Tarzan AU featuring Aliya(OC)!Tarzan and Eleven!Jane (though in this case, John).

I have very little explanation for this plot bunny. Just seemed like some good fluffy fun. Will be short chapters.

The lizard narrowed its eyes at her. Inch by inch, the young girl crept closer until he was within her reach. Her hand darted out, but in a flash the small creature was gone from sight, and her skin grazed the bark of the log it had been perched on.

"Urgh!"

"Aliya?"

The small blonde child spun around to look bashfully at the gorilla who was her mother.

"Yes, Mother?"

"What are you doing?" Kala asked, a little too knowledgably.

Aliya stuck her toe into the dirt. "Trying to catch a lizard."

"Again? Why?"

"Because then I could prove to Terk that I'm fast just like her!"

"Can she catch a lizard?"

"I dunno. Maybe. She said she did once, but…"

Kala scooped her daughter up without another word, making the girl giggle and struggle rather half heartedly. "Are you really going to believe everything Terk says?"

"No!" She squealed as the tickling started. "No! Stop! But I thought if I could then she would think I was cooler. And then maybe Kerchak would like me better too."

Aliya didn't mean anything by it, she knew Kerchak didn't like her because she looked different, which seemed fair enough. But that didn't mean she was going to stop trying to impress him. It would be nice to have a dad like Kerchak. Maybe one day.

All the same, Kala looked saddened by her words. To try and fix that, Aliya leaned up and planted a great big kiss on her mother's dark nose.

"It's okay. You're all I need, mother, and I'll always love you the most even if Kerchak did start to like me."

"Not as much as I love you," Kala said fondly, nuzzling her cheek as she began to walk them back towards the nest.

"Even though I'm funny looking and bald?"

"Maybe even because you're funny looking and bald."

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-MayFairy :)