Disclaimer- I don't own PoM
A/N- Happy New years eve everyone! I have taken my break and i am back with another story. I hope you enjoy
IMPORTANT: this story does contain OC characters, and I know a lot of people dislike reading about them, but they are crucial to this story, so please try to read the whole thing. Thank you.
(Private's Pov)
What a hectic month it's been. After the whole "me turning into a baby situation", things have gotten a tad-bit stranger.
Kowalski seems to like having me spend more time around his lab. How peculiar. I mean, I could understand why he's lonely, he hasn't had much luck with any of his relationships, but he seems to want to spend more time with me. Maybe he misses having a little me watching him work on machines, I don't know.
Skipper seems to be on a more overprotective side, not that I mind too much. Yesterday I said I was going to help arrange things for Kidsmas, so I needed to leave the zoo to go get the tree this year. When I mentioned it to him, he interrupted me and said he would go get it himself.
Oh and we use the Humanizer gun, as Skipper likes to call it, and left to go find a tree. Whenever I say something like going out or things like that they seem to lose it, or when I get hurt.
Last week I was climbing to my bunk, while Rico was testing out a tennis ball cannon and he accidently shot him straight in the back, knocking him off the latter. Skipper, Kowalski and Rico immediately ran to my side and they started checking me for bruises. Rico pulled me into a hug and started muttering apology after apology. It's all really strange…. According to my human form, I'm about seventeen, but I guess to them I'm still a young boy.
But now we're in the middle of December now, Kidsmas is right around the corner and a lot of changes have happened. I wonder what surprises are in store for us all this year.
(No one's POV)
Private sat at the table making Christmas cards made for his best friends: Skipper, Kowalski and Rico. Deeply lost in his thoughts, he subconsciously began to hum some Christmas tunes to himself while he drew each penguin to their respective card.
At the moment, the rest of the team was gathering items and working out things for the celebration. Kidsmas was hanging off some loose threads, when it came to celebrating it this year so things were still being figured out. All of the children had grown up a bit and were deciding to spend time with their loved ones or friends, so it was a bit unlikely if it was going to be celebrated this year.
Private continued to draw meanwhile the other penguins were dealing with the upset of a few, make that most of the animals in the zoo. Kidsmas was cancelled and most of the animals had already gathered supplies and had nothing to do with them, so outrage ensued.
"What shall we do with all these decoration thingies?!", Julien exclaimed as he held up a makeshift, shabby wreath.
"And the games we set up?" asked Mason and Phil (in sign language).
"And the food we all prepared?", Marlene asked as she held up a cake.
The animals continued shouting out their complaints until Rico set off a few fireworks to catch everyone's attention. "Listen up people, we may not be having Kidsmas, but we could still celebrate it the old fashioned way, celebrating with people around us", Skipper said as he gestured to everyone in the zoo.
Everyone began to mutter against themselves, before nodding in agreement with smiles on their faces. All the animals started dispersing to begin to prepare for their own Christmas celebration. The penguins, satisfied with their compromise with the other animals, decided to head back to their habitat. On their way to HQ, they heard a strange helicopter-type buzzing. "Boys, get into defensive position!", Skipper ordered while getting into a fighting pose. "I knew these Danes would want their revenge…"
Suddenly a small drone flew over their heads and dropped a small envelope, before flying away. "Kowalski, analysis", Skipper says as he inches closer to the envelope on the floor. Kowalski walks over and picks up the paper, flipping it over and examining it all over. The envelope was white, with a gold lining on the edges, a red seal with a fish in the middle. "Well Skipper, it seems to just be a harmless telegram", Kowalski said as he opened up the letter. "It's definitely fancy…" Rico and Skipper walked up to Kowalski as he pulled out the slip of paper. "Can uo wreed it?", Rico asked as he pointed at the letter.
"No, but maybe Private can. He does have basic knowledge for reading.", Kowalski said as he began making his way back to the habitat.
"Kowalski hand me that note thing. I want to inspect it myself.", Skipper said as I extended a flipper. 'I don't trust that this is harmless to us, Manfredi and Johnson once thought the same when they encountered a pack of paper clips and an apple. That day was a mess…' As they entered HQ, we found Private pulling out the Kidsmas and our normal Christmas decorations. 'Poor Private, he always loved to prepare for the Kidsmas celebration. How's he going to take it when we tell him it's been cancelled?', Skipper thought as he approached the happy penguin.
Private noticed them and turned to face the three approaching penguins and with a smile of his face said, "Hello guys! So how shall we go about this year's celebration of Kidsmas?" Skipper walked over to Private, with a bit of a frown on his face. "Is something wrong, sir?", Private asked as he looked at Skipper, Kowalski and Rico with concern and curiosity. "Yes, Private. Kidsmas has been cancelled this year", Kowalski said as he stepped forward. Private's face dimmed noticeably and Skipper quickly stepped up next to Kowalski, ready to change the subject.
"Um, we also received this message. We can't read it, so we were hoping you could, young Private.", Skipper said handing him the slip of paper and envelope. Private's face twisted to confusion and fascination as he examined every detail on the items. He then began to read the letter and his face contorted to one of ….concern. "Are you guys familiar with the Polar Animal Agent Association?", Private asked, surprising everyone in the room.
A/N- well that's chapter chapter one. Nice to be back ladies and gentlemen. The next chapter shall be up in a bit, please rate and review. I would love to hear your thoughts on this so far. Also check out my other story and the art on it on Deviant art. I go by the same name so check it out. Have a happy new year and I will see you in 2018.