Long-Lost Twin Penguins

By: Terrell James

Summary: This fanfic for "Surf's Up" is full of humor, angst and a little drama. Cody Maverick meets his long-lost twin brother from Los Angeles, Austin "Gizmo" Maverick. This is so-far the new fanfic for the new year. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: Gizmo's Introduction

One sunny afternoon, Austin "Gizmo" Maverick, a 12-year old adolescent rockhopper penguin, originally from Shiverpool, Antarctica, hails from Los Angeles for 4 years, heads to the park for a little skateboarding. Gizmo arrives and sees his friends and goes airborne.

"Dude, you're late." said one kangaroo.

Gizmo exhales and says, "Sorry, guys. Couldn't find my pads. It took me 15 minutes to search for my helmet, elbow pads, kneepads and stuff."

"Chillax. Let's get ready to shred." exclaimed one hippo.

"All righty." said Gizmo.

Gizmo and his friends went skateboarding in the pipeline and skated the entire park for an hour and Gizmo made its sickest moves and made higher air and landed on his feet. All the animals were high-fiving and cheering for Gizmo.

"Dude that was straight-up, wicked awesome!" exclaimed the koala.

"Thanks, Frankie." said Gizmo.

Later, Gizmo and his friends walked to the beach and see a few penguin surfers surf the waves.

"I wonder what it will be like to be one of those." Gizmo said.

One hippo said, "That would be extremely cool, wouldn't it?"

"Yeah, Mickey. That would be because I'm trying to be one."

"Oh, yeah. I forgot." said Mickey.

"Look, guys. I gotta get home. See you tomorrow?" said Gizmo.

"All right. See ya." said one kangaroo.

"Later, Sid, Eric, Frankie, Jim." said Gizmo, as he walks home.

When Gizmo went home, he went into his room and started to look at the ceiling, wondering what it will be like if he found his big brother again. He stayed in his room for 45 minutes until his adopted family for 4 years came back home. Gizmo came downstairs and greets them.

"Hey, guys." called out Gizmo.

"Hi, Gizmo. Didn't know you were home." said one penguin.

"I got back for almost an hour or so, Tasha." Gizmo said.

"Dinner will ready in a few, so wash up." said Tasha.

Gizmo got ready and later on, the clan got together for dinner and some of his adoptive siblings were socializing. Gizmo seemed a little shy and quiet and tried to socialize.

"Hey, Giz." said one kid.

"Yeah, Megan?" said Gizmo.

"What do you think about this drawing?" asked Megan.

Gizmo looked at it and said, "It's all right."

Megan scoffs and said, "You always say it's all right."

"Don't I always?" asked Gizmo.

After dinner, Gizmo received a letter from Pen Gu Island and the letter reads: Dear Austin Maverick, We would like for you to move to Pen Gu Island and start a new life. We have sun, sand and surf and very much everything you could possibly think of. We hope to hear from you soon. Move in by Friday. You might feel like family here in Pen Gu. Signed, Mike Abromowitz.

Gizmo decided to take a risk by moving to Pen Gu to start a new life, so he decides to head off to Pen Gu Island. Tasha and the rest of the clan were excited about it.

"You're going to move to Pen Gu Island?" asked Megan.

"That's what the letter says." said Gizmo.

"You've been here for 4 years and someone's going to adopt you." said one teen penguin.

Gizmo scoffs and said, "You say that like it's a bad thing, A.J."

"It's just, that I've never seen anyone adopted before." said A.J., with a worry.

"You know, you're my family always, right?" asked Gizmo.

"Yeah, I guess. When are you going?" asked Tasha.

"Friday." replied Gizmo.

"We were waiting for someone to adopt you and it feels like the wait is over." said Tasha.

"I've been here for 4 years, waiting to come back to my home and I can finally come to a new one. You know what they say, 'when one door closes, another one opens.'" said Gizmo.

Tasha chuckles and begins to hug Gizmo along with the rest of the clan. 2 days later, Gizmo said goodbye to his Los Angeles friends and adopted family when the whale came.

"Well, this is it." said Gizmo.

"You won't forget about us, won't you?" asked Sid.

"We're friends for life, dude. Count on it." replied Gizmo.

Gizmo and the rest of his friends gave daps and got a group hug from his friends and family. Gizmo went to the whale and heads off to Pen Gu Island for a new life and a new adventure.