A/N: Behold! The first chapter of The Jungle Movie. (fanfic) Before this chapter starts, let's have the disclaimer. Okay, so obviously, I don't own Hey Arnold! The folks over Nickelodeon and Viacom own it.

Hey Arnold! Hey Arnold!

Arnold got up from his bed after he was awakened by the sound of his potato-powered alarm clock and from there, he took a bath and changed his clothes before he went down to the dining room to join everyone else in the boarding house for breakfast.

"Good Morning Shortman!" Phil said to his grandson

"Good Morning Grandpa." Arnold said to his grandfather

"Hey Kimba! I made you some good 'ol Canadian bacon for breakfast and here's some sunny side up eggs, too. You gotta eat a lot boy, today's gonna be a long day!" Gertie said to his grandson

"Thanks grandma!" Arnold said to his grandmother

Breakfast was as usual, Grandpa telling stories of his younger days, Grandma being wacky, Ernie boasting to everyone about the demolitions he has done in the past few months, Mr. Hynuh talking about the Mexican restaurant he worked in and Oskar and Suzie arguing at some point while everyone is talking at the table.

"So...Shortman? You think you're gonna win that essay contest you entered in?" Phil asked his grandson

"I'm not really sure grandpa but let's always hope for the best." Arnold said

"That's my kimba!" Gertie enthusiastically said

Suddenly, the door bell rang and Grandpa Phil had to excuse himself from the table to answer the door.

"Good morning, I've got a package here for some Arnold Shortman of Sunset Arms." The delivery man said to Phil

"Arnold! Come here! Someone's got a package for you!" Phil called

"Coming grandpa!" Arnold said as he rushed to the door

"Is this football-headed boy here the Arnold Shortman I was looking for?" The delivery man asked Phil

"Yup, that's my grandson!" Phil said

"Grandpa." Arnold said, feeling embarrased about being referred to as a football-headed boy

"Okay Arnold, sign here, here and here." The delivery man said as he pointed certain parts of a paper where Arnold should sign

After Arnold signed the paper, the delivery man thanked them and left the boarding house. Arnold and his grandfather decide to find out about who sent the package and from what was written on the package container, it says that the package was sent by a certain Eduardo Lopez from San Lorenzo.

"I wonder how Eduardo found out about where I live?" Arnold wondered

"That doesn't matter right now, what matters is that we find out what's in that package!" Phil said to his grandson

When they opened the package they found a necklace that has a pendant of a football-shaped head with two emeralds as eyes and a letter came along with the package as well.

"What does the letter say?" Arnold asked

"Here it goes..." Grandpa said as he started to read the letter

Dear Arnold,

First of all, I would like to introduce myself, I am Eduardo Lopez and I am a friend of your parents. If you are wondering why your receiving this package, this letter will explain everything. You see, your parents are on a mission to recover the La Corazon that was stolen from the temple of The Green-Eyed People and before they left, they asked me to send you the necklace which you can find in your package.

Anyway, as I was saying, that necklace is no ordinary necklace. It was given to your parents as a gift from The Green-Eyed People when they returned here in San Lorenzo. If you have noticed that the football-headed pendant in your necklace has two green jewels as it's eyes, those jewels are a part of the sacred La Corazon jewel that was stolen and it is said to possess powers that only the chosen one can activate.

Your parents decided that it would be right for them to send the necklace to you as the Green-Eyed people intended to give it to you and also because if it remains in San Lorenzo, chances are, it could be stolen as well.

-Eduardo

"So...Eduardo's trying to say I'm the chosen one?" Arnold asked his grandfather

"Well, maybe...but...perhaps it could be someone else..." Phil said to his grandson

"Should I wear this necklace now?" Arnold asked

"Well, the Green-Eyed people intended to give it to you, so...you should wear it." Phil said

"Then I guess I should wear it." Arnold said

"Anyway Arnold, we should be getting to school now or you're gonna be late." Phil said to his grandson

When Arnold arrived in school, everyone seemed to be staring at him and he had no idea why people would be staring at him. He also heard people laughing in the hallway but he ignored it thinking that they were laughing about something else.

"Look at Arnold! He's got a weird necklace!" Helga said as she pointed to Arnold

"Yeah! What a lame fashion sense." Rhonda added

"Hey Arnold! Where did you get that weird necklace?" Harrold mockingly asked

Arnold continued to walk and ignore what everyone else was saying about his necklace as he made his way to his locker to get his books. While Arnold was busy getting his books, he could still hear people laughing and making rude comments about the necklace.

"Your necklace is nice, Arnold." Lila said to Arnold as she passed by him on the hallway

"Thanks Lila." Arnold said to Lila

"Oh look! Miss Perfect likes Arnold's weird necklace!" Helga said

Everyone was laughing at Lila right after Helga made the comment and right after that, Helga went back to her locker and took out her heart-shaped pendant and started her monologue "Lila. She really thinks that necklace looks good, especially on a football-headed dork like Arnold. What an insane idea...But yet...Arnold looks good in that necklace...Why did I ever go mean on him, why didn't I just complement on his ever so unique necklace like Lila did..." Helga's monologue was suddenly stopped when she heard Brainy breathing from behind her and she did what her instincts told her to do which was to punch him in the face. As soon as the bell rang, everyone, including Arnold, went to their classroom.

"Good Morning class! Before we start, the principal has a special announcement, Principal Wartz, if you may." Mr. Simmons said

"As we all know, three students from this class entered the Essay Contest sponsored by the Washington State Education Board with the prize of the winning student's class going on an all-expense paid trip to San Lorenzo in Central America." Principal Wartz said before he was interrupted by Harold's whining

"Mr. Simmons, does the food there taste good?" Harold asked

"Harold, knock it out!" Rhonda said

"Yeah Harold, save the whining for later." Helga added

"Anyway, as I was saying, the winner of this contest comes from your class..." Principal Wartz said before he was interrupted by a spitball that hit his head

"Okay...who threw the spitball on Principal Wartz?" Mr. Simmons asked his students

"As I was saying..." Principal Wartz said before he got interrupted again

"Can we please cut to the name of the winner already?" Helga whined

"Okay Miss Pataki...we'll get there." Principal Wartz said in an irrate tone

"As I was saying, the winner for the Essay Contest is from this class and the winner is...Mr. Simmons, will you do the honors of announcing the winner?" Principal Wartz said

The class started to whine even more when Principal Wartz passed the honors of announcing the winner to Mr. Simmons.

"Okay, please calm down everyone. Let's get to the announcement." Mr. Simmons said as everyone, especially Arnold started to cross their fingers for luck

"The winner for the essay writing contest is...Arnold!" Mr. Simmons said

Everyone clapped and cheered and they started to congratulated Arnold for a job well done. Arnold couldn't believe that he won the essay contest and the fact that he was going to go there and find his parents. "Mom, dad, I'm on my way!" Arnold said to himself.