I don't own Dinosaur King or any of its characters. Only Samantha Miller (my OC) and Tara (her dinosaur partner) belong to me. Enjoy :3

Note: The story takes place two years after the events of season two. So, the D-Team, Rod, Amy and my OC would be fourteen years old; Ursula would be thirty; Xander would be thirty-three; Ed and Seth would be twenty-nine and Laura would be eight.

Zoe Drake was walking - cheerfully as she used to be – in the streets of Sanjō as she talked with her friend Amu through her cell phone, as her friend was apologizing for not being able to attend her last birthday party, that had been a few months ago.

"No worries, Amy" Zoe said, grinning "It wasn't your fault. It'll be next time, then"

"I hope! " Her friend replied. "Did you receive my gift?"

"Yeah! I loved the tank top. Besides I'm wearing it now!" Zoe heard Amy sighing in relieve. "I'm so glad!" Amy exclaimed.

For a moment, Zoe heard some children's laughs of joy and water splashes. Curious, she turned around and a smile was formed on her face after what she saw. Lots of people were sliding in some water slides that were connected with a huge pool.

Then, she started walking to the pool, but she stopped walking for a moment. She opened her Pink Jansport backpack to look if she had a swimsuit. As she thought, she didn't have one. She sighed in repentance.

"Zoe, are you there?" Zoe listened to Amy. She forgot she didn't end the call with her friend.

"Yeah, sorry!" Zoe replied "There's a cool pool near my place, wanna come?"

"I'm so sorry, I can't. I'm grounded." Zoe heard a male voice calling her friend's name. "I gotta go, Zoe. Bye" After this, Amy ended the call.

Zoe has going to put away her cell phone until she turned around again to see to the pool. So she lifted up her cell phone and pressed one of the buttons of it before she set up the photo she took as the background of her cell phone. After that, she put away her cell phone and took out her green wallet and ran in direction to the nearest mall she could find.

Those two years that passed were extremely difficult for Zoe. Two years since her friends Rex, Rod and Laura returned to their era. Two years without seeing Paris, who was her partner in dinosaur battles.

She suffered deeply because of that. A couple of weeks before celebrating her 14th birthday, Zoe decided to make a change. She thought that her friends wouldn't have wanted that for her, to see her in so much pain , that she had to try to be strong and think that one day, she would see them again – all of them.

Also, she had grown up quite tall for age and taller than her own dad, Dr. Drake, and developing her own clothing style when it came to dress up – simple but unique. She decided to replace her black short sleeved t-shirt and her red-and- yellow vest for a sleeveless military green and yellow stripped tank top (which was a present from Amy for her birthday), leaving her tummy bare. As well, she changed the shorts that matched her old vest, black stockings and her green-and-yellow sneakers for a blue jean miniskirt and a pair of military green Converse-like sneakers. She also got rid of her green choker necklace, her dinosaur-tooth necklace and her green wristbands for only a pair of yellow wristbands.

She also started to use her pink hair loose - since it grew longer, reaching her back – but still uses her sunglasses on top of her head.

~o~

Meanwhile, Max Taylor was at his home watching a television program, although he wasn't really enjoying it. He sighed. Even though he got over the fact that his best friend, Rex Ancient returned to his era, along with Chomp – his close partner –, he missed them deeply. The only thing he wanted was to reunite with them once again.

During the two years that passed, Max, who was already fourteen years old, had grown up quite tall, a couple of centimeters taller than Zoe, also rearranging his whole outfit –. His usual chestnut hair grew wilder, getting rid of his Triceratops-like horned visor. He wore a long-sleeved brown hooded jacket under a burgundy T-shirt, khaki shorts and knee high loose socks, going with his black-and-red Nike sneakers. He also grew to love basketball, becoming part of the team in his school.

Without knowing what do to, Max turned off the television and laid on his sofa in the living room of his house. He closed his eyes, quickly falling asleep. The moment didn't last long until multicolored lights began to be reflected in the windows, illuminating his face, which made him wake up. After that, the wind started to breeze wildly until a huge UFO-like ship flying in the sky.

For a moment, Max thought he was sleepwalking, until he heard someone ring the door bell, opening the door and after that, voices talking from far way. Then, he walked to the front door to see what was happening and saw something he wouldn't believe he would see again, making him smile widely. He saw his longtime best friend, Rex Ancient in front of him. He couldn't believe it. He thought he wouldn't see him again.

Like him, Rex grew extremely tall, making Max think he looked much taller than himself and Zoe and his blonde hair still has short, but a bit more spikier than two years before. Also, Rex's outfit was completely different from the one he had when he was twelve – He wore a short-sleeved light blue shirt which was unbuttoned under a white T-shirt, dark blue jeans and white sneakers. However, he still wore his dinosaur-tooth necklace around his neck, as it was a gift from his real parents, Dr. Ancient and Dr. Cretacia.

So then, to greet his friend, Max walked to Rex and hugged him, making his friend smile and feel welcome.

"It's good to see you again, buddy" Max said "It's been a long time"

"I know, Max" Rex replied as Max let go of him. Then, Dr. Taylor arrived at the room.

"You see, Max. Dr. Ancient and Dr. Cretacia sent Rex back to this time, because they had some kind of business to attend." His father explained.

"When they told me they would be in the prehistoric era for a long time, they got the idea to send me to this time until they finished sampling more dinosaurs." Rex added.

"So Aki and I talked to Rex's parents about it and offered him to stay here for the moment, like the old days." Max grinned, passing his arm around the shoulder of his friend.

"That's awesome, Rex!" He exclaimed. " Wait until Zoe sees you!" Without warning, Livin' on a Prayer by Bon Jovi cut through the air.

"Since when you're a fan of Bon Jovi?" Rex asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Bon Jovi rules, buddy." Max answered as he grabbed his black colored Motorola cell phone. He looked at the screen and pressed on of the buttons to answer the call. "Yo, Zee." He greeted his friend, cheerfully.

"Hey, Max" Zoe greeted Max back. "What'cha doing?"

"Greeting Rex" He answered grinning." He came back"

"WHOA! HOLD ON! REX IS BACK!"At this point, Zoe was shouting at the phone, causing Max to pull his cell phone away from his ear to prevent getting deaf. Even Rex could hear it." You're kidding me!"

"Hey, Zoe" Rex greeted her, shrugging in embarrassment.

"Now, as Rex is also here. I suggest that the three of us hang out at the new pool near my place. Wanna come?" Zoe commented, trying to sound mature.

"That's cool" Rex commented" I don't see why not"

"You can count with us, Zee" Max replied" We'll be there in half an hour!"

"Ok. See ya guys!" Zoe ended the call.

~o~

Half an hour later…

Zoe luckily found three free canvas chairs for her and her friends to sunbathe. Then, she lay on of the canvas chairs, grabbed her pink bag, took out her Sunscreen container and spread some of it in her body. Finally, she put on her sunglasses, so she could sunbathe without interruptions. She was glad she could finally relax of a while.

Then, she heard Max's and Rex's voices calling her name. She took off her glasses and waved at them, so they could realize she reserved other two canvas chairs for them. When the two were already in front of her, Zoe hugged Rex tightly, making him feel embarrassed.

"Rex!" Zoe exclaimed" It's so good to see you!" After Rex smiled, Zoe pulled him away as the boy's eyes widened when seeing her outfit – a red-and-pink hibiscus-patterned bikini, which its top was a halter-like that was tied back with a ribbon. She was also wearing red flip-flops. The boys could notice she grew up to be full figured.

"Come on guys!" Zoe said, waving her hand in front of the boys' faces as she took off her flip-flops." Let's get in the water, shall we? It's so hot here!"

Max and Rex glanced at each other and then at Zoe who turned around to prepare herself to get into the water. When, Zoe was distracted both of the boys pushed her into the water and then jumped to the water, splashing Zoe completely. "Good thing I kept my sunglasses in my bag" She thought, before she was splashed by Max and Rex.

"Come on, Zoe!" Max exclaimed, splashing the girl again." You were the one who wanted the get here so badly" Then, Zoe glanced evilly at Max, grabbed him from his hair and pushed him too underwater for a couple of seconds before she pulled him up to the surface. Max took a deep breath. Zoe grinned evilly at him once again.

"Ok, ok!" He said hesitantly. "I got it. You win! But don't do that again! Not the hair!"

But Zoe and Max didn't know that Rex wasn't listening to them. Instead, he was observing a girl who was sunbathing in another canvas chair while listening to music in her iPod.

The girl was around his age. She wore a white and black racer check-patterned bikini which it's top was a halter-like, like Zoe's bikini and its bottom was a mini short-like, with side black ribbons. Her eyes were wide and bright green , emerald green to be exact and her hair was jet black, very long and tied up in a high ponytail that reached her back with side bangs that reached her eye to combine with her peach-colored but pale skin. Her figure was slim, but curved.

For a moment, Rex started wondering who she was. He thought she was extremely beautiful. When the girl glanced at him, Rex blushed a bit and looked away. For a moment, Max and Zoe were staring at him in confusion.

"What's wrong?" Zoe asked him, worried.

"Nothing" Rex answered shrugging as his cheeks turned pink. Max glanced at Rex and grinned.

"You're lying! " Max sang." I saw you. You like that girl over there" Max pointed at the girl before Rex turned deep red.

"WHAT? " Max thought he left him deaf for a couple of seconds." ARE YOU NUTS?"

"Ok, ok. Jeez, calm down. I was just kidding." Max sweat dropped and then looked at the girl" Anyway, who is she? If you ask me, she looks kinda familiar to me."

"I have no idea." Zoe commented. "But she lives near here. I'm sure about that". Suddenly, Zoe felt the scent of something burned. "What's that smell?" When they all turned around, they saw smoke. The mouths of the three of them dropped wide open when they saw where the smoke came from. It came from destroyed buildings that were surrounded by gigantic thorned vines!

When there was a huge amount of smoke surrounding the place. The three of them got out of the water, dried themselves with towels, put on their flip-flops and ran to the center of the vines. The moment was cut when Dignity by Hilary Duff rang, interrupting the silence. As both Max and Rex stared at her, Zoe looked into her bag until she found her cell phone, a pink-colored Razr. She looked at the screen and flipped over the phone.

"Hey Reese" Zoe greeted her sister.

"Zoe, meet me at the D-Lab in twenty minutes. Tell Max and Rex to come as well." Reese told her. "I need to talk with the thr-"Zoe cut off her older sister before she could finish.

"About the giant vines? We know that already." Zoe snapped sarcastically.

"How would you know?" Reese was confused at her younger sister's statement.

"We're in front of them, Reese." Reese sighed.

"Anyway, Dr. Ancient sent a message for Rex, so come quickly. We don't have much time left." Zoe glanced at Max and then at Rex.

"We'll be right there, Reese." Reese ended the call. The three made silence. Then, Zoe felt someone watching them. When she turned around, she saw something hiding in the shadows.

"Zoe, you're ok?" Max asked, putting a hand on her shoulder, making Zoe blush a bit.

"Yeah, I'm fine!'' She answered." Let's get going to the D-Lab, already!"

~o~

After getting changed into their usual clothes, Max, Rex and Zoe arrived at the D-Lab. They were welcomed by Reese, Rod and Laura.

Reese hadn't changed much herself. She cut her waist-length wavy blonde hair to her shoulders and she had her bangs to the side, hooking it with a clip. She still wore her white lab coat, but under it, she wore a lavender shirt, a black shirt to her knees and high brown heeled-boots. Also, she still wore her glasses.

Like, Max and the others, Rod and Laura grew up and rearranged their outfits – Even though Rod still wore his mechanic glasses and hat, he was wearing a long-sleeved light grey mechanic shirt, wasted light blue jeans and brown shoes. He cut his brown hair shorter and grew quite tall for his age.

By the other hand, Laura hadn't grown quite tall, but still, she made a change. She let her pink hair grow longer to her neck and wore a black headband. She was wearing a grey long-sleeved T-shirt under burgundy jumper dress and burgundy sheepskin knee boots.

"Hi guys!" Laura greeted." It's good to see you all."

"Two years is a long time, isn't it?" Rod added.

"Yeah, I totally get what you mean." Zoe said.

"Let's leave conversations for later, sis" Reese interrupted, turning on the screen. Like I have told before, I received this message from Dr. Ancient." The kids quickly made silence and watched the video.

"Rex, are you there? Can you hear me? If you're there, please listen to this message. Many of the cards are gone. You have to find them before it's too late… I'm sorry but you are friends are alone now…" The kids could see some explosions behind Dr. Ancient. Zoe and Laura covered their mouths, gasping in horror while the boys' eyes widened in shock as the screen started moving and quickly turned black.

"How would that happen?" Rex asked in confusion.

"Let's say, that grandpa got obsessed with the new dinosaurs he and the Ancients found in the prehistoric era and started trying them out and almost destroys the engines." Rod explained, before sighing.

"Seth and the Ancients tried to stop him but he ended up losing most of the cards" Laura added, as she pulled from her brother's sleeve.

"What's wrong, Laura?" He asked.

"But Grandpa also lost the new stones." Laura answered with worry and fear, written in her eyes." What if they're in this time?" Rod nodded in agreement.

"That would be possible" Max stared at Rod in confusion. Zoe glanced at Rex, wondering if he knew what Rod and Laura meant.

"What do you mean with 'new stones'?" Max asked.

"Grandpa and the Ancients created new stones to basically turn more dinosaurs into cards. Those stones hold a huge amount of power and are much stronger than all the stones together." Laura explained. Out of the blue, a map appeared in the screen, marking their city with a yellow dot.

"A Dinosaur appeared." Reese said.

"In our town!" Max and Zoe added in chorus.

"But we don't have any card with us" Rod complained.

"Either any of the stones" Laura finished.

"Don't worry, kids" Reese said" The Ancients sent me four of the stones and a deck with some of the cards." Reese put the stones of lightning, wind, grass and water along with the deck of cards their Dino Bracers. Each one of the kids – except for Laura – grabbed their stones and their cards, and ran off to the center of the city.

~o~

"Damn it!" Ursula snapped in frustration, before passing a card through her Alpha Scanner "Volcano Burst!"

Ursula and the A-Team went to the present time to search for the new dinosaur cards, the new attribute cards and the cards that Dr. Z lost as well to bring them back to them. Even though, the quickly found a grass-attributed Camptosaurus, like Tank, the earth-attributed Saichania, Terry, the fire-attributed Tyrannosaurus of the Alpha Gang couldn't defeat him. His strong and muscular legs blocked all of Terry's moves. Because of this, both Ed and Ursula were frustrated of not being able to defeat him and take his card with them.

Terry's fire blast was going to hit the Camptosaurus, a tornado came from far away and turned off the fire and blew terry away. This time, Ursula was furious and had enough of losing.

"That's enough!" A male voice said. Angry, Ursula turned around seeing Rex with the rest of the D-Kids, along with Rod and Laura.

"Rod, Laura!" Ursula called out "What the hell are you doing with those brats!" Terry was running after them.

"I'm sorry, but you've gone way to far this time!" Rod said, passing the Ampelosaurus's card through his Alpha Scanner, summoning the dinosaur. "Alpha Slash!" Not a few seconds later, he passed other card "Aqua Vortex!" The Ampelosaurus formed a vortex and shot it at Terry, blowing him away, making him become into cards.

"Tail Smash" Ed passed another card through his Alpha Scanner out of the blue as Tank's tail quickly swung to hit the Ampelosaurus.

"Lunar Beam!" A female voice said, as a huge ray of light came from the sky, hitting Tank before he could smash the Ampelosaurus, blowing him away along with the Camptosaurus, turning them into cards.

"What was that!" Zander asked in disbelief.

The boys' eyes widened in shock and the girls stood frozen with their mouths dropped opened. None of them could believe what they were seeing.

Then, a huge figure came flying from the sky, landing in the ground, until they could see clearly who the strange dark figure was. They saw a huge silver-scaled Pterodactylus with dark grey colored-wings. It was flapping its wings with anger. As they could see, it wasn't in a really good mood.

Then, a dark figure jumped out of its lap, falling to the ground and bent down to grab the Camptosaurus's card.

That dark was actually a girl. She had long black hair tied up in a high ponytail that reached her back along with side bangs that reached one of her eyes. Her wide emerald green eyes stood out against her pale peach-colored skin. She was quite tall, but she was some centimeters shorter than Rod and Rex. She also wore a light purple short-sleeved zebra-patterned hoodie that was halved under a short-sleeved white T-shirt that said 'WTF' written in black, leaving her tummy bare, black fishnet arm warmers along with black fingerless gloves, black jean mini-shorts and high black laced-up boots.

Rex's eyes widened in shock when he realized she was the girl he sat in the pool. When he felt his cheeks turning beet red, he looked away, before she could notice him.

"Jeez" He thought. "It's that girl again. There's something fishy about her"

The girl started giving looks at them – first, Ursula and Ed, then Zoe, Rex and Laura, and in the end, Rod and Max. After that, she smiled sheepishly.

"Man, she's hot" Rod whispered to Max's ear. Max nodded. Then, Ursula broke the silence.

"You little brat" She insulted the girl "Mind your own business" The girl looked up at Ursula giving her a sarcastic smile as shook her head to her. Her eyes told Ursula 'This is my own business, grandma'. Ursula was going to scream at her, but instead, she took a deep breath to calm down herself. "Who are you anyway?"

"My name is Samantha Miller" She finally spoke before turning to her Pterodactylus. "And this Tara".

" Y-you have a stone, don't you?" Zander asked, shaking. Samantha took out an old stone out of her pocket and showed it to both the Alpha Gang and the D-Team. The rock had a symbol of a lunar eclipse in it, colored in black and silver color.

"You mean this stone?" She asked sarcastically. They all gasped in shock.

"She has one of the stones!" Rod and Laura exclaimed in chorus.

Phew! This one was a hard one! Hope you enjoyed it. Remember, don't forget to review. Sayonara :)