Eloise at the Wedding

chapter 6

At the Plaza Hotel...

"Plaza Hotel, how may I help you?" Miss Thompson answered the phone.

"Hi, Miss Thompson, listen, the wedding is going to have to be postponed." Atticus said on the other line.

"Postponed, what's the matter?" Miss Thompson asked.

"Could you patch me up to the sixteenth floor?" Atticus asked.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Fudo, but Ms. Fudo and Eloise are out shopping at the moment and won't be back until after lunch." Miss Thomspon replied.

"Oh, great, well, will you tell her that the wedding has been postponed until I'm back from taking care of something?" Atticus told her.

"Oh, what is it, sir?" Miss Thompson asked.

"Tell her it involves with someone as evil as Ursula and Morgana, she'll know what it means." Atticus said.

"Erm... Very well... Uh, safe travels, Mr. Fudo." Miss Thompson replied.

"Thank you." Atticus said before hanging up.

Miss Thompson hung up then, a little overwhelmed and wondering what that was all about.

"Okay, I better get going." Atticus said.

"Very well..." Mo sighed.

Atticus first kissed her before taking off to the ocean. Mo sniffled as she went back inside the house.

Estelle had woken up and watched her father leave, then dashed from the window and ran to wake up Akito and Vincent. She first went to Akito since the two were so close as best friends. "Kito... Kito... KITO!!!"

Akito grunted and woke up, then sat up. "Estelle...?'

"Akito, Dad's leaving, but I don't know why." Estelle whispered.

"Maybe he's going grocery shopping..." Akito turned over to get some sleep.

"I don't know..." Akito groaned. 'Can we talk about this in the morning? I'm sure it's nothing..."

"Then why did I also see Dad's Element of Harmony on his sword with him?" Estelle asked.

This caused Akito to wake up instantly.

"Akito?" Estelle pried.

Akito zipped by his sister. "Come on, we gotta move, this sounds important!"

"Okay, but shouldn't we wake up Vincent?" Estelle asked before they heard his snoring.

"Gaaaugh..." Akito groaned.

Estelle sighed. "I'll do it..." she then picked up a piece of bacon and Scruffy in her arm and walked into their older brother's bedroom and put the bacon on his nose.

Scruffy sniffed the bacon and started to eat i t and lick at Vincent's face.

"Why, Jenny, this is so sudden..." Vincent smiled flirtatiously in his sleep.

"Seriously?" Akito asked.

"What's going on?" Dot asked.

"We gotta stop Dad." Akito said.

"Stop him from what?" Dot asked.

Vincent kissed Scruffy, then opened his eyes and they widened as he recoiled. "WAH! Dangit, Estelle, why can't you shake me awake like a normal person?!"

"Sorry, but I couldn't resist." Estelle giggled.

Vincent narrowed his eyes. "This better be good..."

"Dad is running to the ocean with his sword." Akito said.

"Wha? Vincent's eyes widened.

"It's true." Estelle said.

"Maybe he's running an errand..." Vincent flopped down against his pillow.

"No way, if Dad was going on an errand, then why would he need his sword which he used to fight Satan." Akito told him.

"He makes a good point." Snow White said to her owner.

"Oh, I'm not going back to sleep tonight, am I?" Vincent groaned.

"Dad could use some help." Akito said.

"He's right." Scruffy said.

"Up and at 'em, Vincent." Snow White told her owner.

"You go without me..." Vincent put his pillow to his face.

"Okay, fine, we will." Akito said.

Akito and Estelle both then secretly sneak off out to the same direction their father was going.

"Vincent, I can't believe you..." Snow White sounded disappointed in her master.

"Yeah?" Vincent scoffed. "Hypocritical much? You sleep all day long!"

"But someone you love and care about is in danger..." Snow White reminded. "How can you sleep when he might need your help?"

"Dad is the most powerful and strongest wiccan merman in the universe." Vincent told her.

"That may be so, but he might need help..." Snow White prompted. "Didn't your dad and brother need to work together to defeat your aunt's old bodyguard before Chaz Finster and Coco LaBouche's wedding?"

"Well, yes, but..." Vincent said before Vulpix got out of his Pokeball. "Vulpix...?"

"She's right, Papa," Vulpix landed on Vincent's stomach, coming closer into his face. "You have to help, every little bit helps, Mama told me that once... Let Aunt Estelle and Uncle Akito help Grandpa, you should too!"

Vincent groaned before getting out of bed.

"Now that's more like it." Snow White said.

Vincent mumbled as he quickly got dressed.

In New York City...

Darla and Eloise were coming back into the hotel with shopping bags in their hands.

"Oh, Ms. Fudo, your brother called, "Miss Thompson alerted Darla before they went up in the elevator. "He said the wedding has to be postponed... Something about women named Ursula and Morgana, I'm very sorry."

"Wait, did you say Ursula and Morgana?" Darla asked alerted.

"Yes," Miss Thompson said. "He said it had something to do with someone as evil as them."

"Oh, dear...." Darla said out of worry before looking to her daughter. "I'm sorry, Eloise, but I really must go."

"Now?" Eloise frowned. "But you just came home last night!"

"I know, dear, but something big has come up and I need to go help your uncle with it." Darla told her.

"But... Mother..." Eloise frowned.

"Please, dear, I'm sorry, but I need to go..." Darla put her hands on her daughter's shoulders. "I promise, this'll be all over soon."

"O-Okay." Eloise frowned.

"I'm sorry, baby..." Darla tried to soothe. "Go up to the room, lock the door and don't answer for anybody, okay? I'll be back real soon." she kissed her daughter's cheeks and ran off out of the hotel.

Eloise frowned deeply and bowed her head in sadness of her mother leaving just as she had arrived. Plus Leon was already on his way home now and she was kind of all alone. But then soon she felt that something must have been wrong and where she couldn't fight her instincts as she secretly followed after her mother and where she had Ditto with her inside its Pokeball.

Miss Thompson lifted her head and saw the little girl was going out the doors. "Eloise, what're you--"

Eloise put her finger to her mouth to shush the hotel receptionist as she then continued to follow after her mother.

"I have a bad feeling about this." Miss Thompson said.