Chapter 4 of the Dinosaur king.
Arlo immediately began running towards the little falls that rested just next to the mountains. There, dinosaurs would bathe and Arlo knew that's where he would find his best friend Bala. She was a young female Apatosaurus no older than he was, with light green skin and bright blue eyes. Arlo saw her in the pool taking water into her mouth and spraying it on her back. Arlo's mother was in the water too, talking with Bala's mother.
Arlo approached his friend "Hey Bala"
She smiled at him "Hey Arlo"
"Come on… I just heard about this really great place"
"Arlo, I'm kind of in the middle of a bath" she replied firmly
"And it's time for yours" Arlo's mother said as she grabbed him by the tail and pulled him into the water with her.
"Momma!" Arlo complained as she sprayed him with water "Momma, you getting me all wet!" Arlo pulled himself out of the water and shook himself off. "Okay, okay I'm clean can we go now?"
"So where are we going?" Bala asked "It better not be anyplace lame"
"No its really cool!"
"And where is this really cool place?" Ida questioned
"Oh! Err…" Arlo had to think of something quick "By the river" He lied
"The river?" Bala asked "What's so great about the river?"
"I'll show you when we get there" Arlo whispered, trying to point out they weren't really going to the river. Understanding, Bala nodded "Oh". She turned towards her Mother "Momma, Can I go with Arlo?"
Bala's mother turned to Ida "Hm, what do you think Ida?"
"Well…"
"Please?" Both children pleaded with big grins on their faces.
"Its fine with me."
"Yeah!" Both young dinosaurs cheered, as they started to head off.
"As long as Debbie goes with you." Ida added
The children groaned "Oh no, not Debbie!" Now their plans would be ruined.
….
About a few minutes later, Debbie and the Children were making their way to the river. "Step lively children!" Debbie called from above, flying slightly ahead of them. "The sooner we get to the river, the sooner we can leave".
"So where are we really going?" Bala asked Arlo
"A Tyrannosaurus graveyard" Arlo replied quietly.
"Wow!" Bala responded loudly only to be shushed by Arlo.
"Shh! Debbie!" he whispered as he pointed his eyes towards Debbie who luckily didn't hear them as she flew.
"Oh right" Bala answered in a quiet tone "So how are we going to ditch the dicky bird?"
Debbie caught sight of Arlo and Bala whispering to each other and she couldn't help but smile warmly. She flew down in front of them. "Oh just look at you two. Little seeds of romance blossoming in the land. Your parents will be thrilled! What with you being betrothed and all!" she stated excitedly
"Be-what?" Arlo asked
"Betrothed, intended, affianced" Debbie responded
The two young dinosaurs just looked at each other confused. "Which means what?" Bala asked
"One day you two are going to get married!" she explained
The children immediately cringed at the thought "Yuck!" "Eww!"
"I can't marry Bala, she's just my friend"
"Yeah, it'll be too weird!"
"Well sorry to burst your bubble but you two turtledoves have no choice. It's a tradition going back generations."
"Well when I'm king that will be the first thing to go." Arlo stated
"No as long as I'm around" Debbie replied
"Well in that case you're fired" Arlo spoke
"Nice try but only the king can do that"
"Well he is the future king" Bala reminded Debbie
"Yeah so you have to do what I tell you" Arlo told the bird as he nudged her slightly with his foot.
Debbie then started to glare at the young prince "Not yet I don't. And with an attitude like that, I'm afraid you're shaping up to be a pretty pathetic king indeed."
Arlo then smirked "Not the way I see it" He then jumped in front of Debbie and began to sing.
Arlo: "I'm gonna be a mighty king, so enemies beware!"
Debbie: "Well I've never seen a Dino king that's quite so unprepared!"
Arlo "I'm gonna be the main event. Like no king was before!"
Arlo: I'm brushing up I'm looking down, I'm working on my ROAR!"
His roar sent Debbie into a mud puddle.
Debbie: "Thus a rather uninspiring thing" Debbie uttered as she used the first thing she grabbed to wipe the mud out of her eyes. She opened them and they widened she realised it was the tail of an iguanodon which angrily used its tail to whack her into the river.
Arlo: Oh I just can't wait to be King!
"You've got a long way to go young man" Debbie said as she stepped out of the water "If you think…"
As Debbie turned to spoke to one of them, the other made faces behind her back.
Arlo: "No one saying do this"
Debbie: Now when I said that I…
Bala: "No one saying be there"
Debbie: What I meant was…
Arlo: "No one saying stop that"
Debbie: Look, what you don't realise…
Arlo and Bala: No one saying see here
Debbie: Now see here!
Arlo and Bala started to run across the grassy banks together.
Arlo: Free to run around all day
Debbie: Well that's definitely out
Arlo: Free to do it all my way!
Debbie flew ahead of the young Dinosaurs so she could speak to them. Unfortunately she couldn't look where she was going.
Debbie: I think it's time that you and I arranged a heart to heart. BAM! She ended up crashing into the behind of a triceratops feeding on grass.
Arlo: Kings don't need advice from little birdies for a start.
Debbie then flew onto a floating log, without realizing it was about to go over a waterfall.
Debbie: if this is where the monarchy is headed count me out! Out of service, out of the lands I would hand about…AHHH! Just as the log disappeared over the edge, Debbie quickly flew back up to the top.
Debbie: This child is getting wildly out of wing
Arlo: Oh I just can't wait to be king
Arlo and Bala dance under a heard of towering dinosaurs, while Debbie flew overheard trying to look for them. Arlo stood on the neck of a Diplodocus.
Arlo: Everybody look left. All the Dinosaurs moved left, which Debbie had to dodge quickly.
Arlo: Everybody look right. The dinosaurs moved right, making her dodge them again.
Arlo: Everywhere you look I'm... As he sung, he hopped up a ladder of Diplodocus heads.
Arlo: standing in the spot light! He belted as he slid down the neck of one.
Debbie: Not. Yet!
Then all the other dinosaurs began to sing
Dinosaurs: Let every creature go for broke and sing,
Let's hear it in the herd and on the wing,
It's gonna be King Arlo's finest fling.
The dinosaurs formed a pyramid with Arlo and Bala standing on top
Simba & Chorus: Oh I just can't wait to be king!
Oh I just can't wait to be king!
Oh I just can't waaaaaait….
The Pyramid then began to lose balance and started to topple over. All the dinosaurs then fell on top of each other (save for Arlo and Bala) and poor Debbie was trapped underneath the lot.
To be king!
"Can someone get me out from under here?!" she tweeted furiously "Arlo? Bala?"