Feisty, Funny, and Four

Hey guys, I'm back! Inspirational trip that I went on. I would suggest it for anyone.

Sparkly love from sparkleeyes20.

Chapter 2

Sarah woke with an early start to find the girls still asleep. She gave a small smile. She rose from her position, being sure to support Kim on Princess and vice versa. She tucked the blanket around them better and walked to the middle of the room. She looked over to see the boys also still asleep in their bunks. She smiled once again but then looked down and frowned. She felt as though she and her girls were giving the boys a heavy burden, especially Skipper. He seemed to be the most upset that they were here. As she was looking down she noticed her feathers were all out of place. After sighing once again, she stroked her neck and stomach to straighten them. What she didn't know was that a certain penguin was watching her. Skipper turned back over to face the wall. He questioned why she had a flower like design down her neck. Why all of them had the designs. It was definitely something to ponder. He sighed silently to himself.

'Maybe I'm just being a little too paranoid,' he thought.

He looked back to her again. She was sitting at the table in deep thought. He saw she had a sad look on her face. She kept glancing over in the corner where she and the other three girls had slept. He also gave a quick glace at the corner. The girls were up against each other in different positions still asleep. He kept an eye on Sarah so that he could see her but she couldn't see his eye. She ran one of her flippers through her hair like feathers. She winced a little in pain when she ran into a knot of feathers. She got up from her sitting position near the table and went up the latter. He also got up from lying in his bunk. He made some fish coffee and poured two mugs, one for him and one for Sarah. He was going to find out what was wrong even if he had to beat it out of her. Sure it sounded cruel but it would make some of his paranoia go away or increase. He walked out with the two mugs and looked around. Skipper saw Sarah sitting near the water with one flipper under her beak to show she was thinking about something. He walked near her and stood behind her. She still remained in thought and emotionless. He cleared his throat to show he was there. She turned to him slightly with one eye open.

"You don't have to do that. I knew you were there," she said.

"Just thought you wanted some company and maybe some fish coffee," he replied annoyed.

Sarah chuckled lightly and patted the ground next to her with her flipper. Skipper walked over and gave her a mug of the fish coffee, still warm. She took the mug with a nod of gratitude and sipped it slowly. He looked over at Sarah, who looked back. Skipper's sapphire eyes told her the question he was going to ask her.

"Alright, I'll tell you why I'm in such deep thought," she said calmly.

Skipper was shocked, "Uh, okay."

She closed her eyes and remembered a time in her life.

Flashback

A younger Princess was playing in a large habitat. It was late in the afternoon and the sun was a cool seventy degrees. Younger versions of Rosie and Kim came up, tackled the young penguin and tickled her. Once that was over a slightly younger Sarah came up and pat Princess on the head. The three girls group hugged her which she gladly returned. Suddenly, a large shadow overcame the habitat. Princess, Rosie, and Kim recoiled behind Sarah. Sarah looked up to see a large machine above them. She pulled the girls closer to her to protect them. A large ray shot out and hit Sarah in the stomach. The force of the beam sent her flying back to fall into the water in their habitat. She quickly got out and gagged up water and blood. The blood came from the wound on her belly. The beam shot out again. Sarah quickly jumped in front of the ray and blocked it from hitting the girls by letting it hit herself. The pain was excruciating and everything went black for her. She awoke in an alleyway with all the girls standing over her. They had taken her there after she passed out. She was hurt severely and was bleeding heavily in all her wounds. About four years later the girls were transferred to the zoo in New York City. They were extremely happy. For every year on that same day the machine would appear again and hurt them with the strange ray. Sarah was always the one who got hurt the most because she always took most of the hits for the girls. She was scarred every time but was able to hide it with her feathers, which grew back quickly. So they were put in crates, with the exception of Princess who got a shot to be stuffed in the crate. They traveled for seven hours on a boat to get to the zoo.

Endflashback

"And that's the story," she ended.

Skipper was shocked beyond belief. The fact that this happened to her and her girls every year for four long years had to be a complete lie. They were too pretty and innocent for that to happen.

"That can't be true," he said, crossing his flippers.

Sarah sighed deeply and moved the tip of her flipper along her stomach. Her feathers moved slightly to reveal a deep, long scar on her belly. Exactly where it was said to be in her story. He looked into her eyes. They were shining with tears like deep green fields with a small pond in it. He set his mug down and looked at her again. Then he did something she least expected. He took hold of her shoulders with both of his flippers and smiled at her.

"Calm down Sarah. It'll be okay. The boys and I will protect all you girls from that machine thing," Skipper promised.

She looked up at him with tears still in her eyes. He very gently wiped them away. She hugged him in return for his promise and kind words.

"Thanks Skipper," she whispered quietly.

They broke apart and picked up their mugs. They watched the sun rise in silence. They had nothing to fear or be sad of anymore.