I don't own any of the animals, apart from Colin

A brief but massive bellowing roar broke Vitani's thoughs. "Wha..." she began to say before another roar cut her off, and then cut out again as quickly as the last, but was followed by another, which went on longer than the others. The roar cut off after a few moments, but there was no time to say anything as something else screamed, and she was thrown off her feet.

Again, the experience ended after a few moments, but Vitani decided it was possibly the worse thing she'd ever been through. She waited a few moments then asked, "and what in hells name was that?"

"I think we stopped," Melman said, then groaned.

"Definitely the penguins," Marty said, "that was their style as well."

"So now what," Vitani asked, "they going to let us out?"

"I think so," Marty said, "it'll probably just take them a while."

"Mm," Vitani grunted, "well, at least this place is something like the right temperature."

Both Zazu and Colin looked up when they heard the horn, though the sound was somewhat quieter down here than elsewhere. "We've arrived then," the grey cat said

"Indeed," Zazu replied, "but where?" before either of them could reply though, there was a long, drawn out screech, and they were both knocked off their feet by a massive impact. When it was over, Zazu said, "might I suggest we get out of here now?"

"I'll go with that," Colin replied, and together the two of them made their way towards the nearest exit. Once out side they made their way over to the nearest railing, and stared. Stretching out from the bow of the ship was a short, pristine beach, backed by a lush jungle.

"Well," Colin said, as he survey the jungle, "this looks a lot better than New York, this wouldn't be you Pridelands would it?"

"No," Zazu replied, "this most definitely isn't the Pridelands."

"Ah well," Colin said, "whatever it is, it looks promising, coming." With that, he jumped down and began to make his way towards the bow.

"Er..." Zazu began then realised Colin had already gone, "yes I'm coming."

When Colin reached the bow he was about to jump off when he saw the distance, "oh."

"Too high," Zazu asked perched on the railing.

"Well," Colin said, judging the distance, then gather his courage, "only one way to find out." With that, he jumped.

Zazu took off immediately, and circled down to where Colin had landed, and was massaging his shoulders. "So," he asked.

"Well, I made it," Colin said, then looked back up at the distance he'd dropped, "wouldn't like to do it again though."

"I'm not surprised," Zazu said.

Colin then looked over at the jungle, and asked, "you coming to explore that place?"

"I don't think so," Zazu replied, "I might fly over, but a jungle's too crowded for my liking."

"True," Colin said, "well, you'll have some company soon anyway."

"Oh," Zazu said, "and why's that?"

"There's a whole load of animals crated up," Colin replied, "they'll probably be out soon."

"Hm," Zazu said, "okay then, I think I'll stay around here for a while then."

"Okay," Colin said, "see ya." Zazu nodded at the cat's retreating back.

Vitani was half dozing when she heard the shuffling and voices outside the crate, and looked up. Suddenly, there was a scraping, and sunlight poured in causing her to avert her eyes. When her eyes had adjusted, she went to the now open side of the crate, and looked out.

Alex, Marty and Gloria were already out, and the penguins were working on Melman's crate, so Vitani jumped out, and asked, "so, where are we?"

"Madagascar," one of the penguins replied.

"Magawhata," Vitani asked, "what?"

"Ma-da-gas-car," the penguin replied, sounding each syllable, "got that?"

"I think so," Vitani replied, though she doubted, in her own mind that she could repeat it correctly straight off, "but who'd want to call a place something like that?"

"Dunno," Marty replied, "they just do."

"Right," Vitani said, "well, let's see this Madagascar then shall we?" She made her way over to the side of the boat, and then just stared at the jungle, amazed.

"Never seen a jungle before," Alex asked, "I thought you grew up in the wild?"

"I did," Vitani replied, not averting her eyes, "but I grew up on the savannah, not in a jungle." Then she smiled slightly, "still, I'm fairly adaptable." With that, she began to make her way up to the front of the boat, but stopped when she saw a blue bird with a large beak, that seemed vaguely familiar. After a moment, she began to approach the bird, which turned to look at her.

Zazu watched the strange group, a lion, a lioness, a zebra, a giraffe and a hippo approach, the stop not too far away. He tensed, ready for flight, but the lioness, who'd been studying him, asked, "do I know you?"

"I don't know," Zazu replied, "do you?"

Vitani stared at the bird for a few more moments, then it clicked, "Zazu?"

Zazu felt his beak drop open, and he turned to regard the lioness. She was certainly familiar, but he couldn't quite place...Then he realised, "m-miss Vitani?"

Vitani was stunned, not only did she know the bird, he was her only link to the Pridelands, "how the heck did you get here?"

"In a cage," Zazu replied, "at least, until it was destroyed a little while ago."

"Hang on," Said the lion, turning to Vitani, "you know this bird?"

"Do I ever," Vitani replied, grinning broadly, "Zazu this is Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria."

"Pleased to meet you," Zazu said, studying the group.

"And this is Zazu," Vitani said, introducing to the rest of the group.

"Friend of yours," Marty asked.

Vitani face fell slightly for just a moment, then she replied, "he's, was, the majordomo to king Simba, as for an actual friend, yeah, I think so."

"Great," Alex said, "so, shall we get down then?"

Vitani shrugged, "might as well." She walked over to the rail and looked down , then turned and said, "of course, I presume you know how to do it without jumping."

"Why can't you jump," Gloria asked, sneering slightly, "too high for you?"

Vitani glared at the hippo and replied, "well apart from the fact that you're a hypocrite, I would like to make it down without breaking a leg, or two."

"Hypocrite, me," Gloria said, indignant, "why you little..."

"Hey," Vitani retorted, "I'd break my legs if I tried to jump down, you, broken bones would be the last thing you'd have to worry about." Leaving the hippo to fume she said, "now, let's go look for a safe way down."

Eventually, they did find a way down via a small crane which the penguins operated, then they themselves shimmied down the cable.

Once on the beach, Vitani asked, "what now?"

"First stop is the lemurs," Marty replied, "after that, "who knows."

"Okay then," Vitani said, "let's go."