7. The Big Contest
The next morning, Jonah woke up and sees a necklace on his head. He read the card and said, 'Jonah, this is for you. It's for showing that you'll always be my friend forever. So here's hoping you'll do good on the contest. Good luck, Cody.'
Jonah looked at the necklace and puts it on his neck. He stood up, got his board and walks across the forest to North Beach. When he got there, he sees a lot of penguins looking forward to the contest. He sees Cody, Lani, Joe and Z talking to each other. Cody turns around and sees Jonah walking across the beach and caught his attention.
Jonah saw Cody and ran towards him. He said, "Morning, man. What's up, man?"
"You ready?" asked Cody.
"I've been ready like never before, man. By the way, thanks for the necklace. It really feels good." said Jonah.
"No probs." said Cody.
"So, you excited about the contest?" asked Lani.
"Oh, yeah! It's gonna be so cool, I can almost taste it!" exclaimed Jonah.
"I can taste it, too!" exclaimed Joe.
"What are you tasting anyway?" asked Jonah.
"Tasting that you're gonna kick some penguin butt!" said Joe.
Jonah chuckles slyly and said, "Weird choice of words, but very true."
As the penguins got ready, the SPEN Announcer came over and said, "Pen Gu penguins, this is the Newcomer Penguin Surfing Contest. A chance to see new penguins from all over the world to see what they have what it takes to be the new Pen Gu surfer. Slater, on a scale of 1 to 10, what's the extreme level of intensity for this contest?"
Slater pointed out and said, "15."
"Whoa, that's epic! Rob?"
"About, let's just say, 20." said Rob.
"Now, that's extreme to the limit!" exclaimed the SPEN Announcer.
Jonah and Cody walked across the beach and Cody looked at him and said, "Good luck, man. You gonna make me proud?"
"Just watch me." said Jonah.
Cody went off to the audience when Jonah came across a 21-year-old king penguin, tattooed, red eyes, greasy spiky hair, and a lot taller. He turned to Jonah and said, "May the best penguin surfer win, of course that will be me."
Jonah scoffed and said, "Please, when you say that, you mean me. And you're right. I'm gonna be the best surfer that will win."
Then, as the surfers took position, they got in the water and surfed their hearts out. The tattooed penguin took out the penguins by crashing into them. Jonah looked at the surfers being taking out and felt scared about it. Then, when he stood up and surfed, he saw Cody and Lani cheering for him. He felt extremely confident and decided to go for it. He showed off his extreme move when he rode around the waves, then, flew himself in the board in mid-air and landed back in the water. Cody, Lani and Joe cheered after the move Jonah made.
"All right, Jonah!" exclaimed Cody.
"INSANITY!" exclaimed Joe.
"Now, that's a move!" said Lani.
Jonah threw out his flipper and laughed excitedly. Then, the tattooed penguin flew in from nowhere, trying to block his move, but Jonah blocked the penguin's move and then tricked him by looking at the sky and he flew off. Then, the penguin turned around and missed Jonah. He laughed and said, "SUCKA!" Then, he came behind him and decided to trick him back until another penguin got past him. He looked at the penguin and realized that he's an Aussie rockhopper penguin, rainbow hair, blue eyes, and a little taller than Jonah. He looked at him and said, "You can do it, mate! It's all you!"
"Thanks, man… whoever the heck you are!" said Jonah.
Then, they both did the double trick that no one has ever seen. They did a backflip, breakdance and spinning surfboard move which made the crowd go crazy. After that, the horn blared for the penguins to come back to shore. He looked at the Aussie penguin and said, "You were awesome, man!"
"You weren't so bad yourself, mate." said the Aussie penguin.
Then, Jonah walked around and sees Cody, Lani, Z and Joe coming towards him. Cody came to him and said, "Dude, that was awesome! Best trick!"
Jonah chuckled and said, "Thanks, dude!"
"Man, you really got the right skills." said Z.
"I have to say, for a newcomer, I'd say you did okay." said Lani.
"Thanks." said Jonah.
"They're gonna announce who's gonna be in finals in a short time. Feeling anxious?" said Z.
"A little, but I don't care. I'm gonna ace this, but if I don't, at least I can say I did have fun." said Jonah.
"Glad you feel that way." said Cody.
Then, a few minutes later, the SPEN Announcer said, "We're gonna reveal the final three surfers in this contest. Let's give a hand for Corey "Sparky" Savage from Bells Beach, Australia!"
The crowd cheered for the Aussie penguin as he walked up the podium with a screaming crowd. He put out a peace sign in front of the whole crowd. Then, he announced the next penguin to come up. "Let's bring in Tyrone Porter from Vancouver, British Columbia!"
Then, the tattooed penguin came up the stage and exclaimed, "I'm number one!"
Jonah scoffed and said, "Man, he is not number one. To me, looks like he's number zero."
Cody, Joe and Lani laughed at the joke Jonah made. Then, the SPEN Announcer called out the third penguin in the finals. "All right, let's give a shout-out to our third finalist, Jonah Pennington from Swirlymills, Antarctica!"
They screamed with excitement and Jonah couldn't believe what he was hearing. He walked through the beach and stood at the podium and said, "This is friggin' AWESOME!"
The SPEN Announcer said, "Here they are, Pen Gu Island, your top three finalists."
Later, Jonah waxed his board a little until Corey came towards him and said, "You're gonna do awesome, so I'll go a little easier you, okay, mate?"
"Sure, why not. So you're name is Corey, right?" said Jonah.
"Yeah, that's me. Corey Savage. My nickname is Sparky." said Corey.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Jonah Pennington." said Jonah.
"Awesome, so if one of us win, we'll be living the dream?" said Corey.
"Absolutely!" exclaimed Jonah.
"Cool, see you 'round, mate." Corey said.
Later on, Tyrone, Corey and Jonah went back to the ocean to make a few moves to impress the crowd and the surfer penguins. Jonah looked at his necklace and realized that he did come all this way to do his dream. He paddled around the waves and did his move until Tyrone blocked every move he made, until he outsmarted him with a spinning around and passed him behind. The SPEN Announcer said, "Now, that's an amazing move. Let's see it in replay. This Canadian penguin is trying to block this kid, but punk'd him with a get-out-of-the-way move and swirled around the board. We can call it the Jonah Swirl. The judges are looking at a 10 out of 10 score."
Then, Corey's turn came when he saw the wave coming through him. He rode around with a fast move, then flew himself off the board and landed back with a kung fu move. The crowd went crazy with Jonah and Corey's stunts. The announcer said, "Pennington and Savage are tied with a 29 score and zip for Tyrone."
Then, comes another big wave and noticed that this is the final wave. Jonah looked at Corey and said, "So, whoever aced this wave, wins it, ain't it?"
"Yeah, mate!" exclaimed Corey.
The boys went around the wave and did an impressive loop-de-loop on the wave. "This wave is bringing in an amazing tube and it's unbeatable. Pennington's gonna bring in the big win!"
Jonah felt like he's on top of the world, until Tyrone flies out of nowhere and takes it out on Corey. Jonah saw Tyrone attacking Corey and decides instead of taking the big win, he's gonna save Corey, so he leaned toward Tyrone and blocked him out. He said to Corey, "Dude, you can still make it! Do your thing, C-man!"
"All right, mate!" said Corey.
Then, Jonah decides to get behind Tyrone until he said, "I am not gonna come behind you again, you little punk-headed twerp!"
Then, Tyrone landed his fists and punched Jonah in the stomach and threw him out of the board and fell into the water. The SPEN Announcer said, "Oh, man! Pennington just got thrown out of the water by Porter!"
Overhearing what the announcer said, Cody looked shocked and saw what happened. Jonah tried to get to shore, but the wave crashed in and whacked Jonah. He was gasping for air and said, "Help! Somebody help me! I'm almost drowning in this breakwave!"
He saw his board and tries to hold on to it, but the waves came crashing down. Jonah popped out of the water, looking really scared. And then, the humongous wave crashed into Jonah's head and a few minutes later, Jonah was underwater and unconscious.
"NO!! JONAH!!" screamed Cody.
