Rocko grunted as the waves threw him ashore, god he hated killer whales and that would never change. He pushed himself to his feet and looked around himself "Snow, rocks, and more snow, looks like I'm in the right place, now to make sure that idiot hasn't gotten himself killed". Rocko searched pebble beach for Hubie, getting more and more frustrated the longer it took to find him. He came to the bottom of a hill and looked up at the top "I swear if he's not up here I'll kill him when I find him".
Rocko made the long trek up the slope till he reached the top. There he saw a penguin wearing a familiar hat and scarf, sitting in the snow. "Yo Romeo, you save that girl of yours yet or are you sleeping on the job?" Rocko joked as he marched over to the slumped figure. Hubie startled as a familiar voice spoke, making his aching heart jump into his throat. He felt hope flooding him as he slowly turned his head "Rocko?".
"Who else would I be? A leopard seal?" Rocko said sarcastically. The Rockhopper paused when he saw the other penguins red eyes and tear stained feathers "What, did my death really effect you that much? Well I can't say I blame you, I am pretty gre-". His words were cut off as he was suddenly buried under a bear hug from Hubie who had thrown himself at the shorter penguin with a cry of the other's name.
Hubie thought he had no more tears to shed but he was so very wrong. He bawled into his best friend's feathers, relief that at least he still had his best friend. Rocko stood there awkwardly, unsure what to do about the blubbering penguin clinging to him "h-hey now, no need to cling like that, come on you're embarrassing me". When Hubie only continued to cling Rocko sighed and patted the other's back.
When the crying started to die down Hubie sniffled and said brokenly "I-I can't believe y-you're alive. You s-survived all those k-killer whales, you- all I w-was able to f-find was your b-bandanna". Hubie stood up straight and stared Rocko in the eyes "I can't believe it, oh Rocko I'm so happy you're still alive!".
"Well I couldn't just let my good buddy save his true love all on his own, you would get your butt kicked without me" Rocko chuckled as he undid part of his bandanna and pulled out the shiny green stone Hubie had lugged for 3,000 miles just to give to his soul mate "plus you forgot your blasted pebble, can't let you propose without it now can we?".
As soon as Hubie's eyes landed on the stone from the wishing star they started to produce fresh tears and his heart broke all over again. Rocko's eyes widened at the unexpected reaction as his friend pulled away, as if he had been lunged at by a leopard seal "Hubie? H-Hey what's the matter? What happened?".
Hubie shook his head and covered his face with his flippers. "Y-you were r-right R-Rocko" he said brokenly "I sh-should have given up on M-Marina… Sh-she….. Drake… oh R-Rocko….".