Distant Cousins from Another Side
By: Terrell James
Summary: This is a brand-new summer fanfic I've been working on for my summer fanfic project. Cody Maverick reunites with his distant cousins in Southern California. It's a family story. Hope you guys like it!
Chapter 1: Cody's Surprise Reunion
On a sunny, warm afternoon on Pen Gu Island, Cody laid down on the beach, looking at the peaceful waves and began to wonder if there is life in Pen Gu. As he looks at the waves, he thinks to himself, 'This is a peaceful place to see. I wonder why a few penguins like living in Pen Gu and other species as well. It's very awesome.' All of a sudden, Chicken Joe comes behind him, covers Cody's eyes and said, "Guess who?"
Cody chuckles and said, "Hey, Joe."
"What'cha doin', dude?" asked Joe, as he sits next to Cody.
"Nothin'. Just looking at the waves. Hopefully, I might be able to catch one." Cody said.
"Yeah, it's only simple when you see it, it's very interesting." said Joe.
"Just like Shiverpool, only you don't see anything like this, only icebergs and stuff." said Cody.
Joe stares at Cody and asks, "What's it like in Shiverpool?"
Cody sighed and said, "I thought you never asked. When you live in Antarctica, it's like all penguins are in their world, only much different. Shiverpool is like a little island, somewhere beneath the frozen tundra. It's about, like, 300 miles away from Australia, I think. But I think it's very cool, besides being isolated most of my life."
"I can understand how you feel." said Joe.
"Really? How come?" asked Cody.
"When you're in Lake Michigan, all you see is a ginormous lake, very big and somehow large. It's not like other islands or Shiverpool. Just very big. It's about, um, 258 miles away from here, though it feels like 700. But, from Lake Michigan to Shiverpool, it feels like 912. So to me, the lake is like a pool I can surf to. Most of my life, I lived in Sheboygan." said Joe.
"She-whatgan?" asked Cody, confusedly.
"Sheboygan. I know it sounds like a foreign German name, but it's a little town from Wisconsin. As you know, I'm a midwest chicken, you know. When you live in the U.S., it's very different from anywhere else." said Joe.
"To me, it feels like the other side of the world, you know what I mean?" said Cody.
"Yeah, I figured." said Joe.
As Joe and Cody continued talking, Gizmo and Lani stepped in to see what were they up to. Gizmo came up to them and said, "What you guys doing?"
"We're just hanging out." said Joe.
"Okay. Can me and Lani hang out?" asked Gizmo.
"Sure. Why not?" said Cody.
Lani came around and sat down, then 10 seconds later, a sound of a whale interrupts their conversation. Gizmo asked, "What is that?"
"It's a whale, dude." said Joe.
Gizmo stares at Joe and said, "I know what it is. I meant what's it doing here."
"I think they're bringing somebody new over." said Lani.
"How do you figure?" asked Cody.
"I'm not sure, but I think they're either going to visit or move here." said Lani.
"Oh, really? I think we should find out who it is." said Gizmo.
"Good thinking." said Joe.
Joe, Lani, Cody and Gizmo climbed up to the whale and Cody saw a young 17-year-old rockhooper penguin with spiky hair, green eyes and looks a little like Cody, only much more Californian. Cody suprising looked a little shocked as the young penguin got off the whale and said, "R-Rookie?"
"That's me, cuz." said Rookie.
"DUDE!" Cody screamed with excitment and joy as he ran up and hugged him.
"I so can't believe it's you, man!" said Rookie.
"Dude, you look so different, like you've changed or something." said Cody.
"Yeah. I got a little spiked hair and had myself a little rockstar image, you know." said Rookie.
"Looks good on you." said Cody.
Cody looks at Joe, Lani and Gizmo and says, "These are my friends, Chicken Joe, Lani and Gizmo, your distant cousin."
"How are you, man?" asked Joe.
"Cool. So, you really know Cody?" asked Rookie.
"How do I not know him? We're like brothers, only different species in another side of the world. It's like we found each other in different places." said Joe.
"It's obvious." said Rookie.
Rookie looks at Lani and said, "How you doing?"
"Pretty well." said Lani, as he gives her a handshake, then stares at Cody and said, "Where have you guys met?"
"Th-that's kind of awkward, isn't it?" asked Cody.
Rookie looks at Gizmo and shakes his fin and said, "So, you're my cousin, right?"
Gizmo looks at him and said, "Pretty much."
"You look like Cody, yet very much like looking in a mirror, I think." said Rookie.
"We get that a lot, so." Gizmo chuckles.
Out of the blue, 5 penguins jumped off the whale and surprised Cody with much more excitement. One penguin said, "CODY MAN!"
Cody looks at the younger penguin, 16-years old, hazel eyes, and straight hair and looked at Cody and to his reaction, he said, "A-are you...?"
"Dakota." said the penguin
Cody screamed happily and started to give him a tackle-down hug and said, "Dude, how have you been, man?"
"Doing great. You've grown, haven't you?" said Dakota.
"I have. I'm almost 18." said Cody, happily.
"Awesome, man!" said Dakota.
"And you might remember some other guys, Bubba, Megan, Claire and Mickey. We all reside from Malibu Beach, California. About an hour and 45 minutes from sunny L.A.." said Rookie.
"L.A.?" asked Cody.
"It's short for Los Angeles." said Joe.
"I've heard of it. I just can't believe you guys live near a beach there." said Cody.
"Yeah. It's awesome to wake up one morning, catch a wave and then just surf like there's no tomorrow." said Mickey.
"These are my friends, Chicken Joe, Lani and Gizmo, my brother." said Cody.
"How you doing, guys?" greets Megan.
Gizmo looks at Megan, 15 years old, blue eyes and curly hair and said, "You look very pretty."
Megan looks at Gizmo, shyly and said, "Um, thank you."
"So what are you guys doing here?" asked Cody.
"Someone from Shiverpool told us you lived in Pen Gu, so we thought maybe we should go there and see you, so here we are." said Bubba.
"It's really awesome to see you guys. It feels like forever." said Cody.
Bubba laughs and said, "Dude, you have no idea."