Chapter 3:
At the Otter Habitat, Marlene was sitting at her bed relaxing. It was quiet because Erik wasn't there; so she had the entire place to herself. Unfortunately, Raymond, Maurice, Tanya, and Erik walked right in and broke the silence. "HEY MARLENE!!!" Erik yelled. Marlene got up and said, "Yeah. That's nice. Ruin the quiet. Yeah, so what's up?" "We have a dilemma," Raymond began, "You know Darla? Well, she thinks Erik likes her because Erik was asking Darla to go on a date with Maurice. But she misinterpreted what he said and now she thinks Erik was asking her out. What do we do?" Marlene sat there for a while getting everything Raymond said. "Okay," Marlene began, "I'm thinking Moonlight dinner with a Mexican guitar playing." Marlene was getting into the date she was imaging that she lost focus on what they wanted. "Then he walks up to her with a tray of oysters. And it spells out her name 'Marlene'." She said with big eyes that sparkled. Everyone starred at her for a while. "Wow," Raymond finally said to break the silence, "Where were you for my first date?" "Umm..," Maurice said, "He doesn't want to date her. I want to. So how do we fix this?" Then Marlene snapped out of her imagination and said, "Ohhh…. So Maurice likes her but she thinks that Erik does, and you're trying to get her to like Maurice? I've read this out of a book once." Then Raymond was a little annoyed with hearing about the incident out of a book. "Pretty much. So how do we fix this?" Then Marlene put her paw on her chin to think. "Why don't you talk to her?" Marlene finally said. "We tried that last time with King Julien," Maurice explained, "But she went and stole his groove. But he got it back." "But," Raymond said, "What if someone who doesn't need their groove, like me?" Everyone looked at Raymond. Then, without saying anything, he ran out of the Otter Habitat. Then, there was an awkward silence. "Umm," Tanya said, "That date idea you had. Were you saving that plan for Skipper?"
20 minutes later, Raymond came back in smiling. "What happened Raymond?" Erik asked in anticipation. "Yeah," Raymond began, "I tried to talk to her. But she used her backwoods magic and stole my Charisma." "She did?" Tanya said. "Don't worry," Raymond said, "I got it back after winning a dance off. BOO-YAH!" Raymond said throwing a fist in the air. Maurice then said to Raymond, "So I'm guessing she didn't believe you?" "Yes. Your very Perceptive." Raymond said. "Great. Now what am I gonna do?" Erik said Panicking. Then Marlene came up with a plan. "OH! How about we asked Skipper?" Then everyone looked at her. "I'm pretty sure your boyfriend won't give us the answers we're looking for." Raymond said. Marlene blushed a little from the word 'boyfriend'. "Right now, I'm desperate for anything." Erik said. Then they left for the Penguins H.Q.
At the Penguin H.Q., Skipper was watching TV with Private, Kowalski was working on some experiment, and Rico was with his doll girlfriend brushing her hair. Then, The three lemurs, the bat, and the otter barged in, startling the Penguins. "FISH AND CHIPS MAN! You can't just walk right in can you?" Skipper yelled. "Sorry," Raymond said, "But we have a problem." Then Raymond explained everything that happened from when Maurice and Raymond were talking, up to the point where they are now. Skipper sat there rubbing his flipper under his chin, taking in all the information, while Kowalski was writing everything down on his clipboard. "Wow," Private said with his British accent, "This reminds me of a book once." "FORGET ABOUT THE BOOK!" Raymond yelled. "I can't believe this," Skipper finally said, "Erik is finally moving on. That's good." "No I'm not. I still love Kelsi." Erik said. "Well," Raymond said, "Now you know what's up, can you help us figure out how to fix this?" "Well," Skipper began, "If you went and she stole your charisma, how about you send Maurice and Erik there to talk. It will sound better if Darla hears this from Erik." "Great idea Skipper," Maurice said, "But what happens if Darla does that backwoods magic?" Then Skipper smiled and said, "Don't worry, my team and I will watch you. And so will Raymond and Tanya." "Yeah," Raymond said, then he realized what Skipper just said about him and Tanya, "Wait. What?"