Hey All!! I'm changing around the story a little so for those who've read the original i apologize, I'll be updating soon!
Disclaimer: Listen well cause I'm only going to say this once. I. DO. NOT. OWN. MADAGASCAR! If i did I'd be the freggin happiest person in the world, but sadly I'm not, but i DID invent Kalixes, SO DON'T EVEN THINK OF TAKING HER OR YOU WILL ALL DIE!! lmao jkjk. alright, on with the story!!
Madagascar: Feelings Unknown.
Chapter 1
I prowled around inside the forest, paranoia kicking in every time I heard a twig break of leaves rustle. I knew Father would never approve on my 'Vegetarian' diet, so I had to hunt in private.
After what seemed like ages, I found the lake. Oh how much I loved the lake! It was always my favorite place to be, the sparkling blue water shining in the sun's reflection, sitting upon a deep grey boulder, which I use to sharpen my claws for hunting. I breathed out in comfort. No one knew of this place except for me; and I intend to keep it that way.
I walked over to the rock, my dark tanned fur shining in the sunlight, my somewhat of a mane stayed firmly covering my right eye, and curling outward just below my chin, giving me a female appearance, which is good since I am female. I unsheathed my claws and started slashing at the boulder, sharpening them until they were absolutely perfect. I smiled at my reflection showing on my claws, my piercing green eyes dancing in amusement at being in my favorite place at the best time; lunch. Father never questioned where I would leave everyday at noon, and I was beginning to worry if he had caught on my little secret. I remember the last time a pack member disobeyed the rules. I shivered involuntarily. Let's just say Father made sure he'd become an herbivore in his next life.
I dug my claws in the water, grabbing as many fish as possible. Sure, it was still meat but Father would never approve. He was a sick lion who enjoyed hearing the shrill cries of the prey. At least I was fast and clean about it.
Just then I heard a strange noise above me. It sounded like many different rocks and minerals clashing together, and breaking them apart into bits. I grabbed my ears, not wanting to hear the bloodcurdling noise, -wincing in pain when I realized I still had my claws unsheathed- and my jade eyes looked up in both anger and curiosity. My eyes widened at what I saw; flying right above me, -and descending quickly- was what seemed to be a giant bird made of some strange material. It was getting closer to the ground, but closer to the forest and further away from me. Out of curiosity, I followed the strange bird-thing.
It was harder to see it thanks to the giant trees of the African jungle. It just made me run faster, wanting to find the stupid thing so that my curiosity would die out and I can go back to my wonderful lake. For a moment, the noise stopping, I sighed in disappointment, thinking it was gone. But to my gratitude (as well as dismay), an even louder noise filled the area for a split second but was loud enough to kill small animals with vibrations alone! It seemed like the objects that were clashing together saved up for a big finale because it sounded as though it had exploded, sending my paws right back up to my ears.
That perked my curiosity even more and I ran even faster than usual on all fours. I stopped abruptly at what I saw, very puzzled at the things that emerged from the strange bird.
There, sitting on… well… something were: Four small, short, fat black and white birds, a zebra, a hippopotamus, a giraffe, and the last one puzzled me greatly. It was a lion. And not only was it not attacking it's obvious prey, but it was conversing with them! And telling off the bird-things… I stared at it curiously. Could there be other vegetarian lions besides me? I thought hopefully as I subconsciously walked over to them.
The giraffe one broke away from their conversation and stared at me, panic-stricken. "AHHHHHHHHH!! ALEX!! LOOK!! AHHH WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!" he shouted like a crazed maniac. I rolled my eyes. Pathetic much?
He kept shouting random words but my attention was on the lion. The golden tanned lion looked confused at first, but then his eyes flickered to me, anger and panic bathed in his deep ocean blue eyes. He walked in front of the other animals, chocolate brown mane staying firmly in place, crowned upon his head as crouched down, eyes narrowing and pupils turning to slits as he unsheathed his claws.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa wait!" I said reassuringly, raising up my hands in appease "Don't mean any harm there, buddy" I said and I sighed in relief when I saw the lion relax a little, but still stayed in his crouched position, pupils turning back into circles.
"What do you want?" he growled, glowering at me.
"Nothing! Hey, you can't blame me! If you saw a weird giant bird in the sky, wouldn't you be curious?" I asked, getting a little annoyed.
"Giant bird? What are you talking about?" he asked, equally annoyed, but getting up from his attacking position.
"She's talking about the plane, Alex. Right?" asked the zebra, hooves pointing at the giant bird thing. I nodded and Alex scowled.
"Marty, don't talk to her! She sees you as her lunch!" 'Alex' shouted angrily at the zebra now known as Marty.
"Hey!" I shouted angrily, gaining the attention of them all, including the annoying lion "It's not like you're any different! You're a lion! And I just happen to be a vegetarian…! Well, somewhat, but a vegetarian nonetheless! So don't act like you know anything about me!" I shouted frustratingly. I hated it when people assumed I was something other than myself.
"You're one to talk! No, you shouldn't be talking, so just shut u-"
"SHUT UP ALEX!" Shouted the hippo as she strutted over and grabbed Alex by the ears and started pulling him towards me. I stifled back a giggle. Looks like the prey is taking charge. I thought as I snickered. I vaguely heard what the hippo was saying to the lion.
"… We need help so just shut up and apologize," she muttered angrily at her lion friend.
"But Gloria…" he whined "Ow!" he howled when she pulled harder on his ear. He sighed and looked down at me (He was slightly taller) "Sorry…" he mumbled.
"Sorry, can you say that again, I couldn't hear you," I provoked jokily and laughed out loud when I saw his eye twitch.
"Don't push it," he muttered through clenched teeth.
"Ah, I'm just messing with you, and its okay, I get that all the time," I said as my smile turned to a frown, remembering all the tries at making friends with animals other than my own kind. That had not been fun. I shook away those thoughts and put up a smile.
Gloria tried to hide the amused smile forming on her lips by watching Alex trying to hold back his anger. "I'm Gloria, honey, what's your name?" she asked, sticking out her hand.
"Kali," I said happily as I shook her hand with my oversized paw. I flashed a toothy grin, I think I'm going to like her; she's cool. I looked at Alex, who was now rubbing his pained ear with his paw. I giggled and put out my paw to shake. He stared at it for a moment then sighed and shook it.
"Alex." He said bluntly, ending the handshake.
"It's a pleasure," I said sarcastically as I rolled my eyes. "I'm Alex! It's so nice to meet you, and what's your name?" I mocked his voice but added enthusiasm to it "That is a proper introduction, your intro was just sad." I said, wagging my finger in front of his face and flicking his forehead. He growled and I just laughed quietly. "I'm Kali," I said happily "It's nice to meet you," I added as sincerely as I could. I thought I saw a smile cross his face but it disappeared as quickly as it came. He just gave a curt nod and walked back to his zebra friend.
"Ah don't worry about Alex, he'll come around. He's just worried is all," Gloria's voice startled me; I hadn't noticed she was still there. His deep blue eyes mesmerized me… "Kali? You there?" I heard Gloria say as she waved her hand in front of my face. I shook my head lightly.
"Ya sorry, what did you say?" I asked politely.
"It's alright. You see, actually… we crash-landed here and we have no idea where exactly here is. So if you could help us out it would really be appreciated," she said hopefully. I just gave her a toothy grin.
"No problem, I know this place like the back of my paw. And you're in Africa, by the way. But… right now I can't show you around." I added quickly. I doubt Father would approve of me bringing home prey that wasn't supposed to be eaten. She looked surprised.
"Oh? How come?" she asked.
"Well… uh… you see… I doubt my… pride leader would let me bring you guys with me… he's sorta… against the whole, vegetarian thing" I explained as easily as I could without freaking her out.
"Oh. It's fine, do you know a place we could hide out before you come back?" she asked and I bit my lower lip. I didn't really want to tell them about my special spot, but at least they could never be found there.
"Ya, follow me" I said as I tried to hide the sadness in my voice. I started walking towards the forest.
I stopped briefly to wait for Gloria and the others to come; she seemed to have trouble with Alex. I heard him vaguely saying something about 'Not trustworthy' and 'You're her lunch!' followed by a slap and eight animals obediently behind me, one rubbing his cheek in pain. I stared at the four funny looking birds for a moment before calling over Gloria.
"What's up?" she asked once I got into earshot.
"Who are those guys?" I whispered, secretly pointing at the birds. She looked at them and rolled her eyes.
"Oh, they're penguins. They're the reason we crashed here," she said loudly, just so they could hear. The medium sized one with a sly look on his face walked over.
"We warned you of the dangers of the flight course, doll, didn't we Kowalski?" asked the penguin. The skinny and tall penguin took out an old Chinese calculator and started moving the tiny beads so quickly it made my head spin.
"Positive Skipper, they were fully aware of the events that could have occurred, and it just so happened this was one of them." Said the skinny one with the notepad. 'Skipper' nodded and returned his attention to us.
"So you see, this isn't exactly our fault" said Skipper. He then turned around to rejoin his strange army-like group.
"Okay then…" I muttered while going through the last trees to get to my special spot. "Here we are guys," I said while waving my arms around in a dramatic way "Welcome to my special place!" I said in fake happiness.
Everyone ran off in different directions; Marty started to jog around the lake, admiring it's beauty, Gloria jumped in the water and started to swim and dive around, the giraffe, (whose name is Melman, by the way) was inspecting every bit of the landscape, the penguins seemed to be making a plan on how to fix the 'plane' or so they called the giant bird thing, and Alex was… wait, where was Alex?
"You're acting fake." His voice startled me, I turned around quickly; he seemed comfortable sitting on the small patch of green grass next to me, eyes staring onto the lake. My expression changed from anger to curiosity by the look on his face; empathy.
"Am not." I lied, crossing my arms around my chest and looking away, onto the lake, the stars shining so brightly, lighting up the entire plain.
"This is your place, and you don't want anyone to be here" he said softly, as if reading my mind. I sighed.
"Ya well, would you rather be out there where Fath- I mean predators might get to you?" I asked, not wanting to give too much away.
It's not that I didn't want to tell them that Father was Africa's greatest predator… wait, that's exactly what I didn't want them to know. If they found out they would definitely avoid me, and it would give Alex another reason to hate me.
Alex sighed and looked up into the sky. "I would never let anyone on my stage back in New York," he continued on, as if I never spoke. "It was my place, my special spot, where no one, and I mean no one would go, and if someone did, never happened but I knew that if it did happen, I would feel completely violated because it was mine. So quit faking it cause I know how you feel." He said as he got up and started walking away. He stopped briefly and turned his head swiftly towards me "And I appreciate it." He said quietly as he continued walking away to join Marty on his jog.
I stared for a moment at where he was standing. How could he have known that? I'm not exactly an open book... I thought. My attention back to the stars. Wow… the stars are so gorgeous… and the moon is really bright tonight… wait, moon?? STARS?? CRAP I'M LATE!! I quickly jumped up and started running for the trees.
"Kali, where ya going?" Gloria's voice stopped me from running any further. I slapped my forehead and ran back to her, feeling very uneasy, knowing Father would be really pissed when I got back.
"Sorry, I was supposed to be home hours ago. Do not leave this spot under any circumstances. My pride cannot come here, so you're safe." I said quickly, as I started walking away.
"Wait, if your pride isn't aloud here, why are you aloud?" Gloria asked. That made me stop instantly; I turned my head to her, flashing her a smirk.
"I'm not." I said slyly as I dashed out of the plain leaving a flabbergasted Gloria and a group of New Yorkers on their own in a new place, for the moment anyways.