Ice chased after Maple and Claw, she hated being the youngest, her older siblings picked on her. This time they had stolen the pinecone she was playing with.

"Give it back!" Ice chirped "It's not funny!" She jumped at Maple, her sister had the pinecone in her mouth, she tossed it to her brother, they continued their game of keep away for a long time, until Claw accidently threw it into the late Cretaceous forest that surrounded their current clearing, Ice ran after it, it bounce along the ground before disappearing over the edge of a canyon, it wasn't deep and the adults could jump to the bottom, but for a young hatchling the canyon was too deep, she tried to stop, sliding close to the edge. Jaws closed around her and she was pulled to safety, her eldest sister set her down "Thank you, Ember" Ice chirped, Ember was a lot like Wake, she had become more protective of Ice and Slash, Ice remembered Flame, their father, telling her that she was just mourning the loss of her brother and sister, both of them were left behind when the family moved because of a sickness that made them to weak to keep up. Ice knew she never wanted to be left behind, even though her great-grandfather had fought for this land, they were still pushed down by the stronger rexs, the family was constantly on the move, or the rexs would find them, but it wasn't the only dinosaur they had to worry about, a small band of Albertosaurus had found themselves in this paradise, and they made it clear to the family of Tarbosaurus, they were stronger, and of course there were raptors, it was raptors after all that destroyed most of Ice's unborn siblings. A small shudder passed through Ice, she remembered when the Albertosaurus' attacked her dad, he managed to fight them off, but they tore off his arm, it's a constant reminder that the family isn't as strong as it was.

"Come on, Ice we should get back to the others" Ember started to walk away, her orange-black scales stood out in the green forest. Ice scrambled after her.

Ice was the first back. She looked around, spotting her mother, Wake, her brothers, Slash and Claw, her father, Flame, and her sister, Maple. She remembered three years ago, in a clearing that is now very far away, her grandfather, Speckles junior, he was the only other Tarbosaurus that made it from his old home, he used to tell amazing stories, about the journey, Ice never liked the part when his mother, Blue-eyes died, or when his sister was crushed when the tunnel collapsed. She remembered everything from that story, her favorite part was when Speckles and One-eye faced off, and in the end Speckles won. She recalled another story, about Dusty, Junior's mate, Wake was their daughter, Ice was fascinated by his stories, but he was killed when she was two, a pair of rexs found their current clearing, Junior had kept them busy, allowing the rest of them to escape. Ice sighed, in just three years her family went from ten to seven

"What where you thinking!" Ember growled, she glared at Maple "Ice could have died!"

"I was just having fun!" Maple growled back "You don't have to be so stuck up about it!" Ember snarled but turned away, not wanting to get into a fight with her younger sister. Ice noticed Slash sleeping in their mother's shadow, she creeped up on them, climbing onto her mother's back she pounced on her brother, he squaked in surprize, they rolled around, in a mock battle, like always Ice won, she stood over her brother, her foot firmly on his shoulder, she raised her head and roared in victory, her roar sounded much more like a squeak, Maple snickered. Ice whipped her head towards her sister, Maple used to be so nice, but their mother said she is growing up, and wanting to be herself, that is why she is acting so mean, and Claw will do anything she says, so they get into trouble, a lot.

"Maple! Claw!" Flame roared from the edge of the clearing "Get your tails over here! We are going hunting!" Claw quickly scampered over to his father, Maple smirked and turned her back, Flame snorted, he glared at his daughter "Maple, I said now!"

"No, I'm not going to hunt" Maple stuck her spotted muzzle in the air, Flame growled. Ice and Slash watched everything happen, Slash was stretched out on Wake's back, while Ice was sitting by a old, prey ribcage she had been hunting. Flame had enough with his daughter's behavior, charging at her, he grabbed her by her neck and dragged her to Claw, she kicked and struggled, screaming in pain, even though Ice couldn't see any blood

"Why is dad hurting Maple?" Ice wandered up to Ember

"He isn't, she's just trying to get her way" Ember nudged her sister "Dad isn't too happy with Maple at the moment" Ice nodded, she still didn't understand, but she was fine with that answer.