TMS Fanfiction: "Broken Dreams"

[theprawncracker]

Oh!!! That was so good!!!! Is there more? Huh huh is there?

 

[TogetherAgain]

You know... you know what that chapter makes me want to do?

Sing.

It's so... so beautiful. So touching. So... I love it.


...Please tell me, we'll see them all together again?

 

[Just J]

Two more chapters!

 

[Just J]

Part XIX: Ten Long Years

Part XIX: Ten Long Years

It had been ten long, wonderful years. Years filled with love and laughter and tears and weddings and births and family and, of course, filled with entertainment. After the much-celebrated, much-publicized Muppet reunion, the gang had gone almost immediately to work.

They did theater. They had bought another, somewhat run-down theater and fixed it up. The new theater was consistently sold out of tickets.

They did television. For a while they hosted a late-night comedy show, then later they got a prime-time variety show. Eventually both were cancelled, but that just meant more time to put on quality shows at the theater.

They made movies. Everyone agreed that there was just too many bad feelings associated with the old unfinished movie, so they made another movie, from a totally new script. The film was a roaring success, and so was the movie they made after that.

***

Ivan Ivanovich sat with his feet propped up on his desk, in his large editor’s office at the magazine. He’d just finished reading an article on the ten year anniversary of the Muppets’ reunion, and his writer was sitting nervously in the chair in front of him.

“Well, Chief, what do you think?”

“This is good writing, Patti,” said Ivan, handing the article back to her. “I’ve made a few notes, take a look. But overall, you did a great job.”

Patti smiled a little. “Thanks, Chief.”

“Now go make those revisions,” said Ivan, picking up another article to review and edit.

“Will do.” Patti, still smiling, headed towards the door. Then she paused. “Mr. Ivanovich? There’s something I’ve always wondered.”

Ivan looked up from the papers in his hand. “Yes?”

“How did you get that scoop back then, Chief? How did you know before anyone else that the Muppets were getting back together?”

Ivan looked at her with a mischievous grin. “A little birdie told me,” he explained, adding silently, Thank you, Gonzo.

 

[TogetherAgain]

<sits rather impatiently waiting for the final chapter>

Good to see Ivan is successful. Good to hear the Muppets are successful. But I want to see them. Tell me I can see them. Please?

 

[theprawncracker]

Cool chapter J! Can't wait for the next!

 

[Just J]

Part XX: It’s Never Too Late

Part XX: It’s Never Too Late

The cast of The New Muppet Revue slowly meandered into the rehearsal room, chatting and laughing. The Electric Mayhem were already there, engaged in a jazzy jam session in a far corner. Everyone else gathered around Rowlf, seated at his trusty old piano, and continued their conversations there. “I can’t believe we’re going to win an Oscar,” said Beauregard, beaming happily.

Rizzo cleared his throat. “Um, Beau? We’re not winning an Oscar. We’re going to perform on the Oscars.”

Beauregard scratched his head. “But the statues are so small! How will we all fit?”

Gonzo exchanged looks with Rizzo, while Miss Piggy sighed in frustration. Pepe tugged on Beau’s shirtsleeve to get his attention. “Beauregard, I do not think you understand, okay. Let Pepe explain … ”

Then all attention shifted to the doorway, as Kermit strode purposefully into the room carrying a large stack of papers. Even the Mayhem stopped, mid-jam. “Hi ho,” he said, smiling at everyone. “Is everyone here?”

Fozzie did a quick look over the room. “Seems like it, Kermit.”

“So Kerm,” said Clifford, “what song we gonna be doing? ‘Rainbow Connection’?”

“Yeah, that one’s a classic. Good choice, Cliff.”

“Ooh! How about something from Manhattan Melodies?”

“What about ‘Hey, A Movie’? What could be more appropriate for the Academy Awards then that?”

Kermit shook his head and grinned. “Nope. We’re going to do an entirely new song.” He started handed out papers from the stack. “Here, everybody take one and look over the lyrics.” He handed one to Rowlf, who was sitting at his piano. “Think you can play this?”

Rowlf glanced at it. “Can I play this? Was Beethoven German?”

“Beethoven was German?” asked Zoot sleepily, cradling his saxophone as a baby would a pillow. “Aw, man, someone should have told me!”

Once everyone had a copy, Kermit gave them a few minutes to look over the music and warm up their voices. Then he asked everyone to gather around the piano. Rowlf played the opening notes with gusto, and Kermit sang,

It’s never too late
To set a forgotten wrong right

Piggy sang the next lines,

It’s never too late
To make your first solo flight

Then Fozzie and Gonzo, singing harmony:

Just jump out of the nest
And soon you’ll take wing
Just taking a try is everything

Then everyone joined in, their voices filling the rehearsal studio:

It’s never too late
To reunite with a lost friend
It’s never too late
To try to make amends
Because love is something
Stronger than even fate
Don’t ever believe it’s too late.


... And they all lived happily ever after. The end.

 

[theprawncracker]

Wonderful story!!! Positively wonderful! I loved seeing them all back together!

 

[TogetherAgain]

Aw, shoot. My smile got too big. It doesn't fit on my face!

A beautiful, beautiful, and did I mention BEAUTIFUL final chapter. BEAUTIFUL. I love Beauregard's line about performing on an Oscar. And everybody singing together, and such a perfect song, and I love it! I love Rowlf's "Can I play this? Was Beethoven German?" And Zoot's "Beethoven was German?" It's so awesome! And I love the song, did I mention that I love the song? It's so perfect. I love it. I LOVE IT!

 

[ElectricMayhem1]

wait i want to know who gave birth and who got married