Antarctica
"It's coming! Dan! Come quick! He's hatching!"
"Coming Teressa!"
*Teressa & Dan watch as their first egg hatches*
Teressa: *picks up hatchling & cradles it* "Oh, Dan! It's a boy! What should we name it?"
Dan: "Um, how about Skipper? It means leader."
Teressa: "Yes! That's it! Baby Skipper."
Skipper: "Mama!"
Teressa: "Yes, darling! Mama. And Dada." *gestures toward Dan*
5 Years Later...
Skipper: *runs up to Teressa & Dan* "Hi mom! Hi dad!"
Dan: "Hi son! How was school?"
Skipper: "Oh, it was a lot of fun. Is it okay if I go to Jake's to play?"
Dan: "It's alright with me. Teressa?"
Teressa: "Just be home by dinner, Skipper. And remember your manners."
Skipper: "I will! See ya later!"
Teressa/Dan: "OK! Love you!"
Skipper: "Love you too!" *runs out of home*
Jake's Place
Skipper: *runs up to Jake who is outside* "Hey, Jake! What's up?"
Jake: "Eh, not much. Mom's making dinner so I've really nothing to do. What brings you here?"
Skipper: "What a coincidence! I came here to play with you! That is if you want to?"
Jake: "You bet! You want to continue our snowball fight competition?"
Skipper: "Game on my friend!"
*Jake & Skipper take their positions & begin throwing snowballs at each other*
Skipper: "Gotcha! A point for me!"
Jake: "Laugh it up now, my friend! You're going down!"
Skipper: "That's what you think! Victory will be mine!"
Jake: "Keep dreaming!"
Skipper: "A dream that's comin' true!"
*scene fades away with them throwing snowballs at each other*
8 Years After Birth...
Teressa: "Skipper! Come here darling!"
Skipper: *enters room* "What's up, Ma?"
Teressa: "Come here...There's something I want to give you..."
Skipper: *approaches Teressa & takes the seat next to her* "What?"
Teressa: "I want you to take this locket. It's been in my family for generations. It's to remind you that no matter where you are, I'll always be with you." *hands him locket*
Skipper: "Oh, Ma, you don't have t--"
Teressa: "Hush, hush, now. Take it. I want you to have it. I love you so much son."
Skipper: "I love you too Ma."
*Teressa & Skipper hug*
Dan: *enters room & joins the embrace* "I love you too son."
Skipper: "Love ya, Dad."
12 Years After Birth...
Skipper: "Come on Ma & Pa! Hurry! The migration's gonna leave without us!"
Teressa/Dan: *come out of home* "Coming dear!"
*Skipper/Teressa/Dan begin to walk in direction of migration*
2 Months Into The Same Migration...
Skipper: *hears rustling beneath their feet* "Ma! Pa! What was that?"
Teressa: "What was what dear?"
Skipper: *hears it again* "That!"
Dan: "Wait...I've heard that sound befo--" *looks at Teressa alarmingly* "Oh no..."
Teressa: "What?"
Dan: "Nobody...move...a muscle. That is the sound of a leopard seal swimming under the ice beneath our feet..."
Skipper: "Leopard seal? Didn't you say they were dangerous?"
Teressa: "Yes...Now hush son...It could hear us!"
Teressa/Dan/Skipper: *wait silently & motionless*
*leopard seal bursts out from under the ice & the trio begins to belly slide out of there*
Teressa: "Run!!!"
Dan: *goes up next to Skipper* "Skipper! Whatever happens...Whatever you hear...Keep going! Don't look back! Just keep going!"
Skipper: "But Da--"
Dan: "Just do it!" *sees a hole in the snow & pushes him into it...causing Skipper to pass out*
The Next Morning...
Skipper: *wakes with a headache* "Ooooooh...my head...
...
MOM! DAD!"
Skipper: *leaps out of hole & begins searching* "MOM! DAD! WHERE ARE YOU?!"
*no response*
Skipper: *sees a twinkling in the snow & approaches it* "My mom's locket..."
No matter where you are, I'll always be with you...
*Skipper remembered those words...He'd never forget them. He began walking. And walking. And walking.*
Skipper: *passes a large iceburg, gets angry & begins to punch & kick it fiercely*
*he stops abruptly & begins crying*
*anger filled his body. And from that point forward, he punched & kicked iceburgs with all of his strength every day, to release the anger bottled up inside him, making him the strongest penguin in Antarctica*
To Be Continued...
"It's coming! Dan! Come quick! He's hatching!"
"Coming Teressa!"
*Teressa & Dan watch as their first egg hatches*
Teressa: *picks up hatchling & cradles it* "Oh, Dan! It's a boy! What should we name it?"
Dan: "Um, how about Skipper? It means leader."
Teressa: "Yes! That's it! Baby Skipper."
Skipper: "Mama!"
Teressa: "Yes, darling! Mama. And Dada." *gestures toward Dan*
5 Years Later...
Skipper: *runs up to Teressa & Dan* "Hi mom! Hi dad!"
Dan: "Hi son! How was school?"
Skipper: "Oh, it was a lot of fun. Is it okay if I go to Jake's to play?"
Dan: "It's alright with me. Teressa?"
Teressa: "Just be home by dinner, Skipper. And remember your manners."
Skipper: "I will! See ya later!"
Teressa/Dan: "OK! Love you!"
Skipper: "Love you too!" *runs out of home*
Jake's Place
Skipper: *runs up to Jake who is outside* "Hey, Jake! What's up?"
Jake: "Eh, not much. Mom's making dinner so I've really nothing to do. What brings you here?"
Skipper: "What a coincidence! I came here to play with you! That is if you want to?"
Jake: "You bet! You want to continue our snowball fight competition?"
Skipper: "Game on my friend!"
*Jake & Skipper take their positions & begin throwing snowballs at each other*
Skipper: "Gotcha! A point for me!"
Jake: "Laugh it up now, my friend! You're going down!"
Skipper: "That's what you think! Victory will be mine!"
Jake: "Keep dreaming!"
Skipper: "A dream that's comin' true!"
*scene fades away with them throwing snowballs at each other*
8 Years After Birth...
Teressa: "Skipper! Come here darling!"
Skipper: *enters room* "What's up, Ma?"
Teressa: "Come here...There's something I want to give you..."
Skipper: *approaches Teressa & takes the seat next to her* "What?"
Teressa: "I want you to take this locket. It's been in my family for generations. It's to remind you that no matter where you are, I'll always be with you." *hands him locket*
Skipper: "Oh, Ma, you don't have t--"
Teressa: "Hush, hush, now. Take it. I want you to have it. I love you so much son."
Skipper: "I love you too Ma."
*Teressa & Skipper hug*
Dan: *enters room & joins the embrace* "I love you too son."
Skipper: "Love ya, Dad."
12 Years After Birth...
Skipper: "Come on Ma & Pa! Hurry! The migration's gonna leave without us!"
Teressa/Dan: *come out of home* "Coming dear!"
*Skipper/Teressa/Dan begin to walk in direction of migration*
2 Months Into The Same Migration...
Skipper: *hears rustling beneath their feet* "Ma! Pa! What was that?"
Teressa: "What was what dear?"
Skipper: *hears it again* "That!"
Dan: "Wait...I've heard that sound befo--" *looks at Teressa alarmingly* "Oh no..."
Teressa: "What?"
Dan: "Nobody...move...a muscle. That is the sound of a leopard seal swimming under the ice beneath our feet..."
Skipper: "Leopard seal? Didn't you say they were dangerous?"
Teressa: "Yes...Now hush son...It could hear us!"
Teressa/Dan/Skipper: *wait silently & motionless*
*leopard seal bursts out from under the ice & the trio begins to belly slide out of there*
Teressa: "Run!!!"
Dan: *goes up next to Skipper* "Skipper! Whatever happens...Whatever you hear...Keep going! Don't look back! Just keep going!"
Skipper: "But Da--"
Dan: "Just do it!" *sees a hole in the snow & pushes him into it...causing Skipper to pass out*
The Next Morning...
Skipper: *wakes with a headache* "Ooooooh...my head...
...
MOM! DAD!"
Skipper: *leaps out of hole & begins searching* "MOM! DAD! WHERE ARE YOU?!"
*no response*
Skipper: *sees a twinkling in the snow & approaches it* "My mom's locket..."
No matter where you are, I'll always be with you...
*Skipper remembered those words...He'd never forget them. He began walking. And walking. And walking.*
Skipper: *passes a large iceburg, gets angry & begins to punch & kick it fiercely*
*he stops abruptly & begins crying*
*anger filled his body. And from that point forward, he punched & kicked iceburgs with all of his strength every day, to release the anger bottled up inside him, making him the strongest penguin in Antarctica*
To Be Continued...