Eternal optimism and happy endings reign supreme on the big comfy couch of denial! All hail the big comfy couch of denial!

(…) means twin's telepathy and ((…)) means Cosmo and Wanda telepathy.

Trixie21

No, I don't own FOP or any reference to its varied characters mentioned herein, and unless the new episodes that follow 'School's Out' begin showing the love again, I wouldn't want to. So, for now, Butch Hartman can keep his name tacked on…even if it is for nothing more than the royalties at this point.

Oh…and I don't own The Big Comfy Couch either. That belongs to some broadcasting company in Tennessee I think. : )

Fairly OddParents : The Next Generation

Chapter 6. So Happy Together?

The other side of Dimmsdale…

Thirteen year old Lily Archer stared at the empty bird cage hanging beside her bed forlornly before she called out for the thousandth time in vain hope, "Fleur? Where are you?"

As before, no fairy godmother, or her pastel blue budgie alter appearance, appeared.

Great. Just great.

Her parents weren't due back from the dinner party for another three hours and Fleur didn't seem to be around anywhere to save her while the dreaded Vic-Bot baby sat.

This was not going to be a fun night at all.

Why did her parents have to be so oblivious of their daughter's existence?

And why had her only friend suddenly abandoned her?

Lily half snorted.

Whoever said money could buy happiness obviously hadn't been rich.

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((Well)), started Cosmo cheerfully as he glanced at Wanda who came swimming over to him in goldfish form. ((Not a bad first day if I do say so myself.))

((Not bad at all, Cosmo)), his wife agreed.

((Tammy and Tommy are really nice kids.))

Wanda nodded.

((Well, they have a really good father and mother that care about them very much.))

Green eyes looked at the door of Tammy's room wistfully for a moment.

((Do you think they'll do that tomorrow night too?))

((Do what dear?))

((Read another story all together like that?))

Wanda smiled.

Tammy had won the draw to keep the fishbowl in her room for the first week and as such, Wanda and Cosmo had been privy to seeing the kid's parents come into Tammy's room when the twins were both ready for bed, and the four of them had sat together on the bed to read Hansel and Gretal as a bedtime story. It had been such a loving, endearing scene and Wanda could not help but feel proud of Timmy for turning out to be such a devoted father. Of course time had tempered him to some degree into a mature and understanding adult, but his eyes still shown with mirth and his boyish devilishness had not quite left him completely as evidenced when he and Tommy engaged in some good natured ribbing about his son's intense alien interests.

Most telling however was when he'd come back shortly after Tammy was asleep to give her a goodnight kiss on her forehead and tuck her blanket just a little higher over the girl. The way he'd smiled at his daughter before closing her door made it perfectly clear that Timmy was a father few godchildren she and Cosmo had ever watched, had ever had. He loved them both dearly and took great pleasure in spending even these little moments available with his children. These two really could not have had a better home.

Truthfully, except for the Vic-Bot for a babysitter, Wanda could see very little in the way of misery for the kids. What in heavens name could possible warrant sending these kids godparents?

She scooted to her husband's side to settle in for the night with a contented sigh.

((Don't worry, Cosmo. Its looks like a regular happening here. I'm sure they'll read another one tomorrow night.))

Cosmo smiled brilliantly for a moment before suddenly turning and looking at Wanda in surprising seriousness.

((It didn't hurt, did it?)) he asked worriedly.

Wanda blinked.

((What didn't hurt?))

((When we were in the comic book…and the lasers kept getting you…they, they didn't hurt did they?))

The pink eyed goldfish could not help but be momentarily stunned.

((No. I'm fine, Cosmo.))

Cosmo didn't look convinced.

((Sweetie, what is it? What's wrong?)) asked Wanda.

Cosmo gave a sorry grimace.

((I just…I…forgot that that sometimes happens. I didn't like seeing you get hit.))

Wanda gave him a delighted smile of happiness. He was really concerned about her. Now this was the Cosmo she'd married.

((Awww, Cosmo. I'm fine dear. Really. But thank you for being so worried.))

Wanda gave a gentle kiss on her husband's cheek as she snuggled closer to him.

Silence reigned for a moment.

((Wanda?))

((Hmm?))

((Did I do okay today? Do you think…do you think they liked me?))

((Cosmo, you did a great job and the kids are going to love you just as much as Timmy did.))

Cosmo sighed satisfaction as he eased happily at Wanda's side.

((Just one thing sweetie…))

Cosmo looked at his wife.

((Next time, I'd like to choose how we appear. I'd rather not get another toilet bowl bath if you don't mind.))

((It was a good entrance though)), Cosmo said with a grin.

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The next two weeks passed relatively quietly for Cosmo, Wanda and their new godchildren. Still inside the 'getting to know you, getting to know me' stage, the two kids had little more too worry about at this point other than the Vic-Bot babysitter who seemed to be keeping an annoyingly close watch on them. Yes, technically that was it's job, but something about it just didn't ring true. When it would burst into their rooms six times in one hour, they all had to think that either it's programming was faulty, or it was just plain malicious, which of course made no sense since it was a robot and therefore not technically capable of emotion or the ability to understand the moral implications of right versus wrong.

Fortunately, the reign of Vic-Bot's persecution was limited to only four days a week with only the occasional evening job. Tim's position as a lead detective in Dimmsdale's Police Department gave him freedom on the weekends nicely, with the exception of a rare call in for a serious case. Their mother, Tootie, with her flair for loud and dramatic, held a job in fashion design which allowed for 9-5 hours Monday through Thursday with the occasional Friday or Saturday evening design show.

The other plus for the two was the summer activities they had been given permission to participate in. For Tammy, this included art and book clubs at the local library, and for Tommy this meant computer club, playing a little street hockey, or getting together with some of his friends to talk about secret government plots to microchip all the people on earth for easier tracking and contracts to turn humans over to aliens for testing.

Though this meant that Cosmo and Wanda had to split up on a occasion, it wasn't as difficult as it could have been. The kid's wishes up until this point had been relatively few and even a little uninspired… certainly not what Wanda would have expected from the children of Timmy Turner, Extreme Wisher Extraordinaire. The most extravagant wish to date, which had not been all that difficult to begin with, was a wish on Tommy's part to go see if there was life in Antarctica or not. With the exception of a few very astonished scientists they didn't find anything. Tammy's most recent wish, one which they had just finished, had been to go visit a particularly famous museum with an equally famous painting.

On the mundane side of things, the most common wish was for better lunches than what Vic-Bot provided when it watched over them, which was usually some kind of black and moss green soup like substance that the kids were not even going to consider sniffing let alone actually eating. And over all, with the exception of a few messed up minor poofs by Cosmo, nothing out of the ordinary happened. It was almost a little…dull for the two fairies. But when considering the happy and generally contented natures of the two kids in question, maybe it wasn't a bad thing.

Most god kids had the tendency to wish for any little whim or fancy they had, to the point of being selfish and even greedy, but Tammy and Tommy just didn't seem to fit that ilk.

Cosmo thought that perhaps they had just not gotten the full idea yet. That they hadn't yet realized the potential in having the fairies there. Either that or they really weren't as bright as they first seemed. He'd been making suggestions for wishes almost non-stop since day one, some of which his wife had not said anything about, some of which she had very strongly been adamant against.

Wanda's opinion was that it was more likely that the kids just hadn't felt the need to wish for anything really huge or wild yet. For Timmy, some his best and admittedly craziest wishes had come when he'd been in his most depressed or angriest of moments. There were even more than a few off the wall wishes when he'd been looking for the ultimate in fun and adventure, but that was his hallmark for wishes.

Some kids, like the last boy they'd watched, were all about possessions. The more they could get, the better. For Tommy and Tammy it was mostly about proving, or disproving, some little fact or detail. The adventure that may come with it was only secondary to them. At least at the moment. Give them another year or so, if that, and Wanda was sure that was going to change.

Until that time came however, Wanda and Cosmo's roles were mostly as friends, and to some degree playmates, to the two kids. That, Wanda hoped, would change in time as well. The last three godchildren had been a depressing trio that really only wanted them for what they could they wish from them. They'd never really been especially well bonded to them. She still loved them of course for she always gave her heart to the kids they watched, but they just hadn't been as fulfilling as their time with Timmy. Again, that was what made Timmy one of their favorites. He had bonded to them immeasurably and they were practically a second pair of parents to him. It had almost been like having their very own unruly child!

But whether or not they were friends or parents to these two children, they were still wonderful to be with and they did have fun.

Except for right now.

"This is soooooo boring," groaned Tommy as loudly as he dared while slouching half off the chair in the library's side reading room.

"I have to agree with you on this one Tommy, this is way more boring than even going to that artsy place to look at that broken picture," added Cosmo from his position on Tommy's wrist as a watch.

"That 'artsy place' was called the Louvre, Cosmo," corrected Wanda from where she sat around Tammy's neck as a pink neckerchief. "And it's one of the largest museums, housing one of the largest collections of art in the world."

Tommy grinned.

"You mean the place we got chased out of?"

"Yeah. And that picture wasn't broken," added Tammy matter-of-factly with a pointed glare at Cosmo.

Cosmo made a disbelieving face.

"It wasn't? Well, why would they call it the Moaning Lisa if she didn't moan then? She didn't even groan. She even looked like she was supposed to be smiling! Talk about false advertising."

Tammy covered her eyes with her hand.

"Its not called the Moaning Lisa, Cosmo. It's called the Mona Lisa, and it's a painting. Its not supposed to make noise."

"I still thought it was a lot better when it did," said Cosmo thoughtfully.

"Too bad nobody else did," said Wanda with a flat look.

"Especially all the guards and other visitors," added Tommy. "Ya' know, that's the first time I've ever been chased by an angry mob shouting in French before. Come to think of it, that's the first time I've ever been chased by an angry mob period."

"And hopefully the last time," grumbled Tammy.

"Why? At least you can say you got to see the entire museum in one day. The brochure said it normally takes visitors two full days to see every exhibit there!" Cosmo replied.

Wanda gave her husband a firm stare.

"Running at 50 miles an hour past it all does not constitute 'seeing' the exhibits Cosmo."

"Yeah! I think the only other things I'm sure I saw was the Venus de Milo and that boat picture you poofed me into to hide," added Tammy.

Cosmo tapped his chin absently.

"Hmmm…Venus de Milo…Venus de Milo…is that the statue of the half naked lady with no arms?"

Tammy and Wanda looked at each other in surprise before turning back to Cosmo with a joint suspicious, "Yeeees…"

Cosmo smiled cheerfully.

"Oh. Okay."

Tammy gave a very nervous jump.

"Cosmo! What did you do?"

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The Louvre, Paris, France……

The visitors looked up at the sight in shocked awe while some whispered and others complained to the nearby stunned guards regarding a statue with a green and gold Packers jersey, a cheese hat on her head, and two new arms…one sporting an oversized foam hand which read #1 and the other with a football held high above her alabaster head.

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"Tell me he didn't! Tell me he didn't deface one of the world's most priceless and famous statues!" begged Tammy to Wanda.

"Hey!" objected Cosmo quickly. "I didn't deface it! I just felt bad that she didn't have any arms to put a shirt on with to cover herself. I mean really. Going out in public like that? She may have been able to do that back then, but now? You just can't get away with it in this day and age."

Tammy hung her head sadly in reverence for the now dressed masterpiece.

"Oh, poor Venus…"

"Ya' know, my name was almost Venus," said Wanda half to herself.

The other three looked at her in complete astonishment. Randomness from Wanda was a totally unexpected thing.

"What?" she shrugged innocently. "My parents almost named me Venus. What's wrong with that?"

Tommy and Tammy just gave half disbelieving smiles.

"Uh, nothing," they said.

Wanda looked at Cosmo who had poofed into his normal form to stand with his hands on his hips and a very unhappy and slightly possessive expression across his face.

"You too?" she asked in surprise.

Cosmo gave a little husbandly huff.

"Even if your name was Venus, I would never let you go out looking like that Venus."

Wanda sighed heavily as she rolled her eyes skyward.

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Lackeys and minions were never paid to ask questions, but this one couldn't help but wonder what the heck these…'things'…were and why the boss seemed to have some insane need to get as many as possible.

Though most originated from the United States, in two weeks they'd manage to collect over 700 hundred of them from all around the world. They'd started off coming in waves, almost 50 a day, but it had since tapered off to maybe 5-10 a day.

Oddly enough there seemed to be a particular interest in finding a certain one or two. Every time they'd caught one with green or pink hair, their leader would come wheeling in like a bat out of hell to see it personally. But every time, there was a drop from glee in the gaunt face and the order was given to just toss it in with the others as the boss moved away while mumbling incoherently.

The lackey tossed the newest pale blue, almost female looking, 'thing' into the holding cell as quickly as he could. They really freaked him out too much. That, and he didn't need to make a stupid mistake. He honestly didn't trust the nets they used to hold them if they got one that actually put up a fight.

The containment of these 'things' was a process in and of itself. The rules were so strict and stringent, that if even one person was seen not following the protocols set forth by the head honcho, everyone around that worker was punished as well for not seeing and correcting the error immediately.

He certainly didn't understand any of it, but then again he was just a lackey. What did he really have to say about the mental stability of the person who paid them well, or something that really wasn't supposed to exist?

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Okay. He admitted it completely. When it came to his abilities at being a god parent, his brain pan wasn't very much larger than Cosmo's, but at least Binky hadn't needed another fairy to do the job with. Well…so he thought.

As he sat within the dark little hole of this trap he began to wonder if maybe he'd need to rethink that. Sure he had to share everything with Wanda, but at least Cosmo had someone at his back end.

That would have been incredibly helpful about an hour ago when Binky had been caught from behind. He didn't even know who had captured him. All he knew was that one minute he was granting a godson's wish for a pizza and the next, he'd been thrown into darkness.

Binky huffed.

"Why is it always me?" he asked aloud.

Suddenly there was a click and bright light flooded Binky's cell, causing the slight fairy to cover his eyes at the dramatic change in brightness.

"Because I want it to be," answered a sinister voice.

Binky blinked as he moved his arm away from his eyes to look at the voice and gasped in shock and horror.

"You! No! It…it can't be!"

"Oh, but it is. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Binky could only cower as he covered his pointed ears to prevent the ringing of the insane laughter from driving him mad right there.

Yeah, yeah. I know you're all waiting for something to happen. Well, I think I'm about done with the nonsensical stuff now and the real deal should start happening shortly. I hope.

Hey, did you all know that in an interview with BH, he admitted that he almost did name Wanda, Venus? Could you imagine Cosmo running around yelling "Veeeeeenuuuuus!" every time something panicked him? LOL! Think about the misunderstandings, even if accidental, that could have arisen from that! Well anyway, I thought it would be funny.

Thankies this week go to…

Moon java - You know I love that you like this and think its going well already. References are my way of reminding me of my age, which shall remain unmentioned.;) That and it s just fun to see who can place them!

Squirt-Anne - Funny you should ask about Timmy and his remembrance. I just came up with a little something for him and Cosmo/Wanda the other day. Technically speaking he won't remember them as his godparents, but he'll remember them as his childhood goldfish 'friends' and have a little something to say to them later on. I think its cute and may be a lead on to another Tommy and Tammy story I've been tossing about in my brain.

Ryuko Dragon Half - I love that you love this! An Epic Movie eh? That is such a cool thought…now I have an expectation to fulfill! Oh boy…hope I don't disappoint. Cosmo and Wanda fluff is always a good thing, at least to me, and life just would not be complete without it. And kudos to you for getting the Labyrinth reference. It is one of my very all time favorite movies! Mmmmm, kudos… Mmmmm, Jareth, yummy… Uh, ahem. Anyway… minions can always be obtained when one has the money to pay them…especially when its someone else's money! ;) Ooo, hints to my story line. J Okay, vague very minor hint to my story line, but a hint none the less.

Faye Lunacorn - Hmmm, already reviewed eh? Oh well, who cares! I love that you felt the need to do it again! And yes! It IS the Daleks! Awesome job!

And now as promised the answers to my references from chapter 5!

The "Wonder Twins" is a reference to the brother/sister twin team that were in training under the 'Super Friends' in the Justice League. Their names were Zan and Jayna. They're catch phrase was "Wonder Twins power, activate!" (This is a gag used by Mighty Mom and Dino Dad in the episode "The Crimson Chin meets Mighty Mom and Dino Dad".) after which they would touch fists and always say the name of the shape and form of what they would assume. If I remember correctly, the boy Zan could assume the "shape of" only objects made of water and the sister Jayna could assume only the "form of" living creatures. (This gag was also used by Mighty Mom and Dino Dad in the episode "Mighty Mom and Dino Dad".) They were quite the pair very often bumbling up but usually coming out and making the difference in the end. They had a little blue monkey named Gleek that hung around with them too that would flip out for bananas.

1. A crime fighting hero using a magical ring to create weapons and things… That would be the 'Green Lantern.' Though he did have his own show for a while, he was a Super Friend too.

2. Buck Landrunner was principally a play on Luke Skywalker…get it? Sky walker…Land runner? When I had difficulty coming up with a good first name I went back by a lot of years and came up with Buck from the very old Buck Rodgers show. I thought it stuck along my reverse theme with having the references come from space shows. I know, that was pretty pathetic!

3. And now my favorite one… the 'Voodoo - who do - you do - do what - remind me of the babe' reference… That would be from the fabulous movie Labyrinth starring none other than the incomparable David Bowie as, Jareth, the Goblin King and the lovely Jennifer Connelly as the spit-fiery Sarah Williams who conquers the Labyrinth and ultimately the Goblin King's heart. It is such a cool movie! And of course this also explains my use of the David Bowie reference in Chapter 3 when Cosmo freaks about there not being any music.

And finally 4. The robot personas that Cosmo and Wanda assume for the Buck Landrunner comic come right from the episodes of a long running English Sci-Fi show, Doctor Who. A regaling series regarding the adventures of one Time Lord (the good 'Doctor') who with nine lives (literally) refuses to follow his people's dictum that a Time Lord cannot interfere with the happenings of the universe. This sometimes outrageous fellow travels the universe in his faithfully quirky Tardis which is permanently stuck in the form of an English Police call box! The character robots C&W portray are known as the Daleks and in real life were based on the inspiration a writer for the show had during a meal at a diner when he saw the salt and pepper shakers on the table. Add the egg whisk, a mini plunger, the phrase "You will be exterminated!" repeated indefinitely and viola…you have a Dalek. The 'Maker' was an evil genius character from the show by the name Davross who created the Daleks. I could go into some detail about the whole bit as I am a BIG fan of the show, but I won't bore you any longer. Of course if any one wants to know, I do have an e-mail address…. Lol.

Till next time ya'll!

Review please!

Trixie21