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Chapter 1: Help Wanted

January 11, 2010

Ah, the sea. So fascinating, so wonderful. Here, we see Bikini Bottom, home of one of my favorite creatures, Spongebob Squarepants. Yes, of course he lives in a pineapple, silly.

Spongebob was sleeping in his bed. His foghorn alarm went off multiple times, making Spongebob's blanket fly off of him, causing him to wake up.

He turned his alarm off. He started climbing up to the diving board above his bed. "Today's the big day, Gary." He said. Gary meowed.

"Look at me, I'm NAKED!" Spongebob bounced on the diving board multiple times before taking a giant leap off of it, making his underwear fly off.

He landed right on his pants. He walked over to his exercise room. "Gotta be in top physical condition for today, Gary." Gary meowed.

Spongebob took a few deep breaths before lifting the weight, which had two stuffed animals at the ends of it. Spongebob lifted it with difficulty. He let out a cry as he held it above his head, and then dropped it to the ground.

"I'm READY!" Spongebob ran out of his house, and down the road repeating those words.

Spongebob was neighbors with Squidward, who lived in a tiki, and Patrick, who lives under a rock. Patrick was Spongebob's best friend.

Patrick's rock opened, with him sticking to it. "Go, Spongebob!" Patrick started to slip off the rock. "WOAH!" Patrick fell into his house.

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Meanwhile, above the surface...

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There was a restaurant near a beach that used to be full of life, but recently, it was closed down. It was Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, which was a kid's pizza restaurant with animatronics.

The names of said animatronics were:

Freddy Fazbear: the Brown Bear who resides in the center of the stage. Gender: Male

Bonnie the Bunny: the Lavender bunny who resides to the left of Freddy on the stage. Gender: Male

Chica the Chicken: the Yellow Chicken who resides to the right of Freddy on the stage. Gender: Female

Foxy the Pirate: A Crimson Fox who resides in Pirate's Cove. Gender: Male

Freddy's didn't attract a lot of business, sadly. After several months of being open, it had to close down permanently.

The windows and doors were boarded shut, and the animatronics were left in the building, workers expecting them to run out of power.

Somehow, the animatronics were still alive.

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A Sea God, named Neptune, rose out of the sea making himself invisible. He searched, and searched, until he found Freddy Fazbear's pizza.

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A sad Foxy was in Pirate's Cove, sitting down. Bonnie was near Pirate's Cove and saw this, so he tried to comfort Foxy. "What's wrong, Foxy?"

"Bonnie, me lad, it's just so sad that we'll never be able to entertain children ever again, and that we're stuck here for the rest of eternity in this place, with no chance of escape."

"Well, look at the bright side..." Bonnie tried to think of something that was positive in this situation. "I can't think of a bright side." This unintentionally made Foxy more upset.

"Guys, come here, quick!" Freddy shouted. Foxy and Bonnie ran over to where Freddy and Chica were.

They all saw a strange light coming from the stage. After a few seconds, the light disappeared, being replaced by the God of the Sea, Neptune.

"Fear not, for I am simply the God of the Sea, Neptune." "W-w-w-what do you want with us? Freddy asked. Him and the other animatronics were very scared.

"I only ask of you a small task. I need you 4 in Bikini Bottom to collect the 8 mystical pages."

"Why do we need to do that?" Chica asked.

"When the time comes, you'll know. And you must never speak of where you came from!" Neptune made a weird movement with his hands, and in an instant the animatronics vanished.

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Under the sea, in Bikini Bottom...

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Spongebob was standing in front of the most well known restaurant in Bikini Bottom.

"There it is, the finest eating establishment ever established for eating, The Krusty Krab, home of the Krabby Patty. With a Help Wanted sign on the window!" Spongebob's dream for most of his life was to be able to work as a Fry Cook at the Krusty Krab.

"For years, I've been dreaming of this moment. I'm gonna go in there, march straight to the manager, look him straight in the eye, lay it on the line-" Spongebob suddenly started to doubt himself. "-and I can't do this!"

He turned around only to see Patrick behind him. "Where do you think you're going?" "I was just-"

"No you're not!" Patrick had cut him off. "You're going to the Krusty Krab to get that job!" "I can't, don't you see! I'm not good enough."

Patrick started to convince Spongebob to get the job. "Whose first words were, may I take your order?"

"Mine were."

"Who made a Spatula out of toothpicks in Woodshop?"

"I did."

"Whose... Whose... Whose a big yellow cube with holes?" Patrick had a brain fart.

"I am!"

"Whose ready?"

"I'm ready!"

"Whose ready?"

"I'm ready!"

"Whose ready?"

"I'M READY!"

Spongebob ran to the Krusty Krab, repeatedly saying, "I'm ready!"

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Squidward, and employee at the Krusty Krab, also Spongebob's neighbor, was cleaning a door. Someone had vandalized it by crudely drawing Squidward's face on it, with an arrow pointing to it, saying LOSER.

Squidward heard Spongebob's voice and turned around. "Oh, no, Spongebob. What could he possibly want?" He looked over to the Help Wanted sign in the window.

He put two and two together. "AHHHHH! Mr. Krabs!" Squidward realized that his worst nightmare could come true, Spongebob working at the Krusty Krab alongside him.

Squidward ran to the cash register, where Mr. Krabs was. Mr. Krabs was Squidward's boss. "Hurry Mr. Krabs before it's to late about-" Squidward was saying this as fast as he could.

"Permission to come aboard captain!" Spongebob interrupted Squidward.

Spongebob put on a deep voice. "I've been training my whole life for the day I could join the Krusty Crew."

Spongebob's deep voice disappeared. "And now I'm ready." Spongebob didn't walk to steps before he tripped on a loose nail in the floorboard.

His spongy skin made him bounce all over the Krusty Krab for several seconds before his was lying down face up in front of Mr. Krabs and Squidward. "So, when do I start?"

"Well, lad it looks like you don't even have your sea legs" Mr. Krabs commented. "Mr. Krabs, please, I'll prove I'm fry cook material. Ask Squidward, he'll vouch for me."

Mr. Krabs and Squidward walked to another side of the room. Squidward took a deep breath. "No." Mr. Krabs winked.

They went back to where Spongebob was now standing. "Well lad, we'll give you a test." Mr. Krabs stated. "And if ya pass, you'll be on the Krusty crew!" Spongebob took out a notebook.

"Go out and fetch me a hydrodynamic spatuler, with port and starboard attachments, and a turbo drive!" Spongebob wrote down what Mr. Krabs had said. "And don't come back till you get one!" Mr. Krabs put an employee hat on Spongebob's head.

"Aye aye, captain! One hydrodynamic spatula, with port and starboard attachments, and a turbo drive, coming right up, sir!"

"Carry on!" Mr. Krabs said. Spongebob walked out of the restaurant in search of what his boss needed.

"We'll never see that lubber again." "You're terrible, a hydro what?" Squidward and Mr. Krabs laughed.

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Meanwhile, around the area of Spongebob's house...

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Patrick was walking back to his house. "I hope Spongebob got that job." He was too oblivious to the bright light to the right of Spongebob's house. He lifted up his rock and went under it.

The light got brighter, and brighter, until it stopped, and was replaced by a large cloud of smoke. When it dissipated, it revealed an entirely new house along with 4 anthropomorphic animals that could now breathe underwater.

The brown bear, Freddy, came to his senses. "What happened?" He gasped. He was now in Bikini Bottom, along with Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy.

They noticed that they looked slightly more cartoonish, and that they didn't look like animatronics, but instead anthropomorphic animals.

They too soon woke up. "Are we in Bikini Bottom?" Bonnie asked. "I think so." Foxy responded.

They walked over to their house. "So, this is our house, I guess." Freddy said. Above the door, there was writing that said 'Property of Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy'

"Look at those other houses! A pineapple, a tiki, and a rock! Who designs houses like those?" Chica was laughing at the unusual houses.

The house that belonged to them was larger than the other houses, and looked more like a typical house that a human would own. The four went into their new home.

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Several busses were heading to the Krusty Krab. All 5 of them parked around the restaurant.

Squidward and Mr. Krabs stopped their laughing. "Wait, that sounded like hatched doors!" Mr. Krabs started sniffing at seemingly nothing.

"Do you smell it? That smell, the kind of smelly smell, the smelly smell that smells, smelly." Mr. Krab's eyes widened. "Anchovies."

"What?" Squidward couldn't hear what Mr. Krabs just said.

"Anchovies!" As Mr. Krabs screamed that, all of the anchovies exited the busses and poured into the Krusty Krab.

Squidward and Mr. Krabs took shelter in the boat that contained the cash register. All of the anchovies were saying "Meep" very loudly.

"Please, please, quiet!" Squidward managed to calm them down. "Is this any way to behave, hmm?"

An anchovy meeped.

"Let's show a little decency and form a single file line in front of the register."

This pissed off the anchovies. They quickly picked up the register and started to violently shake it.

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Spongebob finally got to the Barg' N-Mart, the place where he buys most of his groceries. "Barg' N-Mart, meeting all of your Spatula needs."

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The anchovies were creating tidal waves, causing the boat to go flying all over the restaurant. "A single file line was all I asked!"

The two were in the air. "Batten down the hatches, Mr. Squidward!" The anchovies flung them into the air again. "We're taking on water, Mr. Squidward!" And again. "I want my mommy, Mr. Squidward!"

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Spongebob had a shopping cart and was looking for the Spatula. "Doo do doo, spatula, spatula, spatu- there it is!"

He ran with the shopping cart over to the Spatula. "This is it, alright. And it's 50 dollars! But it's worth it to get that job." He put the spatula into the shopping cart.

He raced to the checkout line. There were only a few people ahead of him.

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A few minutes later...

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"Next, please." The employee said. Spongebob put the Spatula in the shopping cart.

The employee scanned the item. "That'll be $50.00, please." Spongebob gave the employee 50 dollars. The employee put it in the register, and then he put the spatula in a bag. A receipt printed out, which the employee gave to Spongebob.

"Thank you, and come again." The employee said as Spongebob got his bag and exited the store.

Spongebob exited the store and got the Spatula out of the bag. "Oh man, it'll take forever to get back to the Krusty Krab." Spongebob pressed a button on the spatula. It started flying above the air, with Spongebob holding onto it.

He gulped. He was above most of the buildings, so a fall from here could be fatal. Then, he flew to the Krusty Krab as fast as he could.

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The anchovies were making even bigger tidal waves, due to their extreme hunger.

They launched Squidward and Mr. Krabs right into a pole, which they crashed into and hung on for their dear lives.

"Climb, Mr. Squidward, climb!" They had no choice, the wave of anchovies was getting higher and higher. They were at the top of the pole, and the tidal waves got bigger.

"This is the end, goodbye Mr. Squidward!" "Oh Mr. Krabs!" The two shook hand.

"Permission to come aboard, captain! Da da da da, da da da da da da da!" Spongebob was at the restaurant, and was flying with the spatula.

"Did someone order a spatula?" Squidward and Mr. Krabs spoke incoherent gibberish. "That's right, one hydrodynamic spatula with port and starboard attachments, and let's not forget the turbo drive! Would you believe they only had one in stock?"

Spongebob flew to the kitchen. "Who's hungry?" The Sponge sweat-dropped as he realized the absurd amount of anchovies there were. This would be his greatest challenge yet.

He flew into the kitchen, and wasted no time making Krabby Patties as fast as he could. As soon as one was ready, he flung it out to an anchovy that ate it, and then put some money on the ground, then left. Spongebob was making Krabby Patties at insane speeds, just several seconds after making a batch, he moved onto the next one.

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Around Patrick's house...

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Patrick lifted up his rock and exited it. "I think I'll go to the Krusty Krab. I can't wait to taste how Spongebob makes those Krabby Patties." He started walking to the Krusty Krab.

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Inside the quartet's house...

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"So what did that guy mean by collecting 'the 8 mystical pages', there has to be a reason for it!" Chica said. "He said he would tell us later for the reasoning." Bonnie said

"Hey, at least it's better than being stuck in an abandoned building." Foxy said. "And also, finding the 8 mystical pages with yet another adventure for ol' Captain Foxy and his crew!"

Chica giggled at how over-excited Foxy was.

"Guy, we don't have to rush to find the pages, why don't we explore town first, and maybe go somewhere to eat?" Freddy suggested. Everyone else thought it was a good idea. They then exited the house and started to take a walk around Bikini Bottom.

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Several minutes later...

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Spongebob was now making Krabby Patties at near supersonic speeds. His arms and legs felt like they were about to fall off. "Almost there..." Spongebob thought to himself. There were only several dozen anchovies left.

6 dozen...

5 dozen...

4 dozen...

3 dozen...

2 dozen...

1 dozen...

Finished.

The last anchovy left money on the floor and left. Piles of money were scattered on the floor. "Squidward, help me clean this here money up!" Squidward groaned.

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A couple minutes later...

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All of the money was in a giant bag. "That was the greatest fast foodsmanship I've ever seen, Mr. Squarepants! Welcome aboard." Mr. Krabs put a nametag on Spongebob's shirt.

"But-but Mr. Krabs-" "Three cheers for Spongebob!"

"Hip-hip!"

"Hooray. Mr.-"

"Hip-hip!"

"Hooray."

"Hip-hip!"

"Hooray. Mr. Krabs-"

"I'll be in my private quarters." Mr. Krabs wheeled the bag of money into his office.

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Less than a minute later...

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Patrick entered the restaurant.

"Good morning, Krusty Crew!" Patrick walked to Squidward

"What would you like to order, Patrick?" "One Krabby Patty, please!"

Spongebob still had his instincts from the incident with the anchovies, so he nearly instantly made a Krabby Patty, which came flying into Patrick's face. "AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH" He nearly flew out of the restaurant due to the force of the Krabby Patty.

"Oh, no, Patrick!" Spongebob exited the kitchen and ran to Patrick's side. "Sorry about that, Pat. I guess this Spatula is just not right for me. Are you ok?" "Yeah, I'm fine." Patrick took out some money to pay for the Krabby Patty.

He got up with the Patty in hand, and gave the money to Squidward to put in the register. Patrick then took a bite out of the Patty. He chewed, and then swallowed it. "This is the best Krabby Patty I've ever had!" Spongebob smiled.

Mr. Krabs had just exited his office. "Mr. Krabs, is okay if I use a different spatula? This one is too much for me."

"Why, sure lad!" He took the Spatula that Spongebob currently had, and put it in a safe. He then went somewhere else and got a normal spatula. "Here ya go, lad." He gave Spongebob the spatula. "Now get back to work!"

"Aye aye, captain!" Spongebob entered the kitchen.

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Around a half hour later...

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The quartet were near the Krusty Krab, and the restaurant across the street, the Chum Bucket. "Which restaurant do you guys want to go to?" Freddy asked

"The Chum Bucket sounds disgusting. Let's go to the Krusty Krab!" Foxy said. The others agreed. They entered the Krusty Krab, and walked over to the menu, which was also called the Gallery Grub.

"Hello, welcome to the Krusty Krab, may I take your order?" Squidward said in the most deadpan tone possible.

Freddy and the other couldn't decide what to order after nearly a minutes. Squidward groaned mentally. "I guess, we'll take 4 Krabby Patties.

"Spongebob, I need 4 Krabby Patties!" "How generic" Squidward muttered to himself.

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A few minutes later...

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"That'll be $10.00." They each got $2.50 and paid their share of the cost. After Squidward counted the money and put it in the register, he handed them a plate with 4 Krabby Patties on it.

Squidward started to notice something odd about them. Namely, they were land creatures. A bear, a bunny, a chicken, and a fox. He brushed it off when he remembered seeing in passing a squirrel.

But Squidward sweat-dropped when he realized something: "How could they breathe without an air helmet?" He thought to himself. He thought it would be rude to just ask them why.

The quartet sat down at a table and began eating.

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A few minutes later...

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"I can't believe how good that cook is! That food was excellent!" Chica said.

SpongeBob heard the compliment he was just given, and looked up through the window to see the customers leave.

"We'll definitely be coming back here!" Bonnie said.

They then exited the restaurant.

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AN: That was the first chapter of the Spongebob/FNaF crossover! Tell me what you think!