chapter 1

Author's note:

- Based ALVINNN! and The Chipmunks Cartoon Universe CGI Series (2015-present day)

-They are 7 years old, and are 12 inches tall.

-Everything that is underlined will be in Dog Language.

-I have to give thanks to:

Genicise1275 for his Ideas and suggestions and Dgreatsparky for her beta work.


It was 7:22 pm on Thursday, April 12th and the boys weren't home yet. Although Dave wasn't worried, he was getting anxious since he hadn't heard from his boys yet.

"Oh Simon..." muttered Dave as he looked at his watch. He started to pace the floor in the living room. "Maybe they're just too busy and haven't got around to give me a call to let me know that they're on their way home. Or perhaps...maybe their phones aren't working at all. Yes, that must be the case. Their phones must be broken and thus can't be used to call me. Or they're in a place where they can't get a signal at all."

After a few moments, Dave continued. "Alvinnnnn! Why do you always do this to me? I just know I'm gonna have grey hair before I'm old and I'm not even that old yet!"

"Geez Dave," said Eleanor. "You need to sit down and relax some because it's not that late yet….. and well, I'm pretty sure the boys are having lots of fun and somehow...just lost track of time.

"Maybe they're just playing in the sewers again just like a few weeks ago when they had gotten lost down there," said Brittany with her two cents worth.

"Oh God..." muttered David as he shook his head and went to sit on his couch. "Please don't remind me of that again. I believe Alvin was looking for some lost city that was underground...and do you know how many baths they had to take just to get that awful smell out of their fur..." The expression on Dave's face was worth seeing. Remember eating pineapple pizza? Pretty accurate.

"Um Dave...that really wasn't their fault then and the smell didn't come from the sewers. I believe they got sprayed by skunks when they finally found an exit. And of course, how do I know this... Simon told me what had really happened." 'Oh and they did find something alright. What they found was an abandoned subway and now Alvin uses it as a roller skate park. Plus his brothers also use it for other things.' said Jeannette

"It doesn't matter how they got dirty. Because they...never mind. I just know I'm gonna get...some damn phone call and I'll have to go get them from...some location somewhere in the city," said Dave as he was waving his arms in the air.

"Well...ok you got me there Dave," said Eleanor. "Yesterday it was an abandoned old house and they did find an old safe with lots of old rare comic books, just not money like Alvin hoped to find!"

"..." 'You're not helping, Eleanor and now I'm really getting worried more than ever. They got lucky when the house didn't collapse on them but it was wrong for them to enter the house from the very beginning,' thought Dave.

"And the day before that day... Alvin found an old map from Miss Croner's attic and that map led him to the woods, to an old abandoned mine where they..." Said Brittany before getting cut off.

"ARGH... I can't take this anymore nor can I take all this waiting for them to call me."

"Dave," said Brittany. "You really should try and calm down because you'll only drive yourself even crazier just by thinking and waiting for them. You're even starting to get us all worked up with you. So just sit down... I mean try watching some TV so you can think about something else and we will...keep you entertained for a bit. Isn't that right Ellie and Jeanette?"

"We will?" Said Jeanette as she was looking at her oldest sister strangely before getting Brittany's hint when she was rubbing her nails. "Oh yeah, we will in our own way. Right, Ellie?"

"Yep," said Eleanor. "We will and we'll do that by giving you a man-pedicure. So...why don't you take your shoe's and socks off so you can relax. Brittany can stat giving you shoulder rubs while me and Jeanette can have fun doing your nails Dave," said Ellie as she let off a few giggles at the thought of Dave getting his nails painted different colors before continuing. "We'll have fun giving you a man-pedicure with the works. And Brittany's right. You need to take your mind off the boys and maybe tell us what's really bothering you. Like for instance...you can talk about golf and how come you don't include Alvin with you when you play. So with that being said...Alvin's golf clubs really are to big for him to use and you could go down and get them re-sized for him you know."

"Girls, I don't need a man-pedicure with the works ok? I just need my boys home and... Maybe you're right. I really am driving myself crazy just by thinking about my boys. I also forgot that Alvin does enjoy golf as much as I enjoy it. And Eleanor... Miss Smith even has told me the same thing when she plays golf with Alvin that I really should get Alvin's golf clubs resized . But the truth to be told, girls... I just wish... I mean, I'd like to know where Alvin gets all of his energy from. Because he's like the energy bunny that keeps on going and going and going. He just never seems to stop except for sleeping."

"Well Dave," said Brittany as she rubbed Dave's shoulders to help him relax at home. "I can't help you with Alvin or how he's like the energy bunny. But...maybe you should try and do something with him once in a while. After all, you're always spending time with everyone one else except Alvin."

"I do to spent time with Alvin and we...," said Dave before getting cut off by Brittany.

"Girls...should we try and explain?" Brittany to her sisters.

"Yeah we should," said Eleanor answering her oldest sister. "Dave...the only time that you really spend any time with Alvin is when you're chasing him in the house for doing something wrong."

"I do not always go chasing after him all over the house. Because I um do... Well, theirs is his... OH yeah we do..."

"While you're trying to think up when you really do spend time with Alvin one on one. I and my sisters will give you a refresher course, said Brittany. "Yesterday you spent a few hours with me and helping me with my songs. The Day before that, you spent a few hours with Ellie and getting her that old cookbook. Then The Day before that, you helped Jeanette with her stuff and did a few things. Then before that, you took Simon to the science center along with Jeanette. Then before that, you took Theodore to see his "'Talking Teddy' movie and you got him another teddy bear after seeing the movie. So Dave...do you want me to continue on my list of things?"

"Geez girls... What do you do, keep track of me 24/7 of everything I do? Um... never mind don't answer that because I don't wanna know the answer."

"Ok Dave, your man-pedicure with the words is done and now all you need to do is just sit and wait for them to dry, " said Jeanette as she giggled at Dave's painted nails. "And by the way Dave...thanks for spending some time with us girls like you are and letting us paint your nails as you did. It was fun, you know."

"Hey! You said I was getting...ah forget it." 'I can't believe my girls trick me into getting my nails painted like that, or getting a pedicure for that matter. But the girls do bring up a point. I do spend more time with everyone else but Alvin. I mean...not enough time and I should spend a little bit more time with him other than watching monster movies at night,' thought Dave as he sat to watch some TV with the girls for thirty some minutes before the phone began to ring at 8:03 pm

Ring ring... "Hello," answered Dave on the phone. " This is David Seville speaking."

"Hello, David. This is Aster at Elmwood Animal shelter. I need you to come down and identify... I need to know if you happen to know these three boys that I have in my custody and if you don't know them at all, I'll give them to adopt…. all three of them out tomorrow morning as someone's pets. So...when you get here, just ignore the fire truck, with the truck that's on fire out in front of the building."

"Fire and truck! Oh my, what..."

"Just come down and identify these three…boys. OK?!'' said Aster on the phone, very irritated. 'Good-grief! I got...toddlers working for me and those two are so going to pay for my new truck...that somehow caught on fire this evening from them horsing around,' thought Aster.

"I'll be there in about thirty minutes, Miss Aster."

"Thank you, Mr. Dave Seville and I'll be really waiting for your arrival." 'The sooner, the better Mr. Seville. And then you can take the...the loud one wearing red home with you. Because he never shuts UP,' thought Aster after talking to Dave on the phone.

"...Alvinnnnnn!..." Shouted Dave as he got off the phone. "Girls! I need you to stay with Miss Miller until I get back. Because now I need to get them out of the dog pound before they get adopted out as pets in the morning."

"Dave... We don't need a babysitter you know and we're capable of taking care of ourselves until you get back. Besides, you're only going to be gone for about an hour anyway. So what's the point?" announced Brittany.

"Brittany, the point is...you three are underage and can't be left alone. I also don't want to come home to see...some party that some little misses who loves wearing pink just decided to throw one while I was gone. And yes...I found out about your so-called party that you HAD last weekend when I was gone and out of town!"

"See Brittany," said Eleanor looking at her oldest sister with her arms folded together. "I told you that Dave would have found out sooner or later and...we're so grounded. Aren't we Dave?"

"Well yes and you three have been grounded. You three have a few more weeks to go. And there's been a reason why I pick up everyone from school and why you three CAN'T leave the house for anything or do anything. So for now...you got five minutes and I want to see all three of you in your pajamas so I can take you to see Miss Miller across the street," said Dave

"Well... That's not fair ! how come the boys aren't grounded yet?. Shouldn't they be grounded like us because they have…." Spoke Brittany looking at Dave before she stopped talking because of seeing Dave's unhappy face.

"Do you really want me to go into details of what went on at the party? Like the fourteen pizzas that were ordered" Said Dave with his arms folded together. "Or do you prefer that I walk you three with leeches to and from school all next week for now on until you're not grounded?"

"NO and NO!" Said Eleanor and Jeanette at the same time covering their oldest sister's mouth that prevented her from talking more and also picking her up to go to the bedroom upstairs and get ready for bed.

"That's what I thought and I'll see you in five. NO! Make that two minutes from now."

"Good god Brittany. What are you trying to do...getting us more grounded than we already are. Because of you...I can't even play soccer after school including my other after-school stuff. And there's no way on earth I will ever be seen...with some leash attached to me and being walked anywhere like some pet you know," said Eleanor to her oldest sister down the hallway to their bedroom. "Not to mention we can't even stay in our own treehouse that's out in front of the house. We are stuck here in the house because of you Brittany."

"Eleanor's right, Brittany and now why I can't even go to the library on my own to get more books to read. I literally have to walk and be supervised the whole time with my sisters."

"But guys... Alright fine, you both win this time. And I wanna know how Dave even found out in the first place. I know we had one party and we had the whole house spotless when the party was over. So...how did Dave find this out in the first place. As for the boys, they had their Boy Scout thing last weekend. So they couldn't have known about this anyways."

"Correction Brittany," said Jeanette as she was getting ready and into her pajamas. "You had the party and you got us involved with you. And the more I think about it, the more we are like the boys at the same time. So...the only difference between you and Alvin. Is your little voice tells you to um...GO FOR IT GIRL...and Alvin's little voice... Well...he doesn't have one at all. Not even to tell him to stop or even to come to his senses. His brothers only go with him to make sure he's safe most of the time and try to keep him out of trouble as well."

"My little voice just doesn't always tell me to…go for it girl. It also tells me how pretty I am and how I need to be popular. It also tells me that I... never mind. I already can see where this is going, or how it's going to end up." Said Brittany before going into thought. 'I wanna know how come the boys are let off so easily and don't get grounded as much...well except for Alvin because he always gets grounded for something. And I used to think it's so funny and laugh at him for being grounded and stuck in his room. But now I don't think it's so funny anymore because being grounded really does suck and I did wonder why I couldn't leave the house, not even to go shopping. And boy…do I ever…really miss going shopping at the mall.'

"Girls... You got less than a minute to get down here or otherwise, I'm coming up to get you all three with leeches and you'll be walking for now on with them." 'That'll make them hurry up and get down to see me... While I'm at it, I think I'll go ahead and use the Chipettes old leeches that I had used on them when they were toddlers, just like the boys. I'll do it once and maybe this weekend just to prove a point.'

"My little voice just doesn't always tell me to…go for it girl. It also tells me how pretty I am and how I need to be popular. It also tells me that I...nevermind. I already can see where this is going, or how its going to end up." Said Brittany before going into thought. 'I wanna know how come the boys get let off so easily and don't get grounded as much...well except for Alvin because he always gets grounded for something. And I used to think its soo funny and laugh at him for being grounded and stuck in his room. But now I don't think its so funny anymore because being grounded really does suck and I did wonder why I couldn't leave the house, not even to go shopping. And boy…do I ever…really miss going shopping at the mall.'

"Girls... You got less that a minute to get down here or otherwise, I'm coming up to get you all three with leaches and you'll be walked for now on with them." 'That'll make them to hurry up and get down to see me... While I'm at it, I think I'll go ahead and use the Chipette's old leaches that I use to use on them when they were toddlers. I'll do it this once and maybe this weekend just to prove a point.'

"We're coming Dave," shouted Eleanor from the bedroom. "And Brittany, just pick out a pair of pink slippers, or otherwise you'll end up with some leech attached to you."

"Dave would never really do that to us...would he?" Exclaimed Brittany who was starting to wonder herself.

"Well, I'm not going to stay to find out, Brittany. So...you're on your own." Said Eleanor as she pulled Jeanette downstairs to see Dave holding three leeches with collars that also had name tags with their addresses. The collars also came with a walking harness as well. One was hot bright green, one was hot bright pink and one was hot bright purple.

"You weren't kidding," said Brittany looking at Dave after hurrying down the stairs with her pink slippers on. "And...where on earth did you even get them in the first place. For that matter...how did you get them so soon and ready for us to...to really wear." 'I really thought Dave was only kidding us,' thought Brittany.

"Well, girls...I um...had the leash fairy come by and drop them off for me. So, Brittany, the bright green one is yours to wear. The hot pink one is for you Jeanette and the hot bright purple one is for you Eleanor. You all will wear them from now on until I tell you to take them off. Understand So put them on so I can walk all three of you across the street to Miss Miller's home. In fact girls, I got a much better idea. I want you three to put them on, on each other, and make sure the harness is tightly secured around you with all the locks snapped shut."

'leash fairy my foot Dave...and this is so embarrassing. Can't believe I'm being walked like I'm someone's 'pet' on some leash. Plus I can't even remove the gear that I have on because the locks are on the backside of me and... Oh god, I really hope no one sees me or us like this. Because we'll be the laughing stock at school when they find out that we had to be walked with leashes... Wait a minute. Dave really going to...' Thought Brittany as she walked outside to Miss Miller's home before getting cut off when Miss Miller answered her door at 8:09 pm at night.

"Well Hello, David and please come in. I'd be more than happy to watch the Chipettes until morning." Said Miss Miller giving David a wink of an eye knowing all too well that Brittany and her sisters would only stay for a few hours at most.

"Thanks, Miss Miller for doing this on such short notice," said Dave to Miss Miller before turning his attention to his girls. "Girls...you know the drill. So go in and take a seat in the kitchen while I talk to Miss Miller alone for a few minutes privately."

"I got your phone call David and I understand the conditions. The girls are not to remove their gear for anything until you get back with the boys. And David...go easy on them when you get them out of doggy jail ok."

"Don't worry Miss Miller I'll go easy on the boys. I just hope they had nothing to do with that fire... Um never that and thanks for letting me know about the Chipettes party that they had last weekend when I was gone. If you hadn't told me on Monday morning, I would have never known about it. As for the house, I did wonder why the house was so spotless and clean...and I do mean CLEAN inside and out."

"Any time, David, and seeing the Chipettes with their gear and collars on again reminds me of when all six were very little way back then and they looked so cute wearing them then. Even now they look cute with leashes attached to them," said Miss Miller looking at Dave with a slight giggle. "You know David...I think I'll share all of my photo albums with pictures of them with them just to keep them company until you get back."

"That's a good idea Miss Miller and I'll see you in a few hours or so... Depending on how 'long' it takes me to get back home."

A little while later….

As Dave pulls up to Elmwood Animal shelter, he sees a burnt-up truck, with a fire truck near the sign to the building.

"What on earth happened here?" said Dave as he looked astonished when he saw the burnt-up truck and the fire truck leaving the parking lot. "I really, really hope my boys had nothing to do with this and...I better get this over with soon."

As Dave entered the building, he could already hear one of his boys complaining and he already knew who it was by the sound of one certain Munk.

'Yep...that's Alvin alright. I can recognize his voice anywhere,' thought Dave. "Well Hello Miss Aster, I'm David Seville. I'm here to collect my...three chipmunks who are in doggy jail at the moment." To put the awkwardness off, Dave added, " How was your day today?"

"My day...my day is just peachy so far Mr. Seville. I got a burnt up truck out in front that somehow...tweedledum and tweedledee set fire to from horsing around…the same two that you see locked up in cages right now," said Miss Aster as she pointed to them in cages wearing dog collars with tags.

"ASTER... You're not really going to adopt us two out tomorrow are you?" asked one of the men in the cages.

"It is embarrassing to be seen like this, Aster and...are you really going to leave us all here all night in these cages?" Asked the other man in the other cage.

"Quiet you two! and I'm not done talking to you both yet and so help me. God! The both of you need some serious growing up" said Miss Aster before talking back to Dave again.

"Well those two BOYS that you see there are supposed to be adults and should act like adults... They act like toddlers who work for me that always like to pull immature pranks on me all the time and they always want to jump out in front of me, just to scare the crap out of me for a good laugh... And you want to ask me how my day was today. Plus I got a...red...loud...chipmunk that never shuts up out in the back and he's starting to give me an earache just by listening to him complain... And by the way Mr. David Seville, I just 'love' your painted nails that you have on. They are um...so colorful you know."

"My nails," said Dave while blushing a bit and trying to somehow hide them. "My nails got painted by three Chipettes, the three of them tricked me Miss Aster." 'And I thought I had problems with my kids at home,' thought Dave. "I'm sorry to hear about your truck Miss Aster and I hope my...my three boys didn't give you much trouble tonight. And if they did, my boys will surely hear about it when we get home, you have my word."

"Hmm... So you do know them after all. Then come and follow so you can be sure that they are yours. I'll need you to take a real good look so you can be sure that you know them." And soon Dave followed Miss Aster through the pound with the other dogs in their cages to the very back of the pound where his boys were at with Alvin complaining.

"Ehehe… Dave… You won't believe what happened tonight," said Alvin looking at his guardian through his cage alongwith his brothers. And his brothers weren't seemingly very happy with there oldest brother.

"..." Spoke Dave silently to himself all while shaking his head back and forth because of his boys being in doggy jail.

"Are you really sure that you know these three...dogs that happen to look like chipmunks that I have in my custody right now. Because the um…munk dogs are kinda are a rare breed you know," said Miss Aster to Dave.

"Well I don't know yet. They could be my boys and they kinda do look like my boys. Because my boys would ..."

"Dave!..." Shouted all three of his kids together at the same time cutting Dave off while still in their cages at the dog pound. "You can't be serious!"

"Ok, ok... Yeah I know them and they are mine for sure Miss Aster."

"Good. Then I'll need you to come with me to the front so you can pay the small pound fee and for their collars with dog tags. I can't release them to you until they have their collars and dog's tags on them with their names on the tags. So... Who is first and I'll bring them to you one at a time.

"Simon is the blue one, Theodore is the green one and Alvin is the red one."

"Thank you and that will be three hundred and ninety-six dollars for all three and that includes tax."

"That's almost four hundred dollars and..." Said Dave as Miss Aster cut him off.

"Would you rather pay six hundred and ninety-six dollars instead Mr. David Seville and I'm giving you a big discount for all three at the same time. You get the discount as long as you take the...red...loud...one with you first and I hope I don't get to see them again...or in the near future."

"No, no that's quite all right Miss Aster. I'll be more than happy to pay the three hundred and ninety-six dollars. As for my boys...I'll make sure that they never ever bother you again."

"Um Mr. David Seville... I don't want to give you the wrong impression here, alright? Your boys are welcome to come over as long as it is during normal working hours. This includes the red...loud...one and it would have been better for me if he was quiet the whole time when he comes to visit along with his brothers. So if you could...could you put some sort of a muzzle or a pacifier on him that really could keep him quiet the whole time when he's here. Can you please do that for me?"

"I'll see what I can do Miss Aster, and Miss Aster? What's up with all the fliers and balloons? Are you planning on having an event here soon?" Because if you are, maybe I can help you somehow."

"Well...the answer is yes, I am trying to put together an event. The special event would help all the dogs and cats here at the pound and with any luck, some of the dogs and cats could be adopted out to forever homes. I have been trying to find a band that wouldn't mind doing a little bit of charity work during the event."

"Oh... Well then maybe I can help you out after all. You see I….….….…and I….….….…could do that for you at the same time."

"Seriously Mr. Seville! You're not pulling my chain are you?" Because that would be seriously, very very helpful for me."

"I mean it and I'd be very happy to help you this weekend. I'll call up a buddy to help promote it right a way so that everyone knows that Elmwood Animal shelter is having an event."

And soon Miss Aster had Alvin, Simon and Theodore with their leashes and dog tags leading them to the front.

As for the boys, they were more than just a little bit embarrassed of having to be led around like pets at the pond with leashes and such.

"Now come on boys. Let's go to my car and go home. Because I've enough of a adventure for tonight." Said Dave holding the leashes and leading his boys to his old 1947 Chrysler Town and Country Woody convertible.

"Yes Dave and can we take off our d... Never mind because I know that look." Said Alvin as he looked at his Dad's warning face.

And soon everyone was in Dave's old car and his boys were silent before Dave sighed exasperated.

"Can't I have just one evening without being called out to get you three from somewhere? It's already 8:30 at night and here I am picking you guys up from a dog pond... Honestly boys, where am I going to pick you up from next?! The zoo perhaps, or maybe the circus..." Said Dave as he more or less grumbled to himself.

"We're sorry Dave, it was Alvin's idea and he...", said Theodore as he was trying to look at his dog tag and caller that the dog catcher gave him to wear for now on as he found out that he couldn't undo the buckle. Because the buckles were somehow locked in place and couldn't be undone.

"Theodore why?" Alvin exclaimed as he cut his little brother off.

"Alvin, I don't wanna hear it and you're in big trouble as it seems right now. So don't make it worse than it already is," spoke Dave sternly at first before continuing. "Simon and Theodore...you're both grounded as well."

Simon thought about saying something, but changed his mind and he just stayed quiet. The rest of the journey home was quiet and Dave parked up in front of the house and sighed, shaking his head as he got out of the car. The three boys got out too in silence. They entered the house and before they could scamper to their bedroom, Dave cleared his throat to get the boys attention.

"Don't think I won't be thinking of a suitable punishment for the three of you in the morning. Now get your pajamas on and go to bed with your dog collars and tags. You may only come out to go to the restroom and that's it, we'll talk in the morning! Is that clear?"

"Yes Dave", they said as they ascended up the stairs.

"Good. I'll be right back because I need to get the girls from Miss. Miller. And so you know boys, I will come up and check on all three of you when I bring you some snacks to eat. So the three of you had better been in bed by then."

As they entered their bedroom, Simon and Theodore ignored Alvin and went about getting ready for an extra early bedtime. They did their ordinary routine without a word and they climbed into their respective beds leaving Alvin sitting on his own. He looked over at each of his brothers who had their backs turned away from him with them still wearing their dog collars with tags as they laid under the duvets.

"Simon, Theodore, are you awake?" he whispered.

He got no response from them, but they were awake, just ignoring him. He sighed as he shuffled under his red duvet and placed his head on his pillow. He closed his eyes and sighed. After fifteen minutes, Alvin is in a calm, soothing sleep with the REM cycle going full throttle as unconsciously his eyes move rapidly behind his eyelids.

=:=:= Nightmare Sequence=:=:=

"Okay, once more from the transformation scene. I want to see energy and magic from your next rehearsal. Alvin, you need to be more authentic," said Mr. Rochelle.

'Oh, I'll be authentic, alright,' thought Alvin. "Sure Mr. Rochelle, I'll be a better Mr. Hyde", said Alvin.

"Alright... and action!"

"No-one must learn, the horrible secret that I, kind, Dr. Henry Jekyll has perfected a formula which can turn me into the evil, cruel, Mr. Hyde! Mwaa Haaa Haaa Hahahaha!"

Alvin drinks the formula from a glass tube, (it's really red colored water) and he changes in to Mr. Hyde. As Hyde, he mixes his own test tubes into a beaker that starts fizzing.

"Alvin, you shouldn't mix unknown chemicals..." Simon ran on to the stage to retrieve the beaker from his brothers hand. As Simon runs towards the exit where Theodore is standing, Simon yells "Theodore, stand well far back or ru-" Was all Simon could say before the explosion happened.

"Kaboom!"

After the explosion, Smoke and fire filled the backstage area with Simon writhed in pain on the floor because of the chemical compound irritated and burned his skin and clothes. The explosion also removed all of his fur that he had on under his clothes.

"Ahhhhh get my clothes off! Get them off me!" Simon screamed in pain as he tried very hard not to run around.

Jeanette carefully removes the prop clothes from Simon as students were attempting to put out the fire. Eleanor set off the fire alarm and started evacuating people from the auditorium.

"Everybody get out now! *cough* let the professionals deal with it!" choked Mr. Rochelle because of all the smoke in the air.

As they are all evacuating, Jeanette attempts to get Simon out of the building, but he is still in excruciating pain.

"Simon, we need to get you out."

She pulls from under his arms, two seconds later the fire had done enough damage to make the set collapse and Simon slipped out from Jeanette's arms as she hopped back to only watch in horror as rubble piled right on to Simon and Theodore.

"SIMON...THEODORE!" Jeanette exclaimed hurriedly pulling rubble off to get to Simon who groaned from the pain. "Oh thank goodness, you're," coughed Jeanette from the smoke. s...s-still alive, *cough*help somebody!"

Two firemen heard her calling and found her and are assisting as they help Simon get out with her to a stretcher as they wheel him into an ambulance.

"Where's Theodore?!" exclaimed Eleanor. "Help! Someone please find Theodore!"

"Right on it," said another fireman. "Is he about the same size as you...young lady...I think?..." Said the fireman as he looked at the small chipette that was around twelve inch tall who had a very worried face on her and the fireman was trying to figure out what to say next to her. "Young lady?" asked the fireman.

"Yes he is and he's wearing a green hoodie."

"Okay we'll find him, we promise we'll find him."

"Please, be okay," Eleanor said with choking sobs.

...

The dream fades to Alvin visiting his brothers in the hospital, one bandaged up from head to toe wearing diapers who had oxygen going to him to help him breathe better and his little brother also had diapers on and is in on a ventilator and in a coma. Was told by a doctor that his little brother may never wake up ever again due to very low brain activity. The tension on his chest was so strong it made him want to finally scream and so he did. "NOOOOOOO this can't be happening and I'm sorry, " cried Alvin in tears. "very sorry..."

=:=:= End of Nightmare Sequence =:=:=

It was 1:11am in the morning when Alvin screamed and sitting up panting very hard with sweat running off of him, earning a groan from both of his brothers.

"For goodness sake Alvin. You've already got us in trouble tonight and now you won't let us sleep either'', said Simon irritably without looking at his brother. "And it's your fault that we are stuck wearing these dog collars with tags."

"No Simon. Its just...I had a n...n-nightmare and...," said Alvin who still was shaken by his horrible nightmare before

"I don't really want to know Alvinnnn," said Simon, cutting his older brother off. "Because all I heard was you screaming NO in your sleep before you woke me up. And I was having such a wonderful dream too before you woke me. NOW JUST GET BACK TO SLEEP AND LET ME BE."

"Besides what Simon said, I was having a good dream before getting woken up by your screaming. It's probably just another one of your stupid monster movie nightmares anyways and so far I have a list of what you had. And now, I only need three more vampire nightmares and I win the bet with Simon. Now just go back to sleep and let me be with my stupid dog collar and stupid dog tags that...I'm stuck having to wear for the moment."

"But guys I..."

"No buts Alvin, NOW go to sleep!" Simon said harshly as he turned over and went back to sleep.

Alvin sighed and laid back down again. He tried going back to sleep, but couldn't manage it very well. His mind was still on that dream that he had and it really bothered him. And so... Alvin laid there in his bed unable to fall back to sleep. He laid there open-eyed, until morning with the sun coming up.

It was rare for Alvin to be up this early, but he couldn't help it. He still was a little too freaked out by his dream and with his mind racing with all the thought going through it, plus his brothers still mad at him. He figured it was best just to let his brothers be and talk to Dave as soon as he heard the coffee pot go off.

Just like clockwork, Alvin heard the coffee pot maker go off at 6:30am. He got up, got dressed for the day, while leaving his brothers alone so they could sleep. He kept quiet and to himself as he went down the stairs. And into the kitchen to where Dave was making his coffee with his cream and sugar in his favorite Coffee cup.

"D...D-Dave…I k...k-know I'm g...g-grounded so there's n... What your orders...after...eating," spoke Alvin with slightly stuttering while getting straight to the point. No beating around the bush or trying to get out of something that he didn't want to do.

While trying to wake up with his coffee before even reading his paper, Dave had said something off the top of his head right away.

"Well um...you can start by cleaning the garage and I want it spotless. When done…come and see me and I'll tell you what to do next."

"Y...y-yessir." With that, Alvin began to eat, being all quiet and continued to be all quiet to himself.

Dave had heard a lot of things being said before, but never yessir, or in such a quite small little voice coming from Alvin. In fact, Dave was a little concerned at the time because of the sudden change in Alvin's behavior. Maybe it was because of last night, or maybe it was something else. But still it was earlier in the day and Dave figured that it may wear off as it got closer to lunch time and Alvin so willing to do things without the arguing. And soon it wasn't very long that his other two boys that would came down to eat breakfast, including the girls.

"Morning Dave," said Theodore, still was wearing his dog collar from last night with tags as he started to fix his breakfast in his green onesies footed pajamas.

"Good morning Dave and...how did you sleep last night." Said Simon in his blue onesies footed pajamas with his dog collar and tags while trying to smooth things over from last night in hopes to get a lighter reduced grounding sentence. And because of not seeing his other red clad brother eating breakfast with them like they usually do.

"Morning boys. Theodore...slow down on the amount of sugar you put on your breakfast cereal and Simon... I know what you're up to. So I'll just get to the point and tell you what your punishment will be for the next few weeks to come. You both will keep on wearing your new fancy collars with tags for the next few weeks including going to school with them on. As for why… I paid good money for them and I might as well get some use out of them before they wind up in your dresser drawer collecting dust."

"Does this...does this include picture day at school next week too?" Asked Theodore who was also being somewhat alarmed as he ate his cereal.

"Yes Theodore it does"

"Oh…Yippee. Just what I always wanted to do at school," said Simon NOT really looking forward to his unusual punishment.

"And show them off for everyone to see," added Theodore with his two cents right after Simon.

"Boys come here…. I know you don't like your punishment, but I'm giving you a very light one at best. And so you both know, the only reason why you're getting a very light grounding sentence. It's because you both only go with your brother to make sure he's gonna be fine. And boys…I got to ask you this? Did you three have some sort of a fight last night after getting home from the dog pound and I don't wanna know how you three even got there to begin with."

"No Dave… The only thing that happened was Alvin waking us up from his nightmare in the middle of the night," said Simon. "And I figured that it must have been another munster nightmare he had."

"Honest Dave," added Theodore.

"Well all right, I believe you both." Seeing how Dave asked the strange question to his boys, Simon was going to speak up until Dave said something because of Simon's facial expression that he had on. "Simon…your brother is grounded and he's doing stuff right now. I'm just a little concerned for Alvin and it's because of his sudden behavior change. So I'll ask you if you could keep an eye on him, without your brother even knowing it. And again, you'll understand when you see it."

So for the next four hours or so, Simon had kept an eye on his older brother. Made plenty of metal notes on how Alvin was acting and from Simon's point of view, Alvin was acting like some sort of a robot with his speech getting worse and worse. Alvin did every single thing he was asked to do and always answered Dave with a 'yessir' response. And so finally, and only because Dave had run out of stuff for Alvin to do. Dave had sent Alvin to his bedroom to clean it.

"Dave," said Simon. "Your right. Alvin isn't acting himself right now and his speech is getting worse as he talks."

"I know what you mean Simon… So this morning...I had Alvin clean the garage, the basement, the kitchen, both bathrooms, the attic and more. In fact… Alvin did three days worth of chores just in the last four hours. And I finally had to send him to his bedroom to clean it because I didn't know what else to have him do and I'd like more of a response than a yessir out of him. So are you really sure that nothing else had happened out of the ordinary last night with you three boys…um never mind that Simon. I'm just…very surprised he hadn't said anything about my…pedicure that the girls had tricked me into getting last night. And by the way, the girls are still grounded and can't leave the house this whole weekend."

"Well Dave…you're not the only one that the Chipettes have tricked before. So I understand how you feel. As for Alvin…should I go and maybe talk to him in a little while. Maybe I can get him to open up and tell me what's bothering him.

"Dave...I'm bored," said Brittany as she was coming up to him when Dave and Simon were talking. "If I can't go outside and have some fun...then what I'm I supposed to do now?"

"Well um...I don't know, just do something already. Maybe watch some TV."

"Dave I can't do that...you took that away too remember. Can't play video games, can't watch TV unless you are watching it, can't listen to the radio, can't play with my phone or my laptop. Don't feel like reading books either and this whole grounding thing really sucks you know. So again, what can I do... And by the way...what has happened to Alvin or what is going on with him. He didn't even tease me this morning when he saw me with my stupid, stupid pet green harness with tags this morning and when can I take it off."

"Brittany..." Said Dave as he started to get frustrated after rubbing his face with his hands from Brittany's nagging. "Go...go play a board game with someone. Don't care where, or who. Just do something." 'Good god...Brittany and Alvin definitely sure can act like twins.'

"Alright, fine. I'll go do that then...somewhere in the house. And...and I can't believe that Miss Miller still has all of our baby's pictures of us. She even showed us all forty-five photo albums of us last night and it was very embarrassing." Grumbled Brittany as she walked away.

"Um Simon," spoke Dave as he watched Brittany walking away. "Are you real sure that your mom only had three boys? Cause I'm still wondering what ever or not if Vinny didn't also have Brittany along with you three boys."

"I'm very sure of it Dave. Mom only had us three boys. Brittany and her sisters aren't even remotely related to us and you somehow adopted the girls from Australia a week later after finding us on your front porch. But however…sometimes I even wonder that same question myself that you just asked me. Brittany and Alvin sure do act a lot like each other in numerous ways."

"Actually Simon, it was Miss Miller that adopted the girls when she was in Australia and I wound up with them for other reasons a week later. Anyways…maybe you should try talking to your brother and find out what's bothering him."

"Oh?… So that's how you got the girls then. I'll go on and try talking to Alvin, to find out what's the matter."

As Brittany walks by the door, she see's Alvin trying to clean his bedroom. 'Well Dave did say I can play a board game and maybe I can get Alvin to talk to me. I know something is bothering him.' Thought Brittany before going into the boys bedroom.

"Why n…n-not laugh m…m-more…you normally… b…b…sides. Must c… b...room," spoke Alvin while trying to stay focused on his task at hand as Brittany enters the bedroom.

'Jeez this is bad. Even his speech is getting worse. I never saw him like this, or so worked up before. Plus Alvin looks like he didn't get much sleep.' thought Brittany.

"Alvin…I'm not here to make fun of you…and I'm done with the laughing thing all together. So no more laughing coming from me for now on. Found out being ground really sucks big time. So I'm here...because I wanna be here and I feel like playing a board game in this bedroom. So what game should I bring...that I can play in here." Spoke Brittney as she tried to influence him to talk.

"Do w..w-whatever you…w…w-want," said Alvin, turning a way from her to do something.

"Alvin what's the matter…"

"N…n-nothing…B…" Said Alvin before getting cut off by a voice out in the hallway."

"OK that's it it" said Simon jumping in from the hallway. "I can't take any more of this. Brittany, I think Eleanor needed your help for some reason in the kitchen and Dave wants to see you and Eleanor for…another reason as well." Said Simon while giving Brittany a wink of an eye.

"Oh…then I better go and find out what's up," said Brittany, getting Simon's hint.

"Ok Alvin... I know something is bothering you. So what is it and why is it bothering you this bad."

"N...N-Nothing is...bothering me S...S-Simon. …better g…g-get to…chores like…clea-ning…room. And...w…w-why do you suddenly…last night, y…y-you said; I don't care what it is Alvin! Now just leave me alone." Said Alvin with better speech, but still was choppy and something was still bothering him. Simon knew it.

"That's not what I said and...nevermind. I care because you're not acting your normal self right now. You've been...super to really quiet all day long and haven't complained at all. Not even once today! You went ahead and said...yes-sir...and did everything that you were told without even saying much of anything else in return. And on top of that, you have only said less than two hundred words all day long so far and now... Brittany is trying to play a game with you in the bedroom with her doing all the talking and trying to get you to say more than just eight words back to her. So again...what has gotten you so work up that has kept you this quite all this time."

"Alright fine you w…w-win... It was about my...my…my dream that I had last night and it was just...just…just… too much and, and…all too real to me. Even now...I'm still a…a-all worked up over it and I just...just don't know what...or how to handle it. All of my other dreams that I had...I knew how to handle. But not the one I had last night and it's still…getting to me."

"Alright then...then care to tell me about it and I promise to listen to everything and in all the little details. So...start from the beginning.

"Well my...my dream h...h-had you and T…T-Theodore in it. I…I-Including the girls. I….….….…then we….….….…when I got to the hospital, you had lost all of your fur and would stay as…as a pink hairless munk who then would have to depend on diapers for the rest of your life. And...and as for Theodore...he would be stuck in a coma wearing diapers for the rest of his life with no hope of...of ever waking up ever again due to having...almost no brain activity. The g…g-girls then were being….….….… And then I was going to be sent away to..."

"Sweet Jesus Alvin!" Said Simon pulling his brother into a very tight hug as well cutting him off. "I...I…I had know idea it was that bad and...I'm sorry. Very sorry... That was no ordinary nightmare you had because that nightmare took the cake with the works. I promise that what you had was just a dream and we are here now for real."

"Are you s…s-sure that it was just d…d-dream. Because what if it does happen for real because of my...crazy schemes."

"Alvin... It's gonna be alright ok and why don't you go lie down for a while. Because you look like you need it and…you probably didn't get back to sleep after having that awful nightmare. Am I right?"

With a nod yes coming from his brother, Simon continued. "Well then just go lay down and try to get some sleep. I promise it's gonna be alright and I'll send Theodore in a few minutes to keep you company while you sleep. I'll even read you and Theodore a nice bedtime story to help you get to sleep."

With that, Simon helped his brother back to his bed. Alvin did try, but very unsuccessful to sleep. Alvin kept hearing the clock tick, ticking away. Meanwhile, while Alvin was trying to get some more sleep. Simon was talking to Theodore downstairs along with the girls.

"Theodore…I know this is a very strange request coming from me. But I need you to go lay down with Alvin for at least a few hours and help him get some sleep. He um…could use the company for a while and I'll be up shortly to read both of you a bedtime story."

"But why and why me. And besides...I'm not that tired and I was going to help Eleanor."

"Theo... Alvin didn't get much sleep last night and I got him to tell me why he didn't. You know I would never ask you to do something unless I had a very good reason why and there's a very good reason why. Alvin really could use your company for a few reasons. One...it will help him fall asleep faster. And two... He didn't have an ordinary nightmare last night that he normally gets. He got one that was...a hundred times worse and it has gotten him so worked up that..."

"Theodore," said Dave, cutting in and cutting Simon off. "I think what Simon is trying to say is...with you being next to Alvin, he will feel much better because you are there for him. Kinda like how you feel when you get scared of your nightmares and from the thunderstorms."

"Well alright...I'll do it as long as it makes him feel better. I know it makes me feel better when I get closer to one of my brothers during a thunderstorm at night."

"Thankyou Theo and I'll be right up to read you both a bedtime story."

"Can it be about Peter rabbit," asked Theodore

"Sure. Why not and you both enjoy the story anyways."

About four hours later that same day.

"So how did you sleep this time around," asked Theodore as he felt his brother's presence moving and groaning while waking up.

"Well better Teddy. Still tired though, but much better. At least I didn't have a...nightmare this time. I did have a dream and it was... definitely different to have. Even for me it was different to have by my standards."

"Wanna talk about it...as long as it's not scary."

"Sure...I somehow grew long rabbit ears because I had gotten very sick because of some rare illness called Rabbititus that chipmunks can only get from rabbits when they sick. So now I was a white chipmunk that had long rabbit ears and my rabbit ears were to stay forever. But my Normal fur color would return later. Then I somehow ran into Peter rabbit and I was playing baseball with him while giving out Easter eggs to everyone with Peter rabbit. Not really sure what that means, but..." Said Alvin as he yawned and stretched his arms out. "But thanks for keeping me company while I slept Teddy and I'm sorry about what happened last night. You know I would never…try to get you hurt in any way."

"Your welcome Alvin. At least you sound better and are not talking so choppy and like some robot before. As for last night, I was just a little sore being in doggie jail and having to get tags. But however, I think you'd look real cute if you had long rabbit ears, as ears for now on. Just think what you could do with them?" Asked Theodore to be very playful to his brother."

"Aug Theo...don't remind me. Eleanor probably would get me to keep bows in my rabbit ears all the time and I probably would become kung fu bunny ears using my ears." said Alvin halfway joking with his brother.

"Yeah I could see happening. And Alvin...I'm glad you feel better now."

"Yeah me to Teddy and Ted...do I really wanna know why, why you are wearing a green diaper. For that matter, why am I wearing one because I don't ever remember going back to bed wearing a diaper... Say did you happen to put one on me when I fell asleep?"

"Would you be mad at me if I did and are you mad about having to wear them?"

"Mad...no. Maybe just disappointed and embarrassed. But not mad and I'm glad you were looking out for me while I slept. So if its alright with you...this will be our little secret for now on. So with that, I'm gonna get up, get dresses again and I'm pretty sure Dave will wanna have a real talk with me."

"Ok that works for me." 'He had know idea just how close he slept next to me for his long nap. Alvin was fine as long as his back was touching me some how. Whatever his awful nightmare was, it must have been really bad to be sleeping that close to me. I couldn't even leave to go to the bathroom without Alvin shaking in his sleep.' Thought Theodore as he got up and dressed for the day again.

As Alvin left the bedroom, he spotted Brittany leaving the bathroom and he just had to ask her a question. "Um Brittany... May I ask why you're wearing what you have on and why it is in green instead of pink without making you mad at me for asking. And again...not trying to tease you for it. Also...were you really serious about not making fun of me anymore when I get grounded to my room?" Asked Alvin as he let off a few more yawns from being so tired.

"Well um... to the first part, this is my punishment for having a party last weekend when Dave was gone with you boys. And yes...I am very serious about not making fun of you any more and thanks for not making fun of me as well. And by the way...I just love your new fashion that you and the boys are wearing now. They um... look very good, you know." Said Brittany with a light tease for fun as she let off a smile.

"Gee thanks for the compliment about my collar and tags," said Alvin with a cocky smile on his face. "I actually forgot that I was still wearing it and...you're welcome too, Britt. As for the party, it sounds like something that I would do myself if I was given the opportunity. And...so how was it at Miss Miller last night."

"Well...It wasn't bad, nor wasn't fun. But it was ok. We found out that Miss Miller had over forty-five photo albums of us as babies last night including you three boys as well. We learned how we really got adopted and why we live with Dave instead. You might say we learned a lot last night."

"Oh...okay? Didn't know that Miss Miller had that many photos of us as babies. So if you're still up for it, I'll play a board game with you as long... Well first I need to find out what my punishment is. Don't wanna commit to something only to find out that I can't do it."

"I understand. And Alvin...you sound better with you talking again like you normally are."

"Thanks and I do feel better Britt... Um not to be rude, but I better get going to see Dave." With that, Brittany felt the need to give her best friend a simple hug before Alvin left to see Dave. And in the mean time, she went to the closet to go looking at all the board games and try to decide what game to play.

"Morning Dave...eer-um. Good after noon I mean," said Alvin as he walked into the study room where Dave does all of his music stuff.

"Good after noon Alvin and why don't we have a seat so we can talk for a bit. Simon told...well he didn't say what kind of a bad dream you had, but he did say that it was the worse one you ever had in your entire life and it really scared you really bad." After Dave said that to his son, Alvin gave a nod yes in return. "Well…I was going to have you do extra chores this whole week as punishment because of last night. But you went and did everyone's chores for the next three days and then some while you were in robot mode."

Dave continued. "So after learning of your nightmare and not getting much sleep because of it. I'll give you a different kind of punishment instead. You will keep on wearing your fancy collar with tags for the next two weeks and as for today... Just take it easy in your bedroom until I call everyone for dinner. Plus I have a big announcement to tell everyone by that time. So is that fair?"

"It is Dave and...can I play a board game? I'll even stay in my room while playing it."

"Yes you may Alvin. But if it gets out of control, I'll put a stop to it. Understand?

"I do Dave."

"Good. And Alvin... If you ever get a bad dread again...or any bad dream for that matter. It doesn't even matter what time it may be and don't even care what kind it was about. Please talk about it ok. Because I don't like seeing you in robot mode and I'll take time out just to hear you tell me all about it. Even if its at 3:00 am in the morning, I'll still listen to you. I just want you to know that I'm always here to listen and that's for everyone."

"I understand Dave and promise to always talk about it. So no more keeping quiet coming from me when something is really bothering me."

"That's good to hear and why don't you run back to the bedroom. I'm sure your brothers wouldn't mind spending some time with you playing a game or two… Isn't that right Simon and Theodore?" Shouted Dave A little louder than normal knowing all too well that his other two boys were listening around the corner. "Anyways Alvin…I have some work to do and I'll come up and check on everyone in a little while."

"Ok and Dave... I just love your man-pedicure that you have and you look so pretty with them painted and they bring out your eye's you know." With that, Alvin ran right along with his brothers back to their bedroom before Dave could respond back.

"Alvinnnnn...aw for get it. At least he's almost back to his old self again."

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Author's notes:

There you have it, the first chapter.

- I have to give thanks to:

- Dgreatsparky, for betaing the first chapter.

This is Triple 'W,' saying "Ta-Ta for now." (ツ) (ツ)