Chapter 8, The Minis Search for Taffia
The following day after breakfast, Tommy beckoned his brothers and sisters to the doors of the castle.
"Ok, everybody with me?" Whispered Tommy.
"We're right behind you Tommy." Whispered Kimi.
The seven minis snuck out of the castle in their gray Confederate uniforms, so as to not be as easily caught by normal town's people, hoping to fool everybody into making them think they were out on some royal mission to help their dad the governist with something.
It took them nearly half the day, when they nearly came to the conclusion that they were lost.
"We're never gonna find the Abby, we're never gonna find it." Griped Chuckie.
"Oh sure we will." Said Tommy with a smile, determined to complete his trip.
"But we've been walking forever! We don't even know what the Abby looks like." Said Chuckie.
Just then, Tommy heard some bells in the distance, signaling it was noon time.
"There!" Tommy shouted, as he ran in the direction of the bells, the other minis, following close behind him.
"That's the Abby?" Kimi asked, surprised at the sight of the Abby, as none of the minis had ever seen anything like it. When one is confined to the castle of the Confederacy much of the time, the whole world is more or less, a big adventure.
"Yep, I'm pretty sure it is Kimi, now come on!" Said Tommy excitedly, as he ran through the grass of the Abby, the others, following close behind, dancing through the fields of wild flowers that Taffia use to spend her time in during her younger days at the Abby.
When they got to the doors of the Abby though, they quickly discovered, that their adventure, was a waste of time.
"Who are you?" Asked a guard, who was patrolling the doors of the Abby.
"My name is Angelica, I'm the eldest daughter of Governor Peter, and these are my younger brothers and sisters, Chuckie, Kimi, Lil, Phil, Tommy, and Dil." Said Angelica, pointing to her younger brothers and sisters.
"Oh, you must be the young children that Taffia went off to spend time with for so long." Replied the guard.
"Do you know where Taffia is?" Tommy asked.
"Taffia is not available at this time, and you children should know better than to be wandering around these grounds all by yourselves." Said the guard in a stirn tone of voice.
"But, we love Taffia, right guys?" Asked Tommy.
"Right." The other minis replied in unison.
"She even taught us a song!" Said Angelica, as she then started to sing the Doe Ray Me song to the guard.
The other minis joined in, only to have the guard cut them off.
"That's enough! I'm sorry, but I have no choice, to dismiss you back to where you belong. Now get out of here, before I call the Police, or worse, an army of Confederate soldiers, to guide you back to your royal palace." Snapped the guard.
"Come on, let's go." Said Tommy with a sigh, as he frouned, and turned away from the guard, leading his brothers and sisters away from the Abby, towards home.
By this time, Governor Peter and Baroness Coco, noticed the children were missing. So they had set off to look for them. Upon the minis departure from the Abby, to start heading back to the castle, they ran into Peter and Coco, who were very displeased with their behavior.
"Now you kids know better than to wander off by yourselves." Scolded Governor Peter.
"But, we want Taffia back." Cried Chuckie.
"Taffia? That woman? That woman only believes in fun and games. I know what you kids need, and it's not fun and games. It's disciplen, structure, and nothing but bread and water for dinner for the next week." Snapped Baroness Coco.
Governor Peter overheard how Baroness Coco was acting towards the minis, and while he too believed they should live by strict rules, he started to change his mind to a degree when Taffia took charge of his children. Sure, maybe they got into a boating accident upon his return, but his children were happy. But he was noticing just how mean Baroness Coco was being towards his children, and was having second thoughts about marrying her.
And this, ends chapter 8. So, will Taffia return? And will Governor Peter dismiss Baroness Coco? We'll find out, in the next chapter.
Author's Note: Ok, first of all, there's a correction I have to make. In chapter 1, the Prologue, I made a mistake. Bobby Generic's family moved away to Norway in August of 2014, not in August of 2015. And, I know nothing happened in the original Sound of Music movie where the young children traveled to the Abby, to try to get Maria back, but since this is a Rugrats parody, I had to put my own twist on the story, making it somewhat Rugrat style. And, I don't recall the Baroness in the original movie being mean, but since as you can see, I gave the part of Baroness to Coco Labooche, who isn't very nice, I thought, why not make her even meaner than Governor Peter ever was to the minis before Taffia came into the picture, who we all know is Taffy, playing the part of Maria. Only four more chapters to go on this story, and I hope you all are enjoying it so far.