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Broken Sunlight

Chapter 1: Missing

King Julien sat at the Tiki Bar in his habitat, sipping from a coconut with a miniature umbrella sticking out of the top. The zoo had just closed for the night, and he and the other lemurs had had a busy day of dancing for the crowds. He sat his coconut on the table.

"More mango smoothie, Your Highness?" Maurice asked from behind the counter.

"No thank you, Maurice," the lemur king answered.

Mort came over and latched himself onto Julien's foot. "Hello!" the little lemur piped.

Julien looked down at him. He sighed.

Maurice blinked. "You okay, Your Majesty? You seem a little out of it, these days."

King Julien hesitated before standing up. "Walk with me, Maurice."

"Can I walk with you, too?" Mort asked.

"No," Julien answered, pulling Mort off of his foot, "I am having a special job for you." He sat Mort next to the blender. "I need you to be watching de blender and letting me know if it moves. Okay?"

"Okay, King Julien!" Mort proceeded to narrow his eyes at the blender as Julien and Maurice left the habitat.

"Giving him busy-work?" Maurice asked when they were out of their habitat.

"No," Julien answered. "I was just giving to him a pointless task to keep him from bothering me."

"Right," the aye-aye said, rolling his eyes. "So, what's on your mind?"

Julien didn't look at him. "Maurice, have you ever felt like dere is being something more for you in dis world?"

"Constantly."

"I am a king. I have my thrown, my crown, my loungy chair, my subjects, my bouncy, my boomy box. Everything dat a king could be wanting. Except for one thing..." he trailed off.

"What's missing?" Maurice asked.

"A queen, Maurice." the ringtail answered. "Someone to be sharing de royalty with me. Someone who'll always be dere during de hard times in de kingdom. Who will love me almost as much as I love me."

Maurice nodded in understanding. "I hear ya, man. Eventually, we all gotta start thinking about these things."

"Indeed, but I am looking for de specific qualities in de woman. She will need to be pretty-"

"Looks fade over time, King Julien."

"As I was saying, she will need to pretty," Maurice rolled his eyes, "have a good sense of de humor, enjoy shaking her booty, and she will have to be nice to me."

They returned to their habitat. Mort was still glaring at the blender.

Julien said to the mouse lemur, "You can stop now, Mort."

Mort turned around. "It didn't move, King Julien."

In the morning, the lemurs decided to stroll through the park before the zoo opened. A gentle breeze blew through their fur.

Julien breathed in the crisp autumn air. "What a glorious day. I would say dat it was as glorious as me, but dat is being impossible."

"You are the greatest!" Mort cheered to his king.

"Yes," the ringtail replied. "Yes, I am."

Maurice smiled. "Sounds like you're back to normal, huh, King Julien?"

King Julien nodded. "Indeed. I am feeling like my older self dis morning."

"Why were you upset, King Julien?" Mort asked.

"I was not being upset, Mort. I was just thinking-in my brain-dat I, de king, am needing a woman to be ruling with me. Plus, I am not going to be living, forever. I will be needing a child to be taking my place in de throne, when my time is being over with."

"Good point," Maurice told the lemur king. "But you shouldn't marry someone for offspring, alone."

"Well, I do not know what spring is having to do with anything," Julien said, "but I will, certainly, not be marrying for de sake of getting a prince or a princess. I will love dis woman, and she will love me. And den we'll have de happy, fairytale-ish ending."

King Julien stopped walking, and the other lemurs looked at him. He was gaping at something in front of him.

So, what do you think? Should I continue? I really want to, but I want your opinion.