Chapter 7, Bonus, Questions for Peter
Olaughlinhunter continued to drive in the direction of his home, thinking about the interesting day he had, getting to ask both, Angelica and Susie some questions. Who knew that making a wrong turn would allow his adventure of asking Rugrats characters some questions to continue! It all happened, when he got into a long line of traffic. The line was moving so slowly, he couldn't help but daydream about who else he'd like to meet of the Rugrats characters, and what questions he'd ask them. Then, all of the sudden, he was at the front of the line, at the traffic light at the intersection where he needed to turn to head towards his house, but he was so caught up in thought, that instead of pulling into the right turn lane, he pulled into the left turn lane instead, making a left turn when the light turned green. He drove on forever, for endless stretches of road, curious as to where he could have ended up. Finally, his question was answered, when he drove into a town that looked unfamiliar to him. He came upon a sign on the road that read, "Welcome to Richmond, Virginia, capital of the Confederacy, ruled by King Peter Albany!"
"King Peter Albany? That's TCKing12's OC! I've got to meet him! I have so many questions to ask him!" Olaughlinhunter thought to himself, as he kept on driving, spotting the huge gray confederacy castle in the distance. Finally, the castle was in plain sight, and olaughlinhunter rounded the corner up a long driveway. He got up close to the castle, turned off his car, and walked up to the large doors. Peering through one of the windows, he saw the babies were inside, watching what looked like to be a Reptar video on TV. Olaughlinhunter knocked on the huge oak brown wooden doors that made up the castle, hoping somebody would let him in. The doors opened to reveal what looked to be a fourteen-year-old man with brown hair, wearing a gray Confederate uniform.
"May I help you?" Peter asked.
"Hi, I'm olaughlinhunter, one of the many fans of Rugrats, and I took a wrong turn when trying to get home." Said olaughlinhunter.
"Well, allow me to introduce myself. I'm King Peter Albany of the Confederacy!" Said Peter.
"It is an honor to finally meet you your royal hynus." Said olaughlinhunter, bowing down to the king.
"Please, please, come inside. I am babysitting the rugrats tonight, but they're watching Reptar 2010 right now on DVD, we finally got a copy of the movie that wasn't broken, so they could watch the part they missed and see what really happened, as well as the boring junk that grandpa Lou ran through the first time we all watched it together." Said Peter, as he led olaughlinhunter into his ccastle, and then went into a nearby parlor with large red arm chairs and sat down. Peter could still get a good view of his TV room, to make sure the babies didn't sneak off and get into any trouble, though he had child proofed his castle, so there wasn't too much dangerous stuff to get into, as he finally locked the ball room where the trap door was that led down into General Frolo E Lee's bedroom, so the babies couldn't get in there, possibly getting hurt again.
"So, I suppose you have some questions for me." Said Peter with a twinkle in his eye, as he picked up a soda he had next to him on an end table.
"Why yes, I do!" Said olaughlinhunter.
"Would you like something to drink? I have pretty much any beverage imaginable, well, within reason." Said Peter.
"Are you saying, any beverage that anyone under age 21 can have? You know, rugrat appropriate?" Olaughlinhunter asked.
Peter nodded.
"I'll have what you're having." Said olaughlinhunter.
"That would be a route beer." Said Peter.
"Oh, mind making mine a route beer float? I absolutely love them!" Said olaughlinhunter.
"No problem." Said Peter, as he went off into the kitchen of his castle and got one of his servants to make olaughlinhunter a route beer float.
A few minutes later, Peter returned with the route beer float, and gave it to olaughlinhunter.
"The vanilla ice cream on top, I got for free! Thanks to winning a free game at the miniature golf course. Mister Scags gave me a coupon to get a scoop of vanilla ice cream along with my free game, and, well, I give, my free scoop to you, as I wasn't hungry at the time, so brought the ice cream home to have later!" Said Peter.
"Thank you! Of course, you should really thank your little baby friends you're watching for allowing you to even get that free game and coupon in the first place." Said olaughlinhunter.
"I didn't know them when the events of the Ice Cream Mountain episode took place, but heard about it later, so no need to relive that, but yes, I did hear about that. Now, you said you had some questions for me?" Peter asked, as he sat back down in his chair across from olaughlinhunter, and took another sip of his route beer.
"Yes, my first question for you is, I know you weren't around for Tommy's first birthday because you hadn't met the Rugrats yet until Game Show Didi, but what were you doing during Angelica's Birthday, and The McNulty's Birthday Party? I'd like to see some flashbacks too to see what you were doing." Said olaughlinhunter.
"Sure! But first, let me go take care of something right quick." Said Peter, as he got up from his chair again, and went off into another part of the castle.
A few minutes later, he and Frolo E. Lee were walking into the room where the rugrats were watching Reptar 2010.
"Kids, I have something important to go do, so General Frolo E. Lee is going to watch you. So be nice to him please. Remember, he can't understand you like I can, so please, stay here and don't go wandering off, ok?" Peter said.
The babies were too engrossed in their movie to answer him back, but this didn't bother Peter in the least, as he handed Frolo a stack of Reptar DVD's.
"When this one finishes, if my guest and I haven't returned, put these on, they'll watch Reptar for hours." Said Peter, as he handed Frolo the stack of DVD's, and returned to the sitting room where olaughlinhunter was sitting.
"Ok, we're all set." Said Peter, as he stood next to olaughlinhunter's chair.
"All set for what?" Olaughlinhunter asked.
"All set to take a time traveling adventure. I got General Frolo E. Lee to watch the Rugrats." Said Peter.
"Awe, you're not going to let them come with us?" Olaughlinhunter said, a look of puzzlement in his eyes.
"No, I don't want to risk one of them messing up the time space contenuium, and since both of these events took place before Tommy and Chuckie obtained siblings, and before we met Zack and Jesse, who knows what kind of mix ups and confusions could happen. Now before we go on this adventure, you do understand that you need to be quiet, and simply watch what's happening. We don't need to mess any events up, do you understand?" Peter asked, gazing into olaughlinhunter's eyes with a serious expression.
"Yes, your royal hynus." Said olaughlinhunter.
"Then let's go!" Said Peter, as he pulled a black cube out of his pocket that had the current date on a panel in the middle, a set of numbers, and a green go button at the top.
"Is that, your infamous time machine?" Olaughlinhunter asked.
"Uh huh?" Said Peter, as he punched in the date of December 19, 1993 into the time machine, and he and olaughlinhunter vanished, in a flash of white light.
When they emerged from the flash of white light, they found themselves in Angelica's backyard. To not be spotted by the former version of Peter's self, the future Peter and olaughlinhunter hid behind some bushes, to watch what was going on. Turns out Peter was putting the finishing touches on the chocolate swan sculpture for the party.
"You made the chocolate swan sculpture?" Olaughlinhunter whispered to future Peter.
"Uh huh?" Peter whispered back.
Then, they resumed being silent, while they watched former Peter round up several farm animals in a tent. A boy came out with the sheep.
"Here are the sheep your royal hynus, Charlotte sent me out back with them." Said the man with the sheep, as he handed them over to Peter.
Peter then got everybody into position. No sooner had he rounded up the sheep, when the Chinese acrabats came outside. Peter, speaking in Chinese, got their attention, and directed them in their every move, as they had a rehearsal, before their final performance, which would be taking place later on that afternoon at the party.
"Amazing! You can speak Chinese?" Olaughlinhunter whispered to future Peter.
"I know several languages in fact, learned them while fighting for the Confederacy's independence." Future Peter whispered into olaughlinhunter's ear.
A little while later, they spotted past Peter heading inside of Angelica's house. Once they saw he was out of sight, future Peter and olaughlinhunter followed him inside. Once inside, they crouched down behind the couch, where several parents were sitting. Olaughlinhunter spotted the playpen off in the corner, where the Rugrats and Angelica, dressed as a baby were sitting. They then saw past Peter approach Angelica.
"Angelica! What's going on?" Peter asked.
"Ga gag a ga." Angelica replied.
"Huh? Angelica, you don't have to play dumb with me, you know I can understand your cousin Tommy and all of the babies." Said Peter.
Tommy then leaned in and whispered into Peter's ear.
"Uh, Peter, we told Angelica that there's no talking to the grown ups." Whispered Tommy.
Then Chuckie leaned in and whispered something else.
"And no offense Peter, but you are a grown up compared to babies like us." Said Chuckie.
At that moment, guests started to arrive, so Peter went and took a seat on the couch, as it was almost time for the party to begin.
They overheard Charlotte make a comment to Jonathan that they still hadn't received his present, when Deen and Susie walked up to the playpen, and asked Angelica what she was doing, commenting on how she was dressed up like a baby. Angelica responded in baby talk, and then, they overheard Charlotte calling all of the kids over to break the penyotta.
Olaughlinhunter and Peter turned their gaze towards the Reptar penyotta, where the kids were trying to hit it with sticks. They then overheard the rest of the conversation that took place during the original episode, how Angelica was all upset that she couldn't go play the penyotta game because she was just a baby. A few minutes later, olaughlinhunter saw Angelica had had enough of being a baby, breaking out of the playpen and breaking the penyotta.
Then, future Peter and olaughlinhunter watched Chaz and Howard's clown routine, watching as Angelica was covered with a pie, and soon, it was time for birthday cake. Again, so as not to be caught, olaughlinhunter and Peter watched from their position behind the couch, paying close attention to the conversation past Peter was having with Angelica and the babies at this point.
"So, I have to ask you Angelica, why did you dress up as a baby anyway? I know I've been busy helping your mom prepare the entertainment for your party, but it's obvious, I missed something here, once I helped Tommy and the other babies, finish preparing your mud pie birthday present in Tommy's backyard early this morning." Said Peter.
"Angelica didn't want no sponsabilities." Said Chuckie.
"So she decided to grow down." Said Lil.
"And become a baby again." Added Phil.
"But, she learned that being a baby isn't everything, and we can't wait to get bigger too, right guys?" Said Tommy.
"Right." Said all of the babies in unison.
"Angelica, what would give you the idea that responsibilities are bad?" Peter asked.
After Angelica finished her bite of ice cream, she answered Peter.
"My daddy. He said I'd have to do things like clean up my room and never have any fun." Said Angelica.
"You know Angelica, maybe there are some responsibilities that aren't a lot of fun, but there are some responsibilities that can be a lot of fun." Said Peter with a smile.
"Really? Name one." Replied Angelica, as she took another bite of birthday cake.
"Well, when I'm asked to babysit you kids, it is my responsibility, to watch after you all and make sure you're taken care of. And you know what? I don't mind doing that, because thanks to having that responsibility, I've gotten to make some pretty good friends." Said Peter.
"Really?" Said Angelica.
"Really." Said Peter, as he went back to finishing his birthday cake.
Afterwards, everybody headed outside to the backyard, where a circus was put on for the kids. Future Peter and olaughlinhunter snuck outside after everyone was seated, their eyes focused on the tent, so as to not get spotted by the past Peter, they hid behind the bush they hid behind before, while they watched past Peter conduct the Chinese acrabats in their act, and afterwards, all of the kids, including the babies, got to go into the tent, and pet all of the animals, like it was a petting zoo.
"I get the picture Peter, I see what you did, and heck, we're way past the events of the episode, as by this time during the birthday party, viewers watching have seen the credits roll by and are way into an episode of Ren and Stimpy by now. Can we go elsewhere now?" Olaughlinhunter asked.
"Sure thing." Said future Peter, as he got out the time machine from his pocket, entered the date of September 19, 1998 into the time machine, pressed the green go button, and he and olaughlinhunter vanished, into a flash of white light.
When they emerged from the flash of white light, they were at the Mcnulty's house, and it was raining outside. They found themselves in the room where the boys were playing, noticing that past Peter was in a corner, tied up with ropes.
"What's going on here?" Olaughlinhunter asked future Peter.
"Well, we're now at the events of A Very Mcnulty Birthday, and, you remember how the girls couldn't play with the boys cuz of coodies?" Future Peter whispered to olaughlinhunter.
Olaughlinhunter nodded.
"Well, Timmy didn't want me spoiling their fun, so he tied me up." Said Peter.
"Untie me please?" Past Peter shouted from his corner.
"No!" Timmy replied.
At this moment, Tommy and Chuckie, dressed in protectice clothing to protect themselves from catching coodies, came back into the room. Tommy then asks Timmy why the girls couldn't play with them cuz of coodies, and tries to persuade everyone to get along. Timmy responds to this in a negative fashion, just as he did in the episode, and the mark of green Playdough is noticed on Chuckie's leg. They see Chuckie run out of the room, upset.
Of course, olaughlinhunter had an idea of how the rest of this played out, so he and future Peter stayed quiet in their corner, watching the boys continue to play Cave Man, and seeing Tommy and Phil leave, to go and help the girls and Chuckie, be cured of their coodies, which they thought was an illness. A little while later, all of the girls and Chuckie showed up, covered in green Playdough, scaring the boys off, as everybody ran outside. Olaughlinhunter and future Peter snuck outside at this point, just as Tommy and Phil ran outside with the lollipops, and gave them to all of the kids, who ate them, right as the rain washed off the green playdough.
"Eat these, they'll make you all better!" They heard Tommy say as he handed out the lollipops.
"Hey it's working!" Said Chuckie, as the green disappeared from his leg, and he sucked on his lollipop.
Olaughlinhunter and future Peter were nearly soaked, but they wanted to see if past Peter eventually, got untied. They then saw Timmy come outside, deciding that he wanted to have coodies too, so Angelica sticks a glob of Playdough on his face, and everybody starts laughing, obviously marking the original ending to the episode, but just as with the last birthday party, obviously, the story isn't done yet.
"Hey! Help! Anybody gonna come back and untie me!" Everyone overheard Peter calling from inside.
Everyone stopped laughing and having fun out in the rain, when they overheard Peter's voice from inside.
"Oh no you guys, we forgotted about Peter! Come on!" Said Tommy, as he led everybody back inside. Future Peter and olaughlinhunter used this as an excuse to head back inside, to see how this all turned out.
"Somebody please untie me, this is really getting uncomfortable!" Said Peter, in an irritated tone of voice.
"Yeah Timmy, since you tied him up, guess who gets to untie him." Said Susie.
Timmy took a deep breath and sighed.
"Ok fine, I'm sorry for tying you up Peter. I guess, I just, didn't want you to spoil my game of Cave Man, by making the girls play with us." Said Timmy.
"Timmy, what you did wasn't very nice, and ordinarily, I'd tell your mom, but since it's your birthday, I'm going to let it go. Just as long as you promise to not treat Susie, Angelica, or Lil like that again. They're my friends, and nobody, treats King Peter Albany of the Confederacy's friends like that, do you understand?" Peter asked in a very demanding tone.
"Yes sir." Replied Timmy, as he got started untying past Peter, and no sooner did he have him untied, when Betty poked her head into the room.
"Come on kids, it's party time!" Said Betty, as everybody ran into the kitchen, which was all decorated with balloons, ready to have a party.
Future Peter and olaughlinhunter felt they had seen enough, so Peter put the date they came from originally into the time machine, and they returned to Peter's castle.
"I now see why you were cut out of the original episodes. Had they left your part in them, the show would have been an hour or possibly two hours long!" Said olaughlinhunter, as he sat back down at his seat, and took another sip of his route beer float, thankful the ice cream on top hadn't melted while they were gone, as when they returned, it was only a minute later from when they left.
"Uh huh? I wish they could have left me in all episodes from Game Show Didi onward, but TV stations have rules on how long shows can be." Said Peter.
"Hey, you know, the original episodes have been released on DVD, maybe someday, many years from now, they can release the rough cut stuff, featuring you in them as bonus material on those DVD's or something, or as an extra bonus, like a special edition seasons 1 through 9 release, when the series is, oh I don't know, 50 or 100-years-old since its release." Suggested olaughlinhunter.
"And I have a perfect date for the release of that material." Said Peter.
"Really? When?" Olaughlinhunter asked.
"How about on April 15, 2093, exactly 100 years to the day that I met the Rugrats." Said Peter.
"Excellent idea! Too bad we'll be long since dead by then, so can't suggest it." Said olaughlinhunter.
"Well, we can contact Nickelodeon and Amazon, and let our future children know about this, keeping the trend of getting this released in future generations to come, and, you never know, it could happen." Said Peter.
Olaughlinhunter nodded and smiled, liking Peter's idea.
"So, got anymore questions for me?" Peter asked.
"Yep, sure do. My next question for you is, which Disney character is your friend? And if it's Genie, my question for him is how has he been doing after the tragic death of his voice actor Robin Williams?" Olaughlinhunter asked.
"Oh goodness olaughlinhunter, that's atough one. I mean, I'm good friends with all of the Disney characters, but I'd have to say that Simba from The Lion King is my friend, and so is Emperor Cusco from The Emperor's New Groove. But Genie is also my friend, and I must tell you, after the tragic death of Robin Williams, the poor guy was pretty depressed. He wouldn't come out of his magic lamp for an entire week, no matter how hard you rubbed it, he wouldn't grant anybody any wishes." Said Peter.
"Awe, that must have been tough! I mean, at least when Chuckie lost his mother Melinda, she was sick and dying, but Robin Williams well, he just, took his own life!" Said olaughlinhunter.
"I know, it's so sad. Finally at the end of the week, Genie started to come around, and we had a talk about that, and overheard this song on the radio by some guy named Blane Larson. I remember the lines so well. How do you get that lonely? How do you get that empty? When do you make the call, that having no life at all, is better than the one that you had? Genie and I kept asking ourselves this question over and over the following weekend, which was hard seeing we were watching the Rugrats, and as you know, they're like, ages one to three, sure they learned about death when Melville died, but trying to explain to them about somebody making the choice to die, opposed to it, just happening in nature's time, was something we just, couldn't bring up with the little toddlers. Once I got them to go to sleep, Genie and I talked for a while, and while it was sad to see him go, he taught us a very good lesson. If you ever feel so down in the dumps, that you feel dying is the only answer to your problems, stop, and take a good look at yourself in the mirror. Remember that there are other people in the world that truly care about you, and they're going to feel crushed if you disappear forever. I know if I took my own life, Tommy and the other rugrats would be devastated!" Said Peter.
"I bet! I know all of us fans would be devastated, especially your creater, TCKing12!" Said olaughlinhunter.
"Exactly. Why Robin Williams did it will remain a mystery to me, but Genie is starting to come around, so while we'll always miss him, I think he's finally finding ways to move on, and I haven't had to get Angelica to throw the magic lamp down a flight of stairs, to get the Genie's attention to come out and play." Said Peter.
"Oh wow, so you actually had to have Angelica throw the magic lamp down a flight of stairs, to get Genie to come out?" Olaughlinhunter asked.
"Yes. Of course, I had a bit of trouble convincing Angelica to do this. She kept asking me if she'd be put on trial as a poopatrating persicuter, and I told her no, for one, I asked her to do it, she didn't do it on purpose, and secondly, I had no clue what she was talking about." Said Peter.
"Oh that's right, you didn't know them yet at the time of the trial." Said olaughlinhunter.
"The trial?" Peter asked, raising an eyebrow in confusion.
"Well, I'm not up for it right now, but maybe sometime in the future, you and I can take another time traveling adventure with that time machine of yours, to the date of March 29, 1992, and you can better learn what I'm talking about." Said olaughlinhunter.
"Got anymore questions for me?" Peter asked.
"Yep, two more questions. So, my next question for you is, if you had been able to prevent a way for Angelica from cutting up the sonogram pictures in "PreRugrats", what would you have done to Angelica?" Asked olaughlinhunter.
"Hmmm, what would I have done? Well, she proceeded to do this while I was getting the babies cleaned up and ready for bed. Thinking back on it, I should have had Angelica come upstairs with me, and made her help me bathe the babies, and told her she wouldn't get any dessert if she didn't help. After all, she was under terms to be nice until her new baby cousin was born. Had I done that, she might have still gotten her ten pound bag of Reptar bars, and Didi would have learned about the real sex of her future child. I also would have had a very important talk with Angelica that night, as believe it or not, I was over at her house for dinner during the beginning of the episode, The Stork, when Drew and Charlotte were trying to tell Angelica the truth about where babies come from. It would have been hard, but I would have hid Angelica's Cynthia safety scissors, sat her down, and showed her the pictures and their importance." Said Peter.
"So what would you have said to Angelica?" Olaughlinhunter asked.
"I would have explained in simple enough terms for a three-year-old to understand, that babies don't come from the stork, or from trees. Rather, they grow inside mommy's tummies, and while they're growing, doctors will take special pictures, so the mommy and daddy, can see how they're doing. I would have also explained to her that her aunt wants to know how her baby is doing, especially since I'm sure you're well aware that Tommy was born premature, and Didi was really hoping that her second child, would be born, more or less, on time." Said Peter.
"Well, didn't Dil come a week early?" Olaughlinhunter asked.
"Yes he did, as you may recall them saying at the hospital that Didi wasn't due until the next week, upon their arrival to there after her water broke at the baby shower, but olaughlinhunter, being born one week early is a lot different than being born a month early, like in the case with Tommy. He's lucky to not have any disabilities, but some children, take Celrock for example, as she was three months premature, and let me tell ya, she's lucky to be alive!" Said Peter.
"She sure is, had she not made it, all of the beautiful Fan Fiction she produced, including the events of, "PreRugrats," would have never happened! Or at least, her version wouldn't have happened. Don't know if another fan would have written a story similar to this down the road, but it certainly hadn't happened at the time Celrock released it, so uh, yeah!" Said olaughlinhunter.
Peter glanced into the living room, and noticed that Reptar 2010 was reaching the end.
"I'd love to talk more, but the rugrats Reptar 2010 movie is getting close to ending, and it's going to be their bedtime soon, so, what's your last question for me?" Peter asked.
"Ok Peter, my last question for you is, what was your favorite adventure with the Rugrats in the fanfics?" Olaughlinhunter asked.
"Oh goodness, another tough one. Well, I'm going to say I really enjoyed that adventure in the Fan Fic story, "The First Word," when we went into Pride Rock to rescue Tommy, when he said his first word to the grown ups, and was pulling the silent treatment on all of us, just to keep Reptar from disappearing. That weekend of getting Tommy to talk was an interesting one at that for me, and I'll admit, I'm a bit disappointed that story only made it as far as Fan Fiction. I would have loved to have seen that fully produced as a Rugrats episode." Said Peter.
"You know what? So would I!" Said olaughlinhunter.
"Well, I need to go check on the babies, it's awfully quiet in the royal television room." Said Peter, as he walked into the television room, olaughlinhunter following behind him.
Eager to say hello to the Rugrats, he was disappointed to discover upon entering the room, the DVD menu for Reptar 2010 appeared on the TV as a still, silent image, and there were the Rugrats, Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, Zack, Jesse, Kimi and Dil, all curled up on the floor, fast asleep.
"We're back, thanks for watching the tots Frolo." Whispered Peter.
"No problem." Frolo whispered back.
Olaughlinhunter looked at Peter, with a puzzled expression in his face.
"Something wrong olaughlinhunter?" Peter asked.
"Oh, I'm just very sorry the babies fell asleep. I would have liked to have told them hi." Said olaughlinhunter.
"Well, you know how those babies are when it comes to Reptar. Their adventures with him, ware them out, but maybe I can have you come back some other time, during the day, when we're all awake and playing." Said Peter.
"That would be great!" Said olaughlinhunter, as Peter walked him out to his car.
"Well, I thank you for stopping by, it was a pleasure to get to meet you." Said Peter, as olaughlinhunter unlocked his car door and got inside.
"No, thank you! I now have some inspiration to write my own version of your backstory of how you met the Rugrats, and I'm glad to have asked your royal highness some questions. Hope you get excited for my fanfic on my own version of your backstory. It will be really exciting! I promise!" Said olaughlinhunter.
"I look forward to it!" Said Peter, with a twinkle in his eye, as he watched olaughlinhunter drive away from his ccastle, and turned around to go back inside, and help move the sleeping toddlers to more comfortable beds upstairs.
Olaughlinhunter paid attention to how he came, looking for that welcome sign on the road he made a wrong turn on, and then realized what he had done. Upon approaching the sign, he continued straight down the road, till he found the turn off into his neighborhood, where he turned down his street, and headed for home, tjhrilled with the day he had, getting to ask so many burning questions to Angelica, Susie and Peter, that he had had on his mind, for a very long time.
And this, ends this bonus segment of this story. Hope you enjoyed it, and, we'll talk soon!