Rayman Legends Adventures in The Tigger Movie/Script

Our usual group of friends had come together in the library to take a look inside of book like in the fantastical world of Reading Rainbow. Everyone looked around at the various choices, having a hard time on which to pick as each seemed better than the last.
"Aw, Winnie the Pooh," Duchess grinned.
"You love Winnie the Pooh," Perdita asked her, "what are you, a baby?"
What's wrong with Pooh," Duchess pouted before taking out the book to take a look at it, "I think that's fine. Hey, this one's all about Tigger."
O'Malley poked his head up. "And by Tigger, you mean The Best Character in the Book," he replied.
"Yes," Duchess grinned, "it's like he had his own story or he just has a collection dedicated to him. Huh, that's strange."
"Now what," Perdita asked.
"I don't remember there being a cat in the Hundred Acre Wood," Duchess said, seeing an extra character who seemed unrecognizable in the usual story series.
"Well, he must be a new character," replied Olivia, "remember if they added Gopher?"
"Very well, young lady," replied Scat Cat, "but I can't help but think that feline looks...familiar in some fashion..."
Soon Duchess held out the book to the cat brothers.
"Yes...I know that cat somewhere......but where..." Hit Cat remarked as he took a look with his brothers.
"Oh, my heavens! Why did I not see him before," Peppo gasped dramatically.
Soon everyone looked at him.
"I think Tigger is like a tiger," Peppo said.
Hit Cat smacked him upside the head. "Duh, everyone knew that," he snapped, "what we're saying is.....I think that gray cat reminds me of our missing brother...Billy Boss!"
"Missing brother," the animals asked in surprise.
"You have another brother," Olivia asked.
"You didn't know," Perdita asked her since Olivia was best friends with the cats and knew them better than anyone else.
"They never warned me about it," Olivia replied, "I guess they just wanted to make sure it was for real."
"We haven't seen him in a while..." Hit Cat said, "I mean...I didn't think he was yet alive."
"We didn't even know where he was...until now," Scat Cat added, "and now...we have a chance to get him back!"
"He's in a book....how can we get him," Peppo frowned.
"Peppo is right for once......" Hit Cat replied, "how are we supposed to get into a book?"
The others looked at each other and soon ran away to a familiar-looking old Victorian house where Max was, making a potion with his parents and aunt helping him, just like if his cousin was younger.
"That's foolish...why do I have to do that," Max moaned, "none of my friends have to work on potions!"
"Few of your friends are young, teenage wizards in training," Elvis replied sharply.
"Hey, Judy," O'Malley called out, "we need your help with something!"
Max smirked to that and was about to run for the door before looking to the adults. "Mum, Dad, Auntie Shrew, can I go see my friends," he asked hopefully.
"This better be nice," Auntie Shrew mumbled a bit, "go ahead."
"Thanks," Max beamed and ran away out of the house.
O'Malley blinked as Max arrived. "Sure, you're here. We need a spell to immerse ourselves in this book. Think you have what it takes," he asked.
"Huh...I think I could figure that out," Max smirked, "I just have a request."
"Is that it..." Duchess asked.
"TAKE ME WITH YOU," Max begged, getting down on his knees, "it's soooooOOOO boring at my place!"
O'Malley grinned. "We would've taken you with us anyhow, buddy," he replied.
"Wait," replied Duchess, "where are Jesse and Tim? They said they'd come with us for this!"
Soon Jesse and Tim were rushing over.
"I'm sorry we took too long, but we had to finish some tasks that took longer than expected," Jesse grinned apologetically.
"Well, better late than never," O'Malley replied, "unless someone else wants to come, let's get this adventure started!"
"Lex won't be here today," Jesse said, "she's doing something with Perry."
"I hope Dad calms down about this," Tim rolled his eyes playfully.
"Oh, well," O'Malley shrugged, "I guess we can let him know afterwards."
"I'm sorry about that," Tim said, "any matter, let's go."
"I can't believe this.....Winnie the Pooh is for babies," Perdita pouted.
"Ah, you only see it from a closed perspective," O'Malley explained, "the stories of Pooh and his friends can be enjoyed by all ages! Besides, I don't insult facts who you love!"
"Huh..." Perdita paused, "I guess I could come just to get this over with."
"Ah, Perdita, I was in the same fashion," Tim replied, "if our aunt and our uncle had just kept us and read us on Pooh's Grand Adventure, I was really surprised. I also heard stories of an era that Mum, Dad and Rae Lindley met Winnie the Pooh themselves once."
"Cool," O'Malley smirked, "I'm so ready to start this adventure!"
"Alright," Judy smirked, "let old Max Wesley help you."
Some of the others rolled their eyes to that and soon Max took out his training wand from school and began to send them into the book, along with Perdita, even if she didn't seem to like this already, but hopefully, she would change her mind later.
"YEE-HAAWWWW," O'Malley whooped as the magical vortex surrounded them and pulled them inside the book.
"See you guys later," Max called out to his parents and aunt.
"That boy," Marie sighed to herself.
"I know," replied Elvis, "I'm so proud of him.....he looks like me at that age!"
"I think I can believe that," Auntie Shrew smirked playfully.
"Me as well," Leo replied in the background.
Meanwhile, the group of adventurers opened their eyes to find that they were now in the Hundred Acre Wood.
"We're actually in....." O'Malley exclaimed to herself, "WE'RE IN THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD!!"
"Yes," Tim said, "as I remembered."
"Ooh...it's a little chilly around here...it must be close to winter," Jesse said, shaking chills around his body before using his own magic to give everyone their own jackets.
"Thanks," Duchess replied.
Soon they went to explore the Hundred Acre Wood together as Perdita looked around, feeling unsure about this.
As they walked along, they heard some singing and bouncing, which could only belong to one creature in the forest. O'Malley looked behind the group to see a familiar, orange-with-black-stripes feline, bouncing through the woods with his tail and following him was a Russian gray cat and a tired expression on his face. The three cat brothers gasped in surprise to see the gray cat.
"He's not dead," Peppo beamed.
"He's alive," Scat Cat and Hit Cat exclaimed in glee.
Tigger was shown to be bouncing around near the cat as he sang his song "The Wonderful Fact About Tiggers" without seeing the group had come over at first.
"Tigger, watch out," the gray cat warned as soon as Tigger bounced against a certain silly old bear with his collection of marmalade pots.
"Hello. I'm Tigger," Tigger introduced, as O'Malley mouthed the words in exhilaration, "that's T-I-double-guh-ER, and that's me, hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!"
"I know..." Pooh replied, "you've bounced me many times."
"Yes, fun, isn't it," Tigger asked, "say, you wanna go rebound with me, because rebounding is what Tiggers do best?"
"Well, I'd go bounce with you, Tigger, except I have to count all these marmalade pots to make sure I have enough for the winter," Pooh said as he collected the marmalade post as Tigger caught his foot in one jar, flinching and disgust of the sticky and sweet substance.
Tigger groaned, trying to get the jar away from his foot, though almost hit the table.
"Let me have that, please," Pooh said, catching the jar and soon went flying with it on his head, landing in a pile of other marmalade pots, "oh, bugger..."
"Yecch," Tigger vocalized in disgust. "How are these gummy bears about that sticky fact anyhow? Well, no time to mess around," he replied as he headed out the door. "I have to hang out. Hoo-hoo, T.T.F.N.; ta-ta for now," he closed the door on his road out.
Pooh sighed as he was left alone with his own mess.
Piglet shivered as he stood out on his balcony, feeling the cold wind and came to go downstairs to put something warm on, only to get tackled by Tigger from the front door instantly.
"Hiya, Piglet, old pal," Tigger grinned as he spun Piglet around, happily and care-freely, "how about you and I do a little bouncing together?"
"B-B-Bouncing? Oh, my," Piglet warned him while rubbing himself to keep warm, "I don't have enough firewood to get through the winter, and–"
"Of course," chuckled Tigger, catching a step-stool. "There's a lot of firewood, lying around everywhere," he tossed the chair into the fireplace embers, making it erupt into flames, "there, you see? Now we can go bounce!"
"But...I'd really rather my firewood didn't have so many...chairs in it," Piglet replied as the flames consoled his stepladder.
The Russian cat saw that and gave a face-paw to what Tigger just did so.
"Oh. Well, then, uh...T.T.F.N.," Tigger grinned and soon bounced away from Piglet, "I have to bounce!"
Kanga was shown to be cleaning up before looking over to see him bouncing toward her.
"Hello! And hello, Mrs. Kanga, ma'am," Tigger grinned to the female kangaroo.
"Well, hello, Tigger, my darling," Kanga grinned back politely.
Tigger chuckled. "She called me 'darling'.....forgive me for asking, but you wouldn't be interested in making a little bounce with me," he asked.
As they spoke, Roo saw it from his bedroom window and emotionally ran outside.
"Well, I'm afraid I have too much to do this morning, darling," Kanga warned Tigger softly.
"Oh...well, if you have to...." Tigger frowned, feeling a bit unhappy right now. "See you later. Farewell," he turned away and began to jump off, though slower and mournfully due to being rejected by almost everybody else.
"Tigger! Tigger," Roo beamed, coming out to see his best friend, only to see him leaving which made him feel mournful now, "Tigg...er. Oh."
O'Malley sighed. "I hate to see Tigger so mournful..." he remarked, "I know! How about WE go bounce with him?"
"C'mon, let's see him," Jesse grinned, "I don't think I've seen him come down before."
"He must be lonely being 'the only Tigger'," Tim guessed.
"Perhaps," O'Malley replied, "but I think it's more about being the only one loving rebounding right now."
"It's always kind of mournful," Tim said, "I don't think I've seen Tigger this low in the dumps like this."
"Yes, it's a pretty heartbreaking sight," Scat Cat had to agree.
"Then let's already bounce with him," O'Malley replied, jumping from their vantage spot and heading after Elliot and Billy Boss.
Soon the others bounced along with him the best they could to catch up with the 'Tigger' and Russian cat.
"Hang on, long-lost brother," Peppo called out, "ooh, I warned you guys we had long-lost family other than Mum!"
"Yes, it was like Dog's theories about his parents and Cat's," Olivia chuckled to her friends.
"Except not so wacky," Hit Cat said.
"Go get it," Peppo beamed, "I was a dog once, you know."
"We know," Scat Cat and Hit Cat replied.
"Hey! Tigger! Wait up," O'Malley called.
Soon Tigger stopped a moment. "Billy-Boy, I feel like someone just called me," he said.
"Yes, and that was behind us," Billy Boss replied.
Soon the group rushed over.
"Why, Timmy-Boy, is that you," Tigger grinned once he saw the older boy.
"Hey, Tigger," Tim grinned back.
"Nice to meet you, in the flesh," O'Malley remarked.
"Well, in the furry stuffing," Tim chuckled.
"Who are your friends," Tigger grinned to the others.
"These are my cats Thomas O'Malley and Duchess; my brother Jesse, friends Judy Hopps, Olivia Flaversham and Perdita," Tim explained, "and Scat Cat, Peppo and Hit Cat."
"Nice to meet you guys," Tigger beamed to them, "do you like bouncing?"
"Well, O'Malley knows that," Duchess replied.
O'Malley nodded in response.
"You want to bounce with me," Tigger grinned.
"Of course," Olivia beamed, "it'll be like being on a pogo stick!"
"Of course," O'Malley replied, "but perhaps you could explain this wonderful fact about the Tiggers...maybe in the form of a song?"
"Would you like that," Tigger beamed.
"Here we go," Billy Boss mumbled to himself.
"Oh, boy," Peppo beamed, tackling Billy Boss instantly.
"What are you doing here? Get off me, silly," Billy Boss growled.
"Oh, I'd love that," O'Malley nodded.
"The wonderful fact about Tiggers, is Tiggers are wonderful facts, their tops are made out of rubber, their bottoms are made out of springs,~" Tigger began to sing for Tim and the others as he seemed to cheer up instantly, "they're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun, but the most wonderful fact about Tiggers is, I'm the only one~"
O'Malley bobbed his head along as he bounced to the song, chiming in. "Tiggers are cuddly fellas; Tiggers are awfully sweet––everyone else is jealous~that's why I repeat.....and repeat, the wonderful fact about Tiggers~Is Tiggers are marvelous chaps; they're loaded with vim and with vigor~They love to jump in your laps; they're jumpy, bumpy, clumpy, thumpy; fun, fun, fun, fun, fun! But the most wonderful fact about Tiggers is you're the only one~!"
Billy Boss snarled and soon shoved Peppo away before looking at Hit Cat and Scat Cat, who came up to him with high hopes. The Russian cat sighed. "What have YOU two done? I hope I don't attack me like your friend just did so..." he replied.
"I'm sorry for him....." Hit Cat said, shoving Peppo aside a bit, "any matter, my name is Hit Cat. Foolish is Peppo and fat is Scat Cat."
"I'm not fat! I have long fur," Peppo added.
"SILENCE," Hit Cat frowned to him before turning back to Billy Boss with a sharp sigh, "anyhow...um...Billy Boss...I know that sounds crazy, but...we're your brothers."
"Motocross," asked Billy Boss in disbelief, "I-I...wow...it's been a long time, hasn't it..."
"Aye..." Scat Cat nodded.
"Well...you remember us," Hit Cat asked Billy Boss.
"Well, of course," Billy Boss replied, "what just happened to Edgar, any matter?"
"He's always with us, of course," Hit Cat smirked, "who'd like to leave a grand cat like my anyhow?"
Billy Boss rolled his eyes. "I see you're yet as humble as usual..." he remarked.
Hit Cat frowned and Olivia chuckled.
"Uh, who's that," Billy Boss asked about Olivia.
"She's our neighbor," Scat Cat grinned happily, "Olivia Flaversham. She's a darling little girl~"
"Also my first girlfriend," replied O'Malley.
Olivia grinned bashfully from that, blushing a bit.
"Huh...well, nice for you," Billy Boss said.
"It's always nice to meet another cat," Olivia grinned, "your brothers are really best friends of mine...even though they sneaked into my sleepover just to get some root beer."
Billy Boss snorted. "I bet that was a little fun anecdote later on," he replied.
Peppo, Hit Cat and Olivia shared a laugh from that.
"Yes...real funny..." Scat Cat mumbled as he remembered that the girls discovered them and shaved them as punishment.
"Any matter," Billy Boss replied, "I guess it would be pretty nice to see the place after all this time, but I'm really quite used to living here."
"Of course," Peppo beamed, "let's have fun with Tigger! I like that guy so far!"
Billy Boss shrugged. "Sure, why not? We could actually make up for lost time..." he replied.
"Whee," Peppo beamed and soon bounced away to go with Tigger.
"I knew these two would become best friends," Jesse chuckled.
"Feels pretty nice," Duchess agreed.
Soon they continued to follow after Tigger.
"This means a lot....mainly because no one else had time for me today," Tigger said with a small pout.
"Hey, it's alright, Tigger," replied O'Malley, "it's not like you've asked everyone yet!"
"Er...who I haven't asked yet..." Tigger paused to himself.
"Think about it for a second," Billy Boss advised.
Tigger paused for a bit until he grinned, thinking at what to do now. "Oh, well. Hoo, hoo! What am I speaking about," he beamed. "There are plenty of others I haven't even asked yet. Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo,~" he jumped along happily.
"That usually works," Billy Boss warned the others with a very small grin.
"Whoops," Jesse gasped, seeing a big giant boulder and went to keep it from falling and hitting someone or something.
The boulder in question was headed for Eeyore's house. Soon Jesse flew after the boulder, catching hold of it and skidded his heels against the hillside where it wouldn't hit the donkey's house. The donkey in question had just walked out of his home to glance around. Jesse groaned a bit, taking some breaths and soon tossed the boulder in the air and kicked it off with his feet, sending it straight into the heavens and perhaps even outer space. Eeyore shrugged and went back into his house.
Later on, the others continued to have fun with Tigger while the other Hundred Acre residents did their own fact.
"Well, what if you were all kittens," Olivia asked the cat brothers, "did you split up with Billy Boss somehow?"
"It's so mournful," Peppo cried out in despair, "we should feel sympathy for our sobbing little story and bring it up wherever you feel bad for us just to tug at your heartstrings!"
"But we won't," replied Scat Cat, "because we have too much dignity for something so shady."
"I'm sure it's pretty mournful, though," Perdita said, "to be separated from your siblings like that. I mean, I've never had brothers and sisters, but I guess I'd feel a little brokenhearted if I were taken away from them or something like that. What's your story?"
"I got swept off during a thunderstorm," replied Billy Boss, "I don't even know if Madame Bonfamille realized I was lost..."
"Oh...I'm very sorry....." Perdita said, "that sounds eerie."
"We...we wouldn't know...." Hit Cat said softly about Madame Bonfamille.
Billy Boss paled. "You mean...she..."
"I'm sorry..." Scat Cat sighed, "she died long ago after we were born, and decided to let us be her heirs to her mansion and much more."
"Oh...I guess that's very nice......" Billy Boss replied.
"There's room for one more," Hit Cat offered.
"I think you need to think about that, guys," Olivia suggested to the cat brothers.
"Your friend is right," Billy Boss replied, "I have to think about this, you know?"
"Well...alright, Billy," Hit Cat said, "we'll give you time to think about that."
"Please stay, please stay, please stay," Peppo begged to himself.
"Thanks, guys," Billy Boss replied, "that is...a lot to take in....."
"I know how you feel," Tim said, "I never thought I'd have a family for a long time if I lived with Mr. Sykes and his dogs...until my younger brother and sister came to New York City to meet Lex's pen friend who turned out to be the most beautiful and amazing girl in my life."
"Wow..." Billy Boss replied, "that's...hard, to say the least....at least you got out of there."
"Oh, yes," Tim nodded, "I was so happy to find a family! My family!"
"Surely you weren't more emotional to have a girlfriend," Jesse smirked playfully.
"I can be happy about that," Tim retorted.
Jesse chuckled to himself from that.
"Uh...looks like everyone else is gone..." Tigger pondered to himself, "I'm not sure where they went."
"Perhaps they're all doing something as a group," suggested O'Malley.
"Then let's go see them," Tigger beamed, "perhaps you can all jump with us now!"
"Hey, they're using the old Marty noodles now," O'Malley replied, "then let's go get them!"
Soon they went away to go with Tigger to find the others.
"This should be nice....at least, I hope so," Jesse warned the others.
"It should be at least interesting," Perdita shrugged.
"How do you feel about the Hundred Acre Wood now," Olivia asked Perdita.
"Er...I don't know..." Perdita shrugged, "it yet seems a bit childish to me. Couldn't we meet someone great like the Jonas Brothers or the Backstreet Boys?"
"One, as the saying goes, you can't judge a book by its cover," replied O'Malley, yet bouncing in place, "and two? These don't count as adventures."
"You'll be fine, Perdita," Tim said, "just adjust for our sake. If I came here for the first time, I thought I'd walked into the Baby Zone."
"And soon you learned that this show wasn't just for babies; rather, it was something truly heartfelt and insightful, with relatable characters," O'Malley replied.
"Right," Tim said.
"Er..." Perdita paused in thought, "I'll try...but I might not like it."
"It's better to try something new rather than just decide you don't like something without giving it a chance because of your own bias," Peppo advised, having a rare smart thought.
"That was...surprisingly profound, Peppo, not to mention related to the current situation," O'Malley replied, "for once, Peppo has a nice point, Perdita."
Perdita shrugged, but hopefully, she would change her mind later. And then, away they went to find the others, with O'Malley bouncing along in front.
"They can't be too far," Jesse said, "well, Billy Boss, do you like the Hundred Acre Wood?"
"It's nice here," Billy Boss replied, "peaceful, slightly funny, generally good."
"As long as you feel at home," Jesse grinned, "I mean, I don't want you to feel like Rudolph and feel a little out of place."
"Uh, I don't really feel that fashion," Billy Boss replied.
"Well, I'm glad," Jesse grinned.
"Yes..." Judy said, "also, I'm pretty sure I'll have to get used to the Winnie the Pooh stuff someday after a while."
"Whatya mean, what's the use," Tim asked him.
"I heard Mum and Stella the skunk speaking..." Judy said, "they said something about a new baby."
"Well...you could have a new brother," asked O'Malley, "that's grand!"
"Perhaps..." Judy shrugged, "I'm not sure how I feel about it though. Tim, how did you manage if you found out you were going to be a big brother?"
Tim paused with wide eyes. "I...didn't get that news....."
"Oh...right..." O'Malley replied, patting his cousin on the shoulders.
"Oh...I'm sorry, Tim, I wasn't thinking," Judy realized what she said.
"It's alright..." Tim said softly.
"Well...I kinda know something......" Olivia spoke up to Judy, "I have a new brother."
"Oh, sure," Duchess replied.
"Even if my older sister wasn't the best about this..." Olivia mumbled.
"Sister..." Scat Cat asked, "you never warned us we had a sister, Olivia Flaversham!"
"She's a pain," Olivia pouted.
O'Malley patted her on the shoulder. "Hey, hey, that's fine. Just let me know about it," he replied calmly.
"Well, it was before I met you, of course," Olivia said to him, "I was playing in the living room with my collection of unicorns. Then I heard someone moving upstairs, I went upstairs and found my parents moving a crib into a bedroom and they were all laughing and happy. I wasn't sure what was going on...then my sister warned me that there was going to be a new baby and that I was going to be replaced and said facts like 'The baby's going to boss you around if he's older and you'll get less attention'."
O'Malley sighed. "It's a bit ironic......considering that's what Duchess thought would happen if I was born," he said.
Duchess grinned bashfully from that, though it was true.
"I guess? Older brothers warn their younger brothers that because they were afraid of being replaced," O'Malley said.
"I'm sorry, Thomas, but you know I love you, right," Duchess grinned to O'Malley.
"Yes, I know," O'Malley replied, "I want you back, Duchess."
Duchess gave him a fast hug.
"Aww~" the others 'awed' to that like in a heartwarming moment out of a sitcom.
O'Malley grinned. "Alright, let's go find the others," he replied, bouncing away after Tigger.
"Knowing this place, Rabbit's probably setting up a plan or something," Tim guessed.
"If you say so," replied O'Malley before glancing over the hill, "hey! Well, what do you know? Nice guess, Tim!"
"Yes," Tim grinned hopefully.
"Rabbit's down there with the rest of the Hundred Acre Wood's residents," O'Malley replied, "having some sort of argument."
"HA!! I'm a genius," Tim beamed proudly.
The others rolled their eyes to that as soon as they went to see what was going on.
"Don't be too arrogant," O'Malley replied, "you were just right. Anyhow, it looks Rabbit is handing out jobs for everyone to do as they get ready for winter."
"Erm...yes...of course he is," Tim said, "Rabbit's so grand to be in charge. So am I."
"Seriously, where does this ego come from," Jesse mumbled to himself.
"Seriously, you're starting to sound like a selfish person," O'Malley replied, "I'm just saying, perhaps try to be humble? Otherwise, Mum might be right about you inheriting your dad's big head..."
Tim firmly pouted with narrowed eyes, but didn't say anything. Soon they came down to see the rest of the Hundred Acre gang as they got to work.
"Maybe we could use another helping hand," Kanga suggested.
"Yes, all we really need is------" Rabbit began, only to be tackled by a certain somebody down to the ground.
"Tigger," Roo beamed.
"My heavens, slow down," Billy Boss called as he slipped and slid down the hill, with the others following behind him.
"Grand Gopher...I'm getting too old for this..." Scat Cat shivered as he followed the others.
Just then, Gopher burst up from the ground. "I don't know if it's cool, but I'd say I'm pretty decent," he whistled his 'S' noises as he spoke.
"Someone wants some bounce," Tigger grinned to the others.
"No bouncing! Look," Rabbit warned him, gesturing to the weather changing as autumn would be over very soon, "just look at all this work we have to do!"
"Ready for winter, right," Jesse replied.
"Yes, Jesse," Rabbit warned him, "we have to get ready!"
"I get that, I get where you're coming from on this," O'Malley replied, "just...if Tigger HAD someone to bounce with, then he wouldn't need to ask you or the others to bounce with him, thus interrupting your work."
"Well, I'm sorry, but we're too busy for bouncing right now," Rabbit replied.
"That's fair," O'Malley replied.
"Aw, Rabbit, don't be a spoilsport," Jesse pouted.
"Well, I'm sorry," Rabbit warned him, "we have work to do."
"Alright," Jesse rolled his eyes with a sigh.
"C'mon, let's go," O'Malley replied, "I haven't seen everyone being this busy since the Day of Fuzzy Winds!"
"Oh, he's quite right," Pooh had to agree on that.
"We're sorry, darlings, but we'll all do something together later," Kanga grinned warmly, "really."
"Thank you, Ms. Kanga," Billy Boss nodded to her, "you always have a fashion to settle down a situation."
Kanga grinned. "It's no problem," she replied as the group walked away.
"She's always so hopeful," Billy Boss said, "it's nice to have a Team Mom in the Hundred Acre Wood."
"Mum," Peppo wept, hugging his long-lost brother again, "you never had to know her! She was amazing! She was the best mum ever!"
"I'm sure she was..." Billy Boss replied.
Soon Peppo wept while hugging Billy Boss.
"Does he do this all the time," Billy Boss asked Hit Cat and Scat Cat.
"Yes, pretty much," both cats replied.
"Oh, boy," Billy Boss sighed before glancing, "pun...not intended."
"I can help you guys," Tigger grinned, "all you need is a little bouncing."
"Alright then," O'Malley replied, "lead on, dude."
"I don't like where this is going," Perdita said.
"Huh. Where'd this rock come from," Tigger wondered as he saw a boulder.
"D-Don't move that," Piglet panicked.
Soon Tigger began to try to move the boulder from where it was.
"Alright, perhaps if we all push, then we can get this boulder outta here," O'Malley replied, going over to help.
"You wanna help, Jesse," Tim asked his younger brother.
"Ah, not unless you want me to," Jesse replied, "I don't wanna showboat."
"Dude, git oo-vah hee-yah," O'Malley replied, "because...you're one of the strongest people I know."
"OK, that's it," Jesse chuckled as soon as he came to help, "please, allow me."
And then, they all pushed the boulder.
"Heave...ho! Heave...ho," Jesse called out as he ran while pushing the boulder.
At last, the boulder began to slip loose and began to roll down the ground from all of their efforts put together.
"Alright, we did it," O'Malley exclaimed, "up high!"
Jesse held out his hand with the others.
"Up top," Tim laughed as he joined in.
"Bring it in, Tim-a-rooney," O'Malley whooped.
Tim laughed, sharing a high-five with O'Malley.
"Ah, Tim, I love seeing this fun side of you," Jesse grinned to his brother.
Tim beamed. "Thanks..." he replied, "but what just happened to the boulder?"
Soon they went to look out for the boulder as Rabbit yelled out as he was taken along with it.
"Whups..." Jesse gulped from that and soon went to fly after the boulder.
O'Malley yelped and ran after it with Tim.
"Hey! Stop! Stop," Jesse panicked.
SMASH!!
Jesse covered his eyes, unwilling to bear the sight, but soon Rabbit fell into the mud from sliding down with the boulder.
"Oops..." O'Malley gulped, "I do believe that we majorly goofed it this time..."
"Oh...I'm sorry, guys..." Jesse frowned.
"Hey, it was a team goof-up," O'Malley soothed, "one of us goofs, then we're all goofs."
"Uh, you alright, Rabbit," Tim called out.
"I'm sure he'll be alright with a little bouncing," Tigger replied.
The others shook their heads no as that wasn't the right time for that.
"Everything's ruined, and all you can think about is bouncing," Rabbit snapped at Tigger.
"But that's what Tiggers do best," replied Tigger.
"Exactly...unlike us," said Eeyore, who was covered in brambles.
Kanga sighed softly. "I'm afraid he's right, darling."
"Wh-What we're trying to say is that, uh, we really can't bounce like Tiggers any matter, because, uh..." Piglet stammered as he tried to find the right words where that they wouldn't hurt Tigger's feelings.
"We're not Tiggers," Pooh bluntly concluded.
Tigger looked emotionally crushed as everyone else felt mournful for making him feel this fashion, though Rabbit didn't have a smidge of empathy for him.
Billy Boss sighed as he patted Tigger gently on the shoulder. "C'mon, buddy...let's just get moving," he replied.
Tigger looked over to him and began to go off with him as he felt rather brokenhearted.
"Oh...Tigger..." Olivia frowned, feeling so bad for him.
O'Malley sighed. "It just didn't feel right wherever Tigger got mournful. I wish we could find some fashion to search for any other Tiggers..." he replied.
"Yes...if only we could find some other Tiggers," Jesse added as he stood on his head to do a little thinking.
And then, the children took some time to do a bit of pondering. Tigger sniffled as he sulked by himself, he looked up to a tree to see a family of squirrels, which began to make him feel very upset.
"This is pretty mournful......" Cynthia had to admit.
"It's called a moment of melancholy," Fievel explained, "Tigger is realizing that he's the only one of his kind who doesn't have a family to bounce with...nobody genetically related to him who he can relate to...he is realizing that he feels truly alone in the world."
"Gosh...I didn't think about it like that..." Cynthia said softly.
"Well, now you know why I said don't judge a book by its cover," Fievel replied, "so much for it being 'for babies'. Pretty sure babies wouldn't understand what is essentially an existential crisis."
"Huh...I guess..." Cynthia paused in thought.
"Point is, we need to find some fashion to look for other Tiggers," Tim replied.
"I'm not sure I'd even know where to look for other Tiggers," Martin commented.
"Well...we'd need a little of his fur, or a whisker," explained Billy Boss, "then we'd have to run it through and scan for any genetic matches and familial links."
"Huh..." the others stopped to think on that while nodding as that seemed helpful, especially in the 21st century.
Tigger saw the many woodland critters having fun together and being families as he was going through an emotional breakdown about being the only one of his kind; a heavy heart and a heavy mind.
"And let's try to do it fast," added Billy Boss, "as troublesome as Tigger can be, I hate seeing him so......melancholy."
"That makes ye a nice friend," Scat Cat smiled to Billy Boss.
"I'm well aware," replied Billy Boss, briefly getting a few bits of Tigger's fur off his head, "now let's see if we can find any genetic links..."
"This should be interesting..." Teresa said, "I wonder if we can check with the old Family Trees in the Supernatural Realm."
"Alright, a few of you can go with Teresa to check that out," Tim explained, "the rest of us will stay."
"I'll go with Judy," Jesse said.
"Eh, why not? Me as well," Cynthia added.
"Alright," Teresa grinned as he took out his magic wand, "let's go, go, go!"
And in a blip, they were gone.
"Alright...the rest of us will keep an eye on Tigger," Fievel decided.
"Right," the others agreed on that.
"I feel so mournful for him," Martin frowned, "I guess the best we can do is help him out and console him in his time of need."
"That works," Tim replied, "let's go for it."
Soon they came to see Tigger as he lowly sang to himself about being the only one of his kind.
Soon Tigger was found on the bridge, looking out into the water and soon was given company, and not just from Roo.
"Tigger? Um, T-Tigger? Don't worry, Tigger," Roo called with a grin to the bouncing tiger, "why-why don't you go jumping? That'll cheer you up."
"No one to jump to, Roo Boy," sighed Tigger.
"Well...how about another Tigger," asked Fievel.
"Another Tigger? That-No. Th-that's impossible," Tigger replied, "you're insane. I'm the loneliest one."
"But aren't there any other Tiggers," Roo asked his best friend as soon as he bounced behind him and followed after him as he walked away, "I have a mother. Don't you have a family somewhere as well?"
"Yes," Roo added, "perhaps they left you here because they thought you'd be safe?"
"Why, that's ridiculous.....uh, well..." Tigger pondered a bit until he seemed to brighten up a bit, "ooh, a family complete with Tiggers, you say. Hoo, hoo! Can you imagine something like that?"
"At least it doesn't sound lonely," Cynthia grinned hopefully.
"Yes! Tigger-mothers, tigger-fathers, tigger-uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews....." Fievel continued, "I mean, how ELSE could you inherit your jumping powers?!"
Tigger began to look very emotional. "Why, that'd be more Tiggers than you can shake. And we'd all be jumping! We're jumping in the morning, afternoon and night! Hoo, hoo, hoo!"
"But I can yet jump with you, right, Tigger," Roo asked, going after his best friend.
"Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo," Tigger blazed as he bounced further ahead with high anticipation, "my own Tigger family!"
"Wait, mate," Fievel yelled, bouncing after him.
"I hope the others can find out something about Tigger having a family," Olivia said to Fievel on the road.
"You're not alone," Fievel replied, "especially after all the exaggeration I just made..."
Peppo hugged Billy Boss again.
"Basically, yes," Tim replied as he ran with the others.
"Hey, Tigger, where are we going," Cynthia asked.
"We went to find the smartest and wisest person in the Hundred Acre Wood," Tigger proclaimed.
"That means Owl," Tim whispered louder.
"Well, owls are pretty smart," Cynthia said.
"This owl, not really," Tim rolled his emerald green eyes.
"How do you think," asked Fievel curiously.
"Believe me, I know," Tim replied.
Soon Tigger and Roo led the road to Owl's place where that they could find out more about Tigger's family.
At last, they entered Owl's tree house.
"Oho! You want to find your family," Owl chuckled as he poured some tea for his guests, "a very noble mission, indeed. Well, here we are. Help with the cream and sugar."
"Oh, thank you, Mr. Owl," Cynthia replied.
"You're welcome, darling," Owl nodded, "the search for the Tigger family. I think it's in Latin. Or, uh...Greek? Speaking of family, why are my own family portraits hanging there, a collection I've collected over the years?"
Soon the others took a look to see Owl, who had family portraits right behind him of his extended family.
"It's a very....broad bloodline," Fievel noted.
"Pay attention to the interesting folds and return of many branches extending throughout the ages," Owl replied, "everything comes from strong roots and plenty of time to grow."
Soon Peppo emptied the container of sugar cubes into his mouth, but soon one rolled out onto the floor as Tigger went to go after it as Owl droned on and on about his own family.
"Don't you," asked Hit Cat with a yawn, "fascinating...."
Soon Tigger and Peppo chased after the sugar cube as Owl kept speaking.
Scat Cat seemed interested on the other hand.
"The family heritage means a lot to me," he warned the owl, "we have quite stories in my clan."
"Really now," Owl asked curiously, "deal if you want."
"Well, that's welcome, if you say so," Scat Cat beamed.
"Here we go..." Hit Cat sighed to himself.
"I am Scat Cat," Scat Cat warned the owl, "the son of the lovely and matriarchal Duchess and I are brothers: Hit Cat, Peppo and...of course, Billy Boss. We come from a clan in Scotland, far, far from here."
"We were born in a spare closet in an old woman's mansion who loved us like the children she never had," Hit Cat rolled his eyes.
"Unfortunately, the old lady died and we inherited her fortune," Scat Cat added, "well, every cloud has a silver lining."
"I'm sorry for your loss," Owl said to that.
"Yes, it was a horrible day for all of us, perhaps mostly for Edgar, because he had been working for her for so long," Scat Cat bowed his head a bit.
"He's our babysitter now," explained Peppo, "kind of like an uncle."
"I hope you're resting it right then," Billy Boss warned them.
"Oh, yes, of course we do," Hit Cat replied, "why not?"
As they spoke, Tigger incidentally knocked over Owl's family photos and frantically tried to rearrange them. Tanya winced a bit from that.
"Do you have any relatives of this Auntie Shrew woman," Owl wondered.
"She has a very distant nephew named Shun Gon," Peppo piped up.
"We visited him a few months ago; he's a nice boy," Hit Cat added.
"Even if he was a little lonely, but he had that dog," Peppo grinned, "I was a dog once."
"This must be something quite adventurous," Billy Boss mumbled about Peppo 'being a dog'.
Soon Owl heard a smash, which concerned him, but looked over as Roo began to cough suddenly.
"Now, my darling boy, are you alright? Maybe some more tea," he suggested, giving him more tea.
Tanya looked hesitant as Tigger was making a bit of a mess. Fievel sighed as he and Tim helped Tigger put the pictures back on the wall.
"Anyhow, if I can take a step here, I would first of all suggest to Tigger that in order to find one's family, one must first look at the family tree," Owl rambled on and on again, "oh, I think of a nephew from far away. A strange man. He became a sailor and mingled with one of the felines."
"Family tree...." asked Tigger, as he and Fievel glanced at the arrangement.
Tim wiped his forehead in relief that nothing was broken from that.
"My family tree! Why didn't I think of this," Tigger beamed, shaking Owl's wing frantically, shaking some feathers loose before bouncing out the door, "farewell, peck lips! Thanks for the tip! Oh, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo!"
Then Roo and the others began to join Tigger outside to continue his quest.
"Well," Fievel exclaimed, "looks like we're back on the move! I hope Teresa and the others have managed to find something..."
"I hope-a so," Tim nodded.
"Was it something I said," Owl asked himself as he was left alone.
"Well then, how do we contact them," asked Cynthia.
"We have to go and see," Tigger beamed.
"Well, nothing new? Found it," Hit Cat replied.
"Let's get the others first, THEN we can start searching," Tim advised.
"Huh...well, alright, Timmy Boy," Tigger replied, "I guess we can wait a bit."
"By the way, I can show you my new Troll doll collection," Cynthia beamed, taking out a special box.
"Aren't you too old to collect dolls," Tim asked her.
"No," Cynthia replied, "if you start acting like one, you're just too old for fun!"
"Well, alright, I guess you can warn us about your dolls pretty faster," Scat Cat grinned politely.
"Thanks, Scat Cat," Cynthia grinned back as she opened the box to show her friends a set of Troll dolls, which were unlike any others, "these are Trollz."
"You said that with a Z," Cynthia asked.
"Uh-huh," Cynthia grinned, "if my dad went out of town for a conference and met a trader who said they were very special babies and needed the best care, he bought them for me, where he gave them to me. They're called Amethyst, Ruby, Sapphire, Topaz and Onyx."
"Sounds like some of the Crystal Stones," Tim said.
Fievel nodded in response.
"They're like all of us," Cynthia grinned, "Best Friends of Life."
"Ooh...beautiful rocks...." Peppo beamed once he saw that the troll dolls appeared to have their own gemstones.
"These must be like their Stones of Power..." Fievel noted.
"As I understand it, yes, they are," Cynthia grinned, "there are also the Ancients who mentor the Troll Girls, and they imprisoned a villain named Biff Tannen."
"Woah...this Biff Tannen character must be really bad news," Tim replied.
"I think they said that he tries to take over Trollzopolis, that's where the Troll Girls live," Cynthia replied.
"Interesting...." Tim said, "I don't think I've met a troll who wasn't a lazy bum on the internet who just ranted about something he disagreed on and wanted to make everyone else selfish and bitter just like him."
"What a jerk," Hit Cat remarked.
"And...that's all I know...." Cynthia said, "I don't know if this Basil guy who sends you guys on adventures takes requests, but I would really love to go and visit the Troll Kingdom."
"Eh, sometimes he does, but I'm sure he could work that out someway, if he isn't already watching us from his crystal ball," Tim said to her.
"Knowing him, we most likely will," Fievel replied.
Meanwhile, Martin had taken the others into the Other Realm, which was where all supernatural people lived in and luckily, Teresa was able to go with them.
"Well, you mean to warn me we're going to look for an actual tree," Teresa asked.
"Well, yes," Martin warned her, "how else are we gonna find out where Tigger came from?"
"I dunno," replied Teresa, "I always thought family trees referred to tracing bloodlines back through past generations."
"Yes, but this is the Other Realm," Martin smirked, "the leaves can warn us about Tigger's family. That is...if he has a tree around here."
"Wouldn't the tree have some sort of resemblance to him," asked Jesse, "like perhaps...orange and stripey?"
"Most Family Trees I see look the same with the name at the top, but perhaps that would help out," Martin said, taking them into the Supernatural Forest of Family Trees.
"Alright..." Teresa replied, glancing around for anything that might either involve Tigger in any fashion or form.
"Huh...maybe I should've asked my dad for help," Martin said.
Soon Jesse jumped in the air and began to fly around to look for the right Family Tree, passing by a bunch which almost looked the same until he flew into a tree that was orange with black stripes like Teresa had suggested. "Guys! I think I found it," he called.
Soon Teresa and Martin rushed over together to see what Jesse found. It seemed to be a big tree, though, there only seemed to be one, single, solitary leaf inside of it.
Soon Martin took the leaf which soon spoke to them, alarming Teresa.
"Name: Tigress. Mother of Tigger," the leaf informed.
"Wow...one leaf..." Martin remarked, "wonder if she's yet alive...?"
"Does it say," Teresa asked.
"I'm afraid not...." Martin frowned, "I guess at least we had something out of this."
"Then we have a lead," Jesse replied, "we may as well report back to the others."
"All right then, let's go," Martin nodded.
Soon they gathered together and soon transported right back into the Hundred Acre Wood. Afterwards, they headed away to find and regroup with the others.
The others were trying to help Tigger find his family tree, but it seemed hopeless.
"Tigger, how are you gonna know which tree is your family tree," Roo asked his best friend.
"Why, that's obvious, Roo Boy," Tigger replied to him, "my Tigger family tree has had to be the biggest, hugest and most gigantical tree in the whole Hundred Acre Woodses on account of all the enormous numerical numerous numbers of Tigger family members that'll be on it. And besides and furthermore, it'll be all stripedy, just like yours truly."
Fievel nodded. "Just as long as Jesse and the others get back...perhaps they could help shed some light on the situation..."
"Oh, I know they will," Tim grinned to that, "especially with Teresa's help. He may be a slacker in Mortal School, but he's a whiz until it comes to the unknown."
"Fair enough," Fievel replied.
"The only question is, where could my family tree be," Tigger remarked to himself.
"We're back," called Jesse as he and the others arrived.
"Oh! Nice," Tim smiled, "what did you find out?"
"Tigger has a mother," Martin replied.
"That's grand! Anything else," asked Scat Cat.
"Erm...I'm afraid that's all we've had," Martin said, "apparently her name is Tigress."
"Oh..." Fievel sighed.
"I'm sorry, guys," Teresa frowned, "we really tried our best. Tigger's past seems to be mysterious, like anyone else's in the Hundred Acre Wood."
"Except for Kanga and Roo who came straight from Australia," Tim replied.
"Wow...are you gonna be alright, Tigger," asked Billy Boss.
"It's alright, we just have to keep looking, that's all," Tigger replied.
"Huh...he's right," Fievel nodded, "there has to be some missing info! Like that time our parents took us to visit Mowgli and Shanti!"
"Yes," the group all agreed from that.
"Eh, why not," Tim grinned, "might as well do something adventurous in the Hundred Acre Wood...even if one of us thinks it's for babies."
"Which it isn't," Fievel added, "now I think I was trying to set up a flashback just now..."
"I'm sorry, go ahead," Tim replied, "I just wanted to clear that up."
"Alright, now, where was I," Fievel asked.
"Something about people named Mowgli and Shanti," Cynthia smiled to him.
"Ah, right..." Fievel replied as he began to ripple dissolve, "it happened if Timmy decided to go away and do some jungle exploring of his own. Naturally, me, and Olivia, and Riley had to look for him, but we had a feeling that someone or something was looking for us..."
Soon the others began to listen as Fievel memorized one of his old journeys deep in the forest, the mighty jungle.
"It was the night before Christmas, in the most beautiful views, with my girlfriend behind me in the bright Christmas lights until they got home, if they looked for the handle of the car and they found...A HOOK," Gingy exclaimed, holing out a candy cane to act out like a hook. His girlfriend shrieked in fright, until he laughed at her reaction.
Annoyed, Suzy shoved him away and warned him off. "Gingy! Shut up! You're really giving me the creeps!"
"Oh, c'mon, I was only joking," Gingy stated, "come here, you," before gesturing her closer romantically.
Seeing this, Suzy chuckled and cuddled against him. "Oh, Gingy. I couldn't be mad at you," she said. As the two of them stared out at the starry heavens beyond the window on the table, they were in for their outing.
Suddenly, Gingy heard a noise and looked around, he couldn't see anything, and became shocked. "What was that," he asked.
"Oh, dear, you won't. I'm not going to fall for this again," Suzy said, thinking of this as another joke, unaware of a giant shadow suddenly blocking their view, which even she saw was unusual.
"No, I'm really, really seriously not joking," Gingy replied, flipping the headlights on. As he did so, standing and looming over them, was a man in a red Christmas suit. It was Santa Claus. As Gingy and Suzy saw this, both shrieked out in horror, as this human would no doubt eat them.
Santa, not seeing the gingerbread people alive, and only found them delicious, reached out and caught the fearless Suzy, while Gingy cried out for her in despair, hopeless and unable to save her. He could only watch in horror, as Suzy shrieked while she was drawn closer and closer to Santa's wide-opened mouth until...
Chomp! Crunch! Munch! Chew! GULP!!
"NO! NO!! NoooooOOOO," Gingy shrieked in dismay, loss and agony.
Back in reality......
"That's the most ridiculous fact I've ever heard," Donkey interrupted in sheer annoyance at Gingy's so-called "Christmas Story" of nightmare, "now you know that now it's so."
"YOU WEREN'T THERE," Gingy pointed out, almost shrieking in despair.
"Alright, everyone! I've had just about enough of this. All I wanted was a nice Christmas with my family," Shrek replied.
Donkey smirked and said, "and that's exactly why we're all here! Now c'mon, let's complete advising my story," before jumping back onto the chair and pushing Gingy away.
But Shrek was stubborn. "Oh, dear, Donkey. That's not what I meant. And get out of my chair," he said. But as he tried to move Donkey, the book incidentally slipped out of his hands. But to his and Fiona's horror, onto the chair for everyone else to see. Donkey questioned about it, but Shrek tried to take it back and then both of them had a little game of tug-of-war, but before the book flew out of their grip and hit facts.
One of the decoration balloons un-inflated and flew all over the place, while the eyeball landed one of the pig's mouths and was choking him. His brothers tried to help him, while the decoration hit Shrek in the face, blinding him. Trying to get it off, he incidentally stepped into a small toy wagon, who slipped and shrieked, before he smashed into the table where it flipped onto the side.
While spitting the eyeball out of the pig's throat, the eyeball hit Pinocchio's eye, which hurt and Puss flinched in sympathy, while it continued to bounce all over the place, knocking the three blind mice and Gingy, who was thrown and he smashed into a spoon complete with cranberries, which some spilled onto Shrek's face. Then he incidentally knocked the Christmas tree the cast members brought over, which fell and the top landed into the fire, which burned instantly, trailing up to Shrek's.....butt.
"AAHHHH," Shrek shrieked as his butt was on fire, and everyone gasped, while the babies, not understanding the crisis, laughed and clapped, while he tried to put it out, and everyone tried to help him.
"Stop, drop and roll, Shrek," Gingy cried out in grief.
"Someone get some water," Donkey swiftly warned Pinocchio, but warned Shrek, "don't worry, Shrek! Everything is under control," as Pinocchio used his Hydro Pump attack and while he did put out the fire...he incidentally soaked Shrek with water.
Everyone else paused and froze in horror, realizing what they had done.
"Oh, boy," Wolfy muttered, sober as usual.
Shrek was in a boiling point, on the other hand, like a teakettle.....
"Oh, the tea is ready," one of the pigs said as the tea was being made.
That did it. His Christmas spirit was ruined and he eventually couldn't take it anymore.
"GET OUT," Shrek exploded, causing all of his friends to race out of the house while Shrek continued to shriek out, "I WANT YOU ALL OUT OF MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW!!"
Eventually, Donkey was thrown out as he shrieked and he landed face-first in the snow. As he recovered, he glanced back to Shrek, who stood in the doorway. "Yes? Well, that's a really nice fashion to treat your guests at Christmas," Donkey said sarcastically and clearly upset, standing up while continuing, "and if you think I'm going to give you a present now, you're mournfully mistaken!"
"You want to give me a present, then leave me alone," Shrek shouts back, "that's all I wanted!"
"Well, fine! I'm going," Donkey shouts back.
"Sure! THEN go!"
"You go and have yourself a Merry Christmas," Donkey concluded, turning around and walking off, but came back just to add, "Ebenezer Shrek," before leaving again to rejoin the rest of the group.
"AND A BAH HUMBUG TO YOU AS WELL," Shrek hissed before he locked the door behind him as he walked back in, who growled in frustration before shouting out an enraged "STEELE!!"
This yell was so loud that it echoed across the area. While his friends stared on, before they all walked off in a mixture of despair and frustration.
"We could go to our house," Napoleon replied.
"Yes, we have a lot of sausages," Lafayette said, hearing the frustrated green ogre shout his name.
"And that's how it went down," Fievel finished, "but who was that stranger hiding behind that tree, any matter?"
"Fievel, don't you remember," Olivia replied, "that was our new friend Bianca: Mowgli and Shanti's daughter."
"Oohhhhh....alright," Fievel said, "my bad."
Olivia chuckled a bit from that. "It's alright."
"Anyhow, if we can find Tigger's mum, then perhaps she could warn us what just happened to the Tigger family," explained Jesse.
"Now all we have to do is find her, but that's gonna be like finding a hay in a needle stack," Teresa remarked.
"But perhaps we could use some sort of spell to find her location," Fievel suggested.
"Huh...I think I saw Basil do this once," Jesse said, "alright, Martin, give me that Family Tree leaf."
Soon Martin reached into his pocket and took it out to the Mohican boy.
Then Jesse took out his training wand from school and placed the leaf onto it, turning it into a cracker. "Now, if I'm doing this right, this should lead us to wherever Tigger's mother might be," he warned the others, explaining what he was doing.
Everyone nodded in response.
"Now, we just have to wait," Jesse said, "since her leaf was the only one left on Tigger's Family Tree, I'm sure that she's yet alive."
"If we're lucky, we might just get some responses," replied Tim, as the group waited.
"I sure hope so, Tim," Jesse nodded in agreement with his brother.
"And I hope the Hundred Acre Wood is doing better now...without Tigger, I guess," Billy Boss commented to himself.
"Somehow, with all their facts to do, I don't think they'll notice......or have time to," Cynthia replied.
Soon Jesse paced around to himself as he held out his tracker to wait for a signal. And then, the children waited, each doing their own things to occupy their time.
"Yow," Jesse yelped as he fell over slightly, but took out his tracker as it began to beep rapidly, "I've had something!"
"Seriously," Fievel asked out of surprise.
"Yes! Yes," Jesse replied, "c'mon, let's go!"
And then the children headed out, on the move. Soon they seemed to leave the Hundred Acre Wood, though the trip seemed to take a rather long time.
"Wow...this has to be really far," remarked Fievel.
"I guess so..." Jesse replied, "it must've been as if the Chipmunks had met their long-lost mother."
"Perhaps so..." Fievel replied as they kept on going.
They kept running, but soon it went to walking fast, then slower, and soon they shivered as they came across a long, long road which seemed to wear out a lot of them, and even Jesse, but with how fast he usually was, only past a little. Soon they came up to a worn-down mailbox that said the name "Tigress" on it.
"Eventually....it worked..." Jesse gasped, catching hold of the mailbox stand, trying to hold himself up, "I think this lady has to move...I just hope she's really here, unlike Georges Hautecourt, who moved out at the last moment."
And then, the group curiously approached the front door, but rang the bell. Soon they waited a bit for someone to respond the door.
"Oh, please be home and don't send us for another fetch," Jesse begged, tapping his foot, "I don't have all day!"
Luckily for him, the door opened and showed an elderly-looking female tiger with a pink sweater and glasses on the bridge of her nose, shaking a bit wobbly and she appeared to have a cane with pale orange fur with graying black stripes.
Tigger's eyes widened. "Muh...muh...mama," he asked in disbelief.
Soon the others stepped aside.
Soon the older tigress took out what looked like a locket before opening it up to show a photograph at what looked like Baby Tigger and soon cooed. "Oh...my heavens~"
Tigger let out a gleeful shout as he bounced towards his mother and caught her in a bear-hug. Jesse and the others grinned to this as it was a wonderful sight.
"Oh, I missed you so much~" Tigress beamed as she hugged Tigger back.
"Same plus," Tigger added, "but how come you left me?"
Tigress looked very soft. "Why don't you go inside," she suggested before looking to the others, "everyone, please come inside for tea and cookies."
The children looked at each other and decided to come inside. Soon Tigress poured some warm, sweet tea for all of them, offering them all cookies.
"Thank you...uh...ma'am," Jesse grinned.
"Oh, of course, darling," Tigress grinned back.
"Well, to get back to that question," Fievel replied.
"Huh," Tigress replied.
"Why did you leave Tigger," Teresa frowned, "are you heartless?!"
"Hey, hey, calm down," Fievel advised Teresa, "I'm sure she had a nice reason to do what she did so."
Teresa narrowed her eyes a bit darkly.
"Your forehead is so big," Tigress said to Martin.
Cynthia snickered to that while Teresa gasped over dramatically.
"Oh...I loved Tigger very much, believe me, I loved..." Tigress said, "we were so happy together in this country...I often warned him against stories about the Land of Milk and Marmalade if he was a kitten."
"And yet the taste of marmalade can't stand," Fievel replied, "quite ironically."
"But the milk part sounds nice," Peppo beamed, being a cat and all.
"But one day...a horrible storm hit......" Tigress sighed.
"Snow," the others guessed.
"Hunters," Tigress replied, showing a bit of darkness the story against something so cutesy at Winnie the Pooh.
"Wow...that must explain why there aren't that many Tiggers around..." Fievel gulped.
"Tigger and I were playing together...then we heard some shots....." Tigress warned them, "some of them didn't make it..."
"People are dying in Winnie the Pooh," Teresa gasped to the others, "the next fact you know, you'll warn me that someone will murder me in My Little Pony!"
"Cynthia..." Cynthia sighed to the yellow mouse.
"That happened in the MLP..." Fievel replied.
"What," Teresa asked.
"Anyhow, please, ma'am, go ahead," Tim said to Tigress, "what else just happened?"
"I wasn't sure if I could do it..." Tigress said softly, "I wasn't sure what else to do...I left my friends and went to bring my darling little Tigger somewhere where he could be safe and happy...you know, we're from a very rare breed of tiger, where we reflect with our tails. Some people would be selfish enough to demand a lot of money from us..."
"Right...poachers and smugglers," Fievel replied, "disgusting people, if you ask me."
Tigress nodded to that.
"Murdered Donnie's parents......" Jesse said softly about a friend of theirs who was orphaned at a young age.
"Oh...you mean the wild boy who lives with the Thornberrys..." Fievel replied, "right. Any matter, like you were?"
Jesse nodded to that before he went back to listening to the story with the others.
"Some friends helped me....I kept traveling, and ran blindly...." Tigress continued, "soon I found a place that seemed harmless enough called the Hundred Acre Woods. I was mournful and very sorry I did so, but I left my kitten here and heard someone calling me, where I left to run after I left him...and I never came back......"
The children couldn't help but tear up at the conclusion of the story.
"And...that's about it....I got home...but in my heart, I knew my kitten would be safer where his new home was than being hunted for sports..." Tigress said softly.
"That was so beautiful and so tragic," Fievel sniffed, blowing his nose.
Tigress nodded to them, offering them all some tissues.
"Heavens...that was a story....." Hit Cat added somberly.
"Aye..." Scat Cat nodded, as he and Billy Boss hugged each other, weeping.
"Oh, Ms. Tigress, we're very sorry," Cynthia frowned.
"Oh, it's pretty fine...." Tigress replied, "I suppose it couldn't be much worse than Elizabeth Brisby went through at her time."
"Oh, yes," Fievel replied, "then Tigger went looking for other members of his family...which brought us here."
"I see..." Tigress replied.
"Yes, uh...are there some other Tiggers," Jesse asked, "I mean...we only found you."
"I'm afraid everyone else is gone," Tigress frowned softly.
"Well...I think you two are the last of the Tiggers..." Tim sighed.
"I'm afraid so...." Tigress warned them all, "I'm very sorry, darlings."
Tigger sighed. "That's fine..." he replied softly.
"Oh...kitten..." Tigress said softly as soon as she pulled him into a hug to help console him, "there, there."
Tigger sniffled as he began to weep while hugging her back. The group looked to each other.
"Well...this is bad enough....." Fievel sniffled.
"Yes...I guess so..." Teresa said, a bit emotional herself even if she had her doubts.
"Well...I guess we should go....." Tim decided, "thank you for your time, ma'am..."
"Thank you for coming, it was nice to get to know you all, darlings," Tigress replied.
"Same fact," Fievel nodded as they left.
"You're coming to the Hundred Acre Wood with us, right," Olivia asked.
"Oh, my...I'm too old and fragile to travel..." Tigress said apologetically.
"But...Tigger needs to know about you..." Teresa said, a bit brokenheartedly.
"Yes," Fievel replied, "he needs to know he's NOT a single Tigger."
"I'm sorry, darlings..." Tigress said softly, "I don't know if I have the energy to go...I'm no longer the bright young Tigger I used to be."
The others looked rather disappointed from that.
"And I couldn't take him from the only home I've ever known since he was a kitten..." Tigress said, "I'm so sorry, darlings."
"Well...thank you anyhow," Fievel sighed, "c'mon, team; back to the woods."
"It was a beautiful meeting with you," Cynthia warned Tigress, "you remind me of my grandmother."
"Take care, darlings," Tigress warned them, softly as she waved to them a farewell.
And then the group left, returning to the Hundred Acre Wood.
"At least we found out," Teresa shrugged to the others as they had to leave without Tigger's long-lost mother.
"Yes," Tim replied, "well, it's not a complete loss......"
"It's yet pretty mournful......" Cynthia said softly, "I never expected to find out about Tigger's family this fashion."
"Neither do I...." replied Fievel, "but I think a small family is better than none."
"Yes...family..." Teresa added softly.
"C'mon, guys..." Jesse warned them, "let's go back to the Hundred Acre Wood before they're afraid."
And then at last, the group returned to the Hundred Acre Wood, with the others yet working on their winter preparations.
"Sheesh...it's colder now than Riley's room out here," Olivia shivered with a chuckle.
"Well, winter is coming," Martin said before looking to the fourth wall, "um...it's not a reference to Game of Thrones, because I've never seen the show, but I can see a lot on Facebook around the Fall Festival."
"Alright..." Jesse shrugged as they all put on some heavier winter gear.
"That should be fine for a while," Martin grinned.
"Well, what have we done for Tigger now," Cynthia asked.
"Huh...I have a plan...." Hit Cat said.
"What's that," Cynthia asked.
"As soon as I change my mind, I warn you," Hit Cat replied.
"Stop wasting time," Billy Boss scoffed, "we need a plan for the here-and-now!"
Hit Cat let out an annoyed grumble.
"There must be some fashion to help Tigger," Cynthia pouted.
"I know," said Roo, jumping up the trail, "we could get him to write letters to his family!"
"Um...that's...interesting...." Martin replied, "is everyone against?"
"Seriously," Hit Cat asked, "boy, I'd hate to stab you, but–"
"That's a grand idea, Roo," Cynthia grinned, covering the English cat's mouth.
"He doesn't know that Tigger's kind has been almost exterminated," Billy Boss whispered, "then turn it off!"
Roo grinned at them as he was glad to help out. "Let's take a look at him!"
"Yes," the rest of the group grinned back.
And then they headed away to Tigger's house to find him.
"It's nice of you to offer help to Tigger," Roo grinned at them.
"Hey, that's what we do," Jesse grinned back.
Soon they came over to Tigger's tree-house as he was pondering on what to do next.
"Hey, Tigger," Billy Boss called as he used his tail to knock at the door.
Soon Tigger came out the door to see them.
"Can we go inside," Roo grinned.
"Sure, c'mon in," Tigger replied.
And then they came inside.
"Any matter, we thought and then we have a grand idea," explained Fievel, "why don't you just writters to your family? Warn them about your life here, let me know how you're doing, facts like that!"
"Really," Tigger grinned, "do you think it'll work?"
"It's worth a try," Jesse replied, "my sister has something called a pen and they keep writing letters, and a few days later, they both get it and write to each other."
"Go ahead, buddy," replied Fievel, "but the fashion I see it, you have nothing to lose......except paper."
"I like what you all think," Tigger beamed to them, "and just think, if there are more Tiggers, we could all fend off the Whoop-de-Dooper, Loop-de-Looper, Ali-Ooper Bounce! Because that's the reflection that Tiggers can do best."
"Speaking of which....you think you could teach us," asked Roo.
"Well, sure! It'll take a lot of work now," Tigger replied, "it's just the hardest bounce of all only the best bouncers can bounce. You know. Only the best bouncers can bounce it."
"It feels like a tongue twister to me," Teresa commented.
"It might as well be," Fievel replied.
"Oh! Could my auntie have made this for me," Tigger wondered, taking out a tattered old sock.
"We could bounce it," Roo grinned.
"It looks like she made a pair," Tigger beamed, finding another sock with an old glove.
"Eh...sure, why not," Billy Boss shrugged.
"Well, Tigger, where do you think you can teach us that bounce," Martin asked.
"Teach ya the W-D-double-L-A-O-B," Tigger gasped like that was unheard of, "what? That's ridiculous!"
"But you said---" Peppo pouted.
"I-It's a...it's a very powerful bounce," Tigger replied which made Roo look a bit mournful, "and it's only for professional bouncers."
"But I'm a real nice bouncer," Roo pouted to his best friend.
"Yeah, and we have determination, heart, and skill," Fievel added.
"You...no offense there, children, but I think you're a little on the smallish side of tiny, and kind a lacking in perpendicular," Tigger chuckled.
"Hey, just because we're a little short don't mean we're incapable," Fievel replied, "plus, it isn't like we're going to stay this size forever!"
"Huh...I dunno...do ya think you can handle it," Tigger asked, "you can't bounce the bounce if you can't even pronounce the bounce."
Soon the others tried to say the name, but it was very long and complicated.
"The Whoop-de-Duper-Loop-de-Looper-Alley-Ooper Bounce," Fievel replied, "I just split it into parts...which makes saying it a little easier."
"Oh, sure, give yourself a shortcut," Teresa smirked playfully.
"Not a shortcut; a solution," Fievel replied.
Soon the others tried it out, getting a little better every time.
"There you go," Fievel beamed, "now you're getting it!"
"I better write this down for later," Jesse said, making a little note for himself before putting it inside of his bandanna, keeping his hair hidden as much as he could like Double D with his 'sock hat'.
"Huh...alright," Fievel shrugged, "now you have to teach us! C'mon! Pleeeeeeeeease?"
"Well...alright! But pay close attention," Tigger grinned to them.
Fievel took out a notepad and pen. "Found it!"
"It has the zip that makes you flip, and that's what really counts in the Whoop-de-Dooper Loop-de-Looper Ali-Ooper Bounce," Tigger began to educate them like a fast-paced college professor while the others tried to keep up and pay attention. "Now, half this bounce is 90% mental. If you calculate the specific Tiggerjectory of your stripecelleration dicipherus by the square boot of your rebounce, your vertical situituation indicator, and your stripersonic springnertia should ric-a-ticochet your hydranific fu-silly-age into an accelerometric de-orbit," he fell into a pile of papers and charts, poking his head out with a grin, "any questions?"
Billy Boss blinked. "Perhaps you'd want to simplify it for those who didn't quite catch all that," he suggested.
"You have a lot to learn, buddy," Tigger grinned.
"This already feels like a chore," Hit Cat pouted.
"Well, now you know how Edgar feels," replied Scat Cat.
Hit Cat glanced over from that.
At last, Tigger began to teach them through exercise, which of course was a lot of fun for Jesse. And while Jesse wasn't an exercise fan, he was determined to learn how to perform the technique, where he decided to roll with it. Everyone did their best to copy and listen.
"Well...we wanted to help Tigger..." Tim shivered, "Jesse, how do you do this all the time?!"
"Just lucky, I guess," Jesse replied.
"Sure, why not," Fievel shrugged.
"Can't help it," Jesse replied.
After a while, everyone collapsed on the floor, breathing heavily and wore out from all that training before Tigger showed them the bounce as he bounced all around like a pinball.
"Heh...kinda reminds me of my old friend, Rikochet..." Jesse grinned wearily from that.
Fievel could only barely manage to shrug at that. "My body...feels like it's on fire......" he wheezed.
"Jeepers, Tigger, this was intense," Cynthia said.
"I warned ya guys," Tigger replied.
"Well..." Fievel replied, straining to his feet, "I can handle it.....no problem!"
Soon Olivia went to try to help her brother up as she held her back slightly.
"Hopefully you have a bone-fixing spell..." Hit Cat groaned. "I think I've had a hernia...whatever that is....."
"Allow me..." Martin said, "I might be strong like my dad, but I don't know if all this exercise is my force...don't warn him I said that......what if he disowns me?"
"I don't think your father would disown you for having different interests," Olivia said, "what do you like?"
"Video games mostly," Martin admitted.
"I guess you're alright," replied Tim, "then go for it."
Then Martin took out a pocket-sized spellbook and his training wand and then used his magic to heal everyone after the extensive training that Tigger had given them from bouncing. Shortly after, everyone got up and stretched a little.
"Alright, that should be better, am I right?" Martin smiled.
"Thanks, Martin," the others said in relief.
"Don't mention it," Martin beamed.
"Anyhow, now to perform the L.D.L.W.D.-Bounce," Fievel proclaimed.
"Let's go for it," Fievel nodded to the others.
Then they each stood up, twisted themselves up, as well as their tails.....for the ones with tails, any matter....and then let themselves uncurl.
"Woah..." Fievel exclaimed, in silent amazement.
Even Hit Cat began to have fun with the bouncing, though no one had more fun than perhaps Peppo.
"SPLEE!! I feel like a bird," Peppo exclaimed.
"At least this bouncing doesn't hurt," Hit Cat smirked smugly, standing proud and tall in the center of the room after bouncing around for a bit.
"Sure, now he'll have even more of an ego," muttered Billy Boss.
"In fact, why don't you have a big old Tigger Family Reunion, and invite everyone in your family here," asked Hit Cat, yet riding high on his wave of confidence.
"Oh, yes," Tigger beamed, "that would be the best!"
"Grand idea, Hit Cat," Peppo grinned to his egotist brother.
"Thanks, but that's no surprise," replied Hit Cat, "I have plenty of them!"
"Well then, Mr. Smarty Paws....." asked Fievel in a whispered tone, "where are these other Tiggers gonna come from?!"
"Well, simple, they-...oooh..." Hit Cat smirked until his eyes widened, "uh...well...um..."
"Don't worry, guys, Hit Cat always has a plan," Peppo grinned to the others in reassurance.
"...Why is this that doesn't exactly fill me with confidence," asked Billy Boss.
"You get used to it, laddie," replied Scat Cat.
Soon Tigger began to make out invitations for a family reunion to his long-lost relatives, though, unfortunately, they would never come of course. And he let the letters fly out the window, carried along on the breezes. The others grinned politely, though looked to each other in worry while both Peppo and Tigger looked hopeful for the upcoming family reunion.
"Now there's nothing to do, but wait," Tigger grinned, standing behind his mailbox.
"That's the best part," exclaimed Peppo as the two of them waited.
"Uh, you guys do that....I'll...uh...be right back...heh..." Jesse grinned hesitantly, backing up a bit with some of the others.
"Uh...yes, we're gonna, um...check something in the oven," Martin added.
Quickly, the group, minus Peppo, was pulled into a huddle.
"Alright, what are we gonna do," whispered Cynthia, "we obviously know that nobody's gonna respond those letters!"
"Uhh...um...I know," Tim grinned, a bit anxiously so he couldn't think straight, "alright, here's the plan, Jesse, you distract Tigger."
"What," Jesse blinked.
"Nice. Everyone else, we need to build an exact copy of Hundred Acre Wood right over there," Tim laughed hesitantly, "we have less than a moment~"
"Me as well, Mel Brooksy..." Olivia said to him, "not to mention it doesn't make any sense."
"Augh! I don't know," Jesse cried out in despair.
Soon they heard some voices calling out in the distance which were Pooh Bear, Piglet and Eeyore.
"Guys, guys...it just hit me," Fievel said.
"What," the others asked him.
"It's crazy, far-fetched, and has a very thin chance of success, but...what if we got the others to dress up to look like Tiggers so that if Tigger sees them he thinks they're his long-lost family come for the reunion," Fievel explained, "it's idiotic, it'll most likely fail, but it's the best I have......"
"Dress the others up like Tiggers," Olivia asked.
"Isn't that dishonest," Cynthia pouted slightly.
"Sure, but it's for the right reason," Fievel replied.
"Well...if it'll make Tigger feel better...I guess we probably could do that," Cynthia said.
"That's the ticket," Fievel replied as he took out six buckets of orange and black paint.
"I don't know if paint's nice for my tender and fair skin..." Teresa said bashfully and hesitantly.
Fievel pondered. "Well, then..." he reached into his bag and pulled out several pairs of tiger-striped clothes, "I think this will do for us. How's this?"
"Well...they do say sometimes that orange is the new black...these might be better for me," Teresa said as she took some clothes, which looked like a fashionable jogging suit.
Fievel blushed at that. "Woah...looking nice~," he exclaimed.
"I'm not a big orange wearer, but it'll have to do, thank you," Teresa said, putting her hood up which had ears on it and the pants had a tail on it.
"Alright, the ears and tail really tie the look together," Fievel exclaimed, giving a wolf whistle and clapping like a seal.
"Oh," Teresa gasped a bit, though she gave a bashful grin from his compliments.
Cynthia cleared her throat. "Anyhow...could someone pass me some of these clothes," she asked.
Soon Jesse passed the clothes around as soon as he took some as well. Then everyone reached out, taking the clothes where that they would look like actual Tiggers.
"Alright, nice job, everyone," Fievel exclaimed, "now let's get the others!"
Then everyone rushed away together as Pooh Bear, Piglet and Eeyore were calling out in the forest to look for some of Tigger's relatives, but they wouldn't have much luck in the Hundred Acre Wood.
"Guys," Tim called to the trio, "I've had a grand idea!"
"It was my idea," Fievel clarified.
"Well, it was my idea to warn Pooh and the gang," Tim smirked.
"No, it wasn't," Fievel replied, "that was my idea, as well!"
"Well, fine...it was both of our ideas..." Tim grumbled.
"That ego of his, I swear," Jesse replied, "I thought I was the one with a swollen head at times."
"Tim, you're a nice person, but since we've been here you've gotten arrogant," Tanya remarked, "what just happened to you?"
"Was I being arrogant," Tim asked, "I honestly really didn't notice."
"It started if we first spotted the others before we dealt with the boulder," explained Jesse, "and then right now until you're acknowledging Fievel's ideas. It's like you've become a fully different person."
"Oh, c'mon, you guys, I'm yet the same old Tim," Tim replied, "now c'mon. We need to show the others what they can do for Tigger where he can be happy!"
"Huh..." the others paused to him a bit.
"Alright...just don't go too far for your bitches mate," Fievel replied, "Hit Cat makes enough of these as that is."
"Yes," Hit Cat frowned before blinking, "hey!"
Scat Cat chuckled to that a bit.
"My point yet stands," Fievel replied.
"Huh..." Tim pouted a bit.
"W-W-What's going on," Piglet asked.
"Is this other Tiggers," Pooh wondered.
"Well...sort of," replied Jesse, taking out two buckets of orange and black paint.
"What's this," Piglet asked.
"Oh, Tim, are you doing a new art project," Pooh grinned once he saw the paint.
"Um...sort of..." Tim replied, "it's, um...called Project: Tigger. And you're all my subject!"
"Yes," replied Hit Cat, "everyone is the canvas! Be the brush and all that hippie dirt!"
Pooh, Piglet and Eeyore looked really confused.
"You'll be Tigger's family where he won't be mournful if no one comes to his family reunion," Cynthia warned them.
"Oohhhh...." Pooh, Piglet and Eeyore said.
"Teamwork, guys," Tim grinned.
"Sure, now he's ready for teamwork," Jesse commented as he kept his hair hidden from the others, hiking up an orange and black bandanna with ears on it.
"Why do you always wear that scarf," Peppo grinned.
"Because my mum gave it to me if I was born," Jesse replied.
Fievel whistled. "Neato," he replied, "whatever...are you there or what?"
Jesse looked bashful about his bandanna.
"Well, if it makes Tigger happy, I suppose we could go along with it," Pooh grinned to the offer.
"Alright," Fievel replied, "since this is a team effort, we need to enlist the help of the others as well!"
"Uh, where are the others, Pooh Bear," Jesse asked.
"I know Rabbit's home putting his garden to bed for the winter," Rabbit replied.
"Anybody else," asked Scat Cat.
"I'm...not sure..." Pooh said, "I guess we could collect them together prohibited they're all home and getting ready for winter."
"Well...they're most likely done," Fievel replied, "which means they've had plenty of time to help with that!"
"Let's go," Tim announced.
Then everyone bolted away to go and see the others.
"I do wonder where Christopher Robin is though," Tim replied.
"I think he said he had family visiting him at home," Pooh suggested.
"Ah, well," Fievel shrugged, "on and on!"
Soon the group went away to warn everyone they could in the Hundred Acre Wood about what to do for Tigger.
At last, everyone else know, and had gotten ready.
"You guys are so sweet to help Tigger like this," Kanga grinned.
"We were sure you'd think so, Ms. Kanga," Cynthia grinned back.
"Hey, anything for a dude," Billy Boss replied.
"Oh, what a darling you are, Billy Boss," Kanga grinned, "we'll be over as soon as we can. Thanks for the help."
"No problem really," Billy Boss replied, "see you all there!"
"See you there," Kanga grinned, "you know Tanya wouldn't miss this."
"That's for sure," Fievel replied as he and the others headed off.
Soon Teresa was jogging.
"Why do you jog," Jesse asked, "that's usually my job."
"These stripes don't make me look fat, do they," Teresa asked.
"Of course not," Fievel replied, "they make you very slim!"
Soon Teresa took a look all around her body.
"You look amazing just the fashion you are," Cynthia said.
"You're not just saying that," Teresa asked.
"Of course not," Cynthia replied, "on my heart!"
"Huh...alright..." Teresa said, "but either fashion, I think I have to do a diet."
"Not another one," Cynthia face-palmed.
"Hey," Fievel advised, "you're fine being you."
"One more diet and you'll get so skinny we'll look at you and see objects on the other side," added Jesse.
"C'mon now," Martin warned Teresa, taking her hand and pulling her to join them for the Tigger Family Reunion.
"Yes, it's showtime," Fievel exclaimed, "we have a Reunion to get to!"
"Let's Tigger it up," Olivia added.
"Oh, yes! It's Totally Tigger Time," they both exclaimed.
Meanwhile, Tigger was wandering around in his home as he decorated it for his family reunion.
"Alright...here we go..." Billy Boss warned the others once they were all ready.
"Let's put on a show....." replied Fievel, "and make it a nice one!"
Everyone waited patiently for a response from the door. Soon Tigger opened the door with a gasp.
"Surprise," everyone announced happily to him.
"Is this...is that...is it really you, my very own one and only family," Tigger asked in amazement before letting them all come inside, "come in! There's a lot of fixer-upper we have to do. We haven't seen each other in-...we haven't seen each other again!"
Fievel cleared his throat. "Well, thanks aplenty, Cousin Tigger! We'd be happy to c'mon inside," he replied in an Ed Wynn voice.
Teresa and Cynthia chuckled as that voice was a bit funny.
"Um...gee, it's, um...nice to have all us Tiggers getting together like this," Roo spoke up bashfully.
Then the others swiftly agreed to this.
"Well, whatcha say we get this feast started," asked Jesse.
"Come in! Come in," Tigger grinned to them. "What am I-...where the heck are my mannerisms? Uh, uh, refreshing snacks for all," he grinned, pouring lemonade and water from his potted flowers into cups for his guests, "coming right up. Help yourself. Don't be shy. There you go. Take two, you're small. I mean, they're small. I mean, oh...here, have another."
"Oh, um...my, wh-what a nice home you have," Piglet commented.
"Yes, and what lovely decorations," Kanga added sweetly, "so bouncety and, uh, stripedy."
"Nice...weather," Eeyore tried.
"Yes, perfect bouncing conditions," Jesse agreed.
"So very lovely and enchanting," Olivia added.
"Festival flavor," Tigger offered some of them festive hats and noisemakers. "Now this festivity's really starting to pick up. Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo," he then reached out, hugging Piglet tightly, "well, what you been up to, cousin?"
Piglet slipped out of his costume by incident from the hug. "Well, I-I-I've been, uh...oop. Oh!"
Roo gasped as he saw that and went to cover for Piglet. "Bouncing! Bouncing, bouncig. Morning and noon, and noon to night."
Tigger gasped before dropping the costume back onto Piglet without noticing anything changing. "Why, that's what I've been doing as well!"
"It must run in the family," Teresa commented.
Scat Cat agreed.
"Hey, who's up for some family-type fun and games," Tigger suggested before putting his arm around Eeyore, "you look like a fun-loving type of fella. Hoo, hoo, hoo!"
Eeyore seemed to roll his eyes, dully blowing on the noisemaker as he was dragged into a festival game.
"I've had a grand festive-type, family-type game we can play," Tigger grinned, taking him over to a game, which made Roo panic a bit as Eeyore's tail was shown. "How about pin the tail on the don-" he stopped, seeing the tail.
Everyone tensed up and feared the worst from that.
"Hoo, hoo, hoo," Tigger laughed it off, "it looks like ya already been playing it."
Then the others sighed in relief from that.
"Oh, yes," Hit Cat agreed, "we've been practicing for months!"
"I know. Let's all do what Tiggers do best," Tigger beamed, "that would be bouncing, of course."
The others agreed as they would like to try some bouncing.
"Then let the bouncing begin," Tigger announced, taking out an old record and bounced on his tail as he flung it out to his record player.
"Okey-dokey then," Fievel smirked as he got ready to give it a shot.
Soon everyone else tried out their own bouncing.
"Bounce...bounce..." Eeyore said dully.
"Pretty nice bouncing, everyone," Jesse exclaimed.
"I like to pretend I'm on a pogo stick," Cynthia smiled.
"That's...adorable,~" Fievel gushed.
"Aw, c'mon now," Cynthia blushed from that.
"Well, that IS," Fievel replied.
Cynthia chuckled to that before she went back to bouncing with him.
"Seriously though, this is pretty fun," Peppo exclaimed.
"You certainly have a wonderful family, Tigger," Pooh Bear grinned as he was spinning around with Tigger.
"Wait a second," Roo piped up, "we have to bounce the Whoop-de-Dooper, Loop-de-Looper, Ali-Ooper Bounce!"
"What a Tiggerific idea," Tigger chuckled to that, "guests first."
"Ah, you flatter me," Fievel smirked, "if you say so, cousin!"
"Wanna go with me and show them," Roo asked Fievel.
"Does a Tigger dislike marmalade," replied Fievel, "sure, jocko!"
Roo beamed from that as he was very emotional to bounce with Fievel and Tigger.
"Alright, we'll all bounce together," Tigger exclaimed, "more fun that fashion!"
"You have to swing your legs up high," Roo began to present to the others. "And you twist your tail in tight. You wind up all your springs, and with your eyes fixed straight ahead, ya let it all loose and go, 'hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo'," he laughed as soon as he took off and began to bounce and ricochet all the road around the room like a pinball in a machine.
Fievel did the same, and they began to ricochet around the room. The others who didn't bounce soon stood there and watched what would happen. At last, Roo and Fievel bounced against the balloons, the armchair, and then ended up in the closet, smashing.
"Owch," Teresa winced as that sounded a bit painful.
"We...are...alright," Fievel exclaimed, "y-you see? N-Nothing to concern about!"
Soon Tigger came over them and saw something misplaced on Roo and took off the mask to show that it was one, revealing the young joey's true face underneath. "Roo? What are you doing impersonizing a Tigger," he asked the young joey.
Roo looked away, feeling a little disgraceful.
Soon Tigger came up to the others and took off their masks, only to see his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood in disguise. "Piglet? Kanga? Owl? Eeyore?"
"Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo," Eeyore mumbled out.
"Looks like...the old jig is up....." Fievel sighed, removing his hoodie.
"Fievel...," Tigger asked.
Soon the others revealed themselves, feeling a little bad that Tigger had to find out like this.
"We only wanted to help, Tigger," Pooh frowned.
Tigger looked very hurt, but soon got frustrated. "Now I understand. It was all a big joke."
"No, it wasn't, we were only trying to-" Billy Boss frowned.
"Well, that's all right, because somewhere out there, there's a Tigger family tree complete with my real Tigger family," Tigger frowned as soon as he put on a locket, catching his paper as he headed for the front door. "I've had a letter to prove it! And I'm gonna find them, then...T. T. F. E.! Ta-ta forEVER," he went out the door, shutting it behind him.
Fievel just stood up.....bowed his head, and sobbed as tears ran down his face.
"Tigger...I'm sorry..." Olivia said, very emotionally.
"We blew it...we blew it..." Fievel sniffed in between sobs.
Tanya and Cynthia frowned and they both came up to hug Fievel in comfort.
"I just had to bounce....." the mouse sighed, "and look where it found me......"
"Fievel, it's alright, we all just wanted to help Tigger," Tanya said to him softly.
"I know..." Fievel replied, "I didn't think it would backfire this badly..."
"I'm sorry, Fievel..." Cynthia frowned, "I...I don't know how to make this right...but there must be something we can do?"
"We have to go find him......" Billy Boss replied.
"We're very sorry, everyone," Cynthia pouted.
"It's alright, darling...really...you were being best friends and trying to help," Kanga soothed.
"Well...Tigger needs us. Now more than ever," Billy Boss continued, "and we have to find him."
The others looked out as the snowstorm seemed to get worse and intense as they watched Tigger stalk away on his own. Roo sniffled as he looked like he was going to weep about Tigger as soon as the others went to go after Tigger.
"TIGGER!! TI-GGER," called out Billy Boss as the snow whipped around his whiskers, "WHERE ARE YOU?!"
Everyone else called out for Tigger.
"C'mon, Tigger, let's get you back home," Tim called out.
"Ti-Ti-Tigg-gg-gger...wh-wh-where are y-y-you..." Fievel called as his teeth chattered and shook.
"Oh...we're never gonna find him...it's hopeless..." Hit Cat pouted.
"W-Wait...look up there!" Peppo pointed.
Soon the others shivered and looked to see where Peppo was pointing as Hit Cat wept until Scat Cat nudged him and pointed up. At the top of a large, tall tree was Tigger.
"Th-Th-There he is," Fievel exclaimed, "let's go!"
Soon they looked with him.
"T-T-Tigger," they all exclaimed while chattering.
"C'mon, lot of ya," Scat Cat warned them, "w-w-we better g-g-get him before it's t-t-too late!"
And then they headed towards the big tree.
"Sure is cold..." Olivia shivered and pouted, "I could go for Mother's hot chocolate right about now."
"Y-You ain't the only one......" Fievel shivered as the wind grew stronger.
Soon Tigger was reaching out as he seemed to had misplaced his locket.
"T-Tigger," the group called out to their friend.
"Guys," Tigger replied, hesitantly, but shaking from the cold mostly.
"W-We've c-come to f-find you....." Fievel shivered.
"T-T-Tigger, w-we're sorry we t-t-tricked y-you, b-b-but we just w-wanted you to be happy," Teresa cried out in despair.
"Yes..." Olivia replied, "w-we d-didn't mean t-to hurt you!"
Tigger pouted and looked away from them as he kept reaching for his locket. The branch began to crack and crumble and soon fell with Tigger on it.
"TIGGER," the others cried out in grief.
"Oh, man," Teresa frowned as even she looked shocked and horrified.
A shadow was shown to be hiding in the distance before it seemed to go after Tigger.
"Wait," asked Fievel curiously, "what's that?"
The others looked at each other and they went to go and see Tigger. Tigger looked up bleary-eyed and soon the shadowed figure reached out and took him away from the snow as the others rushed to go and see him, but he was gone.
"Hey, guys," Peppo pointed out, "he's over there!"
Somehow, Tigger had ended up on the ground, a few feet from the others. Soon someone was wrapping a blanket around him.
"Hey! Get away from him," Teresa frowned, thinking it was an enemy.
"Wait..." Fievel squinted, "who are you, anyhow?"
Soon the shadow figure stuffed up Tigger and walked off of them.
"Hey! Get back here," Olivia demanded, "we're not done speaking, you!"
Suddenly, the group heard a loud rumbling.
"Please warn me that was someone's stomach," Olivia gulped.
"It's not..." Fievel replied. Just then, Tigger shot awake.
"Wait...what," he asked, bouncing up, "I have go....and wait for my family!"
At that, the mountain began rumbling once more.
"I think we're in the midst of an avalanche zone..." Billy Boss remarked.
"Everyone remember to keep your voices down," Scat Cat warned the others, "we might start an avalanche."
"What," Peppo asked.
"I SAID, TO KEEP THE VOLUME DOWN," Scat Cat replied, "WE COULD START AN AVALANCHE!!"
"OH, ALRIGHT THEN," Peppo replied, "THAT'S VERY NICE ADVICE! WE WOULDN'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN!!"
Teresa face-palmed a bit to that. Just then, a wave of snow came barreling down the hill, and Tigger swiftly bounced everyone into the tree to make sure they were safe before he ended up getting swept off by the rushing snow wave.
"We better follow him," Cynthia said, "did anyone bring a sled?"
"Jenny gave me this in case of emergencies," Tim said, taking out a small pack before pulling on the tag which turned it into a sled for all of them to ride onto, "sometimes I love that Jenny's a rich girl with lots of luxuries."
"But you love her other than all of that, right," Cynthia asked.
"Oh, of course," Tim grinned, "I'm not shallow."
"Hold up," explained Fievel, "Roo and I bounced you guys into this mess...and by crikey, we're gonna bounce us out."
"The Whoop-De-Duper Loop-De-Looper Alley-Ooper Bounce..." Roo said as he and Fievel twisted themselves up, "the more you try....the higher you fly.....and that's what really counts!" And like a pair of rockets, the pair shot into the avalanche to save Tigger from certain doom.
"Oh, sure, if you wanna do it the easy fashion," Tim replied.
"Who wouldn't wanna do it the easy fashion," Jesse smirked playfully, "go, Fievel and Roo! Save Tigger before he turns into a popsicle!"
"Hang on, big guy," Fievel exclaimed as he and Roo landed as Tigger managed to open his eyes and stand up, "now...you guys ready to bounce on outta here?"
"S-S-Sounds nice to me," Tigger grinned at Fievel.
"We're gonna get you out of here, Tigger, with the best bounce," Roo beamed.
And then, they all did the Whoop-de-Duper Loop-de-Looper Alley-Ooper Bounce, but Fievel topped his off with a falcon punch and they shot into the air, bouncing off falling ice chunks and shooting through a log, with Fievel channeling the energy into his right arm and shattering an enormous boulder with one well-aimed punch. Olivia covered her eyes while Cynthia and Teresa did their best to console her with her brother in danger.
"It's okay, Olivia, they're almost out," Cynthia soothed, "and Fievel did this amazing energy blast fact."
"I haven't seen anyone do that since Dad and Dr. David Q. Dawson did it a couple years ago at cousin Melody's birthday..." remarked Tim.
Soon Olivia took a look to see that her brother was alright.
"How'd ya do that," Roo asked Fievel.
"I saw my dad do it once..." Fievel replied, before groaning in pain, "and I can see why he only did it sparsely...OW!!"
"Fievel," Olivia cried out in despair, "are you alright?"
"S-Sure..." Fievel nodded, sucking in air through his teeth, "just kinda hurts a little."
Luckily, the trio managed to bounce to safety as the wave of snow went over the hill.
"Oh...thank heavens..." Olivia sighed in relief as she shared a hug with Tanya and Cynthia.
"At least he's not horribly hurt," Jesse consoled them.
"Sure..." Fievel chuckled, before groaning, "then again, I probably should've paced myself and started from X1..."
"I better go help him......" Olivia said as she went to go after her younger brother.
"Best idea," Billy Boss replied.
Soon Olivia went down to go after her brother. "Fievel? It's me, Olivia....hang on, we're coming!"
Fievel squinted through the snow. "O...Olivia," he groaned.
"Fievel, it's me..." Olivia lightly called, coming over to him, "here, let me help you get up."
"Thanks..." Fievel replied as Olivia helped him up, "heh...that's funny...remember if we were a little younger, hanging out with Melody and Riley? I was more like Geronimo Stilton...and you were more like his sister Abigail..."
"Yes, funny how time changes," Olivia said, "also, I'm sorry if I ever hurt your feelings by me being brave and bold while you would rather stay home where it's safe."
"Yeah..." Fievel replied, "I was only trying to protect the both of us."
"You're a best friend," Olivia soothed him.
"And you got better." replied Fievel, hugging his sister.
"So did you," Olivia soothed, hugging him warmly as she helped him back to the others.
"I guess we owe each other an apology," Fievel smirked, "I'm sorry for being a damper on your fun by trying to keep us from getting hurt."
"I'm sorry for calling you a spineless, cowardly wet blanket, and throwing you into danger when you didn't want any," Olivia replied.
"Apology accepted," replied Fievel, hugging his sister.
"You as well," Olivia chuckled, hugging him back.
And then they made their road back to the group.
"Oh, Fievel, you're alright," Teresa beamed, "I was so concerned about you."
"Huh," Cynthia gave her a look.
"Uh, we were so concerned about you," Teresa replied, "and Tanya too. A little. I guess."
Fievel gave a dry chuckle. "I'm glad you're all alright," he replied, "but who was that mysterious figure who got Tigger out of the tree and gave him that blanket?"
"I don't know, but we better catch up," Olivia suggested.
Soon the group joined together once more and came to see Tigger.
"What a Whoop-de-Doopin', Loop-de-Loopin', Ali-Oopin' Bounce that is," Tigger beamed to Roo and LJ.
"It was, wasn't it," Roo grinned, "I mean, we really did it, didn't we?"
"We sure did, girl," Fievel replied, "and I have a feeling you're gonna be a grand bouncer."
Roo grinned emotionally and hopefully to that.
"Come here, you," Tigger beamed, hugging Roo. "Why, that bounce was just as nice as any old Tigger fa-" he stopped himself softly and soon set the young joey down on the ground as he walked away, distantly, looking to the blanket around him as it seemed to come from nowhere, "Tigger...family member."
"What is this, Tigger," asked Billy Boss, "are you alright?"
Tigger looked over, feeling very emotional.
"Please don't leave the Hundred Acre Wood," Tanya frowned.
"Tigger? Please don't go," Roo pouted to his best friend before weeping.
Jesse took Tigger's paws, looking into his eyes. "Follow your heart."
"Do what you think is best for you," Fievel sighed, "in the end, it's your choice, and we won't stop you."
Tigger looked to all of them as he had a lot to think about right now.
"There they are! Ha, ha! We found them," Owl announced as soon as he flew over with the mother kangaroo, "we found them! There's Tigger!"
"Roo! Oh, Roo," Kanga beamed before hugging her son.
"Mama, Mama," Roo beamed, jumping over to his mother.
"We've been searching all over for you," Kanga cooed as she hugged her son, "oh, Roo, darling, I was so concerned."
"I'm sorry, Mama," Roo warned her, "I'm all right."
"And so are we," replied Martin.
"Pooh Bear! Pooh Bear," A young boy's voice called.
"Christopher Robin," Pooh beamed over to the human boy.
The others grinned once they saw Christopher Robin.
"There you are," Christopher Robin grinned to his best friend, "silly old bear."
"Nice to see ya," Eeyore said to him.
"Where have you all been," Christopher Robin asked.
"We were on a mission to help Tigger find his family," explained Fievel, "but it backfired.....but then Tigger, Roo and I saved everyone from an avalanche, where it all evens out."
"Tigger's...family," Christopher Robin gave a small grin, "you didn't have to go looking for them."
"Really," asked Fievel and Martin, "how come?"
"But I have a letter, and it said that...that was right..." Tigger said before checking himself, but couldn't find the letter, "oh. I must have lost it in the avalanche. I can't even remember the words. Also, someone gave me this warm blanket."
"Yes, who was that," asked Jesse.
"This is getting really weird..." Martin said, "I swear, my dad does stuff like this just to test me."
"I don't think it's your dad," Jesse replied to him.
The others had to agree on that.
A mysterious shadow was shown as Tigger reunited with his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood who dubbed themselves as Tigger's family.
"That fashion! I see it," Martin pointed out to the others.
Soon the shadow was coming toward them before stepping into the light, revealing that it was Tigress all along.
"Tigger's mother," exclaimed the children and Billy Boss.
"You decided to come," Jesse gasped softly.
"I decided that family always comes first," Tigress replied.
"Well, Tigger, there she is," said Fievel, "your real, long-lost mother."
"M-My mum..." Tigger whispered to himself.
Soon Tigress came up to Tigger with tears in her eyes before hugging him tightly. "Oh, my little kitten!"
Tigger couldn't believe it. "M-M-Mummy," he exclaimed with tears of joy as he hugged her back.
"Oh, it's alright, darling, it's alright," Tigress cooed, gently patting him on the back in the hug.
Soon the others came to see this and looked rather shocked.
"This is incredible," Christopher Robin whispered to himself.
"It sure is," Tim nodded.
"I see you're home...." Tigress grinned at Tigger, "then I'd like to accompany you home."
"I'd love that as well," Tigger grinned back, tearfully.
"Well...let's go in and warm up," Fievel suggested.
"What if I make some hot cocoa with you," Tigress grinned to Kanga.
"Um...of course not," Kanga grinned back, "I'd love the company."
And then the group headed back to Kanga's house to get out of the cold. Once inside, they all let out a content sigh of relief that they were now warm and toasty.
"Ah, that's much better...." Martin grinned to the others, "this is nice. Tigger found his family and it's a happy ending for everyone."
"Certainly," agreed Teresa, "now it's just Billy Boss leaving."
"Billy Boss," Cynthia called, "shall you stay in the Hundred Acre Wood or will you come home with us?"
Scat Cat, Peppo and Hit Cat all grinned to their long-lost brother.
Billy Boss thought for a little while, but sighed. "Oh, why not," he shrugged, "I'm coming home, boys!"
"Really," the cat brothers beamed to him.
"Really-really," Billy Boss replied.
Then the cat brothers all shared a hug.
"Awwww...." the group grinned warmly from that.
"Well...let's go home, everyone," said Billy Boss, completing the hug, "I'll miss this strange little place, for sure."
"We'll probably let you visit sometimes," Jesse replied, "eh, we can do that, right, Tim?"
"I'm sure of it....even though I thought this place was for babies the first time I passed side-by-side," Tim nodded.
"That would be pretty nice," replied Fievel.
"I guarantee it," Tim beamed.
"Alright, everyone, gather around if you're ready to come home," Martin warned the others, taking out his wand.
And then, everyone gathered around Martin.
"Alright, farewell, Pooh and friends, see you next time," Martin said.
Soon everyone else began to say a farewell.
"Have a safe walk home," Christopher Robin wished for them.
"And come back and visit anytime," Roo added as Martin waved his wand and zapped them out of the book.
"We will," the adventure group promised before soon they went back home.
At last, the Tigger Book opened up, and soon the group flew out of the book once they were back home.
"Well...that was WONDERFUL," Fievel exclaimed.
"That was better than the time we needed to find Christopher Robin," Tim chuckled.
"C'mon, Teresa, you have to admit, it was something," Peppo grinned.
"Eh...it was alright," Teresa shrugged.
"Not so 'for babies' now, is that it," asked Jesse.
"Eh, not much," Teresa shrugged, "what's next, we'll meet Blue and Steve?"
"This would be fun," Tim smirked playfully, "we might meet Joe as well."
"NO," the others cried out in grief, begging against meeting Steve's brother from Blue's Clues.
"Just joking," Tim and Fievel laughed.
"Huh," Jesse smirked slightly.
"You're going somewhere fun," Lex asked, coming over with a new hairstyle.
"Yes, we just visited the Hundred Acre Wood," Jesse said to his new twin sister, "we'd ask you to come as well, but you said you were hanging out with your new friends."
"We almost died in an avalanche," Fievel exclaimed.
"That's...uh...cool," Lex smirked bashfully from his emotion.
"I also helped save everyone with this cool new move," Fievel added.
"Oh! Well! That's nice..." Lex grinned, "what move would that be?"
"The Loop-De-Looper Whoop-De-Duper Alley-Ooper Bounce," Fievel replied.
"The Loopy Looper.....whoopy...alley...uh..." Lex attempted, "erm...that sounds like a real bounce."
"Yes, nice story," Hit Cat replied, "at least, my brothers and I have to return home by ourselves."
"Alright," Fievel waved to the cats, "good night to you four, and farewell."
"Thank you, buddy," Peppo beamed, "this is going to be fine."
Olivia grinned as she felt happy for the cats since they were reunited with their long-lost brother. And the cats were happy to be together as a family once more. Soon everyone else began to get back home.
Soon Tanya took out her Trollz doll case before hugging it as she went to get back home herself. And then Fievel and Olivia went home as well, saying goodnight to their friends.
"Well, that was certainly something, wasn't it," Olivia grinned to her brother on the road back home.
"Boy, was it," Fievel replied, "that was one of the biggest adventures I've ever had! And I can't wait to have another one tomorrow!"
"Is that you, children," Rae asked from the living room.
"Oh, Mother," Olivia grinned before running to her, "yes, that was us."
"It must've been on an adventure," Rae guessed.
"We sure were," Fievel replied.
"Oh, your children and your adventures," Rae replied, "I was just flipping through my old scrapbook myself."
"Really," the children asked.
"Yes, I'll check it out," Rae said, "probably nostalgic."
"Mother, why do we go on these adventures all the time," Olivia asked.
"Huh...I don't really know....." Rae shrugged, "fate, I guess. I only remember your friend Martin's father saying that your Glen Greenwood and I were meant for it, and at last some others came, like your father."
"Well..." Fievel shrugged, "I'm fine with that. As long as we can keep having adventures, it all works."
Rae gave a small grin to them as she let them take a look at her scrapbook. Olivia took it and looked through it with her brother.
"I'm going to get some cookies," Rae said, going into the kitchen.
"Alright," Olivia replied as she and Fievel turned back to the book, "look at all these places Mum and Dad have been with Glen Greenwood and Annie Greenwood..."
"I know, I see them," replied Fievel, "where do you think we're going?"
"Huh...that troll kingdom Tanya was speaking about sounded pretty interesting," Olivia replied.
"Yes," Fievel nodded, "perhaps that'll be our next adventure..."
"Besides, it was nice that Teresa was warmed up with Winnie the Pooh and his friends," Olivia grinned to her brother, "so cute she's for babies, right?"
"Yes," Fievel nodded in agreement.
Then Olivia looked at their mother's past adventures with a grin, seeing many of her old friends she had made throughout her adventurous lifestyle.
"You know something, Olivia," asked Fievel, "I thought something....and perhaps Richard and Vector could come with us next time..."
"It would be nice for them to get out...especially Richard......" Olivia replied before blushing, "uh...if he's not too busy with Mr. Dewey."
"We'll see if he's had time," replied Fievel with a knowing grin.
"Heh...yes..." Olivia grinned back, a bit bashfully.
"Richard, isn't it," Rae asked, coming in, offering her children some cookies, "that's the boy hanging out in the library, wasn't it?"
"Yes...our friend..." Olivia warned her trainer bashfully as she accepted a cookie.
"He reminds me a bit of...how I used to be....." Fievel replied.
"Reminds me of Jack as well," Rae said.
"Erm...Jack," Olivia asked her trainer.
"Oh, he's from a book series I loved if I was about your age, in addition to Goosebumps and Bailey School Children," Rae explained, "The Magic Tree-House."
"Oh, I remember these," Fievel replied, "they were grand."
Olivia grinned and nodded in agreement.
Soon Rae took a note from the toaster. "Your children have to go to Wayside School soon..." she read aloud before rolling her eyes, "gosh, Richie, that place is crazier than the supernatural realm if I, Jesse and Sabrina were teenagers."
"Wayside School," asked Fievel and Olivia curiously.
"Oh, boy, it's begun..." Rae mumbled to herself playfully.
"What started," asked Fievel, "what are you speaking about?"
"Well, looks like you have an invitation to go to a place called Wayside School, it's...it's interesting to say the least," Rae warned her children.
"Oh..." the children replied, "that could be pretty cool."
"Ooh, you children are a little cold," Rae said to them as she came back behind them, sitting in the middle where that they could both be next to her.
"Ah...thanks, Mum," the children replied.
Soon Rae took out a blanket to wrap them up with. "Here, now you're warm...was it winter in the Hundred Acre Wood," she asked.
"Oh, yes," Olivia replied, "they were getting ready for winter then."
"Not to mention that the snow really piled up at the end of the story," added Fievel.
"Well, let's warm up before you get on the Polar Express, right," Rae let out a small chuckle.
Fievel and Olivia chuckled at that as well. Soon Rae walked away to get going.
"You wanna watch TV," Olivia asked her brother.
"Well...alright," Fievel replied.
Olivia reached out, catching the remote and clicked through the channels until she found something.
Soon Rae was in the kitchen, with her own cup of hot chocolate. "Awww~..." she grinned, a bit serenely.
Randolph came downstairs with a yawn, having put Timmy to bed earlier.
"Good evening..." Rae greeted mysteriously.
"Nice evening, darling," Randolph replied, "after I put Timmy in his crib, I think I must've ducked......as I just woke up a few moments ago..."
"The children are back home," Rae said, "apparently, they've been on an adventure to the Hundred Acre Wood."
"Really," Randolph replied, "that must've been a lot of fun."
"Sounds so," Rae said.
"Well...that's grand to hear," Randolph grinned.
"Would you like some hot chocolate," Rae offered, "I just made a batch."
"Thanks, sounds nice," replied Randolph as he took a cupful.
Rae sipped hers with a content sigh. "Oh, we've had a message from Richie..." she said, "she wants the children to attend Wayside School."
"Wayside School, yes," asked Randolph, "this must be fun."
"You know," Rae replied, "I've only heard of that."
"Same as you," replied Randolph, "but I heard that it's pretty hectic here."
"Alright, Richie, this is better...." Rae narrowed her eyes from the warlock's note that said "WAYSIDE SCHOOL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE" on it.
Randolph nodded in agreement.
"Huh...speaking about....I do wonder what he's up to now..." Rae said.
"We see Richie every now and then," Randolph reminded her.
"No, I mean Dwight," Rae replied, "I feel like I haven't seen him since I graduated."
"Perhaps he and his girlfriend Nadine get married," asked Randolph.
"...I saw Dwight propose to Nadine after the ceremony...it's like...they mysteriously disappeared," Rae shrugged.
"That's pretty strange..." Randolph replied, "we should find out what just happened."
"Yes...I'm pretty curious......we were pretty close later in school, like if you decided to come with us to school," Rae said.
"Well, it's settled then," replied Randolph, "we'll head to the Netherworld and investigate."
"I'll babysit," Olivia's voice replied.
"Olivia Flaversham, are you eavesdropping," Rae called.
"...No," Olivia replied.
Randolph shrugged. "You know we can just call Riley and Chip to babysit, right?"
"Alright...that's fair," Olivia replied.
"Children..." Rae rolled her eyes playfully.
"They're difficult," replied Randolph, "but we love them anyhow!"
"Yes," Rae gave a small nod, "any matter, should we accept the call to adventure?"
"With open arms," Randolph replied.
"Alright," Rae said, "let's hope the children have fun, while we find out what we can about Dwight and Nadine."
"Don't worry," replied Randolph, "they'll find a road. They always do....and so do we."
"Yes," Rae nodded before taking one more sip of her hot chocolate, but beamed.
Randolph took a sip of his...and let out a moan. "...I forgot how delicious that is~" he remarked.
"It always seems to do the trick wherever you're brisk and cold from a big day in the snow," Rae replied.
"Oh, that's for certain," Randolph nodded, "now let's get searching!"
Soon Rae and Randolph went to get going, having Riley and Chip come over to keep an eye on Fievel and Olivia in their absence. They would be out for a while, but they hoped their journey would be a fruitful one. Lightning flashed behind one door as Rae and Randolph entered the Supernatural Realm.
"Man, it sure has been a while," Rae commented as she walked into the realm with Randolph.
"Oh, yes," replied Dwight, "feels like we're stepping into the past."
Soon the two walked away together, beginning their new journey, bringing out graduation pictures of Dwight and Nadine to see if anyone had seen them, but for now, it seemed like the responses they sought would be found in another story. Also for right now, that was the end.
Executive ProducersDENNIS DeSHAZERSHERYL STAMPS LEACH
Senior ProducerJIM ROWLEY
ProducersJEFF GITTLEMARTHA DATEMA LIPSCOMB
DirectorBRUCE DECK
WriterMARK S. BERNTHAL
Production DesignerJESS NELSON
Musical DirectorBOB SINGLETON
Lyricists/ComposersSTEPHEN BATES BALTESLORY LAZARUS
Performance DirectorPENNY WILSON
Educational SpecialistsMARY ANN DUDKO, Ph.D.MARGIE LARSEN, M.Ed.
Cast:Voice of Barney... BOB WESTBarney's Body Costume... DAVID JOYNERVoice of Baby Bop... JULIE JOHNSONBaby Bop's Body Costume... JEFF AYERSVoice of B.J. ... PATTY WIRTZB.J.'s Body Costume... JEFF BROOKS
Cast:Shawn... JOHN DAVID BENNETT, IITosha... HOPE CERVANTESStella the Storyteller... PHYLLIS CICEROJason... KURT DYKHUIZENKathy... LAUREN KING
Cast:Juan... MICHAEL KROSTCarlos... COREY LOPEZMin... PIA MANALOKenneth... NATHAN REGANJulie... SUSANNAH WETZEL
Associate DirectorERIC NORBERG
Stage ManagerTERRIE DAVIS MANNING
Lighting DesignBERNER & BRILL LIGHTING DESIGN, INC.
EditorMcKEE SMITH
Audio DirectorDAVID M. BOOTHE
Art DirectorELIZABETH SAGAN VELTEN
Wardrobe Supervisor/DesignerLISA O. ALBERTSON
Techincal Operations SupervisorRANDY BREEDLOVE
Video EngineerBINK WILLIAMS
Camera OperatorsLARRY ALLEN OZ COLEMANTOM COX BRUCE HARMON
Production AudioRONALD G. BALENTINEDAVID LOWE
Boom OperatorsDAVID M. ROBERTSDAVID SMITH
Lighting DirectorCASEY COOK
Key GripBUZ CANNON
Lighting Board OperatorTODD DAVIS
Grip/ElectricJAMES EDWARDS
Construction SupervisorCHARLES BAILEY
Craft Shop SupervisorRAY HENRY
Art/Craft CoordinatorAMY ATHERTON
Set DresserAGGIE DAVIS-BROOKS
DraftspersonCHRISTOPHER McCRAY
Craft/Prop ArtistMARK BROGAN
Props/Special EffectsDAVID COBB
CarpentersTY M. BURNSDANNY SMITH
Scenic PainterE. (BILL) SLETTE
Swing CrewCARMELO GOMEZ
Costume Shop ManagerGEORGIA FORD WAGENHURST
Costume TechnicianD.J. SEGLER
Costume SewingNATALIE SERGI-SAARISUSIE THENNES
Make-Up DesignerJEANIE L. D'IORIO
Hair StylistDEBRA HERTEL HAEFLING
Costume/Wardrobe AssistantsBRIAN N. BLEVINSJANET BUSH
Field ProducerSANDY JANTZEN
Post VideotapeDUDLEY ASAFF
Dialogue EditorDENICE CROWELL
Post Production AudioCRAIG CHASTAIN
Production Office ManagerSUE SHINN
Script SupervisorCATHERINE REYNOLDS
Production CoordinatorsJULIE HUTCHINGSKELLY MAHER
Production AccountantDEBBIE COTTLE
Production SecretaryAUSTIN GRAY
Asst. to Performance DirectorDAVID VOSS
Production AssistantsBRADEN McDONALDJOEL ZOCH
Barney Music DepartmentJILL HANCE CHARLES KINGJONATHAN SMITH ETHEL WADSWORTH
For Singleton Productions, Inc.BRADFORD COLEMAN LARRY HARONMIKE PIETZSCH
Educational Research StaffPATSY J. ROBLES GOODWIN, M.Ed.KIMBERLY THORNTON, M.Ed.JOY STARR
Children's TeacherSANDRA GILPIN
Children's SupervisorMARY EVANS
Barney and the Backyard Gang™ and Barney & Friends®were originally developed by Sheryl Leach,Kathy Parker and Dennis DeShazer.
Vocal Performances Enhanced with Help fromSingleton Productions, Inc.
"I Love You" • Lyrics by Lee Bernstein (BMI)
Puppies provided by Oz Coleman International
Kittens provided by Animal Talent of Texas
Bunnies provided by Grand Oaks School
"Harry the Dirty Dog" written by Gene Zion,Illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham.Copyright 1956,Published by HarperCollins.
Special Thanks to Equest Therapeutic Horsemanship
Original Barney, Baby Bop and B.J.Costumes byIRENE COREY DESIGNASSOCIATES
Produced byTHE LYONS GROUP ANDCONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION
For Connecticut Public TelevisionExecutives in ChargeLARRY RIFKINSHARON BLAIR
Executive in ChargeRICHARD C. LEACH
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