Boundaries –A Dinosaur Train Fanfic
Chapter 1-Meeting Laura Giganotosaurus (Written by DinosaurTrainFan)
It was a lovely day as Ned Troodon and his friend Karkovice Drake walked toward the station where the Dinosaur Train was. True to his last name, Ned was an orange-colored troodon with orange feathers on top of his head. He also wore a green bowtie. Karkovice Drake was a ten foot tall red dragon with black swept back horns, black claws on his hands and feet, and black wings with flaps the color of red. He walked on two legs and had brown eyes on a warm and kind-looking face. His body was also well built. But he was actually a weredragon, a creature that could change from human to dragon form and vice versa. Kark had first come to Dinosaur Land thanks to a friend of his, who had told him of a magical entrance that lead there and given him tickets to access it and the Dinosaur Train. After a few visits Kark met Ned and has become close friends with him ever since.
As the weredragon and troodon walked up to the ticket window, Kark spoke up. "So you don't go on the train much?" Kark asked.
Ned shook his head. "I usually just stay in Troodon Town. I only leave when there's an event going on. However, I don't go to every event." He said as the Station Master Troodon handed them their tickets. It was true that Ned didn't often ride the Dinosaur Train. The reason he was boarding the train today had nothing to do with attending an event of some kind. He was only going because Kark convinced him to, saying that he should go out more often. Ned was shy and a bit of a loner, usually preferring long periods of time by himself instead of in public. His only explanation was that he didn't feel comfortable with being out in public for long.
The two creatures boarded the train and it left the station moments later. Trees could be seen from inside the passenger car as the train passed them by. After the two were sitting in the passenger car for a short bit, Kark made the suggestion of checking out the observation car. "You ever been in it before?"
Ned shook his head. "Never. I admit that every time I was on the train, I was a little curious about it, but just never went through with seeing it. Don't know why." He said finishing with a shrug.
Kark smiled. "Well it's your lucky day, Ned. Let's go check it out." The two stood up and walked towards the door leading to the observation car.
"So what's the observation car like?" Ned asked.
"Well it has no roof, so dinosaurs that are too big to fit into the passenger car can fit inside it. It's usually inhabited by a giganotosaurus named Laura."
"Why is she in there so often?" The two were standing before the door to the observation car, and Kark was smiling at Ned. "I think I'll let Laura explain that to you." Kark opened the door and he and Ned stepped inside. The first sight they saw was of two big bipedal legs, each attached to a three-toed foot.
"Why hello, Kark." A soft voice with an Argentinian accent spoke out, and judging by the sound of it, seemed to be coming from up above their heads. The two looked up and saw a tall female dinosaur that looked very similar to the T-Rex species, except that she was taller than a T-Rex. She also had dark green skin with a lighter shade of green going down her belly, two trails of spikes that went from her snout to the tip of her tail, both being broken off by her forehead, two short arms (though a bit longer than a T-Rex's), a long tail, and she was squatting in the train car with her two big legs. She was smiling down at them in a friendly manner.
Kark smiled. "Why hello there, Laura. How are you today?"
Laura smiled and replied that she was fine. She looked over at Ned. "Oh, hello. Who might you be?"
Kark placed his arm around Ned. "Oh, this is my good friend Ned Troodon. We met a while back when I was visiting Dinosaur Land for the first time. Ned, this is Laura the Giganotosaurus, lookout for the Dinosaur Train and a friend of mine. Say hi to Laura, Ned. Ned?"
Ned said nothing. He just stared up at Laura with his mouth open a little in astonishment. Laura was…the most beautiful creature he had ever laid eyes upon in his life. Her green skin, the spikes on her body, her long tail, everything about Laura seemed flawlessly beautiful to him. And her accent was so lovely and silky smooth that he wanted to listen to her talking for hours.
"Ned? Ned? Ned?!"
"W-What?" Ned snapped out of it and looked over at Kark. "What is it?"
"You were zoning out there for a minute, Ned. This is Laura the Giganotosaurus, a good friend of mine."
Laura smiled and waved her right hand forwardly at Ned in a friendly fashion. "Oh, please Ned. Just call me Laura."
Ned felt like he was about to swoon at the gesture.
Laura smiled and bowed at him. "At your service, senor."
The urge to swoon felt stronger.
"So what brings you two to the observation car?"
"Just wanted to show Neddy here the observation car. Say Laura, you wouldn't mind telling him what you do back here, would you?"
"Not at all. You see Ned, as the Dinosaur Train lookout, I keep an eye out for any danger out on the track. If I see something big or long on the tracks that could cause the train to crash, I let a loud roar to let the engineer know and stop the train. Then I get out and push the large or tall object off of the tracks using my head and great body strength."
"That…sounds incredible." Ned said, looking like his breath had been taken away from him.
"Tell him about your other duties." Kark suggested.
"I also turn the train around whenever we get to a round house, that's where the train gets turned around so it can go in the other direction. I help push the train, but not with my head, but with my arms and body strength." Laura explained.
Ned nodded as he listened. He looked at Laura as she spoke. After Laura was finished speaking, there was a moment of silence in the observation car. Ned instantly didn't like it. He wanted Laura to continue speaking, so he could hear the sound of her voice some more, but could think of nothing at the moment that could get her to talk. Then Kark spoke up. "Well, we better get back to the passenger car. Bye, Laura. See you soon."
"Good-bye Kark. Good-bye, Ned. I've enjoyed talking to you two, and I hope that I'll see you two more often on the train." Laura said while waving.
"Good-bye." Ned said calmly as Kark was guiding him away by the shoulder while he was looking at Laura. He felt like he wanted to stay with her some more, talk to her some more. But for some reason, he felt powerless to do anything as he was guided out of the observation car and the door closed behind him.
