Roofhowse and Skip

by pika418

These two might be polar opposites on the inside, but on the outside, they could be twins! When the adventurous young sailor and evil ghost meet, things are bound to get interesting! Warning: This version is being altered from the original story, there's some sad parts and mild suicide references, but that doesn't mean that it will lose it's goofy and fun essence.

7. Chapter 7

I'm FINALLY back to this! You have no idea how much I've anticipated coming back to writing this story, I love it so much, and I barely even got into it! Over time, I've improved as an author, so the quality of this story will improve. The last time I updated this, I still had Nick Message Board writing style in mind. So, from where we last left off, Twilight finished telling Roofhowse her story. Ah yes, I remember this part, let's get to it!

Roofhowse and Skip

Chapter 7: Missing

After a day of fun at the Cove, the group split up, much to Skip's relief. However, the ghostly penguin made one mistake: he never went "home" to Roofhowse's igloo. Lorna and Sydmull showed up at his igloo the next day, looking for their friend. "Hi Roofhowse, want to hang out today?" Lorna asked after knocking. She kept knocking, despite the fact there was obviously no one home. "Uh, I don't think he's here." Sydmull stated, calling Roofhowse. Inside the igloo, a phone was going off. "He left his phone behind. Come on, Lorna. Let's go find Blizzard and Jangrah." The two penguins waddled off, confused and filled with concern. Meanwhile, Jangrah headed over to the Beach. She sat down on her beach chair and pulled out her clipboard and pen. From there, she started to plan her week. All was calm and peaceful, at least until a football flew past her head, causing her to mess up her to-do list. "Sorry Jangrah." A voice said from behind her. She turned around, and sure enough, it was Blizzard. "Blizzard, you made me ruin my checklist! Now I have to start all over!" Jangrah angrily flipped to a blank page and started to rewrite. Blizzard sat next to her. "So...still into the whole clipboard thing, huh?" She ignored him, pressing down harder on her paper. "I don't get it." She said to herself. "Last week, Roofhowse said he'd meet me here at the Beach at 9:00 A.M. Penguin Standard Time, but he's two minutes and forty seconds late! I hope he has a good explanation for this!" Blizzard backed away slowly, grabbing his football. It was then when Lorna and Sydmull arrived. "Guys, Roofhowse is missing! No one has seen him anywhere!" Lorna told them. Jangrah gasped, looking up from her checklist. "Oh no, what are we gonna do?" It was then when several EPF agents arrived.

Meanwhile, in the cave, Twilight sat down on the floor, finished telling her story and lost in her memories. Roofhowse started thinking. Suddenly, he got an idea. "Twilight, I think I know how you can get out of here." She sighed. "There is no way out. The only exit is blocked by a barrier that keeps me from leaving." Roofhowse nodded. "Yeah, but you're a ghost, you can phase through almost anything. If you go underground, eventually you'll be deeper than the barrier. Then you can rise up on the other side, and you'll be free!" Twilight stood up. "Not a bad idea. I'll come back for you, I promise." The ghost did a back-flip in the air and flew underground.

"When was the last time you saw your friend?" Jet Pack Guy asked. "Yesterday. He was acting a little strange, and now we can't find him anywhere, no one's seen him." Sydmull answered. Polter Gus flew over to the group, exhausted. "Finally, I found you guys! I have something really important to tell you!" Skip finally showed up. "Roofhowse! Are you alright?" Jangrah asked. "I'm fine." He said. "Then what were you thinking!? We were all worried something happened to you! How dare you defy the clipboard!?" Skip backed away slowly, turning his attention to Gus. He telepathically communicated with the candy ghost. Listen here. I know you know who I am, but you'd better not tell anyone, or I'll send you right back to the ghost dimension. Got it? Before he could answer, Twilight surfaced. "Well, look who we have here?" She felt her powers starting to return. Once she had enough to create a ball of energy, she thrust it at Skip. He fell on his back, in pain. He started to get up, still trying to use his fake identity as an advantage. "Guys, help me!" Twilight shook her head. "Don't listen to him! He's not who you think he is!" Lorna helped Skip up. "Come on, let's get you home." The penguins and agents all took him back to Roofhowse's igloo. "No!" Twilight shouted. "I have to go save them." Gus flew to her side. "I can help. Whoa, Twilight, I can't believe it's really you." She smiled. "I used to think of my ghost half as a huge inconvenience. But now I see what I was truly born to do. Follow me, we have to save Roofhowse and Enrique first." The two ghosts flew back underground and into the cave. Twilight and Gus blasted the cage open, and the penguin and Puffle were free. "Told you I'd come back for you. Now let's go, your friends are in trouble." Roofhowse and Enrique left the mine while Twilight and Gus met them outside after going under again. Together, they raced to Roofhowse's igloo.