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chapter 7The next day soon came. It was a typical morning for everybody. Emily Elizabeth soon woke up to feed Clifford his breakfast. Of course, Clifford was already awake. This of course, wasn't a surprise.
"I'll be down in a minute, okay, pal?" Emily Elizabeth smiled to her dog while petting his nose before going back inside to get ready for the day.
Patch, Colette, Scruffy, and Dot were soon told the same thing. Estelle was getting dressed and ready normally while Akito zipped around with super-speed while she was slow due to not having the ability.
"Your son should've been a Sonic Hero." Cherry teased Atticus.
"Yeah, yeah." Atticus rolled his eyes.
Scruffy, Dot, and Snow White ate their breakfast together while the kids then poured Pokemon food for their Pokemon. After finishing feeding and eating their food, the pets soon went to go and see Clifford. Snow White yawned as she sleepily followed after the other pets.
"Would you look at the size of that dog's breakfast..." The grouchy neighbor muttered as he raked leaves.
"Morning, Mom, morning, Dad!" Emily Elizabeth smiled as she biked away after giving Clifford his food.
"Morning, Clifford." The dog family greeted.
"Oh, hey, guys," Clifford smiled. "Want some Tummy Yummies?"
"You know it." Scruffy smiled back.
"Go ahead, since he allowed you to." Colette smiled to the puppies.
"Thanks, Mom!" Scruffy and Dot beamed as they then joined Clifford.
"Morning, Clifford." Mrs. Howard smiled to the big red dog.
Clifford barked to her as he ate his breakfast. The dog family barked to Mrs. Howard as the pups ate with Clifford.
"Good morning, Horace." Mr. Howard greeted the grouchy old neighbor.
"Oh, I just don't know how you do it here." Horace smiled to his neighbors.
The dog family was confused at what the older man meant.
"Do what?" Mr. Howard smiled.
"Feed that dog," Horace gestured to Clifford. "Look at him! He's got one big appetite."
"Big?" Mr. Howard chuckled. "It's huge!"
'That's a tad mean.' Scruffy thought to himself.
"How much does he eat a year?" Horace asked.
"Uh, well..." Mr. Howard smiled nervously.
"Clifford eats quite a lot." Mrs. Howard replied.
"I can't imagine trying to keep up with that appetite," Horace said which made Clifford feel bad. "I'll bet he eats more in a week than all the pets on Birdwell Island eat in a year!"
Scruffy glared at Horace for making his friend feel bad.
"Hmm... I'm not sure I like that man." Dot commented.
"I seem to always bring down Mr. Bleakman's mood." Clifford pouted.
"I'm sure you don't mean to." Colette assured the big red Labrador.
"I really don't," Clifford frowned. "I just feel like no matter what I do, he'll always be mad at me."
"Maybe he's not a dog person." Patch said.
Clifford whimpered to that.
"Aw, Clifford, don't feel down, some humans just don't like dogs," Colette coaxed. "It's not your fault though."
"Yeah." Scruffy added.
"I guess you guys are right..." Clifford frowned until he heard Horace said that feeding him was a big problem which caused him to run away from home.
"Clifford, come back!" Scruffy and Dot cried out.
"Clifford, please stop!" Patch and Colette added in.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard then said that they loved Clifford even if feeding him was troublesome sometimes.
"Oh, if only he had heard that..." Patch sighed for the big red dog.
'Maybe if he wasn't so big, then he'd be easy to catch up with.' Scruffy thought to himself.
One day that thought of his would come out loud and which would cause a fight to happen.
"Scruffy, I can't run as fast!" Dot pouted to her brother.
Snow White soon came out briefly and soon felt the ground shake, she looked up to see Clifford and mewed before running back inside to avoid being stomped on by him. After a while, she soon came back out. Scruffy and Dot soon ran over.
"Snow White, have you seen Clifford?" Scruffy asked.
"He just went that way." Snow White pointed behind her.
"Thanks." Scruffy said before running off again.
"I need to rest a minute..." Dot groaned before falling flat beside Snow White.
"Clifford!" Scruffy cried out as he chased after the big red dog. "You are not a problem! Mr. Bleakman doesn't know what he's talking about!"
Scruffy began to run even faster and was now starting to keep up with the big red dog. "Hey, Clifford, miss me?" he smiled to the big red dog.
Clifford soon stopped running out of shock. Scruffy winced at first, before smiling.
"Scruffy?" Clifford asked.
"Look, I know what Mr. Bleakman said, but you shouldn't let it hurt your feelings." Scruffy told the big red dog.
"But if I wasn't so big, then I wouldn't be such a big problem for Emily Elizabeth and the Howards." Clifford frowned.
"Listen Clifford, you're not a big problem for them," Scruffy said. "And your size is perfect the way it is, but if you want to help them with get more Tummy Yummies, do you remember that poster?"
"I do..." Clifford nodded.
"And remember the prize?" Scruffy asked.
"Yeah..." Clifford smiled.
"So you see?" Scruffy smiled back.
"Then we have to join the carnival." Clifford told the smaller dog.
"Yeah, but not forever," Scruffy said. "Just until we win the Tummy Yummies."
"Deal." Clifford nodded.
Scruffy nodded back.
"But first, we should tell Cleo and T-Bone," Clifford told him. "They're my best friends after all."
"I agree, though along with my family." Scruffy replied.
"Okay, that sounds fair enough." Clifford admitted.
"But we'll have to leave later tonight." Scruffy said.
"Okay, let me just tell Cleo and T-Bone." Clifford replied.
"You got it, buddy." Scruffy nodded.
Clifford soon went off to tell his two best friends. Scruffy then went to tell his family the same thing.
"We better tell Atticus and the others." Colette said.
"Oh, here comes Scruffy now." Patch replied.
"Hey, Mom, hey, Dad!" Scruffy zipped by right in front of them.
"Where have you been?" Dot asked.
"I had to stop Clifford," Scruffy replied. "Um, anyway, I'm going to join Larry's Amazing Animals."
"You will?" Dot pouted. "But... But... Scruffy, you're my brother!"
"You're not going alone." Patch said.
"Well, I'll be with Clifford," Scruffy replied. "So, yeah, I won't be alone... Unless, that's not what you mean, Dad?"
"We're coming with you." Patch said.
"Oh, I'm not sure, Mom and Dad," Scruffy replied. "Can you handle it?"
Patch and Colette gave long glances to their son.
"Uh, of course you can." Scruffy smiled nervously.
"We better tell Atticus and the others." Patch said.
"Yeah, so they don't worry about us." Scruffy agreed.
"I don't want Atticus to worry," Patch replied. "I still remember the time when I ran away, but at least I got to meet the Pound Puppies."
"I heard everything." Atticus said.
"Don't you always?" Patch chuckled. "So, um, how do you feel about this then?"
"I saw this coming." Atticus said.
"So, you're okay by it?" Patch asked.
"I'm all right by it as long as you are," Atticus replied. "They're your children."
"I'm alright with it." Patch said.
"Okay, good deal then." Atticus nodded as they shook hands and paws like Masked Dog would with other people in the world where Rikochet, Buena Girl, and The Flea came from.
"We'll leave later tonight." Patch said.
Georgette walked with Kiki so they could go visit Cleo and saw that she was talking with Clifford and T-Bone.
"What's going on, Mama?" Kiki asked.
"Looks like they're talking." Georgette told Kiki.
Cleo came over.
"Cleo, what happened?" Georgette asked.
"Clifford is leaving us!" Cleo told her.
"What?!" Georgette gasped.
"He just told me and T-Bone," Cleo nodded. "He's leaving first thing tomorrow."
"I miss him already." T-Bone drooped his tiny ears.
"We can't just let him leave." Kiki frowned.
"What can we do though?" T-Bone frowned back to the tiny poodle puppy. "He seems to had already made up his mind."
"I'm really gonna miss the big guy." Cleo sulked since Clifford was her best friend.
"Why don't we go with him?" Kiki asked.
"Oh, I dunno, you remember what he said last night..." Cleo replied.
"Kiki, I'm not sure if joining the carnival life is a good idea," Georgette sighed. "I worry enough about your father when he goes on missions with your Uncles Dodger, Einstein, Francis, and Aunt Rita."
"But I'm sure it won't be that long." Kiki said.
"Kiki, I don't know if you're ready..." Georgette frowned. "You're only a puppy..."
"Do you wanna come with me, Mama?" Kiki asked before going into a begging position. "Por favor can I go?~"
"Uh-oh." Cleo smirked playfully.
"I don't know if you're ready, Kiki, maybe another time." Georgette sighed to her daughter. She soon saw her daughter bring out the puppy dog eyes.
Cleo smirked to that.
"Oh, Kiki, don't look at me like that..." Georgette tried to ignore it. "That doesn't work on me."
Kiki even whimpered as she wanted to go with the other pets with Clifford to be in Larry's Amazing Animals. After a short time, Georgette gave in.
"Oh, all right, fine!" she then whined slightly. "Kiki, you can join the show."
"Yay!" Kiki cheered.
Georgette sighed as she felt like she should've seen that coming.
Later that night, the plan was set for all of the pets.
Eloise brought out the bone from her roast beef for dinner and gave it to her dog. "Here you go, Weenie."
"Thanks, Eloise." Weenie said.
Eloise smiled and pet him as she then went to brush her teeth since she finished dinner.
"Eloise, phone for you." Drell told the girl.
Eloise then took the phone. "Hello, it's me, Eloise...' she then smiled brightly once she heard who was on the other end. "Hi, Nanny!"
'How is everything on Birdwell island?' Nanny asked from the other end.
"Oh, it's absolutely wonderful, Nanny," Eloise smiled. "We saw this show with animals! There was a juggling ferret, a cow on a tightrope, and there were two dogs! One of them was skateboarding and the other one lifted weights!"
'That is wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.' Nanny smiled.
"It really was, Nanny!" Eloise smiled back. "I wish you could've seen it! It was a lot more fun than the circus you and Sir Wilkes took me to!"
'Oh, I'm sure it was.' Nanny smiled.
Drell smiled as Eloise and Nanny talked before he collapsed into a chair. "Great, Eloise and Nanny will be talking for ages, maybe now I can get a nap..." he then yawned before falling asleep.
The phone call went on for a while until it was time for Eloise to get some sleep.
"Well, sweetie, I'd love, love, love to hear more, but it's about time for you go to bed." Nanny smiled as she curled the phone cord in her fingertips.
'Aw, Nanny...' Eloise's voice pouted.
Nanny's older brother chuckled as Nanny talked with her charge on the phone.
"Now, come, come, come on, you know that you need your sleep." Nanny said.
"Okay, Nanny..." Eloise replied before she let out a yawn as if on cue. "I love you, Nanny."
"Sweet dreams, my pet, you have a good, good, good night's rest~" Nanny cooed before she hung up the phone with a smile.
Eloise soon hung up her phone. She then yawned and stretched while going to get ready for bed and slipped off her slippers, she would've put on her Do Not Disturb sign, but Nanny told her to leave it back at their suite at the Plaza on the door since they were both gone. Weenie continued to gnaw on his roast beef bone until he saw Scruffy and Dot sneaking out, and where he snuck over to them. Drell snored as he soon fell asleep in his chair while Eloise eventually went to sleep herself for a change instead of planning under the covers with a flashlight.
"Hey, boy, you get a good night's sleep, okay?" Emily Elizabeth smiled to her big red dog as she came to him in his doghouse and comforted him.
"Okay!" Clifford barked to her.
"I love you, Clifford." Emily Elizabeth smiled and kissed him good night, and was on the way to her bedroom.
Clifford whimpered at first.
"One more?" Emily Elizabeth giggled to her pet.
Clifford nodded.
"Okay," Emily Elizabeth smiled and then kissed his muzzle. "You're the best, Clifford."
Clifford smiled as he saw her go back inside the house for the night, though still felt bad about what Mr. Bleakman said earlier that day. He soon saw Akito flying up to Emily Elizabeth's room with a potion. This made him do a double take.
Emily Elizabeth yawned as she got in her pajamas and was about to get into bed until she heard a knock at her bedroom window which made her gasp slightly in surprise until she opened it up.
"Evening, Emily Elizabeth." Akito greeted the blonde girl.
"You're our new neighbor, aren't you?" Emily Elizabeth asked before noticing he had a potion.
"This is for you." Akito said.
"Oh, thanks," Emily Elizabeth replied as she accepted the potion. "Uh, what is it?"
"It's a special potion," Akito smiled before feeling like he forgot something. "Um, mind if I have that potion back for a moment?"
"Sure," Emily Elizabeth replied as she gave it back. "As long as you want it back, I would never keep anything for good if someone else asked me for it."
Akito soon opened the flax before sniffing it before realizing something. "Aha," he soon smiled. "Now I know what I forgot."
"Um, what are you doing?" Emily Elizabeth curiously asked.
"I forgot one ingredient." Akito told her.
"And what would that be?" Emily Elizabeth wondered.
Akito soon took a lock of hair from Emily Elizabeth. "A lock of hair from a beautiful girl." He said before grinding the lock of her and pouring the grinded lock of hair into the potion before stirring it gently so the blonde girl wouldn't choke or get sick.
Emily Elizabeth touched her own hair and watched Akito before rubbing her eyes wearily. Was she already dreaming?
"That should do it." Akito smiled once he finished up the potion. He soon stood up with the potion in his hands and gave it back to her.
"What does this potion do, um, Akito?" Emily Elizabeth asked as she took the potion back.
"After drinking it, you can talk to animals." Akito said.
"Talk to animals?" Emily Elizabeth asked. "Is that even possible?"
"It will be if you drink that." Akito nodded.
"Um, w-well, okay." Emily Elizabeth said before drinking the potion.
Akito smiled to her.
"That's an interesting taste..." Emily Elizabeth commented. "How do I know that this works?"
"Easy," Akito smiled before whistling. "Clifford, could you come over here?!"
Clifford yawned and soon came to the house with a smile.
"Cliiiifford, can you unnnderstaaaand meeee?" Emily Elizabeth asked her big red dog.
"Yeeeeees..." Clifford told her, speaking to her and she could even understand him. "Emily Elizabeth, why are we talking like this?"
"I-It really works!" Emily Elizabeth smiled.
"What works?" Clifford asked.
"Clifford, it was amazing," Emily Elizabeth told her dog. "Akito gave me this potion, and now I can talk to you and any other animal!"
"That's amazing." Clifford smiled.
"I better get some sleep, boy," Emily Elizabeth smiled back. "I'll see you in the morning."
Clifford soon smiled sadly without her noticing. Akito was about to fly off.
"By the way, um, Akito, did you really mean it when you said that I was beautiful?" Emily Elizabeth asked.
"Well, you are beautiful," Akito replied. "And such a sweet girl."
"No one's ever called me that before," Emily Elizabeth smiled. "Well, my parents, yeah, but besides them and my relatives."
"Well, you really should hear it more often." Akito smiled back.
"Most people in my class think Jetta is pretty..." Emily Elizabeth shrugged. "But, thank you, Akito."
"Well, good night." Akito smiled as he kissed her cheek before flying off and realizing what he did.
Emily Elizabeth blushed to that and even giggled as she collapsed onto her bed with a dreamy smile.
"Why did I do that?!" Akito asked out of shock once he was far enough away from Emily Elizabeth,
Clifford frowned as he went back to his doghouse while Emily Elizabeth was about to go to sleep.
Akito soon came back home and felt weird about himself.
"Hey, kiddo, you okay?" Atticus asked as he came out with their luggage.
"Dad, I just kissed another girl!" Akito told his father. "I called her pretty, and I kissed her!"
"Deja vu." Cherry smirked to Atticus.
"Uh, bless you, Aunt Cherry." Akito said.
"No, your Aunt Cherry means something like this happened to us before." Atticus told Akito.
"Really?" Akito asked.
"Do you remember the story I told you and Estelle about when we went to Arendelle and met Queen Elsa and Princess Anna?" Atticus replied.
"Yeah?" Akito nodded.
"Well..." Atticus smiled bashfully. "I... Well... I..."
"He fell in love with Elsa." Cherry said for him.
"You what?!" Akito asked his father out of shock.
Atticus smiled nervously. "It's true... It was Elsa's coronation day, we were talking while Anna danced with The Duke of Weaselton."
"I thought it was Wesleton?" Cherry smirked.
"Do you wanna tell the story?" Atticus glanced at her.
"No, no, continue." Cherry said.
"Anyway..." Atticus told Akito. "Part of me kind of liked Elsa... I'm not sure how to explain it, but it was like there were two halves of me. One was in love with your mother of course, and the other one was in love with Elsa."
"So then I'm going through the same thing?" Akito asked.
"That's what it sounds like to me, son," Atticus nodded. "So tell me everything that happened."
"Well, see, it's like this..." Akito began to tell him everything that happened between him and Emily Elizabeth.
"Hmm... Somewhere in what you said reminds me of how Malchior tricked Raven into freeing him from the spell book." Cherry said.
"Pardon?" Akito asked. "Um... Raven... Raven Queen?"
"The other Raven," Cherry told him. "The Teen Titan I was closest to."
"Oh..." Akito replied before his eyes widened. "Oh! Did I do something bad?"
"No, no, unlike Malchior, I believe you must have been speaking from the heart." Cherry said.
"So, I did good?" Akito smiled.
"Yep." Atticus nodded.
"Oh, okay," Akito smiled. "Aunt Cherry, you worried me, I know how Raven from the Teen Titans can be from your stories."
"Everything's pretty good unless Beast Boy has a prank or Trigon is around." Cherry told him.
"True." Akito nodded.
"Cherry and Raven sure were close even after that time in Tokyo when we got to meet her and the other Titans." Atticus smiled in memory.
Later on, everyone who wasn't asleep was soon then ready to leave.
"Goodbye, Emily Elizabeth," Clifford frowned to his owner's bedroom window. "I'll come back to you soon. I promise." He soon left the residence.
Emily Elizabeth was sound asleep, but she could've sworn she heard Clifford's voice in her dream. And so, the big red dog left the Howard's residence and began to find the carnival before it would leave Birdwell Island, but he wouldn't be the only one.
"Good night, Eloise," Weenie whimpered as he licked his owner's forehead and jumped off the bed and came to the turtle shell. "See ya, Skipperdee," he then sighed as he passed by the closed Pokeball as he walked out of the room. "Bon voyage, Ditto, I'll miss you all so, so, so much."
Scruffy was on his way out as he yawned and stretched before he looked in surprise to see that Snow White was playing with a mouse toy and wasn't sleeping, but looked more active. "Uh, Snow White?" he then spoke.
"Huh?" Snow White looked over. "Oh, hey, Scruffy. You're up late. I suppose you wanna chase me, but you might not wanna wake up anyone."
"Not exactly." Scruffy said.
"Oh, okay then... What's up?" Snow White asked as she continued to play with her mouse toy instead of sleeping like she did all day.
"Um, we're going with Clifford." Scruffy said.
"Oh, isn't it late for a dog meeting?" Snow White asked.
"Snow, it's personal..." Scruffy told her. "Um... It's dog business."
"You know, I think your dad said that kind of talk is what got Whopper of the original Pound Puppies in trouble." Snow White replied.
"Anyways, we'll be back as soon as we get the lifetime supply of Tummy Yummies for Clifford." Scruffy said.
"Okay, have fun." Snow White replied.
"It's a surprise to see you awake and playing." Scruffy smiled.
"I'm nocturnal," Snow White smiled back. "That means I'm active at night."
"Ohh." Scruffy said, now understanding.
"You have fun, okay?" Snow White smiled.
"Thanks, Snow White," Scruffy smiled back. "And, um, sorry for all those times I chased you for no reason, I just wanted you to get some exercise."
"I forgive you....." Snow White said before getting the feeling something was up. "Why does this sound like I won't be seeing you or the others for a few days?"
"We have to go, Snow White," Scruffy told the white kitten. "We have to help Clifford."
"Then I'm coming." Snow White said.
"Snow White, you don't have to." Scruffy told her.
"You're like a second brother." Snow White said.
"Aw, thanks..." Scruffy smiled. "You're not just saying that?"
"I'm not," Snow White raised her right paw. "Cat's honor, and I pray, hope, and wish upon The Cat Kingdom I wish to live in in the afterlife which may or may not exist, I could be just daydreaming about that movie The Cat Returns."
"Well, then you better start packing." Dot said.
Snow White dashed to her cat bed and brought out a bag of her toys along with her food bowl.
"All right," Scruffy replied. "Dot! Snow White is coming too."
"Wow, and she's even awake." Dot was impressed.
"Yeah, I know, right?" Scruffy asked.
"Let's go then." Snow White said.
"All aboard the Pup Express!" Dot beamed.
Scruffy and Dot then 'chugga'd' like a train with Snow White following them. Everyone was soon ready to go. They soon left while everyone else would stay behind and get some sleep right now.
As they left, it was turning into dusk as the leaves blew around as it was the season of Fall.
"It's so chilly." Estelle said.
"It is Fall..." Dot told her mistress.
Clifford soon stopped as he looked into the ocean as he was about to leave.
"We better get on your back, big guy." Atticus told Clifford.
"Hey, wait for us!" Cleo's voice called out.
Everyone turned around to soon see Cleo and T-Bone coming for their best friend.
"We're not gonna let you go on a great big adventure without us!" Cleo smiled.
"Alright, then come with us." Scruffy said.
"You guys would do that?" Clifford smiled to his friends. "For me?"
"Are you kidding?" Cleo smiled back. "We'd do anything for you, Clifford."
"Yeah!" T-Bone beamed before looking worried. "We'll be back soon anyway, right?"
"Don't worry, T-Bone, I doubt we'll be gone for long." Dot said.
"Are you guys sure you wanna do this?" Weenie asked the other two dogs.
"Absolutely!" Cleo beamed.
"Positively." T-Bone added.
"Great." Scruffy said.
"Come on!" Cleo smiled. "Let's get a move on! My fans are waiting~"
"All aboard the Clifford express!" Scruffy called out.
Clifford lay down in the sand so everyone could ride on his back. Everyone was soon there.
"I call front!" Cleo giggled.
"Too late." Kiki giggled as she was on top of Clifford's head.
"Aw, no fair!" Cleo playfully pouted to her niece.
Once everyone was on his back, Clifford started walking. He walked into the ocean as they were on their way to a whole new adventure.
