AUTHOR'S NOTE: MASC here. Please! Don't run! I swear I'm clean! Okay, then. Well for those of you who are familiar with my work, you might be surprised to know that this particular fic has (drum roll please) … a plot! Gasp! Anyhoo… just read on and you'll see what I mean.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own LazyTown. Some Icelandic dude does. Go shake it up with him, not me. Oh, and my tummy hurts.

LAZYTOWN: THE TRINITY

It was a bright and sunny Saturday in LazyTown and there wasn't a child in sight that wasn't doing something active. The playgrounds were full but not crowded, neighbors got together in the park and enjoyed themselves as anyone else normally would.

The airship that hovered above the town circled around the clouds for a bit before coming to a complete stop. Sportacus, LazyTown's beloved above-average hero, began his morning workout which usually consisted of a variety of pushups, sprints, flips and other mind-boggling moves at a lightning fast speed. Afterwards, the hero wiped the sweat from his face with a towel and headed for the table, where a healthy breakfast awaited him.

Below on the surface, a certain pink-haired girl finished the remainder of her own breakfast and headed for the door, informing her uncle in the process.

"I'm going out now, uncle Milford!" She said.

"All right, Stephanie. Be back in time for lunch." He reminded her.

"Will do!"

And in an instant, the cheery young girl was outside and on her way to meet with her friends. It wasn't long at all when she stumbled upon Pixel and Trixie standing around a nearby tree, each wearing a pair of high-tech visors. The two were screaming and moving their bodies yet laughing at the same time much to Stephanie's bewilderment.

"Pixel?" The pink one started. "Trixie? Are you guys okay?"

"Is this boat fast or what!?" Pixel laughed out loud.

"It's awesome!" Trixie responded.

"Uh-oh! Mines!"

"Really! Oh, yeah! I see them!"

"I don't see anything…" Stephanie said, trying to understand what was going on.

"Oh no! Here comes the shark!" Trixie gasped.

"Shark!? Where!?" A scared Stephanie said as she ducked. After a moment, she realized she was on land and therefore a shark coming after her was as improbable as seeing an ABBA reunion.

After a few seconds, Pixel and Trixie removed the visors and laughed for a bit before noticing Stephanie.

"Oh… hey, Steph." Pixel said. "What's up?"

"What were you guys doing?" She asked. "And what are those things you're wearing?"

"Oh, these?" Pixel handed over one of the visors. "They're my 3-D adventure visors. It's like an interactive video game you can play without actually going anywhere."

"You mean virtual reality?"

"No. Actual reality." Pixel then pressed a button on the side of the visor. In a few seconds, Stephanie found herself standing in the middle of a jungle, where several birds and other small animals fled.

"Pixel, what did you do!? Where am I!?" The young girl panicked. After hearing a loud thud, she slowly turned her head and looked up to see a viscous T-Rex staring down at her.

"Okay…" she breathed heavily. "This isn't funny, Pixel!"

The dinosaur started to drool as its huge, gaping mouth revealed a set of razor sharp teeth. By now, Stephanie was cringing with fear and closed her eyes, trying to make it go away. "This is all a dream! I'm not really here! It's all in my head!"

As the T-Rex lowered its head down to chew the young girl up, everything surrounding them suddenly vanished in a blink of an eye. The dinosaur was the last thing to vanish, leaving Stephanie screaming. Trixie and Pixel couldn't help but laugh at her misery.

"Got ya!" Pixel joked.

Stephanie realized the whole thing was an illusion and tried to keep her cool. "I… I knew that. I was just, uh… Playing along, y'know?"

"Yeah, sure!" A doubtful Trixie said. "Hey! Why don't we use it on Stingy!?"

"You know what he'll say."

The three paused for a moment then said in unison, "I want it!" They laughed for a bit then headed for the park with the rest of the kids.

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Below in his lair, Robbie Rotten awoke to the sound of children playing and laughing and immediately threw a fit.

"Oh, not this again!" He growled.

The resident villain scurried out of his fuzzy orange chair and headed over to the periscope. He set the viewing frequency at maximum then set his sights all over the town, disgusted at all the happy children enjoying themselves.

"Why?" He sighed. "Why did this have to happen? What ever happened to the good old days when LazyTown was actually lazy!? How could things go so wrong?"

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Back on the surface, all of the children gathered around and looked up at a tree, where Ziggy was hanging onto with all his might.

"Ziggy, how did you get stuck up there!?" Stephanie called out to her friend.

"I thought maybe there'd be a lollipop stuck in there somewhere!" He responded in a strained voice.

"Ziggy, when has there ever been a lollipop in an apple tree!?"

"It could have been apple flavored!"

"What do we do?" One of the children asked.

"I don't know." Stephanie started to look around. "Wasn't there a ladder around here somewhere?"

The kids all turned their heads to see Stingy walking away with a ladder in his arms. He looked at them and shrugged. "What? It's mine!"

Stephanie then got an idea. "Just let go, Ziggy! We'll catch you!"

"No! I'm afraid!" He shouted. "You might miss!"

All of the children held out their arms, anticipating Ziggy's drop but tilted their heads at his remark.

"Really?" Trixie asked. "Us? Miss? Ha!" She then looked at Stephanie. "He's got a point, y'know."

"I can't… hold on… much… longer!" Ziggy said as he finally let go of the branch.

The children all gasped as he fell but before the young boy could land, he was suddenly swept away by a familiar looking hero in blue. After a few flips and a landing on the grass, Sportacus set Ziggy back down and kneeled before him.

"Are you all right, Ziggy?" The hero asked.

"Yes! Thank you, Sportacus!" The excited little boy responded as he gave him a hug. "That was amazing! You're the best!"

"Just try to be careful next time."

"I will! I promise!"

The hero then turned his attention to the rest of the children and greeted them with a smile. "Hi, kids!"

"Hi, Sportacus!" They all cheerfully responded.

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Robbie averted his view away from the periscope and nearly gagged. "Oh, now I remember how things got so bad!" Robbie mimicked Sportacus' moves poorly and growled under his breath. "It's Sportakook's fault!"

Robbie then paced around his lair, thinking aloud to himself. "What would the founder of LazyTown think about all this nonsense!? He'd have a heart attack! I might have a heart attack! Something must be done about all this! The future of my napping is at stake here!"

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Lunchtime came and after finishing her meal, Stephanie stumbled upon her uncle rummaging through his files in his office. Several books and documents were strewn about his desk as the mayor himself was straightening out the shelf.

"Hi, uncle. What are you doing?" A curious Stephanie asked.

"Oh, hello dear." Milford said as he began placing some of the books in the shelf. "I'm just straightening my things, that's all. I'm up for reelection, you know."

"I do. I hope you win again, uncle!"

"So do I. I've got plans for this town I'd like to see accomplished."

"Like what?"

"Well for one thing, I'd like to rebuild the roadway that leads to the Trinity."

"The what?" Stephanie raised an eyebrow.

"The Trinity. It's been blocked off for I don't know how long! It'd be nice to have the path open again."

"What's the Trinity?"

The mayor placed his hand on his head and chuckled. "Oh, dear. I never told you about the Trinity?"

"No."

"Sit down, my dear." Milford said as he picked up one of the many books from his collection and took a seat next to his niece. After flipping through the pages, he stopped on a map with three points in the form of a triangle. One of the points was abbreviated CT, another LT and the other HT.

"You see, Stephanie, LazyTown is neighbor to two different cities miles apart from each other." He pointed at the mark abbreviated LT. "This is LazyTown. We are in the center of what is called the Trinity. It's been said that if one our cities suffers a crisis of some sort, the magic crystals that reside in each of the towns can help bring order and restore the balance."

"Magic crystals?" Stephanie was now skeptical.

"Well, it's just an old legend. The crystal part, I mean. The Trinity does exist, however. And I want that roadway repaired as soon as I'm back in office for my, uhh… oh, dear. Which term would this be now?'

Stephanie attempted to remain focused on the Trinity. "Uncle, why is the road to the Trinity blocked off?"

"Well, I don't know exactly. On one end lies a wall built for the sole purpose of keeping someone out. Probably us. On the other end, the road is far too damaged for any vehicle to travel on and therefore it must be fixed."

"Uncle?"

"Yes, Stephanie?"

"How do you know the other two cities even exist?"

Milford thought for a moment. "Hmm. Good point." He then closed the book and shrugged the whole idea off. "Never mind!"

Just then, Bessie walked in with several documents in her hands. "Oh, there you are! I've been looking all over for you!"

"Oh, Ms. Busybody!" Milford immediately stood up. "I didn't hear you come in!"

"Never mind that, Milford! We have to start on working on your reelection campaign! You know what they say about those who procrastinate!"

Milford was left expressionless, anticipating Bessie to finish her sentence. "…Yes?"

She gave him a questionable look. "Yes what?"

"What do they say about those who procrastinate?"

She sighed. "Oh, forget about it! Now let's go over your agendas!"

Milford bowed his head and walked over to his assistant as Stephanie left the room. The pink-haired girl then headed back outside to play with her friends, who eventually met her back in the park.

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Robbie put the finishing touches on his latest invention and pressed a few buttons on what appeared to be a sort of mechanical wand. After flipping a small switch, a spiral running up along the pointed end of the wand started to swirl, leaving the villain quite pleased with himself.

"At last!" He said. "The Lazy Ray is ready to go. Now… All I need is a test subject."

He headed for the periscope and looked around the town, eventually stopping at the park. He then set his sights on a certain blue sports elf, who was exercising with all the neighborhood children, and grinned evilly.

"…And I think I've got just the one."

ANOTHER NOTE: Okay, folks. This is the beginning of a very different journey for me. I'm, uhh… kinda scared. I know what I'm doing but I don't know if I can pull it off. Let's hope I can see the light soon enough before I go even more crazy-go-nuts.