Octonauts - A New Generation

Octonauts - A new Generation

Chapter 3

Stella’s temporary guardian

Tweak’s pov

All of the little ones have settled down in their room now. The Octonauts had spent the rest of the morning giving them a tour of the Octopod. Tweak proudly showed them all the new upgrades and extra rooms that have been added. Now the kids are unpacking their bags in the rooms she had added for the junior Octo-agents while they’re in training. Now she’s standing in the HQ with the Octonauts, discussing how the rest of the day should go. Peso was going on and on about important medical conditions of some of the kids, making sure Tunip pays close attention to all of the food allergies he’s mentioning. Tweak takes a peak out of the window into the wide, open ocean. The rest of the crew all have close relationships with at least one of the kids. Even Kwazii, who isn’t related to any of them, has formed a close relationship with Pinto. Tweak is the only one that doesn’t. Knowing that, she misses her home and her father even more.

“…Shellington with Periwinkle, Tweak with Stella and Kwazii and I will be with the twins. Understood?”, the captain’s naturally loud voice cuts through Tweak’s thoughts when her name is said. Everyone each says their form of agreement before going wherever it is they’re going. Not really knowing what to do, Tweak decides to go find Stella.

Arriving in the girls’ room, Tweak finds Dashi already helping out Koshi. “Do you need any help Stella?”, she asks. The fox lifts her head and looks her straight into her eyes. After a moment of her staring at Tweak, she finally replies: “Kind of. I need help re-folding my clothes.” Tweak walks over to her, kneels down and begins folding her clothes and putting them in her assigned wardrobe, a great silence upon the two of them. From the left side, Dashi and Koshi can be heard talking about mystery books. From the right side, Ursa can be heard telling the captain about everything she’s been up to in the North Pole. I should probably try and start a conversation with her. I’ll be her temporary guardian for a while after all.

“So what do ya like to do in your free time?”, the bunny asks. “Reading, writing, studying, helping my uncle with his work, watching the fresh snow fall, watching the sun set…”, Stella starts rambling on about the beautiful sights in the arctic. Wow, she seems really passionate about her home, Tweak thinks to herself. She can’t really blame her. There is no other place quite like home. After some small chat, Tweak starts noticing how Stella shoots a few glances at her every now and then. “Is there somethin’ wrong?”, she asks, “You have been givin’ me weird looks for a while now.” “I-It’s nothing. I’m sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable. It’s just that…I have never seen a green rabbit before”, Stella tries to explain. It takes a while for Tweak to process what the fox just said. No one else has ever questioned her strange colour before. Maybe they just didn’t want to be rude. This fox one the other hand, can’t hide her curiosity. Tweak grins at that thought. “Yeah, it’s an unusual colour indeed”, she says with a smile. She looks over to Stella, who seems to be shocked by her answer. This just made Tweak smile wider. She put away the last piece of clothing before getting up and ruffling the pup’s hair. Stella shrieks in response. Tweak is starting to like this pup already.

With Tweak’s suggestion in mind, the two girls make their way to the game pod. Only to find Kwazii and Orson already there, playing ping pong. “Maybe we could do something else”, Stella suggests, “We should get to know each other more anyway.” “Good idea”, Tweak says, trying to think of where they should go. Maybe I should take her to the launch bay. I could show her how to play my video games and then we could talk while playing, Tweak thinks to herself. Leading the way, Tweak shows Stella where her room is. “How come all the others get a proper room, while you have this open space in the launch bay?”, is naturally Stella’s first question. “Don’t get your ears in a twist. I want my room to be here. Wouldn’t have it any other way”, with that, Tweak takes a bite into a carrot that she pulled out of nowhere. The pup tilts her head in confusion as she lets Tweak’s words sink in. “Okay…”, she finally answers, her voice portraying confusion and concern. “C’mon, let me show ya how to play”, she said, making hand gestures towards her gaming console.

An hour of more small talk, gaming and solving riddles later, Tunip comes in to let the two know that lunch is ready. Tweak gets up from the bed, looking back to see if Stella’s following her. Instead, she sees the girl’s head tilting once again, as she observes Tunip. “Did I say something wrong?”, Tunip chirps confused. That’s when Tweak realized that, other than the Octonauts, no one else knew much about the Vegimals. Looking at the curiosity portrayed on Stella's face, Tweak starts laughing. “This here is Tunip. He’s what Shellington calls a Vegimal. He and his crew are the ones in charge of cookin’ our meals. He may not necessarily speak out language, but he can still understand us”, Tweak explains. Tunip chirps happily while waving at Stella. Stella returns the gesture. “C’mon, let’s go see what the Vegimals have cooked for us today”, Tweak says while heading towards an Octo-shoot.

Tweak observed Stella throughout the whole meal. Stella, just like Periwinkle, never spoke unless spoken to. They both gave awkward and shy vibes. It’s obvious to everyone that they aren’t the best at socializing. Tweak has learned quite a lot about Stella and has gotten quite fond of her. She now worries that Stella won’t be able to make friends her age at this rate.

After dessert, the kids are told to get to know each other more. Orson, Ursa, Squirt, Koshi and Pinto enthusiastically go down an Octo-shoot, leaving Periwinkle and Stella behind. “Go on Peri, it’ll do you good to make friends your age”, Shellington said, trying to motivate the young sea otter. Tweak opens her mouth in an effort to speak, before getting interrupted by the captain: “You should do the same Stella. It will certainly calm your uncle’s nerves to hear that you have made some friends. That is one of the reasons why your uncle brought you here, isn’t it?” The captain’s voice is much more softer than it usually is. It sounds soothing, calming and reassuring. It’s not often that Tweak has the opportunity to hear his voice like that. Stella sighs and joins Periwinkle on their quest to make new friends. Tweak can only hope that all goes well for them.

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Octonauts - A new Generation

I'm currently working on multiple things at once. One of those things is an Octonauts fanfiction centered around all of the young relatives of the Octonauts that we know of. Min's little sister is not included because I only found out about her after I already wrote the first 20 chapters and I don’t have access to season 5 of The Octonauts so I don't know anything about her.

All of the characters in the fanfiction are from the original show and from Above and Beyond. The only exception is Stella, my OC. In this fanfic, she is professor Natquik's niece.

I'll be posting the first five chapters today, then I'll be posting the backstory and information on each of the characters (though I didn't write a backstory for the characters I know little about).

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I have been working on an original story and will be posting each chapter both here and on wattpad. On this platform, I'll be posting extra interactions between the characters that those on wattpad won't have access too. I'll also post more information about the individual characters.

The name of the book is Shady Royalty. So far, I wrote four chapters and am writing the fifth one. I plan on making it into at least a two book series. Maybe I'll make more books in the series, but for now I'm aiming for two.

Please stick around and join me on this journey.

Octonauts - A new Generation

Chapter 5

Anxious

Peso’s pov

Missing humuhumunukunukuapua'a part 1

Peso could feel himself getting warmer, despite having his cold suit on, at the thought of having to teach this group of excited little children how to do his job. As the medic, he’s the first one to have to teach the kids. All he has to do is teach them basic first aid, so why is he so nervous?

“Are you alright Peso?”, Kwazii asks. He had volunteered to help Peso if he were to suddenly blackout. Which is most likely to happen.

“Y-Yeah”, Peso answers. Although it’s pretty obvious that he’s lying.

“Remember when you had to teach our crew the same thing?”, Kwazii asks, “Back then, you were absolutely terrified of me.”

Kwazii laughs as Peso starts blushing. How could he possibly forget the events of that day? He is still deeply ashamed of how his fear caused him not to teach Kwazii properly, which could have lead to some serious problems. He had promised himself never to act that way again. With that, Peso realizes why Kwazii brought up that event.

“Thank you”, the penguins says.

“Anytime me hearty”, the pirate replies.

Peso takes a deep breath before entering the recently added classroom.

All of the kids stop talking and turn their gaze towards Peso. He gulps. Despite Kwazii’s previous efforts, he once again finds himself being nervous. Kwazii gently nudges him further into the classroom.

“Hello mateys, welcome to your first medical class”, Kwazii greets the students on Peso’s behalf, before whispering: “Ready whenever you are me hearty.”

Peso takes a few deep breaths before starting his presentation. In a brief moment of determination and passion, he finds himself on autopilot. He only comes back to himself once it’s time for the practical work. The students are working in groups of two, rapping a bandage on their partners arm. Kwazii is helping Squirt figure out how to bandage Pinto’s flipper, Stella and Koshi are doing just fine, but Ursa keeps on scolding her brother for making it too tight or not tight enough. Peso gulps. He knows better than to interrupt a fight amongs siblings. He had learned that the hard way. He looks over to Kwazii, hoping that he’s done with Squirt, only to be left disappointed. With no other option left, Peso takes a few deep breaths before waddling over to the twins.

“Hello Orson, hello Ursa, what seems to be the problem?”, Peso asks cautiously.

“Orson isn’t doing it properly! He keeps on messing it up!”, Ursa yells.

“I’m sorry”, Orson squeaks.

Peso felt bad for the young male cub. “Ursa, why don’t you go join a different group while I help your brother”, he asks. Orson’s face immediately lights up.

“Hmm…okay”, Ursa replies, before walking off towards Stella and Koshi.

Hopefully she’ll get along well with the girls, Peso thinks to himself before turning to face Orson.

“So, what exactly are you struggling with Orson?”, the penguin asks.

“I just can’t seem to figure out how tight to make the bandage”, Orson whines.

“Hmm…”, Peso hums, deep in thought, “Maybe you just need more time to learn how to do it properly. I’ll help you.”

Orson’s eyes widened. There was a hint of fear and gratitude in them. “Is something wrong?”, Peso asks.

“N-Not at all!”, Orson replies in a panick.

Peso looks the cub deep in the eyes for a while. “Are you sure?”, he ask. “Yep!”, the cub replies. “Alright. Let’s get started then”, Peso waddles to the front of the class to get some extra supplies.

The Octo-alert when off. One of the humuhumunukunukuapua'a has gone missing. The trio (Barnacles, Kwazii & Peso) are currently searching for it. His name is Humpert. He was last seen with his pod as they were being chased by some other type of fish. After hours of searching, with no success in finding him, they decide to call it a day and continue the search in the morning. Missions like this, missions where the fate of a creature stays unknown for an uncomfortable period of time, those are the kind of missions that Peso hates. He just wants everyone to be safe. He doesn’t want anyone to be hurt. Or suffer through something worse, something that Peso does not allow himself to think about. He can’t deal with that again. He just can’t. It would tear him apart. It would break him. It would destroy him.

Peso sighs as he walks through the empty hallway. The memories, they just keep on coming back. While fighting off the tears, Peso decides to check on his baby brother. Pinto, along with Orson, Squirt and Periwinkle, is fast asleep. He is safe and he is still here. Peso leaves the room as his tears win the battle and slowly start flowing down his face, while picking up the pace with every tear that falls. He stands in the empty hallways a little longer, deciding to let the tears flow, rather than bottling up his emotions. As he closed his eyes and let himself get consumed by the empty void surrounding him, he suddenly hears soft, quiet sobbing coming from the girls’ room. After a moment of hesitation, he whipes off his tears and goes inside of the room.

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Chapter 2

The new kid

Pinto’s pov

The octopod had raised above the sea and was now facing an icy ledge. On top of the edge of the cliff were two white wolves. Pinto scoffed. He had been the first one to be picked up, and had therefore watched all of the now cadets say their goodbyes to their loved ones. None of them were a threat to his mission of becoming the best, and this one doesn’t seem to be any different.

The two wolves walk into the launch bay paw in paw. The older one observes the place with curiosity. “I see that you’ve done some renovations to the Octopod.”, he said. “We certainly have”, Tweak proudly announces with a grin. The older wolf looks down at the younger one. He lets go of her paw and bends down to whisper something in her ear. Her ears flutter in shock, before settling down in the direction of the older wolf. She listens attentively. The rest of the crew awkwardly watches the duo, not knowing what to do. The older wolf gets back up and clears his throat. “Everyone, it is a pleasure to introduce to you my one and only niece; Stella”, he says, making huge hand gestures towards the little wolf. She stares at him with a sense of embarrassment and annoyance. He lets out a nervous giggle before walking towards captain Barnacles. “May I speak with you in private?”, he asks, his voice turning into a faint whisper barely heard by the little penguin. “Of course”, the captain replied with the same understanding smile on his face that Pinto had seen so many times before.

Pinto throws a judging look towards Stella. She doesn’t seem like much of a threat, but Pinto knows better than to underestimate anyone. Upon a closer look, he notices a scar, barely noticeable at first glance, due to being covered by her long hair. Taken aback by this discovery, Pinto lets out a small gasp. Stella’s ears twitch once again, followed by her eyes shooting towards Pinto’s direction. Wow, Pinto thought to himself, where did she get that scar from? Pinto absolutely has to find out more. He looks around to see if he can sneak away unnoticed, but notices the young wolf looking his way. He can’t tell what that look in her eyes means, but it made him feel uncomfortable. After what seemed like forever, she shifts her gaze towards Peso, who slowly waddles over to the wolf. Pinto takes this opportunity to carefully sprint away.

“I understand your concern. I assure you that we will take great care of your niece”, captain Barnacles says as Pinto quietly hides behind a few storage boxes. The captain gives the wolf a reassuring look, but the wolf did not seem convinced. “How can I trust that the others will take good care of her? They don’t know her as well as I do. They don’t know how to handle her in different situations. They don’t know the right and the wrong way to comfort her”, the wolf avoids eye contact with the captain and stares off into the distance. What’s with the strong reaction?, Pinto ponders. He quickly sneaks away to join the group before anyone notices that he’s missing.

Peso and Stella aren’t there when Pinto returns. He must be giving her a quick checkup and asking her for her medical report, Pinto thinks to himself. The others are chatting amongst themselves. Pinto slips into a conversation between Koshi and Ursa while occasionally looking around the room, trying to find anything out of the ordinary. The second Stella and Peso return, Pinto walks over with the hope to start a conversation with her.

“Hi Stella. Welcome to the Octonauts. My name is Pinto”, the little penguin stretches out his flipper towards his new comrade. Peso smiles at his brother, happy to see him giving the wolf some company.

“I’ll let the two of you get to know each other”, he says before waddling away, leaving the two kids on their own. Stella watches him for a while before turning her gaze towards Pinto.

“Hi Pinto. It’s a please to meet you”, the pup shakes his flipper in greeting.

“That penguin is my brother Peso. Isn’t he the coolest?”, Pinto couldn’t hide his excitement of being related to the medic. “Yeah, he is cool”, Stella replied calmly, “Must be nice to have a relative onboard.

Pinto watches as her eye wanders off. He looks at her for a while, before realizing that everyone of the kids has a relative with them on the ship, except for the wolf.

“Does it bother you?”, he asks. The look she gives him puzzles him. It almost seems like she’s judging him. I wonder what she’s thinking about.

“No, not really”, she finally answers.

“Really? You must be very brave and adventurous then”, Pinto puts a flipper to his chin, deep in thought.

“Not really”, Stella seems to be getting uncomfortable. At this realization, Pinto starts to panic.

“Did I say something wrong? You seem to be getting uncomfortable.” “No no, it’s fine. You’re fine. I just…I’m not…it’s not your fault”, the pup seems to be getting even more uncomfortable.

Pinto thinks for a while, before coming to the conclusion that the wolf just isn’t used to talking to anyone other than her uncle. Either way, Pinto is determined to become Stella’s friend.

“Listen, if you feel uncomfortable, then that’s okay. Take your time if you need too. If you ever need to talk, I’m always here for you”, Pinto said as gently as he could. “Thanks”, is all the wolf could say. She’s avoiding eye contact with the penguin.

Pinto stays near the wolf a little bit longer, before deciding to join Squirt and Orson. During their conversation, he notices how Stella seemed to take a deep breath before walking towards the lonesome Periwinkle. Pinto had tried talking to him before, but he was as shy and awkward as Stella. Now the sea otter and the wolf are both trying their best to have a conversation with each other.

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