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Part 2

Chapter 20

Whisper was still trying to relocate where her target fish went, but there was no sign of the school anywhere. She was even beginning to think this was all a waste of her time. Even if she did find the fish, how could she catch one?

Surfacing for another breath of air, she found a silhouette of land nearby. She paused, wondering if she should go on shore and rest. It was tempting, but what if there's more predators like those otters? She definitely didn't want another encounter like that again.

Sighing, she realized how tired she was. And her injury isn't going to get better if she keeps moving without stopping. It started to hurt the more she thought about the problem. That decided it. Flapping her flippers, she swam closer to solid ground.

Upon arriving at the beach, she stood up and shook herself dry. Then she looked around. It was a large stretch of beach, but it wasn't at all deserted. Creatures were playing in the sand, a type of creature that surged Whisper back in time.

Aliens.

That's when she noticed some swimming in the water too, though those were a long ways off. Panicked, she was about to turn and leave when she saw a sight that amazed her.

A penguin…and another penguin…and another. It was a colony of penguins. The two foot tall birds were walking among the aliens as if it was nothing to be worried about.

But even these birds looked different from what she was used to. They were the typical black and white, and also had black feet like herself, but they had a broad stripe on their chests and their faces was black with what looked like a feather-less pink patch of skin over their eyes.

All in all, they were the freakiest penguins Whisper's ever seen, and she's seen quite a few types. Like Adelies, Chinstraps and her own kind. And she was sure she saw a Rockhopper in the Emperor colony as well. Maybe even the occasional Gentoo walking around her home beach.

She watched in amazement as the foreign penguins let the aliens approach them, and they even took what looked like food from a sleeping alien's bag. They were noisy, generally making these loud braying calls.

She decided that these aliens were harmless at the moment, since the native penguins aren't really scared…some were even sleeping a mere yard from the nearest extraterrestrial. This built up her confidence.

She started walking hesitantly though the crowd. She noticed some aliens were pointing their weird appendages at her and made their weird talking noises. But they didn't come too close to discomfort her more than she already was.

As for the other penguins, they looked at her curiously, muttering amongst themselves.

The Emperor noticed a couple of aliens coming towards her and she froze, examining them. They were small, about her height. They must be….whatever the aliens call their young. Are they still as dangerous as the adults?

She hoped not…

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Ramen was clinging to the dorsal fin of Silverback, too lazy to keep swimming. This was one of the advantages he thought of, and he's loving it. He has given the orcas very specific directions home:

Keep going south.

That should be detailed enough.

The orcas were conversating amongst themselves in a language Ramen couldn't understand. But judging from the expressions, they were talking about past events that happened to them. Typical subject nowadays.

He yawned, stretching out in a lazy relaxation. He then shook himself and closed his eyes.

"Comfortable?" Whitespot asked, catching his movements.

"Maybe..." With that, Ramen fell into a deep slumber with his mouth hanging open. The orcas laughed.

"Seals..." Dark-Streak muttered in amusment. "They're so lazy."

"I heard that." Ramen said in his sleep. The dolphins just continued on in silence. This crabeater's ears don't miss a thing. And Ramen couldn't help but give a sleepy smile.

Life is good...

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"Guess what I did!" Tourniquet exclaimed to Rojas. She always had a habit of saying that to start a conversation with the seal.

Rojas decided to humor her.

"What?" he asked, waving his left flipper, which was starting to fall asleep and turn numb and tingly at the same time. Tourniquet found the movement funny and she tried to grab the limb as it flapped, forgetting everything she said.

Rojas noticed her short attention span and laughed. To amuse her, he rolled to his other side and waved the other flipper.

"Hey! No fairy." the chick reacted, waddling quickly to the other side. When she got there, Rojas rolled over again. "Stop it!"

The game continued until Rojas fell asleep. Tourniquet poked him. No reaction. And then she sighed in disappointment.

"You sleep too much." she pointed out before waddling away...this time with a new hobby in mind.

Sorry this took longer than usual. This site was blocked on my school computer and I've been using my computer for submitting new stories. Now the school unblocked this and I'm free the submit more chapters!...Since the school computer's where I store the file I type this story on...

Please read and review! Maybe it won't take as long to get another chappy out of me...chappy...I love that word.