Out to Sea
A ZOOM + Tweenies crossover
By Madeline Fretz
Chapter 1: Alabama
It was another 2004 day in ZOOMLand. Taylor and Emily were playing Miss Mary Mack, and Noreen was teaching Shing-Ying how to play jump rope. Just then, Fizz and Bella approached. "What will the new ZOOMers be like?" Bella wondered.
"Don't worry. They'll be just as good as Mike, Kortney, Cara, and Maya were." Fizz reassured.
Shing-Ying entered. "Hello, Bella and Fizz."
"Hi, Elena." Bella waved back with a smile. She liked to call Shing by her real name, just as she did with Buzz "Kevin."
"Wait .. who are that blonde-haired girl, the black girl in an orange sweater, and the girl with a green-striped shirt and black hair?" Bella stopped and asked.
"I'm Emily Marshall, but you can just call me Emily." the blonde-haired girl smiled.
"My name's Taylor Garron, or just simply Taylor, as my friends call me." the black girl in the orange sweater said.
"And I'm Noreen Raja." the girl in the green-striped shirt added.
"You remind me of Steve from Blue's Clues come to think of it." Bella pointed out to Noreen.
"Yeah. We both wear green-striped shirts, but mine has a hint of white." Noreen commented.
"Watch this." Shing-Ying said. She made a funny face that Bella, Fizz, Noreen, Taylor, and Emily laughed at.
"Well, watch this." Taylor said back. She, too, made a face Bella, Fizz, Shing, Taylor, and Emily also laughed at. Shing-Ying then realized something.
"Where did Jake, Milo, Francesco, Kyle, and Nick go?" the Asian girl in the pink shirt asked. She was now in her third season on ZOOM.
"Who's Nick?" Fizz and Bella asked.
"You'll learn later." Emily explained.
"Oh. I know! That's the name of a channel." Fizz raised her hand.
"We know." Shing, Taylor, Emily, and Noreen sighed.
Francesco, Kyle, and Jake jumped out, making even sillier faces.
"Gotcha!" Francesco said. Fizz, Bella, Shing-Ying, Taylor, Emily, and Noreen laughed at that.
"Who are those three?" Jake asked.
"Noreen, Taylor, and Emily." Bella said. "They were picked for ZOOM Season 7."
"Let's play some more." Fizz said. "OK, whoever laughs first loses. One, Two, Three…"
With that, everyone laughed, but Taylor was the one to laugh first. "Taylor laughed first!" Bella said as she giggled with Emily, Shing-Ying, and Noreen.
"I never win this game." Taylor sighed.
"That's because Kyle makes the funniest faces." Shing-Ying added as Kyle's jaw dropped.
"Come to think of it, he just made one. Are we playing again?" Noreen asked.
"What? No?" Nick told her.
"Is that Nick?" Bella asked, pointing to the black boy with cornrows.
"Yup." Nick replied.
"Oh wait. I got this message here from Laura, of Chesapeake, Virginia." Kyle grabbed a ZMail from a ZOOMLet and read it. "Dear ZOOM, I would like to see an episode outside the studio. Can you please do more outdoor episodes?"
"Sounds interesting." Francesco and Jake said.
Just then, something hit Kyle that the ZOOMCrew recently told him. "Our new episode's on a boat!"
The Tweenies and the ZOOMers squealed at this, and ran off.
"Alabama? Is that our ship's name?" Bella asked, reading the word on the white tall ship in Martha's Vineyard.
"Sure is!" Kyle, Shing-Ying, and Noreen replied.
"From what I have heard, this schooner is 90 feet." Izzles said.
"90 FEET?!" the ZOOMers and Tweenies jumped at that fact the purple and white dog gave them.
"90 feet? hubba wha?!" Milo shrugged.
"Did someone say one more time?!" Doodles asked. The kids laughed.
On the Alabama, a purple flag with the ZOOM logo was waving free. The Tweenies and the ZOOMers went on the boat, carrying suitcases, luggage, and duffle bags. Doodles just fell asleep.
"I was thinking about how big this boat weight looked like and where we're gonna go on the boat!" Taylor said.
"Me too. This is so interesting!" Milo exclaimed
"hey everyone, look at this!" Fizz jumped. The Tweenies and the ZOOMers ran over to the boat's steering wheel.
"The steering wheel's like fashioned movies, the steering wheel's like that!" Noreen commented.
The kids went inside the boat's saloon, which had sleeping quarters. Taylor put Doodles down there so he could sleep. "But he always sleeps!" Francesco groaned.
"Sure does!" Izzles replied.
"They introduced us to the captain and the captain had a parrot they're so pretty!" Emily smiled.
"Everybody, this is, Chilly, he just woke up early!" the captain said.
"Smelly the Parrot. I like that." Jake said.
"Chilly the Parrot, not Smelly, Mate." Milo taunted.
"How long do parrots live?" Shing asked.
"According to research, these fine-feathered sea pals live up to 60 years." Izzles commented.
"I thought that parrot was going to be named Polly, just like usual." Fizz rolled her eyes.
"What's your name, Captain?" Kyle asked.
"Me? My name's Captain Jamie, and I'll be here every step of the way." the Captain said.
"Jamie. I like that name" Jake said.
"I want you to learn about sailing and hoist the sails up and get to be legible on the boat!" Jamie reassured the kids.
"Who are the crew members?" Milo asked.
"There are six, now seven crew members onboard and they help and lack the way to make the whole work!" Jamie commented.
"It's really fun to meet the crew, a whole lot of crew members and all that stuff!" Nick smiled.
"These guys have super strong hair pulling the boats down really quickly!" Noreen observed.
"OK, and with all this boat talk, I think I wanna sing a song." Bella told her friends.
"How about this one?" Shing questioned.
The Big Ship sailed on the Alley Alley O
Alley Alley O, Alley Alley O
The Big Ship sailed on the Alley Alley O
On the last day of September
Tweenies and ZOOMers:
Alley Alley O, Alley O
On the last day of September
Jake and Nick:
The Captain said it would never never do
Never never do, Never never do
The Captain said it would never never do
On the last day of September
Tweenies and ZOOMers:
Alley Alley O, Alley O
On the last day of September
Fizz and Emily:
The Big Ship sank to the bottom of the Sea
Bottom of the Sea, Bottom of the Sea
The Big Ship sank to the bottom of the Sea
On the last day of September
Tweenies and ZOOMers:
Alley Alley O, Alley O
On the last day of September
Milo and Francesco:
We all dip our heads in the deep blue sea
Deep Blue Sea, Deep Blue Sea
We all dip our heads in the deep blue sea
On the last day of September
Tweenies and ZOOMers:
Alley Alley O, Alley O
On the last day of September
Suddenly, inside the Tall Ship Alabama's galley, Doodles woke up. "I heard singing. I wonder what's up."
Noreen heard this. "Doodles, we were just singing a song and you weren't joining along."
"I know." Doodles added.
"Alright sailors, I'd like you to go down and store all your stuff!" Jamie admitted.
"I was just wondering what it would look like and how comfortable it would be like!" Nick commented.
"In the cabin, there's a comfy little bunk bed and some bunk beds to sleep people!" Francesco observed.
"It's kinda squished in there but I think we'll do OK." Shing-Ying said.
Once the ZOOMers and Tweenies went over sleeping arrangements and set up their bunks, they and the crew started hoisting the sails.
"You're gonna line up behind Kate over here!" Jamie said, pointing to an Alabama crew member.
Kate, Milo, Fizz, Noreen, Kyle, Emily, and Francesco hoisted the sails and chanted a song.
A Sailor went to Sea, Sea, Sea
To see what sde could see, see, see
But all that sde could see, see, see
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea
Kyle fell down. "A full sail is a lot easier!" Milo explained.
"Welcome aboard our ship!" Kyle exclaimed.
"Sounds nice." Doodles nudged Izzles.
"No, you say that!" Izzles replied
