Atticus shivered in his sleep as he started to have an unusual dream about jewel robberies. And where while he was sleeping, a strong figure went up to him and started to shake him awake slightly so he wouldn't startle the boy.
"WAH!' Atticus yelped and woke up, panting slightly.
"Hey, it's okay, it's just me." The strong figure said, sounding like Atlas.
"Atlas...?" Atticus rubbed his eye. "Oh, hey..."
"Wow, you must've had a crazy dream." Atlas said.
"I had this dream that a werewolf was robbing a jewelry store..." Atticus replied.
"That might have been a vision, someone named Drell told me about this." Atlas said.
"You've met Drell?" Atticus rolled out of his bed and went to pick out his clothes for the day.
"Yeah, he says he's a friend to the family." Atlas shrugged, not knowing the warlock since he was a mortal man after all.
"So, what did he say?" Atticus asked.
"That you, me, and Cherry will be going to a circus with the Mystery Inc." Atlas said.
'Awesome, the circus!" Atticus cheered. "And with Mystery Inc!"
"You guys seem to be close with Mystery Inc." Atlas smiled to that.
"We've had an adventure or two or three with them." Atticus said.
Atlas chuckled. "Well, go get ready."
"Right," Atticus smiled to him. "'Scuse me a second."
Atlas nodded as he left Atticus so the strong teenage boy could get ready. Atticus then went to get ready for the day. Darla was fast asleep in her bed as Amber, Annabelle, Anne-Marie, and visiting Penny were asleep on the floor in sleeping bags. And where Patch was going to be at the Pound Puppies HQ because he was going to be trained under Cookie's eye. Maisy opened one eye as the puppy was going.
"I have to go, I'm getting older and that means harder training," Patch told the kitten. "Take care of everyone for me."
Maisy nodded and allowed him to go.
Soon enough, Atticus was ready to go.
"You okay, Atticus?" Atlas asked.
"Yeah, just let me brush my teeth and I'll be all set!" Atticus called back.
"Okay, I'll keep myself occupied until you are done." Atlas said.
"This won't be too long." Atticus promised.
"Okay." Atlas said.
Atticus then did his morning grooming.
Emily smiled as she made pancakes since Darla had a slumber party last night. And where she could see Atlas was here. "Oh, hello, Atlas..." she sounded surprised.
"Hi, Mrs. Fudo," Atlas smiled to the woman. "Ooh, pancakes?"
"Would you like some?" Emily offered.
"Yes, please." Atlas smiled.
Emily smiled and decided to make more pancakes.
Darla woke up, rubbing her eyes. "It smells like IHOP in here."
"I love IHOP." Penny smiled.
"You girls take your seats, I'll have your batch done in just a jiffy." Emily smiled.
Atticus came downstairs then and took a quick drink of juice. "Going to the circus!"
"That's awesome!" Annabelle smiled.
"How about some breakfast?" Emily grabbed her son by his collar to keep him from running out the door without having something to eat first.
"Alright, a quick breakfast." Atticus said.
"That's a good boy." Emily smiled to that.
Everyone soon had breakfast together. The girls were given their own table which was the kiddie table often seen around the holidays whenever relatives would come and visit.
"These pancakes are delicious." Atlas smiled.
Emily smiled fondly.'
"Fluffy as ever, Mom." Atticus beamed.
"Thank you, dear." Emily smiled.
"Okay, I'm done, gotta go!" Atticus sounded rushed.
"What's the rush, Atticus?" Emily asked.
"Oh, sorry, Mom, but I gotta meet with Mystery Inc, they have a case at the circus..." Atticus replied.
"It's true." Atlas said.
"Well, please, slow down, you don't wanna give yourself the hiccups." Emily giggled.
"Alright, I'll slow down." Atticus said.
"Boys grow up so fast..." Emily sighed.
"But we mature faster." Darla smirked, referring to being a girl.
"Yeah." The rest of the girls agreed.
Atticus rolled his eyes as he finished up his breakfast. Atlas soon finished up his breakfast as well.
"Okay, gotta go, bye!" Atticus then rushed out.
Emily sighed with tears in her copper eyes. "He's growing up too fast..."
"Isn't that how life works?" Casper asked his adopted mother.
"Yes, but he's my baby..." Emily sighed.
"Well, I'm your baby too now." Casper smiled and hugged her waist.
"That is true." Emily smiled down at him.
Casper smiled back up. "You're almost as pretty as my mother was."
"Do you remember her now that you're a mortal again?" Emily asked curiously.
"Yeah, I remember everything about her." Casper smiled.
"If you don't mind, I'd like to hear about her..." Emily replied. "Patrick told me she was the sweetest and most friendly woman you could ever meet."
"Oh, indeed she was," Casper replied. "I guess I know where I got that from even though my uncles wanted me to be like them."
"Patrick also told me she had the most beautiful voice that he had ever heard from any human." Emily smiled.
"Her lullabies sounded like the voice of an angel..." Casper agreed.
"Do you remember what she looked like?" Annabelle asked.
"She had golden blonde hair like mine," Casper said. "But she had green eyes... She almost always had a smile on her face, I can't think of a time when she was angry or upset, except for, well, obviously after the sled racing incident when I became terribly sick."
"Then you must have gotten the color of your eyes from your father." Penny smiled.
"Yeah, his eyes were blue and he had black hair..." Casper then said. "He was often there for us, but he was usually working on his inventions... Stinky, Fatso, and Stretch always made fun of him though."
"Those arent' really their names, are they?" Anne-Marie winced.
"Oh, no, those are just nicknames they gave each other, they used to call my dad 'Smarty Pants'." Casper replied.
"What were their real names?" Darla asked.
Casper stopped to think about it. "I'm not for sure, but I think they were Bradley, Joseph, and Matthew."
"Correct." Emily smiled.
"Wait, how would you know?" Casper asked her with a small smile.
Emily hid a little giggle before she brought out a photo of Casper's uncles before they died.
Casper took it and held it to see his uncles as they were humans before their deaths. "You knew my uncles?"
"Yeah, they used to live in my neighborhood." Emily said.
"You don't say..." Casper smiled.
"They were so annoying..." Emily rolled her eyes. "They drove Aunt Beatrice crazy!"
"Aunt Beatrice?" Casper asked.
"Ms. Miller," Darla said to him. "She used to raise Mama Emily when she decided to live on land like a normal girl."
"Ah." Casper smiled in understanding then.
Meanwhile with Atticus and Atlas...
"Just let me get Cherry and we'll be on our way." Atticus told Atlas.
"You got it." Atlas smiled.
Atticus nodded and then went to the door. Michelle answered and talked with Atticus, but she said that Cherry was still in bed.
"I'll wake her up...' Atticus said, going to his best friend's bedroom.
"Good luck." Michelle replied.
Cherry was hugging a pillow as she slept heavily.
"Cherry, wake up!" Atticus yelled.
Cherry groaned and turned over in her sleep, putting the pillow over her head.
"You forced me to do this." Atticus said before bringing out an air horn before taking the pillow away from Cherry and blowing the air horn into her ears.
Cherry yelped and hit the ceiling and crashed back down onto her bed. "Atticus, what the heck?!"
"I had to get you up somehow." Atticus said.
"I wasn't done with my dream." Cherry firmly pouted.
"Then I guess me and Atlas will have to leave without you and go with the Mystery Inc. to a mystery at the circus." Atticus smirked before starting to leave.
Cherry's one eye opened. "Circus...?'
Atticus kept walking off. "You stay here and get some rest..."
Cherry blinked and turned over to get back to sleep. "Bah... Dreams are more important."
"And I guess you'll miss Daphne." Atticus kept walking off.
"Goodbye, Atticus..." Cherry snored.
Atticus then walked back and grabbed Cherry by her feet and dragged her out of bed. "Oh, for the love of! Come HERE!"
"Sleepy, sleepy, sleepy..." Cherry snored.
"WAKE UP!" Drell's voice yelled.
Cherry yelped and woke up instantly and shivered.
"Works every time..." Drell smirked.
"Thank you, Drell." Atticus said as he now carried his best friend outside with him.
"Guys, I'm in my pajamas!" Cherry glared.
Atticus them magicked Cherry's clothes on. Cherry pouted and narrowed her eyes.
"No time to lose." Drell said.
"Come on, gang!" Atlas called.
"Alright, alright." Cherry groaned.
Atticus gave her a breakfast sandwich. Cherry took it and nibbled a little since she had just woken up.