Previously on The Fairly Oddparents 2002:
- "So... what rule are we breaking this time?"
- "No wish can't interfere with another Godchild's wishes"- Wanda read- "That's why it doesn't make sense! Both Tommy and Tammy want their parents to return to their original age"
Cosmo rubbed his chin in deep thought- "Maybe we are interfering with the wishes of another Godchild besides Tommy and Tammy"
- "That's ridiculous!"- Exclaimed Wanda- "Because..."
But she didn't have to finish that sentence, for their answer entered the room in that very instant, closing the door behind him.
- "Cosmo! Wanda!"- Exclaimed Timmy Turner as he rushed towards them- "Tootie's here and she won't leave me alone! I wish I was invisible!"
A SECOND CHILDHOOD (PART 3)
When he was asked to be their unborn baby's Godfather, Tim Turner jokingly said that if there was someone he never imagined would ever exist one day, it'd be precisely that baby. Of course, that earned him a good-natured punch on the arm from the blond father-to-be, followed by a good minute or two worth of laughing between the two best friends.
But you wouldn't blame them, for it was true that no one ever expected her parents to fall in love the way they did: She was rich; he was poor. She was popular and adored by hundreds; he was considered a loser, ignored by everybody. She was always concerned about her appearance; he couldn't care less. She was a promising model; he was just the paparazzi that followed her everywhere.
The differences between them couldn't be vaster... or were they?
When Dimmsdale High's Prom Queen, Trixie Tang, announced at the end of her Senior Year that she would be going to New York to pursue her "dream" of becoming a world-famous model, nobody was surprised. After all, she was brought up in a world where everybody admired her beauty constantly, so it was the perfect career choice for her.
When Dimmsdale High's least successful student, Chester McBadbat, got on his tumbledown mailbox a letter announcing that he had won a full scholarship in the University of his choice, everybody was shocked. Not even A.J. had gotten such a generous offer, despite his perfect grades. The blond teen thought for a long time that something magical had favored him for some unexplainable reason, until Tim told him that sometimes weird things happened and that he should make the best use of this opportunity. Remembering that his brunet friend had always been around when something strange happened in the neighborhood, Chester listened to Tim's advice and chose the best school available to pursue his dream career of being a photo-journalist.
Once he finished his studies, Chester was hired as a photographer for a third-class newspaper in New York, his job consisting on standing outside the hottest spots in the city, waiting for the perfect opportunity to take a picture of an Oscar-winning movie star or the socialite of the moment. The young man knew that his current job was far from being the one of his dreams but he also knew that, in order to achieve that, starting from the bottom to gradually gain the experience he needed was a must.
One fateful night, he was hiding behind a trash can in an alley next to the most popular dance club when he suddenly heard someone sobbing, accompanied by a lone pair of high heels resonating against the ground. He prepared his trusty camera and stood up, ready to take a picture of the crying wanderer, but just a glimpse of her familiar violet eyes was enough to make him desist.
It was Trixie Tang, his former classmate and currently one of the most promising models in the fashion world. He had seen her plenty of times posing on the cover of several magazines, advertising a French perfume on the millions of posters that covered the metro stations and many, many times walking along the red carpet during a premiere. And all those times she had always looked perfect.
But not that night.
Her hair was a mess, her eyes were puffed and red, and two thick mascara stains ran down her cheeks. But that didn't impress Chester as much as the miserable expression on her face.
- "Go ahead, shoot."- She whispered as she passed her hand over her eyes, plastering glittery eye-shadow over the bridge of her nose.- "I don't care what they think of me anymore..."
- "Don't worry..."- he put his camera away- "I won't."
- "Liar! That's what people like you are paid for!"- She snapped- "To hide in the shadows and wait for the perfect chance to let the world see who we really are!"
- "You are right,"- he said calmly- "that's why I can't do it."
- "Why not?"
- "Because you are not the real Trixie Tang,"- he said pointing at her dirty face- "nor is the flawless model from the magazine covers."
The model gasped: No one had ever told her something like that. Ever since she was a little girl, she had been told that her beauty, wealth and popularity were the only things that could make her stand out from the crowd. Not her intelligence. Not even her kind heart. Without her beauty, she was nothing, and that's why she had always had the need to be admired by others, so she could feel secure and worthy. It didn't matter what she wanted or thought... what was important was the opinion of the others.
- "H... how do you know that?"-she whispered.
- "Easy,"- replied the blond photographer- "you wouldn't be crying like that if you were happy with yourself. And I know that the only way to achieve that is by living according to your own beliefs and wishes."
- "And how am I supposed to do that?"- She asked sadly- "I... I don't even know what I really want for my life..."
- "Well, you sure won't find that out standing in a dark alley and crying your eyes out."- He smiled as his empty stomach growled- "Boy, I'm hungry! I've been craving for a Grand Slam and I saw a Denny's a few blocks away. Do you want to come?"
Trixie smiled- "It's been a while since I last had pancakes."
Several Grand Slams and ten years later we find their eldest daughter, Tracy McBadBat, walking along the quiet suburban street where she lived. Having inherited her mother's beautiful black hair- usually combed in two low pigtails- and almond eye-shape, anyone would think this girl was really concerned about her appearance, but it was actually the opposite situation, for she had also inherited her father's cheerful and laidback personality, along with his green eye-color and freckles.
That day she was going to the park, hoping that spending sometime playing her favorite game, kickball, would make her forget the two painfully long and boring hours she had spent at her grandparent's house. It didn't help the fact that she had to wear an uncomfortable pink dress during the visit. What was the point of dresses, anyway? Nothing could beat her old and parched overalls' comfort and versatility.
A sudden crash caught her attention, making her turn towards the noise's source: Unsurprisingly enough, it was coming from the well-known white house that stood in the middle of the block.
The Turner's house.
Despite being her friend for as long as she could remember, Tracy was sure that there was more behind Tommy and Tammy than what they usually let others see. Since their tender years, those two had always been prone to get constantly in trouble, this situation being intensified during the last few months. Following a sudden rush of curiosity, she got closer to the house, stopping next to the kitchen's open window: A loud discussion could be heard from the inside.
Standing on her toes, Tracy peeked through the window and gasped as she found not only her twin friends, but a girl that looked remarkably like Tammy, but with black pig-tales instead of her friend's mop of brown hair.
- "Why won't Timmy pay attention to me?"- She asked as she glanced at a small package that was laying on the kitchen's floor- "He didn't even notice my present!"
- "Well..."- said Tommy- "Maybe you're being a little..."
- "Scary?"- Answered Tammy, picking up what looked like the remains of a broken glass (which explained the sudden noise). - "Crazy?"
- "Tammy!"- Tommy glared at his sister.
But the pig-tailed girl didn't seem to notice Tammy's rude remarks- "You mean tough?"
- "Well, if I have to spell it out for you..."
- "I can spell it all by myself!"- She suddenly cheered- "T-I-M-M-Y!"
- "Oh my..."- said Tammy slapping her hand against her forehead- "No wonder Da... I mean, Timmy, reacted the way he did!"
- "Don't worry, Tootie."- Said Tommy- "I'm sure that he will notice sooner or later how cool you really are. And I'll help you!"
- "You will?"- Exclaimed the girl running towards the boy and hugging him tightly- "Oh thank you, Tommy! Thank you!"
Tammy sighed and Tracy shook her head: It seemed like the Turners were too busy to play kickball today. Turning around, she picked her ball up and walked away, wondering if Alicia Jane would be able to come out and play with her.
Wanda found herself unable to move. Although she had heard the little boy's plea, the voice of reason that resided inside her mind was literally screaming why she couldn't grant his wish: This was just crazy! This wasn't making any sense! His time was up twelve years ago!
Cosmo, on the other hand, was someone who trusted more his instincts and feelings than his rational side (which was often silent, though). He didn't care how illogical the situation was, for his heart was telling him that the boy in front of him was his Godson again, so he should follow his duty and grant his wish.
And that's exactly what he did.
The pink-haired fairy gasped as she watched her husband's wand react as soon as he raised it, poofing up a giant eraser that quickly rubbed itself against Timmy, making him "disappear".
- "Great! Thanks, guys!"- Timmy's voice, his only perceivable trait now, exclaimed happily- "Now Tootie won't be able to find me! And you know what? I think I'll scare her away while I'm invisible too!"
- "Timmy?"- whispered Wanda timidly.
- "I know, Wanda!"- The boy sighed - "I know it's rude to haunt someone away from my house but, if I don't do something, she'll never leave me alone! And it's all that boy's fault!"
- "His name is Tommy."- added Cosmo.
- "Whatever..."- replied Timmy, his voice sounding farer- "Don't worry, guys! I promise to be careful!"
The bedroom's door was opened, just to be closed "by itself" a few seconds later, leaving the two fairies alone.
Wanda glanced at her husband - "Did you see that?"
Cosmo grinned- "Of course not! He's invisible!"
- "Cosmo..."- she sighed, slightly annoyed. The green-haired fairy took her hand.
- "I'm just kidding, Pudding."- He said, squeezing it softly.
- "We signed his 'Memory Release' form twelve years ago, so there is no way for Timmy to not only remember he once had Fairy Godparents, but to also have his wishes granted!"
- "There is an explanation for this particular disturbance."- Slowly said a female voice, followed by a 'Ping'. Cosmo and Wanda turned around and found themselves facing Johnson, the female pixie who was in charge of all their Godparenting-related paperwork.
- "What are you doing here?"- said Cosmo, glaring at the pixie. To say that he wasn't fond of Johnson would be the overstatement of the Century, because every reunion with her usually involved the painful process of dissolving the bond between their current Godchild, Wanda and himself.
- "Cosmo!"- Said Wanda, placing a hand over her husband's shoulder- "Not now..."
- "Greetings, Cosmo and Wanda,"- said Johnson boringly- "I've been sent by the Fairy Council to inform you about a... loophole that has appeared in one of your documents."
- "Which one?"- asked Wanda, although she already imagined the pixie's answer.
Johnson took out her trusty 'cell-phone' and pressed a couple of it's buttons, 'pinging' up a green paper that both Cosmo and Wanda knew well.
The mere glance of that dreaded document was enough to make Cosmo pale- "AHHHH!"- He exclaimed, covering his face- "Put that thing away!"
Despite feeling uncomfortable herself, Wanda tried to calm Cosmo down, giving his shoulder a light squeeze- "It's OK, Honey."
- "This is the Memory Release form you signed twelve years, six months and five days ago, terminating your Godparenting relationship with the human Timothy Turner."- Johnson gave the document to Wanda, whose face looked as if she were touching fire as she took it.
The pink-haired fairy frowned- "What is this?"- She asked, pointing at a translucent stamp with the word 'VOID' that was printed on the document. She had never seen anything like that in the thousands of years she'd been working as a Fairy Godmother.
- "This form is temporarily invalid,"- explained Johnson- "because one of its conditions has been broken."
- "Which condition?"- asked Cosmo smiling weakly, for the mere prospect of one of those documents he hated so much being invalid, made him feel a little better.
- "Timothy Turner. Human. Male. Born in 1992. Godparents were Cosmo and Wanda. Date of first encounter is November 2001. Date of termination is July 2010. Reason of termination is Adulthood..."- read Wanda. She glanced at Johnson and asked- "You mean...?"
- "Your Godparenting relationship with Timothy was terminated because he reached adulthood."- The pixie pinged up another document and continued- "But the wish that you granted three hours and forty six minutes ago to Tamara Turner turned him back into a child again so..."
- "As long as he's a boy, his memories and relationship with us remain intact."- Said Wanda.- "And the document is invalid, like if we never signed it at all."
- "Correct."- said Johnson.
- "And that's why I could grant him a wish!"- said Cosmo happily.
- "And it's also the reason I'll crush you if you don't fix this mess, puny fairies!"- The loud, Germanic-accentuated voice of Jorgen Von Strangle boomed throughout the room.
- "Oh..."- Johnson's voice was emotionless as she pressed the stop button on her cell-phone's voice recorder- "Mister Von Strangle isn't happy with these recent events, so he asked me to inform you that if you don't reverse Tamara's wish in order to make Timothy's Memory Release form valid again, you'll be asked to attend the Fairy Academy for ten thousand years."
- "We already tried that!"- Exclaimed Wanda- "Tammy and Tommy wished her parents back to normal, but we couldn't grant it because Timmy's happy being a kid."
- "Then I guess you'll have to make Timothy wish to be an adult again."- replied Johnson as she raised her cell-phone- "Now if you'll excuse me, there are five hundred and fifty three documents and wishes waiting for me at the Fairy Council to be filed. Good luck, Cosmo and Wanda, and I expect your visit in seven years, one month and two days from now."
- "Can hardly wait..."- said Cosmo rolling his eyes, just as Johnson pinged herself away. He glanced at Wanda- "So... what's next?"
- "You heard her."- Replied Wanda- "We have to trick Timmy into wishing himself as an adult again."
- "Ahhhhhhh!"- The loud screaming of a girl was heard downstairs- "There's a ghost in this house! I must save Timmy!"
- "And the sooner we do it, the better"- added the pink-haired fairy with a sigh.
A light-bulb turned on inside Cosmo's mind- "Don't worry, Pudding!"- He said, taking her hands- "I've got an idea!"
After his attempt at scaring Tootie away failed, Timmy thought that the best course of action would be to lock himself inside the bathroom, hoping that the pig-tailed girl would catch the message and go away. Luckily, his 'cousin' Tammy had volunteered to keep Tootie company downstairs instead, while Tommy and himself got to know each other in his room.
What Timmy didn't know, was that Tommy had other plans besides spending some time with his child-father.
- "So..."- said Tommy as he placed one of his Maho Mushi cards down- "Where did you learn to play this card game?"
- "Dude, I'm a huge Maho Mushi fan!"- Exclaimed Timmy as he placed his Banzai Bubble card over his Obscure Sorcerer one- "I watch it all the time! How about you?"
- 'Yeah, right. You always say that this cartoon is too stupid and violent.'- thought Tommy rolling his eyes- "Well... my mom taught me when I was younger. Her older sister was a fan too, so she taught her how to play during a family vacation when they were kids. It seems they got locked inside their hotel room, so they spent a long time playing the game."
- "That's weird! I always thought that Maho Mushi was a fairly recent T.V. show,"- Timmy shrugged- "But it's cool that your Mom likes it. Not everyone is fond of Maho Mushi, especially girls!"
Tommy decided that this was the perfect chance to act- "Well... there are few girls cool enough to like boy stuff like Maho Mushi. But I know about one that lives in this neighborhood..."
- "You mean Trixie Tang?"- asked Timmy, his eyes turning into small hearts.
- "No!"- Tommy stuck his tongue out- 'He LIKED Trixie Tang? Gross!'- "I'm talking about Tootie!"
Now it was Timmy's turn to gag- "Tootie? Ewwww!"
- "Come on!"- Tommy dropped his deck on the floor- "Why won't you give her a chance?"
- "Because I hate Tootie!"- the brown-haired boy crossed his arms.
Tommy gasped - "What?"
- "Well..."- Timmy sighed- "I lied. I don't hate her... but I don't like her either."
- "Maybe you should get to know her a little better, Timmy..."
- "I know ALL I want to know about her, and that's enough!"
- "Oh, really?"- Tommy crossed his arms. - "Like what?"
- "She's Icky Vicky's sister for starters."- said Timmy using his fingers to count- "She's a stalker that keeps following me everywhere I go and when I least expect it she even knocks me down and attacks me with her wet kisses, leaving my face covered with girl's drool! Yuck!"- Timmy shuddered- "And she has a creepy love shrine in 'my honor'! With pictures and even dolls that look just like me!"
Tommy glanced at his side of the room, where his "A.J. love shrine" stood and blushed in embarrassment- 'What would A.J. think about my beloved altar?'
- "Right... maybe she's been too uh... extroverted at showing her feelings for you."- He said pulling at his t-shirt- "But she acts that way because she really likes you! She says you're the nicest boy in the world, although for what I've seen this afternoon, you aren't precisely nice to her."
- "Well..."- now it was Timmy's turn to blush- "It's true that she's always believed in me... even when the whole school thinks I'm a loser. And... She's not that bad, really. She can be very nice, sometimes. It's not her fault that she's related to Vicky either... she even has to suffer her and..."
- "And?"
- "I admit I've been mean to her sometimes... I even felt guilty because of that..."- Timmy sighed- "But..."
- "Yeah?"- Tommy smiled: Maybe he would be able to change his father's perception of Tootie.
- "But she's so annoying!"- Timmy crossed his arms and frowned- "And ugly too!"
Tommy sighed in defeat: His father was just a stupid ten-year-old boy... at least for the moment.
- "I see that you won't change your mind."- He muttered sadly.
- "Hey, Tommy? Why are you so interested in making me like Tootie?"- Timmy asked. - "You barely know her!"
- "Well, I met her at the mall and she was very kind to me."- Tommy smiled- "She even helped me find a present for this girl I really like..."
- "Who?"
- "Uh..."- Tommy stammered- "Y-you don't know her! She lives back home, in England..."
Timmy frowned- "England? I thought you guys were from Canada! Tammy said so!"
- "Oh..."- Tommy paled, 'Oh, no!'- "Of course! W-We live in... the Canadian... n-neighborhood... in London!"
- "But..."
- "Oh my!"- Exclaimed the black-haired boy as he stood up and glanced at his 'nonexistent' watch- "Look at the time! It's tea-time!"
- "Huh? Wait!"
- "Sorry! I can't break the tradition!"- Tommy literally ran to the bedroom's door- "Got to look for some tea... and maple syrup!"
He slammed the door behind him, leaving Timmy alone.
- "What was that?"- He whispered, scratching his head. - "That boy is so weird!"
Meanwhile, a couple of goldfish decided that the perfect time to put their plan in action had arrived.
- "It's now or never!"- Said Cosmo happily- "Watch this!"
He raised his wand and it glowed for a few seconds... but nothing seemed to happen.
- "Cosmo?"
- "Just a moment, Pudding!"- said the green-eyed goldfish.
As in a cue, Tammy's alarm clock started beeping, making Timmy turn his head towards it.
- "6:02 already..."- he whispered. Suddenly, he put both hands over his pants- "Uh... I've gotta go to the bathroom!"
- "He always went to the bathroom at 6:02."- Commented Cosmo proudly.- "No Godparent ever forgets their Godchildren's bathroom schedule."
The boy went to the bedroom's door and raised his hand towards its doorknob... but he couldn't reach it.
- "Huh?"- Timmy stood on his toes and stretched his arm, but he still wasn't able to even touch the knob. - "What's going on? I can't reach this stupid thing!"
Wanda raised an eyebrow- "That's your plan?"- She asked- "Raising the doorknob?"
- "Yeah!"- Replied Cosmo- "Knowing Timmy, he'll wish himself older to be able to reach it, just like the time he became Gah!"
His wife was surprised- "Actually, Honey, that's a clever idea!"- She exclaimed as she poofed up the green notebook where she registered all the times her husband came up with a good idea.
Cosmo grinned and poofed himself away, appearing in his fairy-form next to his Godson, who was now sweating due to his futile efforts to reach the doorknob.
- "Aaargh!"- He grunted. Cosmo shook his head.
- "Something's wrong, Timmy?"
- "I can't open the door!"- He exclaimed- "I'm too short!"
- "Oh... if only you were taller..."- said Cosmo with fake concern- "Situations like this one make you wish for just one thing, don't they?"
- "You bet!"- Said the boy- "I wish..."
Cosmo grinned, raised his wand and winked at his wife, who was watching the whole scene in suspense.
- "... for a ladder!"
The green-haired fairy's grin faded, replaced by a disappointed expression as he granted Timmy's wish. A small ladder appeared next to the door.
The buck-teethed boy smiled- "Thank you, Cosmo!"- He said as he used the ladder to reach the doorknob and opened the door.
Cosmo sighed as he watched him leave the room. Wanda appeared by his side as soon as they were alone.
- "Oh..."- he whispered sadly- "I guess my plan wasn't as infallible as I thought..."
- "Oh, Darling!"- Wanda kissed him on the cheek- "It was a clever plan but..."- she rubbed her chin in deep thought- "I think we should take a more... direct approach for our next try."
- "What do you mean?"
- "Just trust me!"
- "Always have and always will!"- exclaimed Cosmo taking her hand as they poofed themselves away from the room.
- "Dude! I didn't even know that they were going to air this special today!"- exclaimed Timmy Turner as he watched on TV an episode from the Kaboom Nebula Action Hour. Of course, any kid from the year 2002 would confuse a T.V. show that focused on the adventures of Crash Nebula's son with a special, even if the T.V. show was on their umpteenth re-run, so all the children from the year 2022 had already memorized every single episode.- "I wonder if Chester and A.J. are watching this now..."
- "We'll be back after a few messages."- announced the T.V. before a commercial of the Crimson Chin Cereal (now made with 99 percent sugar!) appeared on the screen. - "For a limited time only, look inside every Crimson Chin Cereal box for one of the five different action figures from the new Crimson Chin Movie!"- exclaimed a very enthusiastic voice as several cool-looking images from the movie appeared on the screen.
Timmy was literally bouncing on his seat- "Huh? A new Crimson Chin movie! Awesome!"
From their hiding spot behind a expensive looking vase, Wanda whispered to Cosmo- "This is our chance!"
Both fairies raised their wands. Timmy was so distracted, jumping around the sofa in excitement, that he didn't notice the way the T.V. glowed for a few instants.
- "And don't forget to see the new Crimson Chin Movie: The Revenge of the Tin Titans, which opens today! Of course, remember that it is rated NC-30 (Not Cool for people under thirty), so if you are underage, you'd better wish that you were thirty, because that's the only way you'll see this movie!"
- "Now that's subtle!"- whispered Cosmo as he giggled. Wanda sighed.
- "What!"- Exclaimed Timmy- "Are they out of their minds? How am I supposed to see this movie?"- He suddenly raised his finger- "Oh! I know...!"
- "Here it comes, get ready!"- said Wanda as she raised her wand. Cosmo followed suit.
- "... I'll just wait until it comes out on DVD!"- He said as he turned off the TV- "Boy, I'm hungry! Better look for something to eat before Tootie finds out that I'm hiding in the living-room!"
It wasn't until a few minutes after Timmy left that Cosmo and Wanda finally re-covered their voices.
- "What... was... that?"- asked Wanda in astonishment.
- "I can't believe we failed!"
- "I know! Timmy always made stupid wishes without thinking about their consequences."- said Wanda.
- "Yeah..."- agreed Cosmo- "He never acted like this... using his... how do you call it?"
- "Common Sense?"
- "Yep! That one!"- Cosmo rubbed his chin- "You know? Except for the invisibility one, all his wishes he's made today are as boring as the ones he usually did just before we left him."
And that's when realization hit Wanda like a ton of bricks- "Cosmo, you're a genius!"- She exclaimed.
- "Huh? Wha...?"
- "We can't trick Timmy into wishing himself as an adult, because he's already one!"
- "I think you need to get your vision checked, Pudding!"- Said Cosmo shaking his head- "He isn't an adult! He's a kid! Even I can see that!"
- "Yes, Cosmo, Timmy's a kid."- Explained Wanda- "But deep inside he's also Tommy and Tammy's father. He just doesn't remember it for now."
- "So..."
- "There's only one thing left to do, Darling."- Said Wanda taking his hand. - "Let's go!"
Tommy and Tammy were sitting on a large, queen-sized bed. Tired of dealing with their "guests", the twins had acted on instinct and gone to their parents' bedroom for comfort and guidance, only to find it empty.
- "I miss Mommy."- Whispered Tommy sadly- "She always knew the right thing to say to make me feel better. I wish I could do the same for 'Tootie'. She's so sad because 'Timmy' won't give her a chance."
- "I know..."- sighed Tammy- "It's weird to see our parents act like this, because we know how much Dad loves Mom. I even miss their yucky fluffiness."
- "You do?"- Tommy raised an eyebrow and grinned.
- "Shut up, Tommy!"- Tammy crossed her arms- "I'm not in the mood to argue with you."
- "Especially because Dad isn't around to break us apart."- Added the boy softly- "I miss that too. How we'd always count on Dad to let us know what's good and what's wrong. He was so good at giving advice..."
- "Even if sometimes he ended punishing us!"- Tammy shuddered- "Like when I fail an exam."
- "He said that he was lazy as a kid, and that he had a hard time getting into college because of that."- Said Tommy- "That's why he's so severe with our grades, so we won't make the same mistake."
- "But if we don't find a way to make them go back to normal, there won't be someone to give us advice; or make us feel better;"- said Tammy- "Or keep us safe; or look after us when we get sick."
- "Not to mention how are we supposed to get food, if we won't have money?"- Added Tommy- "None of us can't work yet."
- "We still have Cosmo and Wanda, though."- Said Tammy- "And they are great! But just... not the same as our parents."
- "Speaking of which, why don't we try again?"- Proposed Tommy- "Maybe if we make the wish at the same time, it might work!"
- "Sounds good to me!"- The girl took her brother's hand and closed her eyes. Tommy did the same.
- "We wish that our parents go back to the way they really are!"- said the children at the same time.
They waited for a couple of seconds before opening their eyes- "Did it work?"
- "I don't know..."- said Tammy, but was interrupted by the loud noise from downstairs.
- "Look, Tootie."- The childish voice of Timmy exclaimed- "It's not you... it's me. Well... actually it IS you! You creep me out!"
- "I creep you out?"- The girl sounded like if she was on the verge of tears- "OK... Then I'll leave you alone if that's what you want..."
- "Tootie? Please... no... Don't cry..."
- "Leave me alone!"- She cried- "You are a such a stupid boy!"
The twins sighed in disappointment.
- "Did we really need to make such a big mistake to realize how good our parents are, just the way they are?"- Asked Tommy angrily. - "I don't mind that Mom is busy all the time, anymore!"
- "Same for Dad, too."- Added Tammy- "He's not boring! He can be very funny at times, like when he takes us to the park to play tag. He's just... an adult. And he knows when to be serious and when to be fun."
- "Yeah... and now the only thing I want is to apologize to Mom."
- "Me too..."
- "Tootie? Tootie!"- Exclaimed Timmy as he ran upstairs- "I'm sorry! I didn't want to make you cry!"
He arrived to the hall and found it empty. Cosmo and Wanda appeared next to him.
- "What's wrong, Sport?"- asked Wanda as she noticed the boy's worried face.
- "It's Tootie! I really made her cry!"- Timmy glanced at his shoes in embarrassment- "I... I just wanted to be left alone... I... I never thought she'll be hurt."
Wanda sighed- "I feared that sooner or later something like this would happen."
- "Yeah... that's why I have to apologize to her."- Timmy looked at his Godparents- "Please... help me look for Tootie."
Both fairies nodded, before flying towards the first door in the hall. They looked for Tootie inside the bathroom, the closet and "Timmy's room". They even looked under the beds and behind every door, but there wasn't any sign of the pig-tailed girl.
Meanwhile, Timmy peeked inside "his parents" room, frowning as he found Tommy and Tammy sitting on the bed and looking quite miserable. Unable to shake away the sudden feeling of worry that inexplicably appeared on his chest, the boy went back to "his room", where Cosmo and Wanda were still looking for Tootie.
- "Timmy?"- asked Wanda as she came out from under Tammy's bed.
- "They look so sad..."- he whispered.- "Tommy and Tammy..."
Wanda smiled warmly at Cosmo - "That's because they miss their parents."
- "What are you talking about? They are touring around the city with my parents, right?"- Timmy crossed his arms- "They'll be back any moment now!"
- "No, Tiger."- Said Cosmo- "Tommy and Tammy's parents aren't outside."
- "Huh? That's impossible!"- He frowned- "Alright! I wish I knew where they are!"
Both fairies raised their wands- "Very well, Sport. Turn around."
The boy obeyed, only to found himself facing at his reflection on his closet's mirror.
- "Very funny, Cosmo."- Timmy growled- "I'm not in the mood for jokes!"
- "We are not kidding, Timmy."- said Wanda seriously.
- "Oh really?"- The boy raised his arms in exasperation- "Then explain me why... oh my... goodness..."
Timmy felt his blood freeze as he watched the boy in the mirror slowly 'grow up' and change, turning into a tall, young man that looked back at him with the same frightened expression he had.
- "W-What's this?"- Timmy backed away, his heart beating forcefully against his ribs.- "W-Who is that guy?"
- "That man..."- said Wanda softly- "Is Tommy and Tammy's father."
- "Meet Tim Turner."- Added Cosmo- "And, believe it or not, he is you!"
To be concluded.
A/N: I'm sorry for the lateness of this chapter! Well, there's not much to say besides that there's only one chapter left for this story.
As for Tracy's back-story, I wrote it because I didn't want to leave the Chester and Trixie's pairing as a random one. I left it open enough so anyone can imagine how did they end together. Maybe I'll finish it as a one-shot, but not before I get rid of all the plot-bunnies inside my head.
I also did a sketch of both Tracy and Alicia Jane. If you want to see them, they are in my "gallery" at stardustmoon (dot) deviantart (dot) com.
Finally, I want to thank Barry I. Grauman for the little bit of dialogue from his review. It was so funny that I just had to use it for this chapter. Thank you!
See you in the next –and last- chapter!
