Pen Pen was dozing inside his freezer like he always does. He was dreaming. He saw familiar images, like his 'mama' Misato. Or the other humans in his life like the boy. Or the girl with the long red hair. He called that one 'Red'. When he saw her he began to shake. She scared him in this dream.

"I'M GONNA' GET YOU!" she boomed from hundreds of feet high.

Red was chasing him. She was much bigger now than he remembered her. He was the size of an ant compared to her. Pen Pen was trying his best to waddle away but the floor was like mud. When he looked back the towering form of the fire haired girl was still stomping towards him with an insane grin on her face and a killer glint in her eyes. Pen made his way towards his freezer but he was too small to reach the botton that would open the door. He hopped as high as he could given the gravity was ten times it's normal strength. But he still couldn't reach.

He turned around and put his back to the freezer door and cried out, "SWAAAAK! SWAAAAK!" Usually when he cried so loud his mama came to the rescue.

She couldn't be his real mother but she was there at the beginning of his memories and was the closest thing he had to a mother. It was because of her that the colour purple soothed him so. It was his favorite.

But now all he saw was red. A giant red girl with burning red hair raising a giant red foot to bring down on him.

Pen closed his eyes and awaited his fate with the sound of Red's evil laugh. And when darkness came, there was nothing but cold.

Pen Pen jolted awake with a fright. He was in his recliner but was upside down and sweating. Though he was in a freezer the nightmare was enough to make him sweat from terror. That nightmare always got to him.

Now he was greeted by his 'house'. He saw his lamp, he could feel his soft recliner below him, and the door that led outto the rest of his home. Then Pen Pen noticed everything was upside-down.

Pen righted himself and shook his head. The blood had rushed to his brain from being upside down too long. He saw spots and heard noises. He was alsoincredibly dizzy. He shook his head untilthe spots and dizzyness went away but the noises persisted. A loud Tap, tap, tap!He shook his head harder but they wouldn't go away. Then Pen Pen noticed that it was someone knocking on his small door. After the nocking stopped he heard a voice.

"Pen Pen?" It was his mama. He felt full of joy and love. Suddenly the effects of the nightmare were gone and he wanted to see his mama. He opened the door and jumped out, wrapping himself around her ankle.

"Whoa!" she said, rubbing his head. "Someone's happy to see me!"

Pen looked up at her and gave his cutest, "Skwaaa." Then he closed his eyes and held her tighter.

"Okay, Pen Pen! I can't feel my toes anymore," she said playfully. When he let go she came down to his eye level.

Then she said, "I have something for you. Or rather...someone I'd like you to meet." About now was when he noticed that everybody was there in the kitchen, watching. Who else could there be? He'd met his mama's nice friend with the prickly face. The boy, the girl with the blue hair,and...Red. Then mama's other friend with the dot next to her eye. How many people did he have to know? Better yet, why did he need to know anybody at all?

Now was the time he began to back up to his freezer. But before he could open the door again and make it to the safety of his freezer, his mama, still at his eye level, put an arm around him and said, "Don't be shy." Pen Pen gulped. He quickly looked around.

Mama wasn't holding one of those itchy little sweaters that she used tomake him wear. And she didn't have a leash in her hand; that phase in her lifehad passed. No collars with bells on them. No treats to get him to sit androll over with. No little laser pointer to make him chase after. (Pen Pen never understood why his mama always seemed to think he wasa dog) This could either be better than those things, or...worse. What could be worse than an itchy little sweater?

Pen Pen began to kick and flail, bite and "SKWAAAK!" as hard as he could in his mama's arms. Then she said something to the lady with the dot next to her eye. When the lady moved aside, Pen noticed another set of eyes and stopped squirming. This set of eyes was closer to the ground. And they were also the most intense blue. The eyes made him kind of uncomfortable. It was a little because the blue eyes belonged to another penguin and he didn't want to look stupid in front of another member of his own kind. But it was mostly because the eyes...they belonged to a girl.

Misato tried to give Pen Pen a nudge towards the other penguin but he seemed to have gone as stiff as a statue. Who could blame him? He did just what any human boy would do the first time he saw a pretty girl; he froze up. So she tipped him back until all that was keeping him from falling over was her arms. Then she scooted him fowards and tipped him back to his feet. He was now almost beek to beek with the other penguin who seemed to be taking this pretty well.

"Pen Pen," said his mama. "Meet Penny."

I'm not too good with after notes so...R&R. It's a little short but there will be more to come. If you like it or have suggestions, say it. If you don't...I'll eat your soul.