Happy Feet Three

Puffin Land

They followed the puffins over to the hill until they could see the other side; they stopped and were amazed as they saw thousands of puffins, of all three types. They started walking and looked around; there was plenty of snow, but there was also plenty of land and rocks, there was also grass and the shore was in easy walking distance. They started walking through and Lovelace led the way; some of the puffins turned to see the penguins and elephant seals, they didn't even notice Will, Bill, and Lill on Erik's head or Jill on Rafael's head. They looked at Lovelace with curiosity because of his poncho; they thought that Erik, Atticus, Bo; Rafael, Carlos, Marcel, Armando, Tipa; Shane, and Darren were adorable. Will looked around with fear, whereas Lill looked at them with amazement; Bill smiled as he looked up in the air and saw the amazing sight of seeing them fly overhead, and Jill did the same. They were all amazed to see so many puffins; Bill agreed that they looked like penguins but they were standing like the skuas were, but some of them stood like penguins as they waved to them.

Suddenly a young puffin child flew in front of them; he was as tall as Erik but shorter than Atticus, he said, "Hello, where are you from?" Rafael replied, "We come from the new Adelie Land." Erik than introduced himself, "My name's Erik." The young puffin said, "You must be a brave penguin, for many brave warriors are named Erik." Erik smiled and said, "Thank you."

Bill thought this was a wonderful moment and so did Lill and Jill; Will still wanted to return to their home under the ice, but he agreed that it was a nice moment.

Suddenly they looked up and saw some puffins flying to an area of grass near the water and Lovelace pointed at them and said, "What is this great meeting of mighty birds?" The boy turned around and said, "They're gathering around to see the wise one." Bo then said, "We want to see him!" Then the puffin put his wings in the air and said, "Then follow me."

He flew into the air and they followed him from the ground. They passed by nests of puffins and Bill looked around to see parents feeding their children fish.

Jill saw it and thought it was beautiful and when Rafael moved next to Erik she said, "Bill don't you long to have a thousand children to love?" Then Bill said, "Absolutely, I would love o find a beautiful female and have a wonderful family."

The others heard this as they proceeded and they liked what they heard.

Meanwhile

Mumble was walking with Brian, Ramon, and the Amigos and they were following the foot prints of the kids.

Brian: "Those are flipper prints of Shane and Darren, I'd recognize them anywhere mate."

Mumble stepped into the foot prints of the kids and recognized their dancing and he said each of their names.

Then one of the Amigos pointed to some larger foot prints and said, "Look! Lovelace was here too."

They looked and saw that he was correct and then they looked to see the tracks heading for the mountains, so they followed them.

The young puffin led Erik and the others down to the bottom of the steep hill, to the point to where they were standing on a patch of grass at the edge of the shore. Then the puffin landed next to them.

The puffin then said, "Here he comes!"

Suddenly they saw an Atlantic Puffin fly overhead and he landed in front of them. The puffin had yellow hair and a crack in his beak and he was wearing a small T-shirt with a picture of a puffin on it. It was none other than Sven.

Sven: "Hello fellow puffins, remember, if you want it you must will it if you will it, it will be yours!"

Everyone cheered happily and Erik, Atticus, Bo, Rafael, the Junior Amigos, Shane, and Darren walked forward while Lovelace stayed put and watched.

Erik: "Sven!"

Sven looked down and said, "Awww hello fluffy one. Everyone! Your attention please, I would like to introduce my brave friend Erik."

When Sven would say Erik's name he would say it like "Eerick", everyone cheered when they heard it was Erik. Sven did not notice Bill, Jill, Will, or Lill but they were amazed about what was happening.

Atticus walked forward and said, "Yo Sven, what are all you puffins doing here?"

Sven: "Ahh larger fluffy one, we live here now; I left because I learned that my nation had moved here and it is as if I have returned to my homelands."

The younger puffin turned to them and said, "We love it here, there's plenty of fish, more snow, and enough land and rocks for us to make our nests."

Rafael stepped forward and said, "How did all you winged penguins end up here?"

Sven flew into the air and yelled, "It is an amazing story that we will now tell!"

His voice echoed as Mumble and the others made it to the other side of the mountain and were heading for Puffin Land.

When they heard it, Mumble said, "I know that voice, that's Sven."

Sven landed in front of Erik and the kids and Lovelace and said, "Aage, tell them the story."

The young puffin they met said, "We were having trouble surviving because we lost our home, but we were saved by the aliens."

Sven: "The aliens are bird eaters, but they do not eat penguins, and some of them eat us puffins, but some don't have the heart to kill us."

Atticus: "Wow!"

Aage: "The aliens wanted to save our great nation because of the dangers we faced, so they brought many of us here."

Sven: "Yes, and I flew to the forbidden shore and found that they had saved my race and friends from our old home. They set them free and bestowed upon me, this sacred robe because they were the aliens that saved me as well."

Bill began climbing down Erik's body and Will tried to stop him but he kept going, Will and Lill followed him to try and stop him but he kept going and Jill climbed off of Rafael's body. They started walking on the grass and Bill intended to speak to Sven to ask him his questions.

Bill: "Hello sir!"

Sven and the other puffins heard him because he yelled very loudly.

Sven: "Who said that?"

Atticus pointed to the krill and said, "He did."

Sven looked at the ground and saw the four krill when Bill said, "Hello!"

Sven: "Friends of Sven, we have talking krill before us!"

All the puffins in their nests were amazed and said, "Oooo!"

Will: "Please don't eat us!"

Aage: "We won't eat you krill, we would if there was a huge swarm of you, but this small number cannot satisfy anyone. And we also like the larger crustaceans."

Mumble, Brian, Ramon, and the Amigos were on top of the hill and they heard what was currently happening as they searched for the kids.

Sven: "And where are you from, little krill?"

Jill: "We come from under the great ice."

Sven: "And what are you names?"

Bill: "I'm Bill, this is Will, Jill, and Lill."

Sven: "Why do you come here?"

Jill: "We've come because we have questions; why do you predators eat our kind?"

Sven: "Two reasons, one because you are taste, but we do eat other things; and two, because we have no choice, we are designed to eat fish and krill and other sea things, if we don't, we will die of starvation."

Erik: "Sven, our home is changing, there has been less ice than usual; what's happening?"

Sven: "Little Erik and little Bill, something is happening, the world is somehow getting warmer, ice has not only been melting in your home, but here too. That is how we lost our old home. This can only be described as a global warming."

Bill: "That would explain why some ice has been falling apart in our home."

Shane and Darren: "What?"

Will: "Back at our home, the icy sealing that hides our swarm from predators has been falling apart, icicles from the top have been getting thinner and ice is shifting around."

Bo: "Sven, why is this happening, what is causing it?"

Lovelace: "Yes mighty Sven, what is the cause of this slow moving catastrophe?"

Sven: "I am sorry, but I do not know. But, perhaps the aliens can be of service to you. The aliens know more than any of us."

He pointed to a far away place past Adelie Land and said, "The forbidden shore is that way, perhaps a day's walk."

Suddenly Mumble, Brian, Ramon, and the Amigos emerged from the crowd and saw the kids.

Mumble: "Erik!"

Brian: "Boys!"

Ramon and the Amigos went to their sons and yelled their names. Bill, Will, Jill, and Lill watched as they walked to the kids.

Mumble: "Kids we're leaving."

Brian: "That's right, we're going home."

Erik: "But Pa, we want know what's happening."

Mumble: "Son, you can't just go wandering around, you could get hurt."

Atticus: "But Uncle Mumble, we were trying to help our friends."

Mumble looked down at the krill and Bill said, "Hello."

Mumble: "Nice to meet you."

Sven: "Hello Mumbly."

Mumble: "High Sven, don't mind us."

Sven: "It's no bother, Erik, you and you're friends should do as your fathers say and go home."

Erik: "Okey dokey."

Shane turned to the krill and said, "Aren't you coming?"

Bill: "No, you guys go home, we'll stay here."

Sven moved his wing under them and lifted them onto Lovelace's head and said, "You should go with them; stay with your friends."

Jill: "But we still have unanswered questions."

Sven: "All questions can be answered when you look for them."

Will: "How are we supposed to do that?"

Sven: "If you want it you must will it if you will it, it will be yours. Now go, help your friends and make the best of your lives."

Bill: "Thank you."

Lovelace turned around and they all started leaving and all the puffins started waving goodbye, even Aage.

Sven: "Chow."