(Original Authors Notes)

Disclaimer: I do not own Hey Arnold!, but I do own a 1993 Ford Taurus that I love to drive, but it's slowly dying on me cause of transmission problems. Never buy a Ford!

Notes: Wow, do I ever feel like a newbie around here. Three reviews after one chapter? Wow, that broke all my expectations! I don't know how you guys will like the story, I really don't like it. I feel sorta forced to write it. I have great ideas to write about, but can never seem to put these thoughts on paper; and when I try to I sometimes think I am wasting my time. My first HA! fic, one for those over 18 only, was a pure work of fandom. I wasn't pressured; I just let my creativity flow. Do I need more self esteem or what? Okay, I'll stop babbling. I'm still building...I guess you would call it suspense!

Sidenote: If someone would be up to the challenge to see if they could draw me as a nine year old kid, I'd like to see you try! You can find pix of me here at my HA! website, Arnold's Room. Maybe someone could make a movie like poster for this fic that features some of the characters. I am asking too much? My drawings skills are very limited. Like fic writing, I wish I could draw waaaaay better than I do now.

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Seconds later I woke up, a little dizzy with a slightly clouded head. Everything was blue and bright; I was staring up at the sky. Something was tickling me on the back of my neck. It was grass. I slowly sat up and took a look around. I was in a park.

"How…did I end up here? W-what the hell is going on!"

I stood up and took a look at the surroundings. They were different…but still somewhat familiar, like I had seen them somewhere before. I took a walk on a path to the front entrance of the park where I saw a sign. It read "Tina Park".

"Tina Park? What the fuck? But…but that means…" I said as I looked across the street at a store, which had painted on its window Hillwood City Hats. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks. Somehow, someway, I had been transported to Arnold's neighborhood!

"NO WAY, this can't be happening!" I said to myself, "I'm actually…in Hillwood! But how…?" I didn't dwell long on the fact I was here, I didn't want to, the fact was my dream came true and I was in Arnold's world.

I walked across the street to Hillwood City Hats and paused. I saw a refection in the glass of the store's window. It was me…or was it? Then I realized – being transported into this world had turned me into a cartoon character! It looked like me, but everything looked more exaggerated and colorful. My dirty blonde hair was so bright and had a big weird style to it. The eyes on my face were very large with, not blue, but small black pupils. The size of my head was enormous and I had a stick for a neck. I could almost put my whole hand around my neck…and at looking at my hands, I only had four fingers on each of them! I was wearing the same clothes I had been wearing when I was transported from the living room – a pair of dark blue sweat pants with two white stripes going down the side of each leg, and a plain white T-shirt. I looked down at my feet to find giant black shoes. I looked a little odd, but I somehow looked normal in a world like this. But something was very off. I was shorter, way shorter, plus I didn't have any facial hair or acne at all. Then another thing hit me…I was no longer 19, but I was a young child again, like I had just backtracked ten years into my life. And the thing is I didn't feel like nine, I still felt like I was 19. I had the brains of a teen but was in the body of a kid!

"Wow, this is so boss. Wait, did I just say that?"

With my whole body tingling with anticipation and excitement, I quickly took off walking to explore the vast new world I had just entered. Being the Hey Arnold! fanatic I was, I knew a lot about Arnold's city and where things were. I was like a kid in a candy store.

"There's Slausen's Ice Cream Shop, Gino's Slovaki Stand, Roscoo's Funky Rags." I said as I pointed buildings out.

I was walking around the city like I had never seen a city before. I had a dazed look on my face, walking around like a little toddler, just totally infatuated with my being in such a place. I was looking up, down and everywhere, I was so thrilled. Maybe that's why I didn't see that car coming right at me.

"Grandpa, look out!"

SCREEEEEEEEEEEECH!