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Chapter Two: The princess's lessons
A few years later, a new day was beginning to dawn over the Mountain of Kings. At the end of the ledge, a lone Tyrannosaur cub ran to look over the land. She had a smile, for today was a very special day for her. Ramsey's mother was going to show her about the lands of Sorna. She ran back into the cave where most of the pack of Tyrannosaurs slept. Though she tried to keep it to a whisper, it was still loud when she said, "Mom! Mom!" She stopped at the edge of the sleeping adults shouting, "Come on, mom, we gotta go! Wake up!"
She jumped over a female's belly, but caused her to roll over. As she made her way to where her parents slept, a big male on his back blocked her way. With a hip wiggle, she made the jump, but it didn't do much good as she still stepped on his overturned belly. He let out an, "Uhh!"
"Sorry." Ramsey quickly said as she bounded over to the raised ledge where her parents slept. When she jumped onto the ledge, she skidded to a stop against her mother's side. Then moving towards Rexy's head as she snored, she tried to wake her up by repeatedly saying, "Mom!" She became annoyed when Rexy didn't stir, "Mom!"
"Your daughter is awake." Butch said not opening his eyes. They were both getting annoyed by the endless 'moms' as she said, "Before sunrise, she's your daughter."
Ramsey kept it going by impatiently saying, "Dad! Come on, Dad."
Then running to her mom's back legs and gently took one of her toes into her teeth, she started yanking. After three good tugs, Ramsey lost her grip and rolled backwards into sounded like a pile of bones. Then getting up, she charged and headbutted into her mother's head. This seemed to do the trick as Rexy opened her eyes as Ramsey reminded her, "You promised."
Rexy looked at her daughter's irritated and impatient face, she knew that Ramsey would keep this up. With an exhausted sigh, Rexy gave in and said, "Okay, Okay. I'm up, I'm up."
"Yeah!" Ramsey said in joy as she ran off. Rexy raised her head and let out a great big yawn. It was enough to get Butch up as well.
The Tyrannosaur cub ran ahead while her mother and father followed behind. On the outside of the cave, Ramsey ran up on a small rock as she waited for her parents. When they came out of the cave, Ramsey walked past her mother and rubbed her head lovingly against her father. When she moved in front of him, Butch nudged her forward with his head. As Ramsey caught up with Rexy right as they rounded a corner, Butch watched them go with a smile.
At the top of the Mountain of Kings, the sun rose as Rexy and Ramsey sat side by side at the top. As they view the lands of Sorna, Rexy said to her daughter, "Look, Ramsey. Everything the light touches is a part of our kingdom."
"Wow." Was all Ramsey could say as she gazed out in her world. Rexy continued by saying, "A queen's time as ruler rises and falls like the sun." Mother and daughter look to each other as Rexy said, "One day, Ramsey, the sun will set on my time here and will rise with you as the new queen."
"And this'll all be mine?" Ramsey asked. Rexy chuckled before saying, "Everything."
Ramsey walked along the edge of the peak as she repeated in a whisper, "Everything the light touches." and saw something in the distance, sat down and asked, "What about that shadowy place?"
Rexy came closer and saw what her daughter spoke of and said, "That's beyond our borders." She looked down at Ramsey and warned, "You must never go there, Ramsey."
"But I thought a queen can do whatever she wants." Ramsey said looking up to her mother. Rexy smiled at this and said, "Oh, there's more to being king than getting your way all the time."
This surprised Ramsey as they both started to come down from the peak. She asked in wonder, "There's more?"
Rexy laughs at his and said, "Ramsey…"
A couple of hours later, Rexy and Ramsey walk through the plains of Sorna as a heard of prancing Pachycephalosaurs go by. Rexy then gave another lesson as the two walked, "Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance. As queen, you need to understand that balance and respect all the creatures," They came to the top of a hill as she said, "from the crawling ant to the leaping Pachycephalosaurs."
"But, mom, don't we eat the Pachycephalosaurs?" Ramsey asked in confusion. Rexy understood this and said with a smile, "Yes, Ramsey, but let me explain. When we die, our bodies become the grass, the Pachycephalosaurs eat the grass." They reached the top of the hill and looked out to the rest of Sorna as she said, "And so we are all connected in the Great Circle of Life."
"Good morning, your Highness!" Guido said as she came up to the queen and princess. Queen Rexy was quick to return the greeting with a smile as Ramsey sat down, "Good morning, Guido."
"Checking in with the morning report." The Archaeopteryx said with a bow. Rexy let him speak, "Fire away."
"Well!" Guido said with a wing by his beak, "The buzz from the bees is that the leopards are in a bit of a spot."
"Really?" Rexy asks. She was mostly being polite as she listened to the usual reports from him. Ramsey tried to follow her mother's example and listen to the Archaeopteryx, but a cricket jumped out of the high grass. She smiled as she practiced her pouncing skills. When she tried to jump the cricket, it hopped away at the last second. Guido kept on rambling on with his report. Rexy happened to notice Ramsey's leap, and when the cub made another leap, she asked when Ramsey unknowingly missed the cricket by a second when she landed on the rock, "What are you doing, my dear?"
Ramsey looked under her hands, but was disappointed when she didn't find anything as she said, "Pouncing."
"Let an old pro show you how it's done." Rexy said as she brought head down and close to the cub. She smiled when she had the perfect target in mind. Guido was still rambling on with the report as he said, "I told the brachiosaurs to forget it, but they can't…"
"Guido, would you turn around?" Rexy asked as she still had herself lowered to Ramsey's level. Guido didn't hesitate and complied, "Yes, your Majesty." When he turned around he went back to the report, "The cheetahs are hard up, but…"
Ramsey readied herself as she got into position with her rump high in the air. Rexy was quick to fix her daughters mistake by placing her tail on her daughter's rump and pushed down while whispering, "Stay low to the ground."
"Cheetahs never prosper…" Guido continued with a wave of his wing. Ramsey whispered about the lesson, "Yeah, okay. Stay low to the ground, right? Yeah."
This drew the attention of the Archaeopteryx and he suspiciously asked, "What's going on?"
"A pouncing lesson." Rexy was quick to answer while Ramsey still waited to spring. Guido was quick to shrug it off as he said, "Oh, very good. Pouncing." It took him a split second to realize who was getting pounced on. It made him lose a few feathers as he yelled, "Pouncing?!" He turned to them and pleaded, "No, your Majesty, you can't be serious…"
But Rexy didn't listen to them as she gave a smirk and with a single claw on her left hand told him to turn back around. With a sigh, Guido reluctantly turned back around while saying, "This is so humiliating."
"Try not to make a sound. And make sure that you're able to get your arms around your prey." Rexy whispered to the still crouching Ramsey as the cub smirked. Although Guido heard his queen whisper something he couldn't make it out as he looked their way and questioned, "What are you telling her, Rexy?"
She looked back to find that both Tyrannosaur's had mysteriously disappeared. He shrank in fear as he called for them, "Rexy? Ramsey?"
He was met not with words but a full blown tackle as Ramsey had her head moved to the side so she could wrap her small, but strong arms around the Archaeopteryx with a scream. This causes Rexy to give a full hearted laugh as she thought that this was very funny. Ramsey heard her mother's approval, making her hold her head up in pride as she made her way back to Rexy as her mother continued to laugh. Rexy, through a chuckle or two, commended on the pounce, "That's very good."
She still laughed as Guido continued to laugh. From underneath his head, a gopher emerged from the ground and pushed Guido into a sitting position. He saluted as he addressed, "Guido!"
"Yes!" Guido said. The gopher then reported, "Sir, news from the underground."
Guido was interested in what the gopher had to say. Rexy lowered herself and was about to give Ramsey another piece of advice, "Now, this time-"
"Your Majesty!" Guido yelled as his head shot up from behind the boulder. He looked frantic as he shouted, "Raptor Rustlers, in Sorna!"
Rexy became serious as she bounded past both Ramsey and Guido. As she started running down the hill, she turned around and ordered, "Guido, take Ramsey home."
"Aw, mom, can't I come?" Ramsey asks as she came over. Rexy, though she knew Ramsey wanted to continue learning but feared for her safety, had a firm face as she said, "No, daughter."
With that, Rexy ran off to deal with the problem at hand. Guido gave an understanding face as both he and Ramsey watched Rexy run off. The princess gave an annoyed scoff before turning to the direction of home, "Pah! I never get to go anywhere."
Guido smiled at her wanting to get on the action and reassuringly said, "Oh, young mistress, one day, you will be queen." Ramsey knew he had a point as the Archaeopteryx took flight as he said, "Then you can chase those slobbering, mangy, stupid poachers from dawn until dusk."
The two of them then made their way back to the Mountain of Kings.
Back at the mountain in a secluded section with a ledge, Indominus walked alone before stopping in front of something. Then angrily, she kicked a bone off the edge. She continued walking when the sound of her niece shouted, "Hey, Aunt Indominus! Guess what?!"
The white dinosaur stopped in her tracks and turned a single eye towards the cub. Though she was Ramsey's aunt, she didn't show any true love for the cub. Only faking it well in the presence of others, namely the queen. She gritted her teeth as she said, "I despise guessing games."
"I'm gonna be Queen of the Mountain of Kings." Ramsey said to her aunt arrogantly. Indominus slowly turned her head away as the cub ran to the ledge and sarcastically said, "Oh, goody!"
When she reached the ledge, she told Indominus what she had done that morning, "My mom just showed me the whole kingdom," she looked back as she happily said, "and I'm gonna rule it all!" She gave a somewhat arrogant laugh to this.
"Yes. Well, forgive me for not leaping for joy." Indominus said as she sat with her shoulders hunched. She looked angry as she said, "Bad back, you know." Then she flopped down on her side.
"Hey, Aunt Indominus." Ramsey said as she came over. She flopped down on and over her aunt's neck as she asked, "When I'm queen, what'll that make you?"
"A Pteranodon's aunt." Indominus deadpanned. Ramsey chuckled to this as she rolled backwards off her aunt and laid on her stomach and then said, "You're so weird."
Indominus turned her head to the cub and showed a toothy grin as she said, "You have no idea." Then getting up off the ground she asked as she walked to another portion of the ledge, "So, your mother showed you the whole kingdom, did she?"
Ramsey pushed herself off the ground and ran after her aunt and said, "Everything."
"She didn't show you what's beyond that rise at the northern border?" Indominus asked with a gesture of her head.
Ramsey became disappointed as she sat down with her shoulders hunched and said, "Well, no. He said I can't go there."
"And he's absolutely right. It's far too dangerous!" Indominus said dramatically. She then coolly said as she looked away, "Only the bravest rexes and dinosaurs go there."
"Well, I'm brave." Ramsey said now interested and wanting to prove it. She then asked her aunt, "What's out there?"
"I'm sorry, Ramsey, I just can't tell you." The white dinosaur said as laid down and she shook her head and looked the other way. Ramsey ran on the other side and asked, "Why not?"
Indominus looked to her niece with a smile as she tried to reason as Ramsey sat down again, "Ramsey, Ramsey, I'm only looking out for the well-being of my favorite niece." She placed a hand on the cub's and rubbed it with affection.
Ramsey scoffed and moved to where she could see her aunt, "Yeah, right! I'm your only niece."
Indominus made it sound as if it were a good thing, "All the more reason for me to be protective." She crossed her forearms as she brought her face close to the cub's and said, "The Devastated Lands are no place for a young princess." She covered her mouth in fake surprise to having let it slipped and said, "Oops!"
"The Devastated what?" Ramsey said as she began to feel excited. She looked away as she thought, "Whoa!"
Indominus faked a distraught face as she placed a hand on her face as she said, "Oh, dear, I've said too much." Then she calmed down as she made it sound as if Ramsey would learn about it at some point, "Well, I suppose you'd have found out sooner or later," Indominus played with Ramsey's intelligence about it, "you being so clever and all." And just as Ramsey was about to walk away, Indominus wrapped her left hand around the cub and pulled her close before saying, "Just do me one favor." She rubbed heads with her niece as she made the cub promise, "Promise me you'll never visit that dreadful place."
Ramsey thought it over a second before looking her aunt in the eye and said, "No problem."
"There's a good lass." Her aunt proudly said. Then scooting her niece away, she nudged her off while saying, "You run along now and have fun." Ramsey started to run off, but before she rounded the corner, Indominus called out, "And remember," Ramsey looked back to her aunt as the older dinosaur said, "it's our little secret."
The Tyrannosaur cub didn't say anything as she smiled before running off. Indominus waited until Ramsey had completely gone, and when she was, the white dinosaur turned the other direction with a dark and sinister smile on her face.
Author's Note: I had to tweak the pouncing lesson a little bit since Ramsey wouldn't be able to pounce like Simba actually would. Also, this the halfway mark of the first part of this story. The rest will come sooner, but it'll be a surprise for you readers. Happy Thanksgiving by the way. I look forward to reading your reviews. Be sure to leave a comment either about if I've done something wrong or if you want something specifically to happen. See all of you next time with this story.
