Author's Note: Sorry for my lack of updates lately. I guess, between everything going on this week, plus, having trouble figuring out a last name for the OC I'm about to introduce in this chapter, as well as his younger sister, which will be introduced in the next chapter, though you actually already know a little bit about these two OC's, if you've read my 2 chapter story, Days in the Life of Dil Pickles, but anyway, now that I've come up with a last name for these two OC's, I can finally present to you all, the next two chapters of this story! So with that said, here we go!
Chapter 10, Zadon
The red curtin went up on stage to reveal Celrock, wearing a turquoise blue sweater, dark blue jeans, white socks, pink sneakers, and her brown hair was pulled back in a ponytail made up of a bright yellow scrunchy.
"Hello boys and girls." Celrock cheerfully greeted to the young toddlers, consisting of the original Rugrats characters, Zack, and Jesse, along with their babysitter and companion, Peter down in the audience.
Everybody clapped and cheered, as Celrock flashed them all a smile.
"It's great to be back everybody, and today, we have one of my original characters, followed by his little sister, to introduce to all of you, and our lovely readers out there in Fan Fiction Land. Zadon, Freddie, please come out on stage." Celrock called back stage, as two little boys came out and approached the small plastic red and blue toddler chairs that sat in the middle.
Standing next to the red chair was Freddie from the season 6 Rugrats episode, Opposits Attract. Just as expected, the young now four-year-old toddler, as everybody was two years older than they were on the series, still had blond hair, and he still preferred to wear white sneakers, an orange shirt, and blue overalls. He stood there, looking very nervous, as he had never done interviews before, and while he was very much Chuckie's alter ego as we learned in the episode, he was a lot more superstitious than Chuckie, making his fears seem much worse because he let his imagination really get the best of him, or possibly older bullies making up stuff at the park. In other words, good thing he never met Angelica, or people would never hear the end of it.
Standing next to him by the blue chair, was another little boy of about age three. He had dark brown messy hair on top of his head, sticking up in every which direction similarly to how Chuckie's red hair stuck up, but unlike Chuckie, he didn't wear glasses. He did however, wear a light gray short sleeve plain t-shirt, dark blue jean shorts, white ankle high socks, and he wore bright red shoes identical to Chuckie's, only his had black laces instead of white ones. And this little boy, was none other than, Zadon Hannigon.
"Go on you two, take a seat." Celrock encouraged.
Freddie looked nervously from Celrock over to the seat of his red chair, trembling nervously.
"I don't know if I should. What if my weight gives out, and the chair breaks." Freddie said.
"Now Freddie, not to worry, you're just the right size for that chair." Celrock said.
"But what if there's a piece of gum stuck to the seat? I don't want to get any stuck on the bottom of my pants, or worser, I'm stuck to the chair, having to carry it on my bottom forever." Freddie said nervously.
"Freddie, I assure you, the chair is clean. Please, take your seat." Celrock said, starting to grow impatient.
Freddie took his seat in the red chair, while Zadon did the same in the blue chair. Zadon could be shy and nervous, but he was more like Chuckie than Freddie, and very opposite from Tommy where his sibling relationship was concerned.
"Okay, let the interview, begin!" Celrock said, as she moved off to the side of the stage, so the audience could get a clear view of the toddlers.
Freddie and Zadon stared at one another for several minutes in silence, not saying anything, as both boys, took several deep breaths, to get themselves calmed down, and prepared to do this interview.
"Hi, I'm Zadon." Zadon said, sticking out his hand for Freddie to shake.
"I'm Freddie." Freddie replied, reaching out his hand and shaking Zadon's.
"Uh, don't mind me, I'm just, a little bit, nervous." Zadon said.
"I've been nervous ever since my mommy toldid me of this." Freddie said.
"Well, we're not gonna get nowhere if we just, sit here, staring at one another nervously the whole time, so, better get started." Zadon said.
"Uh, okay. At least, we're sitting in these comfortable chairs, where nothing bad can happen, so, I think you're spose to ask the firstest question." Freddie said.
"Yep, I am. So, how do you know the Rugrats?" Zadon asked.
"Well, I only know Tommy and Chuckie, as we met at the park one day. Chuckie may get ascared of things, but I don't think he's nearly as ascared of stuff as I am, as he don't mind playing in sandboxes, and thought I was crazy to believe in sand lizards. I recall meeting some twins that poured water on their ants, or rather, they claimed I got them wet, I don't member everything now, I just, recall being upset when they got all wet, thinking it makes them gigantic. I metted Tommy when Sam had trouble getting me unstuck from the rope ladder, as he helped me get unstuck, but then, Chuckie went off to play with him, and I went off to play with Sam, cuz, well, we're bestest friends, and I haven't seem them again, well, until today, I recognize Chuckie out there in the audience." Freddie explained, pointing to Chuckie down in the audience.
"Okay, very interesting." Zadon commented.
"So, ever been on Fan Fiction before?" Freddie asked.
"Yep, in a story called, Days in the Life of Dil Pickles, and I'll be appearing in future chapters of Pre-School Daze (Reboot), well, at least, during part of season one anyway, and you'll learn more as to why I don't finish out the entire season when we get there." Zadon said, looking disappointed.
"How come?" Freddie Asked.
"Well, not to spoil much, but I was sadly, born with a broked heart. Not the kind that gets broked cuz you don't gots nobody to love on Valentine's Day, or what growed ups call a broked heart when they start crying, but the heart itself. I don't quite understand what's exactly wrong with me, seeing I'm only three-years-old, but I guess, my heart was only formed with three chambers or something like that. It makes it harder for it to work right, and I've been in and out of hopcickles, all my life." Zadon explained.
"Is there any way to fix it?" Freddie asked.
"Well, not exactly. Well okay, the onliest way they can fix my broked heart, is by getting me a new one. I've gots to have something called surgery, which sounds really scary to me, but right now, I'm on a waiting list, till they can get me a new heart. Still though, I'm really ascared that it won't work out, cuz not sure if you guys know this, but the heart allows us to well, be alive. If it stops beating, that's it, you go bye bye." Zadon said.
Freddie looked about ready to faint in his chair by hearing this news.
"Uh… Uh… I hope I don't ever gotta get surgery." Freddie commented.
"Well is anything on you broken?" Zadon asked.
"Uh, no, I don't think so." Freddie replied, shaking his head.
"Well then, you'll be okay then." Zadon said, trying to reassure his interviewer.
Freddie took a few deep breaths, before going on to ask his next question, not wishing to be petrified again.
"Okay, okay, let's see, nextest question. What's your family like?" Freddie asked.
"Well, my family is okay I guess. I've gots a daddy named Richard. We use to live in a place called Alaska, where he ran dog sled races. Sadly, my mommy Katie, who wears a lot of pink and blue and use to look really big, wasn't doing so well when we were about to accept a new baby in my family. She's gots lots of problems, and as a result, after my little sister was hbrought by the stork, mommy had to undergo some kind of surgery, I think they call it, acid by gas surgery." Zadon started to explain, before Celrock corrected him.
"Correction Zadon, that's, gastric bypass surgery." Celrock corrected.
"Yeah, what she said. Anyways, not sure what all they do, but ever since my mommy had her surgery, she eats much smaller portions, and right after she came home from the hopcickle, my sister was barely eating solid foods at this time, and I was only a-year-old, well, mommy was eating baby food too." Zadon said.
"What did they do to her exactly?" Freddie asked.
"I don't know the whole story, maybe Celrock can help us." Zadon said.
"Okay I'll explain. Basically what Zadon's mommy had done kids, is she had a special pouch placed inside her tummy that causes her to eat less, allowing her to restrict how much food she eats, because before then, she was unable to control her intake of food, and suffered from a lot of health problems as a result." Celrock explained.
"Thanks Celrock, you're a really smart growed up." Zadon commented.
"Wow! I'm flattered, I don't think I'm that smart, but thank you." Celrock said, blushing a deep red.
"So, what's this place called, Alaska like?" Freddie asked.
"Well, it's much colder than here, and part of the year, night time is really short, while part of the time, daytime is really short. I'm not sure why that is but it's very different from here, where daytime and nighttime don't act so strange. Also, it's much warmer here, allowing me to wear shorts and play outside." Zadon said.
"Did your family move here because of you and your mommy needing extra care with your bodies? You with your heart and your mommy with her tummy?" Freddie asked.
"Uh huh." Zadon replied.
"And what does your daddy do, now that you're not in Alaska no more with the dog sled races?" Freddie asked.
"My daddy works at the local doggy pound, a place where losted doggies are founded, and my daddy helps them all find new homes." Zadon replied.
"And, my lastest question to you Zadon is, what's your baby sister like?" Freddie asked.
"She's okay. I think we actually moved here cuz of me, as I recall moving from Alaska before she was born. Anyways, her name is Elena, and while she's okay, we don't exactly get along. We fight lots and I was kind of sorry I didn't get to be a only child. Specially since after she was born, mommy had that surgery to shrink her tummy, and I think my baby sister was the cause of all of that. She broked mommy, and ever since then, I haven't liked her, and glad I get to go to preschool everyday where I can play with Zack and other kids my age, not having to be around her no mores." Zadon replied.
Overhearing this, while Phil and Lil understood them arguing, both of them, along with Tommy and Chuckie, all looked pretty sad to hear this news. Tommy and Chuckie especially, as while they both had to get use to their younger siblings, they wouldn't trade them for anything, and Tommy for sure, missed his brother when off at preschool, especially the first couple of days there.
"Well that's all of the time we have for this interview. Thank you Freddie for coming in and asking some questions. I know it was very difficult for you to get up the courage to come up on stage and talk to Zadon here, but thank you." Celrock said.
"No problem. Now, I'm ready to go home, and very thankful I don't start school till nextest year when I gets to go to kindergarten." Freddie said, standing up from his red toddler chair, and heading off back stage, where he ran up to his mommy and they left the building.
Back out on stage, Zadon remained in his blue chair, waiting to see if any of the audience members would ask him any questions.
"So, anybody out there gots any questions for me?" Zadon asked.
"I have a question. What else do you like about preschool other than getting a break from your little sister?" Peter asked.
"I like circle time in the mornings, where we get to learn things like our days of the week, letters and numbers, and it's one thing I can do where I won't run out of breath, having to take a break, as with my heart problems, if I run too much and stuff, you know, jump around and move around too much, I run out of breath quickly and gots to sit down, and it can be really embarrassing when I'm having to take breaks before the other kids are ready to stop, making me feel left out." Zadon replied.
"I've gots that problem too, but it's not cuz of a broked heart, it's cuz of my stuffy nose. I member, my daddy tried to get my nose cleared up once, but it was only short lived." Chuckie said.
"Are you ashamed of it?" Zadon asked.
"Nah, I've just, learned to accept it, cuz it's well, part of who I am." Chuckie said.
"Well that's good." Zadon said.
"I have a question. Since you can't play outside for very long, or rather, need to play quiet games a lot more, what do you like to do for fun when you have to stay indoors?" Susie asked.
"I like to play video games. My favorite ones being, The Lion King for the Wii, and my newest video game, Finding Dory for the Playstation 4. Yeah, my mommy and daddy don't wait to get me big presents for birpdays and Christmas, cuz with my heart problem, we don't know how long I'll be here to enjoy stuff, so they get me things whenever I want them." Zadon said.
This filled Angelica's heart with envy, and seeing she was the next one to ask a question, she thought of a really good one.
"Well then, would you mind if you gave all of your toys to me if the surgery don't work out?" Angelica asked in a nasty tone of voice.
"I don't know Angelica. As much as I don't like my sister, she probably gets first gives on all of my toys if anything happens to me." Zadon replied.
Angelica simply growled at his response, slumping down in her seat, while the next person went on to ask their question.
"Uh, Zadon, me and you play together at school sometimes, but what's something else you're ascared of besides getting a new heart?" Chuckie asked.
"I'm afraid of the dark. I've gots three nightlights around my room, and sometimes, if I'm really having a bad night, I keep the lamp on by my bed too." Zadon said.
"Do you gots to share a room with your sister?" Kimi asked.
"No, thank goodness. We both gots our own room. Good thing too, as I don't think we'd survive." Zadon replied.
"What's your favorite movie?" Jesse asked.
"I like Jack. Sure, most three-year-olds probably haven't seen that movie, so I'll tell you the bestest I can what it's about. It's about a boy who ages really fast. In the movie, he's like, ten or something, but he looks like a growed up. My favorite part of the movie is when he has to do a assignment about what he wants to be when he grows up. You know what he wants to be? He wants to be alive. And I know how he feels, as that's what I wanna be when I'm all growed up." Zadon said, looking about ready to cry.
"What's your favorite holiday?" Zack asked.
"My favoritest holiday gots to be Christmas. I specially like it when it snows, it's so prettyful. We don't get that much around here, but lastest year when I was still two, me and my family went home to Alaska to see my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins for Christmas, and there was lots of snow. I could only play outside for a little while cuz it was really cold, and it's the time of year when nighttime is really long, but I love snow at Christmas time, and wish we had it more around here." Zadon replied.
"What's your favorite food?" Phil asked.
"I like spaghetti and meatballs, and for snack foods, I like vanilla ice cream, though even my food intake is constantly monitored, cuz of my heart problems." Zadon said.
"When your mommy was eating baby food after her surgery, did you try to dress her up like a baby too?" Lil asked.
Zadon thought about this for a few minutes before answering Lil's question.
"Uh, I don't remember. I don't think so though, as I was more confused than anything, and I had to watch over my baby sister who was still a baby-baby at the time, much to my dismay." Zadon replied.
"Do you think you'd like being a big brother if you had a little brother?" Tommy asked.
"Yeah! I would! I was actually spose to get a little brother and I gotted a little sister instead." Zadon replied.
"I know the feeling. I was spose to get a baby sister too, but then, I gotted a baby brother. But you know what? I learned to love him and we became bestest brother friends, cuz well, I've gots sponsitivity now." Tommy said.
Zadon thought for a minute about what Tommy told him, before taking a deep breath and speaking up.
"Well, maybe, I can learn to love my sister." Zadon said.
"Good, cuz your sister is sad that you don't ever wanna play with her." Dil said.
"And how do you know that?" Zadon asked.
"You know me and your sister are bestest friends, after meeting one day at the park after you and Tommy started preschool. And she didn't miss you one bit, and wished you'd never come back, to which I felt very sad about, as I couldn't wait for Tommy to get home to play with me." Dil said.
"I'll think about it." Zadon said, staring down at the floor and crossing his arms, not all that interested in having this conversation with Dil.
"Well okay, what's your favoritest TV show to watch?" Dil asked.
"Well, I've always liked trains, so any show that deals with trains is my favoritest. Thomas and Friends, Chuggington, and Dinosaur Train are some of my favorites." Zadon said, just as an alarm went off on Celrock's wrist watch.
She turned it off and moved back out to center stage.
"Well everybody, that's all of the time for Zadon's interview. Thank you for coming out to talk to us today, and if you'd be so kind to please go out and tell your little sister that it's her turn, so she and our next interviewer, Herbert from, Dayscare, would come out on stage to take their turn, that would be very much appreciated." Celrock said, as Zadon stood up from his chair and headed towards the back stage area.
"Uh, all right. To everybody except Dil, I'll see you at preschool?" Zadon said to the audience.
"Yeah Zadon, see ya at preschool, and we'll play in the sandbox on the playground together and have lots of fun." Zack said.
"Awe, thanks Zack." Zadon said with a smile, as he waved goodbye to everybody, and headed off back stage, down to the play area, where his mommy was sitting and watching Elena play with some dolls she brought with her, and Herbert was over to the side, playing with a dump truck.
"I'm finished mommy." Zadon said, taking a seat in an empty chair next to her.
"Okay sweetie." Katie said with a smile, as she turned to her daughter who was playing on the floor.
"Uh, Herbert, time to put the dump truck away, it's your turn." Katie said.
"Okay." Herbert said, putting the dump truck back on the shelf with the other toys, then walking over to where Elena was playing.
"Come on Elena, let's go." Herbert said, grabbing her hand, as the two small children headed out of the waiting playroom area, and towards the stage for their interview.
And this, ends chapter 10.
Author's Note: Well, I hope you all enjoyed that chapter. For anybody who finds this OC somewhat confusing, his name is based off of somebody my nephew in real life knows with the same name, and in fact, the real life Zadon has a sister named Elena, only his sister is older, while in this case, Elena is younger. And where Zadon's medical condition is concerned, it's based off of the medical condition that my late cousin James had as a child. Sadly, he died post his heart transplant surgery back in late January of 2003, and while he wasn't a toddler like Zadon, he was still a child, and sadly, didn't get to grow up unfortunately. And like Zadon, he was the oldest child in his family. But yes, Zadon is a very nervous person, but his biggest fear, which is dying, is kind of hard for him to talk about, since so many of the people he knows, don't all understand death or what he's going through, making it hard for him to articulate his fear very well. And his mother's condition, is something I learned about last year when taking a Food, Nutrician and Culture course, and in fact, such a surgery does exist, and we had a lady come to talk to us about her experience, giving me the idea to base the character of Zadon and Elena's mother off of her a little bit. Remember, this chapter was slated for release around this time last year, and got pushed back a year, due to life happenings, etc. if you hadn't figured that out. Also, for certain, two Rugrats episodes were referenced in this chapter, those being, Opposites Attract, and The Smell of Success, when we learned of Chuckie's nose problems. Anyway, I should hopefully have the next chapter up shortly, so please, do stay tuned.