One day, Penny was visited by her grandpa. Dr. Crygor had some big news, "Guess what coming to town?"
"What?"
He showed her a poster, saying, "The circus is coming to Diamond City!"
Penny was excited, "EEEE! The greatest show on Earth! We have to go see it!"
"You bet we do! I even got tickets! Now let's get some sleep so we can get up early!"
Penny woke up bright and early the next morning. She got all dressed and went to see if Dr. Crygor was ready, knocking on his front door, "Grandpa, it's circus time! We'd better leave early so we don't have to wait in a long line. Elephants, jugglers, clowns, we have to go now!"
However, Dr. Crygor did not answer, Penny knocked and called again, "Grandpa? Hurry, we'll be late."
Mike answered and said, "Penny, there is something you should know."
"What's that?"
Penny saw Dr. Crygor lying in bed with a thermometer in his mouth and an ice pack on his head, she was confused and asked, "Grandpa, what are you doing in bed? We don't wanna be late for the circus."
Dr. Crygor sadly shook his head and coughed, "I can't go, Penny. I am very ill today."
"Oh no. Don't worry, I can help you. Let me get you some cold pills."
She went to the medicine cabinet and got some Tylenol, giving him the pills to swallow. He didn't seem to be getting better, so she tried singing. Alas, her voice could not do the trick either. Next, she resorted to hypnosis, she swung a watch like a pendulum, "Look deep into my eyes and listen to my soothing voice. You are not sick, grandpa. You will go to the circus with your granddaughter, Penny."
When Dr. Crygor opened his mouth, Penny thought her hypnotism was working, but he ended merely sneezed. Penny patted her sick grandfather's head, "Well, we tried. Now what am I gonna do? Just go to the most fabulous, amazing and colossal circus without you?"
Her grandpa then grabbed her arms, saying, "I have a better idea. You stay here, you get sick too so that we can miss the circus and have no fun together. How's that sound?"
"That's a terrible idea!"
Penny took the two tickets and sighed, "I have no intention to be sick nor miss the circus, which I really, really want to see!"
Dr. Crygor was hurt and said, "Fine! Go! I'll just be sick, miss the circus and have no fun all by myself!"
Before leaving, his granddaughter grumbled, "Great. I'll try to bring you some of those circus peanuts you love so much."
When she made it, Penny looked down as she handed the tickets to a clerk named Nora, who asked her, "Penny J. Crygor?
"That's me."
"Where is the other person? Dr. William X. Crygor?"
Penny sighed, "Guess I won't need that other ticket."
"Sorry, no refunds."
Nora explained, "You'll be in Row A, seat 1. You're lucky, it's in the very front."
Once Penny was seated, the ringmaster called out from the middle of the stage, "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the greatest show on Earth!"
It was the greatest show on Earth indeed. There were acrobats, jugglers, trapeze artists, tightrope walkers and even people being shot out of cannons. Penny was so entertained while watching the show and eating peanuts, she cried out, "Wow! Isn't this the greatest you've ever seen, grandpa?"
She turned and looked at the empty seat beside her, Penny had forgotten that Dr. Crygor couldn't come. Everyone was laughing the clowns except for Penny, who couldn't stop thinking about her granddad and started to cry. Penny's sobbing got the attention of Kat and Ana, who were sitting right behind her as the former asked, "Penny? What's wrong?"
The redhead sniffled as she turned to face the ninja toddlers, "Oh. Hey, Kat. Hey, Ana."
Kat asked again, "Why are you so sad? I thought the circus would make you happy."
"Not without my grandpa. I can't enjoy the circus while's he home and sick as a dog."
As Kat and Ana gave her a hug to make her feel better, Ana suggested, "If your grandpa can't visit the circus, why not have the circus visit him?"
That gave Penny an idea, "Wow, that's an excellent idea. I gotta go!"
Penny quickly left the show, making Kat say, "Wait! The circus isn't over yet!"
However, the redhead was gone.
Back at Dr. Crygor's lab, the old man was asleep in bed when he suddenly heard a voice outside that woke him up, "Ladies and gentlemen...and all inventors named Dr. Crygor!"
Dr. Crygor got out of bed and addressed the voice, "Hello? That is my name and I am an inventor."
He opened the front door and could not belivee what he saw, Penny was wearing a magician's outfit with a top hat as she announced, "Welcome to Penny's Star Circus!"
That made him jump up and down excitedly, "Where's the circus? Where is it? Where?!"
"It's me, grandpa! I'm the circus!"
Puzzled, Dr. Crygor pointed out, "You don't look like a circus. Where's the elephants, jugglers, clowns?"
"Just watch! For my first act, I shall attempt to balance ten 3DS systems on my head while juggling five Joy Cons."
Penny was quite the juggler, she performed for five minutes and didn't drop a single thing. Next, Penny said, "Now, prepare yourselves for the tightrope walk of dangerous danger!"
As she walked carefully on a tightrope, Dr. Crygor cringed in fear and covered his eyes, "That looks and sounds super scary. Tell me when you make it across! I can't watch!"
"Don't worry, grandpa. I just did."
"Phew."
Penny spent the ten to twenty minutes performing all the different acts she saw at the circus, including balancing on a ball, throwing pies at herself, pulling rabbits out of hats and having Mike jump through hoops. Then, Penny announced, "Now for the grand finale! A brave and handsome soul will be shot out of a cannon!"
Mike offered to be that handsome soul, Dr. Crygor shouted to him, "Be careful, Mike!"
The cannon blasted the robot over a hundred feet in the air. When Mike landed on the ground, he landed on his feet and struck a pose, having nailed the landing. Penny and Mike took a bow, Dr. Crygor clapped and cheered, "Bravo! Bravo! An extraordinary performance."
With Penny's arms around his neck, Dr. Crygor wrapped his around her back in a hug. He said, "I love you, Penny."
"I love you too, grandpa."
"That was a wonderful circus. Now how about I show you some circus tricks of my own?"
As he began riding on a unicycle, Penny smiled and asked, "Wait a minute, grandpa. Aren't you sick?"
"Not anymore. The circus cured me."
Dr. Crygor spent the next the hour or two doing some circus tricks, entertaining Penny and making her laugh.
