Authors Note: Oh man, I'm really, really, really, really, really, reeeaaaalllllly sorry for the insanely long wait for this update. I've had lots of things to take care of, so…yeah. Any who, I hope you like this chapter, it's kind of a 'welcome back to school' present.

Now for the story, I decided that I'm not going to really go into full detail on how Kron and Bruton met their mates. I'll drop in hints and small details here and there, but I'm not going to dedicate a chapter like I was originally planning on doing. Instead, I'll just make a separate short prequel like story later on. I just feel that giving a full explanation in this story will sort of make the story drift away from my main plot.

Now on with the new chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Disney Dinosaur movie. If I did, Kron and Bruton would still be alive.

Neera stared at her friend in shock. Mackenzie's last sentence had caught the young female completely off guard, and the pink iguanodon just couldn't bring herself to believe it.

'The father of Tabitha's eggs…was Kron?' Neera thought as she looked down in thought, her brow furrowed in confusion. As far as she knew, Kron didn't have a mate, and whenever she brought up the question of when he was going to find a female to settle down with, she was told that he wasn't interested in any of that, much to her relief.

"Are you sure that Kron is the father?" Neera questioned as she looked back up at Mackenzie. The grey iguanodon nodded, "That's what she told me, and I believe her. You know, I hung out mostly with Tabitha during the migration, and she didn't strike me as a promiscuous type, so if she says that Kron is the daddy, then I guess we'll have to take her word for it."

Neera frowned, "But did she ever mention having a relationship with my brother?"

Mackenzie slowly shook her head in thought, "No…not that I remember, but I do remember seeing the two of them exchange a few words a few times before the herd would go to sleep." Neera blinked in surprise. "Did you by any chance hear what they were saying?" She asked.

"No, they were too far away. All I know is that Kron would casually walk up to Tabitha and whisper something to her and she would whisper something back and the two would smile at each other and then Kron would walk away. I didn't think too much of it as I was way too tired to question what she was doing." Mackenzie smirked, "I'm guessing they were planning on seeing each other later on during the night when no one would see them."

Neera shuddered slightly at the thought of what her brother and Tabitha did during the nights while they were alone. Luckily, Mackenzie broke her train of thought and continued, "Whatever they had going on, they wanted to keep it really 'hush hush'." She mused while shifting her eggs. Neera watched her friend with a hurt look.

"But why didn't he tell me what was going on? I'm his sister, why would he keep a secret like that from me?" This whole thing was a mystery for the pink dinosaur. As far as she knew, Kron was perfectly content with being single and living with his sister, and as far as children went, well…it was no secret that he hated kids. So the fact that he found a mate and was expecting children with her was pretty mind blowing.

"Maybe he didn't want anyone to know because he didn't want the rest of us to think he was going soft or something. Now I don't think he was planning on keeping his relationship a secret forever, as we were bound to find out about it sometime, but for the time being, since it was such a difficult migration, he had to keep his stern, tough demeanor." Mackenzie smiled at the thought, "Even when Bruton and I finally started to have feelings for each other, we also tried to keep things on the down low."

Neera huffed, "Yes but even I knew that you two were starting something. Kron didn't say anything." The younger female glared at the ground, her yellow eyes flashing in anger. How could her brother do this to her? Wasn't she his favorite sister, as he had claimed many times? Wasn't she the one he promised to take care and protect? Wasn't she the one that was supposed to have all of his attention?

As Neera pondered all of these thoughts, Mackenzie took one glance at her friends face and smirked once more, "Aw Neera...don't tell me you're jealous of Tabitha." She teased. Neera's gaze flashed back to the spotted dinosaur,

"What do you mean?"

"I think you know exactly what I mean." Mackenzie retorted casually. "You're upset that Kron had another woman in his life besides you." She gave Neera a knowing look. The younger female's mouth opened and closed a few times as she tried to think of something to say. "That's not true!" She snapped as she finally got her vocal cords to work.

Mackenzie rolled her eyes, "Come on Neera, I know what you're going through. I used to have an older brother myself, and I felt the exact same way you did when I found out he found a mate. You're upset that he had someone else to love and care about, and had he still been alive, he wouldn't be around you as often as you like." The older female gave Neera a look that said 'am I right?'.

Neera opened her mouth to send another retort, but stopped when she realized that Mackenzie was right. As much as she didn't want to fully admit it, Neera was jealous of Tabitha. And as Mackenzie said, had Kron still been alive, he would have probably been fully mated to Tabitha and there wouldn't be much room for Neera anymore. Even if she had Aladar, just the thought of her brother drifting away made her stomach turn.

"Alright, I'll admit, I'm a little jealous." She mumbled while Mackenzie gave a cocky grin while Neera continued, "But back to Kron. Did he know that Tabitha was pregnant?"

"According to Tabitha, he did."

Neera's eyes widened. Kron knew that his mate…girlfriend, was pregnant, yet he still forced them to walk through the desert with little rest?! How could he do that to her?! Mackenzie eyed Neera, "Before you go making judgments against your brother, just know that one of the reasons why he rushed us was so that Tabitha could get to the nesting grounds in time to lay her eggs. He was thinking of her."

"So everything was because of her?" Neera questioned.

Mackenzie nodded, "I guess so, and thus the reason for keeping their relationship a secret." She guessed. Neera didn't reply. She couldn't. This was just so much to take in.

The brother she thought she was extremely close to, had been harboring secrets that he obviously didn't feel comfortable sharing with her. Then again, she really shouldn't have been surprised. Kron never was one to share secrets with others. 'But at this point, I wouldn't be surprised if he told Tabitha all his secrets since I'm obviously not good enough to know certain things about him.' Neera thought grudgingly.

Mackenzie got up from her spot and laid herself next to Neera, "Hey, don't take it to personal. Despite all the secrets, you're still Kron's little sister and he still loved you, and I'm sure you would have been the first to know once he was ready to reveal his big secret."

The pink female sighed, "Yeah he would have if he was still alive." She chocked on the last word and held back a sob as she reminded herself of his death once more. Mackenzie was about to say something when she noticed Bruton returning from his breakfast meal. "Well, looks like my man is back. If you want, we can continue this conversation later. For now, why don't you go talk to Tabitha? Maybe she can shed some light on her relationship with your brother." She offered as they stood up.

"I guess it would be a good idea to talk to her. I'll see you later Mackenzie." Neera replied while walking away from her friends nest.

"Let me know how it goes!" Mackenzie called out as Neera left.

"I will!" Neera called back. 'Hopefully everything goes well.' She thought while making her way to where Tabitha stayed.

A/N: Alrighty, there's chapter 2. Hopefully, I'll be able to update this fic more often and you won't have to wait another year for my update.