The sun slowly rose, bringing light and life the studio lot. People began to stir and get ready for a new day, including a group of toons in the water tower. Yakko was the first to get up to make breakfast. He did a quick scan to see if Ricky was sleeping, only to see him frantically twitching his hands.
'What's Ricky doing?' Yakko thought as he got up from his bed, still in his pajamas. He walked over and saw Ricky's fingers move in rhythm. 'Is he playing a piano?' Yakko thought as he shook Ricky awake. "Ricky. Wake up." Ricky shot up immediately. His eyes were bloodshot as he looked at Yakko, who jumped back in surprise. After the shock wore off, Ricky yawned and began to stretch, popping various joints.
"YAAaawwwwn." Ricky said as he looked around the tower. His eyes stopped at Yakko. "Morning. What time is it?"
"It 7:30 A.M." Yakko said. Ricky just glared at him.
'Do I kill him before or after breakfast?' Ricky thought as he got out of bed as wobbled a bit before regaining his balance.
"So Ricky," Yakko said, bringing Ricky out of his thoughts. "What were you dreaming about?" Ricky gave him a confused look. He thought for a moment before answering.
"I don't know if it was a dream, but...I was playing music." Ricky said staring off into space. "It felt so real. The keys, the sounds, the music."
"Hmmm." Yakko said after he spun and had his regular attire on. "Well, we'll talk more at today's session with Scratchy. But for now, breakfast." Yakko said before walking out towards the kitchen. Ricky followed him to the kitchen. "Hope you like waffles." Ricky's stomach growled for a moment. "I'll take that as a yes." Yakko replied as he got the ingredients out.
"Need some help?"
"Nah, I got this."
"Okay." Ricky said. He yawned again, then suddenly started smelling the air. He smelt around some more, until he found the source; his pits. His face turned green and he looked ready to vomit. He held it back and asked "Mind if I take a shower?"
"Sure."
"Thanks." Ricky then walked off towards the bathroom, knocked on the door(in case Wakko or Dot woke up and were in there), then entered. As he started taking his shower, Wakko and Dot walked into the kitchen area.
"Morning sibs." Yakko said as he finished the first towering stack of waffles and placed it on the table.
"Morning..." Dot gurgled, clearly not fully awake. Wakko just starting devouring the waffles. Yakko then brought another stack over. Dot placed some on her plate with some syrup and began eating. Wakko finished the first stack, but noticed a certain someone was missing before he went to the next stack.
"Hey. Where's Ricky?" asked Wakko.
"He's in the shower." Yakko replied bringing ever more waffles to the table. "He'll be out shortly." Just then, Ricky came out with a towel around his waist.
"Hey guys..." Ricky said, embarrassment clearly in his voice. "W-where are my clothes?" The trio looked at each other, then began to laugh. Ricky just looked on in annoyance. "Seriously? I can't find my clothes and you guys laugh?" Their laughter died down as Wakko jumped down and walked over to Ricky.
"They're right here." Wakko said. Before Ricky could blink, Wakko spun him around at high speed for a few seconds. He then put his finger on top of Ricky's head, stopping him, fully clothed. Ricky looked in awe as he saw his attire on him.
"What the-? Who the-? How the-?" was all that managed to come out of his mouth, clearly unable to believe how that happened. "Okay." He finally said looking at the trio. "You guys gotta teach me how to do all that." he said as his stomach growled again. "...After breakfast." They smiled and continued with their meal as Ricky joined them.
(Line Break)
After a few hours, Ricky was slowly learing how to use toon skills. They started with toon speed, which ended when Ricky ran full speed into a wall...for the seventh time in a row. After a rest, and a lot of apsirin, Ricky tried spin changing into various outfits. That stopped after the first try, as he had to find his clothes after that incident. Finally, he tried appearing out of nowhere. He focused and appeared right out from under Ralph's hat. He then took a bow and ran off, into an eighth wall, so as to avoid Ralph's net. After the four were safe, Yakko noticed the time.
"Hey," he said. "It's time for our appointment with Scratchy." They four then sped off towards his office, with Ricky hitting another wall. Yakko just looked at a dizzy Ricky. "Don't worry. You'll learn." he said. Ricky just walked the rest of the way as Yakko, Wakko, and Dot sped off. They burst into scratchy's office, skidding to a halt in front of him.
"Ah." Scratchy said, already feeling a headache coming as he rubbed his head. He then noticed Ricky's absense. "Vhere is Ricky?"
"HERE!" Ricky screamed as he burst through the doors. "HOW DO I STOP?!" he screamed as he ran up the walls and all around the room. The trio and Scratchy just followed his movements until the Warners decided to help.
"Just hit the brakes." Wakko said.
"WHAT BRAKES?!"
"Trust me."
"IF YOU SAY SO." Ricky then planted his feet down and skid to a stop. He opened his eyes to find he stopped... on the ceiling. He fell screaming to the floor with a thud. He then looked up at them from the floor with his head in one hand and tapping his fingers with the other. "Thanks." He said sarcastically.
"Vell then," the doctor finally said. "Shall ve start now?" The Warner siblings, and Ricky, jumped onto the couch and waited to begin. He then pulled out his pencil and notepad and cleared his throat. "Firzt off. How you do feel Ricky?"
"Aside from the headaches this morning, I'm fine."
"Headaches?"
"We were teaching him how to use toon skills." Yakko said. "He can use toon speed. He just can't avoid walls."
"Ah." Scratchy said as he wrote in his notepad. "Iz dat all?"
"No." Wakko said with his tongue sticking out the side of his mouth. "He also tried toon-change, and he learned how to appear at random spots. Show him Ricky." Ricky then started popping up out of random spaces.
"Hello." Ricky said from out of a desk drawer. "This." from behind him. "Is." from behind a paining. "So." from another desk drawer. "AWESOME!" he shouted from Scratchy's little statue on his desk.
"GET OUT OF MY BUST!" the doc shouted. Yakko, without missing a beat, blew a kiss with his trademark "G'night everybody." Ricky then sat down, but with a serious look on his face.
"Before we continue," he stated. "I want to know how you guys pull stuff out of nowhere."
"You mean like this?" Dot said with a smile as she pulled out a little pink hand mirror. Yakko and Wakko followed by pulling out a paddleball and gaggybag.
"Yes." Ricky said in excitement.
"It's easy." Yakko said. The trio then began to explain about hammerspace.(A/N I don't understand either.) Ricky just looked on in awe as they pulled out various other items. The doctor, however, was getting annoyed that his office was being filled with junk.
"ZTOP DIS AT VONCE!" he shouted. The trio looked at him, smiled, then shoved everything away in one motion. Ricky then tried it himself. He reached into his jacket, pulled out his hand, and revealed...nothing.
"Awww it didn't work." Ricky said, feeling very down at his failure.
"Concentrate." Yakko said, hoping it would help Ricky. Ricky took a slow deep breath, closed his eyes, reached back into his grey jacket, pulled out his hand, and revealed...a pair of castanets. Ricky stared at them for a second before a smile plastered his face.
"I did it." he mumbled. "I DID IT!" he then shouted. He then looked back at his hand and then asked "Why castanets?" Dot then took them and began to dance a short flamenco. They all applauded afterwards before Ricky tried again. This time, he focused more and pulled out...a banjo. "How'd this get in there?" he asked as Yakko took it and began playing a short tune. Ricky tried again and pulled out...a saxaphone. "This is easier than I thought." he chuckled as Wakko took it, played some jazz music, then ate the instrument, finishing with a belch. "I just noticed that all I've pulled out so far are musical instruments." Ricky thought aloud. Yakko took notice before remembering Ricky's morning 'twitches'.
"Ricky. You remember that dream you had this morning?" Yakko asked, earning a look from everyone.
"Und vhat dream vould dhat be?" Scratchansniff asked as he was trying to write everything down in his notepad. Ricky then stared off for a second to remember what Yakko said. Suddenly, he reached into his jacket and pulled out what he saw in his dream; a giant synthesizer. They all stared at it as Ricky place it down and approached the keys, cracking his knuckles before placing them lightly on the keys.
"I dreamt this up last night." Ricky said as he looked back at the synthesizer. "I believe I played various machines like this in the life I can't remember." he said as he slowly began to play his dream song.
(Estoric Thought)
His hands flew over the keys with elegance as the music began to fill the office. The Warners and p-sychiatrist just stood there, as if unable to interrupt the sounds that Ricky made on the oversized keyboard. The sound of the music floated out of the window and caught the attention of some passerbys. People were slowly stopping in their tracks as they stared at the direction of the music. Soon, they just closed their eyes and began to let the music take them to happy and blissful thoughts. The Warners looked at their friend's face as his hands continued to move at breakneck speeds. They slowly began to smile as Ricky just closed his eyes, unable to stop himself from crying. Ricky felt the world around him disappear as his hands continued making music. The doctor was half listening, half writing as Ricky slowly came to the end of the song.
(End Music)
Ricky just stood there, lost in thought as he felt himself fill with joy at his accomplishment. His thoughts were broken as he heard applause coming from the Warners and Scratchansniff.
"BRAVO RICKY!" Dot yelled.
"That was AMAZING!" Yakko chimed in.
"FABOO!" Wakko added. Ricky just rubbed the back of his head and blushed.
"I agree." said Scratchy. "It zeems you have a natural talent for zhis inztrument, ya?"
"Seems that way." Ricky said, looking back down at the keyboard. "Playing this just felt so...so...me."
"Interesting." said Scratchy as he wrote in his notepad again. His watch began to beep. "Vell, it zeems today's zession iz over." He the escorted them towards the door. "I'll ze you all next time." he said as he shut the door behind them. The four then looked at eachother as they walked out of the building.
"So guys," Ricky piped up. "what next?" They trio looked at eachother, then back to Ricky.
"Why don't you decide?" Yakko said.
"Hmmm." Ricky said with his finger to his chin. "Well, I like music. Maybe I like other arts. How bout an art gallery?" The others looked at each other, then shrugged before all for sped off.