Chapter 1 ~ Welcome
Mumble stared at his egg, which was unhatched. It wasn't late, not many other eggs had hatched yet, but Mumble was worried. What if the chick was dead? Or worse, what if it sang like him?
"C'mon, little buddy. Hatch!" he urged gently. The egg started to crack.
Well, that was easy. Mumble thought as the crack got bigger. He stared at it harder, willing it to hatch faster. The crack got longer and longer. Mumble's eyes widened as the shell finall broke apart, revealing a beautiful chick. She had her mother's face and figure, but she had her father's markings. But her eyes were totally something to look at. The right one was a deep, chocolatey brown like Gloria's while the left one was a bright blue like Mumble's.
"It's very cold." she said, hopping up and down slightly. Mumble laughed.
"Yes it is." he said, looking at her strange but gorgeous eyes. "Why not come here and get warm?"
The little chick waddled up to her father's feet and hopped onto them. She looked up to look Mumble in the eyes.
"Who am I?" she asked, cocking her head. Mumble stared out at the horizon, thinking. He was overjoyed that his chick had made it, but he was now very confused.
"Um..." he murmured. Gloria had said nothing about what the name was going to be. When he had asked, she had said "Surprise me." Mumble wasn't good at naming things.
"Do you need help, daddy?" his daughter asked, gazing up at him. Mumble chuckled and shook his head as the perfect name came to him.
"No." he said. "You're name is-"
"So you have you're own baby now, don't you, TwinkleToes?"
Mumble turned to see his mother and father standing there, smiling at him. Mumble nodded and smiled.
"Yeah." he said. "Her name is-"
He was cut off again by five crazy voices from the side.
"Hey Fluffy!" Ramon called, waddling up to Mumble. He sighed and looked at Ramon.
"Yes, amigo?" he asked politely.
"What's the chica's name?" he asked, cocking his head.
"Chica?" the chick said with a giggle. "What's a chica?"
"It's how they say girl." Mumble explained. He looked back up at Ramon, whose eyes were filled with wonder. "Her name is Erika."
There was a brief silence for the little group. Erika broke it with a giggle.
"I like that name!" she said. Mumble smiled.
"That's a beautiful name. Suits her, too." Memphis stated. Mumble refused to look at his father as he was looking into Erika's different colored eyes. They were so beautiful, just like her...
"Yes it does." Mumble replied, not taking his eyes off of his daughter's. He chuckled. "You are very fish, Erika." he said to her. Erika giggled.
"Thank you, daddy." she responded. Mumble took a breath and spread his flippers out.
"Welcome to the world, my daughter."
