Chapter 1:

It was Sunday afternoon at Central Park Zoo. At the Penguin H.Q, Skipper and his team were having a security meeting when Marlene barged in. "Hey guys!" Marlene said.

"Marlene," Skipper said, "You don't just barge in when someone is having a meeting. Especially if it's on security."

"Right," Marlene said, "Well guess what, thanksgiving's around the corner and my parents are coming over soon! Isn't that great?"

"That's nice to hear Marlene." Private said with his British accent.
"I'm thinking of throwing a big thanksgiving party for them. You guys want to help?" Marlene asked.

"We are an elite team," Skipper said with his military tone, "We don't have time for holidays."

"But Skipper," Private said, "What about the time when we let that Polar bear celebrate Christmas with us?"

"Well that was a exception." Skipper said.

"But what about St. Patrick's day?" Kowalski asked.

"Well that was a exception to." Skipper said again.

"Easter!" Rico grunted.

"Okay! The point is we don't have time to celebrate Thanksgiving."

"So your parents aren't coming over?" Marlene asked.

"Negative."

"Right then," Marlene said walking out, "I'm going to get ready for that Thanksgiving dinner. See ya." Then Marlene left back to her habitat.

"Skipper," Private asked, "Why aren't your parents coming over?"

"Because," Skipper said looking at the young penguin, "my parents are commanders. They don't have time to come over for Thanksgiving."

"How sad then." Private said.

"It's alright though," Skipper, said reassuringly, "They usually come around my birthday and sometimes Christmas." Then Skipper left it at that and the team went on with there security meeting.

Back at the Otter Habitat, Marlene saw Erik holding envelop and he was opening it and pulled out a letter. "Hey Erik," Marlene said, "What's that?"

"Hey Marlene," Erik said with his Southern Accent, "I got a letter from one of my family members from m side of the family."

"Really, is it from your parents? Are they coming for Thanksgiving?" Marlene asked.

"No," Erik said, "But my cousin Fabian's coming down tomorrow." Then Marlene noticed something about Erik when he said that. She noticed that he had a worried look on his face. "What's wrong?" Marlene asked concerned.

"Well, HOT DOG!" Erik yelled out at random. "Anyway, our cousin…. he's…." Just then, they heard a feminine voice call out from the entrance to Marlene's cave. "HEEEYYY!" The voice said. Then, a bat came in. The bat turned out to be a guy. He looked almost like Erik, but was taller and slim. "He's right here," Erik said with a surprised tone in his voice, "Fabian…. nice to see you…. early…" Erik said scratching the back of his head. "Yeah," Fabian said, "That letter was suppose to be here yesterday. It's so great to see you!"

Then Raymond walked in after hearing that voice. "Raymond!" Fabian called out with his feminine voice. "Fabian!" Raymond said with a nervous laugh. "What a surprise."

"It feel's it been, like, forever since I last saw you. You were where, Germany?"

"Uhh…" Raymond said, "Russia. But what brings you down here?"

"Oh! I'm staying for Thanksgiving. Isn't that great?"

"That's great man! So…would you like to see the zoo?"
"Oh of course! I've been dying to see around."

"Sure…uhhh…." Raymond then saw Tanya coming over. "Tanya here will show you around."

"Uhhh…" Tanya said confused, "What?"

"We need you to show our cousin Fabian around. Alright?" Raymond said.

"Sure," Tanya said, "I'll be happy to show him around."

"Oh!" Fabian said, "I love your fur."

"Thanks…" Tanya said. Then the two of them walked out of the Otter Habitat to see the zoo.

Then, Kyle came in with a scarred look on his face.

"I heard a voice…Fabian right?" Kyle said.

"Oh yeah…" Erik said.

"What's wrong with him?" Marlene asked.

"Now there's nothing wrong with him here. In fact, we're glad that he's here." Raymond said.

"But…" Kyle said, "He's…well…. gay…"

"So," Erik said finishing the sentence, "It's kind of awkward having him here."

"Ohh…I get it," Marlene said, "But what about your parents?"

"Parent," Raymond said, "I was born from the sun and have sand in my veins."

Then Marlene looked at him confused. Then Marlene shook her head to forget about what he just said.

"So," Kyle said, "What do we do now?"

"I'm throwing a big thanksgiving dinner. HE could stay with my parents." Marlene said.

"That's great," Raymond, said, "Also, Maurice and I got a letter from Julien's folks. They're coming down as well."

"Even better." Marlene said.

"Also," Kyle added, "Kowalski, told me that his Dad is coming down as well. He hasn't told Skipper yet. He wants to make it a surprise."

"Ohh… okay." Marlene said thinking about how she'll have a thanksgiving dinner with that many people.

"And," Erik said, "Kelsi and her parents and sister are coming down as well. And I'm pretty sure Private and Rico's parents will come down. Rico told me."

"And," Raymond said, "Tanya's brother coming down as well."

"Uh oh," Marlene said realizing it's going to take a long time to make a party that big, "We're going to need a lot of help setting up this dinner."

Side note: A thanksgiving special by the Skull brothers! This was originally going to be on Skullshovels profile, but it isn't because I already have this thing planed out. And I did say in my last story that Raymond and Kyle: Quest to the Snowcone Vendor was going to be my next story, well…it will. It's just that this is a last minute type of thing. So…see you next chapter.

Also, The whole gay cousin thing, it's just for comedy reasons. We have nothing against gays at all. So please don't get mad at us. Thanks.