It's been a while, but since the fourth anniversary of my original story is coming up, I figured I better write something 'Oh Rhonda!' related, and I figured, 'Why not do something based on the crossover video games that Nickelodeon usually does'? Unfortunately, Hey Arnold characters were only in two, probably three games, so I decided to just focus on the first game and see how it would fly! That's right, I'm going to focus on the game of 'Nicktoons Racing' for the PlayStation 1 and PC, all on the Oh Rhonda characters view! Just a heads up, this one won't be too long, will last a couple weeks with eight chapters at best, and this one will NOT be canon to the main Oh Rhonda series. This is just a small side story that if I had to guess, is a non-canon variant that takes place before Arc 6's dramatic reveal! Another reason why this is not going on the main 'Hey Arnold!' fanfiction side, but on the Hey Arnold! and Cartoon X-Overs side! But either way, I hope you guys will keep an eye on this one! Anyway, enjoy!
In another world, in another dimension somewhere, a mysterious figure was chuckling to himself as he looked around at all the pictures of various odd characters surrounding the figure as he chuckled. For the past couple of weeks, this person had been studying these various characters from all around the world, ever since figuring out that there were different dimensions. He had just finished up the last letter as he stuffed it in an envelope and put it in a mail bag as he chuckled.
"This is going to be the greatest scheme yet! If I can make this work successfully, the cup, along with the lifetime supply of that sweet secret formula will be mine!" The figure chuckled evilly as he turned towards the pictures of all the characters he invited as he put a green hand on all of them. "Oh, don't you worry, you all will have a part to play in this soon enough..."
The figure laughed evilly as the camera focused on the twelve pictures that were scattered around the room. Two pictures in particular, however, had people that this mysterious figure thought that they could be useful in his plans. The first picture showed a football headed kid with a green shirt. And the second picture showed off a black haired girl in a pretty red shirt as the girl seemed to be winking at the camera.
FOUR DAYS LATER, IN HILLWOOD...
Speaking of these two, inside the boarding house, upstairs, a certain raven haired girl was sitting near the railing of the stairs as she looked down, noticing her boyfriend, the football headed boy, coming in with a few letters in hand.
"Oh, Arnold! Catch me!" The girl called out as she slid down the banister and held her hands up in the air.
The football headed kid, Arnold, jumped in surprise as the girl flew off the banister and landed on Arnold, knocking him down to the ground. The girl laughed a little as Arnold quickly recovered. "Sheesh, Rhonda, you've been having a lot of fun taking me by surprise, haven't you?"
"Your grandmother said that sliding down this thing would be a fun way to get your attention." Rhonda giggled a bit.
"Uh-oh, you're not hitting the sweets again, are you? Because you know how bad you can be in sugar rushes." Arnold pointed out.
"Oh no, I just feel giddy, like something exciting is about to happen." Rhonda smiled as Arnold looked over the letters... before stopping at two that caught his interest.
"Hmmm... maybe something is. There are two letters... one for me and one for you." Arnold said as he handed the letter to Rhonda.
"Really?" Rhonda blinked as she took the envelope with the letter and looked at it. "I don't see a return address on mine."
"Strange... no return address on mine either..." Arnold blinked.
As the two were looking over the envelopes, Rhonda went deep into her mind. "Yo, Helga!"
"What is it, princess? If you don't mind, I was trying to get some exercises in!" A loud and a bit of an angry voice called out.
"Oh please, all you do is monitor things I see from my mind all day! It's like you don't get any sleep!" Rhonda argued. "Anyway, do you know anything about this letter I got?"
After a few seconds of silence, Helga's voice responded back, "I... honestly don't have a clue. In fact, I don't even remember this occurring in my original timeline. Or... maybe it did, and I lost the memory?"
"Maybe this is a Solara trick." Rhonda suggested.
"I don't think it's her. She wouldn't have gone through the trouble. Do you know what's in the letter?" Helga asked.
Rhonda shook her head, much to Arnold's notice, making him ask, "What are you shaking your head at?"
Rhonda yelped as she smiled nervously, "Just wondering what kind of person would send us these letters with no return addresses in an orange envelope.
As the two sat down and pondered about the possibilities, two other people had walked in, the first being a blonde haired older woman wearing a white shirt, a black vest and a green shirt with black go-go shoes, and the second person was a black haired older woman with a purple shirt and blue jeans with red shoes. The latter raised an eyebrow as she asked, "So, what's all the commotion about?"
"We got these strange letters in the mail with no return addresses." Arnold said as he handed over his letter to the raven haired girl, Sharlene, while Rhonda handed her letter over to the blonde woman, Olga Pataki. Both women looked at the letters in surprise as Sharlene curiously opened the letter.
"What is this strange letter?" Olga asked as she opened it as well, expecting a trap... but there was no trap involved, but rather, she found the letter as she picked it up and read it. "Dear Rhonda W. Lloyd, congratulations! Based on your skills in the track, you have been selected to be part of the wondrous racing group known as the Nicktoons Racers... Nicktoons? What the heck are Nicktoons?"
"Probably some honor skill or something." Sharlene frowned as she had a strange feeling. "The same applies to the other kid too."
"...Really?" Rhonda said in surprise as Arnold's eyes widened.
"But the only time we ever done racing was last summer, with the go-kart tournament. Is that what this is, an invitation to be part of a go-kart tournament?" Arnold asked.
"Apparently so." Olga said as she read the rest of the letter. "Apparently, whoever wrote these wants you two to participate in three cups, and the players with the most points will win a trophy called the... 'Krusty Krab Big Butt Award'? Uh, ew?"
"Must have been a beta name." Sharlene said.
Arnold and Rhonda looked at each other, each of them looking excited. Rhonda then said, "Us, being invited... on a go-kart tournament? That is so incredible!"
"And it'll give me a chance to re-work the Mauve Avenger!" Arnold said with equal excitement.
Olga raised an eyebrow as she said, "Wait, you kids aren't serious in participating, are you? What about school?"
"Oh, come off it, Olga, it's near the end of the year. I'm sure the kids wouldn't mind at least a couple days off to compete." Sharlene said as she looked over the letter. "Besides, this letter says that they'll be something that take us there to compete for the race, then come back here before anybody realizes we've been gone."
Olga blinked in confusion as she scanned over that part of the letter. "But how is it possible?"
"Dimensional travel, sweetie." Sharlene smirked.
Olga raised an eyebrow in disbelief. "You have got to be joking."
"Oh not to worry. You and I will be going along with these two for moral support!" Sharlene smiled as the two kids looked at the woman in surprise.
Olga felt an odd feeling as she looked down. "I'm not sure..."
Sharlene laughed. "Oh come on, it'll be fine! We'll leave in a day, and then once we're done, we'll come back before you know it!"
"Please, Olga, let me go compete in this tournament? From what the letter says, it's a harmless go-kart tournament!" Rhonda said.
"Yeah, come on, Olga, please?" Arnold tried to pull off the cute eyes that Phoebe would usually do.
"You know I'm not the one you should ask, right, Arnold?" Olga said nervously.
"Maybe so, but my grandparents would say yes to me go-karting in a heartbeat!" Arnold pointed out. "So, please?"
Olga looked between the two kids widening their eyes in cuteness as she sighed, ready to give in. "Oh, fine. I suppose if this is what you want... all right, you guys can go to this go-karting thing. But me and Sharlene are coming along to make sure you two don't get into any trouble!"
Arnold and Rhonda jumped up and down in excitement as Rhonda turned to Arnold. "I'm going to Nadine's house to brush up on the go-kart! Maybe it's still there at her house!"
"And I'll re-build the Mauve Avenger!" Arnold said as he ran off to the other room.
Rhonda, giving a nod, quickly ran towards the door and ran outside, hoping to get to Nadine's house before the afternoon was over. Olga and Sharlene were standing alone in the kitchen as Olga sighed and laughed. "Kids, what can you do?"
"Oh, agreed." Sharlene said as she decided to walk over to the door. "Excuse me, Olga, I love to stick around, but I have other arrangements to make."
"Oh, okay then. See you tomorrow!" Olga said as Sharlene walked out the door.
"Good bye, Olga..." Sharlene laughed a bit... as she hid near the staircase as light grew around her. After a bright flash, in her place stood a little raven haired girl with a purple dress and a sinister look on her face, her red eyes a-glowing. She gave a frown as she pulled out a cell phone and called someone on it. She gave a frown as she said, "Yo! Solara here! We may have a bit of an issue! Another universe has just linked to ours somehow! What? Yes, of course, I'm eager to make sure those ties are severed before something happens..."
Solara growled as she said to herself, "After all, don't want this world to somehow perish before I can get a hand in it... another thing, do some research on something called 'Nicktoons Racing'. I have a feeling this is what we're dealing with here..."
And with that, the first chapter has come to an end! How did you guys like it? If you guys have any ideas or suggestions, let me know through a PM! One other thing, I'm going to have a poll up so that you can vote for which characters you want to see Arnold and the others interact with! SpongeBob's not going to be an option, though, since I'm saving him for last! But feel free to vote! At the end of the week, I'll write down the interactions between said characters! There will be more to come, so don't miss out! Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!