Disclaimer: I do not own The Penguins of Madagascar or any of its characters but I do own the penguin Alex.


When Alex dropped through the hole and landed in front of the bunks, she stumbled, falling to her hands and knees. She was so distracted. First, Kowalski tells her that King Julien was her perfect match. Then the lemur she pledged her loyalty to, laughs his head off as if he thought it was some kind of joke; he obviously didn't like her, and of course she didn't like him the same way she liked Kowalski. The only reason she agreed to go to his party was because of the promise she made to him to always be his loyal subject.

And now she found out Kowalski had a huge, obsessive crush on some dolphin called Doris. Even though he said he was over her, Alex still felt uncomfortable just at the thought of him liking someone else so much. She knew someone who was obsessed over her, and his feelings never went away. How can Kowalski like someone and then suddenly like someone else? She just didn't like it one bit.

Kowalski helped her to her feet. "Are you okay?" he asked, looking her over.

Alex gave him a curt nod. "Yes," she muttered, not meeting his eyes.

She heard the tall penguin sigh. "I'm really sorry for keeping the truth from you," he whispered.

Alex opened her beak to reply, but before she could say anything, Skipper turned to Private and Rico, and told them," Come on, let's give these two some alone time." They nodded before going up the ladder again. Skipper dipped his head to the couple before following his teammates out the lair.

Suddenly not sure what to say, Alex walked over to the table and laid her head on it, sighing.

"I'll understand if you don't want to be my girlfriend anymore," Kowalski murmured as he walked up.

Alex looked up in surprise. "Oh no, it's not that," she said quickly. "Of course I want to be your girlfriend."

Kowalski blinked. "You do?" he asked hopefully. "What's wrong then?" He sat down beside her and wrapped his flipper around the female penguin.

"I guess I'm just a little sad about the way King Julien reacted when you told him that he could be my perfect match," she whispered.

The tall penguin frowned. "Don't take anything Julien does or says to heart. He doesn't care if he hurts others. But," he added a little hesitantly," you aren't gonna go with the perfect match thing?"

Alex shook her head. "Nah," she replied, smiling at Kowalski. "I made a promise to the king to always be his loyal subject, but that's all." She grabbed his flippers and stared into his eyes. "I like you, Kowalski and only you." She kissed him on the beak.

When they pulled away, Kowalski got to his feet and turned to her. "Why did you make that promise anyways?"

"He had asked me to be his subject," she answered as she got up as well. "I couldn't just say no to a king, so I promised to always be loyal to him."

Kowalski asked," Are you happy being his subject?"

Alex nodded. "Yeah, it seems fun and I like making my king happy." She could see uncertainty in his eyes so she added," You can trust me. And I'm sure Julien doesn't want anything to do with me other than being his subject."

The tall penguin suddenly looked like he regretted doubting his girlfriend. "I'm sorry," he muttered. "Of course I trust you, sweetie." He kissed her on the forehead. "Come on, let's go topside and see what the others are doing."

Alex nodded again and followed her boyfriend to the ladder. Once on the island, she saw that the sun was beginning to set. She glanced around and saw that Skipper was laying in a chair while Private swam in the water and Rico just stared off into space. They all turned as Alex and Kowalski appeared.

Skipper sat up and looked at the two questioningly. Alex didn't feel like discussing anything with her father so she walked over to the edge of the island and sat down, putting her feet in the water. She jumped when she realized that Private had appeared, swimming in circles. She watched him for a few moments, then turned as Kowalski sat beside her.

He didn't say anything, just wrapped his flipper around her and smiled at her. Alex smiled back and leaned into him, watching the sky over head turn a red and yellow color. She sighed happily as she sat next to the penguin she's come to love in the last couple of days.

Private jumped out of the water and joined them. Then Skipper and Rico walked over as well. They all sat there and watched the sun vanish from sight behind the buildings in the distance. Alex felt her heart swell with happiness as she looked at her father and his team.

All her life she believed the only family she had in the whole wide world was her mother and her closest friends back home. But now her family grew a little bigger and she was okay with that.

I think I'm really going to like it here.


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