The Bad Future

Chapter 1 Happy New Year

Everyone was counting down, and excitement could be felt in the air. "10…9…8…" At Nickelodeon studios all cartoons were counting down until it was officially 2005.

"7…6…5" One particular group consisted of Jimmy Neutron, Jenny Wakeman, Timmy Turner, Spongebob Squarepants, and Danny Phantom. "4…3…2…1! HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Everyone cheered as fireworks went off. Confetti flew everywhere, people were making resolutions, and our main characters were celebrating. "Alright! 2005!"Timmy cheered. "I bet this is gonna be a good year." Spongebob said confidently. "Well Spongebob, the possibilities are endless." Jimmy said. "I just hope no one gets cancelled this year." Jenny said in a worried tone. "I wouldn't worry about it Jen." Danny said nonchalantly. "No one's been cancelled since august." Spongebob sighed. "I miss the Rugrats. I hope one day it'll come back." "Don't count on it." Jimmy said. "Come on y'all, the people of Nickelodeon are about to give a speech!" Spongebob's friend Sandy said. Everyone followed her to a stage where they could see someone about to speak into a microphone. "Ahem, may I have everyone's attention." The room fell silent, waiting to hear what he had to say. "As you know, 2005 has officially begun, and we all hope that this will be a good year for all of us." "Hopefully better than last year." Jenny said. "Now the rest of us at Nickelodeon know that most of you are still upset about the cancellation of The Rugrats, but we all know that cartoons don't last forever. But on the bright side, new cartoons could be made this year, giving us good ratings. Now if Nickelodeon himself would please come on stage."

Everyone turned to see a man dressed in an orange suit with white hair head towards the stage. His name was Nickelodeon. He was also the head master of the people who ran the network. He was always the one to decide when cartoons would be cancelled and when they would air. Long story short, he was the man in charge.

"First of all everyone, I would like to wish you all a happy new year. If it weren't for all of you amazing cartoons, our Network wouldn't be where it is today. I would like to thank you all for your service…"

"Why does he always talk like we're in the army?" Timmy wondered. "It's probably just his way of saying how proud he is of the network." Jimmy said. "Well he has a point. What would Nickelodeon do without us cartoons?" Danny said. "The whole network would probably be overrun with sitcoms." Jenny said. "Ha! Nickelodeon only having sitcoms? That's funny." Timmy said. "Well there's a few sitcoms." Jimmy said. "But we better pay attention to what Nickelodeons saying."

"We hope that this network will do good in the future. And with that, we hope you all have a fantastic year." He bowed and walked off stage as the audience clapped. "Whelp, that's over." Timmy said. "Hey, where's Spongebob?" Everyone looked around to notice that their sponge friend had disappeared. "There he is!" Jenny said, pointing in a certain direction. Everyone turned to see Spongebob heading towards Nickelodeon. "Hey Spongebob wait for us!" Timmy yelled as they tried to catch up to him.

"Hello Mr. Nickelodeon sir!" Spongebob eagerly said as he caught up to the man. "I don't know if you know me but I'm-"

"Spongebob Squarepants!" The man finished as he shook his hand. "Of course I know you. Your my most popular show."

"Wow really?" Spongebob asked as his eyes widened. "Of course. You had a movie come out not too long ago. It wasn't too much trouble for you was it?" "Well Patrick and I almost died a couple of times but it was all worth it. I can't wait to see what kind of plans you and the people of the network have in store for me." "Oh don't worry Spongebob, we have big plans for you." Nickelodeon said with a sinister smile. "Since you just had a movie come out, it's time to start your next season, and continue your road to success." "Anything for you Mr. Nickelodeon." Spongebob said.

Suddenly, the rest of his friends showed up. Jimmy approached Nickelodeon. "Hi, Mr. Nickelodeon, it's an honor to meet you in person." He greeted. "I'm-" "Jimmy Neutron, Boy genius." The man finished for him. "It's a pleasure to meet you as well." Timmy came up and shook his hand. "Hi sir, I'm Timmy Turner." "Ah yes, the average kid who no one understands." Nickelodeon said. Danny came up to him and held out his hand, "Hi, uh, Mr. Nickelodeon," he greeted, "I'm Danny Phantom." "Ah yes, Danny Phantom, I've heard all about you." Nickelodeon said as he shook his hand. "I know who all of you are, but someone appears to be missing." He said as he looked beyond the group toward Jenny. "Hello there Jenny." He greeted in a friendly way. Hi…sir." Jenny said without showing emotion.

Nickelodeon frowned and looked concerned. "Now Jenny, I know your still upset about the cancellation of Invader Zim but you have to move on. Even if you did see him as your best friend."

"Well, it's hard to move on without him, especially when you cancelled his show for no reason!" Jenny yelled and ran away from the group. "Jenny wait!" Danny called after her. "Uh, sorry sir." Jimmy apologized. "She just needs some more time." "Don't worry about it." Nickelodeon said. "You better go help your friend." He said. They nodded and started following Jenny.

"Hey Jimmy, Invader Zim was cancelled three years ago, and you still think Jenny needs more time? I don't mean to be rude but that guy was kind of a jerk." Timmy said. "Jenny liked him for who he was and that's all that mattered." Jimmy replied. "But it wasn't Nickelodeons fault, Invader Zim was cancelled because of a low budget or something." "But Jenny's still upset that he's gone." Spongebob said. "C'mon guys she went this way." Danny said as they ran outside.

They found Jenny looking up at the night sky. "Hey Jenny, are you okay?" Danny asked. "I'm fine, I just really miss Zim." She replied sadly. "I have an idea," Spongebob said eagerly, "Why don't we go to the Krusty Krab to talk about it?" Spongebob asked. "I guess that sounds alright." Jenny said as she followed him. "Trust me Jenny, a krabby patty is all you need to cheer yourself up."

Author's Note

Hey everyone! I would just like to let you know that this is my first fanfic ever. I appreciate the support from you and please leave a review! All shows listed here belong to Nickelodeon. I'll try to update as soon as possible so until then, thanks for reading!