Bong! Bong! Bong! Bong! Bong! Went the zoo clock, the closing time had come at last. Seraphina waved to some children who'd been watching her frolic. She'd never had this much attention back in San Diego! As the last of the visitors were hastily ushered out the gates by Alice, skipper approached the newest resident of the Central Park zoo.
"Not bad Seraphina, not bad," the flat headed penguin praised, Seraphina jumped, lost her balance and fell into the pool. Luckily she had her waterproof feathers so she climbed out of the pool and shook herself dry, all over skipper!
"Okay," skipper laughed, "I guess I kinda deserved that, I'd just momentarily forgot that you're still so very new," he admitted
"So how would you like a tour of the zoo before the meeting tonight?" Kowalski enquired.
"Meeting?" Seraphina gulped nervously.
"Every month the zoo animals gather in the souvenir shop to discuss various topics, your arrival is bound to be one of them," skipper explained.
"I'll think about the meeting but first, I'd love a tour, maybe someday, I can give you lot the grand tour around SeaWorld" Seraphina agreed.
"Right then, follow me Seraphina," skipper beckoned, "private you coming?" He asked.
"Sure," the little English-accented penguin nodded and waddled after his older brother and new friend.
"Seraphina, I was wondering that considering your name's a bit of a mouthful is there anything else we can call you?" Private asked as the trio waddled toward the chimp habitat.
"Father often called me phina for short," the girl revealed, "actually it would be nice to have someone call me that again," she pondered aloud with a tinge of sadness in her voice.
"How long has it been exactly?" Private asked, "since he died I mean."
"About a week and a half, the mission lasted two and a half weeks so really it's been about a month since I really saw him," the girl explained.
"Okay, phina it is then," skipper agreed, anxious to change the subject, "now you've probably never seen these creatures before, they're chimps, but they won't harm you," he briefed before calling to Phil and mason. Soon, two of the strangest creatures Seraphina had ever seen emerged from behind the tree in their habitat. One was a sort of reddish brown and the other was a much darker shade of the same colour. They sort of resembled humans except they had fur and odd shaped faces.
"Ah hello private, skipper," the darker brown one greeted, "what brings you here?"
"Mason, this is Seraphina, she arrived here today from California," private introduced, the girl penguin waved shyly.
"Pleasure to meet you Seraphina, I'm Mason and this is Phil," mason shook phina's flipper, "now pardon me for asking, but aren't you a little young to have been transferred across the country?"
"Probably," Seraphina replied before Phil made some hand signals
"Phil!" Mason scolded, "it's terribly rude to ask a lady's age," he reminded.
"It's all right," Seraphina giggled, "I'm ten," she informed, turning to Phil.
"Ten years old!" Mason gasped, "where on earth are your parents?"
"They're...." Seraphina began.
"In a better place," skipper cut her off, giving mason a "catch my drift" kind of look. The chimps understood immediately. Phil made some more hand signals,
"Phil says he's sorry to hear that," mason translated.
"It's okay, we must simply have Courage and be kind," the girl replied. Phil nodded his agreement
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Brothers in Black and White
Fanfictionwhen Blowhole Returns, the Penguins of Madagascar have their work cut out for them as agents of a super secret animal defence force.and after all he's been through, skipper will face his biggest ever challenge.... FATHERHOOD! Movie and show worlds...
