We pick up where the last chapter left off and another one of Cody's dreams is the answer call.
Chapter 9: Never Give Up
As he went back to his room, he sat down on his bed and laid down for a bit. Then, the only think he can look at is the ceiling, just sort of gathering his thoughts together and just thinking.
He sighed heavily for a minute and closed his eyes for a little while. While he was lying there, he started dreaming.
Cody's dream
He was surfing the waves in Shiverpool, just doing whatever he's doing, hoping to catch a few moves and also to practice a little more. He got past a few icebergs and chunks of ice through the river, when all of a sudden, out of nowhere, someone smacks him out of the board and lands into the water.
He was drowning for a quick second and pops back up in the water, catching some air. Then, he turns around and sees his humoungus wave crashing towards him. It swept him really hard and he was trying whatever he could to swim back to shore. He started swimming back up, but the waves was continued to pummel through him. He tries to keep his head above water, but the waves wanted to keep it under.
There wasn't a single amount of help coming through. It was just him in the water with no one around. He turns around and starts to look a little scared that he's the only one there alone. He started breathing heavily and heard some voices come out of his head.
'You're nothing....'
He turns around, pants heavily and asked, "Who's there?"
'You will never be a surfer....'
"You better come out here! I-I mean it!"
'You're pathetic, Maverick!'
"What do you want from me?"
'You're a loser, Maverick! That's all you ever will be.....'
Cody panted heavily and turns around, but there's nothing in front of, behind, on top of or even underneath him. Just him and the water. It just scares the crap out of him and those voices were surrounding him and multiple voices started exploding out of his head. He covered his head and closed his eyes, hoping that it could go away, but it grew louder and louder and louder and louder. He just couldn't take it anymore.
Then, he screamed as loud as he could, hoping to stop the voices. The scream echoed all throughout the sea and everything fell silent. He looks around and there's no voices. He sees his icy-board pop out from under the sea and attempts the paddle back to shore.
As he was paddling, he heard a splash out of nowhere. He turns around and the waves to the water started to come up and he started paddling faster and faster and faster and then, underneath the water comes a strange object swimming around him. He stops paddling and looks around, and before he could even see it, a shadow figure lurks behind him and he slowly turns around and sees a huge whale coming in. Then, he pops out of the water and open his mouth. Cody was screaming loudly until....
Back to reality....
He opened his eyes, gasped silently and looked around and he's still in his room. He panted heavily and knew that it was all a dream or a nightmare. He sighed heavily and said to himself, "It was just a dream."
He didn't know that he'd been sleeping for a long time. Must be because he might be tired. He looked at his Big Z necklace and noticed that he cannot turn away from what Z said to him.
He got up from his bed, looks around and sees pictures of Big Z surrounding his room. There were pictures of himself, holding some trophies and also playing his ukelele on the sunset. Cody couldn't accept the fact that he died and that it was all a blur. A few icy-tears fell down from his eyes and he wiped them, because someone might see them.
He walked back to his bed and starts crying for a few minutes. He knew that he couldn't let this be nothing part affect him for the rest of his life. Even when he's only 12, he can accomplish anything. He stops crying for a few minutes, sits on his bed and thought for a second that he cannot live the rest of his life, worrying what other people think. Surfing is his ultimate passion and he's wanted to be like Big Z and let the rest of the world admire his persistence.
He sighs and told himself, "I cannot give up on myself. No matter what people say, I will never give up. I'll find a way, because that's what winners do. I will do whatever I can to be a great surfer like Big Z."
All of the doubts are started to fade away very quickly and he's able to do whatever it takes to get out of Shiverpool and into Pen Gu Island, one way or another. If it's the last thing he does, he will continue to surf whether the entire colony of Shiverpool likes it or not, albeit that he's different from everyone else and Cody will let him be himself.
Is this sad or what? He'll be able to do what he's passionate about, even though he has some doubters in Shiverpool. Keep your head up high, Cody! Stay tuned for more!
