For Cherry and her friends, it had, for once, been a completely uneventful week. No call-ins from the Justice League, no big missions in Equestria, no danger that could spell certain doom, and no new missions...in short, for the first time in years, things were actually uneventful in Greendale. Cherry let out a small, bored sigh.

"Isn't this fun, guys?" Patch deadpanned. "Nothing going on or anything to do."

"Yeah, I guess I kinda like my adventurous life, even if it costs me my life at times..." Cherry said. "Where the heck is Drell? He always pops in unannounced to drag me away somewhere..."

"I guess he's on vacation too." Atticus shrugged.

"Well... I dunno about you guys..." replied Lionel as he got up and rummaged through his bag. "But I made a stop at the Movie Rental store, and picked up four movies we can watch to kill time!" He pulled out the four DVDs: The Pebble and the Penguin, Treasure Planet, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and Masters of the Universe.

Cherry took a look at the collection.

"Masters of the Universe?" Atticus glanced at one DVD. "Ah, that's that live-action He-Man movie, right?"

"Oh, yeah, I saw a review of that one... Hmm... Maybe." Cherry replied for that one.

"These are Disney movies?" Mo asked, surprised as she took a look at Treasure Planet and Atlantis.

"Yup," Lionel nodded. "Around that time, Disney decided that not all of their animated movies had to be musicals. These two are pretty much just straight-up adventure tales."

"So investing!" Mo beamed. "I'm gonna have to remember that for later."

"The Pebble and the Penguin?" Atticus then asked.

"Heh. I like to call that movie Happy Feet before Happy Feet was greenlit." Cherry chuckled.

"Funny thing is, it was originally called 'A Penguin Story'," explained Lionel. "It was also the last film Don Bluth worked on before he moved to 20th Century Fox's animation department and did Anastasia and Bartok the Magnificent."

"So how exactly do we choose which movie we're gonna watch?" asked Patch.

"It's my house." Cherry smirked.

The others glanced to her.

"What?" Cherry pouted innocently.

"Well, I'm the one who brought the movies," replied Lionel. "So we need a way to decide."

"Well... I guess we could try the penguin movie," Mo smiled. "It does look cute."

"I wanna see it too." Patch agreed.

"Okay, that's three, I win." Cherry smirked.

"Guess that settles it," replied Lionel. "Pebble and the Penguin it is." He put the other three movies back in his bag, and put the remaining disc into the DVD player.

Mo soon put Treasure Planet and Atlantis aside for now, knowing those would be fun for after Pebble and the Penguin.

"At least it's something." Cherry said.

"Funny, you hate going on adventures, and when we don't go on one, you feel bored." Atticus chuckled.

"Yeah, I think Drell gave me Stockholm Syndrome." Cherry replied.

"Or maybe you're just not used to things around here being as dull as this." Lionel stated.

"Good point..." Cherry shrugged. "Greendale isn't the most exciting place around unless we accidentally spread magic, then Drell or Enchantra have to wipe the memories of mortals while we clean up any messes we make."

The group murmured in agreement at that.

Cherry then plopped onto the couch with the others to check out the movie as Lionel put The Pebble and the Penguin DVD into the player.

"Do these penguins have fingers?" Patch blinked, checking out the DVD cover.

"Yes." Cherry replied.

"It's an animation thing," Lionel replied. "Makes 'em seem more human."

"Plus you have thumbs now since you're a familiar." Atticus said to Patch.

"Heh, that's true." Patch replied, looking at his paws which had changed since he first met Atticus.

"I never noticed that until now, but...okay." Lionel shrugged.

"Eh, we'll talk about it later," Patch smiled. "Let's watch this movie."

They all sat down together, watching the previews, and soon, the movie started as they got comfortable.

"There is a charming tradition observed by the Adelie Penguins," said the narrator. "Once a year, during the mating season, the male birds gather along the antarctic beaches and there, each selects an extraordinary pebble."

As the narrator continued, the TV began to spark slightly. Patch tilted his head as he seemed to see that.

"Drell?! Are you there?!" Cherry soon asked.

"No..." Lionel replied. "Haven't seen him all week, so I doubt it."

And the TV covered them with electric energy, suddenly teleporting them into the film.

"Yaaaugh!" The others yelped as they were suddenly taken, starting a new adventure for all of them.

They soon changed forms as they were sent into the world of the movie, landing into the snow before popping out, looking all around at their new surroundings.

"Anybody get the number of that truck...?" Lionel grunted as he got up onto his feet...or rather, flippers.

"You okay, Lionel?" Atticus asked.

"Sure, just a little curious," replied Lionel. "As in wondering what the heck happened to us?"

"That's a good question," Atticus said. "I feel like we're in for a new adventure."

"Boy, it's been a while since you last said that," Cherry replied before looking to him in surprise, then peeked into some water to see her reflection. "Gah! I'm a penguin!"

"Not just you," replied Mo. "That goes for us, too!"

They all took a look around as they all appeared to be penguins which was a bit surprising and overwhelming, though not unexpected.

"I should've guessed." Cherry sighed to herself.

"Well, at least we look nice." Lionel replied.

"Downside is that we can't fly... Oh, well," Mo shrugged. "I guess we better explore."

"Oh, look..." Cherry said, pointing out.

Many penguins were shown to be exchanging pebbles together out of love.

"It's Valentine's Day in school all over again." Cherry then continued.

"Except it feels genuine," remarked Lionel. "And this is basically their proposals."

"Oh, it's so romantic." Mo smiled a bit.

Atticus smiled from that and went to see if he could get a pebble for Mo.

"Surprised you like it." Cherry replied.

"Hey, I may be a tomboy, but I can like sweet moments like you, as a goth, can like cute things." Mo said.

"Fair enough." Cherry replied.

Lionel began to ponder, while looking over the rows of pebbles. "I wonder...which one of these pebbles is good enough?" he asked out loud.

"Do you take this pebble?~" The boy penguins sang.

"Now and forever~" The girl penguins sang back.

"Do you take this penguin?~"

"Now and forever~"

"Do you?~"

"I do~"

Mo giggled as she found it to be very cute.

As Lionel was looking around the rock mounds for a pebble, the music continued.

"We will grow old together...Cozy and cold together~We'll try our best together...Further our nest together...We'll be a pair forever~Learning to share forever~"

Atticus began to look with Lionel so they could both give pebbles to Mo and Cherry while Patch looked invested in the song as it made him think about his girlfriend, Collette.

"It's now and forever, And ever and ever, It's now and forever, And ever and ever~" The singing continued. "Now and forever, As sure as the snow, As long as the ocean roars, I'll love you in a way that I'll never begin to outgrow, I'll now and forever be yours~"

"Cripes!" Lionel groused. "A zillion stupid pebbles, and I can hardly find a DECENT one, let alone a good one!"

"These all look the same to me," Atticus said to Lionel. "How do they tell which one's the best one?"

"I guess it's a penguin thing." Lionel shrugged, reaching into the mound and rustling around.

"Yeah, I guess." Atticus agreed.

Eventually, three young birds were shown flying in the distance, or at least trying to. They soon flew down around a penguin in a hat and scarf for some reason.

"Hi, Hubie," said the smallest one. "Tell us a story!"

"Yeah, a love story!" replied the other.

The third gagged. "Ugh, that's mushy stuff!"

"Hm?" Patch blinked and looked over to see what was going on.

"Ugh, Beany!" One of the little birds pouted to the one who gagged.

"Well, once there was a penguin, who fell in love with the most beautiful girl penguin." The penguin named Hubie began.

"Did she love you back?" The bird asked knowingly.

"They never even met. You see, he was... Painfully shy," Hubie explained, smiling bashfully as he crossed his fingers behind his back. "Well one day, he just swam up to her and said, 'Hello, Marina, I'm Hubie and I think you're fabulous'!"

The young birds giggled.

"Who am I kidding? I never even talked to the girl!" Hubie sighed.

"Well, you should tell her how you feel." Patch suggested as he soon came to see Hubie along with the young birds.

Suddenly, Hubie lost his balance and then slid down the side of the bluff. Timmy, Petra, and Beany watched him go, until he crashed into Marina, who got up and saw Hubie laying on his back. Patch then took a look with the younger birds.

"That's Marina." The girl bird told Patch.

"Ah... I see." Patch replied.

"G-G-Goodness Glaciers!" Hubie gasped to the female penguin. "M-M-Marina!"

"So that wasn't an avalanche," Marina giggled to him before playfully poking him. "That was some landing."

"I'm s-s-sorry, Marina, I'm just so clumsy." Hubie stuttered as he stood himself up, nervously.

"Don't worry, Hubie." Marina giggled.

And they both had a good laugh over the incident. Patch smiled fondly to that himself.

"But, someone else had his eye on the fair Marina: Drake, an evil penguin who always got his way." The narrator then said.

Drake himself was shown to be watching the scene with envy as his servants stand by, holding an ice-block mirror in their flippers. "That little wimp. I'll knock the stutter right out of him! Marina doesn't know it yet, but she's going to be my wife," he growled in jealous while making a snowball while also admiring himself in the mirror. "Our children will be the strongest, the smartest, the bravest! Not to mention the best looking. Why, they'll be just like me!" he then let out an evil laugh from that.

The servants soon laughed along with him until he growled at them to shut up.

"I'm telling you, boys: Marina is as good as mine!" Drake told them.

His servants resumed laughing as Drake tossed the snowball and continued looking at Hubie and Marina.

"Patch? Where'd you go?" Mo's voice called out.

"Hey, Spot!" Cherry's voice added.

Patch looked over and went back to see them.

"About time you got back," remarked Lionel. "What happened?"

"Sorry about that, guys," Patch replied. "I guess I got lost in the call to adventure."

"Of course you did." Cherry smirked.

"Well, we don't know much about this world yet, so it might be a good idea to stick together." Atticus advised.

"Good idea," Lionel agreed. "So that way we don't get lost or anything!"

"Sorry about that, guys, it won't happen again." Patch promised.

"Alright, works for me." Mo replied.

"I guess nothing to do now, but to hang out," Cherry shrugged. "Pretty mundane adventure so far."

"I guess we mostly have to help out Hubie." Patch replied.

"I guess so," Cherry shrugged. "Uh, you met Hubie?"

"Yeah, him and Marina," Patch replied. "They seem to really, really like each other. I'm a dog, I notice these things."

They watched as Hubie and Marina enjoyed sitting together on the peak of the hill.

"This is really quite a spot, Hubie," remarked Marina. "Whaddo you do up here?"

"Well, I w-wonder about s-stuff." Hubie shrugged, sheepishly.

"Stuff?" Marina asked, looking at him. "What kind of stuff?"

"I-I just-" Hubie began before sighing. "Nah, you'll think it's s-silly..."

"I bet it's not silly at all," Marina insisted. "Try me."

So Hubie sang. "Sometimes I wonder what the colors mean...Why the sea is green like your eyes~...I'm sorry... "

Marina didn't mind. "Go on."

"Sometimes I wonder why the moon is new... Where the stars are shooting to, When they're shooting through the skies~," sang Hubie. "There's wondrous things that I would like to know...Like how they make the winds and turn the tides; And then I wonder why; I wonder so, While other guys are busy choosing brides~... Oh, where was I?"

Atticus, Cherry, Mo, Patch, and Lionel began to watch that a bit while being quiet so they wouldn't ruin the moment for Hubie and Marina.

"Choosing brides." Marina replied, giggling at him.

"Sometimes I wonder if there'll ever be somebody right for me~" Hubie then continued bashfully. "Somebody who wonders too, Who's wonderful too, Like I-I don't know, like y-you...~" he then stopped singing as he felt a little nervous and sad again. "You must be bored to tears with this wacky nonsense."

"I don't think it's nonsense at all," Marina assured him with a smile. "Even though, you are a bit wacky."

And so they sat together, enjoying a peaceful night.

"Nothing could ruin this moment." Atticus smiled.

"Oh, boy." Cherry sighed as that always led to something bad happening.

"Mm..." Patch blinked before yawning as he suddenly looked sleepy.

"Oh, Patch is tired." Atticus then said.

"Might as well get the little guy to bed," Lionel replied. "Don't want him tired tomorrow."

"Right..." Atticus nodded.

They soon went to get going as Hubie and Marina continued to enjoy the moonlight together. A few hours later, they woke up to see a shiny green flame streaking down towards Hubie.