Hi, again, everybody! I decided to go with a Happy Feet story today, because I just ADORE that movie, and have been wanting to write one for quite some time now. So, here I go! ^_^
Disclaimer: I do not own Happy Feet or any of its characters (except Michael, Andrea, and any others that I might make up later). Also, I do not own any of the songs used in this story. This is merely a Fanfiction meant only for entertainment purposes. Please don't sue me! ^_^'
Chapter 1: Heaven
Baby, you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in heaven
"Heaven" by Bryan Adams
"You don't have to be beautiful to turn me on..."
Yes! Michael gave a victory cheer in his mind at this sudden turn of good fortune.
There she was.
He had finally found her amongst the huge gathering of Emperor Penguins gathered here for the Mating Season.
Norma Jean.
The most gorgeous female in his generation.
"I just need your body, baby, from dusk till dawn..."
Michael watched her for a moment, closing his eyes as he listened to her sweet voice as she sang, then opening them again to take in her beauty. But he didn't have a moment to waste. Not if he wanted to win her with his Heartsong before another male did. He weaved quickly through the throng of loud, eager males following Norma Jean around.
"You don't need experience to turn me out..."
Now was his chance to get her attention.
Quickly clearing his throat, Michael approached her, beginning the first notes of his Heartsong.
"Oh, thinkin' about all our younger years, there was only you and me. We were young and wild and free..."
Norma Jean turned her head and looked his way curiously.
He waited for a few seconds, and she continued to watch him, which encouraged him to continue.
"Now nothin' can take you away from me. We've been down that road before, but that's over now..."
He stopped again, waiting for another sign from her that meant she wanted him to keep going.
With an apologetic smile, she turned and walked away.
Stunned speechless, Michael could only stand still for a moment, his beak agape, and watch her walk away and start her song again, still eagerly pursued by her ardent suitors.
"You don't have to be beautiful to turn me on. I just need your body, baby, from dusk till dawn..."
Snapping out of his stupor, he hurried after her, determined to give it another try. Perhaps he had messed up a note by mistake, or forgotten a lyric or two out of nervousness.
No, that wasn't it. She had been paying attention for a moment, he thought to himself, so she had to have liked something!
So he would try again.
But first, he had to catch up to her again.
He hurried after her as fast as he could, watching with a strange mixture of confidence, fear and anxiety as she rejected one suitor after another as she swept ever so gracefully along the ice, leaving a trail of crestfallen males in her wake.
"You don't need experience to turn me out. You just leave it all up to me..."
The males continued their unsuccessful attempts to woo her, moving in a swarm after her as she swayed her body to the beat of her Heartsong, heading up and over a small icy slope.
She must have felt a bit overwhelmed as the males followed her a bit too closely, their songs clashing loudly as each attempted to sing louder than the others, trying to call attention to their own Heartsongs, because, she immediately protested as they attempted once more to surround her.
"Boys, boys! Give a chick a chance!"
As the males hung their heads at her words, Michael had finally caught up with them, and was about to start his song again, when suddenly...
"WEEEEELLLLLLL, since my baby left me, I found a new place to dwell..."
Michael turned, irritated, to identify the intruder in his quest for love.
It was that freaking weirdo, Memphis. The one who always broke into song at unexpected moments, and who did all those crazy dance moves when he sang.
Michael frowned. Who does that, anyway? All those strange foot and body movements while you're singing? It just wasn't normal.
Such a male did not deserve Norma Jean.
NORMA JEAN!
He turned back to her, intent on singing to her again, but now could only watch with a feeling akin to horror as Norma Jean studied Memphis intently, then began to sing his song with him.
"I'm feelin' so lonely, I could die..."
Then Memphis walked closer to her, crooning her song.
"Don't have to be rich to be my girl..."
She continued the next verse, approaching him as well.
"Don't have to be cool to rule my world..."
Michael watched in numb disbelief as the two began to circle each other, harmonizing perfectly and finally standing still as they finished Norma Jean's song together.
"I just want your extra time and your kiss..."
As the pair crossed beaks in a penguin nuzzle, Michael turned away, unable to witness any more.
Norma Jean had chosen her male.
It was not him.
Now what?
He shuffled off, eager to put distance between him and the lovestruck couple. Who was meant for him, now? He'd always had a thing for Norma Jean. He'd never found anyone else who interested him, other than her.
He'd thought he had a chance.
Now what?
Suddenly he stopped, his movement arrested, as a different voice snaked through the noisy crowd, as if trying to reach his ears alone.
"How do I get through a night without you? If I had to live without you, what kind of life would that be?"
He turned and followed the new voice, somehow compelled to go to it, whether he wanted to, or not.
"Baby, you would take away everything good in my life..."
Finally, he reached the source of the voice, a beautiful female penguin, who had a few suitors around her, but looked up at him as soon as he came into view, almost as if she'd been waiting for him, expecting him.
He found he wanted to sing to her, very, very badly.
So he did, somehow finding within him a piece of his Heartsong that he didn't know before.
"Baby you're all that I want. When you're lyin' here in my arms..."
She looked surprised for a second as he began to sing, before a radiant smile appeared on her face and she sang the next line with him, her heart telling her the words.
"I'm finding it hard to believe we're in heaven..."
His heart skipped a beat, only to thud in his chest faster. He had never felt anything this strong for Norma Jean!
This was it.
She was the one.
Michael looked deep inside himself, more of her song coming to him, and he sang it to her.
"And tell me now, How do I live without you?"
She sang the next part to him as they began their circle of love.
"I want to know. How do I breathe without you?"
He sang again.
"If you ever go..."
They came so close to each other and now they were almost touching, their circle slowing, coming to a stop. The sang together once more.
"How do I ever, ever survive?"
They stopped, leaning towards each other in blissful love.
As they nuzzled each other, each of them overjoyed beyond belief to have finally found the other, she spoke.
"My name is Andrea."
He gazed lovingly into her eyes, wondering if he was, indeed, in heaven.
"Michael."
A/N: Well, here it is, everybody! The first chapter of my first Happy Feet story! *Plays Final Fantasy Victory Theme*
I just suddenly had the urge to work on this last night and today, but I had no idea I'd be finishing the chapter! =D Hooray! *Plays Hallelujah Theme and does Victory Dance*
The chapter isn't as long as I would have liked it to be, but oh well. I hope you all like it anyways! Consider this a belated Christmas gift from me to all of you. Merry Christmas, and in case nothing new comes up soon after this, *curses laziness* I would love to wish you all a Happy (early) New Year! Let's all do our best to make 2011 a good one!
Oh, and if anyone is interested in seeing what my original characters Michael and Andrea, as well as some of my other OCs, look like, please check out my DeviantArt page! Here is the link:
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Peace out, friends!
~Anima~
