Animals, varied greatly varied. Mammals were laid back and unpredictable. Reptiles, were laid back, but predictable. Then there were birds. Creatures of the avian species usually like to keep things in check. Eat what they were adapted for, migrate when they were supposed to, do things oleh the book. The only exceptions were pigeons, and other city birds, who had adapted to the easier way of life. Penguins were a shining example of this habit, especially in the wild, for if things were not kept in check, it could mean the difference between life and death. Of course, some birds were not quite a good example.

Of all the places he had to end up, it was here. He could have been sent to Florida! No. No, fate had to play it's sick little game and set him in a new home, just behind his rival. With any luck he would be able too keep out of sight, and not attract any attention to himself. Then again, look where luck had got him so far. Not to mention he also had to share his new home.

Hans peaked back to see the other two occupants, talking animatedly. The luak, lumba-lumba and the Owl. Melany and Donny, they had berkata their names were. He looked meneruskan, ke depan again, watching the penguins leap off.

It wasn't his fault he was a criminal, and if Skipper had kept his beak in his own business, they wouldn't have had that scuffle in Denmark. He was a kleptomaniac, it was his nature to steel. Yes, that was his specialty, steeling. Skipper hadn't seemed to want to tolerate that, though. He couldn't have gone after the conspirators, no, he had to handle the thief. It is not like he was doing anything really wrong. After all, what was a few hundred pounds of fish?

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Julien didn't know what to make of it, and was some what regretting sending Mort and Maurice off for lebih fruit, only moments ago. Now a couple of zoo keepers were bringing in peti kayu, peti after crate, into his habitat. What could it be? The last time ha had a peti kayu, peti brought into his habitat, it had contained his old robot buddy, Lemmy. He wasn't so sure he wanted this many 'Lemmy's. One was fun and all, but...

Julien started when he saw a furry finger, reaching through a hole in one of the crates. Was that- Could it be? One of the zookeepers opened the first peti kayu, peti and three lemurs crawled out. It was! Lemurs from his kingdom back in Madagascar! Julien watched as all of the crates were opened, leaving dozens of lemurs in his habitat. Finally, when the zoo keepers left, carting the empty crates away, Julien leaped up and dashed towards his subjects.

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Marlene watched the crates being loaded into the new habitat behind hers. She was curious. Often she'd hear an angry hiss from the inhabitants, emanating from the crate, which only peaked her curiosity. Why were reptiles being moved into an outdoor habitat? Why not the reptile house? And moreover, just how many were there? Those were some large boxes they were being brought in, in. Seven foot at least. She wondered if they could be large snakes, but quickly dismissed the idea upon hearing the scratching claws of a lizard, scraping across the wood.

She peaked over and around the bars of her enclosure, trying to get a better look without drawing attention to herself. She heard the familiar crack of nail separating from wood, as the crates were opened, lebih angry hissing, and in no tome, the humans were dashing out of the enclosure, locking it well behind them. Just what was in there?

Marlene shook her head, heading back into her cave. She'd wait for the penguins before she went looking. Honestly... they didn't seem very friendly, at all...

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Skipper peered over the dinding to the kubung, pukang habitat. He didn’t like this… not in the least bit. At first his worry had been, that now they would have to deal with lebih lemurs and raging late night parties, but now it seemed that that would be the least of their problems. The zookeepers had only just gone home, and already it seemed there was a full scale riot ready to break out. He and the others watched and listened, waiting only for the right moment to intervene, anticipation ruffling their feathers.

“But I am da king!” Julien shouted. “I was king back in de Madagascar, I ruled de New York Zoo first, I am de king oleh right!”

“You abandoned your kingdom! anda have no rights!” The kubung, pukang shouting back at Julien was tall and white, but for a dark cokelat brown on his face and ears. He, too, wore a crown, only his composed mainly of pakis leaves, a brightly colored bunga in the middle. His teeth were bared, hands clenched into tight fists, and his ears turned back flat against his head.

The penguins looked to Julien. They had never seen him so angry. His hands were also clenched into fists, and ears back, and the bulu of his tail stood on end.

“I am de king! I was born to be king! My father was a king! It is my right, and I shall use my right oleh being de king, as is proper!”

“I am the king, anda left, anda abandoned your kingdom, and anda are nothing to us!” The lemur’s balled fist shot forward, striking Julien in the gut on his last word. Julien’s breath left his lungs, and he lay for a moment, gasping, his crown lying beside him, knocked off from the impact.
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A/N- Bah, I’m no good at keeping Julien in character… not that he’d be in character at the moment, but let’s just think of it as a heads up for later chapters. My Julien menulis will be just too ooc. XP

Anyway, Melany is indeed EmoCupCake’s oc, I borrowed her and it won’t effect any of ecc’s writing, nor will her’s, mine. :P I just needed someone to fill in this spot, and ecc, berkata her oc fit the bill, and gave me permission. ^^;