User:NBerkhof/BlogArchive/Moody Eel's Poptropica Adventure Journal, book one:Early Poptropica

JUNE
Tuesday

Summer life is hard when you're working as an intern at an organization known as Pre-adventurers Of Poptropica or P.O.P for short. It's always pretty much the same schedule. The bright side is, I get to work with my best friends, Giant Hawk, Yellow Sword, Crazy Brain and Small Glove.

But today, something interesting happened. We were all called in for a meeting. It was supposed to be held in the conference room, and us interns have NEVER been in there. So this was a huge opportunity for us.

When we got in, we looked around, and it was AWESOME in there. There was a long table with the words P.O.P right in the middle of it, and the seats were all around it. But the really cool thing was the windows in front of us. Outside those windows you could see Poptropica's- and more importantly MY heroes flying throught skies in their amazing blimps, and it looked like every blimp was a different color.

My boss welcomed us to the P.O.P conference room, and then got right to the chase. He told us that our current heroes are getting older quick, and they're running out of energy. Then he said that there would be more and more Islands popping up all over the place, and that when the adventurers get too old, nobody will be able to protect Poptropicans from things like "Boogas" and "Zomberries" and started talking about a bunch of other stuff I didn't know a thing about. Finally, he reached the most important highlight of the meeting: He told us we would be the new adventurers.

I was so excited I wanted to jump out of my seat, but I had to maintain myself, so I just stayed calm. And believe me, when you've spent your entire life as an intern, and then something exciting suddenly just pops right up.

After the meeting I ran into the halls to catch up with my friends so we could discuss what to do. We do that a lot.

I caught up with Giant Hawk near my locker. He's always been saying that someday he's going to follow in his father's footsteps and become an adventurer, so he was bouncing off the walls talking about he told me so and that he always new in his heart that he'd follow in his father's footsteps. Once he had calmed down, I joked around with him and told him maybe he should follow his father's footsteps in flip-flops, since we'll be going to an Island. But he told me he's "going barefoot." I actually thought that was a good idea, so when I got to my bunker I took my shoes off and tossed them in the closet.

Tomorrow, we're gonna make history.

Wednesday

When I woke up this morning, I realized that I had until this afternoon to get ready for my exploration of Poptropica. I looked through my closet so I could find what to wear. Right then, I found the perfect outfit.

It was a karate outfit with a belt and everything.

When I walked through the locker halls, I couldn't find a single head that wasn't pointed straight at me.

I ran into Yellow Sword and Giant Hawk in the halls. They had some cool outfits, too. Small Glove came in wearing a bunch of stuff put together in one outfit. I have to say, it looked like the coolest look I've seen all day.

I knew EXACTLY what to throw into my costume to complete it. At lunch one day they handed out three Steel Apples, which, if you held them out and shouted "Applebees", would release a torrent of Steel Apples. And I was the lucky winner of one. Well, I didn't actually win one as much as I did get it from this girl named Happy Rider by giving her a single Credit.

Anyway, I used that as a handheld and it looked AWESOME.

I went to the cafeteria to eat breakfast. It's the most important meal of the day, so today I was definitely eating it.

During breakfast, I met Crazy Brain. He was dressed like a secret serviceman, as usual. I asked if he was excited about becoming an adventurer, but he said that he likes those big-ticket positions on the field, like team president. And ironically, right at that moment, the boss walked in. He told us to meet on the rooftops after lunch for the sendoff.

After we all ate lunch, I ran to the rooftops. I met my friends and some of the other interns there.

Of course, my family wasn't there. When something big happens to us, which rarely takes place, I can count on the Hawks to be there. I can only imagine how proud they were to see their son step up and do what he was saying he would do all along.

After waving goodbye to Giant Hawk, I was ready to get in my blimp. I stepped in, and then I wondered if I really wanted to do this. If I did, my life would go from lazy intern to heroic adventurer in a heartbeat, but what I was really scared about was that I wouldn't know what was going to happen to me OR my friends. I have no idea what will go on out there. I finally decided to cut the ropes. My blimp instantly flew into the air. TBC.