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High up. Amazingly so. The world didn’t seem big when you looked down upon it from the mountain side. Seeing it from the perspective of ground level was simply not the same as watching the world from a higher up place. At ground level it seemed as if there was no way they could ever get to the other side of the valley. But watching it from the top made the valley they had crossed to get to the mountain seem so much smaller.  ...

It happened so fast. The flames rising, engulfing the treetops. Creating walls of impenetrable red flames that seemed to touch the sky. All three of them could hear their fathers on the other side despite the roar of the growing fire. Ashqua, his bright yellow brother, tried screaming back to their parents on the opposite side of the fire but the winds threw up dust and sot into his face causing him to cough instead. How could Öreis scream so loudly on the othe...

Months had passed since the trials of thorns, and Snowshoe, Larry, and Latte had grown. No longer bumbling juveniles, they were quickly growing into their adult plumage and learning to take on more and more responsibilities. Ever since they had passed the trial with flying colors they had been fast tracked through the scout course, taught what kind of plants were needed on the surface and how to plant and care for them, told them how to avoid detection from the ...

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...

“You have to believe me!” Miranda said in a begging tone. “I know what I heard, At the bottom of the river, within the rocks, grows a grass so green and lush!” “That sounds utterly foolish and you know that! Water is for the aquatics, we are not aquatics.” Esmond insisted while shaking his head, in his belief grass and other goods grew only above water. “Okay ...

“What about these?” Dahlia raised up her claws displaying a fine arrangement of berries spiked onto her crawls like a chicken on a BBQ stick.  “You sure they’re not toxic?” Yuji wasn’t entirely sure that Dahlia and her own taste buds had the same likings.  “Oh don’t be silly! They’re great.” Dahlia reassured the Shuno before munching the berries, givin...

They had climbed for a while now, up the side of the mountain. Out of all five of them the only one that actually seemed to enjoy the climb was the young raptor. She would run ahead of her four Styra dads and then when she thought they took way too long she would run back to them in a huff telling them to hurry up and also start running, something none of them planned on doing. “Be careful!” Brick...

“Help me up instead.” The yellow and green raptor growled. “Now why would we help you up when you act like that?” Kormal didn’t even look at him as he spoke. The pink raptor seemed to be more intrigued by his own claws than his partner.It wasn’t really his fault that Phaeniss had managed to trip at the edge. And he was at the mom...