Hola! It's me again! Now we can meet Haley the kitten female slasher. There's a brief description of her in my profile, so if you want to read it real quick, GO AHEAD! I'm not going anywhere.

*waits for those who went to read it*

Back now? Now on with the story!

Haley looked out and saw the baby penguins playing with the ducklings outside of her habitat. The little fluff balls of feathers were playing in the duck habitat's water. Haley shuddered at the thought of playing in water, but she wished she could play with someone. For some reason everyone was afraid of her.

Haley sighed. "Why's everyone so scared of me?" she asked out loud

"Because they don't have the sense to meet you." A soft female voice answered behind her.

Haley turned around and saw her mom. Like Haley, her mom had fiery orange and red fur covering her body. She also had two light brown eyes like her. She was pretty slender as well. Not a lot of people realize, but the slashers were really nice. They just have a very intense courtship ritual! And the claws are only for protection.

"Thanks mom" Haley said with a smile. She didn't really believe that was the reason, but it was nice of her mom to say it anyway.

"You want to go over there and play?" Her mom asked placing a paw on her shoulder for comfort.

"And play in the water? No way!" she said, but she was smiling.

"The water's not that bad you know." The female slasher said. Let's call her Carrie. (Sorry if you don't like the name, I just choose the first name that came to mind.)

"It is to me" Haley said looking away from her mom and back to the duck habitat.

"I remember when I used to be scared of the water when I was your age." Carrie said sitting next to her daughter.

"Yes and then you had to save your brother's life when he was drowning and never was scared of it again." Haley finished since she heard this story at least a million times.

Carrie chucked. "Have you even tried talking to them?"

"YES!" she yelled.

Flashback…..

Haley walks up to King Julien and Prince J.J. "Hi, my names Hal-"

"Ahhhh!" the two royal lemurs screamed. Then it was a flash of grey and brown and they were gone leaving a puddle behind. (Ha! They pee'd themselves!)

Flashback over……

"I'm starting to think people are scared of me." Haley said remembering the incident. "It's hard to make friends with someone when they're screaming at you."

"Like I said" Haley's mom started.

"They just don't have the sense to know me." Haley finished.

The older cat laughed. "I'm just boring you to death aren't I?"

Haley nodded, but she really didn't mean it. She loved her mom. She was one of the few friends she did have!

"Ugh! I need a friend!" Haley said before putting her head in her arms.

Carrie just rubbed her back in comfort.

The next day. . . . .

Elli was just wandering around the zoo while it was closed one day. It was nice and warm outside, so a walk seemed splendid. Because of her down feathers, which were coming off every day, she had to rest in the shade because it was like wearing a jacket in the middle of summer.

She remembered how nice it felt going over to the duck's habitat and just swimming under the hot sun. She did seem to notice that Haley was watching them.

Elli really didn't know Haley all that well, her dad told her to be careful around them. She didn't know why. They didn't seem so horrible. After walking around a few minutes, Elli sat down under a shady tree.

Haley had been walking around as well. She wasn't following Elli, but she saw her under a tree near the wall and decided to say hi. Also it was pretty hot out, she wouldn't but felt like jumping in a pool.

"Get ready to scare another animal." She whispered to herself thinking Elli would just run away like the others.

She crept up the Elli as she laid down on the cool green grass below with her eyes closed.

"Uh…Hi" Haley said when she was standing over the little penguin.

Elli jumped up frightened.

Of course Haley thought to herself as Elli gave out a small yelp when she heard her voice.

Elli turned around to see Haley. "Oh..I'm sorry Haley; you just gave me a fright is all." Elli apologized placing a flipper on the cat's shoulder.

"Wha- you're not scared?" Haley asked amazed that she didn't run away and she even placed a flipper on her shoulder!

"No. Why would I be?" She asked wondering why anyone would be scared of a simple hello.

"I-i-it's just..you know never mind. You want to come over and play at my habitat?" she asked hopefully.

"I'm sorry Haley, but I promised my daddy that I'd be back in a few minutes." Elli said taking her flipper off of her shoulder.

"Oh" Haley said looking down disappointed.

"I can come over another time." Elli's little British accent spoke out when she noticed the sad look on the orange cat's face.

"Really?" she asked getting happy again.

Elli nodded smiling too.

"Great! Come over tomorrow." Haley said happily.

"I'll go ask my dad as soon as I get home." Elli said getting herself up.

"Okay, well…uh..bye bye then." Haley said with a wave as Elli headed back home.

Elli waved back.

I did it! My first friend! Haley thought to herself as Elli turned around the corner.

Back at the H.Q. . . . .

"What do you mean I can't go?" Elli asked Kowalski, Skipper, Private, and Rico in front of her.

"It's too dangerous" Skipper said.

"There's a 95.37% chance you'll be slaughtered or eaten the moment you step in that habitat." Kowalski said.

Private looked like he was about to faint from the thought of his daughter being cut up or turned into a meal.

"But Haley seems to be really nice." Elli said as she sat down on a chair.

"Boo-boo's" Rico said.

"I don't think they'd hurt me." Elli said laughing at the thought of someone as nice as Haley doing anything like that.

"Now now, why don't you go and play with Marshal, Athena, and Buttons?" Skipper said to Elli.

Elli stopped laughing and frowned "Okay" Elli said sadly as she putting her head down and trudged towards the others.

"Elli I-" Private started, but stopped not knowing what to say as Elli walked away with her head down.

"She'll be okay Private." Skipper said placing a flipper around him.

"Okay Skippa" Private said looking down at his feet as well. He felt sorry for Elli, but he didn't want her to get eaten or killed.

The team walked away leaving the room.

Elli looked back to see if they were gone. She then looked over to Marshal and the others and saw they were busy watching a T.V. show. "Sorry about this dad, but I made a promise and I intend to keep it." She whispered as she headed out the door.

Outside the H.Q. . . . . .

"Okay, I'll just go over there and tell Haley we have to try to make her nicer in my dad's eyes." Elli said nervously. This is the first time she's ever done something bad like this. Unlike Marshal, she wouldn't be surprised if he's snuck out twenty times.

It was so scary. It was dark and it seemed like every noise was a monster, even if it was just a leaf blowing in the wind. She started running when she heard an owl. After searching a few minutes, she found the Slasher habitat.

"Oh thank goodness" Elli whispered as she saw Haley and her mom sleeping inside the habitat on the grass.

She quietly snuck over to the wall. "Psssst" she said as she stuck her head over the habitat. She hoped she was close enough for Haley to hear.

Haley's ears popped open and she looked up. She smiled when she recognized the figure on the wall as her hopefully new friend Elli.

"Haley" Elli started.

"What are you doing here?" she asked in a whisper with a smile on her face.

"I've got some horrible news." Elli said already looking sad.

Haley's smile dropped. "What?"

Elli explained the situation.

"Huh, I knew that people were scared of me." She said with tears forming in her brown eyes. I tried. She thought to herself

"Oh-no, please don't cry. I have a plan" Elli said rubbing her back in comfort.

Haley looked up at her and sniffed. "Really?"

Elli nodded. "If we can convince my dad that you're the nice slasher I know you are, then we can play together all you want."

Haley smiled. "I'm sorry I'm putting you through all this."

Elli smiled and took her little flipper off of Haley's slender, orange covered fur back. "Don't mention it"

Haley looked up at her and hugged her. Haley was bigger than Elli, so it was like a girl hugging a little teddy bear. "You should probably get back now."

Elli nodded and left the scene when Haley unlocked her from her grip.

Haley smiled. She finally made a good friend.

Yeah I decided to make it a chapter story. It won't be too long, so I think after a couple of stories I'll be posting Father's day. You guys probably want to kill me for keeping you waiting, but I PROMISE it'll be up. And like Elli I keep my promises.

Tell me what you think.

BYE!!!!!!!