Well, I just got back from work. My sister and I are camp counselors, and we have somehow managed to convince the kids to play "Toy Story" Whenever we are there. I'm Buzz, my sister is Jessie and all the kids each have their own identity, we have everyone from Woody, to Zurg, to Bo Peep, to one daughter for Woody and Bo and TWO daughters for Buzz and Jessie! The young man who will cause a bit of a problem for Buzz in this chapter is named after the boy who is Zurg… We LOVE you buddy!
Anyways, I am THRILLED that this story is doing well, and that you all like the ideas that we have had. (I never knew that Jessie had her own song! That's awesome! And it mentions that she rides a Pinto? Wonderfully epic!) Keep up the great reviews!
So, sit back, relax and further enjoy the next chapter to OUR Toy Story!
The next morning as the sun rose, all the toys were still sleeping in their preferred spots, since Bonnie had been spending the night at her grandmothers. Woody was happily sleeping on his shelf, the lowest one next to the floor in classic cowboy pose, his head resting against Bullseye who was curled up against the side of the shelf, his legs spread out and crossed, his arms crossed and his hat pulled down over his eyes. He had actually taught himself to sleep like this back when he still belonged to Andy's father, and found it a quite comfortable way to sleep. Buzz on the other hand was sleeping by himself on his side on one of the highest shelves on the other side of the room. He quietly woke up when the sunlight hit his eyes and, realizing that Bonnie was going to be home soon, snuck into the young girl's backpack that she frequently brought to Sunnyside with her bringing the response letter that Woody had written the night before to give to Ken.
"Buzz! What are you doing?" Buzz heard someone whisper, it didn't take the space ranger long to recognize the voice… it was Slinky.
"I'm going to Sunnyside." Buzz responded, sticking his head out of the backpack.
"But why? I thought it was Woody's turn today." Slinky asked as he gave his leather ears a scratch with his rear feet.
"It is." Buzz started "Well, it was, but there's been a change of plans."
"So you're going instead?" Dolly asked as she walked up besides Slinky. She was usually an early riser.
"Yes." Buzz answered, beginning to get a bit frustrated. "Now if you will just excuse me."
"Why are you going Mr. Lightyear?" Peatrice, one of the three peas asked as she rolled up with her siblings Peatey and Peanelope.
"Is there a problem?" Peanelope asked.
"No, no, there's not a problem, I'm just doing a favor for Jessie that's all." Buzz replied, seriously hoping that this did not mean that everyone was going to come and ask him about what he was doing.
"What is it?" Peatey asked excitedly, jumping up and down. Buzz looked back and forth before whispering to the three.
"There's a horse at Sunnyside that I think Jessie might like to have, I'm going to check it out and if I think she'd like it I'll probably bring it back home." He said quietly.
"AH, a surprise! What a splendid idea! Is there any occasion for this event?" Mr. Pricklepants asked as he walked up to the now growing crowd that was surrounding Buzz.
"No, there is no event planned." Buzz answered.
"Then why are you giving her a horse?" Trixie who had just walked up asked.
"Because I'm trying to be a good friend, ok?" Buzz said, getting more and more frustrated.
"Is this horse you are speaking of meant to show your affections or just a kind gift?" Mr. Pricklepants questioned.
"Either way I think it's just adorable!" Mrs. Potato Head commented as she brought her three young alien squeeze toy sons up to see what was going on.
"OOOOOHHH HORSEY!" they said excitedly as they tried to climb into the bag. Mrs. Potato Head guided her boys away from the crowd, in hopes of stopping them from joining Buzz on his mission.
"I wanna Horsey mommy!" One of them commented.
"I'm a Horsey!" another one said attempting to get on all fours.
"Neigh!" the third one claimed, causing all three to burst out in laughter.
"I'm just going to get the horse; I don't see what the big deal is!" Buzz said, but everyone just began asking more and more questions.
"Do you love Jessie?" Peanelope asked.
"Are you gonna marry her?" Peatrice asked.
"Is that why you're getting the horse?" Pricklepants questioned.
"Yes… I-I mean no, no… maybe, yes and no." Buzz stuttered, trying to get his voice back. He sighed "Yes, I love Jessie; Yes that is why I am getting her that horse. NO, we are not getting married, at least, not yet. I have to win her over first, and well, getting her a horse I think should do the trick."
"Buzz is right." Woody, who had woken up somewhere in this chaos commented "And I'm sure that he would greatly appreciate it if you would leave him to put his plan into action! Bonnie's gonna be home soon, and we better be ready for her!" He quickly ushered the toys away from Buzz, receiving a smile of gratitude from his friend. A few minutes later Bonnie rushed into the room, and dropped her sleepover bag and Jessie onto the bed. Luckily the toys were able to put themselves in their frozen positions in plenty of time.
"No time to play now guys!" Bonnie said frantically "Mom says I gotta hurry if I'm gonna get to day care on time!" She then quickly grabbed the bag which contained Buzz and ran downstairs and into the car.
Buzz had plenty of time to think during the fifteen minute car ride to Sunnyside Daycare. He thought about how he was taking a huge leap in finally telling Jessie how he felt, he thought about how Jessie was going to react when she found out that Buzz had chosen to go to Sunnyside for a day without her, something he had not done before, he thought about the incinerator at the garbage dump, and how frightened he had been in that moment that he was going to lose Jessie forever, and never be able to tell her how much he cared about her, but mostly he just thought about what his life was going to be like if she accepted him. He couldn't really imagine it clearly but he knew that it was going to be wonderful.
All this thinking made his head hurt and he was happy to finally arrive at Sunnyside. Bonnie quickly followed her mom through the door with the rainbow on it into the main area. Bonnie's mom said a quick goodbye to her and sent Bonnie over to the Butterfly Room. Once in the Butterfly room Buzz only had to wait about two hours or so until the children ran outside for recess, which meant that he and the other toys there had a good three hours of time in which to hang out since the Butterfly kids had lunch after recess.
Once the children were out of the room everyone began to wake up and look around. Buzz along with a few other 'tagalongs' as the Sunnyside crew playfully called the toys who snuck along with their kids to visit with friends or family here at the daycare carefully climbed out of their bags and began walking around. Buzz had only been observing things for about a half hour when he heard a squeal and felt arms around his middle.
"Ohmigosh! It's you! I haven't seen you in like, a week!" Barbie said happily as she let Buzz out of the hug.
"Yeah, uh, hey." Buzz said awkwardly as Ken walked up beside Barbie.
"Hey there dude!" Ken said, enthusiasm in his voice "What's hanging?"
"Um, I came to check out the pinto horse that you had written about in your letter." Buzz said, handing Ken the response letter. At that moment Buzz heard a thud behind him. He turned around to see that it was simply Big Baby who had sat down on the floor to enjoy his plastic bottle. He was dressed in a blue baby dress complete with blue bonnet.
"Isn't he just PRECIOUS!" Barbie asked excitedly as she walked up to Big Baby. "One of the children here put this on him! I absolutely love this outfit!"
"Yeah sure, nice to see him… clothed." Buzz said kind of wanting to get down to the business of things. "Now about that horse."
"Hey there Soldier!" Sarge said as he gave Buzz a salute and guided his men into yet again another mission, probably infiltrating some cleaning supplies from the janitors closet to help the Caterpillar Room toys again. Buzz gave Sarge a salute back and opened his mouth to attempt to ask about the horse again.
"SON!" he heard a booming voice say. Buzz groaned, turned around and sure enough, there was Zurg rolling over to them.
"Hey dad." Buzz said, thinking about how much time they were wasting.
"How are things?" Zurg commented trying to strike up a conversation.
"Listen, dad, I would really love to talk to you, but right now I've kinda got something important that I need to take care of." Buzz said, hoping that he would not insult his father too much.
"No problem!" Zurg replied happily "Just tell me what you need and I will help!" Buzz rolled his eyes, sometimes for an evil emperor, his dad was just… pitiful, but he was helpful, at times.
"Well, I was kinda hoping that you could show me the Pinto Horse that came in the other day… Is it still here?" Buzz asked. Sunnyside had a nasty habit of allowing children to take certain toys home if the parents allowed it. While luckily not too many had gone, there were quite a few in the past who had found new homes in this way, while others, like Ken, Barbie, Big Baby, Stretch and their friends usually hid when it was time for the kids to head home, which was when the youngsters usually made their choices.
"Oh, don't worry, she's here. She's over in the Caterpillar Room!" Barbie said as Big Baby stood up to open the door to the bathroom that connected the two classrooms. They walked across, keeping an eye for puddles and then Big Baby opened the door to the Caterpillar Room which currently since the children were out, looked like a medical center for exhausted toys.
"Hey, Stretch? Do you know where the new horse is?" Ken called up to Stretch who was currently giving a massage to one of the ailing toys.
"She's over there!" Stretch gestured over to the hidden reading nook on the other side of the room. Buzz immediately ran over while the others stayed behind and began helping the ailing toys. Once Buzz walked into the reading nook he looked around. He had never really been in here before but his friends had all told him about this place as it was where they had planned their escape, and where they had been reunited with Woody when he decided to come and save them back when Lotso ran Sunnyside. One thing was obvious though; there wasn't a horse in sight.
"Hello?" Buzz called, hoping to get some sort of answer. He listened carefully and heard a bit of rustling behind a large pillow that was leaning against the wall in the corner. Buzz walked over and began talking again.
"Hello, I know someone's in there, might as well come out." He finally reached the pillow and peeked behind it, and sure enough… there she was.
Buzz couldn't tell much about her, but he could see that she was dainty and a little bit smaller than Bullseye. Using tricks that he had learned from Jessie on how to lure Bullseye over to you, he managed to get this horse out from behind the pillow. He couldn't hide his smile when he saw her, she was perfect.
He was right about her size, just a bit smaller than Bullseye, probably the right difference between a stallion and a mare. She had the white coat with dark red spots, a tan saddle, she had plastic hooves and muzzle sort of like Bullseye's vinyl ones. But everything else was stuffed fabric, in fact if Buzz hadn't known any better he would have thought she was another horse from the Roundup set.
"Hey there." He said softly when she tried to run off. "I'm not gonna hurt ya, don't worry…." Buzz finally managed to get close enough to put his hand on her back. The poor thing had bright pink paint all over her. Buzz knew that it wouldn't do, she definitely would have to be cleaned up before he brought her home.
"Oh, you found her!" Barbie said softly as she walked into the nook. "Oh the poor thing is a mess! C'mon sweetie, let's get you all cleaned up for your new mommy!" Buzz looked at her confused.
"How did you know?" he asked an embarrassed look on his face.
"It's a women's intuition." Barbie replied with a knowing smile and a wink as she led the horse out to get cleaned up.
"There she is!" Ken said when he saw his girlfriend lead the runaway mare to them. Buzz smiled.
"Let's get her cleaned up and ready to go home." He said smiling. So far his plan was working perfectly! The group managed to get the horse up into the sink where Stretch began to spray her with the hose attached to the faucet. After a while (Really a few hours), the horse was clean and in a much better mood since Buzz had sweet-talked her the entire time.
After saying a quick goodbye to his friends (and dad who he promised to visit soon) Buzz led the horse back into the Butterfly Room and headed towards the bag, unfortunately it wasn't fast enough as the toy on guard duty announced that the children were coming back soon. Buzz couldn't do anything and so had to freeze in place in the middle of the floor with his arm around the horse, hoping that Bonnie would find them and put them both in her bag. Buzz watched the children walk in and tried his best to catch a glimpse of Bonnie who was talking to one of her friends. She was headed in his direction when Buzz felt himself being picked up; he was turned around to find that he was in the hands of one of Bonnie's classmates. This boy had red hair, freckles and a mischievous look on his face.
"Whoah! A spaceman! That's cool!" He said as he began to head towards his bag, leaving the horse in the middle of the floor. Buzz thought it was all over for a minute when he saw Bonnie running over, Buzz grinned out of view of the children, this boy had been holding him in such a way that Bonnie had seen the bottom of his feet, and the word written there. He was safe; at least he thought he was.
"Hey!" Bonnie said "Why do you have my Buzz?"
"This isn't your Buzz." The boy replied "This is MY spaceman!"
"It is too my Buzz, Austin!" Bonnie replied, "See, the name Andy's on his foot."
"Then it's not your Buzz." Austin answered "You're name's not Andy… dummy." Bonnie frowned.
"I'm not a dummy!" Bonnie cut back "Andy's the person who gave him to me; I just left the name down there so he could remember him."
"Yeah right." Austin said, zipping open his bag which had his name embroidered on it.
Buzz was beginning to get very nervous… he knew that Bonnie was usually one of the first kids to go home, she'd be leaving soon, and he hoped that she would be able to retrieve him before she left. The two kids argued for about five more minutes until he saw Mrs. Anderson come in looking for Bonnie. Bonnie immediately ran to her mother and began pulling on her arm, pointing at Austin. Mrs. Anderson walked over to the young lad and kneeled down in front of him.
"Austin, whose toy is that?" She asked him calmly.
"He's my spaceman." Austin replied.
"Nuh Uh!" Bonnie said "It's BUZZ mommy! He's got Buzz! Get him back!"
"Bonnie, quiet please, I'm dealing with this." Mrs. Anderson replied. "Now Austin, where did you find your spaceman?"
"He was sitting in the middle of the floor!" Austin said, hugging Buzz close to him.
"Can I see him?" Bonnie's mother asked calmly. Austin groaned and then gave the action figure to her. Mrs. Anderson took a quick glance at the bottom of Buzz's feet, smiled, and handed him to Bonnie. "Austin, I'm afraid this IS Bonnie's toy, but, if you really want one of these just tell your parents to get you a Buzz Lightyear doll of your own, ok?"
"But, they might not get it!" Austin said sadly.
"That's ok Austin." Bonnie replied "I'll help to convince em! And if they still say no, we can share him when he comes here."
"Ok…" Austin said and groaned as he walked around trying to find another toy to play with.
"You're the best Mommy!" Bonnie said as she walked towards her bag. When she was walking past Jessie's new horse, Buzz, acting fast made himself purposely fall out of Bonnie's arm, and locked his arms around the horse. Bonnie, noticing that she had dropped him, went over to pick him up only to pick up the horse as well. She took a good look at the equine that Buzz had, smiled, took the horse out of his grasp and ran over to her mother.
"Mommy! Can we take this pony home? She needs a home!" She asked excitedly "She's so pretty! She'd go great with my cowgirl!"
"Oh really?" Bonnie's mom asked.
"Uh huh!" Bonnie said "Can we take her home, pleeeease!"
"Ok." Mrs. Anderson said smiling.
"Yay! Thanks Mommy!" Bonnie said excitedly as they headed out to the car.
"Why did you bring Buzz today anyway?" Mrs. Anderson asked her daughter as they walked up to the car.
"I didn't bring him mommy, he came by himself!" Bonnie replied as her mother fastened her into her seat.
Buzz smiled as he reclined in the backpack, relaxing for a while before they returned home. He wasn't sure of what was going to happen once he arrived back in Bonnie's room but he couldn't wait to see Jessie's reaction to her surprise.
Wow! We're going pretty fast! We are really happy that you all like this story! (And to that person who noticed a "Friends" ref… ten cookies for you! Good job! I LOVE that part of that episode… just had to make Woody say it, ya know?)
Sorry if Zurg's a bit odd… I figured it'd be cute if he was the "I don't know WHY people find me evil! That was like… twenty years ago!" type of guy.
I don't know if we're going to do more stories in this fandom… in fact this one is really just testing the waters, seeing which characters are fun to work with (coughbigbabycough) and who we can pull off well (coughbarbieandkencough). Maybe if we can get some more ideas or if anyone wants to do a co-write, let us know through private messaging please!
Only one more chapter left in this story! It'll be up in the next few days, so keep your eyes peeled! See ya then!