Making Friends

The house was full of weird items, including some fish in a tank that hardly had any room to move around. How cruel. Some weird techno type music played from an even weirder stereo.

But the resident of the house was a black, blue and white penguin with a plus sign for eyes. He wore a blue top with the gamecube logo on. He smiled at me and approached me, grabbing my hand with his wing.

"Hey, d-d-dude!" The penguin exclaimed, before dragging me inside the house, "Welcome to Honevray! I'm Cube, d-d-dude." I tilted my head as I glanced at the penguin, wondering why on Earth it had a name like Cube, except for the logo on his top.

I nodded breathlessly, glancing back to the fish in the corner, "U-Uh, nice to meet you. I'm Louis, new here."

"Yeah, I figured you're the guy that everyone's been talking about, d-d-dude." Cube explained, before following my gaze to the fish, "Oh, that? That's my prized 'red snapper'! I will never, ever part with it! I love it, d-d-dude!"

"You might want to get a bigger tank; the thing can't even turn around." I advised, frowning slightly at how still the fish was. I shrugged, before glancing back to the penguin, who seemed to not understand a single word I said. I sighed, saying, "Well, nice to meet you Cube, but I have to go. I'm on a break and I need to meet the other villagers. Later."

Cube looked disappointed, before hurrying to the back of his room, rushing back to me and shoving a leaf into my hands, "Here, have this as a housewarming present, d-d-dude! It's a fridge, the main priority in a house!" I looked shocked, putting the leaf in my bag.

"Are you serious?" I questioned in amazement, "You're giving me a fridge as a housewarming present? Wow, thanks Cube! You shouldn't have."

"Well, if you don't want it, you can just sell it to old man Nook, d-d-dude!" Cube informed me, before holding the door open for me, "Make a few bells, I expect you don't have much money, d-d-dude."

"No... I don't." I admitted reluctantly, before waving and leaving the house. Next stop, Mitzi. But unfortunately, her house was again empty. As I turned from knocking on the door, I caught a glance of a blue and white, female cat swinging a net at a butterfly. I frowned, before approaching her.

"Hey..." I said, startling the cat and causing the butterfly to take refuge in a nearby tree. The cat looked disappointed, before turning to smile shyly at me. She was a very cute cat, and I almost forgot she was an animal, and blushed slightly.

"Hello, mew." The cat replied, putting her net away and smiling at me awkwardly.

"Sorry about the butterfly." I apologised pathetically, before extending my hand, "I am Louis... I'm new to Honevray. Nice to meet you... I'm guessing you're Mitzi? You meet Bob's description." Indeed, she had a blue face and paws, while her head was white. She had big, bell-shaped eyes and a sweet smile.

"Oh! Don't worry about it, mew, I'm just trying to help out the museum." Mitzi smiled wider, before shaking my hand, her fur not feeling as rough and weird as Rover's and Bob's, "Yes, I am Mitzi. It's great to meet you, Louis! I'm sure you'll fit in well here, mew! If you ever need a friend to talk to, or just someone to listen, I'm here, okay?"

I smiled my first proper smile since arriving, already finding Mitzi to be a proper friend. For the first time, I felt welcome in this strange world... Okay, cheesy thought there, never mind... But it's nice to feel welcome in a foreign world, right? Not like a freak?

Anyway, back to the strange... reality.

"Thank you... Mitzi." I replied warmly, fidgeting slightly, "That's very nice of you, and, uh... Same to you, though I'm not the best at giving advice and... uh... stuff." Mitzi laughed, and I blushed, before continuing, "But... Yeah. Same to you, and thanks for the welcome. Um, I should, uh, get going... I need to meet everyone and return to Nook."

"Wait!" Mitzi called after me as I began to rush away. I sighed and turned back to glance at my new friend, who smiled, asking, "When is your birthday, mew?"

I stuttered, "O-Oh... Um... January 17th. Yeah."

She smiled again, causing me to blush once more, "I see. Mine is September 25th, bye Louis, mew."

Three friends made, seventeen to go. Ugh, this would take a while.

Next stop? Rosie from C3...

As soon as I entered the house of pink, I knew I was doomed, for there, smiling at me very widely, was a blue cat dressed in pink, wearing pink make-up.

Oh dear love of cheese, what now?