Chapter 5 : Discovery Falls

The Scarab podium shouted "No get past! Maybe girl have gift to bring?"
"Gift...?" Krystal whispered, a little confused.
"Me like shiney things, you not get past!" The Scarab finished.

Krystal walked away from the podium and sat against a tree to think..."Shiney things... ...Shiney things..." Krystal noticed a red Scarab crawl under a nearby rock and smiled. "Bingo!" She said.
Krystal pushed one end of her staff under the boulder and pushed down on the end sticking up until the rock was pushed over onto the side. Two red scarabs skittered away from under the rock, Krystal caught both and put them in her Scarab Bag.

As Krystal approached the Scarab Podium again, she held the two glittery red insects and said "Is THIS what you want?", pushing them into the mouth-like slot in the face.

Chomp, chomp! BURP!! "In ye go!!" The podium said. The gate in front of Krystal slowly opened.
As the Blue Lioness walked past she found herself in a maze-like tunnel. "Aww...It'll take me forever to find my way out!!" Krystal complained.
Kyte swooped down and circled the large plant-filled area. "I have an idea, Krystal! Follow me to the other end of the maze!!" Kyte suggested.
The feline nodded.
Krystal followed Kyte through the maze and saw a tunnel, as she went through, she caught a glimpse of the sun, clear, blue water, and a palm tree.
"Wow! This place is Paradise!!" Krystal exclaimed excitedly.
"Krystal! Sharpclaw to your left! And he's a Big'un!!" Kyte warned.

The Lioness Hunkered down, extended her claws, and pounced. The Sharpclaw countered with his wide Battleaxe and pushed her back onto the ground.
Krystal somersaulted to the right until she was directly behind the sharpclaw and whacked him on the head with her staff, killing him.

Kyte looked down on his corpse and said "Phew, that was awesome, Krystal! Where'd you learn to do tha--"
Krystal had leapt off a small ledge over the water.
"CANNONBAAALLLL!!" SPLASH!
"Come on, Kyte, the water's fine!" Krystal giggled, doing backstrokes on the water's surface.
"Er, no, thank you. I can't swim." Kyte answered sadly. Krystal sighed and said "Sorry about that, kyte..."
After a half-hour of carefree swimming, Krystal decided to wade near the southwestern shores and noticed a small clam shell.
"Wow! Pearls!" Krystal gasped. There were two pearls, one had a sheen of Blue, the other had a sheen of red.
"Here, Kyte! A present!" Krystal said, giving her the red pearl, krystal put the blue pearl in a notch in her belt.
"Thank you, krystal! Does this mean we're friends?" Kyte replied.
"Of course!"

Suddenly, what looked like a mix between a deinonychus and a worm popped his head out of the sand.
"A Snaplak! Get him, Krystal!" Kyte shouted.
Krystal pummeled it with several kicks and elbow hits, she finished it by stabbing it with the pointy end of her staff.
"Way to go, Krystal! You rule!!" As Kyte chirped excitedly, both of their stomachs began to growl.
"Hungry?" they both said at the same time.
"I eat grubs, that's Cloudrunner food!" Kyte said.
"I could find some for you, and see if i can't catch a fish for MY dinner! Where can i find some grubs?" The Blue animal girl suggested.

"There's some over there near that mini-waterfall!" Kyte said pointing her wing north of them
Krystal dug up several grubs and handed them to kyte. Krystal took off her boots and gloves and walked into the shallower waters of Discovery Falls.
"Kyte, can you protect my gloves and boots?" She asked.
"Sure! I can use my GUARD command to prevent bad guys from nicking them!" Kyte responded with her mouth full.

A few lizards walked up to the booty, kyte screeched at them, all the while Krystal was swiping the water with her claws until she eventually snagged a huge fish.

As Krystal dragged it to the ground and set up a little roast with twigs lying around, Krystal said "Kyte, would you do the honors?" Backing away.

... ...
"That was very good. What fish is this, kyte?" Krystal asked.
"Those are Sweetfish, a fish known for it's sweet, fruity taste...It's a CloudRunner delicacy!" Kyte explained.

"Krystal?"
"Yes, Kyte?"
"I had fun with you today... ...Tomorrow afternoon, will you take me home to Cloudrunner Fortress? It's right through the falls!" Kyte asked.
"Why, sure i will!" Krystal said. "What's that dinosaur called?" Pointing at a large, broad, long-necked dinosaur in the middle of a four-sided dock.
"A HighTop..." Kyte answered. "Not very many of them, but they love shiney things like gold and diamonds and such."

Krystal walked up to the dock but was stopped by a fat, armored Sharpclaw named 'BribeClaw'.
"You give me Scarabs to pass!" He snarled.
Krystal noticed a few Scarab baskets behind her, picked one up, and delivered it to the Bribeclaw. "I hope this is enough..." Krystal murmured to herself.

"You pass..." Bribeclaw said. "But don't tell boss!" The massive Dinosaur stepped to the side and moved two paces back to make Krystal and Kyte some room to pass.