DuckTales Reader X: New friends in Duckburg

New Friends: Part 2

Your POV

You and the rest of the new girl squad went down to the Duckburg Ice Cream Parlor to get to know each other and hang out. But halfway through the walk to the parlor, something happened.

"Oh, no," Della started patting herself down. "Dang it! I forgot a wallet!" The rest of the girls sighed and sulked, but not you. 

"Come on, guys. I have a plan," You said. The others reluctantly walked the rest of the way to the parlor. Sure enough, the cardboard cutout of the mascot was inside the parlor. 

"Lena, was it?" You asked. She nodded. "Do you think you can get that cutout?" She snapped her fingers and the cutout appeared in front of you. 

"Impressive," You said. You looked at the cutout. It was a penguin wearing specs, a top hat, and holding a cane and an ice cream cone. A lightbulb went off in your head. "Guys, I have an idea," You smirked.

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After thirty minutes of cutting and complaining, it was finished. The cardboard top hat was finished and the cane was all cut out.

"Are you sure about this?" Violet asked. "What is your real plan anyway?"

"You'll see," You smirked, fluffing your hair out to make it look like sideburns. "Alright, everyone, let's go inside." You all walked into the parlor and instantly started turning heads.

"Is that-?" People whispered. You grinned and went up to the counter. The main server at the counter was staring at you wide-eyed.

"Yes, can I get one sample of every flavor that you own?" You/Scrooge's voice asked. The others looked at you in shock.

"Um, yes, Mr. McDuck, sir," The cash register answered, starstruck. She began scooping one scoop of every flavor in the store. Lena rolled her eyes and snapped her fingers. Then, you felt something in your pocket. You pulled it out to reveal that it was your uncle's wallet. You put it out on the counter. 

  "And there's payment, plus tip," You/Scrooge's voice replied. The cash register looked at you with eyes wide.

"Oh, no, I can't accept this sir," The cash register said. 

"Nonsense, Lass! You run a fair business here, after all," You/Scrooge's voice replied. She took some of the cash out of the wallet and gave you back a few small coins. You dropped then in the change box and the cash register blushed. You and the others walked over to an empty table and sat down.

"Since when did you learn how to do that?!" Della asked. "That was spot on!"

"That is extremely impressive," Violet added on. "Your uncle's voice is one of the hardest accents to do since it's an authentic Scottish accent from the glasgowean region."

"Well, I've learned a thing or two from my hero. Also, the fact that I ate a pill in Gyro's lab," You said.

"See?! Isn't she amazing?!" Webby exclaimed.

"Keep it down, Pink! Or else they'll be onto us!" Lena whispered, covering up Webby's mouth. You saw the server coming back over and you adjusted your posture and clutched onto the cardboard cane. Multiple servers came to drop off the samples.

"Your 89 samples, sir," The cash register stammered. She quickly left, and you could hear her in the backroom going, "Guys! I just served ice cream to Scrooge McDuck!" You and the rest of the girls laughed and chatted over the ice cream for a while before going home, and you thought that everything was going to be just fine.

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"YOU DID WHAT?!?!" Your uncle's voice rang througout the manor.  

"I'm sorry, I just didn't know your preferences when it comes to food ordering," You sighed.

"Alright, first of all, Lena here teleports my wallet to you just so you can pay for 89 small scoops of ice cream! Second of all, you don't tip! Enough people do that already, and I won't be wasting my money like that!" He shouted. You all felt a pang of remorse go through your veins. "And finally, YOU IMPERSONATED ME IN A PUBLIC RESTAURANT!!! I would expect that kind of behavior from Louie, but not from you capable young girls!" At that moment, Louie walked into the room holding a bag of popcorn.

"Sorry, what?" He asked, starting to sit down. You girls all saw your uncle's eye twitch in rage.

"Lad, I'm speaking to the girls privately right now. Would you mind going to any other room but here until we are finished?" Your uncle said through clenched teeth with a forced smile. Louie's eyes went wide, and you drew a finger across your kneck behind Scrooge to let him know.

"Oh, wow. He's mad," Louie said slowly backing out of the room. He giggled.

"LOUELLYN, GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE I GRAB THE AXE!!!!" Your uncle screamed. Louie ran as fast as his puny legs could carry him out the back door of the kitchen. Your uncle turned to Della.

"And Della! How could you just go and let the girls do all these things?! I know you knew that it was wrong!" He folded his arms and scowled at her with a look that could kill. She sighed.

"Uncle Scrooge, I'm sorry. I'm new to this whole parenting thing and I just wanted to let them have fun," She sat down on the stairwell. "I guess I didn't think about the consequences ahead of time, though." Scrooge came down and sat next to her.

"Aw, Lass," He soothed. "I know it can be hard sometimes, but you still need to learn to say no, even when it's at its hardest. You spent a decade on the moon, for crying out loud!" The two laughed. "Don't worry. You'll figure it out someday." You and the girls tried sneaking up the stairs to your room while they were talking. "Girls, you're grounded until Halloween. Lena, Violet, please see yourselves out," He said nonchalantly. Lena and Violet slunk towards the door and left, and you and Webby both went to your rooms.

"Are you sure I'll ever figure it out though?" Della asked. "I mean, I was trapped in space for ten years."

"It took me thirty years with you and Donald, and I'm still improvising," He chuckled. "Everything's going to be just fine."

(Next chapter: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. McDuck! A Halloween special.)