Shoni's PoV

We sat around a campfire in the B.B. Believers' camp. They were a group of people who believed that humans and Dinaurians should exist in peace and harmony. An 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' song came to mind.

Vivian looked around at us.
"Alright, you want me to explain why the conditions in my world are like they are, correct?" We nodded. "You," she pointed to Raptin, "said something about 'Project: Mother Planet', an attempt to create a new Dinaurian homeworld, correct?" He nodded. "From what I can tell, on 'this Earth' as you call it, the dinosaurs never died out. They survived into the Dinaurians we know today. Humankind evolved alongside them, living in their shadow. We became resentful, but we acted civilly towards them.

"Ten years ago Emperor Richmond and Deputy Diggins discovered Vivosaur Island and began a scheme to take over the planet. They used Dinaurian technology to revive Vivosaurs, and integrated them with cybernetics to make them stronger. They recruited an army in secret and waited.

"Then the Mothership landed. The news that the humans had been living in the shadow of a planted species incited them. When the Emperor revealed himself it was only months until the Dinaurians were enslaved and he was crowned."

"Why are we here?" I asked. "Why did your Diggins come to our world? Why did he teleport Hunter and Rosie over here?"

"I have no idea."

I was about to ask another question when Donnie, who had been resting by the fire, jumped onto my shoulder.

Vivian left.

"Hey Donnie!" I said, "you did a good job, saving Hunter and Rosie! You're a good vivo! Want a treat?" He shook the way Violet did when she wanted a treat, so I fed him a beef stick and let my other Vivosaurs out when he was done. They shrunk down like they do when they want to be out of their medals and not take up a lot of space.

"Good idea!" Hunter said. He let out a Spinax, a blue and green Vivosaur resembling a T-Rex with spikes, a V-Raptor, a Guera, a pterosaur that looked like something you would see in Native American art, a Maia, a pink Vivosaur resembling an Igua with a crown, and an Aopteryx, a white bird-like Vivosaur with gold and aqua accents.

Rosie let out a Siamo, a T-Rex-like Vivosaur with a blue plume on the top of its head, a Maia, a Nychus, which looked like a pink and white V-Raptor without any feathers, a Tarbo, a purple T-Rex-like Vivosaur, and a Goyle, a purple, armored, Vivosaur.

Raptin let out a T-Rex Lord, a Super Evolved T-Rex with an upright stance, red-and-black zebra stripes, and wolverine claws. My jaw dropped.

"A Super-Evolver! My sister has a Teffla, but wow! A T-Rex Lord!"

"A Teffla!" Hunter exclaimed, "Dina Bakiri has a Teffla! You know, the girl in the finals of the Calestio Cup?"

"She has a twin sister." I said, "Whose favorite color is green and has a V-Raptor."

"Do you know her?" Asked Hunter. "Can I have her autograph?" I facepalmed. So did Rosie.

"Hunter, I think what she's trying to say is that she's Dina Bakiri's twin sister!" I nodded.

"I can't believe you didn't get that." I said, "I am her identical twin after all."

"Cool!" said Hunter, "You're Dina Bakiri's twin! That's awesome! She's awesome!"

"She'd love to hear you say that," I said, "You and Joe Wildwest are her role models! You guys are the main reason she got into Fossil Battling!" Hunter smiled.

"Thanks..."

"My name is Shoni." I said. Rosie had a sudden coughing fit. Hunter tried not to laugh. He didn't succeed.

"Oh, come on!" I yelled. "Grow up!"

Ace sighed. The spitfire designs on his wings went up and down as he shrugged. I agreed.

Loops nosed around in the dirt, hoping to find some plants to eat. He came up empty.

I pulled some trail mix out of my backpack (I still had it on for some reason!) and set a couple handfuls on the ground. Four Vivosaurs scrambled to the pile and finished it off. The carnivores were over in an alley chasing rats. Ace and Hunter's Guera looked like they'd rather have something else, but were so hungry they made due with the rats.

Hunter's Spinax was teaching Donnie how to catch food. He caught on quickly.

All the sudden Raptin sprang forward and grabbed a large rat. Using his claws, he gutted the rat and ate it.

"Okay," I said, "I have eaten raw fish, haggis, and deep-fried crickets, but that is disgusting. You are going to get Typhus and/or E Coli."

"I have a stronger immune system."

"But you wouldn't have any immunity because neither you nor any of your ancestors have encountered that virus. Or is that a bacterium? I know E. Coli is a bacterium but I'm not so sure about Typhus. But anyway, speaking of which, wouldn't the countless microorganisms in the atmosphere be having a heyday with your body?"

"We created a vaccine to the more common strains and had a ship wide inoculation before anyone set foot on your planet. How did you consider that?" Asked Raptin.

"Consider what?"

"Both the fact that since I am not from your planet I would not have any immunity to common strains which you do not consider, and also the fact that you were the first one to figure out that we were in a parallel universe. How did you come up with that?" I blushed.

"I like science fiction. I love the Star Wars movies, I think Star Trek is awesome, and I got the 'no immunity to our bacteria' thing from War of the Worlds." I hesitated. "The old one, not the 2005 one with Tom Cruise."

If Raptin's mouth had dropped any lower Hunter's Aopteryx could have roosted in there.

"You got all that from television shows?"

"And movies." I said in that matter-of-fact tone I used whenever I corrected a teacher at school. That happened a lot when we had lessons on dinosaurs.

"..." Raptin went off in search of another rat. We looked off at him.

"I think I may have hurt his pride." Rosie nodded.

"Male pride is a delicate thing. It's hurt when a girl shows up a guy, and," she said, looking at Hunter as he was taking a sip of some tea he had been given by a Believer, (I had politely refused, as I hate tea,), "whenever a guy has to preform the hip-shaker dance in front of a girl and she remembers he did it."

Hunter's eyes went big. He sprayed the tea out of his mouth.

"You promised you wouldn't say anything about that to anyone outside Mr. Richmond, the Chieftain, me, and you!" Rosie blinked innocently.

"I don't remember that."

Hunter grumbled and went to see how Raptin was doing. I looked at Rosie.

"Hip-shaker dance? Do I even want to know?" She shook her head.

"Hunter would go ballistic. He's already in a bad mood because he's missing the semi-finals of the Cup."

"Oh no! I'd completely forgot! I was supposed to take a Helicopter to the Calestios so I could watch Dina! Man!" I slumped. I'd forgotten because of all the craziness today. Dina was going up against one of the best fighters in the world tonight and I wasn't there to cheer her on.

What if she was unfocused and lost because I had to fall into that stupid nest?

Donnie nuzzled me. I immediately regretted my thoughts. It wasn't his fault that I was here. They'd probably tell her what had happened and that she shouldn't worry. They better, 'cause if they don't when I come back my vivosaurs and I will bust butts and bust them hard!

"Hey Shoni?" Rosie asked.

"Yeah?"

"How did you get here?"

"Through the teleporter."

"Yeah, I know that, but did you set it on a timer or something?" Hunter and Raptin were coming back so they could hear this.

"No, King Dynal helped me."

"Yes," said Raptin, "I believe he said something about... Captain America?" Hunter and Rosie laughed.

"You used Captain America to get him to help you?" Asked Hunter. "You lied to him?"

"No." I said, "I just didn't tell him the whole truth about how Captain America was a comic book character."

"WHAT?" A couple Believers shushed Raptin.

"Quiet! If the Emperor's troops find us we're done for!"

"Sorry." Raptin turned back to us, "A comic book character. Are you being serious?"

"Yeah, although, I used a quote from a TV series with Captain America in it, not a comic."

"But..."

"Excuse me," said a Believer. Some kids peeping curiously at our Vivosaurs and us followed him. "We were wondering if your Vivosaurs were supposed to be out of their medals or if they had escaped."

"I let mine out on purpose," I said, "should I put them back in their medals?"

"No, it's fine, I was just checking." He said and left.

Hunter's Spinax came over and said something.

"No kidding Ivy," said Hunter, stroking his Spinax on the head, "that was strange."

"You name your Vivosaurs too?" I asked him.

"Yeah," he said, "My Spinax's name is Ivy, she says that it suits her, and yeah," he said, noticing my puzzled expression, "I can talk to Ivy, but only her.

"Guera's name is Dark Eagle, My V-Raptor's name is Vici, Aphrodite's my Maia, and Archie's my Aopteryx."

"Violet is my V-Raptor that I've had since the dawn of time, Ace is my Dimorph, Loops is the Hypsi with an attitude way too big for him, and Donnie, the little vivosaur who saved your butts, is my son."

Hunter's eyes bugged out even more than when Rosie had made the hip shaker comment, and he nearly choked on his tea and the granola I had given him. Rosie looked equally shell-shocked. Raptin looked puzzled, like the sort of expression Commander Data would make in this situation. It. Was. Priceless!

"Your... son?" Rosie asked. I nodded.

"I was hiking and I tripped and fell into a nest. Donnie's egg hatched about five seconds after that and he imprinted on me, so I'm as good as his mother." I grinned. "Did you guys really think I'd given birth to a Guanlong?"

"I don't want to answer that question." They simultaneously replied. I grinned even wider.

"Thought so."

"If you want," said Vivian, who had come back, "you can sleep on the logs." She handed us blankets. We thanked her and we each laid down on a log. The wood was spongy and damp, but we wrapped ourselves in the blankets and dealt with it.

Pretty soon, we were fast asleep.

BloodLily16: Awwww... Nice and peaceful...

Shoni: You're planning something, aren't you?

BloodLily16: You mean planned. I've pre-typed these things. And yes, something's gonna happen next chapter, so enjoy your sleep on something you know hasn't had blood on it. :D

Shoni: O.O Uh oh.

DunalN2: *holds back* Sorry, but he's crucial to the plot at the moment. So's Rosie, so, afterwards I'll giftwrap them for you. Also, yeah, I know that, but this chapter should have explained it some. Keep in mind, the humans have HUNTER on their side, plus (in my head canon anyway) humans have larger numbers than Dinaurians, because the Dinaurians have evolved to not need to reproduce as much because they're at the top and don't need to, while the humans get sick more often and die, so they need more kids. Dang, I sound like a school book.

WinterGirl: Okay, and thanks. :) Star Trek: The Next Generation is a TV show, but it is the Fossil Fighters Arcive. Thanks, and those are some cool ideas!

BloodLily16: Guess who's going camping!

Shoni: Guess who doesn't care!

BloodLily16: :p