Alph's POV

Our families were certainly taken aback at our growth in family; just like Charlie was. At first we were worried about this, but it turned out great! My grandfather was joyful and humorously noted that he had lived to see his great-grandchildren. Our siblings were excited at being aunts and uncles. All were happy to meet the cute little Pikmin who helped save our planet.

I remember Brittany's aunt asking us the same question that we had asked ourselves. Were we going to teach the Pikmin how to talk? Will they go to school? Those are definitely good questions worth pondering. Of course now that I think about it, Brittany's aunt was saying it in a joking manner; albeit with a hint of seriousness.

Speaking of the Pikmin, Hikanari appears to have found the TV. She stared at it for a long time even while it wasn't turned on. My guess was that she was attracted to the electricity that was stored inside but nonetheless I approached the TV and turned it on.

The evening news flashed over the screen and she replied with the surprised yelp the Pikmin always did when we whistled at them on PNF-404.

I couldn't help but chuckle, "See Hikanari? This is what we call a television, or TV for short."

Hikanari touched her dainty hands against the TV.

"Oh my gosh!"

Brittany's startled yell from the bedroom echoed through the house catching my attention. I rushed to one of the bedrooms and was absolutely taken aback from what I saw.

Bubbles! Everywhere! I couldn't believe it! It was like I had drifted off into a magical fairytale land. Sage and Rosalie had the bottles of bubble soap grasped in their hands and waving the wand to make the bubbles. Brittany was standing in the corner with her camera.

"Alphie!" She exclaimed, "The Pikmin found the bubble soap…"

"I see that Britz." I observed, carefully tip-toeing to the window. I flipped the latched and slid the glass open, "All right guys take that to the backyard." I directed. They stopped immediately and ran out the room. Brittany put the camera down and helped me pop the remaining bubbles, luckily they didn't make much of a mess.

"Sorry sweetie." Brittany apologized, "I was so surprised but I thought it was cute so I had to get video."

"Did you get a good one?" I asked.

"Mm-hm. So, Alphie?"

"Yeah?

She adjusted her glasses and looked around, "Our lives will happen here." Her smile was a perfect match for her sparkling eyes.

"One day at a time."

She giggled, "Absolutely."

Brittany's POV

The next day we both had gone back to work. The minute I arrived at Koppai Lawn and Services, I was bombarded with compliments and questions from my female co-workers.

"Brittany, you're back! I loved the wedding it was so beautiful!" Amber wasted no time.

"I know Amber I was there." I joked.

"Duh! You were the bride!" She sighed, "I hope I can have my fairytale marriage one day. But! Until then, I am just a lovely lonely woman!" She said with a perky smile.

"That's a refreshing way of looking at it."

"So Brittany, words been going around that you've got yourself a family growing already!"

I shouldn't have been surprised but I sure sounded like it, "Wh-what do you mean?"

"Hey, everyone in town's been talking about it! You brought some of those cute little carrot creatures back!"

"Heh… that's…"

She continued, "Hey it's nice to see the little hero's helpers! I bet they've been just little bundles of joy since you brought them home!"

"Oh, you have absolutely no idea." I giggled, "They got in the bubble soap yesterday."

She burst out laughing, "That must have been an adventurous mess!"

"Gee, ya think? Ha!"

We laughed while going into an employee's only section and I explained to her, "We've been thinking about a lot of things. Like, could the Pikmin learn how to talk the way we do? Or go to school or things like that?"

Amber's eyes brightened, "You know, I bet you could speak publicly at the schools here about your adventures. Just like you do at that museum they built dedicated to you, Alph, and Captain Charlie. The children of this era would very much enjoy you guys visiting their school no doubt."

Just like that, I felt a rush of motivation, "That's a great idea! I'll have to talk about that with Alph later, and see if we could get in contact with Charlie."

"Good luck with that last part; we all know how busy the Captain is."

Charlie's POV

"Yeeeeehaaaa! All right gang let's get on back home!" I bellowed to my crew with upmost positivity.

"All right!" They responded with joy, not as much energy as mine but still. I could tell they were thinking that I ought to relax before I go nuts, and I can't help but think that they've been thinking that a whole lot.

We landed in the shipyard and immediately filed out, it was a mission success! I hopped out of the ship feeling energized!

"Waahooo! That was an incredible trip!"

My closest confidant noted, "Captain, sir. All we had to do was investigate that strange blotch that our sensors had detected on our maps."

"And we did! Of course, I'm always raring and ready to venture out into space! It's my life!"

What he said was true about the strange blotch. Something abnormal had appeared to be forming on a nearby planet and we were asked to go see if it was anything we should be worried about. Turns out that it was nothing dangerous, just an uncommon occurrence taking place that we may have missed before.

Now, nothing is going to ever replace the unimaginable Journey of a Lifetime adventure that I experienced with my crew on PNF-404; but, I will continue to explore until the day I die! That's a promise.

Once we filed our report into the main file cabinet, I decide I would go on my lunch break. So I excused myself and left.

"What a great day!"

I walked down the street to the café that I frequented; the server had me seated quickly because the place was mostly empty.

Shortly after the waiter came by, "Good day Captain Charlie!" He greeted me, "Are you dining alone today?"

"Yes sir, the usual please."

"Right away sir!"

He wrote down on his slip of paper and left. In the meantime I decided I would just do a little pondering.

"Hmm… I wonder if I'll ever find the love of my life."

Author's Note:

Ah Charlie lol XP.

Hey, what's up everyone! :D Sorry if this chapter was a little dull, but think of it as prepping for the excitement coming. :p

A few things, college is keeping me extra busy and my internet connection is being SO GRUMPY! *sigh* what can ya do?

Keep at whatcha do! :)