Anywhere But Burbank

Chapter 42: Little Lulu

(Chapter dedicated to books20000825 and her character Lulu.))

Carrie decided to use the dimension portal on her own today. "Alright Portal. Let's see where we go to today." She turns it on and it opens up for herself and she steps inside of the halls. She walks down the hallway from the portal to her universe and began to look at the ones to find one that interests her. Then she finally finds one and walked up to the information about said world. "Huh. In this world, the siblings have a fourth sibling. A baby sister called Lulu. Aww, that's really sweet."

Carrie walked in and immediately fell through in the water tower in the universe. She gets herself up and dusts herself off. "I gotta learn how to land myself after a type of fall like that." She exits the room she was in and sees the siblings sitting there with the 4th Warner, Lulu. She had an orange shirt with sleeves almost too big for her tiny toon arms and purple overalls. Her hair was in a cute little orange bow too. Yakko first spots her and asked. "Excuse me, who are you?" "I'm Carrie Nelson. I come from a different universe than you do." She tells the siblings and they all greeted her

"Well you must know us. If not, I'm Yakko, this is Wakko, Dot, and our youngest sibling, Lulu." Yakko held onto their little sister and she looked at Carrie, who was gushing at the young toon. "Aw, she's adorable!" "Say hello Lulu." Wakko looked up at Lulu and she hid her face in Yakko's shoulder. "Nyeh.." She spoke quietly and Yakko chuckles. "She's just shy. Would you like to hold her?" Carrie nodded and Yakko handed Lulu over to her and she held her as if Lulu was her own. She immediately knew what to do on the spot. Carrie gave her a loving gaze and Lulu finally opened up to her and held onto her finger. "Arrie! Arrie!" "Close enough." Carrie chuckles back.

"You look like you have had some experience. You are great with children." Dot grinned. "Yeah. I have three children of my own back at my world." Carrie tells them and she continued to hold onto Lulu, bouncing her gently every so often. "You think you can watch her for a bit while we go to our appointment with Scratchy? She gets wild if left alone." Yakko asked her and Carrie immediately agreed. "Absolutely. Lulu is in good hands!" Carrie thanked him and Wakko opens up the door for them. "We'll be back soon in a moment Lulu. We promise." Lulu pouts and began to whimper. "Aw don't be sad. Carrie here is going to take very good care of you." Yakko tells her and tickled her, making her giggle a little. Yakko, Wakko, and Dot all leave for their appointment with Scratchansniff, closing the door behind them.

Lulu pouts and Carrie strokes her head lightly. "Your siblings would never lie to you. They'll be back before you even know it." She smiles softly and Lulu puffed out her cheeks. "Why are you giving me that look, missy?" Carrie asked and then a foul smelling green cloud hit her nose. "Oh you stinky baby." She immediately brings her to the bathroom and changed her. After a couple of minutes, Carrie got her all clean. "There we go, that's much better now, isn't it? Who's my cute stinky baby?" She nuzzles her nose and Lulu laughs. "Arrie funny!" She spoke to her before they walk out the bathroom and Carrie got her some peas since they were her favorite and began to feed her.

After feeding her, Carrie pats her back and Lulu lets out a loud burp. "Whoo. Excuse you Lulu. Your siblings should be back any minute, which means I'll have to leave." She then sees Lulu's worried little face crying softly and Carrie began to bounce her a little bit. "Aw, don't feel sad Lulu, maybe I'll come by and see your cute little face again." Carrie shushes her and gave her her pacifier. Just then, Carrie had another idea. "How about I sing you a lullaby my mom sang to me when I was feeling all fussy? Would that make you feel better? You might not understand what I'm saying though." Lulu nodded, wiping her tears away. Carrie brought her to her little spot and she began singing in French to her.

"Là où le soleil vient jouer, la forêt chante pour ne pas oublier. Dors, mon enfant, tu es en sécurité. Bientôt tu auras des réponses." Lulu listens to the lullaby and Carrie tucked her into her bed. "Alors que la journée tire à sa fin, des étoiles dans le ciel pour nous. Laissez-vous guider par les esprits. Essayez de ne pas trop vous éloigner." Carrie strokes her head and continued to sing to Lulu as her eyes grew heavy. "Elle chante pour qui sait écouter, Cette chanson, magie des flots. Il faut nos peurs apprivoiser. Pour trouver le secret de l'eau.. Là où le soleil vient jouer, il y a ta mère qui attend là-bas. Dors, ma Lulu, ne pleure pas. Et tes rêves deviendront réalité." Lulu eventually fell asleep and the siblings came back to Carrie wishing her goodnight. She closes the door gently behind her as Yakko thanked her. "Thank you so much. Feel free to come by again."

"Oh I certainly will do so." Carrie smiles and winked, before she headed back through the portal and back to her world.