Walt Disney College

Chapter 51~ Penny

"What do you want to do today Penny?" Ms. Forrester asked.

"I dunno Mom, sitting around seems fine to me."

"Are you sure? I mean, everyone seems to be doing something."

Penny smirked. "And by everyone you mean Gladys Morris? That book club rival of yours?"

Penny's Mom crossed her arms like that was ridiculous. "What! No...though that may have something to do with it."

Penny laughed and scratched Bolt behind his ear. Rhino rolled over her feet and Mittens purred next to her.

"You don't want to travel anywhere?"

A place immediately flashed in her head, but she shut that idea down before it even started to form.

"Nowhere," she said quickly.

"Ooh! How about San Franskoyo? Seems to be the real attraction!" Her mother leafed through a pamphlet on places to visit.

"San Franskoyo?" Penny's voice went up a notch, an annoying thing she did.

"Is there something wrong with that place? It's not even that far away!"

"No. There's nothing wrong."

Penny's Mom smiled. "So we've decided?"

"Uh, sure?"

She didn't have to visit Hiro.

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"Hey, Fawn!" Tinkerbell flew up to her animal fairy friend, who was aiding a hurt squirrel.

"Hey Tink."

Tinkerbell flew a little closer to Fawn's face, inspecting her.

"Something's not right," Tinkerbell said.

"What is it?" Fawn asked, high on alert.

"Those smile bones of yours. They haven't been smiling lately." Tink laughed.

Fawn smiled. "You're right. I honestly don't know why. I think I'm just a bit worried."

"About what?" Tink asked.

Fawn gave a light shrug. "Nothing too important."

Tinkerbell raised her brow slightly, as if she didn't believe her. "If you say so."

Tinkerbell flew back to the workshop and pulled out a bag full of lost things.

Now that they had experienced the human world, Tink now knew the proper names for her lost things.

"Hm...what can we create out of this?"

She pulled out a coin and a shattered piece of mirror, and grabbed her twisty scissors.

"Tink!"

Tinkerbell turned around, holding a piece of leaf in her mouth, and smiled at her sister.

"Hey Peri. What do you need?" she asked.

"I was wondering if you have any worm silk? Or if you just want to-"

"Worm silk! That would be perfect!" Tinkerbell exclaimed. "Hold this."

She handed Periwinkle a plastic pink gem and another piece of shattered glass.

Periwinkle stood there as her sister flew around the workshop, throwing stuff out of bags.

"Uh, Tink...if you don't have any, we can just go out and get some!"

"Good idea! I know the perfect place. You can drop those over there Peri."

Periwinkle thankfully dropped the heavy gem and followed her sister out of the workshop.

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Penny sat on her bed, silently sketching in her notepad. She had always wanted to be an actress, but drawing as a side hobby wasn't too bad.

It was almost like she'd drawn her life out on pieces of paper, and they hung all around her bedroom.

"Hollywood..." Penny looked at the frame on her bedside table.

It was her and her mother, when they had visited Los Angeles. Then her eyes shifted to what was next to it.

Hiro had suggested she keep the hot glowing stick in her room, and it was not safe to leave it on campus. He told her that Anastasia wants it, and Hiro didn't trust her just yet, even though Penny didn't see anything wrong with her.

"Are you still hot after like four weeks?" Penny mumbled to nobody in particular and pushed her finger through the water, touching the stick.

She dragged it out immediately, and tightened her hand around it.

"Yep, still hot."

It was starting to freak her out. Some nights, it'd even make weird sounds, like a bottle hitting ocean waters, or a zombie groaning.

Penny wasn't sure she wanted it in her room. She had a slight fear that when she woke up, the entire house would be in flames.

But she didn't want to bother anyone about it, and she wanted to prove she could handle it.

Well...maybe she wanted to prove to Hiro she could handle it. After all, he had asked her to do it, so he trusted her.

Penny's phone started to buzz, and surprisingly it was Wilbur.

"Uh, what's up?" Penny asked, shaking her hand while picking up the phone.

"Are you already out of Florida?"

"No...why?"

"Do you want to go to the warehouse?"

Penny hesitated. She did, but there were a few problems with this plan.

"Wait. You're not in Florida, you're at home! And Hiro's not there, and neither is Violet."

She heard Wilbur scoff on the other end. "I don't feel like going with either of them. And my Uncle Art can probably fly me there."

"Why would you bug him for that?" Penny got up and decided it was time to get a snack.

"It's kinda of a big deal. Mutant experiment!!"

"I know Wilbur, but why not wait for them?" Penny opened her fridge and looked around.

"Hiro doesn't want to be bugged, trust me. But maybe you can try and get through to him. And well, Violet has stuff..."

"What stuff?" Penny smirked to herself and closed the fridge.

"I don't know...talking to Tony Rydinger," he mumbled.

Penny laughed as she pulled a box of cookies from the cupboard.

"You're jealous, aren't you?"

"W-what?"

"Don't even try to lie to me Wilbur Robinson, your crush on Violet is clear as day."

Wilbur's voice was high pitched as he said, "Maybe we can wait until Hiro and Violet are available."

"Mhm." Penny smiled to herself.

"But don't think we've escaped our little chat on your crush on Mr. Hamada."

Then the call cut off. Penny blushed furiously but laughed at the same time.

"Touché Wilbur, touché."