And this is the moment where Cody meets Big Z!

Chapter 9: Meeting Big Z

4 months passed by and everyone in Shiverpool has been affected with 'Vitamin Z', because they couldn't stop talking about Big Z. The entire rockhopper colony made a huge big deal when it comes to Big Z, though most of them never heard him.

Young Cody Maverick has heard a lot about Big Z and how they were talking about him non-stop and Cody wanted in on the action, despite the fact that he's too small and different from the others.

He walks towards the other penguins and hears the entire conversation of Big Z and he's very interested in seeing him in person.

'Wow! Wouldn't it be great if I met him in person? That would be cool.' Cody thought to himself.

Besides of being small, he's always dreamt of doing something big when he grows up and is being really good at it and wanted the world to see it. He never knew that seven years of his birth would go by so fast, other than being small and different from everyone else.

A few days has passed by and Cody is grew just barely taller, but still kinda small. He's almost used to being ridiculed and teased by everyone mostly of his peers and sometimes, kinda ignores it at times, which became kinda difficult for him to even get used to the fact that he's just different as everyone else.

When suddenly, something out of the ordinary breaks out.....exciting news.

"Hey, did you guys hear?!"

"No, what?"

"I heard that Big Z is on tour!"

"And you're happy about this because.....?"

"He's stopping in Shiverpool today!"

"What?! Are you serious?!"

"Dead serious."

"Do you know how awesome it is to even meet him in person?!"

"He also said he's giving most everyone a Big Z necklace."

"I heard it's the hottest thing ever made in Pen Gu Island."

All of a sudden, Cody walks in and overheard the entire thing. He looked extremely excited as ever that he heard that Big Z is coming to Shiverpool. It's like the best thing for him has definitely happened for the better.

"I can't wait to see Big Z!" Cody exclaimed, softly.

Several hours has passed and most everyone was definitely looking forward to see the whale come out and that Big Z is in that whale. Most of them were excited and others were anxious to see him, knowing that this is really happening, like they're anticipating the wait of a century.

"You nervous about meeting him?"

"I'm nervous and excited and also anxious and definitely relieved all at the same time."

"I know. We can hardly anticipate the wait."

Not too long, they heard the sound of a whale coming from far behind and most of them paused in excitement and anticipaton to see that whale heading towards Shiverpool. They all turned around and they see the whale spouting out of nowhere, along with a few other penguins and also, Big Z in it.

The crowd fell silent and had a ginormous full of anticipation to see this happening. As the penguins stood there, Big Z was the one standing in the front of the whale, holding his surfboard, looking at the entire crowd, like they're looking forward to this moment to come alive.

Cody sees the whale coming in and for a second, he knew it. He knew it was him and that he felt his presence towards him.

'He's here.' he whispered.

Then, he starts running towards and is stopped when he sees the crowd coming in and tries to get through it.

Before he could even get to it, he sees Z jumping out of the whale in the water, with his board and then, the water floats him over, which left the crowd 'ooooh'ing and 'aaaahhhing' with excitement. Cody saw the entire thing and wanted to get a lot closer to it and he thinks that he's gonna be the first to meet him.

As Z got to shore, he saw the crowd, looking very excited. On the outside, they were silent and still while on the inside was screaming, 'Oh my gosh, he's really here!', because they knew that to see his presence, they stayed entirely silent just for him.

Cody saw him walking towards the entire colony and has gotten through the crowd to get to him until....

He got out behind two penguins and stood in front of his hero, in person. Cody fell completely silent as Big Z looked at him for a while.

He chuckled and asked, "What's your name, kid?"

"Cody Maverick."

"Great name."

"Thanks."

Z chuckled as one penguin passes him the Big Z necklace and then, he gave it to Cody as he puts it on his neck. Cody looks at it and he is definitely speechless. He looks up at him in the eye and smiles at him, then tells him, "Kid, never give up. Find a way, cause that's what winners do. Can you remember that?"

Cody was completely happy as heck and said, "Yeah. Thanks."

"No problem. Nice meeting you, kid."

"You too....Z."

Z rubbed Cody's head and it was very amazing for him that he never said a word about his size or that he's different and he brought his, 'anyone can surf, big or small' attitude and that it became the first time that he never judged him of his size or shape and it intrigued him.

All the others were walking and one bumped into Cody as he fell down on his knees, as everyone gathered around Z. He was talking to some of them and everyone else has never seen a penguin like Z before to be a good example to everyone, including himself, like they were dying to meet him and actually talk to him.

Cody looked at Z and at that moment, he already found a hero that he can look up to, no matter what anyone thinks of his size or how different he is, only he can do great things and have the extreme persistence to do anything he can set his mind to.

'He's the greatest. One day...one day, I'm gonna be just like him.' Cody thought to himself.

Big Z hopped out of Shiverpool with his board, as he paddled back to the watetr and as the small wave comes up, he stands up and floats on it, while the whale's flipper helped him back up in the whale. He looked back and saw everyone standing there, amazed and excited. He waved at them and said, "Great seeing you all in Shiverpool! Catch you on the flip side!"

All the other penguins were cheering for him as the whale departs Shiverpool and everyone has left a good feeling, meeting Z for the first time, but the one who's more excited about it was Cody. He looked at his Big Z necklace and remembered those words; 'Never give up. Find a way, cause that's what winners do.'

As he looked at it, he kept those saying locked on this head as adjacent to 'Cody's me, let me be me' that his father said to him. Those two sayings were remembered and has been locked in his cranium and will be remembered throughout most of his life.

Most of the penguins looked at Cody's necklace and one said, "Kid, you are so lucky."

"Thanks."

"Don't mention it...ever."

Everyone walks away and gets back to their lives and Cody looked at the Big Z necklace and noticed that Big Z is a big influence to him and saw him for the first time surfing the waves in Shiverpool and said to himself, "That's what I want to be when I grow up, be a surfer like Big Z."

Looks like this could be the start of what his life should be. Why couldn't this happen in the movie? Stay tuned for more!