Okay so here's chapter 7. This is where it gets really fun to write, and in my opinion, fun to read! So, Enjoy! :D

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT own The Penguins of Madagascar!


The leopard seal bit Ariel once, twice, and just when it was going to bite her again, the seal reared up and started running in a circle. Ariel was in bad shape but was still aware of this and tried to get to the cave she had seen earlier. Just when she was beginning to get away from the seal, its back flipper hit her in the head, and everything went black.

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Kowalski clung to the back of the seal with all of his strength. The seal did all it could to shake him off but he still held strong. He just had to hold on long enough until Skipper, Private and Rico caught up.

Private and Rico had come back to the base camp, before their shift was over, completely out of breath saying that they seen Ariel out on a frozen lake and that she was being attacked by a seal. Without a word Kowalski began running as fast as he could in the direction the pair pointed. And now he was on the back of a seal. Was he crazy or something?

And now he was starting to get dizzy. The seal thrashed and bucked and spun around, trying everything to get him off. Kowalski held on for dear life. All of a sudden the seal flipped backwards, nearly crushing Kowalski. He jumped and landed square on his feet right in front of the seal, which was now on it's back. The seal got back up and took a swat at Kowalski. Kowalski slid underneath the seal and came out behind it. Kowalski stood ready for battle as the seal turned around to see him.

"Kowalski, duck!" It was Skipper. Kowalski got down on the ice just as Skipper, Private and Rico threw a huge fishing net over the seal. The seal thrashed under the net for a while, but after a few minutes it finally lay still on the ice, exhausted from fending off its attackers.

Kowalski got up off the ice and joined the rest of the team. The four penguins just stood looking at the huge seal that they had taken down. For a group of four penguins, that seemed impossible. Finally Skipper turned to Kowalski.

"Kowalski, that's the bravest thing I've ever seen anyone do." Skipper put his flipper on Kowalski's back. "Don't ever do it again." Kowalski smiled down at him but then remembered something that they had forgotten.

"Ariel!" Kowalski yelled as he pulled away from Skipper and ran towards where Ariel still laid, unconscious. Kowalski knelt next to her on the ice. She had slash marks down the side of her face and another set on her chest. Kowalski could feel tears forming in his eyes. And just for that moment, Kowalski didn't care about anything. He didn't care if Skipper saw him cry or if he was going to be stuck on Antarctica forever. He didn't give a care about anything anymore. The only thing that mattered right now was Ariel.

"Ariel? …Ariel? …Ariel can you hear me? …Ariel?!?" Kowalski held his breath, just waiting for a response, but after a minute, nothing. Kowalski felt a tear stroll down his face.

"Kowalski? We need to get her back to base camp to care for her." Skipper said. All Kowalski could do was nod. He carefully picked Ariel up a started walking back the base camp.

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After four hours, Ariel was still unconscious but she aware of everything around her. A least she thought she was aware of things around her. Maybe it was her imagination.

"Don't worry solider. She'll be alright." That sounded like Skipper. That couldn't possibly be real, could it?

"Well, what if she's alright but then she doesn't like me like the way I like her. Then this whole expedition would be for nothing." Now she knew that everything she was hearing was just a dream. There's no way someone like Kowalski would say something like that about her. He wouldn't come all the way across the world for her. Now getting along without Kowalski was going to be even harder now that she'd heard his voice again.

"Kowalski if we hadn't come here that seal would have torn her to shreds. I think that's a pretty good reason." All of a sudden it felt like her face and chest were on fire. The pain was so great that she let out a groan.

"Ariel? Ariel can you hear me? Ariel if you can hear me make a sound." Ariel didn't know if she should humor her hallucination. She decided to just pretend that Kowalski was really at her side so she groaned again.

"Skipper I think she's waking up!" But Ariel didn't want to wake up. That meant she would have to leave Kowalski again. And that would be worse that the pain she was suffering from now. Ariel finally decided the less time she had with her dream Kowalski, the easier it would be to leave him. So she fluttered her eyes open.

'I must still be dreaming.' Ariel thought, because when she opened her eyes she was looking up into Kowalski's face. 'This can't be real. This can't be real. There's no way it's real.' But there was only one way to see if it was real.

"Kowalski?"

"Ariel. I'm so sorry."


Sorry about the shortness again. The next chapter should be longer! :D Hope you liked this chapter! I think it's my new favorite! Leave me a comment on what you think!