Les Poissons (Antoine D'Coollette version)

Inside the dining room table, Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails were standing near the window, looking out into the distance. While LeFou was seated at the large table, beginning to clean his pipe, Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails were waiting patiently for Amy, Sally, and Cosmo to arrive as he tried desperately to reason with the male red echidna, the male blue hedgehog, and the male yellow two-tailed fox.

"Oh, Knuckles, Sonic, Tails, be reasonable," said LeFou, feeling clearly amused while waving his pipe in the air. "Nice young ladies just don't - swim around rescuing people in the middle of the ocean and then - flutter off into oblivion, like some -"

Knuckles cut him off. "We're tellin' you, LeFou, they were REAL!" he said.

"We're gonna find those girls." Sonic agreed.

"And we're gonna marry them." added Tails. He and his brothers put their left hands over their chins, gazing out the glass windows.

Suddenly, laughter was heard from behind them. They turned their heads to see the lovers with the waitress.

"Come on, ladies." said a voice, "Don't be shy."

It was Belle. She stood by the door frame, guiding the lovers into the dining room.

Out of the shadows came Amy, Sally, and Cosmo.

Amy was now wearing a coronation dress with a black sweetheart bodice with off-the-shoulder red sleeves and rose, white, pink, and yellow prints on it, a platinum white trim, a red pleated skirt with sashes (consisting of blood red centers with white, yellow, red, blood red, and pink prints on it between white sides) and red pleats (similar to Anna's dress), a black satin-laced necklace with a gold pendant of Japan's symbol, a cream-colored petticoat, matching bloomers, white stockings, and red ballet shoes. She was still wearing her white gloves, gold ring bracelets, and red hairband.

Sally was now wearing a blue dress with long, light blue, triangular sleeves, a dark blue lined bodice, a white diamond-shaped neckline, and a blue petal overskirt (similar to Aurora's dress), a ruffled matching petticoat, a gold tiara, a matching necklace, and blue pumps.

Cosmo was now wearing a green dress with short, baby green, puffy sleeves (decorated with white hairlines), a white collar sticking out from the back, and a forest green bodice (similar to Snow White's dress), a fuchsia bow headband, and green pumps with baby green bows.

These were new looks for Amy, Sally, and Cosmo, and they showed that they were being treated well by the servants.

Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails' eyes widened as LeFou walked up behind the echidna, hedgehog, and fox.

"Oh, boys, aren't they visions?" asked LeFou.

The grins they had were never slipping off their faces. Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails' mouths hung open. But they closed their mouths and swallowed, feeling somewhat nervous.

"You look - wonderful." Knuckles stammered.

"And - very beautiful." Sonic added in agreement.

"And you three - are the love of our lives." Tails finished.

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo, unable to say, "Thank you," replied with a gentle blush, they shrugged their shoulders, appreciating the nice comment, smiles on their faces as their green eyes and blue eyes looked up from behind their quills, red hair, and green hair.

Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails blushed a light pink as LeFou helped the male Mobians into their chairs, quite enthusiastic, but not before giving the young princesses a light nudge. Knuckles, his big brother, and their little brother pursed their lips, but grinned nonetheless.

"Come come come, you must be famished. Let me help you my dears. There we go - ah - quite comfy?"

He helped the princesses into their seats. Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails tucked the chairs under the table as the female pink hedgehog, the female brown squirrel/ chipmunk, and the female green Seedrian sat down.

"Uh, it's...it's not often that we have such lovely dinner guests, eh, Knux?"

"Yes, I suppose so." said Knuckles. Then he turned to Sonic, saying, "Don't you think, Sonic?"

"Oh, indeed, yes!" Sonic nodded.

Amy, her big sister, and their little sister playing attention anymore. They were too intrigued by the glistening gold, silver, and bronze 'dinglehoppers' resting on the table. With wide smiles, they picked up the shiny object, Sally took off her tiara, and they began brushing their hair/fur-hair with them. They looked up to face a confused Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails and a horrified LeFou. Amy, Sally, and Cosmo delicately placed the 'dinglehoppers' back on the table, Sally placed the tiara back on her head, and they looked down in embarrassment.

They bit their lips and looked up as they saw LeFou using a lighter to ignite the coppery thing that Amy and her sisters understood as a 'snarfblatt'. LeFou kindly smiled at Amy, and handed her his pipe. "Uh, do you like it?" he asked, "It *is* a rather fine..."

LeFou stopped in mid-sentence when the female pink hedgehog blew into the pipe as if it was a trumpet, sending a cloud of smoke spurting out the top and straight into his face, much to Sally and Cosmo's slight amusement. Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails cracked up with laughter while Belle gave a small giggle. "Oh, my!" she exclaimed.

Tails cleared his throat as he and his big brothers tried to regain composure. "Ahem. We're sorry, LeFou."

Belle smiled, placing a hand on the red echidna's shoulder. "Why, Knuckles, Sonic, Tails," she said. "That's the first time I've seen you three smile in weeks."

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo looked up from the table and smiled. "Oh, very amusing," said LeFou, as he used a handkerchief to wipe the last bit of smoke of his face and sniffed. "Belle, my dear, what's for dinner?"

"Oooh, you're gonna love it!" Belle smiled. "Chef's been fixing his specialty, stuffed mouse!"

Basil poked his head out from behind a sugar bowl and gasped upon seeing the chef of a French kitchen. He was a slender brown coyote with brown fur with beige markings at the muzzle, upper face, and underbelly, blonde hair, blue eyes, a black nose, and small black whiskers. He wears a blue, red, and yellow Acorn Kingdom Army uniform, red boots, a white chef's hat, and a matching apron. His name was Antoine D'Coollette, the French chef of the kitchen. Antoine rummaged through a cupboard. Singing in French to himself, he hummed to himself as he took a basket of trout and putting one on a counter. With his food ready, the coyote chef started singing.

Antoine: ***Les poissons***
***Les poissons***
*How I love **les poissons***
*Love to chop*
*And to serve little fish*

Grabbing the trout from the basket, Antoine pulled out a cleaver and violently chopped off its head. This shocked Basil horribly. Horrified that this was happening, Basil hid his face.

Antoine: *First I cut off their heads*
*Then I pull out the bones*
***Ah mais oui***
***Ca c'est toujours delish***

Taking out another trout, Antoine took the cleaver and violently chopped off its head then proceeded to skin it and gut it while Basil leaned against a wall and covered his mouth, feeling quite sick, feeling as if he may want to throw up.

Antoine: ***Les poissons***
***Les poissons***
***Hee hee hee***
***Hah hah hah***
*With the cleaver I hack them in two*

Taking out another trout, Antoine again chopped its head and then chopped the rest of the body into tiny pieces. Basil tried getting away, but he found himself face to face with the trout's head.

Antoine: *I pull out what's inside*
*And I serve it up fried*
'*Cause I love little fishes*
*Don't you?*

After cutting the trout's head off, Antoine pulled out the insides of the trout and cooked it on a frying pan before serving it on a plate.

Spotting a large lettuce leaf, Basil grabbed the leaf and used it to disguise himself as he slowly scuttled away from an unsuspecting chef, who is too absorbed into his little *fish hacking mania* but Antoine took a mallet and began smashing a tuna flat.

Antoine: *Here's something for tempting the palate*
*Prepared in the classic technique*
*First you pound the fish flat with a mallet*

When Antoine pounded the tuna flat with the mallet, Basil flew off the counter along with other stuff on it. He hid again under the lettuce before hearing more gross stuff from Antoine's preparations for the tuna.

Antoine: *Then you slash through the skin*
*Give the belly a slice*
*Then you rub some salt in*
'*Cause that makes it taste nice*

When Antoine was describing those horrid moves, Basil cringed even more.

Just after Antoine put the salt on he rather was holding the fish body close to his cheek, Basil worst fear was confirmed when the cook reached out and grabbed the lettuce leaf, leaving him exposed. The small mouse detective kept perfectly still as the chef gasped,

"*Zut alors*!" exclaimed Antoine, "I have missed one!" He picked up the 'dead' mouse detective and continued singing,

Antoine: ***Sacre bleu***
*What is this?*
*How on earth could I miss*
*Such a sweet little succulent mouse?*
***Quel dommage***
*What a loss*
*Here we go*
*In the sauce*
*Now some flour*
*I think just a spurt*

Antoine tossed Basil into a bowl of sauce and threw a spot of flour in his face, making him cough and sneeze before pulling him out and stuffing some breadcrumbs in his mouth.

Antoine: *Now I stuff you with bread*
*It don't hurt 'cause you're dead*
*And you're certainly lucky you are*

Basil spat out the breadcrumbs and wheezed loudly. Antoine didn't notice that the mouse detective in his hand was still alive.

Antoine: '*Cause it's gonna be hot*
*In my big silver pot*
*Toodle loo*
***Mon poisson***
***Au revoir!***

Antoine threw Basil across the room into a large pot of boiling water. Basil held on to the inside of the pot before a bubble popped, burning him out of the pot and onto the counter with a loud thud.

Antoine, hearing the 'thud', looked over to it being confused. He used a pitchfork-like utensil and stabs on either side of the mouse detective, picking up Basil and carefully inspected it. "What is this?" he asked. Basil bit Antoine's nose, making him scream in pain as he held his nose.

Basil landed on the handle of a pan on the stove. Antoine reached for the mouse detective, but instead put his hand on the fiery hot stove. The chef screamed and blew on his hand as the pan fell onto his foot. Antoine grabbed his foot and cried in pain, before sending Basil an angry glare, grabbing a bunch of knives and hurling them at the mouse detective.

Basil, who ducked each knife, dove under the counter, and while the chef was looking under the counter, Basil pushed the bowl of sauce off the counter. The bowl shattered on his head. Going more insane, Antoine lifted his cleaver and brought it down. But all he managed to chop up was the counter.

He saw Basil running for his life. Basil screamed as he tried getting out. The cleaver landed right in front of him, stopping him from running that way. He quickly made a mad dash underneath Antoine and hid underneath a cabinet of glasses and pottery. Antoine screamed, holding his mallet in his hand, Basil hid as the psychotic chef jumped and crashed into the shelves.

Back in the dining room, everyone heard loud crashes coming from the kitchen.

Belle, who was pouring drinks for the princes, LeFou, and their young guests, looked in the direction of the kitchen at the sound of a large crash. "I think I'd better go see what Antoine is up to." she said. Once she had excused herself, she hurriedly made her way to the palace kitchen.

Back in the kitchen, the insane chef, ripped clothes and all, was tearing apart the cabinet, mindlessly throwing things out of the way trying to find Basil. "Come out, you little pipsqueak, AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN!" he snarled. He continued to tear apart a cupboard.

"Antoine!" shouted Belle.

He shot up, banging his head on the shelf, causing several new pots and pans to fall or break on the floor, at the sound of Belle's shrill voice. His uniform and apron were torn and stained, his chef's hat was gone, he only had one boot, and there was a hole in the elbow of his uniform.

"What are you doing?" Belle demanded.

Antoine stammered about what he was doing earlier. "Well - I - I was just - er, er, I'm sorry, *madame*." he finally said. Belle scowled at the coyote as he gave her an apologetic grin and pinched out a fire that had started on his furry cheek.

Belle picked up the plates - which all had a metal dome over the top - off a nearby bench, and storming out the kitchen. "Well, I never!" she exclaimed in disgust.

LeFou set his glass back on the table as Belle placed their dinners in front of him, Amy, Sally, Cosmo, Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails. "You know, boys," he said. "perhaps our young guests might enjoy seeing some of the sights of the kingdom. Something in the way of a tour?"

Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails simply sat there, staring at Amy with lovestruck expressions on their faces. Realizing that LeFou had said something to them, they snapped out of their daze. Knuckles let out a small chuckle and looked at LeFou. "We're sorry, LeFou." he said, "What was that?"

LeFou leaned over to the male red echidna, the male blue hedgehog, and the male yellow two-tailed fox, and whispered, "You can't spend all your time moping about, you need to get out. Do something, have a life. Get your minds off-"

As LeFou complained, he opened his dish, and Basil was huddled inside. Amy, Sally, and Cosmo noticed Basil and became worried. Basil quietly shushed the worried female pink hedgehog, the worried female brown squirrel/chipmunk hybrid, and the worried female green Seedrian, with Amy opening her dish and urging for Basil to quickly hide in hers.

"Easy, LeFou, easy." said Knuckles.

"It's not a bad idea," added Sonic. "If they're interested."

As the three chatted, Basil quickly and quietly dashed across the table and hid in Amy's dish. With Basil safe, Amy quickly turned to Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails, along with Sally and Cosmo.

"Well, what do you say?" asked Tails. "Would you like to join us on a tour of our kingdom tomorrow?"

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo nodded, genuinely excited by the prospect and also internally relieved.

"Wonderful!" beamed LeFou. "Now let's eat, before this mouse wanders off my plate." He looked down, only to be confused that Basil had just run off his plate.

Dinner got carried on into the evening long after the sun had set and afterwards, Amy, Sally, Cosmo, Knuckles, Sonic, Tails, and LeFou went their separate ways.

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo were now dressed in their nightclothes as they watched Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails play with Pikachu from the balcony.

Amy was now wearing light green pajamas that consists of a T-shirt and pants.

Sally was now wearing a blue cotton nightgown.

Cosmo was now wearing green long-sleeved pajamas that consist of a jacket with buttons and a yellow collar and cuffs and pants with yellow cuffs.

"Come here boy!" Sonic laughed to Pikachu, "Arrr!!!" added Knuckles. He and his brothers knelt on the ground and Pikachu ran up to them calling out, "Pikachu!" Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails growled playfully at the electric mouse Pokemon as they pinned him down. "Awww! Who's a good boy?!" Tails asked, nuzzling Pikachu. "Pikachu!" the electric mouse Pokemon smiled. They looked up and smiled when they saw that the female pink hedgehog, the female brown squirrel/chipmunk hybrid, and the female green Seedrian they'd found on the beach that day, watching. Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails waved at Amy, Sally, and Cosmo, and they waved back, before slipping further back into their room. Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails' eyes sparkled as their smiles widened. They were actually really looking forward to taking them around their kingdom tomorrow, and could only hope that she felt the same way.

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo smiled as they brushed their quills and hair with their forks. Basil (who was now wearing a white T-shirt and green flannel pajama pants with a red plaid pattern as his pajamas) complained about his experience in the kitchen as he cleaned off the cooking spices. "This has got to be, without a doubt, the single most humiliating day of my life." he complained.

Sally patted Basil on the head.

"I hope you appreciate what I go through for you, young ladies!" scolded the mouse detective, as he waved his lettuce leaf at Amy, Sally, and Cosmo while they walked over to their bed.

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo's bed was a large canopy bed with baby blue mattresses & matching bedsheets & pillows, large red curtains (with golden draw-tassels) on all four sides (attached to the green canopy), light green blankets, white linens, a warm, fuzzy blue blanket, & green mahogany bedposts (with a headboard of the same color & material).

Anyway, Basil told Amy, "Now, we've got to make a plan to get that echidna, that hedgehog, and that fox to kiss you."

She opened the curtains and bounced a little before settling back into the large pillow on the left side of the canopy bed and crawled under the covers.

"Tomorrow, when he takes you for that ride, you gotta look your best." said Basil.

Amy lay in her bed. It was very comfy and warm. It was a nice place for her to sleep for the night.

"You're gonna bat your eyes - like this," Basil went on, as he batted his eyes and puckered his lips. "You gotta pucker up your lips - like this."

But by now, he realized that Amy was already fast asleep. Basil shook his head and smiled. "Hm." He blew out the candle on the bed side table. He hopped onto one of Amy's pillows, closed the curtains, and before falling asleep himself, he said, "You are hopeless, child. You know that?" He yawned and closed his eyes as Amy covered him up with her red blanket. "Completely hopeless!"

And with that, Amy and Basil both fell asleep for the night.