Let's go where after Cody met Big Z for the first time and tells his mom what he will be in the future.

Chapter 10: Cody's Future Choice

A few hours after Big Z's visit to Shiverpool, Cody walked back home to the igloo, where he sees his mom, standing in front of the igloo. She looked at him and saw the necklace he has hanging on his neck. She asked, "Cody, what's that you have on your neck?"

He looks at his Big Z necklace and told him, "Big Z gave me this necklace."

"You mean, the new surfer from Pen Gu Island?"

"Yeah, that's him."

She looked at the necklace and said, "That's very nice, Cody."

"Mom?"

"Yes?"

"I finally decided what I wanna be when I grow up."

"What's that?"

"A surfer."

Her eyes grew widened and didn't know what to make of it. She chuckled nervously and asked, "A surfer? Like when people hold on to their boards on the water and then do some tricks to it?"

"That's the one."

"You don't want to be involved in some of these things. Aren't they kinda....dangerous?"

"No, not really. It's mostly what they do and they're famous for it."

"Well, I can understand that it's a job for them, but everyone around here is doing what they do best--fish piling and hatching eggs."

"Well, I think it's kinda boring."

"How so?"

"Who wants to spend the whole day sitting on some eggs and get smacked in the face with someone throwing the fish?"

Edna didn't quite get the last part and she said, "I'm not even sure how to respond to that, but all I'm saying is, I just want you to be safe."

"I know, and I'll probably try it when I get a little older."

"I'm still not sure about it, but let's see how that works for you."

"Okay, thanks, mom."

Cody walked inside the house and Edna sighed heavily and shook her head and whispered, "Kids these days...."

As Cody went to his room, he saw Glen walking around the igloo and he saw him with the Big Z necklace. He stopped him and asked, "Where'd you get the necklace, shrimp?"

"None of your business."

Glen yanked Cody's flipper and he grunted in every effort in order for Glen to release him.

"Let me go, Glen! Come on, this isn't funny!"

"Is that a Big Z necklace?"

"Yeah, how'd you figure it?"

"Everyone around the fish pile keeps talking about these things and that surfer dude."

"He's not just a surfer dude. He's the greatest surfer in the entire world."

Glen made a raspberry, which made Cody ticked. He struggled with every attempt to take Glen down, but all Glen could do is laugh at him. Eventually, Glen puts Cody down to the ground and he stormed off in his room.

"Is that even it?"

"Someday, I will get out of Shiverpool and become the greatest surfer in the world, just like Big Z! You'll see! And we'll see who's laughing now!"

Glen rolled his eyes and scoffed at him and muttered, "Whatever. Loser."

Cody sighed heavily as laid down on his bed on his room, thinking about what that situation had occured just now. He looked at his Big Z necklace and remembered what Big Z said to him, earlier;

'Never give up. Find a way, cause that's what winners do.'

As he looked at it, he starts thinking that maybe when he's older, he will find a way to be the best that he can be.

'I may be different from everyone else, but I can do great things. One day, I will show the world that it's okay to be different from everyone else and what matters is what everyone thinks of themselves. They just don't understand me. But they will.....I hope.'

He still has the old saying locked in his head that his father gave him;

'Cody's me, let me be me.'

The only issue is that most of the colony doesn't seem to accept Cody for who he is and all the comments were, 'Cody's this, Cody's that, Cody's this', which made him a little frustrated that he was different from everyone else and felt totally misunderstood. One question still remains unanswered: Will Cody let him be himself?

That question still remains unanswered. How will this go on? Stay tuned for more of this awesome story!