They aren't together in this story. There is another part coming up.

Marlene POV

I looked at my thank you letter to Skipper. I sighed. So many memories flooded back as I read the letter over again.

Dear Skipper,

I wanted to thank you for being my friend. I remember when I first met you. We were only children back then and I was scared. But you helped me get through.

Flashback

"Come on Flora!" I shouted as we raced out to the pond. I laughed as I plunged in the water. Flora stopped at the edge and pouted.

"Hey! That's unfair! You got a head start!" She said. I laughed and swam up to her. As I reached her, I pulled her in. She screamed and splashed me. I started to splash her back. We laughed. We knew that we couldn't stay mad at each other forever. She gasped as I felt someone grab me. I reached for her but it was no use. I looked up and I saw the keeper.

I looked back at Flora as she screamed my name. I looked over at the Aquarium and saw my parents swimming around, trying to find a way out. "Mum! Dad! Flora!" I yelled as the keeper put me in the back of his van. I started to cry and I soon fell asleep.

When I woke up, another keeper opened the doors to the van. "Hey there little fellah! Welcome to New York!" She said. She picked me up and brought me to a cave. She put me down and left. I started crying again because I missed my family and friends. Soon, I heard someone come in.

"Are you okay? I'm Skipper, by the way." I looked up and saw a young penguin standing there. I smiled and wiped away my tears.

"Hey. I'm Marlene. It's Okay, I'm just got transferred here from my habitat in California."

"Well, you are really pretty. Wanna be friends?"

"Thanks, yeah. I would love to be friends!"

End Flashback

A tear emerged as I remembered leaving my friends and family.

As we grew up, you turned strong and commando, where I stayed as 'sweet and naïve Marlene'. I am still your friend and will be forever, even through bad times. Like when I got bleached and you fell in love with me. Remember that? Well, that was hard for you to take in when I was back to normal. And I thought you were the commando penguin!

I laughed at my sarcasm.

I can list all of the times you have helped me. But the list is too long so I will just list a few times:

When you helped me when Stacy and Becky chased me, I thought my habitat was haunted and you found out the problem with me, you found Fred when King Julian kidnapped him, you helped mort with 'The King's feet' problem and when you saved me from a booby-trap when we were trying to find the red squirrel.

I have so many things I have to repay you for. But you just say: "No Thanks Needed".

Thanks for being such a good friend!

Love,

Marlene

P.S. Keep this 'Classified'!

I laughed loudly and I put it in an envelope. I quickly wrote Skipper's name on the envelope. I heard someone call my name. "Marlene." I screamed and fell off my chair, onto the floor. I groaned as I landed on my back. I heard someone slide in. Obviously Skipper. He lifted me up onto my feet and steadied me.

"You okay, Marlene?" He asked. "You have to be more careful. You could have seriously hurt yourself." I rolled my eyes. He said this every time I got a minor injury.

"I'm fine. Also, I was going to give you this." I reached over and got the letter on my desk. I gave it to him and he looked at me strangely.

"Thanks Marlene." And with that he slid out of my habitat. I sighed and decided to go for a swim. I ran to the edge of the pool and dived in. Unfortunately, I forgot it was the winter and dived head first onto the ice. I moaned and stood up. I was very wobbly on my feet. I stumbled over to the wall and leant against it. I've probably got a huge bruise. Typical me. I thought to myself. I gripped my head and stood up slowly. I made my way to the Penguin HQ.

As I jumped in to the Penguin's habitat, I was surprised to fall into water. I swallowed some water and quickly made my way up to the surface, coughing up water. I took in some deep breaths and swam slowly to the platform, holding my head in pain. I climbed up and stumbled to the to the fish bowl. I accidently tripped over the fish bowl but someone caught me. I looked up and saw it was Private. He pushed me up, gently.

"Are you okay, Marlene? Why are you holding your head? Shall I get Kowalski?" He bombarded me with questions.

"Please can you get Kowalski?" It came out in more pained than I thought it would. He nodded worriedly and led me to the fish bowl. I quickly noticed the heaters around the habitat. I still gripped my head as I jumped onto the floor of the HQ. I groaned on impact. Everyone turned their heads as they heard my groan. Immediately, Kowalski came over and examined me.

"There seems to be no physical exterior damage but you might have a Cerebral Contusion. I think you just need some peace and quiet, Marlene. How did you attain this injury?" Kowalski said.

"I tried to dive into my pond but it had froze over. So I decided to come and see what the damage was."

"Did you feel any wooziness or dizziness after you fell?" I nodded and stumbled slightly. Luckily, was there and Skipper held me still.

"Slow down there, Marlene! I'll walk you back to your habitat." Skipper said. He nodded to the others and brought me through the secret tunnel to the sewers. He held my waist all the way there. As I got back into my habitat, I thanked Skipper and he left. I stood firmly on the floor.

"Time to practice, Marlene." I said to myself and started training.