Another week had passed yet again and Dewey, the ever excitable triplet, repeatedly asked his Uncle Scrooge if the family is going on an adventure today. Scrooge did not answer at first...but after getting bugged so much by that question, he said, "There's no adventure today! In fact, this whole week will be a week of rest!"
Dewey groaned as he walked out of Scrooge's study room. "Stupid grumpy Uncle Scrooge..." He muttered to himself before Scrooge yelled, "I heard that!"
The blue duckling shook his head before heading for the front door, deciding to waste time playing in the front yard yet again...only to find Webby near the front door too! ...Along with Mrs. Beakley? Okay, now Dewey has grown infinitely curious.
"What's going on here?" Dewey asked as Huey and Louie ran up to them and stopped right next to Dewey, feeling curious too. Whatever it is, they have got to know what it is! Otherwise, they feel like they will die from too much curiosity!
Webby turned to look at them and she instantly smiled upon seeing Dewey. "Oh hey, guys! We're going to a secret island-"
Mrs. Beakley immediately cleared her throat, interrupting Webby. Seems like she's in overprotective mode yet again...either that or Webby simply wasn't supposed to mention about this island, which would defeat its secret purpose.
Either way, Webby unhappily glanced at the side before looking at the boys and said, "F-Forget what I just said! We're just going to a retreat where we definitely won't combat against others or against the forces of nature! You know, typical girl stuff!" Then one grenade fell out of Webby's backpack and she nervously kicked it to the side.
The boys have seen through Webby's obvious lie, of course. She's a bad liar, after all. It does worry them that she's going off on a life-threatening Hunger Games-esque adventure. And of course, Dewey is especially the most worried of them all...along with Huey.
Ever since the underground subway adventure, Huey has grown closer to Webby on an emotional scale. Every time he goes near her, his heart feels super warm. He doesn't understand what exactly caused it, but he sure does want to show Webby how much he has improved ever since then. In other words, he wants to make a good impression for Webby...but how?
Just then, Donald quickly ran down the stairs and is about to make a run for the exit! That is, until Louie stepped into his path, making him stop in his tracks just as quick. He would hate to run over one of his nephews, so it seems like his little escape would have to wait for now.
"What's the matter, Uncle Donald?" Louie asked, wanting to know what's up. Donald took many deep breaths before answering in the most panicked tone ever, "Today is Scrooge's birthday!" The boys looked at each other, and then they looked at Donald as if he lost his mind. "What?" The trio said at the same time.
"Scrooge hates birthday parties." Beakley said, grabbing the boys' attention as they turned to look at her and Webby. "He used to love them, though! Well, until Duckworth died, unfortunately..." The girl duckling sadly recounted as she pointed at the Duckworth painting, making the boys take a glimpse at it. They do indeed sympathize with this. "Now I see why Uncle Scrooge was being grumpy to me earlier..." Dewey voiced his realization as he nodded. There was a moment of silence...
...Until Huey cleared his throat and flat-out disregarded these warnings. "As if this old guy can throw a better party than me. I have earned a Junior Woodchuck badge for party planning! It was both work and play." He stated as he confidently smirked. His brothers just glanced at him in a bewildered way.
"Fine. Don't say that I didn't warn you. Let's go, Webbigail." Beakley said. Before they could leave though, they both got a notification on their phones. They both checked to see that the notification said:
The Thirst Games is now cancelled because too many kids complained about having absolutely no drinks in this event.
Beakley can only give off an annoyed look as she said, "Blast. It. All." Yup, she is THAT peeved.
On the contrary for Webby though, she felt ecstatic. She feels relieved that she didn't have to leave Dewey and her friends behind now. So she ran over to the trio and hugged Dewey happily. Huey crosses his arms at this scene, but he smiled as well. Something is definitely up with him...
"Okay, umm, can we get this planning stuff over with already so we can get this party started?" Louie requested, making Huey go into full-on party planner mode. He immediately puts up the first party streamer on the wall and he doesn't stop there.
As soon as Scrooge walked into the scene and saw Huey's decorating madness, his mood immediately soured and he cursed, "Curse me kilts!" Huey happens to be decorating near Scrooge and he replied, "No cursing, Uncle Scrooge! This is a family-friendly party!" Scrooge only grumbled in response as he walked over to a lonesome chair in the middle of the room and sat down on it for a LONG while.
Several hours later...
Donald and Mrs. Beakley begrudgingly helped Huey throughout the whole party planning process. They all set up decorations in the foyer, invited every kid in Duckburg, hired a seemingly innocent magician (to Scrooge's disdain, as he hated birthday magicians more than birthday parties), and cooked up the most delicious foods for everyone to enjoy. All while Scrooge is STILL moping and grumbling on the same chair.
By this point, night started to fall on Duckburg. Dewey, Webby, and Louie watched the whole preparation process unfold. Louie looked over at Dewey, who is now in his DJ uniform (albeit without the helmet for now). "Dewey, is everything ready in the music department?" He asked. That garnered no response from Dewey as he stared blankly at his younger brother.
Louie raised his eyebrow, mildly creeped out by this. "Ummm... Dewey?"
Still no response.
The green triplet face-palmed, starting to see what Dewey is trying to pull. "DJ Daft Duck?"
"Beep boop, beep boop! All set over here!"
Webby giggled, high-fiving Dewey. "Good one, Dew!" She complimented him. Yup, Dewey is really getting into his DJ persona here.
And to show how ready he is, he busted out his keytar and he played a melody out of it. The melody could be described as the feeling you would get when you swing around the city with web powers, doing a very mundane task of delivering pizzas to people. Needless to say, the melody is very memetic.
Webby cheered as she briefly danced to this tune. After doing that, she smiled at Dewey and said, "Man, this sounds pretty nice! I absolutely have no doubts about you being a great DJ after hearing that!"
Before Dewey could even thank her for that sweet compliment, Webby hugged him tightly. "I believe in you." These four simple words from her, along with that hug, has already turned Dewey's face red. Sure, Webby may have hugged him many times before, but this time, this hug feels pretty...different. It felt like as if the hug feels a lot more loving than before.
Maybe my bond is growing stronger with her? Dewey thought curiously, starting to feel the return of the "crush thoughts".
"Well, I'm gonna go change now! See ya later, Dew!" Webby stated as she went upstairs to her room, leaving Dewey smiling in such an adorkable way.
Louie witnessed this whole interaction with a smile...and a mischievous smirk on his face, since he, once again, took a picture of their cute interactions. To be frank though, he really does think that they are sweet and cute together. He couldn't believe that he almost fell into a trap of almost falling in love with her when she's close to Dewey. Thank goodness that he has Lena to count on now.
Here's hoping that Huey doesn't fall into the same trap...
Scrooge glared at Huey, witnessing the red triplet losing himself in the party planning obsession. He doesn't approve of this at all...
Must make perfect party. Must make perfect party." Huey muttered to himself as he looked at the result of his party planning. Ever since he, Donald, and Mrs. Beakley started to put these plans into action, no one could ever make regular conversation with Huey, since he is too focused on making sure that the plan is executed perfectly. Therefore, he only speaks in party planner terms if anyone ever tries to talk to him, making regular conversation useless.
On the bright side, Huey's absolute dedication to those plans made the party look extravagantly beautiful and it's more than ready. Once they are finally finished setting the party up, the sun is completely gone from the sky, with only the bright moon remaining. And as if on cue, lots of knocks could be heard on the front door.
Huey gasped and jumped out of shock. "OH DUCK! They're here! Everyone, get in your places!" He ordered as he ran to the front door to answer the endless knocks.
As soon as he answered the door, he saw TONS of kids waiting behind this door...with Lena leading the pack!
"Oh hello, Lena," Huey greeted, "I'm assuming that you and the rest of the Duckburg kids are here for the party?" Lena nodded before replying, "Yeah, we got your invitations. This party seems a little quiet though..."
At this point, Dewey is now in his DJ booth, now wearing his DJ helmet. Yup, DJ Daft Duck is all set and ready to go! He started to play his keytar, providing a little sound cue that things are about to get fun, and then he spun the turntables, starting the main music up, inadvertently proving Lena's statement wrong in the process.
After hearing the music start up, making the party more lively, Lena smiled, saying, "Now that's more like it!" Then she and the rest of the kids ran inside through the doorway pretty quickly! Huey even had to dodge out of the way of this mini stampede!
The party definitely got started by that point. Every partygoer is dancing to an upbeat music that Dewey has decided to play. And really, this is the kind of scene that Dewey absolutely loves to see here: A rocking fun-looking party with everyone absolutely reveling in the atmosphere and dancing the night away. Yup, this is definitely Dewey's favorite scene! Honestly, what could make this scene any better?
...Wait, hold that thought.
Dewey gasped upon the sight of Webby entering the scene as she walked down the stairs, wearing a bright pink dress that actually kinda glows in the dark party lighting! Wowie, Dewey is absolutely mesmerized by this sight!
He decided to go up to her and greet her. He figured that it would have been a very nice way to introduce her to this party...but as soon as he left the DJ booth, the music suddenly stopped, confusing everybody in the process. Dewey groaned, figuring out what he did wrong.
I forgot to set my helmet's music location restriction off! Oh geez, what am I gonna do now?!
His thoughts are starting to become much more frenzied until Huey snapped him out of it by dragging him to the staff meeting room (which is really just a little room with the curtains to act as the partition between the meeting room and the foyer).
Once the triplets are inside the meeting room (Louie is already there, checking out his own snazzy green tuxedo with a mirror), Huey looked at Dewey and stated, "Dewey, what are you doing?!"
As expected, Dewey just stared blankly at Huey, not saying anything.
Huey groaned, catching on pretty quickly. "DJ Daft Duck, what are you doing?!"
Dewey simply shrugged. At least you can call that progress. At that point, oldies music began playing in the background. Sounds like Mrs. Beakley took over the DJ booth for now.
Huey sighed as he shook his head. "Whatever it is you're doing, please stop it. I worked so hard to plan this party, and well, I don't want all of that to waste. You understand, right?" He looked at Dewey with a bit of a serious look on his face, expecting some sympathy for his cause.
And that seemed to work because Dewey simply nodded, showing that he did understand the stakes and the effort Huey put in to basically give this party life. He then walked out of the meeting room, with Huey following shortly after.
Louie overheard this whole conversation and after it ended, a small frown appeared on his face. He's clearly thinking one thing:
Hoo boy. This will not go well.
A minute later or so...
Dewey walked inside the DJ booth, spotting Mrs. Beakley trying to do things old school, as evidenced by her playing oldies music. Dewey went over to her and made a hand motion that indicated that he's now here and he'll take it over from here. How did he manage to make such a signal, you may ask? Well, he has got to thank Webby's hand motion signals lesson for that.
And it paid off because Beakley understood and said, "Ah, I see. Well, I'm going now. Beware, you now have a tough crowd." And with that, she left, just like that.
After that, Dewey managed to bring the fresh beats back by doing his good ol' DJ magic. After a few minutes of revived fresh beats, everyone is back in the partying and dancing mood again, making Dewey sigh internally out of relief.
Things seem to be back to normal now, but Dewey hasn't managed to get to Webby yet... He doesn't want her to think that he has abandoned her... Fortunately, he has a plan:
All I have to do is to turn off the music location restriction and get out of here. The music will keep on playing even if I leave my DJ booth, as if I never even left! Man, I'm such a genius!
And with that, he tapped on a few buttons on his helmet, easily turning off the music location restriction. Sweet! After that, he simply walked out of the DJ booth, and as expected, the music still kept on playing! Perfect! Now he's safe from sudden musical interruptions!
Once he got to the middle of the room (which functions as a dance floor), he tried to find Webby. Since there's many crowds in this area, this proves to be a challenge.
A minute later, he did find someone in the middle of the dance floor...and it turns out to be Scrooge, still grumpily sitting in the same chair. And despite his grumpiness being in full display of the public, the random kids on the dance floor still looked at him in wonder. Turns out he's THAT amazing, apparently.
Dewey rolled his eyes at this ridiculous scene as he turned around...and as if luck would have it, he found Webby, straight ahead! He ran over to her, effectively getting her attention.
Webby turned to look behind her...and from what she saw, a robot is coming right at her! That immediately made her go on her usual defensive stance and she said, "Get away from her, you crazy robot!"
That made the "robot" stop and it seemed to be doing something with its hands... Wait, is it giving out hand motion signals? And not only that, but this specific hand motion signal meant that...?!
"OH MY GOSH, it's you!" Webby exclaimed and then she happily hugged the "robot". "Dewey, I was starting to miss you! Where have you been?" She asked.
Dewey simply shrugged. "Oh well, never mind. I see you have been making use of our lesson though!" Webby happily stated. Dewey happily nodded in response. "Anyways, what brings you here?" She asked.
That's when Dewey stretched out his one hand. Hmm... Is this another one of the hand motion signals he's trying to make? Hmm... This seems like one interesting hand motion signal to decipher here...
Oh, wait a minute...
...This specific hand motion signal indicated that Dewey wanted to dance with Webby.
A light blush is now entering her cheeks...for some reason. She couldn't quite figure out why...
Is this the effect of the Summer Curse I have heard so much about?! Is that the reason why I am suddenly heating up, both inside and outside?! Oh my gosh, it can't be!
She decided to shake off those thoughts for now and go with the flow. Dewey is here with her after all, so he can probably help her avert any curse, right?
She slowly stretched her hand out as well, and she took Dewey's hand. As soon as she did, he immediately took basic dance steps. Obviously, she did her best to follow his lead.
She is a little rusty at first, having never danced before. It can't be that bad, right? After all, she isn't tripping over anything so far, and Dewey is a great dance teacher, having done lots of dancing before, and therefore, having lots of experience.
After those basic dance steps, Dewey held both of her hands and before she knew it, they were both dancing in harmony. At that point, Webby started to let her inhibitions go and she began to enjoy dancing more and more!
Wow! That feeling when you dance with someone you care about a lot... It feels amazing!
That allowed Dewey to become more wild with the dance moves after noticing her enjoyment, and before she knew it, she got spun around by him! If she's gonna be honest, that kinda caught her off-guard, but her increasing confidence and experience with dancing allowed her to go with the flow.
After spinning around for a little while, it turns out that Dewey is not done with his wild dance moves yet, as evidenced by him suddenly throwing Webby up into the air!
Of course, she didn't expect this at all, but at this point, she didn't even care! She's having the time of her life with Dewey here! "WOO-OO!" She whooped as she soared though the air. Then, as she began to make her descent, Dewey ran over to get under Webby, in an attempt to catch her in his arms. And believe it or not, this attempt actually succeeded as Webby safely landed in Dewey's arms.
"Woo-oo! That was thrilling!" Webby cheered. Dewey's helmet display flashed out a thumbs up at her, making her chuckle. At that very moment, they felt a huge chemistry spark between them.
Meanwhile, Huey and Louie are watching this adorable scene from afar, with Louie grinning...and Huey fuming.
"What is Dewey doing out of his DJ booth?!" The red triplet screamed amongst the loud party music. Louie rolled his eyes, being used to Huey's obsessive compulsiveness, as he replied, "Don't worry, the music is still going. And besides, Dewey just wants to spend with Webby!"
"The party is still going to be ruined, thanks to his recklessness!" Huey shouted frantically. "How, exactly?!" Louie responded incredulously. That's when Huey giggled madly as he answered in an eerily calm tone, "You wouldn't get it."
Louie could barely hear Huey over the loud party music, but he got the message: Huey is starting to become broken. And so Louie nervously walked away from the mad duckling, not wanting to deal with him. He decided to take refuge near the fruit punch stand, for now.
After Dewey put Webby down, she said, "Alright, I'm going to get some fruit punch now! Be right back!" Dewey happily waved as he said, "Okay! No rush!" Then he ran to the DJ booth.
"Man, this plan is going perfect so far! I'll just have to change the music track back there and Huey won't notice the difference! Nothing can go wrong now– WHOA!"
Dewey suddenly lost his balance, making him bump into someone and fall face-down to the floor. "Hey, watch where you're going, loser!" Dewey heard a mean random duck boy say this, possibly indicating that he could have been the one who tripped Dewey.
The good news? The helmet protected his head during the fall, protecting him from serious harm. The bad news? The helmet broke open after the fall, which meant the music screeched to a halt, confusing the patrons at the party once again.
Dewey groaned as he got up and looked at the person whom he bumped into...and that person turns out to be Lena!
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, Lena! I didn't see you there!" He frantically apologized. Lena looked at him in mild surprise and then she calmly replied, "Oh, it's alright, umm... Triplet." Dewey didn't appreciate how Lena couldn't even tell which triplet he is (though pretty understandable, considering Dewey's wearing his DJ uniform instead of his regular blue clothes), but he'll let it go for now. At least she's understanding when it comes to accidents.
"Thank you for understanding." Dewey said. "No problem. I'll just be going to the fruit punch stand now." Lena told him, and then off she went.
Dewey briefly sighed in relief...
"What are you doing outside of the DJ booth?!"
...He sighed too soon.
Huey angrily meandered over to Dewey, yelling, "Staff meeting! NOW!" Dewey sighed sadly as he walked over with Huey to the meeting room, with a resigned Louie in tow.
"I love airplanes, I love airplanes, I love airplanes, they give me life!"
A song that is obviously picked by Launchpad blasted outside the meeting room as the triplets gathered together. Once all three triplets are inside the meeting room, Huey cuts straight to the chase. "Dewey, you are seriously messing up this party for us!" He accused. Dewey decided to play dumb by shrugging sheepishly and saying, "How so?" That surely doesn't sit well with Huey as he growled out of frustration. "You know what you did! You left your designated station! And as we all know, leaving your designated station poses a huge risk of failure for this party!" He ranted.
At this point, Louie is starting to get pretty sick of this nonsense. "Look, I know you have been planning every detail of this party, but geez, what is up with you lately?! You have become a whole lot more dramatic than usual whenever there's a risk that this party could be ruined. Why are you suddenly like this?!" He questioned.
"Isn't it obvious? I want to make this party very enjoyable for her—UMMM, I mean, for everyone involved!" Huey almost lost his composure after saying this, complete with a nervous smile. That made both Louie and Dewey raise their eyebrows. "Right..." Louie said in disbelief.
"Whatever! All I am going to say is that there will be consequences if someone leaves their designated station again!" Huey explained before angrily eyeing Dewey while adding, "That means you." Dewey crossed his arms indignantly in response to his older brother's (possible) threat as Huey left the meeting room.
Louie sighed exasperatedly, knowing exactly how this is gonna go. "This whole situation is giving me so many bad vibes..." He lamented.
Dewey, however, still remains confident of his goal and his plans. "No worries! I can assure you that nothing bad is going to happen! After all, I can always Dewey it!" He stated with a chuckle.
"Hoo boy..." That was Louie's only comment as he left the meeting room with Dewey.
After that little exchange...
Louie went back to his own personal safe zone near the fruit punch stand. He kept a wary eye on both Huey and Dewey, knowing that one of his brothers could ignite a disastrous situation.
He was so focused on keeping an eye on them though, that he didn't even notice Lena casually walking up to him! A simple clear of her throat instantly grabbed Louie's attention, as if her voice was a magic spell...which wouldn't be too far off, considering that Lena has some magic powers.
"O-Oh! Fancy meeting you here, Lena!" Louie's shyness is starting to show, but he's trying his best to keep up his cool and collected persona. "I can say the same for you, greenie." Lena replied with a smirk, as per usual.
"Greenie? Is that seriously the only nickname you can come up with for me?"
"Okay then, whatever you say, green bean."
That made Louie chuckle. Fine. That was well-played on her part. Little did he know that this little nickname would be on a more permanent basis in the future...
"Fine, you win." He relented playfully, and then he sighed, changing his mood pretty quickly as he thought about his brothers' situation. Lena looked at him in concern after noticing this. "What's up?" She asked.
Welp. It's just a matter of time before she notices that something is up. Louie hated that vulnerable feeling he gets whenever he's in a situation that could possibly make him very anxious, due to many possible bad surprises...but maybe if he confides in someone that he trusts wholeheartedly (I.E. Lena), then maybe he could get all that off his chest and feel at least a little more calmer than before.
"Well... It's about my brothers. You see, they are currently in a love triangle with Webby. And Huey seems to be insanely jealous, considering the fact on how well Webby gets along with Dewey. You can probably guess on how well that's gonna go." Louie explained as he shoved his hands inside his tuxedo pockets.
Lena took a moment to take all of this in and then she said, "Ah, I see... Man, do I feel sorry for my bestie for being stuck in the middle..." Louie nodded with agreement as he responded, "Yeah, so do I... Not to mention that this whole situation is starting to give me anxiety..."
Lena couldn't take it anymore. Her concern and care for Louie is now starting to skyrocket, almost launching to Webby levels. She knew that she must do something about this. And she might know a good place to start.
She gently grabbed Louie's hands, easily getting his full attention as he shyly looked at her. "W-What are you doing?" He stuttered. "Shh... Don't worry... Just focus on me and I'll try my best to wash away your troubles..." Lena replied in such an unbelievably soothing tone. That got him to close his beak as he tried to focus on what they're doing.
Lena is currently stepping around the dance floor at a steady and calm pace while holding Louie's hands... Soft music is currently playing at this very moment... That's when Louie pieced it all together.
Lena is currently initiating a calming slow dance between them.
This realization definitely made Louie blush, no doubt. Generally, he doesn't like surprises, as it usually leaves him unprepared to deal with the situation...but he is a firm believer of good surprises too, and his slow dance with Lena definitely fits in the latter category.
Here they are, calmly and steadily stepping around the dance floor, without a single care in the world, not letting any troubles get in the way of their slow dance... If Louie has to be honest, tonight just became one of the best nights of his life.
And then, all of a sudden, Lena knelt down to his level and hugged him tightly, which, as expected, surprised him. Despite his initial surprise though, he instinctively hugged her back, feeling very thankful for her kindness.
After a long while of hugging each other, Louie whispered to her with, "Thank you so much, Lena... I feel much better now." Lena whispered back with, "No problem, green bean. I'm glad that helped." And then they just continued to hug in silence.
Dewey managed to record the whole slow dance between Louie and Lena, and the hugging that came afterwards. That soft music mood for the couple was just a little bonus for switching out with a random duck kid to take his place in the DJ booth. Now no one will definitely notice him out of his DJ booth for sure!
Once he figured that he has recorded enough of their cute interactions for now, he closed the camera app and put his phone away.
"Man, I'm so happy to see that Louie and Lena are very happy to just simply spend time with each other! It seems that my little bro has finally found someone dear to his heart! Speaking of which..."
He started to walk, trying to search around. Foyer? Not there. Kitchen? Absolutely nothing. Near the fruit punch stand? Not even there! So far, there's absolutely no sign of Webby...
Meanwhile...
Huey walked out of the meeting room, after giving himself a pep talk. Now he feels absolutely ready to tell Webby about the warm feeling in his heart and the possible causes of it! Except...
...He saw Dewey aimlessly walking around the foyer, seemingly goofing off yet again. Oh no, this won't do! He's gonna have to make sure that this party won't get ruined first before he can go talk to Webby!
That's when Louie walked over to Huey, seemingly in a very cheerful mood. Seems like his slow dance with Lena certainly did the trick!
Huey growled and then he angrily looked at Louie, starting to reach his limit. That made Louie frown out of concern. Way to ruin the mood there, slick.
"I'm getting sick and tired of Dewey escaping from his station! Who does he think he is, a party crasher?!" Huey complained as he pointed at the troublemaking triplet. Louie sighed as he replied, "Look, why can't you just let him be? I don't see any possible way of him ever ruining this party."
"Don't you get it?! He left his designated station! He's gonna ruin everything! Everything must go according to plan!" Huey griped, jumping up and down like a child having a tantrum tantrum...which might not be that far off.
Louie shook his head. Seems like it's time to finally deliver the hard truth. "This whole party is planned out just to impress Webby, isn't it?" He stated with all seriousness.
That made Huey freeze up. Louie has definitely hit a nerve right there. Then he just stood there as he growled like an angry dog. That's definitely Louie's cue to leave. "Right... I'm just gonna go spend the rest of the night with Lena now. Bye!" And then he ran off, leaving Huey to fume.
And it seems as if Dewey has definitely possessed his uncle Donald's bad luck, because he walked next to his enraging older brother, unaware that he's very much near him.
That's when Huey finally decided to attack.
He ran and jumped at Dewey, tackling him in the process. They both fell to the floor, and from there, the two wrestled fiercely. "Huh?! Huey, have you lost your mind?!" Dewey replied in a mix of bewilderment and anger. "You ruined this party for me!" Huey started to rant as he tried to land a punch on Dewey, but he barely dodged it.
"What are you talking about?! The party's still going!" Dewey retorted as he kicked Huey's legs pretty hard, making him wince in pain. This prompted Huey to tackle him again and pin Dewey's arms behind his back, making him unable to move.
Dewey struggles to get out of Huey's grasp, but it turns out that he's surprisingly strong when he's angry... "You have meddled with my party plans for far too long now! Everything should go the way I planned! Nothing shall get in the way of my order! And now, I shall teach you a lesson for messing with my plans!" Huey madly ranted.
That just made Dewey even madder though after he realized how Huey only made this party for himself instead of their Uncle Scrooge, like it's supposed to. "Oh my duck, I can't believe how selfish you are! YOU'RE the one who needs a lesson here!" He yelled angrily.
And with that, he broke free from Huey's grip and pushed him off with unbelievable strength. Huey definitely got caught off guard by this move, as evidenced by him falling down to the floor after the push. Dewey took that as an opportunity to escape into the crowd, successfully evading Huey's line of sight.
Once Huey got up from the floor, he wasn't able to see Dewey anywhere. He huffed, feeling very angry that he had let him get away. Oh well, the search must go on! He swiftly looked around the crowd...that is, until his eyes landed on someone interesting.
There's a purple sabrewing girl in a teal dress, sitting down on one of the chairs in the isolated part of the foyer...and she seems to be reading a book...but not just any book though!
She's reading the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook!
That certainly got Huey's attention. Maybe she shares his interests! And maybe she even shares some of his experiences!
"You know, maybe it's about time that I mingle and make a new friend."
Huey's thought process is starting to become rational again as he approached her. She noticed him walking up to her and she said in an inquisitive tone, "Hello, may I help you?" Huey cleared his throat as he started with, "Hello. I notice that you're reading the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook. Well, you know what?" Then he lifted his cap to reveal his own Junior Woodchuck Guidebook. "I'm as fascinated as you are." He stated as he opened up to the page about tectonic plate shifts, just like he did back in the underground subway tunnels adventure.
That made the girl smile a little. "Nice. It's rare to find someone who is very enthusiastic about learning real things like I am. What's your name, by the way?" She asked. "Oh, where are my manners? My name is Huey. Huey Duck." He introduced himself with a tip of his hat, which made the girl chuckle.
"I see. My name is Violet. Violet Sabrewing." She introduced herself by getting off the chair and bowing. "Nice to meet you, Violet!" He said happily as he reached out to shake her hand. "Right back at you." She responded by shaking his hand.
After that, Huey offered, "Hey, wanna study about the wonders of the world, including the magical ones?" Violet raised her eyebrow as she repeated, "Magical ones?" He nodded excitedly as he replied, "Yeah, like ghosts, curses, Terra-firmians... Stuff like that!"
Violet frowned at this. "Doesn't this stuff only happen in the movies?" She said with a hint of skepticism. "What...?" That was the only response Huey can make. "I'm sorry... I just don't believe that magic and myths are real." Violet responded sadly. "Oh..." Huey said as he looked down at the floor.
Then Violet sighed. "Anyways, I gotta get back to work now. My study buddy is going to leave this party soon so we can concentrate more on our long term project. I'll see you later whenever I can, okay?" She stated as she got up to leave.
That actually made Huey frown and sigh sadly, big time. Seems like she's already busy studying with someone else... "Sure... See you later, Violet..." He said, and with that, he walked off to an isolated corner of the room, intending to only watch the party from here on out.
Meanwhile...
"Webby? Where are you?" Dewey called out to her. So far, he couldn't find her anywhere. He tried to think hard about where she could be...but in the end, he decided to search the kitchen again, figuring that Webby might be hungry right now.
And surprisingly enough, she is there now, being the only person in the kitchen. "Webby! There you are!" He called out to her, grabbing her attention. She smiled upon seeing who this is. "Dewey!" She said his name happily as she hugged him, with him hugging back just as quickly, of course.
"Webby, I missed you! Where have you been?" He asked as soon as they're done hugging.
"Oh, I'm just hiding out in the kitchen now. Don't get me wrong, this party is super fun and cool... It just has a bit of an overwhelming atmosphere, you know?" She said with a bit of a nervous tone.
"Oh, well, don't worry. I'll be happy to spend the rest of the party here, as long as I'm with you!" He replied with a sweet smile, making Webby blush.
"Awww, Dewey!" She said as she tackle-hugged him and thus, they began snuggling with each other while hugging. They both feel so happy to reunite with each other again, and in each other's arms, no less... They continue to cuddle with each other, letting the snugness of each other take both of them to the land of calmness...
"OI!"
That straight up scared Dewey and Webby our of their skins as they looked at the one person who shouted...and they couldn't believe who they saw.
Mrs. Beakley.
The party chaperone crossed her arms as she said, "What are you two doing?" Dewey nervously replied, "O-Oh, we're just hugging and cuddling, that's all!"
She shook her head disapprovingly at this. "That's unacceptable. I can't believe you would trick and hurt my granddaughter like this."
This made Dewey and Webby gape in UTTER disbelief. What sense does that even make right there? "Oh, come on, granny! We're just hugging and cuddling! What's so bad about that?!" Webby complained incredulously.
"No backtalk, Webbigail! I will not simply allow this tomfoolery at all! I'm sorry, but you must come with me and stay in your room for the duration of this party as punishment. I'm sorry, but my hands are tied." Beakley shook her head sadly as she started to lead Webby out of the kitchen.
"Hey, I wasn't even hurting her! I was trying to comfort her when she needed it the most!" Dewey tried to rebuke. All that got from Beakley was a cold stare and "I'd watch my mouth if I were you." And with that, she and Webby left. Dewey groaned angrily as he kicked the wall.
"What is this world coming to with overprotective people and such?! Gah, I seriously hate this ridiculous situation right now!"
His thoughts are a jumbled mess as he was about to kick the wall again...but then he noticed a vent there. An idea is starting to formulate in his brain as he opened the vent and crawled inside...
Meanwhile, back to Huey...
Huey walked over to Scrooge (who is STILL sitting on the same spot in his chair for practically almost two hours now), intent on doing something, ANYTHING, to get his mind off of what just happened to him. Looks like it's time to release the birthday party magician!
"CA-CAW!" Huey screamed as a signal to the magician as soon as he got to Scrooge. "What the blazes was that, lad?!" Scrooge said, very annoyed. "Oh, you'll see very soon..." Huey replied mysteriously.
Then, all of a sudden, the light dimmed to show the magician at the stairs, standing next to a tall, dark box. "The name's Nik Nokturne, and I'm here to make everyone see some supernatural stuff! Or something like that." Nik greeted.
"Boooooo! You need to find a better career choice than this!" Scrooge immediately heckled, not afraid to openly show his distaste of birthday party magicians. "You, nonbeliever! Wanna get in the box and become a part of a totally not lame magic trick?" Nik offered.
"Nope! There's no way you can–" That's as far as Scrooge can say before he caught sight of Huey's puppy dog eyes. Sighing exasperatedly, Scrooge got up and slowly walked inside the box. Something tells him that Huey was prepared for this...
As soon as Scrooge got in the box, Nik closed the box. "Now, let's get started!" He said. Then he struck a ridiculous dramatic pose and said a bunch of made-up words, such as "Flim flazzle" and "babapapa". Finally, he said, "I call upon the spirits of thee to make this party much more darkly awesome! Please make me more awesome than Ma Beagle thought I was!"
"Wait, what?" Huey said before the light completely turned off. Everyone in this party is murmuring lots of questions now. Then a booming, deep voice said:
"The party has just ended."
Then the lights completely turned back on...revealing a huge ghost demon, floating in front of everyone...with Scrooge nowhere in sight!
"...Meep!"
ROOAAAAAR!
Needless to say, that made every random kid in this party run out of the mansion. Even Nik Nokturne couldn't handle the apparent success of his trick as he ran out along with them.
"Please save me, mommy!"
"This party is too scary for me!"
"AHHHHHH, my trick worked out too well!"
These clamors eventually died down as every guest left the party. The only ones left remaining are the residents of McDuck Manor and the ghost demon. The demon floated up towards the third floor of the mansion, making everyone else follow it, hoping to stop it and hopefully find Scrooge in the process.
Meanwhile, back to Dewey...
"Aha. Looks like I finally found a path that leads to Webby's room vent." Dewey said to himself as he crawled over to the vent. He may have taken many wrong turns, due to being directionally challenged, but he finally found a correct room! Now, it's finally time to reunite with Webby for good!
He kicked open the vent, got inside, and closed up the vent in order to cover up his tracks. As soon as he turned around, he was greeted with a huge hug from Webby. "Dewey! You came back!" She exclaimed happily. "Of course I did! I never was going to leave you!" He replied with a smile, making Webby smile back in return.
"Now, let's get out of here." He said as he tried to open the vent...but it wouldn't budge for some reason. "Oh yeah, I just remembered that granny puts some sort of a electronic lock on the door and the vent. They were designed to keep me locked in here..." Webby sighed sadly as she looked down at the floor.
"Webby..." Dewey looked sympathetically at Webby before hugging her with all of his might. "At least we'll be stuck here together..."
That made her smile happily as she hugged back, grateful to be with him. "Thank you so much, Dew." She said. "No problem, Webs." Dewey responded.
After that, they cuddled in each other's arms, happy to just even be there for each other... In fact, this went on for a while before they decided to fall asleep peacefully with each other on her bed.
The night actually would have ended like this...if it weren't for the ghost demon breaking down the door and surprising the two of them awake.
ROAAAAARRR!
Then it flew off, prompting Dewey and Webby to follow its ghostly trails in hopes of defeating this sudden foe.
A few minutes later...
Dewey and Webby made it to the end of the ghostly trail that the ghost demon left. They saw that it led to the...surveillance room? They walked inside in bewilderment...and they saw that Huey made it here first...along with Scrooge?! Okay, what is even going on here anymore?!
Louie, Lena, and Mrs. Beakley (Donald is currently in hiding from this ghost) made it inside the room shortly after.
After everyone is here, Scrooge chuckled while saying, "You guys sure threw one corner of a party! And you know what? It actually was kind of fun!"
"Wait, really?" Everyone else practically questioned this at once.
Scrooge nodded and then he said, "Not only that, but you managed to bring back my personal favorite ghost!
As if on cue, the ghost demon showed up...and it transformed into the ghost of Duckworth, surprising everyone! "Greetings, everyone." Duckworth greeted. "Whoa!" Dewey and Webby both said excitedly.
"I see that this party has been quite alright... Although, it's more of a jumbled mess than a proper birthday party. Seems like there's some sort of mistake in the party planning process..." Duckworth explained.
That's when Huey realized something. "Oh, that's right." Then he hung his head low, starting to feel sorry. "I'm so sorry, Uncle Scrooge. This party is supposed to be about you, but instead, I made it all about me. Please accept my apology." He said sadly.
Scrooge shrugged as he replied, "Eh, alright. I accept your apology, lad. Just please remember this: I don't want any more of these parties at all."
Huey looked up at Scrooge in confusion. "Wait, what? Why? Didn't you at least enjoy it somewhat?" He asked.
Duckworth cleared his throat before saying, "Um, Mr. McDuck said..."
Then he transformed into his ghost demon form, continuing with this unforgettable roar:
"NO PARTIES!"
Then he transformed back to normal without another word. Huey certainly got the message as he gulped frightfully and said, "I'm sorry again, Uncle Scrooge." As soon as he said that, he began to walk out of the room.
When Huey walked past Dewey, the latter triplet is expecting some sort of apology from the former triplet for being irrational and fighting his brother, all because of his personal strict party protocol and jealousy. Alas, Huey didn't say anything at all, making Dewey worry that Huey is not entirely sorry about this whole thing.
The end result of this whole situation? Things just got a whole lot more complicated between them...
(Phew, this is literally the longest chapter I have ever written in my entire life! I'm glad that I finally got this chapter finished for you guys! I hope it was worth the ridiculously long wait! And with that being said, I hope you guys enjoyed! See you later on the next chapter! ^^)