Disclaimer: Penguins of Madagascar and all related characters are the property of Nickelodeon and DreamWorks. All remaing characters are my own and may not be used without my permision.

Good evening everyone, as you can see this is my first story I hope you will onjoy it as much as I hated tipping it.

1 - New arrival

It was a sunny morning in central park zoo. The penguins had just finished their morning training and were talking in their HQ. ˝So what do you think the new girl will be like Skippah?˝ asked private the youngest of the penguins. ˝How am I supposed to know these things?˝ said Skipper in an irritated voice, ˝Just imagine her like Marlene in black and white,˝ he said while walking over to the periscope. ˝So, you want us to picture her like Marlene, if she was boring?˝ Skipper quickly turned: ˝You know very well how I meant it soldier!˝

˝Now, I am sure the crate will be dropped off sometime before the zoo opens. Kowalski, how much time does that give us?˝ After checking a watch, he pulled out his abacus, moved around some beads and answered: ˝The ETA is anywhere between 5 minutes and 1 hour from now.˝

˝Wow, I sure am glad you could narrow the time window that much,˝ responded Skipper in a sarcastic manor, ˝I mean hey, when did Napoleon attack russia, I don't know, but it must have happened sometime between yesterday and the birth of the universe!˝ said Skipper with a slowly rising voice, basically shouting in the end. Kowalski sighed in annoyance: ˝I get it Skipper I can do withouth the sarcasam.˝

˝I'm sorry kowalski, but you all know I resort to sarcasam when facing the unknown.¨ He then nevously started walking back and forth. ˝I don't know what to do with a girl on board. I've never planned on running a co-ed military base. I mean we all know what happened last time we had a girl on the team˝ The other three penguins exchanged nervous looks, shruging, but saying nothing. ˝You know… the time we thought I was a girl…˝

˝Oooow…˝ they all said at the same time. ˝Anyway, we will offer the rookie a spot on the team and give her a chance, we will respect her decision whatever it may be.˝ He then turned arround and said, in a dramatic voice: ˝But for now…we wait.˝

Just as he finished the sentence a sound was heard. It sounded just like, if not excactly as a crate falling on concrete. Skipper sighed and then gave his orders: ˝Top side men!¨ When they jumped out of their HQ, they saw an already open crate. They aproached it slowly. ˝There's nothing to be afraid of ma'am, we won't hurt you,˝ said Skipper in the calmest voice he could manage.

Steps were then heard. Someone was comming out of the box. The boys waited with anticipation and their beaks dropped at the sight their eyes were blessed with. The only one unaffected by the beauty seemed to be Rico, but that might have been due to the fact that he always looks the way he did at that moment.

As the female penguin was making her way out of thewooden crate, more and more body features could be made out by the boys. Her beak was the shade of red of the blood moon (during the lunar eclipse), her back as black as the darkest night and her belly as white as the antarctic ice cap. Her eyes were an almost magic emerald green and around her neck hung a silver chain with a jade-coloured sea shell.

˝Now, if you boys could stop drooling,˝ she said with an angelic voice ˝I would like to introduce myself.˝ The boys all shook their heads, lined up and saluted. ˝Yes ma'am!˝ they all said simultaneously. The female put her flippers on her hips and spoke again: ˝Well, well, well,… looks like someone likes to play soldier around here. This just might come in handy.˝ She then cleared her throat and continued: ˝My name is Lorelei. And you will all be adressing me by that name. No nicknames, not ma'am, madam, miss or anything else that would make me fell old. Understand?˝ The boys all noded at the same time.

˝Great! I see that we'll be getting along just fine,˝ she said before dissappearing below the surface, followed by the reamaining 4 penguins.

This chapters purpose is to get the ball rolling and create a scenario, to intruduce another OC later in chapter 3. Anyway, R&R, criticize, point out spelling and grammar mistakes, etc.