Somewhere on the edge of the Everfree Forest, a mother dinosaur is laying her eggs.
In a huge clearing near the forest's edge. Was a dinosaur similar to Apatosaurus, but in a gray color has spines along her neck, back and tail. And the end of her tail swished around.
She is a 25 ton Diplodocus.
The female Diplodocus squads down as low as she could, and finishes laying the last of the 100 eggs she laid. Each football size object is carefully placed, in a deep trench.
Once finish, she covers the the eggs and begins to leave. Just as mother Sea Turtles do after laying their eggs on a moonlit night.
Tenderly she buries her clutch, and then abandons them to their fate.
Out the fields near Ponyville, the rest of her gigantic marches along with the Apatosaurus herd. She is one of a great family of dinosaurs called the Sauropods, that dominate the Jurassic of Earth's History.
The female Diplodocus reaches the edge of the forest, and calls out to her herd.
They are the largest animals, to have ever walk the planet.
The herd of Apatosaurus and Diplodocus continues their march as they past Ponyville. The town's residents could hardly believe how big they were,
Within minutes, everyone was out and watching the colossal giants walk by. Twilight was so amazed that a Diplodocus walks right under her, and she wasn't even up to the giant's knee.
Soon Sandbar, Gallus, Smolder, Ocellus, Yona and Silverstream saw them. And couldn't believe their eyes.
Wow! I've never seen anything so big, before! Said Silverstream excitedly. Have you ever seen anything like them? I mean, I've never?!
Silverstream was so excited, that she didn't notice a Apatosaurus was walking towards her. And it's front leg is about to take a step.
Look out, Silver! Smolder shouted.
The young Hippogriff turned and quickly moved out of the way as the foot stomps on the ground right where she was standing. And the ground was shook by 40 tons of dinosaur.
The Apatosaurus and Diplodocus continue to migration, as some stop and begin to feed on the hay on the roofs. And leaves from the trees, as they fed, Twilight notice something that's often see sometimes in the African plains. Different animals feeding at different levels of a tree.
The Kentrosaurus was feeding close to the ground, and at head level. The Anchisaurus, having a higher reach was able to reach leaves over it's head level. The Stegosaurus was feeding at his head level, but a little higher than Anchisaurus. And a new dinosaur, Camptosaurus which often travel with Stegosaurus have a higher reach. And 2 Edmontosaurus, one feeding at head level, and the other on it's hind legs giving him a higher vantage point. But the Apatosaurus, thanks to it's long neck has the tops of the trees to themselves.
And Fluttershy was already in love of these gentle giants. And feeds some hay to a 5 year old Diplodocus, which is already 40 feet long and as heavy as a African Elephant. But Applejack notice the herd is heading towards Sweet Apple Acres.
You get away from my apple trees! Applejack shouted.
Applejack and her dog, Winona were trying to drive the herd away from the trees. But having no such luck.
They might be herbivores, but they flatting trees and are constantly on the move.
And when they do.
Nothing gets in their way.
As the leading male continues to walk, his body hits a tree. And it was enough to bring the whole tree down. Applejack bit her hoof from the sight of it, and almost fainted.
Just then, Twilight and the others arrived.
Thank Celestia you're here Twilight! Applejack relieved. Please help me get those big guys away from my orchard!
Oh, relax Applejack. Said Pinkie. Those Apattysaurues are harmless.
Their name is Apatosaurus, Pinkie. Twilight corrected. And you might want to enjoy this.
Back at Ponyville, the male Tarbosaurus who has long recovered from the fight. Has wandered towards the town to see what was going on. And when the sauropods saw him. They immediately lash out their long tails. And it was enough to discourage him, and he decides to leaves this area to find a move suitable area with prey.
Soon the Mane 7 were watching the giant herd of sauropods as they traveled north.
Sure is quite a sight. Said Starlight.
Sure is. Said Rainbow Dash.
But Apatosaurus and Diplodocus are not the only giant Sauropods in Equestria.
300 miles from the southern borders of Equestria, in the desert. Was a huge herd of Sauropods.
There was about 14 of them total. And they were colossal even by Dinosaur standards. The earth shakes with each step, as hundreds of ton of dinosaur migrates north to feed their huge stomachs.
Back at Ponyville, The group saw one Diplodocus grabbing a mouthful of rocks.
Why is that guy eating rocks? Pinkie asked confused. Isn't he gonna have a tummy ache?
Actually, some birds do that to eat. Said Fluttershy.
Yeah, she's right. Said Twilight pulling out a book on Sauropods. Says here, that they can't chew. But swallow plants whole, and the rocks they swallow help grind up even the toughest plants.
And then, the Diplodocus swung his head over to some ferns and strips the leaves off.
A short time later, Rainbow headed out to check on her pet Tortoise, Tank. But when she got to her place, she has a visitor unlike any other.
Hundreds of miles away.
A lone pony was running for his live, as a gigantic creature was chasing him. It was a large predatory dinosaur, and the pony was too scared too even look back. He manages to run in gorge that was too narrow to the predator to fit. After a few minutes of silence, he pokes his head out and looks around. On his right, Manehatten is only 16 miles away.
Then suddenly, something drops in front of him. He looks down, and saw 2 wet splotches on the ground.
Then his eyes widen with fear, and looks up. Only to see a rosette of 60 thick teeth, then with a blink of a eye. The enormous jaws drop and clamps down on the pony, bones were crunch as the massive jaws closed. And then the dinosaur swallows he down in one gulp. Then his field of vision catches movement some distance away.
It was a herd of 3 Camarasaurus. 20 feet at shoulder, 60 feet long, and weighs 20 tons. That's 4x the weight, and 9x the mass of a elephant. Attacking a dinosaur of that size, would be like attacking a building. They too are Jurassic dinosaurs.
The predator watches them, and trailing behind them was a gang of Allosaurus. 6 of them.
Next Time.
Join Daring Do on her latest adventure.
To recover a lost Idol.
And meet the Biggest Land Predator of All Time.
Author's Note.
So, what could be the mystery predator from Chapter 3 and in this one.
A different species? Or the same?
Species Shown:
Diplodocus
Camptosaurus
Mystery Sauropod
Camarasaurus
Mystery Predator