All right, I've been going around, reading a lot of fanfiction on other sites based on this sort of plot, and I haven't seen this plot done on the 'Hey Arnold' section, so I decided... why not give it a go? Either way, I'm sure you're going to enjoy it. Anyway, enjoy!

It was another sunny day in Hillwood... oh no. Wait.

It was a RAINY day in Hillwood City. Thunder started to crash as lightning struck somewhere on a hill as the downpour continued. Only a few visible cars were on the streets, windshield wipers activating on each car. But a green car that was on the road happened to turn in next to a red apartment building known as the Sunset Arms boarding house. The green Packard then parked itself inside a garage as an old man wearing a brown raincoat and holding a bag came out. Quickly, he ran inside as he looked around. The old man smiled as he noticed who he wanted to see was in the kitchen, attempting to clean out the cupboards.

"Ah, there you are, Shortman!" Grandpa Phil smiled as he approached the boy as he looked over.

"Oh, hi Grandpa. I'm almost done with the cupboards." Arnold said as he was straightening out the last cupboard. "And... there we go. No cup unturned, no Tupperware unstacked, and not a single sight of a mess anywhere."

Grandpa examined the cupboard as he smiled, "Good work, Arnold, you are of good use. Anyway, I wanted to talk to you."

"Yes?" Arnold looked over.

"Well... remember last week when I said my birthday gift for you was still in the mail and that you'll have to wait a bit?" Grandpa asked.

Arnold raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "Where are you going with it?"

"Well... it may be late, but it's finally here!" Arnold's grandfather smiled as he handed Arnold a bag. "Sorry about the wet bag, but you never know with this crazy weather around!"

Arnold's eyes peaked in curiosity as he opened the bag... and then his eyes widened as he gasped as he pulled out a box containing a white handheld console. "You got me a Game Boy?"

"It wasn't easy to get one, I had to set aside some of the collected rent from the boarders just to get it!" Phil smiled. "Fortunately, I managed to sucker Oskar into a bet and he lost some money to me, so it was the easiest bit. The hardest bit was waiting until this thing was released itself! So... I pre-ordered in advance, and when the day came, I had to bolt over and get it."

Arnold smiled as he opened the box and pulled out the handheld console, examining it. "W-wow, Grandpa, th-this is really cool!"

"I figured you'd like it!" Phil said. "I've heard most of the cool kids have their own video game consoles nowadays, so I figured you needed to get with the times!"

Arnold looked around in the bag as he pulled out two games that came attached. The first game was basically 'Tetris', and the other game was 'Legend of Futto Boru'. Arnold examined the second game in curiosity, before looking back up at his grandpa, still holding the smile. "Thank you, Grandpa!"

"Anytime, Shortman. Don't worry about the rest of the chores. You go on ahead to your room and enjoy that game! But don't get too attached to gaming!" Phil laughed.

"Don't worry, I won't be too distracted!" Arnold said as he started to go upstairs.

Once upstairs, Arnold had settled down in his bedroom as he looked at the Game Boy, then the two games. Arnold then opened the box and pulled out the 'Legend of Futto Boru' game and popped it in the handheld console out of curiosity. After inserting some batteries in the console, he turned the game on as the Game Boy activation sound was heard.

Arnold then looked at the game title and raised an eyebrow as he saw that the 'Legend of Futto Boru' was surrounded by a magic aura and a sword. Arnold raised an eyebrow as he knew what type of game it was. He guessed it was one of those JRPGs. "I wonder where they're going with this..."

Arnold started the game and he saw his character standing in front of another character. Arnold tilted his head in confusion as he pushed the A button to talk to the character in front of him.

"Hello there. My name is Talia. You must be the legendary hero sent to save our world. I'm sorry, can I have your name please?" A text of words appeared in the bottom half of the screen.

Arnold blinked as he pushed a button as the 'Enter Name' screen appeared. Arnold just shrugged as he typed in his name and pushed the button.

"So ARNOLD is your name. Not the type of name I expect from a hero, but I'll roll with it." The character said in the game. "I'm sorry for summoning you, but I need your help. You see, our world has been riddled with monsters and they have been going out of control! We need your help to calm these monsters down. Are you willing to help us?"

Arnold paused as he looked at the screen as an option menu appeared... displaying the 'YES' and 'NO' options. Arnold figured that the game wouldn't progress anywhere if he hit 'NO', so he said 'YES'.

"Oh, thank you. I had my doubts, but you look like someone helpful. Now, I need to test your combat skills, so... please choose whatever weapon there is on the shelf, and we'll test you out."

Arnold then moved the buttons to walk his character around as he noticed an exclamation point floating around the table. Moving towards the table, Arnold pushed the 'A' button as the character spoke.

"These three weapons serve an individual, but very reasonable purpose. The shield is good for defense, but lacks offensive strategies. The staff will give you more magic, BUT the matter of HP, your HIT POINTS, are another story. And the sword will help you with offense... but you probably won't have any magical skills. Which of these would you like to battle with?"

Arnold paused as he selected the sword.

"Here I come! Don't held back!" The character said as the screen shimmied for a moment before revealing both his player character and the other character... Talia, that was her name... in battle as Arnold looked at the menu. Arnold then noticed that Talia was giving him instructions as he read it. Arnold started to get an idea on what to do as soon as he started navigating around the menus. Pretty soon, Arnold was done with training with Talia as he looked over.

"Huff... puff... boy, you sure do know your training! Okay, you seem worthy! Let me come along with you so that I can aid you on your quest." Talia said in the text boxes.

The box that said 'TALIA has joined your team' appeared as Arnold nodded.

"Okay, this doesn't seem like a bad game. Looks okay for what it is..." Arnold said as he finished up the text boxes and went to a nearby save point that Talia said was here. As soon as Arnold saved his game, he turned it off and pulled out the cartridge. "I'll have to take a look at it again after I try out the other game."

As Arnold laid aside the 'Legend of Futto Boru' cartridge aside, Arnold then inserted the 'Tetris' cartridge in the Game Boy as he started to play around.

Unfortunately, Arnold was so engrossed in trying to complete lines and beat out the high score in Tetris that the Legend of Futto Boru game was laid aside, forgotten.

And as soon as Arnold was called down to dinner, Arnold turned the game off as he started to head down.

After dinner and a board game night, Arnold headed straight back into his room as he collected his Game Boy and the cartridge as he laid them next to his computer.

"Not bad for a rainy day..." Arnold smiled as he noticed the 'Legend of Futto Boru' cartridge... and groaned. "I'm just sorry I didn't go further in this... maybe tomorrow, when I have some free time."

With that said, Arnold decided not to fight against his sleepiness anymore and just went off to bed, letting the moment of sleepiness get to him.

The next morning, Arnold woke up to a bright sunny day in his room as he got up.

"Ah... another morning..." Arnold smiled as he got up. He was about to pull his clothes off when he noticed that... he was already wearing his green shirt with red shirt underneath, blue pants and his shoes were on his feet. "Wait, what? I could have sworn that I had my pajamas on? How am I clothed up already?"

Arnold paused as he picked up his Game Boy and the cartridge saying 'Legend of Futto Boru' as he went down.

"Weird. Well, it's a sunny day, maybe I can show my games to Gerald. Maybe he'll be interested in playing a round..." Arnold paused as he took the Tetris game out. "Maybe I'll even show him this odd game I have. Maybe I'll get a little farther today."

Arnold started going downstairs as he suddenly became aware that the boarding house was dead silent.

"That's strange. There's usually a rowdy crowd downstairs at breakfast." Arnold said to himself as he started to go down to the living room. "Grandpa? Grandma? Anybody?"

Much to his surprise, the boarders and his grandparents were nowhere around as Arnold raised an eyebrow. "That's weird..."

Arnold then slowly walked over to the door and opened it... and much to his surprise, somebody was standing in front of it.

Or rather, bobbing in place in front of the door of the Sunset Arms hotel. And Arnold recognized this figure too well.

"H-Helga? What are you doing here?" Arnold asked.

It was then Arnold noticed that Helga wasn't talking... but standing in place and bobbing.

"Helga? Hello?" Arnold said, waving his hand to her face. To his surprise, Helga didn't respond. "Helga?"

It was then Arnold noticed something floating above Helga's head... which happened to be an exclamation point hovering. Curious, he touched the exclamation point as it disappeared.

"Thank goodness I've found you!"

Arnold yelped at the first syllable that uttered out of Helga's mouth. Arnold looked up to see a relieved Helga standing in front of him.

"I'm sorry for interrupting you, but there's something I need your help on, Football Head! Or... I'm sorry, what do they call you?" Helga asked.

Arnold just looked at Helga strangely as he said, "You know who I am, Helga?"

Helga was back to bobbing in place, staring blankly at Arnold.

"Helga?"

It was then Arnold noticed that his Game Boy was on. Arnold raised an eyebrow as he looked at the game... and his eyes widened as he noticed the 'Enter Name' screen.

Arnold looked over at Helga, then at the screen, wondering what was going on. Curiously, Arnold entered his name and pushed 'Start'.

"Oh, that's right! ARNOLD! How did I forget a simple name like that?" Helga smiled as she used her hand to slap her own face.

"Wha-" Arnold looked at the game as he noticed that what Helga was saying was repeated on the screen. "What is going on? Am I..."

Arnold paused as he looked at Helga as she continued, "Listen to me, ARNOLD! We don't have much time. I need to lead you over to Gerald Field! Something strange is going on! Can you help me?"

It was then Helga stopped talking and bobbed in place yet again. Arnold looked at the game, then looked at Helga, bobbing in place. Arnold paused. "This must be a dream where I'm in an RPG. This is..."

Arnold smiled. "No wonder I woke up in my regular clothes! Well, I guess if I'm dreaming, I may as well play around with this while it lasts." Arnold smiled as he looked at the 'YES/NO' options on his Game Boy screen. With a smiling thought, he pushed the 'YES' option.

"Great! Follow me, come on!" Helga said as she stood in place.

The screen text box on the Game Boy then said, "HELGA has joined your party'."

Arnold pushed the button as Helga stood behind Arnold. Arnold nodded as he said, "Let's see where this dream goes..."

With that said, Arnold walked out of the boarding house and headed to Gerald Field, with Helga following behind him.

I'll end the first chapter right here! How did you guys like it? There's more to this Video Game Plot coming, so don't miss out! Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!