Hiiiiii! I know, I know, long time no update DX Im sorry! I was originally supposed to post it a while ago, but just wasn't happy with the chapter... So I retyped it! :D
But welcome to my new story! I hope you aren't too mad at me for being so late DX
Im going to Bronx Science High School in September! :D Im pretty excited, although there's so much homework DX But I'm going to high school! Yaaay! :D
But without further ado, I present to you chapter 1! Enjoy!
"Summer! Finally!" Loud cries of the like were heard all over Club Penguin. Penguins cheering and whooping and partying because school was over for another 3 months.
But one certain someone was fuming in his room.
That certain someone was a fat polar bear named Herbert.
And this Herbert was not pleased.
"SHUT UP YOU PENGUINS!" He yelled out the window before turning and plopping down on his blue bed, glaring at the walls of his room, which was actually a jail cell. It had surprisingly decent accommodations, with working lights, a simple bedroom, and a small bathroom.
"Watch your language Herbert!" A familiarly annoying voice chirped as she entered the jail segment, with more familiar penguins behind her, and some not so familiar.
Herbert simply scowled at the EPF agents before him. "Don't you ever get tired of saying that?"
Lake Blue shrugged, smiling a little. "Nope. I mean, I use it on my classmates everyday."
"Anyway, we have decided on a punishment for your earlier actions." Gary interrupted, pulling out a few sheets of paper.
"Prisoner Number 1, Herbert P. Bear Esquire, has been will be sentenced to three years of Reparation in the form of Community Service on the Island of Club Penguin for his actions." Gary read out aloud, while Lake Blue passed a copy to Herbert, smiling just a little.
Herbert stepped back, looking at the paper before glaring daggers at the gadget guy. "I will absolutely NOT do community service. They will poke me and laugh at me and make fun of me!"
"Too bad. You have to pay for what you did." Jessie shrugged.
"Plus, you are super fat! Like dude, I have never seen someone so fat before! You seriously, like, need to exercise and eat less!" A loud and obnoxious voice added. Herbert turned to the unfamiliar red penguin, who was smirking slightly.
"And who do you think you are?" Herbert glared, clearly annoyed by the new agent.
"Agent Alfie, new recruit." The red penguin grinned. Herbert rolled his eyes, already disliking this new penguin. He just clearly seemed like the kind that partied every day, like Rookie.
"And that's Agent Gils, also new recruit." Lake Blue gestured to the arctic white penguin next to her, who nodded and smirked in response.
"Why are you recruiting so many new penguins?!" Herbert complained.
"Why not? I'm awesome!" Gils smirked, letting out a short laugh.
"And why are they all so annoying?" Herbert muttered, still glaring at the new agents.
"Alright, so your community service begins in three days, so if there's anything you want to do before-" Gary began, before being interrupted by Herbert.
"Any way I can get out of it?"
"Huh?" Gary stopped, glancing at the polar bear, who looked pretty funny in his orange prison suit, according to Lake Blue, Jessie, and Mewcat.
"Cant I get out of community service?" Herbert asked, slightly hopeful.
"Well, it's like college. You can get out of it by going to college." Mewcat shrugged. "But it's not like you can get into a college anyway."
Herbert narrowed his eyes at the last comment. "Oh yes I can, and I will to prove it." He stood proudly for a second, before walking forward to the cage door... Only to bump into the bars.
"Ow!" Herbert yelped, glaring at everyone.
"What?" Alfie questioned, eyeing him uncertainly, while Lake Blue, Jessie, and Mewcat were trying not to laugh.
"Let me out!" Herbert demanded.
Alfie took a step forward, but was stopped by Jessie, who held him back.
"Why should we? How do we know you're not going to escape?" Mewcat questioned sternly, a slight smile still on her face.
"But I'm going to college! You have to let me out!" Herbert protested.
"Woah woah woah!" Alfie interrupted. "Dude, you don't just go to whatever college you want without notice! You have like interviews and papers and all sorts of stuff!"
"Plus, college only postpones your community service, not eliminate it completely." Gary added.
"But I am going to college, starting next week!" Herbert insisted.
"Oh really? Just which college do you think you're going to when school just ended?" Gils questioned, a slight smirk on his face.
"Uh... Umm... Summer school?" Herbert answered, self-doubt written all over his voice.
The three girls and the new recruits couldn't help but giggle and laugh at his response, while Gary, Jet Pack Guy, and Dot stood emotionless, staring at them.
Lake Blue stopped when she saw the three leads not laughing. "Lighten up, isn't that the funniest response you've received?" She smiled, nudging them.
"No, not really. When you've been here for 20 years you take things pretty seriously." Jet Pack Guy shrugged.
"Aww, but that's no fun!" Alfie whined.
"It's not supposed to be fun." Dot interrupted. "This is pretty serious work. We have the burden of protecting the island from dangerous threats, and-"
"Dangerous threats as in that unawesome guy?" Gils pointed to Herbert, who was still a little confused.
"Psh! Please! That dude can't even make a sound argument!" Alfie added .
"Alright guys, I think that's enough. You are supposed to still respect the leads, okay?" Lake Blue smiled, noticing how Gary was a little tense.
She turned to Herbert. "Alrighty then, we can allow you to apply for colleges and go to interviews, but your service will only be postponed if you go to college."
Herbert nodded. "So... What colleges are there?"
Mewcat sighed. "Well, there's CPU."
"What's that?"
"... Club Penguin University. No duh?" Lake Blue explained.
"Oh. Anything else?" Herbert asked, hoping for a university that wasn't occupied by the agents.
"Hmm... There's-"
"HARFISH AND KALE DUDE!" Alfred yelled, jumping up in excitement. "Like the best colleges EVER!"
"But also the most difficult to get into." Jessie added.
"Then I'm going to Harfish and Kale." Herbert affirmed.
"There's no way you're getting into Harfish." Mewcat scoffed.
"I will. And I'll prove it!" Herbert said stubbornly.
"Suuuuure." Lake Blue shrugged, before a loud crash was heard outside the door.
"What happened now?" Jet Pack Guy sighed, running out the room, the other agents following, leaving Herbert in the room by himself.
"Okay Klutzy, come on out now." Herbert whispered, turning to the window.
"Who are you?" The red crab clicked as it crawled in through the small window.
"I'm Herbert." Herbert replied, "And I need you to get me those applications for Harfish as well as my old report cards. I will get into Harfish!"
"You? Harfish? Not on your life." The crab clicked, rolling it's eyes.
"Whatever." Herbert said, "Now go." He pushed the crab back out the window.
"Who are you?" Klutzy clicked.
"I'm Herbert." Herbert rolled his eyes.
"I have the paper!" Klutzy clicked, stuffing the papers through the window before jumping down himself.
"Yay!" Herbert cheered, snatching the pile of papers and leafing through his report card.
"Lets see what I got!" He grinned excitedly. "71, 74, 85, 80, 66, and 90. Uh, that's pretty bad. But at least I got 90 in... Homeroom."
"..." Was all Klutzy could say. "You're an idiot. You're never getting into Harfish."
"Hey! That's mean!" Herbert glared, filling in the Harfish application form. "Lets just change my grades to 100..." He proceeded to cross out the numbers and change them all to 100's. "There. Now I'm smart." He sat proudly.
"That doesn't proven anything." Klutzy noted.
"Yes it does. I got all 100's!" He held up a report card with clear scribbles and X's on them.
"I'll fix them later." Klutzy sighed, grabbing the completed forms. "Just be prepared for your interview."
"Wait, there's an INTERVIEW?!" Herbert yelled to the crab, who was now too far away to hear him.
Herbert pondered about this upcoming interview, panicking just ever so slightly. He began to picture the interview in his mind...
"Hello Herbert. I see you want to attend Harfish?" A polar bear with a moustache and a tie asked, holding out a chair for Herbert to sit in.
"Yes, I am very interested in attending Harfish. I will be a priceless addition to this school." Herbert answered prestigiously.
"Very well. I just have a few questions. What is your past? What do you do?" The moustached polar bear questioned, writing down notes.
"I have been inventing machines that have contributed greatly to the penguin society I live in. I have been studying these penguins and living among them so much to the point where I know many of these penguins by name, and same goes for them. I even spread my genius and make machines specifically intended for them." Herbert smiled, sitting in a perfect posture.
The Harfish polar bear stared in disbelief at Herbert before grinning and cheering, "Congratulations! Welcome to Harfish! You really are an invaluable addition!"
"Yaay!' Herbert cheered, hugging the polar bear while grinning from ear to ear.
"What happened here?!" Gary yelled at the sight before him. Rookie and two new recruits stood in a line, looking guiltily at one another. The main computer screen in the meeting room lay flat on the ground with the chairs around the table in a disheveled mess.
The three agents were silent, glancing at each other.
Lake Blue sighed. "Feli, Rookie, and Tori, what just happened?" She asked, a little softer and calmer.
"I told them it was a bad idea!" Tori blurted out, flapping his yellow flippers in indignation.
"But you had fun! Wasn't it fun?" Feli beamed, looking at Tori.
"I didn't want to break anything!"
"Hold up, guys. What actually happened?" Jessie interrupted, glancing expectantly at the trio.
"Okay, so basically, we were bored. So I decided that we play tag! Isn't tag fun?" Rookie began, cheering up immediately. "And then Feli was it, and he ran around chasing us. Tori was hiding on top of that." He paused to point at a tall closet next to the screen. "I don't know how he got up there, but somehow Feli tripped on a random rubber duckie and crashed into me, and I fell against the closet thingy and it knocked the TV over. So it wasn't our fault! It was the closet's! Bad closet!"
Gary was showing clear signs of frustration, as was Jet Pack Guy and Dot.
"What's wrong? Can't you just replace the TV?" Feli asked tentatively.
"That's the exact point!" Gary yelled, startling the other agents. "Most of our money is spent on silly mistakes like these! How many times have we replaced the main screen because of your silly accidents?! Will you ever learn how to behave properly?! This is a serious job! And I refuse to work with penguins who can't even keep themselves from breaking every single thing they come across! I resign!" Gary yelled as he stomped out the door, grabbing his coat before slamming the door shut behind him.
All the agents stood there, stunned. Gary had almost never blew his top like that before.
"I agree. You just don't seem to take this seriously. Why waste our energy?" Dot eventually said, with Jet Pack Guy giving a confirming nod. They turned swiftly around and headed for the door.
"But wait!" Jessie called. "Who would run the agency?"
"I don't know. The director? If she hasn't resigned by now." Jet Pack Guy called from behind him.
"But she's on a 3 month business trip!" Lake Blue protested.
"Then figure it out yourselves!"
The three girls stood there, exchanging worried glances at each other.
"Huh?! JETTIE! Waaaaiiiiiitt!" Rookie yelled, running out the door to catch up with the other leads, leaving the three agents and the new recruits alone in the vast meeting room.
There was a tense silence as the agents stood there, trying to comprehend everything that just took place.
"Uh, dudes? What do we do now?" Alfie finally asked, looking just a little worried.
Lake Blue shook her head. "I have no idea, but we still have to continue on. I'm guessing the four leads are resigning, so the burden of leading in on us three." She glanced at Jessie and Mewcat, who simply nodded.
"It's definitely going to be more difficult, so I'm really going to need all of you to keep it together." Lake Blue continued, glancing at the new recruits. "Now we have to deal with everything and Herbert at the same time. Think we can handle it?"
"Yeah, we're totally awesome enough to handle this unawesome task!" Gils affirmed, chuckling a little.
"Alright. So first things first-"
"YAAAAAYYYYYYY!" A loud cheer was heard downstairs, interrupting Lake Blue.
"... We go check on Herbert." Mewcat finished, grinning.
"Wait, who's Herbert?" Feli asked as they ran downstairs.
"The weird-looking fat dude, remember?" Alfie reminded him.
"Couldn't have put it in better words myself." Lake Blue giggled.
"I don't know, is he scary?" Tori asked nervously.
"Not really." Jessie laughed as they swung the door open.
"What's going on here?" Lake Blue asked as she glanced at the polar bear with a suspicious look.
"I'm going to Harfish!" Herbert cheered.
"And how exactly? You haven't even gone to the interview yet." Mewcat questioned.
"Mine is next Tuesday. And they won't be able to help but accept me." He sat proudly.
"Haha, yeah sure." Alfie laughed.
Herbert frowned. "I will get into Harfish, and you won't be able to do anything about it."
Alfie was about to say something else, but the stern look from Lake Blue kept him quiet.
"Alright then, we will escort you over, so you don't cause any trouble." Lake Blue explained.
"Huh?" Tori asked, eyeing the polar bear cautiously. Jessie gestured for them to exit the room.
"We're going to escort him?" Jessie asked in disbelief. "But we're already short a few agents and us three are the only ones who are experienced enough to run this place."
"I was thinking this: Mewcat can take two of the new recruits to accompany Herbert to Harfish for his interview, while the two of us run this place and hopefully keep everything in order." Lake Blue explained.
"I guess it could work. I mean, I don't trust Herbert to go by himself." Jessie shrugged.
"Aye..." Lake Blue sighed, "I have a feeling this is going to be a pretty stressful 3 months... But we can do this."
"We can help!" Alfie flailed his flippers and jumped up and down excitedly.
"You can help by listening to your seniors." Mewcat laughed. "Alright, so who's going with me to Harfish?"
"Oh! Me! Memememememememe!" Alfie jumped up, waving his flipper.
They shared a quick giggle before nodding. "Who else?"
"Zhe awesome me will go." Gils declared, moving into a quick pose.
"Haha, Alrighty then. I guess we should go over the basic rules and regulations in this place?" Lake Blue suggested, smiling when the new recruits groaned or pouted.
For both Herbert and the agents, their new adventures were just a matter of time.
Yes, I just had to include Hetalia references in it XD It's been my latest obsession O.o
So what do you think will happen next now that our leads have resigned? Will the EPF crumble? Or will it tank the blow like a hero? XD
For now, this is it for today. I hope you all enjoyed, and until we meet again, I wish you a wonderful day! :D