[Mouse / Challenge Scene]

{Cue mouse sounds}

{Visual fade into mouse in cave}

{Mouse comes out and starts preening in the light. Begins sniffing. Becomes frightened. Suddenly a large human hand swoops down and catches him.}

{Cue the Scar theme (dissonant, slow, reed theme). Fade in slowly and up full during speech}

{Camera switch to SpaceGodzilla holding the squeaking and struggling mouse in his hand. He talks to it while playing with it}

SpaceGodzilla: Life's not fair, is it? You see I -- well, I... shall never be King. {exhale lightly} And you... shall never see the light of another day. {closed-mouth laughter. Starts to place the mouse on his extended tongue} ... Adieu... {quiet laugh}

Condor: {Interrupting} Didn't your mother ever tell you not to play with your food?

SpaceGodzilla: {Light sigh. The mouse is under his hand.} What do you want?

Condor: I'm here to announce that King Dagon is on his way. {bows} ...So you'd better have a good excuse for missing the ceremony this morning.

{The mouse runs away from SpaceGodzilla}

SpaceGodzilla: Oh now look, Condor; you've made me lose my lunch.

Condor: Hah! You'll lose more than that when the King gets through with you. He's as mad as a hippo with a hernia.

SpaceGodzilla: Oooh... I quiver with FEAR.

{On "FEAR" SpaceGodzilla crouches down and is baring his teeth at Condor.}

Condor: {Very concerned} Now SpaceGodzilla, don't look at me that way... HELP!

{SpaceGodzilla quickly uses his powers on the bird, trapping him in his crystal.}

Dagon: {Almost immediately and off-camera} SpanceGodzilla! ...

SpaceGodzilla: {Sees Dagon his brother appearing from the bright sun}

Dagon: Drop him.

Condor: {Speaking from SpaceGodzilla's crystal} Impeccable timing, your majesty.

{SpaceGodzilla snaps his fingers on the crystal to let the bird out, covered with sparkles}

Condor: {Sparkled} Eyyccch.

SpaceGodzilla: {Sarcastically overjoyed} Why! If it isn't my big brother descending from on high to mingle with the commoners.

Dagon: Miki and I didn't see you at the presentation of Godzilla.

SpaceGodzilla: {Faking astonishment} That was today? Oh, I feel simply awful.

{He turns and start scraping his crystal daggers on the rock wall. Condor cringes at the sound.}

SpaceGodzilla: {Admiring his daggers} ...Must have slipped my mind.

Condor: Yes, well, as slippery as your mind is, as the king's brother, you should have been first in line!

{SpaceGodzilla clicks his teeth at Condor, who has flown near his face. Condor takes cover behind Dagon's leg. SpaceGodzilla bends down to speak to him.}

SpaceGodzilla: Well, I was first in line... until the little flash scale ball was born.

Dagon: {Lowering his head and meeting SpaceGodzilla eye to eye} That "flash scale ball" is my son... and your future king.

SpaceGodzilla: Ohh, I shall practice my curtsy.

{SpaceGodzilla turns away and starts to exit}

Dagon: {Warning} Don't turn your back on me, SpaceGodzilla.

SpaceGodzilla: {Looking back} Oh, no, Dagon. Perhaps YOU shouldn't turn YOUR back on me.

Dagon: {Roars and literally jumps in front of SpaceGodzilla, baring his teeth for the first time} Is that a challenge?

SpaceGodzilla: Temper, temper. I wouldn't dream of challenging you again.

Condor: Pity! Why not?

SpaceGodzilla: {Looking at Condor} Well, as far as brains go, I got the hunter's share. But, when it comes to brute strength {looking at Dagon} ...I'm afraid I'm at the shallow end of the gene pool.

{SpaceGodzilla Exits}

Condor: {Deep sigh} There's one in every family, sire... Two in mine, actually. {perches on Dagon's shoulder} And they always manage to ruin special occasions.

Dagon: What am I going to do with him?

Condor: He'd make a very handsome throw rug.

Dagon: {Chiding} Condor!

Condor: And just think! Whenever he gets dirty, you could take him out and BEAT him.

{They exit, chuckling. Pan out into open savannah.}

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[Painting Scene]

{Rise in music-- "This Land" track-- with theme stated in African flute, it broadens eventually with chorus and full orchestra. We see a rainstorm gently crossing the savannah. Multiplane camera approach to Caesar's baobab tree. Camera switch to inside the tree. Caesar is doing hand paintings on the wall. We see he is completing a human like Kajiu child.}

Caesar: {Mutters to himself, in which the word "Godzilla" can be heard} Hmmm... Ah heh heh heh heh heh... {completing the ceremonial crown in the painting} Godzilla.

{Horns and brass close theme in a stately manner with a decrescendo. Fade to black keeping the painting of the child as a crossover to the fade in of Pride Mountain in early morning}

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[The Sunrise / Pouncing Scene]

{Godzilla is seen coming out on the rock. He runs back into the cave and leaps over several of the human friends and Pokemon, accidentally jumping on a few.}

Godzilla: Dad! Daad! Come on, Dad, we gotta go. Wake up!

Ash: Oomph!

Godzilla: Sorry! ...Oop.

{Godzilla starts to wake Dagon}

Godzilla: Dad? Daad. Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad--

Miki: {Over Godzilla's endless noise of "Dad"s, sleepily} Your son... is awake...

Dagon: {Also sleepily} Before sunrise, he's YOUR son.

Godzilla: Dad? Daad! Come on, Dad! {tugs at Dagon's arm.} Daa-- Whoa!

{He loses his grip on Dagon's arm, and slips and crashes into something off camera. He then comes running back on screen and butts Dagon. Dagon sleepily eyes his son.}

Godzilla: You promised!

Dagon: {Seeing his son's impatience} Okay, okay. I'm up. I'm up.

Godzilla: Yeah!

{Dagon yawns. Dagon and Miki follow Godzilla up to the top of Pride Mountain. Godzilla gives a quick hug to Miki before she nudges him ahead and stays behind. Departing shot of her, with a loving expression. The sunrise illuminates the top of Pride Mountain impressively. Both Godzilla and Dagon are on the point. Cue music.}

Dagon: Look, Godzilla. Everything the light touches is our kingdom.

Godzilla: Wow.

{The camera revolves around them, during Dagon's speech, from a reverse view to a frontal shot.}

Dagon: A king's time as ruler rises and falls like the sun. One day, Godzilla, the sun will set on my time here, and will rise with you as the new king.

Godzilla: And this will all be mine?

Dagon: Everything.

Godzilla: Everything the light touches. {looks all around. He views the rip-rap canyon to the north} What about that shadowy place?

Dagon: That's beyond our borders. You must never go there, Godzilla.

Godzilla: But I thought a king can do whatever he wants.

Dagon: Oh, there's more to being king than... getting your way all the time.

{Dagon starts back down the rock}

Godzilla: {Awed} There's more?

Dagon: {Chuckles} Godzilla...

{Camera switch. Dagon and Godzilla are out walking on the savannah.}

Dagon: Everything you see exists together, in a delicate balance. As king, you need to understand that balance, and respect all the creatures-- from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope.

Godzilla: But, Dad, don't we eat the antelope?

Dagon: Yes, Godzilla, but let me explain. When we die, our bodies become the grass. And the antelope eat the grass. And so we are all connected in the great Circle of Life.

Condor: { Lights on a nearby rock} Good morning, sire!

Dagon: Good morning, Condor.

Condor: Checking in... with the morning report.

Dagon: Fire away.

Condor: Well! The buzz from the bees is that the leopards are in a bit of a spot...

{Condor's speech will continue through without stop. Godzilla's and Dagon's conversation is the focus.}

Dagon: {Distracted} Oh, really?

{Godzilla, uninterested in Condor, pounces at a grasshopper and misses}

Condor: {Continuing, not noticing Dagon's lack of enthusiasm} ... And the baboons are going ape over this. Of course, the giraffes are acting like they're above it all...

Dagon: {To Godzilla} What are you doing, son?

Godzilla: {Disappointedly looking in his empty hands} Pouncing.

Dagon: Let an old pro show you how it's done.

Condor: ...The tick birds are pecking on the elephants. I told the elephants to forget it, but they can't...

Dagon: Condor, would you turn around?

Condor: Yes, sire. {Continuing immediately} The cheetahs are hard up, but I always say ...

Dagon: {Whispers to Godzilla} Stay low to the ground.

Condor: Cheetahs never prosper...

Godzilla: {Whispering} Okay, stay low to the ground, right... yeah...

Condor: {Realizing something is amiss} What going on?

Dagon: A pouncing lesson.

Condor: Oh very good. Pouncing. {Realizing} Pouncing!?! Oh no, sire, you can't be serious...

{Dagon motions for Condor to turn back around.}

Condor: Oh... this is so humiliating.

Dagon: {Still whispering} Try not to make a sound.

Condor: What are you telling him, Dagon? {Looking around uneasily-- Godzilla and Dagon seem to have disappeared.} Dagon? Godzilla?

{Godzilla does a full pounce leaving Condor stunned on the ground}

Dagon: Ha ha ha ha ha. That's very good. Ha ha ha...

{Baragon emerges under Condor.}

Baragon: Condor!

Condor: {Exasperated} Yes?

Baragon: {Saluting} Sir. News from the underground.

Dagon: {To Godzilla} Now, this time--

Condor: {Interrupting and with urgency} Sire! Kajiuraptors! In the Pride Lands!

Dagon: {Serious now} Condor, take Godzilla home.

Godzilla: Oh, Dad, can't I come?

Dagon: {Curtly} No, son.

{Dagon heads off at a full gallop}

Godzilla: I never get to go anywhere.

Condor: Oh, young master, one day you will be king; then you can chase those slobbering mangy stupid poachers from dawn until dusk.

{They head off. Camera pulls back to wide view of savannah.}