Chapter 1: Day of the Dino (Part 1)

5/24/17: Hey Aqua here ;) Okay, so It's pretty clear that I've gone off the deep end in the fact that I rewrote a rewrite! But you see, after the little mishap with the Copy That chapter getting accidentally with another chapter, I suddenly realized that despite being rewritten, there were still so many mistakes and I had to rewrite it again! I'll understand if any of you wanna unfollow me or this story but please don't leave any mean reviews, Okay?

Well, once again enjoy the show ^_^

The morning sun was bright and sunny, giving the students and faculty of Reefside High a nice start to the brand new school year. A car slowly pulled up to the entrance sign, and a girl, dressed in a jean jacket over a gray off the shoulder tee shirt and jeans, stepped out. She took a quick glance of the campus, before shaking her head with a sigh.

"Now you're sure you've got everything?" the girl's attention was turned onto the car's driver, a woman whose raven black hair was kept in a tight bun.

"Yes aunt Delila," Kaitlyn sighed. She grabbed her backpack and slung it onto her shoulder, which caused her long, blonde hair to fall onto her face. She pushed it away, revealing bright hazel eyes.

"And you remember where the principle office is, right?" Dalila asked, and Kaitlyn sighed again.

"I'm sure I'll find it eventually," she muttered dryly. Her aunt leaned over a little and shot her sympathetic smile.

"Kaitlyn, I know things seem pretty bleak right now, but everything will be fine," Delilah assured. "you'll see, I promise," she smiled, and her niece scoffed.

"Yeah, I am sure it will," Kaitlyn rolled her eyes, and Dalila let out a defeated sigh, before pulling back to her seat.

"Well, have a great first day, and I'll see you at home tonight, ok," Dalila told her, wearing a forced smile. Kaitlyn shrugged and shut the car door. As she watched her aunt's car drive away, a small pang of guilt hit her.

It wasn't Dalila fault. This was her second time moving, and it was only after 2 years of living in Australia. Now, she was back to being alone and left to fend for herself—In more ways than she'd care to admit. Taking in the teenager's light-toned features, no-one would be able to suspect that she had one foot on land, and one out in the sea.

Hearing the first bell ring, Kaitlyn snapped out of her thoughts immediately. She sighed and held the silver locket necklace she wore tightly for a moment.

"Alright, time to get this over with..." Kaitlyn grumbled. Letting out a deep breath, she headed into the building.

After meeting with the new principal, who appeared to be as sweet as a shark during a feeding frenzy, Kaitlyn made her way to her first class. Thankfully, the late bell didn't ring when she found it, a science lab. Excited laughter and flying paper balls filled the room as Kaitlyn walked in. She rolled her eyes as she took notice that the teacher hadn't arrived yet.

"Wonderful," Kaitlyn grumbled, her nerves slowly returning. She spotted an empty seat next to a girl, dressed in black with yellow edges, writing in her notebook. But as she went to take it, another girl shot up from hers and blocked Kaitlyn's path, taking her by surprise.

"Hi, you're the new transfer student, right? The one from Australia?" the blonde asked, smiling brightly.

"Uh…yeah, that's me," Kaitlyn nodded slowly. The girl's smile seemed to grow at the answer. "But actually, I'm from—"

"Great!" she cheered, then hissed at a boy that sat nearby, and he shot up quickly, shifting the camera in his hands. Kaitlyn looked alarmed. "Cassidy Cornell, I'm the newscaster and reporter for our school TV station," the girl introduced herself. "You wouldn't mind answering a few questions. What was it like living in Australia? Do you have an accent?" Kaitlyn's jaw clenched, but as she went to speak, another voice called out.

"Guys, settle down, take your seats please," a man with glasses and short dark brown hair walked into the classroom. Everyone scrambled to their seats. "My name's Dr. Oliver, and this is first-period science. But before we get started, are there any questions?" Dr. Oliver asked, and Cassidy's hand immediately went up.

"Cassidy Cornel," the blonde introduced herself to the man, and the negative response from the rest of the class suggested that the girl wasn't quite as popular. Cassidy ignored them as she continued. "Dr. Oliver, as you may know, I'm the main anchor and field reporter for the school's TV station," she added, and again was met with groans. She huffed and shot them all a quick glare. "Anyway, I'm sure our viewers are wondering…well, you don't look old enough to be a teacher," she smiled sweetly and then hissed at her friend with the camera again. Dr. Oliver frowned.

"Cassidy I promise you, I'm old enough. So, let's put the camera away," he instructed. Cassidy threw a glare at Devin as they took their seats. "For now, let's talk about you guys, and what you expect of yourselves in this class. Cause that's what's really important," Dr. Oliver told the class. However, as he looked around the room, an empty seat at one of the tables immediately caught the teacher's attention as he frowned. "Uh, is someone missing?" he asked.

As class had ended and the free period began, Kaitlyn used the opportunity to carefully sneak into the empty gym, a portable stereo in hand. Since she couldn't exactly go for a swim in the school's swimming pool, this was her best option at the moment.

"Rikki would so be proud of me right now," she mused to herself, reaching the center of the room and setting her stuff down. After tying up her hair into a ponytail, Kaitlyn turned on the stereo and selected a song before pressing play.

As music filled the air, Kaitlyn moved gracefully through the empty gym, the tension that had been there since coming to Reefside melted away with each step. She continued to dance until a few minutes later when the music had suddenly stopped. Frowning, she whirled around to find herself staring at the principal, who was soaked and furious. Kaitlyn stepped back instinctively

"Miss Russel, I'm sure I don't have to explain to you why you're in trouble, now do I?" Randall asked, and Kaitlyn gulped, fighting back the fear that she felt. "now go," she told her firmly.

"But principle Randall I just—"

"I said go!" the principle barked. Kaitlyn groaned and picked up her stuff before following Randall out of the gym and joined three other students, two of which were soaked as well. With a swift glare, the principle led the four to the front of her office. "Sit!" she barked at them and they quickly obeyed.

"Principal Randall, I'd just like to mention the fact that there's absolutely no evidence linking me to that unfortunate sprinkler incident," the young man dressed in blue and holding an umbrella told her earnestly, but she responded with a fierce scowl, that was only made scarier by her soaked appearance.

"Save it for Judge Judy, Mr. James," she growled at him. "the four of you have detention for one week, starting today," she looked at the other three who's jaws dropped in horror. "Now if there are no further questions—" all of them protested loudly. "I didn't think so!" she barked at them.

"Okay, someone seriously needs a hug," Kira growled.

"Aw man…my aunt's totally gonna murder me!" Kaitlyn groaned her face in her hands.

"Dude…Computer Club?" the young man dressed in a red soccer uniform looked at Ethan with a raised eyebrow. Ethan just rolled his eyes and turned away.

As the first day of school had ended, the four stood outside of a classroom, not bothering to speak a word to each other as they waited for Randall to return with an unlucky teacher to be in charge of their punishment.

"Perfect!" they heard her call. "Bring the little monsters with you. That should be sufficient torture for them," she appeared with Dr. Oliver, who looked just as unhappy as they were. "you've all met, I trust?" she glanced at him as he looked at the teenagers. "Well, enjoy your little outing," with a happy smirk, Randall walked off before anyone could object.

"So…" Dr. Oliver took off his glasses and smiled lightly at them. "You guys like museums?" he asked.

"Woah! Check out the T-Rex!" Ethan exclaimed as they saw the giant T-Rex statue in front of the muesum.

"Aquatic dinosaurs are way cooler in my opinion," Kaitlyn shrugged glancing at the statue. Ethan shot her a weird look as Dr. Oliver pulled into the parking lot and they all climbed out. They walked up towards the entrance, only to be met with a closed sign.

"That's weird…" Dr. Oliver frowned.

"Oh well, no museum for us," Conner shrugged.

"Great, let's go home," Kira nodded.

"Yeah, I've got to go and enjoy what's left of my social life," Kaitlyn muttered to herself.

"Tell you what," Dr. Oliver turned to look at them. "take a look around the grounds. If you guys find anything prehistoric, I'll cancel detention for the rest of the week," he told them, grinning slightly. The four's faces brightened.

"Sweet," Ethan smiled.

"I'm gonna see if I can find someone who can tell us when they're opening up," Dr. Oliver decided. The four nodded and went towards the grounds.

"So let me get this straight. They have a club just for computers?" Conner asked Ethan, who looked at him incredulously.

"Hey! Did you guys hear about the guy who was hiking up here and fell into a giant sinkhole?" Ethan broke the silence as they walked through the grounds.

"Must've missed that one," Kira told him, sounding uninterested.

"Come on! It was on all the urban legend sites," Ethan exclaimed, walking in front of the others. Conner and Kira rolled their eyes.

"Hey, if you think that's creepy, you really should hear this story my sister told me," Kaitlyn spoke up. Ethan shot her a grateful grin. "she lives in Briarwood, and supposedly if anybody goes into the woods outside of town they never come back," she told them.

"Woah, that is creepy," Ethan admitted, intrigued. Kaitlyn grinned.

"Dude, you two know this isn't computer club, right?" Conner rolled his eyes at the pair.

"Oh I guess you're too big and bad to surf the web," Ethan countered. "Well, what do you do in your spare time?" he asked as Conner stole a quick glance at Kaitlyn, who was looking away at the moment and smirked cockily.

"Me? I go out with girls," he explained casually. "You know, the ones at school who smell really good, with the long hair and the make-up," he smirked at Ethan, who arched his eyebrows.

"Oh it's like that, is it?" he stopped in front of the jock, who's smirk dropped.

"Yeah, it's like that," Conner towered over him.

"Whatever," having had enough, Kira walked away.

"Alpha males and their ego's," Kaitlyn rolled her eyes in exasperation and followed the singer. Conner went to follow them as Ethan shook his head.

"All I'm trying to do is give you guys the heads up," Ethan shouted to them. "Stuff happens out here! Just don't come crying to me when you fall into a giant sinkhole!" he yelled, and no sooner had he spoken, did he fall through the ground with the other three following right behind him seconds later.

"Everybody ok?" Kaitlyn asked. She carefully got up and brushed the dirt off her clothes, coughing out the dust that filled her lungs. The others nodded as they got up as well.

"Alright. You guys stay here where it's safe, I'll climb up and come back with help," he told them as he examined how much he had to climb.

"Uh, I really don't think that's a good idea," Kaitlyn told him. He ignored her and started to climb. He had only just gotten himself off the ground when the wall crumbled under his grip and fell back to the ground with a cry.

"Back already?" Ethan asked, an eyebrow arched before they helped him up.

"I'm pretty sure if we just keep moving forward we'll find a way outta here," Kaitlyn told them and moved ahead. The other three shared a look before following the girl into the tunnel.

Kira had taken the lead, singing softly under her breath in an attempt of easing the eerie quiet. Small rays of sunlight shined from the holes above, lightening the way at least. As they continued to walk, Kaitlyn thought about a situation that was pretty similar to the current one she was in now.

"What the hell is it with me and caves," she grumbled to herself.

"Babe, could you keep it down? I'm trying to stay focused here," Conner interrupted, and Kira stopped in surprise. She immediately recovered as she looked at him sharply.

"Did you just call me babe?" Kira demanded, looking furious. "Did he just call me babe?" she turned her attention onto Ethan and Kaitlyn.

"I dunno, I wasn't listening!" Ethan shrugged. "I was just grooving to your tune," he muttered and turned away to look at something. Kaitlyn just shrugged, having not been paying attention either. Kira marched over to Conner, who stopped to face her.

"What?" he frowned. "Look, just chill out, why don't you?" he asked, a little alarmed how irritated she was.

"Listen. My name is Kira. Maybe you should write it on your hand or something, so you can remember," she growled and stormed off, leaving Conner stunned, his mouth opened.

"Never call a girl babe," Kaitlyn shot a glare of her own at the jock and walked off to catch up with Kira.

After walking a little further, the four came to a dead end, with a giant dinosuar skelaton embedded in the wall.

"This screams Jurassic Park to me," Kira shrugged.

"This'll get us out of detention forever," Conner grinned and reached out to grab the head.

"Wait a minute, maybe you—" before Kaitlyn could finish, Conner moved the jaw. They all jumped back as the wall beside it opened to reveal a strange room filled with machines and fossils.

"Woah…" Ethan breathed as they stepped inside.

"I could do a crazy video in here," Kira commented as they glanced around.

"Oh Lewis would totally love this place," Kaitlyn mused, looking at the machines.

"Yo, don't touch that!" Ethan's hiss made Kaitlyn turn her head to where Conner was about to take a red gem from a smoking rock.

"Why not?" Conner asked as the girls gathered around them.

"You're really taking this whole dumb jock thing to a whole new level," Ethan shook his head incredulously.

"Look, I have sat through enough lame science classes to know that thing looks fully prehistoric," Conner shrugged. "and if I don't have to miss practice," he pointed out.

"I hate to agree with him, really I do," Kira sighed. "but I already missed one rehearsal," she told them.

"And I won't be grounded until I'm fifty…" Kaitlyn muttered as she stared at the silver gem as if somehow drawn to it. The four reached out and lifted the gems, which strangely started to glow.

"Well, what are they?" Kira asked, looking at the glowing yellow gem in her hand.

"I can go online later, and find out," Ethan suggested. Conner let out a chuckle.

"You in front of a computer? Wait, let me put on my surprised face," he smirked and Ethan scowled.

"You know, ten years from now, when your hairline is receding and you're playing pick-up soccer in the park because your dreams of turning pro never quite worked out, I'll have my own multi-million dollar software business," Ethan smiled brightly as he thought about his future.

"Woah, that was a little harsh," Kaitlyn commented, grinning. Kira rolled her eyes and headed for the exit. "Hey, where are you going?" Kaitlyn immediately spotted her, and the singer turned around.

"I don't want to think about what kinda freak who lives in a place like this, and I sure don't wanna be here when it get's home," Kira stated and walked off with the boys following her. Kaitlyn gazed down at the gem in her hand before pocketing it with a sigh.

"Why do I suddenly have a bad feeling about this," Kaitlyn muttered. She glanced around the room for a moment and then left to catch up with the others.

Once back in the tunnels again, the four finally found a way out.

"This way!" Ethan called as he led the way outside. "Does anyone have a compass?" he asked as they all emerged and climbed up a small slope.

"And I was going to bring one," Conner rolled his eyes.

"Would you two give it a rest already?" Kaitlyn sighed, fed up with the bickering. The wind picked up, and a growl echoed through the air. "Uh, what was that?" she tensed as a strange chill slowly ran up her spine.

"The wind?" Kira suggested hopefully. Ethan shook his head.

"That ain't the wind. As much as we'd like it to be…it ain't," he gulped. A crowd of strange black lizard-like creatures suddenly appeared in front of them, and they froze.

"Don't move…" Conner whispered tensely.

"Oh smart, make it easy for them," Kaitlyn hissed back at him.

"New plan! Run!" Ethan yelled, and they all took off in a sprint. They ran through the forest as fast as they could, hoping there weren't anymore sink-holes. Conner, Ethan, and Kaitlyn leaped across the ditch, but as Kira followed, her attempt fell short as she slipped into the ditch.

"Come on!" Kaitlyn turned back and helped the girl as she struggled to get out. She pulled her up in time to avoid the monsters and started running again. As they continued, Kira tripped. When Kaitlyn stopped and went to help her, the creatures were already closing in, and Kira opened her mouth to scream. But it came out as unnaturally high-pitched that forced the three to cover their ears while the monsters were thrown back. Realizing what she was doing, Kira immediately stopped and so did the noise.

"Come on, help her up," the three ran over to help Kira.

"What, was that?" Ethan demanded as they stared at her.

"I have no idea," Kira admitted shakily before a yellow light suddenly lit up in her pocket. When she noticed it, she pulled out the glowing Gem and they heard a strange noise.

"Uh oh. Looks like it's time for round two," Kaitlyn looked at the monsters as they started to recover. The four instinctively ran off in different directions. Far enough away, Kaitlyn skidded to a stop and faced the few monsters that had followed her, glaring at them.

The creatures seemed to take this as a sign to attack and ran forwards. As one went to attack, Kaitlyn flipped back and blocked a punch away. When a few gathered, she stretched out her hand and summoned a strong gust of wind that knocked them back. However, more appeared and surrounded her, and Kaitlyn gulped. She shut her eyes tightly as they all launched at once, and a strange sensation took a hold of her body as their attacks simply went through her.

Kaitlyn opened her eyes to see what was going on, she let out a cry of horror as she stared at her body, which had somehow turned into water, and after a moment, she changed back. "Okay…what the hell just happened?" she blinked, before her own Gem glowed. There was a soft melody like roar, before the image of a strange dinosaur with fins hit her. "Awesome, and my life just keeps getting more and more complicated," Kaitlyn groaned, a hand on her face.

"Over here!" Conner's call brought the four back together, looking at their Gems in amazement. Judging from the looks on their faces, Kaitlyn could tell that something strange happened to the others as well.

"Yo, how much do I love detention," Ethan asked happily, staring at the blue Gem that was in his hand.

"Hey!" the four quickly pocketed their Gems as they spotted Dr. Oliver. "You guys alright?" he asked as he ran over to them, looking a little freaked out.

"Oh yeah, we're totally fine," Kaitlyn told him, smiling.

"Nothing out of the ordinary happen?" their teacher asked curiously.

"Nah, just your routine hike in the woods," Ethan shrugged casually while Kira and Conner looked a little confused. "lots of furry little creatures," he nodded.

"And a few scaly ones…" Kira muttered under her breath. Dr. Oliver frowned.

"So, did you get into the Dino exhibit?" Conner asked, having caught on to what the two were doing.

"They're still working out the kinks," Dr. Oliver shook his head, looking a little worried about something. "We better get you guys. Come on," he looked around, before starting to walk.

"Don't you think we should tell him?" Kira asked, looking at the three as they started walking.

"Not an option," Kaitlyn shook her head firmly. "Have you any idea what would happen to us if anyone found out about this?" she demanded. No-one noticed or chose to comment on the dark edge in Kaitlyn's voice.

"She's right," Ethan nodded. "I don't know about you guys, but I've got about a million sci-fi DVDs, and you wanna know how many times the dude with the superpowers ends up in some government lab, lying on a table with wires in his head?" he told them.

"Even I know that," Conner agreed.

"Are you guys coming?" Dr. Oliver called out to them, and the four glanced at each other one more time before they continued to follow him.

"Ok, so we all agree," Conner spoke up as they walked through the school campus, heading home. "no-one talks about this to anyone? No matter what," he looked at the other three, before Kira stopped in front of them, forcing them to stop as well.

"I can do better than that," she dumped the yellow Gem into his hand. "I'm out. Just forget I was here, and I'll do the same," Kira told them firmly.

"Wait, how come he gets it?" Ethan demanded. Kira rolled her eyes.

"Well, here," she grabbed the Gem from Conner's hand and dumped it into his. Ethan couldn't help but smirk proudly at the jock, who rolled his eyes. Kaitlyn sighed and took it from his hand and held it out in front of the singer, who glared.

"Kira, this isn't something none of us can just walk away from," she told the girl firmly. "These things gave us powers, and until we figure out why, we need to stick together," Kaitlyn told her.

"Look, all I wanted was to get out of detention, I never asked for any of this!" Kira shook her head stubbornly.

"But Kira—"

"You know what? I give up!" Kira exclaimed, and stormed off.

"Kira, wait a minute!" Kaitlyn called after her, but the girl didn't stop. "Oh she'd give Emma and Rikki a run for their money in stubbornness," she groaned, a hand to her face. As Kira walked away, the wind picked up again, and the monsters that attacked them earlier showed up again, grabbing her.

"Kira!" Conner yelled. They ran over to try to help her, but before they could reach her, the monsters disappeared into a green portal, taking Kira with them, leaving only her backpack behind.

"She's gone!" Ethan breathed as Conner picked up the backpack.

"Conner, do you think you could slow down just a bit?" Kaitlyn spoke up from the back seat of Conner's car as they sped down an empty road. "Cause, I highly doubt we'll be any help to Kira if we're all dead!" she pointed out firmly, holding the back of Ethan's seat tightly. Conner just rolled his eyes and continued to drive at the same speed.

"So, where are we going?" he asked, looking at Ethan.

"Uh…Dr. Oliver's house," Ethan offered weakly.

"What's he going to do?!" Both Conner and Kaitlyn demanded.

"He's a dinosaur guy!" Ethan exclaimed and pulled out his PDA. "These things are dinosaurs…sort of…" he muttered.

"Ok, so, where does he live?" Kaitlyn asked, accepting that the science teacher was their best and only option for help.

"Uh, 1992, Valencia Road," Ethan read the address, and Conner nodded.

"Valencia Road, that's…" Conner frowned as he realized something. "That's like, way out in the middle of the woods," he commented. Kaitlyn and Ethan shared a look, wondering just why the man would choose to live so far out of town.

After an hours drive, the three finally found Dr. Oliver place, looking around as they rushed to the door. Ethan knocked on the door loudly as Kaitlyn and Conner tried to get a look inside through the windows.

"Knock again," Conner told him, not seeing anyone. Ethan did so, but there still wasn't any response.

"Now what?" he asked. Conner walked over to the door. He pushed it, and it slowly swung open.

"Ok, I'm getting a serious Scooby-Doo vibe here," Kaitlyn frowned.

"What are you doing?" Ethan demanded as Conner peered inside.

"Why would he leave it unlocked?" he shrugged.

"He's got no neighbors," Ethan pointed out with a frown.

"What, you never heard of the three bears?" Conner grinned, walking inside.

"Is that the last book you read?" Ethan rolled his eyes. Kaitlyn laughed as the two followed him inside. They looked around, calling out for their teacher, but still no answer. They walked into the study, which was filled with books and fossils.

"Hey, check it out?" Conner grinned, walking over to a model of a T-Rex. As he went to touch it, Kaitlyn grabbed his wrist. "What?" he demanded as she let go.

"Remember the last time you did something like that?" Kaitlyn reminded him with a frown.

"Dude, he's a teacher, not—" Conner stopped as he touched the statue's jaw again, and a trapdoor opened up. "Batman…" he breathed, his eyes wide. After getting over the initial shock, the three walked down the steps and found themselves in the strange room that they stumbled on a few hours ago.

"This is the same place!" Ethan realized as they looked around.

"Are you two freaking out right now?" Conner asked.

"Yeah," Ethan agreed. "I'd have to say I am," they turned, taking in the whole room.

"Uh, define freaking out," Kaitlyn muttered.

"If you are looking for extra credit," they whirled around to see Dr. Oliver standing in front of them, looking furious. "You're in the wrong place," he warned them darkly, making them gulp.

That's all she wrote for this Ch, I hoped you liked it and aren't too mad at me for the changes that I've made.

Well, my lovelies, I must be off

Remember to R&R, Aquaprincess3 signing out ;)