Fic: “Sea & Sun”
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Fandom: The Magic School Bus (1990s)
Rating: G
Summary: It's a never a normal field trip with Ms. Frizzle. This time, and everyone's excitement, they head to the beach!
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"Beach—!"
Ralphie excitedly slams his hands onto the bus-window.
"We're on a beach!" he repeats, yelling.
"Are we going on vacation?" Carlo asks hopefully, and Dorothy Ann giggles.
"I thought we were on a field trip…"
Wanda and Carlos yank off their shoes, gleefully putting their toes in the sand.
Dorothy Ann spreads out her arms, lifting her face with eyes shut, basking.
Ms. Frizzle marches off the bus, wearing a crisp blue sundress printed with white and purple umbrellas. Her orange hair swept up and pinned beneath a long, straw hat. Her sandals flip-flopping, matching the blue.
"Isn't it a beautiful day for sea and sun and science!"
"And swimming!" Ralphie bellows, making to pull off his shirt.
"Now, now hold your seashells, mister," Ms. Frizzle says cheerfully, smiling at Ralphie's groan of exasperation. "Who can tell me the definition of a beach?"
Tim raises his hand, nodding.
"I read that a beach is 'a narrow strip of land that lies along the edge of an ocean, lake, or river'—is it right?"
"Very right you are!" Ms. Frizzle beams. “Sometimes the beaches need help!" she explains. "There's many, many dangers that they face. Can you name one?"
"Hurricanes?" Wanda speaks up, uncertain.
"We call that 'coastal erosion' and it's defined as a process of the beach moving due to wind, storms and waves! It's very natural! However, it's the most significant threat to beaches all over the world!"
"What about pollution?" Carlos says, interested.
"Excellent! Along with sea levels rising and developments, there is also human pollution threatening the beach!" She reaches behind her, gesturing with a handful of trash pickup sticks and trash bags. "That's why we have a mission today, class! To clean up this beach!"
"But before we do that… sunscreen, ahoy!"
*
After a few moments of picking up litter, Keesha wags her stick.
"Leave it to the Friz to give us chores…"
"It's better than all of us turned into a school of fish and getting chased by a dolphin," Arnold mutters. His trash bag half-full.
"Guys!" Ralphie yells, waving on top of a boulder. "Look! Look what I found!"
They run over to a gigantic tide pool, also yelling, and Ms. Frizzle is already there, leaning down.
"My, my!" she says merrily. "In such a small living environment, there's so many creatures working and eating together!"
Carlos squats down.
"Yeah, Ralphie," he snickers. His arms fold. "WATER the chances?"
"CAAAAARLOOOS!"
*
Periwinkle snails, barnacles, mussels, sea anemones, starfish…
Ms. Frizzle identifies them all.
They soak her words in, like soaking happily in the sun.
"One of the best field trips, ever," Arnold decides, and Keesha encouragingly hangs onto his arm. "No shrinking, no getting chased…"
A gasp escapes Ms. Frizzle's lips.
"Who wants to know what being an ELECTRIC EEL feels like!?" she trills.
Tim and Ralphie cheer, high-fiving.
"Shoulda guessed," Arnold mumbles, also getting high-fived.
That's just how it is with Ms. Frizzle.
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We found this cool website where it gives us color palettes for our names! Right here!
Phoebe: Hmmm. Could be more colorful. But I like the nice, earthy vibe it’s got going.
Tim: Very colorful! Although I think the generator must have confused me with Keesha and Carlos.
Carlos: I like it. It reminds me of my rock collection. Very gneiss.
CARLOS!!!!
Dorothy Ann: This actually looks pretty good! The lavender in the top of the second column is my favorite.
Keesha: These are not my colors at all. Where’s the blue and magenta?
Ralphie: Well… at least red and green are there.
Arnold: You know, this isn’t too bad.
Wanda: This looks awesome!
Mikey: I’m seeing red. GET IT????
Good one, bro! —Carlos
MIKEY!!!!
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Made in 2017
If you’ve seen this anywhere else, I posted it back on my deviantArt when it was made.
Mario girls cosplaying as characters from various cartoons
1. Ms. Frizzle (The Magic School Bus) - requested by just-call-me-j
2. Phoebe (The Magic School Bus) - requested by just-call-me-j
3. Keesha (The Magic School Bus) - requested by just-call-me-j
4. Wanda (The Magic School Bus) - requested by just-call-me-j
5. Dorothy Ann (The Magic School Bus) - requested by just-call-me-j
6. Eileen - Birthday Girl (Wordgirl) - requested by marcusperez824
7 - 10. Lady Redundant Woman (Wordgirl) - requested by marcusperez824
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TITLE: On The Promenade
RATING: T
ARCHIVE WARNING: No Archive Warnings Apply
CHAPTERS: 8/?
WORD COUNT: 10,367
START DATE: August 23, 2023
LAST UPDATE: February 12, 2024
FANDOM(S): The Magic School Bus
RELATIONSHIP(S): Keesha Franklin/Ralphie Tennelli, Wanda Li/Arnold Persltein, Dorothy Ann/Carlos Ramon, Tim Jamal/Phoebe Therese
CHARACTERS: Keesha Franklin, Phoebe Therese, Ralphie Tennelli, Tim Jamal, Carlos Ramon, Wanda Li, Arnold Perlstein, Dorothy Ann
ADDITIONAL TAGS: self-indulgent high school au, rated for teens being teens, occasional swearing, they share one brain cell between the eight of them but Tim hogs it most of the time, i stand corrected DA actually hogs the brain cell, jealousy, pining, taking chances making mistakes and getting messy as they say
SUMMARY: It's almost time for the gang's junior prom, which means shenanigans are in high gear. Keesha and Ralphie make one of their bets, Carlos recruits Tim for a secret project, and did you hear a certain redheaded cousin is crashing the party?
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For Wanda and DA: How come you two hate working with each other so much?
Wanda: D.A. thinks she knows everything! She's also kind of bossy (but at least she's less bossy than Janet). And she spends more time reading than actually working on the project.
D.A.: Wanda tends to rush headlong into things rather than thinking them through. How are we supposed to do anything according to plan if she won't even listen to the plan?
Wanda: At least Carlos doesn't spend all day reading On the Origin of the Species just to answer ONE QUESTION about finch beaks!
D.A.: Well, learning just how Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution by observing the Galapagos finches is KEY to truly understanding the theory!
Wanda: Yeah, yeah. "Survival of the fittest." Everyone knows what that means. There's no need to write an essay on it.
D.A.: Well, it's more complicated than that. "Survival of the fittest" is a gross oversimplification of how evolution actually works.
Carlos: GIRLS. Stop arguing. And please don't bring me into this. I'm trying to work on a report on marine iguanas with Ralphie.
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