Game Plan-A Dinosaur Train Fanfic
Summary: Nick Sanajeh never expected to fall for anyone, especially at a dome ball game. But he indeed does with Corey, the troodon who is the dome ball referee. Can Nick win the heart of Corey Troodon? Read to find out. First romance fic about a same-sex crush, no flames but constructive criticism is accepted.
Chapter 1-Love at First Sight
It was a bright and sunny day as Nick Sanajeh and his sister Alana got off of the Dinosaur Train and slithered onto the platform for Pachycephalosaur Plateau Station. Alana was a yellow sanajeh with brown on her back and had beautiful blue eyes. Nick was the same species as her, though adopted, but he was much thinner than her. His skin was mostly black with yellow on the bottom part of his body and around his eyes, which were the color green, like emeralds. And they weren't the only ones to get off the train for they were surrounded by a large crowd of creatures and dinosaurs. For the dinosaurs there were stigimolochs, troodons, pteranodons, triceratops, brachisaurs', and a few T-Rexes. For other creatures there were cimolestes, a few bird species, and of course the sanajeh siblings themselves. The whole group of assorted creatures were heading for one specific place, the Dome ball court where today's game was to be played between sibling players Patrick and Pamela Pachycephalosaurus and their opponents which were two stygimolochs.
Eventually the court could be seen and the crowd arrived within minutes. The dome ball field had two poles on both sides with a grass net cutting over the court, splitting it into two sides for both teams. Also on both sides and recently built were two separate bleachers for the spectators to sit and watch the game. Alana and Nick sat on the middle row of the bleachers on the right side of the field. "I'm really glad you decided to come with me to see the game," Alana said happily to her brother. "You're going to enjoy it, Nick. It's very exciting."
Nick had been hearing about the dome ball games from his sister for a while now. She had attended them with her husband Gordon, a troodon, and both had a really fun time watching them. After hearing about the game and how it was played, Nick had to admit to himself that he felt a little bit curious about seeing one for himself. So when he asked Alana if he and her could see one together, she said that she would love to go to a game with him. Nick scanned the field from side to side. "So how long do these games go on for?"
"No more than an hour and a half, sometimes they go on for two hours. But by the time these games are finished Nick, they feel like they've gone on for hours." Alana answered him.
Soon both the Pachycephalosaur and stygimoloch teams walked onto the dome ball court and received much applause from the audience, to which they waved back with smiles on their faces. Nick waved back and was feeling a bit excited; he couldn't wait for the game to start. And then he appeared as if out of thin air. A tanned skin-colored troodon with a whistle in his right hand walked across the court, stopped on the other side, and turned so that he was facing the crowd. Nick stared at this troodon and all of a sudden he could feel his heart beating very fast. His mouth was dry and he felt like he couldn't breathe. Standing on the other side of the court was the most beautiful looking creature Nick had ever seen in his life. His skin shining in the light of the sun, his long tail swinging slowly from side to side, and the perfect white smile of his teeth. And when the troodon spoke, his voice sounded a bit high, but to Nick it was the loveliest sound he had ever heard.
"Okay everyone, I want a good, fair, and clean game, understood?" Both teams nodded. "Both teams ready?" The troodon referee asked. Both teams looked each other in the eyes and determined looks appeared on all four of their faces. They all said that they were ready. The troodon brought the whistle up to his lips and blew loudly. "Alrighty then, let's play some Dome ball!"
And with that he threw a gourd that he had been holding in his other arm up into the air. It disappeared into the sun for a second before coming back down. Seeing it, Patrick Pachycephalosaurus rammed the top of his dome head against the gourd and knocked it over the net. The male stygimoloch saw the gourd and smacked his head against it as well, sending it back over the net. The gourd was hit by Pamela and then by the female stygimoloch and then by Patrick again and then by the male stygimoloch again. The gourd went back and forth, back and forth from both teams. Nick felt like he was being pulled into a hypnotic trance with the gourd until Pamela knocked it over the net and it fell onto the ground before either stygimoloch could try to stop it.
The troodon referee blew his whistle again and cried out. "Point for Pamela and Patrick Pachycephalosaurus!" About half of both bleachers cheered and applauded at the announcement.
"They're so wonderful, Patrick and his sister Pamela. They're extremely good dome ball players and my husband and I love them so much." Alana gasped. "I wonder if I can get their autographs? Oh, the look on Gordon's face when he sees them."
"Alana," Nick said turning to face her. "Who is that troodon refereeing the game?"
Alana looked down and spotted who Nick was talking about. "Oh, that's Corey Troodon. He referees all of the dome ball games that take place here and the games of a few other sports. He's been refereeing games for a long while now. Why do you ask?"
"Um…um…I was just wondering, that's all." Alana looked at him for a second before returning her attention to the game. Nick sighed inwardly with relief. He didn't feel ready to talk about his sudden feelings for the troodon below them.
The game continued and everyone watched with full attention. The gourd was knocked down back and forth for such long stretches of time, that it seemed like it would never fall. But fall it would on one side or the other, earning a point for one team or the other. Corey blew his whistle and called out points for whoever scored and let both teams know whose turn it was to serve the gourd. Nick watched Corey and was impressed by how well he was running the game. He thought that Corey was really good at his job.
The gourd landed on Patrick and Pamela's side and Corey blew his whistle. "Listen up, dome ball players! The game is tied twenty-one to twenty-one! Whoever gets the next point wins the game!"
This was it, the game was almost over and everyone was watching on the edge of their seats. Patrick and his sister looked at their opponents with squinted eyes, they were determined to win. Both teams prepared themselves. Corey blew his whistle and Patrick served the gourd. Nick was certain that the hearts of every creature in the crowd were beating frantically with each pass of the gourd over the net. Many could be heard letting out gasps as the gourd was about to land on the ground, only to be knocked back up into the air again. The male stygimoloch rammed his head against the gourd as hard as he could and up into the air it went.
Everything seemed to happen in slow motion. The gourd was up high in the air and then it began to descend towards the ground. "Get it, Patrick!" Pamela cried. Patrick looked up and saw it before he bent his knees and gave the biggest jump he could muster. He jumped up high toward the gourd, but it seemed like he would not be able to hit it. But then…
WHAM! The gourd was sent flying back up into the air. Both stygimolochs panicked and jumped up into the air and towards each other. They looked like they were going to crash into each other, but instead fell on the ground with one on top of the other. The gourd bounced off of the female styigimoloch's back and landed onto the ground. Corey blew his whistle with all his might.
"That's it! The game is all over and the win goes to Patrick and Pamela Pachycephalosaurus!" The troodon cried. Cheers and applause were ringing throughout the air as the crowds on both sides began coming down the stands and over to the winning team.
"Oh Nick, let's get down there and see them. I just got to get Patrick and Pamela's autographs!" Alana cried. Nick followed after her, not just to see Patrick and Pamela to congratulate them on a good played game, but to also meet Corey and talk to him. The two snake siblings raced down the steps and onto the field. After making their way through the crowd to the center of it, they were before the pachycephalosaur siblings. "Hello Patrick and Pamela, my name is Alana. My husband and I are such huge fans of yours and I was wondering if, I could have both your autographs?"
"Why sure." Pamela said.
"Anything for a fan, tell you what? How would you like the winning gourd with our signatures on it?" Patrick suggested.
"Oh, that would be wonderful!" Alana said cheerfully. As Patrick and his sister were signing the gourd, a high-sounding voice spoke out from outside the crowd.
"See you Patrick and Pamela, I'm heading off!"
"Okay, sure thing Corey!" Patrick called out to him as his eyes were on the gourd he was signing.
Nick looked alarmed. "Uh…congrats on winning the game!" And he slithered quickly away and around all the feets of the crowd, trying not to get stepped on. He slid this way and that until he was finally out of the group of creatures. "Wait…!"
But it was too late. Corey had disappeared just as suddenly as he had appeared into Nick's life. Nick looked around and around but saw no sign of where the troodon went. "Nick, Nick!" Nick turned and saw his sister appear out of the crowd with the gourd clutched tightly in her tail. She came over to him.
"Nick, why did you slither off like that?"
"I…I…was feeling trapped in that crowd and thought I needed some air." Nick said.
"Well, alright. The game's over, so I guess it's time to go."
"Right." Nick said, though he was feeling disappointed and wanted to go find Corey, but he could see no trace of where the troodon had gone. So he followed his sister back to the train station, his heart feeling very low.
Corey Troodon is actually an OC I based off of the troodon referee from the Dinosaur Train episode Dome-Headed Dinosaur. Basically I just gave the referee from that episode his own name and character in this fic. Feel free to review and let me know what you think.
