Orko's Baby Brother

One morning in Eternia, Furaha and her family were settling down with Prince Adam and his friends for breakfast when a scroll magically appeared. Orko, who was sitting at the table, knew how scrolls appear this way. “It’s from Trolla!” he cried, “Ah, Trolla, my home planet. Hadn’t been here since Lord Mufasa knows when.” “Let’s see…” said Man At Arms, unrolling the scroll. “Oh! It’s from your father, Orko. Looks like you haven’t seen him in a long time.” “I didn’t know Orko had a dad!” said Furaha. “His parents live a long way away, so this is a very special scroll.” He read it out loud:

Dear everyone,

Just a reminder that my wife Erna announced she was pregnant the other day. She’ll be giving birth to a brand new baby. Orko would be pleased to have a baby brother to play with, we can’t wait to visit and tell him the good news.

Love,

Orno

Orko’s tummy filled with butterflies. He knew that when a new baby arrived on the scene, it would mean ignorance. He got up off his chair and floated away to his room. “Wait! Orko!” cried Furaha, but Prince Adam grabbed her by the tail and stopped her. “And just where do you think you’re going?” “Nowhere, nowhere.” giggled Furaha, trying to soften Adam’s mood. “Ah, I see you want to comfort Orko.” “Mmmm,” agreed Furaha, “I think he’s not feeling right.” “Then you go and see to him then.” agreed her father Kiburi, “We’ll clean up the breakfast things.” “We’ll help!” called out Lanka. “Me too!” said Maziwa, “Shame Furaha’s not helping.”

Furaha raced up the stairs and ran to the door to Orko’s room. She knocked loudly. “ORKO!” she cried. “Haven’t you heard?” “Go away,” said Orko from the other side of the door. “But Orko, this has to be thrilling news, and I dealt with it before.” Furaha burst through the door into Orko’s room and called out, “A baby is arriving, and it’s straight from Trolla!” Orko screamed and hid under his duvet. “What’s the matter, Orko?” asked Furaha, comforting Orko and sounding a lot quieter. “I heard it all,” wailed Orko. “You’re going to have a little brother.” “But Prince Adam hasn’t seen a baby Trollan in ages!” sighed Orko. “Yeah, weird right? You’re a big brother, I’m going to be a big sister to this new baby. I’m already a big sister to Wing, I can already hear him downstairs playing with his wooden aeroplane.” From downstairs came the sound of Wing making plane noises as he crawled across the floor. “And I was already learning about sisterhood when a baby called Dil was born. I remember it like it was yesterday.” “But I don’t want to have a baby brother!” whimpered Orko, “I’ll become ignored and get kicked out of the palace. Then Skeletor will really take over Eternia and turn He-Man into soup for his tea!” Orko began to cry, but Furaha was always a comforting cub, and gave him a warm hug.

“You’ll always be like a little brother to me, in fact, every single friend I’ve made is like a little or big brother or sister to me. I’ve embraced siblinghood so much that I’ve come to consider the world as my family. As for Skeletor, don’t you remember you used your magic and the power of the sword to turn back time and make Skeletor and his men reformed?” Orko looked puzzled. Then, he instantly remembered. “Yes! I know! I was made a hero!” He clapped his bony blue hands with excitement. “Then you will cope with a new baby in the palace, I just know it.” In the next few days, Prince Adam told Furaha that Orko’s mother will come to Eternia with the baby soon, and both got very excited.

On the day of the arrival of Erna and her new baby, Orko and Furaha waited excitedly for the spaceship to arrive. “I can’t believe it! I’m going to be a big brother!” smiled Orko, “I’ll do everything with my new brother!” “Everything you will do,” laughed Furaha. Also waiting for the spaceship are all of Furaha’s family, Prince Adam, Teela, Man At Arms, Man-E-Faces, Buzz-Off and Ram Man. They all waiting with anticipation for Erna’s spaceship to arrive. Ram Man, who had a soft heart for little ones, was carrying a bouquet for flowers for Erna. Buzz Off had made some honey. Even Man At Arms was excited for the new baby’s arrival. Suddenly, Upendi called “Look!” and everyone looked up to see the spaceship land. “Oh there it is! There it is!” they all shouted. Furaha and Orko took hold of each others’ hands and danced about, singing “New baby brother! New baby brother!” while Furaha sang in Swahili, “Kaka mtoto mpaya! Kaka mtoto mpaya!”

Out of the spaceship emerged Erna, who looked a lot like Orko, but taller and feminine. She was holding a cloaked, hooded little Trollan in her arms, and it was gurgling and cooing in happiness. “Mum!” cried Orko, and he screeched to a halt, because there was a new baby in her arms. “Hello, Orko, my darling magician, I haven’t seen you in quite a long time. Now’s the time you’re gonna meet someone very special. This is your brother Squange. Squange, this is Orko.” Orko gasped softly. “Wow,” he sighed, and kissed his little brother on the forehead. “Woah,” everyone gasped. “See,” said Man-At-Arms, “They already love each other.” “I think Orko’s getting to be a real good big brother,” smiled Furaha, and memories came flooding back of Dil’s birth: Didi screaming in pain as Dil emerged, Tommy meeting Dil, and Stu giving Tommy his watch.

In the coming days, Adam and the other castle residents were asked to look after Erna because she was really tired and needed plenty of rest. Ram Man had a soft heart for the baby, and all the other men showed their softer side to the baby as well. Everyone felt like family to the new baby, especially Furaha’s own family, and Furaha felt like a big sister, keeping very quiet and looking after Erna. However, as these days passed, Orko suddenly felt ignored. Adam was always busy cleaning up dirty dinner plates from feeding Squange, when he wanted to do all the magic to help him. “No, Orko,” he said, “Your reckless plate smashing will wake up Erna and Squange.”

Then when he saw Teela change Squange, he asked if he could use his magic to change him. “No thank you, Orko, such a job like this stinks.” groaned Teela sarcastically. Sadly, Orko floated off. When it was teatime, Adam, Teela and Erna fed the baby some mushy food and would never serve Orko his own tea, so Kiburi had to do it for him. He was so upset that he couldn’t be bothered to talk and laugh with his friends, and even was put off his food. Later, in his room, Orko sat on his bed and grumbled to himself. “It’s not fair,” he moaned, “Babies are like kings and queens of the world. All the attention they get is the attention they give me. I think being a big brother is a really stupid idea.” “Stupid? Why do you want to call your new responsibility stupid?” asked Furaha. “Because I was right about being ignored, no one would want to be my friend now, and it’s all because Squange is getting more attention than me.”

“Well, don’t tell anyone around here, but you know what? According to my good friend Angelica Pickles, a baby is messy, and…” She took a deep breath, and gave a great lion roar. “LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDDDDDDDDD!!!” Orko sat upright, puzzled. Then both friends began to laugh. Furaha leapt onto the bed and fell onto her back, laughing with Orko. The two friends felt a sense of relief, and Orko suddenly had an idea. “Wait! We can give one of my toys to the baby! That’s much better than using magic to solve any kind of problem.” “Good idea, you’re certainly getting into the swing of things now.” So Orko got out his pink stuffed animal and both took it downstairs into the palace courtyard, where Buzz Off was playing with the baby.

“Hey, you two, what you got there?” asked Buzz Off. “A present, just for the best little brother in the world.” smiled Orko, and he gave his brother a pink soft toy. He then looked at Orko with gleaming eyes, and said his first word: “Baba.” “Aaaaaaawww, he called you a brother,” smiled Buzz Off. “I think you two are finally getting along. You’re the one who has the power now, not Prince Adam.” “Oi!” It was Prince Adam. “Who says I don’t have the power? We all have a power inside our hearts. Orko, you’ve learned that with great power, comes great responsibility, and with great responsibility comes a true act of kindness. Furaha, you’ve learnt that too. You two are the best big brothers and sisters ever.” The two friends hugged, and Orko picked up Squange and hugged him between them both.

From this day on, Orko helped care for his baby brother whenever he came to Eternia - even without his magic. He helped Adam wash up, he helped Teela change his nappy, and he even chatted and laughed with his friends at dinner, offering to help feed little Squange - and getting a bit messy sometimes. Furaha too learned that having a little brother was a comforting thing to have, but when a little brother has a little brother of his own…it’s an even bigger responsibility.

And Orko loved it.

3 Months Of Bluey - Bandit's Tips For Parenting During The 3 Months Of Bluey

BANDIT: Today, I took the family out for pizza.

BLUEY/BINGO: Pi-zza! Pi-zza! Pi-zza! YAY! PIZZA!

(Bluey and Bingo start mucnhing away)

BANDIT: I need some more excitement in my day when I told them about the 3 Months Of Bluey event Sybil is planning on her blog and on Youtube.

BANDIT: It's nearly 3 MONTHS OF BLUEY! Ooh-hoo-hoo!

BLUEY: Paint him!

BANDIT: I'm so brown!

3 Months Of Bluey - A Message From Chilli

"What the hell are you doing, you lazy dog? You've been watching nothing but Bluey repeats for over 3 months! You're such a waste of Space. Get off your lousy bum and join in with 3 Months Of Bluey. It's 3 whole months of new stories of Me, You, And... and Sybil & Friends that will get you excited for every episode, every week. That means it can help you win over cheeky dogs like my little Bluey. Oh, and one more thing:

Wackadoo!"

Eyes On The Prize

One morning in the park, Luke, Resus, Cleo, Luella, Dixon, Bluey, Bingo and I were playing tag with Doug. Doug was the chaser, and we loved running around trying to escape from the not-so-flesh hungry zombie. I was running like crazy, trying to get away from Doug, and hid behind a tombstone so he couldn’t find me. Doug looked all around for a minute, then he saw a spike of my curly hair popping out from behind the tombstone. Doug crept up slowly and quietly towards the grave and yelled, “Boo, dude!” I screamed. Not because he was scary, but because something was really wrong with him. His left eye had fallen out of his socket on purpose. “Someone help!” I cried.

“Sorry, dudes, it seems that my eye had fallen out on purpose when I was playing tag with you.” said Doug. “Then where did you last leave it?” asked Bingo. “In my socket of course!” said Doug, then his face fell. “Only…I haven’t seen it since I last made Cleo it. Where’s my eye, WHERE’S MY EYE?!” “Calm down, Doug. We can, like, find your eye for you.” said Luella. “You said it, Luella, we all have to split up and search this very park for Doug’s eye. On your marks…” “Stop that noise!” cried Cleo. “Why?” we all asked. “Because we need to say something other than go. What about Eyeballs?” “Eyeballs it is,” said Dixon. Luella gagged a little.

“On your marks, get set, eyeballs!”

Everyone raced around the park searching for Doug’s eyeball. They searched by the swings and the slide and the seesaw, and near the climbing frame, and they even asked their parents and somehow Zecora, but nobody seemed to find Doug’s eye. I was just on the verge of giving up when Dig ran up to me, his nose sniffing in the air. “Hello, boy!” I smiled, “What do you smell?” Dig closed one eye to indicate he has done the impossible. My friends came racing up to me. “What is it? What’s Dig trying to say?” asked Resus. “I think he says he knows where Doug’s eyeball is. Come on, let’s follow him!” I said.

We raced after Dig along the park, until Dig stopped at where he found Doug’s eyeball. It was sitting on a swing. “My eye!” cried Doug. “Hooray!” we all cried. Then, Doug noticed something: Chloe was about to have a turn on the swings. Quickly, Doug grabbed his eye and stuffed it back into its socket. “Phew,” we all sighed. “Thank you for finding my eye, half doggy dude,” said Doug, “Without you, I think I would’ve never found my eye.” “And you deserve biccies for this.” I smiled, and took a dog biscuit out of my pocket. Dig crunched away happily, knowing even pets can be heroes if they helped their masters with the most important and tricky tasks.

Bluey Announcement!

Attention everyone in this very supermarket! I am Bluey, and I have some pretty big news. It's time for Bluey to take over Sybil's way of storytelling! Until June, Sybil will be doing stories based around each new episode that premieres on ABC Kids in my homeland, Australia. Glorious Australia! She will be doing a pattern of Sybil & Friends and Me, You, And... every day, and with every new screencap Twitter user Finnly puts up on his page, Sybil will turn into videos accompanied by music. You know how much she loves her music and nature, too! So...DANCE MODE!

Buggin' Off Rabbit

One afternoon in the Hundred Acre Wood, Rabbit was working in his garden until it was almost dark. He had planted lots of carrots, potatoes and cucumbers, and was just setting to work on watering his prize winning tomatoes when all of a sudden, someone nabbed him by the neck. “Ow! Who did that? If it’s Tigger again, I’ll-” But it wasn’t Tigger. It was Anti-Pesto, the managers of the company Wallace & Gromit. “We’ve got him, lad!” cheered Wallace, patting his trusty pooch on the head, and they threw rabbit into the back of their van. Rabbit banged on the van, calling “Let me out! Let me out! Somebody!” But Wallace and Gromit didn’t hear. They just drove off down the lane with Rabbit pounding on the door all the way.

In another forest, Bugs Bunny was waking up in his underground home. “Gee, what a night. Drinking too much carrot juice really did my head in.” As he was climbing out of his hole after brushing his teeth with carrot toothpaste, he found himself in a bird like cage. “Hey! What gives?” he cried. “That should take care of the carrots that are stored underground by that rascally rabbit!” smiled Wallace. “Come on, Gromit, let’s go home and get the kettle on.” “Kettle?” asked Bugs, confused. But Anti-Pesto were already driving him away back to West Wallaby Street. “Lemme out!” he cried, “I have a wife and kids! Millions’a kids!” While there, he looked around and saw Rabbit sitting in the corner of the van and whimpering. “Eh, what’s up doc?” said Bugs Bunny. “What’s up? I already knew what is up. There I was out in my garden when all of a sudden someone nabbed me and put me in the van!” “Me too. I’m Bugs Bunny. You must be Rabbit.” “Pleased to meet you,” smiled Rabbit, trying his best to be very pollite. “Quiet back there!” shouted Wallace, but he swerved to avoid a passing driver and Rabbit hit his head on the wall, seeing stars. Bugs Bunny hit his head against the wall too, but this time he ended up as an accordion….as all Looney Tunes do.

When they got back to West Wallaby Street, Rabbit and Bugs were thrown into a large hutch alongside…well, Hutch. “Charming, I’m Wallace,” he greeted. He took a large piece of Swiss cheese and a cream cracker and ate it all up. “See what you think,” he said as he offered Rabbit and Bugs one. “Thanks,” said Rabbit. “Why thanks, stranger,” said Bugs. The two ate, and the squeaky sounds of combined cheese and crackers filled their mouths. “Listen, doc, we’ve got to find a way outta this.” “Thank goodness,” said Rabbit, “I miss Pooh and Piglet already. In fact, I do miss them. Shouting at them for ruining my garden…I’m so guilty.” “Don’t be so hard on yourself, long-ears.” reassured Bugs, but Rabbit pushed him away. “NO! I won’t be easy. I was so stressed, all I ever did during the time Tigger went out searching for his family was yell at everyone in the Hundred Acre Wood, and it’s all my fault.”

Rabbit went to the corner of the hutch and cried. “Aaaaawww,” said Hutch, “The bounce has gone from his bungee.” Bugs stuffed a slice of Swiss cheese into Hutch’s mouth sarcastically and went to console Rabbit. “Go away,” he whimpered. “Listen, doc, all the times you have spent yelling at your friends…it’s not right. You should treat all your friends with more dignity and just let Tigger help clean the vegetable patch after he’s demolished it like a bulldozer with a wrecking ball.” “I know. But how do we get out of here?” “Want a plan?” asked Bugs, “I’m your rabbit.” Using Rabbit as something to bar the door down, Bugs charged with a hysterical scream, and both rabbits came tumbling out, landing safely by some rabbit hutches. Wallace came down to see what all the noise was. “We’re sorry, sir.” said Rabbit. “I’m too young to fall victim to your worthless brainwashing!” “I suppose you don’t eat things apart from carrots, do you?” “Sure,” said Rabbit, “I eat honey on bread.” “And I eat things I find in a restaurant. Fruit, cakes, sandwiches, anything.” “Then I forgive you everything. Come, we were just about to have some cheese.”

Both rabbits came into the living room to have something warm to drink, and a nice piece of cheese and crackers. And when Rabbit got back to the Hundred Acre Wood, he became nicer and calmer towards everyone he met, including Tigger, who offered to help clean up his garden after making lots of mess. Meanwhile, Bugs made his way back to the forest, but not before leaping into his hole from hearing the words:

“Be vewy vewy quiet, I’m hunting wabbits!”

The Great Bunny Meltdown

I kept my teacher on her toes today with all that whimpering and wailing about what I want to do at Brora today, but eventually I gave in to doing Me, You, And Transformers Cybertron In Spirit Land, and the stories of Furaha and Jetfire and Upendi and Scattershot. My support worker and I did a bunny hunt round the garden while my teacher had another look at my blog, which ended with a big surprise - a paint your own bunny kit and two little rabbits which I named Winona and Wendy. I named one rabbit Winona, after the whale in Rubbadubbers, and one Wendy, after Bob's co-worker in Bob The Builder. Don't worry, I managed to sort it all out in the end. And so I got what I deserved, and so you got your's! How did you get what you deserved?

Mermaids!

Today I was a mermaid! Let me tell you all about my great undersea adventure.

My support worker and I went to the Puffin Pool. It was surprisingly quiet, and full of people with problems and issues. Most have stiff and brittle bones, one man has a rash, and another uses a wheelchair and had to lie in the water. I found it so relaxing and used floaties, just like Kipper and Arnold when they went swimming. No frog shower or elephant slide, though. Not even a water spout. But I proved myself to be a mermaid with a round rubber ring. Getting changed at the end of the trip was real easy!

As you know, pool water can make you really hungry, so my support worker and I stopped off at Tesco's to buy some sausage rolls, cookies and Coke. Having these sausage rolls was a new experience for me, and all the while I couldn't stop looking at ad board far off. It advertised butter and included the Duracell bunny. My support worker was having a hot dog, or as Bluey and her dad would call it, "German Sausage!" Speaking of Bluey, there's only six days to go until new Bluey arrives in Australia. Just when will it be arriving in the UK? I dunno. Only Disney can tell us, not CBeebies. I put lots of African songs on my playlist too, ones from Henri Dikongue, Samite and Anoma, who have all appeared in Putumayo albums. Aaaaaand from Tom Gates I just saw men with punky hairstyles and dancing scissors. And while I was having this perfect day, I thought up two new ideas, which came into my brain while my emotions were floating around with their little rubber rings and water wings. Here they are:

Sybil The Mermaid

A Sybil & Friends story. Sybil, Luke, Resus and Cleo go swimming in the local pool, and are excited when Bluey and Bingo turn up with their friends Mackenzie, Chloe and Honey. Sybil is desperate to be a mermaid, so her friends teach her to swim like one. They finish their day by enjoying a lovely picnic supper from the local supermarket.

Me, You, And Transformers Cybertron In Spirit Land

This is a spin off from Me, You, And Transformers Cybertron, split up into 6 stories, each told from a different perspective of both cub and Autobot. Furaha, her siblings and their Autobot friends find a cave which leads into a magical land where animals roam free and nature is more beautiful and eye-opening than ever. Now, with different paths to take, each duo (or trio if you count Haraka, Leobreaker and Snarl) must use each of their journeys to find a new path in life and question life and the universe around them. I'm hoping to put in an appearance by MLP G3 favourites Zipzee, Tiddlywink and Tra-La-La when it's Furaha and Jetfire's turn to tell the story.

Guess What I'm Doing Tomorrow?

That's right, I'm going swimming! Shame I can't bring any Sun Zapper though...

Me, You, And Transformers Cybertron: A Day At The Beach

Hi! Scattershot here, and I would like to tell you the story of how Furaha and Jetfire, along with my good Mini Con friend Jolt, spent a nice day at a beach in Australia. Salmon Hole Beach, to be precise. It was the sunniest day that I can remember. I was at the Autobot base playing with Upendi at the time, but what Jetfire told me was Furaha was cartwheeling onto the sand like some blue Australian dog who wore zinc whiskers - you know the one. The one with the crazy dad. Furaha is just like her, and Jetfire is just like the blue dog’s dad. When he’s around her, of course.

Jetfire, Furaha and Jolt were wearing zinc suncream - Furaha was wearing blue and green zinc suncream on her nose and fluffy cheeks, because even she needs to be protected from the sun. She looked like someone out of colourful Australian culture! Jetfire was wearing yellow and blue zinc suncream all over his giant body, with patterns to look like he’s a tribal warrior. Jolt, because he wears a clear helmet over his head, has to wear blue and green zinc suncream all over his arms and legs. Furaha was so excited - she had never been to an Australian beach before, and this was her first time. She breathed in the salty scent and sighed with droopy little eyes.

“My first beach experience.” she said, “I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever experienced.” “We haven’t finished yet,” laughed Jolt, “What kind of game shall we play first?” “Allow me to play this game on my own,” said Furaha in a low voice, “Because I’m wearing zinc suncream to look like I’m a wildcat, I’ll roar at Jetfire over there.” Furaha pointed. Jetfire was sitting on the sand, watching over the ocean. “Okay, but make sure he doesn’t go all wild animal on you,” whimpered Jolt as Furaha prowled towards Jetfire with a determined look on her face and all crouched down low. When Furaha approached Jetfire, he turned his head towards his little friend as she reared up and roared loudly! “AAAAAAAA!! Fierce coloured lioness cub!” he cried, and both of them began to chase each other around the beach, laughing away. “I told you!” called Jolt, “I told you he would go all wild animal on you!” But his words were blocked out by Furaha’s screams of joy and Jetfire’s loud laughter, until he grabbed hold of his little friend and hugged her, causing them both to fall over backwards.

The two lay there, out of breath, laughing. When they had finally managed to catch their breath, Jetfire asked, “What shall we do next, nipper?” “We should go for a swim!” smiled Furaha, “I love going for a swim in open water. Swimming surrounded by walls just makes me feel bland and boring.” “Me too,” said Jetfire, “When I swim on Cybertron, all we ever swim in is black oil.” I feel your pain too, Jetfire, swimming in oil is too disgusting for an Autobot, but with Upendi around, I embrace nature and swim in clear, less-pollutive water. Anyway, Furaha and Jetfire ran into the ocean and dived into the deepest shores. They spent the next few minutes swimming peacefully in the cool water, splashing each other and laughing so hard Furaha almost got water up her little pink heart shaped nose, and she had to stop for a minute before they could continue. When they did, they lay in the water and looked up at the sky, which was blue and full of white, fluffy clouds. Thank Lord Mufasa there weren’t any Decepticons around. Jetfire helped Furaha swim in the ocean and perfect her doggy paddle, even though she wasn’t a puppy, and they even played hide and seek in the cool water.

After a little while, Furaha felt her tummy rumble. “I’m hungry,” she said, “I could really go for some raw meat right now.” “Nah, they don’t have any meat here,” laughed Jetfire, “They have fish though.” “You mean…raw fish? That’s okay, I’m good at eating stuff raw, but if the fish has small orange slimy eggs, then I’m out of here.” “It’s not breeding season!” Jetfire chuckled, “And also, I forgot to remind you: Aborigines in Australia used fishing to make a living for themselves, so maybe if you taught me the ropes, I would be like an Aboriginal Autobot.” “Yes!” laughed Furaha, so they both kept still and waited for fish to swim by. As they kept still, Furaha tried very hard to keep in position, but her legs ached and her arms twitched as she waited to get her catch. Suddenly, a fish swam by, and Furaha tried to catch it, but she fell into the water. She emerged with water in her nose and ears, and started coughing and spluttering. It was as if her fish she’d eaten had been swallowed the wrong way down.

Jetfire picked up the coughing and spluttering Furaha and cradled her in his arms. “There, there…don’t cry…you’ll feel better soon. Tell you what, why don’t I catch the fish for you, using my giant hands?” “Sure,” spluttered Furaha, “I needed a break. My arms are aching and my ears are leaking out water.” So Jetfire waited, and when he saw the shadow of a fish swim by, he caught it and gave it to Furaha. “Good job, pal,” smiled Furaha, and she took a bite out of the fish. It tasted really good. Then Jetfire called to Jolt, who was standing on the beach, “Hey, Jolt, want to check out my fishing skills?” He approached shallow water towards Jolt, who was sitting on the sand watching everything that went on. “Sure, but I heard something about slimy orange fish eggs from your little friends.” he said. “Jolt, I think I saw a bear squeeze out these eggs once, and it almost put me off fish for good and always.” said Furaha. “But now you do know it was just a miracle of nature, right?” asked Jolt. “A good old fashioned miracle that is so gross it would not be suitable for nature at all.” Jetfire and Jolt began to laugh. “It’s just how life works for bears,” said Jetfire, “I think you’re used to nature at the moment.”

Minutes later, Furaha and Jolt were playing at running from the waves whenever they washed up on the beach when all of a sudden, Furaha noticed Jetfire walking away from them. Furaha knew what she had to do, but it was the first time she had to do this without Jolt by her side. It was as if the next few seconds were in total slow motion. “Jetfire!” she cried, and she ran like a wild stallion across the sand. “Don’t leave me, please!” Jetfire, who was standing in the distance, turned and saw Furaha run across the sand towards him. “Furaha!” he cried, and both of them were racing towards each other and embracing in a nice, soft hug. Furaha’s fur was soft against Jetfire’s smooth Autobot skin. “Promise we’ll be together forever?” she asked. “I promise,” smiled Jetfire under his faceplate and visor, and the two cuddled like there was no tomorrow.

As the sun began to set, Furaha and Jetfire lay on the sand and fell fast asleep side by side. The power of friendship has made it through such a happy day like this, and as long as Jetfire swore to protect Furaha, the two would stay together forever. As for Jolt, he stood before the waves as they splashed against his legs, watching the sun go down. “Where do I go from here?” he asked sarcastically.

A Day At The Beach Teaser

We interrupt Part 1 of Me, You, And Transformers Cybertron....

...in order to let our friends Furaha and Jetfire have a little more freedom!

Me, You, And Transformers: Cybertron: A Day At The Beach.

A story to celebrate my first time in a swimming pool in years!

Gromit The Sorcerer

There was nothing Gromit liked better than to sit down with a cup of tea and a good book. He also liked to listen to the music of Bach, a famous dog composer, as he sat and read. Sometimes, he would get so sleepy listening to the music that he would just drift away into some musical fantasies of his own.

Gromit found himself soaring into Space slowly and elegantly, feeling his body rise into the air and onto a podium made out of hard, cold stone. He pointed his doggy fingers at each star, which glowed like a million tiny buttons waiting to be pressed. He threw his arms both sides and found out he could make stars shoot this way and that, and when he raised his arms into the air, thunder crashed and flashed like a thousand little flashing lightbulbs. Suddenly, he looked and saw water all around him. He got excited, so he threw his arms up and sent the water crashing against the rock. He threw his left arm up into the air, and saw a huge watery Phoenix rising above him. The sun parted through the stars, shining through the Phoenix’s watery body. It gave a screech before it morphed back into water and began flooding all around Gromit. The stars began to fall from the sky, and an underwater world began to form before the young lad.

Gromit swam through the peaceful water, looking around at all the pretty things like shells and fish. If Wallace were here, he would be a scuba diver, but sadly, Gromit was on his own. It wasn’t long before he found a large oyster, which opened up to reveal a beautiful little pearl inside. Gromit looked at the pearl as it shone brightly in his face like a golden star. Just as Gromit was about to touch it, he felt himself being dragged out of the water and up into the sky. He shot past fluffy clouds and blue serenity until he had reached the moon, where Wallace and him first had their picnic a long time ago. He looked into a moon crater to see if there are any cheesy treasures for Wallace inside, when suddenly he heard screaming, shouting and bleating coming from nearby.

Gromit looked up and couldn’t believe his eyes. There near a huge crater was a slew of other Aardman characters - Shaun The Sheep, Timmy, Morph, Chas and Bitzer - all tied up and struggling to get free. Then Gromit heard a voice who said:

“Groooooommiiiiitttt….”

Gromit spun round and saw, to his absolute surprise, a giant green dragon with Wallace’s head! “Groooomiiiiittt!” roared the dragon, breathing out cheesy fondue. Gromit spun round a few times like Krypto the Superdog when transforming into his super form, and turned into a knight. There were bleats and cheers from the tied up friends as Gromit thrust his trusty sword at the huge dragon, who breathed his cheesy fondue breath at the poor lad. Just then, the young lad had an idea. He jumped up into the air, his eyes glowing white, and zapped rainbow lasers at the dragon, who proceeded to fire back with the hugest amount of fondue you’ve ever seen in your life.

Gromit was frozen, stuck in a statue of cheese for the rest of his life…

“Gromit!”

Wallace’s words woke Gromit, who jumped up in fright, dropping his book. Through body language, he tried to tell his master about his dream, and how he was a fierce dragon searching for a fight. He then showed Wallace a picture of Shaun, Bitzer, Timmy, Morph and Chas, and tried to explain that he was a knight trying to free them. “Silly pooch,” laughed Wallace, “You and your dreams about space orchestras and oyster pearls and knights on the moon. I say, have you been eating some of my cheese again?”

Gromit was so shocked, that he literally turned green, and fainted right on the spot. He would never try eating Wallace’s favourite food again!

And remember, today I almost subverted to original stories, but don't worry, Mum said I don't have to look out for copyright...yet.

Blue Peter's My Little Pony The Movie Competition

Wouldn't it be great if Blue Peter did a My Little Pony: The Movie contest to celebrate the film's release in 2017? In the contest, you can design your own My Little Pony character for a chance to win these awesome prizes: a tour behind the scenes of the movie to see their character being made, merchandise or a chance to voice a character on Friendship Is Magic. Sadly, Friendship Is Magic has stopped producing new episodes, but still, it sounds like a great idea to me.