Aging

The soft footfalls that barely stirred the forest floor were steady and measured, careful to avoid the trip hazards of thick roots and tangles of brambles. With a firm tug, the Pachycephalsaurus ripped the bramble branches from the path he had made and tossed them into the depths of the shrubs. He tapped the dirt down with his feet just to be safe before looking back down the trail, over a fallen log.  “Alright, fo...

In Atlantis, every citizen had certain expectations put upon them in order to be a part of their grand society. The noble iguanodons ruled unchallenged, their large size and superior wit making them natural rulers. The spiky Euoplocephalus made perfect warriors, able to battle both the ever hungry foliage and fend off intruders. The small oviraptors, the most common of the species, were regulated to all other tasks. This usually meant acting as a servant, charge...

Growing up in Atlantis was almost like paradise- if you ignored the rot below the surface. Snowshoe had hatched to a pair of servants loyal to the newly crowned Queen, and had been presented before her as all young Atlanteans had when they were born. It was one of the oviraptors first memories- the warm eyes of the queen bowing down to meet her own, proclaiming her a “valuable addition to Atlantis”. At the time she had been much too little to know what those...

After spending so much time running around underground, Hummingbird appreciated the routine of the surface much more. No more euoplos and their big scary clubs! (Though Peach Pit had been very nice.) No more nasty, mean iguanodons! Sure, the surface wasn’t always peaceful, it still had carnos and acros and cryos that weren’t as sweet as Fainel, but at least she knew what to expect. Like Lovebird and Macaw running up to her, looking much too confident, which she kne...

Ceallach’s mother had always told him to stay close to the nest, inside an abandoned car garage in a ‘rural’ area of the once great human city, as she called it. Telling him to be safe and stay far away from the inner limits of the city, that this was outside her territory. That there were creatures far bigger than him, males who fight for territory who would see e...

Dahlia had been stumbling out of her eggs only a few days prior, cold and alone and with no knowledge of the world. Her surroundings were dark walls of cement, a few blinking lights and the sound of water dripping from places in the roof. She had walked the hallways aimlessly, calling out for anyone, nibbing and biting at the smallest of pebbles in hopes to stop the pain in her stomach but without hope. The water had been rising in the facility over the past few days and loud cracks ha...

                When her parents had promised her and her siblings they would go to the beach, they had all been excited. None of them knew exactly what a beach was, but the fact that it was being promised to them like a treat made the three sure that it was going to be fun.                 The trip to the baches of Isla Kela had been exhausting for the three juveniles. They trotted alongside Starburst and Snapjaw for the first few hours before they reache...

                Today was the day.                 The darkness that marked her time in her egg was coming to a close. It was too cramped, there was no room to move around anymore and something within her just screamed for release. She had been moving more and more the last few days, trying to find a comfortable position inside her quickly shrinking home but nothing felt correct.                 Outside of the hardness that encased he...