The girls woke up to an empty room. It took them a little while to realise where they were. It was always hard to remember when you were always on the road. You had to take a look at your surroundings, and then try to remember. Sometimes when they were human, they woke up in a place, that they didn't remember sleeping in. Keila jumped up, and looked around. Nobody was around. Even Kowalski was not in sight. She walked over to Lilly to wake her up. When she looked at her, she was stuff a fluffy ball of feathers, with a tail sticking up at the top. She shook her sister, and she sat straight up. "Hey, it's morning Lilly." Lilly nodded, and got down from her nest. They walked around, and noticed that nobody was in the HQ. The two decided to go up to the top. Keila went up first followed by Lilly. The food dish screeched when she moved it out of the way.
The boys were above waving to the tourists. Everybody stared at the newest two editions to the collection of the habitat. They heard some guy shouting at them. "Oh, there they are! It's the new penguin, and toucan." Suddenly a loud group of puffing sounds erupted as they saw flashes appearing before their eyes. Flash after flash. The lights were continuous, and giving them all headaches. Finally after what felt like an hour they all calmed down. The girls tried closing their eyes as the flashes went off. Even that was not enough to gaurd their eyes. When they opened their eyes, it was all over. They started seeing dots before their eyes. Skipper told the boys to help the girls stay standing up.
As soon as the cameras left they saw a familiar face coming towards the habitat. "This is Chuck Charles, live at the Central Park Zoo, with a special on the two newest editions to the zoo family. I'm here with zookeeper Alice with more on the subject." The girls watched as Alice told the camera about what had happened the night before. Keila didn't exactly know what it was she was supposed to be doing. She walked up to Kowalski. "Uhh, Kowalski, I don't mean to be a umm . . . neusance, but what exactly are Lilly and I supposed to do?"
He looked at her as he waved to the tourists. "Nothing special, just smile and wave happily. Maybe run around a little. What your sister does is up to her. As long as she doesn't try to hide." Kowalski leaped into the pool, as the tourists laughed and awed at the boys. The girls just decided to improvise. Lilly ruffled her feathers and looked at the crowd tilting her head. Keila did some belly slides, and batted her eyelashes. The tourists were loving it all. As soon as they were done being admired, the tourists left. The girls thought that it wasn't too bad.
Skipper smiled at the two, and nodded. "I must say. You two did spectacular for some first timers. Oh, it looks like our meals are coming this way. A zoo keeper walked by, and tossed some fish in for the boys, and Kelia. She looked at the raw fish, and picked it up by the tail. Her eyebrow rose at the sight of the raw thing that was once an animal. "Is something wrong there Keila?" She shook her head, no. She carefully rose it up her, and dipped it into her mouth. It did not taste as awful as she thought. She smiled, and took another in. Lilly was on the other side. She found an orange, and sunk her beak in. It was juicy and sweet.
Skipper sat next to them. "So ladies. How do you like our world so far?"
Lilly shrugged. "It's okay." She looked a bit dissappointedly to the side.
Private looked at her a bit confused. "You seem a bit let down. Is everything alright? What's wrong?"
Lilly confessed. "Well, it's just that . . . I was hoping I could see some toucans. I guess that I feel a bit lonely." She looked down.
Kowalski spoke up. "Well, I suppose I could help you out there. Did you know they have a trpical bird sanctuary right here in the zoo?"
Private smiled and nodded to this. "Yes. There are over forty different species of toucans in this sanctuary as well."
At this news Lilly perked up. "Really? Are there any that look . . . like me there?"
Intantly Skipper laughed, and sighed. "Oh, in that snactuary, I've seen them all shapes and sizes. I'm sure we'll find somebody for you." Skipper chuckled. "And you're in luck, as well. The toucan mating season starts this week. It's a real big thing here in the zoo. Tourists from all over come to see it. Maybe Alice will give you the chance to join in, when it starts." Lilly smiled at the thought of being able to go. She could find a boyfriend of her own like Keila did. Suddenly she heard something behind her. It was three lemurs. In an instant, Lilly ran from them, and hid behind Private. As julien was about to introduce himself, he looked at Lilly and grinned shyly. She didn't notice as she was busy hiding cowardly.