Courageous Munchkin

Hi! I'm Dee! What are you up to? N-...no... My mom knows where I am, thank you very much. No I do not need a babysitter! I'm fine on my own. At least... until sun set. Then I have to get home if I'm not already on my- uh oh... yeah, that's my sister. Abby! Oh...she doesn't look too happy... Bye! Dee is a happy member of WTSC

[humblebeedee]

Bake Sale! | Becca and Dee

[tangledflowerprincess-deactivat]

Rebecca smiled. This young girl certainly knew her way around a bake sale. She pulled out her wallet to see exactly how much cash she had on her. She certainly wasn’t going to spend all of it on cookies, but she wanted to give her something. She counted up about six usable dollars. “Hm…” she looked over the spread again, trying to makeup her mind. “If I buy two of the macadamia ones, will you give me two chocolate chip?”

[humblebeedee]

Dee nodded almost immediately before grabbing a large enough plastic bag and placing the large white chocolate chip macadamia cookies inside. She couldn't help but to smile, every dollar mattered. At least in her mind it did. It didn't matter how much was spent in making the cookies, she wanted to help the sanctuary, Beck, and Brooke. Not to mention get her platinum badge! Dee placed the two cookies in the bag for easy transportation and smiled up to the woman. "Two dollars, please."

[humblebeedee]

Bake Sale! | Bianca & Dee

[virtuetempted-deactivated201603]

The blonde skipped over curious as to what the small girl was talking about. She turned her head to the side, “Hmmm? Save the fuzzies? Well of course I’ll help save fuzzies. I’ll take two cookies please.” Bianca smiled brightly in return. 

[humblebeedee]

"Great!" Dee bounced behind the table and pointed to each plate of cookies as she talked. "I have chocolate chip, peanut butter, chocolate chocolate chip, peanut butter peanut butter chip, and white chocolate macadamia." She looked up and smiled as sweetly. "And you get a free chocolate chip if you get a white chocolate macadamia!"

[humblebeedee]

Babysitters Need Not Apply || Niko and Dee

[nikochatz]

"But why not?" he whined loudly, letting his head hang down as he pouted at her. It was hard for him not to burst out laughing when she giggled louder, but after a few moments of holding the pout he gave up and started chuckling. "You’re a brownie?" he gasped, then licked his lips, grinning widely, "That’s one of my favorite desserts! After s’mores and chocolate lava cakes! Do you and your friends have brownies I can eat? Those are the best.” He made a face when she mentioned the grass, “Good. Someone made me a smoothie with it once and… EW.” He pouted when she mentioned the costume, “Superman doesn’t always have his costume, does he? I don’t wear mine unless there’s a super villain on the loose, and right now Storybrooke is safe.” Niko turned around, watching Dee as she walked before following after her into the kitchen, “Okay!”

[humblebeedee]

Dee gasped and jumped back, quickly shaking her small index finger at Niko. "I'm a Girl Scout's Brownie! Not a brownie brownie!" she paused, giggling, "silly!" The girl paused again, trying to think if they had any brownies or when the last time Abby baked with her was. With a shrug, "I dunno. Maybe we have some in the kitchen." She wished her sister was as much fun as Niko was. For once, she liked the idea of having a babysitter. He could be like her triple sized friend that could scare all the meanies on the block away from her. She hated how much they teased her for being small. But the thoughts were quickly pushed out of mind as she ran into the kitchen and pushed one of the island's stools over to the corner of the counter. Carefully climbing up, Dee walked across the counter and stood tall on her toes to open the cabinet above the fridge. "There--" she pointed to the 'holy grail' of junk food snacks, snacks her mother rarely let her indulge in. "I can't..." she struggled to reach for the bag of Oreos, "too... far away!" She pouted.

[notfrank-notfrankie]

The Sea Is No Place For Me || Dee & Francis

[notfrank-notfrankie]

Big fat- “I beg your pardon?” he huffed rather offended, turning as a little girl ran towards him. It took him a moment to realize she was talking, or rather yelling, at the seagulls. Thank the heavens, he thought he was being insulted by a child! He stepped back as the girl ran at the birds, hugging the chips closer to his chest. He was not giving them up to scavengers. The birds fluttered further back though still hung close, watching for the smallest slip in his chip handling.

"Shameless ruffians," he growled, nudging a foot towards them again. He wasn’t quite as effective as the young girl. "Thank you," he offered the girl, still turning his body, and the chips, away from the waiting birds.

[humblebeedee]

Dee flapped her arms wildly, trying her best to scare off the food snatching rude birds. There were too many of them in Storybrooke to her liking! Even if the nice girls at the sanctuary said every animal mattered. Could a couple of seagulls really make that much of a difference? Honestly? When the birds finally gave off, Dee huffed again, "shoo!" then placed her hands on her hips and smiled to herself. The girl jumped around and grinned to the man. "No problem! One took off with half of my grilled cheese," she frowned thinking about it, but then quickly smiled again. "What did you call them?" She asked intrigued, head tilting to the side as she looked up to him.

[tophernottmorr]

Once Upon a Time... || Dee & Topher

[tophernottmorr]

Topher couldn’t help but be quite impressed when Dee read, amazed that someone so small actually knew what he was doing. He’d never remembered too much about his childhood, but he knew that when he was that tiny he still tripped over words and had a hard time making sentences flow. It was really, really awesome that she was as good as she was, and he didn’t notice how widely he was grinning until he turned the page, coming out of his Seuss induced trance and feeling his cheeks ache.

[humblebeedee]

Dee didn't consider herself better than her classmates when it came to reading levels. Even though she doesn't hesitate to snap and take charge of group settings. Perfectionists will always be perfectionists, and meant terrible headaches for everyone involved in the activity or project process. Dee continued to read, proud that she wasn't fumbling over some of the rhyming made-up words. A smile stayed on her face as she continued to read, trying to keep her voice at the right 'library tone'.

[humblebeedee]

What's your favorite game?

Board game or bored game? There’s a big big difference! Then there’s park or yard games and block games that you play with neighbors. There’s lots of games, so I have lots of favorites!

Umm… I think my favorite is ‘flying’. You swing as high as you can, close your eyes, then jump! It’s like you’re really flying! Whoever gets the furthest wins!

[humblebeedee]

Bake Sale! | Becca and Dee

[tangledflowerprincess-deactivat]

"That’s wonderful!" Becca replied. She accepted the pamphlet gratefully, flipping through it briefly before tucking it into her bag. She looked over a plate of chocolate chip cookies that looked positively scrumptious. "You made these yourself? Impressive!" She didn’t mean it condescendingly, she was just impressed with the sheer amount of food. She had no doubt this young girl had made some delicious goods. "What’s your pricing like?"

[humblebeedee]

Dee nodded, proud of her work. Besides setting the oven and being the one to pull the cooking sheets out of the oven, she did all the effort. Down side of being small: she wasn't allowed to be alone in the kitchen with appliances until at least ten. She pointed to the chocolate chip, "two for fifty cents, peanut butter are one for fifty cents because they're bigger." Next she pointed to the large double chocolate cookies, "those are seventy-five cents... umm white chocolate macadamia are a dollar because the nuts are expensive. But I'll give you a free chocolate chip if you get one!"

[humblebeedee]

Bake Sale! | Rebecca and Dee

[tangledflowerprincess-deactivat]

Rebecca was on her way into the park to meet Parker when she passed a table of baked goodies, manned by a young girl. She was trying to get customers to come buy cookies for some animal fundraiser. Intrigued, she wandered over. “Hey there,” she greeted. “So what are you trying to raise money for?” Man, some of these cookies looked amazing! Maybe she’d get some to bring to Parker!

[humblebeedee]

Dee grinned nearly ear to ear as someone stopped and looked really friendly. "Hi!" She handed a pamphlet about the wild life sanctuary in the town, Flight 'n' Furry Sanctuary. "For the animals at Flight 'n' Furry! Last bake sale was for the animal shelter and the next one is for..." she trailed off, trying to think of the next one then bounced a little as she remembered. "The elementary school! But it isn't for another three months. I'm working on my platinum Community Helper badge. I made these almost all myself."

[humblebeedee]

Headcanon: Bossy

Prompt: You can't paint it that colour!

Dedra isn't always sweet and fair. When it comes to group projects, Dee likes to take the captain role. Even when the assignment doesn't call for a leader. She can't resist the imaginary crown or the urge to make everything perfect. From dictating what goes on a poster to what color the team will be in a soccer match in gym class, Dee must speak her opinion. 

The worst case of Dee's true demanding leadership side showing happened one supposedly calm Friday afternoon. Dee couldn't just sit calmly and watch as her desk neighbor went to go paint the ocean purple. Oceans weren't purple! Right on cue, Dee snatched the paintbrush and pouted at Billy and shook her head as he yelled at her. Oceans just couldn't be purple. Thankfully it wasn't too far into a shouting match when their teacher broke them apart and forced them both into timeout. When Dee's mother read the note sent home, Dee only pouted, then exclaimed, "he couldn't paint the ocean purple, Mommy! He couldn't!"

[humblebeedee]

Babysitters Need Not Apply || Niko and Dee

[nikochatz]

"But I think he’ll taste good!" Niko stuck his tongue out at her, then laughed, "Don’t worry, I’m not going to eat him. He’s like my little brother, I need him around to play games with. I don’t have that many fun friends that I can afford to eat them.” He smiled at Dee, hoping perhaps they’d grow to be friends. Though he still wouldn’t eat Wybie. He didn’t make a habit of eating people, whether or not he was one. Fish were much tastier. Niko shifted to get some weight off his knees, not wanting to stand all the way up next to the tiny girl. He was about to say something else, when she poked his arm, and he gasped dramatically, just staring at her for a moment before laughing. “Good! As long as you like some of it, you’ll grow, you don’t need to like every green thing.” He smiled as she promised, and nodded, eyebrows furrowing as he head tilted. “No, I’m a cat-man, Coraline told me so, that’s why I’m not super adult-ish. Just sometimes.”

[humblebeedee]

"You can't eat Wybie!" she giggled louder, getting use to Niko's presence. He was easier to talk to and more fun than Abby. For as much as she loved her sister, Abby was stubborn at being proper and strictly didn't goof around with her. "That's sad..." she commented in response to Niko not having many fun friends. "I hang out with my Brownie troop! And friends from school," Dee nodded. "Good! Cause I'm not eating grass," she said with a silly expression on her face. Her head tilted curiously so. "Cat-man?" she giggled, "but you don't have a cat costume! Ohh... then that makes sense." Dee walked around Niko and got up on her tiptoes to lock the door than ran for the kitchen. "C'mon! I'll show you where my mom hides the snacks!"

[humblebeedee]

Like a Bug in Your Ear | Dee & Belle

[hislittlebelle]

"Well clearly you haven’t been talking to the right cats." She laughed. She adored reading with children. No matter if they understood or not it was fun and the way they lit up when they read something right or something interesting happened. Or they finally understood something… Belle couldn’t help herself from enjoying it. It was why she’d initially worked at the school. If she couldn’t run the public library she might as well enjoy the company of those who truly enjoyed even the most simple story. Because no matter the story, there was beauty in them all. "That sounds like a lovely idea."

[humblebeedee]

"What cats should I talk to?" Dee tilted her head, wondering if her mom would let her get a kitten. It was a random but interesting thought. She would love to have a kitten to cuddle with, or a dog! A puppy really would be best. Dee forced herself to focus on the more important subject at hand: reading with her favorite librarian. She missed Miss Belle too much. Which was saying something since she technically was a 'grown up'. "Yay!" she clasped her hands together loudly in a clap then looked to the book, it was a much nicer copy than the one she had at home. 

[humblebeedee]

Like a Bug in Your Ear | Dee & Jefferson

[offwithhis-head]

"Nothing to apologize for," he replied, turning to her to smile gently, "it’s not cheating if the resources are there, and the goal is met. It’s smart," he tapped a finger against his temple in gesture. "There’s always glue," he said simply. It could work, but it would defeat the purpose. But if he ever needed to, it would be a quick and effective way of going about it. "Hello, Dee. I’m Jefferson. Pleasure to make your acquaintance."

[humblebeedee]

Dee just didn't like the idea of cheating, no matter how crafty it was. Did the rubix cube come with the colors all matched up in the packaging? If they did, Dee would buy two cubes, keeping one 'pretty' while the other was to play with. That would work! At least in her mind it did. His name sounded familiar. Maybe she heard of him from Paige. She couldn't remember. "It's nice to meet you, too," she smiled a little shyly but still warmly. "How long have you been working with that," she pointed to the rubix cube.

[tophernottmorr]

Once Upon a Time... || Dee & Topher

[tophernottmorr]

"Bedtime is a good time," Topher agreed, nodding sagely, "But they’re the best if you’re ever sad, because they always make everyone smile." It was true. He’d often ended up reading them his senior year when people decided to try and make it a living hell, and the rhyming, colorful pictures, and cheerful, silly stories always made him feel better. It was the reason that Dr. Seuss was one of the best authors. He always knew the right thing to say. His head tilted to one side as the girl grabbed the paper, and he grinned as soon as it was good. "Now it’s storytime! Do you want to start it?”

[humblebeedee]

Dee liked to color or watch a movie when she was feeling sad. She was lucky to have a mother and sister that always knew when she needed cuddles, too. Normally she would want to be a big girl and refuse to be 'suffocated', but there were always exceptions. She giggled a little and gave the man a nod then gently took the book from him, stretching the covers apart and starting to read in a library appropriate voice, quiet but confident. 

[humblebeedee]

Bake Sale! | OPEN

"Bake sale!" Dee called out in a cheery tone, wearing a bright and sweet smile to coax people walking by the entrance of the park to stop and at least look. "Save the fuzzies! Buy a cookie to help the reserve!" 

[notfrank-notfrankie]

The Sea Is No Place For Me || Open

"Go! Hush! Shoo!" Francis hugged a small cup of chips to his chest, frowning at a flock of seagulls currently rounding him. Why had he gone along with his crew!? Surely they could have had a day on the beach without him. "You’re not the only one that’s starving! You’re more than certainly more well fed than me! Now go!" He tentatively kicked nudged at the flock though it didn’t seem to make any leeway.

[humblebeedee]

"Hey!" Dedra shouted at the rude seagull that stole her grilled cheese half right out of her hand. She sprung up to her feet and started chasing after the seagull, waving her hands around to get the other seagulls on the beach. As she ran along the beach, she noticed a man that was about to lose his food to a determined group of seagulls. "Hey you big fat meanie! Stop being a lazy pants!!" She shouted as she ran towards the man and tried to shoo the seagull. "GO AWAY! No one likes you!"

[tophernottmorr]

Once Upon a Time... || Dee & Topher

[tophernottmorr]

"You too?" he grinned when the girl sat next to him, putting the book between them, "He’s my favorite! Best author ever.” He carefully opened the cover, furrowing his brow when a piece of paper was lodged between it and the first page. “Huh?” he looked over at the girl, hoping she knew what was going on, “That’s not supposed to be there!”

[humblebeedee]

Dee nodded quickly, a cheeky smile growing on her face before she giggled. "I have a few favorites. But his books are the best before bedtime." At least to her they were. They left Dee with beautiful thoughts of bright colorful lands with magical animals, where everyone lived in harmony. Nothing terrible ever happened there! Dee blinked at the sight of the piece of paper and shook her head. She took out the piece of paper and shoved it into her pocket without looking at it. "All gone!"

[humblebeedee]

Babysitters Need Not Apply || Niko and Dee

[nikochatz]

"Dee," he nodded, correcting himself when she told him her nickname, shaking her hand firmly, though gently enough that he wouldn’t hurt her. She was so little. He beamed when she said he could come in, relieved that she was acting friendlier, and laughed slightly, looking at her with a dramatic look of incredulousness on his features, "Wait, they don’t?" He gasped and covered his mouth with one hand, "I guess I should apologize to Wybie, then…" Then he grinned, shrugging slightly, and got down on his knees, though he was still taller than Dee was. "Brussel sprouts?" he winced, "I never, ever, ever ate those, they’re gross! But I ate brocolli. And spinach. Like Popeye," he raised one arm and flexed, "Don;t tell your mom I said that, though, okay? It’s a secret, adults aren’t allowed to find out!"

[humblebeedee]

"No!" she nearly shouted then giggled. "Yea- wait, what?!" Her eyes grew large as horror struck her face. She covered her mouth with her hands and just stared up at Niko for a moment. "Don't eat Wybie! He's nice!" she stated as firmly as she could manage for being as small as she was. Even with Niko on his knees, Dee still needed to keep her head tilted up to look to his face. With a small giggle, she poked Niko's arm then pulled her hand back immediately. "I like broccoli! And carrots!" She grimaced slightly, thinking about cooked spinach, "I don't like cooked spinach. That's gross." Dee shook her head, "I promise not to tell my mom. But..." her head tilted slightly as she grew curious yet again, "aren't you an adult?"