter walking towards a happily talking Joanna and Roland as he was holding a plate of steaming hot pancakes. "Alright, here's the plan, Stitch? You go ahead and add some hot sauce to the pancakes. It will make it too hot for Mr. Trenton to eat, and it will force him to run back to the Apartment to get some water and cancel the date." A sneaky Hilda says while pulling out a vial filled with extremely hot sauce as Stitch grumbles but grabbed the hot sauce as he went on all fours and began making his way towards the other end of the street.
"Grrr, Stitch doesn't want to do this. Hilda too stubborn." Stitch says with a small glare while sneaking his way over to the waiter as, after looking around to make sure that no one was looking at him, the blue furry alien leaped up and poured the hot sauce onto the pancakes.
"Yes!" Hilda says with a beam while pumping her fist into the air as Stitch crawled back over to the others. "Good job, Stitch," Hilda says while rubbing the little alien's head as, while he was annoyed at helping Hilda sabotage the date, he rather enjoyed the petting and purred in delight. "Now, all we have to wait and see how things will play out." Hilda says while hiding back down into the kiosk with Stitch and Twig doing the same as Frida, and David sighed heavily but hid as well as Logan and the others shared a concerned look.
"Oh, no, guys, what do we do?" A worried Pleakley asked as Jumba hummed thoughtfully and an idea popped into his head as he grinned evilly.
"Ooh! Jumba has an idea!" Jumba exclaimed while whispering his plan to the others, who grinned as they nodded, and Logan used his shape-shifting magical powers to transform into a king cobra as he slithers off and the Former Evil Genius pulled out his Plasma Gun as he aimed toward Le Cafe and narrowed his four eyes as Jumba spotted Logan making his way over to the Waiter walking around with the pancakes and slithered in front of him, causing the Waiter to scream in fear and throws the plate away as he runs off.
"Huh? What just happened?" A confused Hilda asked as she and her friends were wondering why the waiter just threw away the plate like that but didn't have time to think about it as the plate of pancakes was able to miraculously fly over to them, and it splatters on top of Hilda's head. "Aaaaaaahhhhhh! It burns! It burns!" Hilda screamed in pain due to the hot sauce touching her skin as she started running around wildly with a concerned, shocked Stitch, Frida, David, and Twig running after her to try and help out her friend.
"Alright, it's time for Phase 2 of Jumba's Master Plan," Jumba says to Pleakley and Marcus, who nodded as Jumba looked over at Le Cafe and spotted another Waiter carrying around a plate of pancakes as he grinned and pressed the trigger as he sends a small green plasma bolt into the air.
"Man, where is that Waiter with my pancakes?" Roland asked with a small glare after briefly pausing his conversation with Joanna, who shrugged as she was about to call up a Waiter to ask when her date's food will be ready, until Jumba's green plasma bolt appeared out of nowhere as it harmlessly strikes the Waiter's legs, causing him to yelp in surprise as he fell forward and the plate of pancakes flew through the air as it was able to perfectly land on Joanna and Roland's table. "Oh, here it is, anyway, tell me about your life, Joanna," Roland says to Joanna with a smile while taking a bite out of his pancake as Logan slithered over to Jumba and the others and transformed back to normal as they all shared a grin and a high five as Hilda continued screaming in comical pain in the background.
~[Date 2]~
"Man, all of these exhibits look rather fascinating, don't you think?" Joanna asked her date with a warm smile on her face as we cut to an hour later, and we see the duo walking around in the Trollberg Museum, specifically the Medieval Exhibit as Joanna and Roland were walking hand to hand.
"Yeah, it is, although none of these swords are quite as great as the sword in my Apartment," Roland says as a curious Joanna turned to him.
"Wait, really? You have a sword in your Apartment?"
"Oh, yeah, I do. It's kind of a long story, but basically, my younger brother, my best friend, a couple of my old friends, and I decided to have an adventure up in the mountains and ended up in the lair of the Former Troll King known as the Mountain King."
"Hold on, Trolls had a King?" A shocked Joanna asked with a raised eyebrow as Roland nodded.
"Oh, yeah, I heard about it from a Troll friend of mine. He told me that centuries ago, after the city was founded, an ancient titanic Troll who hated humans due to how they colonized the sacred homeland of all Trolls and swore allegiance to the Dark Dragon, becoming his general and most powerful vassal gathering a real number of Trolls under the idea of riding their sacred homeland of humans and reclaiming it for all Trolls and became the first King of Trolls."
"Dark Dragon? You mean the most powerful, prime enemy of the Dragon Council?" Joanna asked as Roland blinked at her in surprise.
"Errr, yes, but how do you know about that?"
"My Late Husband and I had a run-in with the Dragon Council when we were young, and they allowed us to know about their existence due to something that we did that I won't go into detail due to it being a pretty long story," Joanna says while waving her hand around as she then tilted her head at her date curiously. "But how do you know about Dark Dragon and the Dragon Council?"
"Oh, I was friends with the Former English Dragon who was a friend of the family and taught us a lot about the magical world and even taught me how to speak Troll...oh, and before you ask, the reason that I didn't help out during the Troll Incident in School is that Hilda had it handled," Roland explained as Joanna pursed her lips and nodded in understanding. "So, the Troll King and his Army along with the Dark Dragon and a good deal of his Non-Troll Magical Creature Forces were preparing to storm Trollberg, but they were stopped by Trolls who were against the idea along with the Dragon Council and English Dragon of the Day and their Non-Troll Magical Creature Followers and a great battle ensued that ended with the Hostile Forces defeated."
"Anyway, back to the original story, my friends and I should've probably realized that the place was dangerous, but our curiosity got the better of us, so we decided to venture into the lair and found ourselves corned by the Mountain King, who blocked the entrance/exit and was about to kill us all if I wasn't fast enough to reveal to him that I can speak the language of the Trolls. Unfornaturely for me, though, the Mountain King realized that I could be useful and took two of my friends hostage. The Mountain King said that he'd kill them unless the rest of my friends and I did some stuff for him. The Mountain King wanted us to retrieve a powerful object from his old horde and told us where to find it and how to get it, so with a potion that I took from my godmother, I was able to conceal our presence from a group of Trolls that we have encountered in Troll Country, and when we entered the fortress, we were stopped by a Troll they were stopped by a Troll named Grendel."
"After I explained the situation to Grendel, he decided to graciously help us and, from the Mountain Kings hoard, Grendel gave us enchanted weapons, like swords, spears, axes, and such, and Grendel made sure to give us a large round sack of water and put some enchantments on the magical weapons to make the Mountain King believe it was the item that he wanted. After we brought the 'item' to the Mountain King, he let go of one of my friends but held on to my best friend to keep us in his services till we were done, but as he reached to grab his oh so precious item, I used my new magical sword to slash his palm and, due to the shock and pain of the sudden attack, he dropped my friend. After that, we all made a break for it for the exit and were about to leave, but my friend stopped us and tried to convince us to fight the Mountain King to kill because they'd be eliminating a huge threat to Trollberg and be famous for it."
"I was against it since I didn't want to press our luck, and I wasn't sure if our weapons could kill him, but the others were sold on it, and, before I know it, we were charging back into the lair to attack the Mountain King as I gave my unarmed friend an extra sword. A great battle ensued, and, while I won't go into the details, we were losing badly, so I decided to take action and hacked off the Mountain King's righty pink and a bit of the tip of his nose to distract him long enough for us to escape. Once we made it to the safe zone, I chewed out my friend severely for nearly leading us to our doom, and we had a bit of a falling out as I declared our friendship over. After that, the rest was history." Roland says, finishing his story as Joanna could only look on in awe and surprise, unable to find the right words to say as they continued walking forwards, not knowing that Hilda, Stitch, Frida, David, and Twig could be seen hiding behind a black statue of a couple of knights riding on their steel horses as they eyed the young couple warily.
"Alright, here's my plan, guys," Hilda says to her friends with her head covered in white bandages due to the injuries she sustained on the first date as Stitch and Frida were able to apply some first aid kit. "David, Twig, you two go over and knocked down those weapons assembly," Hilda says while pointing over at the stack of medieval weapons placed near an oblivious Joanna and Roland. "A Security Guard will spot them, and they will be kicked out of the museum and ruin their date. Now, go,"
"Do we have to?" David asked with a tired smile on his face as Hilda nodded eagerly while waving her hand around as the short semi-curly brown-haired boy sighed heavily, but nodded as he and Twig sneaked over to the medieval weapons display as they walked past Logan, Marcus, Pleakley, Jumba, Amun, and Ivy, who were sitting on a bench and reading from newspapers as they narrowed their eyes at Hilda's friend and pet Deer-Fox.
"Looks like the kids are at it again. Anyone has a plan?" Pleakley asked as Logan nodded with a grin.
"Yep, I do," Logan says while swiftly whirling as he morphed into a German Shepard. "Watch this, follow my lead, Ivy," Logan says to Ivy, who tilted her head confused at her owner before being able to figure out what he was planning as she nodded, and barked playfully as Logan ran off and Ivy followed shortly after.
"Alright, Twig, let's do this, I guess. One...two...thr-Whoa!" A nervous David says as he and Twig were about to reluctantly push the medieval weapon display when suddenly a growling Logan appeared and barked at them as Twig immediately grew defensive and stood in front of a scared David protectively as he barked back at Logan, who leaped onto them as they began fighting each other in a small dust cloud.
"Whoa, wait! Twig! Stop!" Hilda screamed while running out of cover as she made her way over to the dust cloud to try and break the fight between Twig and Logan, only to get caught in between it by accident as the dust cloud rolled out of the room and a worrying Stitch, Frida, and David ran after their friends.
"Hey, what was that? It kind of sounded like Hilda?" A confused, concerned Joanna says while turning her head as she was about to walk forwards, only for a sneaky Ivy to run in and collided against the light auburn-haired woman's legs, causing her to yelp in surprise and trip on her feet as she started falling down.
"Whoa! I got you!" A startled Roland says while reaching out to grab Joanna by her arms and bringing her close to his chest as both adults breathe out in relief from the close call...before noticing how close they are as Joanna and Roland blushed heavily and chuckled sheepishly.
~[Date 3]~
"...Oh, did I tell you about the time that during my teenage days, my friends and I accidentally rammed my Dad's car into my house?" Joanna asked Roland mischievously as we see the duo sitting together in a Movie Theather and were watching an R-Rated Chick Flick that Hilda's Mother wanted to watch as her Date was happy to oblige, although he personally didn't want to watch the sappy movie, but Roland decided to watch it to please Joanna.
"Wait, seriously? You of all people wrecked your own house?" Roland asked in disbelief while laughing a bit as Joanna gave him a sly grin and shrugged as she leans back against her chair.
"He, he, oh, trust me, Roland, I wasn't as composed or well behaved as I am now when I was a teen. I used to be quite the rebel. Want to hear about the time that my friends and I graffitied an entire section of the Trollberg Walls?"
"Ha, ha, what?! That was you!? Do tell!" An eager Roland asked as Joanna giggled and nodded as she began telling him a little bit of her rebellious past, not knowing that Hilda, Stitch, Frida, and David could be seen sitting on a couple of seats above them as Twig wasn't with the group due to Deer-Foxes not being allowed in the Movie Theater.
"Okay, guys, I'm sure that my next plan will be foolproof," Hilda whispered to her friends with her body covered with small scratches and such as she was able to separate the two canines from fighting each other, but wasn't able to take the German Shepard to an Animal Shelter due to him running away from her. "Now, all I have to do is walk close enough to my Mum and Mr. Trenton and scream as loud as I can. This should get them kicked out of the Movie Theater and ruin their date. Wish me luck." Hilda whispered to her friends, who gave her an awkward smile and a thumbs-up as the blue-haired girl smirked coyly and stood up from her chair as she began sneaking down over to the adults and rubs her hands together as Hilda was about to begin with her plan, but stopped as a familiar elongated three-fingered gloved hand was placed on her shoulder.
"Excuse me, little girl, aren't you a little young to be watching this movie?" Pleakley asked sternly while wearing a Movie Theater Uniform, which consisted of him wearing a small red/black usher hat with a long curly blonde wig underneath as it reaches past his shoulders, a red-collard jacket with golden buttons/accents, a yellow bowtie, a white-collard shirt underneath, white gloves, long black pants, and red/black shoes.
"Uh...yes, yes, I am, which is why I will be leaving immediately, Miss." A nervous Hilda says, not being able to recognize her friend Pleakley for some weird reason as she turned around to walk out of the movie theater due not wanting to get in trouble and kicked out of the Movie Theater as a whistling, anxious Stitch, Frida, and David could be seen sneaking out of the room as well as they unknowingly walked past Jumba, Logan, and Marcus, who had transformed into a 20-year-old muscular man, as they were sitting on a couple of seats with Ivy and Amun not being with them for obvious reasons as, after the kids were gone and Pleakley walked up to them, the group shared a smirk and a fist pump as they continued watching the movie, but not before Logan gave his son a stern look as Marcus gave him a small pout and sighed in annoyance as he stood up from his seat and walked away.
~[Date 4]~
"Really? You're a fan of Musicals as well?" A surprised Joanna asked as we see her and Roland lying down on a small picnic blanket that the blonde-haired man had brought for them as the dup could be seen having a picnic with each other at the Trollberg Park.
"Oh, yeah, my Mom got me into it. Although, I don't really talk about it much with people due to not wanting to make fun of." A shy Roland says while looking away anxiously as a smiling Joanna crawled over to snuggle into his side.
"Well, you don't have to worry about that with me. I will never make fun of any of your interests. That you can be sure off." Joanna says while laying her head on his chest as Roland blushes a bit, but smiles as he nodded, and the adults continued talking about their favorite musicals as a sneaky Hilda, Stitch, Frida, David, and Twig poked out of the tree that they were hiding behind.
"Okay, it's time for Operation: Picnic Disaster to begin," Hilda says with a grin while turning her head over to Frida, who rolled her eyes but nodded as she pulled out a sack filled with extremely smelly animal food as the blue-haired girl had a plan to walk over to dump the animal food into Joanna and Rolland's picnic basket to cause all of the animals to raid it and ruin their date.
"Alright, it looks like Little Blue-Haired Girl and her friends are about to begin with their plan. Go, Blonde-Haired Man." Jumba said to Logan, who nodded in determination as Jumba, Pleakley, Logan, Marcus, Amun, and Ivy could be seen hiding behind a large bush placed a few feet away from the tree.
"Got it," Logan says before stepping out of the bush as he grunted and closed his eyes as he whirled around to transform into a new being.
"Frida, when Mum and Mr. Trenton are distracted, go over and-Wait, is that a Woff in Trollberg?!" Hilda instructed before getting distracted by Logan flying by in his white Woff form as she immediately went starstruck and got distracted by the mission as she runs off to chase after him with Stitch and the others following after her as Jumba, Pleakley, and Marcus shared a high five while Ivy sneaks off to meet up with Twig, who had long sniffed out their presence as he began playing around with his friend.
~[Date 5]~
After losing the mysterious Woff, Hilda, Stitch, Frida, David, and Twig went back to Joanna and Roland, who was taking a stroll through Trollberg Park on a large white carriage ride as the adults could be seen cuddling against each other with Roland placing his arm around Joanna's shoulders as she giggled at this and placed her head on his shoulder. Narrowing her eyes, Hilda was about to come up with a plan to ruin her Mothers and Neighbour's date when suddenly a huge, muscular, shady-looking man appeared in front of the kids and growled down at them as Stitch growled back at him and was about to attack the man, only for a worried Hilda, Frida, and David to hold back the little experiment to not cause a scene as they waved at the man nervously and runs off, not knowing that it was really a transformed Marcus as he morphed back into his normal form and shared a thumbs up with a hidden Logan, Jumba, Pleakley, Amun, and Ivy.
~[End of Date]~
"Well, this is our stop." A smiling Roland says while walking Joanna to the front side of their Apartment Building with the light auburn-haired woman's arms wrapped around the blonde-haired man's arm.
"Heh, yeah, it is," Joanna says while letting go of Roland's arm as they stopped walking and made their way to stand in front of Roland as she reached over to grab his arm and smiled up at her date. "Look, Roland, I just want to say that this has been one of the greatest dates that I've ever had in a long while. I really had a fantastic time getting to know you better."
"Heh, that's good to know. I had a great time getting to know such a beautiful, smart woman like you, Joanna." Roland says flirtatiously as Joanna blushes lightly at what he said and giggles a bit as the adults stared into each other's eyes.
"There they are," Hilda says quietly while peeking out of the corner as Stitch, Frida, David, and Twig could be seen standing behind the blue-haired girl. "Okay, while the date is ending, I think there's still a way for us to ruin their date by-,"
"Alright, Hilda, I think that's enough shenanigans for today." A familiar stern voice says as Hilda and the others flinched in surprise and whirled around as they were surprised to see a glaring Logan, Jumba, Pleakley, Marcus, Amun, and Ivy standing in front of them.
"Huh?! Logan, Jumba, Pleakley, Marcus!? What are you guys doing here?!" A shocked Hilda asked while sharing a nervous look with Stitch and her Human Friends as Twig wandered off to play with Ivy and Amun.
"We're the ones that should be asking the questions here, Missy. Like for instance, what were you and your friends thinking with trying to sabotage your Mother and Roland's date?" Pleakley asked firmly while crossing her arms as he, Jumba, and Logan stepped forward to talk with the kids as Marcus decided to stay out of the conversation and simply stayed off to the side as, while he disapproves of his Cousin and her Friends' actions, Marcus gave them an apologetic look and shrugged at them as Hilda, Stitch, Frida, and David waved him off reassuringly.
"Yeah, Blue-Haired Girl, this evil act is so unlike you...Jumba approves." Jumba says while giving Hilda a thumbs-up as an annoyed Pleakley whacks him on the arm. "Errr, but it's still bad." Jumba scolded weakly while pointing at her sternly as Hilda rolled her eyes a bit and sighed as she stepped forwards to talk with the adults.
"Look, guys, I know this looks bad, but trust me, I'm just trying to do what's best for both my Mother and Roland. Both of them are simply not ready to date yet, and I'm just trying to protect them from ruining their friendship." Hilda says as, while she was uncomfortable with Joanna and Roland dating, it doesn't mean that she wanted to hurt her friend as the blue-haired adventurer was simply trying to protect her loved ones.
"Really? I kind of find that hard to believe Hilda since we have been tagging along with you throughout Joanna and Roland's whole date, and, so far, they both seemed to be enjoying it." A disbelieving Logan says while placing his hands on his hips.
"I have to agree with Mr. Crane here, Hilda. Your Mum seemed really happy with Mr. Trenton." Frida pointed out as Hilda shakes her head.
"No, no, trust me, I know when my Mum's truly happy, and she wasn't that happy all day on her date with Mr. Trenton."
"Are you sure about that, Hilda? It really didn't seem like it to me." David says with a shrug.
"Trust me, David, she wasn't. I can tell." Hilda says firmly as Stitch rolled her eyes at his stubborn friend and decided that it was time to end things as Experiment 626 walked over to grab a grunting Hilda by her waist and lifted her up into the air. "Whoa! Stitch! What are you doing?!" Hilda yelped as Stitch walked out of the corner and promptly placed his best friend on the ground as he then jumped onto her back.
"Stitch tired of this, Hilda look now," Stitch says while grabbing Hilda's head as he forced the struggling girl to look ahead and spotted her Mother and Neighbor standing very close to each other as Roland reaches over to place his hands on Joanna's hartman hips and pulled her close to him as both adults stared into each other's eyes, seeming to be lost into their own little world as they started leaning close to each other and close their eyes as, much to Hilda's surprise, Joanna and Roland shared a kiss.
"Oh, gross!" Hilda yelled while sticking her tongue out in disgust as she watched Joanna and Roland locking lips with each other and was about to try and convince Stitch to stop forcing her to see her Mother kissing her Adult Friend, but then stopped as Hilda noticed how...passionate Joanna and Roland's makeout was as, once they were done kissing, the young new couple let go of each other as they stared into each other's eyes and Hilda couldn't help but gasp softly at what she sees.
"Guys, did you see that? That look in her eyes? I haven't seen that glint since Dad died." Hilda breathed out in shock with her jaw dropped as Stitch, seeing that his job was done, jumped off from her back and landed on the ground with the rest of their friends peeking out of their hiding place as Hilda turned to them. "I'm sorry, guys, you were all right. My Mum and Mr. Trenton really do love each other. I guess that I was too blinded to see it."
"Yeah, you were." A grinning Joanna says while appearing behind her startled daughter with an amused Roland standing beside his date as Hilda turned to them in surprise.
"O-Oh, Mum, Mr. Trenton, hi. Uh, you are probably wondering why we're here instead of in the apartment and that's because-,"
"Save it, Hilda. We know what you and your little friends were doing all day, so there's no need to lie," Roland says, surprising Hilda and the others as they stared up at the adults in shock.
"B-But how did you know about our plans?"
"Ih, how?" Stitch asked as a grinning Logan popped in.
"Oh, yeah, that was because of us. Jumba, Pleakley, and I had eavesdropped on your conversation with your friends, so we made sure to set out and stop your plans as I called Marcus for backup, and I also made sure to tell Joanna about it in advance."
"Yeah, he did, but even if Logan didn't tell us about your little plans, we would've found out about it by ourselves." Joanna says matter-of-factly as Hilda tilted her head at her mother confusedly.
"Really? Why?"
"Well, let's just say that you, Stitch, Frida, and David aren't as discreet as you think you all are," Roland says with a little laugh while pulling out his phone as he held it in front of the others and Hilda, Stitch, and the kids blinked slowly as they saw a recording of themselves following after Joanna and Roland, but could be seen stumbling in their steps, causing a lot of noises due to accidentally knocking into stuff, or ducking behind things that poorly hid them.
"...Okay, in all fairness, we're usually MUCH better at sneaking around," Frida says defensively as David nodded.
"Yeah, we must be having an off day or something," David says with a shrug as Stitch then turned to Hilda and nudged at her sides as he gestured at the Adults, and Hilda sighs heavily but nodded as she stepped forward and places her hands in front of her lap nervously as the blue-haired girl looks down guiltily.
"Mum, Mr. Trenton, I just want to say that I'm sorry for trying to sabotage your date. I was trying to protect you guys because I thought you two weren't ready to date each other yet, but I can now see that I was wrong, and I apologize. Mr. Trenton? You don't have to be worried about this event happening again because I will allow you to date my Mum. You made her really happy today, happier than I saw in years, and for that, I give you my deepest thanks." Hilda says sincerely as Joanna and Roland stared down at her quietly before smiling as they bend down to hug the blue-haired little girl.
"You're welcome, Hilda. Trust me, your approval means a lot to me. More than you know." Roland says as he and Joanna let go of Hilda and rubs her head as she giggles a bit.
"Yeah, and, while I'm a bit disappointed and angry that you wanted to sabotage my Date, I can see that it came from good intentions, so I won't hold it against you, sweetheart...but I will still ground you," Joanna says, much to Hilda's surprise as she stared up at him in shock. "What? Even if I understand why you did what you did, it doesn't mean that I won't punish you, which is why I believe that you should be grounded for two weeks and, in those weeks, you will be working at the Trollberg Library as Logan and his girlfriend's assistant without pay. Does that punishment sounds reasonable to you, cus?" Joanna asked Logan, who smirked as he nodded, and a flabbergasted Hilda tried to defend herself before dropping her shoulders defeatedly as she sighs.
"Alright, fair enough," Hilda says with a shrug as Stitch, Frida, and David could be seen trying to sneak their way out of their punishments, only to flinch as Jumba and Pleakley called them out.
"Not so fast, 626, Brown-Haired Girl, and Brown-Haired Boy. You three are in trouble as well." A stern Jumba says as Pleakley nods while crossing his arms.
"Yeah, for instance, Little Monster? You will help me out with the chores all day tomorrow." Pleakley says as Stitch flinched, and his ears dropped down in annoyance as he grumbled.
"As for you two, I will call your parents and tell them what you two did," Joanna says as Frida and David lowered their heads in dismayed but sighed as they nodded, accepting their punishment as Joanna smiled at this in approval and made sure to tell Frida and David's Parents to give them a softer punishment than what she did with Hilda.
"Well, now that this whole mess is settled, I think that I'm going to take Marcus and Ivy home. See you guys later and Hilda? I will come by tomorrow morning to your Apartment to begin your punishment, alright?" Logan said to Hilda, who groans in misery but nodded as Logan, Marcus, and Ivy, who were done playing with Twig and Amun, turn around to walk away.
"Hey, Joanna? Since the night is still young, do you want to continue our date? It will be my treat." A sly Roland says while holding out his hand to Joanna, who beamed as she nodded and reaches over to grab it.
"I would be delighted too. Jumba, Pleakley? You guys are in charge and do not let Hilda and Stitch out of the apartment for the rest of the day. I will be back later at night. Oh, and Frida and David? You two should go back home." Joanna says while walking away with Roland as she giggled a bit, and the gang nodded as Frida and David went off back to their home as Hilda and the others went back inside their Apartment.
And done! I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, and I can't wait to write the next one! Also, sorry if it feels kind of short, but don't worry, I will make sure to have the next one be longer.
Anyway, as always, I will catch you all later.