Do You Remember Me,Charlie Brown? A Peanuts Musical
Chapter 1: The Letter
Normally an everyday story like this would begin in Birchwood,where we would see Charlie Brown and his friends embark on another adventure or the likes,but this story starts far far away.
Miles and miles away from Birchwood in the middle of a dark and gloomy forest in the dead of a stormy night,there stood a tall and forbidding building with plenty of windows,an entirely abandoned look due to the cracks in the building,and a clock tower that slowly ticked its long hands. A single bright flash of lightning illuminated the rusted and falling apart sign that read "Mrs Hampton's Home For Abandoned Children. Adoptions Available."
Behind the tallest possible window,was a typical small bedroom with only a single dirty and messed up bed,a dresser,and a door that led to the outside hallway. Inside the room was a small and shadowy figure,but due to the time of day and the lack of light aside from a few orange lit lanterns that hang on the walls,she couldn't be seen. The only bit of matter that could be seen was the orange light reflecting off her body,and she appeared to be intending to sneak out.
She didn't say a word aside from a quick and nervous whisper to herself "Okay,I just gotta get to the main office,write this letter,and send it to him. I hope he gets it. Here we go." before she quietly creaked the door open leading to the hallway. She quietly tiptoed through the dark and mostly empty hall with a lit candle so she could see better,she sneaked past what appeared to be simple guards with the classic throw a penny trick,and she soon made it to the main office without major trouble.
Like before she quietly creaked the unlocked doors open to reveal a big and spacious office,that had a decently sized wooden table that contained the owner's supplies,a big window that revealed the entirety of the mostly empty and bare parking lot,and a massive portrait of the owner herself: Mrs Hampton.
The girl was getting more and more nervous by the minute due to her being so close to her goal,but she stuck to her guns and continued onward as she opened the desk drawer and took out a piece of paper,an envelope,and a pen. She sat it down on the table and said to herself "You gotta be quick,she could come back any moment.' before she quickly and frantically wrote her letter to this mystery boy of hers. She was just about to finish writing when she heard some footsteps approaching the door that led outside,she panicked and hid under the desk as she started to heavily breath.
Once the door opened and the mystery figure walked in,her heart started to heavily pound,but she tried to muffle the sound of it with a spare pillow that was lying under the desk,however she panicked even more when she realized that the letter was still on the table and that the figure could grab it and expose her. Thankfully before the figure could,a guard called out to her for a unknown reason and she soon left the office to the girl's relief. She wasted no time and emerged from the desk with the intent to finish the letter,but her heart would be shattered when she saw that the letter was gone,the figure had taken it.
Her heart started to pound again as she whispered to herself "No no no no. I gotta get back to my room." before she snuck out of the office and headed back to her room,while still avoiding guards and even the figure that interrupted her writing. She soon made it back to her bed room door and crept back into her bed as she acted like she had been sleeping the whole time,but before she fell asleep she thought to herself "I may have messed up,but I'll get out of here someday. I know I will."
The next morning soon arrived and she awoke with a long stretch and drawn out yawn,as the yellow sunlight coming through the window revealed her appearance,as well as the overwhelming amount of dust particles that accompanied the room. She had a purple dress with a violet colored bow tied to the back,and long luxurious blonde hair.
She looked outside the window after stretching her back to hopefully see a car of a arriving family that wanted to adopt her,but like every morning she was met with a bare and empty parking lot with not a sign of life in sight aside from the endless barrage of trees and forests.
She slowly got out of her bed and opened the window to embrace the cool,breezy morning air before a green toad and blue bird jumped on her from out the window. She let out a surprised and startled scream as she fell back on her bed to which the toad and bird cackled laughter at her. Once she regained her posture and fixed her messed up hair,she angrily scolded them "Jasper,Amy,you two know I don't like being jumpscared in the morning. Or at all!"
Jasper the toad playfully smiled while Amy the bird was still snickering at their prank,but the girl brushed their antics aside and somberly continued "Well anyway,long story short,the letter to him failed. I was so close to finishing the letter but mother came into the office and snatched it away before I could finish it. Luckily I wasn't caught,but I lost the letter."
Amy sadly awed at the girl's sumuraziation of her failed plan,while Jasper rolled his eyes but the girl got a little more uplifted and stated "Well,even if the letter to Charlie Brown failed,I can still try to get out of here by convincing mother. I mean the last kid in the orphanage got adopted a month ago,and I think I'm getting to the age where I can start making my own decisions. Mother told me last night that she had to go to the store today,so why don't we fix up the place before she gets back?"
Amy ecstatically agreed with the girl's idea and tweeted "Yes yes." in animal talk while Jasper merely croaked "Whatever.' as they got up on the girl's shoulders and she enthusiastically stated "I'm leaving sometime soon,and hopefully today will be the day." The girl jumped out of her bed and ran out of her room to start cleaning up as well as start her normal day.
7 am the usual morning lineup,start on the chores and sweep till the floor's all clean. Polish and wax,do laundry and mop and shine up,sweep again and by then it's like 7:15.
And so I'll read a book,or maybe two or three. I'll add a few new paintings to my gallery,I'll play guitar and knit and cook and basically,just wonder when will my life begin?
Then after lunch it's puzzles and darts and baking. Paper-mache,a bit of ballet and chess. Pottery and ventriloquy,candle-making. Then I'll stretch,maybe sketch,take a climb,sew a dress!
And I'll reread the books if I have time to spare. I'll paint the walls some more,I'm sure there's room somewhere. And then I'll brush and brush,and brush and brush my hair,stuck in the same place I've always been.
And I'll keep wonderin' and wonderin' and wonderin' and wonderin' when will my life begin?
One night,a family will appear,just like they do in all my dreams,each night.
What is it like,out there where I'm loved? Now that I'm older,mother might just let me go?
The girl sat down at a window in the clock tower area of the orphanage,she looked out the window and up at the clouds to have them form the shape of her being adopted by a family. Soon the clouds disbanded and became unrecognizable as the sun let in god rays into the clock tower.
"WHEN WILL MY LIFE BEGIN" COPYRIGHT OF WALT DISNEY RECORDS
Author's Note.
Yes I'm back with another Peanuts Musical,this one will be darker than the first one,and it will heavily focus on a brand news OC I made,that being the girl in this opening prologue. Stay tuned for more and I'm glad I'm back.