New year, same me, we're in 2023!
Now before we go on I just wanna say this, as I've said in 'Fresher Start'.
As you may or may not have noticed, the one year anniversary for my Mario and MySims story is coming up.
However, I won't do specials for them. Why? Because their both in the middle of a story.
I know, so are some of the other stories technically, but at least I can add a random moment in those stories and not put a pause in the middle of the plot by putting in a random moment or two.
My Mario and MySims stories are literally in the middle of something that can't stop until they reach the end, which is the last chapter.
I might have to update my profile and explain.
So, until I finish those fanfics, I can't do anything special for them. Sorry.
Now with that being said, Let's get into this chapter.
Enjoy!
Two days later, at Le Parc de Belleville...
In one of the best parks in Paris with the Eiffel Tower in sight in the far west, we see Aaron sitting on a set of stairs in said park, looking at the view, and a container next to him on his left.
Hearing footsteps behind him, he looked and saw that Sabrina made it and sat next to him just on the left of the container.
"Sorry for taking so long." "Nah, it's alright. So, what'd you tell Chloé this time?"
"I...didn't tell her anything. I sorta...snuck out?"
"So that's what took you so long." "I didn't know what to tell her this time! If she knew that I was lying to her to see you again, she'd get mad at me!"
"Like I said, it's alright. We know how Chloé can be."
Aaron opened the tupperware and in it was chips and some kind of dip.
"What's that?" Sabrina asked.
"Rotel dip. Try some."
Sabrina took a chip covered in some of the dip and at it, and she liked it as you can tell from the hum and smile.
I don't know if you guys have ever tried Rotel dip before, but that stuff is the best.
For a while, the two were eating the dip, looking at the view, and listening to Aaron's music through Sabrina's earphones. She didn't mind sharing.
Here's a thing: from time to time Sabrina kept sneaking glances at Aaron from time to time. And anytime Aaron felt eyes on him, when he looked, he didn't see anything but Sabrina looking at the view again, as if she wasn't looking at him sometimes.
At one point, Sabrina said, "Aaron?" "Hm?" "How come you never write down what you sing most of the time?"
"Easy: If I wrote something down, I can always expect someone to take credit from my work. Besides, I like improvising. I just need some music and I can make a song, *snaps fingers* like that. Making lyrics and rhyming is easy. You should try it." "Um..." "Well, think about it. All it takes for me is to listen to the music and let the words flow."
Later...
Aaron and Sabrina are now at an arcade.
Aaron put in a token for a dance game, he was doing good. He was even humming to the music a bit.
The music is actually based on a movie the two of them had watched before. It's about a pair of twins that have to take care of a mythic creature. They have to eventually have to let it go in order to save their world from being taken over by an evil entity, but it's hard for them to do that because of how cute, young, and admirable it is. They'd grown too attached to it, and it's like a child to them.
They literally spent twelve minutes talking about it before they started playing.
Aaron was humming to said song before singing, "Will you never ever ever grow up for me?"
He then had an idea.
"Hey, Sabrina, get over here! Come dance with me." "I don't know, Aaron." "Well, I'm starting it from the beginning. Jump in when you feel comfortable."
Aaron did just that, put in a token for the Player Two space, and when the game started from the top he got into place.
He then saw something in the corner of his eye. It was Sabrina hesitantly getting on the Player Two space, which made him smile.
So here's how this game works when there are two players. Player One starts off by dancing the first part, then Player Two does the next part, then finally they go together.
We now see the game about to start.
Play 'Never Grow Up' by CG5 and Vannamelon
When the music started Aaron couldn't help but add some lyrics to the music.
(Aaron) "The key to joy, with love to go around,
He's incomparable to all the freaks surrounding.
On the cuteness scale, he's a perfect
Nine-ninety-nine out of ten."
He looked over at Sabrina for a brief second, who was moving a little to his singing.
"He captivates,
With a twinkle in his eyes,
You know that hugs await, and it tickles as he tries
To bring you happiness.
I'm so obsessed,
Over and over again.
He's more than just a monster to me,
He's everything I want, and the best friend I need.
How could you not love him at all?"
As Sabrina watched Aaron dance and sing, she was thinking to her self, and about the words that Aaron said.
'All it takes for me is to listen to the music and let the words flow.'
Is it really that easy?
"Forever and ever,
Can't you be a sweet child forever?
Will you never ever ever grow up for me?
You'll be our hero, one day,
But I'll keep on hopin' you'll be okay.
I wish you'd never ever ever grow up for me, for me, for me."
(Sabrina) "How are you,
The cuddliest thing,
And cutest too?
Why can't I hold on to you,
Before you have to come to our rescue?
The Scarlet King,
Has apocalyptic songs to sing.
On that dreadful day, we'll bring,
The sovereign into suffering."
"Now you're getting it!" Aaron said, making her face flush a bit. What do you know? It was that easy. And, kinda fun!
(Aaron and Sabrina) "Can we sing a lullaby to you,
Can we hide out from the truth,
And sing a lullaby to you?
Can we hold you close,
And never let you go?"
(Aaron) He's more than just a monster to me,
He's everything I want, and the best friend I need.
How could you not love him at all?
(Sabrina) Forever and ever,
Can't you be a sweet child forever?
Will you never ever ever grow up for me?
(Aaron) You'll be our hero, one day,
But I'll keep on hopin' you'll be okay.
I wish you'd never ever ever grow up for me, for me, for me.
(Aaron and Sabrina) "Forever and ever,
Can't you be a sweet child forever?
Will you never ever ever grow up for me, for me, for me?"
When the course ended, and the music stopped, the two had the top score.
Sabrina squealed before embraced Aaron, which made him stumble off the dance pad.
After realizing what she did, she quickly pulled back before nervously smiling.
Now that that's dealt with,
"You are a natural, Sabrina. I knew you could do it." "I guess you were right. That was easy."
About a week and a half later...
During the middle of a vacation from school, we see Aaron enter Cyrus' house.
After his parents let him in he went upstairs to Cyrus' room.
"Cyrus you in here?"
When Aaron said that as he came in through the door, he was met with buzzing sound, then small combusting sound, then a yell from Cyrus out of frustration.
Alright, right now, some of you might be saying, 'Okay, enough with the suspense, what's going on?'
Well, to make it as simple-ish as I can make it, it's a project that Aaron and his friends are doing over their vacation time. Their art teacher, Jean-Pierre Monlataing, got Thomas Astruc, the successful movie director, to participate a cool project: the students are gonna make a real-life movie!
Everyone's got a role to play, but Zoé's got the lead roll.
That brings us to here.
Zoé's playing the role of the lead hero, Mylène's playing the lead villain. But Aaron and Cody are playing their robotic companions, respectively.
This was actually an idea made from INFERN0BOLT's review. I liked the idea of robots.
It's kinda off that these three were the only three who were in a different class that wanted to take part in this project.
Nilak was in charge of their looks and face paint, and Cyrus was in charge of what he was making now for them.
He's making harnesses with four mechanical arms each for Aaron and Cody to wear. Only problem is, he's on his ninth attempt, and they keep not working.
Max could've helped with this, but he had a different job, and Aaron was the only one free right now.
"Something tells me you're not having a good time."
"Hey Aaron." Cyrus said, walking away from his desk where the harnesses with the arms were on their stands.
"You okay?" "If you call 'still not getting these arms to work' anywhere near 'okay', then yeah, I'm doing peachy."
Aaron looked at the arms and said, "Mind if I help?"
"Wait, really?"
"Yeah. I got into mechanical engineering for a bit in the past; I think I can lend a hand."
Aaron went to the arms and took a look at the back of one of the harnesses. After taking a close examination, he said, "This part the servo control system?"
Surprised a little that Aaron even knew what that was, Cyrus went over and replied after looking, "Yeah."
For those who don't know, a servo control system is a system that allows signals from controllers to move machines so that they move how you want them too. You know, like with an R.C. toy or a drone.
"Well, there's the problem: it's not wired right." Aaron said.
He put on a pair of gloves, picked up a screwdriver and rewired the system. Seeing how it should be, Cyrus did the same and rewired the servo control system on the other harness.
"That should do it. Think it worked?" "Only one way to find out."
Cyrus went ahead and put a harness on Aaron after he walked back from the desk.
"Uh, this won't turn me into some Doctor Knockoff-topus, will it?" "Nah, relax. Unlike that guy, I'm not using the neural interface. I can control the arms with this controller right here."
Cyrus pulled out a controller that had two different colored joysticks and a rectangular screen in the middle, and a small antenna on the top.
Carefully, with the controller, he controlled one of the arms to pick up a tool from the desk, and it worked!
He then controlled the arm to toss it in the air, and for one of the other arms on the other side to catch it.
"I think that did it." "And it only took your help and ten tries." "Mind if I try?" "Go ahead."
Cyrus handed Aaron the controller and raised one of the hands towards Cyrus in the shape of a fist. Seeing what he was implying, Cyrus fist bumped it.
The next day, Françoise Dupont highschool, Art classroom....
"(robotic voice) I'm afraid I cannot allow you to do that." "Well then I'm afraid that I-" "(normal tone) Okay, Cody, I'm gonna have to stop you right there."
In the Art classroom where everyone working on the movie is, Aaron and Cody were going over their lines for the movie. Aaron's going over his lines as Generatron, Zoé's robot, and Cody as Wreck-R, Mylène's robot.
"Aaron, I'm sorry, but it's not easy." "You're telling me we pulled off that one-of-a-kind fight scene, and again with the arms Cyrus made, but when it comes to a robot voice, it's not easy? You only have a single line!"
"That's coming from you, a singer."
"My cousin's not a singer, and he's older than me. He can do a ton of voices and I only needed to teach him one thirty second lesson. C'mon."
Aaron dragged Cody by the arm and out of the room after saying to everyone, "Be back in half a minute."
Thirty seconds later...
"Okay, let's try again." Aaron said as he and Cody came back into the room.
Aaron and Cody got back into their places and Aaron said, "(robotic voice) I'm afraid I cannot allow you to do that." "(robotic voice) Well then I'm afraid that I'll have to dismantle you."
"(normal voice) About time." Aaron said with a smile as everyone clapped and cheered for Cody,
"Okay, after we say that, we fight, then after you pin me down, I get you off me, then I say, '(robotic voice) Heart-illery!' (normal voice) then I blast you back with my positive energy, then Zoé and Mylène do their thing. Simple as that."
"It seems you were correct." Cody said, still using the robotic voice.
"You can stop, you know." Aaron said making everyone laugh.
And, that's all I got.
Well, that all of this has been done, I hope you guys enjoyed, and I'll see you guys later.
Let's make 2023 a great one!