Hey-Hey hey Final chapter :D
And yes this one and the last one are being posted at the same time because Waffles *Shrugs*
Honestly though I would like to thank everyone who helped with this story and all those who gave reviews and stuck with it to the bitter end, Thank you all :)
The Sequel won't be coming out for a while though I want to at least get it refined before I post it so expect it maybe in December..which is Ironically where this story is skipping to :P
I don't own anything except the OC's seen here.
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Several Months Later
it was just around Christmas time in the world of this fanfic even though it's almost April in real time. Snow was everywhere and had covered much of he landscape.
In a small House with a winding Driveway near the edge of a forest, inside Dianne was in her kitchen humming to herself, a warm smile was on her face as she wore her favorite Holiday sweater. She heard the sound of someone coming into the house and she turned warmly, seeing Robert and Beth standing in the doorway, Beth was in a winter coat and scarf.
"Hi, Dear, hi Beth, how was school?" Dianne asked warmly, walking over to them and greeting her Husband with a kiss. When Belle and Max had dropped Beth off a few months back and told them about how an organization tricked Beth into thinking her father was alive and told them they were teachers she had decided to enroll Beth in Belle's classroom so she rode with Robert to work every morning and then walked to the Bus Stop with Calvin, Sally, and Susie.
"it was fine, We learned about the Titanic today." Beth said as Dianna took her coat off. "i had no idea where they they got enough legos to build the replica they did, but things got a bit out of hand."
"Oh how so?"
"They let Calvin steer."
Both Robert and Linda chuckled, Calvin was the thing that Beth had been nervous citing "events that were recent" in the reason she didn't want to go, but it seemed that the blond haired boy had managed to allow Beth to free herself of whatever was making her bitter, little did they know it was mostly Hobbes that did it but we digress.
"I was just some Holiday treats." Dianne said and Robert gasped and looked at Beth with a grin. "That's right, you've never had one yet!"
"One what?"
"One of Dianne's Holiday treats, she makes tons, cookies, caramel's dipped in chocolate and white chocolate, buckeyes-" Robert said, his mouth slightly drooling a bit.
"Ew, MOM, Dad's drooling again!" Beth said, causing both adults to pause, but before Beth could notice Dianne waved a finger at her Husband. "I may be running a candy factory, but that doesn't give you the privilege to drool everywhere!"
"Sorry." Robert said wiped his mouth with his sleeve.
"i'm going to put this stuff away and do my homework quick." Beth said as she began to walk toward her room, as she did she heard Dianne sequeel with barley contained joy. "Did you hear that Robert?, she called me Mom!"
A small smile appeared on Beth's face, things were looking up for her.
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Inside a State Prison
Ariel adjusted her new prosthetic hand as she wheeled her wheelchair toward the doors leading to the visiting glass, she had been tried and found guilty of many crimes including Child abuse, and mostly that, a LOT of counts of Child abuse, which she had plead guilty too, she received at minimum 15 Years in prison for her crimes and given weaker prosthetic limbs that couldn't do as well as her old ones did.
As she rode up to the glass seeing Belle and max standing behind it, a smile appeared on Ariel's face. "Sis!, how's it going?" She said enthusiastically as she rolled up to the window, the blast of Imagination had had a rather adverse effect on everyone involved, Ariel who had shut out stuff like that had Imagination flowing again and the dark clouds had finally left her head.
"Hey Ariel, how are things?' Belle asked with a smile. "Mom and Dad said they may come down for Christmas and they've asked the warden and they're allowed to bring a few treats for you."
"Wow really, aw the Warden's such a nice man!" Ariel said happily causing Belle to smile, Everyone seemed stunned with how happy Ariel was now, considering she was in Prison, she had made it a personal goal to brighten up the other inmates days.
"How's teaching going?"
"Good, Beth's been attending and doing fairly well, and Calvin..."
"Still being a little trouble maker?"
Max and Belle paused and looked at each other. "not, really, he's still wild but he's not exactly being an evil genius at this point, he's still relatively the same but his ideas are lighter." Max put in and Ariel rubbed her chin.
"Those containers...Didn't you say that they had extracts of Imagination in them?" Ariel asked, it stunned the couple since it was the first time that they had visited her that Ariel mentioned the events of how she ended up in prison. "and one of them was the bad side of Calvin's Imagination."
"part of it yeah, Tracer said he had it locked away." Max said and Belle punched his arm. "What I didn't say where!"
"Yeah I know but I don't think we're supposed to tell anyone!' Belle said.
"What would I want with that stuff, it's Bad Imagination, and I think that it's removal has allowed the good bits to come flowing into Calvin's brain, though it was probably just a tiny extract." Ariel said.
"That makes sense to me." Belle said. "By the way we brought you a couple of presents." Belle said. You'll be getting most of them on Christmas."
"Most?"
Belle nodded and then slid in a small package through an opening and it plunked onto Ariel's side, who picked it up and opened it, pulling out a bible.
"I figured you might want to do some reading, I got you some other books." Belle began but Ariel cut her off.
"Belle...I-I love it!" Ariel cried tears rolling down her cheeks as she held it to her chest. "Thank you!" She said happily. "This is just what I need for when those ministry guys come in!"
"I knew you'd like it." Belle said."
Ariel smiled and looked at Max. "Your keeping her out of trouble right?"
max smirked and looked at Belle. "You should know how hard that is!"
Ariel giggled ans Max took Belle's hand and squeezed it. "Oh yeah, I know." She said and then pulled out a small device. "By the way I got my I-pod today back from the warden, he put some new songs on it!"
"Which ones?' Belle asked.
"This one artist I really like, his name's Stan Bush."
"Oh yeah, Thomas likes that guy!" Belle said, Thomas had been their old childhood friend and almost like a brother to Belle, and was heavily into Transformers.
"yeah he visited here and gave them the CD to let inmates listen to." Ariel said as she turned it on. "I don't know how well you'll be able to hear this but I'll give it a try it's my new favorite song!"
Belle grinned and squeezed Max's hand as Ariel put it up to the speaker and held the earbuds in place and hit play.
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Over and hour away from the prison, four figures walked up a hill one set was pulling a toboggan, while the other was pulling a sled, Calvin jerked the toboggan's rope and glared at Hobbes. "Why did you let them take the sled?"
"What can I say, I'm easily swilled by women!" Hobbes said. Calvin, and Altheia rolled their eyes
There's a fire in your heart, a spirit within, there's a yearning that's deep in your soul.
As they reached to stop, Sally and Calvin panting Altheia turned towards the two. "What do you call this place again?"
"Lookout hill."
Sally looked out over the the vast amount of forest. "i'll say, the view from up here is beautiful."
"that and it's what Hobbes shouts whenever we go down it."
Althea leaned toward Sally. "Told you it was a good idea to use the sled."
And it's driving you on, keeping you strong, like feeling you'll never grow old.
Okay." Calvin said as she sat down on the toboggan and Sally sat on the sled. "Whoever reaches the bottom first is the winner, whoever makes it last, crashes, sustains a serious injury, jumps from their sled/toboggan, runs into something, falls off a cliff, references a Justin Beiber or Miley Cyrus song, tosses something at the other racer, or screams like little girls covered in Honey is the loser."
"You know for someone who doesn't like organized sport this race has a lot of rules."
"just get on the sled!" Calvin said.
"But Sally and Altheia are already on it!"
"Speaking of which, see you at the bottom boys!" Altheia said with a laugh as she and Sally shoved off.
"What what did he say about a cliff?" Sally squeaked.
There's a world out there, that's waiting, if you'll only let go what's inside.
"GAH Hobbes, the girls are gaining ahead!, as Dictator for life of G.R.O.S.S, THIS WILL NOT STAND!"
"I thought we just annoyed Susie now."
"...Just push the sled you sissy."
"-and live every moment, give it your all, enjoy the ride!"
Soon Calvin and Hobbes were flying down the hillside, Calvin at the wheel while Hobbes sat in the back, his hands ready to go over his eyes and Calvin looked at him and sneered. "Relax, we're not going to hit anything!"
at that very moment the went under a low hanging tree branch and it whacked Hobbes on the head, causing him to glare at Calvin.
"I said us as a group." Calvin said.
When you catch that, Rainbow you've been chasing, and find your pot of gold!, you know it's not the destination, it's what you find along the road."
As the toboggan flew downhill, Hobbes turned his head and saw the girls flying down near them, Altheia had her hand out and was throwing snow back like a snow blower, she glanced at Hobbes and a small playful smile appeared on her lips.
It's the Journey.
Miles and Miles away, Lobo and Spiff struggled as they hoisted the Capsule of Dark Imagination into a small airtight area, to keep it from getting out anytime soon, as they did, Derrick hit several buttons on a panel that secured it in place as the wold and Spaceman ran out.
Don't look back, wherever you go, you got to follow the dream.
Tracer walked over with BOS, both with cups of Hot Chocolate, the new base had been coming along greatly as as they drank happily, they knew that this time they're little band wasn't splitting up.'
"Sorry I'm late everyone i-" Stupendous man began as he flew in, and the Five Calvin duplicates hurled extra Hot Chocolate in."
"YOUR RUINING THE MOMENT!" One of them cried.
"i wasn't here for the moment, I just found out I'm getting this cameo!"
and search for the truth, win or lose, understanding what it all means.
"PULL UP!" Althea shouted as she and Sally came to a small incline that lead right to a cliff, Sally yanked on the rope and the sled twisted, riding up the side and then traveling along it.
The toboggan appareled right below them and Althea stuck her hand out and sent slow flying,l right down on top of Calvin and Hobbes.
"AUGH I'm blind!' Calvin screamed and covered his eyes.
"keep a grip on that rope!" Hobbes shouted, spitting out snow.
When you climb that mountain sometimes you fall, but in the end you know you'll survive.
The toboggan began to go toward a Tree and Hobbes grabbed the sides and twisted himself, making the toboggan twist to the side right in front of Sally and Althea's sled, cutting them off, as they sped past they went up a small rise that sent them launching into the air. Calvin wiped away the snow from his eyes and grabbed the rope once more.
No matter what Morrow brings, spread your wings!, learn to fly!
The toboggan hit the ground causing both Tiger and kid to jump a bit and land on their bottoms..HARD on their bottoms.
"You say I'm bad at steering!?" Calvin mocked.
"Just keep it up, we're getting ahead!" Hobbes said and he and Calvin leaned forward letting the weight shift speed the toboggan forward, making it race ahead, when from out of nowhere the sled appeared and smashed into the side of the Toboggan!
"HEY!, that's breaking the rules!" Calvin shouted and Sally turned toward him and pulled down her scarf. "No it wasn't!" She said.
"It's true." Hobbes said
"Hobbes shut up!"
When you catch that, Rainbow you've been chasing, and find your pot of gold!, you know it's not the destination, it's what you find along the road."
It's the Journey.
*Guitar solo*
As they raced downhill the toboggan smashed into the side of the sled and then Sally steered right back into the toboggan, however this sent her and Altheia into a skid, that clipped the side of the toboggan and caused it to also go Sideways!
"Oh mother!" Hobbes said as he covered his eyes. Calvin tried to steer the Toboggan back straight as did Sally with the sled, but the toboggan proved to be a touch handler as it clipped under the sleds' tracks and forced it's front end onto the back on the Toboggan and onto..Hobbes tail
"YEOW!" Hobbes shouted and tried to push the sled off of his tail only for the side to end up coming up next to him, Hobbes scooted to the other side, retrieving his tail,and then fell off the Toboggan but at the last second he grabbed onto the end as the Sled pushed itself toward Calvin!
"CALVIN!" Hobbes shouted, but before anymore could be said Calvin suddenly was tossed from the Toboggan and head first into the snow, Hobbes let go as the girls dove off the sled as both crashed into a tree.
The four lay laying in the snow and Calvin popped his head up first. "Did we win!?" he asked looking around.
"You almost died and yet that's all your concerned about?" Sally asked as she and Altheia picked themselves up.
"I did?' Calvin said with a stunned look.
"Yeah the sled almost pinched you between the front of the toboggan." Sally said.
Hobbes blinked as he shivered at the thought of what might had happened if...he looked back up toward the hill, and saw William and Magine standing there with Angel wings and mugs of Hot chocolate, William waved a grin toward Hobbes and winked, while Magine just smiled and waved.
Hobbes waved back, and then was snapped back to reality.
"Hey, whoa re you waving too?" Calvin asked, and Hobbes looked.
"Oh..no one." Hobbes said but before anymore could be said Calvin stuck the remains of half the toboggan into his hands. "Good, we need to carry these back uphill." Calvin said.
"Why not jut load them onto the sled?" Sally asked. Calvin paused and then looked back at Sally who smirked.
"Oh sure we can do it the easy way!" Calvin said.
When you catch that, Rainbow you've been chasing, and find your pot of gold!, you know it's not the destination, it's what you find along the road-
As Calvin and Sally pulled the sled Altheia turned to look toward Hobbes. "i see his anti girl behavior has yet to fully vanish." She said.
"He's still young." Hobbes said. "he'll mature over time."
"i bet I know a few people who will be looking forward to that." Altheia said and Hobbes turned his head toward Calvin and smiled. "Yeah, but I don't think I'm ready for it yet."
Find wherever you go!
Altheia smiled as she looked at Calvin and Sally pulling the sled and then nudged up to Hobbes. "Between you and me, neither am I, and I want to make these moments that I have with Sally..magical."
"Find along the road."
Hobbes's smile turned into a grin as he said only Three words, "it's a Magical World, and we should give ourselves the time to enjoy it."
"It's the Journey."
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And I cannot think of a better way to end this little Fanfic
BTW The song is the Journey by Stan bush, and I felt it would do good in this chapter.
Again everyone thanks for sticking with this little train wreck of craziness for this long, I may go back and rewrite it one day, but that day will be a while off, after all, we've still got one more story to wrap this up.
To all readers who read this now or in the future, remember that when life seems rough a little Imagination can go a long way to helping you find the answer to your problems.
The mind , like the world and as a crazy 6 year old once said. "It's a Magical World, Hobbes ol buddy."
"Let's go exploring"