Penny's Life on Puckworld
16 year old Penny slept in her cozy bed as she smiled, wishing she could stay in the bed for the rest of the day. However her hockey puck alarm clock went off and she just placed her head under the pillow and muttered "Stupid alarm."
Then her father Canard came into the room "Good Morning Penny, rise and shine!" "I'd rather go back to bed." Penny said, her voice muffled under her pillow "Well," Canard said with a grin "Look who's been sleeping on the wrong side of the nest again." "Dad, school's out, it's time to relax and sleep in." Penny said as she removed her pillow to face her father. Canard chucked softly and replied "Yes, but today's a very busy day. Don't you remember?"
"Remember what?" Penny asked as she rubbed her eyes she yawned and brushed her short dark brown hair and opened her light blue eyes to see her foster father "Would the names, 'Nosedive' and 'Wildwing' and the word 'Race' ring a bell?" Canard asked with a wink.
"Oh my gosh!" Penny said as she jolted up "You're right! Today's the day we race around town! I gotta get going right away!" Penny rushed into her wardrobe and pulled off a few red clothes from hangers while Canard said "May i help you?" "No!" Penny said "I've wasted enough time as it is! Now get out!" she closed the door at her father as he shook his head "That girl," he sighed with a smile "Gets it from her father."
That afternoon Penny ran across the streets of the city carrying her orange backpack to find her friends Wildwing and Nosedive. "I just hope i'm on time." she said "I'm never gonna live this down other wise." She quickly turned a corner to an allyway and triped over a little peice of ice "Whoa!" she exclaimed as she fell over but then a pair od arms caught her "Careful Penny." Wildwing said.
Penny smiled at the white duck as she got back on her feet and said "Thanks for that Wildwing. Where's Nosedive?" "Over here Pen Buddy!" Nosedive called out from their home made sleds Penny had told the ducks about her idea about sleding around town and the brothers thought it was a great idea.
"I'm tellin's you Pen," Nosedive told the girl as he got into his and Wildwing's sled, painted with black and white flames "This was a totally wicked idea! This is gonna be sweet!" "You don't even know the half of it." Penny said with a smile at the yellow duck.
She got into her own sled, which was painted navy blue and yellow and Wildwing got into his own sled with his younger brother as he said "On your marks, get set, go!" the two sleds took of like jets and they rocket down steet after street "Your going down Girly-girl!" Nosedive shouted playfully at Penny "We'll see about that french fry head!" Penny called out as they turned a corner.
Past one of the meny hockey rinks they raced as they whooped for joy "This is an awesome idea Penny!" Wildwing said as the two sleds came together "However i have just one question." "What's that?" Penny asked "How do we stop thses things?" Penny gasped in shock and said "I don't know, I DON'T HAVE ANY BREAKS!" "NEITHER DO WE!" Nosedive screamed as they headed for a wall.
All three screamed as they turned their stearing wheels with all their might to avode smashing into the wall Penny's sled started tilting as her friend's sled started to stop "Penny!" Wildwing and Nosedive shouted in alarm as they helplessly watched Penny's sled crash into the wall. "Oh, that was too horrable!" Nosedive said as he and Wildwing covered their eyes.
"Acctually, i thought it was really thrilling." Penny called from the fire escape she was hanging off of. Wildwing and Nosedive saw their friend and sigh happily in relief when Penny let go of the escape railing she landed on some snow and sighed "Some race huh?"
"Penny," Wildwing said "Next time we have a race, we put breaks on our mobels." Nosedive helped the human girl get up and she smiled "Still, that was exciting wasn't it?" "Up untill we thought you crashed into the wall." Wildwing said with crossed arms "Then what would i tell Canard?"
Penny smiled nervosly and said "Yeah, we'd better not tell dad about this then huh?" Penny's sled exploded into fire as they watched "We'd better not tell the police about this either." Wildwind said as they started tossing snow into the fire to put it out.
Penny was skating with her friends when she looked around her home and drifted off into space. Everyone had things she knew were normal, every duck on this planet was normal... but not her.
She had grown up like the other ducks on the planet , learned what they were taught, had other things teens had like dinner dates, mastered Hockey (Whick was the sport all the ducks very much adored), and even went to the Prom... with only Nosedive since her 'apperance' didn't win her a real date.
Penny loved her father and her friends more then anything but she had always wondered if she was the only one just like her. Sometimes she would wish to meet others like herself but as each year past that dream was still as far away as ever.
"Penny?" Wildwing asked Penny got out of her daze and said "Will i ever met creatures like me someday?" "Oh boy, that question again huh?" the white duck asked Penny nodded and sighed sadly "Maybe one day." Wildwing told her with a smile. Penny felt better and hugged her friend happily. Wildwing was allway there for her to make her feel better.
"Come on," the duck said "Let's get you home, your dad's waiting." "Ok." Penny said ans with that the two went home with Nosedive close behind.