Prehistoric Fairytale
(FLASHBACK AT THE ORPHANAGE CLASSROOM)
Maia's friends and teachers all gather around to discuss who will play which role. But before that, everyone decided to decorate the stage with props and cleaning the big yard for the stage before rehearsal. The dinosaurs that belonged to the teachers and some from the playground who played with the kids too are helping. The Pterosaurs like Pteranodons are helping with the stage light effects, the long neck sauropods are use for high seats for the chibi dinosaurs while their owners sit on the seats, raptor dinos are in charge of quick prop change of scenes and finally the theropods are in charge of loud sound effects using their roars or stomping feet like for booming sounds and shaking effects. Last but not least, refreshments are the most important for everybody especially for the dinos.
While the stage been preparing for the final touches, it's time to assign a role for each person while the remaining will help guide the stage prop dinosaurs.
The kids were deciding who's going to play the main character: Snow White.
"Well then, any of you girls who would like to play Princess Snow White?" Their female teacher named Sally said.
"Miss Sally, I vote Maia for the role!" 1 of Maia's male classmate instantly said.
"I agree! Snow White should be played by Maia!" His friend agreed.
Maia looks surprise by the sudden announce and didn't know what to say.
Suddenly Maia's best friend Lily spoke up instead. "Yes, please let Maia do it! She's perfect for the role!"
"Eh?! Lily?!" Maia become more shock.
"You're perfect for Snow White's role. You're smart, kind and beautiful. You have every quality a princess have. I know you better than anyone because you're my best friend and the dinosaurs sees it too. So please, will you do it?" Lily said knowing Maia as her first friend who welcome her since day 1 of Maia's appearance into the orphanage.
The other classmates have to admit, Lily was right. Maia's kind nature, her love for dinosaurs and her ability to see people's true self was 1 of a kind; not even the adults could see it. After hearing Lily's encouragment towards Maia, they all join in and agree to let Maia play Snow White's role. Maia was so touched and she finally accepted making everyone happy.
With the princess role chosen, the remaining characters are the evil queen, the prince charming and the 7 dinosaurs are last. Unlike the princess role, the remaining characters are decided by lottery.
After the lottery is done, the results are: the prince played by Lily's older twin brother, Leroy. Next, the Evil Queen will be played by Lily and Leroy's other friend, Lacey. Finally, the 7 dinosaurs are played by 6 boys and 1 girl.
The 7 dinosaur characters for the play are Fire type: Daspletosaurus named Dexter, Wind type: Megaraptor named Marco, Lightning type: Triceratops named Tuck, Water type: Suchomimus named Samuel , Earth type: Ankylosaurus named Anton, Grass type: Lambeosaurus named Larry and Normal type: Archeopteryx named Arlene.
With all the characters decided, everyone starts rehearsing their respective character lines in time for the play's event.
(PRESENT TIME)
"So Mommy played Princess Snow White in a Play?" Cera said happily.
"Yes dear." Maia smile.
"Wow, Mommy as Princess Snow White... Mommy is perfect as a princess. I wish I could see it." Cera imagine her mother as Snow White in a pretty dress.
"Haha, thanks."
"Oh so what about Daddy?" Cera realized that her father hadn't appear yet in the story.
A voice suddenly said from Cera's bedroom door. "What about me?"
Cera and Maia look up and saw that Lunensis was grinning with his arm cross while leaning against the close door.
"Daddy!"
"Honey!"
Lunensis chuckled. "I'm done taking my bath and waited for you, but you're taking awhile. But then I remembered you're going to tuck Cera to bed, so I came here. Sorry if I'm eavesdropping. So what's going on here? Sounds like you 2 are having fun."
Lunensis walk towards his wife and daughter, giving Maia a quick kiss as he sit next to her. The girls then began to explain about Maia was telling a story to their daughter about their past and how they met.
"I see."
"How about your Daddy? Did you meet Mommy at the Orphanage?" Cera question her father.
"Well yes I did. I remember I've met her during the play at the orphanage. I even saw her before the play started and I even play as her Prince Charming." He answer with a blush.
"Ehhh?! Daddy as Mommy's Prince Charming?!"
"Yes."
"Wow! That's amazing!" Cera's eyes sparkle.
"However Cera, Daddy wasn't an orphan like me." Maia corrected. Cera became confuse.
"I did play as your Mommy's Prince, there was something unexpected happen during that time."
"Oh... What happened? Please tell me!"
At that moment, Lunensis begin his side of the story together with Maia.
(FLASHBACK IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SUNSET)
Meanwhile in the city not far from the orphanage, a young boy was playing together with his Eoraptor in a Dinosaur playpark with the other kids with their own dinos as well.
"Fetch Erwin!" The boy threw a blue ball to the Eoraptor who quickly caught it and back to his partner.
"Good boy, Erwin!"
"Hey Lunensis! Come on you have to check this out!" The boy called Lunensis heard his friend called out to him.
"Coming Don! What's up?" He and Erwin run up to his friend in waiting with his partner, a chibi Cryolophosaurus named Christopher.
The 2 boys meet up and Don show Lunensis a flyer. It says "Hatchling Orphanage's Charity".
"Charity? So what about it, Don?" Lunensis asked.
"Well, my parents were orphans years ago and they used to live there. So they ask me if I could bring along you to attend it together to watch the play for the Orphanage's charity." Don answered.
"Oh right, you told me that your parents were orphans and childhood friends." Lunensis remember the story Don told him about his parents' past and how they swore to love Don until he grow up happy. In Lunensis's case, his parents already died when he was 7 years old. However he's now in his Grandparents Dino and Tori O'Sauria care and lives happily together.
"So what do you think, dude? Will you come with me together to attend the charity?" Don questioned hoping his bestie would join him.
Lunensis thought hard and soon after, he agreed. "Sure Don, I'll attend. Is it OK if I bring Erwin and my Grandparents with me?"
"Of course, Dinosaur partner could join in too. After all the Orphanage is going to do a play and everyone is welcome to watch. It'll be a super big bang!" Don energeticly said.
"Great, I'll go back to tell Grandpa and Grandma right now. See you tomorrow!" Lunensis wave goodbye to Don with Erwin's goodbye to Jet.
At Lunensis's Grandparents's house, Grandpa Dino O'Sauria welcome home his Grandson and Lunensis told everything about the Orphanage's Charity event. Immediately his grandfather happily agreed to attend together with him. He told him that he loves children more than anything with his Grandmother, including his son; which happens to be Lunensis's father.
At night, Lunensis and Erwin Eoraptor were getting ready for bed and excited for tomorrow. Remembering his friend and Grandparent's past stories, maybe he'll too find someone he could be together when he grow up and even make a family together alongside his dream being a Dino Duelist champion with Erwin, his Dino partner.
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(THE NEXT DAY'S FLASHBACK)
During the children's rehearsal, everyone is doing their best to do be in character of their role. Everyone had no problem getting into character and know all their lines especially the Evil Queen, The Hunter and The Prince Charming. The 7 Dinosaurs roles are simple, they have no problem memorizing lines since the Dinos are just doing the hunting activity together as friends.
Maia's Snow White role was easy since her personality matches the princess well and in no time at all, she master it into her character role.
The remaining thing they have to do is to make the costumes! Maia even help design and make them along with the teachers.
A few of hours later, the costumes were finish in no time at all before tomorrow's event.
(AT NIGHT)
That night, Maia was having trouble falling asleep. She wanted to make sure she memorize her lines perfectly and not make any mistakes to embarrass everyone who work so hard including her friends who had faith in her for choosing her to be the main lead.
While everyone's asleep, Maia snuck out of bed and head for the playground. She look up to see the night sky filled with stars. She saw the first star and pray. The little dinos saw her and they all surround her as she sings a song for them. In Snow White's role, part of it is to sing to the actors dressed up as 7 dinosaurs.
(MEANWHILE AT LUNENSIS'S HOUSE)
Lunensis was having dinner with Erwin and his grandparents when Erwin suddenly sense something and he dash out of the house unnoticed.
Erwin walk out using his hearing sense as he follow the sound he senses. The sound is so soothing and warm that it captured it's heart. Following the sound, he came a stop at the Hatching Orphanage's playground. He couldn't believe what he saw. A girl was singing together with the dinosaurs in the playground, both big and small as they dance around her. Erwin never thought a young girl such as her could attract dinosaurs like that and he find himself drawn to her singing and beautiful scene. Wanted to listen more, he sneak inside the playground's slide as he enjoys the music and he too started to dance.
Back at Lunensis's house, Lunensis just finished eating when he didn't notice Erwin presence and he found himself missing. "E-Erwin? Erwin! Hey, where are you?!"
"Grandpa... Grandma. Have you seen Erwin anywhere?" Lunensis asked his grandparents.
"Eh, oh no dear. I haven't. Wasn't he eating together with us?" Grandma Tori said.
"He was just here a moment ago but no I didn't." Grandpa Dino said.
Lunensis checked Erwin's bowl and he noticed a few of leftover is there. Maybe he's already at bed. "Maybe he's at bed already? I'll go check."
Lunensis went to his bedroom but no sign of his Eoraptor anywhere. He's starting to get worried. Maybe Erwin went outside for a walk since it's his routine of walking out for a walk after every meal. However for nighttime, he's isn't allowed to go after 8 P.M. It's already past that time already and something must have happened. Getting his grandparents' permission, Lunensis head out to look for his partner.
(AT THE ORPHANAGE'S PLAYGROUND) (MAIA'S POV)
Meanwhile Erwin was still having fun dancing along the song Maia sang while well-hidden from sight when suddenly, he tail accidentally made a loud thud from excitement. Maia notice the sound and everyone stop dancing.
"Who's there?" Maia said bravely from the sound she heard.
BARK
A small sized Raptor-like dinosaur show itself as he slowly walk up to Maia.
"Who are you, little fellow? I've never seen you before." Maia crouch down to the raptor's eye view.
"Erwin! Where are you, buddy?" A boy's voice said unknown to Maia heard and she look at the direction it come from.
"There you are Erwin! What are you doing here, it's getting... late?" A boy with short reddish-brown hair and brown eyes run up and saw his dinosaur near a girl surrounded by big and small dinosaurs. Closer look, his heart skip a beat.
The dinosaur called Erwin run and jump over the fence back to the boy who Maia thought could be it's owner.
"Um... Hi there. Sorry if my dino cause you any trouble, he went missing a moment ago during dinner." He said without knowing he's blushing madly.
"It's alright, your dino just caught me by surprise. Um... It's name is Erwin?" Maia walk to the boy and starts making a conversation to the new, unknown boy.
"Y-Yeah. He's my partner, his species is an Eoraptor."
"Wow, an Eoraptor! That's a rare dinosaur whose 1 of the First dinosaurs! You're lucky."
"Thanks. U-Um... I'm Lunensis. What's your name?" The boy smile shyly as he introduce himself.
"My name is Maia. Nice to meet you too." Maia smiled.
That marks the first meeting of Lunensis and Maia. The 2 continue talking about themselves that very night. Lunensis talk about that he's going to attend Maia's Orphanage Event together with his Grandparents and best friend's family. Maia on the other hand told the young Lunensis that she's going to play the main lead and the reason she's outside was to practice her lines and the singing is a part from it which is also somehow heard by Erwin. Lunensis comment that Erwin never approached to strangers so easily no matter how good they are. Maia's the first person that Erwin finds her attracted and not to mention he likes to hear her sing. On Maia's point of view, she finds him attractive in a way how he loves dinosaurs just as much as she does. Furthermore, she could tell that he's different from the other boys. He didn't make moves that makes her uncomfortable unlike the boys in the orphanage who instantly became smitten with her because of her beauty. The 2 continue to talk until Erwin poke at his partner's hand reminding him that they have to go home soon before his grandparents find out.
"So Um, goodbye and I'll see you tomorrow again at your play." Lunensis jump over the fence and said his farewell to Maia.
"Bye, Lunensis. See you tomorrow and thank you." Maia smile and wave goodbye as she head back to her bed, praying that she'll meet him again at the event.
(AT LUNENSIS'S HOUSE)
Lunensis and Erwin finally reach home without his grandparents worrying. As he lay down on his bed with Erwin curling up together with him, he can't stop thinking about Maia. He'd seen plenty of girls in school but he didn't took any interest in them because they're not as passionate about dinosaurs as he was since all they're only interested about are fashion and things dinosaur-unrelated. However when he met Maia surrounded by dinosaurs having fun with her even Erwin was attracted to her, he knew in his heart that she could be the 1 he's searching for.
"Maia..." He said her name as if he's been shot by a Cupid's love arrow.
Erwin, senses what his partner's thinking, he felt happy for him and maybe, just maybe things might change happily for his partner's future life.
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Chapter 2 is here begins the start of Cera's parents as children first meeting. I hope it's good enough.
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I know the last chapter goes like that from Dinosaur Queen story. From the part where Rex and that orange hair girl are the ancestors of Maia and then onto Cera, then I thought about it long that their years are a big FAR apart away. So you could say from the middle of it, their child could be a son and then he could have met a girl whose born from that family that could only gave birth to daughters and that leads up to Maia's birth then pass on to Cera. Plus, Zoe and Reese are sisters right? I was only referring to the family's that gave birth to only 1 girl and no other siblings so no, Zoe is not.
