Author's Note: Babies and gentlemen, it's time for the moment you've all been waiting for, time for another alternate take on another Rugrats episode, and so, here we go! Hope you enjoy the story! The first part will sound familiar, as I debated starting this story at the part of the episode when it changes, but decided I'd start at the beginning of the episode, as it makes a lot more sense, this way, you can more so easily see what is changed.

Angelica's Birthday, The Altered Version

Summary: We all know what happened at the end of the episode, Angelica's Birthday from season 3. But what if at the end of that episode, Angelica decided she wanted to stay a baby instead? Idea was given to me by Boris Yeltsin, hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own the original Rugrats characters, they're the property of their original creaters. I own any OC's you don't recognize, while Peter is owned by TCKing12.

Chapter 1, The Transformation

Drew is getting stuff out of the mailbox. Upon looking at the mail, he notices a Birthday card has come for Angelica. Taking the Birthday card out of the stack of mail, he carries it up to Angelica's room. On his way upstairs, he overhears Angelica talking with Cynthia.

"And that's why I ought to get the best stuff, only the best for the Birthday girl!" Said Angelica to her Cynthia doll, as her daddy walks into the room.

"Why hello daddy, I've just been putting together a list of more suggestions. Remember, there's still valuable shopping time before my party." Said Angelica.

"Oh look what came for you in today's mail pumpkin." Said Drew, holding up the Birthday card.

"A card, a Birthday card!" Exclaimed Angelica excitedly as she runs up to Drew to grab the card out of her daddy's hand.

She picks it up, opens it, stares inside of it for a brief minute, and then drops it on to the floor.

"Cupcake you're so excited you dropped it on the floor! Here let me read it to you." Said Drew, as he sits down on Angelica's bed, picks up the card and starts reading it to her.

"Happy Birthday little lady you're a whole year older today. And everybody knows cause it shows, you're grown up in every way. Love, Grandma." Said Drew as he starts sniffling back some tears.

"Awe don't cry daddy, I'm sure grandma just forgot to put the money in there. We can call and have her wire it over." Said Angelica.

"No no it's not that Muffin. It's just daddy was thinking about how his sweet little baby girl is turning into a young lady!" Said Drew.

"Yep that's right. And pretty soon I'll be a grown up and I can do anything I want." Said Angelica.

"Oh boy, the years just fly by don't they." Drew mutters to himself, as he lets out a sigh.

"Now that you're another year older your mother and I will be able to treat you more like a grown up, and trust you with more responsibilities!" Said Drew.

"Responsibilities? You mean I get to stay up late? And eat ice cream whenever I want?" Angelica asked excitedly.

"No, honey. Responsibilities means taking care of yourself. Doing things like clearing your own plate from the table, picking up your own toys, paying a mortgage, things grown ups do." Explained Drew.

"Wait a minute that doesn't sound like fun." Snapped Angelica.

"Well maybe not Angelica, but part of growing up is having to do things you have to do. It's not all fun! And it's a lot of hard work!" Explained Drew.

"Hard work?" Angelica asked disappointingly, about ready to cry, as Drew got up from Angelica's bed at this point and left Angelica's room.

Back downstairs, Charlotte is getting things ready for Angelica's birthday party, while talking to Jonathan on the phone.

"End of discussion on that one right Jonathan well of course I am. I need those circus acts here by noon. And there'd better be no excuses this is my daughter's birthday!" Demanded Charlotte into her cell phone, as she sees grandpa Lou come into the room, carrying Angelica's birthday present.

"Angelica's upstairs Pop." Said Charlotte, as she briefly covers the mouth piece on her cell phone to speak with grandpa, only to return to the phone a minute later, removing her hand from the mouth piece.

"And if that karaoke machine doesn't work it's going to be your threat, Jonathan." Said Charlotte into the phone.

Lou heads up to Angelica's room, where he hands Angelica her present.

"Happy Birthday honey." Said Lou.

"Thanks grandpa." Said Angelica with a sigh, as she unwraps the present to reveal a box with a karaoke machine inside, sighing with disappointment.

"Something wrong?" Lou asked.

"Grandpa, what's it like to get old?" Angelica asked.

Grandpa sits down on the bed and starts explaining it to Angelica.

"Hmmm, well that's quite a doozy of a question there. Well, at first your back starts to go and it's tough to get out of bed in the morning. And then well it's the teeth and the eyes and the hearing, then before you know it, you're eating tafioka and taking sponge baths. Hmmm, come to think of it, getting old does have its good points." Said Lou.

"Is that going to happen to me?" Angelica asked.

"Happens to everyone I'm afraid. Take my advice and enjoy the best years of your life while you can. Hehaha just think I was at Woodstock. Those pesky kids did make a racket though." Said Lou, as he gets up from the bed to leave the room.

"Excuse me a sec." Said Lou.

"Where are you going grandpa?" Angelica asked.

"Let's just say it's another part of getting old." Lou replies, as he leaves the room, Angelica, staring at the door with a shocked expression on her face.

Back downstairs, Charlotte continues to get things ready for Angelica's birthday party, while continuing to talk to Jonathan on her phone.

"What do you mean the Russian ordeal fell through? I set that up a month ago!" Charlotte screams into her phone, as some people show up with farm animals, sheep are making some noise. Noticing this, Charlotte pauses her conversation with Jonathan to talk to the person with the farm animals.

"Take that out to the tent would you boy?" Charlotte asks the man with the farm animals, before returning to her conversation on the phone with Jonathan.

"Now you hear this Jonathan. Those circus people had a verbal contract. And you'd better know that if they're ever going to work in this town again then they'd better know better than to cancel a Charlotte C Pickles deal." Snapped Charlotte into her phone.

"But the circus people departed." Said Jonathan on the other end of the phone.

"Departed! They can't depart until after the performances can they? This is an outrage!" Charlotte screams angrily into her phone.

Back upstairs, Angelica sits on her bed with her doll Cynthia, looking sad.

"Well Cynthia, I guess it's all over for us." Said Angelica disappointingly, as the babies enter the room.

"Hi Angelica, uh, we have something for you." Said Tommy, as he pulls out a mud pie, presenting it to Angelica.

"Happy Birthday!" Shout all of the babies excitedly in unison.

"See? It's a mud pie!" Said Tommy.

"It's our favorite flavor, mud." Added Phil.

Angelica sighs with disappointment.

"Don't you like it Angelica?" Chuckie asks.

"No, I'm too old for that silly kid stuff." Replied Angelica.

"Too old?" Chuckie asks.

"Yeah, I've got sponsibilities now." Said Angelica.

"Sponsibilities?" Asked Phil.

"Yeah, that means I'm not allowed to have any fun for the rest of my life." Replied Angelica.

"But Angelica it's your birthday!" Said Tommy.

"Yeah, on your birthday, everybody's spose to be nice to you and give you presents." Said Phil.

"And then you get to blow out your candles and make a special birthday wish." Said Lil.

"And then you get to eat cake and ice cream until you throw up!" Said Chuckie.

"Oh Chuckie, sweet simple Chuckie, the only thing that would make me happier is to never get another year older as long as I live." Said Angelica longingly.

"What do you mean Angelica?" Tommy asked.

"Yeah! Getting old's fun!" Said Phil.

"No no little Phil, getting old is nothing but misery and woe." Said Angelica.

"Wow, it's too bad you can't stay little like us." Suggested Tommy.

"Yeah, it's too bad I can't stay little like…" Angelica starts to say, as she gets a brilliant idea.

"Wait a second, that's it!" Exclaimed Angelica, as she hops down off of the bed and rushes off into her closet.

"Uh oh." Chuckie mutters to himself.

Inside of the closet, Angelica dresses up in some baby clothes. The babies are outside of the closet, staring at the closed door, when Angelica emerges, no longer wearing her regular clothes. Now, she is seen wearing a bonnet, a purple shirt, and a diaper, with no pants or shoes. The babies gasp at the sight of her.

"Angelica, you growed down!" Said Lil.

"I sure did, now I'm just a little baby again and now I don't got any sponsibilities or nothing!" Said Angelica, giggling as she kicks a bottle across the floor with her bare feet.

Chuckie turns to Tommy.

"Did Angelica really do this?" Chuckie whispers to Tommy.

"I don't know Chuckie, but things are sure gonna be different around here if Angelica's a baby again." Said Tommy.

"Yeah, if she's a baby, she'll be one of us!" Exclaimed Lil.

"And if she's one of us, maybe she can't push us around anymore!" Said Phil.

"Or steel our toys anymore!" Added Lil.

"Or make us wear those silly panties." Added Chuckie.

"Wait, what?" Tommy asked.

"Huh?" Phil asked, confused.

"Do we really wanna know?" Lil asked.

"Ooops… I don't wanna talk about it." Whispered Chuckie to the gang in embarrassment.

Back downstairs, Charlotte continues to get ready for the party, as she spots the man with the farm animals.

"Take that out back, didn't I tell you all of the farm animals go out in the tent? And let's not skip on the streamers. We need lots of colors, lots and lots of colors." Said Charlotte, as the boy with the sheep heads out to the backyard, where Peter is putting some finishing touches on a chocolate swan sculpture, and he directs the guy with the sheep over to a large tent, where the farm animals are placed. Meanwhile, Chaz and Howard show up inside, dressed up as circus clowns.

"Ta dah." Said Chaz and Howard simultaneously, as they appear in front of Charlotte, who gives them a funny look.

"Chaz, Howard, you look so, so silly." Said Charlotte.

"Thanks Charlotte, we're bringing back our old clown act for Angelica's party!" Said Howard.

"Yeah, when Howard and I were in school, we made all of our money off of birthday party appearances." Added Chaz.

"Uh huh, well I've really got enough entertainment for today." Said Charlotte.

"Just give us a sec before you say no. We can give you a quick preview right here." Said Chaz, as he puts on a tape of some music, and he and Howard, begin their act.

"Introducing, the amazing Flubbo, and his side kick, Loony Boy!" Exclaimed Chaz, as he made an animal out of balloons.

"And now, for our next trick." Said Chaz, as he and Howard start juggling cream pies in the air, only for Chaz to not move out of the way in time, causing the pie to hit him in the face.

"Well move Flubbo!" Said Howard angrily.

Their mess up caused Charlotte to start laughing histarically.

"Ok ok, you got the job, the kids will love this routine!" Exclaimed Charlotte in between fits of laughter.

Back upstairs in Angelica's room, she is now sitting on the floor in her baby outfit, sucking on a pacifier.

"So, let me get this straight, you're gonna act just like a baby?" Tommy asked.

Angelica removes the pacifier and replies.

"You got a problem with that?" Angelica asked.

"No, but that means you can't do a lot of things." Said Tommy.

"Like playing big kid games." Said Phil.

"Or crossing the street." Said Lil.

"Or eating solid foods." Said Chuckie.

"No problem, it will be easy!" Said Angelica.

"I don't know Angelica I don't think you can do it." Said Chuckie.

"Oh yeah? Just give me any old baby thing to do and I'll do it just as good as any of you." Said Angelica.

"Ok Angelica, why don't you get some milk." Suggested Tommy.

"Milk? No problem." Said Angelica, as she picks up the bottle from the floor, and peers out her bedroom door.

"Daddy." Calls Angelica, before Tommy stops her.

"Uh iuh no talking to the grown ups." Said Tommy.

"Oh." Said Angelica, as she takes a deep breath and screams at the top of her lungs.

Upon hearing her screams, Drew comes rushing up the stairs to Angelica's room.

"Angelica are you all…" Drew starts to ask, upon looking Angelica up and down, noticing that she's dressed up as a baby.

"What the dickens? Angelica? What are you doing dressed like that? What's going on here?" Drew asks in shock.

"Oh I'm fine daddy, but I would love some…" Angelica starts to say, before noticing the babies are giving her some strange looks, realizing she was talking to the grown ups again. Angelica then topples on to the floor and starts babbling.

"Goo goo, gag a, um, mil mil!" Said Angelica.

"Now you know if you want something you talk like a big girl not a baby." Snapped Drew.

"Mil mil!" Angelica says again, as she holds up the bottle to her daddy.

"Why don't you change out of those diapers while daddy gets you some milk!" Said Drew.

"Mil mil!" Said Angelica, as Drew leaves the room and heads back downstairs.

Angelica turns back to the other babies.

"Ha! Now that's service!" Said Angelica.

Drew heads back downstairs, where he runs into Charlotte.

"Charlotte you're not going to believe this. Angelica is up in her room, dressed as a baby! I mean she won't even speak to me!" Said Drew.

"Drew I really am busy. I need to go out back and check on how Peter is doing with the chocolate swan sculpture. And the Chinese acrabats are here." Said Charlotte, who points over to some Chinese acrabats who do their act of catching one of them in the air.

"La la la, la la la." Said one of the acrabats, speaking in Chinese to the other acrabats, which translated to English means, be right there.

"Well what am I gonna do? Every time she wants something she just cries!" Says Drew out of concern.

"Oh I wouldn't worry about it Drew I'm sure it's just a phase. Besides, it's her party and she can cry if she wants to." Said Charlotte.

"Well I'm gonna at least see if I can get her to wear her vandetti party dress, I mean she always loves getting dressed up!" Said Drew, who heads back up the stairs to Angelica's room, where he tries to get Angelica to put on her dress.

Upstairs, Drew holds up a pretty white dress with blue trim down at Angelica's level, as Angelica jumps up and down, screaming at the top of her lungs.

"Oh Angelica it's such a pretty dress, and I'm sure it costs a lot of money." Said Drew loud enough so Angelica could hear him.

Upon him making this comment, Angelica calms down.

"Oh, that's better." Said Drew with a sigh of relief, only to have Angelica start screaming again, knocking the dress out of Drew's hand on to the floor, now jumping on top of it, as she continues to scream.

"Oh." Drew moans in disappointment, ready to give up.

Back downstairs, guests start to arrive for the party, at which time, Drew has carried Angelica and the other babies downstairs, and put them into a playpen that's set up on one side of the living room. As the guests are arriving, two of which include Deen and Susie, Charlotte is still talking with Jonathan on her cell phone.

"Glad you could make it uh huh? Presents go over there on the table uh huh? Oh by the way Jonathan, we haven't received your present yet." Said Charlotte into the phone.

Over in the playpen…

"Well I gotta hand it to you Angelica so far you're doing great!" Said Tommy.

"Told you I could do it." Said Angelica, as Drew comes up to the playpen with the party guests who have arrived.

"Here's the birthday girl kids." Said Drew.

"What are you doing Angelica?" Deen asked.

"Yeah you look like a baby!" Said Susie.

"Ga gag a, blab la." Replied Angelica, continuing to babble like a baby.

"Huh?" Deen asked, unable to make out what Angelica was trying to say.

"Kids, time for the penyotta." Called Charlotte from another part of the room.

"Cool! Come on guys." Said Susie, as she and the other kids leave the playpen.

"Are you sure you're not coming Angelica?" Drew asked.

"Yeah, don't you wanna get all of the chocolates for yourself like you did at my party?" Deen asked.

Angelica just moans.

"Ok then." Said Drew, as he and Deen leave the playpen.

In another part of the room…

"Drew lower it down." Said Charlotte, as Drew suspends a Reptar penyotta from the ceiling.

"Yay!" Scream all of the kids at the sight of the penyotta.

At this point, Peter heads inside, where he starts blindfolding kids and handing them sticks to hit the penyotta with. The kids start swinging the sticks around, failing to break the penyotta. Angelica watches what is going on, as she starts to grow annoyed by their failed attempts to break the penyotta.

"They'll never get anywhere with those woosy swings, I'm going out there." Griped Angelica, as she starts to stand up from the playpen, only to be stopped by the other babies.

"Wait a second Angelica." Said Lil.

"You can't do that!" Added Phil.

"But penyotta's my favorite game, I always get all of the chocolate." Said Angelica.

"Look if you wanna be a baby you've gotta do baby things." Said Tommy.

"And we'd never be allowed to do anything like that. Besides, that stick looks to be awfully scary and dangerous." Said Chuckie.

Hearing Chuckie's comment, Angelica relents, as she slumps back down in the playpen, continuing to watch the other party guests, try to hit the penyotta. Eventually, Susie hits the penyotta, breaking it.

"Yay!" Said all of the other guests, as Susie gathers up her candy prize from the floor.

"Thanks guys." Said Susie.

"Grrr, I knew this might happen, that Susie Carmichael is such a goody goody!" Angelica angrily thinks to herself, upon seeing Susie break the penyotta.

A few minutes later, Howard and Chaz, dressed as Flubbo and Loony Boy, come into the room to do their clown act. Angelica and the babies watch from the playpen, while the other kids sit in a circle around the two clowns doing their act.

"Hey kids, it's Flubbo and Goony Boy, that's, Loony Boy." Said Charlotte, correcting herself as the clowns prepare to do their act.

Flubbo looks around.

"What are you doing Flubbo?" Loony Boy asks.

"Oh, I'm looking for the birthday girl." Said Flubbo, as they start to do their pie act.

Just like the last time, when demonstrating it for Charlotte, they mess up, only this time, the pie hits Susie in the face, and everybody starts laughing. Upon witnessing this, a new thought comes to Angelica's mind.

"Well, maybe being a baby isn't so bad after all." Angelica thinks to herself, as she notices Susie, all covered in a cream pie, glad for once that Susie got the short end of the stick.

Angelica turns to the other babies…

"Well babies, I've made up my mind, I'm going to stay a baby." Said Angelica.

"Really?" Tommy asked.

"That's right, and there's not a thing any of you can do to stop me." Said Angelica.

At this point, Peter comes over and helps get Susie all cleaned up.

"Thanks Peter." Said Susie, as she wipes the last bit of pie out of her face.

"No problem Susie. Say, have you seen Angelica?" Peter asks.

Susie points over to the playpen, where Peter heads over, to find Angelica, dressed as a baby, along with the other rugrats. Upon noticing this, Peter gives Angelica a strange look.

"Something wrong Peter?" Tommy asks.

"What's going on here?" Peter asked.

"Oh, you mean with Angelica?" Chuckie replies.

"Uh huh?" Said Peter.

"Oh, Angelica decided to be a baby so she wouldn't get no sponsibilities." Said Chuckie.

"I see." Said Peter.

"And we're gonna help her be a baby by having her do baby things." Said Lil.

"Oh boy, I don't see this going well at all." Peter thinks to himself.

"Say Peter, uh, do you think you could help us with some of the more difficult stuff that's easier for growed ups to do?" Tommy asked.

"Sure thing Tommy, if Angelica wants to be a baby, then a baby she shall be." Said Peter, as he turned away to go help dish up cake and ice cream for the other party guests.

And this, ends chapter 1. So, how will Angelica's continued experience as a baby go? You'll have to wait and find out, in the next chapter, so please, do stay tuned!