Author's note: Turns out that "Noah's Ark" will be the only VeggieTales DVD released this year as far as I know. That being said, creativity is a must in order to continue these snippets. Again, like many of the other DVDs after "The Little House That Stood", there is no commentary. I understand that recording commentary takes time and money, but come on! Gimme something to work with Big Idea Inc! Nevertheless, they gave us content, and that is all that is required, so thank you Big Idea Inc.

Official

Petunia sat back in her leather seat with her eyes closed and mind settling. Her lucid thoughts trailed off to how fast her morning went; she only had time to get dressed and put a headband in her hair. Petunia originally planned on braiding her hair, but alas, time didn't permit it. She had been leaving her hair down lately though. Nobody minded her change of look, especially Larry, so Petunia had no incentive to return back to her usual braided hairstyle as of yet. Besides, it was much easier to maintain.

Reluctantly, Petunia opened her eyes and scanned the dimly lit room. Everyone she could see was sitting in the Meeting/Conference room was in the same state that she was in: tired, groggy, and in need of a pillow. Some had even decided that the hard wooden conference table was a suitable substitute for a pillow and had plopped their heads down. While most were at the long table, others were helping themselves to the feast of donuts behind where Petunia was seated. Nonetheless, everyone was equally tired.

Well, not everyone; Larry, Bob, and Archibald were wide awake when she arrived. It was true that the tomato and the British asparagus were the most hard-working out of all of them, borderline workaholics, but even they had to get some sleep sometime.
Although there was something about how they carried themselves that was off putting to Petunia, she dismissed it as her sleepy head playing tricks on her.

"I'm sorry we had to have a meeting this early." Bob apologized to everyone.

"Whose idea was it to hold a meeting at six in the morning?" Jimmy groaned as he picked his head up from the table.

"Trust me, not ours." Archibald replied and passed a clipboard and pen to Bob.

"Any reason why we're doing this so early Bob?" Pa Grape wondered.

"The producers wanted to get an early start on this show," Bob explained with a yawn, "and I guess it also applied to the brainstorming."

"No kidding." griped Mr. Lunt before he munched on a donut.

Now the off putting sense had returned, and Petunia immediately noticed something right off the bat about Bob and Archibald.
Their tones, as well as their subtle appearances, threw her off and made her realize the condition the two were in; a half a second later, and she determined the cause. Believe it or not, but not even the tomato and British asparagus were immune to the lack of sleep. Acting on her intuition and concern, Petunia addressed her concerns towards to two.

"Bob? Archibald? How long have you two been up?"

Archibald adjusted his monocle while Bob took a deep breath.

"Since 3:00 A.M." came the response from Archibald. Everyone around the table began to mutter in astonishment. Why on Earth would they be up so early?

"We had to film the opening countertop scene." Bob explained tiredly, unintentionally answering the unspoken question held by everyone.

"How are you guys even awake right now?" Jean-Claude yawned.

"Coffee and sugar rushes." Archibald replied indignantly, motioning towards the donut table. Petunia forced her eyes towards the direction of the donut table and found Larry, was wide awake as ever, grabbing a bunch of donuts.

"I do have some news that may wake you guys up though." Bob noted.

"And what might that be?" Pa Grape asked. Petunia figured that she should start more asking questions soon or else she would fall asleep in the middle of the brainstorming.

"The producers want Larry as director for this one."

Unanimously, all traces of sleep and drowsiness were wiped away and the room was coated in silence; those who were resting their heads shot straight up in their chairs; and Mr. Lunt forced himself to swallow his donut before he let his jaw drop. Everyone casted shocking stares at the tomato, who timidly held the clipboard over his mouth.
Mr. Lunt was the first to break the silence.

"What?"

Simultaneously, everyone turned in their chairs to look at Larry, who was standing nearby the donut table. His mouth was still stuffed with a donut when he realized what Bob had just announced.

"Whmm-hmm!" Larry cheered with his mouth full, raising his two other donuts in the air to show his enthusiasm. Petunia unintentionally let a giggle slip from Larry's reaction.

This was going to be an interesting conference.

LATER…

"We could save some costs if we rummage through Storage and pull a few props out." suggested Jerry.

"Ok we'll definitely do that then," Larry agreed, "but make sure we have a ton of checkered umbrellas."

"Uh, why checkers?" Mr. Lunt asked.

"Remember the Minnesota Cuke episode we did?"

"Oh right." Mr. Lunt remarked as Bob wrote everything down on the clipboard.

So far the meeting had been going swell. Everyone had been woken up after they received the shock of Larry directing the upcoming show. It wasn't a bad thing, Larry was the most imaginative out of them all, it was just rarely done. Once he finished off the other of his two donuts, Larry immediately unleashed his imagination and creativity through planning and collective reasoning. Occasionally, Archibald or Bob would interrupt to keep Larry from making the layout too silly or crazy but Larry mostly stayed on track. It was as if he had it all planned out for a long time. Petunia loved the fact that no matter how silly or wacky Larry's imagination and behavior stretched, he always had some sort of underlying seriousness and purpose to balance out his creativity.

As she had recalled before, it was a perfect balance; except for when it came to Silly Songs…Larry would then let himself run wild through expressive song and dance routines.

"Hey, has anyone seen Mr. Nezzer?" Larry wondered.

"Oh, he's on extended vacation." replied from Mr. Lunt, "The company gave extended vacations to a bunch of others guys too."

"Well that explains the lack of attendance." Madame Blueberry commented.
Now that she mentioned it, the number of empty seats in the room was noticeable.

Out of the corner of her eye, Petunia saw Bob suddenly pause from writing on his clipboard and scan everyone with his gaze. She had a feeling he was about to address something important.

"There's a matter that I think you guys should know about..." Bob spoke up, his shift of tone in his voice evident enough to catch everyone's attention, "Our Media Department has been picking up some negative feedback as of late."

"On what?" Larry asked.

"About our 'looks' apparently." Bob said, his voice hinting confusion. Petunia glanced around at everyone to find them transparently confused. True, some of them had changed their looks: Petunia had been leaving her hair down as of late, Madame Blueberry once again changed her style, the French Peas and Pa Grape grew out their facial hair, Archibald got a new suit, Mr. Lunt got his golden tooth replaced, and Laura and Junior were starting to hit puberty.

"I don't think it should matter if we changed our appearances," Petunia remarked, sharing looks with everyone, "it's not like we changed ourselves, right?"

Smiles returned and everyone nodded in agreement.

(…)

"So that pretty much covers the set, right?" Larry confirmed.

"Yep, everything is good to go." Bob reported.

"And you can get us enough animals for the show?" Larry asked, looking over at the cantankerous gourd.

"Oh sure, I got most of them on speed dial anyways." Mr. Lunt assured as he pulled out his cell phone to make a few calls.

"You have our old animal actors on speed dial?" Larry wondered quizzically.

"We're talking vegetables, pal." Mr. Lunt responded.

"Oh," Larry realized, "fair point."

As Mr. Lunt exited the room and started to dial up their old animal actor friends, the topic of the meeting shifted to the next priority on the list: storyline. Knowing that Larry was now the director, Petunia could expect a ton of ideas for them to work with for the show. Right before Larry could start spilling his imagination, Archibald stopped him.

"Before you go on about giving roles to everyone, the company already has assigned the cast." Archibald interrupted. Larry sighed in disappointment before resigning himself to listen.

"As you may have heard earlier this month; Wayne Brady and Jaci Velasquez will be the main stars and consequentially the main couple of the show. As for the other couples, Pa Grape and Madame Blueberry will be Noah and Naamah…"

"Eh, it makes sense," Pa Grape spoke up, "Ma Grape has been out with the flu for awhile."

"I hope she gets well soon," Archibald counseled before continuing, "Japheth and Nell will be played by Bob and Katrina."

Mentioning her name brought back memories to Petunia. Katrina was part of the last show they did, Beauty and the Beet, and was a very talented singer. Like Mirabella, Katrina got along with just about everyone on set and throughout the recordings. Maybe it was her southern charm, popularity amongst the fans, or something else entirely that made her decide to stick around. It was however, something notable, seeing that Big Idea Inc. casted her again. Whatever it was, Petunia was glad that she would be working with friend.

"And last but not least, Larry and Petunia, you two will play Shem and Dot." Archibald concluded.

The rhubarb's mind went blank.

"Wait, what?" Petunia stammered.

Taken aback from the shock as well, Larry slipped out of his chair and fell flat on the floor, only to get back up in a second with a dumbfounded expression on his face.

"What?!" Larry exclaimed. Everyone around was wondering what all the commotion and shock was about.

Everyone except for Madame Blueberry, who beamed a sly grin and a teasing gaze over at Petunia. Petunia herself felt her heart skip a beat and a blush start to creep onto her cheeks. Larry had calmed himself down from his initial outburst but was still

"Um…well, that's…uh…" Larry faltered while he tried to find the right words and fight the flush in his cheeks; the cool cucumber was losing his cool. Petunia could feel the embarrassment of their unnecessary outbursts linger in the room, and Madame Blueberry's grin was only adding to her embarrassment. In the back of her mind, Petunia knew that there would be endless teasing from Madame Blueberry once this was over. Considering the implications of having her and Larry paired up, Petunia could only guess what the company was thinking when they were casting the roles. Beneath it all of the embarrassment was a sense of inward glee that made Petunia smile bashfully. Now she couldn't stop blushing red with a stupid smile on her face.

It was at that moment that fate decided to top it all off with what happened next: Mr. Lunt stuck his head through the doorway to add his input to the situation.

"Hah! Congratulations, you two are finally official!"

If the underlining allusions of her and Larry being paired up this show weren't clear before, they certainly were clear to everyone now.

Author's note: Thank you Big Idea Inc. for keeping Larry and Petunia together!

I wanted to include as much plausible background on the changes as well as keep the chapter moving forward. Sorry for this chapter being unusually late, I have been occupied with studies and college work (I got into college! Yas!) As far as I know, Noah's Ark is the only VeggieTales DVD being released out this year, meaning this story will not be updated for awhile.

As for my opinion on Noah's Ark, the only bother I had was on the detail designed for their mouths, as odd as it sounds. Even though the animation update is fluid and high quality, I feel that the mouths are too high quality on some of the characters. Maybe it's because I am use to the old animation style of their mouths when they spoke. Then again, that's just my opinion.

Thank you for reading, a special thanks if you review, and I hope you have a lovely life.