It wasn't long before Dad managed to arrange to make that dinner appointment Scrooge insisted on. The three of us dressed our best, at Mom's insistence. Dad tried to point out that Scrooge was a family friend and as such it was okay to dress casual, but Mom wouldn't hear of it. Then again, when you work in international law enforcement, I suppose it makes sense to want to make a good first impression on one of the most famous businessmen in the world...especially when they own approximately 20% of the entire world's wealth (conservatively speaking) and that's just the assets that can be measured in money...not to mention that being around for a century and a half means he's got political pull in every country in the world. Still, he seemed to like my first impression, even if Mom looked like she nearly had a heart attack when I told her about it and showed her the signed picture...
Coco glanced around the table, trying not to stare at the lavish feast laid out and instead focus on those attending. Scrooge McDuck was at the head of the table, of course, with Sly and Carmelita nearby. Scrooge had originally come down in a blue doublet and the same top hat he'd worn when he'd confronted Coco...but then he'd caught sight of the guests.
Carmelita wore a shimmering black dress that hugged her figure, hanging from one shoulder and going straight down to her ankles with a slit up one side. Sly was wearing a suit and tie. Coco had an adorable cornflower blue dress that flared slightly at the hem. Even Deik-Beck had been dressed up with a bow tie, top hat, and monocle.
Scrooge had promptly stated that he wasn't going to be underdressed to his own event, and then marched back upstairs. He'd come back down in an understated black doublet and foot wraps - webbed feet didn't really work with shoes - though retaining the same top hat. His nephews - Huey, Dewey, and Louie - were dressed similarly, though each wearing a tie in red, blue, and green respectively...the only way Coco was able to tell them apart, she hated to admit. The only other member of the household present was a canid by the name of Duckworth, who happily brought drinks, fresh plates, and whatever else anyone required. He showed a surprising level of efficiency, as Coco barely had time to register distress at the meat course - what to the others was a rather succulent beef stew - before her bowl had been swapped for a tofu stew that looked just as delectable and didn't make Coco uncomfortable to eat meat. Coco could eat meat easily, but it always made her uncomfortable to do so, for some reason.
Coco and Deik-Beck had been seated with the triplets, and the five of them were already thick as thieves, as oddly appropriate as it was to say. Upon learning that the Coopers were a family of thieves, they'd immediately started badgering Coco with questions about her 'heists' and other similar adventures. Coco had answered, though with some embarrassment and trying to be as modest about it as possible, and had countered with questions about living with Scrooge McDuck. This had led to tale after tale of one adventure or another that left her breathless to conceive of it all. The trio also seemed fascinated with Deik-Beck, especially upon discovering he actually could eat. They continuously gave him small morsels, constantly trying to figure out where the bits went.
Scrooge was engaging in conversation with Carmelita as this happened. "So you're with Interpol, ay?" he asked carefully.
"Y-yes sir," Carmelita responded nervously. "An Inspector, based primarily out of Paris."
"Fox...Fox...ah, I know the name!" Scrooge proclaimed suddenly. "Conrad, Seiver, and Robin, yes?"
Carmelita's eyes widened in surprise. "My father, grandfather, and great-grandfather," she murmured in awe. "You...know them?"
"Ha!" Scrooge barked proudly. "Knew them? Been on cases with all three o' them! Good to see that tree's still growing strong. You've got the same hunter's eye they did when last I met them." He glanced slyly at Sly. "Ah take it ya ain't told them about all this yet?"
Carmelita glanced down nervously. "I..."
"No worries, lass! I ain't about ta spill the beans!" Scrooge hastened to reassure her. "Still, ya ain't got nothin' ta worry about. A good cop goes after the baddies and protects the good guys...no matter what side o' the law they're on! That's one thing Megraw and I agree on! And yer family, too." He leaned in conspiratorially. "Ya shoulda seen the trouble me, Conrad, and Conner got up ta huntin' the worst o' the worst tagether."
Sly nearly chocked on his drink. "M-My father?" he gasped out in surprise. "And Carmelita's?"
"Aye! Adventure makes strange bedfellows and all that, not that those tales ever made it inta any official report!" Scrooge confirmed. "Course, their friendship was surprisinly strong. E'en after Conner went back ta his crew, he never forgot his friend, and neither did Conrad. They used aliases...but they were each other's best man."
Carmelita did her best to regain what composure she could. "Well...at least I don't need to worry about too much fatherly disapproval..." she murmured under breath. And maybe Coco could meet her grandfather, she thought to herself silently.
Sly decided it was time to change the subject. "There's something I've been wondering, ever since...well, since you wrote me about the tradition of trying to rob you after Bentley, Murray and I left the orphanage." His face fell slightly at the mention of his friends, his family, but he quickly pressed on. "How are you still so spry at 150 years old?"
"That's mah secret, lad," Scrooge countered with a sly smirk. "And that's one area tis best not ta pry."
"I only ask because the only other experience I have with someone living so long-"
"Ah, Clockwerk," Scrooge interrupted understandingly. "Yes, ah can see why ye'd be concerned. No worries, though, ah don't use anything like that devil, praise be the last trace o' him rests at the bottom of the sea fer all eternity!"
"Beep!" Deik-Beck peeped up worriedly. Coco glanced away from the table.
"Could you not speak so callously of that?" Carmelita hissed firmly. "Coco's still coming to terms with what she did."
Scrooge's face fell. "Mah apologies, lasses," he offered, both to Carmelita and to Coco. "As long as ah've been around, ah've come ta terms with there bein' some people the world is simply better off without...and that there should'na be no regrets fer what ye have ta do ta deal with those when fate forces yer hand." He placed his hand against his chest. "Ah may not be hate fueled like that monster, but ah guess mah soul isn't as clean as I'd like ta think. I've...forgotten what it was like...ta be so innocent."
Coco looked up at him. "It's okay, sir-"
"Ah!" Scrooge interrupted. "Not sir! The Coopers have been mah friends fer five generations! Far as I'm concerned, that makes us family. So ta you, like the boys here...ah'm Uncle Scrooge." He smiled warmly at the little filly.
Coco found herself returning the smile as the coldness that had settled in her chest from the mention of Bentley and Murray faded. "Okay, Uncle Scrooge!" she replied happily.
"That'a girl!" Scrooge praised, reaching over to ruffle her mane affectionately. Sly and Carmelita both managed a warm smile, feeling much more relaxed now.
Unca Scrooge.
I seriously wish i could upvote this story more! i was cheeting 'eeee'ing and clapping mosto f the way through this chapter.
I seriously wish that we could Up vote the chapters individually, on top of the story as a whole, at least that way we could actually up vote multiple times!
Coco had an adorable cornflower blue dress the flared slightly at the hem
1. That.
Judging from Deik's reaction, one might suspect that he's still Clockwerk as a ghost in the shell but so far he doesn't seem to have his usual stand alone complex.
Guess Coco is gonna have to get used to the nephews being colour coded.
Seems the soup for Coco almost didn't meat expectations.
Well then, this is interesting to say the least. :)
Good as ever Tatsurou. I'm hearing Young doing Scrooge every line. :)
I wonder if Donald's going to show up? And maybe Goofy and Mickey as well since they're such good friends?
Hell, now I'm hoping Coco spontaneously manifests a Keyblade!
It has been years, and I still can't tell who is who when it comes to the colours of the nephews...
8033912 stranger things have happened... see pinkies PWNY-verse story
Not to mention that he could probably still get access to the Golden Caverns (from Luck O' The Ducks) if he really wanted to. He still technically owns it.
I speculate that it's because Cows and Deer are sentient in Equestria, so it would feel wrong at a fundamental level to consume of them. But there are also sheep, chickens, fish and pigs up the wazoo (of course, i mean the urban dictionary definition of that ) that aren't, so that would likely be more okay.
Right to the feels again. This chapter and the new chapter of "Yes My Lady" is just what I needed after the night I had last night.
He drank from the fountain of youth. Just a... fun fact, there.
Initiating Daw-fest now...
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Though this makes me wonder about what will happen in the future. Especially since Rarity is the daughter of the World's Greatest Detective.
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Wasn't the fountain only able to show a reflection of what your young self was like?
8034003 Well.... (start at about 00:59, get to about 3:21 to cut to the chase)
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As I recall, he also owns "The Grail", which was implied to be THE Holy Grail. In all likelihood the very same seen last chapter. Between both the drink of the fountain and that, he's pretty close to immortal.
Every day they're out there making DUCKTALES! WOO-HOO!
I thought it was politics. Eh, I guess it can be both
Really liking the lore of this chapter.
I'm fairly certain it'd be interesting to see Scrooge trying to raise a pony of his own sometime... but that's just an idle thought, this is rather nice indeed, especially considering all the memories everyone had with Ducktale.
8033924 According to Disney's archivist Dave Smith in Disney A to Z, Huey wears red (the "brightest hue" of the trio), Dewey wears blue (color of dew, or water), and Louie in green (the color of "l"eaves). Any other combinations are because they borrowed one another's clothes just for the heck of it.
Until next time...
Anon e Mouse Jr.
8034043 and don't forget about the philosopher's stone.
^_^ Uncle Scrooge, Huey, Dewey and Louie hehe nice tho shame no Donald
oh fun fact in Norwegian they are called Onkel Skrue, Ole, Dole and Doffen (Donald is still Donald)
8033821 What this guy said.
Great chapter, loved the duck tales stuff, although it has me wondering; do you have a pwny story planned for diamond tiara? Because if not Scrooge would be a goodbye match for her.
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As much as I would enjoy trying to write a Ducktales PWNY story, Ducktales won't allow for it. It says so right in the last verse of the lyrics.
"Not pony tails or cotton tails,
So Ducktales!
Woo hoo!"
It's quite plain. Duckberg has no place for ponies.
In all seriousness, it simply wouldn't work. The big overarching plot line of Ducktales is Scrooge and his nephews actually bonding as family, something Scrooge had long forgotten about and the nephews were uncertain of. Throwing in a pony would massively derail that one way or the other.
ok. now this is amazing. scrouge mcduck is like the grand daddy of all cartoons. even astro boy.
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Well with that explanation, that makes perfect sense. Slight shame to know but understandable nonetheless.
8035006 This would imply that it would be similarly derailing to attempt a full-on Darkwing Duck crossover due to the similar theme behind Drake adopting Gosselin...
Of course, since Darkwing Duck canonically takes place in the Ducktales universe already (Launchpad, Gizmoduck) there's nothing stopping a cameo or two in this story IF you feel like it would fit...
"I am the terror that flaps in the night! I am the loose string that unravels your loot bag. I am DARKWING DUCK!'
Oooooh this was wonderful Hahaha, nicely done! And why do I get the feeling... there could be a chapter with the triplets and Coco?
Keep it up!
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LOL XD
So Scrooge is about 150 years in this? Hmm, I wonder if that means we'll get to tag along some adventures with him in Part 4!
Also, I too am hoping that Darkwing gets Tats' touch at appearing in one of the PWNY stories!
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8034483 I don't recall him ever coming across that. Though honestly in over a century of nearly full time adventuring, it is quite possible.
Well, if Coco is calling him Uncle Scrooge then their better be some Duck Tales every now and again.
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But hopefully the fact that the boys are now friends with Coco will fix Quack Pack from being so bad in their future.
Just curious if Mrs. Beakly and Webbie are still here or not? I'd imagine Webbie would get along great with Coco and probably enjoy having another girl around.
I enjoy this,but i have one question, are you covering sly 4 or 3 as well?
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Also: YES, YES, ALL OF MY YESS
That is all.
Very nice, especially the revelations about Carmelita's family. I have to wonder if her dad was hunting Clockwreck himself to avenge his friend. Oh, and if Coco ever needs to bluff someone by having a huge bank account, I can see Scrooge setting up a 'pocket change' account for her to draw from and snickering as she plays the 'ignorant little rich girl'.
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And what did you think the 'public cover' for most of the Cooper family accounts was in the first place?
8039946 Well before you introduced Scrooge, I'd say investing in stuff like McDonalds, Microsoft, Apple, and other big name companies in the Cooperverse.
I can't decide, original voice, or David Tennant?
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I want art of this RIGHT NOW, PLEASE!!!!
I just realized... she snuck past Ducking Scrooge McDuck! And now we learn that the Coopers, in your canon, are family friends with a the great grandfather of anime and comics?!
Wooo friggin' hooo!
did... did you really do a cameo from the Disney Ducktales series? Huey, Dewey, Louie and Scrooge? Really?! even I know that series and I'm a teen!
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...and now I just saw the solution to writing both a Ducktales and Darkwing Duck PWNYverse story if I were so inclined.
Launchpad adopts Spitfire!
(Not really, I don't do repeat universes after all, but the idea struck me as hilarious.)
It reminds me of this same mod.
Nice way to work the two settings together.
Wow, interesting.
And we're back to what Coco did to Neyla, and how it was undeserved.
While it's true that there are things I wouldn't wish on the worst of the evils out there, one does have to consider what has been earned. Neyla was on the fast track to this end regardless of whether or not it was Coco that did it. We decry it not because of the action itself, but who did it. No innocent should have to make that kind of a choice; that says nothing as to whether or not Neyla earned. Which she did; the only reason she wasn't as evil as Seft or Clockwerk was due to age; she simply hadn't been in the game long enough.
And from a magical standpoint, this is probably the only time death magic is at all justified.