Note: The following is the first of three samples I will be posting here of my FanFiction.net nghề viết văn project “A Skilene-Filled September.” In the project, I will write and đăng lên one short story daily in the tháng of September 2010 which will explain one possible way that Skipper and Marlene could get together for the first time. My personal nghề viết văn style has always been to portray Skipper and Marlene as just really good Những người bạn and to only “hint” at something more, but I have decided to exempt this project -- and only this project -- from that standard.
On FanFiction.net, a much longer outline of this project’s goals and background was đã đăng ahead of the first actual story, but to avoid folks here from having to read through the whole doctrine, I have instead placed it at the end of this article. I would encourage bạn to read it if bạn want to so that bạn may better understand the project and my intentions therein.
Thank bạn for đọc my brief note. The first Skilene scenario will now begin.
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A Skilene-Filled September
Scenario 1: “Save the Last Dance for Me”
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Marlene was taking a nighttime stroll through the zoo one evening when an odd display suddenly caught her attention. The peculiar sight was something she had never seen before, and not wanting to draw attention to the fact that she was observing, she stood off in the distance as she looked on bewildered.
“My, my, Skipper, I never knew bạn had it in you,” Marlene whispered to herself as she watched Skipper dancing back and fourth, appearing to shuffle to a beat that couldn’t be heard, as the lemurs, baboons, and other penguins surrounded him.
Then suddenly, Skipper shifted from grooving solo to some sort of strange routine with Julien, which involved Skipper seemingly using his talent to attack the lemur.
“A little violent for my taste,” Marlene then đã bình luận as Skipper began spinning on his head and kicking Julien in the face with his feet, “but I’m still impressed.”
Not long after, Marlene watched whatever dance performance she had just seen come to an end. It was becoming late, so she thought it best to then return to her habitat for the night.
When she arrived, Marlene sat and thought about what she had seen for a short while. She was quite impressed at the degree of her friend’s hidden talent, and wanted to tell him how awestruck she had become bởi it. She smiled when she decided she would do just that the tiếp theo morning, then got up to prepare to get ready for bed.
At around 11 a.m. the tiếp theo morning, Marlene strolled over to the penguins’ HQ in hopes of talking to Skipper about his dancing skills. Upon arrival, she found him alone at the bàn stamping file folders with a big red “CLASSIFIED” stamp.
“Say, Skipper,” she đã đưa ý kiến as she walked up to him, “I hope I’m not interrupting something important, but could I ask bạn about something?”
“No, bạn can’t ask what’s inside these folders,” Skipper replied.
“Um, yeah,” Marlene responded as she rolled her eyes. “Actually, I came to ask bạn about all that dancing bạn were doing last night. Why have bạn never–”
“You saw all that, Marlene?” Skipper inquired. “Well, first of all, it wasn’t the real me doing all that nonsense. bạn should know that I was temporarily the victim of some of Darla’s magic, though I would describe it thêm as a curse.”
“Skipper, I know bạn believe in some pretty far-out conspiracies, but surely bạn must know that magic isn’t real,” Marlene responded.
“Is too!” Skipper declared. “Mad at Ring-tail, Darla used her witchcraft -- I mean magic -- to take away his groove, and it accidentally ended up inside of me until I used the skills to force Julien into apologizing to her so the ‘groove’ would di chuyển back into him. But I am happy to say that I’m now 100 percent cured of that nightmare.”
“Well, that’s a shame,” Marlene sighed. “I was going to compliment bạn on your talent. I was even thinking about asking bạn if bạn would– Oh, forget it.”
Skipper sensed that Marlene was quite disappointed, so he reached over and put a flipper on her back.
“Go ahead, Marlene,” he said. “You can still ask me what bạn wanted to.”
Marlene smiled a little, then nervously proceeded with her question.
“I … was wondering, … might bạn be willing … to dance with … me?” she asked.
“Wait, with me?” Skipper asked. “Just because bạn saw me dancing last night?”
“Well, that’s not the only reason,” Marlene answered. “I actually like bạn a little, too.”
Skipper was speechless.
“I’m sorry if I đã đưa ý kiến something wrong,” Marlene apologized after a few moments went by. “I just–”
But before she could finish her sentence, Skipper pulled her bởi the paw to the middle of the room, smiled, and began to slowly dance a few steps with the otter.
“Is this anything like how bạn pictured it?” Skipper asked after they had danced for a minute.
“No, Skipper, it’s better than I could have ever imagined,” Marlene replied. “But what about the magic?”
“Who needs magic when I have you,” Skipper replied.
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Thank bạn for đọc the first of the 30 scenarios that will be part of my project. Two thêm samples will be đã đăng here on Fanpop; bạn may click link to access the tiếp theo one. The 27 others will be only on FanFiction.net, but bạn can easily access the project there bởi clicking link.
For those who wanted to read the full outline and explanation of my project, here it is, the same way it is presented on FanFiction.net:
An important message on how to read the stories of this project:
For a while now, I have been a người hâm mộ of the “Skilene” concept, which, of course, pairs together the characters of Skipper and Marlene. However, my personal style as a người hâm mộ fiction writer has been to never write stories that directly set the two up together, and to instead portray Skipper and Marlene as really close Những người bạn who upon occasion just “hint” at the possibility of something more. I have always done so for three principal reasons: first, to keep my nghề viết văn thêm in line with canon; second, to give readers the ability to draw their own conclusions; and third, in order to maintain a degree of “personal continuity” among all of my stories, ensuring that nothing I write conflicts with something else I’ve written. Consequently, no matter how much I may believe that Skipper loves Marlene, putting the words “I tình yêu you” in his mouth has never been an option for me. Until now.
No, I have not decided to abandon my precedented nghề viết văn style; I still believe that Skilene must first have a strong friendship at its foundation. I have, however, decided to exempt this project from my self-imposed limitations on direct Skilene material and continuity. Here’s how this project will be run:
If bạn are a người hâm mộ of Skilene, have bạn ever wondered just exactly how Skipper and Marlene would fall in love? Each ngày during the tháng of September 2010, I will write and đăng lên one short story outlining one possibility of how the two could theoretically get together. In total, there will be 30 of these fictional scenarios in this project, but they will all be independent of each other and of any other thing I have ever written hoặc ever will write. In other words, each story is just one idea of how Skipper and Marlene could have gotten together -- no one scenario is held to a greater hoặc lesser level of truth hoặc fictional validity. Unlike with my two drabble projects, there are no restrictions on the number of words I can use in each story, but they still must be written on the ngày I present them as. (I may still think of ideas ahead of time, as long as I don’t write any of the actual stories beforehand.) I will also be publishing each story as an individual chapter and will, unless there are situations preventing me from doing so, đăng lên a new chapter each ngày for the 30 days of this project.
On FanFiction.net, a much longer outline of this project’s goals and background was đã đăng ahead of the first actual story, but to avoid folks here from having to read through the whole doctrine, I have instead placed it at the end of this article. I would encourage bạn to read it if bạn want to so that bạn may better understand the project and my intentions therein.
Thank bạn for đọc my brief note. The first Skilene scenario will now begin.
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A Skilene-Filled September
Scenario 1: “Save the Last Dance for Me”
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Marlene was taking a nighttime stroll through the zoo one evening when an odd display suddenly caught her attention. The peculiar sight was something she had never seen before, and not wanting to draw attention to the fact that she was observing, she stood off in the distance as she looked on bewildered.
“My, my, Skipper, I never knew bạn had it in you,” Marlene whispered to herself as she watched Skipper dancing back and fourth, appearing to shuffle to a beat that couldn’t be heard, as the lemurs, baboons, and other penguins surrounded him.
Then suddenly, Skipper shifted from grooving solo to some sort of strange routine with Julien, which involved Skipper seemingly using his talent to attack the lemur.
“A little violent for my taste,” Marlene then đã bình luận as Skipper began spinning on his head and kicking Julien in the face with his feet, “but I’m still impressed.”
Not long after, Marlene watched whatever dance performance she had just seen come to an end. It was becoming late, so she thought it best to then return to her habitat for the night.
When she arrived, Marlene sat and thought about what she had seen for a short while. She was quite impressed at the degree of her friend’s hidden talent, and wanted to tell him how awestruck she had become bởi it. She smiled when she decided she would do just that the tiếp theo morning, then got up to prepare to get ready for bed.
At around 11 a.m. the tiếp theo morning, Marlene strolled over to the penguins’ HQ in hopes of talking to Skipper about his dancing skills. Upon arrival, she found him alone at the bàn stamping file folders with a big red “CLASSIFIED” stamp.
“Say, Skipper,” she đã đưa ý kiến as she walked up to him, “I hope I’m not interrupting something important, but could I ask bạn about something?”
“No, bạn can’t ask what’s inside these folders,” Skipper replied.
“Um, yeah,” Marlene responded as she rolled her eyes. “Actually, I came to ask bạn about all that dancing bạn were doing last night. Why have bạn never–”
“You saw all that, Marlene?” Skipper inquired. “Well, first of all, it wasn’t the real me doing all that nonsense. bạn should know that I was temporarily the victim of some of Darla’s magic, though I would describe it thêm as a curse.”
“Skipper, I know bạn believe in some pretty far-out conspiracies, but surely bạn must know that magic isn’t real,” Marlene responded.
“Is too!” Skipper declared. “Mad at Ring-tail, Darla used her witchcraft -- I mean magic -- to take away his groove, and it accidentally ended up inside of me until I used the skills to force Julien into apologizing to her so the ‘groove’ would di chuyển back into him. But I am happy to say that I’m now 100 percent cured of that nightmare.”
“Well, that’s a shame,” Marlene sighed. “I was going to compliment bạn on your talent. I was even thinking about asking bạn if bạn would– Oh, forget it.”
Skipper sensed that Marlene was quite disappointed, so he reached over and put a flipper on her back.
“Go ahead, Marlene,” he said. “You can still ask me what bạn wanted to.”
Marlene smiled a little, then nervously proceeded with her question.
“I … was wondering, … might bạn be willing … to dance with … me?” she asked.
“Wait, with me?” Skipper asked. “Just because bạn saw me dancing last night?”
“Well, that’s not the only reason,” Marlene answered. “I actually like bạn a little, too.”
Skipper was speechless.
“I’m sorry if I đã đưa ý kiến something wrong,” Marlene apologized after a few moments went by. “I just–”
But before she could finish her sentence, Skipper pulled her bởi the paw to the middle of the room, smiled, and began to slowly dance a few steps with the otter.
“Is this anything like how bạn pictured it?” Skipper asked after they had danced for a minute.
“No, Skipper, it’s better than I could have ever imagined,” Marlene replied. “But what about the magic?”
“Who needs magic when I have you,” Skipper replied.
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Thank bạn for đọc the first of the 30 scenarios that will be part of my project. Two thêm samples will be đã đăng here on Fanpop; bạn may click link to access the tiếp theo one. The 27 others will be only on FanFiction.net, but bạn can easily access the project there bởi clicking link.
For those who wanted to read the full outline and explanation of my project, here it is, the same way it is presented on FanFiction.net:
An important message on how to read the stories of this project:
For a while now, I have been a người hâm mộ of the “Skilene” concept, which, of course, pairs together the characters of Skipper and Marlene. However, my personal style as a người hâm mộ fiction writer has been to never write stories that directly set the two up together, and to instead portray Skipper and Marlene as really close Những người bạn who upon occasion just “hint” at the possibility of something more. I have always done so for three principal reasons: first, to keep my nghề viết văn thêm in line with canon; second, to give readers the ability to draw their own conclusions; and third, in order to maintain a degree of “personal continuity” among all of my stories, ensuring that nothing I write conflicts with something else I’ve written. Consequently, no matter how much I may believe that Skipper loves Marlene, putting the words “I tình yêu you” in his mouth has never been an option for me. Until now.
No, I have not decided to abandon my precedented nghề viết văn style; I still believe that Skilene must first have a strong friendship at its foundation. I have, however, decided to exempt this project from my self-imposed limitations on direct Skilene material and continuity. Here’s how this project will be run:
If bạn are a người hâm mộ of Skilene, have bạn ever wondered just exactly how Skipper and Marlene would fall in love? Each ngày during the tháng of September 2010, I will write and đăng lên one short story outlining one possibility of how the two could theoretically get together. In total, there will be 30 of these fictional scenarios in this project, but they will all be independent of each other and of any other thing I have ever written hoặc ever will write. In other words, each story is just one idea of how Skipper and Marlene could have gotten together -- no one scenario is held to a greater hoặc lesser level of truth hoặc fictional validity. Unlike with my two drabble projects, there are no restrictions on the number of words I can use in each story, but they still must be written on the ngày I present them as. (I may still think of ideas ahead of time, as long as I don’t write any of the actual stories beforehand.) I will also be publishing each story as an individual chapter and will, unless there are situations preventing me from doing so, đăng lên a new chapter each ngày for the 30 days of this project.
Me:soooooo that's wasn't so hard was it
Harry: oh really then was
Skipper:it's really great to be here Alex because bạn look.....like......a.......angel
Me and the wizard:...........?
Skipper: I mean bạn know
Me:right........
At defans art and dark magic
Proffeser:today you'll learn how to make sure a vampire doesn't bite you
*bells ring* ringgggggggg
At lunch
Me:well what do we have in the-
Ron:we don't have anything
Me:alright
Precy:are bạn leaving Alex with the penguins?
Me:yeah! Harry,Ron,Hermiome bạn can come
The three of them:really!
Me:yeah my parents think it's okay
Harry: oh really then was
Skipper:it's really great to be here Alex because bạn look.....like......a.......angel
Me and the wizard:...........?
Skipper: I mean bạn know
Me:right........
At defans art and dark magic
Proffeser:today you'll learn how to make sure a vampire doesn't bite you
*bells ring* ringgggggggg
At lunch
Me:well what do we have in the-
Ron:we don't have anything
Me:alright
Precy:are bạn leaving Alex with the penguins?
Me:yeah! Harry,Ron,Hermiome bạn can come
The three of them:really!
Me:yeah my parents think it's okay
Hagrid:um Alex do bạn know this penguins?
Me:um yes
Harry: Alex who are they
Me:I'll tell bạn at the house
At the house
Skipper:I am sorry Alex
Me:I'll get expell from HogWarts
Dumdbdor comes
Dumdblor:look it's okay that there here
Me:but-
Dumdblor:I đã đưa ý kiến it's alright
Harry:so who are they
Me: this is skipper,kowalski,private and Rico
Hermieno:oh private spool cute
Private:*blush*
Skipper:I am sorry
Me:it's alright skipper
Ron:well I think there better then scabbers
Me:yes,yes they are
Me:um yes
Harry: Alex who are they
Me:I'll tell bạn at the house
At the house
Skipper:I am sorry Alex
Me:I'll get expell from HogWarts
Dumdbdor comes
Dumdblor:look it's okay that there here
Me:but-
Dumdblor:I đã đưa ý kiến it's alright
Harry:so who are they
Me: this is skipper,kowalski,private and Rico
Hermieno:oh private spool cute
Private:*blush*
Skipper:I am sorry
Me:it's alright skipper
Ron:well I think there better then scabbers
Me:yes,yes they are
Me:well I got a letter
Skipper:who be seading bạn letters
Me:I don't know
The letter says: HogWarts school for witchcraft and wizardy
The penguins look up
Me:what?
Skipper:Alex your a wizard bạn have to go I'll sign
Me:I know but guess what I get to see Harry yes
Skipper:well bạn sead owl post
Me:tons I promise
At HogWarts
Me:Harry,Ron,Hermoie hi
Harry:maybe you'll be a griffendory
Me:I hope so to
At the sorting cermony
The hat:griffendory!
Me:YES
Harry:congrats Alex
Me:thanks bạn know I miss the penguins
The doors lung lay, swing open and hagrid comes in and guess who came with him
Skipper:who be seading bạn letters
Me:I don't know
The letter says: HogWarts school for witchcraft and wizardy
The penguins look up
Me:what?
Skipper:Alex your a wizard bạn have to go I'll sign
Me:I know but guess what I get to see Harry yes
Skipper:well bạn sead owl post
Me:tons I promise
At HogWarts
Me:Harry,Ron,Hermoie hi
Harry:maybe you'll be a griffendory
Me:I hope so to
At the sorting cermony
The hat:griffendory!
Me:YES
Harry:congrats Alex
Me:thanks bạn know I miss the penguins
The doors lung lay, swing open and hagrid comes in and guess who came with him