Chapter 1 : "The Beginning Of a Fall"

Author note : Hi everyone ! I'm Skylen Xander but you can call me Xander , Skylen or Sky in short . This is a story of my life, from my childhood to the very day as you read it . This story is inspired by WhenBooksFly's story called Why So Blue ? (WSB? In short) . This story is based on what i experience in the game "The Isle". I will try my best to make it look as nice as I can 'cause I'm not fluent in English, so I might make some mistakes, but be sure to tell me what you want me to improve as this is my 1st story I will publish even just for myself as the other one I had once on deviant art got well .., canceled cause i had no viewers or ideas what to write next. But this is a different story because it happend and I will have more motivation to write it. So I guess we can get started with this story and once again a big thanks to WhenBooksFly for inspiring me with her great story that I recommend you to read!

It was a cold night. The moon was high on a cloudless sky sheding some light to the clearing of the forest. In the forest can be heard quiet murmurs of dinosaurs sleeping. Those dinosaurs are Allosaurus ... A whole pack of them. Mostly adults, but there is some adolescents and hatchlings there as well. There was also one youngling that does not sleep with other hatchlings and adolescents, but under a female Allosaurus, that is his mother. That little Allo is me, Xander. I barely remember this part of my life as it was really painful to me. That specific night was when all hell broke loose. None of us expected to be in any danger by sleeping close to a clearing, because we felt like we were strong and my Father, an alpha of the pack, was the strongest on the island. Wasn't he? That's where I was wrong. I woke up to a deep sounding growl. I slowly started to open my eyes to see what was going on while one of the packmembers, that was closer to the noise woke up immidiately, but what he saw made him scream out loud.

"Rexe-"

His scream had been cut as a giant beast close its jaws on his neck and he started to cough out his own blood .

Everyone was woken up by the scream of now a fallen dead packmember .

Some others were very unlucky to wake up seeing jaws closing on them.

"Younglings to the forest! NOW !" My mother ordered as she pushed me and the other younglings to the only safe spot at that time.

"Go with them I will try to stop them!" I heard my father's voice from behind as he was already on a back of the beast, biting its thick neck. He was our only hope for survival. Not only was he strongest, but also the smartest. But he made a mistake, we all did by staying there for the night . Everyone felt safe because we were many and no one usually wanted to pick a fight with us. But those days were about to end .

As we run, not fully aware of what was going on, my mom got pulled back to the fight. As she tried to regain her footing she screamed at us just standing and looking .

"Run ! Run now ! You are our only hope !"

Then she looked at the adolescents and spoke to them.

"Please take care of the younglings until its over." they simply nodded and tried to push me and other younglings to move deeper into the woods. But I could not just leave my mom like that .

"Mom!" I screamed as I was pulled by my tail by one of the adolescents.

She then looked at me with a calm gaze, but I could see the pain and fear in her eyes.

"You are our only child Skylen . Save yourself and the others . We will find you when its over" then she reassured me with a gentle nuzzle and said.

"Now go ! And listen to the older ones"

As I started to cry like I knew I was seeing her for last time, I whimpered.

"I won't let you down. I promise !!"

As my mother heard it she smiled and said

"Good, I know you won't! Now go and hide!" I had never run so fast in my life . It was not only because I was afraid and adrenaline was pumping in my veins, but also by fact that I tried to keep up with adolescents.

"G...guys...wait up! Hatchlings are falling behid !" They finaly slow down the quick pace so I had some time to catch my breath while hatchlings tried to come to us, nearly collapsing when they made it.

"Th...thanks" one of hatchlings finally spoke up.

We were all exhausted and we could not help it, so we laid down on the ground under a tree.

"We have to move soon" one of the olders sayed.

"W...we barely...made it!" Said one of the hatchlings, panting.

"I agree! we are all exhausted. Just let us rest for a moment" I tried to convince the olders. Even if I knew they were right and we should keep moving.

"Grrrrr fine!" Said an younger adolescent.

"But I won't wait for you when the rexes come here!" He added after a short pause.

The older adolescent looked at him, irritated by his actions.

"They are just kids remember!? You would do same if you were as young as they are" Spoke the older one.

A silence fell for almost half an hour as we rested .

Then we suddenly heard movement to our left . We all got scared that a rex is passing just right next to us.

Hatchlings begin to sob as quiet as they could . They were shaking in fear, so I tryed to comfort them.

"Whatever it is it's just passing by we are safe" at lest i hoped we were.

Just when I finished my sentence, the noises halted.

'Just great, just when i said we are fine, it will now come to us! Good job Skylen!' I thought as the hatchlings looked at me.

The noises started again. Lucky for us they did not come into our direction .

When the sounds of the heavy steps faded I let out the air I did not notice I was holding.

"That was a close one I guess..." I said relieved that it was over .

"Hush there younglings" hummed an older adolescent gently .

I immediately shut my jaws with a sorry look on my face.

"It's almost sunrise" he whispered as he looked around us.

"We will move soon" he added shortly after.

As we sit there for another half an hour in a deep nervous silence we decide it's time to move.

As we carefully move between branches and small rocks, just to not make any noises, we try to get to the nearest water source to get something to drink and have a chance to catch some easy prey.

Once we made it to a small peaceful pond adolescents began to look around for any signs of danger as we tried to calm ourselves and drink a little.

"Soooo... what's the plan now ?" I asked the olders.

"For now we will try to hunt something and if we succeed we will stay here for a while" replied the older adolescent.

"But if we won't get any food here we will need to slowly move back to where our pack was.., maybe someone will be there" he added and sighed afterwards.

"Ok... and one more thing"

"Yes?"

"Thank you for letting us rest back then" i said wagging my tail.

"You would do the same" he replied calmly.

Our small conversation got interrupted by the younger adolescent calling for us to come to him.

As we made it he shows us he succeeded on a hunt and got a avaceratops that probably got separated from it's herd.

"Nice job" said the older adolescent as he praised him and his fresh kill.

"Not a big deal" the younger one replied.

We all began to feast.

After everyone was done eating. There were still leftovers. So the older adolescent suggested we stay there for a while. As time passes by, we ate the rest of what was left of the ava and started to move back where our pack was. Hoping they survived.

When we get close, the adolescents tell us to wait behind some bushes, as they went to see if it's safe for us to come out.

After a painfully long while they still hadn't came back or call us to them. The silence put me on edge.

"Stay here. I will go and see what is takeing them so long. I will be back soon. If I don't come back, run away back to the pond if I come back and see you are not here I will go there, okay?" I asked trying to sound as brave as i only could.

"O-okay" they replied.

As I walked to the last known place I saw adolescents, I spotted them on a clearing being pinned down to the hard ground by two large adult rexes.

After the adolescents saw me, they started to scream.

"RUN!! SAVE THE YOUNGLINGS ! YOU CANT SAVE US !"

When they screamed, both of the rexes looked in my direction.

"Oh shit!"

I started to run where the hatchlings were, but when I made it there, they were gone.

I assumed they did what I asked them to and they ran back to the pond, but when I got closer I noticed blood and chunks of flesh. The next thing my pupils fixated on were giant jaws emerging from the bushes next to me. I barely dodge the teeth as I keep on running between trees hoping to lose it in the woods, but it's jaws were coming closer and closer with each missed bite.

I was so scared I did not know how much longer I could run or if I can even somehow make it out. I ran not paying attention to where I was going and when I got out of the forest still looking behind me I felt like I began to lose my footing. Before I could react I was falling down a hill. After what felt like an eternity I hit the ground and passed out.

When I woke up I realised I was still alive. As I struggled to stand up I feel every part of my body hurting really badly as if every bone was broken. Fortunately besides some bruises and small cuts, I was fine.

"Where am i?" I ask myself as I try to regain my footing.

"Ouch that hutrs" I yelped as I tried to rely my weight on my injured leg.

Looking up, I saw how far I'd fallen down. I just could not believe that any of my bones were not broken.

"Ahhh looks like a long climb ..."

After a while of trying to find a way up. I heard a bush above me rustle . I started to back away a bit and then something jumped towards me. It was a utahraptor ... four of them to be exact.

They tried to bite me, but I managed to dodge most of the attacks, and tried my best to bite them back. Suddenly, as fast as they came they ran away. The reason made itself know. I heard stomping and a distant roar. I got stunned in fear as I tried to run, but decided to hide back in the hole I was in. I found a small space between some rocks that had fallen over eachother. I crawled under them and hoped the creature won't come down here. After some silence I was sure that it wasn't coming to me. I relaxed my aching muscles and sighed in relief. Just as I managed to relax I heard careful steps.., something big was trying to be sneaky.

'D-did it saw me going down here' I thought to myself.

When the footsteps begin to be louder I close my eyes in fear and I begged this to be only a bad dream.