Connie! The duckling's name was Connie! What a nice name! Steven began to trudge over to the other duckling, but a massive warning: "HONK!" stopped him in his tracks!
It was the mommy mallard. She looked over the incredibly strange flock in judgement. NONE of the OTHER adult ducks from this flock were mallards, there was a MASSIVE cat present, and one of the parents seemed to be entirely caked in mud too!
RIFF-RAFF!
"HONK! HONK!" The mom's name was Priyanka, and she did NOT approve of her daughter playing with this group of weirdos!
"Worble..." Connie's dad, Doug, attempted to calm his spouse down.
Garnet decided to step into the conversation: "Wak-wa-cheer. W-wrk honk..." she explained that their wonderful Steven was an incredibly well-behaved mallard! She also added that the ducking had been quite upset as of recent. There were no other baby ducklings in their area to play with.
Steven blushed horribly at this. He didn't want Garnet telling them ALL that detail...it made him sound desperate!
The new family approached the shore cautiously. The parents began to squabble amongst themselves.
Connie approached Steven, still very shy and quiet. "Peep?" Did Steven want to play?!
...of COURSE he did!
"Wak! Chirp?" The polite mallard asked his new friend if she had a specific game in mind.
"Per-Peep!"
Follow the Leader! An excellent choice! Connie flapped her little wings three times! Steven mimicked, and did the same!
The new friend entered the marsh and swam in a circle. Steven followed!
"WAK!"
"WAK!"
One duckling poofed up her feathers, the other did the same!
Connie noted that Steven was really good at this game...despite having no duckling friends. She had to come up with something more difficult! Connie dunked her front half into the water, and came back up with some water grass in her mouth!
"Gulp..." Steven seemed nervous. He attempted this trick once more...only to be flipped 360 degrees backwards again! "WAK!" He had lost...the baby quickly shook the extra water off of his down, wearing a sheepish grin!
"Peep! Peep! Peep!" Connie laughed slightly! What fun this new friend was!
The duo didn't realize it, but their guardians had been watching them play this entire time. Priyanka seemed pleasantly surprised! She hadn't seen her daughter this happy in WEEKS.
"Mmmph..wak wa..." Connie's mom decided to cave in. She informed the Crystal Ducks that they could visit on Sundays so that their children could play together!
Pearl nodded at this compromise! It's not like they could do much on Sundays at the park anyway...not with the Diamond family sulking about. This bog was a perfect hiding spot from those monster human cubs!
The families watched over their little ones, as they bantered and got to know each other a bit better. The two new friends played for HOURS before it was time to go home...
Hey guys! It's the author again!
I just wanted to let you know...the next chapter might take a bit longer to write and post.
I seem to be going through minor writer's block (not to mention, I'm dealing with "fun" health stuff again...weeeeeee...)
UGH.
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Well, on the bright side: at least I got this short chapter up before my muse died again! Huzzah for the little things!
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