Red Dawn by Lina Ben
Hello, this is my first Penguins of Madagascar story! This is basically a Penguins of Madagascar High School AU.
I don't own Penguins of Madagascar, any song references, any pop culture references or any songs on Private's ipod.
I don't own "Ignorance" by Paramore.
Chapter 1: Ignorance
The friends who stuck together
We wrote our names in blood
But I guess you can't accept that the change is good
It's good
It's good
~Ignorance by Paramore
A heartbeat bled its way into the restless dreams of the small teenage boy as he squirmed and twitched. His eyes shot open and it only took a few minutes to remember where he was. He was on a plane coming back from Washington D.C and the plane was just about to proceed through its touchdown sequence. Some of the other passengers were already waking up, including the beautiful blonde woman next to him.
"Hello, Percy." The woman smiled at him, with a dazed smile. This was Nicole Tolhurst, his new Psychology teacher he had met on the flight. She was incredibly young and she had the bluest eyes you could ever see.
"Hello, Miss." The teenage boy greeted back in a thick English accent.
The teenage boy's name was Percy "Private" Swimmer but his friend's called him Private. Private is a young teen of 16 and is an agent in training. He is part of the Penguin Elite Force along with his friends. Private is the shortest in the team and he is rather small. He has short black hair with long bangs that cover his eyes when he is embarrassed. He has ice blue eyes, but at a distance everyone thinks they're hazel. At the moment Private is wearing a black leather jacket, a lose red tie, a band T-shirt, dark blue jeans and black converse shoes. Now, the plane was beginning its decent to New York City and Private was starting to feel queasy. After ten more excruciating minutes the plane landed and Private grabbed his bag and promptly left.
After Baggage Claims and Customs, Private finally walked through Arrivals with a tired expression. He glanced at the crowd and spotted his team mates waving to him. Dragging his luggage as quick as he could, he ran towards his friends and was tackled into a hug by Rico. Ricky "Rico" Knight was the second tallest of the team and had messy black hair that was styled into a Mohawk and small green eyes. The last two members of the team chuckled and Rico hugged Private.
"It's good to see you again, Private. I hope Perry wasn't too hard on you." Came the voice of Seth "Skipper" Sarge.
Seth was the second shortest of the group and he had dark sapphire eyes and short black hair with bangs that framed his face. He was also the leader of the group. After Rico got off Private, Private stood up and went to hug his leader. A few minutes into the embrace there was a short coughing sound. It came from Kalen "Kowalski" Berg that tallest of the group who had brown eyes and short black slicked back hair. Breaking away from Skipper, Private went to hug Kowalski. To the left of them a clock struck 9:00 pm.
After a while everyone walked out of the airport and got into the car to drive home. They were headed back to their apartment, The Zoolander Heights. The Zoolander Heights was where many kids from their school lived. Basically it is a scholarship thing they do at their school. The school Zoolander Heights High School bought an apartment block a few years back, but they didn't know what to do with it. So 3 years ago the school started up this project to see that if teens could live without supervision of their parents or guardians. The school referred to this as "The Experiment" but the teens referred to this as "The Zoo". There was also the crazy kooky Doorman, known as Alice. Some kids would only stay here a semester but Private and his friends have stayed here since they were freshmen. The living arrangements, food and bills were all paid for them, but the kids usually took up part-time work on the side to pay for anything extra.
When everyone arrived at the apartment they took the elevator to the first floor and walked to their apartment, 1A. Their apartment was big and comforting. It had a big area that served as a living room, kitchen and study. The living room was near the door, the kitchen was at the back with a balcony and the study was to the right side of the room. On the right side there was a bathroom and a door which lead to Rico and Kowalski's shared room and on the left side there was another bathroom and Private and Skipper's shared room. Rico and Kowalski walked to their room, chatting about a bet. Skipper then flopped down onto the couch and pulled Private to the couch too. They talked about the camp that Private had been on for the past two weeks. They talked about Perry, the instructor and already Special Agent for the Elite Force and what he was like. Perry was also Private's older brother and was four years older then him. Private's friends were also 16, but he was nearly always seen as the youngest even though Skipper was 2 months younger than him. Private glared at the TV as if he was going to attack it any second. He didn't want to remember what had made him so mad but the scenes kept on flashing before his eyes.
"So, did you enjoy the camp?" Skipper asked suddenly turning his gaze back to Private. Something was up with his soilder, and Skipper wanted to know what.
"It was fine, sir." Private said rather sharply, attempting to avoid the subject as his eyes narrowed into a glare remembering the terrible thing that had happened on the camp.
"I know when you're lying to me, Private." Skipper growled non-threateningly, glaring back to his friend.
Private mumbled something incoherent, and Skipper sighed again. Outside, it was dark and the stars light up the sky like tiny little candles. It was about 10:00 pm now. Ending the conversation, Private turned on the TV and watched for a while.
Half and hour of watching TV later, Private excused himself to his room humming that familiar tune from his ipod. It was unusually quiet; Kingsley Julien wasn't having his nightly dance party so the apartment building was unnaturally quiet. Skipper was happy he was finally going to get a good night's sleep for the last day of the summer holiday's tomorrow. Slowly Skipper got up and walked to his and Private's room. When he got there he saw that Private was already asleep, so he changed as quietly as he could into his pyjamas.
"No, don't…please…you can't…Perry!" Private whimpered from his bed. Quickly Skipper looked over and saw that Private was still dreaming. Gently, Skipper placed a hand on his friend's forehead and brushed some of the longer bangs of hair out of Private's face. After making sure Private was tucked in, Skipper walked to his own bed and curled up and also went to sleep.
Next time on Red Dawn…
"Hello Neighbours!" the voice shattered the silence around Private and his friends as they had breakfast. 'Oh crap.' Private groaned to himself and stared at the source of the annoyingly accented voice. There stood an olive skinned teen with glossy grey hair that probably had many hair products in it. The teen was already wearing his school uniform even though the start of the school year wasn't until tomorrow. Then a shrill giggle sounded, causing Skipper to choke on his morning coffee.
The same tricks that once fooled me
They won't get you anywhere
I'm not the same kid from your memory
Now I can fend for myself
~Ignorance by Paramore
Thank you for reading! This is my first Penguins of Madagascar story and I hope you all like it. So should I continue this? Please review and tell me what you think!
Did any of you see the Phineas and Ferb reference? Perry the Platypus from the series, in my story works for the Elite Force and is also Private's older brother. So, yeah, I don't own Perry the Platypus either.
From,
Lina Ben