She healed fast much to Robbie's relief as Stephanie wasn't truly happy unless she could move around much like her father. Right now he was waiting for her to return from school knowing she was riding her new bike he and Sportacus had gotten her.
She came skipping in and put a flyer on the counter.
"Good day?" he asked
"Yep the school is having a talent show!" She chirped
"Oh really." He said taking the flyer and reading it over s
He chuckled lightly at the thought of some of the acts that could happen.
"I just don't know what to do." She shrugged
"Either sing dance or both." He said
"I'm going to do something with Ziggy I know that much. Poor Ziggy got so upset when he told us he was entering and Trixie basically told him he had no talent." Stephanie said grabbing a banana and peeling it.
Robbie absent mindedly reached for a peach and took a bite as he was thinking.
"Well the boy can dance with your help. I haven t heard him sing but as long as he's not as back as Singly." He muttered taking another bite.
Sportacus came in knowing Stephanie should be home and nearly fainted at the site of Robbie eating something healthy and he seemed like he enjoyed it.
"Hi Pabbi." Stephanie said
"Welcome home." Robbie said still chewing.
"You do know your eating sports candy right?" He questioned
"Am not I'm eating a peach...which is sweet and there for not sports candy."
"Oh really." Sportacus said taking one himself and taking a big bite.
"If I can eat it it's sports candy." He said
"Stupid elf." Robby muttered to himself moving to throw the seed away but Stephanie yelped and took it from him.
"What the..."
"You said I could plant the next peach seed we got and I don't wanna wait for Pabbi! She said before running out to the backyard.
"Strange child." Robbie said shaking his head.
"So what you got there?" Sportacus said taking another bite of his own peach as he hopped up and sat on the counter.
"A flyer...apparently Pixie's school is having a talent show."
"This what Ziggy was all hyper about....I get it now." He said
"Yeah apparently she's going to do something with him for the show."
Stephanie returned having clearly planted the seed as there was a bit of dirt on her knees.
"There all done." She said
"So a talent show huh?" Sportacus questioned
"Uh-huh I'm goon go see what Ziggy wants to do."
"Be back for dinner." Robbie said chuckling
It was good to see her jumping around everywhere again. Robbie turned to Sportacus.
"So got any plans for tonight?"
"Other then spending it with my family not that I know of."
"Oh your parents are in town?" Robbie teased
"Brat." Sportacus said throwing his peach seed in the trash
"You got that right." Robbie smirked at him.
Stephanie and Ziggy had decided to do a dance for the talent show but right now he and his parents were going to Sunnytown for dinner so she went home and begun her homework. Beast however had other plans and kept laying on her book.
"You silly thing I have to use that book to do my math." She said using her pencil to tickled the kitten.
Something dawned on her that night she didn't know when Robbie's birthday was! She knew he father's and everyone else s but she never found out his. There were a few things about Robbie she didn't know but she also figured his past hurt him from what she did know. She got up and went to look for him and found him looking at an of photo album.
"Dad? Can we talk?" She asked
"Sure come here." He said and pulled her in to his chair with him.
"When's your birthday I know Pabbi's but I don't know yours." She said
"July 10th." He said
"what you looking at?" She asked
"Oh, just some old photos of my family." he said opening a page.
Sportacus returned to find them laughing at something. He walked closer and saw the object of thier laughter it a picture of a young Robbie who had made something for the science fair to have it blow up.
"To much vinegar?" He asked leaning over the back of the chair.
"Yes. My volcano still won though!" He said proudly
A few days later she came in slamming the door having just gotten in to a fight with Trixie. She immediately went about making very sugary cookies. Robbie knew better then to interrupt. Trixie knocked on the door as she was taking them out of the oven.
"Come on Pinkie don't get so upset."
"How am I supposed to feel." She said handing a cookie to Robbie.
"Don't I get a cookie?" Trixie asked
"No."
"Come on Pinkie just because your all over sensitive doesn t mean we can't be friends."
"You completely embraced me today Trixie. No one is supposed to know what you told them!"
"Oh come on it wasn't that bad."
"Yes it was Trixie you had no right." Stephanie said near tears
"Trixie maybe you should give her some time." Robbie said knowing this was not what Stephanie needed.
"Ok Pixie out with it what happened at school today?" He said when Trixie left
"Do I really have to talk about it daddy?"
"It would help."
"Fine, we were having lunch and sitting by the apple tree like we usually do then she grabbed my diary opened it read a page and proceeded to inform all of our friends I'm not human."
Robbie felt bad school was hard enough with out the added pressure of having a huge secret. His friends had found out about him to and had turned away.
After a few days it all settled down. Stephanie and Ziggy won the talent show and everything was perfect in Lazytown once more.
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The years passed and Stephanie was eighteen now and getting ready for her prom. Robbie had helped her make the dress and was now helping her with her hair.
"I m so nervous daddy."
"I know Pixie but you'll have fun I know it." He said
She was wearing a light pink empire waited dress that draped down her body. He had taken pride in getting the fabric to match her wallpaper. There were times you would think her dress was silver.
"There." He said setting the last pink flower in her hair.
Ziggy would be taking her as they had been dating for three years. He had even asked both Sportacus and Robbie before asking her. She stepped in to the living room and her father smiled.
"Pretty as a picture." He said
"Ha this was a lot more work then pointing a camera and clicking elf." Robbie said
"A painting then?"
"That will work."
The doorbell rang and Sportacus watched as they set off for the dance. He and Robbie were playing a card game when his crystal went off.
"OH god Stephanie!" He said rushing out of the house.
He rushed to the highway just outside of town and saw that Ziggy s car had been in an accident. Ziggy was talking to the officer and another group was trying to pry the passenger side opened which had taken the most damage.
"We can't get it open and the jaws of life are at least thirty minutes out. We can't pull her out of the driver's side because of her leg being pinned." He heard
"Sportacus you have to help her!" Ziggy said noticing him.
"What happened?"
"We had the right of way the idiot who hit us had been drinking. I'll never forgive myself if she's not ok. She wanted to leave a bit earlier." The young man said
"It's not your fault Ziggy." He said before going to push the other officer's aside.
He tried to pull the metal apart himself and was doing a fairly good job at it. The officers didn't know how he was doing this without cutting himself. Everyone knew he was strong but he should have been cut up. He got the door off it's hinges and helped them get Stephanie out.
She had a large cut on her leg but was otherwise fine.
"Pabbi I was so scared. Is Ziggy ok!?" She panicked as he carried her away from the wreckage.
"See for yourself." He smiled as Ziggy rushed over.
"Your ok!" He said
"I'm fine Ziggy how's the other car?"
"Idiot didn't even get a scratch. He's sitting over there talking to officer Dogwood." Ziggy said
"What exactly happened Ziggy I was looking at the digital camera and when I loaded up this car was coming at me!"
"We had the right of way Steph, he ran the red light and hit us. The minute the car stopped spinning and I could see straight and you said you were ok I went to look at the other guy. He was two sheets to the wind. If we had left when you wanted this wouldn't have happened."
"Yes it would have just not us and it could have been worse. Ziggy you couldn't have done anything to stop it."
"I know I just hate seeing you hurt." He said
"I'll be just fine!" She smiled
She did heal and didn't even have a scar. As the years passed her and Ziggy grew closer and Sportacus was glad that his daughter had the hyper young man. Right now though Ziggy was looking nervous saying he wanted to talk to Sportacus.
"Uh....please don't kill me."
"Ziggy why would I kill you?"
"Uh...can.....can I ask Stephanie to marry me?"
"You want to marry our daughter?" Sportacus asked covering Robbie's mouth knowing what was going to be said
"Uh-huh. I love her very much and were twenty two still young I know but I think it's right."
"You have my permission and Robbie's though if I let him go that s not what you would hear. Sportacus chuckled.
So as Stephanie got ready for her date that night he smiled knowing what was to happen as he helped Ziggy set it up. Robbie was of course happy but had wanted to tease the boy first.
Stephanie came home that night all excited and surprised to see her parents sitting up.
"Well? Someone's happy." Robbie smirked
"Ziggy asked me to marry him and I said yes!"
"Congratulations." Sportacus said
"He hurts you he's a dead man!" Robbie called as he walked into the kitchen to retrieve something to eat.
"Daddy!"
"I mean that Pixie. He hurts you then your father is going to have to pry me off his corpse."
"See that s why I covered you mouth when he talked to us about it. I didn't need you threatening him."
"Aww he asked you first...that s so sweet."
The wedding was lovely. Robbie had helped the bride make the perfect dress and had even resisted threatening her groom. Sportacus gave his daughter away and couldn't be more proud of the young woman.
"So how long you think till were grandparents?" Robbie said as the reception.
"I haven t a clue but any child would be welcome you know that."
"Of course it is I just want to know when I get to start spoiling thier kids and shipping them home."
"Well boy she turned out to be quite a young lady." Nine said joining the group.
"Yes she has."
"Pabbi dance with me?" Stephanie said coming over and grabbing his hand.
Robbie watched as father and daughter danced. She'd chosen the never-ending story theme and only her Sportacus, Robbie and her groom knew why. Then Robbie frowned.
"She's gonna have to watch him die." He said softly
"Oh I don't know about that. There are ways for us elves to share our long life." Nine smiled.
"You better tell her then."
"The instructions are in with our gift." Nine chuckled
"I'd hate to see her little heart broken."
"So uh do I still call you Robbie...or sir or what?" Ziggy asked coming over to migle with the family.
"Robbie is fine. Pixie is the only one who gets to call me daddy, however your kids can call me grandpa."
Ziggy blushed at this and Robbie grinned as the song ended and Sportacus returned to his side.
"Our daughter wants to dance with her daddy now."
"She....oh ok." He said trying not to let the man see his tears form.
"Thank you for everything daddy." She said as they danced.
"It's what any father would do."
"I mean it. You didn't have to let us in to your heart."
"I had little choice in the matter Pixie trust me."
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The End? Probably not I've already started the sequal but It will be awhile before I get to post it so pleas estop flooding my inbox going "comeone more!"