Author's Note: This story, is an alternate ending to a Fan Fic story, that I posted back in June. If you wish to read the original story, please click on the following link. s/10478162/1/Didi-s-Graduation And now, on with the new story, which starts off with the start of chapter 2 in the original story, of Didi's Graduation. And, it's posted, as a Rugrats/Bobby's World crossover, because the characters from Bobby's World will be appearing in this version, and the only reason why they didn't appear in the original, as well as TCKing12's OC Peter, and Jesse Barrow's OC Jesse, was simply because, well, one reason will be explained in this story, but I wasn't using those characters when I wrote the original story.
Alternate Ending to Didi's Graduation
Summary: What if when traveling down the road to head to Didi's graduation, Tommy had never hit that emergency stop button in Aunty Celeste's driverless van? Where do Zack and the Rugrats, end up? Do they make it to the graduation ceremony? Or are they headed on a big adventure! Read and find out!
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from Rugrats and Bobby's World, they're the property of their original creaters. Jesse and his family is owned by Jesse Barrow, while Peter, is owned by TCKing12. And, just as in the original version of this story, the characters are the same age in this alternate version, as they were in the original. Dil is 1, Tommy is 2, and Chuckie is 3.
Chapter 1, The Adventure Begins
Location: Somewhere in California, May, 2014
Now the driverless van speeds down a highway, with the kids inside, passing by endless stretches of grass on either side of the road.
"What does Tommy's mommy's school look like anyway?" Phil asked.
"I don't know Philip." Lil answered.
"Yes you do Lillion." Phil argued.
"No you don't, Phillip." Lil argued back.
"I don't think we're going the right way." Chuckie intervened.
"Tommy, what does your mommy's school look like?" Kimi asked.
"Um, uh, I remember it's big with lots of…" Tommy starts having a coughing fit.
"With lots of what?" Zack asked.
But Tommy continues to have his coughing fit for several more minutes.
"Tommy, are you ok?" Chuckie asked.
Finally, Tommy stops coughing, and answers him in a horse voice.
"No, I'm not ok. I don't feel good Chuckie." Replied Tommy.
"No worries guys, we'll make it to Tommy's mommy's graduation." Said Zack with a smile.
"How can you be so sure? You don't even know where we're going!" Said Chuckie.
"Oh sure I do, right Tommy?" Zack asked, turning to Tommy, who was in the passenger seat next to him.
Tommy nodded.
"See? Tommy agrees with me." Said Zack.
"We're gonna have fun!" Said Kimi excitedly.
"But didn't Angelica say it was going to be boring?" Chuckie asked.
"You guys know very well that Angelica never tells the truth, so I doubt if it will be boring at all. You'll see." Replied Zack.
But the driverless van continued to head down the highway, not making any turn into any parking lot, as Zack had originally put in the destination of Alextown, Maine into the automated GPS system by mistake, thus, the van was headed there, but the Rugrats and Zack, were thinking otherwise. They thought Zack was right, that they'd eventually, get themselves to Tommy's mommy's graduation, until the sun started to set in the sky.
"Uh, Zack?" Chuckie asked.
"Yes?" Zack replied.
"Um, I don't think we're getting to Tommy's mommy's graduation. The sun is going down, and we're still driving! Like, pull over already!" Snapped Chuckie.
"I don't know how!" Said Zack.
"Try pressing some buttons. I'm sure one of them should…" Said Tommy, before he sneezed.
"Bless you Tommy." Said Chuckie.
"Thanks." Said Tommy with a sigh.
"You sure you're ok?" Zack asked.
"No! I'm not! I wanna go home!" Shouted Tommy, who started crying.
The others gasp. It was the first time they could recall Tommy wanting to go home, with the exception of that time when they got lost in the forrest a while back, right after they met Dil.
"Hey, maybe the graduation is far far away. When my aunty takes me on long car trips, I find a nappy helps pass the time. And, maybe it will help you to feel better too." Explained Zack.
Tommy thought about it for a minute, and let out a huge yawn.
"Maybe a nappy is what I need." Tommy thought to himself, as he closed his eyes, and leaned back in the seat.
Chuckie, Phil, Lil, Kimi, and Dil, all caught a glimpse of Tommy yawning in the rear view mirror, and yawned too, falling asleep. The only one who was still awake was Zack, who fell asleep as soon as the sun set in the sky.
Meanwhile, further behind them on the highway, Betty, Howard, Stu, Didi, Kira, Chaz, and Aunty Celeste, were all in two cars, with Betty, Howard, Kira and Chaz in one, and Stu, Didi, and Celeste in another, trying to track down Celeste's van, and their kids, in hopes that their kids were in her van.
"Oh, I'm never going to make it! And my boys! They're gone!" Panicked Didi.
"Don't worry Didi, we'll find them." Said Stu.
At the graduation ceremony, Drew and Charlotte noticed nobody else had shown up. Charlotte had been on her phone, talking to Jonathan, when Drew finally made her get off, because it was almost time for the ceremony to start.
"Where is everybody anyway?" Charlotte asked, looking over to see several empty seats next to Drew and Angelica, and the row in front of them, completely deserted.
"I don't know, it's possible that Stu got caught up with one of his stupid inventions." Replied Drew.
A little while later, the graduation ceremony started, and the graduates marched in to the sound of bagpipes. Drew and Charlotte couldn't help but notice, that Didi wasn't there in the profession.
"Where could she be?" Charlotte asked.
"I don't know, maybe she's running late. Stu's known to make her do that, as are the rest of them." Replied Drew.
The ceremony started, and all went according to plan, until it came time for Didi, to give her acceptance speech.
"It appears that Didi Pickles is not here this evening, so looks like I'll be giving the speech." Said a tall man with dark brown hair, wearing a gray suit, who was standing at the podium.
This caused Drew and Charlotte, to become very concerned, as they listened to the man's very long, boring speech. When he was finally finished, and the diplomas were being handed out, they decided on an idea.
"Char, when they call Didi's name, I'll run up and grab her diploma for her, then, we're leaving to look for them." Whispered Drew into Charlotte's ear.
"Daddy, I wanna go home!" Yelled Angelica.
"Sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh'sh." Said Drew, putting a finger up to his lips, as the diplomas continued to be handed out.
When Didi's name was called, Drew went up, and got her diploma on her behalf.
"I'm Didi's brother-in-law, and I am here, to get her diploma on her behalf." Said Drew, as he walked up to the podium, and took the diploma from the man's hand.
"Where's Didi?" The man asked.
"We don't know, my wife, daughter and I, are off to look for her." Said Drew.
"Give her our love." Said the man at the podium, who was obviously the president of the college.
"We will." Said Drew, as he ran back to his seat, grabbed up Angelica and Charlotte's hands, and left the college auditorium, hopping into their car, where they left the school, in search of Didi.
Once they were in the car, Charlotte gave Didi a call on her cell.
"Is everything alright?" Charlotte asked.
"No, our kids are missing!" Didi cried into the phone.
"We're on our way." Said Charlotte.
Didi let them know that they were stuck in a traffic jam on highway 95, to make their way towards that highway. They did just that, ending up behind the car holding Stu, Didi, and Celeste, while Betty's car, with Betty, Howard, Chaz and Kira, was still in front of Stu and Didi, behind several other cars, as an accident had occurred up ahead, that was preventing traffic from getting through.
Meanwhile, way ahead on the highway, past the accident, the driverless van continued to speed down the highway, carrying seven sleeping toddlers. A little while later though, dings started to come from the car, which were unnoticed by the toddlers, who were still sound asleep, Tommy however, was snoring loudly, on account that he had a bad cold.
"Batty Low." Said the robotic voice, as the car continued to make dinging noises.
This awoke Zack, as he continued to hear the message.
"Why is the car running low on batteries?" Zack thought to himself, as the announcement continued repeatedly, and the car, started to slow down.
Then, it hit him. His aunt's driverless van didn't run on gas, but rather, it ran on electricity, and after so many hours of driving, the battery, needed to be charged. But try as he might, Zack couldn't figure out how to get the car stopped.
"You can't stop, you're fifty thousand miles away from your destination." Said the robotic voice, as Zack hit random buttons on the computer keyboard on the on board computer, that sat, where the steering wheel would normally be.
"Tommy, wake up. I think we're in trouble!" Zack shouted, as he reached over and started shaking Tommy, but it was no use. Tommy was out like a light.
So Zack went to the seat behind him, where he shook awake Chuckie, Kimi, Phil, Lil, and Dil.
"What's wrong?" Chuckie asked sleepily.
"Guys, we're not gonna make it." Replied Zack.
Just then, the car halted to a complete stop in the middle of the road, and before Zack could do anything, a car on the highway, going at full speed, crashed into the back of the driverless van, sending it flying through the air.
"AAAHHH!" Screamed the awakened toddlers, clutching on to one another for dear life, all except Tommy, who continued to sleep through all of this, until a minute later, the car crashed.
It was then that Tommy awoke to everything that was going on. He awoke to see the car had stopped, and that they weren't on the road anymore, but the light from the moon, gave him enough light to tell they weren't on the road anymore, but in some unfamiliar forrest, far from civilization. He turned to the back, to see his little brother and all of his friends, clutching on to one another for dear life, breathing heavily.
"What happened guys?" Tommy asked, his voice sounding quite croaky.
"We crashed, the battery died." Replied Zack.
"We're taking a bath in pie?" Tommy asked.
"No! We crashed, and the car's battery is dead." Yelled Zack.
"Huh?" Tommy asked again.
"We're doomed!" Chuckie yelled.
"Are you sure you're ok Tommy?" Zack asked.
"Am I having a nice day? Of course not, I'm sick and you got us losted!" Yelled Tommy.
It then hit Zack and the others, that Tommy's ears must be clogged from the cold he was sick with, unable to hear as well.
"Well, how should I get us, unlosted?" Zack asked.
"You figure it out." Tommy snapped.
"But you always help us." Replied Zack.
"Not this time." Snapped Tommy, who turned away from Zack, looking out the window.
"Fine. You guys stay here, I'll go look for help." Said Zack.
"No, don't go out there." Said Chuckie.
"Why not?" Zack asked.
"Cuz, you don't know where you are." Said Chuckie.
"Neither do you." Argued Zack.
"Yeah, well, I don't think no baby should be traveling alone. It's too scary." Said Chuckie.
"Fine, me and Tommy will go." Said Zack, who grabbed at Tommy's arm, but Tommy, jurked away.
"What's wrong with you?" Zack asked.
"You made us miss my mommy's graduation, and now, we're losted, with no food, no diapy bag, and a broked car." Snapped Tommy.
"Now calm down. I'm sure if we stick together, we'll find our way home." Said Zack.
"You're right, we'll…" Just then, Tommy had another coughing fit.
"Oh." Tommy moaned when his coughing fit was done.
"We'd better find some grown ups, fast." Said Zack, as he opened his door.
"Everyone, come out my door, the back ones won't work when the battery is dead." Said Zack, as Chuckie, Kimi, Dil, Phil, Lil, and Tommy, all followed behind him.
Once everybody was outside the van, they looked around, to find themselves in a huge forrest area, with stretches of grass and trees in every which direction.
"Where are we?" Kimi asked.
"I don't know Kimi, but it looks like that place we went a while back, only different." Said Chuckie.
"It's a forrest!" Said Phil.
"No, it's the woods." Said Lil.
"Forrest!" Argued Phil.
"Woods!" Argued Lil.
"Quiet!" Shouted Chuckie.
"Guys, now's not the time to fight. Now's the time, for us to stick together. Come on. I got us into this mess, and I'm gonna get us out." Said Zack.
And this, ends chapter 1. So, what will happen next? We'll find out, in chapter 2.
Author's Note: And, I should point out, that Jesse and his family, Peter, and the Bobby's World characters, will appear, in a later chapter.