A young blonde woman soon came out and hugged Akito, Estelle, and Vincent once they came over and she appeared to be pregnant and she brought out someone their age with her who was also blonde before she hugged them as well.

"All right, everyone else, this is Eloise and her big sister Giselle," Vincent introduced. "They live here in the hotel with Nanny."

"Bonjour~" Eloise smiled, practicing her French.

"Hello, there." Giselle added, sounding like she had an English accent.

"Hi there!" LJ waved.

"Eloise, do you think you could have us booked in some rooms?" Mo asked.

"Oh, excamont!" Eloise smiled to that. "Um, if Giselle can find anything with Mr. Salamone anyway. She helps him a lot in the lobby."

"I'm sure I can find some rooms for you guys," Giselle smiled as she came to behind the computer. "It's lovely to meet all of you."

Eloise smiled to her big sister as she leaned her elbow against the desk with the five stars which ranked the hotel.

"Who's that little girl?" Theo asked, seeing a portrait of a little girl with blonde hair in a pink hair ribbon, a white blouse, black suspenders with a short skirt, white socks that went up to her knees with black Mary Janes, and she appeared to hold a turtle in her hands and beside her was a brown pug dog.

"Oh, uh, that's actually me from when I was six," Eloise smiled bashfully. "I have a rather big reputation in this hotel."

LJ smirked. "So I've been told..."

"For what you've been through and to ride all the way over here for so long, the parade would like to award you with luxury suites on us." Giselle smiled as she handed them all a key to a very special room.

"Just remember, you guys," Eloise smiled. "If you want any room service, you can always charge it to me, Eloise."

Akito, Estelle, and Vincent smiled back as that brought back memories.

"Really? Thanks!" LJ beamed.

"Oh, Nanny will be so happy, happy, happy to hear that you're here," Eloise smiled to the others. "Mother would be too, but... She had to go to Miami Beach for an emergency photo shoot."

Giselle seemed to roll her eyes behind her little sister.

"Giselle... Are you... Pregnant?" Akito asked in surprise.

"You've discovered my secret." Giselle smiled.

"Oh." LJ replied. "Well...congratulations."

"Thank you," Giselle smiled. "And thank you for choosing the lovely and luxurious Plaza Hotel!"

They all soon left and soon went to go to their new rooms.

"If you guys wanna hang out, we're on the tippy top floor!" Eloise called out. "If we're not there, we're all over the hotel! Just ask the Fudos!"

"Somehow, I figured they'd be involved..." LJ shrugged, before glancing out a window.

"Ugh... Finally..." Zofia sighed as she passed out onto a bed. "So soft... So sweet... Such relief!"

LJ sighed as he collapsed onto the adjacent bed. "See, everyone?...we...made it..."

"Thank goodness too..." Chrissy sighed. "I feel like I could just take a 14 hour nap."

"Same..." Kimberly agreed as she flopped down next to LJ.

Raul seemed to already be asleep once he found a bed for himself. And half of the group had followed suit.

"Yeah, Cherry, we're all okay," Mo smiled on the phone. "Thank you so much for calling, that was nice of you."

"I do what I can." Cherry smirked.

"Glad to hear it," Mo replied. "Most of the kids are catching Z's, other than the ones who already slept."

"I'd imagine so," Cherry said. "Sounds like you guys had quite an adventure on the road. Also, thanks for getting LJ, David, and Zofia to safety. Now I don't have to eat ya."

"...Very funny." Mo narrowed her eyes.

"Mm-mm! Vegan blood." Cherry smirked.

"Don't even joke like that." Lionel replied playfully.

"Oh, brother." Mo sighed to them slightly.

"Still...thank you, Mo." Lionel continued.

"No problem," Mo smiled. "Thanks for letting me have them."

"No problem." Lionel smiled back.

"I just wish Atticus could've been here," Mo said. "Hopefully he'll be home when we come home."

"Hey, maybe he WILL be, and so will we." Lionel replied.

"So good to hear from you guys," Mo smiled. "It feels like old times."

"Ah, it sure does!" Lionel agreed.

"We'll be sure to look out for the parade." Cherry said.

"Okay... Sounds good, guys." Mo smiled to them.

"And we'll see you when we get back!" Lionel added.

"See you then," Mo smiled. "Good night to you guys."

"Night." Cherry and Lionel said before hanging up.

"Wow..." LJ gulped. "Everyone looks like ants from up here..."

"You're not gonna freak out, are you?" Zofia asked her brother.

"Nah...it's just kinda breathtaking." LJ replied.

Zofia soon came beside him with a small smile. "Mm... It is a nice view..." she had to admit. "This must be what it's like to fly."

"We've flown before," LJ replied. "Remember?"

"Yeah, I know," Zofia smiled. "I guess it's just the view."

Akito smiled as he waved to them while flying in the air.

"Akito Benjamin Fudo, you get down on the ground before someone sees you!" Mo scolded.

"Aw, Mom..." Akito groaned before he got back on the ground.

"I'm sorry, sweetie, but I don't want you to get in trouble." Mo said.

"Fair enough, I guess..." Akito sighed with a shrug. "Too bad Metro Man doesn't wanna be a superhero anymore. I'd like to race him."

"Geez, you are SO competitive." LJ remarked.

"Can't help it," Akito smirked. "I'm awesome."

"Don't forget humble." Zofia replied.

"Of course." LJ rolled his eyes.

Akito smiled sheepishly to them. "So, Susie's big moment..." he then said to change the subject to show excitement for their friend.

"Yeah, it's gonna be great." LJ replied.

Mo gave a small smile to that.

"Just think, we know someone who'll be in a parade." Zofia smiled.

A flag soon came out of a window from the top floor of the hotel.

"What the-?" LJ asked.

"Huh?" Akito replied before seeing what he saw. "Oh, that must be Eloise's flag so that the parade will see her, Giselle, and Nanny."

"Okay...first time for everything." LJ replied.

"Um... Where are Eloise's parents?" Zofia asked. "Do they know what she's doing?"

"Eloise's mother is in Miami Beach right now." Akito said.

"Oh..." The two replied.

"We visit pretty often..." Akito smiled bashfully. "Eloise is like family by now."

"Aw, that's sweet." LJ replied.

Everyone soon began to freshen up while Susie practiced her song. Though Dib was kinda curious about the disk he'd gotten, so he tried to play it using his laptop. The game glowed a bit and he put on his headphones so he wouldn't bother the others. A "Year 2000 Electronics" logo appeared on the monitor.

"Wow, this seems outdated..." Dib noted.

The monitor showed the main menu for 'Romance Academy 7', the options are "Start," "Quit," and "Shizenhakka".

Dib then soon started the game, obviously. 'When the cherry petals of Magic Romance Academy are in bloom, anything can happen.' The intro text said after Dib started the game. The game screen changes to one with a classroom background and some stats on the left. A pink-haired girl appears.

"Oh, hi there! My name is .GIFfany," The pink-haired girl spoke to Dib. "I'm a schoolgirl at School University. Will you help me carry my books?"

"Um...okay..." Dib replied, clicking 'yes'.

The game awards him 100 "Love Points" as coins and a cat falls in front of the screen.

"Alright, seems easy enough," Dib replied to himself. "This game IS pretty cool."

Gaz stared out the window as she began to think about something that made her feel rather emotional.

Theo sat down nearby. "You alright, Gaz?" he asked.

"I'm just thinking a little..." Gaz said softly.

"About...?" Theo asked.

"I'm not sure if you would even understand." Gaz replied.

"Lay it on me," Theo shrugged. "This is about not having a mom, right?"

"...Yeah." Gaz soon confessed to him since he was right.

"I figured." Theo replied calmly.

Gaz looked to him before looking back out the window.

"Um... I never knew my own father..." Theo said as he tried to help perk her up.

"Guess we're in similar boats..." Gaz replied.

"Yeah... I guess..." Theo said as he stood with her. "I'm sorry... This trip didn't bother you, did it?"

"Well... Actually... I mostly came because I wanted to see what it would be like to have a mom..." Gaz said. "I might seem like a blank slate where nothing bothers me, but... It actually hurts me inside to never know my mother. Plus, LJ and Zofia are my friends, so I came because of them too."

"Well...for what it's worth, you seem pretty cool." Theo replied.

"Hm... Thanks, I try." Gaz said to him as she continued to stare out the window.

"No problem." Theo replied.

Gaz nodded to him as she gazed out the window a bit.

It was now about time to get ready for the parade as it was finally the big day that everyone had been waiting for. Everyone got ready and headed out to see the parade, as well as watch Susie's big moment. The other parade floats came on by down the road as people gathered around downtown to see it up close.

"I can't believe at the entire United States at our feet, you couldn't get one girl to kiss ya." Phil said to Chuckie.

"Ah, don't feel so bad, Phil; I decided it's not that important," Chuckie replied. "I mean, after all the exciting stuff we've done the past couple of days, kissing a girl just doesn't seem like that big a deal anymore."

"That's the spirit, dude." David replied.

"Thanks, I suppose." Chuckie said with a soft and small smile.

"Now let's enjoy the parade!" David resolved as he turned back to see it.

A girl in a Santa dress soon walked up to Chuckie and kissed him on the cheek.

"Ooohhh!" The others gushed to that.

"I didn't realize we were visiting the Tanners." Vincent joked from that reaction with the kiss which seemed to always happen in the Tanner household.

"Good grief, Vince." LJ shrugged.

"What? They do that all the time, especially when Jesse married Becky..." Vincent said. "At least, that's what Dad told us from that story."

"Eh, I'll take your word for it." LJ shrugged.

"That's what we did." Vincent shrugged back with a small smile.

The cheese float soon came by and Susie was waving, dressed like a mouse.

"Clever," LJ remarked. "A bit outdated, but hey."

"Could've been worse," Zofia said. "Could've been Freddy Fazbear."

"How would that have even BEEN related to cheese?" LJ asked.

"...It's called a joke because Susie is in an animal costume?" Zofia glanced at her brother.

"Whatever," LJ shrugged. "I was talking about the costume cuz it was supposed to reference how mice like cheese."

Zofia rolled her eyes as she soon took a drink from her water bottle. Everyone else soon cheered once they saw Susie on the parade float.

"This one's for Tommy!" Susie announced which made the boy smile bashfully.

"Way to go, man!" LJ grinned.

The music soon began and Susie then sang her song for the crowd about Cheese, and everyone enjoyed it thoroughly. No one seemed to enjoy it more than Lucy though as she looked very happy and proud of her daughter. To put it simply, the parade went off without a hitch.

"This was well worth the drive!" Didi beamed as she did a little dance, bumping a trash can down onto the road.

A man on stilts soon tried to avoid the rolling trash can before a woman balancing on a ball yelped before nearly getting run over by the Thanksgiving turkey float.

"Funny how nobody noticed that..." Dib commented as a few sparks came from his phone, due to .GIFfany transferring herself inside of it. "What the...?!"

.GIFfany soon came out in front of him with a cheerful and cute, innocent smile.

"Whoa! .GIFfany! How'd you get into my phone?" Dib asked in shock.

The others looked over to Dib as he seemed to be going through something.

"I missed you." .GIFfany smiled to him.

"Really? Nobody's ever said that in a context that didn't mean they tried to throw something at my head." Dib replied.

"I would never do that to you." .GIFfany smiled to him.

"Oh..." Dib blushed. "Thanks, .GIFfany..."

"You're welcome..." .GIFfany giggled to him.

Dib blushed at that.

"Every time you compliment me I get another highlight in my eyes!" .GIFfany told him.

"Well, um, you have beautiful eyes!" Dib soon smiled. "So sparkly!"

Her eyes became more and more highlighted.

"You seem to be on your phone more than usual." Gaz said as she came to her brother.

"Oh, it's nothing." Dib replied with a smile.

"Mm-hmm..." Gaz said as if she didn't believe that, which she didn't. "Anyway, uh, that Eloise kid said we could eat Thanksgiving dinner with her and her family in Palm Court from the hotel. You want in on this?"

"Oh. That could be cool," Dib replied. "And Sis...I get that you're bummed out over not having a mom, but I promise, things are gonna get better."

"Hmm... I'm not fully certain on that, but thanks, Dib," Gaz replied. "I needed that from my big brother."

"No problem," Dib replied. "Might as well start acting like it. Besides, we're basically old enough to move out."

"Yeah... I suppose that's a good point," Gaz replied. "I'm still trying to look for a good enough place to call my own."

"Maybe I could help?" Dib asked.

"I guess... If ya want..." Gaz gave a small smirk.

"What're big brothers for?" Dib smiled to her.

"Hm..." Gaz kept her smirk. "Don't make me answer that with a straight face."

After the parade, they soon went inside to have some Thanksgiving dinner.

"You guys can eat whatever you want because my mother knows Chef Todd." Eloise told the guests.

"Awesome!" LJ replied.

Everyone soon took a quick prayer and they then began to eat their Thanksgiving dinner after having a big adventure on the road.

"Man...this is most excellent!" LJ exclaimed as he ate.

"What a wonderful meal!" Theo smiled. "It's even great with all of us being together!"

"Almost like a family." Martin added.

"In a way, we're all kind of like a family." Raul commented.

"Dude, we basically ARE a family." Sara replied.

"That's almost so sweet." Cherry said as she soon walked in with Lionel.

"Mother!" Zofia beamed before she soon ran over and hugged her mother.

"Told you we'd be back!" Lionel replied.

LJ and David soon came with their sister to see their parents again.

"Not just them." Atticus smiled as he also came out.

"Oh, Atticus, darling!" Mo smiled back to her husband.

"Dad!" The Fudo siblings beamed.

"Great to see you, dude!" Lionel beamed.

"Good to see ya too," Atticus smiled. "Whatya say we get some of that turkey?"

"Help yourself, guys," Lee smiled back as he held Estelle in his arm. "There's plenty to go around."

"Aw, thanks, Lee." Atticus smiled to his daughter's boyfriend.

"Eh, I'm not a turkey fan," LJ replied. "I'm into chicken lasagna instead."

"Luckily your father made some before we left." Cherry smirked.

"Double awesome!" LJ and David whooped.

"I know how you boys love it, so I thought you'd like some for once we came home and had Thanksgiving." Cherry smiled.

"Aw, Mom, you're the best." David said as he hugged her leg.

"Yeah!" LJ agreed as he hugged both her and Lionel.

Cherry and Lionel gave smiles to each other as they had some Thanksgiving dinner with their family.

Eventually, they finished their dinner and cleaned up.

"So, you're going back home then?" Giselle asked as she held her stomach.

"It's probably for the best," Cherry said. "We all had a big adventure, not to mention the kids with their Rugrat friends."

"And this way we can see their journey with them!" Lionel replied.

"It was nice seeing you," Giselle smiled. "Get back home safe, okay? Also, tell that Susie Carmichael my congratulations."

"We will!" LJ replied.

And with that, they soon left the hotel and began to leave New York City to go back home where they belonged.

Raul took out a picture he had of Dora, missing her already and looked out the window on the way home. "I wonder if I'll ever see her again?" he let out a small sigh as he felt like he was in love with her now.

"It's a small world, my friend," LJ replied. "So...probably!"

"You really think so?" Raul gave a small hopeful smile.

"I know so." David replied.

"Wow... Thanks, guys..." Raul gave a small smile. "Who knew someone so annoying would grow up to look so pretty?"

The others rolled their eyes slightly before sharing a small laugh as they had a long way back home.

The End