Hey guys, here's Chapter one! Enjoy ^-^

Pizza Delivery!

The sun is shining brightly and reflecting off the sand. I squint around the beach, looking for the sign-ups for the island's annual surf competition. I've been practicing for this with my puffle, Sky, all summer long. After I signed up, I decided to go for a surf.

"Yo Cheyenne21! What's up?" Greets a familiar voice.

"Oh hey Rick4983," I answer.

I watch as the orange penguin swims towards me with his surf board.

"I see you already signed up for next week's surf competition," he acknowledges.

"Yeah," I answer. "Did you enter?"
"Of course! You and I both know that I am destined to become the World Champion Surfer!" He boasts.

I roll my eyes.

"Anyway just don't exert to much energy before the heat," Rick4983 advises. "I've seen some of the trick moves you do and that requires a lo of concentration and timing."

"Hm," I respond.

I glance at the dark blue water. While others would think the dark color looks ominous, I always thought of it as peaceful. A small wave passes by us as we sit on our boards. Then I feel something hard and smooth bump into my fin as I lay on my surf board. Probably just a shell or a crab.

I look to where my fin is and I spot a dark green glass bottle. Nice, I can't believe that some penguins like to litter. I grab the bottle, intending to throw it out later. It's not unusual to find garbage strewn about on the beach or floating in the ocean but it still infuriates me. I check my water-proof watch and realize that it's time to head to work.

"I've got to go," I inform Rick4983. "I'll see you later."

Rick waves a goodbye as I swim to shore. I quickly rinse the sand off in the shower and then carry the glass bottle to the nearest trash bin. It looks like a pretty standard wine bottle that was also pretty old and dirty. I could barely see through it. As I look at it, I notice that there's something inside. I shake the bottle and it clinks. Probably a shell or a rock. I turn the bottle upside down and let the object fall onto the boardwalk. What the...a bracelet? I pick up the bracelet and examine it.

The chain is tarnished but the small heart-shaped charm remains unaffected from it's time in the sea. I figure the chain use to be silver but now it looks more like bronze. Then I remember that I have to go to work. I toss the bracelet into my purse, throw the bottle in the trash, and then I ran to my job at the Pizza Parlor.

As I arrive, my boss spots me with a sigh.

"I'm not late!" I exclaim and then check my watch. "Er...only by five minutes."

I quickly rush to the back room and change into my uniform. Later that day, the phone rang.

"Hello, this is the Pizza Parlor. How may we help you?" I answer with the standard greeting.

"Uh yes, I would like to order three hot sauce squid pizzas, five regular sauce and cheese seaweed pizzas. And one dessert pizza," the voice on the other end informs.

I quickly jot down the order, repeating it back into the phone.

"Is there anything else?" I prompt.

"No that will be all. Thank you," exclaims the voice on the other end.

After obtaining the customer's address and filling the order, I head out to make the delivery. Normally there's another penguin at the Parlor who's assigned to making the deliveries but they just happened to be on break at the moment. Because of the huge order, I figure that these pizzas are for some party. When I arrive at the house, my suspicions are correct.

I reach the front door and knock as loudly as I can, although I'm sure it is drowned out by the loud music playing inside. As I expect, no one answers. I sigh and knock again. Eventually someone opens the door.

"All right! The pizza's arrived!" A yellow penguin wearing a t-shirt and shorts states happily.

He takes the pizzas inside and then returns with his wallet.

"So how much do I owe you?" He asks.

I check the receipt again before responding.

"One thousand, three hundred, and twenty nine coins," I declare.

The penguin whistles at the huge amount.

"Man! You're wiping my wallet clean!" He exclaims, handing me 1,325 coins. "Hang on a sec."

He leans back into the house until he spots a red penguin.

"Hey Maxie," the penguin yells. "You got five coins on you?"

The penguin, apparently named Maxie, nods and then takes out his own wallet. He walks over and hands me fifteen coins.

"I only asked for five!" The yellow penguin complains.

The red penguin makes eye contact with me and then his friend.

"You forgot the tip." Maxie replies, before walking further inside the house.

The yellow penguin scratches the back of his head.

"I still don't get him," he mutters before realizing I'm still standing at the door.

"What?" He asks.

I hand him his receipt.

"You're receipt," I answer before turning to go.

I make it halfway down his lawn before he calls back to me.

"Hey!" He shouts, "come and join us!"

I turn to reply.

"I can't" I state, politely. "I'm still working."

I quickly turn away bit not before hearing his response.

"Well maybe some other time then!" He remarks.

Not likely, pal. We'll probably never see each other again.

Well isn't that interesting. What is a bracelet doing inside of a glass bottle? What is Macey going to do with it? Find out next week, August 20th! Until next time ^-^

RR:

HopeFaith10: It was pretty devastating to have the game no longer be playable on a computer. It feels like it's gotten lost in history now. I actually have a lot of ideas planned for this category. It's just a matter of if I'll be able to carry them out. I'm glad you enjoy this story so far. It's been planned out very thoroughly. ^-^