"All right little lady, come on, it's way past your nest time." Said Thalia's Mom. "Aw, mom!" "No." "Five more minutes?" "No." "Two more minutes?" "No." "One more minutes?" They argued.
"A Wha a wha!" Cried little Percy. "Oh, oh no, shh, shh, don't cry, come on, come on, I'm here. [singing] Come stop your crying, it'll be all right, come take my hand, hold it tight, I will protect you from all around you, I will be here, don't you cry" Sang Kala.
Song: For one so small, you seem so strong My arms will hold you, keep you safe and warm This bond between us can't be broken I will be here, don't you cry
'Cause you'll be in my heart Yes, you'll be in my heart From this day on, now and forevermore
You'll be in my heart No matter what they say You'll be here in my heart, always -Phil Collins
"Always Percy."
Years later...
"Percy? Percy?" Called Kala. "I sure scared you, mom!" Percy giggled. "You sure did! Can't you imitate any quieter animals?" Asked Kala. "Aw mom, that's no fun. Wanna see me be a leopard?" "Why don't you just come up with your own sound?" "AGRSFEVR!" Percy yelled (his new sound) "Kala!" the nest screamed. "Oops." said Percy. Percy, thank goodness you're all right! Kala and I have been so worried. Thank you, thank you for finding him, Kerchak, you are such a wise and caring leader. (Run!)" said Thalia. "Um..." said Percy. "Hello! Are you thick in the head?" Asked Thalia. "What?" "How many times do I have to tell ya? If you want Kerchak to like you, stay away from him." said Thalia.
"Hey, come on Thalia, step on it! Last one there's a dung beetle." Said the little Gorillas. "Yeah, and the first one's gotta eat it." called back Thalia. "Thalia, can I come?" "Well, yeah you could if you could keep up, but you know, you can't really keep up. Wait up guys, wait up, right behind you." "Take that! Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself!" Laughed the younger gorillas. "The fun has arrived. Thank you very much." "Hey, what took you so long?" asked the group of friends. "I had a little pest-control problem but it's all taken care of. Whoa!" yelled Thalia. "Hi guys." said Percy. "Thalia, what is this, some kind of joke? Tell me I'm not looking at the hairless wonder". "Well, Thalia said I could come along if I could keep up." "Oh no, Thalia!" cryed the group. "I'll handle this guys, okay? Listen, buddy, c'mere. We got a tiny little itsy-bitsy problem here, okay? Personally, I'd love to hang out with you. You know I would. But the guys, they need a little convincing." said Thalia. "Okay, what do I gotta do?" asked Percy. "Do? What do you gotta do? Oh, it's so stupid." "What?" "Well, you gotta, you gotta go get a hair." "A hair?" "Yeah, a hair, uh-huh. An elephant hair." "An elephant hair?" "Like I said, it's stupid, right? Listen, take it from me, go home, okay? Who needs this aggravation? You know, I'm probably gonna leave soon myself. You go, I'll catch up, all right? You see, leave it to me. I told you-Percy! Percy, no!" Yelled Thalia. Percy did a belly flop and sank to the bootom of the pond. "Ooh! That one hurt him!" Laughed the gorillas. "Look, oh, oh, there he is! He's alive!" Yelled Thalia. "Hey guys!" Yelled Percy. "Hi." "Oh no, no, no, no, no, come back, come back!" Said Thalia. "This guy's great! Hey, if he lives you should bring him around more often. Come on, come on, let's go get a better seat." Said the group. "Oh." said Thalia.
Mom, are you sure this water's sanitary? It looks questionable to me." Asked little Nico. "It's fine, honey." called back his mama. "Yecch! But what about bacteria?" Asked Nico. "Nico, can't you see Mommy's talking?" "Watch out! There's something swimming! It's coming right at you!" Nico yelled. "Honey, Mommy's losing her patience." "But this time I really see something!" "Oh boy." Meanwhile Percy is swimming towards the Elephants. "Piranha! It's a piranha!" "Sweetheart, there are no piranhas in Africa." replied his Mom. "Don't tell the kid that, of course there are piranhas in Africa." Said an Elephant. "No, she's right. They're native to South America." Replied another. "Aah! It's right behind you! Run!" Yelled Nico. "For the last time, honey, there are no piranhas in..." "MY BUTT!" Yelled one of the Elephants. "I told you!" said Nico. "There's something on my butt!" "What is it?" "It's a piranha!" Yelled Nico. "Piranha!" They sreamed and ran in full stampeed into the Jungle.
"He's dead! We're dead! Aah! We didn't do it! They're the ones!" Yelled the group of gorillas. "Oh, thank you Kerchak!" As Kerchak and the others came to the rescue. Percy now floted onto shore unconcious. "Percy, buddy, buddy, come on, don't die on me! Don't die on me! You weren't supposed to do it!" Yelled Thalia. "Get away from there! Don't you know a piranha can strip your flesh in seconds?" Said Nico. "What? He's not a piranha, he's-he's alive! He's alive! He's alive!" Said Thala. "'He's alive!" Yelled Nico. "He's ali-You idiot! You nearly gave me a heart attack, ya happy?" Thalia said to Percy. "Uh-huh." replied Percy. Meanwhile in his hand was the elephant hair. "You-I don't believe it, you got the hair?" said Thalia. "Is that what this is all about? I got a whole tail of them!" said Nico. "Percy? Thalia?" "Oh no." said Percy and Thalia together. "Who's that?" asked Nico. "My mom." said Thalia. "Percy!" Yelled Kala. "Hi Mom." "Hi, aunt Kala." said Thalia. "Oh, you scared me! What happened?" Asked Kala. "Well, I..." Started Percy. "Um, it's sort of a long, it's involved, because what happened, it was a weird-" Rambled Thalia. "What happened?!" Yelled Kerchak. "It was my fault, Kerchak." Said Percy. "Percy!" Gasped Kala. "We were playing, and well, I'm sorry, Kerchak." Said Percy. "You almost killed someone!" Yelled Kerchak. "But it was an accident!" "He's only a child." Kala defened Percy. "That's no excuse, Kala, you can't keep defending him." "But he'll learn." "He will never learn. You can't learn to be one of us." "Because you never give him a chance." "Give him a chance? Kala, look at him! He will never be one of us!" Yelled Kerchak. Percy was now in tears and ran deep into the Forest. "PERCY!" Cryed Kala.