A New World
This will be a multi-crossover story of 'Dinotopia' along with a few of my favorite dragon movies that are added into the mix, along with some dragons from video games and books. I do not own any of the characters of these movies, books or games, except the characters that I've created within my head. This will be a multiple crossover story.
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Summery
Three siblings who were on an island hopping adventure with their father find themselves stranded on an unknown island that is inhabited by dinosaurs that were thought to be extinct for millions of years. Along with creatures that were thought to be myths of legend. Will they find their way back home or decide to stay on the island to reshape their new lives.
Stranded on a strange island
A black SUV came to a stop near a four seated white airplane as the passengers within the car stepped out and began to walk towards it.
One of the riders of the SUV was a twenty year old boy who had dark brown curly short hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a short light blue sleeve shirt with a green hooded vest over top, greenish-grey long shorts and slip on brown shoes.
This was Karl Scott, a cocky young man who was excited to go on the airplane to do a bit of island hoping with his dad and siblings.
The second person to come out of the van was a twenty year old boy. He had light brown hair that had been shaved down and blue eyes. He was wearing a light green button up short sleeve shirt, light tan jeans and black shoes.
This was David Scott, the half-brother of Karl Scott and he was not looking forward to riding in the airplane for he had a major fear of heights.
The third person out of the SUV was the oldest among the teens. The man was thirty nine years old. The man was wearing a brown jacket over top of a white vest and grey shirt, light grey pants, dark grey shoes and black sunglasses that hid his grey-blue eyes. He had light brown hair that seemed to be thinning out in some places.
This was Frank Scott, father of the three children that he will be taking on the airplane as they go island hoping together.
The last person out of the van was nineteen year old girl with long sandy blonde hair that was tied up into a ponytail and amber eyes. She was wearing a dark blue long sleeve shirt with a white hooded denim vest over top, blue jeans and white/blue runners.
This girl was Tabitha Scott, the younger half-sister of the two brothers. Tabitha was slightly shorter than her half-brothers, but she's known to be quiet the spitfire when it comes down to someone getting on her bad side. Tabitha is stubborn and distrusting around people she doesn't know, and is not willing to give her trust so easily to anyone, unless the person was willing to work for it. But when people got to know her, Tabitha can be quite gentle, understanding and supportive to those she sees as her friends.
Tabitha was not happy that she had to spend time with her half-siblings and her father. Tabitha hated her father for dumping her mother before she was born. She refused to have anything to do with him when it came to having to stay with him after her mother passed away from cancer when she had been fifteen years old. Frank had taken her in after that and tried to bond with Tabitha, but the girl always closed herself off from him whenever he tried to make contact with her. Tabitha refused to call Frank her dad because she felt he didn't deserve to be her father after he left her mother alone to fend for herself when he found out she was pregnant. He also didn't help them after Tabitha's mother gave birth to her, and when they were almost at the end of their rope. Tabitha's mother trying to support the two of them as best she could, but other than that Tabitha's mother had been the strongest and bravest person Tabitha had ever known.
Tabitha's relationship with her half-brother Karl was no better either. Tabitha always found him over confident, annoying and stupid when it came down to him flirting with girls, quitting clubs that he signed into before he even started them, and cheating in school, while also skipping his classes.
Tabitha's relationship with David was alright to some extent as the two of them had slowly gotten to know each other over the years they spent time together. Their relationship wasn't tight, but Tabitha was always at David's side to help him in any way she can by coming to one of his science fairs and spelling Bees. In return David helped her when it came down to homework or just having a companion to talk to once in a while, so the two of them have mutual respect for each other.
"I hate flying," complained David as the four of them walked towards the airplane.
"It's going to be a treat David, we're going to go island hoping and you're going to love it, I promise." Frank said with a smirk.
"Yeah, just like the time you took us on that stupid boat trip," scoffed Tabitha with a glare.
"Let's just leave them behind dad, they're just going to be like this all day." Karl said as he smirk at his two siblings.
"I agree with Karl, I was happier reading back at the villa," said David.
"Whoa, you're agreeing with Karl on staying behind? That's a change," teased Tabitha as she playfully shoved David in the shoulder.
"Well you're not going to be sitting in your room reading David, you're going to be out doing something," said Frank.
Tabitha only rolled her eyes before she climbed into the backseat with David, while Karl and Frank took the front seats. Tabitha strapped herself in before looking out the side window with a deep frown on her face.
'This is going to be the worst vacation ever,' thought Tabitha angrily to herself.
Once the plane started up, it began to make its way down the runway before it lifted off from the ground, and into the sky. The plane flew for hours on end as Tabitha looked down at the islands that they were passing over with a bored look on her face. It wasn't until later that she grew tense when Frank took his hands off the steering wheel and let Karl take control of the plane.
"There, we're all set," said Frank as he leaned back in his seat. "Come on Karl, fly the plane."
Tabitha heard those words and quickly turned her attention to the front of the plane to see that Karl was now the one in control of the plane.
'Oh no,' groaned Tabitha inwardly.
She remembered what had happened last time Frank gave Karl the chance to drive something and in the end, Karl almost got everyone killed.
"Now it's very important that you keep your airspeed above a hundred and forty," instructed Frank.
"Okay," said Karl as he nervously gripped the steering wheel.
As he continued to fly the plane, Karl grew a little more confident as a smile appeared on his face.
"This is so cool," voiced Karl.
Frank looked over at David and Tabitha as he gave them a confident smile, while gesturing his right hand towards Karl.
"He's flying the plane," stated Frank.
"Yeah, I see," said David with a frown.
"You don't need to boast about your favorite child flying the plane, Frank." Tabitha spoke as she turned her attention back to looking outside the window again.
Frank stared sadly at his daughter, while letting out a sigh of exasperation before he looked forward again, and began to close his eyes as he leaned back in his chair.
"Wake me up in twenty minutes before landing," muttered Frank as he slowly began to fall asleep.
David and Tabitha, who quickly turned her head away from the window, grew worried when they heard that their father was going to let Karl handle the flying
"What?!" echoed both David and Tabitha.
"Don't worry guys," said Karl with a smirk. "I think I know what I'm doing."
"Yeah, just like time when Frank let you drive the motorboat at full speed. Then you nearly got all of us killed by almost running into a bunch of sharp rocks," reminded Tabitha with a glare.
"That was only one time," argued Karl as the smirk disappeared from his face, while he continued to look forward. "Besides, nobody was hurt."
"I still don't trust you in driving a motorboat, much less an airplane." Tabitha muttered as she leaned back in her seat, while she glared at the back of her older half-brother's head.
"Can't you at least spend one day with us without trying to bite our heads off?" questioned Karl in a frustrated voice.
"I'm only biting at your head," said Tabitha with a smirk. "I have no beef with David since he didn't do anything to get us killed on that wild motorboat ride."
Karl growled before he decided to shut up or else he'd lose his concentration on flying the airplane. Tabitha continued to watch Karl with intense eyes as she made sure that he didn't do any reckless flying maneuvers, while their dad was asleep. After a while, the plane began to fly towards a group of clouds that seem to be growing darker as the plane flew closer to them.
"What is that?" asked Karl as he stared at the storm clouds nervously.
"What?" said David as he and Tabitha looked at their brother in confusion.
"That, do you see that?" asked Karl as he pointed towards the storm that was gathering ahead of them.
Tabitha narrowed her eyes slightly as a few lightning bolts sparked out from the dark storm clouds.
"I don't like the looks of this," voiced Tabitha as she looked over at David.
Suddenly, without warning, a lightning bolt struck the wings of the plane thus causing it to rock, while jostling the family members in the plane.
"Wake up dad, dad!" shouted Karl in a panicked voice.
Frank quickly woke up and saw the storm clouds. "Where did that come from?"
Frank took control of the plane again while David, Karl and Tabitha hanged on tight as the plane rocked and bounced around them. Suddenly, Tabitha thought she saw something outside the side window of the airplane within the storm clouds, but it was gone before Tabitha could get a good look at it. Tabitha cringed when the plane gave another jerk within the air.
"Hang on!" shouted Frank as he tried to steer the plane out of the storm. "I'm going to try and out run this thing."
"David, Karl, get your belts on!" exclaimed Tabitha as she helped David get into his seatbelt.
Tabitha quickly buckled herself in once she had finished helping her half-brother with his seatbelt. Once that was done, Tabitha braced herself against one of the seats of the plane as the aircraft gave off another sudden jerk.
"We're out of control!" shouted David in a panicked voice.
"It's sucking us in, hang on!" yelled Frank.
The plane continued to fall as it headed straight towards the raging waters of the ocean.
"Brace yourselves, hang on!" yelled Frank.
Everyone quickly threw their hands and arms up to shield their faces before the plane crashed into the sea with the front window cracking in the progress. Everyone began to panic as water started to fill up inside of the plane. Tabitha quickly undid her seatbelt before helping David out of his just as the water began to come up over their heads.
"Open the door!" shouted Tabitha before she took in a good gulp of air, and held her breath as the water completely filled up the cockpit.
Karl, after getting his seatbelt off quickly opened the door of the plane, and got out first before he began to help his half-siblings out from the backseat. Tabitha was first as she quickly swam out of the plane before David quickly followed after her as they swam up towards the surface. The two broke through the surface as they took in big gulps of air before they began to look around for Karl and Frank. Underwater, Karl was swimming back towards the plane as he tried to help his father escape from his seatbelt, which was jammed, but Frank quickly pushed Karl out of the plane. He did not want his son to suffer the same fate as him. As Karl quickly swam back up to the surface, a large sea creature began to follow after the doomed plane.
"Karl!" shouted David.
"Frank!" yelled Tabitha.
she tried to keep her head above the crashing waves as she looked for both her father and her other half-sibling. Karl finally surfaced before he looked towards his half-siblings as he saw them swimming a couple of feet away from him.
"David, Tabitha!" shouted Karl as he swam towards his siblings.
Tabitha and David quickly swam towards their half-brother as they met up in the middle with panicked expressions upon their faces.
"Where's dad?" yelled David.
Karl looked at his siblings with a sad look upon his face. "I couldn't get him out!"
"What are we going to do?" screamed David.
"We have to get out of this storm!" yelled Tabitha to her older half-brothers.
"Come on, follow me!" shouted Karl.
He began swim off in an unknown direction with his siblings following right behind him. Tabitha swam through the harsh waves with her half-brothers as they tried to keep their heads above the raging waters of the ocean. Once or twice, Tabitha was nearly pulled under by the water's currents, but she continued to paddle alongside her half-brothers until they finally reached calmer waters. They soon slowed their swimming pace as they swam towards an island. They were able to make it to shallow waters, where they were able to stand up and walk the rest of the way.
"Where are we?" asked David as he and his siblings walked through the shallows towards the island. "What is this place?"
"I don't know Davie, I don't know," replied Karl as he used David's least favorite nickname.
"Let's try and get our bearings once we're on land." Tabitha suggested as they continued to walk through the water until they finally stood on the sandy beach.
Tabitha collapsed to the ground and sat on her knees as she began to catch her breath, while her brothers stood. David leaned his arm against Karl's shoulder to steady himself, before he began let his thoughts catch up with him on what had just happened to them.
"Karl, Tabitha…what are we doing? We should have just stayed with the plane," said David.
"You're kidding me, right? We would have been fish food if we stayed on that plane David." Tabitha spoked as she gave her half-brother a hard look of disapproval.
"Tabitha's right David, we would have drowned," stepped in Karl.
"We just left him," said David as he was close to tears at the death of their father.
"I tried, there was nothing I could do!" argued Karl.
Tabitha sadly frowned as she thought about what had happened to Frank. She may have not liked the man who abandoned her mother, but she would never have wished for Frank to die a horrible death. Tabitha slowly stood up when she felt like she got some of her strength back before she looked over at her brothers.
"Okay guys, look…what happened, happened and there's nothing we can do to change it," said Tabitha with a determined look.
"You're right Tabitha," said Karl as he looked ahead of him to stare out at the island before him. "We should try and find some help. A phone…maybe there's a chance."
Karl then began to lead his siblings forward as they walked towards some cliffs, before finding a path that led them up to solid ground. Tabitha followed behind her half-brothers as she looked around at the scenery that was laid out all around her. The beach changed to tall green grass as the half-siblings walked, while the sun dried them as they hiked along to see if they could find any traces of civilization. As they were walking, Tabitha would once in a while hear strange bird calls from far away. After some time, Tabitha began to grow annoyed as she and her half-brothers walked through wide open valleys, and over rocks or boulders.
"Where do you think we are, oh mighty leader?" asked Tabitha in a sarcastic voice.
"I don't know," responded Karl in an annoyed voice. "All these islands look the same to me."
"I don't believe this!" exclaimed David "We've been walking for hours and…nothing. No people, no houses, not even a road to follow."
"Let's keep going, we're bound to find someone somewhere." Karl said as he led his half-siblings over a small flat rock bridge that stretched across a flowing river.
Tabitha let out a groan of annoyance as she followed her half-brothers, before she and David saw a giant rock formation on top of a high hill.
"Do you see that?" asked David as he pointed towards the rock formation.
"Yeah," replied Tabitha as they all stopped to look at it.
The rock shape looked like the head of a Tyrannosaurus Rex with its mouth hanging wide open to show off its jagged teeth.
"What the hell is that?" asked Karl.
"I don't know," replied David with a shrug. "But whatever it is, it looks kind of creepy."
No sooner had David finished his sentence a loud bang resounded through the air as a large explosion suddenly blew the whole rock formation up. The siblings quickly ducked to avoid getting hit by rocks from the explosion, before they slowly stood up when they heard someone coughing from inside the rock formation. They slowly stood up and looked towards the cave to see a man with a walking stick coming out of the dust and smoke.
The man looked to be thirty nine years old with shaggy light brown hair, and blue eyes that were hidden behind a pair of glasses. He was wearing a light brown coat over a white long sleeve shirt and red vest, grey pants, black boots and a large red satchel.
"Sorry, sorry my apologies!" called out the man when he fully emerged from the smoke as he began to walk down a step of rocks with the help of a cane. "Sincere apologies for the inconvenience, I uh…I have permission from the Volcaneum council to explore ancient sites in hopes of finding unusual sunstones. It's all in order, I have the papers."
"Relax old man, we're not the police or any kind of law enforcement." Tabitha said as she dusted herself off.
The man looked up after hearing Tabitha's voice, and was surprised to see her and her half-siblings standing before him.
"Well, well, well, hello there" spoke the man in a friendly voice. "Sorry, you gave me a bit of a fright there."
"Oh, we gave you a fright?" questioned David in sarcasm.
"I think it was the other way around old man," said Tabitha with a smirk before motioning over to Karl. "You gave my half-brother here quite a jump when you decided to blow up that creepy old cave."
Karl gave Tabitha a look of displeasure. "I wasn't that scared."
The old man looked at the three suspiciously for a moment before speaking again.
"Unless I'm very much mistaken you're something of a rarity huh, you've just arrived?" asked the man.
"Uh, yeah" replied Karl.
"Is it that obvious?" questioned Tabitha with a raised eyebrow.
"Splendid" said the man as he walked up to them. "I knew it, new comers."
"So…where are we exactly?" asked David.
"Oh, Dinotopia," replied the man.
"Dinotopia?" echoed Tabitha in confusion.
"Yes," replied the man with a nod. "Oh, you'll be the talk of the place. It's not every day we'd get new arrivals."
Tabitha and her half-brothers looked at one another in confusion at what the man had just told them.
"Dinotopia, where is that?" voiced David.
"Probably some uncharted place that hasn't been discovered on the map yet," suggested Tabitha with a shrug of her shoulder.
Karl soon stepped up towards the man to ask him a question. "Listen, can I use your cellphone?"
The man looked at Karl in confusion. "What?"
"You know a telephone," explained Karl. "We need to call a coastguard right away. We were in a storm and our plane crashed. Our father, he's missing. We've gotta get some help."
"Oh, you'll want a postal bird then, I'm afraid I can't help you there." The man answered as he began to walk with the half-siblings following along behind him.
"Postal bird?" echoed David to make sure he was hearing correctly.
"Postal bird," the man repeated.
"Are you saying like a postal hawk or pigeon?" asked Tabitha so that she was clear on what kind of bird they were talking about.
"It's a small blue bird with a red and yellow beak," answered the man.
"Oh, thanks, that makes so much sense to me," muttered Tabitha in sarcasm.
"So what were you doing up there anyway?" asked David curiously.
"Oh I was doing a bit of archology." The man replied as he picked up a rock to examine it for a moment before throwing it off to the side.
"Well you're the first archeologist we've met who uses dynamite," said Tabitha with a suspicious look upon her face.
"Well, I have a number of occupations to be honest with you," said the man as he stopped to take out a small metal flask from his jacket pocket. "I'm something of an independent spirit, which can get a man into a bit of trouble around here."
"You don't say," muttered Tabitha as the man took a drink from his canteen before offering it to the half-siblings.
"You fancy a livener?" offered the man.
"No thank you," said David with a wave of his hand.
"I'm good, thanks." Tabitha politely decline.
Karl on the other hand graciously took the metal flask as he sipped at the strong liquid that was inside it.
"Well, for what it's worth and at no expense cost, I offer you the eternal friendship of Cyrus Crabs." The man said as he introduced himself, while offering his hand out to shake the half-siblings' hands. "That's me."
"Nice to meet you," said Tabitha as she gave Cyrus a firm handshake before stepping back.
"Well I'm wasting my time here." Cyrus said as Karl handed him back his flask before the older man once again picked up his cane, and began to walk forward again with the siblings following behind him. "This place has been picked clean with a fine toothcomb."
"I'm guessing, whatever you're looking for, is valuable around here, huh?" asked Tabitha out of curiosity.
"Yes, you could say that," answered Cyrus before he changed the subject. "Anything you want to swap, rings? Watches?"
The siblings kept quiet at those questions that Cyrus had asked them.
"No?" asked Cyrus before he continued. "Well if it's any use to you youngsters I'll escort you to Chandeleur bus depot, I'm catching a bus there myself in about half an hour, fancy that?"
"Alright," said David.
"It's not like we have much of a choice," spoked Tabitha with a shrug. "Also, it'll be nice to get a ride, and not walk everywhere without knowing which way to go."
"Right then, follow me," said Cyrus.
"So, how big is Dinotopia?" asked David curiously.
"Not that big," replied Cyrus. "A couple of two hundred miles across."
"Two hundred miles?" repeated Karl in disbelief as Tabitha shared a look with David in confusion. "How come we've never heard of it before?"
"Or seen it on any maps?" added Tabitha with a frown.
"Well, we're a little bit cut off from the rest of the world," answered Cyrus.
"Okay, that's just weird," said Tabitha with a raised eyebrow. "How can a landmass like Dinotopia not be on any map? And why does it…"
Suddenly, Tabitha's words where cut short when she suddenly heard a rustling sound within the tall grass on her right. Tabitha stopped in her tracks to look at the grass suspiciously for a moment, before she began to follow after her siblings again. Tabitha was about to bring up her question again, but she was suddenly taken by surprise when something jumped onto her right shoulder.
"Whoa!" exclaimed Tabitha in surprise.
she began to flounder around in an attempt to grab at whatever had latched onto her shoulders.
"Tabitha!" shouted Karl in fear and worry when he, David and Cyrus stopped in their tracks to look back in surprise after they heard Tabitha's sudden cry.
After a moment, Tabitha finally grabbed the thing that had been climbing around her body, and held it out at arms-length with both hands. Tabitha's eyes went wide with shock and disbelief at the creature that she was holding in her hands. The 'thing' that she was holding was a scaly creature that was the size of a cat. It had two horns on top of its head, two wings and a small horn on the end of its nose. A row of spines went down from the back of its head all the way down to its tail, and the tip of the creature's tail was barbed like an arrowhead. The creature was dark green with red stripes going down its back with a few light red speckled spots on its legs. The claws on the creature's four legs were long and looked sharp. The creature looked at Tabitha with a curious look on its face as it stared straight at her with wide yellow eyes with black round pupils.
"Okay…what are you?" muttered Tabitha in confusion.
The only response she got from the creature was it sticking its tongue out and licking one of its eyes. Tabitha frowned at the creature as her brothers walked up to take a look at the creature themselves.
"What the hell is that thing?" asked Karl as he glared at the creature Tabitha was holding.
"It sort of looks like an iguana," answered David with a frown of confusion.
"That there scaly you're holding is quite a trouble maker around these parts," replied Cyrus as he stood a good distance away from the trio. "Not to mention that he's also a menace along with the rest of his kind."
"What do you mean by a 'menace'?" asked Karl as he turned to look at Cyrus with a worried expression on his face.
The creature quickly wriggled out of Tabitha's hands before it climbed up her left arm, and settled itself around her shoulders. Tabitha frowned in annoyance at the creature hanging around her neck like a scarf.
"Hey, I'm not a perch you little squirt," grumbled Tabitha as she placed her hands on her hips.
"Looks like you've made a new friend," teased David with a chuckle.
"Very funny David," growled Tabitha as she gave her half-brother a glare.
"Come along youngsters, we can't waste any time," called Cyrus as he began to walk again. "And you might want to leave that scaly behind otherwise it will only cause you grief in the near future."
"Sure, I'd be happy to get this thing off my shoulder," muttered Tabitha in sarcasm. "But the only problem is that this little squirt has a tight grip, and I'd rather not get scratched by his claws."
"Come on, Tabitha, how hard can it be to get an over grown gecko off your shoulders," said Karl as he stepped forward to make a grab at the creature.
The creature bristled when it saw Karl trying to make a grab for it. It let out a threatening hiss before snapping at Karl's fingers. Karl quickly withdrew his hands back in surprise as the creature glared at him for a second, before curling itself around Tabitha's neck again.
"I guess its' coming with us," said David with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Great, just what I need, a hitch hiker," grumbled Tabitha before she and her half-brothers quickly ran after Cyrus.
As they were following the old man, the half-siblings didn't notice a stone carved road sign with strange footprint markings etched on the surface of it as they walked passed it. The group walked, or in the little creature's case rode, for a while as they made their way through a couple of thick bushes before they came out into a small village. What met their sight had the half-siblings blink in shock and confusion. All around them were people working in little stands or walking around with baskets and carts, but there was one odd thing about the people that the half-siblings noticed. The people within the village were wearing different styles of clothing that looked to be from either the 1700's or 1800's.
"Ok...this is not something you see every day." Tabitha muttered as she and her half-brothers followed Cyrus through the village.
"Yeah," said David in agreement. "Look at this place. I mean these people. This is really…"
"Weird?" guessed Karl to what David was going to say.
"Well, no just…"
"You don't think this is weird?"
"Not as weird as seeing the moldy left-over food that you and Frank leave in the fridge for days on end," said Tabitha with a smirk.
The little creature on Tabitha's left shoulder let out a scratchy chuckle as Karl glared at Tabitha indignantly. The half-siblings then noticed the signposts that they were walking under.
"Look at the signs," said Karl as he pointed them out. "What kind of markings are those?"
"Beats me," replied Tabitha with a shrug of her shoulders. "They look like the footprints of a chicken or something."
Just then the half-siblings heard a loud noise echoing throughout the village.
"What's that sound?" asked Karl to Cyrus. "Was it an animal?"
"Scaly talk," answered Cyrus in an uninterested look.
"Scaly huh?" voiced Tabitha with a frown. "I wonder if it's one of Shorty's friends."
"Shorty?" asked David as he looked at his half-sister in confusion.
"That's what I named this little guy," replied Tabitha as she pointed to the creature on her shoulder. "I have to call him something other than 'it' all the time."
The creature, now dubbed Shorty, let out a croon as it looked at David curiously. David only rolled his eyes at his sister, and was about to say something to her when the villagers began to scream in terror. They began to run away from something that was coming towards them. Cyrus and the half-siblings turned around to look on in confusion at what was happening behind them. Shorty hissed from Tabitha's shoulders when he sensed that something was coming towards them.
"What's going on?" asked Karl.
They didn't have to wonder for long as the thing that the people were running from suddenly came stomping into the village. What the siblings saw was something that made their eyes pop wide open in shock and fear. Coming straight towards them was a creature that they thought had been extinct for millions of years…a dinosaur. The dinosaur was large and walked around on four short stubby legs. Spikes ran down along its back and sides, while a long tail with a thick large club at the end was thrashing around behind it.
"What in the world?!" exclaimed Tabitha in shock and fear.
"Come on!" exclaimed Karl as he quickly began to lead his half-siblings towards a couple of stairs.
"Hey, hey, hey, it's alright, calm down, calm down." Cyrus said as he calmly followed after the half-siblings.
Tabitha and her half-brothers quickly crowded on wooden steps that were built near a tall building. Shorty bristled as he grew tense on Tabitha's shoulders, while the half-siblings ducked behind the wooden railings of the stairs.
"Don't panic!" exclaimed Cyrus calmly as he came to stand beside the half-siblings.
Tabitha, Karl and David watched in fear and shock as the dinosaur rampaged through the village, while it knocked down the huts with its clubbed tail.
"It can't be," breathed Karl.
"It's a dinosaur!" exclaimed David.
"What was your first clue genius!" growled Ivy as she glared down at her half-brother.
"But dinosaurs died off millions of years ago," said David as he, Karl and Tabitha tuned to look as Cyrus for an explanation.
"If only my boy, if only," muttered Cyrus casually.
Tabitha frowned in annoyance before Shorty let out an alert squeak, and Tabitha quickly turned to see the dinosaur coming closer to them.
"Uh…guys. Don't look now, but it's coming right towards us!" exclaimed Tabitha as she grew tense.
"Yes, I think it's time to say farewell I think," said Cyrus as he made a move to leave, but stopped in his tracks as a girl that looked to be either eighteen or nineteen years old appeared from out of the crowd.
The girl had long curly brown hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a tan short sleeve jacket over a white shirt, light brown pants and dark brown flat boots. Around her waist was a brown belt with a leather pouch attached to the back.
"Oh, there she is," said Cyrus with a smirk as the girl stood in front of the crowd before she headed towards the rampaging dinosaur. "I thought she might turn up at a time like this."
"What? You know her or something?" questioned Tabitha suspiciously.
"You could say that," replied Cyrus.
"Who is she?" questioned Karl as he and David stared at the new girl in surprise.
Cyrus only let out a chuckle before he began to follow after the girl a few paces. "Come along youngsters, funs over."
"What's she doing?" questioned David as he Karl and Tabitha came out from their hiding place and stood behind Cyrus. "She must be crazy."
They continued to watch as the girl calmly walked up to the dinosaur, and spoked calming words to it. Tabitha watched with tense muscles, while Shorty hissed as he continued to watch the dinosaur with wary eyes.
"Is she nuts?" questioned Tabitha before she shouted out towards the girl, "Hey!"
"Calm down, don't worry about her," said Cyrus as he waved a reassuring hand at Tabitha.
The dinosaur slowly calmed down as the girl approached it before she knelt down to the level of its head. The girl slowly stretched her hand forward, and had it hover over the dinosaur's forehead. She quickly jerked it back when the dinosaur let out a sharp roar. When Tabitha heard the roar she frowned. The roar that the dinosaur had given off sounded like it was in pain or something. The new girl slowly moved her hand forward so that it once again hovered over the dinosaur's head when it calmed down. Everyone watched in tense silence before the girl slowly removed her hand from the dinosaur's head as it took a few steps back before opening its mouth. The girl looked inside the dinosaur's mouth to examine the flat teeth in there before reaching into the dinosaur's mouth and grabbed one of the teeth. With a hard yank the girl pulled out one of the dinosaur's teeth as it let out a roar of pain for a second before it quickly calmed down. The dinosaur let out a happy grumble and it began to walk away. The new girl smiled at the crowd as she walked toward them, while holding up the tooth that she had pulled out from the dinosaur's mouth.
"Toothache!" she declared and the crowd began to clap for her as she walked passed them.
Tabitha let out a whistle as Shorty quickly relaxed on her shoulder, while letting out a purr before Tabitha looked at both her half-brothers and Cyrus.
"That was amazing," spoked Karl with a smile.
"I'll say," said Tabitha as she placed her hands on her hips. "Is she some kind of doctor or something?"
"She's Dinotopian, twentieth generation," explained Cyrus as he answered Tabitha's question. "I'd love to spend time with you three, but I have a night bus to catch to Volcanium, very important meeting."
"Whatever you say," said Tabitha with a shrug of her shoulders before Cyrus pulled out a card from his jacket pocket.
"If there's anything you youngsters need, don't hesitate to call," said Cyrus as he handed David his card. "It's no bother at all."
David looked down at the card he held in his hand, and read the lettering on it, which was luckily written in English.
"Crabb's Curio's Waterfall City," David read aloud before he glanced back at Cyrus. "That's your store?"
Karl grabbed the card to take a look at it, but the card was quickly snatched away from him by Tabitha. She smirked at her half-brother for a second before she shoved it into her left pocket.
"The finest in antiquates," said Cyrus proudly. "Listen don't waste your time in the provinces go to Waterfall City." He then pointed to a booth that wasn't far away from them. "You can just pick up your tickets over there."
"Maybe we'll see you there," said Karl.
"Oh, you can be sure of it," replied Cyrus with a smirk as he looked around at the half-siblings. "I know future friends when I see them, cheerio."
With that, Cyrus walked away from the half-siblings with Tabitha frowning in distrust. She turned to look at her half-brothers with a raised eyebrow.
"I'm not sure I trust that guy," spoke David.
"Me neither," muttered Tabitha as she crossed her arms over her chest, while Shorty let out a hum of agreement.
"Why not?" asked Karl with a shrug as he smirked at his half-siblings. "He's just some weird old guy with a limp and a few sticks of dynamite."
"Haven't you ever heard the phrase, 'looks can be deceiving'?" questioned Tabitha.
Karl only rolled his eyes at his half-sister before he took up the lead as they walked towards the booth that Cyrus had pointed out to them.
"I wonder if there's a map around here?" wondered David as they came up to the booth.
"I don't think that's going to be the problem right now." Tabitha answered as she looked up at her half-brother, while Shorty settled down on her shoulders and fell asleep. "The real problem that I think we are going to be facing is how we're going to get tickets. We don't really have any money on us to buy tickets here, and even if we did, we don't even know what their money would look like."
"Maybe they'll give us tickets for free since we're new comers," said Karl as they walked up the steps towards the booth.
But as soon as they got to the window of the ticket booth, a wooden gate that covered the window to talk to the man on the other side suddenly fell down and closed shut. Tabitha looked at Karl with a deadpanned look upon her face as she crossed her arms over her chest again.
"You were saying?" muttered Tabitha.
"It could mean that it's closed," said Karl with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Whatever you say, oh fearless leader of the half-siblings," grumbled Tabitha with a roll of her eyes.
Karl gave his half-sister a glare before David knocked on the wooden gate of the window, before he called out to the person on the other side.
"Excuse me. We're trying to get to a place called Waterfall City."
The gate to the window of the booth lifted up to reveal a small bald man wearing glasses and a green jacket.
"Waterfall City, the next bus is at dawn," announced the man.
He then motioned for the three siblings to step away before dropping the gate down on the window again. The half-siblings looked at each other in shock, and disbelief at what they had just heard from the booth manager.
"Dawn?" David gawked.
"Great, now what?" questioned Karl in exasperation.
"I guess we'll just have to find a place to sleep here for tonight." Tabitha suggested before she walked down the steps of the booth and stopped to glance back at her half-brothers. "Let's see if we can find anyone who will help us."
With that said, the half-siblings began to ask around to see if anyone was willing to let them stay at their place for the night. About several hours later the half-siblings decided to sleep on one of the platforms that stood next to the ticket booth when they had no luck in getting a place to stay for the night. The people of the village were kind enough to give them some blankets to keep them warm throughout the night, even though the blankets where a little on the ragged side. Tabitha was leaning against one of the beams of the platform as she gazed up at the stars that hung above her head. She was amazed at how bright they looked above her as they shined within the dark sky. Back in the city, Tabitha was always disheartened that she wasn't able to see the stars, because of all the blinding lights of the city.
'I can't believe how clear the sky is here,' thought Tabitha with a smile.
Tabitha's gaze was torn away from the stars when she felt something shift underneath her blanket. She looked down to see Shorty popping his head out from the blanket to glance up at her. Shorty let out a cooing purr as Tabitha smiled down at him, before she gathered him up into her arms and gently cuddled him.
"You know, for a small guy, you sure are warm," chuckled Tabitha as Shorty gently nuzzled against her chest.
"Glad you're enjoying that little thing's company," grumbled Karl.
Tabitha turned to look at Karl, who was sitting on the other side of David. David was sitting between his two siblings as he huddled underneath the blanket to keep himself warm from the cold that was seeping into his skin.
Tabitha only smirked at Karl from across David. "You're just jealous that I have something to keep me warm throughout the night and you don't."
Karl only rolled his eyes at his half-sister before nudging David in the arm.
"David, you asleep?" asked Karl.
"What do you think?" grumbled David to show that he was still awake, while he pondered about the day's events. "How can a place like this exist without anybody knowing about it?"
"You're telling me," spoke Tabitha as she held Shorty in her arms. "This place is mind blowing and we've only seen a fracture of it. Which makes me wonder what else is on this island."
"I don't know Tabitha," spoked Karl with a frown. "I don't have any answers, but what I do know is that we have to get out of this dump. Get to that city Crabb talked about."
"Waterfall City?" asked David.
"Exactly," replied Karl firmly. "We can get help there. Get search parties out, call home."
"Do you really think some place called Waterfall City is going to have telephones?" questioned David.
"What do you mean?" asked Karl with a frown.
"I think the rules here are different," replied David as he adjusted the blanket around him to protect him from the cold night air. "And we'd better start learning them."
"No, no, screw the rules, I'm not forgetting about dad!" said Karly angrily as he glared at his brother.
Tabitha glared at Karl at the mention of their dead father along with David.
"Nobody's forgetting about dad," said David. "There's just nothing we can do right now, not until we understand this place."
"No, I don't want to understand this place, I wanna get home!" exclaimed Karl stubbornly.
Tabitha let out a frustrating sigh before she decided to cut the ice between her half-brothers.
"Alright, look, right now we're all tired and it's been a long day for all of us," said Tabitha as Karl and David looked over at her in surprise. "I suggest we'd get some sleep and tomorrow we'll head to Waterfall City to see if anyone can help us."
"Yeah, hopefully we can find whoever's in charge there," added Karl in a hopeful voice.
The half-siblings were started by a roar that cried out from the jungle, but soon tried to settle down for a long night of sleep. Tabitha stayed up a little longer when her brothers fell fast asleep as she turned her gaze up towards the night sky again. She quickly made out some of the constellations that hung above her head. That was when she noticed a familiar star pattern in the sky, and smiled as she felt a gentle calmness wash over her. Shorty let out a chirp of curiosity at what Tabitha was looking at before Tabitha looked down at him for a second. She then pointed towards the star pattern in the sky.
"Look right there Shorty, do you see those group of stars?" whispered Tabitha as Shorty looked up at the pattern with interest. "That's the constellation Draco, one of my favorite stars patterns that I'd like to see in the night sky. My mother said I was born during the night when those stars came out. I always felt as if they were watching over me whenever I felt scared or alone."
Shorty cooed in fascination before letting out a quiet yawn. Tabitha chuckled before she adjusted the blanket around her, where it was now covering her shoulders and cuddled Shorty close to her chest.
"Goodnight, Shorty," voiced Tabitha as she let her eyes close.
She fell into a deep sleep with the warmth of her little companion pressing close her chest.
To be continued