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Gracie sighed as she stared into the pool at Hoboken. Sure it was nice, she thought, but it wasn't home. She missed Private, and Omega, and everyone. And now, Skipper had banned her from seeing her only friend here, just because he didn't trust him. So, as you can imagine, she was bored out of her naïve little brain. Skipper and Rico were on recon, scouting for any 'suspicious characters' or so Skipper told her. Just then, Hans jumped into the habitat, a smile on his puffin-y face.

"Hallo, little penguin," he said, sounding cheery.

"What do you want?" Gracie grumbled.

"I just vanted to come by, and say hallo."

"You did that, now be gone."

"You're not in a very good mood, are you?" Hans asked. Gracie looked up at him.

"No, I'm not, and I'm also not in the mood for talking with puffins that kidnapped me either."

"Yes, dat is understandable," Hans agreed. "I just want to let Skippar know I have not forgotten dat he is here."

"And I sure hope we won't be here any longer," Skipper growled from behind the puffin. "Leave Grace alone."

"Hallo, Skippar," Hans said with a friendly wave, as he turned around.

Gracie growled softly, annoyed that he was not leaving. She stood up, and, with a hard shove, pushed him into the pool.

"Oh, vhat vas dat for?" Hans asked, offended.

"Just go away!" Gracie snapped.

"Fine, fine, I vas only being neighbourly…" Hans grumbled, as he climbed out of the pool, and walked off. Gracie wrinkled her beak.

"Sorry, Uncle Skippah, I-"

"No need to apologise, little soldier," Skipper said, smirking. "I've wanted to do that to Hans for a long time." Gracie grinned.

"Still," she said. "It wasn't a very nice thing to do." Skipper sighed, and looked at Rico.

"We gotta get her away from Private more often," he said.

Philip snuck to the penguin habitat later that evening. Skipper and Rico weren't around.

"Hey, Gracie!" he called.

"You're not supposed to be here!" Gracie hissed, looking around for any signs of Skipper or Rico. "What do you want?"

"I saw Hans here earlier, and I saw you push him into the pool," Pip replied.

"And?"

"Why'd ya do that? Hans is one of my buddies."

"He's Uncle Skippah's worst enemy," Gracie replied. "He was glad I did that – though I did feel bad afterwards."

"What?!" Pip exclaimed. "Your uncle hates Hans?"

"Yeah…"

"That's it!" Pip snapped. "You and I can't be friends." He turned to leave.

"What do you mean?" Gracie asked, very confused.

"If your uncle doesn't like my buddy Hans, then you and I can't be friends."

"But that doesn't make sense," Gracie said. "Just because elders we know have conflict between them, doesn't affect an association between two others. Or at least it shouldn't."

"Your point?" Pip asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Well… that is my point," Gracie said with a shrug.

"I told you not to associate with this kid, Gracie," Skipper's stern voice said, as he and Rico flipped into the habitat.

"He came on his own!" Gracie quickly exclaimed. "I told him he shouldn't be here, and-"

"You hate Hans!" Pip yelled accusingly.

"Yeah, so what?" Skipper shot back, glaring at the intruder.

"He's one of my best friends. He told me about a penguin he hated, but I had no idea it was you!"

"Well it is, and what are you going to do about it?" Pip just glared, before quickly leaving the habitat, not wanting to challenge this guy. Gracie watched him go in dismay. Now what was she going to do?

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