Chapter five: Pairings

(Private's POV)

It's weird. Ever since Rune had arrived, we have been close friends and I've noticed that she likes Kowalski. I think it's cute how the two both don't know how the other truly feels, but I wish them the best of luck! Now, if only I could find somebody... I found myself feeling lonely at times.

"H-Hey, guys! Check it out!" Rune shouted from outside our base one morning.

We all got up and saw what had called her attention; a crate!

"Does this mean there's gonna be another penguin in this habitat?" Rune asked outloud.

Suddenly, the box opened up and a young female penguin walked out, answering Rune's question.

"Hello! I'm Trixy!" the female penguin greeted.

"Well, hello, Trixy," I greeted back, smiling.

"Rune? What are you doing?" I heard Kowalski ask.

I turned to see Rune hiding behind her crush. She ignored Kowalski's question and clung closer to him.

Poor Rune. I wonder what had happened to her to make her so frighten of strangers...

"Is she gonna be alright?" Trixy asked me.

"She'll be fine," I said. "That's Rune and Kowalski; over there is Skippa and Rico."

They waved(well, expect for Rune and Skippa).

Shall I show you around?" I asked without consulting Skippa.

"Sure!"

***

Our first stop was Marlene's house. The hole time on the way, Trixy told me about herself.

"Hi guys!" Marlene's voice rang inside the cave.

"Hello, Marlene! I want you to meet Trixy! She's form a Florida Zoo!" I told her.

Marlene walked out with a male otter with her. I almost jumped back in shock. "This is Nicolie! He's from the Chicago Zoo!"

"I see what they're doing!!" shouted a voice.

I looked up just in time to see Rune and Kowalski fall down from the top of Marlene's cave. "What are you two doing here?" I found myself shouting.

Kowalski jumped up and pointed a flipper at Rune. "It was her idea to follow you!"

Rune slowly got up while dusting herself off. "Yeah, it was my idea! What if Trixy was dangerous?"

"Well, she's not," I assured, "Also, I'm pretty sure I could of handled it!"

Rune seemed to ignore me. "I know why we're all her; me, Trixy and Nicolie, was it? The humans are trying to pair us up!"

Kowalski nodded in agreement.

"What do you mean 'pair us up'?" I asked.

Rune turned to her crush. "Kowalski, do you mind explaining to them?"

Kowalski stepped forward. "Before, each habitat had the same sex of animals. Now, they made it so there's at least one of he opposite sex in each habitat! Think about it; What do males and females do?"

I tiled my head.

"They mate, Private," Rune blurted out, slapping her forehead.

"But who will be paired with who?" I asked the two.

"Good question, Private," Kowalski said, "But without any further information, the output is unknown."

"Huh?" Me, Trixy, Marlene and Nicolie chimed.

"He doesn't know," Rune cleared up. "Now, I think we should go and try to explain this to Julien and his 'followers' too."

***

As we made our way to the lemur's habitat, I noticed Rune and Kowalski were right. Females and males were put in the same exibit. So strange.

Finally, we made it to Rune's home and explained the situation to Julien and the others.

Julien's eyes lit up. "Me and Runey are paired together?!"

Rune's eyes widened at the thought. "Urg! Never! Not even if the humans threatened to kill us!"

"Please, Runey! I know you can not resist the charm that is the king's!" Juline said, placing a hand on his chest.

Rune rolled her eyes. "Whatever, Julien. You're just a friend. Besides, we don't even know if they'd pair me with you. For all we know, I was paired for Maurice."

"M-Me?!" Maurice shouted, blushing.

Rune kept talking; "The point of this is, I don't want to be forced to mate with someon I don't love! Don't you two feel the same?"

I was caught off guard when she asked Marlene as well as me that question.

"Sure, I don't want to be forced," Marlene stated, "But you're over reacting. They'll give us time-"

"I don't want time!" Rune snapped coldly as she walked away.

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A/N: Hi! It's me again! Hehe! Just so ya know, i am not planning to pair Trixy up with anyone, okay?

Oooo! I just love how Private refers to Kowalski as Rune's crush a few times! So cute! ^^

Yeah...For those who want to know, i've been watching way too much Fairly Odd Parents (where i got the name Trixy) and Resident Evil games(where i got the name Nicolie). Oooh! Here's a fun fact! I use to visit the Chicago Zoo a few times when i lived in Gary, Indiana...but now, I live in Buffalo, Missouri(but hey, i might move back!8D)

P.S- The reason why Rune got all upset is because... Well...I'll save that for the next chap (ooo! So evil! =3) where it shall be in Skipper's, Rune's AND Marlene's POV! Sweetness! (Holy crap! Long A/N i've ever did so far! 83[I love those kitty faces!])

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