Aladar: Wait!

Aladar: There’s enough for everyone!

*however, the herd zooms by Aladar, with one member hitting him*

Aladar: DAH!

*the front herd members reach the water hole first, and are briefly startled by Kron’s snarls*

*Plia, Yar, Zini, and Suri climb up Baylene’s neck to reach safety*

*one male Iguanodon shoves two poor little Microceratus away from the water…*

*and just dives in*

*a Parasaurolophus bumps into Eema, knocking her off her feet*

Eema: ooph.

Aladar: Eema!

*as more of the herd rushes to the water hole to quench their thirst, Aladar quickly rushes to Eema to help her get back on her feet*

*and Neera watches it from up the hill*

*Aladar pushes several herd members out of the way to clear a safe path for Eema, Baylene, and Url*

Aladar: That’s it, keep pushing and shoving.

Aladar: That’s very helpful.

*Neera watches Aladar’s care for the elderly…*

*and compares it to Kron’s behavior…*

*and he’s roaring at several herd members, as he’s wanting all the water for himself*

*to be continued…*

*the two juvenile Iguanodon, seeing that there’s water, quickly rush there to drink*

*as does Kron*

*however, as the two juveniles rush to the water hole…*

*they’re stopped by Kron as he aggressively snarls at the poor little juveniles when he runs passed them*

*Aladar looks up…*

*and sees Kron heading to the water hole*

Aladar: Kron, look.

Aladar: All we had to do was dig and—

Kron: Good.

Kron: Now, get out of the way.

*Kron roars ferociously, shooing off everybody around him*

*right afterwards, Kron hears rumbling*

*but he just dives head-first for a drink anyway*

*Aladar hears the rumbling and bellowing, and he turns around to see…*

*the herd stampeding towards the water hole, desperate to quench their thirst*

*Aladar knows he has to control the situation, or at least try*

Aladar: Wait!

*after several days of non-stop traveling through the desert…*

*Kron and Bruton realize where they are*

*so they let out bellowing to signal the herd*

*Neera hears it and rushes to where Kron and Bruton are*

*everyone else in the herd hears it too, including Aladar and his friends and family*

Eema: *knowing where they are* the lake!

Yar: We made it?

Eema: it’s just over that… that hill, baby.

Baylene: *relieved* oh, thank goodness. 

Aladar: C’mon, Eema, water. Remember water?

Eema: *eager* well, it’s time to refresh… my memory.

*the herd heads up the hill*

*Kron and two juvenile Iguanodon reach near the top*

*Kron reaches the top…*

*and sees…*

*nothing but a dried up lakebed… and not a single drop of water in sight*

*Kron is quite shocked*

*as Kron walks down to get a closer look, Neera and Bruton reach the top*

*and when Bruton and Neera do reach the top, they too see the dried lake*

*the two are soon followed by rest the herd, and they also see the dried up lake and are shocked… though Eema is unaware of it… for now*

Eema: *giggles happily* I’m just gonna walk right into that lake…

*Aladar also sees the dried up lake, and is quite shocked along with the rest of the herd*

Eema: … until the water’s up to my eyeballs…

Eema: … and soak it all in.

*Eema finally sees the lake is nothing but a dried lakebed*

Eema: *sighs sadly*

*at this point, everyone in the herd sees the dried up lake, and they wonder what to do*

*as Zini digs, he accidentally falls in…*

*but he quickly hops back out*

*poor Eema begins to cough from dehydration*

Aladar: Now press down.

*Baylene presses her foot down, and then…*

*water comes out from underneath*

Zini: Wha-who! I always did like big girls!

Aladar: Water!

Baylene: oh my goodness.

*Aladar lets out bellowing to get the herd’s attention*

*members of the herd turn their attention to Aladar’s bellowing…*

*… so do Neera and Kron*

*Aladar lets the herd know that he and his group found water*

Aladar: Water! C’mon!

*Neera is surprised with Aladar’s discovery*

Neera: he found water.

*Plio, Yar, and Suri lead Eema towards the water hole, where she can finally drink for the first time in days*

Baylene: That’s it, Eema… come drink.

*everyone gathers around to drink and quench their thirst*

*Aladar heads down the hill to help Eema*

*so does Plio*

Eema: We always had water, always… 

Eema: and… and plenty of mud. 

*Eema begins to cry*

Baylene: Oh, Eema, please…

*Baylene begins to walk down the hill towards Eema*

Baylene: …the herd wouldn’t wait. We must carry on.

*Yar, Suri, and Zini head down the hill as well*

Aladar: You gotta get up. 

*Aladar trys to help Eema get back up*

Eema: There was water everywhere… 

Baylene: There is no water, dear.

*Aladar continues to help Eema get up, but to no avail*

*Aladar catches his breath*

*as he does so, he hears something*

*as Baylene walks closer…*

*Aladar begins to hear something*

*Zini stops and hears it too*

*he hears something coming from underneath Baylene’s foot*

*Aladar briefly hears it too and wonders what that sound could mean*

Aladar: Baylene, don’t move.

Baylene: Oh, what is it?

*Baylene stops, but wonders is something’s wrong*

Baylene: What’s wrong?

*Aladar gets closer to get a better hearing… and Zini does too*

*once close enough, the two get a clear hearing, and the sound might be a clue to water*

Zini: Do you hear that?

Aladar: I sure do.

Aladar: Lift your foot, Baylene.

*Baylene lifts her foot*

*Aladar and Zini begin digging a hole*

One completely new part of my Disney Dinosaur (2000) story would be showing and going over the daily lives of other characters; such as… Eema the styracosaurus, Baylene the brachiosaurus, Url the ankylosaurus… along with these the new characters; Ernest the einiosaurus, Doyle the diplodocus, Mark the alamosaurus, James the parasaurolophus, and Pierce the kentrosaurus… and lastly; characters from previous scripts and drafts of the film; Woot the styracosaurus, Noah the Iguanodon, and his grandparents; Paakah and Lillie. And this part of the story takes place between Aladar’s arrival at Lemur Island and Aladar playing chase with Suri and two other lemur girls.

All the locations shown above are where this new part of the story takes place, as it dives into the lives of these characters and other dinosaur species before the meteor strike. ⬆️⬆️

And this image shows one location where the mega-herd (led by Kron and Bruton) travels through during the long journey to the nesting grounds. ⬆️⬆️

And yes, I’m planning on making a post going over the characters (both new and recycled), so stay tuned. ^^

*as Kron looks at the dried up lake, he is quite unsure about what to do. However, Bruton appears beside Kron*

Bruton: Maybe the rains collected somewhere else.

*Bruton turns to Kron*

Bruton: What do you want us to do?

Kron: Take a scout and check the entire perimeter.

*Bruton accepts and heads off to get a scout*

*as Bruton leaves, Kron hears whimpering*

*the two juvenile Iguanodon are sadly whimpering because there’s no water*

Kron: Enough!

*this surprises the two juveniles*

Kron: You have to be strong now.

Kron: *turns to the herd* The nesting grounds are only a few days away. Keep moving!

*several members of the herd groan, tired from a several-day-long and non-stop travel, not to mention very thirsty… but they follow their alpha’s orders nonetheless*

Neera: Kron, we’ve never gone this long without water.

Neera: If we keep going like this, we’ll loose half the herd.

Kron: Then we save the half that deserves to live.

*Kron bellows*

Neera: (grrrrr… he just does NOT get it!)

*Kron gives out a few more bellows to the herd*

*with the herd moving already, this surprises Baylene*

Baylene: What? They’re moving already?

Baylene: Oh-ho, we’ll never keep up…

*a voice catches Baylene’s attention*

???: There was always…

*it was Eema, who was saddened by the absence of water and is walking down the hill into the dried lakebed*

Eema: …always water here before.

*the dog-acting Ankylosaurus drops a rock enthusiastically and pushed it near Aladar, who looks confused*

Eema: Well, my word. Look at Url.

Eema: He doesn’t normally warm up to strangers so fast.

*Baylene sniffs the lemurs, clearly curious*

*she sneezes* ACHOO!

Baylene: What an unfortunate blemish.

Eema: A good mud bath’ll clear those right up.

Yar: Excuuse me?

*Eema jumps back, growlingand grunting in surprise and anger*

Aladar: Uh, he’s my grandfather…

Aladar: couple of times removed.

Zini: Try a couple of species removed.

Aladar: My name’s Aladar.

Aladar: This is my family. We’re… all that’s left.

Baylene: Oh, my dear, I’m so sorry.

Eema: Baylene’s the last of her kind. Finding stragglers like her all along the way.

Plio: I heard you say something about… “nesting grounds”.

Eema: It is the most beautiful place there is, child. It’s where the herd goes to have their babies.

Suri: Will we find anybody that looks… like us there?

Eema: Oh, the last few days, I’ve seen’em all shapes and sizes.

Eema: Who knows what we’ll find?

Eema: The hard job now is just getting there.

Baylene: And we’re being driven on mersively.

Aladar: By who?

Eema: Kron, the herd’s head honcho.

Baylene: We can hardly keep up.

Baylene: An-an older woman like myself, it—well, it’s positively indecent.