Disclaimer: I do not own Penguins of Madagascar characters. I only own the characters that I made up.
Kylie and her friends Juliana, Marla, and Hallie waited eagerly in her mom's car. It was the first day of summer, and they were glad to be out of school. It's not that they didn't like Bonita Middle School of New York, but they had that one subject that they hated. Kylie hated math, Juliana hated geography, Marla hated language arts, and Hallie hated science. The girls peered out the window as their car pulled up to Central Park Zoo. "I hear this zoo is really great!" Kylie said to Juliana. "Kylie, you've only just moved here last summer! New York is way more different from Washington D.C.! First of all, the president doesn't live here..." Hallie went on before Marla clamped her mouth shut. They had to do this to Hallie at least once a week to keep her from wasting an hour of their time just talking. "Girls, were here!" Kylie's mother announced as the car was parked. Juliana heard a beeping noise from the back of the car, but when she turned around, Sara, Kylie's younger sister was just playing a video game. "Sara, turn that off." Kylie's father demanded. "Okay." Sara pouted as she switched the game off. Kylie's parents got out, then the kids got out. They all walked inside of the zoo and decided to go on a tour. Alice the zookeeper came over to the group and instructed them to follow her. "I'm zookeeper Alice, and I'll be guiding you today. First, let's visit our friends the penguins!" Alice feigned happiness when she said this. In truth, she was sad. Nobody in the group seemed to notice, except Kylie. Her parents were too busy keeping Sara out of trouble, Juliana was lost in thoughts of adventure, Hallie was too busy telling Alice about her favorite animals, and Marla was wondering if she would make a new friend today. Aside from noticing Alice's hidden sadness, Kylie also noticed that Alice was pretending to pay attention to Hallie's constant blabbering. "What a coincidence. I always pretend to listen to Hallie too. We must think alike." Kylie thought. She was now going over the possibility that she and Alice could be related. After all, her mother did look a lot like Alice. They both had red hair and blue eyes. Kylie had brown eyes like her father, but lacked his blond hair. Instead, she had reddish blond hair that she almost always wore down, and she also wore a pair of black glasses. She decided it was a definite "maybe" that they were related. Kylie then compared her friends to Alice. Juliana had blue eyes, but she had chestnut brown hair that she wore in a ponytail. Hallie had brown eyes and long dirty blond hair. Marla had curly reddish brown hair and freckles. "Hey Juliana, I gotta ask your opinion on something." Kylie whispered to Juliana. "Okay. What do you have in mind?" Juliana replied. "Do you think I'm related to zookeeper Alice? We look and act similar." Kylie asked. Juliana paused for a moment. She looked at Alice. Then at Kylie. She looked at Alice again. Then she looked back to Kylie. "Well, it's a fifty/fifty chance." Juliana answered. They were coming up to the penguin exhibit, when Marla saw a little dog dash by them. She managed to catch the dogs name on it's collar: Dexter B. Vanchez. "OMG! How did HE get here!?" Marla cried out. Dexter was Kylie's dog. He was supposed to be at home, locked in his dog crate. "Oh no! Come back here little Dexter!" Kylie screamed as she ran after her pug dog. She could only see his curly tail because he was so far ahead of her. She continued to chase him. Apparently, Juliana, Hallie, and Marla wanted to help their friend catch her dog, because they were running after Kylie. Dexter ran past the lemurs, through the chimpanzee pen, and fell into the water of Marlene's habitat. "HELP ME!" He cried out, his little scrunched up face had a look of horror on it. Kylie was shocked. Did she just hear her dog talk? "No. It's not scientifically possible. Animals don't speak. I must be hearing things." Kylie thought as she and her friends wittnessed an otter emerge from the little habitat. "Ooh, what a pretty otter!" Marla crooned. "Marla, you think everything is pretty. Like, that time in 's class when she brought out those oragami thingys..." Halli went on. Fortunatley, Juliana clamped Hallie's mouth shut befoer she could finish about the oragami's. The otter swam into the water and pulled a wet and cold Dexter to the shore. Dexter, still dripping wet, ran into the habitat yellping. "Wait! You're dripping water all over the floor!" The otter cried as she ran after Dexter. "Did that otter just say something?" Marla asked Kylie. "Who cares!? We have to get Dexter out of there!" Kylie shreiked. "Maybe we should ask the zookeeper if she can get him for you." Juliana suggested. "I like froot loops!" Hallie randomly added. Not only did Hallie talk a lot, but she took first place in the random contest, Kylie coming in second and Marla in third. "I like your idea Juliana. Let's go find zookeeper Alice." Kylie replied as the girls walked off. Little did they know it, but they were on the verge of the greatest adventure of their lives!