The End of our Island

Just as everyone was about to settle down for the night, they saw white trails of light falling from the sky—a meteor shower.

"Woah," said Aladar.

Suri jumped onto Aladar's head. "What are they?" She asked

"I don't know," replied Aladar.

Suri climbed onto Aladar's back and made her way to the top of the courtship tree for a better look.

Plio looked up and saw flocks of seabirds flying away. Yar began sniffing the air.

"Dad?" Plio asked.

"Something's wrong," the old lemur replied.

"Aladar, where's Suri?" Plio asked her adopted sons.

"She's up in the tree," replied Aladar.

That was when an even bigger boulder came hurtling down. The light was so intense that the animals couldn't see. When it finally touched down, shockwaves hit the island, knocking Yar off his feet.

"Come on!" cried Plio as she helped her father onto Aladar's back. "Go! Go! Come on!"

"Mom!" screamed Suri.

"Suri!" yelled Plio.

"Mom! Mom!" the young lemur continued to cry out as pieces of the asteroid were launched from the impact point.

"Suri!" shouted Aladar. "Suri, where are you?"

Plio hastily climbed up the tree, grabbed Suri, and jumped onto Aladar's back.

"Run, Aladar! Run! Run!" she yelled.

As asteroid fragments bombarded the island, Aladar ran as fast as their legs could carry him. The Purgatorius, however, were smaller and couldn't keep up.

"Zini!" yelled Aladar as he saw the yellow lemur hopping beside him. "Jump on!"

Zini jumped onto the Triceratops' back and grabbed his frill.

"Aladar! Look out!" cried Plio as she spotted a log. Aladar smashed through it with his head.

Before long, Aladar reached the edge of a cliff. The monster cloud was quickly catching up to them. At the last second, he jumped into the cold sea below.

Aladar both broke the surface, spluttering and trying to keep his head out of the water.

"Plio! Yar! Where are you!" he coughed.

"Aladar! Over here!" cried Plio. She and the other survivors clung to a piece of driftwood.

The Triceratops swam over to his adoptive family and pushed it away from the island.

Aladar reached the opposite coast and collapsed on the beach, exhausted. They looked around and saw that the vegetation was smoldering. Suri looked back at the burning island and called out, hoping that there were any survivors. When she got no response, she chittered again. Aladar bellowed at the top of his lungs but got no reply either.

"It's going to be okay, Suri," he reassured his sister as she hugged him. "As long as we have each other, everything's going to be okay."

"They're all gone," she whispered.

That was when Plio approached her daughter and comforted her.

"Shh, shh," I'm here," Plio whispered reassuringly.

"Come on," said Aladar. "We can't stay here."

The lemurs all climbed up Aladar's leg. The Triceratops looked up and saw a flock of seabirds flying overhead. He headed in their direction. An arduous journey lay ahead for the survivors, and they had no idea what was about to head their way.