A Penguin's Funeral

by: Terrell "T.R.J." "Tee" Ruffin James

Rating: PG

Author's note: This is a mix of a little tragedy, friendship, a little humor and some hurt and comfort for some reasons because mostly I'm thinking maybe give it a little sad, humorus and comforting story, even though it's basically suckish, but I'll risk it, meaning, I'll take my chances for "Surf's Up"with a little drama and humorus twist for "Surf's Up", which is my favorite movie, by the way. This fanfic will totally resemble a certain loss of Cody Maverick's mom. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: Cody's Tragic News

5 weeks after the competiton, 17-year old Cody Maverick resides in Pen Gu Island for taking a break of surfing for an hour and then receives a conversation with Lani.

"Hi, Lani." greets Cody.

Lani greets back at Cody, with a little glimpse of him, "Hi, Cody."

Cody asks Lani, "What's wrong? Are you okay?"

"I was going to tell you the same thing." says Lani.

Cody asks her, reluctantly, "What do you mean by, am I okay?"

Lani sighs and says, "You're gonna want to sit down."

Cody and Lani sat down near the beach and blantly gives out a little conversation, which could be considered breaking news. Lani says to him, "You see, how should I put this, let's just say I know this person who's mother passed away 5 days ago in his hometown and he's about 5'2, used to wear a big Z necklace and lives in Shiverpool until the Big Z Memorial Contest."

"That didn't make any sense. What are you trying to say?" asks Cody.

Lani sighs nervously and says, "I got this telegraph from Shiverpool. I don't know if you could read it."

"Thanks, but I'll risk it." says Cody, as Lani gives the letter to Lani and reads it.

The telegraph says, "Cody, how are you? I heard you gave your trophy to a friend of yours after you saved him. That seems good. You still should've won. Anyway, about yesterday evening, I came over to give your house to give your mom a gift that you sent. When I came in, I saw your mom lying down on the floor. I tried to wake her up, but she didn't. Doesn't make any sense? I'm sorry to say, which is kinda hard for me to say, but your mom died about 5 days ago. I'm so sorry, Cody. I hope you're going to be okay. Your brother's okay, but when I told him, he TOTALLY freaked out. I'm am SO sorry that your mom died. She's like a second mom to me too. Look, if you want Pen Gu Island as your new home, I totally understand. Hope everything turns out okay for you. "-- Sincerely, Claude

After reading the note, Cody received a shock inside of him, with tears streaming down his eyes. Lani stands up and puts her flipper on his shoulder and says, "I'm sorry, Cody. I really am. I wish I could do something." Then she walks away without another word. Leaving Cody curled up in a little ball and starts to cry. Then he thought to himself, "How did this happen?" Cody stood up and walked to the other side of the beach, trying to keep his depression to himself. Later on, Big Z comes to greet Cody.

"Hey, Cody." greets Z.

Cody looks at Z and says 'Hi' back to him.

"Lani told me about your mom. I'm really sorry. She's a very good mom to you." says Z.

Cody eyes filled with tears when he heard that. Cody sighs and stands up, thinking that it didn't happen on purpose. Cody then says, "I just can't believe she's gone. It's like, she's leaving me on purpose, you know?"

Z then says, "We just go through what happens when someone we love passes away. It's basically normal. It's hard at first, we feel anger, we deny and we try to pretend we're okay, but it doesn't work because it keeps getting bottled up. I think your family is awesome, Cody. Nothing will change."

Cody asks, "How do you know?"

Z sighs, looks at him and says, "I know how you feel. When I was younger, my mom basically passed away by a heart attack. I was frustrated at first, but I became strong. The pain hurts so much, you just feel as if you just want to let it out. I quickly got over the loss 3 1/2 days later and realize she's in a better place than I am. You know what I'm saying?"

Cody says, "Yeah. I do. It's just so hard."

"I know, but life goes on and we just deal with it." says Z.

Cody's voice began to break and says to Z, "I just love her so much and I really want to make her proud of me."

"She already is and we all are proud of you." Z says.

Cody goes over to Z and began to hug. Cody began to cry softly as the hug goes on.

"I'm going to be here for you, Cody. And everyone in this island will be here for you." says Z, gently.

Cody sniffles and says, "Thanks, man. I kind of wished that you were my dad when I first saw you."

Z chuckles softly and sighs affectionately with his flippers on his back as if he was thinking about Lani and asks, "Do you really think so?"

"Yeah." whispers Cody.

"That works out great because you were like my first son to me. Hope you're gonna be okay." says Z as he walks back to his hut while Cody lays down at the back with tears streaming down to his face.