Disclaimer: I don't own Happy Feet or any of it's characters. Look at link in profile for the leopard seal clip in the movie if you feel you have no idea what I'm talking about.

Regular Note: Really the links are there, along with part of the skua scene...if you're interested.

I initially never owned the soup Ramen, but my sister insisted that I name a character after it...God! I'm hungry!!!

Part 1

Chapter 10

Rojas woke to the sound of frightened skuas. It was still night and a full moon lit the sky, accompanied by the southern lights. He looked around.

Ramen was chasing the seabirds, hissing at them angrily.

"Get out of here! You're not welcome, so GET!"

Rojas watched silently. maybe this crabeater will explain it's reasons for helping him.

One skua didn't retreat from the pup. Instead, it flared it's wings and retorted with:

"You get! You don't know how long we wanted to do this. Rojas has been eating us, so now the tides turn!"

"Not right now it doesn't! Now stay out of my sight before I bite all yalls pretty little heads off!" Ramen shot back.

"You wouldn't dare. You're nothing but a baby."

"Try me! I may be a pup, but I'll still take you all on!"

The skua was as confused as anyone would be. This seal is...aggressive for it's age. The bird however was still hesitant to take off. Ramen charged, finally 'persuading' the skua to go flying back to it's nest.

"Yeah!" Ramen shouted in triumph. "That's what I thought! And you better not come back, because I got my eyes on you!"

"I think they got the point." Rojas said. Startled, Ramen jumped backwards and let out a small scream. Rojas chuckled. The pup regained his composure before his 'enemy' birds took notice.

"Why do you continuously scare me?" Ramen asked. Rojas smiled.

"Because it's fun." he answered. Ramen didn't respond. He just nudged a few large rocks. Rojas continued. "Whjy do you insist on helping me? Don't you know who I am?"

"Of course. Everyone knoews who you are. You're the most feared predator around."

"Exactly. So why help me? For all you know, I'll kill you once I feel better..." He decided to set a trap for Ramen. "...if I get better."

Ramen fell for it. "You will! Stop being so negative."

Rojas shot a smirk."There you go. You're helping. Why?"

Ramen paused, trying to think of a way out of this. There was no way out. He sighed, giving up.

"Okay. You win. I'll tell you. As long as you don't interrupt." he muttered. Rojas nodded.

"It started when I had my first accident...I was born." he started. Rojas chuckled. He liked Ramen's humor. "I was my mom's first pup, but as it turned out, she wasn't much of a parent. She never loved me. That's why she ditched me."

"Oh really?" Rojas asked. Ramen nodded.

"Yeah. She only taught me a few thing back then. What to eat, how to catch it, and what to do if I got hurt. But she never told me about predators and which were dangerous. She might as well have stuck a giant flashing 'Eat me' sign on my head."

Rojas chuckled.

"I've been traveling almost all my life. Then I arrived here and saw you and Fuzzy." He pointed to Whisper. Rojas looked at the snoozing bird and smiled. He licked her and she nuzzled closer, muttering adorable things in her sleep.

"When I heard you two say how much you loved eachother, I just had to help somehow. I didn't want Fuzzy to wind up like me, alone and clueless. She's lucky to have you to care for her, I had nobody."

"So you saved me so Whisper won't be like you."

"Nobody should end up like me."

A pause. Rojas broke it.

"And what's with your overly aggressive behavior? Were you born like that?" Ramen smiled.

"No, I just do that to help myself because it confuses a lot of people. Let's me know that I'm not the only one who doesn't understand things."

Rojas nodded knowingly. Ramen sighed and looked at the auroras. The leopard seal studied the pup and noticed how different it looked from normal.

Ramen was a golden yellow above and a light yellow below. All four flippers were brown with brown spots around their base. He had a tuft of fur on his head like...bangs, for the lack of a better word. And he had enormous black eyes and was covered in scars.

Most would find Ramen cute, but to Rojas, it was a different matter...especially when he noticed how empty his stomach was.

"I'm practically an outcast. Not even other crabeaters like me." Ramen was muttering, mostly to himself.

"I can't see why. You look pretty good to me." Rojas said, grinning menacingly. Ramen didn't pay any attention, he just started crying.

"Why does life have to be so unfair?" he asked. Rojas lefted a flipper.

"Aw. Come here." he invited. The little pup crawled underneath the limb. Suddenly, Rojas dug his claws deep into Ramen's flesh. The crabeater, flinched with pain.

"Ow! What are you doing?" he asked, starting to get scared. Rojas slowly moved his sharp-toothed jaws closer to Ramen's face.

"Don't worry. I know exactly what you need. Your life is so hard that it's not even worth living. Well, guess what..." he whispered softly. He gave a tasting lick on the pup, who whimpered in fear. "I can help you for a change. I can put an end to all you meaningless suffering. All you have to do is close your eyes...and breathe your last."

Rojas was about to deliver the killing bite when an innocent, tired voice spoke up.

"What's going on?" It was Whisper...

Wow, I never thought that I'll make it this long in the story. Normally I quit submitting after the fifth chapter or something like that. Do you think I have a reason to continue?

Just in case, here's another preview:

Rojas hopes Whisper doesn't know anything about what he was about to do. Then Ramen and Whisper spends some 'quality time' to get to know eachother.