Author's Note: I should point out, that we're now at the bonus section of this story. And because guest, El Nugget got my last trivia question correct, the events that occurred in chapter 19, The Rugrats Reunite, were also seen in the episode from season 3, Moving Away, which was also the last episode to air before Klasky Csupo took a hiatus from the production of Rugrats for a few years, well, she expressed an interest in learning more about Peter's existence before he met the Rugrats, and so, while the bonus section will not be extended, I will say, that this, will be briefly mentioned in this chapter. We'll also learn, how the Rugrats got reincarnated in the years between 2009 and 2012, leading regular lives, only being in their late 20's, early 30's come the year 2039, opposed to being closer to age 50 by that point.
Chapter 21, Bonus Section, Prologue, Peter Meets the Rugrats
Peter unpaused the video, where the screen changed to show a picture of the Confederacy, and began his story.
Peter POV
Well, you all should know that as a young child, I lived a rather average life, with my father John Albany, my mother Roselyn Albany, my older brother Nathaniel, my older syster Naddilie, my younger sister Maddie, and my younger brother Edward. But all throughout my youth, I couldn't help but express an interest in politics. I also found myself, constantly playing with different things, trying to invent new stuff. Then, in the year 2013, it finally happened. I created, a time machine. You all think I made that little black cube with a display on it, several buttons with numbers on them, and a green button that said Go, to help cure Angelica of her amnesia, but that was only part of the reason. I also built it, so I could go back in time, and help fight in the Confederacy, to help them win their independence.
So I punched in the year 1990 into the time machine, and disappeared into a flash of white light. When I emerged, there I stood, wearing my red t-shirt and blue jeans I had on earlier that day, only to be approached by a soldier.
"Who are you?" The soldier asked.
"My name is Peter, and I am here, to help the Confederacy, gain their independence." I replied.
"Not dressed like that you won't." Replied the soldier.
He took me to the castle of the Confederacy, located in Richmond, Virginia, where I changed out of my ratty old t-shirt and blue jeans, and changed, into my infamous gray confederate uniform. Post doing this, I trained vigorously, to fight the United States, and gain the Confederacy's independence. I fought for three long years, at the young age of fourteen, and the youngest, and bravest soldier, to hit the land. Also during this time, I ventured into all of the lands, including the homes of several Disney characters, where I made friends with all of the Disney characters, allowing them to come back to the Confederacy with me, in turn, helping me, to fight in battle.
Finally, on April 9, 1993, the Disney characters and I, fought our last battle, and I became king of the confederacy, gaining our independence. Three days later, on April 12, I signed some papers along with some delegates of the United States, making our independence, official. But it was three days after that, when my life took an unexpected turn, and something, I would never forget.
On the morning of April 15, 1993, the cast and crew from the new game show, Super Stumpers, was paying a visit to the confederacy, to hold auditions for the show. One of the people auditioning, was Tommy's mom, Didi Pickles. I was so moved by her performance at the audition, that I went up and personally spoke with her after the show. She was there with her husband Stu, who told me he invented toys for a living. They told me about you Tommy, and their other friends back home, who were all watching all of you, while they attended this audition.
We continued to talk and dine on the many snacks we had at the after party, while the contestants, all waited to hear about the results of their audition. An hour later, a man came up to the podium at the front of the room, and made the announcements.
"And, I am please to announce, that Didi Pickles, will be premiering as a contestant on the episode of Super Stumpers, scheduled to air on May 9, 1993!" Said the announcer into the microphone.
Didi squealed with delight.
"Congratulations Didi." I said with a smile, shaking her hand.
"Thank you! Thank you!" Said Didi excitedly.
"You know, we need to celebrate. Care to join us?" Stu asked.
"I'd be delighted!" I replied, as I went and got ready to go.
While I packed a small bag of a few things I might need while I was away in Yucaipa, California, attending Didi's party with her family and friends, it suddenly hit me. Based on what she told me, the children she and her friends had, were all ages three and younger, which meant, they might not be able to talk all that well to me yet, and while I loved being king of the Confederacy, I did miss my siblings. As I was getting ready to go, I ran into Genie, who had joined up with me, to accompany me on the trip to Stu and Didi's home.
"Why the long face?" Genie asked.
"Oh I don't know. I guess, I just, really wish I could understand small children, since there's going to be a bunch of them at this event." I replied with a sigh.
"Well King Peter Albany of the Confederacy, all you need to do is, say the magic word." Replied Genie with a smile.
I thought about it for a minute, and then, made my wish on Genie.
"I wish I had the ability, to talk to babies." I said, looking Genie straight into the eye.
All of the sudden, a green mist filled the room, and a minute later, it disappeared.
"Your wish has been granted!" Said Genie.
"Thank you." I replied.
"It's my job!" Replied Genie with a smile.
I then left the castle, and Genie and I piled into Stu and Didi's car, where we headed on our drive to Yucaipa, California. Upon getting there, we drove to Stu and Didi's house, walked inside, and were greeted by several lovely adults.
"Surprise!" The adults all shouted, as we opened the door, totally taken by surprise.
"Thank you everyone." Said Didi with a smile.
"Who's that?" Betty asked, pointing to me and Genie.
"We made a new friend at Didi's audition. Everyone, this is King Peter Albany of the Confederacy, and his friend, Genie." Said Stu.
"Please to meet you your hinus." Said Howard.
"Thank you, and please, just call me Peter." I replied with a grin.
I went around and introduced myself to Stu's father Lou, his older brother Drew, and sister-in-law Charlotte Pickles. I then went and introduced myself to their next door neighbors, Betty and Howard Deville, their neighbor from down the street, Chaz Finster, and a lovely black couple who lived across the street, Randy and Lucy Carmichael, who had moved into their house, just a few months ago.
"Nice to meet you all." I said, as I shook Lucy's hand, and we all headed out of the entry hall into the living room, where I spotted a playpen at the back of the room, and I spotted a bald headed baby wearing a blue t-shirt and a diaper, two kids wearing green jumpers with ducks on them, one of them, wearing a bow in their hair, and a small toddler with long orange reddish hair and glasses. I then spotted two little girls coloring outside the playpen. One of them was black, with brades in her hair, wearing a yellow dress with purple flowers, and the other one, had blond hair pulled up in two pigtails. I approached the young children, and introduced myself.
"Well hello there!" I said with a smile.
"Hi, I'm Susie Carmichael who are you?" Asked the black girl.
"Why I'm King Peter Albany of the Confederacy, but you can call me Peter!" I said with a smile.
"You're a king? Wow!" Said the girl with blond hair.
"Yep, I sure am." I replied.
"Say, could I like, come with you and be a princess?" Asked Angelica.
"Sorry, there won't be any princesses of the Confederacy, until I take a wife, and have offspring of my own." I replied.
"Darn! And I thought you'd be really cool!" Snapped Angelica.
"Don't listen to Angelica, she's a big kid, and not very nice." Replied the bald headed baby.
I turned to look at him.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"Well, I'm Tommy, and this is Chuckie, Phil and Lil." Said Tommy, pointing to the other three babies in the playpen.
"Nice to meet you all!" I said.
"It's a pleasure to meet you too." Said Chuckie shyly.
"I wanna meet the king." Said Lil.
"No me!" Argued Phil.
"No me!" Argued Lil.
"Guys, guys, we'll all go meet him." Said Tommy, opening the playpen with his screwdriver, and the four young toddlers, all came up to me, and gave me a huge group hug.
"Awe, you guys are so sweet!" I said, smiling down at them, and giving them all a hug.
Just then, a dog walked up to me, and licked my hand.
"And who is this furry fellow?" I asked, turning to see a brown dog, licking my hand.
"That's my dog Spike! We go on all sorts of adventures together!" Said Tommy with a smile.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Spike. Can you shake hands?" I asked, as I took Spike's right front paw, and shook it.
And that's the story, of how I met all of you. But it obviously, doesn't end there. We've gone on several adventures together, to the forrest, to Paris, and much more, but then, on April 12, 2003, something happened. Dil got a hold of my time machine, and fittled with some buttons on the bottom, flipping a switch from time travel, to age. We were having a conversation about going into the future, and Angelica wasn't being nice about letting us play with her karaoke machine, so we all took a trip into the future, only to have all of you, age ten years. After we aged, the time machine, blew up, and while you all went through life, all grown up, I disappeared, to fix the time machine. Well, it took me five years, four months, and five days, but finally, on August 17, 2008, I had everything back in proper working order. Unfortunately, I forgot to switch the switch on the back of the unit from time travel, to age travel, so when I tried to enter in the date of April 12, 2003, my fingers slipped, and I accidentally, entered April 12, 1986 instead. This in turn, caused all of you, to disappear, because I sent you all back to a time prior to your existence.
I was really upset, so turned to a close friend of mine, Frolo, who was my second man in command at the Confederacy, and asked him for some advice.
"The best thing to do now, is to let life start over again, and not touch anything." Explained Frolo.
I obeyed his command, and went on about my business, of being king of the Confederacy. Then, in September of 2009, Angelica was born, and it suddenly hit me. Everything was going to replay out as it did back in the 1980's, early 90's, only it would take place between 2009 and 2012.
Well, it did just that, and once Dil was born in 2012, it was safe for me, to flip the switch on the back of the time machine, from age travel to time travel, and that's, why Tommy here, celebrated his second birthday on August 11, 2013, and Dil celebrated his first birthday in 2013 as well. As now that things have been fixed, you all are aging as you should, meaning all of the adventures you had ten years in the future between 2003 and 2008, you'll get to re experience come the year 2022.
End of Peter POV
"Wow!" Exclaimed all of the Rugrats, as Peter paused the video at this point.
"That's a really neat story!" Kimi said excitedly.
"It is isn't it?" Peter replied.
"So what other stories do you have for us Peter?" Tommy asked.
"Well, one of my favorite stories, took place, before Dil was born, the first time around." Peter replied.
"Oh, you mean when Angelica tolded me and Chuckie about our family tree?" Tommy asked.
"Nope, it happened after that, but before your little brother was born." Peter replied.
"Oh, you must mean our Oakey Dokey Jones adventure, we had on the day of the big party, welcoming what I thought would be my new baby sister to my family." Said Tommy.
"Nope, before that." Peter replied.
"Hmmm, I don't remember anything that happened between learning about my family tree and my mommy's party." Said Tommy.
"Well I do, and so, let me unpause the video, and tell you all of a story I'd like to call, Brotherly, Preparedness." Said Peter, as he unpaused the video, and his story, continued.
And the next few chapters, will explore Peter's story, known as Brotherly Preparedness, which takes place while Didi is pregnant with Dil, and Peter, helps Tommy prepare, to be a big brother.
Author's Note: How I came up with Didi's Super Stumper's audition, well, I looked up a list of Rugrats episodes on Wikipedia, and it claimed, that King Ten Pin and Angelica Runs Away aired on April 4, 1993, while the next episode scheduled to air, Game Show Didi and Toys in the Attic, wouldn't air until May 9, 1993, and since Peter met the Rugrats on April 15, 1993, I decided to put that into perspective, preparing for that next episode. And yes, Peter's first major adventure with the Rugrats, was when he went with Tommy, Phil and Lil to Didi's appearance on Super Stumpers, helping them to find Tommy's mommy's place in the sun, only Peter got lost in the mess of the cast and crew, shooting the next upcoming episode of Wuggles the Muel. Also, You may have noticed, the dates of April 12, 2003 and August 17, 2008 being mentioned, when the Rugrats aged ten years, and then, disappeared into non-existance, having to be reborn again. Those were also the dates the series premier and series finale of All Grown Up aired as well. And finally, we're now down to the final seven chapters of this story. Depending on how this next week should go for me school wise, I'm going to do my best, to post one chapter a day in this story, completing it next Saturday. Also, be looking for another surprise from me, later on today, at around 8:00 p.m. Eastern this evening, if not sometime after that! For now though, you all enjoy the rest of your Saturday, and, I can assure you, there'll be more chapters coming in this story, as well as other new stories, and chapters in ongoing existing stories, coming soon, to a Fan Fiction website, near you, so please, do stay tuned!