So, at this point, you understand why I hate that quadrant of penguins, I'm sure. It's quite obvious and I can't see why you'd disagree. I told you this was going to be a long story.

So now I'm sure you're wondering what led me here, in this cursed snowglobe.

That, incidentally, is another long story. That's right, we're not even close to getting to what led me to this exact moment. All you've heard so far is what led me to become a villain. But how did I go about exacting my revenge? But don't worry, we can skip some of the boring bits.

Now we get into the fun stuff. Finding out how I became a villain was child's play. Now you get to know exactly what I had to go through to enact my plan to get back at those love-stealing penguins.

Now, this leads me to something I haven't been very truthful to you about. While yes, this was about the original four, I realized that they weren't the only four that ruined my life.

No, no, no, no, no. Those four penguins were just who originally took everything from me.

But this was about all of them.

Every zoo and aquarium I was sent to was overrun with self-absorbed penguins who stole all the love from the humans. And I didn't imagine the zoos and aquariums I hadn't been to would be any different.

I learned one thing that day in Africa.

I came to realize that some creatures are born to get all the love, and the rest of us get nothing.

And I was going to make sure that changed. Those humans thought I was a monster? – thought I was the bad guy?

Fine. Now I'm the bad guy.

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Note: The quotes in this chapter were: "I came to realize that some creatures are born to get all the love, and the rest of us get nothing," spoken by Dave (portrayed by John Malkovich) in The Penguins of Madagascar Movie (2014); "Fine. Now I'm the bad guy," spoken by Mother Gothel (portrayed by Donna Murphy) in Tangled (2010).

Next chapter will be posted on: September 30, 2023.