Hey guys, here's Chapter Two. Enjoy ^-^

More questions needing more answers

I return to the Pizza Parlor, where I have less than one hour left before my shift ends. Since it gets slower towards the middle of the day, I take out that bracelet and look at it. I wonder why it was put in a bottle. Whose bracelet is this? I turn over the pendent and find the initials, MD, on it. Who's MD?

I wasn't sure who the owner was but I'm determined to find out and return this. It must be of some sentimental vale to have been placed in a glass bottle. I sigh. I should probably hand this over to the police and let them deal with this. I return the bracelet back inside my bag. Then again the police are probably buried in more important cases.

That night I took some pictures of the bracelet and made some posters. The next morning, I put the posters around the island. I place one lost and found poster on the counter at work before starting my morning shift. After another long day at work with no answers, I decide to head home and grab my surf board.

"Ready to surf?" I ask Sky.

Even though Sky doesn't really talk, I could see it in her eyes that she is excited.

"All right, let's go!" I announce, once we arrive at the beach.

I swim into the water with Sky, following close behind.

"Hey Cheyenne, wait up!" An orange penguin yells at me.

It's Rick4983 and I notice that he's also carrying a different surf board.

"Hey!" I greet.

We catch a few waves before we decide to just take a break and float on our boards.

"So you found a bracelet," he remarks. "I saw one of your posters while I was at the coffee shop.

"Yeah," I confirm.

"Do you have it with you right now?"

"No, it's at home. Why? Do you know who it belongs to."

Rick4983 works hesitates before nodding.

"Call it a hunch," he suggests.

Rick4983 works as a part-time barista at the coffee shop, as well as interning at the local police station.

"Who?" I ask, interested.

"I want to take it down to the forensic lab to have it tested first," he explains.

"What? Why?" I ask, puzzled.

He looks up at the horizon before answering.

"I want to confirm how old it is. The initials are connected to the owner, right?" He exclaims. "I think...I know who the bracelet belongs to...but I just want to make sure."

Rick's face suddenly turns from an expression of hope to sadness but only for a second.

"Stop by the lab when you can and we'll test it," he adds.

I look at him in surprise.

"Really?" I ask. "Are you sure they'll let me in and see it?"

"Of course," he laughs.

When we reach the shore, Rick4983 hands me a card.

"Just show this to the front desk and they'll let you through," he instructs.

I look at the badge, which says visitor's pass.

"Awesome!" I exclaim, like an excited penguin.

Rick just smiles. We say our goodbyes as he heads to work at the coffee shop. Sky and I head home and I start to work on finances. After that, I watch the Night of the Living Shed with Sky and then we both go to bed.

I wake up to a loud thud inside my igloo. I peer at the clock; it's three in the morning. I hear another noise coming from the next room.

"Sky!" I hiss softly, "go to sleep!"

I close my eyes but the noises continue. I'm about to yell at Sky when I realize that she is sleeping soundly in my room, on her own bed. My face goes pale and I sit up. If Sky is here...then what is making that noise?! I quietly get out of bed and make my way to the door.

I glance through the small gap between the door and the wall. Someone is breaking into my house! Okay Cheyenne, this is not the time to be freaking out. I take a deep breath and then slink back to my bed, where I left my cellphone on the night stand. Then I dial Rick4983.

"Answer! Answer!" I whisper.

My puffle wakes up and looks at me, confused.

"Hey there this is Rick4983..."
"Rick! I need your help. There's this penguin and..." I whisper urgently into the phone.

"And I'm not available at the moment. Leave me a message after the beep and I'll call back when I can." The voice recording announces.

Rick! I decide to leave a message anyway, even though it won't help.

"Hey Rick, It's me Cheyenne." I whisper into the phone, "it's like three in the morning and uh...I thought you'd be home. There's someone in my house...a burglar?...I..."

I head back over to the door and stare at the intruder. My eyes finally adjust to the darkness, but I'm still not able to identify the intruder. I take a deep breath before continuing my message.

"The intruder is taller than me...about your height. They are wearing a black mask...and they're messing up my house. Almost as if..." my voice begins to falter. "Almost as if they're looking for something."

I glance back at my bag and bite my lip. Could it be...Are you looking for...the bracelet? I hurry over to my bag and take out the bracelet. How did they get my address? I never put that on the poster? I freeze when I notice all the noise has stopped. What? I didn't dare check the door. I can just picture the intruder waiting on the other side of the door.

I grab my light weight jacket and put on some sandals. Then I put on the bracelet and I grab Sky. I escape through the bedroom window. Sky is totally confused at seeing me in my pajamas, running for my life, while carrying her. I give her a reassuring smile as we head into town.

"Nice," a stranger says to me with a smile and a thumbs up.

What? I suddenly feel more self-conscious about what I'm wearing.

"You're rock'in it, girl!" Exclaims a girl penguin.

Huh? Then I notice that pajamas is apparently an "in fashion" trend. I smile. I look ridiculous. I head to the Coffee Shop for no real reason in particular.

"Is Rick here?" I ask the manager.

"He was a few minutes ago but he rushed out with no explanation," he answers.

"Huh." I say in disbelief.

"Would you like something to drink?" The manager suggests, "or perhaps a muffin to eat?"

"No thanks." I sigh, "I'll just read the newspaper and wait for him."

However Rick didn't return and the manager is getting upset.

"Listen." I reason, "I'll fill in for him...you don't have to pay me."

The manager shrugs and gives me some work clothes. I'm thankful for the clothes, so that I won't be walking in my pajamas all day. I explain to the manager that I have a real job that I need to go to. The coffee shop manager nods and then I leave for the Pizza Parlor.

I made it to work on time and began another busy day. I did not want to go home after what happened. My boss is generous enough to let me keep Sky here at the Pizza Parlor.

"Where did you get that?" Asks a cold voice, seizing my wrist with his fin.

"Wha...hey!"I exclaim, jerking my fin back to loosen his grip.

However the penguin continues to hold on.

"I said where did you get this?" The penguin repeats.

"Get what?"

Then I realize the penguin is staring intently at the bracelet, that is hanging on my wrist.

"This?" I ask, "uh..."

I look at the red penguin, trying to read his intentions. He looks sad and angry at the same time. Wait a second, he looks familiar.

"Maxie?" I state out loud, by accident.

The penguin withdraws his fin in shock.

"Who are you?" He asks, "how do you know..."

He starts to analyze me, making his gaze a little uncomfortable.

"The pizza delivery girl," he recognizes.

Before he could say anymore his friend comes up to us.

"Yo Maxie, enough flirting with this girl." The yellow penguin nods, "you have no sense of taste."

I take a deep breath and hold in my comeback to that insult.

"Let's go!" The penguin declares, dragging Maxie out of the Pizza Parlor.

It's in those few seconds that I discovered that Maxie had some connection to that bracelet that I had found in the sea.

"Cheyenne! Thank goodness you're okay!" Exclaims a familiar voice.

"Rick?" I guess.

I look up to see my best friend, looking at me with relief.

"You're not hurt, are you?" He questions. "I got your message and answered it too late. You were already off the phone!"

"The intruder...did you catch them?" I ask hopeful.

Rick frowns, "no. By the time we got there, they had already gone."

Now it's my turn to frown.

"This isn't good..." I mutter.

"No kidding," he agrees. "Listen you need to come down to the station and file a report."

"Did they take anything?" I inquire.

Rick shrugs, "it didn't look like the intruder did much except break the door handle and mess up the place. Still you should probably go home and check before filing the report.

As Rick and I head back to my house, I fill him in on what had happened that morning.

"I should have left my cellphone in my apron," he stammers.

"it wasn't our fault," I insist.

When we get back to my igloo, I gaps at the mess. This is going to take forever to clean. I spend the whole rest of my day going back and forth between the police station and cleaning my igloo. Rick helps me clean and even fixes my door. It's nighttime by the time we finish.

"Listen...you shouldn't stay here tonight. They may come back," Rick announces in a serious tone. "I'll have someone watch your igloo tonight."

I nod.

"But what happened to 'burglars never striking the same place twice?'

"That's only in the movies" he smiles.

So I sleep over at a friend's house but then the very next morning, I go back police headquarters to get some answers. I look at my wrist and sigh. Starting with this bracelet.

What's this? Someone broke into Cheyenne's house? Why? Who was it? And does this Maxie character really have a connection to the owner of the bracelet, like Cheyenne is guessing? Find out Next week, August 27th.

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Well at least your back now. I hope that this story will help make up for things. I'm sure that you will enjoy it. ^-^