Drum roll please! Here it is for all of you eager beavers waiting for me to post it. It's Father's Day! *screams like a crazy fan*

Sorry about that, I'm seriously as excited as you are, but I already know the twists and surprises held in this story. I'm excited to read about your reactions!

I want to thank all of you for giving me good reviews that helped me sit down and write this. *hugs, no, squeezes everyone *

Disclaimer: I don't own the penguins of Madagascar

Now finally on with the story. . . . .

"Well class." Mason said to his students a few minutes before school ended. "I hope you're all excited for Father's day." It was the Friday before a long weekend, so most of the kids were excited. They were sitting on the blanket that read "Central Park Zoo" again. It turns out the monkeys hid it, so no one could purchase it.

Everyone cheered except for the ducklings, Peanut, and Haley. I'm pretty sure if Ariel wasn't homeschooled, she wouldn't have cheered either. They didn't have dads.

"Stupid father's day" Peanut grumbled crossing his light brown furred arms together. He looked up sadly as the others continued to cheer about how great their father's day was going to be. "What's so great about it anyway?"

Elli, who was sitting next to Peanut at the time, noticed him grumbling. "Don't worry Peanut, you can still have fun with your mum." She said placing her flipper on his shoulder.

"Easy for you to say, you have a dad!" he snapped at her.

Elli quickly took away her flipper from his shoulder and started to tear up. "S-s-sorry Peanut" she stammered.

Peanut felt guilt wash over him at the sight of Elli's little brown eyes filled with tears. "I'm sorry Elli. I'm just upset is all." He apologized.

"I know. It's quite alright." Elli said feeling better.

"If it makes you feel any better, we have no idea what we're doing for Father's day." Marshal said turning towards the two.

"I don't think they know its Father's day weekend." Athena said entering the conversation.

"You didn't tell em?" Peanut asked wondering why she wouldn't tell her own dad about Father's day. If he had a dad, he'd run up and tell him the moment he heard.

"Well in recent studies, the best thing to do on a holiday is to surprise someone." Athena explained. "Them not knowing that its father's day will really help us, Uncle Skipper is always a step ahead."

"Yep" Buttons said in agreement.

"When are you not thinking Athena?" Marshal teased.

"Practically never, you, on the other hand, think little to nothing." She said with a little smirk

"Funny Athena, are you sure you want to be a scientist? You could always be a comedian." Marshal said sarcastically.

Athena just rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, me and Prince J.J are gonna throw a big Party for our dads." Maurisa said entering the conversation as well.

"That's right; we'll be boogey oogey oogeying till the sky spirits hear!" Prince J.J said jumping up on his feet and dancing.

"Down!" Mason warned pointing his finger down.

He obeyed.

Haley laughed. "My mom knows its Father's day, but she just said to ignore it. I think I'll join you're party though Prince J.J."

Prince J.J. smiled for the new company at the party.

"We're in a slump, our mom hates are dad." Eggy said.

"Why?" Elli asked.

"He left when we were eggs." Lilly started.

"She cries about him sometimes." Nellie said.

"So we're gonna keep a low profile on Father's day." Lucky finished.

The others usually would've starred at them strangely, but they were starting to get used to the whole brother-sister thing. Key word: Starting.

"How sad" Elli said feeling sorry for her friends.

"That's great and all, but what am I going to do? I've never even met my dad. Mom's never brought him up before." Peanut said as he looked down sadly.

"Just have fun" Marshal said. "It's the long weekend. I'd have a party like Prince J.J. over there." He said pointing to the lemur as he tapped his foot to the music that filled his head.

"mm-hm" Buttons said with a nod in agreement.

"You're right Marshal." Peanut said.

"How often do you hear that?" Athena said laughing.

"Ignore her" Marshal said putting his flipper on her beak.

"Mmm mm m mm mm!" Athena mumbled glaring at Marshal's flipper on her beak. If looks could make things burn, then Marshal's flipper would've ashes.

"Yeah I'm just gonna have fun." Peanut said putting his arms behind his back thinking about all the fun he could have. It made him feel good, excited even.

After school . . . . . .

"Hi mom!" Peanut said as he walked into their stone cave.

"Hey Peanut!" Marlene said giving him a hug.

"It's Friday and no school Monday!" he cheered making himself at home by lying down on his bed.

Marlene chuckled. "Right so is there anything you want to do?" Marlene asked him. Peanut didn't tell her it was father's day. He didn't know how to tell her, so he didn't. I guess it was just too sad.

"Yeah, let's have some fun." He said looking up at his mom taking his friend's advice.

"You read my mind." Marlene said smiling and gave him a kiss on the head

"Mom!" Peanut said wiping his head, but he was smiling and laughing. Maybe this Father's day won't be so bad after all. He thought to himself. Little did he know, that it was going to go from bad to worse.

Duck habitat . . . . . . .

"Hi momma!" the four ducklings chorused as they stepped in their home.

"Hi kids!" The mother duck said while she was swimming in their pond.

They could tell something was wrong by her voice. It sounded like she was covering up something. Eggy didn't notice anything wrong, so he pushed it to the back of his head.

"We had a good day at schoo- who is that?" Eggy asked noticing another duck in the habitat.

The duck was a little bigger than their mom and had brown feathers covering his body. He looked up at the ducklings showing his blue eyes that had dark circles around it. As well as his yellow flat bill that matched his feet. (A/N- I based him off of that duck at the end of Misfortune cookie. He's not the same duck, but he looks like him.)

He walked up to the kids. "What's the matter son? Wouldn't you recognize your own father?" he asked in a friendly tone. Honestly, it freaked them out. It was a little too friendly.

"D-d-dad?" the kids stammered shocked.

"Yes sweetie, this is your father." The mother duck said placing a wing on the front of his chest. Her eyes told them that she was worried. Whether she liked it or not, the ducklings could always tell their mom was hiding something.

"So much for low profile" Lilly whispered as they stared at their dad for the first time in their lives.

The H.Q. . . . . . .

Skipper and his team were doing recon around the zoo, so the kids took this opportunity to discuss father's day plans.

"We need something big, something that'll blow them away!" Marshal said as he paced the floor trying to think of something.

"Kaboom?" Buttons asked already starting to hack up some firecrackers.

"NO!" everyone yelled at the same time with wide eyes.

"Aw" he groaned swallowing back the firecrackers that were half way out his throat.

"I thought to plan was to surprise them." Elli said.

"It is, but what can we surprise them with?" Marshal asked tapping his little beak.

"Let's see…. Flowers aren't a dad thing, we can't get any weapons beside's Button's firecracker and dynamite, and we can't write to make a card." Athena said looking through a list of ideas.

"Our dad's love fishes, so let's give them that." Elli suggested.

"Nah, Alice gives us fish every day, and I really hope she's not one of our sisters." Athena said shuttering at the thought.

"Think!" Marshal yelled throwing his flippers in the air.

"Calm down Marshal, there's a 99.9% chance that we'll have an idea by tomorrow." Athena said.

"Like Science will help us here!" he yelled continuing to pace around the room

"Science? Wha- on never mind!" Athena grumbled. She sometimes wondered if Marshal would ever learn.

"You just wait; an idea will be bursting in our head any minuite." Elli said being the supportive little trooper she is.

As if on cue, the door busted open and the penguins saw the ducklings. It looked like they had ran over there cause they were panting.

"Eggy? What in the name of educational television are you doing here?" Marshal asked the panting duckling standing in the front of the others.

"We got home, and you'll never guess who was there." Lilly said trying to catch her breath again.

"Santa Clause?" Elli asked getting excited.

"NO! Our dad!" Lucky shouted.

"didn't he leave, like, a long time ago?" Marshal asked.

"Yes, but now he's back." Nellie said with a worried expression.

"What's the matter? I'd be happy to see my dad on father's day." Marshal asked.

"Where are your dads?" Eggy asked.

"Doing Recon around the zoo, why?" Athena asked. Right now, all the penguins were confused.

"It's horrible. He wants to take care of us." Lucky started.

"But mom won't let him." Lilly said.

"So he wants to take two of us." Nellie said.

"And leave the other two with mom." Eggy finished.

They gasped.

"No! He can't do that can he?" Elli asked getting worried

"I don't know, but it doesn't look too good." Lucky said.

"Dad should be back any minute." Marshal said. "Just stay here until they come back."

At the lemur's. . . . . . .

"Thanks again for the C.D.'s Mort." Prince J.J. said holding up the C.D.'s in the sun so they sparkled in the light.

"You're welcome, but you keep your promise right?" Mort asked.

"Yep, you're invited to the party too, and we're still working on a 'Touch King Julien's Feet' day holiday." Maurisa said with a giggle. What's Mort's deal with his feet? She thought to herself.

"Okay" Mort said smiling.

"This is going to be the best Father's day ever!" Prince J.J. said.

Maurisa looked towards King Julien and her dad. He was grooming the king on his "super comfy pamper time floaty throne". They used this time to prepare for Monday. Then she faced Prince J.J.

"Yeah, but don't dance on my bed again. I was sleeping in your fur for a week." Maurisa said remembering all the crazy things that happen when the prince has a sugar rush at a party. And how much hair could fall into one place.

"Look it's the penguins!" Mort said excitedly pointing to Skipper and his team as they left the zoovenier shop through an open window. They were doing their daily recon around the zoo.

"They're so cool. I couldn't fight like them in a million years, but my dad's the coolest." Maurisa said smiling as she thought about her dad.

Prince J.J. gave her an angry/hurt glare.

Maurisa laughed nervously. "He is to me, but he's not a king like your dad." Maurisa pointed out to cheer him up.

Like she planed, Prince J.J immediately perked up. "You are being correct."

"Right" Maurisa said rolling her yellow eyes. Hey, at least he's happy. She thought to herself. She'd hate to deal with another royal temper tantrum.

"I hope the others will have a super amazing Father's day." Prince J.J said. "Especially the ones who don't have an incredible dad to party with like ours."

Maurisa smiled. "Me too J.J."

I have to admit, he has a heart under his annoying self. Maurisa thought to herself.

"Groom better Maurice! It is the weekend, so your king has to look his best!" the kids and Mort heard Julien yell.

Unlike his dad. Maurisa thought feeling sorry for her dad as he continued to groom King Julien's gray fur along his back. She shuddered.

At the H.Q. . . . . . .

"Isn't your mom worried about you?" Athena asked while she poured some water in a cup for the ducklings.

"Nah, she and dad-" he snickered at the word dad. "-are fighting, so she told us to go somewhere else." Lilly said. "Pink cup by the way."

"Hopefully to help" Nellie said taking the glass her best friend, Elli, gave her. "Thanks"

"You're welcome" Elli said. "Gosh, I really hope are dads can help." She'd hate it if her one of best friends was gone forever. Her other best friend is Haley.

"They should be back any minute." Marshal said.

A few moments later, Skipper and his team dropped through the fishbowl entrance.

"Good recon men" Skipper said smiling at his team behind him. When he turned his head, they noticed they had company. "Oh..uh…hello?"

"Eggy!" Private exclaimed happily when he saw the little duckling.

"Hey!" Eggy said waving towards them. He didn't know why, but he always felt safe at the H.Q. He didn't remember much about staying here, but for some reason he thought of bubble gum and popcorn.

"Sorry for barging in, but we need your help" Nellie said nervously shuffling her feet.

"What seems to be the problem?" Kowalski asked taking out his clip board.

"It's our mom." Lucky said.

Private tensed up. He had a crush on her. "Is she alright?"

"She's fine" Lilly said quickly so he wouldn't get worried. Then she explained the situation about their dad wanting to take them away.

"He can't just take them. Can he Skippa?" Private asked looking at his leader.

"No, unless he has the mom's permission" Skipper answered.

"Mom's not letting him" Eggy said.

"Neither are we! Come on men, let's go and meet this foul fowl." Skipper said heading out the door and to the duck habitat with his team.

"I hope it's not too late." Lucky said when the door closed leaving them alone in the H.Q.

Well how did you like the first chapter? In the next chapter we'll meet the father duck and hopefully the penguins can save the ducklings from being taken away from their mom.

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Over 2,000 words, so I don't think chapter length will be a problem. : )