It seemed to be a normal day for Atticus, Cherry, Mo, and Patch as they met up together to do their homework, and there seemed to be a lot of it today.
"I can't believe Snipe, Magrooney, and Drell gave us so much homework," Cherry complained. "I'm never gonna be able to watch TV tonight."
"The question is why did they give us so much homework?" Patch asked.
"Well, they did say high school would be a giant leap from middle school." Mo replied.
"That's true." Atticus said.
"But did they have to give us this much homework?" Cherry complained.
"I'm sure we'll be fine." Patch replied.
"You're a dog, you shouldn't have to worry about school." Cherry told him out of slight envy.
"The faster we do this, the faster it'll be over with." Mo said.
"Dogs have it so easy." Cherry continued.
"Cherry, it can be hard being a dog sometimes too," Patch said. "I mean, some dogs are superheros."
"Again, more responsibility animals shouldn't be worried about." Cherry retorted.
"How come?" Patch asked.
"Animals should be at home all day with a bunch of food with everything handed to them on a silver platter." Cherry rolled her eyes.
"Cherry, it can be hard to be just as an animal as it can be as a person." Patch defended.
"Oh, please!" Cherry rolled her eyes. "Ooh, I don't have thumbs... I better scream so someone with an exhausting job can get something for me while I just lay there while messing up their furniture!"
"Oh, boy." Mo rolled her eyes.
"Cherry... Just do your homework..." Patch sighed to the perky goth.
Cherry rolled her eyes herself as they went to continue doing their endless homework. "If I were a cat like Salem, I could just sleep all day in front of the TV." she then muttered to herself.
"Is she seriously going to be like this while we're doing our homework?" Mo complained.
Eventually, homework was soon done, and it seemed to take a while.
"You kids want some dinner?" Michelle asked as she came home to check on them.
"Yes, please." Atticus, Mo, Cherry, and Patch begged.
"All right, I'll see what I can whip up in the fridge." Michelle replied.
"Maybe some fish for Cherry," Patch said. "She wants to be a cat!"
"I can hear you, Spot!" Cherry glared.
"I know." Patch smirked playfully.
"Oh, Cherry..." Michelle sighed to her daughter as she went to cook them something.
"Well, there is one good thing; we haven't been called away for an adventure." Mo smiled.
Thunder and lightning came from upstairs.
"Gah!" Cherry yelped and ducked down, expecting the worst.
However, it was Thor who came down and not his uncle.
"Thor, this is Cherry's house!" Atticus told his best guy friend.
"Oh, sorry. I'll come back." Thor said then, about to leave back upstairs.
"No, don't, it's fine; I'm just glad it wasn't Drell." Cherry told him as she got up.
"Oh... Okay..." Thor replied.
"What's up, Thor?" Atticus smiled.
Thor soon looked up at the ceiling before pointing with a simple smile. "I think the bathroom door is open?"
"Uh, okay?" The group said, looking confused.
"Why did you come here?" Cherry asked, pinching the bridge of her nose since Thor seemed to misunderstand.
"Oh, you guys wanna come with me?" Thor replied. "Bebe and I are gonna visit this city where a dog is a superhero."
"A dog superhero?" Patch asked. "Would this happen to be Krypto the Superdog?"
"Huh? Oh, no, no," Thor shook his head. "I think he said his name was Underdog."
"Sounds interesting." Patch said.
"So, you wanna come?" Thor begged. "Please, if you don't, it'll just be me and my sister!"
"Well..." Atticus smirked playfully.
"Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please." Thor continued which proved to be annoying.
"You sound like a broken record!" Cherry complained.
"Alright, alright, we'll come." Mo said.
"Yes!" Thor beamed. "I knew you guys would love it."
"Another dog superhero...?" Cherry rolled her eyes. "If I were a dog, I'd just stay in the backyard, eating my amazing dinner after doing nothing all day long."
"That's it!" Patch glared before used his magic and turned Cherry into a cat.
Cherry soon began to mew and hiss before she suddenly shrunk slightly and suddenly, her clothes piled on her, and she poked her head out as she was now a cat.
"There, now you'll know about how animals don't have it easy either." Patch glared.
"Aww... A kitty..." Thor smiled as he soon reached out, picking up Cherry and hugging her. "Mm... I wanna keep her."
"It's me, Thor!" Cherry glared.
"Gee, Kitty, you sound just like Cherry." Thor smiled.
"That's because it is me!" Cherry hissed.
"Oh... Hi, Cherry." Thor smiled.
Cherry face-pawed to that.
"You wanna be a cat?" Patch glared to Cherry. "Well, you got it!"
"Oh, before I forget, Krypto will be included." Thor said.
"Thor, you sound suspiciously just like your uncle right now." Cherry shifted her eyes.
"I tend to do that," Thor said. "Even without meaning to."
"Well, Thor, we'd be happy to come with you." Mo replied.
"Even with Cherry as a cat?" Thor asked. "Shouldn't someone change her back?"
"No, I think she needs to learn a lesson." Patch replied.
"He's right." Atticus said.
Cherry glared as she was a cat, but then again, she brought this on herself.
"Come with me," Thor smiled to his friends as he walked upstairs. "We don't wanna miss our train."
"We're getting there by train?" Patch asked.
"It was the only way Uncle Drell could get us there." Thor replied.
They soon went in through the closet, shutting the door behind them, and were in a supernatural train station where Phoebe was as she waited, holding onto her Raggedy Ann doll she got from Patch for her birthday.
"If one of you tries to pet me, so help me, I will not hesitate to attack." Cherry told them as they made their way to Phoebe and the train.
"Thornton~" Phoebe beamed to her big brother.
"Hey, Bebe." Thor smirked before picking her up and throwing her over his shoulder playfully.
Phoebe giggled and wiggled in his hold as she held onto Raggedy Ann.
"So shall we get on the train?" Mo asked.
"All aboard!" The conductor called out.
"Come on then!" Thor replied as he carried his little sister, and showed a special ticket to the conductor.
The conductor then stepped aside to let them onto the magical train.
"This is going to be so much fun." Patch smiled.
Phoebe smiled back to him.
"How's Raggedy Ann?" Patch asked.
"I think she's going to be a great Sky Dancer someday." Phoebe smiled as she hugged her new doll.
"That's great." Patch smiled back.
"Why is Cherry a cat?" Phoebe asked.
"She thinks that being an animal is easier than her old life." Patch replied.
"Ohh." Phoebe smiled.
They soon sat down and hung around, waiting on the train ride.
"Excuse me, dear, did you say you had a doll" A woman asked.
"Yes, ma'am, she's right here." Phoebe smiled.
"May I see her for a moment?" The woman asked.
"Okay." Phoebe smiled as she handed the doll to the woman.
The woman smiled back as she took the doll and began to feel the doll. "Oh... This brings back memories..." she then smiled warmly. "These eyes felt like the buttons on my old shoes, and that mouth feels like the stitching on my old dress. And her hair... It feels so raggy..."
Patch was unsure of how to feel about how the woman was describing the doll.
"That's right... You know Raggedy Ann?" Phoebe smiled.
"Raggedy Ann..." The woman smiled back. "I thought this doll seemed familiar somehow."
"Wait, were you her kid?" Phoebe asked.
"Well, you see, when I was very young, I was given a doll just like this when I was a little girl from Officer Flanagan," The woman smiled. "He was very fond of my mother, and Raggedy Ann helped me use my imagination."
"Aw!" Phoebe smiled back.
"Let me see you now," The woman smiled. "A doll as lovely as Raggedy Ann must have a lovely owner."
Phoebe soon stepped over to the woman.
The woman then reached out and touched Phoebe's face. "Oh, you are adorable... I can tell..." she then smiled as she felt the girl rather than just looking at her.
"Ma'am, by any chance, are you blind?" Phoebe guessed.
"Yes, I am..." The woman replied.
"Ohh, that explains why you're feeling my face." Phoebe smiled.
"Yes..." The woman smiled back. "Oh, we haven't properly met. My name is Billie."
"Isn't Billy a boy's name?" Phoebe asked.
"It can be, but my name is spelt B-I-L-L-I-E, and most boys spell their name as B-I-L-L-Y." The woman replied.
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Miss Billie," Phoebe smiled. "My name is Phoebe."
"It's nice to meet you as well, Phoebe." Billie smiled back.
Phoebe smiled as she made a new friend, even if this friend was a grown woman, but they shared a bond over Raggedy Ann.
"So, uh, when do you think Krypto will be around?" Patch asked the teenage warlock.
"Maybe once we come into town." Thor replied.
"Wahoo!" Patch cheered.
"And I'm just surprised Underdog is a superhero with how weak he looks." Thor said before showing a photo of Underdog.
"That's him?!" Cherry laughed out loud. "Oh, man! I could probably kick that dog into a dumpster faster than Scrappy Doo!"
"I never judge dogs, but that dog?" Mo asked. "Seriously? How is he a superhero?"
"Is he an actor?" Atticus asked.
"He doesn't even look like he could lift up a car, let alone a building or stop a train or an earthquake and a blizzard could possibly freeze him cold solid." Patch said.
"He just is, you guys," Thor shrugged. "Even though his secret identity is a shoeshine boy."
"So... A dog wanders around as a worker?" Cherry replied.
"Yeah, I mean, Polly has a job too." Thor smiled.
"Polly?" The others asked.
"Polly Purebred," Thor said, showing a picture of a female dog. "She's an anchorwoman."
"This is getting interesting." Patch said.
"Uncle told me everything," Thor smirked. "He's so smart."
"Yes, yes, your uncle is so smart." Cherry muttered in deadpan.
"Anyway, when will we arrive our destination?" Mo asked.
Thor took out his watch. "About 15 more minutes." he then said.
"In that case, I'm gonna take a nap." Cherry said as she yawned and curled up into a ball.
"She's already doing what most cats do." Patch sighed.
"She's been pretty much a cat all her life." Atticus shrugged.
Thor nodded before looking out the window as they traveled to Underdog's hometown the magical way, and Phoebe soon fell asleep, leaning against his shoulder, taking a little nap herself.
Meanwhile with Krypto...
Krypto seemed to be resting in his doghouse as he smiled to the toddler girl who was playing in the backyard with her older brother watching him.
"I can't believe I gotta babysit." Kevin complained.
"Luckily you won't be doing this alone." Krypto said as Andrea came over to help Kevin babysit.
"Huh?" Kevin asked.
"Kevin." Andrea greeted.
"Oh, uh, hey, Andrea." Kevin greeted his female friend.
"Well, if you two are capable of doing this on your own, I'm gonna get going." Krypto said.
"You sure, Krypto?" Kevin asked.
"I'm sorry, guys, but I gotta see the Dog Stars and find out where I need to go for my next big assignment." Krypto replied.
"Well, okay... See you later." Kevin said.
"Kippo." Melanie cooed and giggled to the dog.
Krypto soon chased his tail as he transformed into Superdog before flying off to the Dog Stars. Kevin and Andrea waved before they got on the ground to play with Melanie.