And it's somethin' true to pass on down to generations yet to come

[takeittothebridge]

Sitting in the garden by a rather familiar tunnel, Bridge played his harmonica, hoping to draw out a certain visitor. He had some news he wanted to tell him, and was hoping that the Fraggle would be able to hear the music and come drop by for a visit.

And despite appearing calm on the outside, he couldn't help buzzing a bit with excitement.

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[gobetween]

He smiled as he listened, lightly bobbing his head with it. And after a little while he started humming his own song again, backing up Bridge's playing.

The sight of little flecks of light around Bridge caught his attention, and he momentarily missed a note when he gasped. Then he leaned forward, watching the other intently.

[takeittothebridge]

In all honesty, Bridge had never heard the song with anything else before, so he hadn't thought much about it. It had always just been an idle melody that he picked on his guitar strings or blew notes on his harmonica or even hummed to himself at times.

But hearing something going along with it...it suddenly just felt...right.

About the time Gobo missed a note in his own song, Bridge suddenly stopped playing his, looking up in surprise.

[gobetween]

Bridge is going to find Gobo watching him with wide-eyes.

"For a second there, just a second, there was magic going around you! How do you feel...?"

[takeittothebridge]

He managed to catch a glimpse of some sparks of light around his hands just as they faded away. He looked on, silent for a moment.

"I feel...pretty good, actually."

[gobetween]

His tail waved behind him as he scooted a bit more forward.

"Do you think if we kept going... you might change?"

[takeittothebridge]

Tapping the harmonica in his palm again, he grinned.

"One way to find out."

Then he started playing the song once again.

[gobetween]

He smiled brightly himself and nodded, listening to Bridge's playing for a moment or two before he joined in with his singing.

[takeittothebridge]

It was only a moment of playing the combined song before wisps of light returned, swirling around Bridge before engulfing him completely.

It didn't last long, though, and soon the light faded away, leaving a blue Fraggle with black hair sitting in Bridge's place.

[gobetween]

He jumped to his feet when he saw that, laughing brightly at the sight of him.

"You did it!! Bridge, you did it!"

[takeittothebridge]

Opening his eyes, Bridge glanced down at himself and laughed.

"Hey, wow!"

[gobetween]

Gobo, thoroughly overjoyed, stepped around to look at him from all sides.

"Hair... snout... belouvious... Yep, all here!" Giggling some, he glanced up at him. "You look incredible! How do you feel?"

[takeittothebridge]

He followed Gobo, turning this way and that.

"Bel-what?"

[gobetween]

"Oh right, you wouldn't know." He snickered, then grabbed Bridge's tail and waved the bobble a bit.

"This thing! It's called a belouvious, and it'll flare out whenever you get scared. One in working order is the mark of a healthy Fraggle." He paused, then snickered resignedly. "...If only it didn't require getting spooked to test that."

[takeittothebridge]

"...Ah." Pulling his tail from Gobo's grasp, he then waved it around a bit. "Huh."

[gobetween]

He stepped back so he could take Bridge in completely, while he rested a hand on his hip and the other idly rubbing the back of his head.

"Man, there's a lot you'll have to learn now I guess, huh." A pause, and he snickered. "At least now you can fit down the Fraggle Hole."

[takeittothebridge]

He snickered. "Yeah, that's true." Pausing a moment, he then glanced around before picking up his harmonica that dropped on the ground during the transformation.

"...huh. This shrunk down too."

[gobetween]

He laughed a little at that. "Must be magic too. At least it didn't have far to go?"

[takeittothebridge]

"Yeah, that's helpful."

He paused a moment.

"...uh oh."

[gobetween]

He blinked at that, looking up.

"What's wrong?"

[takeittothebridge]

"Well...I found out how to change to a Fraggle...but how do I change back?"

[gobetween]

He opened his mouth, then closed it, and put a hand to it in troubled worry.

"...That's a good question."

[takeittothebridge]

He matched the worry with his own expression. "I mean, it's not like there's a reverse song..."

[gobetween]

"No, no there's not." He drummed his fingers. "And- you said you'd been playing that song for ages, right? We don't know what changed this time that activated the Fraggle side, so we can't undo that either!"

Bridge is going to get a wonderful demonstration of what Gobo was just talking about when, at a jolt through him, the poof on the end of his tail frizzed out completely.

"You- don't think you're stuck, do you??" In normal times he might joke that being stuck as a Fraggle wouldn't be all that bad, but he knew it wasn't his friend's default form and that he might like to go BACK some time. But if he couldn't-!...

[takeittothebridge]

Bridge, despite looking worried, was at least able to remain calm.

"...I mean, it wouldn't be the first time I've been stuck in a different form."

[gobetween]

That cut through his own panic a bit, and he looked up.

"It isn't??"