"Lionel, it's time..." A certain warlock spoke to a certain inter-dimensional being.
"Adventure time?" Lionel guessed.
"Yes," Drell replied. "You have a solo mission. Atticus, Cherry, and Mo have to do these once in a while to test their independence away from each other after some time with each other, so your time has come."
"You sure it's a good idea to go solo?" asked Lionel. "I might run into a seriously major problem."
"I'm sure you can manage..." Drell said. "If you need anything from me now though, say it now or save it for your Spell Phone."
"Well... Alright," Lionel replied. "Let's get this over with."
"All right... Here we go!" Drell told him.
"...Can't I at least have someone come with me just to make sure I'm good?" Lionel asked.
"You want an excuse to be alone with Cherry." Drell smirked from that.
"You know me so well." replied Lionel.
"Mm-hmm... BRB as the kids say these days." Drell said before teleporting away.
Cherry was in her bed, sleeping after 12:00 noon as she had a lazy day. Drell poofed up behind her, ready to yell as loud as he could, but just chose to set off an old-school alarm clock instead.
"FIRE!" Cherry cried out as she ran out of bed in her pajamas, running out the door with a panic.
"Cherry, wait a second!" Drell told her.
Cherry ran out the front door, though shivered a bit as she came out to her yard before looking around, then saw that her house looked just fine which made her growl a bit as she came back inside to see her visitor. "Drell, what're you doing here after midnight?" she then asked.
"It's noon and you have a job to do." Drell told her.
"I thought Lionel had a solo mission today?" Cherry replied while shivering since it was November.
"He wanted an excuse to have you along." Drell replied.
"I bet he did..." Cherry said. "What's the mission?"
"You have to help a poor girl who's in trouble, but you both won't be alone for that." Drell replied.
"Who else is gonna help?" Cherry asked. "Atticus and Mo have their own thing going on."
"Oh, it won't be part of the Adventure Team like you guys," Drell stated. "It'll be a little like when you met Rocky the Squirrel and Bullwinkle the Moose if you know what I mean."
"Hmm... Tempting..." Cherry replied. "I guess I'm a little bored at home with nothing to do."
"I suppose that's a yes, then," Drell replied. "Or close enough."
"It's a yes, but, uh, could you get out of here for a couple of minutes?" Cherry asked since she was still in her pajamas.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, okay..." Drell said as he left her bedroom and shut the door behind him.
"If it's gonna be like when we met Rocky and Bullwinkle, I hope there's no jealous friends invovlved." Cherry said as she got herself dressed.
Lionel was in the tree-house, watching television.
Drell teleported inside with him, making it creak slightly. "I'll make this quick, but Cherry will be with you in a bit." he then told Lionel.
"Nice." Lionel beamed.
Drell looked all around the tree-house. "So, uh, do you live up here or what?" he then asked him.
"Yeah, pretty much," replied Lionel. "It's my thinking spot, bed's right over there," he pointed to a nearby sleeping bag. "Though I've considered moving indoors on account of the colder weather."
"Yeah, you probably should since it'll be winter soon," Drell advised. "Might get a little too cold in here."
Cherry soon came down the street with her jacket as she looked around.
Lionel put on a jacket and climbed down the rope ladder. "Ready when you are...!" he called to Cherry, since he was a bit of a distance from her.
"Alright!" Cherry replied.
Drell came over to see them out.
"Who is our target?" Cherry asked.
"A poor girl named Doris Robertson," Drell said as he brought out a picture to show her. "She's having a lot of trouble, especially after the death of her grandfather, Albert."
"Hmm... Something about her reminds me of the older daughter of my father's old friends, Penny." Cherry remarked about Doris's picture.
"Seriously though, you may as well let me know about her," Lionel replied. "I still know basically zilch about her."
"Are you talking to me or her?" Drell asked Lionel from what he said.
"Her." Lionel clarified.
"All right, I'll send you off so you can talk, I'll be watching you guys," Drell replied. "Goodbye, Cherry and Lionel."
"See ya." Cherry said.
Soon, the two were beamed away with magic as they flew through a portal together, off to a brand new adventure. Drell took that time to go visit Hilda at the coffeehouse even though she would be at work with Sabrina who had recently dyed her hair.
"Hey, Hil!" Drell exclaimed as he zapped in. "Just thought I'd pop in and say hi."
"Oh... Um... Hi!" Hilda smiled. "...I hope that suffices."
Sabrina chuckled from that as she cleared a table for her aunt.
"Was that a zap?!" A guy around Sabrina's age asked. "What was that? What's going on?!"
"Oh, relax, Brad, that was nothing," Sabrina smiled nervously. "My, erm, uncle just came for a visit."
Drell glanced at the camera. "Well, she's not technically lying..." he said.
"Hi, Uncle!" Sabrina smiled.
"Oh, hi, Sabrina, it's good to see, your good-... GRACIOUS, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH YOUR HAIR?!" Drell smiled back before overreacting from her new hair color which went from golden blonde to a scarlet red.
"I thought I needed a little change," Sabrina smiled. "Do you like it?"
"...Like is strong word... I gotta go..." Drell said before zipping off to the men's room to wash out his eyes.
"Wild guess, that's not exactly a positive reaction." Hilda replied.
"Oh, come on!" Sabrina pouted. "Why's everybody gotta knock my red hair?"
"I swear, I saw magic from your uncle..." Brad grumbled to himself mysteriously.
"Relax, Brad, you're overreacting." Sabrina told him as she tried to keep her family's secret safe.
Brad shrugged and went back to work.
"Phew..." Sabrina sighed. "Hmm... I wonder what Atticus, Cherry, Lionel, Mo, and Patch are up to?" she then asked herself.
Meanwhile, Cherry and Lionel still floated through the portal which would lead them to their next adventure.
"Okay, so what were you asking earlier?" Cherry asked. "Something about who someone is?"
"Yeah, that Penny kid." Lionel replied.
"Oh! I'm sorry!" Cherry replied. "My father has these old friends, Oscar and Trudy Proud. They used to be my godparents back before the prophecy started since my dad and Oscar were close with each other, almost like brothers, and their older daughter is named Penny. They live far away from here, but I visited them in time for Penny's 16th birthday, so Penny's sometimes like a sister or a cousin to me."
"Ohhh..." said Lionel.
"That's about it," Cherry replied. "I feel like I should visit her again soon though. I feel like some of those so-called friends of hers aren't very good friends."
"How so?" Lionel asked.
"Well, Zoey's alright, she's a sweetheart," Cherry began to explain. "Dijonay's pretty bad though. One time, she had to babysit her bunch of brothers and sisters, but she left Penny there to go to a concert... LaCienega's the worst though, she's pretty much that stuck-up mean girl to Penny all the time, but they're close neighbors and her parents get along great with Penny's parents. Sticky's pretty cool too though."
"I see," replied Lionel. "Maybe I ought to tag along for the next time or maybe they'll come for Thanksgiving."
"Yeah, I guess we'll see," Cherry said. "I dunno why, but that picture of that girl we have to help reminded me of Penny."
"Looks like we'll find out why that is soon." Lionel replied.
They soon came to the end of the portal which engulfed them in a bright light that would take them to their adventure.
A girl in a hooded sweatshirt was shown to be running home after school as she looked upset about something.
"That must be our person," Lionel said as he checked the picture. "Hmm... Yep, that's the one."
"Wait... How do we land?!" Cherry asked.
"Uh-oh..." Lionel replied.
The two yelped before Lionel brought out a giant pillow for them both to land on in the middle of the street right in front of the girl as the other people passed by with their own business.
"Uh...?" Doris blinked.
"Doris Robertson?" Cherry asked.
"...Yes...?" Doris replied.
"We're here to help you!" Cherry proclaimed as she tried to stand up straight.
"Yeah, pretty much." Lionel replied as he stood as well.
"Uh... Okay..." Doris said. "So... You know my name, who are you two?"
"I'm Cherry Butler and this is my associate: Lionel Schwartz." Cherry introduced.
"Pleased to meet you." Lionel added.
"Um... Good to meet you too..." Doris said. "I guess you could come with me."
"Yeah, let's hang out," Cherry replied before mumbling the next part. "And find out whatever the heck is your problem 'cuz Drell never told us."
Doris shrugged as she saw they weren't dangerous, so she let them come in with her as she unlocked and opened the door before calling out as her home seemed to be empty so far. "Ma? ...Ma!"
A note was shown to be on the fridge to show why Doris was currently home alone which said:
"Sweetheart,
There's food in the fridge for you and Lauri. Dad is on a two-day business trip to the Poconos. I'll be home later.
Love, Mom".
"The Poconos?" asked Lionel, scratching his head.
"They're these mountains in Pennsylvania." Cherry replied.
"Typical..." Doris mumbled about her parents being gone. "As if today couldn't get any worse..."
"You wanna talk about it?" Cherry asked her.
"It's nothing..." Doris sighed as she decided to distract herself by watching some TV.
"Okay... Why don't we see what we got on TV?" Lionel suggested as he sat down with her.
Doris shrugged as she let them, not seeming to mind or care that they were there.
Cherry sat along with the two as Doris looked very sad about something as she put on her favorite show which was Fat Albert which had the Cosby kids against a group of bullies. "Oh, cool choice..." She then said as it was a classic cartoon.
"Huh..." Lionel replied. "I don't think I've seen this before."
They soon watched the show all together.
