The Great Pango Pango

by Dizzycat

A not-so-normal day
Hi there! I’m IcedMoon, also known as Iced. I’m one of the rare white Lupes. White Lupes are known to be mysterious and secretive, and that’s usually true. For wild ones anyhow. I’m not mysterious or secretive at all, I act like a normal Lupe. So you wanna hear a story? Is that why you’re here? Alrighty then, I’ll tell you a story. But first I have to tell you about myself. All my stories are based on REAL NeoPets, and almost everything is true. I might make up some stuff to spice up the story though. You already know I’m a white Lupe, right? Okay, good. I’m a female and I have a sister named TideRacer. My owner’s name is Dizzycat, but Tide and I call her Dizzy. She’s not actually dizzy, just so you know. It’s her name, heehee. I’m an ordinary Lupe, except for the fact that I’m white, and that I’m stronger than most NeoPets my age. Tide and I go on lots of adventures, and Dizzy doesn’t worry because she knows we’ll look out for each other. I think you know enough about me now for me to tell my story. So here it goes:

The biggest adventure of my life started on a normal sunny Thursday afternoon. I was guarding Dizzy’s shop, just as I always do. Dizzy’s always too busy to look after her shop. Sure, she restocks often but she leaves everything else to CandieStar, the assistant shopkeeper. I help out a little by guarding the shop sometimes. You know, to make sure nobody shoplifts. Well anyway, I was chatting with CandieStar, just as I always do. Lots of customers came in, bought something, and left, just as they always do. CandieStar and I ran out of things to talk about, so I went outside. I trotted around the marketplace, hoping I could find anything that some careless person dropped. Suddenly I heard a tiny voice coming from the ground.

“I’m gonna eat all your food when you aren’t looking!” the voice said. I looked at the ground, surprised. I saw a really ugly bug next to my paw, and it was eating a Scabu. I was about 200 times its size, so I just got mad. “Yeah right. You better not be threatening me!” I growled. Then I snarled at it. That stupid bug ran away. What a scardeeee bug! I took his Scabu. “Who’s eating whose food now?” I asked myself, chewing on the Scabu.

After I finished eating, I walked back to Dizzy’s store. Eating always made me a little sleepy, so I curled up in a corner of the store and took a nap. I guess I was asleep for about half an hour. I was having a really nice dream about living on the moon. Just when I was about to talk to the aliens from the moon, a big blue fin whacked me in the face. *THWACK!* I awoke with a start. Only to find myself face to face with a big emerald! The emerald moved backwards, and I found out that it was only my big sister TideRacer.

“Off in Sleepyland Iced?” asked Tide. “I was just taking a nap! Why’d you have to slap me in the face?” I asked. “Because it’s dinnertime silly!” she replied. “Well, why didn't’t you say so? Let’s go!” I said happily. We raced all the way back home. I won of course. After all, I have more legs than Tide. I scratched on the wooden door, and Dizzy opened it. “It’s about time! You’re late today Iced. What happened?” Dizzy asked. I was just about to tell her about the ugly bug and the Scabu, when Tide jogged up to us, huffing and puffing. “Haha, I beat you Tide!” I bragged. “Not fair! You have 2 more legs than me!” laughed Tide. Tide’s speed stat was much higher than mine, but she was a water NeoPet and I was a land one. Besides, Peophins only have 2 legs! “Well, why were you so late Iced? I was getting worried.” asked Dizzy again. I told her about the ugly bug and the Scabu. Dizzy and Tide started laughing like maniacs. After a while, I did too. It was pretty funny. We all went inside for dinner. I sat down on my favourite blue fuzzy rug and Tide climbed into her gigantic water tank. Dizzy placed a big joint of ham in front of me and I started chowing down. Then Dizzy dropped a purple negg into Tide’s tank and Tide started munching on it merrily. For dessert, I got a delicious chocolate Chia and Tide got a chocolate lupe. “Ooops, there goes Iced’s head,” Tide joked, biting off the chocolate lupes head. I laughed and then finished the rest of my chocolate Chia. Then I went outside and walked to the big river near our house. I licked my nose and then started drinking.

“Hey, ‘sup?” said a voice behind me. I was so surprised that I fell into the water. I looked behind me and made a face. It was only Lynxore. Lynxore is one of my best friends, and he’s a Lupe too. There was laughing in the distance, and I had no doubt that it was Tide. Suddenly, another yellow head popped up from behind Lynx. It was Thunderpaw! He’s a Lupe too. The 2 of them looked like twins, but they had different owners. “LYNX! THUNDER! I’ve had enough surprises for one day!” I shouted. “Yeah, it’s true” said Tide, jumping into the water. She splashed us all, then dove underwater. Then Thunder and Lynx fell into the water too. They had heard a voice coming from the bushes. A familiar bug hopped onto the riverbank. “You took my Scabu!” it yelled. It was that ugly bug from this afternoon. All three Lupes growled at it, and it ran away again. “Stupid bug,” said Lynx. And he asked me what the bug was talking about. I told him and Thunder of how I took his Scabu. They laughed too. It was pretty late and we all climbed out of the cold water. Lynx and Thunder went home, and Tide and I went home too. The 2 of us were pooped and went to sleep almost immediately.

The Island
Early next morning, I woke up. I always wake up before everyone else does. I wake everyone up. But before I go wake people up, I EAT! So I searched through the cupboard until I found something to eat. Mmm, peanut butter pizza. Sure it’s supposed to be gross food, but I love it! I finished the pizza lickity split. Then I went into Dizzy’s room and sat next to the bed. *Sluuuuuurrrrrrrrrrppp* I licked her on the nose. “Go away, peanut butter breath!” groaned Dizzy. But she knew I wasn’t going to give up until she woke up, so she sat up on her bed. I jumped up onto her bed and she gave me a hug. I jogged out of the room and into Tide’s bedroom. She was sleeping in her tank. Bubbles came out of her nose when she exhaled. I tried hard not to laugh. I stuck my nose against the glass and tapped against it. *tap tap tap* She opened her eyes and saw my nose pressed against the glass right in front of her. She was so startled she jumped out of her tank, splashing everything in sight, including me. Tide looked at me, and I could tell she was seriously annoyed. Then she broke into giggles, and so did I. We didn’t even know what we were laughing about. The 3 of us went into the kitchen and Dizzy searched for something to eat. I already ate my peanut butter pizza, but I was still hungry. Didn’t you know that Lupes liked, no, LOVED to eat? Okay, maybe not some Lupes, but sure do. I had some milk and some NeoCrunch Cereal. Tide had hot cakes and some apple juice.

“Guess what?” asked Dizzy. “What?” Tide and I said at the exact same time. We broke into fits of giggles (again). “I’m taking you two to the Mystery Isle again!” Dizzy told us. “Hooray! Hoorah!” shouted Tide. “Yay! Wicked!” I yelled. Tide and I still remember the last time we went to the Mystery Isle. It was our first time away from Neopia, and we had so much fun. So we packed some lunch, and some other stuff too. Then a couple hours before lunch, we set sail. It was an awesome ride. Tide would jump off of the boat and swim alongside us. We saw Flotsams and Jetsams too. We tried to keep away from the Jetsams. We even saw another Peophin once. He was red and started swimming next to Tide. (I think he might’ve had a crush on her) He asked us where we were headed, and we told him the Mystery Isle. He hung around for a while, then he bid us good luck at the Isle. We said our good-byes and then he gave us a warning. “I hope you don’t run into any of the wild animals on the Island. I’ve heard that they’re very vicious. But whatever you do, don’t run into Pango Pango.” “We can fight off the wild animals, that’s no problem. But who’s Pango Pango?” Tide asked. “Pango Pango is the god of the natives there. He get sacrificed to every week, and everyone says he’s horrible,” said the Peophin. “What does he look like?” we both asked. “Well, I hear he looks like a giant coconut with feathers all around him. I’m not sure though.” The Peophin replied. Tide and I looked at each other. Suddenly the Peophin swam away.

Tide looked worried, and I was curious about Pango Pango. I wanted to learn more about him. Dizzy came over and gave us our lunches. I got a cheese burger and Tide got an ultimate burger. She said she wasn’t really that hungry, and I said I was. So we swapped lunches. “We’re here!” shouted Dizzy. Tide and I jumped out of the boat. We had landed on a beach. The sand was warm and dry. There were a couple baby Kougras rolling around. “Well, I’m off to the new trading post and the island shops. You 2 can walk around or whatever you usually do when I’m gone. But be careful. Remember, this place isn’t as safe as Neopia, alright?” said Dizzy. Tide and I promised to be careful and then Dizzy walked away. “Let’s go explore the island,” I suggested. I had forgotten all about Pango Pango. Apparently, so did my sister. “Yeah, okay,” agreed Tide. We ran into the trees near the beach. We started wandering and the trees grew thicker and thicker as we walked farther and farther. “Do you think we’re lost?” asked Tide. “Maybe, but there has to be a clearing around here somewhere,” I replied. I was right.

After a few more minutes of walking, we stumbled upon a small village. It looked deserted. We decided to explore the village. There were a couple tiny huts scattered around. I poked my nose into all of them. There was no food. “Hey Iced, get over here!” shouted Tide. I ran over to where she was standing. I saw a big straw hut. It wasn’t really that big, but it was a lot bigger than the other huts. Tide said it was probably where the chieftain of the village lived. Tide went inside and I walked around the house. I stopped at the back of the hut. There was a garden! With some food! Tide walked up to me. “There’s nothing inside. But I see you’ve found something,” She said. We picked a couple tropical fruits from the garden and had a little snack. Boy, are ErgyFruits good or what? I could see that Tide was enjoying her Juicy Melon too.

We went on our way, our bellies full. After we walked a few miles, we saw a big cave. There were some bones scattered around. We should’ve just walked away, right then, but we didn’t. The bones didn’t mean anything to us. I figured it was probably left over from a Kougra’s lunch. “I wonder what’s inside the cave.” I said. “Probably nothing” replied Tide. “Everything here seems to be deserted.” Boy, was she wrong.

The Cave
“Let’s go inside.” I suggested. And so we did. The cave smelled weird. Like rotting meat or something like that. “Do you smell anything funny?” I asked Tide. “No, but my sense of smell isn’t all that great. I can see pretty well though. And I see a lot of bones.” “Who’s bones?” “How should I know? Hey, what’s that?” I looked up from the bones. “What’s what?” I whispered. “That round thing with spikes.” I looked hard into the darkness. My eyes made out a strange figure deep within the cave. It was round like Tide said. There were spikes sticking out of it too. Well, they looked like spikes anyhow. “It looks like a giant coconut with feathers,” I stated. Then the “coconut” started moving. “Hey, it’s moving! Do you think it’s an islander? I heard they’re like walking coconuts,” I said. The “coconut” stood up (if a giant coconut could stand, that’s what it looked like). I’ve never seen an islander, so I didn’t know what walking coconuts looked like. The “coconut” stretched its arms and legs or whatever they were. Tide and I were frozen in fear. What was that thing? I noticed that we weren’t moving, and I had to break the ice. “Oh no! I think I know what that thing is!” I whispered. “What is it?” “I think it’s that Pango Pango dude!” I whispered urgently. “Oh no, not Pango Pango! Now I’m really scared,” cried Tide. We remembered what the Peophin from the sea told us. “Whatever you do, don’t run into Pango Pango. He gets sacrificed to every week, and everyone says he’s horrible. He looks like a huge coconut with feathers around him.”

I was sure this was Pango Pango. I knew we should’ve run, right then, but strangely enough, we didn’t. I don’t even know why, we were just stuck there. Pango Pango started approaching us. My eyes widened at his great size. I peeked at Tide, her face was frozen in horror. It was as if Pango Pango paralyzed us, we just couldn’t move. His huge bulk loomed over me. His terrible features made me blood freeze in my veins. I heard my stomach grumble. I was hungry again. I guess the tropical fruits we ate before wasn’t enough for me. I thought about how many abilities that Tide and I had, and how strong we were. I guess we weren’t as tough as we thought.

The Escape
As I was thinking all these things, my ears started to twitch. At first I didn’t notice, but when one of Pango Pango’s feathers tickled my nose, I sneezed and realized I could move. Pango Pango had already moved on to inspect Tide. I inched toward Pango Pango’s backside. I’m pretty sure Tide saw me moving and understood what I was about to do. That Pango Pango sure needs glasses, because he didn’t see me. When I was right behind him, I leaped onto his back and yelled, “Run, Tide, run!” But she didn’t run she fought bravely by my side. We knew we couldn’t possible win in a fight against a god, but we had to fight long enough to make a getaway. Tide used her black frost cannon, and Pango Pango froze. For about 2 seconds anyhow. He struck out wildly, and almost broke my hind leg. It was pretty bruised, but not broken or sprained.

“Heal!” yelled Tide, and my leg felt as good as new. “Magic pebble!” I shouted and a bunch of rocks flew straight at Pango Pango and hit him in the eye. “AHH, rocks hurt eye!” screamed Pango Pango. Tide and I ran for our lives. We sprinted out of the cave, past the village, and ran all the way into town. By the time we got there, I was completely out of breath and Tide looked like she was about to faint. Then Dizzy walked up to us and said, “Wow, what have you two been doing? You look like you saw a ghost!” “Well, you’re pretty close.” I panted.

And I explained to her what had happened. “Are you two all right? That must’ve been some adventure huh?” Dizzy exclaimed. Tide and I were too pooped to answer her, so Dizzy decided we should go home. I agreed eagerly, and Tide nodded weakly. So we raised the sails to our boat and floated in the middle of the water. Tide regained enough of her energy to jump into the sea. The red face of a Peophin popped up next to the boat. It was the Peophin we had met earlier. He asked us how our trip to the isle went. And we told him about Pango Pango. He was shocked that we had beat Pango Pango, and we said that we didn’t really beat him. “Thanks for telling us about him, or else we might’ve never realized what he was. We might not have gotten away,” Said Tide gratefully. The Peophin blushed, which made his cheeks even redder than they already were. I was positive that he had a crush on her now.

The three of us chatted a little longer, then he swam away again. I realized that we had never asked him for his name. When we reached land, we walked slowly home, and climbed into our beds/tanks. I woke up early the next morning, just like always, but today I didn’t wake anyone up. I just ate my breakfast and went outside. I figured that Tide had enough excitement for the rest of the week, and Dizzy had enough things on her mind. She was really worried about us yesterday. So I strolled down to the river and took a swim. I was just getting out of the water when I saw Lynx and Thunder trot by. “Hey you two! ‘Sup!?” I shouted. They ambled over to me. “Nothin’ really. How about you?” replied Lynx. I told him of our trip to the Mystery Isle, and how we met Pango Pango. They were amazed, stupefied, and dumbstruck. They told me that I should write down this story and sell it for money or something. But I wasn’t the greatest writer, and I wasn’t really a greedy Lupe. I decided that I would tell the story to everyone instead of writing it. So that’s what I did.