Finding Happiness

Halloween

I know it's almost the end of June, not Halloween, but I really wanted to continue the story.

It was a normal autumn day, people ran into the Central Park Zoo and saw the newly arrived penguins.

Confused, Dave swam up to the surface and saw four little puffball penguins.

"Just, uh, smile and wave, boys" said Skipper. "Smile and wave."

What are these penguins doing here? Dave thought to himself.

Then, he turned to see the human crowd cheering on the baby penguins.

"They're so cute!"

"They're so adorable!"

"Have you ever seen anything so adorable?"

His three hearts sank.

And then, ropes appeared and seized Dave around his neck and tentacles. He was pulled out of the tank and thrown into a small tank.

Darkness and the images of the Penguins, the North Wind and the humans who abandoned him surrounded him.

"Monster!" shouted the humans.

"You're the monster!" screamed Kowalski.

"You savage!" snarled Short Fuse.

Dave's skin turned pale as the heads spun faster, screaming hurtful words and laughing evilly.

Then, a voice screamed at him.

"DAVE, WAKE UP!"

Dave shot up awake and yelped.

Ariel held him in her hands.

"You okay?" she asked nervously.

"Yeah, I think so" Dave said, panting. "What a nightmare."

Then, Ariel placed him back into the fish tank and smiled.

"Do you know what holiday is coming?" she said with a cheerful smile.

"What? National Candlelight Day?" Dave frowned.

"No. Halloween is coming!"

"Oh, Halloween. Sounds fun."

"What's wrong with that?"

Dave sighed and turned to Ariel with sad eyes.

"I was first removed from my tank on Halloween."

Ariel gasped. She never knew a holiday would be something that Dave detest the most.

"I'm sorry" she said. "I didn't know you hate Halloween."

"No, no, I don't hate it" Dave ensured. "I just hate being reminded on the day I was taken from my home."

"Well, I won't let you be remember that. It's a day where kids like me go trick-or-treating and dress up."

As soon as she left the room, Dave frowned.

"She's certainly in the Halloween spirit" he said to himself.

Later that day, Dave had decided to help Ariel gut out a pumpkin.

"What kind of Jack o' Lantern face should I do?" asked Ariel.

"Anything you want I guess" replied Dave. "I haven't done Halloween stuff in my life, but I'm a fast learner."

"Really?"

"Hmm-mm."

Then, Ariel had an idea.

"Dave, you wanna try carve a face out the pumpkin?" she asked.