Ok, so this is my very first fan fiction story, so I'm anxious to find out if this will turn out to be a good story or not. I actually contemplated this story idea a few years back before I even knew about fan fiction! Now I know what some fans will think of the angle I've taken, but I hope you readers will at least give it a chance. (You never know!)

Of Chocolate and Silver

Chapter 1: Homesickness

It all started on a perfectly ordinary day at the zoo, except it wasn't ordinary at all. That's because at the Central Park Zoo in New York City: four penguins, and four mammals were about to leave the zoo that week. But why? Why would any animal want to leave such a big, civilized, seemingly perfect place? Well it all started with a certain ring-tailed lemur king…

On a beautiful, sunny day in late July, numerous humans filed their way through the many habitats to watch their occupants. In the penguin habitat, three of the monochromatic birds were pulling off their adorable cute-and-cuddly hijinks as a distraction, while Kowalski attempted to intercept an I-phone from a business woman. In the otter habitat, Marlene was giving a swimming performance to some little girls; combining various advanced dives and water ballet.

Finally at the lemur habitat, the three resident party mammals were showing off their dance moves to some teens that had been extremely bored just two minutes ago. Overall, everything and everyone seemed normal. That's what Maurice, King Julien's long-suffering right hand was thinking, until he actually looked at his boss. Normally when it came to dancing, Julien would pull out all the stops and out dance Maurice and Mort any day. Today however, Mort was actually dancing faster! Instead of his usual crazy moves, King Julien seemed distracted and not as "in" to the music as he usually was. In fact, he looked kinda sad. After the teens had applauded the performance and saved it to their phones, Maurice decided that now he could talk.

Julien had seated himself at his smoothie bar, while punting Mort over the habitat wall, but even that action seemed weak as he still stared off into nowhere. "Hey Julien," Maurice began as he carefully chose his next words, "are you feeling alright? Cause I noticed that even Mort was beating you at fast dancing."

At first Julien stiffened slightly at the mention of being beaten by Mort, but finally he sighed and quietly replied: "Maurice, this City of the New York is a fantastical place. But I am believing that I am missing my lemur kingdom."

"ALRIGHT!"

Both lemurs jumped at the sudden shout from behind. Turning around with their fur on end, they saw Skipper and his team (with Rico holding Mort by the tail) standing on the wall.

Skipper, Kowalski and Rico were wearing huge grins (with Rico's being the creepiest) while Private looked rather down. "We were just going about our normal rounds when we heard the news," said Skipper (who still looked like Christmas had come early). "So you're seriously going back to the hippie land?"

"What Hippie Land?!" came the sudden shout of Marlene, who had been passing by the wall on her way to visit with the birds.

"Ring-tail here has finally become sick of zoo life!" exclaimed Skipper, causing a very annoyed Julien to shout back, "I am not being sick of the zoo life. I am just missing my kingdom in the Madagascar."

"Madagascar… You mean in the wild?" asked Marlene as she leaped over the wall onto the habitat grass.

"Since when did you become interested in the jungle?" asked Private.

"Well ever since I stopped going feral, I've been thinking about what it would be like to actually experience a truly wild area," explained Marlene as she walked closer to the lemurs.

"Skipper?" said Private timidly raising a flipper.

"What is it Private?" asked Skipper looking rather annoyed that Marlene wanted to go to hippie land.

"Well, you said that we could choose are upcoming vacation spot, and I know you really wanted to go to Japan with Kowalski…."

"Are you saying we should join the lemurs for our vacation?!" shouted Skipper as a shocked Rico dropped a still smiling Mort to the ground.

"I confess Skipper," piped up Kowalski randomly scribbling on a note pad, "I've been wanting to do some research on the island for my…"

"Research?" interrupted the Skipper, "You mean gather poisons and voodoo leaves for your mad science?"

"For your information, certain native plants and venoms have surprisingly potent…"

"Okay I think we've got the point!" interjected Marlene as she came between the boss and the brain.

"Fine, but after we spend a few days with the lemurs, then we go to Japan."

"Ka-Boom!" screamed Rico as he thought of setting some exploding traps for the lemurs (Julien in particular).

"Well I guess I better go make the announcement," said Maurice as he made his way to the other habitats.

"I Like Announcements!"

Hope you enjoyed the first chapter and please review if you feel like it (but flames are ABSOLUTELY forbidden).