This is the second chapter in the series. I don't own Dinosaurs. All I own is this story and the characters not in the movie.
_It had been over a year since Aladar had arrived on Lemur Island. Yar was doing his daily rounds of the island. He spotted Zini and Aladar playing o the beach. Yar had grown to accept Aladar as part of his family over the past year. Yar dropped down from the tree to the beach.
Zini ran as fast as he could away from his giant 'nephew' Aladar. Since Aladar grew almost as big as a tree it became hard for him and Zini to play together. Aladar finally caught up to his pal Zini. Aladar slammed his head against Zini's body.
"Tag now you're it Zini." laughed Aladar.
"You know the only reason you one was because you're bigger than me." complained Zini.
Yar decided to end the dispute before it happened.
"What seems to be the problem here?" asked Yar.
Zini looked away from his father. Aladar decided to answer Yar's question.
"We were just playing Yar. Zini was just complaining about my size like usual." stated Aladar.
Yar looked at his son with disappointed eyes.
"I'll have a word with you later Zini. Why don't you two go find somewhere else to play? I think Jira is telling some stories back at her tree. Go listen to her and try to stay out of trouble." asked Yar.
"Sure thing Yar." said Aladar.
Zini climbed on Aladar's back. Without any warning Aladar ran at top speed to Jira's tree.
"Hay, you mind slowing down. I'd liked to still be alive when we get to Jira's tree." shouted Zini.
"You should count yourself lucky that Yar didn't throw you off cliff. The way you've been acting lately has everyone in the clan wanting you either dead or skinned alive." warned Aladar.
"Name one time I did anything wrong." dared Zini.
Aladar thought of over a hundred things Zini had done in just the past month.
"Let's see you put bugs in all the males' nests so you could flirt with the females. You where caught trying to groom three of the girls during the mating season. And let's not forget how you nearly disrupted the Courtship by trying to keep all of the males away from the females. You're not even allowed to take place in the Courtship until you're three. Yar would have lost his head if Plio and Zer hadn't been there to calm him down. And those were only a few examples. I have over a hundred more if you would like to hear them." explained Aladar.
Zini smoothed back his messy brown and white fur with a wild smirk on his face.
"I can't help that the ladies love me." insisted Zini.
Aladar ignored his witty 'friend' for the rest of the way to Jira's tree. When they arrived they could see many young lemurs Zini's age and younger, sitting in the branches around an old female lemur. Jira was an elderly lemur who was most likely the oldest one on Lemur Island. Jira looked with her tired yellow eyes at an approaching Aladar and Zini.
"Oh it's so good to see you again Aladar. You and Zini are just in time to hear my story. Have a seat and enjoy the story." insisted Jira.
Aladar lied down by the base of the tree. Zini climbed into the tree and 'willingly' sat away from the girls. Jira began her story.
"Now do any of you know how we came to live on this island?" asked Jira.
A young female lemur, probably around five months, jumped up trying to get Jira's attention.
"Yes Mui?" called Jira.
"Our ancestors use to live on the mainland, but there where so many monsters that our clan could no longer survive. The plant eaters where always taking our food and we couldn't even move to a different tree without running into a meat eater. So our leader decided we had to move. He moved all of the clan to a small patch of forest on a high cliff and waited for the rains. That's how our clan came to be on our island." explained Mui.
"That was very good Mui. Now does anyone know the name of the clan leader who waited for the rains to come?" wondered Jira.
A handsome male lemur about a month younger than Zini answered the question.
"The clan leaders name was Lemmer. He had powers to communicate with our great ancestors and asked them to send the endless rains. The rains caused a flood that created the great waters that separate us from the mainland. Our island and species was even named after him. Lemur is a different way of spelling Lemmer." exclaimed the male lemur.
Jira smiled at the handsome young lemur.
"That's correct Rasu." said Jira.
Mui smiled at Rasu.
"That's my big brother. The smartest lemur in the whole clan." exaggerated Mui.
Zini hang down from a loss swinging vine.
"He might be smart, but can he do this?" asked Zini.
Zini attempted to do a backwards summersault with his eyes closed, but his foot got caught in the vine. Every one of the young lemurs began to laugh at Zini. Rasu chuckled at the strange sight.
"Hard to believe little Zini here is related to our clan's greatest hero. Lemmer was a great leader while you're just a great klutz. It's no wonder Yar picked Zer to be the next clan leader instead of you. You would have driven the clan into the sea with your leadership skill which you don't have." told Rasu.
The young lemurs laughed even harder at Zini. Aladar gave out a deep bellow to silence everyone.
"Stop it all of you. Would this be the way Lemmer and the rest of our ancestors would want to see you behaving? This shows absolutely no honour or respect that our clan has worked hard to earn. We all have something that makes us different. Just look at me I'm a plant eating monster from across the sea. If you're going to make fun of anyone you should make fun of me not Zini." exclaimed Aladar.
All the lemurs looked down in self disappointment. Jira looked over at Zini.
"I think it would be best for you to go. Aladar make sure he gets back home safely and keep him away from the females." asked Jira.
Aladar stood on his hind legs and rested his front legs on the tree. Zini slid down Aladar's head and neck and held on tight when he reached Aladar's back. Aladar took on his normal gate.
"Don't worry Jira I'll keep an eye on him. Come on Zini I think Plio would like to hear about your little incident you had at Jira's tree." noted Aladar.
Aladar walked away as Jira started to tell the story of how Lemmer acquired his ability to talk to the great ancestors. Plio was sitting on a branch enjoying the warm day when she saw her adopted son and little brother coming out of the forest. By the look on Aladar's face Plio knew it couldn't be good.
"What happened with you two?" asked Plio.
"Zini tried to show up Rasu at Jira's tree by ended up making a fool of himself instead." told Aladar.
"Oh, Zini that's the third time this week you've gotten in trouble. Dad's not going to be happy with you I can tell you that." sighed Plio.
"I already know Plio." confessed Yar.
Yar jumped down from his hiding spot with Zer at his side.
"Zer and I were going to check up on the youngsters when we saw Zini get into another predicament this one in front of almost half the young members in the clan." groaned Yar.
Zer placed a hand on his father-in-law's shoulder.
"Don't be so hard on him Yar he's still just a kid. Good job in defending your uncle here Aladar. He would have been in more trouble than he is now if you weren't there to stop those young lemurs from railing all their parents." insisted Zer.
Yar thought of a way to properly punish Zini without being too hard on him.
"Zini you're looking after the elders for the rest of the month. Aladar's going to go with you to make sure you stay away from the females and don't cause any other trouble. And I don't want to hear a single complaint out of you. Now go to the nest and stay there until I say you can leave." ordered Yar.
Zini began to climb up to his families nest in the next tree. Aladar was about to leave and fallow Zini when Yar stopped him.
"Aladar before you go I just wanted to say you did good out there. You're truly one of us." insisted Yar.
Aladar smiled at his grandfather before running after Zini. Aladar looked at his uncle and closest friend.
"Yar could have been harder on you. You know that Zini." assumed Aladar.
"I know I just don't like that he punished you for something I did." stated Zini.
"Don't worry about it. I like being around the elders and it will give us a chance to learn a little more about our clan history." assured Aladar.
"Just what I need a boring history lesson from a bunch of boring old lemurs?" ground Zini.
"Zini!" warned Aladar.
"Kidding, I was just kidding." assured Zini.
Aladar rolled his eyes and fallowed Zini back to the tree. It was going to be a long month.