When I saw what I saw, I barely believed my own eyes. An enormous, white dinosaur raged throughout the valley!

All the dinosaurs that had just arrived all fled, but I was too terrified to even move; this was for sure the biggest predator I had ever seen! It was almost the size of the gigantic dinosaurs that had those long necks, which I'm sure, gives a good picture of how humongous it was.

When the white dinosaur closed in I regained my senses and made a run for it. I could almost feel the intensity and the fear in air, as if it was some kind of smell – a very bad one that I wanted to get away from.

As I ran, I had to avoid becoming a raccoon-pancake, because all the dinosaurs were totally freaked out and ran in all directions to get away from the big, white beast, which was terrorizing the valley.

The big, white dinosaur charged towards me, even though I knew that it wasn't after me, since the other dinosaurs would make a better meal (If don't know if raccoon pate tastes good…). But this didn't mean that I wasn't busy getting away.

I suddenly a roar of pain and horror, which sent chills down my spine, which almost felt as cold as the icy world I came from. I turned my head and saw that the white carnivorous dinosaur had slayed a dinosaur. It was one of those big, blue ones with the big thumb claws.

I turned my head again, since I don't really like core and killing and blood and such. Well, to a certain basis, raccoons are carnivores, but it has never gotten too bloody when I 'found' food.

I felt sorry for the dinosaur, though. But I knew that there was nothing that I could possibly do, so I ran the last few meters to get to the forest's thicket.

After some time I stopped by an old and hollow log somewhere deep inside the forest. I was exhausted, not only from all the running, but also from the shock and surprise when the white dinosaur attacked.

I eventually regained my breath and my senses and looked around. I had idea about how long I had been running or where I was.

This was just great: I had panicked so that I had gone lost in a forest in a world I had hardly been in for a day.

"Great. Now what do I do?" I asked myself. I was lost for words and options, since there was thicket everywhere I looked.

Well, I could try and go back, I thought. But what direction did I just come from?

As you may have figured out, I'm not the best navigator you'll find.

I knew that I was close to panicking, but I tried my best to keep my cool as I tried to come up with a good option.

Well, you could just stay here and wait for the white dinosaur to come and eat you. Just as I thought it wouldn't appear, a familiar voice spoke to me in my head. Like I didn't have enough problems right now!

Ignoring my inner voice I started walking in a random direction, hoping that I would find a way, even though I wasn't in an environment I knew.

Suddenly a rustling sound came from a near bush. Before I could react, I was jumped by a creature, which was a little bigger than me.

With a surprised yelp I fell into a bush with the creature on top of me. I wanted to scream for help, but a furry hand hindered me from saying anything. The creature shushed me as it kept holding me in a firm grip.

Then I heard heavy and stomping footsteps outside the bush. The footsteps were so powerful that the ground shook each time one of the heavy feet hit the ground. I was sure that it was the same big, white dinosaur from before!

Suddenly I could hear the big dinosaur's sniffing very close to the bush. I started squirming in panic, but, whoever held me just tightened his or her grip.

Then I he leaned in and whispered. "Run when I say 'now'."

It made me calm a little down, but my heart was still racing and so did my breathing.

"Now!" The sudden shout made the dinosaur roar in a deafening volume. The person who had taken me into the bush was long gone, but I heard him yell: "Come on, this way!"

I started running towards his voice and got out of the bush, just as a big three-toed foot stomped down on it and mashed it.

As I ran I turned my head and saw the dinosaur. Now it was much closer than before, and I've got to say that it was huge! Actually, I can't find the right word to describe its size, but it was… big! I felt a mixture of respect, but also deep fear for it.

"No time to look, just run!" The other creature's voice made me snap out back to reality and made me remember just how dangerous the dinosaur was.

I returned my focus on running and raced through the forest. It's not an overstatement; I've just always been a fast runner, especially when I had to flee from a predator.

I could hear the other mammal in front of me as he guided me through the forest. I couldn't say that I was really complaining, but it was a very tricky way to get through.

I had to jump and or climb over several logs and rock on my way. I even had to get through vines and I had to push my way through big leaves. All the while I could hear the white dinosaur close in.

Finally, after jumping over a little creek, I saw sunlight up ahead. It gave me new hope and assured me that there couldn't be far now.

But just as I came out from the forest all my hopes shattered as I suddenly fell.

This time I was sure that I was going to die. I was also sure that the other mammal had done this on purpose!

So as I fell and fell I screamed my lungs out and my mind cursed the mammal, the dinosaur and my bad luck.

It made me sad on the inside that I would die just now. I mean, I hadn't seen much of the world and now I had finally come to a new and unknown place – a place that seemed to be big and have a lot to explore. But now that could never happen.

Then it happened – or so I thought. I hit something, or rather – something hit me; in the back to be more exact.

I knew that it couldn't be the ground, since I knew I wasn't falling with my back down. Then I noticed that the wind blew through my fur differently; before it blew against me from below, but now it blew against my front. Then I noticed the furry arm that held me.

"Whoops, almost missed you there," the same voice from before spoke. I looked up and finally saw how he looked.

He was a weasel with brown fur, which had the same colors as the leaves that you would usually find under the snow. The fur from his muzzle and down was a more sand-like brown. He also had very dark brown spots all over his fur.

His face was the most interesting part of him. His ears were small and round and his bottom jaw seemed to somehow be more 'marked' and also a little bigger than the upper jaw.

He had a clear navy blue eye. Yes, I only said one. His right eye was covered by a leaf, which I guessed worked as an eye patch.

The reason why we didn't fall into the valley far below, was because he held onto a long vine with his other hand.

"Eh… Yeah," I finally said, a little unsure of what to answer, since I was glad he did catch me. "Thanks."

"My name's Buck – short for Buckminster," the weasel introduced himself. We stood somewhere in the forest. There was a river running past us and somewhere I could hear the gushing sound of a waterfall. This part of the forest also seemed to be uninhabited by dinosaur, which I liked, but somehow I still felt as if someone was watching us… But maybe that was just me.

"I'm Silva," I informed him. "Short for… Well, just Silva."

"Don't you have a little bright fur? I mean, compared to other raccoons," Buck asked me and now I noticed that he spoke with some kind of accent, which made his voice sound a little funny in my ears. I hadn't heard that kind of accent before, but I kind of liked the way it sounded. Buck then continued: "It looks rather…"

"… silvery," I finished the sentence. "That's why I have my name. Silva, as in silver…"

Buck didn't really seem to get it. It didn't really matter if he did, but it was more important that he remembered my name.

Okay, I guess I'll have to explain that fur color thing for you. You see, the only thing I remember about my parents is that one of them was an albino. Albino means that their fur was completely white and their eyes were red because their body lacked pigment and color.

I never had any interaction or anything to do with my parents or what other family members I've probably had. To cut a long story short, I was abandoned. Yes, as a little cub who didn't know how to survive and find food. I woke up one morning and they were all gone.

Luckily I'm a fast learner and was able to survive until now. But I wasn't sure how much longer I'd survive down here.

"Oh, well," Buck continued after a little while. "How did you get down here? I sealed the last entrance."

"Actually I fell down here through a crack in the ice," I explained. I then pointed upwards at the ice that sealed us from the upper world. "From waaaaay up there."

"Really?" Buck asked, sounding a surprised and maybe a little impressed. Then he suddenly – to my confusion – asked: "How was it?"

I raised an eyebrow. Why would he ask such a question? Falling from such a height with no warning – how would he feel about that? I replied: "Eh… It was… Kind of terrifying…"

"Terrifying?" Buck asked as if I said something completely nuts. "Don't you like free falls?"

"No. And thanks for making me fall out from a cliff," I said sarcastically. That one thing almost scared the heck out of me. It even made me have all kinds of emotional thoughts and whatever goes through your mind when you know you're about to die.

"You're welcome," Buck said with a voice that made it clear that he didn't hear the sarcasm. Or maybe he didn't care and thought that it was funny.

"But at least you've survive… Him," Buck said. The way he said the word 'him' was actually a little creepy and when he did, he did some weird hand motions as well as some weird facial expression, which just added to the creepiness.

"Eh… Him?" I asked, confused. I started to think that Buck had a screw loose, if you know what I mean. "You mean the dinosaur?"

"Aye," Buck answered. I had no idea what he meant, since it sounded like 'eye' to me.

I was sure that there was a meaning with it, but Buck had showed that he maybe was a little 'nuts', but I had to ask: "Eye?"

Buck slapped his forehead and sighed deeply, as if I wasn't the first to misunderstand this. A few seconds went before Buck finally said: "Yes, aye, aye."

"Oh… Okay…"

"What is it called?" I asked after a few seconds.

Suddenly felt as if I was being watched again, but I was sure that we were far away from… 'Him'…

Suddenly Buck bowed forwards and in a deep, creepy voice he said: "Ruuudy…!"

After that the forest was completely silent, even the wind stopped blowing. The only sound I could hear came from the waterfall far away, but it felt as if the whole forest held its breath because of that name.

What can I say about the name Rudy? Well, it wasn't as intimidating as I had expected (In fact far from what I expected). Actually, the name seemed too dull for the dinosaur, since it was as ferocious as it was.

"Rudy? Like, seriously?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Aye," Buck answered in all seriousness. He then said: "I've fought him quite a few times. Once I even died, but I survived."

Once I even died, but I survived? That didn't make any sense at all! As far as I knew, you couldn't die and survive at one time. Now I was sure that Buck was crazy.

"Right… You died, but you survived," I said, trying to pretend like it made sense. "You know what? I think I'll just find the exit myself…"

I know it is a little rude to turn away from a person, just because you think that they're a little weird, so don't judge me. The problem was that his craziness could kill one of both of us. He had already made me fall off a cliff and he barely caught me. Who knew what could come next?

I turned around and started walking towards the forest, not really caring about anything or the repercussions of going in there alone.

"Abandon all hope, he who enters there," Buck warned me in a dramatic voice. I didn't really care about his warnings at this point, so I carelessly wandered into the forest on my own.